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RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH After clinching the Great American Conference title on Tuesday, a single game against the Ouachita Baptist Tigers stands between the Golden Suns and a perfect regular season.

Undefeated season is on the horizon for Golden Suns NOAH DELASHAW

Golden Suns volleyball team.

The Golden Suns will take on the Ouachita Baptist Tigers tonight at Tucker Coliseum at 6 p.m.

The Golden Suns will attempt

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The perfect season, a 32-0 record, is one game away for the

to write history by finishing the regular season undefeated.

Ninth-ranked Golden Suns, 31-0 and 15-0 in Great American Conference play, will take on the

Ouachita Baptist Lady Tigers, 18-10 and 8-6 in GAC play. The Golden Suns remain at the top of the GAC, while the Lady Tigers are ranked 5th.

Last week, the Golden Suns took on the Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders. The Golden

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Green and Gold helps Tech to connect, give back to Russellville NEED NAME

Contributing Writer Arkansas Tech students will be given the chance to give back to the community through various volunteer opportunities on Monday, Nov 13.

ATU’s Green and Gold Give Back is a yearly event where students and partners throughout Russellville come together to volunteer at various locations to help, connect and clean the community.

Last year, more than 250 Arkansas Tech students spent their Saturday volunteering. This year, the Campus Life center is expecting an even bigger turnout.

“This event had gained a lot of traction after last year,” Anna Smith, a graphic design major from Russellville,

said. “I have been a student worker for almost a year now around the Campus Life office, and already I have seen more people ask about the event compared to this time last year.”

Working with the community allows students to not only network and get to know their neighbors better, but it also allows them to help those in need. Last year, the project had over 10 partners in the community who either needed help or contributed it alongside the students.

“Last year when I did this, it was overwhelming some of the places that just didn’t have the help it needed,” Andrew Stark, an accounting major from Fayetteville,

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Colonel Nate Todd, director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, will be speaking at an All Veterans Appreciation Event.

The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 in the Ross Pendergraft Library Room

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The eight Arkansas Tech University U.S. Army ROTC students who took the oath of enlistment on Nov. 2 are (from left): J.P. Metcalf of Dardanelle, Christian Gunn of Lamar, Jacob Thompson of Bryant, Sommer Purtscher of Russellville, Josh Gipson of Vilonia, Damian White of Omaha, Austin Whitfield of Little Rock and Kolbey Wood of Clarksville.

library but by the entire university.”

Heffley also said this is a great “way to see veterans from all different ages and to show your support so close to Veterans Day.” The library staff invites students, faculty and community members out to enjoy a tribute to

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ATU ROTC students take oath of enlistment SAM STRSNER

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Eight students in the Arkansas Tech University U.S. Army ROTC program took an oath of enlistment during a contracting ceremony at the Doc Bryan Student Services Center Lecture Hall on Nov. 2.

The contracting students for fall 2017 will earn a combined $300,000 in

300B. The library was chosen to partner with the Library of America to present World War I and America: A Centennial Exploration. Panels of information have been on display in the library since September.

The All Veterans Appreciation event is the final event of the exhibits and a way to honor veterans

stipends and scholarships in exchange for their commitment to serve their nation in the armed services upon graduation.

The eight ATU students who took the oath of enlistment during the fall 2017 ceremony are Josh Gipson of Vilonia, Christian Gunn of Lamar, J.P. Metcalf of Dardanelle, Sommer Purtscher

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from all the different wars.

Colonel Nate Todd will give a keynote address honoring veterans and their service to their country.

There will also be a presentation of the flags.

Luke Heffley, the library special projects coordinator, said he is “excited to have a time for the veterans to be recognized from not just the

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The Houston Astros versus Los Angeles Dodgers World Series is still being talked about. Game seven of the World Series was must-watch television as the Astros World Series championship-clinching game is the second most-watched baseball broadcast in over 13 years. Baseball fans are saying this World Series was one of greatest World Series ever. Kevin Kaduk, a journalist for Yahoo Sports said, “There’s no doubt, though, that Astros-Dodgers in 2017 will always be at the tip of my tongue when we’re talking about great World Series. And I will say this: It’s by far the best World Series of the social media era.”

What about those critics who say baseball is not America’s pastime anymore? Truthfully, baseball will always will be popular.

People have been singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” since 1839 when

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Veterans honored from all American wars HALEY FOSSITT

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Time to repay veterans for their service World War I ended officially in June of 1919 in France with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. But fighting had ended seven months earlier when an armistice between Germany and the Allies went into effect. Because the armistice occurred in the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,” President Woodrow Wilson declared, in 1919, November 11 to be Armistice Day, which was a day to be “filled with solemn pride in the heroism” of those who protected the country.

Eventually, Armistice Day became Veterans Day. A day to honor those who have fought for their country, and made sacrifices that we cannot possibly imagine. For this reason, taking care of our nation’s veterans should be of the utmost importance to us. Unfortunately, veterans’ needs are unique and often unmet.

