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Record breakers Largest freshman class in school history arrives at APSU

Tennessee legislation passes conceled carry law for universities WILL FISHER NEWS EDITOR

Twenty-five APSU employees are now registered to carry concealed handguns on campus due to a new law passed last spring.

The law, HB 1736, came into effect June 3,. and allows “Employees of any state college or university operating under the state board of regents or the University of Tennessee board of trustees [to carry a concealed handgun] if the employee is authorized to carry a handgun and carrying the handgun only on property owned, operated or in use by the college or university employing the employee,” according to the law.

Sen. Mike Bell created the law in reaction to the campus shooting in Oregon in October 2015. “It would allow people who are permit holders to defend themselves where the police cannot be right now and the police cannot be everywhere,” Bell said.

In order to carry, employees must register their handguns with the Office of Public Safety and Campus Police.

Employees are not allowed to carry handguns into formal meetings regarding disciplinary matters, tenure meetings, APSU or organization sponsored events, the Boyd Health building, Student Counseling Services, any places used by the Child Learning Center, rooms in the Marks building used by Middle College,

It would allow people who are permit holders to defend themselves where the police cannot be right now and the police cannot be everywhere.”

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New students wearing “Be A Gov” T-shirts during Convocation on Aug. 19 in the Dunn Center CHANIECE JACKSON | THE ALL STATE

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On Friday, Aug. 19, freshman students walked into the Dunn Center for the annual freshman convocation. Members of various campus organizations and APSU cheerleaders greeted students and spent some of their time teaching popular cheers.

APSU President Alisa White opened the convocation with some advice for the new students.

“Don’t waste the opportunity to enjoy the full college experience,” White said.

“Think about what you need to do in these next four years to get done.”

Rex Gandy, Provost and President of Academic Affairs; Sherryl Byrd, Vice President of Student Affairs; Michael Hampton, APSU Graduate and Executive Director of The Food Initiative; and Ryan Honea, SGA President, all took turns welcoming the class of 2020 as well.

Lesley Walker, a freshman whose major is undeclared, said she is looking forward to this new chapter in her life.

“I am excited about something new,” Walker said. “This is nothing like high school.”

Samantha Clawson, a freshman education major, said she is most excited about meeting new people.

“This is the best way to make new friends,” Clawson said. “I am really looking forward to meeting all different kinds of people.”

Over 1,100 APSU freshmen moved into Campus Housing for the Fall 2016 semester. Due to the large amount of students who applied to APSU housing for the fall semester, 40 of those students were placed in the Riverview Inn due to overflow.

Damien Cagle, a member of Guest Services, spoke on behalf of Riverview Inn and expressed excitement about their partnership with APSU. “We are super excited to have students staying with us,” Cagle said. “We love our partnership with APSU, they bring us a lot of business.”

In 2015, APSU welcomed 1,458

freshmen, 889 of which lived in campus housing. For the 2016 school year, The freshmen class is estimated to be 1,919 students, beating the previous record of 1,718.

Austin Brown, a freshman psychological sciences major, said he is looking forward to his stay at Riverview Inn. “I am not upset that I am a bit farther from campus,” Brown said. “We get big, comfortable beds. The only downfall I can think of is being farther from the library.”

Students living in Riverview Inn will have access to a pool and gym, housekeeping that will take out trash daily and change sheets weekly, the hotel cat Floyd and a daily shuttle that will take them to and from campus.

Anthony Boley, a freshman radiology major, said there are pros and cons to living off campus.

“I might not be right in the middle of everything, but there are less distractions this way.”

For more information, visit www.apsu. edu/admissions.

APSU selects new director for WNDAACC Seeks to make students feel welcome regardless of race

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Marcelius Braxton in his office at the WNDAACC.

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APSU has hired Marcelius Braxton as the new director of the Wilbur N. Daniel African-American Cultural Center (WNDAACC).

