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ATU provides lesson plans, supplies for children overseas SUBMITTED

ATU College of Education Students and faculty in the Arkansas Tech University College of Education have sent a care package of curriculum and compassion to a group of children with special learning needs in Cameroon.

Ernest Ehabe, a former ATU student and the founder of Ray of Hope Academy in Douala, Cameroon, and Jochebed Ambe, administrative assistant for Bread for Life International, visited the ATU campus in Russellville earlier this semester to receive lesson plans and classroom supplies that will benefit 15 children MARCOMM with special learning needs unErnest Ehabe, a former ATU student and the founder of Ray of Hope Academy, and Jochebed Ambe, der their instruction and care. administrative assistant for Bread for Life International, visited the ATU campus in Russellville to receive (LESSON page 4) lesson plans and classroom supplies that will benefit 15 children with special learning needs.

'Hook, line, and sinker': Fishing team continues making a name

BRONSON ROFKAHR ment by placing within Contributing Writer the top 10 in a regional qualifying tournament.

The Arkansas Tech Placing No. 4 in a University fishing team Fishing League Worldmembers have been pol- wide regional qualifier ishing up their skills and out of ATU’s southern preparing for the upcom- region, the duo of Jordan ing 2018 collegiate fish- Ogle, from Morrilton, ing season. and Hampton Hasek, a With more than 30 double major in psycholmembers in its arsenal, ogy and criminal justice the ATU fishing team has from Maumelle, teamed made a name for itself in up to qualify for the FLW the 2017 spring fishing national championship. season, going up against “We’ve been on the division 1 colleges; fish- water fishing most weeking in the Fishing League ends,” Hasek, the team’s Worldwide collegiate se- president, said. Although ries, sponsored by YETI; “most of the big tournaBass Anglers Sportsman ments happen during the Society, a fishing mem- spring semesters,” the bership organization with team members stay active more than a half a million with fishing, even when members, according to there may not be any its website; and the Ar- tournaments going on, kansas Collegiate Series to keep their skills up to fishing tournaments. par for any challenge that Partnering up for the may be thrown their way.

Bassmaster Regional Fishing isn’t the only tournament in the spring, thing that the team has in Bennett Pierce, a busi- mind. Dedicated to their ness management major community and the peofrom Fort Smith, and ple within, the team is acThomas “T.J.” Tucker, tive in doing services for from Ratcliff, who gradu- the community. ated in May with a degree Teaming up with the in Fisheries and Wildlife, Arkansas Game and Fish qualified for the Bass- Commission, members master national championship fishing tourna- (FISHING page 4)

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Pacesetter allows students a chance to 'pay it forward' A program set up by the Student Alumni Association asks graduating seniors to make a donation of $20.17 to the university.

The Pacesetter annual giving campaign, which was first started in 2006, allows graduating seniors to make a donation to any department on campus, enabling them to donate the money to the areas that helped them succeed the most in their education.

“The campaign gained its name because it wants to encourage graduating students to set the pace for a lifetime of

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giving back to their Alma Mater. We ask that graduating seniors donate $20.17, in honor of their graduation year to wherever they wish in the university,” Clay Wyllia, the coordinator of alumni engagement, said.

The campaign will reward its sponsors with a shirt, membership in the Gold Society, a classification of young alumni donors and three certificates the donor can award to people of their choice who helped them achieve academic excellence.

“It’s important to be able to see where your money goes. We hope that students will be more likely to donate when they

HALEY FOSSITT/THE ARKA TECH The department of English and World Languages invited high school students studying German to visit the ATU campus for Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is an annual event used to educate students on the German language and culture at ATU. This event has taken place since 2010. German language students also participate in games and presentations as well as attending the flash mob.

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More and more controversies continue to surround the National Football League because of the National Anthem protests.

Houston Texan owner Bob McNair made a bold statement during an owners-only session to discuss the protest issue. McNair compared NFL players to prisoners: “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”

NFL players expressed their frustration afterward. DeAndre Hopkins, wide receiver for the Houston Texans, skipped practice out of anger over McNair’s comments.

Richard Sherman, cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, tweeted, “Don’t apologize! You meant what you said. Showing true colors allows (people) to see you for who you are.”

Owners did not vote to change a policy that would require players to stand for the anthem during that meeting. It seems that NFL owners are having trouble relating to the players. To the players, kneeling for the National Anthem is a stand for social justice, but for the owner, it is a business concern. The longer the players continue to protest, more money will be lost. McNair issued an apology, “I apologize to anyone who was offended [by my words].” During the game on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, most of the Texans players took a knee before the game.

However, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s comments might be the most offensive.

During a “special privileged session,” on Oct. 18 with just the owners and one adviser, Snyder supported Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’s stance that

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'Green and Gold Fridays' changes student's mindset LAYKIN KIDD

Tech Green and Gold Fridays is now added to the semester calendar.

Every Friday, all students, faculty and staff can pick up free popcorn in the Student Involvement Center from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. if they wear green and gold apparel.

Jenney Butler, assistant director of campus

life said, “This summer, our new Vice President of Student Service, Dr. Keegan Nicholas, joined the Tech family and was taken back by the lack of green and gold represented by people on campus so she decided to change that.”

Being in the state of Arkansas, the most competition is University of Arkansas apparel. Everday on campus, students

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represent the Arkansas Razorbacks.

“I think it is a challenge that is always going to be a challenge at any institution you go to in the state, other than the University of Arkansas,” Butler said. “I think a lot of it is that students do not even recognize. It’s not like students plan to wear Razorback shirts— it’s just a force of habit.”

