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Intramural sports are underway BRONSON ROFKAHR

Contributing Writer

Intramural sports on campus have been in full swing since the beginning of the 2017 fall semester.

Ranked 11th in intramural sports programs in the nation, according to bestcolleges.com, the ATU Campus Recreation Center offers 10 different intramural sports to students, faculty and staff.

“More than a thousand students and staff” have taken advantage of the intramural sports programs through the Campus Recreation Center this semester, Kerry Shannon, coordinator of campus recreation said.

Intramural sports that have already happened this semester are sand volleyball, flag football, tennis, table tennis, softball and, new this year, bubble soccer, which is where competitors get into an inflatable bubble that surrounds their bodies and play soccer. The bubble allows them to make contact but not cause any bodily injuries.

Sports remaining this semester are 3-on-3 basketball, soccer and racquetball.

Signups for basketball end on Oct. 30; soccer signups are from Oct. 30 to Nov. 14; and racquetball signups are from Nov. 13 to Dec. 1.

Along with intramural sports, the Campus Recreation Center offers a checkout program where students and staff can check out bicycles, kayaks, canoes, hammocks and tents; a fitness program where 274 students and staff have signed up for

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DALE QUAID/THE ARKA TECH Fields said that Tech’s lawyers were working on resolving the problem, but there was little information available about the status of the problem or how it will be resolved.

Demolition plans are stalled for Roush Hall ELEXIS HARPER

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Student housing is still facing some upheaval as the demolition plans of Roush Hall have been stalled.

Interim Associate Dean for Residence Life Tommy Fields said that the plans have met some resistance with Tech’s insurance policies.

Fields said that Tech’s lawyers were working on resolving the problem, but there was little information available about the status of the problem or how it will be resolved.

Students who were displaced in 2016 due to the mold and mildew found in Roush Hall were placed

in external housing or extra beds placed in preexisting rooms in larger halls, such as Nutt Hall and M Street Hall, Fields said.

Fields said that Tech is working on acquiring another section of housing near Vista Place, as well as adding beds permanently to other halls to help eliminate students being placed in external, non-Tech housing.

The housing portal and the Tech website have both officially removed Roush Hall from their lists, so students looking to view halls online or sign up for housing will not be able to select Roush Hall from either site; however, the page itself can still be found through a general internet search, so Fields advised students to use

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the official Tech pages and portals.

Fields said that he thought the Tech master plan accounted for the loss of Roush Hall, but he was unable to confirm that information.

The plan allegedly has more buildings in line to be demolished and possibly replaced outside of flood zones; however, it is uncertain if the plan has been modified to include another building since the condemning of Roush Hall.

Students who wish to know more can contact Fields by email at tfields@atu.edu or by phone at (479) 968-0376. Students wishing to contact University Counsel can email Wendy Condley, legal services specialist, at wcondley@atu. edu or (479) 964-0510.

Art exhibit offers artist professional experience HALEY FOSSITT

Contributing Writer

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The Band of Distinction recieved $10,000 from Luke and Beth Bradshaw during the Oct. 21 homecoming game.

There are countless stereotypes in sports that people try to sweep under the rug. One can unknowingly assume things about athletes. For example, female athletes are lesbians, the NBA is fill with thugs or only rednecks watch NASCAR. Stereotypes are not always true; imagine if you had these thoughts all the time.

Former NBA player, Kenyon Martin, made a video stating that Jeremey Lin’s dreadlocks pointed to the fact he wanted to be black. “Do I need to remind this (expletive) boy that his last name Lin?” Martin said in the video.

“Let’s stop this, man, with these people, man. There is no way possible that he would have made it on one of our teams with that (expletive) goin’ on on his head. Come on man, somebody need to tell him, like, ‘All right bro, we get it.

You wanna be black.’ Like, we get it. But the last name is Lin.” Jeremy Lin is an Asian NBA player, and this comment made Martin look very ignorant. What if the shoe was on the other foot and Martin was being stereotyped as a black male?

Lin replied, “At the end of the day I appreciate that I have dreads

The 11th Annual Juried ATU Student Competitive art exhibit will take place Nov. 1- Dec. 5. Students may submit their artwork and compete among classmates to win prize money.

Accepted art will be on exhibit Nov. 1Dec. 5 in the Norman Art Gallery and will be free for the public to enjoy. Sculptures, paintings, graphic design, photographs and ceramics are among a few of the pieces being displayed.

“Art enriches your life it makes you appreciate design. Everything in this world has been created by an artist,” Neal Harrington,

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gallery director and professor of printmaking, said. He encourages ATU students to come out and enjoy the exhibit; “It’s more fun than people think; it’s free, bring a date.”

Harrington said that this is a professional learning experience for art students.

It teaches them what it is like to enter your work into professional competitions, getting your artwork exhibition ready and learning how to accurately price your pieces.

“The talent pool here will blow your mind,” Harrington said.

Lauren Saab, from Eureka Springs, said, “It’s cool to see your work in a gallery setting; it’s a unique experience. Once I entered

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Health and Wellness, campus safety show drunk driving dangers COLTON STRADER different activities, such as Contributing Writer driving with drunk googles, and they also showed that Arkansas Tech Uni- drinking responsibly can be versity’s Health and Well- done. ness department and Pub“We aren’t preaching lic Safety co-sponsored abstinence from alcohol, a drunk driving event on but instead we are trying to Thursday, Oct. 19th for get more students to just the third year in a row. this drink responsibly,” Craig event illustrated the dangers Witcher, a counselor for of drunk driving through ATU Health and Wellness,

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said. “We want people to learn about the dangers of drinking irresponsibly, and not just stop drinking altogether.”

Alongside handing out virgin margaritas, the event had a drunk driving simulator that had students don drunk goggles and drive a golf cart through a small obstacle course.

“I thought it was going to be easy, but once I put those goggles on that course became a Dali painting,” Sarah Brooke, a communication major from Little Rock, said. “My childhood friend actually passed away in a drunk driving accident. So, for ATU to put on an event like this, it makes me hap-

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py to see people learning about the dangers even if it’s through fun activities.”

Some students think it is great that ATU is educating students on drinking responsibly, since some schools use an abstinence approach to alcohol instead of educating the students.