Braxton previously worked at Missouri University as the student service coordinator for the Student Diversity,

Outreach and Women’s Programs. He has also been a part of the Black Man’s Think Tank, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Braxton has a bachelor’s degree in political science, philosophy and economics from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a juris doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law. Braxton said he acknowledges the past success of the WNDAACC, but hopes to use his experience and education to improve it while also making the program more inclusive.

“This center has been around for 25 years, so obviously something is working,” Braxton said. “Within ‘African-American Cultural Center’ it says ‘American

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Within AfricanAmerican Cultural Center’ it says ‘American Culture’ ... and that is something we definitely want to emphasize.”

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any place where an athletic event is being held and any federal facility.

“The policy came through the university, so they can be a little more restrictive on things,” Chief of APSU

Police Michael Kasitz said. “The one thing that isn’t mentioned in the law, but is mentioned in another law that the policy has is that they are not authorized inside university vehicles.”

In addition to prohibited locations, only full-time employees of APSU may carry concealed handguns. When the law was still a bill, both students and

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administration actively lobbied against it.

“It was our administration’s stance from the very beginning that we did not agree to this policy being enacted,” Executive Director of Public Relations Bill Persinger said. “It does not enhance education in any way that we can see.”

Persinger said APSU sent representatives to the Capitol Building but was not sure if any of them spoke.

SGA President Will Roberts encouraged the senate to pass a joint resolution stating the SGA’s opposition to the bill. He did so to support of other TBR universities’ SGAs who approved similar resolutions.

“Carrying a firearm or weapon of any kind is a huge responsibility and we just hope that people are responsible,” Persinger said.

Current APSU policy prohibits students from possessing any weapons on APSU property. The policy includes both real and fake weapons, or anything which can be potentially seen as a weapon like water guns or toy swords.

Dean of Students Gregory Singleton said a policy change is unlikely. “No. Absolutely not,” he said.

APSU employees can continue to register their concealed handguns on campus. Kasitz expects the number of registrants to increase after school starts. “We may see a spike at the beginning of August or September, but I don’t anticipate it going up much more,” he said.

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center, regardless of race.

Inside Braxton’s office are two whiteboards with upcoming events sponsored by the WNDAACC. The first event of the new semester is the Peay Soup in the Plaza at 6 p.m., Aug. 23, in the UC plaza. The event will have food for up to 300 students in the UC plaza.

There will also be a DJ, free T-shirts and an open mic.

The center is also sponsoring a Know Your Rights event Oct. 19 inside the cultural center. “A lot of people don’t know what to do when they encounter police,” Braxton said.

Braxton said the event is meant to help students understand what to do and not to do in order to protect themselves when interacting with police officers. “I’m going to reach out to a law enforcement officer to hopefully have them in attendance,” Braxton said.

Alongside many events, the WNDAACC offers free resources that are to support students, including, soft drinks, TI-83 Calculators, computers and more.

Regarding his new position, Braxton said “It takes a few months before you can say you’re truly adjusted... I’m excited to get started. I’m excited to see what’s happening.”

For more information visit apsu.edu/ aacc.

New art honors APSU students Symbolizes large nontradtional population on campus

BY PATRICK ROACH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

APSU has added a new permanent sculpture to the bowl in front of the Woodward Library.

The sculpture, entitled The Cardboard Kids: Monument to the Nontraditional Student, features three metal “vehicles” meant to represent the nontraditional student body of APSU. The makeshift models are meant to look ragged and pieced together improperly to signify the struggles and sacrifices nontraditional students experience to continue their education.

Chris Boyd Taylor from the University of Alabama in Huntsville created the piece. Taylor made a brief visit to APSU in late 2015, where he met the diverse student body which inspired The Cardboard Kids.

“As I spoke with the students at APSU, I quickly realized that a large percentage of the student population fits into the wonderful category known as the nontraditional student,” Taylor said. I also feel that these car-like object

embody unique personalities, they have eyes (headlights) and a distinct face.”

