“We have to find out what we are good at and love it. We have to use that to an advantage,” said Baltimore author and educator D. Watkins. In an event sponsored by A-State’s Multicultural Center, Watkins presented his account of his upbringing and early life on Jan. 28. A professor of creative writing at the University of Balti- more, Watkins recently compiled his first novel “e Beast Side: Living and Dying While Black in America.” Growing up in the rougher east side of Baltimore, Watkins felt the need to educate his peers on what it truly means to live in the modern cultural climate. He poured his experiences and past into his novel, in which he ac- counts not only what it is like to be black and live in Baltimore, but to be a black individual in America. Watkins spoke of getting a phone call from his friend one night who repeatedly said, “Wear all black, we’re going to lie down in traffic. Come to North Av- enue…wear all black, come to North Avenue.” Hoping to protest the build- ing of a new kiddie jail in the area, his friend was ready to rally peo- ple together to make a statement. But as Watkins reflected, he came to the realization that he was a different kind of activist than his friend, and that was OK. When presented the next question, he asked himself how he could make a difference, how he could make the change he wished to see. Watkins realized that he wanted to inspire others to read, that was his passion. He encouraged people to seek out a passion, something interesting to them, and to use that to make a difference. “As an activist, that’s how I make a difference. I should be teaching people how to read, how to tell their own stories.” With the belief that reading would lead to an overall enhance- ment of social relations, Watkins noted that, by teaching someone to read, one can help them with their future. More importantly, one can help them take a step to- ward a better life. As attendees entered the sem- inar, they were given an index card to write down any questions they would like to turn in during the question and answer portion of the seminar. Watkins answered questions relating to stereotypes, overcoming situations, and deal- ing with racism, along with many other topics. Watkins’ lecture and post- script conversation were illumi- nating for many in attendance. Given the increasing racial ten- sion with high profile cases of police brutality and systematic oppression of people of color, Watkins provided his listeners with his own insights into the sit- uation. He asserted that, in order for change to occur, the problem needs to be recognized and un- derstood. “How do we get young people to see that racism still exists,” read one of the questions on the card. “By telling them. White peo- ple have to be willing to listen. Black people have to be willing to talk about it. Everyone has a role,” Watkins said. “How do we reconcile being pro-black without being an- ti-white,” read another question on a card. To this, Watkins answered that it is important to recognize the cultural differences between races and ask questions when one does not initially understand. “ere’s not one type, we are all individuals, we have to get away from generalizing. We have to think about humanity, you’re a person, I’m a person,” Watkins said. A recurring theme throughout Watkins’ seminar was the impor- tance of pursuing a passion with the intent to make a difference. With this idea, Watkins emphasized the importance of dedication and determination. According to the author, even though one may not see the end result of the difference they are working toward, it does not mean we should work with any less pas- sion or drive, but with more hope for the future. “I will die before I will see the world the way I want to see it, but I shouldn’t use that as an excuse to keep me from doing the work,” Watkins said. #Life: Opinion: Sports 1B EMILY HOLDER NEWS EDITOR Sports: #BLACKOUT, 2B Bernie Sanders, 2A Basketball, 1B News: ROTC, 3A facebook.com/astateherald @astateHerald www.astateherald.com youtube.com/ASUHerald @astateHerald Women’s bowling goes head to head with Nebraska in Prarie View A&M Invitational. THEHERALD www. astate herald.com INFORMING THE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SINCE 1921 Vol. 95, Issue 14 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2016 BLAKE RYLANT STAFF WRITER Delta 4A An A-State professor is shed- ding new light on Northeast Ar- kansas. Janelle Collins, chair and associate professor of English at Arkansas State University, is the editor of “Defining the Delta,” a series of essays that highlight and explore the Mississippi Del- ta region of the South. Collins was asked to take the responsibility of general ed- itor for the “Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies” in 2008. During her time as editor, she decided to continue a series started by another editor called “What is the Lower Mississip- pi Delta.” However, the journal could only publish one of the essays a month. As a solution, she consolidated the articles into “Defining the Delta,” to reach a further audience. “‘Defining the Delta’ will not only reach a wider readership than the journal, it also puts the scholars, who are in differ- ent disciplines, in conversation with each other,” Collins said. “e effect for readers is to gain a greater understanding of the Delta through these multiple perspectives.” ‘Be an opportunity creator’ Kays Foundation appoints new VP YULIA RUFIMSKYA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Activist D. Watkins has a humorous approach to even the most serious issues of African Americans in the United States while speaking to stu- dents in the Student Union Auditorium on Jan. 28. He was joined on stage by Tirrany Thurmond, director of the Multicultural Center at A-State. Kays, 4A Multicultural Center hosts presentation on modern civil rights movement e Kays Foundation an- nounced the appointment of Terry Carty of Jonesboro as vice-president/treasurer. Carty will succeed the late Wayne Blake, who before his sudden-death in November, had served in the identical post for the past 14 years. For 39 years, Blake had worked as an em- ployee for the Kays Foundation while serving as one of the foun- dation’s board directors for 20 of those years. Carty is a 1974 alumnus of Arkansas State University, where he obtained his bachelor’s de- gree. After serving as the build- ing coordinator in the Facilities Management department, Carty retired from the university in 2011. Within the same year, he joined the Kays Foundation’s Board of Directors. One of Carty’s highlights of his career at Arkansas State was when he obtained the Dis- tinguished Performance Award this year, and he was one of 100 people chosen on the person- nel’s Wall of Honor during the celebration of Arkansas State University’s centennial existence. In addition, Carty served as a restoration associate for Piggott, Arkansas’ Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Cen- ter. Under Carty’s leadership, the foundation recently endowed a A-State Professor Sheds New Light on Delta Region EMMA WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEIL WILLIAMS | GRAPHIC DESIGNER Iowa Breakdown: While Clinton and Sanders supporters go head to head, Trump falters
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“We have to find out what we are good at and love it. We have to use that to an advantage,” said Baltimore author and educator D. Watkins.
In an event sponsored by A-State’s Multicultural Center, Watkins presented his account of his upbringing and early life on Jan. 28. A professor of creative writing at the University of Balti-more, Watkins recently compiled his first novel “The Beast Side: Living and Dying While Black in America.”
