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Monster Dash aidsMonster Dash helps students go to Washington D.C.

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Ballet shows DraculaTulsa Ballet presents “Dracula” Oct. 26-28 at the TPAC.

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NSU strives to accommodate disabled employees

NSGA presents annual Halloween Carnival Oct. 29

Bailey Martindaletne Writer

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. NSU strives to provide equal opportunities for all faculty and staff and dedicates both time and money to ensure those with dis-abilities can be successful in their position.

“I am passionate about this subject just like many others at NSU,” said Rebecca Williams, assistant director of human re-sources. “This university is com-mitted to providing equal oppor-tunities for all people including people with disabilities.”

These disabilities range from very slight and only needing a special desk chair for lumbar as-sistance, to needing a unique of-fice set up to accommodate those

in a wheelchair. “The law says you have to

provide a reasonable accom-modation, the problem is decid-ing what is reasonable,” said Dr. Martha Albin, director of human resources. “We look at whether it makes sense. Things like moving them to a first floor office because they cannot climb stairs.”

Sometimes, there are situations where a current employee is in-jured, a surgery went wrong or something has happened to limit their ability or mobility.

“There was a young man, who in the summer, was in a bicycle accident and just recently came back to work part-time,” said Al-bin. “We changed the door and removed a divider in the men’s restroom so that it was accessible, and made sure that he could get up to the continued on page 2

JaMes CosBytne Writer

Many students do not go home for the holidays or have classes scheduled close to the holidays. Some students may just sit at home while there are seasonal

events being held every semester. Northeastern Student Govern-

ment Association is presenting their annual Halloween Carnival from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29.

“It is not in the center plaza this year,” said Taylor Melone, NSGA Treasurer. “We are greatly

expanding the carnival this year and it will be held at the center of campus. This will be a great loca-tion for our carnival considering we are making it bigger than ever before.”

Students can expect to see many new attractions at the car-

nival this year. “Be prepared for bounce castle,

big screen showing Halloween movies, Zorb ball, student orga-nization booths with games and prizes, belly dancers, pumpkin carving, costume contest, and lots of candy,” said Melone. “It will

be a carnival perfect for kids and their families as well as college students.”

Two organizations have come together this year for the carni-val. “Students can expect to see a huge Halloween Carnival this year due continued on page 2

Haley Stocks/TNENSU is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone. Rebecca Williams, assistant

director of human resources, works with other HR employees to accomplish this goal.

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Employees with disabilities find place at NSU

NSGA works to bring students and community together

desk.”NSU strives to be flexible and

accommodating when looking into how to best handle the situ-ation.

“By law, a person still has to be able to perform the major tasks of their job that they were hired to do,” said Albin. “So we look at their job description, what they are doing, if it is something they can no longer do, we see if it is a major function of their job or if it can be shifted to someone else and a trade off made.”

NSU also has a disability in-surance policy. If the employee is unable to perform their job for 180 days, they are evaluated and if deemed appropriate, the policy pays 60 percent of their salary.

“We have had teachers in the past that were blind or deaf, but the hardest one is mental illness,” said Albin. “We have some people with chronic mental illness and

we try to work with them while they are getting their medicine regulated. It is never automatic termination in any of those situa-tions, unless we cannot adjust the job for them.”

The HR department at NSU has demonstrated their goal of equal opportunity employment in many ways.

“We recognize and value the contribution employees make to our mission and we celebrate a diverse employee demographic that includes employees with disabilities,” said Williams. “It is our policy to allow and assist all employees to continue to work as long as they are medically able to perform their work satisfactorily and do not pose a health or safety threat to themselves or others at work.”

This month’s awareness brings out the positive side of employers, like NSU, who are helpful, but

also shines a light on the discrimi-nation that others may have.

“It is tricky when you go and apply for a job,” said Albin. “Some employers perceive that the person will not be able to do anything. Disabled people are probably discriminated against just because of the perception that people have that they cannot do anything, which is definitely not true. There is a lot of preju-dice.”

There are situations when an employee is injured, returns to work and picks up right where they left off. Many times, those with disabilities will try to work harder because of the discrimina-tion.

“We have a man who runs the warehouse and he is blind in one eye after a work related incident but he has never missed a beat,” said Albin.

While helping students with

disabilities obtain employment is outside of her realm, Donna Agee, coordinator of student disability services, helps students with disabilities with any aca-demic adjustments they need to be successful.

“Occasionally, I will get infor-mation, brochures, magazines and such offering employment services or opportunities,” said Agee. I will just give the whole magazine to the student and tell them that if they have any ques-tions or if anything interests them, to let me know.”

Gayle Anderson, coordinator for placement in career services, said that there is an exciting op-portunity coming up.

“On November 15, the Work-force Recruitment Program will be on campus,” said Anderson. “WRP is a program that connects college students and recent grad-uates with disabilities, to employ-

ers across the nation for summer internships and full-time jobs.”

Those interested must register with Career Services and register and complete the initial applica-tion on the WRP database. The application deadline is Oct. 26.

“To qualify, an eligible candi-date must have a disability, be a US citizen and in their final se-mester,” said Anderson. “The candidate must also be a full-time student, unless they are taking a reduced course load because of a disability. Individuals who meet those requirements but have graduated in the past year are also eligible.”

This is one of the many events and ways available to help stu-dents with disabilities. For more information on this event or oth-ers Career Services encourages students to contact them.

For more information, email [email protected].

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to NSGA’s partnership with RHA,” said Thomas Teague, NSGA Presi-dent. “NSGA has always seen ex-cellent turnout from the campus and the community for the Hal-loween Carnival but now that we are partnering with RHA, we an-ticipate an even larger turnout.”

The new location of the carni-val creates many new aspects for

the students. “The Carnival will be held

in the area on campus in front of Wilson at the Gazebo,” said Teague. “This will enable the event to be huge, accommodate student organizations and fun, and will allow the community to get a feel for campus.”

This could be an opportunity for students to get out and mingle.

“I just love the carnival,” said Alexy Lewis, Claremore sopho-more. “Not only is there fun stuff to do but I get to see all my friends. I have gone to the carni-val every year I have been here, and it is always a good time.”

Having the carnival at the new location may also make it easier for students to attend.

“All I have to do is walk down the street and it will be in a fa-miliar area this year,” said Lewis. “My friends and I use to spend a lot of time, and play a lot of games, at the gazebo when I was living on campus.”

This could also be a chance for students and community mem-bers to meet new people and get familiar with the area.

“While I was a freshman I at-tended the carnival and met a lot of cool cats I still hang out with today,” said Dakota Jones, Tulsa Senior. “It is always fun to go to these events. There are a lot of people and a lot of things to do.”

The carnival is similar to what students may have attended at their home.

“This carnival is actually more fun than the ones from in town,” said Jones. “They offer a lot of the same stuff like bounce hous-es, games, entertainers, candy and contests, but at this one I am more familiar with the people at-tending.”


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Indigenous Scholar Development Center aids studentstoM Johnsontne ContriButing Writer

NSU adds yet another tool to its belt to assist students with the opportunity to thrive as they pursue their goals of education, graduation and beyond.

Dr. Jennifer McCann, director of the Indigenous Scholar De-velopment Center, leads a team that takes on this challenge with personal enthusiasm and profes-sionalism.