The idea behind Tech

Green and Gold Fridays is to change the mindset of the students. Many departments on campus give away free shirts every month to make sure students have Tech apparel for any day of the week.

“The goal is that we get more green and gold on campus,” said Butler.

“Ultimately, we want to get students to support their school colors, being proud to represent Tech

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and show pride for the university they attend,” Butler said.

Tech Green and Gold Fridays started on Oct. 20 and has had low attendance so far. Daniel Rivera, a geology major and Student Services student worker from Venezuela, said, “With more advertisement, I know it will become a weekly thing that students remember, and there will be more

campus involvement.”

The Student Involvement Center is located in Doc Bryan, across from Doc’s Place. Be sure to wear green and gold this Friday and swing by the SIC to get free popcorn.

“We hope this becomes a staple or tradition for Tech and with new ideas to come maybe expanding it into something more than just popcorn,” Butler said.

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Creativity takes courage, have courage October is a month of Hispanic Heritage, breast cancer awareness and Halloween, but, as of Oct.1, October became about the closing of the National Endowment for the Humanities with the Arts following close behind. We feel this is in grave error to not only our education system but to our nation as a whole.

All the members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned on Aug. 25 because they believed the same, and it was fueled by other actions of the president.

Others have argued that the NEH and the NEA don’t need to exist because donors are already giving money and time and will continue to give long after they’re disbanded. They are right. The problem comes from an effect similar to a bubble. New York raises money and supports New York; Los Angeles raises money and supports Los Angeles; Dallas raises money and supports Dallas; and while they may reach a bit beyond their city, the

vast majority of the money will stay where it came from, helping just that city become more diverse and educated. This will create a separation of those who can understand different perspectives in this manner and those who only know one perspective. This then creates a whole other of issue of dividing our nation. The only way we become stronger is if we all become stronger. Sharing not the money, but the knowledge, the experiences and the diversity.

This has become a fight of politics, not a fight for humanity and we need to bring it back to that.

Congress established the NEH and NEA in 1965 with the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, according to the NEH website. The NEH and the NEA make up .013 percent of the total federal budget.

The NEH and NEA have a matching donor policy that “means that every dollar of direct federal funding leverages up to $9 in private and alternate public

funds.” The NEA “funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation,” while the NEH includes (but is not limited to) “the study and interpretation of language, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, arts criticism and much more.”

Basically, the NEA gives us directors (films), choreographers (musicals/ plays), writers (novels), while the NEH gives us individuals that look at the historical and critical context of art (such as Ken Burns). While the NEA may help win Pulitzers for musicals or fiction, the NEH helps win them for history and biographies.

The NEA gave us the plays “August: Osage County,” “Hamilton” and “Next to Normal,” all of which won Pulitzer prizes; the NEH gave us Ken Burns’ “The Civil War,” sixteen Pulitzer-winning books,

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Some may feel that we are biased; after all, we fall into the arts and humanities category but if that’s the case then we argue back that while we do fall into that category, we are also about getting information to the people and that is always a cause to fight for.

And that is what the NEH and NEA does; they offer different perspectives while sharing topics that inform and enlighten.

The arts and humanities also offer a side of humanity not often accepted in more traditional jobs, such as business or engineering. However, studies have shown that the addition of arts and humanities offers a level of empathy needed for

such work environments.

A Forbes Magazine opinion piece by Ashoka may have said it best: “One of the hallmarks of a successful business is its ability to harness creativity to constantly push into new territory. Without growth and innovation, businesses stagnate and eventually fade away. Those with staying power, however, have mastered an intangible, often overlooked factor that allows them to focus on the future with clarity: empathy. While that may surprise many, I am certain that the ability to connect with and relate to others—empathy in its purest form—is the force that moves businesses forward.”

Accepting an understanding of ideas and concepts that you may not agree with allows you to

hold onto your morals while broadening the scope of the nation’s ethics and helps the world become better instead of limited by one perspective. Accepting the arts and humanities on a national level are all but the tip of a greater iceberg of limiting the division of this nation. Contact your local representatives, your national representatives, reach out to groups fighting for the continuation of the NEH and NEA, because if we don’t speak up then we agree with the decision to disband them. We want you to fight for the NEH and the NEA, because, with them, we can: offer opportunities to everyone, educate everyone and share the beauty of it with everyone, truly making this country great, at the cost of .013 percent.

Herbal tea: stress reliever with health benefits AMBER APPLEBY

Editor-in-chief

Tea has been around for centuries. Most people tend to think of tea as being from Britain, but they’ve only had tea a few hundred years. Originally, tea was from China. Legend goes that the Chinese emperor Shen Nung, who was a renowned herbalist, was sitting beneath a tree one day while his servant boiled his drinking water.

It happened to be windy that day and some leaves blew into the water. Nung decided he wanted to try the infusion that had been created; the tree was a Camellia sinesis, which is shrub that gives us tea, and thus, tea was born, according to tea.co.uk.

There are standard types of tea, like black and white. But there are also herbal teas, which generally don’t have as much, or any, caffeine as the standard teas do.

These herbal teas also usually provide a variety of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other nutrients, depending on which plants and herbs you use, according to organicfacts.net.

Besides just providing your body with needed nutrients, herbal teas are also good for relaxing the body and mind, helping you sleep, reducing inflammation and pain, boosting your immune system and digestive health and stimulating your brain, according to organicfacts.net.

Personally, I love herbal teas.

It’s the perfect way to unwind after a really long day, which is what most of my days have become this semester. Since there are so many different types of herbal teas, I wanted to narrow it down to my top four: ginger, chamomile, turmeric and green.

Ginger is great for lots of different things, including seasoning.