“My old school used a very strict no alcohol pro-

gram to try to scare children away from booze,” John Garrison, a computer science major from Seattle, said. “In my observations, it seemed trying to ostracize alcohol only made students want to go after it more.

The real key is to show them the truth and then let them decide what they do with it afterwards.”

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Treat yo' self, without all the tricks Halloween in America is usually filled with candy, fun and costumes. As a college student, this should continue as part of your routine, if not for fun’s sake then for your health and sanity. As adults, we are told that if we trick-ortreat past 17 we’re “immature,” “candy-stealing” and all sorts of negative terms; in our book, none of those things are true.

Trick-or-treating is a time to dress up and disguise yourself as something or someone else.

Most adults dress up as witches, according to statisticbrain. com, with second place being a close call between pirates and vampires. We think you can be more creative, but if not, dress up and have fun anyway.

“As for the trick or treating, or “guising” (from “disguising”), traditions, beginning in the Middle-Ages, children and sometimes poor adults would dress up in the aforementioned costumes and go around door to door during Hallowmas begging for food or money in exchange for songs and prayers,” according to Smithsonian Mag-

azine. So, go get your costume and well, don’t ask for money per se, but do ask for food and fun.

Trick-or-treating is all about the fun, and we’re encouraging you to do so until your dying breath. Extreme, maybe. But are we serious? Yes. Having fun dressing up, engaging with friends and enjoying a few sweets is just what the stress reliever in you asked for.

A study published in Psychology and Aging in 2015 showed a “direct correlation between chronic feelings of loneliness and large increases in blood pressure over four years.” Basically, you need to go make friends, hang around friends and make meaningful moments with friends while in your four years of college.

Hanging out with your friends while dressing up, laughing, having fun and making memories equal a healthier life.

One part of trick-or-treating that is loved by many is the consumption of bite-sized candy, and we agree that this part is important. When hang-

ing out with your friends for Halloween, adding a bit of sweets to the mix can be a worthy bonus for all. Consuming a modest amount of some types of candy, such as cocoa, dark chocolate, and chewing gum, has been associated with positive effects on weight and cardiovascular health, according to the study “Candy Consumption Patterns, Effects on Health, and Behavioral Strategies.” The benefits of cocoa, according to the study, show positive effects on cardiovascular health and healthy blood flow, including to the brain, may also influence cognitive function and mood. The benefits of chewing sugar-free gum, according to the study, is that it “stimulates saliva, which helps to neutralize plaque acids; increase clearance of sugars, acids, and food debris; and re-mineralize tooth enamel.”

So while not all candy is beneficial there are enough that can make the night a positive one.

So grab some candy, a friend and your costume.

Now some people may

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[ed-i-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] noun: An article that represents the official viewpoint of a newspaper on a topic of public interest. wonder… “Why dress up? I can enjoy candy and friends without all the costumes.”

True, you can, but it won’t be as beneficial to you. Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire said that specific clothing, including even superhero T-shirts, can “make people more confident in all sorts of situations.” Dressing up for Halloween gives you a feeling of being someone or something that is not your normal day. This causes you to not only step out of your normal wardrobe choices but also your normal train of thought.

We believe you brain needs this break, this step away from your everyday to help you take care of yourself.

“Putting on different clothes creates different thoughts and

Reading: a great way to reduce stress, AMBER APPLEBY

Editor-in-chief

I have been writing these stress relieving opinions for a few weeks now, and while I was thinking about what to write this week, I realized I have never written about reading as a stress reliever.

It’s obviously pretty strange that I haven’t done that yet because reading is absolutely one of my favorite things to do.

There is something inherently relaxing about snuggling up with a book.

Maybe it’s the fact that there is so much required reading in our lives with emails, bills, signs, recipes, Facebook, Twitter, etc. that reading for pure pleasure is such a luxury.

Much like some of the other things I’ve written about, like horror movies and escape rooms, reading is a form of escapism. But that doesn’t make the benefits of reading any less real.

According to a 2009 study done by the University of Sussex, reading can reduce your stress levels up to 68 percent.

This was after participants had read for just six minutes. “It [reading] works better and faster than other relaxation methods, such as listening to music or drinking a hot cup of tea. This is because your mind is invited into a literary world that is free from the stressors that plague your daily life,” according to an article from Taking Charge of your

Health & Wellbeing on the University of Minnesota’s website.

Reading can also help you improve your empathy “reading literary fiction was shown to enhance a skill known as theory of mind, which is the ability to understand others’ mental states and show increased empathy,” according to mercola.com.

People who read, or engage in other mentally stimulating activities, also have a slower memory decline than people who do not. In fact, studies have shown that people who engage in these activities later in life have a 32 percent lower rate of mental decline, according to mercola.com.

The study done by the University of Sussex said that the books you read don’t necessarily have to be New York Times Bestsellers or literary works of art in order for you to reap the benefits of reading. “It really doesn’t matter what book you read, by losing yourself in a thoroughly engrossing book you can escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world and spend a while exploring the domain of the author’s imagination,” researcher for the study Dr. David Lewis, said.

Using reading as a stress reliever even has a fancy name— bibliotherapy. “Bibliotherapy (a combination of the Greek words for therapy and books) is an expressive therapy that uses an individual’s

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mental processes,” Pine said.

Not all of our staff dresses up for and participates in Halloween, but quite a bit do. Either way we want Halloween to be a day to engage in friendship and fun. The most important part is to relax, allow your self time to have fun and not feel guilty about it. Tests will be there tomorrow, you’ve studied enough this week; schoolwork will be there too, it never goes away until you graduate; and you and your friends have busy schedules, enjoy this moment together. We suggest trick-ortreating because it’s fun to do different things that don’t take you too far out of your comfort zone and have added benefits to your health. Go, be free and wear your costume with humor, pride and a cackle (witch style).

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relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy. It has been shown to be effective in the treatment of depression and stress,” according to literacyworks.org.

Reading may not have many physical benefits, but the mental benefits are so wonderful that you really can’t pass it

up. Even if you’re just reading for ten or fifteen minutes a day, you can enjoy these amazing benefits. I understand that not everyone just loves reading, but it’s a great way to reduce your stress.

