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ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY // THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018 • VOL. 94 NO. 15

Weapon incident handled calmly, swiftly

Handling the Madness Noah Delshaw Sports Writer

HANNAH BUTLER

Staff Writer

One of Arkansas Tech’s own, Kevin Ballard, brought a gun on campus in class on Tuesday, February 13. Ballard’s gun was unlicensed and he did not have a concealed weapons permit.

Ballard reportedly had the gun sticking out of his front pocket, with claims of him “messing with the gun,” according to Russelville dispatch. Ten minutes into an Introduction to Film class, Ballard was removed from the classroom by Public Safety in order to be further questioned.

“I saw the guy get pulled out of class by P-Safe, and a few minutes later, someone came in, picked up his bags, and that was it,” said Jacob Loomis, a political science major. “I heard that he had a gun in his pocket and they didn’t tell us, at all. I had to find out from other people.”

This, apparently, was the consensus of most of the students in the classroom.

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GABBO CALABRESE/THE ARKA TECH The lake at Bled in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled.

Study Abroad: Trial of getting visa worth the trip There were a lot of things I didn’t know about studying abroad before I committed to the gig, which, in retrospect, is probably a good thing because I might have backed out, missing out on the most life-changing opportunity I’ve had to date.

Acquiring my student visa is one of those things.

Basically, I can only legally stay in Austria for 90 days without a visa, which wasn’t really an option, considering I’m not leaving until August 1. In order to get a visa,

I had to prepare a whole slew of paperwork that essentially proves I can survive in Austria without starving or living on the streets, and then take a trip to the Austrian Embassy. In the U.S., the closest embassy is in Washington D.C., which isn’t a particularly easy trip to make for us Arkansans. Luckily, my school’s ESN office (which is the international

student organization) arranges a trip to the Gabbi embassy in Ljubljana, Calabrese Slovenia, for those who were not able to Foreign get their visas before Correspondent coming to Graz.

I don’t want to bore anyone with the technicalities, but it was a scary process for me because I was afraid I didn’t have all the documentation

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Tech student is on the run to fight cancer TIFFINI JARVIS

Contributing Writer

Arkansas Tech’s Student Government Association voted to sponsor Tech student Mary Fight, in a 4,000mile run extending from San Francisco to Boston over 49 days from June to August.

Fight is a Zeta Tau Alpha member, an elementary education major from Fort Smith and to support her run with the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults: 4K for Cancer, SGA passed a resolution to sponsor $100 for her athletic wear.

Each runner is required to raise a minimum of $4,500 to help support the organization’s services provided to young adults and families impacted by cancer, according to the organization’s website.

Fight’s journey aligns with the SGA’s mission stating that “our mission is to support students and student organizations in their academic and community endeavors,” according to the SGA resolution.

“SGA’s sponsorship will benefit both Mary and Arkansas Tech because she

will be representing us in a positive way through a cause that is much bigger than our university,” said Allison Holloway, secretary of internal affairs and rehabilitation science major from Alma.

“This organization sends young adults on journeys across the country in an effort to inspire hope and unite communities in the fight against cancer,” according to the organization’s website.

“We change lives by creating a community of support for young adults and their loved ones impacted by cancer.”

“I was inspired to do

this run because I want to make a difference,” Fight said. “These kids and young adults deserve so much and they deserve to be loved with open arms because no one should go through anything alone.”

Fight’s team is expected to run anywhere from six miles to 16 miles each day.

Rest days are every three to six days, and during that time runners will have the opportunity to work with communities through service projects at hospitals and cancer centers. Teams will sleep in churches, schools or gyms

in different communities, according to their website.

Fight, the only Arkansas representative out of 180 students participating in the race, claims she has been preparing for this run since February by waking up at 5 a.m. most mornings and running up to 7 miles. She expects to be running up to 15 miles a day by June.

“I want people to ask me where I’m from while I’m running across the United States,” said Fight. “I’ll proudly be able to say Arkansas Tech University and they helped me get here.”

The time is upon us. It is March now, and that brings one of the greatest times for sports fanatics and sports casuals alike. March Madness is a time where a committee comes together and compares stats, wins, losses, strengths and weaknesses of all Division I college basketball teams. They then narrow them down to a field of the best 64 teams that all play to decide a national champion.

Leading the first day of the festivities coming this Sunday is selection Sunday.

This is where the committee decides the teams for the field of 64 and broadcasts it on television. This is where teams and fans get to find out if they make the tournament or not.

Then after they have decided, there are a few days for people to decide and make their predictions for the length of the tournament. There are many different places to do these, through ESPN, Fox sports and CBS sports, or even just with your friends in a pool together. Many people compete for money where the winner is decided by who has the most correct games.

Once the games start, you are locked in with your predictions and then you get to watch as the tournament unfolds.

For new comers and for old heads of the event a couple things to remember are this, no matter what team you cheer for normally, especially if they do not make the tournament, you will become a fan of the teams you chose. You will

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This will be the ATU Debate Team’s first year to compete at the Madison cup, an invitation only tournament.

Debate Team to advance

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“This kite isn’t made for this scale of wind, I would’ve brought out my bird one, but that one’s missing a piece.”

-Bats Turner, Pre-veterinary medicine major from Little Rock (Bats was wearing goggles because of debris carried by the wind.)

CHLOE TAVERNER

Contributing Writer

More than 100 students competed in the second tournament hosted by the Debate and Forensics team this semester on Feb. 24.

“Eighteen schools from eight states traveled to compete in the tournament. There were schools from Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Washington state,” said Dr. Gabriel Adkins, director of the Debate and Forensics team and associate professor of communication.

“The team went through an extensive plan-

ning process, including allocation of jobs and finding volunteers,” said George Wewer III, a political science major from Russellville.

Approximately 50 people volunteered to help judge and facilitate the tournament.This is the second year that Tech has hosted a major tournament in addition to its regular tournament. The tournament hosted at Tech is the fourth tournament the team has competed in this semester and the seventh the team has competed this academic year.

“It feels like every weekend we’ve had a

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Campus needs more feminism March is Women’s History Month.