Taylor was a nontraditional student. “I didn’t start college till the age of 21,” he said. “I’ve seen nontraditional students play admirable balancing acts, as they fight for an education. This determination shows all the students the value of a college education.”

Taylor said he wanted the process and the material itself to reflect the history of nontraditional students. So instead of making “slick, streamlined vehicles,” Taylor created the sculpture using steel with an aged, worn look, resembling cardboard.

“APSU inspired the piece. If I hadn’t been on campus and met students, this project wouldn’t have happened. Both nontraditional students and the campus topography made this piece,” Taylor said.

A university press release said Taylor’s piece was selected out of a large international pool of work because of how The Cardboard Kids highlights APSU’s unique dips and bowls. Taylor will be on campus again for an artist’s talk Aug. 30.

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SGA receives praises and criticism in 2015-16 session Introduces record number of legislation WILL FISHER NEWS EDITOR

The first meeting of the 2016-2017 session of SGA will meet on Sept. 31 following a year with a historically close election, high numbers of submitted legislation and issues with transparency.

The Spring 2016 Election for SGA president was the closest in APSU history.

Ryan Honea was elected president over Faith Merriweather with a final vote count of 415-410. Jay Alvarez received 17

votes for president even though he was ineligible for the position The other members of the SGA Executive council elected in the spring were Vice President Dylan Kellogg and Executive Secretary Blaine Gundersen.

Honea appointed Chief Justice Lane Chisenhall to his position following the election.

During the 70th General Assembly of SGA, senators introduced 51 pieces of legislation and approved 41 of them. The number of introduced pieces of legislation is the highest recorded for a session on the SGA website, which has records as far back as the 2008-2009 session.

According to the SGA website, eight of the approved legislations have completed their goals, seven were rejected by the university, seven are awaiting implementation and 11 are currently

uncategorized. SGA also received criticism from the student body for several large purchases made last year.

SGA purchased the Gov’s Head logo placed on the side of the Caf for $5,700 and approved the purchase of up to $9,000 in TVs. Following the purchases, legislation was introduced into the senate to create financial transparency in SGA. Nicknamed the Sunshine Act and authored by Sens. Jonathon Johnson and Peter Ponce, the proposed the resolution sought to have SGA publish its financial records monthly. During the debate over the resolution, Sen. Gundersen motioned to table the act and it never returned to the floor.

Sens. Kellogg and Johnson introduced a revised form of the Sunshine Act in the Spring 2016 semester with changes to

the times SGA must publish its budget.

The Senate approved the new legislation with a vote of 19 in favor of and none in opposition.

Honea plans to release SGA’s financial records on Sept. 15. “That’s the plan.

It’s a lot to go through… but the budget should be done soon. I hope to have it out before [Sept. 15],” Honea said.

In the Fall 2015 semester, SGA enacted Resolution No. 8, which formally recommended the university lift its ban on skateboards and other wheeled transportation devices. The legislation, authored by Sen. Dominic Critchlow, won “Most Impactful Legislation” at SGA’s spring award ceremony.

Upcoming events for SGA include Fall Elections and the Mudbowl. Elections for Freshmen and Graduate Senate seats are from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8.

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Olympics: prejudiced coverage tears us apart

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The 2016 Olympics, games aimed at unifying the nations of the world, has become a source of discrimination and dispute due to the sexist, racist and homophobic coverage surrounding the games.

RACISM The Rio Olympics has seen its players set many world records and break barriers. Simone Manuel became the first black woman to win a gold medal in swimming when she tied for the gold with Penny Oleksiak in the 100-meter freestyle.

However, NBC didn’t air Manuel’s medal acceptance live even though she had set a historic record. Additionally, the San Jose Mercury News wrote in response to her win: “Olympics: Michael Phelps shared historic night with African-American.” The publication failed to name Manuel in the headline and characterized her as forcing Phelps to share the spotlight.