“ISDC is all about retention of American Indian students. This is right up my alley,” said Rebecca Clovis, scholar development co-ordinator, Indigenous Scholar Development Center. “I am con-vinced that a college degree and the associated knowledge and skill set that should accompany

that is worth the investment of time, money and other sacrifices that usually are necessary to per-severe on to graduation. We give some help in identifying oppor-tunities for the student to pursue in addition to our direct student services.”

The Indigenous Scholar De-velopment Center is funded by a Title III grant. More specifically, grants that are awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to support institutions with a 10 percent or more population of Native American students.

Approximately 30 percent of the NSU population is Na-tive American, one of the larg-est percentages in the state of Oklahoma, said Mikhelle Lynn Ross-Mulkey, scholar develop-ment coordinator, Indigenous

Scholar Development Center. The mission of the ISDC is to in-crease Native American student academic performance by creat-ing a safe place for indigenous people to gather, learn from and strengthen each other.

The ISDC’s holistic approach is geared toward providing sup-port not only to academic success but the physical, emotional, intel-lectual and spiritual well-being in becoming life-long learners.

“I am often asked what proof of tribal affiliation do you need to come to the center and access our services and I tend to respond with the idea that you just need to be indigenous in your heart,” said Ross-Mulkey. “In other words it is about self-identification, not a card, here at the ISDC.”

The ISDC was designed to

serve Native American students as a complement to existing pro-grams on the NSU campus. Cody Cox, peer academic consultant, Indigenous Scholar Development Center, hopes to help students better understand and appreciate that many of the subjects consid-ered to be difficult and not very useful are really quite intertwined in the overall educational process.

Dakota Thompson, counselor-in-training, Indigenous Scholar Development Center, is an active part of NSU as current gradu-ate student working on a master’s degree in education and school counseling.

She is also the president of the Gates Millennium Scholar As-sociation and wants to be more active with campus life. In this position she is getting a chance to

gain well-rounded experience in her career field by providing per-sonal and group counseling op-portunities. Thompson also sees working with students at ISDC as an opportunity of carrying on the Cherokee tradition of giving back to the community.

Krista Boston, administrative assistant, Indigenous Scholar De-velopment Center, is working on her bachelor’s degree in Ameri-can Indian Studies as a non-tra-ditional student juggling family, work and school.

The Indigenous Scholar De-velopment Center is currently located in Bagley Hall, Room 104. They will move to the sec-ond floor of the John Vaughan Library in the near future.


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October brings awareness to domestic violenceOctober is Domestic Violence

Awareness month. A topic many college students do not think much about, believing something like that does not affect their de-mographic. That thought process could not be further from the truth.

According to TheSafeSpace.org women between the ages of 16 to 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence.

Advertising and the large amounts of media students con-sume may play a factor in violent situations, not only for students. Modern advertisements play into the idea that women are to be viewed as objects. Media di-rected toward men usually depict a strong, masculine view. Mas-culinity can often be linked to violence. Men are almost always focused on as dominant, powerful

beings that lack sensitivity. This thought process can often times cause even non-violent men to avoid standing up against violent situations.

Students can often have trouble recognizing verbal or emotional abuse. Other times they may not have had enough relationship ex-perience to know that the abusive behavior is not healthy or normal.

Other students might be aware the behavior is not right, but do not feel they deserve or can get better.

Students may feel trapped by their peer groups and closed set-tings of the campus. Away from home for the first time, students may become secluded from their personal support system.

Other times students are aware the situation is unhealthy but their newfound independence leads

them to think they can handle the situation on their own.

Unfortunately this thought process could be lethal. Accord-ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16,800 homicides and $2.2 million medi-cally treated injuries occur yearly due to intimate partner violence.

It is important for students to be aware of this epidemic and know how much it impacts their peers. Even more important for them to realize is how it could po-tentially impact them personally.

It is important for students to seek the right education to pre-vent domestic violence. Students should educate themselves on the warning signs. They should know what to look for in their own dat-ing lives and also what signs to be aware of with friends and class-mates.

Even then, it can be challeng-ing. Students may recognize there is a problem, but be too afraid to speak out for themselves or oth-ers.

There is support available for students nationally and locally.

NSU’s campus features a Vio-lence Prevention Office. Their main focus is to educate young individuals to make choices that will lead to healthy relationships. They also focus on maintaining a response system for when these crimes occur. They want to en-sure students can easily and con-fidentially receive the assistance needed. The Violence Prevention Office will not make any decisions for students, but educate them on the options available and assist them to completion.

The National Domestic Vio-lence Hotline is available on a broader level and is available for anyone to use. Hotline advocates provide support and assistance to anyone in a domestic violence situation, and all communication is kept anonymous and confiden-tial.

They offer assistance in both English and Spanish, as well as more than 170 other languages through interpreter services.

For more information about The Violence Prevention Office, call HawkReach Counseling Ser-vices at 918-444-2042.

For more information on The National Domestic Violence Hot-line, call 1-800-799-SAFE or visit them online, at www.thehotline.org.

Courtesy PhotoOctober is National Domestic Violence Month. Domestic vio-

lence impacts college-aged women more than any other de-mographic.

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GUTS presents “Nightmare Tulsa”JaMes CosBytne Writer

There are many places that of-fer spook walks, haunted houses, thrill rides and other creepy events in honor of the Hallow-een traditions in Northeastern Oklahoma.

One of the highest rated is lo-cated in Tulsa at GUTS church.

GUTS church, located at, 9120 E. Broken Arrow Express-way, presents “Nightmare” every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in October. Doors open at 6 p.m.

“Even though I have been a million times, it still scares me ev-ery time,” said Kinsey Mitts, Tul-sa senior. “It is very realistic and based on a religious view, so there are no zombies running around.”

The program is offered at a church, so it has a religious per-spective.

“Like I said, it is based on Christianity, but no matter if you believe or not it is scary as hell,” said Mitts. “They advertise really

well and present their view so you know what’s coming.”

“Nightmare” is an idea that originally came from a pastor in Garland Texas, Gary Turner, who created an outreach called Hellhouse.

“The guy that created this show really did a great job at cap-turing the creepiness in the dark-ness,” said Mitts. “I think the en-tire thing is trying to show people what hell might be like and why you would want to avoid it.”

A lot of money goes into pro-ducing this event.

“Nightmare is a huge setup and very realistic,” said Christyrae Looney, Picture Perfect photog-rapher. “I couldn’t even take any pictures because I was so scared and did not want to move.”

The event focuses on teenagers and the problems they face, not just with religion but in general.

“There are many scenarios like a car wreck because of texting and driving and results of bul-lying,” said Looney. “There is a

part where you are trapped in a cage in the dark and you can hear people breathing and whispering all around you as if they were de-mons.”

“Nightmare” has become an annual tradition for thousands of people in Oklahoma and around the country.

“I know people that go every year and urge teenagers to attend as well,” said Erynn Crittenden, Tahlequah senior. “I have been twice and it scared the hell out of me.”

“Nightmare” is the church’s at-tempt at a dramatic presentation of life and death.

The church wants to present scenarios that help illustrate the love and compassion for Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross.

“After being scared half to death, there were a bunch of people from the church waiting to pray with me at the end of the event,” said Crittenden. “It is realistic things that could hap-pen to anyone, it really makes you

question immortality and the af-terlife.”

The church makes many ac-commodations for people inter-ested in attending.