Across the U.S., there will be marches and demonstrations to mark the struggle of women to establish equality. Students will study the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. They’ll hear about strong women who made history in the fields of science, medicine, literature and politics; almost every middle schooler will hear about Marie Curie and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and probably Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton. They’ll discuss feminism, which is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.

Maybe, they’ll learn about the waves of feminism. First wave feminism got women the vote and property rights.

Second wave feminism focused on the workplace, sexuality, family and reproductive rights. Third wave feminism built on both ideas, and celebrated choice, as not all women want something besides a home and family.

Fourth wave feminism, which we’re in now, is heavily influenced by technology, specifically social media; the focus of the fourth wave is justice for women and opposition to sexual harassment and violence against women. #MeToo, One Billion Rising and The 2018 Women’s March are all examples of fourth wave movements that began on and gained steam through social media.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a byproduct of fourth wave feminism too, and Tech held its own Walk this week, to kick off International Women’s Week. SAB sponsored a viewing of “Wonder Woman.” The Department of Professional Studies sponsored a lecture by Dr. Tennille Lasker-Scott (Feminism vs. Womanism: Examination of A Sisterhood). There was a Women’s art exhibit this week and tonight, there will

be a Women’s Leadership Conference.

All of these activities are great ways to raise awareness about women’s issues and highlight conversations and contributions about and by women.

However…

None of these activities were sponsored by women’s organizations.

There’s only one women’s organization on campus, in fact, aside from a variety of sororities--Arkansas Tech University Women in S.T.E.M. There is no chapter of American Association of University Women, the collegiate arm of National Organization of Women. There are no local women’s organizations –i.e., ATU Women for Something—and based on the registered organizations of theLink, no political groups solely for women.

We have ministries, academic clubs, political organizations, international organizations—we even have a quidditch team and chapter of DU. But no inclusive, progressive women’s organization.

Is it bad that there are no women’s organizations on campus? Well, yes and no. If every woman on campus feels represented, safe, has a platform for her beliefs and honestly believes that all of her needs are met by what’s available currently, then that’s fine. But we suspect that’s not the case. The S.T.E.M. organization, while a wonderful advancement, is limited to women in the sciences and technology. They need a platform; women in those fields are vastly underrepresented. But, it’s not all inclusive, necessarily so. The sororities on campus, such as Delta Zeta or Phi Mu, are also not inclusive; membership is discretionary, and again, necessarily so. And while there is a service component, they are not necessarily political organizations; their interests are more varied. The academic clubs on campus are linked to a degree field; again, a

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Here’s just one way a women’s organization could help. Tech has a population of 11,191; about 32 percent of students live on campus, which comes out to 3,581. If we assume that half of those students are women, that’s 1,790.

1 in 5 women has been sexually assaulted, according to every searchable database; that number, for the Tech campus, is 358.

358 sexual assaults. In the last three years (2015-2017), there were 6 total reported incidents on the Tech campus, according to the Clery Report. Is it possible that campus is just that safe?

We’d all like to think so. But what is more likely is that women who were sexually assaulted didn’t report it. Sexual assault is grossly underreported; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, counted nearly 1.3 million incidents for 2010. Data from the FBI, which gathers its statistics on rape or attempted rape reported as a crime by local law enforcement, counted 85,593 in 2010, according to an article on the Huffington Post. While any organization could—and should— participate in raising awareness, discuss preventative measures, or help teach men not to rape, a women’s organization is more likely to do so, as women are disproportionately the targets of assault.

AAUW, for example, has helped women on more than 100 campuses get

access to reproductive health care and held workshops on how to build a better resume or negotiate a higher salary.

Why do we need a women’s organization to do that? Because college age women on many campuses, our own included, are in rural areas, where access to birth control and abortion are limited, and women still only earn $.78 for every $1.00 a man earns. And two things happen, more often than not, when those two facts are brought up; someone will say abortion is wrong, and someone will say that women earn less because they don’t do the same work.

A women’s organization, with a body of likeminded individuals working toward a common goal, is more likely to address these issues, that specifically relate to women, than any other organization. Not only that, it creates a safe space for women’s voices to be heard.

Where is that organization? One (or more!) that is for and about women’s issues, that looks to make progress across the board? It’s waiting to be founded. Any progress for women on campus must be student led, or it means nothing. The administration can’t tell us what we need, nor can our professors; they can guide us, of course, but if what we want is to use our voices, then we must use them ourselves. Thankfully, it’s easy to register an organization; forming it is a different story. But all it takes is one woman saying to another, “I think we need ___________here on campus. What do you think?” and they’ve got a place to start.

Technology: solving problems, simplifying life, making us lazier DALE QUAID

Staff Writer

This is the future according to 80’s Sci-Fi, we have refrigerators that can order groceries for you, powerful all-in-one pocket computers and soon, self-driving cars. With all of the luxuries of today’s society a person doesn’t even have to leave their house to shop or even to pick

up the items purchased.

Writing your own grocery lists is a thing of the past. Even the act of shopping at the grocery store can be done for you, saving time but at the same time it is getting harder to log 10,000 steps on your Fitbit. Technology is wonderful; it solves many problems of the past while simultaneously streamlining your life. It could also be making us

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lazy, and not just our bodies, our brains as well.

Starting early Sunday, taking inventory of the missing food in the refrigerator and writing up a shopping list is a thing of the past. LG has refrigerators that can keep track of expiration dates, offer recipes based on ingredients inside and even make a grocery list, which it then orders from your favorite store via the internet. This fridge even offers an LCD screen to access helpful apps like a giant cell phone.

“The LCD screen is more than just a glorified control panel, though. You can also use the screen to watch videos, show photos, listen to music and check the weather, among other options,” according to Michael Gowan of NBC news. This also means that the physical act of walking around the grocery store and using mental power to plan out what you need from the store for the next week are

obsolete. We no longer have to do these menial tasks if we don’t want to.