This type of coverage is extremely problematic because it diminishes the accomplishments and representation of black athletes competing in the Olympics.

The news site NextShark wrote on Facebook of swimmer Ning Zetao, “Forget Zika Virus - China’s hottest Olympic swimmer is giving the internet yellow fever.”

This headline is both racist and sexist, objectifying Zetao’s looks and making fun of the caricature of a “yellow” skin type. Objectification of both women and men is unacceptable, seeing as these

athletes are competing to prove their strength, not their physical appearance.

During a gymnastics event, commentator Thomas Bouhail referred to Japanese gymnasts as “little Pikachus.” This blatant racism is hard to swallow, but unfortunately is too often an occurrence during the Olympic games.

In any case, minorities are not lesser than simply because of the color of their skin. Additionally, women are not inferior to men because of their anatomical differences. The classifications that separate people should be a source of inspiration, not a cause of hate.

SEXISM Gymnast Simone Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, floor, and vault champion. Biles has reached heights that many other athletes have never experienced. NBC commentator Jim Watson explicitly compared her to male athletes and said “I think she might even go higher than the men.”

This commentary assumes that women cannot accomplish feats on the same level as male athletes, which is sexist and wrong.

The Daily Mail has called Katie Ledecky, American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist, the “female Michael Phelps.” Why is this type of comparison necessary for people to understand the depth of a female athlete’s accomplishments?

Much media coverage surrounding the Olympics greatly reduces its readership by assuming people cannot see the success of a woman or minority without comparing them to a white male athlete, such as Michael Phelps.

The Chicago Tribune promoted a story on Twitter about trapshooter Corey Cogdell’s win, stating, “Wife of

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a Bears’ lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics.” The fact that Cogdell won a medal with her own skill was viewed as less important than her husband’s accomplishments. The sexist bias surrounding female athletes is simply unacceptable.

Attention centered on Dana Vollmer, competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist, because she had a child over a year ago. Media attention swarmed around the fact that she was a new mom. This was unfair because being a mother does not diminish your body’s ability to compete or function. Women’s bodies are not automatically useless

I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.

I’m the first Simone Biles.”

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OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST because they gave birth.

After swimmer Kantinka Hosszu broke the world record in the 400-meter individual, NBC commentator Dan Hicks called her husband “the man responsible” for the win. To some people, a woman’s success is only because of the men in her life, rather than her own talents or skills.

This stereotype needs to end because women are equally as capable of being successful at sports, leadership, writing or any other career.

HOMOPHOBIA Homophobia is also present in media coverage of the Olympic games.

According to NBC News, Nico Hines for The Daily Beast allegedly went on predominantly gay dating apps to expose

closeted LGBT athletes. Not only is this morally wrong, but it is also dangerous because some of the LGBT athletes’ home countries have illegalized homosexuality.

Athlete Ally Executive Director Hudson Taylor called Hines’ actions “dangerous.”

“There are over 200 athletes competing in the Olympics from countries for which being gay is punishable by death,” Taylor said to NBC OUT.

CONCLUSION In response to biased coverage, Simone Biles said, “I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I’m the first Simone Biles.”

The overwhelming tally of insensitive comments and coverage shows how disappointing the media and commentators have been. The Olympics is supposed to bring the countries of the world together with healthy competition and good sportsmanship.

Tearing apart and labeling people based on their race, gender or sexuality is compromising the purpose and effect of the games.

Women, men and people of all races are all equally capable of earning a gold medal. Should not that fact inspire us all rather than make us go at each other’s throats?

The plain fact is that our coverage and commentary of the Olympics is not where it should be in 2016.

But before we point the finger at specific sources, we should consider our own personal biases and work to treat everyone of all backgrounds in a fair and equal way.

Discrimination is not going to disappear unless everyone evaluates themselves on an individual level to see what they can do to make the world a more loving place.