“They had refreshments and a really cool waiting area,” said Tawne Renee, NSU alumna. “The parking details were im-pressive, but most of all the pre-sentations were awesome.”

Pregnant women are advised to

consult their doctor before com-ing.

“I was pregnant when I went to the event,” said Renee. “ I was worried at first but nothing touched me. Some parents don’t want to bring their kids because it is so scary but if you ask me, per-suading the kids is what the whole event is about.”


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NSU women’s soccer team surprise teammateMiChelle Mirontne Writer

For many college students at NSU, home is a few hours away. It is a challenge for students who livelong distances away from home and only see their parents once a year to keep from being homesick. This is Renee Valcar-cel, NSU senior, this was the situ-ation and her fellow teammates brought something from home to her.

Valcarcel is captain of the NSU Women’s Soccer team. With jug-gling a part-time job, coaching, being a full-time student and playing soccer, there is not much time to visit home in California.

Some of Valcarcels’ team-mates noticed she would repeat-edly say how homesick she was. They came together and bought Valcarcels’ dad a plane ticket and hotel stay to make the miracle happen. One of Valcarcels’ team-mates picked her dad up and drove him to Tahlequah.

“As I walked out the door into the parking lot I paused, frozen with anticipation as I realized that all ten people plus some oth-ers from my team were standing outside the door with a video camera,” said Valcarcel. “I hesi-tated, with a smile on my face I asked what was going on. Every-one laughed and proceeded to tell me to walk toward them. I took one step forward and as I turned

I saw my dad’s face peeking out through the bushes. My dad ran to me arms wide-open and we hugged for an endless amount of time, both crying out of joy.”

Valcarcel who said she once felt stressed, lost, stretched and aban-doned was found again with her dad.

Students face struggles being far away from home, especially international students.

“In Ecuador, soccer is like Americans’ football because we have a huge fan base,” said Juan Gonzalez, international soccer player. “So it took me awhile to understand that being a soccer player here is different then back home. Nevertheless, I struggled on the style of soccer, because I used to play a different style and it took me a while to get used to American style.”

Coach Chase Wooten said the language barrier might be a struggle at first but has not been very massive.

The players that come from different countries have to start over with their network of friends, which can be hard.

Both men’s and women’s soc-cer teams do many team bonding activities at the beginning of the year to ensure synergy.

“As the captain of the team it is my responsibility to ensure that we have good team chem-istry between all the players, in-ternational or not,” said Jordan

Ladbrooke, international soccer player. “Everyone on the team is treated in exactly the same way and we all get along very well. It is good to be able to share my cul-ture to the team and also to learn from others.”

Wooten said the team also has junior meetings for the rising se-niors in the spring before they become seniors. This gives the ju-niors a chance to help mold them into the upcoming senior leaders they need and want the semester before.

“My team tries to console me when I begin to get down about my situation,” said Valcarcel. “It’s difficult, I don’t believe that they really understand just how hard it is. They try though, and for that I am grateful. It is an amazing feel-

ing to be cared about, something that most take for grated.”

Gonzalez said international players bring an important vision, style and philosophy to the soccer team.

“I have learned a lot of things about US soccer that has allowed me to improve as a player,” said Ladbrooke. “Being an athlete has allowed me to visit parts of the country that I otherwise would not have had the opportunity to go to. The best part for though is that I now have something that stands out on my resume. Not many UK citizens are able to say that they played four years of NCAA soccer and studied abroad at the same time.”

Valcarcels’ dad got to see her play against Fort Hayes and score

the winning goal in double over-time.

“We were tied 1-1 and every ones body being taxed,” said Valcarcel. “We finished the first overtime getting more frustrated than we were before. I settled the ball with one touch and hit it back post and into the side netting. I saw the ball hit the net and the rest all went blank.”

Valcarcel said her dad might never get to see another college game of hers again.

“It was heavenly,” said Valcar-cel. “It was perfect and because of my teammates it made me believe in the word friendship be-cause of them I can push on to accomplish my dreams.”


Courtesy PhotoRenee Valcarcel scores the winning goal against Fort Hayes in double overtime. Valcarcels’

dad surprised her from California to watch her game.


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Gazebo nearly complete

James Cosby/TNEPeople spend time congregating in front of the Gazebo in the mornings.

The Gazebo’s construction is almost complete.

School spirit maintained

Carrie Moore/Contributing PhotographerRiverHawk cheerleaders unite the crowd at the community football pep

rally. The RiverHawk spirit squads strive to maintain school spirit.


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Monster Dash works to combine fun and fitnessBailey Martindaletne Writer

Students trying to find a way to get into the Halloween spirit, en-joy adrenaline-pumping fun and have a competitive streak, look no further than the Monster Dash in Muskogee.

The run will be Oct. 20. Regis-tration opens at 3:30 p.m. The 5k will start at 5 p.m. and the spooky fun-run and walk at 6 p.m. The location is Elliot Park at 800 Al-tamont.

The Sadler Arts Academy teachers, the Muskogee Running

Club, Muskogee Parks and Rec-reation Department and many other sponsors have put the run together.

“We built the trails and laid them out,” said Everett. “It’s fair-ly technical, probably a moderate trail run.”

Everett said that there are winding trails, small hills, portions through the forest, a stretch that requires running through a barn and other obstacles.

“This run is really different,” said Everett. “Every 5k runner will be given a belt, similar to a flag football belt, with flags at-

tached. Not only are there obsta-cles along the way, but there will be monsters and vampires trying to get your flags.”

Luckily, Everett said runners would be able to gauge the speed and intensity of the scary crea-tures.

“The vampires are going to be the ones actually chasing runners and really attempting to get the flags and spook the runners,” said Everett. “The regular monsters will be fairly stationary and there for the scare.”

While runs similar to this have been done, there has never been one around this area.

“Not only do runners need to finish with a fast time, they’ll need to finish with their flags,” said Ev-erett. “They’re running for their life.”

There will also be a one-mile fun-run or walk for those who would like to participate but are not runners. Trunk-or-treating is also available for children during the event.

They plan to show students all the history that Oklahoma has to offer, said Georgie Chapius, Sadler Arts Academy teacher.

“We want them to experience everything from the Great Salt Plains, Ft. Sill, Arbuckle Moun-tains, the University of Okla-homa and more,” said Chapius “Last year we took 40 students to Washington, D.C. and we plan on alternating the Oklahoma trip with the D.C. trip every other year.”

Last year they raised $30,000 and were able to take 40 students. This year their goal is to raise $20,000 to take 50 students.

“Taking a trip from one side of Oklahoma to the other is unusu-al, but we think it is a unique op-portunity for the students,” said Chapius. “Oklahoma holds so much history and most students are only able to see it through pic-

tures and textbooks.”With an effort to expand stu-

dents cultural opportunities they are also looking to expand stu-dents and citizens wellness op-portunities and possibly get more people engaged.

“I was involved last year and it is something I have become really invested in for other reasons than just my job,” said Everett. “We help these teachers and they help us. These teachers are special and I really wasn’t sure there were still teachers like this anymore. They’re unbelievably dedicated.”

The partnership with the Muskogee Running Club and these Muskogee teachers is dem-onstrated not only through this run, but other runs that the teach-ers set up and work the aide sta-tions.

“Another reason for this run was that it just made sense,” said Everett. “The park backs up to the school and it hasn’t been uti-lized in decades. By making it more accessible and linking it up to the school it should bring more people into the area.”

