The Northeastern - August 15, 2012

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Volume 104, Issue 5 | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 | Tahlequah, Okla. 74464

Fit changes hoursThe Fitness Center has new hours this fall to accommodate students.

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CASE aids freshmenThe CASE building is a necessity for incoming freshmen to enroll.

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Ashley RogeRsTNe WRiTeR

Mental health is a topic few speak about but many experience. College students are no different. According to PsychCentral.com, one of every four college stu-dents suffer from some form of diagnosable mental illness during their time at college.

HawkReach Counseling Ser-vices is available to help NSU stu-dents who find themselves dealing with these issues.

With six counselors on staff to help students, they are available to help deal with a variety of is-sues, which include depression, anxiety, adjustment issues, trau-ma, violence and crisis response.

HawkReach Counseling Ser-vices consist of up to 12 sessions delivered through a brief, solu-

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The stretch to all the necessary services for students on campus can be found in one convenient place. The Student Academic Success Center will help point students in the right direction.

SASC is a place where students can go and get help when they do not know where to go or what to do.

Dr. Jerrid Freeman, director of SASC, said they help with some main areas such as advising, tu-toring, and career counseling.

He said some students have a

harder time in college than oth-ers. It is hard to figure out what to do and where to go to do it, but the SASC is on campus for those exact students.

It is an extension of all the dif-ferent services available to stu-dents.

In a recent press release, the

Student Academic Success Cen-ter is designed to enhance the ac-ademic performance of students. Its primary goal is to increase a student’s retention and gradua-tion rate by providing academic service and counseling.

NSU has advising staff, tutor-ing staff and career counselors,

but SASC will help students find these places and help them utilize the advantages of these different services.

Traci Bunch, staff assistant, is there to greet students as they come in the door and point them to one of the coordinators or the director.

tion-focused method.Awareness has been a huge is-

sue for HawkReach. “We work on awareness end-

lessly,” said Sheila Self, director of counseling services. “This is our second year actually having a center and we hear that every day ‘we didn’t know you were here.’”

She said it has been a huge hurdle to just get people to un-derstand what HawkReach does. Many students confuse the term counseling with class schedules.

“We’re licensed by the state,” said Self. “We are mental-health therapists. It’s just this constant battle of defining ourselves and letting people know we’re here.”

HawkReach is on call 24/7 for students living on campus.

“If there’s a suicidal statement made, we have a whole process for housing to contact us to come

in and assess that person,” said Self. “We hospitalize students as needed.”

They will also organize follow-up treatment for students after such an event.

HawkReach also works closely with violence prevention.

The Violence Prevention office has two main focuses.

The first is to educate young men and women at NSU to make choices that lead to healthy rela-tionships.

The second is to develop a con-sistent response system, so when these crimes do occur, survivors can easily and confidentially re-ceive the help needed.

The Violence Prevention office is survivor-driven.

While they cannot make deci-sions for survivors, they will coun-sel survivors

Elizabeth White/TNEAt the beginning of the semester there is a course for

incoming freshmen call Freshmen Connection. During the course, they learn how to use Blackboard, their email, goN-SU and much more.

Freshmen learn

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SASC helps connect students with proper services

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Donors with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) can not only give back with their donation, but can also further pediatric medical research. OBI will host a community blood drive at Lowe’s from 11 am to 4 pm, August 17, in the OBI bloodmobile parked at the store, 161 Meadow Creek Dr, in Tahlequah.

Anyone who is healthy and 16 years or older* is encouraged to donate. Donors will receive two tickets to the Tulsa Zoo, an OBI “Feel Wild” summer T-shirt and Donor Rewards points.

Donors who wish to support Children’s Miracle Network hospitals - locally, through The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis - can forgo the “Feel Wild” T-shirt and, in turn, OBI will make a monetary dona-tion of similar value to The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis. It’s a chance to doubly-give to Oklahoma children battling critical health conditions – through the life-saving gift of blood and also through support for pediatric medical research, community outreach and treatment initiatives.

“There are children who will need blood in the coming weeks as a result of life-threatening health issues,” said John Armitage, M.D., Oklahoma Blood Institute president and CEO. “They are counting on you to give. The need for blood impacts all ages, often unexpectedly as a result of accident or illness.”

Oklahoma Blood Institute is the ninth largest, non-profit blood center in America, providing every drop of blood needed by patients in 144 medical facilities across Oklahoma, including The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis.

During summer months, it is especially important to increase fluid intake the entire day before giving blood and to eat a complete meal within six hours of donating. Plenty of air-conditioned comfort in an indoor setting is required at all blood drives.

For more information or to make an appointment to donate, contact Oklahoma Blood Institute at 877-340-8777 or visit us at www.obi.org. * 16 year olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission, 17 year olds must weigh at least 125 pounds, 18+ year olds must weigh at least 110 pounds.

OBI blood drive at Lowe’s Aug 17

on what options are available to them.

The Violence Prevention office is prepared to advocate for the survivor in areas including medi-cal assistance, housing needs or relocation, legal assistance, coun-seling and academic concerns. All Violence Prevention services are free and confidential.

Violence Prevention services

are available to students, faculty and staff.

The Violence Prevention of-fice should be contacted if ap-proached about help for a sur-vivor or a need to get help for a survivor of a sexual assault, inti-mate partner violence or stalking.

The HawkReach staff is trained to assist with a variety of military related issues.

PTSD, pre- and post-deploy-ment concerns and the need of support for families while de-ployed are common issues. Many students believe that HawkReach offers a valuable service for the campus.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for students who need it,” said Carrie Moore, Tahlequah junior. “It’s great to know that it’s avail-

able should anyone ever need to use it.”

HawkReach also partners with various local organizations in-cluding Help in Crisis and Indian Health Resource Center.

“They’re really great to work with,” said IHRC’s Cassy Ste-phens. “They’re a great partner-ship with our organization.”

HawkReach is located in

North Leoser Hall. Students can obtain free coun-

seling services to help address all psychological issues. Male and fe-male counselors are available and can be requested.

For more information about HawkReach and their services, call 918-444-2042.

For more information, email [email protected]

“ O u r center is the main source to all centers,” said Bunch. “We will be able to direct them to the right place.”

She said they do their best to make sure each student feels wel-come and relaxed so they can as-sist them.

Megan Edmonds, Inola junior, is one of the student workers at SASC.

“Their mission is to create an

environment where each individ-ual student is positively embraced and develops the connections necessary to thrive in the college community and in life following graduation,” said Edmonds.

Right now their office is in the basement of the University Cen-ter next the Northeastern Activi-ties Board office in room B07.

This office is temporary.Their office is being put together on the first floor of John Vaughan

Library. The center will be right in the center of campus, ready for each student who needs their help. The center should be pre-pared in September.

“When the center is ready, we will be working more efficiently,” said Freeman.

It is an opportunity for students to take college into their own hands and not let anything that

matters slip away.“Our ultimate goal is to reach

out to the students,” said Free-man.

They will have brochures at dif-ferent locations around campus. These brochures tell exactly what areas they assist students in and where they are located.

Students can go discover strengths, navigate the course

catalog and connect to student services around campus. They can also be communicated to by means of social media. They have a facebook page and a twit-ter account.

They are available to assist stu-dents from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-day through Thursday.

For more information, email [email protected].

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RiverHawk Shoppe provides essential necessitiesRobeRT PiNioNTNe WRiTeR

The RiverHawk Shoppe has everything a student needs from all the required textbooks to use-ful living decorations.

Cole Martin, store manager, makes sure the selves are filled with all the items a student needs.

“We are here for the students to make sure they have everything,” said Martin. “Books, clothing, snacks, pens and pencils, every-thing for them to be successful.”

The first thing they attend to with students is making sure text-books are ready to use and in the right section.

“Every book that is required for courses is available,” said Martin.

He also said a large percentage of the books are available to rent.

Some are available for download as an E-book.

Rachel Blankenship, general merchandise supervisor, said they have recently put out more sweat-pants and jewelry.

“Back to basics is the theme for this year,” said Blankenship. “We are going for the old-school col-lege look.”

She said getting some of the NSU gear at the store is a great way of showing pride and spirit for the university.

Other than those two things, the store has a wide shelf full of general reading material, school supplies and snacks.

They have a section of books for students who enjoy reading as an activity.

Martin said they have a Top 40 section, which is the top 40 books

sold in other colleges in stores just like the RiverHawk Shoppe.

School supplies range from pencils and paper to living neces-sities. They carry alarm clocks, trash cans, printers and even mi-crowaves.

DeWayne Campbell, assistant manager, said they really encour-age students to check out the store online. He said it is a very conve-nient method of buying books and other assorted needs.

A student could order all his books online for all of his classes and show up to the store, show them his ID card, and leave with a box of the items he requested.

They are also putting out new laptops. They will have a unit available for display but the actu-al laptop the student will receive needs to be ordered.

So for those students who need detergent, a good notebook, an energy drink or even a new shirt, the RiverHawk Shoppe is the place for students to get all of it.

They are open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and located in the University Center in the main room.


Courtesy PhotoThe RiverHawk Shoppe provides essential necessities for

students conveniently in one place. Books, computers and Riv-erHawk apparel is all in one location.

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Letters to the Editor

Upperclassmen to help acclimate freshmenWhat if you could write a let-

ter to yourself five years ago? Or even last week?

Here at The Northeastern, we have collaborated several things we wish we could tell our freshmen selves. Things we have learned later than we whish we would have. Important things that would have completely changed our first year at NSU.

Go to class. One of the most important things we cannot stress enough is to go to class. With hav-ing this new freedom, comes new responsibilities and one of those is making sure to go to class.

Students who make it to every class have better grades. Some in-structors and professors even give extra credit to those who haven’t missed a class. Also, going to class every time gets face time in with the teacher.

Do not go to class with a hang-

over, seriously. You’re not hiding it, and your professor will know. They aren’t stupid. They were all freshmen once upon a time too. Not to say they all partied like rock stars when they were under-classmen, but they will know sim-ply by knowing people who have done so in the past.

Study. In high school, life is so much easier than you think it is and a lot of the time you do not even need to study or prepare for class. In college, it is a completely different story.

Studying is an essential part of the college curriculum. Know-ing the material before you get in to class will make you stand out. The great thing about college is being a “nerd” isn’t the same as it was in high school. People will actually be a little jealous about your good grades.

Make friends and join clubs.

The great thing about college is there is a niche for every single person. NSU has a diverse cam-pus and with such, can offer a place for every student to “be-long.”

We are not insisting you go out and party every single night of the week. We are, however, dis-couraging you from hulling up in your dorm room alone every day. Socializing is an essential part of the college experience and we en-courage people get to know other college students.

Grow up. In college is the time when people say you “find your-self,” it is so true and maturing has a lot to do with it.

College is an experience that not everyone is fortunate enough to go through. As much fun as it can be, it is not to be taken to lightly.

After high school most realize you are not just about what brand of clothing you’re wearing, in-stead it so much more about what kind of person you are.

Watch your drinks, literally. In more than one way. If you are

going to go out and party, no-body can stop you. We do urge you to keep an eye on your drink. Although NSU has a safe cam-pus you should still keep an eye on whatever you are drinking to make sure nobody has messed with it or slipped you something.

Also, watch how much you drink. Our campus police take public intoxes seriously as well as DUIs and minors in possession. They want us to be as safe as pos-sible and that includes putting their foot down when it comes drinking illegally.

Do not talk bad about others including your professors. Mak-ing derogatory statements about others only makes you look bad and word gets around. Once peo-ple know you’re the type to talk about other behind their back, you’re done for. People will have less trust in you.

Elizabeth White/TNEThe freshman 2012 class is hard at work getting to know the NSU Tahlequah campus. During

orientation they will learn the layout of the campus, where to eat and much more.

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John Vaughn Library caters to the studying studentAsmA ZiyAdATNe WRiTeR

The NSU John Vaughan Li-brary, is known as a place for learning. It is comprised of three floors, and equipped with prod-ucts to service students and staff at NSU.

At the library, one will find study areas for all people. There are open and noisy sections, such as the downstairs area. There are also group meeting areas, quiet “cave” corners, couches and classrooms.