But ginger tea is especially great.

The Journal of Medicinal Food published a study in 2005 that noted ginger has strong anti-inflammatory properties, strong enough to compete with prescription pain relievers. Ginger is also wonderful for reducing fevers, as is gentle enough to use on children and the elderly, according to livestrong.com. I love ginger tea when I’m sick because it doesn’t

just reduce my fever, it also helps any nausea that I have. Ginger tea is absolutely perfect for when you’re feeling under the weather, which you’re bound to be soon because flu season is upon us.

Chamomile contains tryptophan, which is an amino acid that is known for its “tranquilizing” effect, according to an article in the Daily Mail. Chamomile is often a component in “sleepytime” tea blends because it’s great for treating mild insomnia, which is why I love it. At night, it’s often difficult for me to turn my brain off long enough to go to sleep. So when I have that problem, I brew some chamomile green tea and it knocks me right out. Chamomile tea also helps soothe the stomach and helps with back pain, inflammation, arthritis and sun burn, according to organicfacts.com.

Turmeric is definitely my least favorite tea because the flavor is so rich. Raw turmeric is extremely bitter, so you have to blend it with other things to cut the bitterness, but it’s still really rich. However, it’s probably one of the more important tea blends I drink because

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it has been shown to prevent gastric and colon cancers in a study published by Anticancer Research in 2002. Now this was only in rodents, but the research does still stand. Turmeric, according to livestrong.com, can also help regulate menstrual cycles, relieve cramps, help with digestion and promote live function.

Green tea is by far my favorite.

I blend green tea leaves with all the aforementioned ones. Green tea is really high in antioxidants, which help protect your cells from damage. Meaning green tea is great at protecting the body from ageing and damage from pollutants, according to an article in Daily Mail.

You can blend your own herbal teas at home. There are several recipes on Pinterest, but it can get sort of complicated. I would recommend just buying herbal teas from Walmart or Amazon. It’s cheaper and easier. My favorite brands are Celestial Seasonings (their Sleepytime tea blend is the absolute best; I swear by it.) and Tazo, which is also served at Starbucks.

Herbal teas offer amazing health benefits, plus it’s wonderfully relaxing to sip hot tea. Drinking herbal teas is an excellent way to improve your mental and physical health without having to exert too much time or effort.

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WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR HUMANITES AND ARTS BEING DISMANTLED AS OF 2018, DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A GOOD CHOICE MADE

BY OUR GOVERNMENT? “I do not agree with this because art is very valuable and art is history. How are they going to get the money to fund these programs? What are they going to do with the money they are taking away from these programs?

They aren’t getting enough funds as it is why cut more?”

Darien Hennington Graduate Student

“I think it’s a bad choice because everyone needs the arts. It helps people who can’t express themselves in a new form. Some people find their voice through these different forms of arts and humanity” Jeremiah Haywoods Elementary Education

“In my opinion, defunding arts and humanity is unnecessary.

Informing others about history and culture from all forms of backgrounds is very important.”

Tiffany Sims Management Marketing

“No, because that’s a lot of the areas that use the brain creatively and help relate math and science together as well.”

Kendon Shook undeclared Clarksville

“It’s understandable because entertainment is becoming cheaper and things produced this way but a lot of people look to these areas for job opportunities.

Generally, it could be a bad idea.”

Waste Not, Want Not HOLLY RIDENOUR

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The Environmental Protection Agency defines recycling as “the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products.” According to Stanford, Americans will throw away 25% more trash from Thanksgiving to the New Year’s holiday than the rest of the year combined. That equals to 25 million tons of extra garbage, or one million extra tons a week.

As college students, many take an interest in environmental issues because we are the future of our planet. The EPA recommends recycling as ways to reduce our waste, conserves our natural resources, prevent pollution and help sustain our environment, among others.

But how? With the holidays coming up, it can be very difficult to know where to start.

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Get creative with that gift wrapping! Normally, a gift is wrapped and the happy

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Instead of using traditional wrapping paper, try using colorful pages from magazine, or the comic section from a newspaper. recipient tears the paper to bits from excitement.

So instead of using traditional wrapping paper, try using colorful pages from magazine, or the comic section from a newspaper. They would normally be thrown out and put in a landfill anyway, so give them a second purpose and save that wrapping paper (and maybe some money). If you want to give up the paper option completely, you can use decorative tin boxes or baskets, which are more durable and can be used again.

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When choosing a gift, look for a durable gift that will be used. If you’re unsure what someone would like, gift cards and gift certificates are good options.

They get what they want, and you won’t have given a gift that would have gotten thrown away (it happens to all of us). Maybe bake some cookies, buy concert or movie tickets or even just an IOU for a service will save some space in a landfill, and give them a gift they’ll definitely appreciate.

If you decide to go the wrapping paper option, greeting card, or use other paper products in your holiday celebrations, look for recycled paper. Taking a few extra moments to search for that marking will help save space in the trash pile.

You don’t have to be a big environmentalist to make an impact on the planet. Just implementing one of these changes in your holiday routine will make a big difference. More information on recycling can be found at www.stanford.edu or www.epa.gov.

Davis wins talent competition at National FFA Convention SAM STRASNER

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When Noah Davis performed “Stay” at the Tech’s Got Talent semifinals during Homecoming 2017 week at Arkansas Tech University, no one in the room knew how far that song would take him a mere 10 days later.

Davis’ singing and piano playing on the Rihanna hit earned him the top prize at the 90th National Future Farmers of America Convention and Expo talent competition in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Oct. 27.