Growing up in the rougher east side of Baltimore, Watkins felt the need to educate his peers on what it truly means to live in the modern cultural climate. He poured his experiences and past into his novel, in which he ac-counts not only what it is like to be black and live in Baltimore, but to be a black individual in America.
Watkins spoke of getting a phone call from his friend one night who repeatedly said, “Wear all black, we’re going to lie down in traffic. Come to North Av-enue…wear all black, come to North Avenue.”
Hoping to protest the build-ing of a new kiddie jail in the area, his friend was ready to rally peo-ple together to make a statement. But as Watkins reflected, he came to the realization that he was a different kind of activist than his friend, and that was OK.
When presented the next question, he asked himself how he could make a difference, how he could make the change he wished to see. Watkins realized that he wanted to inspire others to read, that was his passion. He encouraged people to seek out a
passion, something interesting to them, and to use that to make a difference.
“As an activist, that’s how I make a difference. I should be teaching people how to read, how to tell their own stories.”
With the belief that reading would lead to an overall enhance-ment of social relations, Watkins noted that, by teaching someone to read, one can help them with their future. More importantly, one can help them take a step to-ward a better life.
As attendees entered the sem-inar, they were given an index card to write down any questions they would like to turn in during the question and answer portion
of the seminar. Watkins answered questions relating to stereotypes, overcoming situations, and deal-ing with racism, along with many other topics.
Watkins’ lecture and post-script conversation were illumi-nating for many in attendance. Given the increasing racial ten-sion with high profile cases of police brutality and systematic oppression of people of color, Watkins provided his listeners with his own insights into the sit-uation. He asserted that, in order for change to occur, the problem needs to be recognized and un-derstood.
“How do we get young people to see that racism still exists,” read
one of the questions on the card.“By telling them. White peo-
ple have to be willing to listen. Black people have to be willing to talk about it. Everyone has a role,” Watkins said.
“How do we reconcile being pro-black without being an-ti-white,” read another question on a card.
To this, Watkins answered that it is important to recognize the cultural differences between races and ask questions when one does not initially understand.
“There’s not one type, we are all individuals, we have to get away from generalizing. We have to think about humanity, you’re a person, I’m a person,” Watkins
said.A recurring theme throughout
Watkins’ seminar was the impor-tance of pursuing a passion with the intent to make a difference.
With this idea, Watkins emphasized the importance of dedication and determination. According to the author, even though one may not see the end result of the difference they are working toward, it does not mean we should work with any less pas-sion or drive, but with more hope for the future.
“I will die before I will see the world the way I want to see it, but I shouldn’t use that as an excuse to keep me from doing the work,” Watkins said.
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An A-State professor is shed-ding new light on Northeast Ar-kansas. Janelle Collins, chair and associate professor of English at Arkansas State University, is the editor of “Defining the Delta,” a series of essays that highlight and explore the Mississippi Del-ta region of the South.
Collins was asked to take the responsibility of general ed-itor for the “Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies” in 2008. During her time as editor, she decided to continue a series started by another editor called “What is the Lower Mississip-pi Delta.” However, the journal could only publish one of the essays a month. As a solution, she consolidated the articles into “Defining the Delta,” to reach a further audience.
“‘Defining the Delta’ will not only reach a wider readership than the journal, it also puts the scholars, who are in differ-ent disciplines, in conversation with each other,” Collins said. “The effect for readers is to gain a greater understanding of the Delta through these multiple perspectives.”
‘Be an opportunity creator’Kays Foundation appoints new VP
YULIA RUFIMSKYA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERActivist D. Watkins has a humorous approach to even the most serious issues of African Americans in the United States while speaking to stu-dents in the Student Union Auditorium on Jan. 28. He was joined on stage by Tirrany Thurmond, director of the Multicultural Center at A-State.
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Multicultural Center hosts presentation on modern civil rights movementThe Kays Foundation an-
nounced the appointment of Terry Carty of Jonesboro as vice-president/treasurer.
Carty will succeed the late Wayne Blake, who before his sudden-death in November, had served in the identical post for the past 14 years. For 39 years, Blake had worked as an em-ployee for the Kays Foundation while serving as one of the foun-dation’s board directors for 20 of those years.
Carty is a 1974 alumnus of Arkansas State University, where he obtained his bachelor’s de-gree. After serving as the build-ing coordinator in the Facilities Management department, Carty retired from the university in 2011. Within the same year, he joined the Kays Foundation’s Board of Directors.
One of Carty’s highlights of his career at Arkansas State was when he obtained the Dis-tinguished Performance Award this year, and he was one of 100 people chosen on the person-nel’s Wall of Honor during the celebration of Arkansas State University’s centennial existence. In addition, Carty served as a restoration associate for Piggott, Arkansas’ Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Cen-ter.
Under Carty’s leadership, the foundation recently endowed a
A-State Professor Sheds New Light on Delta Region
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NEIL WILLIAMS | GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Iowa Breakdown: While Clinton and Sanders supporters go head to head, Trump falters
There is nothing more dis-appointing than a generation of politics that forbids the use of personal diligence. In this decade, anti-intellectualism is becoming not only popular, but meta for the world to use in ev-ery serious discussion.
Where history displayed a nation of people that wished to be informed of their nation’s direction, the United States of America is now lost to everyone but a select few.
It is this group that has taken the responsibility of caring for the nation, and they have prof-ited handsomely from doing so. While the remainder of Amer-ican citizens stay glossy-eyed at
the bigotry they can understand, the real voices of the country are making progress, earning rev-enues, and building a political system that officially takes the normal person out of the equa-tion.
Fortunately for everyone, though they are lost in their own fantasies of Islamic fear and religious pedestals, there is one man who has made his life a statement against the estab-lishment that the select few has built.
He sees through the sadness that is the American people, and knows the potential strength they hold. Bernie Sanders is a presidential candidate who has made a career out of educating people about the true purpose of democracy, and at the most important time in the history of America, he is sacrificing him-self one last time for the good of all people involved.