“The first floor has magazine sections, computer sections and reference sections,” said Amy Mattingly, part-time supervisor. “The second floor has periodi-cals, old magazines, newspapers; and the third floor has the main collections, youth collections and government publications.”

Mattingly said the third floor is the quiet floor. Whereas the second floor allows for students to meet in groups and find assis-tance with technology.

“We have computers and me-dia equipment for people to use,” said Linda West, interim execu-tive director of libraries. “We try to have the latest technologies such as smart boards for teachers to use, as well as iPads and docks for students to be able to use their personal computers.”

West said there are online and print scholarly resources, and the library is full of staff and librar-ians who can assist people and in-struct them on how to use certain materials.

“We also have research assis-tance and instruction for faculty and their students,” said West. “We can provide students and staff with help on research for-mats, such as APA, MLA, and we also assist them with many other varieties of computer programs.”

The library is equipped with

specialized resources such as government information, special collections that include local and Native American history and the library also contains a section of university archives.

“The Reserve and E-Reserve section is downstairs by the in-formation desk,” said Samantha Clifford, access services and gov-ernment information librarian. “There, students can see about checking out a book required for a class that they have not purchased themselves from the bookstore.”

Clifford said the in-library use of textbooks for selected high en-rollment and multi courses are al-lowed a 2-hour check out period at a time.

According to the NSU Librar-ies website, the Special collections section has a reading room that is provided for users, since materials in Special Collections are non-circulating and must be used in the area.

Natasha Alterici, circulation supervisor for access services, said the Library Catalog lists books and government publications owned by NSU, including access to over 42,000 E-books. She said it also lists other resources like Au-dio Visual materials.

The library does not only con-tain books, computers and assis-tance with programs, but it also has people to help students with their homework.

“Coming soon we will have a tutoring area with math and writ-ing tutors available during speci-fied time frames,” said Amanda Chappelle, library secretary and chair of the public relations com-mittee. “We will also have a Cita-tion Station to offer students cit-ing help.”

Chapelle said the Interlibrary Loan is a service that allows peo-ple to borrow books, copies of journal articles that are not avail-able in the Library. She said the

library uses the Library of Con-gress Classification to arrange books and other materials on the shelves. A person can find out how each section is organized by looking at the floor plans of each floor in the library.

In order to check out a book, students fill out a form where they can be put in the system, and then they may use their ID to check out books from there on out. If a student does not return the book on time, they will be notified of their lateness, and in the case that the book is way overdue, the stu-dent will be billed on their student accounts.

Students can go to the informa-tion desk to check out books, get directions around the library, get help with finding tutors or print-ing issues.

“The student is allowed to print a total of 400 pages per semester,” said Mattingly. “If the student needs any additional pages, they may go to the information desk and request more for a small fee.”

The fall semester hours will be from Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays

Asma Ziyada/TNEThe John Vaugh Library is a place where all students can go to get their studying done. Wether

they need absolute quiet, a place to practice presenting with a group or a place to research the library has all the bases covered when it comes to the studying student.

from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m.


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Webb building offers many accommodations for studentsAsmA ZiyAdATNe WRiTeR

Students at NSU have full ac-cess to the NET building, now called the W. Roger Webb Edu-cational Technology Center. At this building, students can use computer labs, attend conferenc-es and meetings as well as attend class during the school year.

The NET building was re-named for W. Roger Webb in 2010. This was done the honor of his leadership that led to the building’s construction.

It is a building that is com-posed of six floors, and has a fully-equipped auditorium and a tower room for events and confer-ences.

According to a previous release, the decision to rename the build-ing was approved by the Board of Regents of the Regional Univer-sity System of Oklahoma. This honor shows the impact Webb had on the institution’s progress as president from 1978 until his

departure in 1997. Webb is one of the two longest serving presi-dents in NSU history.

Matthew Fumi, a level 1 stu-dent technician and a Claremore junior, said on the first floor of the building, students can find the auditorium to their right. He said the auditorium holds about 300 people. It is fully loaded with ITV capabilities and a full sound system.

“The auditorium can only be used for meetings, events and conferences if it is first reserved,” said Fumi. “Student organiza-tions can reserve the auditorium by going to the first floor of the University Center.”

Also on the first floor students can see the Service Desk at the left side of the elevators. At the service desk, students are able to receive help regarding computer services, tech services and wireless services.

“Student techs are divided up into three levels based on their skills and experience,” said Chris-

topher Washington, a level 3 stu-dent technician and a Tahlequah graduate student. “We have dif-ferent responsibilities and differ-ent assignments depending on what level of skill we acquire.”

Student technicians are there to help students with computer problems, setting up the NSU wireless service on personal com-puters, printing issues, advising on viruses, maintaining most computers on campus as well as in the dorms and they also help students by advising them on computer software programs, such as protection and Microsoft applications.

On the second floor, students will find two labs, rooms 212 and 213, that are available for their use 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

“We have around 80 comput-ers in the labs,” said Rachel But-ler, customer service representa-tive. “There is also a classroom lab, room 207. It is equipped with 40 computers.”

The third floor is set up in a similar manner to the second floor. It has two computer labs on each side of the elevators, with room 307 being the computer lab classroom during the school year.

“On the South side of the el-evator students can find faculty member offices,” said Butler. “The North side of the eleva-tors is where the client services department is located, which has full-time employees.”

The fourth floor is where a stu-dent will find the infrastructure department. Butler said in that department, one will find all the network guys, who are also tech-nicians who deal with phones on campus.

Butler said the media and training department is also on the fourth floor.

This is where faculty and staff members can learn about newer versions of certain computer ap-plications and can be trained how to use applications such as Adobe programs and updated Microsoft applications.

“Student organizations can also receive help with some graphic design issues on the fourth floor,” said Malcom Bellino, a Tulsa se-nior and a level 3 student tech-nician. “There they can receive help on making big signs and laminating them. Maps and pam-phlets can also be printed there.”

Butler said on the fifth floor is the enterprise system depart-ment. There students can find the director of information technical services, programmers and other technicians who do the behind the scenes stuff. This is where the GoNSU applications have recent-ly been developed for student and faculty access.

The sixth floor includes a class-room and the tower room. Usu-ally, geography classes are set up in the classroom. Events, confer-ences and meetings are held in

the tower room.“The Center for Teaching

and Learning is also on the sixth floor,” said Butler. “The people there correspond with the Webb building staff on items such as Blackboard and online classes.”

The Webb building was origi-nally built in the early ‘90s, and since then many computer up-grades have been made in order to keep students on up-to-date software and computer applica-tions.

“Currently we are trying to up-grade computers on campus to at least a Windows 7 software,” said Nathan Voss, a Bristow gradu-ate student technician. “Any ap-proved standard software is usu-ally installed on our computers.”

Voss said students can call the service desk for all computer-re-lated issues in the labs. There are available technicians after hours as well.

As for international students who don’t have much experience with the English language, they are able to receive complete help from the technicians, including how to access the network and fix certain issues on their personal computers.

“In this building, students can also find the required software for certain classrooms,” said Wash-ington. “There are signs printed above certain computers that say ‘this software is available on this computer’ in the computer labs.”

Washington said those com-puter programs include certain Adobe applications, computer-science programs, SSI, Photo-shop and more.

The building is open Monday through Friday until 5 p.m. After 5 p.m., students are required to use their ID to enter the building as well as entering the computer labs.



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NSU Fitness Center ensures affordable fitnessChelseA PeRRymANTNe WRiTeR

NSU Fitness Center offers state-of-the-art equipment, ser-vices and programs to fit indi-vidual needs of all NSU students. The fitness center gives students the opportunity to have a place to work out and a place to hang out with friends playing basketball or volleyball.

According to www.nsuok.edu/ Fitness Center, their mission is to help students accomplish health and fitness goals in a challeng-ing and comfortable atmosphere. Their staff offers the best in ser-vice and a high level of expertise. Whether students would like to lose weight, get stronger or just get away from the world for an hour by themselves, the fit has

something for everyone. The fa-cility was designed to meet gen-eral student and university needs in recreation, physical education and recreation classes, and intra-murals.

“The fit has three weight rooms, basketball gym, two rac-quetball courts and an Olym-pic size swimming pool with life guards,” said Justine Poull, Fitness Center former employee.

Poull said the fitness center also offers an aerobic area, which in-cludes treadmills, elliptical and bikes.

“Anybody can rent equipment they might need such as rackets and basketballs,” said Poull.

For students who live in a dorm on campus the fitness center is included in the price, but for stu-dents who do not the cost for a

semester membership is $43.60. After purchasing a member-

ship all students, faculty mem-bers, staff members and imme-diate families have access to the facility.

“The best part about the fit is the range of equipment and the range of hours open,” said Poull.

Poull said students should know they can ask for assistance if needed and always sign up for treadmills and elliptical because they fill up quickly each day.

“I enjoy getting a group of my friends together to play a game of racket ball,” said Tyler Dodson, Grove senior.

Dodson said, the variety of equipment and activities the fit offers always helps get the best workout possible.

“The fitness center always has

people there, so if I want to play racquetball or basketball and have no one with me, I can always count on finding someone once I get there,” said Dodson.

The fitness Center has two courts and they will be in de-mand.

To reserve one, call 456-5511, ext. 3980 a day in advance

“Having the opportunity to swim in an Olympic size swim-ming is such a perk to out fitness center, “ said Heather Harris, Tahlequah senior.

Harris said, being able to swim for exercise or just go with a group friends, the pool is always a great place to be.

“One thing I love about this facility on campus is when I go work out at night I never feel unsafe walking from my dorm

room,” said Harris. “I do not have to leave the campus to find a nice facility.”

The fitness center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fri-day and 8 a.m. to noon on Sat-urday.



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NSUPD practices top-notch protection proceduresKeviN sCRAPPeRTNe WRiTeR

Leaving home and starting a new chapter in life can be an exciting and liberating experi-ence. At NSU, Campus Police are ready to help ensure that it is also a safe one.

“The University Police Depart-ment is here to provide a safe en-vironment for our students and the community,” said Campus Police Officer James Mynatt. “This is accomplished by patrol-ling the university and adjacent areas to prevent and discover violations, provide escorts across campus when needed, unlock ve-hicles and rooms for faculty staff and students and to uphold all federal, state and local laws.”

The collegiate experience is as different and unique as each student, but regardless of differ-ences, Campus Police are ready and willing to help.

“Every year new freshmen enter college campuses and for

some it is the first time to be away from their parents,” said Mynatt. “This can be exciting for some and frightening for others.”

Regardless of whether a stu-dent is in the final stretch or just starting their journey, Mynatt had a few tips to share.

“Keep phone numbers of Campus Police in your cell phone for emergencies, do not loan your keys to anyone, don’t leave per-sonal belongings lying around unattended, watch your drink at all times when you’re out, or at a party and avoid unlit areas when walking at night,” said Mynatt. “Don’t be afraid to report any-thing to the Campus Police. Bet-ter to be safe than sorry.”

With the introduction of cam-pus emergency phones, students only needed to make it to a strate-gically placed phone to have help on the way. Now, with Guardian-Sentral, help is only a download away.

“It is called GuardianSentral,” said Campus Police Sergeant

Preston Flores. “GuardianSentral is a Smartphone application for the iPhone and Android phones. Basically, it is a FREE mobile emergency app you can use to contact the police department.”

The app offers three settings, danger, follow me and check-in. These settings allow a student to request an emergency response, request an escort or notify Cam-pus Police the user has reached their destination.

“Activation of the application notifies the Tahlequah Campus Police dispatch center, but branch Campus Police will receive im-mediate alerts of requests from Broken Arrow and Muskogee campuses,” said Flores.

Campus Police are always on staff and ready to respond, re-gardless of how they are contact-ed, or the hour.

“Our response time to a call is about two minutes, many times less,” said Flores.

Response time is crucial to re-solving or containing situations.

Campus Police have structured and organized plans to ensure that the NSU students, faculty and staff are safe and prepared.

“NSU currently does have an Emergency Operations Over-view and General Emergency Response Protocol, which can be viewed by visiting www.nsu-ok.edu/publicsafety/emergen-cyoperations.aspx,” said Flores. “The protocol is currently being update as you read this article. The updated version will include additional instructions that deal specifically with active shooter situations.”