The ATU student from Hot Springs performed the song before an estimated crowd of 6,000 during the contest finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday night. His victory earned him the opportunity to perform again the next day before a crowd of 10,000 at Lucas Oil Field.

“First of all, I love Rihanna,” said Davis. “She is such an artist, and all of her music is amazing. It’s already a slower song, so it transferred well to playing piano. It’s one where you can show your emotion and get the crowd involved with the song through the way you emote the words of the song. I thought if I was going to be in front of a big crowd and behind a piano, a really good way to have stage presence is to sing an emotional song. If the crowd doesn’t get into what you are singing, or if they don’t know the song, they don’t react as well.”

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Davis first became involved in music as a child through his church.

“It’s been a part of me since I can remember,” said Davis. “It’s stress relief, and it’s art. It’s a way to express yourself.

I love taking a song and making it completely new by doing it a whole, brand new way that I’ve never heard before.”

That’s exactly what he did for his performance in the National FFA finals by taking a 2013 pop hit and adding his talent on piano to make the song his own.

“I was extremely surprised,” said Davis when asked about the moment his name was called as the winner. “The other finalists were so talented. It could have gone any way. They did a phenomenal job in the final three, so when they called my name I was taken aback by it. I was overwhelmed, and we had that moment where we were hugging because we were all happy with whatever place

we got and excited for each other.”

Davis has been involved with FFA since eighth grade. He credits the organization with helping him build his leadership skills and much more.

“My communication skills…meeting people…interpersonal skills…

(FFA) really is such a giving organization to the people who are involved in it,” said Davis. “To be able to share my passion for music and my passion for agriculture all in the same organization really was cool for me.”

Davis is majoring in nursing at Arkansas Tech.

“Tech is an amazing campus,” said Davis. “It’s not so huge that you pass people you don’t know all the time, but it’s not so small that you feel like nothing is happening. You meet so many people. The academics are amazing.

My teachers are wonderful. They really strive to help you be successful, and I really like that about our teachers. There are opportunities in arts, academics, campus ministries, everything…if you want to be involved, (Tech) has somewhere for you to get involved.”

With a national title to his credit, Davis is evaluating how far he might be able to go in the music industry. He hasn’t ruled out the possibility of auditioning for the NBC singing competition “The Voice” or finding another route to make a career out of his passion.

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Philip Sayger Marketing and Management Dardanelle

“That’s part of what I do with journalism.

We need that to learn how to do a lot of what we do.”

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HANNAH BUTLER/THE ARKA TECH Students engage in 'Dia de los muertos' hosted by the Hispanic Student Association. This event honors those who are close to you and have passed away.

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Agriculture students mingled, networked ELEXIS HARPER

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Agriculture students had the opportunity to mingle and network professionally at a business dinner held by Norman Career Services.

Career counselor Melanie Diffey said that the scheduled etiquette dinner was a private event for agriculture students and students taking agriculture courses.

Diffey said that students who attended the dinner had a chance to mingle and speak with nine different representatives from several different local and statewide businesses, such as ConAgra Brands,

Simmons Foods, Farm Credit and the University of Arkansas Extension Service.

Diffey also said that Career Services has extended the invitation for more of these events to be held for other departments and colleges in Tech.

“Since we do feel like it went well, we may open that up as an opportunity for specific departments or industries to host their own networking dinners,” Diffey said. “We have already extended an offer to the Hospitality department and Parks and Recreation to potentially host something like that for them in the future.”

Diffey said that the invitation

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was first extended to the Hospitality and Parks and Recreation departments because of the departments’ involvement in the etiquette dinners held in previous

semesters.

The dinners were prepared inhouse at the Williamson Dining Hall by students in two different courses taught by Cass Cap-

en-Housley, instructor and event coordinator of Parks and Recreation and Hospitality administration, Diffey said.

The students who assisted in preparing the dinner came from two courses, one focused on food preparation and another focused more on event planning, Diffey said.

For more information on this or future events, students can contact the Norman Career Services office by phone at (479) 968-0278 or by email at career.services@atu. edu. Students can also schedule an appointment with a career counselor via Handshake, a professional social network.

PACESETTER From Page 1 can control which area on campus benefits from the donation,” Wyllia said.

Information on donating to the campaign can be found online at

www.atu.edu/Pacesetters or by visiting the Alumni House at 1313 N. Arkansas Ave. “The university relies heavily on donations.

Alumni giving is really vital to our programming. The class of 2016 raised over $3,600 last year, and we hope to at least match that number with this year’s

FISHING From Page 1 of the team recently volunteered to help gather more than 500 pounds of trash and debris from around Lake Dardanelle.

The team then held a club tournament with prizes provided by the AGFC, giving members

to Tech just to pay for school. I do plan to give a donation after I find a job outside of college though,” Marion Chronister, a psychology ma-

jor from Dardanelle, said.

Other giving opportunities are available through the universities website at https://www. atu.edu/givetotech.

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“more incentive to make part of our community a cleaner, more enjoyable place,” Hasek said.

The team recently sent members to London elementary school, set up a booth, gave a presentation and had games

for the students, showing that team members aren’t only focused on being on the water; they want to be involved in community development and want to educate and inspire the younger generation.

er example of how disconnected the players are from the owners. It is obvious that Snyder is not familiar with the way minorities are treated in this country. In order for this protest to be truly effective, players and owners will have to

get on the same page. At this point, something will have to be done to better the current state of the NFL. How much money will NFL owners lose before they retaliate or start to understand how the players really feel?

NFL From Page 1 the NFL needed a quick anthem mandate, according to ESPN. Snyder mumbled out loud, “See, Jones gets it — 96 percent of Americans are for guys standing.”