The establishment is strong, because 90 percent of the na-
tion’s citizens haven’t been pay-ing attention to anything other than Facebook and bigoted news pundits. They have a blind eye to the real problems that need to be addressed: billions of dollars being funneled through Congress to purchase politi-cians that work for special inter-ests, industries that are destroy-ing climates for the pure sake of reaching profit milestones, and large demographics of people that are dying off because of the greedy intentions of a prison system run by corporations.
Bernie Sanders sees through the distractions that corporate news stations give to you, be-cause he sees the problems that could truly devastate the inno-cent people of this country.
Demystifying Bernie and his message is the first step to leaving behind the idiocy that is the current American political culture.
To rise above the games that an oligarchical kingdom has set forth, citizens must learn how to perform something that has never before been practiced: personal due diligence. It is this act of seeking more information that creates an informed citizen. While Bernie Sanders is being attacked from every angle of the money system that fears for its profits, people are missing the big picture behind it.
There is one ultimate objec-tive behind a corporation: in-crease the wealth of the share-
holders involved. Anything standing against the interests of the mighty money machines will be targeted, because mor-als and lives don’t matter when money is involved.
Yet despite this long line of false patriotism, uneducated political slander, and a devot-ed group of people who have locked their minds into a state of ignorance, there still lies hope.
A political revolution grows to stop this misinformed gen-eration, and to provide a gov-ernment that interacts with its people to benefit the people. Bernie Sanders is the only pres-idential candidate who will not profit off your vote. Give him your ear, and lend him your due diligence, and he will show you what it means to advance as a society.
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Demystifying Sanders may be the key to understanding the modern political climate.
The race for president has been a turbulent and odd one, to say the least. With a self-pro-claimed democratic socialist on the left, and a loud opinionated billionaire on the right, there’s such a differing of opinions this election cycle, people get lost in all the shouting and chaos. I’d like to take this op-portunity to write an open letter to those Americans who make-up roughly 70 percent of our nation’s population. This letter goes out to my Christian Americans. With the most recent NBC poll suggesting Donald Trump has captured as many as one-third of the faith-based vote in the past couple of months, it’s time we sit down and talk about what seems to be happening. Before we address why Christians shouldn’t be voting for Trump, we need to navigate the surprisingly basic reasoning being given by Trump support-ers. The No. 1 argument given by those of faith voting for Trump is that they are tired of losing, whether it be to China, their gun rights, or the values
they believe America should have. When they hear what Donald Trump is saying, they see a winner, someone who is going to stand up to the threats to our freedoms and put a clear line in the sand that will not be crossed. I’d like to take to the Bible and see what the god of love has to say; maybe we can find some direction and guidance for our lives as is communi-cated to Christians in Psalm 37: 23-24. The Bible explic-itly commands believers to be communicators of love ( John 13:34-35), and not just any type of love, but the specific Greek word used is agape love, which is a divine love that isn’t com-municated by feelings as much as it is by our overflowing, all consuming actions. When listening to some of the things Trump has put forth in his speeches and political ideals, it would be a stretch at best to try and tie any sort of love into his potential policies. Jesus was by no means a rich man, and in fact seemed to have certain distaste for those solely focused on their wealth (Mark 10:25). The amount of pride Donald Trump seems
to express when talking about his wealth should be a point of concern for anyone who seeks to be closer, and more like Christ. Don’t even get me started on the point that Jesus Christ and his family was themselves mid-dle-eastern political refugees seeking a safe place to stay and how under a Trump presidency, would be turned away at the door of the ever famous Inn. Whether it’s a bed or a manger, Jesus always seems to have a fo-cus on how you treat “the least of these”. Walls, mass deporta-tions, and bigoted statements just don’t fall into the ideologies that followers of “Jesus meek and mild” should be striving to uphold.
Micah Prock is a Broadcast Jouranlism major and politi-cal science minor.
“A political revolution grows to stop this mis-informed generation, and to provide a govern-ment that interacts with its people to benefit the people. Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate who will not
profit off your vote.” - Greyson Fullbright
Breaking Down Bernie
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Campus Crime
Campus Crime is a weekly re-port compiled from University Po-lice logs publicly available in accor-dance with the Clery Act.
Jan. 24, 201612:20 a.m.—Just after mid-
night, Officer Alanna Sanders noticed strobe lights coming through a window of a room in Northpark Quads Building 1. After deciding to check it out, officers went to the room it was coming from and knocked on the quad entrance door. No one an-swered, but the door opened by itself because it was not locked. An RA met the officers before entering the exact room that the light was coming from, and after no one answered, they keyed into the room.
No person was in the room, but the strobe lights continued on and an empty bottle of Ciroc Apple Vodka was found on the desk. The deserted party resulted in one alcohol violation for the resident and four residence hall violations for all residents of the quad that failed to shut and lock their front door.
Jan. 25, 20168:45 p.m.—Two students
contacted UPD because they felt threatened by a male student
who accused them of creating a Grindr account under his name. During an altercation in the computer lab of the Humanities and Social Sciences building, the 19-year-old male asked the two if either of them made the account. “Why would I do that?” one stu-dent answered. “I wouldn’t make a Grindr for my enemies.” As a warning, the accuser made clear that when he found out who did it, it was “not going to be fun for them.”
Jan. 29, 20161:59 a.m.—Amber Bajorek,
18, and Meagen Matuszyk, 19 were both arrested early Friday morning for minor in posses-sion of alcohol. Officer Alanna Sanders was driving on Univer-sity Loop when she noticed Ma-tuszyk, who was walking in the middle of the road, almost get hit by an oncoming vehicle. Ma-tuszyk said that she was crossing the street to walk with her friend, Bajorek.
Both girls confessed to Offi-cer Sanders that they had been drinking and explained that they were coming from the Sigma Pi house. After taken into custody, the girls admitted to their mis-take and said it would never hap-pen again.
Jan. 30, 2016
12:15 a.m.—Officer Keith Gilliam made contact with a 18-year-old male who was oper-ating a green laser light from the third floor of Arkansas Hall. He was pointing it out the window and onto the parking lot below. The suspect admitted that he was the operator and claimed he was “just bored.” That student was re-ferred for disorderly conduct.