And it’s much easier than doing yoga, and much cheaper than doing an escape room.

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MAN ON THE STREET SHOULD COLLEGE STUDENTS TRICK-ORTREAT?

“I think it’d be awesome!”

Davis Vang Information Technology Russellville

“I think it’s so much fun, everyone should do it!”

Leah Biggers Rehab Science Russellville

“I think if you wanna do it, you should do it.”

Dustin Wright Engineering Hot Springs

“It’s a great way to bond with others and the community!”

India Penn Mechanical Engineering North Little Rock

“It’s cool! I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old so I’ll be going trick or treating.”

Abel Vazquez Mechanical Engineering Dardanelle

“I think it’s kind of weird to see a 20 year old trick or treating.”

Cheyenne Miller Nursing Clarksville

Recycling on campus needs a helping hand HANNAH BUTLER

Staff Writer

Facilities Management on campus works hard to manage and keep recycling alive across the Arkansas Tech campus. Recycling is available to all faculty, staff, and students.

Currently, the recycling program has twenty-one bins on campus for bottles and cans, not including ones that staff puts out. for paper, Lasey states that "most academic and office buildings have an office paper recycling bin that is served by the Boonville Human Development Center." The bins are emptied at various times

by Facilities Management, depending on which ones are used the most. For example, Brian Lasey, Facilities Management Director, said that “The cafeteria roll off is emptied weekly, the warehouse roll off about every five weeks.” These are taken to dumpsters that are then picked up by the Green Source Recycling, which is connected with the West River Valley Regional Solid Waste Management District in Clarksville.

According to the West River Valley’s website, plastics, metal cans, cardboard, paper, glass, electronic materials, and more are accepted materials, to recycle outside of campus. However, it is good to remember that only cardboard, newspapers, plastic bottles, steel food cans and aluminum cans are acceptable to recycle on campus.

As far as improving recycling on campus, Lasey would like to see a recycling coordinator position become available. The job would see to working with students and part-time employees, as well as finding

HANNAH BUTLER/THE ARKA TECH Andrew Ridenour makes a choice to use the recycling bin, located at Baz-Tech, for his empty water bottle . ways to educate others on recycling. Lasey said there is a need for education, because there are still many students who put regular trash in the recycling bins. Lasey also wants to see more staff in Facilities Management in order to “increase the flow of recycling.” Until then, students can find ways to help out by taking initiative to start recycling programs in buildings or residence halls.

Lasey said that Facilities Management can help students with receiving recycling bins.

Students would have to be responsible for emptying it as Facilities Management is currently shortstaffed on those who may empty the bins. To empty bins, the two roll-offs are located behind the cafeteria and also at the Facilities Management Warehouse.

In order to get recycling bins in residence halls, Facilities Management is willing to help with any Residence Director on campus to receive one, as long as it is taken care of.

The Campus Environmental Coalition on cam-

pus does advocate for recycling, although the activities and efforts from the organization vary from time to time. To take part in learning more about recycling on campus and around the community, students can visit the West River Valley Solid Waste District’s website at https://www. westrivervalleyrswmd.org/.

For more information on educating others or receiving a bin for residence halls and other buildings on campus, contact Facilities Management at 479-9680270.

Lombardo shares WWI era art, poetry HANNAH BUTLER

Staff Writer

Ross Pendergraft Library’s “World War I and America: A Centennial Exploration” highlighted Dr. Stanley Lombardo in the fourth program of the series on Oct. 19.

Lombardo, a Navy veteran and English professor at Arkansas Tech University, presented “How the War Changed American Literature - Hemingway and the American Expatriates.” However, Lombardo covered not only American literature during World War I, but also works of art and films during this time period.

The arts were prominent in World War I. Literature primarily seemed to stand out, with novelists and poets such as Robert Frost and Ernest Hemingway. Although these two did not necessarily serve in the war, they both had an understanding and awareness of the war going around them.

Hemingway did become an ambulance driver for the war, and wrote “Soldier’s Home.” The poem relates to soldiers who have “come home but are not really home” as Lombardo describes it.

Many soldiers who return back struggle with depression or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as the soldier does within this poem. Frost wrote “Not To Keep,” a poem about the struggle of being away from home.

American literature helped shape society’s views of soldiers and what they went through. In “Three Soldiers”, a novel written by John Dos Passos in 1921, showed the burdens soldiers carried, such as “the need for warmth,

HANNAH BUTLER/THE ARKA TECH Dr. Lombardo gets ready for his presentation on “How the War Changed American Literature - Hemingway and the American Expatriates.” bread, and cleanliness.”

Artists during World War I also sent powerful messages to America. Illustrators and painters such as Charles Chambers and Harvey Thomas Dunn were great influencers in World War I art. Chambers created a poster in favor of the Red Cross, with a slogan that said, “In Service of Those Who Suffer.” This was a powerful statement during this time, and reiterated the messages society was sending.

A lot of organizations and individuals did their part to help the war on the home front, just as Hemingway became an ambulance driver for the war. Silent films also were a huge part of this era. Although around 50% were destroyed, Lombardo showed a clip from 1925 film “The Big Parade.”

Most notably in American litera-

ture, however, was not Hemingway or Frost; it was Laurence Stallings, who authored “Plumes” and “3 Godfathers.” Stallings, who was mentioned continuously throughout the program, lost his leg during the war.

Yet, Stallings continued to write and showcase the war. He also took a big part in films and plays that shocked the American people. “He dared to use soldier language,” Lombardo said of Stallings’s films. Stallings also published “The First World War: A Photographic History” of which Lombardo had a copy for those in attendance to look at after the event.

The fifth and final program on World War I and America will take place on Thursday, November 9th, on Veterans Appreciation. For more information on library events, call (479) 964-0569 or visit http://library.atu.edu.

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Board of Trustees approves the campus Master Plan SAM STRASNER

MARCOMM

Trustees at Arkansas Tech University approved a campus master plan on Thursday that aligns with the institution’s strategic plan and establishes both short-term priority projects and long-term facility aspirations for all ATU campuses and properties over the next 10-to-20 years.

The action was taken during the ATU Board of Trustees’ regularly scheduled meeting at Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center.