In an effort to bring out the natural resources of the area and promote wellness, there is an agreement that it will be a needed revitalization and promise for the potential of the park.

“We have partnered with Muskogee Running Club and have really tried to get it focused around the school at Elliot park this year,” said Chapius. “The goal is to revitalize the area.”

Everett said this will now be linked to that system.

“Another great thing about the run, is that everything is recycled or reusable,” said Everett. “Most of the tires we found out in the forest.”

There were about 100 partici-pants last year and they are hop-ing for 150 this year.

With it being a different con-cept, it will take a while to catch on, but they are hoping it will re-ally take off in the next few years, said Everett.

For more information on the run, visit monsterdash.net.


Courtesy PhotoThe Monster Dash will be Oct. 20, in Muskogee with regis-

tration beginning at 3:30 p.m. There will be a 5K along with a spooky fun-run and walk.


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Food Drive Oct. 24tori gilMartintne Writer

National Food Day is on Oct. 24. In conjunction with National Food Day, the Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics Club and the di-etetics and nutrition departments at NSU are putting on the End Hunger Games Food Drive. The food drive will be at Norris Park from 3 to 3:30 p.m. during the Tahlequah Food Day Celebra-tion. Donations will go to the Tahlequah Food Pantry.

“We encourage students and faculty members to get a group together and compete against one another for the food drive,” said Mark Carper, Department of Social Sciences. “The Social Sci-ences department is challenging the other departments that are located in Seminary Hall.”

Winners of the food drive will be announced around 6 p.m. and winners will get their name en-graved in the End Hunger Games plaque.

“I think that a food drive is a great idea on National Food Day,” said Nana Wallace, Fort Gibson sophomore. “We need to get that word out about eating healthier and what not. It is also important that we try and give back to the community, and I think that the food drive is a good idea for that.”

Local restaurants will receive baskets of healthy food to create a meal for the cook-off.

“I am very excited to be a part of an event so soon on campus,” said Cassandra Crawford, pro-gram director for Dietetics and Nutrition.

Some sponsors for the National Food Day include Tahlequah Farmers Market, Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce, Tahle-quah Main Street Association, Tahlequah Community Garden, Reasors and much more.

“Reasors is donating the bas-kets that the local restaurants are cooking from,” said Carper.



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Resort creates family fun with Trail of TerrorBlake harristne Writer

Halloween is just around the corner and Marval Resort is pre-paring for their annual Trail of Terror. The event attracts people from the Tahlequah area every year.

Marval Resort is located on the lower Illinois River near Gore. The location provides for quiet getaways as well as fishing.

Halloween and the Trail of

Terror allow the resort to stir things up.

Many of the resort employees have been a part of the festivi-ties for years and enjoy the added traffic it brings.

“We have been doing this for about 15 years,” said John Call, maintenance supervisor. “We have families come in and spend the day at our resort and have some fun.”

Marval Resort is busier during the summer months as the camp-ground fills with families.

The gated resort has cabins of all sizes as well as tent campsites. The resort gets creative during the autumn months to draw peo-ple in to show their accommoda-tions.

The new employees are also excited to participate in the cel-

ebration. Penny Bundy, camp worker,

said though she has only been working at Marval for about a year, she is looking forward to the Trail of Terror.

“I love working here,” said Bundy. “It is a very beautiful destination with some delightful people. I have had an amazing summer here and now with this Halloween event, things just keep getting better and better.”

Trail of Terror is not the only family-friendly activity Marval will feature.

“We have a costume contest, trick-or-treating and a magic pumpkin patch for the children,” said Bundy. “The children will plant their seed in the ground and in less than a couple of hours their pumpkin will grow.”

The festivities last all day. The resort also features a heated pool where families can swim, for an additional fee.

“My kids are 21, 15 and 13 and I think that this would be something that we would all en-joy going to,” said Bobbie Jones, Hulbert junior. “My kids would love to go on the Trail of Terror. Whether it is something they ride through on a hayride or have to walk through, either one would be fun for them. To be honest, we haven’t even discussed Halloween costumes yet.”

The event allows families an outing before Halloween night, giving them a chance to partici-pate in traditional events.

The resort encourages every-one, from children to adults, to come in costume.

For some, choosing a Hallow-een costume is one of the best parts of the holiday.

“The fall weather and the sus-pense of the event allows people to step outside of the norms and enjoy the darker side of life,” said Lisa Deen, Hulbert senior. “My-11-year old will be the Grimm Reaper this Halloween.”

The Trail of Terror started Sept. 29, and will continue Oct. 20 and 27. The price of the event is $10, but families can gain ac-cess to the pool and other areas for an additional $5 a day.

For more information on this event or for directions, visit their website at www.marvalresort.com, email [email protected] or call 800-340-4280.



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John Vaughan library benefits community and studentsniCole keltytne ContriButing Writer

John Vaughan Library offers many services, not only to stu-dents but to members of the com-munity as well. Some of these ser-vices include Special Collections and newly added after-hours tu-toring.

“Special Collections offers in-formation over just about any-thing to do with the Five Civilized Tribes,” said Brittany Cagle, stu-dent worker.

Cagle said students may use Special Collections to write pa-pers for class or if they are inter-ested in the Five Civilized Tribes history.

“We have a great detail of stuff over Cherokees,” said Cagle.

Cagle said anyone can use Spe-cial Collections and that they get requesting information from out of state.

“A couple of things serendipi-tously happened to come togeth-er over this last summer,” said

Susan Woitte, First Year Infor-mation Literacy Librarian. “The library, like many departments on campus, is focusing an extra effort to help students succeed at NSU.”

Woitte said in the past an Eng-lish student and Writing Center tutor offered evening and ap-pointment tutoring services at the library.

“We decided to use 10 hours for a new writing tutor and 10 hours for a new math tutor so students could get face-to-face assistance in the evenings when the other centers are closed,” said Woitte.

She said that some have visited

the math tutor but not many stu-dents have utilized the writing tu-tor yet.

“It has been slow to get the news out that they are available to help,” said Woitte.

Woitte said once the service is well known, both tutors in the li-brary will be extremely valuable.

“There have been a fair amount of students coming in for tutoring and several have mentioned that they cannot go to tutoring in the science building most of the time because of their schedules,” said Rho Middleton, math tutor.

He said he is available Monday

and Wednesday nights from 7 to 9 and Sunday afternoons 3 to 9.

Information about tutoring ser-vices is provided for students on

posters located in the library and science building.



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“Hawk’s Pumpkin Patch” at BA campusBrittany Portertne Writer

Northeastern State University-Broken Arrow will hold their an-nual Fall Festival Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 25 in the Admin-istrative Services building. Admis-sion for the event is free to all.

This year’s theme is Hawk’s Pumpkin Patch, so attendees should not be surprised to find Rowdy the RiverHawk also in at-tendance.

Food, carnival games and a hayride will be offered at this

year’s festival. Broken Arrow Student Gov-

ernment Vice President Donna Collins said the production is not just about Halloween fun, but also NSU coming together to show appreciation to the Broken Arrow community.

“Free events like this one bene-fit our school and the community by allowing us to open our doors and allow fellowship beyond the classroom,” Collins said. “We feel that NSU-BA is a huge part of Broken Arrow, as well as Tulsa, and their respective communities

are a huge part of NSU-BA.”Collins said as the voice of the

students, it is important for NS-GA-BA to be involved with the community. She said the student government participation com-municates the association is ready to make things happen.