Jan. 31, 20162:25 a.m.—Abraham Bonilla,
22, was driving along Johnson Avenue when Officer Daniel Bradway noticed his vehicle driving without any headlights on. Bradway watched as the ve-hicle crossed multiple lanes and swerved back to hit a curb. At that time, Officer Bradway initi-ated a traffic stop. According to the report, the man was speaking mostly unrecognizable English and Bradway struggled to com-municate with him. When asked for his driver’s license, Bonilla handed Bradway a green card and stated that his passport was at home. The hispanic man also admitted that “yes, I’ve had four beer.” After positively confirm-ing his level of alcohol content through a breath test, Bonilla was arrested for DWI, no driver’s license, and hazardous driving.
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Delta National Small Prints Exhibition Celebrates Hmong Culture
Nikki Logan | Staff PhotographerBradbury Art Museum patrons enjoyed viewing over 50 contem-porary art pieces on Jan. 28 at the Delta National Small Prints Exhibit. The free exhibit will be open to the public until Feb.28 and showcases prints from both expert and novice artists.
A-State Gunman Pleads Not Guilty
The Delta National Small Prints Exhibition is now open to the public, and will be featured at the Bradbury Art Museum in the Fowl-er Center at Arkansas State University through Feb. 27. The exhibition con-tains dynamic and unique prints submitted by artists around the world. The ab-sence of exclusivity makes for a strong connection between the people of the Jonesboro community and others in dif-ferent parts of the world. Associate curator of prints and drawings at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Juror Dennis Michael Jon, chose 55 prints from those submitted. Out of the 55 chosen, 13 were selected to receive a special award.With submissions open to artists around the world,
this year the featured exhibit was “Cloth as Community: Hmong Textiles in Ameri-ca.” The Hmong people are an Asian ethnic community descending from regions of Laos, Vietnam, China and Thailand. The pieces exhibited are contemporary versions of the art forms created by the Hmong people. The use of geometric shapes can be seen in the artwork, along with the use of nature, which is used as a symbol relating to their spiritual beliefs. The Hmong created and per-fected their art forms while residing in refugee camps. The United States did not know of the particular style of art created by the refugees until the late 1970s, when the people began to immigrate into the United States.Meanwhile, the Delta Small Prints Exhibition originated with Curt Bradbury 2001.
Bradbury in the name of his wife, Charlotte, beginning the annual Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. This year’s exhi-bition, which includes the
“Cloth as Community” ex-hibit, is open to the public from noon to 5 p. m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
Nikki Logan I Staff PhotographerAliyah Green, freshman art education major, observes one of the many pieces displayed as part of the Delta National Small Prints Exhibit in the Bradbury Art Museum.
The Arkansas man who trig-gered a campus wide lockdown at A-State in December has pleaded not guilty to the felo-ny charges filed against him last month.Brad Bartelt, 47, of Jonesboro faces charges of making a terror-ist threat, criminal possession of explosive material or destructive device, and terroristic threaten-ing.According to the Jonesboro Sun, Circuit Judge Brent Davis heard Bartelt’s plea. Bartelt’s at-
torney, R. Theodor Stricker, re-portedly asked Davis to reduce his $50,000 cash bond as he called 911 himself and warned students to stay away from him. However, Davis refused to low-er the bond, saying Bartelt was willing to take his life and the lives of others at the same time.At the time of his arrest on Dec. 10, Bartelt was armed with a shotgun, tanks of gas and pro-pane.No one was injured during the incident, and no shots were fired. Bartelt later confessed that he had initially intended to shoot others, but changed his mind
once he arrived on campus. The day before his arrest he posted on his Facebook page that he was suicidal and hom-icidal. Police later searched his home, finding a fully loaded AR-15 rifle, bullets and hunting knives.Bartelt is being held in the Craighead County Jail. Strick-er maintains his client never intended to harm anyone but himself. Bartelt’s motion and plea hearing is set for March 2. He could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of the felonies.
The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program (ROTC) has given undergraduate and grad-uate students the opportunity to grow as individuals and de-velop as leaders. The program has not only been available to those wishing to join the mili-tary, but to any student in any career field.The mission of the program has been to “commission the future officers of the United States Army, develop leaders and mo-tivate young people to be better citizens.”Members of the program have participated in classes out on the field and in the classroom to prepare them for their future in the military or in the workforce.
These courses were meant to develop the students as leaders, independent thinkers, problem solvers and motivators.Established at Arkansas State University on Jan. 20, 1936, the ROTC recently celebrated its 80th anniversary. The program was originally a mandatory course for all male students to take when it first began, but in 1971 the program was no lon-ger required. When the pro-gram was dropped as a man-datory course, it was also made available for the enrollment of women.ROTC has impacted the lives of those involved in the pro-gram. When asked about the significance of the program in his life, Cadet Ben Holder, se-nior, said, “It has introduced me
to lifelong friends and taught me the true meaning of being a leader.”The four-year program has given the Cadets travel oppor-tunities with summer training programs.“It opens up a whole new world to someone who has never had the opportunity to leave Arkan-sas,” Holder said.Cadets have been given the proper direction and guidance to gain the skills and necessities required to transition into the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Active Duty Army or workforce after college. There are currently 275 programs at college universities in the Unit-ed States, with over 70 percent pursuing an occupation in the military.
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Photo Courtesy of Ben HolderROTC Cadets Kage Grantham, Tim Forney, Kennith Purcell, RJ Adkins and Austin Perkey hold the platform while Cadet Ben Holder does as many pushups as he can during a football game at Arkansas State University.
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Collins felt the ease of access was essential for readers to get an honest look at the unique culture of the region.
“I think that one of the re-sults of the book publication is the recognition that we are doing important and interesting work at A-State. We are a university in a region that has a fascinating history and culture, and it was a pleasure to bring together a book that explores the Delta from so many viewpoints,” Collins said
The essays were written by a variety of different profession-als in a wide range of fields. This resulted in a collection that pro-vides a unique set of viewpoints and insight for the reader.