Other parts of daily life, like driving, have also been simplified, allowing us to not even have to know where something is to be able to drive there. In the past, it was important to remember streets and locations of places not only in your own city but also any other city that you may frequent. Today, it is as easy as entering the address on your phone and the GPS will talk you through directions to get there.

Psychologists have been studying the effects of using GPS on brain activity when driving.

“When participants had to do the hard mental work of figuring out which way to turn, the researchers saw more activity in the subjects’ hippocampus,” according to Rob Verger of Popular Science. “In short, the more complex the street, the more activity in that part of the brain.”

The opposite turned out to be true for the participants who used GPS, brain activity stayed very steady, meaning they were not having to think as hard.

Without mental exercise our brains tend to suffer and become lazy, just like a muscle that never gets a workout, it will be weak.

So is technology to blame?

No, people have a choice to use the technology they want.

If someone doesn’t want to go to the store, they can order their groceries online. The technology which exists and enables us to not ever have to worry about memorizing streets or learning to read a real map cannot be blamed. Because we are the ones making the conscious decision to pass off tasks, that used to require some work, to our devices for a shot at an easier and less stressful existence. The only thing these new technologies are guilty of is enabling us to be lazy, the choice is still solely up to us.

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MAN ON THE STREET

Shakespeare comes to Techionery theatre HALEY FOSSITT

ARE YOU A FEMINIST?

“Yes. We’re all people so everyone should be treated equal.”

Ashton Pardun Acorn Physical Education

“I think I definitely advocate for women, especially being a GA and like finding my own definition of who I am, but do I pursue only that? No, I think everyone should just walk in the light of being themselves and pursuing the best portion of who they are.”

Jocelyn Flores Fayetteville Graduate Assistant

“Sure, yeah. I mean they should have the equal rights just like everyone else.”

Samuel Perez Sherwood Marketing and Mgmt

“Yes, because I believe in everything that has to do with female rights. I feel like females are just as powerful as males even though some males don’t see it that way. And we can do just as much as a male can do.”

Brianna Harrison Undeclared Little Rock

“No, I wouldn’t. I mean I think women have their rights and need to have their rights, but I’m not gung-ho feminist.”

Alex Smith Econ and Finance Pocahontas

“Sure, I feel like women get treated less equally because men do get paid higher and for some reason men just equals more respect.”

Alaina Martin Education Branson

Contributing Writer

The ATU theatre will present “Romeo and Juliet” in the Techionery March 8-10 at 8 p.m. and March 11 at 2 p.m. General admission will be $8 and ATU student admission will be $5.

Dr. Ardith Morris began working in the ATU theatre program 36 years ago. Along with students and faculty, she organizes productions for the department to perform.

This is the third time in 36 years that Morris has returned to a Shakespeare play. By bringing back “Romeo and Juliet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” periodically, students in the program are able to practice skills like on-stage sword fighting, according to Dr. Morris.

“If you can act Shakespeare with an audience 8-10 feet around you, then you can really act Shakespeare,” she said.

Morris also said that even though it was written early in Shakespeare’s career, the play “has some of the most gorgeous language ever written.”

The production will be a classic “Romeo and Juliet” story, but with a small twist.

“I gave the roles to the best actors regardless of gender.”

Male and female actors will play Romeo and Juliet. However, several characters, including the prince, will be played by the opposite gender.

The production has been made possible by a large team working together toward a common goal. In addition to Morris, Dr. Robert Vork, assistant professor of English, Dr. David Eshelman, associate professor of communication and theatre director, and students in the theatre

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The acting cast includes several different majors, and even two seventh and tenth grade students from Russellville and Dover high schools.

An original music score was created by Matt French, a student in the ATU music program, and Morris said, “it’s a nice addition to the production team to have him there to join his art with our art.”

Morris encourages the public to

VISA From Page 1 they needed or that they’d determine I didn’t have enough money or really that anything could go wrong and my visa would get rejected. Fortunately, everything went smoothly and it was clear that the workers at the Embassy didn’t have the secret desire to kick people out of the country.

While we were waiting for our documents to get processed, we spent the night in Trieste, Italy, which has been the highlight of my whole study abroad experience so far.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that it has been a lifelong dream of mine to visit Italy, considering Calabrese is my last name and I have an unparalleled passion for pasta. I almost cried the moment we entered Italy.

While Trieste was not exactly on the top of my list for Italian cities I wanted to visit, it was absolutely incredible. Our hostel was right on the sea, a short walk away from Miramare Castle. I got to see the adorable cobblestone allies that I’d always see in movies and I had the pleasure of checking off the very first item on my European bucket list: eat gelato in Italy. I had to work for it, though. Before the gelato, our group took a walking tour of the city, and I swear we walked across the entire city, not that I’m complaining. We visited stunning cathedrals and received a little history of Trieste. I am already aching to go back to Italy (except maybe Florence or Rome next time—and maybe I could do a gelato

attend the production. She spoke of the importance of the arts and being exposed to Shakespeare’s work.

They “finally get a chance to see them. With how intimate the space is in the Techionery, you’re going to get a different sense of the play than if you were watching it in a big auditorium because the action sort of surrounds the audience.”

Additional information about the production is available by calling 479-964-0890.

DEBATE From Page 1 crawl, which is like a pub crawl but better).

The next day we headed back to Ljubljana to receive our visas and explore the city. We stayed in a cute, trendy hostel right in the center of the city. Side note: I think hostels have an extremely negative connotation attached to them, but they should not be feared. I have had nothing but positive experiences in hostels. Anyway, the next day we stopped in Bled, Slovenia, for a few hours so that we could roam around and try the famed cream cake. Frankly, I never had much of a desire to visit Slovenia, but now I am so glad I have! Aside from a slight mishap where I broke an ATM and almost lost my debit card forever, I have nothing bad to say about Slovenia. I climbed a mountain in Ljubljana to see a castle, and I walked around a lake in Bled to see a castle. If I had to summarize my experience in Europe so far, it would include a lot of walking and a handful of castles, that’s for sure. Slovenia was lovely, though, and the cream cake was tasty (though not as tasty as gelato, in my opinion).