“It requires a lot of collabora-tion,” Collins said. “Student Af-fairs is our communications hub. Student Organizations such as the NSGA-BA, Student Advi-sory Board, Psych Club, Market-ing Association and Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association will be participating with activity booths. The more participation we have overall, the more it im-proves communication within the student base of the university and let’s the community know we are not an exclusive institution.”

Coordinator of Campus Life Jessica Roberts said it is a great opportunity for kids to have some good clean fun.

“This is a great way for the uni-versity to give back to the com-

munity,” Roberts said. “Students, faculty and staff work together on this project for children to have a safe environment to have fun.”

Awareness of the event has been spread through the Bro-ken Arrow public school system, NSU emails, NSU PowerPoint throughout NSU buildings and by word of mouth.

Adults and children are wel-come in normal clothes, but costumes are strongly encour-aged for those attending Hawk’s

Pumpkin Patch.Broken Arrow resident and

mother of two Brandi Heimbach said she would most likely be tak-ing her family to the Fall Festival this year.

Heimbach said Halloween is a holiday that brings families to-gether. She said the event’s free price was also a perk of attending.

“On a scale of one to ten. Cost is a nine.” Heimbach said.


Courtesy PhotoNSU-BA will have their annual Fall Festival at 8 p.m. on Oct.

25. There will be food, carnival games and a hayride offered at this year’s festival.


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Career Services offers interview workshopMiChelle Mirontne Writer

Career Services has another workshop on Oct. 24 and 25 at both Tahlequah and Broken Ar-row campuses. Career Services offers many resources students can utilize on a daily basis.

Coordinator Gayle Anderson said it can be unfortunate some-times, due to the lack of students using the services offered. All the resources are free to students.

“I believe it is our staff mem-bers’ passion and strong desire to empower students to discover and pursue their career and pro-fessional goals,” said Anderson. “We serve our students with on-on-one career guidance coun-seling, resume and cover letter assistance, mock interviews, job search assistance and we provide extensive online resources such as our job and internship data base and resume builder.”

Taylor Wilson, Fort Gibson se-nior, said Career Services helped her finish her resume and get an internship.

The biggest struggle Career Services encounters is student at-tendance.

“Considering the huge amount of time, expense and marketing that goes into each of our events, it is discouraging that only a small number of students participate,” said Anderson. “And we have drawings for expensive door priz-es, too.”

Point said the Career and Graduate Fair door prizes were grand. Some were tickets to a Thunder game, Tulsa 66ers, a Nook and Kindle Fires.

“Get that Interview” workshop helps students with interviewing skills.

“It is a workshop that teaches students how to properly answer interview questions,” said Jodi Jones, career counselor and in-

ternship specialist. “This will be an interactive session where par-ticipants will actually receive and answer common interview ques-tions. Door prizes will be awarded during the workshop.”

The students will benefit and be prepared on how to react in interview situations.

“I have attended these work-shops and they really do benefit,” said Taylor Point, Jenks senior. “I try to make these workshops so when I do go out into the profes-sional world my nerves are eased a little knowing I am ahead of my peers.”

Jones loves planning workshops because it benefits students’ fu-ture. NSU’s goal is to produce professionals and Career Services enhances that goal.

Any student can go on the website to register with Career Services. After registering, each student has full access to any re-source available.

Optimal Resume helps con-struct a resume from the early stages.

Mock interviewing helps each student answer the questions pro-ficiently and professionally. The Career Services team train to give students the most up-to-date em-ployment information.

“We want all of our students to be successful in launching their careers or being accepted into graduate schools,” said An-derson. “Regardless of the down economy and struggling job mar-ket, students should register with us and utilize our services and on-line resources provided.”

Furthermore, registering en-sures students emails about job openings in their pursuing major.

Wilson said a problem faced with her major is agencies only opening up a certain job position once or twice a year, so it becomes tough to catch the openings and apply.

“We offer a Passport to Profes-sionalism that prepares students for the job search and graduate school by developing an effective resume, portfolio, networking and interview skills,” said Anderson.

Jones said an upcoming work-shop coming in November is

“Let’s Talk Turkey” which will teach students networking tech-niques. One of the guest speakers is Jerry Cook, director of commu-nity and government relations for university relations administra-tion.

“The best part about Career

Services is when a students calls or emails that they received an in-ternship or job offer,” said Ander-son. “ I still get emotional know-ing we played a significant role in helping a student.”


Courtesy Photo Students and Career Service employees prepare for mock interviews. Get that Interview is

Oct. 24 and 25 at Tahlequah and Broken Arrow campus.


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NSU’s graphic design department welcomes Tiffanie Templelynsey stroudtne ContriButing Writer

In the past 3 years since Jacob Cotton has become the art pro-gram coordinator, he has been pushing for the expansion and development of NSU’s art pro-gram. This past year a commit-tee sought out to hire some new talent for NSU’s graphic design department. They found Tiffanie Temple.

Professor Jacob Cotton sat as the chair of that committee. There were a total of fifteen ap-

plicants for the job.“Out of all the applicants, Tif-

fanie had the most diverse expe-rience,” said Cotton. “She has the experience we were looking for, and an Masters in Fine Arts, which is the terminal degree. She brings professional experience that is essential to the program. She has worked at big firms, and is a great female representative for our art department.”

When it comes to experience, Temple has a lot to offer. Expe-rience in a variety of different occupations gives her invaluable

information for students. “I’ve had a lot of little jobs here

and there,” said Tiffanie Temple, assistant professor of graphic de-sign and new faculty member of NSU. “I’ve worked in print shops, for newspapers and design firms, but the most notable were Savage Design, out of Houston Texas. They are a prestigious design group and branding company. I was a graphic designer there. The other most notable job was in Germany at Sport+Markt an international sports marketing firm. I was the graphic designer

and responsible for implement-ing reports, sales pitches and of-fers. I was in Germany for over 2 years, and wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

Temple is teaching publica-tions, computer applications in art, Photoshop and graphic de-sign one this semester. Her di-verse schedule will incorporate a variety of her skills.

“My main reason for returning to the states to teach were: One, I hate sitting behind a desk all day. Two, I love talking about de-sign and seeing new designs. And

three, it’s more lax and fun,” said Temple. “Teaching challenges you everyday. So far my classes are going well.”

Aside from teaching, Temple has an adventurous side. She also has a passion for traveling.

“I’m a semi-adrenaline junky, I’ve been sky diving, and have been to 13 different countries. My favorite was New Zealand,” said Temple. “Traveling really helps you learn and develop as a person.”

Raylene Dodson was chosen to represent the student body in the process of hiring the new graphic design professor. The commit-tee met and reviewed candidates in May and the first of June last summer.

“It’s good to have a perspective from someone fresh out of the work force,” said Dodson, Vian senior. “It’s also refreshing to have a female perspective on design. I feel like she’s really well quali-fied.”

Temple’s students seem excited to welcome her to NSU.

“I like that she provides us with a comfortable working environ-ment, and has a really open mind about design,” said Sydney Neri, Sallisaw senior. “She seems very able and qualified, plus I like her style.”

NSU art students are looking forward to big changes in the art program. Temple is a welcome addition to NSU’s art faculty.