One of the biggest challenges facing veterans today is post-traumatic stress disorder. Those with PTSD often relive the event that gave them PTSD, reliving the horror that went with it; avoid situations that can remind them of the event, which can include avoiding driving or crowded places depending on the severity of their PTSD and the event; experience negative changes in feelings or beliefs, which can include paranoia or the inability to feel any positive emotion; and/or hyperarousal, which can manifest as insomnia, ADD like symptoms or being easily startled, according to ptsd. va.gov.

According to a study done by the RAND Center, 20 percent of veterans who served in either Iraq or Afghanistan

suffer from PTSD, or major depression.

To put that in perspective, as of September 2014, there are about 2.7 million American veterans of the Iraqi and Afghani wars, which means that roughly 540,000 veterans have or are suffering from PTSD or major depression from these wars alone. And that number has obviously only grown.

The same study states that 50 percent of those with PTSD do not seek treatment, and of those that do, only half of them receive “minimally adequate” treatment.

Some of the roadblocks for seeking treatment veterans often encounter, as identified by the United States Accountability Office, are: embarrassment or shame over needing to seek mental health treatment, fear of being seen as weak, long wait times to receive care, logistical problems, like long travel distances, a lack of understanding or awareness about mental health and treatment options and the list goes on.

In the year 2005 alone, 22 percent of veterans sought mental health treatment in private sectors rather than getting help from the VA, according to the American Psychological Association. And that number has only grown. And so have wait times at VA facilities.

If veterans return with PTSD and then cannot receive the adequate treatment they need, they could, and do occasionally, turn to substance abuse. A study done by the National Institute of Drug Abuse showed that 25 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans showed signs of substance abuse. Another study by the same

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In 2009, the VA estimated that 13,000 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from alcohol dependency. Which requires mental health treatment. Which we’ve already established is difficult to acquire.

Along with inadequate health care, homelessness is a major problem for veterans. “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that 39,471 veterans are homeless on any given night,” according to nchv.org. Due to poverty, living conditions and “lack of support networks,” another 1.4 million veterans are at risk for homelessness, according to the same source. Many of these homeless veterans are dealing with the effects of PTSD or substance abuse.

To a certain extent, the VA does help take care of homeless veterans. But, it can only do so much. Ultimately and ideally, funding for the VA would be increased, but, under the current administration who can’t remember fallen soldiers’ names when talking to their loved ones, it doesn’t seem likely.

That’s where we come in.

One of the biggest steps we can take is to research and vote in candidates, locally

and nationally, who are committed to expanding programs and reforming healthcare for veterans. Voting is our biggest weapon, and we must use it if we want anything to change.

On a smaller, but almost more important level, we can donate our time or money to local veteran’s organizations of which there are several.

At arvets.org, you can sign up to volunteer to help the organization whose mission, according to their website, is to “support and grow state’s economy; strengthen our small business sector; improve the quality of life for Arkansas Veterans, service members and their families.” The organization provides programs geared toward job training for veterans and career development.

You can also donate money to various organizations, such as the Wounded Warrior Project.

At the Arka Tech, we realize that many of you may not have the time or money to donate. However, we implore those of you who do to give what you can. These men and women have experienced horrific things so that we can sleep peacefully at night and argue with each other on Twitter. The least we can do is give what we can to ensure they can live the lives that they deserve.

It's important to work 'me time' into schedule AMBER APPLEBY

Editor-in-chief

For a self-proclaimed introvert, I spend an obscene amount of time with other people. I kind of have to, and it can be completely draining. You know that feeling I’m talking about; the one where you just want to hide, and not talk to anybody for just five minutes.

That’s all you’re asking for, just five minutes.

I used to have that feeling a lot. At least once a day. But, as I got older, I figured out that if I scheduled some me time each week, I didn’t get that feeling as often, and I was able to get more accomplished.

Now, you may think that scheduling me time is a little crazy, but, with my schedule, I have to. If I don’t, I’ll think up a million other things that have to get done right that second and put me time off until I forget about it and then have a moment in the middle of a meeting

where I’m about to start climbing the walls if I have to talk to one more person. So blocking off time during the week when I know I can just go home and decompress works for me.

Me time can be spent doing anything you enjoy. You could bake cupcakes, read a book, take a bubble bath, do yoga, go for a run, hunt, fish, work on your car, binge watch a show, pin an inordinate amount of things on Pinterest or anything else you enjoy. As long as you are alone and are doing this activity solely for you and for the pleasure you derive from it, it’s me time.

The most common reason people skip taking time to themselves is because they feel selfish doing so. They’re taking time away from their other responsibilities or clubs and organizations to spend time alone.

And they’re right; it is selfish, and being a little selfish can be a great thing.

When you don’t spend

enough time decompressing, you’re opening yourself up to a multitude of negative health effects, like heart attack, stroke, headaches, insomnia, depression, anxiety…I could keep going, but you get the picture.

“The lack of time to yourself can cause you to build up resentments that can harm you and your relationships. When you spend all your time filling other people’s cups, it’s likely yours will run empty. Sometimes, especially when we’re tired, we may become angry about giving so much,” according an article on adrenalfatiguesolution.com.