“Priorities are specific to ATU and have been developed based on a knowledge of the campus needs, current and potential enrollment and financial conditions,” wrote Perkins+Will, campus master planning consultants, in the report presented to trustees on Thursday. “The master plan acknowledges that prioritization is not the same as implementation. A priority may still take several years to achieve if the funding required is substantial.”

Priority projects for ATU in Russellville established through the campus master plan include a new entrance to campus, a new student union and recreation center, a new performing arts center, a new academic center for science,

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technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs and student housing.

On the Ozark campus of Arkansas Tech, priority projects include the construction of a new academic and conference facility and the relocation of the shop area currently located near the Technology and Academic Support Building.

“The master plan is a critical tool that moves from strategic planning to on the ground actions that secure the future success of the institution,” wrote Perkins+Will in the conclusion of its report to trustees. “This collective vision will ‘put the tech back in Tech’ and has gone a long way to aligning all participants under the ‘ATU: One University’ banner of the strategic plan.”

Additional information about the campus master plan will be posted at www.atu. edu/masterplanning in the days to come.

Trustees also voted on Thursday to authorize the purchase of a vacant 84-acre tract property in the 1600 block of North Phoenix Avenue in Russellville.

The property, which is adjacent to land owned by ATU, was previously a sod farm.

Cost of purchase will be the appraised value of $252,000, $3,000 per acre or another negotiated purchase price that is mutually agreed upon.

In considering applications for the property, trustees discussed that one possible outcome would be to utilize it for the needs of the ATU Department of Agriculture.

In other business on Thursday, the ATU Board of Trustees approved: *refinancing 13 auxiliary bond issues with expected savings of more than $6 million gross and $3.5 million net present value over the life of the bonds; *renewal of 2018 employee benefits with a 7.93 percent increase for health insurance premiums through Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 0 percent increases for dental and vision insurance premiums through Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and 0 percent increases for life and disability insurance plans through USAble; *establishment of provisional positions for the 201718 fiscal year for the federally-funded Veterans Upward Bound program; *a program proposal for a new Master of Education degree in K-12 literacy effective summer 2018; *a program proposal for a new Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice and criminology effective summer 2018; *reconfiguration of the existing Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree

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this one, I started entering other competitions, this is a good first one because they show you what to do and give you guidelines.”

There will be a firstplace award of $300, a second-place award of $200, a third-place award of $100 and two honorable mention awards. Firestone Bridgestone Tire of Russellville has donated the award money the past several years.

Undergraduate students are able to submit up to three pieces of art in tradi-

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150 people have attended.

Kimberly Huff, a graphic design major from Springdale, said, “It’s really neat to see other people’s artwork and to see what classmates are doing. It’s an honor to have your work in there because it’s a payoff for your hard work.”

Dr. Ken Burchett, professor of art at University of Central Arkansas in Conway, will judge the competition. He will select which winners as well as which pieces will be put on display.

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Zumba and 116 involved in yoga; and an outdoor recreation program where students and staff can sign up for activities such as hikes, receive passes for the climbing wall just off of campus, paintball, fishing tournaments and a recently-included eagle tour.

The eagle tour, guided

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tional and non-traditional medias.

There are typically 7080 entries made of which roughly 50 percent are accepted and displayed.

Students who are currently enrolled in art classes, or were enrolled last semester, are eligible to compete.

The announcement of awards will be from 2:303:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8. This is the second largest reception held by the department, after the senior art show. In the past up to

by an Arkansas State Park guide, takes place at Lake Dardanelle State Park where students and staff board a pontoon boat and take a tour of active eagle’s nests. The eagle tour, which is free for students, was integrated into the program to “accommodate all students, no mat-

computer engineering option such that the option becomes a stand-alone Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree effective summer 2018; *and a letter of notification that would allow ATU-Ozark Campus to provide its Associate of Applied Science degree in paramedic/emergency medical services at an off-site location, Fort Smith Emergency Medical Services.

In personnel matters, the ATU Board of Trustees approved hiring the following full-time faculty members for the 2017-18 academic year: *Dr. Lacie Cupani, visiting instructor of chemistry; Wenyi Li, visiting instructor of mathematics; and Dr. Haiyan Wang, assistant professor of agriculture.

The following staff appointments were approved by the board: *Corey Adaire, ATU STEM Institute science specialist, effective Aug. 31, 2017; Silas Clark, computer programmer/analyst, effective Sept.

27, 2017; Nathan Craft, Banner systems analyst, effective Nov. 1, 2017; Nikki Earles, counselor in the ATU Health and Wellness Center, effective Sept. 11, 2017; Tracey Hale, project/program specialist in the Office of Financial Aid, effective Oct. 3, 2017; Robin Koontz, advanced practice nurse in the ATU Health and

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and you have Chinese tattoos because I think as minorities, the more we appreciate each other cultures, the more we influence mainstream society.

Thanks for everything you did for the Nets and basketball. I had your poster

up on my wall growing up.”

Lin’s response was nothing short of amazing. As people, we should appreciate what makes us different and understand it does not make us lesser than. We are still people at the end of the day. Martin’s assumption

about Lin, due to his hair being a certain way, made him look foolish. It doesn’t matter if it is in sports or in everyday life. If one judges a person before he or she gets to know that person, it makes him or her look like Kenyon Martin.

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Wellness Center, effective Sept. 5, 2017; and Angela Lasiter, director of corporate and foundation relations, effective Oct. 23, 2017.

Dr. Carl E. Greco, professor of electrical engineering, was appointed interim head of the ATU Department of Electrical Engineering for the 2017-18 academic year.

Kerri Threlkeld was named interim associate director of admissions operations effective Sept. 1, 2017.

Trustees accepted resignations from the following ATU employees: *Paul Battles, chemistry laboratory/stockroom manager and safety officer, effective Sept. 28, 2017; Emily Billings-Bull, business manager for special programs, effective Nov. 3, 2017; and Vic Dreier, director of the ATU Stem Institute, effective Oct. 13, 2017.

The following ATU employees submitted letters of retirement: *Dr. Merlin Mann, associate professor of journalism and member of the ATU faculty since 2012, effective May 12, 2018; Dr. Vrege Amirkhanian, associate professor of mathematics and member of the ATU faculty since 1989, effective May 12, 2018; and Dr. Scott Kirkconnell, professor of biology and member of the ATU faculty since 1981, effective Dec. 31, 2017.