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ABC brings new religious avenue to campusJaMes Parkertne ContriButing Writer

The Association of Black Col-legians is starting a religious av-enue for students on campus to be a part of.

The new innovative church service is called Sold out Free Life Youth it is a church service that originated in Tulsa in 2009. So Fly is a big uprising in Tulsa focusing on helping youth and young adults further their walk with Christianity and make it a lifestyle and not just a religion.

“Sold out Free Life Youth is dedicated to teaching young people how to live free from the bondage of sin, set the standard, and re-present God in a real, transparent and modern way to show them how his word applies

to their everyday lives,” said Mi-chael Todd, Tulsa pastor.

For many students, religion plays a big role in their everyday lives.

Students base a lot of decisions and activity involvement because of how they were raised.

Most students on the NSU campus either go home for church or have a church home in Tahlequah.

This new service streams on-line every Sunday, it has live wor-ship led by Melody Vinnett and the sermon is given by Todd.

Tahlequah has many local churches around the community and even on campus for students to join or visit, but So Fly is in-tended to stand out from the rest.

“There are plenty of churches in Tahlequah but I travel all the

way to Tulsa every Sunday so I can go to the Sunday evening service. So Fly is the fuel for the start of my week so that I will know that it will be a great week,” said Chelby McCabe, Tahlequah sophomore.

ABC strives to make the new service inviting to all students around campus.

Some churches in the Tahle-quah community do not offer a Sunday night church directed to-ward a specific age group.

By this church service being on a Sunday night it gives students a chance to do their other activi-ties and homework throughout the week and weekend but still be involved with their religious back-ground and beliefs.

“So Fly gives me an opportuni-ty to go to church and not have an

excuse of it being too early on my Sunday sleep in days,” said Tyler James, Tahlequah sophomore.

ABC is hoping for a big turn-out at their first open online view-ing session, so that they will have enough support to keep So Fly every Sunday. ABC will eventu-ally like to make a road trip to Tulsa, so everyone that partici-pates will get the experience of the actual service.

“Much thought and prepara-tion has been put into the plan-ning and future progress of the online church service. I am very nervous to see the actual turn out but I know since the foundation is God driven then it will work,” Cornelius Gentles, Tahlequah sophomore.


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Students turning to ulterior methods to stay energizedCaleB doBBstne Writer

Some twirl or click their pen. Some tap their foot to an un-heard rhythm. Still yet, a few of the struggling even avoid using the restroom to remain alert. Many times these fidgeting strate-gies are not enough to avoid the casual dive into dreamland.

Fighting to retain conscious-ness during class can be chal-lenging. Jacci Alworden, Sallisaw junior, trusts caffeine for her pick me up and said while she knows

it is not the final solution, it helps.“Red Bull is my best friend,”

said Alworden. “I know that energy drinks are bad for you, but after a few sips, it’s like I’m a different person. My friends can always tell if I have had one though. That’s probably because of the shaking.”

Libby Rogers, director of stu-dent health services, said falling asleep in class is probably a re-sult of lifestyle choices outside of the classroom instead of the col-lective climate surrounding the learning experience.

“This issue is difficult to ad-dress comprehensively,” said Rogers. “It is really an individu-alized process to maintain proper energy levels.”

Rogers said sleep, diet and ex-ercise are important aspects to clean living and typical college students do not often practice these aspects effectively.

“This takes a lot of dedica-tion,” said Rogers. “Only four to five hours of sleep, many caf-feinated beverages, lack of water and processed or sugary foods will complicate this problem.”

Dr. Amy Aldridge San-ford, chair of communication, art and theatre and associate profes-sor of communication, said she

could not recall a student ever falling asleep in one of her class-es. Perhaps Aldridge Sanford’s contemporary teaching style is responsible for this attentive be-havior.

Alworden said a busy work schedule, the time of the class and the professor’s lecture process influenced her energy levels.

“A backbend is the way to go,” said Lisa Bracken, yoga instruc-tor. “There is not a part of your body that isn’t awakened by an extended spine.”

Bracken said, especially if you can push yourself off the floor, the stretch of the back would in-vigorate.

“Bonus track: this stretch will also take the blues away,” said Bracken.

Rogers said exercising daily, sleeping seven to nine hours and eating better are the real solu-tions, but nothing is immediate. Rogers said a student would have to battle the quick-fix mentality present in America to keep en-ergy at a healthy level.

“Participating, sitting up straight and keeping your atten-tion elsewhere helps,” said Rog-ers. “If your class is in the after-noon, maybe don’t eat a really big lunch. You need to find a balance and though. A donut before your morning class might last an hour, but you’ll crash from the sugar.”

Rogers said fresh fruit and veg-etables is definitely part of the solution, as well as more frequent and smaller meals for some.

According to www.sleepjunkie.com, to avoid the dreaded fatigue-bob, or momentary jolt back into semi-consciousness as you snap your head back upright after it has fallen forward onto your chest or back, sitting in the front of the class and biting your tongue are helpful courses of action.


Caleb Dobbs/TNECristen Burdell, Tulsa local, enjoys a taste of coffee to keep

herself energized. Many students rely on caffeine to wake up throughout the day.

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Galaxy of the Stars Series free to NSU studentskristen roBersontne Writer

Sequoyah Institute’s 27th an-nual Galaxy of the Stars series is approaching fast.

The 27th series will be different not only because of the new line up, but because of Sequoyah In-stitute’s effort to make the serie’s shows free to NSU students.

Galaxy of the stars is an enter-tainment series that brings a col-lection of different performers to Tahlequah. Past president Don Betz started the series.

Amber Cowan has pursued the idea of free admission to students for a while to increase student in-volvement.

“Amber Cowan and I have had meetings to discuss the ben-efits of allowing NSU students to

have free admission to the series shows,” said Dr. Phil Bridgmon, dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Bridgmon and Cowan’s efforts for free admission have not gone unnoticed and will go into effect soon.

“We are still working on free admission for students but it will go into effect this season,” said Amber Cowan, director of gal-axy of the stars.

Allowing NSU students free admission to the series will boost attendance.

“Free admission to students is a natural recipe to increase atten-dance,” said Bridgmon.

The Center for Performing Arts will have free student sec-tions located on the balcony and lower levels by the orchestra to

accommodate students that can-not climb stairs.

“NSU students are from all walks of life and ability of mobil-ity greatly vary, and certain ac-commodations for student seating will be made to make them most comfortable,” said Cowan.

Most students live on a budget and their funds are stretched thin.

“I feel that it would be a good idea to make the shows free to students,” said Roxann James, secretary of Galaxy of the Stars. “I know as being a college student it would be hard to afford to go to the shows even though it is so cheap.”

Student attendance is low and eliminating the price will help increase the size of the NSU stu-dent audience.

“I have seen many poster and

received many emails about the Galaxy of the Stars series but be-ing a college student my funds are limited to other things,” said Vic-tor Williams, The Colony, Texas, junior. “Making the series free, I know my friends and I will at-tend.”

Individual show tickets will be free, but season tickets will still have the regular student rate. Buying season tickets will guaran-tee a seat and its location.

“We want the Galaxy of the Stars shows to a become a regular thing with our students bringing their friends and family mem-bers,” said Bridgmon.

The Galaxy of the Stars series first show, Time for Three will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24.


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NSU Baroque trumpet ensemble performs Oct. 14haley stoCkstne Writer

Baroque trumpet ensembles are a rarity in today’s modern musical world.