It was only a three-day trip, but it felt so much longer (in a good way). I experienced so much in those three days—it’s impossible to encompass the trip and the magic of the two countries in a single word document.

Next week begins an entirely new adventure, and it is one that is a bit more daunting: classes start. Wish me luck!

tournament,” Wewer said.

The tournaments are broken up into four divisions: novice, junior varsity, varsity and pro. Students compete individually and as a team of two.

“The tournaments are set up with a public speaking format of debate,” Adkins said.

The International Public Debate Association awards points for argumentation, speaking skill, courtesy and organization. The debate format is designed to build public speaking skills.

“This style of debate is about using research and facts in the framework of good public speaking skills,” said Adkins. “It is the most real world style of debate.”

The team is preparing for its next tournament at University of Central Arkansas.

This is the team’s last tournament before the Madison Cup. The Madison Cup is an invitation only tournament held at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is a one-day tournament held on April 16.

“Arkansas Tech is guaranteed one team for competition,” Adkins said.

This tournament is “unlike the tournaments the team has competed in in the past.”

Each team gets two months to prepare their case over a certain topic. This year’s topic is universal health care.

This will be the team’s first year to compete at the Madison cup. Adkins has many “good debaters on the team” but has not chosen a team to compete in the tournament yet. In addition to skill and past performance, he is weighing his decision heavily on giving seniors and upperclassmen a chance to experience the tournament because they will not get this opportunity again.

During this tournament, the team will get the chance to compete against teams from Ivy League schools, Adkins said.

“If we can hold our own against that level of competition and that level of student, then I think that speaks volumes about what we are doing here,” Adkins said.

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Golden Suns get revenge from last year in title game DANIEL TURNER

Contributing Writer

The Golden Suns won their third GAC tournament title Sunday 63-62 over Harding but not after a typical Tech/Harding finish. These two teams played for the title last year and Harding came out victorious 75-73. So, the Suns were looking for some revenge on Sunday.

They came out like a championship prized fighter and Tech would come with a hard punch early but Harding wouldn’t go away without countering. After five minutes in the first quarter, Harding lead Tech 13-8. The first quarter ended with Harding leading 18-12. Tech was under some early adversity, which was similar to the way last year’s game started out.

Harding started out the second quarter on an 8-5 run to extend their lead to 26-18 going into the media timeout. Tech kept chipping away at that Harding lead and finally regained their first lead since the first minute of the game when Pine Bluff native Jayana Sanders hit a layup to give the Golden Suns a 27-26 lead with 3:12 left in the first half. ATU would extend their lead out to 34-30 but Harding’s Peyton Padgett hit a layup with 35 seconds left until half to take the halftime score 34-32, Tech leading.

In the second half, the intensity of this game was heightened, which is typical of any Tech/Harding game, whether it be a regular season matchup or in the postseason. Tech would extend their lead to 39-34 within the first two minutes of the second half. Harding would cut the lead to one but going into the third quarter media timeout, Tech extended the lead back 45-42 with about four minutes left in the third quarter.

Crystal, Minnesota native Lyrik Williams hit a layup with 2:30 left in the third quarter to give Tech its biggest lead of the ball game 51-42.

Despite holding the biggest lead of the game, Harding ended the quarter on a 5-0 run to have the score after three full quarters 51-47 Golden Suns.

Harding cut the lead to two to start the fourth quarter. Tech would then extend their lead back out to 57-51 on a Sanders layup with 6:52 left in the game. Harding cuts the lead to 63-62 on a three-pointer

by Sydney Layrock with 1:56 left in the contest.

On the last possession of the game, Carissa Caples of Harding misses the jumper as time expired and the Golden Suns held on to receive their third GAC women’s basketball tournament championship, which is the most GAC titles held by any school in the conference and also received the automatic bid into the Division II national tournament.

It was a game for the ages and Ozark native Kylie Ladd said in her postgame interview, “We hang in there, we play together and we are Tech Tough.” Tech is 13-0 this year with games decided by 5 points or less. Ladd, Williams and Gallatin, TN native Cheyenne North were all named to the GAC All-Tournament team. North won the tournament’s most valuable player award with 16 points, eight rebounds, six assists and nine blocks in the game.

Ladd ended the game with four points and four assists. Williams and Sanders contributed 12 and 10 points respectively.

The Golden Suns’ postseason run continues on Friday at 8 p.m. against the Northern State Wolves in the Central Region Tournament first round.

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Suns ready for conference play TIFFANY WEBSTER

Contributing Writer

The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Tennis Team will start playing its conference matches on March 15. The Golden Suns’ first match of the conference will be played against Southern Nazarene in Bethany, Oklahoma at 1 p.m. The first home match will be played on March 18 at 11 a.m. against Northwest Missouri University.

The team has started playing a few practices matches in order to help prepare them for conference and figure out the lineup, or

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RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH The doubles play one eight-game pro-set followed by the singles, which is two sets of six games.

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RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Kylie Ladd from Ozark scores in transition with a layup.

Goodnight solidifies wins RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

The Golden Suns will host Henderson State in a four game conference next weekend. The series will begin with a doubleheader at 3 p.m. on March 9.

The Golden Suns earned two wins over Ouachita Baptist this past Sunday, wining 4-1 and 6-3 Megan Goodnight, from Cabot, pitched all seven innings only giving up just one run in game one. She added her fifth save of season in game two.

SCORING PLAYS Game One Tech 5th – Ashton Sangster from Van Buren singled to center field, RBI, advanced to third on the throw; Gaby Vasquez from Lewisville, Texas scored. (Tech 1, OBU 0) OBU 6th - Tobi Finley doubled down the lf line, RBI; H. Ryburn scored.

(Tech 1, OBU 1) Tech 7th - Sangster reached on an error by 3b, RBI; Vasquez scored, unearned. (Tech 2, OBU 1) Tech 7th – Sydnie Henson from Greenwood singled, RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Sangster scored, unearned. (Tech 3, OBU 1) Tech 7th - Bailey Bunch from Mena doubled down the lf line, RBI; Henson scored, unearned.