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Tech's got Talent(ed) performers

Moore, Hendrenand and Rosenbaum are all a part of the Cru campus ministry that took first place.

ABOVE PHOTO BY MARCOMM PHOTOS BY RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Winners of the 2017 Tech's got Talent receiving their "checks."

Shawnette Stewart, from Earle, came in third place.

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Danielle Moore, from Rogers, Grace Hendrenand, from Russellville, and Christian Rosenbaum, from Little Rock, are the Fall 2017 Tech’s Got Talent champions. The musical trio won a $300 prize. Moore,

Hendrenand and Rosenbaum are all a part of the Cru campus ministry at Tech. The trio said they worked hard to win the contest.

Noah Davis, from Hot Springs, came in second place, winning $200.

Shawnette Stewart, from Earle, came in third place, winning $100.

Noah Davis, from Hot Springs, came in second place.

The 2017 homecoming queen is ... senior

Monique Morris of Bastrop, Louisiana

PHOTOS BY RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Dr. Robin Bowen crowns Monique Morris as the 2017 homecoming queen.

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Senior Monique Morris of Bastrop, Louisiana, was crowned Arkansas Tech University Homecoming queen 2017 during a pre-game ceremony at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field in Russellville on Saturday, Oct. 21.

Morris is majoring in rehabilitation science.

Her campus involvement has included Residence Hall Association, Presidential Leadership Cabinet, Student Government Association and the Pacesetters student philanthropy committee.

She has served as a resident assistant. Her mother is Angela Morris.

Morris was joined on the 2017 Arkansas Tech Homecoming court by senior Allison Holloway

of Alma, senior Raigan Purtle of Russellville, junior Emily Torrealba of Arlington, Texas, and senior Vanessa Villarreal of Clarksville.

Holloway is majoring in rehabilitation science.

She serves as chapter president of the Order of Omega and is secretary of internal affairs for ATU Student Government Association.

Holloway is also active

in Zeta Tau Alpha and Presidential Leadership Cabinet. She has served as an orientation leader and as a summer student ambassador. Her parents are Glen Holloway and Regina Holloway.

Purtle is majoring in wellness science. She is captain of the Golden Girls dance team, a member of Delta Zeta and a mentor in the Global Connect pro-

gram. Her parents are Ryna and Brian Purtle.

Torrealba is majoring in mechanical engineering. She is founder and president of the ATU Women in STEM student organization and a member of CRU. She has worked as a yoga instructor in the Office of Campus Recreation. Her parents are Cindy and Eduardo Torrealba.

Villarreal is majoring

in health information management. She has served as president and treasurer for Sigma Alpha Iota and as a member of the Student Health Information Management Association. Villarreal has performed as a member of the Arkansas Tech marching band, concert band and university choir. Her parents are Carolina and Herminio Villarreal.

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La Salvadoreña- cheap, good food

Good food, great prices makes up for low quality atmosphere

AMBER QUAID

Editor-in- chief

Driving up to an orangey, rust colored house type building had me wondering if I had gotten lost during my drive and ended up at a neighbor’s house versus La Salvadoreña, but there stood the restaurant’s sign oddly placed at the edge of the roof. This did not stop me from entering, as the smell of the food they were cooking lured me in.

First thing to note: beware the stairs; they are misshapen.

Second,:this is not Mexican food. Don’t expect Mexican food. You will not get Mexican food; this is Salvadorian food. Last thing to note: there are no fancy tables or chairs or decorations (they do have these things they just aren’t fancy); there is just good, cheap food.

My go to appetizer is chips and dip because I figure if a place messes up chips and dip, I’m out of there. As the waitress brought me my appetizer, I was not disappointed— a hearty bowl of salsa and a small bowl of queso with a side of

thick corn chips made from scratch.

I am not a fan of salsa on most occasions, but every once in a blue moon I find one I like, and at La Salvadoreña, it was delicious. Thus, I had to mix my salsa with my queso to get a good blend of flavors and cheese. Don’t judge me; it’s how I like my dip if the salsa is good. After I devoured the chips with the help of my partner, I was ready for my main course.

I ordered a shrimp and cheese pupusa and a lengua gordita somewhere during my devouring of chips. The pupusa is a bready tortilla looking thing that the food is baked inside, and it is flattened. There is no way to get to the food inside unless you rip the pupusa open and when I did, the cheese strung from one hand to the next, making a super cheesy, super savory bite of pupusa. I had no complaints except that it is served with a side of cabbage. Why cabbage? I honestly don’t know, but when I tried a little on my pupusa the vinegary flavor just stepped the

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AMBER QUAID/THE ARKA TECH Shrimp and cheese pupusa (in the back ground) and a gordita filled with lettuce, onion, cilantro, cheese and lengua. taste up a notch, and I was pleasantly surprised.

The gordita, as described by the menu, is a “fried tortilla stuffed with lettuce, onion, cilantro, cheese and your choice of meat.” Basically, I got this wonderfully crisp tortilla about the size of my palm that was stuffed with all the ingredients mentioned.

Taking a bite was not easy but worth the effort as the flavors complimented each other in

a way that’s not easily described but delicious nonetheless. And though it was small, it was filling.

I must note that I am a person that requires my cup to never be empty during a meal, if it gets empty my waiter or waitress is not doing their job well. I almost ran out of my drink but the waitress caught it just in time.

My whole meal with appetizer cost $10.

I would recommend this place for lunch, as

long as you call ahead ,otherwise plan on waiting 30 minutes for your food, especially if you getting one of their specials. They do have dollar days on Tuesday (Pupusas) and Wednesday (Tacos) and Thursdays they have lunch fajitas for $7. The pupusas are great to refrigerate and eat days later if you want to get full value out of dollar days. This is definitely a restaurant that won’t leave you broke.

It's a cooker not a looker DALE QUAID

Staff Writer

La Salvadoreña doesn’t look like much from the outside—a small house-like building, hardly any parking and a sign out front to let you know that in fact this is a place of business.

Upon walking in, it is small and homely, exactly the type of place that you look for to house wonderful food.