Summer events successful for APSU, change campus

Art Installation outside of the Woodward Library.

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As summer comes to an end, great news for APSU continues to transpire.

One of the major additions to APSU this year resolves a problem nearly all

students have faced: parking.

No longer will students fight over parking spots or resort to creating their own under trees and on rocky gravel.

APSU has added 650 overflow parking spaces to the southwest side of campus through the addition of the old Jenkins and Wynne dealership.

Any parking pass can be used in these new parking spaces, and APSU’s Office of Public Safety and Campus Police department have released an updated map and parking policy guide.

Chris Crozier, junior corporate communication major, said, “People who have classes in buildings near the new parking lot will most likely park there, which will open up other parking spaces around campus.”

Another great addition to APSU is a new permanent sculpture entitled The Cardboard Kids: Monument to the Non-Traditional Students, created to represent the struggles and obstacles nontraditional students face as they continue their education.

APSU is unique in that it has a large portion of nontraditional students.

According to a study conducted by APSU’s Institutional Research and Effectiveness in 2015, the average student at APSU is 25 years old.

Junior chemistry major Marcus Bey said, “Getting your education is an option. Most people don’t choose experiencing life, learning about themselves or finding things out.

Society is geared towards getting a

college degree.”

Today, obtaining a college degree seems necessary in order to be successful.

Whether they are spending time away from family or stepping away from their place of employment, nontraditional students are putting their lives on hold to pursue a higher level of education. It is truly remarkable to see a piece of art created in their honor.

Despite a few setbacks, including a shooting near campus in July, summer has been good to APSU. Freshman enrollment numbers are up and changes are continually happening on campus.

Hopefully as the school year progresses, only more good news is to come.

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APSU professor explores crime in Puerto Rico Investigates social issues in crime fiction ANDREA ALLEN STAFF WRITER

APSU’s associate professor of Latin American literary and cultural studies, Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison, uses hardboiled fiction to Osvaldo analyze crime fiction and Di Paolo make connections between Harrison stories and real life issues that take place in their settings.

Hardboiled fiction is an in-depth investigation of the literary and social aspects that are depicted in fiction.

Specifically, Harrison studies crime and gothic fiction in Latin American countries.

After various authors he had met during his research encouraged him, Harrison wrote his first fiction novel and decided to keep working and publish his own crime fiction trilogy.

“My novels are social novels of the present time,” Harrison said, referring to how his novels reveal social issues and how they relate to the time period of crime stories. Harrison has published three novels so far and has recently finished writing his fourth, to be published on Sept. 1.

His latest novel, “Noir Boricua: La Novela Negra de Puerto Rico,” focuses on characters of crime fiction and how they relate to popular Puerto Rican culture. Harrison came up with the idea while visiting Puerto Rico, when he found a book about Puerto Rican crime fiction authors.

“I noticed that the publishing power for crime fiction is mostly in Spain and Argentina,” Harrison said. “Puerto Rican crime fiction is often neglected.”

Di Paolo Harrison said he knew, like in Spain and Argentina, Puerto Rico had social issues of its own depicted in crime fiction, and he wanted to write a novel to make readers aware of those issues.

He noticed, unlike the other countries, Puerto Rican authors used black, female and homosexual detectives instead of stereotypical males, and he dedicated a chapter for each in his novel.

In addition to human rights, Harrison writes about issues such as race, religion, trafficking, technology takeovers and See BOOK on page 6

Sign in front of the building where the Food Pantry is located. The pantry is open Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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APSU’s S.O.S Food Pantry aims to assist needy students with donations of food and clothing JOSHUA CLEMENTS GUEST WRITER

The lack of food and adequate clothing is a real danger for an untold number of students across the country. That is why the Center of Service-Learning and Community Engagement has established the S.O.S. Food Pantry.

Belina Sengmanyvong, coordinator for the Food Pantry, said her goal for the organization is to “provide a resource for APSU students to help relieve them from hunger and ultimately poverty.”