Taking some time to yourself also offers you several benefits, most notably the ability to avoid all the aforementioned health effects.

Me time also gives you the opportunity to figure yourself out, according to an article on psychologytoday.com. We spend so much time with other people, and when we’re in

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groups, it’s really easy to get caught up in the flow of what everyone else is doing and thinking. We’re more likely to just agree with what everyone else thinks. It’s like that time you went to the movies with a group of friends and really enjoyed the movie, but everyone else hated it so you pretended it sucked so you wouldn’t stand out. Taking time to yourself makes you better able to understand your own thought processes and feelings, which will lead to more self-confidence.

Spending time alone and fig-

uring yourself out will also help improve your relationship with others. When you know and understand yourself better, you’ll be better able to figure out what people are positive people to spend your time with and which people should have a lesser role in your life. Which will lead to just a happier life in general.

You can’t lead a happy, relatively stress free life without taking time to yourself. And really, everyone’s goal should be to work toward what makes them the happiest and most relaxed.

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MAN ON THE STREET WHAT DO YOU DO TO CELEBRATE VETERANS ON VETERANS' DAY?

"I'm not really doing anything because I haven't really thought about it."

Michael Beck Mechanical Engineering Saint Vincent

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Alejandra Sanchez of Tomball, Texas, shows off the decorated altar celebrating "Dia de los Muertos," Day of the Dead.

Celebrating the dead RICCI LOGAN

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“I'm in the band so we are performing on Friday and Saturday. It's mainly band stuff.”

Maria Mahuiztt Computer science Dover

“I am not really doing anything because I need to study and go to work.”

Marlee Melton Nursing Hector

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a two-day long festival celebrated in Mexico, Peru and in cities in the United States. Día de los Muertos is celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2.

Unlike Halloween, the holiday celebrates the dead but not in a scary way. With Día de los Muertos skeletons and skulls are symbols of death but are meant to make people laugh.

Instead, the holiday celebrates another step in life. In Hispanic culture, they believe that beyond death, there is life. Which makes Día de los Muertos a very spiritual holiday.

During Día de los Muertos, people wel-

come home family members who have passed.

Altars, also called ofrendas in Spanish, are prepared for the family member at their home.

Altars are decorated with special flowers called campazuchil. A photo of each dead person is placed on the altar, along with their favorite food.

If the family is celebrating a child who died, the child’s favorite toys will be placed on the altar, and the parents of the child sometimes shoot off fire crackers to help the child find his or her way home.

Families also go to the cemetery to visit their family member’s grave.

They often bring flowers and candles to the cemetery. They will celebrate at the grave site by singing and praying.

Teresa Sanchez, from Tampico, Mexico, is a student here at Arkansas Tech University. Sanchez recalled some of her memories celebrating Día de Muertos. When Sanchez was younger, two of her grandparents passed away. She would put up an altar and put their favorite foods and objects and candles and flowers on it. “It not a sad time.

It is a time where they come down and visit you.

We all celebrated them and remember them,” Sanchez said.

Megan Bell, from La Paz, Mexico, who is on the Arkansas Tech tennis team, feels that Día de los Muertos gives the family another day to spend with that person. “We make it a happy day because we get another day with that person,” Bell said. “It’s

something I have done since I was little. It is a part of who I am; it something to look forward to.”

It is important to inform our community about holidays like De de los Muertos. If people in our community want to understand other people, they have to understand their culture, what they believe and what they think.

Patricia Joselin is the coordinator of the world languages lab here at Arkansas Tech. Joselin believes learning cultures is linked to learning a language. “Learning about someone’s culture helps you interact better with them,” Joselin said. “It is very beneficial to campus to learn about different cultures because we have people from all over the world.”

“I am in the marching band so we are marching in the Verterans Parade on Friday.”

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Peer Career Advisors (from left): Caleb Myers, Fredrick Kolp, Kevin Bontempo, Kaden Selph, Nathan Williams, Jacob Dean. Peer Career Advisors help with resumes, cover letters and helping students find their major.

“I am doing nothing much because I am an international student. So there's nothing much I specifically know about this.”

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“I am not do anything at the moment. I have been too busy.”

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Peer Career Advisors help make a path HANNAH BUTLER

Staff Writer

Peer Career Advisors is a new program committed to helping students build or write a resume, choosing a major and working with students to find future employers.

The Peer Career Advisors are a group of five undergraduate students that are supervised by Kevin Bontempo, a graduate assistant here at Tech.

At the start, PCA’s were trained to help students with documents such as resumes and cover letters.

While the advisors still give assistance with such documents, they have transitioned into helping students find their major as well. PCA also deals with Handshake, an app that is “more about building your profile and connecting with employers,” said Peer Career Advisor Fredrick Kolp, as well as “focusing on jobs and finding jobs for you, either while you’re in college or transitioning out.” Events and services that Norman Career Services offers is also available on Handshake.

Students can even schedule appointments with Peer Career Advisors through this resource.