The active shooter situations update comes at a time where the nation is still in shock over the events that transpired in Aurora, Col. In the upcoming semester, the Campus Police will do what they can to improve the policy and inform the students, faculty and staff.

“Active shooter incidents are dynamic and evolve quickly, so do the tactics and training officers,” said Flores. “Throughout the up-coming semester, our officers will be providing active shooter train-ing to all students, faculty and staff.”

In the event of such an extreme

incident, Campus Police would not be alone in responding.

“Campus Police, city and coun-ty have a mutual aid agreement,” said Public Information Officer Brad Robertson. “Anytime some-thing comes up, they just need to call.”

The mutual aid agreement al-lows the organizations to join forces, but it does not take an ex-treme situation to call in back-up.

“We work together on a daily basis,” said Robertson. “Anything that happens adjacent to the cam-pus, they’ll be with us.”

Robertson said the depart-ments do not think of themselves as separate entities. In fact, they do not even think about it unless someone asks specifically.

Through the united efforts of Campus Security, Tahlequah City and Cherokee County po-lice, NSU remains a safe and secure campus. Robertson did, however, reiterate a few points on safety.

“Lock your vehicles, lock your doors and, of course, use the buddy system,” said Robertson. “Don’t make it easy on for the thieves.”


Jon Dallis/Contributing PhotographerThe protection and service provided by NSUPD goes un-

matched as they upgrade whenever necessary. Including the introduction of campus emergency phones.


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CASE building provides one-stop enrollment experienceshANe deveRsTNe WRiTeR

At NSU, administration makes it easier for students to get every-thing they need done as far as the enrollment for school is con-cerned.

One thing they have do to make it easier is by putting all of-fices a student would have to go to in one building.

The Center for Admissions and Student Enrollment does just that.

The CASE building houses the recruiting office, financial aid of-fice, the ID services, cashier, tran-scripts, transfer and parent pro-gram and admissions.

“The Case Building is pretty much your one-stop-shop for freshman,” said Brock Crawford tour coordinator.

The recruiting office is one of the first stops in the CASE that a freshman or potential new stu-dent would see.

Student ambassadors give tours to high school juniors and seniors from all around the state and the country.

Brock Crawford being one of these ambassadors.

The ambassadors study all about NSU. The history, the ma-jors and the administration are just a little amount of what they

need to know to be an ambassa-dor.

They are present to answer questions.

“Don’t be afraid to ask ques-tions,” said Kacey Alexander, of-fice assistant of First Year Experi-ence.

Alexander is the second face seen after having had a tour at some point. She helps future students take the placement test. After she directs them to the next two places being transcript and financial aide.

Financial aid makes sure the student enrolling can put an in-vestment in their future. Financial aid offices help out hundreds of people a day after their enroll-ment in the summer.

Transfer students have a differ-ent route.

Jasmine Wright, grad assistant in the Transfer and Parent Pro-gram, helps out transfers who come in wanting to make their schedule.

“A little over half of the stu-dents on campus are transfer stu-dents,” said Wright. “So we are a big part in bringing students on campus and enrollment.”

The Parent Program is de-signed for parents to know what the news is on campus. They are invited to tailgates and know about the celebrations going on

at NSU. It keeps the parents in-volved with NSU.

One word of advice that Wright had was to get enrolled early. The semester comes quick so the limited space in certain classes closes even faster.

One of the last places for a new student to be fully enrolled is the ID services window.

They are located in the West wing of the case building. With-out an ID a student cannot go anywhere.

ID’s have talon money on them for books allow students into buildings not open to the public

and gets them discounts around the town.

“The case building is very im-portant for all students because its makes enrollment one stop,” said Stephanie Dorsch student worker for ID services.

Most freshmen should know

The Tahlequah Rock & Mineral Show will be held at the Tahlequah Community Bldg., 300 W. First, on Friday, August 17, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Saturday, August 18, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This year’s Annual Show features 26 vendors from six states with lots of rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry, jewelry making supplies and gemstones. We will also have flintknapping, some new educational displays, along with Elsing Museum and plenty of activities for children.

This year were are having great door prizes with a $3.00 admission for adults, 18 and over. This covers both days. Children are FREE as always. One of the door prizes will be given away at a LIVE AUC-TION at 7:00 PM on Friday. On Saturday, we will have a silent auction throughout the day with more door prizes. Funds raised from our Show will soon go into our Scholarship Fund to purchase Earth Science Kits for elementary classrooms. For more information, call 918-456-8198.

Tahlequah Rock and Mineral Show Aug. 17

the building in and out by the end of their first year of college. So do not be afraid to go up to the case and ask questions. The only dumb question is a question not asked.

For more information email [email protected]

Courtesy PhotoThe workers in the CASE building are in place to help students. Financial aid, ID services, en-

rollment management and several other facilities are all centrally located in the CASE.


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Campus ministries reach out to all faithsAshley RogeRsTNe WRiTeR

While many believe most col-lege students spend more time partying than studying, many use this time to grow their faith and spiritual health.

The Fuller Youth Institute’s current data shows that 40 to 50 percent of students struggle in their faith after high-school grad-uation.

NSU has many options for stu-dents of all denominations.

Chi Alpha Campus Ministries is sponsored by the Assemblies of God.

The denomination provides each campus with support, re-sources and connectivity to a larger worldwide movement. They also work to equip the lead-ers of each local XA, both the vo-cational missionaries associated with each group and the student leaders.

The sponsorship does not re-

quire a history with Assemblies of God and any denominational connection is welcome.

XA has services at 7:50 p.m. Thursday in the Webb Audito-rium.

“I think all Christian campus ministries that are working hard to love and serve the students of NSU are doing of a tremendous job of doing just that,” XA pas-tor T.J. Scrapper said. “It’s a lot of work that never seems to slow down but it is more than worth it. I think any campus pastor would agree with me on that one.”

Campus Christian Fellowship seeks to provide members with a Christian environment where they can learn and grow in their relationship with God.

Their goal is to present the gos-pel of Christ and help Christian students maintain and increase their faith.

They said they are not in com-petition with any other group on campus and encourage students

to be involved with many church-related campus organizations. CCF holds services at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the CCF Campus house, located on the northeast corner of Crafton and Lewis.

Javier Santos has been involved with CCF since spring 2009, act-ing as CCF president and wor-ship leader. He will return for his fourth year as a small groups and discipleship leader.

“I believe that campus minis-tries are a vital part of the NSU

campus,” Santos said. “Not only do they provide an avenue for be-lievers to gather and worship but they also expose them to a place where they can fellowship and serve others who may not share the same faith.”

The Southern Baptist program of campus-based ministry is Bap-tist Collegiate Ministries. BCM has been in continuous minis-try for 86 years and is currently on 893 campuses. They seek to provide guidance, resources and support for collegiate students in Baptist life.

BCM holds services at 8 p.m. Mondays. They are located at the northwest corner of Grand and Crafton.

NSU Wesley Foundation, part-nered with the United Methodist Church, seeks to enrich the lives of students.

Their mission is to make disci-ples of Jesus Christ for the trans-formation of the world. They be-

Jon Dallis/Contributing PhotographerThere are several campus ministries at NSU, all of which cater the spiritual needs of the stu-

dents who attend. The ministries work within their power to reach out to students of all faiths.

lieve no one congregation can do all these ministries, but together, through the power of connec-tion, tremendous differences can be made.

The Wesley Foundation offers free lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday. They also partner with services at the UMC, starting with Celebration Worship Service at 8:30 a.m. ev-ery Sunday.

They are located at 300 W. Delaware, across from the fitness center.

Heather Butler, Checotah se-nior, said being in a campus min-istry has helped her tremendously.

“I have learned more about Christ and have been able to be in leadership,” Butler said. “It’s been an awesome way to share my faith. I have made lifelong friends that encourage, support and love me.”



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On-campus living comes with many perksAshley RogeRsTNe WRiTeR

For students living on campus there are a variety of perks. In addition to the opportunities and benefits of living on campus, resi-dential students generally have a higher GPA and are more likely to graduate, according to the NSU website.

Living on campus can also in-crease the likelihood of becom-ing more involved in extracur-ricular activities with free in-hall programming designed to make new friends and form bonds with other students.

Every hall on campus has ac-cess to free laundry facilities and access to multiple computer labs around campus. Residence halls also come with water, sewer, trash, electricity and maintenance bills paid.

All residence halls have moni-tored access via ID cards, com-mon areas and entrances are monitored by cameras. Also, all buildings are regularly patrolled by campus police to offer addi-tional peace of mind for those concerned about safety.

Free memberships to the NSU Fitness Center are available to on-campus students looking to stay in shape and maintain an active lifestyle.

The fitness center contains a gymnasium, weight room, three racquetball courts, three outdoor sand volleyball courts, an outside basketball court, aerobics room, sun deck, lockers, showers, gam-ing lounge area and a competi-tion-size swimming pool.

The Drop Zone is a full-service postal and mailing service of-fering FedEx, UPS and USPS shipping, as well as bulk mailing services. They also provide photo-copies, stamps, packing materials, key duplication and have a pub-

lic fax machine. Individual mail boxes are also available to rent in the Drop Zone, and are available on all campuses.

Students can also take advan-tage of the Copy Zone, which of-fers photocopies and a full-service print shop at a discounted rate.

Campus residents also receive basic cable television service free.

There are also a variety of on-campus dining facilities available for students.

The Market Cafe is located on the ground floor of the UC and offers a variety of entrees. Essen-tials, located in the South Leoser complex, is a convenience store combined with a Pizza Hut Ex-press.

Flo’s Coffee Shop includes soups, salads, sandwiches and wraps, in addition to their coffee menu. Flo’s is located on the third floor of the UC.

Seminary Suites is home to the Seminary Suites Grill, a conve-nience store and grill to serve the northwest side of campus.

The UC food court is home to a variety of options for students, including Chick-Fil-A, the Break-fast Nook, Freshëns Smoothie Company and WOW Cafe & Wingery.

For many students the social perks of living are a huge plus of living on campus.

“My favorite part about on-campus living was being so near to the other students,” said Kylah Cauthon, Duncan junior. “I was able to make a lot more random friends and acquaintances when I lived on campus, simply because they lived there too.”

Some students enjoy the family aspect that comes with living on campus.

Lauren Cook, Comanche se-nior, said her favorite thing was being within walking distance to friends.

“You never got bored because you merely go to someone’s place right there,” said Cook. “I love it. It’s like one big family.”

Others appreci-ate the closeness to campus and classes.

Adam Pinker-ton, Hominy senior, said his favorite part of living on campus is shorter distanc-es to class and not worrying about fighting for parking spots.

Students wishing to live on campus should contact Univer-sity Housing to apply.


Jon Dallis/Contributing PhotographerLiving on campus can be beneficial for those students who choose to do so.

There are many places for them to eat, do laundry and hang out with friends and meet new people.


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On-campus dining options to expandChelseA PeRRymANTNe WRiTeR

NSU has a variety of dining options all around different parts of campus. NSU offers eight dif-ferent places to dine.

The dining options on campus include, the Market Cafe, Pizza Hut Express in Leoser Dorms, Flo’s Coffee Shop on the 3rd floor of the UC, Seminary Suites Grill and Chick-fil-A, Wow Café and Wingery, Freshens Smoothie and Miss Annie’s all in the base-ment of the UC.

Miss Annie’s is new opening this fall during the lunch hours specializing in soups, wraps and salads with a light flair.

“NSU Dining provides an exciting and innovative campus dining service program for the

The market Cafe is open for breakfast Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and dinner 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pizza hut express is open from 11 a.m. to midnight. Flo’s Coffee shop is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. seminary suites grill is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.Chick-fil-A is open 11 a.m.- 8 p.m.miss Annie’s is open 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., WoW Café and Wingery is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Freshens smoothie is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Dining hours of operation

entire NSU community,” said David Wilcox, general manager Sodexo Campus Services.

Wilcox said there are a variety of restaurants to choose from all conveniently located within walk-ing distance of on-campus hous-ing.

“We are proud to offer a din-ing program complete with na-tional brands, along with NSU signature shops and menu selec-tions that include both local and regional flair,” said Wilcox.