NSU is fortunate to have one of the only Baroque trumpet en-sembles in the state of Oklahoma. The ensemble consists of Dr. Ja-son Dovel, Timothy Moore Jr., Kristen Layne, Sean Ryan, Jared Wallis, and Dylan Peters on Ba-roque trumpets with Cameron Johnson playing timpani.

“Most undergraduate students don’t have the opportunity to play in a period ensemble,” said Jared Wallis, Talala junior. “It allows us to look into the past and make historically-educated musical de-cisions in other ensembles based on what we’ve learned on the ba-

roque trumpets.”Timothy Moore Jr., Grove se-

nior, said he really enjoys playing the baroque pieces.

“I enjoy playing baroque trum-pet because it doesn’t have any valves, so I really have to know the melody that I’m playing,” said Moore. “In that sense, it is sort of like singing through the trumpet. I love it.”

Kristen Layne, Wagoner senior, is excited to return to the festival and perform with her ensemble.

“It’s special because it’s al-ways fun to play with people that play trumpet also,” said Layne. “Trumpet ensembles are pretty common but baroque ensembles are pretty rare, especially for smaller universities. Most ba-roque ensembles are only at larg-er schools.”

Courtesy PhotoTimothy Moore Jr. plays traditional trumpet, Baroque trum-

pet, bugle, and many other brass instruments. The NSU trum-pet ensemble will perform at the Jazz Lab Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

Under the direction of Dr. Ja-son Dovel, assistant professor of trumpet, NSU’s Baroque trumpet ensemble traveled to Pittsburgh State University on Oct. 14 and 15 for the 4th Annual Midwest Trumpet Festival.

Faculty from the Midwest, ranging from the University of Denver to Eastern Illinois Uni-versity, taught master-classes and workshops.

NSU’s Baroque trumpet en-semble will not only attend the festival, but also display their own unique skills during a perfor-mance at the festival.

In an obvious fashion, the ba-roque trumpet ensemble will per-form pieces from the baroque era of classical music.

The trumpet ensemble not only performs at festivals, but also

brings this historic craft to the stage of NSU. At 7 p.m. on Oct. 25, NSU’s Baroque trumpet en-semble and regular trumpet en-

semble will perform at the NSU Jazz Lab.


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Halloween brings “Dracula” to Tulsa BalletCaleB doBBstne Writer

The Tulsa Ballet blends classi-cal dance with dramatic theatre. The dance company is interna-tionally known for setting a tone of artistic excellence. “Dracula,” their upcoming production, co-incides with this season’s spooky festivities and returns to the Tulsa Ballet’s stage.

Martyne Chanslor, Tahleqah junior, said everyone should see “Dracula,” Chanslor’s favorite Tulsa Ballet production, at 8 p.m. on Oct. 26, 27 or 28 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

“Tulsa Ballet is wonderful,” said Amanda Kay Ray, NSU alumna. “One of my closest friends is a box office manager there and I’ve met some of the dancers through her. Not only are they extremely talented, but very nice. Way professional.”

Ben Stevenson’s “Dracula” fea-tures colorful costumes and spe-cial effects.

Franz Liszt composed the ee-rie score for the production. This narrative ballet has been brought to large audiences across the country.

“One of my professors works with them as medical person-nel, and he has nothing but good things to say,” said Steven Lee, NSU alumnus.

Lynsey Stroud, Sallisaw senior, has attended a Tulsa Ballet per-formance for Stroud’s last two birthdays and said both experi-ences were awesome.

The stage is to be transformed into a crypt for the production of the “Dracula” ballet. The gothic sets are only one of the draws to Tulsa Ballet’s best selling block-buster, according to www.tulsa-ballet.org.

Brittany Porter, Boston junior, conducted a video interview with a Tulsa Ballet employee for an in-side perspective. Porter asked for a reason as to why a college stu-dent should attend the ballet.

“Well you have it, for one,” said

Tulsa Ballet Community Rela-tions Coordinator Katie Selvidge in the video interview. “This is great ballet. You should take ad-vantage and experience it.”

Selvidge said there was some-thing special about visual art, spe-cifically the performing art of bal-let, captivating and transporting an audience to a wonderful place.

“There is entertainment value, but one thing people don’t under-stand is Tulsa Ballet is one of the top ballet companies in the coun-try,” said Selvidge.

Selvidge said that once a per-son sees the dancers, they become proud of Tulsa Ballet.

“These are local people,” said Selvidge. “These are local cre-ations.”

Becca Lane, NSU alumna, said not to turn down the opportunity

to go see the production.“I would love to work for the

fantastic, nonprofit organiza-tion,” said Lane.

Tulsa Ballet is also well known for other productions, like “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake”.

“‘Swan Lake,’ a few years ago, was fantastic,” said Frank Med-earis, NSU alumnus.

Toni Slagle, NSU alumna, said she goes to “The Nutcracker” every year and it has been great every year.

This December, also in the Tul-sa Performing Arts Center, “The Nutcracker” premieres in time for the next holiday season.


nassW meeting – Ba10/17/12 11:45 AM , Liberal

Arts, Room 218FPlC Facilitator training10/17/12 1-4 PM , Webb

Center, Room 621 Workshop will cover the best practices for devel-oping and maintaining a faculty or professional learning commu-nity. For information call the Cen-ter for Teaching and Learning at 918-444-5855.

science and technology seminar series 10/17/12 3 PM , Science building, Room 160 Speaker is Dr. Wen Zhang on the topic "Characterization of Bio-film Detachment Mechanisms." For information contact Dr. John de Banzie at 918-444-3828 or [email protected].

Men's soccer – nsu vs. Fort hays state 10/18/12 7 PM , DeLoache Field Visit www.goriverhawksgo.com for more in-formation.

Women's soccer – nsu vs. Central oklahoma 10/19/12 4 PM , Edmond Visit www.goriv-erhawksgo.com for more infor-mation.

The Division of Student Af-fairs has announced the hiring of Timothy Dunn as the coordina-tor of Greek life and leadership.

He briefly worked for a law firm in Lancaster, Calif., before entering a career in higher educa-tion.Dunn worked at the Univer-sity of Hartford for four years in residential life, then transitioned to Union College as the director of Greek affairs for the last six years.

"The knowledge and experi-ences of Dunn in residential liv-ing and Greek life will enable the Division of Student Affairs to place priority on fostering a Greek community focused on leadership and service," said Dr. Laura Boren, vice president of student affairs.

Coordinator named


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shane deverstne ContriButing Writer

Coming into the season both NSU RiverHawks men and women’s soccer team were well respected. The boys were ranked 20 in the conference and the women pulled out a strong start.

The men, ranked No. 2 in the conference, recently played Fort Hays State who was No. 1 pre-season. Fort Hays squeezed away with a win in double overtime.

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Baptist Christian Ministries is holding Dessert Theatre on Fri-day, Nov. 2 at the BMC Building. Dessert Theatre is a talent show with all-you-can-eat dessert as well. The cost is $5 and everyone is welcome to come.

“We are very excited to be holding this event.” said Bobby Lipscomb, BCM Director.

A lot of time and planning went into planning Dessert The-atre.

“We have to find people to come and perform and then find people to bring desserts,” said Brenda Branham, Sallisaw se-nior. “The day of we have to set up tables and chairs for people to sit on and then tables for the des-serts.”