Prior to the Peer Career Advisors, Arkansas Tech’s Career Counselor, Melanie Diffey, worked with students on the same services. However, these were by appointment only and had an issue with becoming backed up. With Peer Career Advising any student can walk in and meet with one of the five advisors and have a ten to twenty minute session with undergraduate students who can relate to the students they are helping out. Diffey states that Peer Career Advising “makes Career Services more accessible to students, and we’ve also found that students are much more comfortable talking with their peers than coming in and having an official meeting with a staff member.” Advisor Caleb Myers agrees, “Being available makes a big difference.”

Diffey coins the phrase “ambassadors for our office” for the Peer Career Advisors. “They go and speak in classrooms and give introductory presentations to classes about what Career Services offers; They’ve helped us run career fairs, they’ve attended the involvement fair, even Admissions events.”

Peer Career Advisors have learned to do it all, while enjoying what they do.

“One cool thing is that you get to see a bunch of different majors, and a bunch of different people that need different needs. It’s really cool just to be able to help people,” Peer Career Advisor Kaden Selph said.

“We’re kind of like a stepping stone,” Kolp said, and the stepping stone is working. Norman Career Services are opening two more positions to add to the staff of Advisors.

New positions means more ways to assist students in helping them build a professional portfolio and seeing students succeed; not only after college, but in college as well.

For more information, visit Norman Career Services in Doc Bryan, visit their website at https://www. atu.edu/career/index.php, or call (479) 968-0278. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Walk-ins welcome. To find out more about becoming a Peer Career Advisor, students can visit https:// www.atu.edu/career/students.php.

Applications can be found up front in Norman Career Services.

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Student chosen for National Student Leadership Forum LAKYN KIDD

Contributing Writer SGA member is the first student to attend a national forum at the capital city.

Jayson Simmons, an emergency management major from Little Rock, has made history for Arkansas Tech. His participation and involvement on and off campus landed him a nomination to attend the National Student Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. Serving as Vice President for SGA, a student worker for Student Services office, president for the Red Cross on campus, member of Presidental Leadership Cabinet and other smaller titles, Jayson has made his connections on campus.

In 2016, faculty of the Campus Life office nominated Simmons to attend the ASLF. The Arkansas Student Leadership Forum happens every fall in Little Rock. It pulls in student leaders around the state from different colleges, bringing them together to serve and meet important business people.

“We look at the leadership style of Jesus of Nazareth,” Simmons said. “It’s not necessarily a religious conference; we just take a step back from that and look at Jesus as a leader himself.”

From attending the 2016 ASLF, he had the opportunity to attend the 2017 forum and serve on the student advisory board. Being on the student advisory board, Simmons was able to attend the conference for free, help out behind the scenes, volunteer with service projects and meet other student leaders and state leaders. One state leader was Dav Caven, who is one of the people who help put on the National Prayer Breakfast every year.

Simmons was nominated by his small group leader at the 2016 ASLF to attend the 2017 national forum. After receiving an email confirming his nomination, he then filled out an application and was accepted to be one of the 250 students in the country to attend the National Student Leadership Forum.

“The National Forum

was probably the best experiences of my life, especially in Leadership,” said Simmons.

The NSLF has the same purpose as the Arkansas forum. It brings students around the country to serve, grow in their leadership skills and make connections nationally.

“I am pretty proud to be the first student from Tech to go,” said Simmons. “I’m glad that I could go test out the water and bring back that experience. I hope they send more people in the future because it gave me such a great experience and obviously I want other leaders to experience that as well.”

Simmons’s registration fee was covered by SGA, and the Gold Cabinet sponsored his flights.

It was his first time to tour the town and see all the different national monuments in Washington D.C. He hopes to attend the 2018 National Student Leadership Forum as a facilitator and is also trying to get an internship through the NSLF this summer in Washington D.C.

Jayson Simmons, an emergency management major from Little Rock, has landed a nomination to attend the National Student Leadership Forum.

with a hot-dog watching their favorite team play. The whole city of Houston was behind the Astros, which proves even more that base-

ball still has a place in America’s heart.

Baseball carries so much history, legendary players and myths. Baseball rep-

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PASTTIME From Page 1 the sport was invented. The game of baseball will always be in America’s heart. Baseball broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson; many

other sports can’t say they did something like that.

In fact, this year’s World Series proves that people still enjoy siting in a ball park

VETERAN From Page 1 the veterans they know and the many they will never meet.

Sherry Tinerella, the public services librarian, said that students should attend “ in case they aren’t from a military family. I think it’ll be good for them to watch veterans be appreciated and see that it means a lot to them and to learn more about them.”

Tinerella said that during the event there will be a quilt of valor presentation. This is a national organization that gathers

to create ornate quilts and present them to veterans.

Several quilts will be presented during the event.

Numerous groups will have tables at the event including Arkansas Veterans Benefits Administration, Pope County Veteran Services, ATU SMVA student group and the ATU Veterans Upward Bound program.

Cards will be available to sign at the circulation desk in the library and the upcoming football game.