(Tech 4, OBU 1) SCORING PLAYS Game Two OBU 1st - G. Gonzalez reached on an error by ss, RBI; Kelly Powell scored, unearned (OBU 1, Tech 0)

Tech 4th - G. Vasquez doubled, RBI; P. Loredo scored, unearned. (OBU 1, Tech 1) Tech 7th – Hayley Womack from Bixby, Oklahoma singled up the middle, RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Sangster advanced to third; Sarah Coronado from Frisco, Texas scored; Alex Boulanger from Eureka, Kansas scored. (Tech 3, OBU 1) Tech 7th – Paige Mendoza from Fort Smith singled to right field, RBI, advanced to second on the throw; Ashely Landry from Krum, Tex-

as scored; A. Sangster scored. (Tech 5, OBU 1) Tech 7th - Paty Loredo from Forth Worth, Texas doubled to right center, RBI; A. Maeder scored.

(Tech 6, OBU 1) OBU 7th - G. Gonzalez hit by pitch, RBI; S. Johnson advanced to second; S. Precure advanced to third; Kelly Powell scored, unearned. (Tech 6, OBU 2) OBU 7th - N. Jackson singled down the lf line, RBI; G. Gonzalez advanced to second; S. Johnson advanced to third; S. Precure scored, unearned.

(Tech 6, OBU 3)

2018 GAC Women's Softball Standings Southern Arkansas

7-1

Harding

6-2

Arkansas Tech

6-2

Southern Oklahoma

6-2

Henderson State

5-3

Ouachita

1-7

East Central

5-3

Southern Nazarene

3-3

ArkansasMonticello

1-5

Oklahoma Baptist

1-7

Northwestern Oklahoma State Southwestern Oklahoma State

1-7 0-8

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RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

“We don’t look like our struggle”— this is very true for Monti Washington. He came to Arkansas Tech last week as a guest lecturer for Black History Month.

He encouraged students that no matter the situation or circumstance one can be successful in life. What people go through in their past does not determine what they will be in their future.

He made students from the crowd go on stage and talk confidently about themselves and their personal background.

Washington has made it from streets of his fears to the stage of his dreams. Washington is a product of a one-night stand.

His mother was a prostitute who was on drugs, and she gave birth to him in hotel room. Washington has never met his father, and he said he doesn’t even know if his father knows he exists.

Washington grew up in poverty because of his mother’s drug addiction; he literally grew up on the streets. He slept in parks, crack houses and homeless shelters for weeks at a time. Eventually, he and his two younger brothers were taken from their

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Monti Washington shares his story of how he lived on the streets, abused by foster parents and from that he found a way to succeed and encourages everyone to find their way. mother’s custody and placed in a group home. In three years, Washington lived in 12 different group homes. He lived in foster homes where he would receive physical and mental abuse from his foster parents.

“I got called stupid sometimes, at one point I thought it was my name,” said Washington. “When someone would say stupid, I would respond as though they said Monti.”

Being called stupid would

lead to Washington taking special education classes until he was in the eighth grade, even though he had not been diagnosed with a learning disability.

In his second foster home, he was mentally abused. Two weeks

into living in the foster home Washington’s little brother was playing and broke a glass plate.

“She cussed us out and put us in this room. I thought that would be the end of it,” Washington said. “Little did we know we would be locked in that room twenty-three hours a day for three months. Only allowed to come out to eat and to play occasionally if we were lucky.”

Washington started to question whether his life was worth living. He contemplated suicide on two different occasions.

The turning point in Washington’s life came when he was put in his last foster home. In his last foster home things were a lot better. From that point he had to make a decision, did he want his past to break him down or build him up?

He started to apply himself from eigth grade, where he made the honor roll, until he graduated high school. He went onto college, got a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, graduating magna cum laude. He even wrote his own book, “From The Streets To The Stage: 20 Ways Make It From The Streets Of Your Fears To The Stage Of Your Dreams.”

'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes'

ABOVE: The 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men's March' to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence crossed the university campus on Monday, March 5 as the kick-off event for Women's Week.

BELOW: Red high heels are worn as a symbol and are worn for the entire onemile march.

Photos by Ricci Logan

Glen Poole (left) from Fort Smith, Jay Anderson (middle) from Wrightsville and LaBrian Phillips (right) from Little Rock pose together to show support for the annual men's march for women's rights.

2018 Arkansas Tech University Senior Honors and Student Research Symposium Thursday, March 15 Senior Honors Symposium will be held in Pendergraft 300 North Student Research Symposium will be held in Pendergraft 300 South.

The presentation schedules and abstracts are posted at: https://www.atu.edu/uresearch/2018abstracts.php

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‘Suspense’ book sort of falls flat AMBER APPLEBY

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Delicious Italian fare for all to enjoy MARY MASSIRER

Contributing Writer

It’s one o’ clock in the afternoon and all I can think about is food. I had not eaten breakfast which isn’t unusual for me but now my stomach is roaring as if its yelling at me to eat.

I researched places to eat in Russellville and kept coming across an Italian restaurant by the name of Venezia’s so I thought why not?

My fellow reporter and I pulled in front of a plain white, small building sporting spurts of red and green.

As we walked in, confusion set in on whether it was seat yourself or not, which lead to us awkwardly standing at the front for a few minutes.

The inside of the restaurant, however, made up for it. We walked into a small, well lit, homely atmosphere. Paintings filled the walls that engaged the eye thoroughly with its broad

spectrum of color and activity. In the front of the restaurant, sat trophies that proved their food was award winning, along with some of the most famous wine bottles from Italy. Frank Sinatra quietly hummed in the background as we took our seat.

I noticed there were very few people in the restaurant as we slid into our booths and began searching through the menu. Venezia’s had a great variety of options including subs, salads, pizzas and of course pasta. It all seemed to be moderately priced ranging from $7-$13.

All I could think about while scanning the menu, was just a plain jane regular cheese pizza. I know, it’s very simple and a dish that is offered at many places but it’s important to know where to get the best pizza in town, I believe.