BCM has been doing Dessert Theatre for three years. The pro-ceeds from Dessert Theatre will go to future summer missions. BCM started Dessert Theatre so students would have something to do on the Friday night before the Work-A-Thon on Saturday.

“I am very happy we are do-ing this again,” said Debbie Lip-scomb, BCM Director.

ranking (No. 2) in the preseason, because it encouraged us to play hard against Fort Hays,” said Jor-dan Ladbrooke, Elsmore senior.

Ladbrooke gains honors al-ready this year as the first men’s soccer player to be elected player of the week in the new confer-ence Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Before the MIAA did not contain men’s soc-cer as a sponsored sport.

“Honestly it came as a surprise to me,” said Ladbrooke. “I didn’t allow any goals that week, but a

RiverHawk soccer teams leading in academicslot of that came from good defen-sive play from our field.”

Last year NSU was classified as an independent school, which means there is no conference they are in. One of the negatives is that there were no conference recognitions for playing great games.

“There’s no question that the teams in the MIAA are talented,” said Tony Duckworth, athletic di-rector. “The regional and nation-al rankings of some of the teams certainly demonstrate the fierce

but great competition.”Soccer teams in the MIAA

have proved to be tough compe-tition. But the RiverHawk men’s soccer team is confident in their play. If they win the confer-ence tournament then there is a chance they are looked at for na-tional contenders.

The women’s soccer team is playing exceptionally well also. Having already gone through a third of the season, the River-Hawks have only lost one game so far. Attacking opponents with

Dessert theatre benefits BCM missionDuring past Dessert Theatres

the talents featured were paint-ing, singing and hula hooping among other things. After the tal-ent show and people are finished eating their desserts, there will be a fellowship time for people to sit and relax while the judges decide the winner.

“This is one of my favorite

events at the BCM,” said Bran-ham. “I really enjoy seeing people perform their talents and getting to talk to everyone. The dessert is always good too. I just think it is a great time to come out and spend time together and enjoy the en-tertainment and good food too.”

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their speed, teams come to Dr. Deloache Field and travel back to their town defeated.

“We’re really fast and good at attacking,” said Rachael Sordahl, Pryor senior. “That’s the advan-tage we have on most teams.”

Sordahl also received honors from MIAA recognizing her spec-tacular play in the first week of play. It is the first time two NSU student-athletes have won them at the same week in the MIAA.

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“Diamond” fundraiser benefits THS baseballhaley stoCkstne Writer

On Oct. 23, the baseball dia-mond will not be the only “dia-mond” on the field.

“Diamonds in the Outfield” is a fundraiser benefitting the Tahlequah High School baseball team.

“Meigs Jewelry has donated five $1,000 gift cards toward the event,” said Coach Nick Zodrow, Tahlequah High School baseball coach. “It is so neat to have the support of a local business for a fundraiser like this. The idea came from Todd Mutzig, owner of Meigs Jewelry and father of Tahlequah senior Connor Mut-

zig. It’s something different that we thought would really work.”

The event will be at Tiger Field, west of Tahlequah Middle School. Participants in the fund-raiser can purchase “throws.”

One throw is $10, and three throws are $20. The five gift cards will be represented as inconspicu-ous markers on the field.

Participants may either throw baseballs from home plate them-selves, or have one of the baseball players throw on their behalf.

Each throw will be marked with a labeled flag, so at the end of the fundraiser, it can be mea-sured which throw is closest to the inconspicuous markers.

“We hope with the prizes so large there will be a big turn out and the fundraiser will be more enticing to the public,” said as-sistant coach Brett Bardell. “Both women and men will be inter-ested in this event. Men might be interested more for their wives and girlfriends, and hopefully not both.”

THS baseball is traveling to Florida over spring break. The funds raised will go toward fund-ing this trip as well as other ex-penses during the season.

“Standard fundraisers THS baseball usually do are silent auctions, dinners and hit-a-thon sponsorships, so the opportunity to raise a large amount at once is exciting,” said Zodrow.

Connor Mutzig, Tahlequah senior, is excited and looking for-

ward to the new fundraiser.“It’s not everyday that $5,000

is donated for a fundraiser,” said Mutzig. “The idea of throwing baseballs into the outfield was a really cool idea. I’m excited to see who all will win.”

Tickets are available for sale from any Tahlequah baseball player, Coaches Zodrow and Bardell, at Tahlequah Middle School, Tahlequah High School or Meigs Jewelry.

“We really have a chance to be great this year,” said Zodrow. “With the help of this fundraiser, we will be off to a great start with our season. Last year we won 21 games, the first time that has been done since 2000. This team has worked so hard and really de-serves a great year.”

The gift cards from Meigs Jew-elry expire Dec. 31, 2012. “Dia-monds in the Outfield” will begin at 5 p.m. at Tiger Field.



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Alumni Association plan trip to watch OKC ThunderBlake harristne Writer

The Alumni Association will have a chance to watch the OKC Thunder in person when the team plays at the BOK Center in Tulsa.

The Alumni Association pur-chased a block of tickets to the OKC Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns exhibition game. They are also providing a pre-reception at the Full Moon Café in Tulsa.

“Sporting events don’t typically allow us to visit with alumni as much as we would like, but the pre-reception gives us this oppor-tunity,” said Erin Feller, informa-tion and special events coordi-nator. “It also allows the alumni to reconnect and visit with each other.”

These events give people the chance to stay in touch after col-lege.

“Understandably, this event sold out in a matter of days,” said Daniel Johnson, alumni services director. “Events such as this are

promoted throughout the NSU alumni community.”

The Alumni Association has “Thunder Night” at least once a year. This is the first year alumni have been able to attend an OKC Thunder game in Tulsa.

With an exhibition game at the BOK Center this year, the Alum-ni Association was able to book the Full Moon Café. The restau-rant is owned by Tony Henry, one of the Alumni Association’s ben-efit partners. The pre-reception allows alumni the opportunity to socialize before the game.

The Alumni Association will also have regular season tickets to the Thunder game in OKC on March 24.

“I became a real Thunder fan when I started watching the games with my friends here in town,” said Sydney Martindale, Tulsa junior. “I would be all in for it if I could go hang out with alumni and go to the game.”

Members of the Alumni Asso-ciation and faculty who have pur-chased tickets will be responsible

for their own transportation. The OKC Thunder will play

the Suns at 5 p.m. on Oct. 19. Thunder fans are really excited

for this season after they made the finals last year.

“My dad is obsessed with the Thunder games,” said Anari Car-rillo, Vinita junior. “Since three years ago we have watched them together.”

The Alumni Association’s goal when planning these events is to get the community members to-gether. Staying connected is one of the their main priorities.

“Events such as this are cultiva-tion opportunities where we bring alumni together to reconnect and network,” said Johnson “The Alumni Association is not seeking to make money on these oppor-tunities. We attempt to cover our costs, but often partially subsidize

the price of the tickets to keep them as low as possible so more people can participate.”

In addition to “Thunder Night,” the Alumni Association has many upcoming events.

They will have their annual Emerald Ball on Dec. 8 and a performance of “The Nutcrack-er” on Dec. 15. The Emerald

Ball is an awards gala to honor alumni.

For more information about the Alumni Association and how to stay connected, visit their website at www.nsualumni.com, email [email protected] or call 918-458-2143.


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