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ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY // THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017 • VOL. 94 NO. 06

A lesson learned in Martin’s racism

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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Ricci Logan Sports Photographer

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

Contributing Writer

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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