Our server seemed

MARY MASSIRER/THE ARKA TECH All I could think about while scanning the menu, was just a plain jane regular cheese pizza. It’s important to know where to get the best pizza in town. slightly scattered brained and but she was sweet nonetheless. We patiently waited for about 15-20 minutes and while waiting,

I realized the menu mentioned how the food was prepared as soon as it was ordered rather than premade, which was impres-

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Waiters and waitress seemed to cheerfully en-

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Scatterbrained staff, well-made Italian food AMANDA HAMPTON

Staff Writer

When we walked into Venezia’s we were immediately confused as a woman with an Italian accent told us to seat ourselves, a rather unusual thing for the type of restaurant that it seemed to be.

Despite the confusion, we were soon eased into the pleasing atmosphere of quiet, calming tunes and given menus with a plethora of options.

Considering I’m not a fan of pasta, I was a little nervous to be trying an Italian restaurant, but I was pleasantly surprised. The bread that they brought out prior to our meal was warm and

delicious. It was addicting honestly and tempting to keep eating instead of eating my meal.

I ordered the Stromboli for about $9.00 which had pepperoni, sausage, ham and mozzarella cheese. I have never had Stromboli before, but it was surprisingly delicious as well. I also tried the cheese pizza, which my lunch partner had ordered and again was surprised.

There is something different in Italian pizza that makes it all the better.

There was no question about dessert… I had to order a cannoli, how could I resist? The cannoli was well-made; crunchy on the outside, rich and creamy on the inside. Not

AMANDA HAMPTON/THE ARKA TECH I ordered the Stromboli for about $9.00 which had pepperoni, sausage, ham and mozzarella cheese. to mention, it was covered in chocolate. The only complaint was it was a little pricy, around $4.50.

Overall, I was pleasantly pleased with the food at Venezia’s and my only criticism would be the

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scatterbrained nature of the staff. However, I’ll be forgiving because it could have been a rough day.

I love a good suspenseful, thriller. I also love a good procedural cop-y book. “The Couple Next Door” was pitched to me as both of these things by various reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. Plus, it was put into the same category as “The Woman in Cabin 10,” which I read last semester and thoroughly enjoyed. So, I thought I would for sure enjoy this book; it had so much promise. Unfortunately, for me, this book just sort of fell flat.

The premise of the book is that a young couple, Anne and Marco Conti, leave their 6-month-old daughter at home alone to go to a dinner party next door. Before you start judging (I can feel it coming), Lapena does a really good job of making you understand why the couple chooses to do this. She really makes you understand what Anne and Marco have gone through and how they just want one normal night.

Plus, the baby is asleep and Anne’s hand is firmly attached to the baby monitor.

After returning home from their dinner party, the Contis discover the door ajar, and their baby gone. The rest of the novel is taken up by the Contis and Detective Rasbach attempting to figure out what happened to baby Cora. As the investigation unfolds, so does the incredibly dark past of the Contis’.

I will give Lapena one thing: this book moves extremely quickly. So quickly that the reader doesn’t have any time to get bored.

But the reader also doesn’t really have time to connect with characters. For example: Anne is such a helicopter mom that if she were to come home and find her

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From country roots to pop diva, Taylor Swift's journey JORDAN CLARK

Staff Writer

As springtime draws to a close, this week’s artist is one that changes her style nonstop.

Taylor Swift is a renowned musician, as a singer as well as a songwriter. Believe it or not, she got her start playing country music in Pennsylvania. Swift was no stranger to music because her grandmother had been a professional opera singer.

It should then come as no surprise that in her youth, she sang in many singing events, such as local events like fairs and contests. She would soon pick up the guitar and further her music career as she visited Nashville, Tennessee. Fortunately,

her family was very supportive of her desire to be in music and even moved into Tennessee to help her. This paid off as a performance got the attention of Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Records.

In 2006, she released her first single, “Tim McGraw,” and got it into the Top 10 on the country charts. That same year, she put out a self-titled album in October, selling more than 5 million copies. This included many successful songs that got Swift more attention and really helped kick start her career, winning a Horizon Award from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music for Top New Female Vocalist in 2007.

As 2009 rolled around, Swift

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put out the album Fearless.

This album included one of the most recognizable songs in her career— “Love Story.” An acoustic song that tells a story similar to that of Romeo and Juliet, except with a happier ending. Also that year, she won the MTV Video Music Award for

Best Female Video with “You Belong with Me,” making her the first ever country musician to earn a VMA. However, this did not sit well with the one and only Kanye West, who argued that it should have been Beyoncé and took the microphone out of the young artist’s hands to declare so. West was removed from the show; however, Queen Bey gave Swift the chance to make her acceptance speech later in the show.

Swift’s popularity still continued to grow as she bested Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Lady Gaga; however, it was around 2014 when she stepped away from country. Releasing the album 1989, Swift put out a new beat to her music, featuring “Blank

Space,” “Shake It Off” and “Bad Blood.” Despite the new sound, the album sold more than 1.2 million copies its first week. This made Swift the first artist to top 1 million copies in the opening week’s sales for three albums.

As of November 2017, Swift released her latest album, Reputation. This album holds Swift’s first single in a few years— “Look What You Made Me Do,” which actually broke the records of YouTube and Spotify as the biggest weekly stream and sale. Reputation made the fourth consecutive album to surpass 1 million sales on the opening week. Taylor Swift always comes as a surprise and holds to be one of the best pop artists to have lived.

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Afterlife concept eye opening but film ok GABBI CALABRESE

Staff Writer

Questions of the afterlife plague everyone at some point in our lives. Of course, it’s impossible to say what truly happens to a person after they die, but Charlie McDowell’s “The Discovery” explores how the world would change if there were concrete proof of an afterlife.

In the world of “The Discovery” it has been two years since Thomas Harber proved that the subconscious enters an alternate plane of existence when a person dies, and the rate of suicide has increased exponentially as people try to “get there.”

The film focuses on Harber’s son Will, who, on his way home for the first time in years, meets Isla, a troubled woman he

thinks he can save. The two fall in love as they seek out where the subconscious travels to after death and examine what it means to be alive in the wake of The Discovery.