The pantry is able to do this by providing needy students with canned goods, dry

groceries and fresh vegetables.

The S.O.S. Food Pantry started in 2012. A group social work students “were studying poverty in Montgomery County and they noticed a serious food insecurity among the student population,” Sengmanyvong said. The students partnered with Student Life and Engagement to provide a safe place for students to come and get essential food.

This allows needy students to concentrate on school and not on when their next meal will come. This ultimately improves student retention so they are less likely to drop out mid semester.

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Band camp marches forward

APSU’s GOMB prepares for another season

The GOMB is open to all students at APSU. According to their website, about 65 percent of members are not music APSU’s Governor’s Own Marching majors, and students do not have to be fullBand, or GOMB, arrived on campus time to participate. Students interested early this semester to get a head start in joining the band before their work are welcome, but must be divided they will not be It’s just like joining another between music able to join until and class. Band family. There’s an the 2017 season. members from “Unfortunately immediate sense of their drum line [students] have to and color guard belonging, and it makes it wait until later… moved in Aug. we put in so much fun to do what we need to 10 and the rest work before the moved in Aug 14. do [...]” year starts…

The students about 50 hours and directors of of rehearsal, and the GOMB took BEN HICKSON it would really the opportunity JUNIOR MUSIC EDUCATION MAJOR be hard for new to begin working students to get on the first halfcaught up,” Director of Athletic Bands time show of the semester, the pre-game John P. Schnettler said. shows, the APSU Fight Song and other school spirit oriented songs.

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Band students get into the spirit of their training week, training hard for the coming season.

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PANTRY Continued from page 6 In the years since 2012, the Pantry has grown to be more than a place to get dry foods with the addition of the Green Room. This service provides business casual and formal wear for students to take for job interviews and public speaking engagements.

While they have received nonperishable food items from the community, the organization realized that they were lacking in fresh vegetables. As a result, they established the community garden to provide a more balanced diet to those in need.

Volunteers run the Food Pantry with donations from the community. “Anyone from the student body or the surrounding community can volunteer but the aid is strictly for students,” Sengmanyvong said.

Donations can be made in person at 322 Home Ave. and they accept anything from dry goods to cash donations and seeds to help with the garden.

There are separate forms for new and returning students to fill out to fill out is confidential and is just personal information that is used for data purpose to better serve the student body,” Sengmanyvong said.”The students do not even have to prove their finical standing to receive aid.”

Students who are in need of food and clothing can go to apsu.edu/volunteer/ food-pantry-and-green-room to find forms.

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Di Paolo Harrison’s research does not stop with his novels, however. He uses them in his classroom to help make his classes fun and interesting for his students.

“The point of my research is to advance the profession but also to improve the quality of the course,” Harrison said.

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Even so, the band encourages students to look into joining the 2017 season any time this fall. All students in GOMB receive a scholarship that can increase over time depending on participation.

Students looking for a way to engage

socially with their fellow classmates can find a home in the marching band. “It’s just like joining another family. There’s an immediate sense of belonging, and it makes it fun to do what we need to do […] Even for those who marched in high

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illegal immigrants, common topics in Puerto Rican crime fiction.

“I knew that area of the region needed to be recognized, and I wanted to encourage awareness of the real issues that occur,” Harrison said.

The APSU library was important in Harrison’s research. “I am able to use the extensive data bases and the library can pretty much get me any book I need and that has been so helpful,” Harrison said.

school, college band is fast paced and crazy, but worthwhile,” junior music education major Ben Hickson said. To find more information about GOMB, students can e-mail Schnettler at schnettlerj@apsu.

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BAND Continued from page 6 apsu.edu with their name, class, and the preferred instrument to begin the process or to ask questions they might have.

According to Schnettler, the APSU marching band is looking for students who are passionate about playing for the band, and enthusiastic about representing their university.