“Each essay offers a view of the Delta from a particular dis-ciplinary lens. Organized so that the first essays examine the Del-ta’s physical properties, boundar-ies, and climate from the perspec-tives of a geologist, archaeologist, environmental historian, and geographer. In other essays, the Delta is viewed through the lens of the social sciences and human-ities—historians, folklorists, and others studying the connection between the land and its people, in particular the importance of agriculture and the culture of the area, especially music, literature, and food,” said Collins.
Collins found it very reward-ing to be able to lead the team of
scholars in putting together this collection of essays.
“There is a tremendous sense of accomplishment in completing a long-term project. From start to finish, the book took about four years,” Collins said. “Part of the initial pleasure of the project was the process of contacting scholars in a variety of fields and explain-ing the project to them. So many of them were instantly intrigued and most of them agreed to con-
tribute a chapter.”Collins, a California native,
noted her own enjoyment of the work put into the collaboration.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the col-laborative nature of working on an edited collection. It was grat-ifying to see how enthusiastic the scholars were for the project. As a transplanted Californian, it was also rewarding to me personally to gain deeper knowledge of my adopted region,” Collins said.
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COURTESY OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
COURTESY OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYMembers of the Kays Foundation board presented a $50,000 gift commitment to endow and name the Kays Gallery, a new exhibition space within the Bradbury Art Museum. Those present for the announce-ment included (from left) Curt and Chucki Bradbury, museum benefactors; Terry Carty, Kays Foundation executive vice president; Dr. Tom Bishop and Richard Carvell, Kays Foundation board members; and Les Christensen, director of Bradbury Art Museum.
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gallery in conjunction with the Delta Small Prints Exhibi-tion, located in the Bradbury Art Museum.
The $50,000 grant was award-ed to assist the museum with obtaining matching funds and to endow and name the Kays Gal-lery, a new exhibition space with-in the museum.
“The Kays Foundation exists
for the sole purpose of support-ing Arkansas State University,” said Carty. “Today it does this by providing grants to support faculty, staff, departments and colleges or other entities which further the academic, service and research missions of Arkansas State. Annually, the Foundation board reviews grant requests for worthwhile projects and awards
grants which advance the Uni-versity.
The Kays Foundation was de-veloped from a not-for-profit ini-tiative founded by V.C. Kays, the first president of Arkansas State.
Kays Foundation makes funds and grants offered to aid in ful-filling the university’s educational needs, research and support tar-gets.
Guard, Army Reserve, Active Duty Army or workforce after college. There are currently 275 programs at college universities in the United States, with over 70 percent pursuing an occupa-tion in the military.
The A-State ROTC is a pro-gram filled with involved col-lege students who are passion-ate about their own personal growth and development. And with the university’s partner-ship to ASU-Beebe and Wil-
liams-Baptist College, students will continue to benefit from the involvement, communi-ty and development offered to them by the ROTC.
ROTC, Continued
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40 minutes wasn’t enough to decide a winner for the Red Wolves and the Georgia State Panthers. A-State, who was trailing for 34 minutes, was able to grab the lead with only 11 seconds remaining. But the Panthers hit the front end of to two free throws to send the game into overtime. Overtime was all Arkansas State with the Panthers not even getting a lead in OT.
At the half, Arkansas State only had 19 points. The Red Wolves shot 6-25 from the field, 2-12 from behind the arc, and had 11 turnovers. “The quality of the shot is fine,” Head Coach John Brady said. “Whether it goes in or not, that’s not what I judge good offense on.”
Arkansas State was able to stay in the game, despite going down seven. The Red Wolves seemed to always claw their way back into the game when facing a deficit.
Senior guard Frederic Dure got a quick shot off to make it only a one point game with 17 seconds to go. Dure got fouled
on the shot but couldn’t make the tying basket.
Charles Waters connected on a layup with 11 seconds to go, to put A-State up one, but a late Georgia State free throw make sent us to overtime.
Overtime started great for the Red Wolves. A-State con-nected on back to back threes from Gardner and Carter, and never looked back. The Red Wolves were victorious 75-69.
After a thrilling overtime victory over Georgia State, Ar-kansas State looked to pick up their second in a row against a struggling Georgia Southern team. The Eagles came into Sat-urday nights contest with a 3-6 league record, but outmatched
Arkansas State, winning the contest 71-66.
A-State was led in scoring by Sean Gardner, who finished the contest with 20 points on 7-14 shooting.
Anthony Livingston, and Devin Carter rounded out the double digit scoring totals with 16 points and 12 points respect-fully.
A-State shot the ball ex-tremely well to start out the game. The Red Wolves went into the intermission leading 37-35 after shooting 50 per-cent (12-24) from the field and 50 percent (7-14) from beyond the arc. The Red Wolves and Eagles traded blows come out of the halftime break. Georgia Southern was able to jump out to a seven point lead with 11:27 left to go, but A-State was able to battle back.
With 1:09 left in the game, A-State and Georgia Southern were knotted at 66-66. Georgia Southern’s Tookie Brown, how-ever, was able to bury an im-probable fade away three ball as the shot clock expired, that put the Eagles on top for good.
The Red Wolves are now tied for third place in the conference with ULM. A-State will return home on Thursday night at 7:30 pm to take on South Alabama.
After defeating Georgia Southern 77-54 on Saturday, the Lady Red Wolves upped their home winning streak to 20 straight games, the longest in program history. A-State has now won 10 straight to start league play, and every win, with the exception of the 78-71 win at UT Arlington on Jan 21, has come by double digits. There are still 10 regular season games to go, but the Lady Red Wolves have already etched their names in record book.
The Lady Red Wolves started their current winning streak after coming off of a daunting non-conference schedule that featured four teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2014-15. All of the games, except for Wichita State, were played on the road.
“The non-conference schedule tested us,” A-State Head Coach Brian Boyer said. “It was a really tough schedule and a lot of it was on the road. It really challenged this team, and I think it is paying off for us now.”
After completing the tough non-conference schedule, with a record of 6-3, A-State has seemed to have no troubles in league play. The Red Wolves have beaten their opponents, on average, by 18.7 points per game and have allowed only two opponents to score over 60.