Flex dollars are set up on a deb-

it system a student ID works like a debit card. Students can add flex dollars at University Housing.

“Meal Trade is something I really liked about NSU dining,” said Dawn Kennedy, NSU alum-ni. “I loved being able to go to an-other restaurant and use it as one of my meals and not take up my flex points.”

Kennedy said this helps stu-dents conserve flex dollars, adds variety to the meal plans and comes in handy if a student is across campus from the cafe when they need a meal fast when they do not have much time.

“Flex points are nice to have because it is just like money, but if you use them all at the beginning of the semester then the end you depend on meal trade and your normal meals,” said Kennedy.

Each meal trade requires a small fee and meal trades are only available during normal Market Café meal periods.

“My favorite restaurant on campus is Flo’s Coffee shop,” said Tarah Hawkins, Ochelata junior. “I enjoy being able to go there and get a coffee and study where it is quiet.”

Hawkins said,Flo’s is a great place to go with a group of friends or alone when in need of some alone time.


Chelsea Perryman/TNEThe Market Cafe is in the process of undergoing renovations for a vastly improved dining

venue on campus. However, the renovations do not stop them from serving the students three daily meals, five days a week.


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Seminary Suites pool not intended for public useeliZAbeTh WhiTe TNe WRiTeR

The Seminary Suites is a resi-dent housing community that of-fers more than the basic, on-cam-pus living amenities to students. Along with the convenience of campus living and simplicity of university housing and meal plans, Seminary Suites also offers its residents the only outdoor pool on campus and a private sand volleyball court.

According to the NSU housing website, the Seminary Suites is a community that serves as home to approximately 300 students who seek a taste of freedom to live on their own in an apartment like liv-ing environment. Also, according

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Fall semester brings new fresh-man to NSU campus every Au-gust and living in the dorms is part of the college experience.

“We suggest that students bring a shower caddy, shower shoes, bedding, towels, 600 Watt Mi-crowave and a small refrigera-tor,” said Whitney Arbaugh, hall manager. “Residents are allowed to hang pictures or posters as long as they don’t use screws or nails.”

Hall managers remind resi-dents they share a living space with another person.

“We encourage our residents to limit the amount of items they bring because the resident hall isn’t your typical bedroom at home,” said Arbaugh. “It is smaller and you have to share your space.” Home sickness often drives stu-dents home the first weekend, but staying on campus would prove to be more beneficial.

“Hang out and get to know

the site the most prized possession of Seminary is their pool and volleyball area. Seminary Suites is the only housing area on campus with this unique possession.

Once school starts back in Au-gust, students on NSU’s campus may be tempted to indulge in a dip in the pool or play a late night volleyball match with some bud-dies, but these outdoor amenities, unfortunately to most students, with few exceptions, are for Suites residents only.

“The only people allowed in the pool/volleyball area are cur-rent residents of either summer school or Seminary Suites,” said Darrin Priest, hall manager for Seminary Suites. “We make ex-ceptions for student groups who

reserve the Suites pool for an activity, but it must be approved through me.”

Along with needing to be a resi-dent of the Suites, there are a few other rules for the pool.

Priest said students who fail to obey these rules at the pool and volleyball area can face serious consequences.

“Anyone who is found breaking rules will be subject to Housing or University Judicial system for whatever policy it is found that they have broken,” said Priest. This could include a ban from all Housing buildings including the Suites and the pool.”

University staff along with the resident advisers aware of the rules at the Suites recreational ar-

eas and are enforcing them. NSU police patrol the area regularly and will make individuals leave if they are not suites residents car-rying a valid NSU ID or summer school pool pass.

Priest said although the pool rules are posted in multiple areas near the pool, people frequently break them. Aside from the in-dividuals trespassing, the other most commonly broken rules are swimmers being people being at the pool outside of the operating hours and when swimmers at the

pool are under 18. “The pool is available during

the months it is warm enough and open from 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.,” said Priest.

Students who are not Seminary Suites residents or are wishing to swim during cooler months may use the indoor poor located in NSU’s Fitness Center. The pool is open for swimmers year round and free to NSU resident stu-dents.


your new community,” said Leslie Byrd hall manager. “It’s easier to acclimate to your new home away from home if you stick around and put some effort into it.”

According to the Resident Life Policies, quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.

Residents are asked to be con-siderate of the needs of the other residents at all times.

“The recommended way to decorate would be posters from our poster fair held in the UC basement once a semester to hang with some type of eas-

ily removable substance, such as sticky tack,” said Darrin Priest, hall manager. “Any damage that is there when they leave, that was not there when they arrived will be charged to them.”

Students are encouraged to join one of the many clubs and organizations campus has to offer.

“I would suggest join a club, or find out what clubs and groups are on campus and try several groups before you decide to stick with one,” said Priest.


Hall managers enforce rules

Elizabeth White/TNEThe Seminary Suites pool is for seminary suite residents

only. It is one of the many perks the residents of the suites pay extra for each semester.

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Proper use of Talon Charge crucial for studentseliZAbeTh WhiTeTNe WRiTeR

Students buying books and oth-er classroom materials on campus at NSU are finding some relief from the high cost of these ma-terials thanks to the NSU Talon charge accounts. The accounts allow students to purchase these expensive, sometimes manda-tory, materials without having to worry about immediate payment. The amount chargeable to the account differs depending on the type of student.

According to the NSU website, full time students are allowed to charge up to $800 per semester.

NSU extends charging privi-leges to students in order to facili-tate use of campus-based services through the Talon Charge pro-gram. Use of this charge account is at the student’s discretion.

Another feature of the Talon charge is after a student has pur-chased all their books they have

the option to add a meal plan to their account. This is a valued feature to many of NSU’s com-muter students who would prefer to eat a more convenient meal on campus.

Along with the books and meal plans that college life can some-times require, the Talon charge also covers the purchases of a va-riety of products at NSU’s Barnes & Noble’s bookstore. The ability to purchase NSU themed prod-ucts seems alluring, especially to incoming freshmen who have not yet received numerous free T-shirts from the university.

“As a general rule of thumb, we tell students to only buy things that are necessary for academic success,” said Chris Adney, assis-tant director to the First Year Ex-perience Office. “Don’t let fancy key chains and Under Armour hoodies prevent you from being able to pay your bills and con-tinue your education.”

According to the NSU website

charges made on students’ Talon accounts are reflected on their monthly billing statement and payments are due on the 15th of each month. If students fail to make the payment, they will in-cur late fees on their account and will be unable to enroll in future semesters until the payment is made in full.

“We constantly remind stu-dents that a balance owed to the university can prevent them from being able to enroll for future terms,” said Adney.

Adney said his office provides incoming freshmen with basic

information regarding the Talon charge account through their ori-entation program and the Uni-versity Strategies course.

“I’ve never had a problem with my Talon charge because I buy books first, but I know people who have used theirs for dumb stuff,” said Shelby Gregory, Howe sophomore. “A girl on my hall last year bought all kinds of clothes and stuff on her Talon charge and then didn’t have enough money to buy her books.”

The Talon charge account is a luxury for NSU students to be able to buy items they need when

money may not be readily avail-able. The account, however, has the potential to stifle their success at NSU and therefore should be used responsibly. A lingering bal-ance has the ability to halt any fu-ture progress for a student.

“I think the Talon charge is a good way for us to learn respon-sibility for what we buy as stu-dents,” said Culver. “But I can definitely see how someone could go overboard with it and learn a hard lesson. Better now than later, though.”


Alumni Association awards 2012-13 legacy scholarshipsThree freshmen at Northeastern State University are recipients of the 2012-13 Legacy Scholarships,

awarded through the Alumni Association.Receiving scholarships for $1,500 are Stephen Morrison of Fort Gibson, Joshua Fleak of Tulsa and

Colin Forehand of Claremore.The scholarship is awarded to incoming freshmen with family who attended NSU in the past. Applica-

tions are reviewed by a committee drawn from the Alumni Association’s board of directors. The commit-tee determines the number of scholarships, the amounts to award and the recipients.

To read more visit the NSU news page.

NsU Center for Performing Arts to host eventsAfter several years of renovations, the Center for Performing Arts hosts a full slate of activities during

the 2012-2013 academic year. The CPA will be home to the Sequoyah Institute’s Galaxy of Stars series, which brings high quality

professional entertainment programs to NSU and the surrounding communities. The CPA will also be the site of a wide range of performances by NSU’s music program. These include

numerous ensemble and individual recitals featuring faculty and students in vocal and instrumental pre-sentations.

The CPA will also host outreach events to local high school programs that include the Piano Festival, Trumpet Day and the Green Country Jazz Festival.

One of NSU’s iconic events, the Miss Northeastern pageant, will also return to its familiar venue. For more information about the CPA schedule call Judy Dunkin at 918-444-2700.

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Junie’s Closet offers affordable high-end women’s clothing

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Fall semester is right around the corner and it is time to start purchasing textbooks. The Riv-erHawk Shoppe offers many op-tions for students’ textbook needs. Renting textbooks is a way to save money.

“You can save up to 55 per-cent by renting a textbook,” said Rachel Blankenship, RiverHawk Shoppe supervisor. “You only have to secure it with a credit or debit card and return it by the due date.”

Students often highlight mate-rials and write notes to help with studying.

“Students can highlight in the textbooks they rent and still re-turn them,” said Blankenship. “As long as there is no water damage and the covers are still intact we will take them back.”

An article for NBCNews.com by Kelly Lucas, names some web-sites where students can purchase textbooks for discounted prices. Chegg.com is one of the sites list-

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Junie’s Closet is a boutique full of the latest clothing for all ages of women specializing in afford-able high-fashion clothing and accessories.

According to their website, www.juniescloset.com, Junie’s Closet carries casual and con-temporary clothing at affordable prices. Items such as hats, scarves, jewelry, sunglasses and favorite gift items.

Their goal is to give Tahlequah women that special boutique shopping experience without them having to drive to another

city to get. “We offer a wide variety of

brands in our boutique,” said June Ludwig, owner of Junie’s Closet. “Some of our fashionable brands include Miss Me, Free People, blu pepper and Ya.”

Ludwig said other products the boutique offers are shoes and boots, Big Buddha purses, jewelry and Laura and Lily bracelets.

“For all NSU students, we of-fer a 15% discount on Miss Me and Free People products with an NSU ID,” said Ludwig.

Junie’s Closet has a Facebook site, www.facebook.con/junies-closet, where they show off their most recent finds and sales.

“Right now, Junie’s is stock-ing up for the fall trends,” said Ludwig. “Some upcoming trends to look for are lots of layering, tights, leggings, socks and colored jeans.”

Ludwig said Junie’s celebrated their second year anniversary with a large storewide sale.

The high-end affordable fash-ion offered by Junie’s gives women the opportunity to get what they need and support a local business at the same time.

“Junie’s Closet offers some-thing for everyone,” said Kaysha Stogsdill, NSU Alumni. “I can always find any item of clothing I need whether it be a nice dress

or something to wear out on the town.”

Stogsdill said the large variety of products and friendly staff at Junie’s is what makes the bou-tique a one of kind shopping ex-perience.

“One of my favorite things Ju-nie’s has is the Tervis Tumblers,” said Stogsdill. “They make great gifts and they are great for hot or cold drinks on the go.”

Variety, friendly service and items in different price ranges are all things that Junie’s Closet strives to have, so they can offer Tahlequah the best possible.

“I love that Junie’s closet un-derstands college students are

broke,” said Ashley Derr, Pryor junior. “There NSU student dis-count is great.”

Derr said, Being able to get Miss Me at 15% off makes them affordable and no other place around offers a deal quite like that.

“I love that I can shop for what-ever I need in Tahlequah and not have to drive out of town,” said Derr.

Junie’s closet is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located at 110 N. Musk-ogee Ave.


Text book renting helps students save moneyed as a good website to rent text-books. At the end of the semester just print off shipping label from your account and send it back free of charge.

“I’ve ordered textbooks off of Amazon before and it’s really hit and miss,” said Casey Sharp Tahlequah senior. “That’s why I usually get my textbooks from the Off Campus bookstore.”

The Off Campus bookstore is a bookstore on Spring Street that offers many options for students.

“Our prices are guaranteed lower than the campus book-store,” said Tyler Pickett, the Off Campus Bookstore manager.