The premise is tragic and fascinating.

To me, this film provides such a unique and unexpected perspective on humanity.

It’s troubling but not entirely infeasible.

What’s especially important is that, no matter what discoveries were made, the movie does not glorify suicide.

Admittedly, the movie is a bit slowpaced, but it is apt. “The Discovery” is less about intense action and more about an acute build up of intensity, a slow path to discovery. My attention got diverted a few times but I always made sure to rewind the parts I missed because it feels like every moment in the film is important.

The characters were well-developed

FOOD From Page 6 gage with one another as if they were family. Delightful smells filled the dining area as our food was being rushed to our table.

Before me sat a 12-inch cheese-y, gooey, hot pizza that was waiting to be devoured. I broke apart a piece and carefully placed it in my mouth. It was a life changing moment. The perfect amount of cheese had been portioned onto the pizza and the sauce was rich unlike any other.

The crust was perfectly

and plenty complex. They lend a level of authenticity to the film that is incredibly important. A movie like this could easily feel melodramatic or forced but the characters, their dialog, their relationship dynamics—it all helps the film feel real, which helps it feel heartbreaking.

My opinion of the film grows shaky toward the end. It was a bit confusing and messy and not completely unexpected, but there was also a beautiful sense of irony and ambiguity that made it stick with me.

I wanted more in both a positive and a negative way.

Overall, I think “The Discovery” offers a riveting outlook on life, death, and what comes after. It’s not the greatest film to ever exist, but it’s a movie I would recommend to almost everybody because it is dark and poignant and thought-provoking.

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GUN From Page 1 crunchy and the pizza was absolute delicious even to the last bite.

I could tell this pizza was different than any other pizza in town. It was not cheaply made and it had a certain Italian twist to it that I can’t quite put my finger one.

I could only eat about three pieces before I declared a state of complete fullness.

However, we ended up ordering a cannoli, which hosts a crunchy outer shell and is filled with light, fluffy cream and drizzled in warm

chocolate. It was very rich and absolutely worth the extra five dollars. It was a dessert that stands alone.

I was extremely satisfied with the food, prices and overall atmosphere of the restaurant. Our server was mostly good but she was a little out of it but it could have just been a bad day for her and when we first arrived we were both a little confused. All in all, I would highly recommend and encourage all readers to stop by for lunch or dinner.

There is not much information given regarding the incident, as it reportedly happened so fast.

Ballard has been ordered to stay away from the Arkansas Tech campus. It is likely that Ballard will be arrested if he does come back on campus. Ballard’s bail is set at $5,000. Consequently, he will have to attend Pope County Circuit Court.

To be eligible to carry on campus, a person must have a concealed carry license or permit. The person must take firearm training of eight hours and have prior training of up to four hours in the past 10 years. Even then, the firearm must be a handgun and concealed.

A handgun is “any firearm, other than a fully automatic firearm, with a barrel length

goes from the couple discovering the baby is gone to the detective arriving.

The beginning of the novel is fairly straight for-

ward, but when secrets start unraveling, things start getting convoluted.

And then things start going downhill real fast. It

basically just jumps from one nearly unbelievable scene to the next. Characters start doing things that are nearly completely out

of less than twelve inches that is designed, made, or adapted to be fired with one hand,” according to the Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-309.

These cannot be taken into athletic events. A permit holder can have a handgun in a vehicle as long as the vehicle is locked.

A handgun cannot be in a dorm, a bag or left unattended.

Concealed carry permits can be administered by the Arkansas State Police.

More information to obtain a concealed carry license can be found at https://www. ark.org/asplicense The latest gun laws from Arkansas Tech can be found at https://issuu.com/arkansastechuniversity/docs/student_handbook__2017_/46.

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of character for them and it just becomes unfeasible.

Just skip this book. I didn’t give it zero stars because I like the idea and I

didn’t hate the way Lapena wrote. I will for sure check out some of her other novels, but I would not recommend this one.

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baby gone, she would immediately go into thermonuclear meltdown. However, the reader doesn’t ever see that because it literally

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Two wins, one day, smart plays

RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

The Wonder Boys Baseball team will be in Arkadelphia, on March 8.

They will face Henderson State.

This past weekend the Wonder Boys played the Ouachita Baptist Tigers.

Connor Brady, from Plano, Texas, went 3-4 with a double and two runs scored, but it was not enough as the Wonder Boys came up short, falling 6-4 to the Tigers in the opening double header.

In the night game, Harry Gard, from Phoenix, Arizona, went a perfect 4-for-4 with doubles and three runs scored to help the Wonder Boys beat the Tigers 11-0 at Tech Field on Saturday afternoon.

SCORING PLAYS Game One OUA 3rd - Austin White singled to center field, 2 RBI; K Alexander advanced to second; J Howell scored; A Studdard scored.

(OUA 2, Tech 0) Tech 4th - Jake Harvey from Overland Park, Kansas reached on a dropped fly by 1b; Brady scored, unearned; P. Miner scored, unearned.

(Tech 2 ,OUA 2 ) Tech 5th - Wescott singled to center field, RBI; Riley Hickerson from Cooter, Missouri scored.

(Tech 3, OUA 2) Tech 6th – Kory Thompson from Bryant out at first 1b to p, SAC, bunt, RBI; J. Harvey advanced to second; C. Brady scored, unearned.

(Tech 4 , OUA 2)

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Jake Harvey from Overland Park, Kansas, swings hard for a base hit. In game one, Harvey reached on a dropped fly by first base in the fourth.

OUA 7th - J Howell homered to left center, 4 RBI; C Blake scored; A Studdard scored; L Huneycutt scored.

(OUA 6, Tech 4) Tech 9th (Tech 11 ,OUA 0)

SCORING PLAYS Game two Tech 4th - C. Brady doubled to left center, 2 RBI; K. Gibbs advanced to third; M. Vaughn scored; H. Gard scored.