With the string of good play, A-State now sits alone at the top of the Sun Belt conference standings and with a two game lead over Louisiana Lafayette.
“The 10-0 record doesn’t mean much to me, because it’s a 20 game schedule,” Boyer said. “It’s such a long schedule. The best thing about
it is that it’s a great start and it gives us a really good hold on the first seed with ten more to go.”
A-State has relied on their group of seasoned veterans to lead them to a 10-0 record. The Red Wolves are one of the very few teams in the country that has a starting lineup that features five seniors. Since the group arrived, A-State has combined for a 52-16 conference record, and a 40-8 conference record over the last three years.
Although Andrea Gamble has been the “Batman” of this class, Khadija Brown-Haywood is certainly making the case for “Robin” with her stellar play this season. Brown-Haywood averaged 11.5 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game her junior season.
This year, however, she has stepped her play up tremendously. Since the start of conference play, Brown-Haywood is averaging 18.0 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game. She has become the second “go to” scorer on offense, and a force to be reckoned with on the glass.
“The scoring is one thing for Khadija, she did that last year,” Boyer said. “The biggest thing for her is the rebounding. She is leading the conference in rebounding, and that’s something we really needed after losing Jasmine Hunt last year. We need someone to step up and rebound and that has been critical for us.”
Another area where the Red Wolves seem to outmatch every
opponent is in turnovers. The Red Wolves rank 21st in the
nation for fewest turnovers. A-State recorded the fewest turnovers in program history on Saturday night vs Georgia Southern, committing just five the entire game. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, all five of those turnovers came in the first half. The Red Wolves did not commit a single turnover in the final 20 minutes
“We emphasize not turning the ball over,” Boyer said. “It’s something we don’t tolerate in practice. But, I think more than anything, it’s experience. When you have five starters that are seniors, they don’t get rattled, and they stay under control. I think experience is a big key.”
“The experience that this team has really stands out to me,” Boyer continued. “We don’t seem to get phased by things, especially on the road when a team makes a run. We never get too high or too low.”
The Red Wolves are now 10-0 in Sun Belt play for the first time in program history and are 16-3 for the first time since 1992-93. Although the Red Wolves are winning, the attendance still continues to be atrocious.
Saturday’s contest vs Georgia Southern drew a whopping 936 people to the 10,000 seat Convocation Center, and that number might be generous.
As students, faculty or just simply fans, it’s our duty to get out and support the most successful team on campus. There are only four home games left and all four will be crucial for this team if they hope to keep hold of the one seed.
A-State will continue their home stand with a 5 p.m. contest vs South Alabama on Thursday, followed by a 3 p.m. contest vs Troy on Saturday.
CADE CARLTON
SPORTS EDITOR
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MIYA GARRETT
SPORTS WRITER
A-State breaks the record for consecutive home wins, remains atop the SBC
Red Wolves split thrilling weekend home-stand, move into a tie for third place
The Arkansas State Women’s bowling team traveled to Arlington Texas to compete in the Prairie View A&M Invitational Jan. 29-31.
Arkansas State started slow with back-to-back losses to No. 10 Maryland Eastern Shore and No. 17 Monmouth by scores of 1,015-878 and 1,058-1,015, respectively, but rallied to end the day on a three-match winning streak. A-State bowled a 1,071 to Texas Southern’s 864 to get in the win column before an impressive 1,091-1,071 win over No. 2 Nebraska. The team ended the day with a solid 1,053-970 win over No. 11 North Carolina A&T.
A-State’s total pinfall of 5,108 put the team in fourth place, ahead of UMES’s 5,040, entering Saturday’s action. Nebraska led the field with a 5,359 pinfall with Stephen F. Austin (5,325) and Vanderbilt (5,184) rounding out the top three.
On day two of the tournament, the Red Wolves moved up from fourth place to second, with a to-tal pinfall of 10,423.
The Red Wolves pulled out a tough 891-876 victory over tournament host No. 21 Prairie View A&M in its first match of the day before claiming a 1,061-998 win over No. 19 Tulane. Stephanie Mims led the team with a 225 against Prairie View, while Jordan Richard registered a 247 and Jadee Scott-Jones a 227 to lead the squad against the Green Wave.
After advancing to the championship match, Arkansas State fell to Nebraska. The Red Wolves finished the invitational in second place overall.
“We have won a lot of matches by swinging the momentum and today we lost one that had the
momentum turn on us,” Kostick said.A-State faced off against Nebraska in the
championship match and the Red Wolves won games one (215-204) and two (204-185) for a 2-0 advantage. The Cornhuskers got on the board with a 228-200 win in game three, but Arkansas State posted a match-high 258 to top Nebraska’s 180 in game four to take a 3-1 lead. However, the Cornhuskers won three straight games (211-177, 225-176, 224-198) for a come-from-behind 4-3 win to claim the Prairie View A&M Invitational championship.
Jordan Richard and Stephanie Mims both earned all-tournament honors after finishing sec-ond and third in the individual standings. The Red Wolves travel to Houston, Texas for the Stephen F. Austin Jacks Invitational Feb. 12-14.
Denise Goldstein| Staff PhotographerBrittney Gill, senior of Pine Bluff, shoots a basket in the second quarter against Georgia State on Jan. 28. The Red Wolves defeated the Panthers 75-54. A-State is now 10-0 in conference games.
CHASE BECAVER & CADE CARLTON
SPORTS WRITER & SPORTS EDITOR
A-State bowling finishes second in the Prairie View A&M Invitational
Sarah Thompson| Staff Photog-rapher
Sean Gardner, a senior from Memphis, Tenn., drives by a Georgia State defender.
“The experience that this team has really stands out to me. We don’t seem to get phased by things, especially on the road.”-Brian Boyer, A-State Head Coach
Barbie, one of America’s most prominent toy icons, has recently received a much-need-ed makeover. Mattel, the cre-ators of the famous blond-haired beauty, announced their newest project on Jan. 28: a line of Barbie dolls that will come in curvy, petite and tall sizes.