“We have more used textbooks than they offer.”

Students looking to rent text-books can also look to the off campus bookstore.

“Renting is the same here,” said Pickett. “There’s really may-be a five cent difference.”

Students receiving financial aid can still purchase books from the bookstore and get books at cheaper rate.

“We don’t have access to the Talon Charge here, but they can write us a check and we hold that check until their financial aid comes in,” said Pickett. “Since we are much cheaper than the

campus bookstore, students can use more of their financial aid on other school supplies.”

The Off Campus Bookstore also sells backpacks and other school supplies as well.

The RiverHawk Shoppe is lo-cated inside the University Cen-ter. The Off Campus bookstore is located at 109 Spring St.



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TRiO provides services for low-income studentsdeReK dANdRidgeTNe WRiTeR

Going to college is a way for students to broaden their oppor-tunities for their future, and there are many programs most do not even know exist. TRiO is a fed-eral program that is located on campuses across the nation that does just that.

According to their website, TRiO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-genera-tion college students and individ-uals with disabilities to progress

through the academic pipeline from middle school to postbacca-laureate programs.

Connie Wright, TRiO director, said one aspect of this organiza-tion is free tutoring for enrolled students, but there are many other amenities this organization offers. Tutoring is just a small fraction.

“Helping students stay in school and graduate, that is our mission,” said Wright.

There are many aspects the student support service offers to NSU students, they build close relationships with those students

and can also help them out through other offices and even the possibility of federal grant money.

Students must qualify to be able to receive this aid. Students must be a U.S. citizen, enrolled on campus, maintain a certain GPA and must meet the income guidelines.

There is special money at the federal level and NSU students have the opportunity to obtain it. There are not endless amounts of money so one must apply for this aid.

Dedicated students involved in

the program seem to flourish with the help that is offered.

“Counselors are even available at all times for the students,” said Krista Scraper. Scraper has been tutoring students for 3 years now.

There are also other incentives students might receive in things such as a computer lab, free cop-ies, scantrons and opportunities, said Scraper. And TRiO is part-ners with education talent search and have even taken the students to such plays as “Wicked” located in Tulsa.

“I really don’t know what I would do without the TRiO

program here on campus,” said Lori Tucker, Warner junior. “I received one of the grants that the federal program offers and I probably wouldn’t be here with-out it.”

So as students that qualify for this program are impacted by the care and additional help they receive from TRiO. If students have any further questions they can contact the office, which is located across from the CASE Building. The hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to5 p.m.


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Financial aid provides relief to those who qualifyAsmA ZiyAdATNe WRiTeR

At the beginning of each se-mester, some students receive fi-nancial aid and loans to help pay off their tuition and book expens-es. Students at NSU can expect to get the help they need in the CASE building, located across the street from the Business and Technology building.

“Tuition and fees will be paid automatically with available aid,” said Townsend. “The authoriza-tion from the student allows the computers to automatically pay for anything the student charges to their account.”

Townsend said if the student does not authorize the charges to be paid automatically, the bal-ance will stay on the bill until the student pays out of pocket. This could result in late fees.

“By law, the school is required to pay tuition before any money is released to the students,” said Shayna Spear, financial aid coun-selor. “The student has the choice on whether they want the school to pay non-institutional charges such as meal plans and Talon charges.”

Spears said it is easier if the stu-dent allows the school to take care of those charges first, this way the student does not have to worry about the bill. She said in the end, it is truly up to the student and what they prefer.

A Talon Charge Account is handled by ID Services at NSU. It is a line of credit to be used to-ward schoolbooks and supplies. Students can also set up a meal plan of food as well. This process can be set up at the CASE build-ing, on the second floor where the Financial Aid office is located.

According nsuok.edu/financial aid, a student must reapply for federal aid every year. The Free Application for Federal Student

Aid is available to fill out on Jan. 1 of every year.

The types of financial aid pro-vided to the student at NSU in-clude grants, loans and income tax credits. Grants are based on financial need and funds are con-sidered funds that do not have to be repaid. Students must meet the eligibility requirements to qualify for grants.

Loans are funds that must be repaid with interest, usually after the student graduates. Again, the students must meet the eligibility requirements to qualify.

“Our office awards Direct Staf-ford loans, Subsidized, Unsubsi-dized and Direct Parent Plus as well as Graduate Plus loans,” said Shelly Dreadfulwater, assistant director of the Financial Aid De-partment. “A student grade level, enrollment status, as well as liv-ing arrangements help the school determine what types and how much of certain types of aid the student is eligible for.”

“Loans can be used to help pay for any educationally related ex-penses,” said Dreadfulwater.

Spear said students should pay attention and read the Mas-ter Promissory Note. This note must be completed in order for the loans to apply. It explains everything the student needs to know about the loans and what they can be used for. She said it also explains what they may only use the loans for educational pur-poses.

“When it is time for the stu-dents to start making payments they can go to www.nslds.ed.gov,” said Spear. “On there they can see who owns the loan in order to contact them to set up a payment plan.”

A key factor of financial aid eli-gibility is provided for the student on the NSU website. This factor is academic progress.

According to the site, the aca-

demic prog-ress has three requirements. First, the stu-dents are re-quired to main-tain a minimum c u m u l a t i v e grade point average. Sec-ond, students are required to complete and pass a certain percentage of hours they at-tempt. Third, students must complete their degree within a timely manner.

J a s m i n e Wright, Dallas graduate stu-dent, said from her own experi-ence of being an undergraduate student, it is extremely important for students to be responsible with the money they receive from school.

“I feel as if most students are quick to spend their money on clothes and high dollar items such as shoes and TV’s,” said Wright.

Wright said she recommends students to pay their bills, espe-cially for those living off campus and have overhead such as rent, car payments, insurance and phone bills. She said it makes life easier if the student pays ahead on their bills, and then spends what is left over on personal items.

“Any federal student aid dis-bursed to students is meant to as-sist the student with their tuition fees, books, supplies, transporta-tion and housing costs while they are in school,” said Dreadfulwa-ter.

For more information, students can call the Financial Aid office, at (918) 444-3456. To contact the

Business Affairs office, students can call (918) 444-2160. Students can call the Student ID Services

at (918) 444-2577.For more information, email

[email protected].

Asma Ziyada/TNEAn incoming freshman student recieves help with first year financial aid. The

financial aid office is located on the first floor of the CASE building.


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Youth Rally set to spiritually impact studentsChelseA moseRTNe WRiTeR

Destination Truth Youth Rally is quickly approaching. The Rally will include Kendall Dean and Dutton for praise and worship and Scott Watkins will bring the alter call.

The Youth Rally was organized by Julie Kimble, Carter Baptist Youth Director. This is the first year for the event, but if all goes as planned it is expected to turn into an annual event, maybe even develop into a weekend kids’ camp.

“An area youth rally has been something that God had laid on my heart for about two years now,” said Kimble. “With prayer and God’s direction, doors have been opening left and right for this event. Dutton is a band that I first heard at Falls Creek last year and again this year. There is no other like Dutton. After Falls Creek last year I knew they were who I wanted to play at the rally.

With God all things are possible. So, this year I asked, and I about passed out when they said, yes.”

Dutton is a worship band based out of Texas since 2003.

They were chosen to perform at kids’ camp, Falls Creek, in Da-vis, Okla. the past two summers. They have recorded three albums and continue to work on getting their message out to the world through song.

They are in the midst of their fourth tour and making a stop in Cookson, Okla. for the youth rally.

Dutton was an amazing victory for the youth rally, but there was still time to spare and Carter Bap-tist needed to fill the spot.

“We had been planning and realized we had open time for another entertainer,” said Kim-ble. “The next day brother Billy Joe Loller and I went to a meet-ing where Kendall Dean was the guest speaker. A young man living for God and using his talent and love for music to spread God’s

word. He was exactly what I felt we needed and God provided.”

Kendall Dean, Local musician and NSU alumni, caught Kim-ble’s eye and filled the open spot she had been desperately search-ing for.

“My love for music started when I was young,” said Dean. “It’s one of the most effective ways I communicate how I’m feel-ing. God has blessed me to travel all over singing, however, from the moment I got to Tahlequah it just felt like home. I have been asked several times to move from Okla-homa so that I can truly have a career in music, but my music is for those who are hurting, those who are in need of hope, those who are looking for a God that can cope with what we try to hide from the world. What better place to start than right where I am at.

God has placed me here for a rea-son and when he’s ready he will move me. Until then my goals are to keep singing and make positive music that creates a change in me so it might change others.”

Youth groups of all churches are welcomed to the event. There will be concession and no entry fee.

“Julie has been thinking up this rally for a long time now,” said Derek Kennedy, Vian sophomore and rally helper. “I’m so glad she’s finally making it happen.”

Kimble has estimated 500 youth to participate in the rally so far, but hoping for many more to join the fun.

“Seeing how many kids it brings closer to the Lord is going to be so rewarding,” said Ken-nedy.

Kimble has paired with East

Chelsea Moser/TNEJalyn Willis, Keys freshman, Julie Kimble, Carter Baptist Youth Director, and CJ Alsenay, Keys

freshman work together to prepare for Destination Truth Youth Rally. The youth Rally is set for Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. and is free to attend.

Central Baptist Assembly’s young adult team, Carter Baptist youth team and Tenkiller Baptist As-sembly to plan and make this event become a reality.

“I really believe this will be-come an annual event for this area,” said Kimble. “If just one person will open their heart to Jesus, all the work will have been well worth it.”

The Destination Truth Youth Rally will be at the TBA Camp-grounds in Cookson, Okla. on Aug. 18, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Kimble wants the event to be free for all who want to come and receive a heart-felt message along with praise and worship. Kimble has been pulling strings wherever she can, still Carter will be ac-cepting donations as well.

For more information contact [email protected].

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Fraternity fall 2012 Bid Day, Aug. 31 at Beta FielddeReK dANdRidgeTNe WRiTeR

During the first couple weeks of school, fraternities begin to put in motion events for new and current men to attend rush week. Rush week is an opportunity for the men on campus to become a part of one of the six fraternities on campus and give back to the community along with being part of a new brotherhood.

Also in the beginning of the semester the different fraternities set up a table in the UC to answer questions about the fraternity and the events they have.

“Our main objective is to bet-ter our members and to service the community with a life-time commitment,” said Daniel Jones, member of Kappa Sigma. “They

teach you values, history, personal skills, social network and the life-time brotherhood when needed. And using rush week to increase the number in our brotherhood is what we aim to do.”

Rush week is an advertising and recruitment week for stu-dents to get to know about the different organizations they could join. All fraternities make ar-rangements for students to come to their events, like a game time, a cookout or other activities.

There are several fraternity or-ganization groups active on the Tahlequah campus.

Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Kap-pa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Lambda Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon to name a few. They try to get to know the men and see if they would make a

good fit to their organization.“We are really excited to get

some new members this semes-ter,” said Michael Flora, member of Tau Kappa Epsilon. “This is the time of year where we can showcase our abilities in rush and hopefully get a great quality of new members. I can remember when I was going through rush, I thought there was nothing like it. Something to do everyday, new people, new activities. I encour-age everyone to at least come out to rush week and see what they think about it.”

On the final day of rush week, students get bids from the frater-nities that have made their selec-tions.

If students get more than one bid, they have to choose just one. On the same day the guys who

get the bids, are invited to bid day where they hang out with the brothers of the fraternity.

“I’m pretty excited for the fall rush this year,” said David Seals, Siloam Springs AR sophomore. “I didn’t rush the first year I was up here, but this time I’m going to get out there and do it. There really isn’t much more than being able to share your brotherhood and also get out there in the com-munity and meet people. I really can’t wait for it to get here.”

Whether students choose to rush or not, supporting the Greek system could be beneficial be-cause they do a lot of positive things for the campus and sur-rounding community. Rush week is set for Aug 27-30.

For more information contact [email protected].


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Fall Interfraternity Council recruitment to begin Aug. 27KAylA JohNsoNTNe WRiTeR

Interfraternity Council recruit-ment, also known as fraternity recruitment is right around the corner. The dates are set for the week of Aug. 27. Bid day is on Aug. 31 at Beta Field across from The Branch.