This comment is very offensive; Snyder is anoth-

donations,” Wyllia said.

“I think it’s a good idea, but I am not likely to donate this year, because over 90 percent of my money already goes

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It was the culmination of a project that began during the spring 2017 semester when students in Dr. Jackie Paxton’s junior level special education classes developed lesson plans to assist children a wide variety of disabilities, including autism and Down syndrome. The curriculum was produced in English and French due to the fact that both are official languages in Cameroon.

Soon after, the desire to help the students at Ray of Hope Academy became an initiative that involved multiple mem-

bers of the ATU College of Education faculty.

Dr. John O’Connor, associate professor of health and physical education, applied his research regarding physical activities that benefit children with autism to provide Ehabe and his staff with techniques. Dr. Timothy Leggett, associate professor of curriculum and instruction in early childhood education, gathered practical supplies in support of the curriculum.

“Our students learned a lot through this process,” Dr. Tim Carter,

head of the ATU Department of Curriculum and Instruction and professor of curriculum and instruction, said. “They learned how to design curriculum with the items available in mind.

This will prove beneficial to them in their teaching careers, as they may be in schools where resources are limited and creativity is a valuable skill.”

Ray of Hope Academy is part of Bread for Life International, an organization that seeks to connect resources with needs in west central Africa.

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7th Annual Drag Show is 'Out of this World' Special Snapchat filter for the 2017 Drag Show

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The hostess for the third consecutive year, Miss Dinah House-Fire.

Dinah is Arkansas’ premier comedy queen. She is a resident of Central Arkansas, and she co-hosts the Sugar & Spice variety show every third Friday of the month at Triniti Nightclub with Gigi Galore. Dinah is a good southern woman minus the filter and with an extra dose of camp. If anyone needs an opinion or a one-liner, Dinah’s your girl.

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The host for the evening is Abs Hart: Abs has been performing as a drag king since 2010.

He has held various state titles, as well as the national title of Mister USofA MI 2016. Abs lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with his partner (Eden Alive), where he co-hosts two successful drag shows. Abs is a strong believer in the power of art, and he continues to work to evolve drag entertainment in Arkansas and across the country.

PERFORMERS

COMPETING QUEENS competing for the crown are:

Dee Licious Sweets is a 19 year old freshman studying art education. She is doing drag for the thrill of trying something new.

DeNice Thacker a woman of mystery.

Attend the show to find out.

KINGS competing for the crown:

Making her first appearance at the SPECTRUM Drag Show, Miss Alura O'Shaunacy: Alura is 22 years old and from Maumelle, Arkansas. She's been doing drag for just over a year. She got her start on the stage of Club Sway doing their monthly show, Club Camp. Alura is the reigning Miss Gay Fort Smith Pride 2017, and performs regularly in Fort Smith at Kinkheads 2.0.

Miss Melanie Masters: Melanie got her start in 2013 at Arkansas Tech University, where she won the title of Miss Surface 2013 (Now known as Miss SPECTRUM).

After leaving ATU in 2015, Melanie moved to Little Rock, where she regularly preforms at Triniti Night Club. Melanie is excited to be a guest for SPECTRUM’s drag show for the fourth year in a row.

Miss SPECTRUM 2014 and the reigning Miss Gay Arkansas America 2017, Cassandra Rae Reality: Cassandra is from Sylmar, California, but has lived in Arkansas for 17 years.

She is studying cosmetology at Regency Beauty Institute and has been a licensed cosmetologist since 2014. She is proud of her hispanic heritage. She was also the youngest, at 23 years old, to compete at Miss Gay America 2018.

Jack M. Hoff is a student who studies Creative Writing, English, and Speech Communications. This will be their second year performing in SPECTRUM's annual drag show. He's a guy who's more than a little bit of a mess and always down to party.

Alan McDreary is a junior psychology major with a sociology minor. He performs in drag to express himself in a way high heels and lipstick can't. Being genderfluid, this helps Alan be who he wants to be.

Dexter is a 20 year old king majoring in Creative Writing. He enjoys long walks on a moonlit night, reading a good book, and having fun on stage! After a one year hiatus, he is looking forward to doing it again on the Witherspoon stage.

The judges are...

Cassandra Rae RealityMiss SPECTRUM 2014 and Miss Gay Arkansas America 2017

Dr. James StobaughAssistant Professor of Sociology at Arkansas Tech

Susan WestAssistant Professor of Hospitality Administration at Arkansas Tech

Vivica VainMiss SPECTRUM 2012 and Arkansas Tech Alum

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Fat Daddy's: Amazing appetizers, ok entree Good overall,but not great

MATTHEW EMERY

Managing Editor

Fat Daddy’s Bar-BQue in Russellville is like that aunt and uncle you have who live in Indiana that you see only occasionally. You check in with them every now and then and while it is pleasant, not much ever seems to change. It has been a while since we last checked in on Fat Daddy’s, so how does it stack up in the fall of 2017?

For starters, I ordered the daily special, which consisted of a gourmet burger and a side of fries.

It felt taboo ordering a plain burger at a BBQ place but it had to be the daily special for a reason.

I almost exclusively order the BBQ burrito whenever I eat at Fat Daddy’s, an entrée that is only available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for whatever reason. Perhaps the price of pork and other meats are a factor in how often they serve the burrito but

it is by far the premiere meal when it comes to Fat Daddy’s and it has always puzzled me as to why I cannot order it every day, or at least on the weekends.

Bitterness about the burrito still not being available outside of Tuesday and Thursday aside, I ordered my burger and pulled pork nachos for an appetizer. The wait for the appetizer and food was just right, not being too soon and not being too late. It provided enough time to chat and get caught up before the distraction of food.