Barbie’s body is not the only thing that is changing. According to the company’s website, the new line will fea-ture dolls with “4 body types, 7 skin tones, 22 eye colors, [and] 24 hairstyles,” making the doll more relatable to young girls of all body types. While a few of these new Barbie styles are available right now, more will be released over the course of the year.
Brands supporting body-positive messages in mainstream culture isn’t a new trend. Tess Holliday, the first size 22 model to be signed to a major modeling agency, began the #effyourbeautystandards movement in 2013 in efforts to promote self-love and positive body images in young people.
Beth Ditto, Searcy native and member of the indie rock group Gossip, recently announced a plus-sized clothing line collab-oration with couture fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier. Countless other purveyors of a more body-positive world have been making strides for years in changing the public’s opin-ion on what beauty really looks like.
The primary difference in these efforts and those of Mat-tel is the extensive accessibility to a younger audience. Mat-tel claims that approximately three Barbies are sold a second worldwide, meaning a huge audience of young girls every-where are being exposed to the dolls.
In the past, this has caused major controversy; various studies and articles claim that Barbie can have a negative ef-fect on girls because of her un-realistic body proportions.
Co-founder of the blog Healthy is the New Skinny and model Katie Halchishick fa-mously posed for O magazine in 2011 with Sharpie lines de-picting where she would need to be cut away in order to be
proportionate to a Barbie in ef-forts to showcase the anatomi-cally impossible measurements the original doll has.
Mattel appears to be mak-ing the attempt at changing these unreasonable body ex-pectations with the new doll line. Because of Barbie’s iconic status among young girls, these changes will hopefully bring a new light to ideas of positive body image and self-esteem. Some of the dolls will also feature new, modernized hair-styles and colors (one doll has blue and black hair, while an-other sports a bright red afro), as well as a much wider array of skin tones and eye colors.
Little girls everywhere can look forward to a doll that looks more like she does.
Older girls are excit-ed about the new line as well. Sophomore computer infor-mation technology major Elisa Guevara of Paragould, says the dolls will be helpful in teaching young girls to accept the way they, and others, look.
“I think the Barbies will do well in teaching against discrimination, whether it be about body type or race,” Gue-
vara says. “Body positivity is a very important lesson, and us-ing Barbies to teach that lesson to the youth is a start in a good direction.”
Haley Hardaway, senior
English major from Mel-bourne, Ark., agrees. “I like the idea. I think that Mattel is finally being inclusive to all girls.”
Barbie’s new makeover is
the most extreme one yet. The days of one standard Barbie are over. 2016 will usher in a new era of doll diversity and body positivity.
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NIKKI LOGANSTAFF WRITER
Barbie’s Got Back
EMMA WILLIAMS| EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
New doll line promotes diverse body types
Chinese New YearIn the western part of the globe,
people tend to know a little about the Chinese New Year either from tele-
vision and movies (think the parade during the climax scene of “Mulan” and references in “Jackie Chan Ad-ventures”), and that it takes place after the western New Year, but the mean-ing and purpose of the holiday not al-
ways understood. “I know that the Chinese New
Year is celebrated like the regular new year, with fireworks and parties, but I don’t really know why it is celebrated on a different date.” Ashlyn Coles, se-nior accounting major of Jonesboro, said.
What is the Chinese New Year?” The Chinese New Year, known also as the Lunar New Year of the Spring Festival, is the first day of the Chinese calendar.
The Chinese calendar is a luniso-lar calendar, meaning it is based on astronomical observations of both the sun and the phases of the moon. Al-though in current China, the Grego-rian (western) calendar has been ad-opted, the Chinese calendar remains important in the determination of festivals and holidays—namely, the Chinese New Year.
Because the calendar is based on celestial bodies, this means that fes-tivals tend to fluctuate from year to
year, and the Chinese New Year can fall between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. This year, the exact date of the Chinese New Year falls on Monday, Feb. 8. Each Chinese New Year also rings in a new zodiac year, which is based on the Chinese zodiac—a repeating cycle of 12 years that is represented by 12 different animals. This year, by the way, is the year of the monkey.
Celebrations for the Chinese New Year are somewhat similar to the western New Year, in that var-ious people and places ring in the New Year with a bang—in China and other Asian countries, fireworks, pa-rades and festivals are the main ways the Chinese New Year is celebrated. For the Chinese, it is also a tradition (that goes back 3,000 years) to eat rice cakes to celebrate the rice harvest of the spring and to wish for prosperity in the newly minted year.
In honor of the Chinese New Year, the Acansa Dining Hall, on Feb. 8, will present a Chinese New Year
lunch special to celebrate the year of the monkey with special Chinese cui-sine inspired dishes. Chinese restau-rants in Jonesboro, such as Panda Express, also will be celebrating the holiday on Feb. 8.
Parts of the United States also are planning to celebrate the Chinese New Year alongside Asian countries. In New York, the Chinese New Year has just been recognized as a school holiday, allowing students from all over the state to take part in the New Year celebrations. San Francisco’s Chinatown area, which is the largest Chinatown in the United States as well as the oldest, will be ringing in the Chinese New Year with a massive celebration that will stretch across the entire area.
Finally, now fitted with a short summary of what the Chinese New Year is and what it is all about, A-State students can ring it the Chinese New Year as well.
MICHELLE GOULD#LIFE AND COPY EDITOR
Ringing in the Year of the Monkey
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Whether the term #black-out is familiar or unfamiliar to you, it holds great significance among the black community. Both black history month and the recently adopted #Black-OutDay spearhead the spread of black history, black beau-ty, and overall diversity each year. Although most people
are familiar with black history month and its goal to spread awareness on black culture and achievements, some people may be unaware of the existence of #BlackOutDay. #BlackOut-Day, created by Tumblr users expect-the-greatest and nukirk.digi.tal, was initially started because the creators felt that they were not seeing enough black people on their Tum-blr dashboards. Little did they
know that within 24 hours, the hashtag #blackout would be posted in around 160,000 tweets, Instagram and Tumblr posts.