There are six fraternities on NSU’s campus. They are Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Lambda Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon. All fraternities pursue scholarship, social excellence, as well as community and campus involvement.

“I highly recommend that any-one wanting to rush should go in with an open mind and check out what every chapter has to of-

fer,” said Michael Flora, Broken Arrow senior. “All fraternities are

different and can all suit a dif-ferent part of who you are. You

get something that is almost indescribable. A sense of belong-ing that you’re home town friends and family can’t give you. You’re also going to learn a lot about your-self through personal development and through community service projects and philanthropy events. If you want to really know who you are and what you’re meant for in this life, then going Greek is going to get you there.”

Incoming freshmen sometimes do not un-

derstand joining a fraternity and believe that recruitment is just a waste of time and money.

Even if a student decides to drop out of IFC recruitment, he will still gain the experience and meet people.

“By going through recruitment, you are going to have an opportu-nity to meet hundreds of different guys that all have a lot to offer you,” said Ethan Hayman, Col-linsville junior. “The trick to re-cruitment is figuring who is going to offer you something beneficial for your life. Recruitment week is pretty hectic but it’s a blast. You can get some of the best free food every night and start off your so-cial life on campus with a bang. You get to see a presentation from every chapter in order to find out more about them. There are a lot of different values held among the different fraternities but one thing is for sure, you can’t go wrong going Greek.”

The average cost for the first semester dues of the six frater-nities is $380. Most fraternities offer a payment plan during the course of the fall semester that new members are allowed to use.

There are plenty of options for students to pay their fraternity dues.

“I would say ‘not wanting to pay for friends’ is the most com-mon reason most guys use for not wanting to join a fraternity,” said Thomas McKinney, Tahle-quah senior. “However, dues go to many important things such as fraternity insurance, member-ship fees which basically keeps the chapter’s headquarters open, and of course to the chapter’s per-sonal bank account. A percent-age of that is for Homecoming, school events and IFC dues. So technically, you’re not paying for friends. You’re just paying money to keep your chapter afloat.”

IFC is expecting roughly 70 students to go through recruit-ment this fall. Numbers will vary depending on freshmen enroll-ment.

“If you or someone you know is interested in joining a Frater-nity, you can stop by the student activities office on campus lo-cated in the basement of the UC or you can print the application online and mail it in along with a $25 registration fee,” said Ethen Herrington, Tulsa junior. “In my opinion, guys should join a fraternity because it opens up a lot of opportunities to meet new people all around campus and it is an easy way to get involved in activities on and off campus too. It also allows you to do a lot for the community and enjoy a lot of fun activities that you might oth-erwise miss out on.”

Herrington said his favorite part of being in a fraternity is the brotherhood and the memories that come along with it. He has made friendships that will last a lifetime and it’s one of the best decisions he has ever made in his life.


Courtesy PhotoEvery fall the six fraternities on campus welcome their new members at

Bid Day. This fall fraternity Bid Day will be at Beta Field on Aug. 31.

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NAB offers hands-on experience to studentsKAylA JohNsoNTNe WRiTeR

NSU offers many organiza-tions for students to get involved in. Students literally have the op-tion of joining almost any orga-nization that could be thought of. One of the more popular organi-zations is Northeastern Activities Board.

NAB is mostly known for hav-ing free events for students on campus.

In the past, NAB has held con-certs such as Eli Young Band, Casey Donahew band and Jer-emih. Along with concerts for students, NAB also brings come-dians such as Joseph Tran to cam-pus each year.

NAB plans and produces a wide variety of programs and events for students by students. This allows students a hands-on experience. They will expand their creative horizons, build a work ethic while working with a

diverse group of people as well as challenge their life knowledge and develop leadership skills.

“NAB is a great way to get in-volved and meet some groovy new people plus its real fun,” said Theron Ogedengbe, Boyn-ton junior. “I am currently the public relations chair for NAB. My chair basically just helps the other chairs by promoting their events. We are always looking for some friendly and awesome people to join us and help spread the word about upcoming events so everyone should definitely get involved.”

Even though it is better to get involved by volunteering their time, students are not required to become members of NAB to get the experience.

“I have so many priorities and obligations on campus so I’m unable make the commitment and permanently be on a NAB committee or hold a chair, how-ever, I like to just sign up and

volunteer for some events when I find time,” said Hilary Admire, Tulsa sophomore. “Along with volunteering for events, I also at-tend as much as I can. This past spring break, I traveled with NAB and went to Dillon, Colorado. It was great to get away with a fun group and I even learned how to ski. We stayed at a legit resort and we pretty much got to do what we wanted. While we were there we volunteered to clean up a public garden for a couple hours so it was great to give back as well.” NAB has a series of fun events on and off campus. Road trips, concerts, comedians, educational speakers, game shows and com-munity activities are just a few things NAB has to offer NSU students. This year, NAB will have events for non-traditional

students and their families as well. “NAB is making some changes

this year and we are working on a lot of neat stuff,” said Kayla Spencer, Tahlequah sophomore. “We are in the process of plan-ning new events such as a glow in the dark party and a huge zombie run Halloween event. Students should definitely get involved with NAB because you can keep up with what is going on around campus. We are in the process of creating a new member sys-tem that has tons of bonuses for being involved and becoming a member. It is a great thing to get involved with on campus.”

NAB is offering movies at the lo-cal movie theatre, Green Country Cinemas and is currently looking into having an outdoor movie as well. NAB not only has concerts,

but they also put on video game competitions for students to enter.

“This year we will be having Call of Duty and Halo 4 tourna-ments for students who would like the chance to win some money,” said Jake Proctor, Tahlequah sophomore.“If you or someone you know is interested in signing up for a committee or volunteer-ing for just a couple events, you can sign up in the NAB office in the downstairs of the UC or call 918-444-2526.”



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NSU’s 20th annual Merchant Mall, Aug. 15KAylA JohNsoNTNe WRiTeR

Welcome Back Week is the first week of school each fall. There are different events throughout the week. One of the more popu-lar events is the annual Merchant Mall.

This is Merchant Mall’s 20th annual event and it will be Aug. 15 in the UC Ballroom. This year’s theme is “Totally 80s.” Students should be prepared for spandex, neon colors, sweat bands and knee-high socks as well as high-top shoes.

“Merchant Mall allows stu-dents, especially incoming fresh-man, to get acquainted with the local businesses in the Tahle-quah area,” said Ashlee Johnson,

Sapulpa junior. “It also provides a great opportunity for students to get out of their dorm rooms and meet new people all while receiv-ing free products and samples from the merchants.”

As of right now, there are fif-teen businesses signed up to at-tend. Businesses are encouraged to participate in Merchant Mall to display their items and to get publicity for their business to new and continuing students.

“We are hoping for at least 60 businesses,” said Sadie Spurlock, Inola sophomore. “Family Video, Chili’s, Great American Cookies, NEOHealth Healthcare Centers, NSGA, Om Hippie-Chique Bou-tique and Taco Bell are just some of the businesses who have signed up so far and I expect a lot more

will sign up when it gets closer to the first day of school.”

Spurlock said Merchant Mall is designated for students to become familiar with businesses in the surrounding area. By providing

many free giveaways & prizes from local busi-nesses, the students are able to learn what some of the busi-nesses and o r g a n i z a -tions are about on and off cam-pus.

Jo h n s o n and Spur-lock mailed out letters to all of the busi-nesses in the

Tahlequah area informing them of when Merchant Mall is and where it will be held. Those busi-nesses then had the choice to re-spond or not. It is absolutely free to be able to participate in Mer-

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chant Mall. The only cost to the merchants is whatever giveaways or promotional items they choose to give out to students.

Last year, the off-campus book-store gave away free NSU note-books. Students are eligible to win free gift certificates and haircuts from local hair salons as well as coupons to local tanning salons.

“I have been to Merchant Mall every year since I have been a student at NSU and I plan on going until I graduate because everything is free and I have fun while I’m there,” said Kirsti Cook, Inola junior. “I mostly go for the coupons to the tanning salons and get free swag such as pens from tables. I sign up to win things but I have the worst luck ever so I usually just hang out and meet the incoming freshmen and see old friends that I didn’t get to see over summer.”

Like Arvest, BancFirst, Bar-nard Bail Bonds, Campus Min-istry and First Baptist Church Collegiate Ministry, there are many veteran businesses who will return to Merchant Mall this se-mester. One of those businesses is Sand Tech Screening.

“Sand Tech has participated in Merchant Mall since the very first year,” said Addie Donatelli, Keys junior. “We do screen printing, embroidery, vinyl and engrav-ing. We have supported NSU for 29 years. We are also licensed to do anything NSU and Greek. Everything we do is custom. At Merchant Mall, we get to show everyone different options and ideas that we are able to custom-ize and basically show off our products so students will be more likely to check out our store.” Johnson said freshmen need to know that the unofficial slogan for Merchant Mall is “if it’s free take two.”


Courtesy PhotoNSU’s Merchant Mall is celebrating its 20th

year. At Merchant Mall, students can learn of lo-cal business and meet other students.

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Student board of directors represents student bodyshANe deveRs TNe WRiTeR

NSU has a dining program that not only keeps renovating and making things new, but also listens to its students on what would make them happy.

Students deserve to have a say in what is served to them. Now they can.

The program is called Student Board of Directors. These direc-tors are no other than 10 or so students on campus.

The student board of direc-tors represent the students to the administrators and meet once or twice a month. The meeting consists of the students, the head chef, Tim Foutch vice president of operations, and David Wilcox head of Sodexo.

The first subject of order talk-ed about in one of the meetings is how things are going for that month and what needs to be fixed.

One huge addition to this year’s café is the grill.

The only problem is that it is not finished yet. That Idea was brought upon and discussed by a student board.

The idea obviously passing stands to be just one of the many achievements that the student board and Sodexo have worked together to bring to the student body of 2012.

More ideas that have been brought up were to take Flo’s to the top floor of the UC. Also meal trades are a relatively new idea for NSU.

Student board not only helps

the students out with the options of what they want to eat in the café but also helps Sodexo out by making sure that the food does not go uneaten.

Making sure that it is what the students want to eat. Sodexo does not lose money on what they cook and have to throw the leftovers away.

Before the Student Board of Directors came along Sodexo had suggestion cards and students would fill the cards out to let them know what was liked that was on the menu and what was not liked.

Kymber Sanden, junior on the board, said the program helps out the students yet protects Sodexo from loss wages in the executive decisions made.

Sanden eats in the café through-out most of the school year and

sees many of the changes that are discussed in the meetings that are held.

“If they [Sodexo] didn’t have us [SBOD] then they would they wouldn’t hear anything from the students but comment cards,” said Sanden.

David Wilcox, Head of So-dexo, said he came to the board proposing the use of Styrofoam and plastics for utensils. Not as a means to save money for them alone but because of the losing of the metal utensils in the café. So much money is lost because NSU’s has limited amounts of sil-verware due to the captivity from students.

Sodexo cannot clean enough silverware to keep up with the demands of hundreds of stu-dents eating if it is being taken

elsewhere outside of the café. So the Student Board has come up with a forgiveness policy that places bens inside the dorms for student to drop off the utensils and allow the café to gain some back.

If any student would like to at-tribute to the Board or become a Student Board member they could talk to Wilcox about their ideas.

As long as that student eats in the cafeteria then he or she would have some insight on what to change or what should stay the same.

Ideas have to come from the student because it ultimately comes down to what they want to do with their campus.



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Sororities on campus welcome new members

Top left photo Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, top right photo Delta Zeta sorority, middle photo Alpha Sigma Alpha soror-ity, bottom photo Alpha Omaricron Pi sorority. This year there were around 67 women who went through recruitment. Alpha Sigma Alpha was able to extend 13 new bids, Delta Zeta 14, Sigma Sigma Sigma 12 and Alpha Omaricron Pi is recruiting. Each sorority is excited and proud to see what this year has in store for their chapters.

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Students prepare for NSGA freshman senator electionseliZAbeTh WhiTeTNe WRiTeR

Incoming freshmen to NSU will be presented with numer-ous opportunities to get involved with their new campus and peers. To kill two birds with one stone, freshmen may choose student government. NSGA gives incom-ing freshmen the chance to get involved in their campus as the voice of their peers through the election of freshmen senators.