The burger was fine, the fries were good but the BBQ nachos appetizer stole the show. I would have been perfectly happy if that was my entire order.

Perhaps the key to the nachos was the sweet BBQ sauce that covered them. Fat Daddy’s has tremendous BBQ sauce, perhaps the best in all of

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MATTHEW EMERY/THE ARKA TECH The burger was fine, the fries were good but the BBQ nachos appetizer stole the show.

Russellville.

On the practical side of things, the waitress was fantastic and nonintrusive. She was personable enough but not pushy and she was on the ball when it came to refills, granted the restaurant was pretty bare in the late afternoon.

Despite the restaurant being near empty, the parking situation was treacherous. That’s par for the course when it comes to parking in downtown before 4 p.m., I suppose.

The pricing for the meal plus appetizer was as expected and pretty com-

parable to most places in Russellville, about $10 a meal.

Overall, Fat Daddy’s Bar-B-Que does what it wants to do and does it great, there’s just no “wow” factor there, similar to an office chair surrounded by recliners.

Good place to catch up with friends, flavorful appetizers RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

Fat Daddy’s Bar-B-Que has a wonderful building that is spacious. I was greeted with excellent service as soon as I walked in and was shown to my table. Fat Daddy’s features a lunch special for everyday of the week. The price of the food at Fat Daddy’s is very affordable, given the amount of food served.

They have flavorful appetizers; I would recommend the BBQ nachos. I had a chance to taste the BBQ nachos and it satisfied my taste buds. The nachos are tortilla chips with a delicious melted queso and topped with flavorful smoked pulled pork; however, you can get different meats if you choose, but the pork is the best.

The amazing appetizer set me up for the main course. I ordered the Fat Daddy sandwich, which came with two sides. For my two sides, I ordered macaroni and cheese and French fries. I didn’t have to wait too long before my food came, and my food was served to me fresh. As I took a bite into my sandwich, an amazing burst of flavor shot in my mouth. The pulled pork on the Fat Daddy sandwich was so juicy; I would recommend it to any who went there.

The macaroni and cheese was a little dry but it was pretty good. As I ate my food, the waitress checked on us constantly, making sure my food was ok and my glass of water was full. My food was about 12 dollars, but it was worth the price. It is great place to sit and catch up with a friend while enjoying some good BBQ.

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The pulled pork on the Fat Daddy sandwich was so juicy; I would recommend it to any who went there.

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Not a perfect season but more fun than chilling GABBI CALABRESE

Staff Writer

I can think of few things as quintessentially October as witches. Whether they have green skin and wear pointy hats or look like normal girls wearing all black, witches are always fun and spooky, but are even more so around Halloween time. That said, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s “American Horror Story: Coven,” while not a perfect season, was the perfect way to end my October.

To me, the third season of this anthology show is when the series begins to lose a lot of the elements of the show that I loved so much in the previous two seasons. When “Coven” kicks off, we meet Zoe, a teenage girl who accidentally kills her boyfriend in the throes of passion. No doctors can explain exactly what happened to him or why he bled so much.

Zoe’s parents finally break the news to her that she is a witch and send her off to Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, a.k.a a school for young witches such as herself.

There, she meets her coven, which basically consists of other teenage girls who have killed people

with their powers and have all the maturity of my pinky toe. We follow these girls as they discover more about their magic and how far they’re willing to go to gain power.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this season.

Like I said, witches are always interesting. However, this season takes a direction that is more campy than disturbing, which goes against my personal tastes. There is still plenty of blood spilled, but there’s also a house full of petty girls with petty drama. This season feels more modern, whereas its predecessors had a more isolated, timeless quality.

My biggest issue resides in the way plot and character are handled. There are plenty of fascinating, twisted characters introduced, but there are times when the characters begin to feel like plot points and the plot points begin to feel like afterthoughts. Certain characters are completely neglected until it is time for them to further the plot along and entire plot lines are pushed to the side until it looks like a good time to stir up more drama. The romance is unconvincing, and the lore is lazy. Simply put, the structure is sloppy in this season and thrives off of convenience.

Negativity aside, though, “Coven” has a lot going for it that makes it an utterly compulsive season. There’s plenty of strange, morbid happenings, which is always a positive for me, not

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to mention commentary on historic and modern racism, an intense competitive aspect and tons of dark magic. I was taken by surprise several times as the story progressed, and I could not wait to see where all of these characters ended up.

“Coven” is more about gruesome fun than a chilling portrayal of humanity, which will probably work better for others than it did for me.

Snowman has been taking care of the Crakers ever since his world exploded. He didn’t want to, but someone had to care for them, and he made a promise. Two to be exact.

But one of them doesn’t matter much anymore.

The Crakers are the creation of Snowman’s old friend, Crake. They’re mostly like people, with some exceptions: their skin comes in every color known to man; their scent naturally repels mosquitos; their mating rituals includes bright blue reproductive organs; and their general naiveté.

Before the epidemic that nearly wiped out mankind, the Crakers lived in a huge, climate-controlled dome.

They were well cared for, and Oryx came to them every day to teach them about plants and animals and how to live in the world. Snowman tries not to think about Oryx anymore. It’s too painful.

But the Crakers believe that Crake and Oryx are god-like, so he has to tell them stories about the two in order for them to behave in a way that will keep them alive.

The problem is, the Crakers have each other; Snowman doesn’t have anyone. As far as he knows, he’s the only human left alive. And he can’t rely on the Crakers for everything. So at some point, he has to scavenge.

Snowman makes the decision to go back to the compound. He hasn’t been back since he led the Crakers out, and he isn’t sure what he will find.