I sat down at a table in the back by the TV, which is always playing something on the Spanish channel; today was soccer. A waitress was promptly at the table to take drink orders, I ordered Jamaica (pronounced HA-My-Cuh), a sweet drink made from hibiscus, a favorite of mine. With the drinks, chips and salsa were brought out. The salsa isn’t very hot and the flavor is OK, nothing too special; it is complimentary, and what do you say about corn chips?

They were crispy as they should be, and I suspect they are fried in house, though I did not ask.

Once the chips, salsa and drinks came I had enough time to look over the menu and order. Normally, I would order a couple pupusas (a thick corn “tortilla” filled with a savory filling) and a gordita (a thick fried corn shell cut open and filled with meat and cheese), but today I wanted something different.

I ordered what I considered one of the more strange items on the menu which had intrigued me in the past, and is one of the most expensive items on the menu, the Cubana Torta (a sandwich filled to the brim with ham, hotdog, American cheese, mozzarella cheese, eggs, fried beans, avocado, tomato, onions, jalapeno and mayo). Wow, what a sandwich!

It took almost twenty minutes for my order to come out of the kitchen, kind of slow I’ll admit, but it was worth the wait. The sandwich filled the entire plate, each half was the size of a large sandwich; needless to say, I could not finish

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DALE QUAID/THE ARKA TECH Cubana Torta (a sandwich filled to the brim with ham, hotdog, American cheese, mozzarella cheese, eggs, fried beans, avocado, tomato, onions, jalapeno and mayo). the whole thing. Each bite was filled with all the items listed above, which may sound a little weird but it worked very well together— the saltiness of the ham and hotdog paired with the sour and spicy from the jalapeno, and the cheese helped mellow out the heat from the jalapeno. I left full and happy with a whole meal to take

home; the food was great and the prices are low. This is a great place for a college student on a budget.

Jamaica: $1.99 w/ one free refill Torta Cubana: $7.49 Total: $10.43 including tax La Salvadoreña, located at 416 S Knoxville Ave. got a 9/10 only because of the slow service, my advice call ahead!

AHS: Asylum is gritty, convoluted, captivating GABBI CALABRESE

Staff Writer

I’ve always had a macabre fascination with asylums. I’m not sure why, but they’ve always held a dark appeal to me. That said, it comes as no surprise that Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s “American Horror Story: Asylum” was a winner for me.

The second season in this anthology series documents the efforts of reporter Lana Winters as she tries to get the inside scoop on Briarcliff, an institution said to be holding a horrendous serial killer. Lana gets in over her head, though, and ends up trapped inside Briarcliff as a patient, confronted with the darkest corners of humanity. She works tirelessly to escape the institution and expose its disturbing practices, but she is never sure who she can trust or who is an enemy.

This season has a lot of other story threads, too. There’s an alleged alien attack, a possessed nun and even zombie-esque figures. Again, there’s a lot. Some might think it’s too much, but I found the different elements to be expertly

woven together, developed and resolved. They don’t sound like they could possibly form a cohesive narrative, but these storylines collided to bring a level of intensity that kept my eyes and my mind fully engaged.

Throughout Lana’s tribulations and triumphs at Briarcliff, we meet a slew of interesting characters. They’ve all been sentenced to Briarcliff (whether as patients or staff) for various reasons, but, for the most part, they exceed the bounds of their mental illnesses. Some characters have traumatic pasts but dreams for the future. Some characters are good at heart but misunderstood. And some characters wear a good-natured smile while harboring a sinister mind. They are a complicated bunch, which makes this season all the more fascinating. Even more so is the way many of them have grown by the end of the season, morphing into characters we never could have predicted in the beginning that, somehow, make sense.

What I find especially admirable about “American Horror Story” is that, yes, this is a sensationalized horror show, designed for entertainment, and yet Murphy and Falchuk always incorporate important social issues. “Asylum” deals, obviously, with mental illnesses, but also sexuality, gender and even Nazism. These

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elements are discussed in a way that feels natural to the story, rather than didactic, which is an impressive feat all its own.

“American Horror Story: Asylum” is gritty and convoluted and captivating all at once. This season is an excellent addition to the series that fully captures the horrors of reality.

Famed detective, Hercule Poirot, has just finished a case in Syria. As Poirot travels across Europe back to London, he meets some unexpected obstacles and some interesting characters.

Poirot’s particular train car is completely full, which is unheard of this time of year. One night, the train gets stuck in a snowdrift somewhere in Yugoslavia.

In the night, a passenger is stabbed to death.

Suddenly, Poirot is thrust in the middle of a convoluted and seemingly unsolvable murder case.

Most of “Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie is taken up with the investigation of all the passengers on the train.

The reader learns each new thing as Poirot learns it and is allowed to try and solve the murder with him.

What’s interesting about this novel is that the reader isn’t omniscient. At times, the reader is inside Poirot’s head as he goes about investigating the cabins and passengers; however, rarely, if ever, is the reader treated to Poirot’s actual thought processes. So it’s a little like you’re trying to solve the murder with Poirot. I wasn’t exactly crazy about this element of the novel. I really enjoy seeing how people think and understanding their thought processes, and this novel deprived me of that joy.

Something to keep in mind if you do decide to read this novel is that Hercule Poirot is a character of Christie’s. She has several novels about Poirot that detail his many adventures and cases. So, there’s this feeling in parts of the novel that you’re missing something if you haven’t read any of the other novels about Poirot. It’s only occasionally, but there are some moments when you feel like there’s something you’re just not getting.

I also want to say that I did see the ending coming. The method and the motive are both really interesting, but discovering who actually committed the murder is a little bit of a letdown.

I wanted to review “Murder on the Orient Express” because the movie is coming out on November 10, and I wanted to read the novel before I actually watched the movie. Overall, the novel was enjoyable, but it certainly wasn’t my favorite. I would advise you to skip the novel and see the movie instead, which I never say, but the movie looks like it’s going to be much more interesting than the novel.

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The 5-day personal positivity challenge

Let go of the negative to make room for the positive.

LAKYNN NOBLETT

Contributing Writer

I went five days without complaining and not once did I think this was going to be easy.