This is an opportunity for

students to say thank you to veterans and soldiers who are currently serving.

Elmer Sanchez, a computer engineering major from Russellville, is a student who also serves in the Marines. Sanchez said, “Knowing that the university supports the troops is something I appreciate very much, and that it isn’t something that is overlooked.”

For more information visit library.atu.edu or e-mail Luke Heffley at lheffley@atu.edu

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ney, assistant professor of military science at ATU, during the contracting ceremony. “The responsibility of command is great. You will be expected to make timely and effective decisions while employing good judgement in all phases

of life and in high-stress situations. With that said, I feel good about this group moving forward as commissioned officers.”

Visit www.atu.edu/ rotc to learn more about the U.S. Army ROTC program at Arkansas Tech.

instead of a Saturday, the Campus Life center expects more students will be willing to lend a helping hand.

“Usually I try to catch up on sleep on Saturdays, and last year this was the case,” Brianna Marks, a

math major from Little Rock, said. “I feel really bad about missing last year, but I just slept through all my alarms.

This year though since it is on a Monday, I think I am a lot more willing to head out and help.”

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GOLD From Page 1 said. “We had so many community sites; homes that needed yard work, trash picked up, gutters and windows cleaned.

It was a lot, but it was worth it.”

With the event falling on a Monday this year,

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has gone through, baseball has reflected it through the game. Baseball will continue to stay relevant here in the United States of America.

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resents America well and what it has been through from the Great Depression to the Civil Rights Movement. Whatever America

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11th Annual Juried Student Art Show

PHOTOS BY AMBER QUAID/THE ARKA TECH Pia Nunbhakdi, sociology major from Bangkok, Thailand views one of the art pieces that allows a person to interact with it.

ABOVE: Interactive art piece by Coleman Brainerd entitled "Clear & Focus Design."

LEFT: Megan McClain took first place with "Moe" done in chalk pastel. ALl three of the works she entered were accepted into the art show.

AMBER QUAID

Managing Editor

The 11th Annual Tech Juried Student Competitive Exhibition was held on Nov. 8 in the Norman Hall Gallery of Art. This competition is open to any students currently taking art or who have taken art classes at Tech recently.

This year’s judge was Ken Burchett, professor of art at the University of Central Arkansas.

This year 44 students entered 96 works of art.

Of those 44 students: 22 are seniors, 12 are juniors, 8 are sophomores, and 2 were freshmen. Of the works entered, 47 were accepted into the art show and were completed by 25 students.

The art work varied from charcoal, watercolor, animation and many more.

Third place - Danielle Gregory “I was expecting to win third place because I could guess by the quality of the first and second place works,” Gregory said. “Both are wonderful works.”

Second place- Kimaly Ballard “I was hoping I would place,” Ballard said. “I have entered this contest for five years now.”

First place - Megan McClain “It was a surprise,” McClain said of her first place win. “I really love doing this and I am really honored all three got in [to the art show].”

The art work will be on display until Dec. 5 in the Norman Hall Gallery of Art.

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Linh's food a surprise after shady outside Eggrolls are light, crispy

AMBER APPLEBY

Editor-in-chief

I’ve passed Linh’s several times and always thought it looked a little shady. It’s just a huge building with a neon pho sign with reflective windows next to a bait and tackle shop. It doesn’t exactly look like the kind of place you’d go to for great food.

When I entered Linh’s, I immediately noticed there were no booths, only tables. I’m a booth kinda gal, so I was slightly disappointed.

But, I soldiered on and Bruce and I seated ourselves.

One of the better parts of the experience for me was the waitress.

She was super sweet and attentive. She immediately handed us menus and gave us ample time to peruse.

I eventually selected egg rolls and beef fried rice.

I’m kind of an egg roll snob because I had a great egg roll once, and I’ve been searching for something similar ever since (it’s my own great white whale). And, let me tell you, this egg roll was pretty dang close.

The outside was light and crispy and provided that perfect crunch. They were filled with various veggies, of which the only one I could identify was cabbage and a mixture of chicken and pork.

They were also served with a sweet and sour type sauce that was out of this world. But I only got two with the appetizer, so I was a little sad.

But before I could cry over my empty appetizer plate, my fried rice arrived, and it came with an egg roll! The beef in the fried rice was so tender it almost melted in my mouth. I couldn’t discern any type of special seasoning on the beef, though I have to assume there was

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AMBER APPLEBY/THE ARKA TECH Beef fried rice, the beef was tender but the rice was slightly overcooked. Egg rolls were the highlight of this experience. some. The fried rice came mixed with green peas, green onion and chunks of carrot. I really enjoy rice that has an abundant amount of veggies in it, so I was pleased.

I’m not entirely sure what kind of rice Linh’s

uses, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of it. It was also slightly over cooked.

But it wasn’t like I wasn’t shoveling it in my mouth like I was starving, so I can’t complain too much.

Overall, the cost wasn’t bad. I paid $2.50

for the egg rolls, $8.99 for the fried rice and around $1.50 for the Coke I shouldn’t have had but drank with gusto.