They looking for hard work, positivity, team spirit and the energy to make the marching band great.

Schnettler said he hopes students would like to “try college marching band at least once because the experience is a very positive one, and it’s a wonderful way to meet other people at the university.”

The marching band is an outlet through which incoming freshmen and upperclassman hoping to get more involved can express their enthusiasm for APSU.

The experience is a very positive one, and it’s a wonderful way to meet other people at the university.”

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Herndon started at APSU working with Earl Walton on football and basketball in the 1970s.

Herndon took over play-by-play fulltime for three different stints, 1982-87, 1991-93 and 1996-99.

One of Herndon’s main highlights was in his first tenure when APSU upset Illinois in the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

Herndon also spent six years as APSU’s public address announcers and also served as the first Govs’ Club President.

Herndon was also a mentor to Greg Walker, who earned an OVC Media Award in 2013-14.

Herndon is the second person with APSU ties to earn this award, joining Larry Schmidt.

Schmidt received the award in 201112 who covered APSU while he was a student reporter for The All State and The Leaf-Chronicle.

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“It was the most intense eight hour interview you’ve ever seen in your entire life,” Healy said to The LeafChronicle. “Because we’ve worked so hard to clean up the perception of a program with the type of people that we have involved that I was not interested in doing anything to jeopardize that.”

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And even then, they will probably have to wait until after final cuts are made before they truly know their fate. The Titans have the top position among waiver claims and have already said they will use that to help shore up problem areas.

In the meantime, the work continues to find the right combination on the offensive line, both among the starters and reserves.

“They’re working, and that’s what this training camp is about,” Mularkey said.

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Bill Herndon, the longtime “Voice of the Govs”, was recently awarded the Ohio Valley Conference Media Lifetime Achievement honor, according to letsgopeay.com.

The award was established in 2010 and is presented to people recognized by the OVC who have publicized the conference along with the institution and intercollegiate athletes, performed their jobs in a fair, accurate manner, given all-

around coverage for a variety of sports, and gone above and beyond.

“The OVC has a lot of great stories to tell and we are fortunate to have an outstanding group of media covering our schools, which was evident in the great candidates we had for the awards again this year,” Kyle Schwartz, OVC Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations, said. “It is great to have an award that recognizes media members who have made significant contributions in covering the OVC and its member institutions.”

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APSU gets Tennessee’s first Division I beach volleyball team PRESTON BOSTAIN | CONTRIBUTING WRITER APSU has added a beach volleyball team for the spring of 2017. That’s right, there will be a beach in Tennessee for the start of the 2017 season.

This beach, unfortunately, will be without water.

Taylor Metzer and Brian Netzler, who coach the women’s volleyball team will be under the reign with the same positions.

The acquisition of beach volleyball makes it the sixteenth NCAA varsity sport at APSU. Carson Newman Univesity and Lincoln Memorial University are among the other schools with women’s beach volleyball in Tennessee.

APSU has the only Division I beach volleyball team. Jacksonville State has joined in on the sand as they also welcome beach volleyball in the Ohio Valley Conference to their campus.

APSU’s first year team will be looking for mainly indoor volleyball players.

Eventually, beach and indoor volleyball will have separate players with some crossover potential.

“The orginal intention of building sand

courts was to train our indoor team and make them better indoors,” Taylor Metzer said.

“Now that were going to have it as a sport, it’s going to increase our indoor program but it’s also going to create more opporunities for our females to play volleyball. It’s going to be a great addition to our campus.” Metzer added.There are four big things you should know that are different between indoor and beach volleyball; court sizes, balls, players on each side and scoring.

Indoor court sizes are 18m x 9m, with an attack line 3 in from the center line. Beach courts are 16m x 8m, with no attack line as they can serve from anywhere on their side of the net.

Indoor balls are made of leather and are heavier, while a beach ball is softer and lighter to hit. The lighter weight allows the ball to be in the air more as the heavier balls move quicker and can be hit harder. Indoor volleyball has six players on the court at a time, with specialized positions for the players in a rotation.