Almost immediately, once I announced that I was going to take on the challenge of not complaining about anything for a week, I was quickly reminded rather fast that doing this is going to be anything but easy. Even if you consider yourself a positive person by nature. I was reminded that as humans, there will always be something to complain about.

Little did I realize, when I thought I was a relatively positive person, I’m a natural complainer when I have nothing to complain about. At the beginning of the week, I went into this challenge with the sweet innocence and naivety that I was probably the most positive person that I knew. After all, I already had the quote “Don’t use your energy on worry. Use it to believe and find a way” already written down on my marker board.

Oh, how naïve was I. At the beginning of the week, once it started setting in what I just committed myself to, I started to dread the week ahead. I stopped and thought to myself, “There could not have been a worse time to decide to do this.” After all, I’m a college student who is currently going through my roughest semester. Why did I decide to do this? After thinking about it, it hit me that maybe because of all of this, there was no better time to do this. And I was right.

Monday, just a couple hours after assigning myself the task of not complaining for a week, I hadn’t even realized that I was complaining. “I’m so tired” or “I’m so hungry” are usually my go-to complaints. I complained about a dozen times before I realized what I was doing. I realized in that moment, that since I hadn’t caught onto what I was doing that I’ve spent so much time complaining about small, mundane things that it had become a part of my life without my knowing it. It was like a smack to the face:;I needed to reevaluate how the

rest of my week was going to do be like if I wanted to proudly proclaim “I did it!” come Friday.

Five days later and my No Complaining challenge turned into a Positivity Challenge instead. The result: this week had become one of the calmest weeks I’ve had since my senior year of college started. My week was best summed up by a quote by Joyce Meyer: “You can’t live a positive life with a negative mind.”

Why is it important to live a positive life? The better question is: why would you want to live anything but a positive life? When you have a positive outlook on life, your entire attitude changes and you can feel better about yourself. Both mentally and physically. You can see a change in the relationships with the people around you, you have more energy, and your positive thoughts can greatly reflect on your health. Being positive gives you a boost of energy, more courage, and a healthier and happier self-esteem. You simply love life when you choose positivity over negativity.

not know wheter or not the student just partied a little too much and wanted to skip class, or if the student’s friends really did pile furniture in front of his door.

“I give him an A” for creativity, though,” Jones said.

We have been in school for about two months now, and not all of Arkansas Tech’s students have perfect attendance. By now, professors have heard several different excuses for students missing class.

Collegemagazine.com list the top nine excuses that students can use to get an actual excused absence.

The online magazine claims anything from getting food poisoning to diarrhea will work.

“I have only made an excuse of

having the stomach flu,” Samantha Main, a nursing major from Forrest City, said. “Although I had a normal excuse, I know a guy that kept saying his dad lost his arms. That was his way to get out of taking his chemistry test almost every time.”

While some students may have found excuses from the online magazine, some students feel they do not have to explain themselves to professors.

“I just tell my professors I will not be in class. They do not need an excuse,” Ronnie Allen, abusiness major from Fordyce, said.

Even if the absences are not excessive, Tech students are still missing out on valuable information while only missing one or two classes.

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REBEKAH HUGHES

Contributing Writer

Most college students celebrate their birthdays by going out to eat or maybe even by going to the movies.

What about students playing pranks on their friends: how is that for a birthday present?

“I remember the exact email my student sent me,” Dr. Virgina Jones, assistant professor of communications, said. “He apologized for missing class that morning. He said it was his birthday and that his friends thought it would be funny to pile furniture in front of his door.

Because of that, he was unable to attend class.”

Dr. Jones explained that she did

Golden Suns set for NCAA play MATTHEW EMERY

Managing Editor

The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Cross Country team will begin the NCAA championships in the NCAA Central Regional on Saturday, November 4, in Kearney, Nebraska.

The Golden Suns are coming off a 4th place finish, behind Oklahoma Baptist, East Central and Harding, in last weekend’s Great American Conference Championships, which were held in Magnolia.

The Gilreath twins once again led the way for the Golden Suns in the championships.

Aubre Gilreath, from Rogers, finished first for the Golden Suns, with a time of 19:57.3, good

enough to give her 16th place.

Her sister, Halle Gilreath, from Rogers, finished with a time of 20:25.6, placing her 25th.

Right behind her was Cami Hedstrom, from Bentonville, finishing 26th, with a time of 20:27.4.

A few more Golden Suns finished in the top-40, including Logan Edwards, from Van Buren, placing 32nd with a time of 20:50.0l Lauryn Doublet, from Arlington, Texas, placing 33rd, with a time of 20:50.3; and Mallory Morris, from Gentry, placing 36th, with a time of 20:57.6.

Rounding out the Golden Suns were Megan Bradley, from Springdale, who finished 63rd with a time of 23:00.2 and Adrianna Simmons, from Heber Springs, finishing 77th, with a time of 25:55.4.

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Aubre Gilreath, from Rogers, finished first for the Golden Suns, with a time of 19:57.3.

E-Sports are here to stay International sports have played huge roles in bringing together many nations as they watch their best and favorite athletes battle it out on the court or field. Within the last 30 years, a new sport is rising that could take over as the most popular sport in the world—competitive video gaming, which is more frequently known as E-sports.

Whether or not you believe competitive video gaming to be a sport, it is hard to deny the popularity that it has gained over recent years. According to the “Global E-sports Market Review,” E-sports made a total of $325 million with over 226 million people watching these competitions in 2015 alone. According to the same source, E-sports has risen in popularity, especially in Asian countries like China and Japan, who are both in the top five grossing E-sports countries in the world. In those countries, it is common to watch E-sports on television, and many star players are household names.

With internet video game streaming services, such as Twitch and YouTube, making it easier to watch these competitions, more people have started watching.

The Philadelphia 76ers became the first North American sports team to purchase an E-sports organization. “We like to be agents of change, rather than sit and watch from the sidelines,” 76ers CEO Scott O’Neil told ESPN senior writer, Darren Rovell. “Our owners, Josh and David, have big eyes, big vision and big

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appetite.” Many other teams have followed suit.

E-sports has been under question for a long time on whether it is an actual sport. E-sports has earned its position among the list of international sports as it is becoming just as big as other sports. Millions of people are watching these events and competitions and millions of dollars are coming from it. Not only do E-sports level with some of the biggest sports in the world in revenue and viewership, but it also takes just as much skill and time that these other sports take to master.