I will for sure be going back to Linh’s if only so I can eat egg rolls like it’s my job.

Unexpected order choice leads to a happy end result BRUCE THOMAS

Online Writer

Linh’s Vietnamese Cuisine is very interesting. The building itself looks as though it was once a small mini mart, both on the inside and the outside. The large windows everywhere definitely don’t help with the impression.

It’s a shady little building.

Once inside, the restaurant looks significantly more restaurant like. There are tables, center pieces, a delicious aroma and small buddhas. We were greeted at the door and allowed to pick our table ourselves. We picked a table on the far side of the restaurant, away from the door.

The menu is very reasonably priced, with multiple items for everyone. With this being my first time in a Vietnamese restaurant, I asked the waitress what she would recommend. She pointed to the C14: the combination. The description was: “Charbroiled Chicken, Beef, And Pork with 1 Eggroll and 1 Fried Egg” This part of the menu also

included egg drop soup with all entrees.

I also asked for an order of spring rolls.

The spring rolls came out after about 5 minutes. I don’t know a lot about spring rolls, and I feel like my not being a spring roll connoisseur is important because I thought they had an overly abundant amount of lettuce in them. Don’t get me wrong; they were delicious. They just seemed to be about 60% lettuce.

Shortly after the spring rolls arrived, probably close to 7 minutes, our food came out.

I couldn’t help but admire how it looked as it was placed in front of me. The meat was placed delicately on top of a pile of white rice, with the eggroll and egg on the side.

I decided to start by eating the eggroll. It was tougher than I expected on the outside, but delicious once you had bitten off a piece.

The meat was amazing. The beef was tender, juicy and incredibly well flavored. The pork, was

AMBER APPLEBY/THE ARKA TECH Charbroiled chicken, beef, and pork with an eggroll and a fried egg. A side of egg drop soup is included. tender and well cooked, and the chicken was so well seasoned, I actually thought it was a different meat.

The rice itself absorbed all of these flavors and easily became the best part of the meal. I loved it.

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I’m not a huge fan of fried eggs, but this one was amazing.

I immediately ate all of it. It was well cooked and flavorful.

With the spring rolls costing $3.50 and the combination costing $9.50, my final bill came out to a little under $15.

Aza and Daisy are best friends. Daisy is the yin to Aza’s yang. Daisy is the extrovert that adopted introverted Aza. So when Daisy wants Aza to help her figure out what happened to billionaire Russell Pickett, how can Aza say no?

Of course, Aza only semi-knew Russell. She really only knew him through his son Davis, who she had a major crush on when she was a little girl, and who she hasn’t spoken to in years.

Couple all of this pressure with school work, Aza’s ever tightening thought spirals and the fact that the reward for information about Russell’s whereabouts is a whooping hundred thousand dollars, and you’ve got a small recipe for absolute disaster.

But, as Aza and Davis get closer, it becomes abundantly clear that Davis doesn’t want his dad to be found, and that he is intensely suspicious of all these old friends coming out of the woodwork.

However, there are forces at work completely out of the control of two 16-yearolds, and their worlds are about to collide in ways they would have never dreamed.

Admittedly, I love John Green. I think I’ve mentioned before that I love a good book that makes me ugly cry, and John Green certainly delivered with

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Hippo Campus exceeds recorded album sound GABBI CALABRESE

Staff Writer

In my life, it seems as if reality rarely reaches my expectations. I spent the entirety of my summer and this semester eagerly awaiting October 30 because I got to see Hippo Campus, an indie band that I adore with all my heart, perform in Fayetteville at George's Majestic Lounge. When the day finally arrived, I was practically skipping around all day because I was so excited.

There was a nervous niggle in the back of my mind, though, bracing me for disappointment.

But I was not disappointed. At all. Hippo Campus put on an extraordinary show that I haven't been able to stop gushing about.

My friend and I got VIP tickets, which included a private three-song acoustic performance and Q and A session before the concert, which was an incredible experience. The acoustic songs were absolutely stunning. The band members all met at their performing arts high school, so they're formally trained and it is evident. Even the raw, stripped down versions of their songs displayed flawless technique. In the question and answer portion, the guys were all genuine and funny. Admittedly, they did seem exhausted and not as enthusiastic as I was hoping, though I'm not surprised because they just returned from a fairly long European tour.

GABBI CALABRESE/THE ARKA TECH "Hippo Campus is an extraordinary band and their live performances speak volumes to musical honesty."

When it came time for the main show, I was fortunate enough to score a front-row spot. The opening band, Remo Drive, did an excellent job hyping up the crowd with their energetic set. I made sure to look them up after the concert because I enjoyed their performance so much.

From the moment Hippo Campus stepped on the stage, I was awestruck. Somehow their music is even better live than it is on the recorded album. I think a large part of that is due to the liberties they take with

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their music when they're playing live. They add so much more energy and anticipation to their songs and take bolder measures with the vocals and the instrumentation. There was one point when the vocalist hit a note that was so beautiful I took to the floor.