(Tech 2, OUA 0)

Wonder Boys not able to weather the Savage Storm RICCI LOGAN

Staff Writer

The Wonder Boys basketball team lost a tough 85-83 first round contest against Southeastern Oklahoma State in the GAC tournament in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on Friday.

The Savage Storm jumped out to a 23-9 in the first 10 minutes of the game.

Tech tried to trim the lead under double digits but struggled to do so until a threepoint basket by Vernon, FL native Alex Brown to cut the deficit to 39-30 with 46 seconds left in the first half. Forrest City native RJ Glasper hit a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer to carry some momentum into the half. Tech shot 36.4 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc. Southeastern shot the ball at 55.2 percent clip and 53.3 percent from the three-point arc.

field in the second half at 44.2 percent but struggled from the three-point arc shooting 29.2 percent.

Southeastern’s field goal percentage from the field dropped a little bit to 50 percent and shot worse from beyond the arc at 14.3 percent, but were able to hang out in the last couple of minutes of the game to take down a good Arkansas Tech team.

Southeastern shot 52.8 percent from the field for the whole game and shot RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH 40.9 percent from the three-point line.

Tech shot only 40.8 percent from field The Wonder Boys finished their 20172018 season with a 18-11 record overall . and 30.8 percent from the three-point arc. Tech only turned the ball over nine In the second half, the Wonder Boys timea and Southeastern turned the ball cut the deficit to one on a three-pointer by over 16 times. Brown and Glasper ended Brown with 17:39 left in the game. Tech up with 27 and 24 points respectively. would keep the game within striking disTech’s postseason run is over. The tance but never could get over the hump Wonder Boys finished their 2017-2018 and take the lead from Southeastern. season with a 18-11 record overall and Tech shot the ball better from the finished 12-10 in GAC play.

Tech 5th - R. Hickerson singled to right field, 2 RBI; H. Gard scored; D. McDearmon scored.

(Tech 4, OUA 0) Tech 5th - C. Brady singled through the left side, RBI; K. Gibbs ad-

vanced to second; M. Vaughn advanced to third; C. Wescott scored.

(Tech 5, OUA 0) Tech 5th - C. Brady advanced to second; K. Gibbs advanced to third; M. Vaughn stole home.

(Tech 6, OUA 0) Tech 5th - S. Wheeler singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI; C. Brady scored; K. Gibbs scored.

(Tech 8, OUA 0) Tech 6th - C. Wescott advanced to second on a passed ball; H. Gard scored on a passed ball, unearned.

(Tech 9, OUA 0) Tech 6th - K. Gibbs doubled to left center, 2 RBI; M. Vaughn scored; C. Wescott scored.

(Tech 11, OUA 0).

NOAH From Page 1 watch teams as they progress and overcome odds to go on in the tournament.

You will hear stories, see history be made and be happy and sad all at the same time.

Tips I like to give people are even if you have a big team lose and ruin part of your bracket you are never out when competing with other people.

A big thing to know is if a big upset happens, there is a good chance that they picked the same big team to win as you.

Something else to know, especially this year with the college basketball world even more unpredictable than ever, there will be upsets. A big favorite will lose early to an underdog. So, if you are looking at a team and just have an off feeling with them

go with your gut, never change your prediction at the last second.

The biggest and most important tip I give anyone, and this is more of a guideline, never compare another bracket to yours.

If someone makes a choice you do not like, or think is wrong how could you know for sure? Too many people are driven away from the fun of the event because they don’t want others to knock them for their picks. So, let’s make it an event enjoyable for all basketball fans.

Lastly, remember you, the smartest, most dedicated basketball fan who watched basketball all year and has done the numbers, has the same chance as the girlfriend who picked the teams with the cuter mascot.

This week in sports Friday March 9th, 2018 Baseball @ Henderson

Friday March 9th, 2018 Softball vs. Henderson 3 p.m.

Saturday March 10th, 2018 Softball vs. Henderson 2 p.m.

Monday March 13th, 2018 Men's Golf @ Dave Falconer Classic

Saturday March 10th, 2018 Baseball @ Henderson

Friday March 9th, 2018 Softball vs. Henderson 5 p.m.

Sunday March 12th, 2018 Womens Golf @ Midwestern Invitational

Tuesday March 14th, 2018 Men's Golf @ Dave Falconer Classic

Saturday March 10th, 2018 Baseball @ Henderson

Saturday March 10th, 2018 Softball vs. Henderson 12 p.m.

Monday March 13th, 2018 Womens Golf @ Midwestern Invitational

Friday March 9th, 2018 Tennis @ Arkansas Pine Bluff

2018 GAC Men's Baseball Standings ArkansasMonticello

9-0

Southwestern Oklahoma

8-1

Southern Arkansas

7-2

Henderson State

7-2

Oklahoma Baptist

6-3

Arkansas Tech

5-4

Southeastern Oklahoma

4-5

Northwestern Oklahoma

3-6

Southern Nazarene

2-7

Ouachita

2-7

Harding

1-8

East Central

0-9

TENNIS From Page 4 order, that they will play in.

A lineup in a tennis match is the order in which you place your players. Just like other sports, tennis places its best players first and continues down the list to make the lineup.

“The season is starting out okay,” said Abby Davis, head tennis coach. “We are

trying to figure out positions right now. But our singles are starting out well.”

Each division in college tennis has a different format.

Arkansas Tech plays Division II in the Great American Conference. The format for this conference consists of three doubles courts and six singles courts. The dou-

bles play one eight-game pro-set followed by the singles, which is two sets of six games. In order to win the singles, the player must win two sets. If the player loses a set, then they will have to play a third set. Each court is worth one point. This gives each team a possibility to win nine points. In order

Player of the week • Cheyenne North from Gallatin, Tennesse • In the GAC Championship game against Harding she had 16 points, nine blocks and eight rebounds.

• She also had six assists in the game.

• North was awarded GAC's tournament most outstanding player

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for a team to win the entire match, they will need at least five points.

The team has been working hard to prepare for the conference. Rami Ward, a bio-medical major from Hot Springs, “I feel really great about [the season]. This team has a lot of depth and we work really good together.”