Competitive video gaming takes careful planning, precise timing and skillful execution. Many of the same traits that it takes for other international sports. Even if they are not moving their bodies physically. they are still using many of the same parts of being a professional athlete to be a professional gamer.

Right here at Arkansas Tech, an E-sports club has surfaced. The club’s main function is to be a central place where many Arkansas Tech students can get together and form teams to go and compete in college level tournaments. As E-sports continues to grow in popularity and, more importantly, revenue, it is becoming clear that E-sports is here to stay.

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NOAH DELASHAW

Sports Writer

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football team will go on the road one last time for the regular season to take on the East Central Tigers in Ada, Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m.

Last weekend, the Wonder Boys broke a long standing offensive record after a 66-10 win over the Northwestern Oklahoma Rangers, which gave the Wonder Boys their most points scored in a game since 1961.

The Wonder Boys, 6-2 in Great American Conference play, will take on the Tigers, 2-6 in GAC play.

After the win on Saturday and a loss from Southeastern Oklahoma, the Wonder Boys are in a fourway tie for 1st place. The Tigers are tied for 10th in the GAC. The Wonder Boys offense continued to show their weapons after racking up seven touchdowns and 563 yards of total offense.

The Wonder Boys defense improved from previous weeks, holding the Rangers to only 10 points and 267 yards of total offense.

The Wonder Boys struck first and fast, after a 3-play drive ended with a 53-yard pass from Ty Reas-

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Tevin McKenzie, from Mobile, Alabama, set a season-high with 156 receiving yards against the Rangers. nor, from Cashion, Oklahoma, to Tevin McKenzie, from Mobile, Alabama, to make it 7-0. Reasnor was 16 for 26 on passing with 257 yards and two touchdowns. The Rangers fired back late in the first quarter putting three on the board after a 26-yard field goal to made it 7-3.

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The Wonder Boys took to the air again after a pass from Reasnor got to the hands of McKenzie on a 29-yard gain for the touchdown, making it 14-3. McKenzie ran it in on a 6-yard play, making it 21-3 after a 7-play, 55-yard drive. The Wonder Boys defense got another big

play after a fumble recovery from Harrison Lester, from Clinton, turned into a 38-yard touchdown, making it 28-3. K.J. Reid, from Texarkana, led the defensive effort with 10 tackles.

The Rangers put their only touchdown on the board after a 21-yard pass made it 28-10.

6-2

Ouachita

6-2

Thursday, October 26 WVB vs Henderson State

Southeastern Oklahoma State

6-2

Saturday, October 28 FB @ East Central

Southern Arkansas

6-2

ArkansasMonticello

5-3

Harding

5-3

Henderson State

4-4

Northwestern Oklahoma State

3-5

Southern Nazarene

3-5

East Central

2-6

Southwestern Oklahoma State

2-6

Oklahoma Baptist

0-8

• Hometown: Cashion, Oklahoma • Highschool: Cashion

• Reasnor went 16-26 passing, tallying 257 yards and two touchdowns through the air, while also recording 70 rushing yards and one touchdown on the ground during the Homecoming game, 6610.

rushing touchdown. Eric Perez, from Green Forrest, kicked a 29-yard field goal to end another drive.

To put the final points on the board for the Wonder Boys, Braden Stringer, from Blanchard, Oklahoma, used some quick footwork and good blocks for a 77-yard punt return.

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Reasnor gained some yards on the ground, as he rushed in for the touchdown, leaping over a defender to get the score.

The Wonder Boys gained three more touchdowns on the ground as they scored on productive drives. The Wonder Boys had five different runners score a

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Suns clinch postseason berth MATTHEW EMERY

Managing Editor

Regardless of how the rest of the season shakes out, the #12Arkansas Tech Golden Suns have secured their spot in the 2017 Great American Conference Championships, which will take place on November 16-18.

At the time of writing, the Golden Suns stand only one win away from setting a new program record for most consecutive wins at 26. The Golden Suns are currently tied with the 2000 Golden Suns for consecutive wins at 25. The 2000 Golden Suns finished the season 36-5 and undefeated, 12-0, in conference play. The 2017 Golden Suns are currently 25-0 and are also undefeated in conference play at 11-0.

The Golden Suns are coming off a pair of wins last weekend, both coming on the road against Oklahoma Baptist, winning 3-0, and Southern Nazarene, winning 3-1.

In game one, Lexie Johnston, from Nixa, Missouri, led the offensive charge, tallying 11 kills in the contest to go along with three blocks.

Amanda Milnick, from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pitched in for

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the Golden Suns in the win with 27 assists.

Also helping the cause was Greer Rogers, from Fort Smith, who had five kills to go along with four blocks.

In game two on the weekend, the Golden Suns dropped only one set, set two, losing 2520. However, the Golden Suns would storm back and pick up the next two sets, 25-18 and 25-14, to pick up the win and perhaps only momentarily etch their name in the history books next to the 2000 squad.

Hunter Eshnaur, from Russellville, stepped up in game two, her biggest conference game of the season, with 16 total kills and a single ace.

Milnick continued to have her fingerprints over the success of the Golden Suns, recording her ninth double-double of the season, with 42 assists and 12 digs.

Johnston improved on her hot start in game one, registering 13 kills and four blocks in game two.

The Golden Suns will return to Tucker Coliseum on Thursday, October 26, at 6 p.m. as they take on conference foe, Henderson State, who currently sit at 1113 overall and 4-7 in conference play.

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Only three teams in DII volleyball reamin undefeated­­#3 Palm Beach Atlantic, #5 California Baptist and #12 Arkansas Tech.

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Overall

Arkansas Tech

11-0

26-0

Harding

10-1

22-3

Oklahoma Baptist

8-3

13-11

Northwestern Oklahoma State

7-4

17-8

Ouachita

6-5

13-9

Southern Nazarene

6-5

11-13

Southwestern Oklahoma State

6-5

11-6

Henderson State

4-7

11-13

Southeastern Oklahoma State

4-7

8-17

Arkansas- Monticello

2-9

10-15

East Central

2-9

7-18

Southern Arkansas

0-11

7-19