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The SFA Way-The Principle of Integrity Lumberjacks have the courage to do what is right, even when it is hard or unpopular • They respond to each situation with steadfast values that are not subject to

change based on the actions of others • They seek opportunities to practice effective and ethical leadership • Lumberjacks are honest; they do not deceive, cheat or steal • Lumberjacks stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves • As lifelong learners, lumberjacks are committed to continuously improving themselves.

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By Zoe RiemerCONTRIBUTING WRITER

On Thursday the new SFA-T2 studio and set were re-vealed at the official open house and ribbon cutting in the Boynton Building.

The last renovation on the studio was in 1990. The studio had been undergoing renovations since the fall of 2010 and is now in use by SFA broadcasting students.

“We want to look compatible to many professional op-erations,” Dr. Al Greule, associate professo,r said. “We want to not only train students but recruit good students to our program.”

The renovations cost around $200,000, and SFA plans to spend around $200,000 more this year to make the studio as up-to-date as possible and easier for students to get the most experience.

“[The renovations] will benefit students a lot in acquir-ing the experience they need to get a job,” sophomore Angel Isaac Ramirez said. “They will have the knowledge and the experience needed.”

The sets, designed by SFA Assistant Professor of Theatre Dana Gleoge, were made to give the studio a more contem-

porary look.“I think the renovations are excellent,”

Ramirez said, “especially when you walk by the studio windows every day and witness the excit-ing changes. I know a lot of work was put into it,and the results are spectacular.”

Along with the newly designed studio, new equipment has been brought in, including a new television switcher.

“We bought the [old] switcher 20 years ago,” Greule said. “After 10 years it started becoming dated, and about two years ago it started hav-ing problems that could no longer be supported. Now we have one that does everything that any major market television switcher can do.”

The new changes to the studio give students the opportunity to get the knowledge they need.

“We have a huge number of alumni working in the field,” Greule said. “Over the last three or more years we’ve made upgrades to other media programs like photography, web design, and journalism. It was time for TV to do its thing.”

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KORBIN PATE/THE PINE LOGDr. John Hendricks, chair of global media and contemporary culture, cuts the ceremonial ribbon on the new SFA-TV station. Many SFA administrators and media professionals attended the event.

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Farmers Market offers healthy choice to students,community shoppers

By Jessica GilliganCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Nacogdoches Farmers Market gives a fresh start to attendees’ Saturdays, where everyone is greeted by smiling faces and friendly hellos. Vendors and customers gather at 107 Pearl St. each week between 8 a.m. and noon to share the experience of buying local, sustainable food and hand-made crafts.

Crafts include aprons and purses made from old blue jeans, handcrafted jewel-ry, pottery, and natural soaps and lotions. Although the vendors vary week-to-week, market shoppers are guaranteed to find fresh produce, canned goods like honey and jams, potting plants, baked goods, local cheeses and wine, organic eggs, homemade desserts, and ready-to-heat items like ta-males.

Yesterday’s market was bustling with students and their parents, as well as the usual community members. Some stand-out items were fresh squeezed lemonade, zucchini bread, in both regular and dia-betic-friendly form, gorgeous watermelons, kalamata olive and feta cheese focaccia bread, peanut brittle, tamales, and chicken

and dumplings. Quick selling fresh tamales—spicy or

mild—packaged by the dozen, and home-made chicken and dumplings are quick-sellers, only caught by the early birds. They are tasty, easy dinner options that can be paired with some of the other fresh pro-duce.

Regular marketgoers might opt for a share in a community farm. Appleby Community Farm in Nacogdoches offers a program in which members pick up their baskets full of fresh produce on a weekly basis from the market. Because this is community sup-ported agriculture, members are required to volunteer at the farm for a few hours dur-ing the 12-week seasons. College students can buy a 12-week, self-harvested share for $100.

Going to the farmers market is a pop-ular alternative to hectic super markets. Farmers can share exactly how their fresh, organic food was grown and assure cus-tomers their satisfaction in comparison to mass-produced produce from the store. The food sold is sustainable and grown with the environment and health of the consumer in mind.