Beach volleyball will typically be played with doubles, with no specialized positions, only a right and left side.

Matches will be played in the best of three with 21 points.

Injuries hurt Titans’ offensive line Govs get ASSOCIATED PRESS When the Tennessee Titans traded 2015 second-round pick Dorial GreenBeckham to the Philadelphia Eagles this week, much of the focus was on what the team gave up.

The Titans instead saw Tuesday’s trade as an attempt to solve what had quickly become a problem area because of two major injuries.

In exchange for Green-Beckham, the Titans received offensive lineman Dennis Kelly, who figures to be a top reserve at both tackle positions as well as guard once he acclimates himself to Tennessee’s offensive system.

“I think just based on his skill set, he’s big, he’s smart, he’s tough and he’s versatile,” general manager Jon Robinson said. “He’s played a lot of positions, so I think he’ll be a nice added mix to that group.”

Kelly made 15 NFL starts at three different spots along the line during his time with the Eagles.

The Titans’ need for added depth along the offensive front had come about primarily because of a gruesome leg injury suffered by veteran tackle Byron Bell during the team’s offseason work.

Bell, who started eight games at right tackle, seven at left guard and one at left tackle for the Titans in 2015, had resigned with the team and was supposed to swing between tackle and guard this season.

After Bell’s injury, the Titans began working Josue Matias in that utility and liked the way the 2015 undrafted rookie free agent had been developing.

Then, Matias suffered a partial patella tendon tear in his knee that required surgery, forcing Robinson to search for additional help.

“The biggest challenge is trying to learn the playbook,” Kelly said. “I felt real comfortable in Philly. It’s just a whole different city, having to settle in, trying to get things settled. That’s the biggest challenge.”

Though the Titans have not yet settled on all five starters on the line, the same group — Taylor Lewan at left tackle, Quinton Spain at left guard, Ben Jones at center, Chance Warmack at right guard and rookie Jack Conklin at right tackle — have had almost all of the training camp reps together.

Barring any changes, that leaves the Titans sifting through some unproven players, a couple of former starters and Kelly to find likely three backups to

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carry on the 53-man roster.

Besides Kelly, the most experienced player among the backups is Brian Schwenke.

Schwenke was the Titans’ starting center for most of the past three years, but has been hit with major injuries. He is now learning to work at guard as well as center.

“A lot of it for me is trying to get those guard reps and growing as a player at guard,” Schwenke said. “I haven’t played it in four years, so it’s kind of (about) getting comfortable with that again.”

Schwenke played guard at California until his senior season in 2012 when he switched to center.

Another player switching positions is Jeremiah Poutasi. A third-round pick a year ago, Poutasi started the first seven games at right tackle, but was benched after Mike Mularkey took over as head coach. Poutasi is now trying to make the team as a backup guard.

The other players in the mix include second-year center/guard Andy Gallik, Will Poehls and rookie sixth-round pick Sebastian Tretola, a sixth-round pick.

Poehls has spent the past two years on the practice squad.

There are still three more preseason

Lloyd Tubman, a four-star defensive end transferred to APSU for his sophomore year to play football.

Tubman, a Louisville native, had every intent to spend his four years at the University of Kentucky, but his plans fell through after a rape charge against him.

After a whirlwind of visits, commits, decommits and a National Signing Day letter of intent, Tubman found himself in Lexington, Kentucky in a Wildcat uniform.

According to 247Sports, Tubman committed and decommitted to Western Kentucky, Indiana University, Penn State and Vanderbilt University before committing to Kentucky.

In 2014, Tubman was not only ranked the No. 3 prospect, but was also part of the best class that in Kentucky’s recent year, according to SB Nation.

After being suspended from the team and UK, Tubman took his talent to Athens, Texas at Trinity Valley Community College to play his freshman year.

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