While they seemed a bit lax during the VIP part of the night, there was no lack of liveliness on the stage, despite how chill and wavy their music is in nature. They were spirited and entertaining and incredible. They were even a little bit

awkward in the most charming way.

Hippo Campus is an extraordinary band and their live performances speak volumes to musical honesty. Their concert was transformative and I feel like I've grown as a person because of it. In February, they will be performing in Colombia, Missouri, and, even though it is a five-and-a-half-hour trip, I will be first in line to see them at that concert. Their first full-length album and their EPs can be found anywhere online that music is available.

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Wonder Boys Basketball Preview The Wonder Boys went 21-8 last season and led the conference in scoring last season.

RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team will open up the regular season at the Arkansas Tech Tournament. Where the Wonder Boys host Minnesota-Crookston on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. and will continue play by taking on Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m.

The Wonder Boys have been picked to finish 2nd behind the Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils in the annual preseason poll of Great American Conference

head coaches. The Wonder Boys went 21-8 last season and defeated the Boll Weevils twice but were defeated in the GAC tournament. The Wonder Boys led the conference in scoring last season.

They will return six players from last year’s team. Alex Brown, from Vernon, Florida, was named a GAC Honorable Mention last season, and finished 2nd on the team in scoring, averaging 13.3 points per game.

Brown was 2nd in rebounding, grabbing 5.2 game and 2nd on the team in three-point percent-

age, shooting 39.9 percent behind the arc. Montrell Williams, from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, will also return. He averaged 12.7 points per game and recorded 27 blocks last season. Freddy Lee, from Clarksville, will return for his junior season. Last season, he averaged 8.7 points per game and 5.1 assists per game.

Mason Cline, from Springdale, and Tobin Johnson, from Van Buren, will return for their senior season.

Lee wants to lead by example this season and help other players get involved in the offense.

“My role is to always be a leader on the team. I want to help other players learn how we play and operate on the floor,” Lee said.

“If we play good defense and play as team, I don’t think we will lose a game. We have a lot of talent on the team this season.”

The Wonder Boys will have 10 new faces on the team this season. Some of those players included Division I transfers, such as Leonardo Edwards, from Detroit, R.J. Glasper, from Forrest City, Jerami Grace, from Dallas, and Jamie Rutherford, from Indianapolis.

“The Fault in Our Stars.”

But, if you’re looking for that same angst and gut-wrenching sadness, skip “Turtles All the Way Down.”

I adore this book. I can relate to Aza on so many levels, and I think most teens and young adults would be able to. I relate to Aza mostly because she is so awkward and doesn’t understand small talk. So every time someone tries to make small talk with her, she just doesn’t get it, and her thoughts go off in a million different directions and delve a thousand levels deeper than the conversation, I get it.

I also adore this book because of the relationship between Davis and Aza. Davis is almost as painfully awkward as Aza and the relationship that develops between two awkward people who don’t do small talk is, unsurprisingly, extremely deep. Plus, when two awkward people like each other, it makes for some super tender and sweet moments.

Which can be kind of painful to watch depending on the level of awkward.

Overall, Green does a really great job with this novel. It’s really about friendship and love and the amazing resilience of people. It’s funny and sweet and a really quick read for when you just need a break from that textbook that kind of makes you consider quitting college.

If you love John Green’s work, are awkward or anxious, or just really love a good story, you’d be remiss to not read “Turtles All the Way Down.”

Wonder Boys basketball highlights last season

PHOTOS BY RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The Wonder Boys went 21-8 last season and defeated the Boll Weevils twice but were defeated in the GAC tournament. The Wonder Boys led the conference in scoring last season.

Root for the outcasts in AHS: Freak Show GABBI CALABRESE starring a variety of characStaff Writer ters, including a two-headed woman, a boy with lobster claws for hands, the world's smallest adult, and many In general, I think hu- more of "nature's mistakes" mans have a natural tenden- as they say in the show. The cy to root for the outcasts, most fascinating part of and I'm pretty sure almost this season was, undoubteverybody has felt like edly, getting to know the something of an outcast in freaks. They all have a tragtheir lives before. That said, ic, complicated backstory the premise of "American that makes me want to love Horror Story: Freak Show," and protect each one. The the fourth season in Ryan "American Horror Story" Murphy and Brad Falchuk's writers never fail to imbue anthology TV series, really their characters with an intribeckoned me. cate history. This season, the "Freak Show" gives us characters are crafted partica front row seat to witness ularly well. Each character the dark cloud hovering over has a whole repertoire of Fraulein Elsa's Cabinet of flaws and mistakes to draw Curiosities—a freak show from, but they are portrayed

with such humanity, with complexities and authentic moral battles. The relationships surpass simplicity but the family theme and sense of camaraderie stand unwavering in each episode.

What prevents this season from really shining the way it could, for me, is that a good chunk of it feels like filler. It's not captivating the same way other seasons have been. It's not that this season is uneventful or boring. However, most of this season felt like it was missing those shocking events, the big moments that made me desperate to know what would happen next. In a way, it was a quieter season. Not always, especially not in the

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end, but throughout most of it, the show relies more on the intrigue of the freaks than the intrigue of the plot.