For an alternative Saturday morning, visit the farmers market and pick up some

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Intramural Sports Program at SFA is announcing the upcoming registration for men’s and women’s flag foot-ball and their open 4-on-4 Breast Cancer Awareness Sand Volleyball Tournament. Registration for both events starts at 11 a.m. on Monday at 11am in the Student Recreation Center.

Men’s and women’s flag football season will begin on Sunday, Oct. 2. Leagues will be offered for men’s com-petitive, men’s recreational, housing leagues for men’s and women’s teams, and women’s leagues. The men’s com-petitive league is geared toward men’s teams who plan on facing the best on campus week in and week out. Men’s recreational leagues are geared toward men’s teams who wish to compete but who also want to have a lot of fun and play against teams similar to their skill level. The women’s league is for all women’s teams, no matter what level of

competitiveness. The women’s teams will be split into competitive and recreational prior to playoffs. Housing leagues will be played on Sundays and are geared toward all students living in residence halls.

Rec staff members encourage all students living in res halls to contact their CA and discuss creating a team for the res hall leagues. Anyone who plays on a res hall team is still eligible to play on an independent team, which play Monday through Thursday. A player can compete with his or her res hall on Sundays and then create their own all-men’s or all women’s team to play during the week.

All flag football teams cost $30/team. All players will need to register on www.imleagues.com and create a pro-file. All team captains will have complete roster manage-ment through imleagues.com and will create their rosters throughout the season. All league info and schedules can

be found online through www.imleagues.com. To create a profile is completely free.

The 4-on-4 Breast Cancer Awareness Sand Volleyball tournament will be played on Saturday, Oct. 1, starting at noon at the Student Recreation Center. The cost for this tournament is $20/team, and the format for the tournament will be decided on Wednesday, depending on the number of entries of men’s, women’s and co-rec team entries. This tournament will be geared toward making students aware of breast cancer statistics and information. There will be giveaways and drawings for breast cancer awareness swag.

The SFA Women’s Club VB team will be running this event. Registration will be taken in the Student Recreation Center in conjunction with FFB registration. If an entire team comes dressed out in all pink, they will receive a free registration into our IMS volleyball season.

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Thi group of collegiate and alumni players participated in the 32nd SFA Rugby Alumni game, played Saturday on the SFA Intramural Fields. The Alumni won, however the score is till being debate. The SFA Rugby Team has been a SFA Sports Club since 1974. The team is preparing for Rugby Feast on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 10 on the Rugby Pitch across from Campus Rec.

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By Maggie OberprillerSTAFF WRITER

On Friday, tnursing stu-dents at SFA along with SFA’s ROTC program came together for several hours to build leadership, motivate one another and get dirty.

Early Friday morning, in the cold, 56 nursing majors participated in some of the ROTC obstacle courses and in a paintball game, along with the guidance of several members of ROTC. Every single one of the 56 nursing majors went through differ-ent tasks and missions to-gether as a team to accom-plish one goal.

“Combined effort, con-cepts of team building and strategic planning,” were just a few things all the stu-dents got out of this day, said Dr. Karen Migl, clinical instructor in nursing.

Watching the nursing students communicate and encourage one anoth-er showed the close bond they all hold. There were five stations the students had to master with their teams. These were not easy tasks, but all the students did them.

The best thing some of these students got out of

this day were, “Team work and working together,” said Maritza Linder, senior, nursing major.

One of the obstacles the nursing students had to master was to climb a 7 to 8-foot wall only using the log provided. The team members had to go one by one and also transfer a giant water jug and ammo can over the wall.

Another obstacle was the land mine. This one took a lot of communication and leadership. All the students had to make it through a pretend mine field while their leader directed them where to step.

The nursing students were not the only ones who gained from this event. The participants from the ROTC program also gained a lot from this day.

“It is a good way to show what the ROTC program has to offer,” said Andrew Hirsch, junior kinesiology major.

One of the ROTC’s pla-toon leaders, Cam Kirkland, organized and planned the entire event.

The event was well or-ganized and effective. Kirkland used his leader-ship skills in directing ev-

eryone in the event and pro-vided lots of motivation to the students and also to his ROTC members.

“This is my second year participating in the Nurses’ Day event. and the best part is seeing the motivation all the students have,” said Kirkland, senior, kinesiol-ogy major.