Chuck Philpy, former student body president, said the entire process of appointing new Fresh-men Senators takes approximate-ly one month. Applications are first emailed to all of NSU’s in-coming freshmen. Then students choosing to apply will go through

an interviewing process to narrow the field. Once the finalists have been selected, the new candidates find themselves in the middle of a heated election.

“The election process is defi-nitely competitive,” said Taylor Melone, former freshmen sena-tor. “As a candidate, you must reach out to the student body and state why you would be a good representative for your class. It is important to express what you will bring to the students as a freshman senator, as opposed to your competitors.”

Philpy said as the students cam-paign and attempt to get as many votes as possible from their fresh-men class, the elections have be-come controversial at times, but nothing to a severe extent thus far.

Four new senators will be cho-sen altogether, two male and two female. Their new position among NSU’s student body is one with honor and responsibil-ity. The Freshmen Senators play a key role in representing their freshmen class.

“As a Freshman Senator you are responsible for understand-ing the needs of your fellow peers (your class),” said Philpy. “If there are any deficiencies, you then author legislation to attempt to bring an amenable solution to the problem. Freshman Senators play an integral role in student government. They help to make decisions, and are called on for additional input regarding cam-pus issues that may affect fresh-men at NSU.”

With the duties and responsi-bilities of the position as fresh-man senator, these students will also benefit from their experience.

“As a former Freshman Sena-tor, I know that I learned a great deal about my new university,” said Philpy. “I also learned valu-able political lessons, as well as some life lessons. Being a Fresh-man Senator taught me about the university chain of command, and about the difficulties of time management.”

Philpy started his role in stu-dent government at NSU as a Freshman Senator and rose to the ranks as he ran unopposed in last year’s student body presiden-tial elections. Incoming freshmen with similar goals in student gov-ernment are urged get involved in the election.

“As a Freshman Senator, I gained so much,” said Melone. “It really sparked my interest in student government, not just be-ing a representative for my class.

Because of that, I am continu-ing in NSGA as Treasurer. I also gained confidence as a represen-tative of NSU and it greatly im-proved my networking and com-munication skills.”

Melone was a freshman sena-tor last year at NSU and said she recalls her favorite part of her experience was the satisfaction of seeing an improvement to the university she helped make in ac-tion. She looks forward to what the future years’ Freshman Sena-tors will accomplish.

“This year, I hope the Fresh-man Senators have a lot of drive and passion for student govern-ment,” said Melone. “I look for-ward to meeting them and get-ting to know them and their work ethic. I definitely plan on making them feel welcome and comfort-able in the setting of NSGA and watching them bring their own personalities to the organization.”

For more information, email [email protected]. ChelseA PeRRymAN

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Welcome Week activities are a great chance for old friends to re-connect and new friends to meet.

One of many activities hap-pening this week is the NAB Riv-er Romp.

River Romp will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday Aug. 17 at the Peavine Public Access on the Illinois River.

According to www.nsuok.edu/NAB, the welcome week activities are put on by NAB.

The mission of NAB is to en-hance the college experience by opening the door of opportu-nity to get involved on campus through student activities and en-tertainment.

“River Romp is a cookout of-fered for any NSU students on the river,” said Tricia Price, Wright City sophomore.

Price said this event is a place

for students to get to know each other or hang out with friends have been apart for the summer.

“We are providing transpor-tation for students that want or need it in the form of two buses,” said Price. “They may also drive themselves to the event which is located at Pea Vine.”

Price said River Romp will in-clude free food, drinks and trans-portation to and from the river for all students who choose attend the event.

“We are also doing this event so all incoming freshmen will know where the river is and give them a chance to see a lot of new faces,” said Price.

“River Romp is an event being put on by NAB to show off the local activities and scenery to stu-dents,” said Sarah Johnson, Co-ordinator of Student Activities.

This event is open to any stu-dents of any age attending NSU.

“We will load everyone up and

drive out to Peavine Public Ac-cess on the Illinois River for a fun cookout,” said Johnson.

Johnson said, this welcome back activity is a great way to meet new people, have fun and everyone likes free food.

The first week of classes more information on all the Welcome Back activities will be out for students to get extra information and times of all events.


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NSUTV leads to better understanding of campusdeReK dANdRidgeTNe WRiTeR

Students looking to find ways to navigate around campus, check out upcoming events and get to know their campus a little bit more need to look no further.

NSUTv is a student-fueled broadcast program through NSU

that can help new students with the transition in to college life. It can also help existing students to find a new passion in the univer-sity world.

“They can find out anything that is really going on,” said Ryan Beck, Inola senior and lead camera operator for NSUTv. “NSUTv is a great source for stu-dent news and is used as a tool to let students know what is happen-ing around campus.”

Things are constantly chang-ing on the three NSU campuses. The NSUTV program is a great place for viewers to stay informed with this Internet based news pro-gram.

“Our weekly newscast keeps our followers up to date and in a timely manner,” said Jon Dal-lis, Fort Gibson senior. “Much

like The Northeastern is student operated by the Media Studies degree program. Students who want to obtain a degree from NSU can leave with much hands-on and real world experience as possible. NSUTv not only gives students a chance to showcase their skills, but also teaches them how to handle professional equip-ment.”

The broadcast department stays relevant to students and its main focus is on events such as sports, events on campus and anything and everything NSU.

“NSUtv is comprised of local news and NSU updates, whats happening on campus, NSU sports and many other things,” said Miranda Caughron, Bix-by senior and lead-anchor of NSUTv . NSUTv is mostly stu-

dent run and directed at students, so we try to focus on whats impor-tant to other students.”

Caughron said every year she has been in the broadcast depart-ment the class sizes are getting larger and larger. Caughron said bringing in students to prepare them for the real world is their main goal.

“There can be any amount of students on staff,” said Caugh-ron. “We have students in the broadcast classes on staff as well as people doing an internship. We also have those people who loved the class so much they couldn’t leave.”

Brock Crawford is one of those students who cannot seem to leave the department and pro-duction of the news show.

“I’ve been the technical pro-

ducer of NSUTv for two years now,” said Crawford. “NSUTv has helped me out a whole lot and has me ready for a job when I graduate. I just don’t know if I want to graduate just yet.”

Students can access this weekly production on the Internet at the show’s Vimeo page and the televi-sions posted up all around cam-pus.

“NSUTV pushes our weekly newscast to the Internet,” said Dallis. “It airs on Thursdays and can be found on Vimeo.com/NSUTV. Vimeo provides us space to keep our videos and al-lows them to remain in full qual-ity. Fans of the show can also check out the Facebook page un-der NSUTV.”


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Campus employment positions filling up quicklyshANe deveRsTNe WRiTeR

The financial aid office at NSU Tahlequah works with thousands of students during the beginning of the year. Although there are only three administrative assis-tants in the front of the financial aid office there is more to what goes in to making sure that stu-dents can pursue their education that meets the eye.

Student Employment Coordi-nator, Laurie Galbraith takes her job by storm when the fall starts. Galbraith finds some students jobs on campus in Tahlequah. Some jobs also can be found at NSU’s other campuses Broken Arrow and Muskogee.

There are two different types

of student jobs given by the finan-cial in Tahlequah. The first being work-study.

Work-study is made possible by federal grants. Meaning the gov-ernment pays NSU to allow the students to work on campus.

The wages paid to the students through work-study are one quar-ter by NSU and three quarters by federal grant. To have work-study students must be enrolled in at least six hours and work up to an average of 13 hours in a week.

If any freshman students, or any students for that matter, are interested in a little bit of work-study they should be sure to check the box when filling out your FASFA. However that does not mean that they are guaranteed to get the award. Even though it

is applied for there are still some qualifications that the women in the financial aid office have to re-view.

“You must also qualify for it, because work-study programs across the nation are awarded on a need basis,” said Galbraith.

Work-study funds are given away as quickly as NSU gets them. NSU is funded around $500,000 every year for work-study. Galbraith adds that once it is gone it is gone. In order for that student to beat the rush of the year, meaning other students in line for the very same thing, they must turn in their Free Ap-plication for Federal Student Aid as soon as possible.

“First come first serve,” said Jenna Reed, freshman from

Tahlequah.The best bet for someone inter-

ested would be to finish filing his or her FASFA before Feb 1. Early enrollment also helps the chances.

In the past year 450 students were awarded work-study. The number that applied is more than twice that. So FASFAs should be turned in as fast as possible.

Another type of a student job at NSU is institutional employ-ment. Student employment is dif-ferent than work-study in many ways. One way is to have an insti-tutional hob one must be enrolled in at least one hour, and are able to work up to 29 hours in a week. Of course, these are depending on how many hours a week a de-partment may need your help.

Institutional jobs are funded

fully by the university. These jobs can range anywhere from work-ing in the case building, where financial aid is held, to working for the post office on campus. Some students who have institu-tional jobs have the option to pay on their tuition from the money gained.

The students interested should visit the back of the case building on the top floor during registra-tion hours. Financial aid admin-istrative assistants can help and point those interested in the right path to go with all the financial needs. See Laurie Galbraith or Shelly Dreadfulwater, assistant director, for any questions about work-study or institutional Jobs.

For more information email [email protected]

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With the fall semester begin-ning, student organizations are starting to recruit new members for their clubs.

There are more than 80 aca-demic, religious, professional and social groups on campus, includ-ing greek fraternities and sorori-ties.

Some of the organizations are focused on a certain field of study, like Lambda Pi Eta, which is fo-cused on communication.

Some are focused on hobbies such as Social Dance Society, which creates an environment of fun and fellowship.

“It’s a lot of fun, great exercise, and who knows, maybe some-one will find their new favorite hobby,” said Delaney Williams, the vice president of SDS. “The goal is to host one dance every month in addition to our weekly free meetings.”

According to the SDS website, weekly meetings are held at 6 p.m. every Thursday in the sci-ence building in Room 145.

“I went to a couple of lessons when I was a freshman, but when I got a job I really didn’t have time to go anymore,” said Alex Hardin, Broken Arrow junior.

SDS plans many events for NSU students to do that right on campus.

“We’re definitely already work-ing out the details for the welcome back dance held in August,” said Williams. “It’s free to get in and in the past we’ve hosted it outdoors in the second century square.”

The part of the college experi-ence is to get out and see what all NSU has to offer, and there are plenty of organizations to please each student.

“Get out and experience all you can on campus because most events and programs are free,” said Whitney Arbaugh a resident hall manager. “The relationships

and bonds created in college will be with you the rest of your life.”

Greek Life is a growing system including national fraternities and sororities. They lead numer-ous philanthropic events and leadership opportunities for its members.

Northeastern Student Govern-ment Association is for student organizations to come together

Campus organizations prepare for new membersand discuss issues that impact campus. Each recognized student organization sends a delegate to

represent their group in Senate. For more information, email

[email protected] or contact


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Hypnotist to perform at NSU Tahlequah Aug. 20RobeRT PiNioNTNe WRiTeR

The Northeastern Activities Board scheduled a hypnotist to entertain students of NSU. The hypnotist visiting this year will be the same one who came to cam-pus as last year.

Kayla Spencer, Prairie Grove sophomore and NAB co-chair-man, said this particular hyp-notist was at NSU last year and people seemed to like him.

She and the other co-chairman had the opportunity to pick this year’s entertainment.

“We had a few entertainers to choose from and we knew people liked this hypnotist so we booked him again,” said Spencer.

She said it is a lot of fun and freshmen and other new students should come and watch him per-form.

Theron Ogedengbe, Boynton junior, went to the hypnotist’s act last year and was excited to know

he is coming back.

“I liked that he was very in-tuitive with the crowd,” said Ogedengbe.

He said watching all the people in-teract with the performer is another way the hypnotist does a good job.

What the hypnotist does is take volun-teers from the audience and he hypnotizes them and tells them to do cra-zy things. After the act is over, the volunteer should not remember much.

Whitney Reece, Westville soph-omore, was hypnotized at last year’s event.

“I don’t remember much about the act,” said Reece. “ I had a bit of a headache, though.”

She said she cannot wait to go see the hypnotist perform this year.

“I cannot believe I did all the stuff my friends told me I did,” said Reece.