But he has to go. If he doesn’t, he might not live.

“Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood is much like “The Handmaid’s Tale” in that much of the novel takes place internally, specifically inside Snowman’s head and memories.

The reader goes on a journey with Snowman to find provisions and, along the way, learns about what happened to make Snowman the last man and how he ended up babysitting the Crakers.

Overall, the novel is

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'Rope' makes memorable moment with fantastic acting, solid design MATTHEW EMERY

Managing Editor

I am by no means an aficionado when it comes to theatrical plays. Prior to an introductory course this semester, “Glee” and Tim Curry’s marvelous performance in “Rocky

Horror Picture Show” was what I envisioned when someone spoke of “theatre.”

In the last couple of months, I have begun to develop a new appreciation for theatre and just how moving and influential it can be.

That said, I took a chance whenever the Arkansas Tech theatre program ran their fall production of Patrick Hamilton’s “Rope,” to see what the theatrical experience was like in person.

The play, directed by

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Glen Poole, from Fort Smith, served as a nice foray into the world of theatre with its engaging story, great acting and overall attention to quality.

“Rope” focuses around two university students, Wyndham

Brandon and Charles Granillo, as they open the play by hiding the corpse of a classmate they have murdered. Moments later, their home is filled with acquaintances who notice the unusual attitude of the duo and begin to grow suspicious.

Taylor Paulk, from Little Rock, brought a contagious charisma and spirit to the lead role of Brandon, which I personally appreciated, as time pieces from the 1920’s typically lull me to sleep.

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NCAA needs a college playoff readjustment

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH One of the Tech returning players: Cheyenne North from Gallatin, Tennessee, who was named the Great American Conference honorable mention last year..

Golden Suns basketball preview RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

The Golden Suns women’s basketball season is rapidly approaching. The Suns are coming off of a 22-8 record and will advance to its third straight NCAA postseason. They are picked to finish third in this year’s preseason poll by the league office.

The Suns will have two players from the starting lineup this season. Tech returns include: Cheyenne North from Gallatin, Tennessee, who was named the Great American Conference honorable mention last year.

North averaged 11.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 blocks per game as a junior. North was ranked second in GAC in blocks last season with 2.2 blocks per game, finished fourth in rebounding per game 7.7 and

ninth in field goal percentage 47.0 percent.

The Suns will also bring back Kylie Ladd, from Ozark, who averaged 3.4 points per game, and Taylor Ely, from Norman, Oklahoma, who averaged 2.7 points per game. Both played in all 30 games last season.

Sophomores Leighton Taylor, from Cabot, and Ryann Goodsell, from Springdale, will also return.

The Golden Suns have six new faces this season. It will be interesting to see how successful the Suns will be. The team will face high expectations because they have been so successful in the past.

The Golden Suns will take to the court for the first time in an exhibition at Tucker Coliseum against the Dallas Diesel on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. before opening the regular season at Tucker Coliseum on Sunday, Nov. 12 against Lane College.

In the world of college football, every game and each week all builds up to one thing—the playoffs.

After the implementation of the college playoff system, the top four ranked teams go at each other and the two winners play each other to decide the national champion of college football.

This is a poor system, starting with the name “college playoff.” How can it really be considered playoffs when there are only four teams involved? There is no real bracket that each team must maneuver to avoid elimination.

To achieve a spot in one of four places, you must have a near perfect season, especially going into the last few weeks where one loss can knock you out of any chance to compete for a national title. Along with this, you must have the side of the voting committee that gets to decide who is ranked where and who gets to play. Just because your team is undefeated, you may play in a weaker conference and the voting committee picks a one-loss or even a two-loss team from a stronger conference over you. This does not allow a team to show their true potential, simply because the committee thinks they are not as good.

One argument made against a larger playoff

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system is that it wouldn’t work for football. When you look at every other level of football played from high school to the National Football League, they all use a much bigger playoff system. In high school, they put the best teams in the conference or region into a bracket and let them battle it out to decide a state champion. In the NFL, they take the best 16 teams in the NFL and let them battle it out in a very similar style to eventually decide a Super Bowl winner.

With that said, college football is harder to pinpoint a system as the range for the teams is much bigger than in high school or the NFL, as there are over 100 teams in college football. It would still come down to a committee who must vote on the teams to be in the playoffs but it leaves a lot more up to the teams to take the shot at a title. College football is in dire need of a new system that allows more teams a chance for a title and leaves it open to the more talented teams to win the title in the end.

Golden Suns basketball highlights last season

PHOTOS BY RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The Golden Suns will take to the court for the first time in an exhibition at Tucker Coliseum against the Dallas Diesel on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m.

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good. If you like Margaret Atwood, you’ll like this novel. The world is captivating because it’s our world but everything has just gone to hell in a handbasket.

The problem is that I wasn’t able to become

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Arka Tech Player of the week invested in any of the characters.

Snowman wasn’t the best person in the before time; Oryx was a victim of sex trafficking, which invokes empathy, but she’s fairly ambivalent about it so it’s difficult to feel too badly

for her; Crake seems to be a sociopath; and the Crakers are too infantile, and don’t get enough screen time, to love too much. When there isn’t a relatable, lovable main character, how can the reader truly immerse

themselves?

I would definitely recommend reading this book soely because it is the first in the MaddAdam trilogy, and you have to read this book in order to read the other two, which are far better novels.

Zarate, from Russellville.

The delivery of dialogue and nonverbals from the students indicated that they were anything but amateur. I went into the program expecting a few flubs and awkward moments as the college level is a time for

those involved to grow into better performers.