The students of the nurs-ing department gain not only a day of fun, but also a better sense of leadership, teamwork and communica-tion. The nursing students write a reflection over the day after it is over, explain-ing what they learned and gained from it.

“The strongest person on your team is only as strong as the weakest person on your team,” Cam Kirkland, senior kinesiology major, said.

This quote really summed up everything that took place at this event. The amount of motivation, teamwork and communica-tion shown was impressive and something that every student there will take with them into life.

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ROTC Nurses’ Day a success

By Samantha OgdenSTAFF WRITER

This year on Oct. 5 the SFA health science program is partnering with the Healthy Nacogdoches Coalition for a service-learn-ing project called “ALL Jacks Walk/Bike to School Day.” All students and staff are en-coraged to promote a healthier community.

Dr. DawnElla Rust, SFA professor and head of the health science program, is using the project to encourge and educate stu-dents to practice healthier habits.

The project was initiated due to figures that show mortality rates (death rates) due to chronic diseases in Nacogdoches are significantly higher than the state average.

Health science majors here will have the

opportunity to conduct research about the walkability and bikeability of the University as a part of their class with Rust. The re-search will be apart of "International Walk to School Day," started by the Partnership for a Walkable America.

Students and faculty and staff members who register and participate in the walk/bike day will have their names included in a drawing for door prizes. Prizes include water bottles, wrist bands and reflective lights.

Registration is available on the Healthy Nacogdoches website at www.healthynaco-goches.org. This website also includes tips on how to eat well, live well, and fit in an excercise routine.

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By Paige MillerCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Like many other orga-nizations on SFA’s cam-pus, including SFA itself, the Rugby Team is jam-packed with traditions that are held to the ut-most standards.

One of these traditions is the alumni game that rugby holds every year. This year, on Saturday, the 32nd annual alumni game was held at the cor-ner of Wilson and Starr.

According to the cur-rent members, and alum-ni alike, this event is held every year to keep the team as closely knit as possible.

The rugby players like to introduce alums to the new players every year to keep their “family” close.

In addition, it also serves as a learning expe-rience for the newer play-ers, because the alumni are strategic players and will use their brain over brawn.

It will also gauge the mental preparedness of

the new team as a whole. Many of the alumni said

they keep coming back for various reasons ranging from the love of the sport to the glory of beating the newbies.

This game, along with other annual events, serves as a fundraiser as well to help support the rugby team in its travels, as well as purchasing equipment.

Other events that the team sponsors are an an-nual golf tournament and a scholarship, which is provided by the alumni.

The team also partici-pates in Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wear-ing pink jerseys to every game in October.

The Rugby Team is al-ready looking forward to next year’s alumni game, but for now they are fo-cusing on their upcoming tournament.

Rugby Fest will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 22, at the Rugby Pitch across from Campus Rec.

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I feel that I must make some correc-tions to several glaring errors in the caption to the photo published in the Sep. 22 edition of “The Pine Log” en-titled, “Activist spray paints message in art center”. First off, the incident did not occur at the Art Center, which is located on Main Street, but happened at the School of Art building(s) here on campus. Secondly, I am one of two persons (the other being SFA custodial staff, along with valuable assistance of SFA physical plant support staff) who physically did the clean-up process, and I am mis-labeled as a professor. I am not a professor; I am full the full time staff manager of the SFA art shop and I teach classes in an adjunct capaci-ty. Third: One of three of the areas of graffiti executed by the same individu-al utilized the statement, “It feels good not to be sold anything”, not the state-ment “Feels so good not to be bought”, as reported.

The actual statement painted indi-cates something that, at best, makes lit-tle sense given the context, and indicates the frivolous nature of the painter’s ac-tions. “Feels so good not to be bought”, carries a far more heavy-handed po-litical message, and this brings me to the biggest error of all: An activist, by defi-

nition, is someone who pursues an ac-tion, or a set of actions, in order to bring about political change. A young per-son executing poor judgement, late one night with a can of spray paint, hardly qualifies as a political activist. Gandhi, or Martin Luther King would hardly at-tempt to initiate social change by se-cretly spray painting a poorly-executed dinosaur (clearly seen in the photo-graph on the wall behind me), the words “nice bike” next to a bike rack, and a grammatically-incorrect, rambling phrase in front of the art department doors. Defacing state property is not po-litical activism. If anything, the real “ac-tivists” here are the students that came forward with information concerning the individual, which facilitated his ar-rest. These students initiated positive action and change by protecting their learning facility and preventing the in-dividual in question from doing further expensive damage.