Overall, "Freak Show" is an eccentric and emotionally charged season that could have benefitted from some more imaginative plotting, but I was satisfied in the end.

Braden

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RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH With a win and a Ouachita Baptist loss, the Wonder Boys will win the Great American Conference title.

Wonder Boys rout Savage Storm

NOAH DELASHAW

Sports Writer

The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football team hold their own destiny as they move into the last weekend to take on the Harding Bisons at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at Thone Stadium. Last weekend, the Wonder Boys continued to fight for the top spot in the Great American Conference, with a win against the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm, 48-10.

The Wonder Boys, 8-2 in Great American Conference play, will take on the Bisons, 7-3 in GAC play. The Wonder Boys continue to battle it out with the Ouachita Baptist Tigers for a top spot among the GAC. The Bisons look to take that spot from the Wonder Boys, as they come in close behind, with a 7-game win streak after an 0-3 start to the season.

With the Wonder Boys and the Tigers tied up for 1st, and the Bisons right behind, this weekend will decide the leader, or leaders, of the GAC. A win from the Wonder Boys and a loss for the Tigers, who are playing the in-town

rival Henderson State Reddies, would put the Wonder Boys in first place. A loss for both the Wonder Boys and the Tigers would make for a 3-way tie for 1st in the GAC, between the Wonder Boys, the Tigers and the Bisons.

The Wonder Boys kept mostly to the ground in their 48-10 rout of the Savage Storm. With 535 yards of total offense, 390 of that being rushing yards, Braden Stringer, from Blanchard Oklahoma, led the way with a career high of 230 yards and four touchdowns. Stringer’s second touch of the day turned into a 44-yard run for a touchdown. In the second quarter, he scurried around for an 82-yard score to make a total of 132 yards on three carries.

Not too far behind him was Bryan Allen, from Forrest City, who gained 106 yards on 15 carries and one touchdown for the Wonder Boys. This moved Allen up to 6th on the all-time rushing list for the Wonder Boys.

Eric Perez, from Green Forrest, kicked two field goals on the day, one being a season-long 45-yard conversion.

This ties Perez with Paul Peletz for 35 career field goals the second-most in program history.

Ty Reasnor, from Cashion, Oklahoma, completed 17

Arkansas Tech

8-3

Ouachita

8-3

Harding

7-3

Henderson State

6-4

Southeastern Oklahoma State

6-4

Southern Arkansas

6-4

ArkansasMonticello

5-5

Northwestern Oklahoma State

4-6

Southern Nazarene

4-6

Southwestern Oklahoma State

3-7

East Central

2-8

Oklahoma Baptist

1-9

passes for 145 yards and a touchdown. Chris Eastburn, from Pearcy, had the lone passing touchdown after a 3-yard pass from Reasnor put the Wonder Boys up for the first score of the game.

The defense continues to look strong as the Wonder Boys defense held the Savage Storm to 369 yards of total offense and only 10 points. The Savage Storm were 9-20 on third downs and only 1-5 on fourth down conversion attempts.

This week in sports Thursday, 11/9/17 VB@ Home 6 p.m.

Friday, 11/10/17 MBB@ Home 7 p.m.

Saturday, 11/11/17 FB@ Home 2 p.m.

Saturday, 11/11/17 MBB@ Home 8 p.m.

Sunday, 11/12/17 WBB@ Home 1 p.m.

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Player of the week • Hometown: Blanchard, Oklahoma • High School: Blanchard • Stringer rushed for four touchdowns, 230 yards with the long play of the day coming on an 82 yard run. Stringer set seasonhighs in all of these categories in the blowout victory.

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The Golden Suns stand with California Baptist as the only undeafeated teams remaining in Division II volleyball.

Suns won in a dominant fashion as they swept the Lady Muleriders, 3-0.

The Golden Suns finished the match against the Lady Muleriders with a .344 attack percentage, the highest in a conference in over a month. The Golden Suns limited the Lady Muleriders to a .048 percentage. Lexie Johnston, from Nixa, Missou-

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ri, led all players with 10 kills. Tabitha Spray, from Denton, Texas, had nine kills, followed by Allie Anderson, from Bryant, who had eight.

Hunter Eshnaur, from Russellville, had nine digs, seven kills and six aces.

Greer Rogers, from Fort Smith, had seven kills and a match-high of six blocks.

Conference

Overall

Arkansas Tech

15-0

31-0

Harding

12-3

24-5

Oklahoma Baptist

11-4

17-13

Northwestern Oklahoma State

10-5

20-9

Ouachita

9-6

19-10

Southeastern Oklahoma State

7-8

12-18

Southern Nazarene

8-7

13-17

Southwestern Oklahoma State

7-8

12-19

Henderson State

6-9

13-15

Arkansas- Monticello

2-13

10-21

East Central

2-13

7-23

Southern Arkansas

1-14

8-22