However, “Rope” operated like a well-oiled machine.

The acting was not the sole conqueror in the fall production, as the practical effects, such as the lighting, set design and

sound also contributed to make the program a successful one.

Overall, “Rope,” by Patrick Hamilton and directed by Glenn Poole, combined fantastic, allaround acting with solid design for a memorable experience.

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Paulk’s performance was matched by his fellow performers, Maddie Geels, from Clarksville, Aaron Jones, from Dover, Kaitlin Jones, from Greenbrier, Holly Willmon, from Bauxite, Nathan Yzaguirre, from Hot Springs, and Abraham

Amanda

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Milnick’s triple-double pushes Suns to 28-0 arkatechnews.com

NOAH DELASHAW

Sports Writer

The dominance will look to continue as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team will take on the Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders Thursday, Nov. 2, at Tucker Coliseum, with a scheduled start time of 6 p.m. The Golden Suns are ranked at XXth in the nation and are one of two teams left in division II undefeated.

The Golden Suns, 28-0 and 9-0 in the Great American Conference play, will take on the Lady Mule Riders, 8-19 and 1-11 in GAC play. The Golden Suns still sit at the top of the GAC, while the Lady Muleriders are ranked last in the GAC. Last week, the Golden Suns continued to flex their dominance on the court as they defeated the Henderson State Reddies in a 3-1 match. The Golden Suns have lost only eight sets total over the course of the season. “In the second set we lacked competitive energy,” Kristy Bayer, head coach for the Golden Suns, said. “Henderson State had the momentum in the second set, but in our intermission, we talked about coming out and having more energy.”

Leading the Golden Suns with her second triple-double on the season was Amanda Milnick, from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, who finished the match with 41 assists, 11 kills and 10 digs. Milnick also ended the night with a career-high five service aces. With Milnick’s five aces, the Golden Suns reached 10 total aces in the match.

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The Golden Suns ranked 8th in the first NCAA Dision II Regional Rankings of the season.

Allie Anderson, from Bryant, led the Golden Suns with 16 kills. Tabitha Spray, from Denton, Texas, came close behind her with 13 kills and a .429 attack percentage.

Madison Nagel, from Rowlett, Texas, was second in digs with 15. Meredith Darnell, from Russellville, came in second with 10 digs.

This week in sports Thursday 11/2/17 WVB vs Southern Arkansas. 6 p.m.

Saturday, 11/4/17 XC @ NCAA DII Central Region Champ. 8 a.m.

FB vs Southeastern Oklahoma. 2 p.m.

Tuesday, 11/7/17 VB @ Harding. 6 p.m.

Season closes with two tough matchups MATTHEW EMERY

Managing Editor

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football team will look to extend their modest three-game winning streak against the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm this Saturday, at Thone Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.

The matchup will mark the first of two tough but pivotal home contests to close the season for the Wonder Boys.

The first matchup will be against the Savage Storm, who is in a three-way tie for second place in the Great American Conference at 6-3. The following matchup for the Wonder Boys and season finale will be against rival Harding Bisons, who currently sit in the threeway tie for second place as well and winners of six straight.

The Wonder Boys are coming off a one-sided affair in Ada, Oklahoma, last weekend, where they defeated the East Central Tigers, 38-10.

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The Wonder Boys moved up one spot in the NCAA Super Regional Poll, to 8th.

The defense for the Wonder Boys showed up in impressive fashion, allowing only 10 points, all of which were scored in the second quarter.

Cua’ Rose, from McGehee, once again, led the Wonder Boys defense with 11 tackles, while Gio Williams, from Denton, Texas, recorded 10 tackles.

Kj Reid, from Texarkana, pitched in a sack to go along with nine tackles, as well.

Ty Reasnor, from Cashion, Oklahoma, led things for the Wonder Boys on the other side of the ball, with 24 completions for a total of 288 yards, three touchdowns and no turnovers.

Reasnor also tacked on a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter, which stood as the Wonder Boys final score of the day.

Bryan Allen, from Forrest City, led things in the backfield for the

Player of the week • Home town: Tahlequah, Oklahoma • Tahlequah HS • Milnick recorded a tripledouble in the match last week versus the Henderson State Reddies. She led the team in assist with 41, and also had 11 kills and 10 digs to complete the tripledouble. This is her second recorded triple double this season.

Wonder Boys, with 78 total yards and one touchdown.

The Wonder Boys were able to score a touchdown in every quarter, the consistent scoring jumpstarted by an outburst to start the game, leading 14-0 at the end of the first quarter, were good enough to propel the Wonder Boys forward in their seventh win of the season, which puts them in a tie with the Ouachita Baptist Bisons.

2017 GAC Volleyball Standings Conference

Overall

Arkansas Tech

12-0

28-0

Harding

11-1

23-3

Oklahoma Baptist

9-3

15-12

Northwestern Oklahoma State

8-4

18-8

Ouachita

6-5

13-9

Southern Nazarene

6-6

11-15

Southwestern Oklahoma State

6-6

11-17

Southeastern Oklahoma State

5-7

10-17

Henderson State

4-8

11-14

Arkansas- Monticello

2-10

East Central

2-10

7-20

Southern Arkansas

1-11

8-19

2017 GAC Football Standings Arkansas Tech

7-2

Ouachita

7-2

Harding

6-3

Southeastern Oklahoma State

6-3

Southern Arkansas

6-3

ArkansasMonticello

5-4

Henderson State

5-4

Southern Nazarene

4-5

Northwestern Oklahoma State

3-6

East Central

2-7

Southwestern Oklahoma State

2-7

Oklahoma Baptist

1-8

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