In the future, checking facts with the official police record of the incident be-fore publishing would be a better report-ing approach.

—Ron King School of Art Shop/Safety

Meal plan rantings

Like clockwork, every year on-campus residents face a tough decision—the de-cision of which meal plan to choose. This one decision can make or break a school year. It is a semester -ong commitment just as important as your roommate or residence hall assignment from which there is no turning back. With that said, however, this costly decision will never be a perfect fit for a majority of students, including yours truly.

Let’s examine the meal plan options. All three meal plans cost an exorbitant $1,520 a semester. Put the calculator down right now. There’s no need to cal-culate whether or not it’s a good deal, because it’s not. Sadly, the only upside to paying this much is knowing your peers fell victim to paying the same. Think of it as a bonding experience from the get-go. Go Lumberjacks!

According to Unfairamark, more for-mally known as Aramark, dining web-site, you can eat for “as low as $4.59” per meal. While this doesn’t sound too bad at first glance, you must consider the quality you get. During this past year, my usual meal would consist of a grilled cheese, fries and some sort of dessert. Predictably, my grilled cheese and fries would be lukewarm and extra crispy from sitting under the heat lamp for who knows how long. Yummy. Yep, I’m just as

surprised as you that I never contracted salmonella or some other food borne illness.

The unfairness of Unfairamark is only exacerbated by the fact it’s an all-you-can-eat dining hall. These places bank on scrawny people like me. I’ve always been one of those people who eat very small meals throughout the day. Growing up, my parents avoided all-you-can-eat places such as Golden Corral for this very reason. While someone like Joey Chestnut, the reigning Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating World Champion, may ben-efit from an all-you-can-eat restaurant, I never will, and neither will most of my friends. This is what Unfairamark counts on.

While Unfairamark may have a few tricks up its sleeve, there are still ways to get the most bang out of your buck. First, to-go it. Grab that to-go box and stuff it to its maximum capacity. Personally, I’d stock up on the desserts. You can’t beat those chocolate chip cookies.

Next, try it all. If you are eating in the dining hall, grab everything your little heart desires. Even if you can’t eat all you grab, at least you’ll feel like you got your $1,520 worth once the semester is over.

Finally, take advantage of your two hands and grab some cookies to-go after eating in the dining hall. They make the perfect snack when your stomach starts roaring in the wee hours of the night.

You may still be curious as to which meal plan is the best. I guess I can’t answer that. It’s a tricky answer that you’ll have to figure out for yourself if you haven’t already. Luckily, this is one decision I won’t be making anymore as I live off-campus. Goodbye Unfairamark, hello McDonalds!

Gina is a junior journalism major and a contributing writer for The Pine Log.

There’s nothing I appreciate more than individuals who go out of their way to be nice, those who possess compassion and use it to the fullest.

• I’m talking about the Walmart ca-shier who runs back to the aisle to find a bar code for the jogging pants you plan to purchase but won’t be able to because the bar code was torn off.

• I’m talking about the tech guy all the way in India who remains on the phone with you for over an hour and listens to you talk about the authenticity of Shakespeare and creativity while ensuring you that

your computer issue will be resolved. • I’m talking about the chick in the drive-

thru window at McDonald’s who makes sure you have plenty of your sauce of preference with napkins for your fresh-out-the grease chicken McNuggets and offers you a complimentary smile as she hands you your calorie-laden meal.

• I’m talking about the fast talking pro-fessor who sits side-by-side with you in his office and patiently waits for the light bulb to go on in your head, indicating you finally understood that difficult calculus problem.

• I’m talking about the dude who smells like stale coffee and appears to have lost contact with Irish Spring and water for over a week, yet actually helps you at the “Help Desk.”