She wants to get her friends to volunteer, this way she know what it was like to be an audience member instead of participating.

She even mentioned that the hypnotist offers students a chance to remember what happened. She declined to remember, though. She said she would rather just let it be something she did not need to remember, in case it was too embarrassing.

This event is a good way for freshmen and other students both new to NSU and returning to get involved in the social game on campus.

“It’s very important for stu-dents to go to events like that,”

Courtesy PhotoMike Reeves, a hypnotist, will be putting on a show at NSU Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Webb Auditorium. Reeves

is a successful returning act to NSU through the Northeastern Activities Board.

said Ogedengbe. “To see what NSU is about and to mingle with other students.”

Students have a multitude of events during welcome week.

This event offers no expected preparation.

“You don’t have to prepare for it,” said Spencer. “You just come and get entertained for an hour or two.”

It is another way to get incom-ing students to meet each one an-other and make new friends with others at NSU.

Sometimes students come to the university and do not know anyone.

Events like this one offers and opportunity to reach out to stu-dents and get them to volunteer to do crazy things.

The event will take place in the Webb Auditorium, Monday Aug. 20. It will start at 7 p.m. and should last until 9 p.m.

For more information email [email protected].

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No, means no helps those in violent relationshipsKeviN sCRAPPeRTNe WRiTeR

The impact of relationship violence, domestic violence and sexual assault is a brutal reality to which no one should be subject-ed, but, unfortunately, it happens across the nation.

NSU is taking steps to ensure that the students and relatives of victims have somewhere to turn for moral and legal support right on campus.

The services that we offer, they’re a wide range,” said De Jon Jordan, coordinator of Vio-lence Prevention at HawkReach. The student has the pick of what they really want. We cater to the individual.”

Students can get emotional support in what can be an incred-ibly emotional time, but the office does not stop there.

“We can help them with any documentation that they need to acquire throughout the process, if it goes into prosecution,” said Jor-dan. “I am available to help them through the prosecution of their case. I am a certified Oklahoma victims advocate and so I will help walk them through the court pro-cess, go with them to make sure that they’re supported and make sure that they’re prepared.”

Families of victims can also find help with HawkReach.

“We also provide emotional support for them and the fam-ily,” said Jordan. “We outsource the family. If they’re a student here we can provide them with the direct services of counseling. We’ll go through ways that they can cope.”

HawkReach provides support for a variety of problems and fo-cuses on not only reacting accord-ingly, but being proactive as well.

“I work with our First-Year Experience team to get the in-formation about healthy relation-

ships out early, to try to prevent some of these occurrences from happening,” said Jordan. “I talk about safe dates, responsible drinking habits, responsible party habits, going out with groups, just protecting yourself. My job is pri-marily focused on preventative care, but once an incident occurs, I can go back and help with find-ing a solution.”

HawkReach is not limited to male or female victims, or strictly victims of violence either.

“There is a variety of problems that range from alcoholic prob-lems, anger problems, suicide problems, depression problems,” said Sharon Bleau, HawkReach receptionist. “They deal with a lot.”

Bleau is on the frontline of HawkReach and the first interac-tion a person will encounter when a person contacts HawkReach.

“They’ll come in, talk to some-one, fill out a form and if they cant see them right away, which is usually not the case, they’ll set up an appointment right away,” said Bleau. “The director will find a counselor that suits their problem.”

Whether the student is a victim of violence, alcoholism, or any-thing in between, HawkReach is available to those to take the steps to take control.

“I think people are afraid to come in here because they don’t know how to deal with their prob-lems, but it’s a really friendly at-mosphere here,” said Bleau. “It’s a positive experience.”

There is no definite way to en-sure a person will not be a victim of violence, stalking or experi-ence other problems, but Campus Police Officer James Mynatt gave general input on how to help self-protect as a student.

“Use caution when posting personal information on Face-book, MySpace, Twitter and

other social networking websites,” said Mynatt.

With the fall semester looming, students will have plenty of op-

portunities to have fun and party, should always be cautious.

“Do not accept drinks, alco-holic or otherwise, from others,” said Mynatt.

“Remember alcohol is the No.1 date-rape drug.”

As students enroll in their next semester classes, Mynatt suggests taking a very specific type of class.

“Enroll in a self defense class,” said Mynatt. “Knowing the basics of self defense will allow you to run away from situations that you could not control.”


Courtesy PhotoThe NSUPD do everything in their power to protect and serve

the campus. Including helping those dealing with violent re-lationships.


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2012 Fantasy Football:Outlook,Strategies, Decisions and Rankings to help win the leagueKyle eUbANKsTNe seNioR sTAFF

The 2012 NFL Fantasy Foot-ball season is upon us. The mock draft lobbies are filled daily, cheat sheets are being made constantly, and you can bet the rest of the folks in your league are preparing for the draft just as much as you are.

This year, preparation is slight-ly different from years past. With only a select few “stud” running backs, most folks are likely to go for an elite quarterback before taking an above average run-ner or wide receiver. With the amount of passes being thrown in the NFL today, middle tier run-ning backs are beginning to be irrelevant.

Expect the likes of Aaron Rod-gers, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Cam Newton, and Michael Vick to be taken relatively quicker than last year.

In addition to those play call-ers; look for Robert Griffin III, Matt Ryan, Tony Romo, and Phillip Rivers to have better than average seasons.

I am especially high on Matt Ryan this year. Having Roddy White, Julio Jones, and Tony Gonzalez to throw to would make any quarterbacks job easier, and with Michael Turner expecting to get a lighter workload, the Fal-cons are sure to throw the ball all over the place.

The wide receiver position is deeper than ever this year. Expect big numbers from more than just a select few names.

Calvin Johnson, Larry Fitzger-ald and Wes Welker are among the top receivers this year and I expect breakout seasons from the likes of A.J. Green, Jordy Nelson and Julio Jones. Mike Wallace is another wide receiver that is at the top of most big boards, but his holdout situation with the

Steelers has made his stock drop quite a bit these last few weeks. When he is on the field, he is Big Ben’s favorite target. It is only a matter of time before he signs a contract, so don’t hesitate to take Wallace if he falls to you at the right spot.

At running back, after Arian Foster, Lesean McCoy and Ray Rice the level of talent drops off tremendously. Maurice Jones-Drew may have led the league in rushing yards and attempts last season, but lets be honest, the Jacksonville Jaguars are not a good enough team for a fantasy owner to rely on MJD as their top running back.

Injuries from last season are always in the back of a fantasy owners mind. Adrian Peterson, Jamaal Charles, and Rashard Mendenhall are all coming off of very serious injuries that required surgery in the offseason. Of these three, Charles is the one to look out for. He suffered a torn ACL in the second week of last sea-son. Since this injury happened so early last year, Charles has had plenty of time to recover and get back to regular form. I’m predict-ing huge numbers from Charles if

he can stay healthy. Several newcomers at running

back are likely to come in and im-mediately make an impact with their respective teams. Number 2 overall pick Trent Richardson of Alabama is expected to carry the load in Cleveland. If his body will hold up, Richardson could be one of the top rushers in the league if the Browns can stay competitive. There are some concerns with Richardson though. News broke late last week that he underwent a successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. That’s the same knee he had surgery on earlier this year. Richardson is expected to make a full recovery, so there shouldn’t be too many concerns. My only problem with Richard-son is the fact that he has to play the Ravens and Steelers twice a year being in the AFC North division. The past has taught us that rookie running backs do not bode well playing against those team. Another rookie runner is likely to carry the load in Tampa Bay. After LeGarrette Blount struggled most of last season, the Buccaneers drafted Doug Mar-tin out of Boise State. In training camp, Martin has been taking the majority of first team reps, at the beginning of the season I assume the two will split carries. But ex-pect Martin to be the feature back by week 6 or 7.

There is another position in fantasy we have yet to touch on that is becoming as crucial as your first pick at running back. The tight end position is some-thing every fantasy owner should take very seriously and should have a specific game plan for. In most ESPN standard leagues, you can now play someone from the Tight End position at the FLEX slot. Last season, Rob Gronkows-ki of New England and Jimmy Graham of New Orleans turned the fantasy world upside down.

Gronkowski led the league in TD receptions at 17, and Graham was in the top 10 in almost every wide receiver statistical category. Granted after these two there is quite a large drop off of talent at the position. But, to ensure a fan-tasy league championship, your game plan here needs to revolve around these two players. A sleep-er at this position would be Jacob Tamme of the Denver Broncos. The last time we saw Tamme was two years ago in Indianapolis. The Colts go-to tight end Dallas Clark got hurt and Tamme was his replacement. Tamme posted above average numbers in the ab-sence of Clark. The quarterback in Indy two years ago was a guy by the name of Peyton Manning. Since Manning is now the signal caller in Denver, their chemistry is what could help Tamme have a breakout year.

With every draft, I try not to mess with a defense or a kicker until the last two rounds. Let’s face it, there is no way a kicker or de-fense is going to win your league for you. Why not wait until the last possible time to select those positions. If you are anything like me, at the defense slot, you play matchups and grab teams off waivers. The St. Louis Rams are likely to be the worst team this year. Week 1, the Detroit Lions are at home against the Rams, you can bet, I’ll be taking the Li-ons D/ST in my upcoming draft.

With the kicker, you play the hot streaks. If he is getting close to 15 points a game keep him, if he is missed a 30-yard field goal, and his team only scores 14 points a game, drop him. It is that simple. Kickers and defenses can certain-ly sway a week or two here and there, but they will not be the de-ciding factor in winning a league.

Personally, depending on where you are drafting from and who is available obviously, I think

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2012 Fantasy Football:Outlook,Strategies, Decisions and Rankings to help win the leagueit is a safe bet to select a quar-terback first. You know what to expect with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Even with the likes of Ray Rice, Arian Foster, and Lesean McCoy there is an injury risk. Any NFL running back is going to get beat up. They are all one wrong cut away from a torn ACL or MCL.

I have learned from first hand experience that it is nearly impos-sible to win a league if your first round draft pick gets hurt. The likelihood of a running back get-ting hurt is far greater than that of an elite quarterback. So if you can, I suggest going after one of the top 4 quarterbacks before any other position. The consistency with those players will allow you to be more flexible at other posi-tions. A good rule of thumb is to

QB1. Aaron Rodgers2. Tom Brady3. Drew Brees4. Cam Newton5. Matt Stafford6. Michael Vick7. Tony Romo8. Matt Ryan9. Phillip Rivers10. Eli Manning

RB1. Ray Rice2. Arian Foster3. Lesean McCoy4. Chris Johnson5. Maurice Jones-Drew6. Darren McFadden7. Marshawn Lynch8. Matt Forte9. Adrian Peterson10. Jamaal Charles

K1. Mason Crosby2. David Akers3. Stephen Gostkowski4. Dan Bailey5. Garrett Hartley6. Alex Henery7. Sebastian Janikowski8. Matt Prater9. Matt Bryant10. Jason Hanson

WR1. Calvin Johnson2. Larry Fitzgerald3. Greg Jennings4. Roddy White5. Andre Johnson6. Wes Welker7. Hakeem Nicks8. A.J. Green9. Julio Jones10. Mike Wallace

D/ST1. San Francisco 49ers2. Houston Texans3. Chicago Bears4. Baltimore Ravens5. Pittsburgh Steelers6. New York Jets7. Philadelphia Eagles8. Seattle Seahawks9. Buffalo Bills10. Detroit Lions

TE1. Rob Gronkowski2. Jimmy Graham3. Jason Witten4. Antonio Gates5. Vernon Davis6. Aaron Hernandez7. Jermichael Finley8. Tony Gonzalez9. Brandon Pettigrew10. Jacob Tamme

have plenty of depth at running back and wide receiver. In most standard leagues you are allowed 16 roster spots. I plan on having one elite quarterback, one de-fense, and one kicker. The rest of my picks will be dedicated to wide receivers, running backs, and hopefully two tight ends. This al-lows you to be flexible when de-ciding who to play each week. It also gives you a bit of insurance if one of your main guys goes down.

Now that your strategy is in place, you can begin deciding who to pick. To your right is my personal rankings. These are the players who I believe are the top ten at their respective positions. Hope this helps you draft your way to a fantasy football victory. Have fun and enjoy the season.

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