Because it started less than a year ago, the social media movement is still in its infan-cy. However, its newness in the world has not stopped #Black-OutDay from making a huge impact on the black commu-nity. The purpose of #Black-
OutDay is to highlight black beauty and positivity and to overshadow the negative im-ages of black culture that are often perpetuated in the me-dia. Another important aspect about #BlackOutDay, accord-ing to creator nukirk.digi.tal, is controlling the narrative of black people and publicizing stories voiced through black people. According to the web-site, TheBlackOut.org, the or-
ganization’s goal “is to continue celebrating the many different manifestations and nuances of blackness.” Although the movement was established on March 6, 2015, there are a number of scheduled #Black-OutDays throughout the year because expect-the-greatest feels as though one month is not enough to celebrate the heritage and beauty of black people.
#BlackOutDay allows stu-dents and countless other black people to express their unique-ness and celebrate their beau-ty on a public forum. Because the immense history and heri-tage of black people cannot be condensed to one month, the importance of #BlackOutDay and other expressions of black achievement, beauty and histo-ry are vital to the black commu-nity.
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“Black history month and #BlackOutDay are important to our culture because a lot of times we, as black people, forget all that we have accomplished and all that is yet to
be accomplished. This generation doesn’t respect the month anymore and they don’t realize how hard it was to even
achieve something such as getting a month dedicated to the history of black people and culture.” Sophomore Exercise
Science Major, Tariq Spring of Little Rock.
“Black beauty is something that a lot of young Afri-can-American ladies need to be reminded of because they should take pride in it, feel beautiful and not be ashamed
of it or misrepresent it.” Senior Creative Media Production Major, Adeeja Anderson of Little Rock.
“I think things like black history month and #BlackOutDay are important to our culture because black lives matter, too. Regardless of our skin tone or the way that we look, we still matter.” Senior Social Work Major, Shanice Rice of Forrest
City.
“I think black history month and #BlackOutDay are important to our culture because it reminds us of where we come from as a whole race and the strides we’ve made to overcome unmeasurable barriers.” Senior General Studies (Business, PE, Communication) Major, Rhashard Wright
of Memphis.
“I feel that celebrating diversity and black beauty is import-ant because in the media we are not shown as much as we should be. With all the things going on-like the Oscars--
black people should be proud of who they are and embrace their beauty because we’re just beautiful people.” Freshman Business Management Major, Dior Meng of Cedar Hill,
“Celebrating black beauty is important because in this time and generation, when you look on TV, or in newspapers and magazines it’s majority Caucasian. Sometimes people fail to realize that there is no difference between white and black people, or white and black beauty.” Sophomore Secondary
History Education major, Terence Allen of Sherwood.
“I have a niece who goes to a public elementary school, and when she looks in her history book there’s not really a lot about African-Americans; it’s always the norm--Martin
Luther King, etc. During the month you learn about people you never would have known. You don’t just learn about black people; you learn about other people who helped.
The month is abou people who helped black people get to where we are and it helps us to appreciate each other more.” MSMC Graduate student, Jerjuanna Fountain of Greenville,
Miss.
“Black beauty is original, and not in the sense of us having to create our own looks and styles, but how quickly we can evolve and it instantly is the best and newest style.” Sopho-more Graphic Communications Major, Demarche Davis of
Jonesboro.
“Black beauty, to me, is so unique because it doesn’t come as a one size fits all. Black beauty comes in large variety of shape, size and shade. I think that we are the most diverse
race and I’m proud to be an African-American lady.” Junior Marketing Major, Britney Young of Cleveland, Ohio.
“To me black beauty is unique because no matter where we are or who we are, black people are all unified by our
color and our culture. Black people have the ability to come together to support each other during struggles or to uplift one another during times of success. Unified black people are strong and I think that’s beautiful.” Junior Advertising
Major, Jessica Davis of Jonesboro.
“This month when we pay homage to the many amazing ac-complishments and contributions made by black people. It’s a time of celebration and retrospection. We become so busy with our daily lives that we fail to recognize the numerous sacrifices that were made by our ancestors. #blackoutday is a way for us to be active participants in the movement. A movement that consistently says, “We’re here in all of our beautiful glory and our presence is undeniable.” It’s black excellence.” Tirrany Thurmond, Director of the A-State
Multicultural Center.
“What makes black beauty so unique is that there is no other like it. From our hair texture to our skin tone to our eye color, there are different variations that make up black beauty that can’t be duplicated.” Sophomore Public Rela-
tions major, Chelsea Duckworth of Conway.
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The annual A- State Pride Day, sponsored by the Student Activities Board, took place on Jan. 28. The event, designed to show support for the women and men’s basketball teams
and love for the university, took place on the first floor of the Reng Student Union and included refreshments, a photo booth, and a prize wheel. Students had the chance to try their luck at winning A-State swag like T-shirts, beanies, coolers and more! The Pride Day award ceremony also took place, with recognition going to the winners of the Office Decorating Competition, as well as the Scarlet Bella, Howler, and Alpha Wolf awards. For photos of the ceremony and more of the event, go to astatehearld.com.
MELISSA MARTIN | Photo EditorKhushbu Patel, business and administration grad student from India, tries on the photo booth props while waiting in line during the A-State Pride Day event on the first floor of the Student Union.
Students Show School Spirit with A-State Pride Day
MELISSA MARTIN | Photo EditorReagan Young, freshman animal science major from Cabot, spins the prize wheel for A-State Pride Day gifts including tube socks, gloves and T-shirts.
MELISSA MARTIN | Photo EditorAlyssia Hawthorne, sophomore accounting major from Jonesboro, and Paeyton Arnold, sopho-more political science major from Pine Bluff, laugh at the photos they took together in the photo booth during the A-State Pride Day event in the Student Union.
MELISSA MARTIN | Photo EditorBharani Krishna and Sahitya Pattigadapa, engineering grad students from India, pose together in the photo booth during the A-State Pride Day event in the Student Union on Jan. 28.
KYLE FOUTS | Staff PhotographerHowl danced and cheered with the A-State cheerleaders during the Pride Day event in the Stu-dent Union on Jan. 28. It was a small pep rally for fans of both the Women’s and Men’s basket-ball teams who defeated Georgia State later that night.