• I’m talking about the pepper-mint-smelling librarian who helps you find a certain book you need for class when you procrastinated until the day before your report is due to find it.

• I’m talking about you or the nicer you. See, I’m the type of person who likes

to do things on my own. I prefer to figure out something on my own even if it takes

a decade. I like solving complex problems; to me, it’s more satisfying when you arrive to a solution on your own. It’s more satisfy-ing to change your flat tire on your own, rather than wait for God-knows-when for the next Good Samaritan to see your raised car hood and help you tighten the lug nuts. I know this from experience, thanks to my father who raised me like a boy and taught me the essentials to survival. Thanks Dad.

After solving a problem on your own, you get all the credit; not “I did most of the work, but so-and-so helped me figure out the last part.” But there does come a time when a dilemma becomes irritatingly daunting, when it goes beyond my control or expertise. After I’ve exhausted all my solutions and my resource bank runs dry, I seek help. I wait until utter desperation to seek help. I wait until I’m about to die to beg you for help.

I need your help when I’m attempting to be superwoman and carry all my grocer-ies in one trip and I find myself lose my grip on my case of Ozarka. It’s then when I long for the arms of that creepy neighbor who happens to be creeping at an oppor-

tune time to come to my rescue. I swallow my pride for a quick minute and later ap-preciate him for his kindness and forsake his creepiness, for the time being at least.

I encourage everyone to be nice, even if it’s just for a day or once a day at the minimum. An act of kindness can’t hurt you; if anything, both you and the recipi-ent of your kindness will benefit from your action. I’m sure you are filled with grati-tude when you are in dire need of help and you get the help you’re looking for; so return the favor. Someone needs it or is going to need it. Compassion can manifest in many shapes and forms. It can mani-fest in the form of holding the door for the person behind you. It can manifest in the form of a smile. Yeah, you’ve heard it’s contagious, so why not infect some-one with a benign germ? Compassion is simple; it’s not a simple choice to make sometimes, but it can never be complex. I promise if you flash your pearly whites or just say “hey,” you’ll receive one in return.

Chidinma is a senior English major a con-tributing writer for The Pine Log.

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Axes up to soccer head coach Tony Amato earning the 100th victory of his ca-reer Friday in the Ladyjacks 11-0 win against Jackson State.

Axes down to the increased traffic in Nac over the week-end due to all the visitng par-ents. We’re glad you came to visit, but we’re not fans of congested streets and an overcrowded Walmart.

Axes up to all the concerts and fine arts events taking place across campus. Need something to do? No need to travel out of town. Culture yourself with what’s available here in Nac.

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Exhilarating and exciting, Zip Nac has brought a whole new level of entertainment to Nacogdoches residents and SFA students. The business claims to be “the newest thrill in the oldest town.”

Zip Nac is a family-owned five-element zip line that opened this summer. They start the riders on a ground-level line to show them how to properly ride. On this zip line, a person is able to get a different view of the Nacogdoches countryside, while zipping through the trees like a squirrel. The last line you can finish by racing your friends or family to the end.

Zip Nac is a great way for your group to bond, even to help over come fears. The Pine Log staff took a trip to Zip Nac together.

“Zip lining was a lot of fun, Andreya Stephenson, managing editor of The Pine Log, said. “Zip Nac is a great addition to Nacogdoches.”

“I am terrified of heights, but I got through it and ended up having a really good time,” Stephanie Slabaugh, sports edi-tor for the Pine Log, said “It’s a

great team building activ-ity.”

Also anyone can do it. They do not have an age limit. While The Pine Log staff was at the facility, a boy was having his birthday party there. He and his friends were excited to be there. They even put their shirts on as soon as they got them.

The partners on the business, Susan Rice and Kathy Johnson, said the idea was sparked when Rice’s hus-band decided to take their fam-ily zip lining for her birthday in November of last year. It wasn’t until January that they decided to build their own towers after sitting with some of their family who said there wasn’t anything to do. They began construc-tion in March and were ready to open in July.

Zip Nac currently has 12 certified guides to take visi-tors through the course. These guides are rescue-certified as well.

“A normal group for us is be-tween six and eight, but we can handle as many as you want to bring,” Johnson said. “For six to eight it usually takes an hour and a half, but if you have more

than that we can set it up so there are guides on every plat-form, and we can keep people moving through the course.”

The zip line is $40, and with that you get a t-shirt and bottled water. They require that you wear closed toed shoes to ride, and suggest comfortable cloth-ing.

They are located close to cam-pus at 199 Brother John Rd. Call (855) ZIP-NAC1 or (936) 645-5094 to set up a reservation for you or your organization. Their website is www.zipnac.com for additional infor-mation or hours.

hcole@ thepinelog.com

Zip Nac brings a new level of entertainment to Nacogdoches

By Bianca PattersonSTAFF WRITER

SFA OMA and NAACP are planning a program, “Men v Woman,” that will allow men and woman to be fully open with one another to help try and figure out what the real conflict is between the two. Hopefully, being open with one another will help close the space that keep men and woman at a distance.

Who would have known something such as tech-nology would have an im-pact on the way men and woman interact? Now that face to face communication is slowly dying, will the re-spect between the two gen-ders slowly fade also? Let’s keep in mind that technol-ogy is not the only thing that stands between the two gen-ders.

“I don’t think a person can ever fully understand other person, we just have to learn how to be open to other per-son point of view,” said Dr. Terrence Frazier, director of the Multicultural Center.

According to Frazier, the program is intended to grab

attention campus wide, but especially hopes to reach out to freshman because many of them are not used to being on their own, and the interaction is different.

Frazier said that it will be helpful for the upper class-men as well because many of them are close to graduat-ing, and this program could help prepare them for a work environment, where they will have to interact with both genders.

At the program, they will also discuss how to deal with abuse, STD’s, etc. Two guest speakers Renee Toppin founder of “Black Woman Who Want More” and Hasani Pettiford au-thor of “Why We Hate Black Women and Why Should We Love Them” will be there to tell their stories and answer questions.

Come and be a part of the change that will happen be-tween the two genders. The program will be held 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the BPSC Grand Ballroom.

bpatterson@thepinelog.com

OMA, NAACP program to address communication

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SFA won both the flight 1 and 2 singles titles, and the flight 1 doubles title in the Northwestern State Invitational in Natchitoches, La, improving their overall fall record to 23-1 between singles and doubles play. Tereza Bekerova defeated Northwestern State’s Olga Bazhanova, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to take the top singles flight title, while classmate Malena Gordo beat the Lady Demons’ Andrea Nedorostova, 6-3, 6-2, for the flight 2 title.The duo combined to win two doubles matches to complete the perfect weekend. They bounced Louisiana-Monroe’s Medy Blankvoort and Monica Winkel, 8-4, and returned to the court for an 8-4 victory over Northwestern State’s Linda Gamo and Olga Bazhanova for the title.SFA will continue their fall schedule Monday when they travel to Waco.

SFA head coach Tony Amato earned the 100th victory of his career and eight different Ladyjacks scored in an 11-0 victory over the Jackson State Lady Tigers Friday evening at the SFA Soccer Complex. The 11 goals were a school-record in a single game and the most since scoring 10 against Prairie View on Sept. 28, 2008. Kylie Louw, Chelsea Raymond and Laura Sadler all scored two goals each and Raymond added two assists as well for a career-high six points in a single contest. SFA will now turn their eyes toward conference play as they travel to UTSA and Texas State next weekend to begin Southland play.

The No. 22-ranked SFA Lumberjack Football team could not overcome seven dropped passes, including two that would have been for touchdowns, Saturday night falling to Texas State, 35-26. The loss, the team’s third straight, and fifth consecutive to Texas State, drops SFA to 1-3 (.250) on the season.

Rugby, one of SFA’s most prominent sport clubs in existence since 1974, hosted the annual Rugby Legends Game Saturday. According to class of 2011 graduate Josh Kuykendall, “The score is shrouded with doubt, but the alumni won.” Saturday, Oct. 22, SFA will host Rugbyfest 2011.

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Sunday, SFA won the fourth set 25-20 to knock off a previously 10-3 Missouri State team. The Ladyjacks will play their next four conference matches on the road against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, University of Texas-San Antonio, Sam Houston, and Southeastern Louisiana, before returning home to take on Texas State October 13.