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Ten Years Later

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To honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the ASU Athletic Depart-ment paid respects to our nation in a 10-minute pregame ceremony on Sat-urday.

Each branch of the military partic-ipated, along with the Jonesboro Fire Department and Jonesboro Police De-partment.

The ASU Red Wolf Battalion also held a fl ag on the fi eld during a moment of silence and during the national an-them.

During the ceremony, the Jonesboro Fire Department’s Bagpipe Unit played, accompanied with snare drums, while ASU fans waved their fl ags proudly in the stands.

Fans were given free U.S. fl ags while entering the stadium and were asked to wave them in unison.

Senior fi nance major Andrew Peters of Marion said he was taken aback by the amount of patriotism.

“It was awesome to see everyone in silence and paying their respects to an event in history that had such an enor-mous impact,” Peters said. “I was really proud to be an American at the game.”

Michelle Goodson, a sophomore crim-inology major of Bryant, said her par-ents also attended the game.

“We sat in the upper risers and got to watch the ceremony on the Jumbo-Tron,” Goodson said. “It was cool to see the student battalion hold the fl ag for all of the stadium to see.”

Sam Porter, a sophomore political science major of Tuckerman, said he en-joyed the bagpipe unit.

“I actually felt proud when the bag-pipe unit came out and played ‘Amaz-ing Grace’,” Porter said.

According to a press release, the at-tendance for the game was the second-largest in ASU Stadium history with 29,872 there.

After the pregame ceremony, kickoff started a few minutes after 6 p.m. and the Red Wolves charged to a 47-3 victo-ry against the Memphis Tigers.

Campus holds 9/11 tribute during game

Vol. 90 Issue 4

Distance learning, international program send enrollment to new high

Lindsey BlakelyPhoto Editor

Celebrating a diverse campus Chancellor proposes construction plan Caging the Tigers

Of interest online

Are you going to the football game against

Memphis this Saturday?Yes, 80%

No, 20%

THE HERALDTHE HERALDInforming Arkansas State University since 1921

"I was 11 years old and home

schooled. My father called to

tell us to turn on the television.

After seeing the footage I started

jumping up and down, shouting 'I

want to go into the military.'"Karen Pickle

Clinton, Ark.Senior, Psychology

"I was in the third grade and

had no idea the whole day what

had happened. I didn't fi nd out

about the planes crashing until

after school when my father was

watching the news."Nicholas Jones

Southaven, Miss. Freshman, Nursing

"I remember watching the news

and my third grade science teacher

crying, which made us cry. Her

husband was in that same area in

New York. She was freaking out

wondering if he had died."Bre'Anna Taylor

Little Rock, Ark. Freshman, Nursing

"I was sitting in my ninth grade

science class. ... At the time I

didn't completely understand, but

I was curious on how it would

signifi cantly impact the United

State and its future. Tiffany Campos

Cabot, Ark. Graduate, Sociology

"I was playing soccer in Saudi

Arabia. I heard about what had

happened, but didn't know what

the importance of the Twin

Towers were to the U.S."

Abdullah al HassanSaudi Arabia

Junior, Finance

What were you doing on Sept. 11, 2001? By Ashley Helliwell/Herald

Enrollment for the Jonesboro campus broke another record this year with 14,220 students for the fall semester. These num-bers position ASU as the second largest university in the state, behind University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.

Interim Chancellor Dan How-ard said these numbers are due to two factors: an ever-increas-ing amount of international stu-dents and a growing amount of distance learning courses across many degree programs.

“All of our distance learning courses are taught by our facul-ty, who have been through a me-ticulous selection process and are experts in their fi elds so that the quality of instruction is fi rst rate, whereas proprietary insti-tutions, such as DeVry, may use part-time faculty that may not be prepared to deal with these chal-lenges,” Howard said.

He said there are now more than 2,000 students enrolled in

the distance-learning program. This is due to “marketplace de-mand,” as more students are seeking the convenience of earn-ing a degree from home, but are also demanding the quality in-struction of a traditional class-room.

ASU also recorded its largest international enrollment ever, with a total of 1,073, an increase of 10.7 percent, since fall 2010.

“We’ve gone from 45 countries to 77 countries represented on campus,” Howard said. “These international students help to improve the quality of the in-structional environment, to help prepare our domestic students for a more globally competitive marketplace and the fi nancial bottom line.”

Howard said he feels very op-timistic about the continuing success and growth of the insti-tution.

“Part of this will continue due to international students, part of it will continue due to the suc-cess of distance learning, but it will also continue due to ASU be-

coming a fi rst choice of many do-mestic students. We will have a second level of increase to un-dergraduate admission require-ments across the board coming in the fall of 2012 that will require, for unconditional admission, an ACT of 21 and a high school GPA of 2.5.”

Howard said these increased requirements will help to both reduce the loan default rate, in addition to the hope that, with a higher success rate, these stu-dents will then help to support the university during times of fundraising.

Rick Stripling, vice chancel-

lor of Student Affairs, also spoke about a third source of enroll-ment numbers: an increased rate of student retention.

“At one point, we were at 68 percent, now we’re at 71 percent, so that means we have a higher number of people coming back to

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Remembering a day that shaped us all

We all remember where we were at the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, regardless of how old we were at the time. Some of our freshmen were as young as 7-years-old, watching it all take place in their elementary classes.

At that moment, our nation as a whole came together to not only mourn together, but also lift each other up. None of us knew why this event took place, but we all knew it would affect us all and change us forever.

Now, 10 years later, flags and yellow ribbons have become normal, everyday sights and symbols. But is this what patriotism is all about?

Patriotism should not be labeled by how many flags you have in your front yard or whether you know all of the words to our national anthem. It should instead be a love for your country — your home — which makes you a true patriot. Standing up for each other and uniting with each other in times of need is what makes a true patriot.

We’re quick to point the finger and ridicule those who stand up to our government – they just aren’t as “patriotic.” They don’t love this country like we do, so they must not be for us.

However, you have to think of the original patriots. We would not be here if not for those who saw a flawed system and decided to stand up for their new home – the same home we love today.

Though there is an air of dissatisfaction these days with our government, economy and health care system, honoring this day helps us as Americans remember that we truly thrive when we set aside our differences and work together as one.

“Our View” is written by the editorial staff.

The opinions are not necessarily reflective of the student body, faculty or administration of Arkansas State University.

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Diversity is in full bloom on the Arkansas State Uni-versity campus and that, to me at least, is a good thing.

When I venture along the various sidewalks, hallways and parking lots the presence of more inter-national students becomes obvious and welcome.

I see many faces that look different from mine (age aside), and the mix of races, ethnicities, cultural, economic, religious and po-litical backgrounds cannot be overstated.

When the final count of fall semester enrollment came out, I fully expected the face of ASU to look far more like a modernist art sculpture than a bland, plain caricature of unifor-mity.

Last year’s national Census revealed what many people already know in their day-to-day lives: America is becoming ever-heterogeneous in its popu-lation and while that is less true in states like Arkan-sas, the undeniable trend affirms how much our na-tion has changed and will continue to do so unabated

in the years ahead. What does this mean for

our future in terms of jobs, education, health care, the role of government, etc.?

For starters, I believe the multicultural ascen-dancy is bringing about a greater amount of civility and tolerance for different views/perspectives.

College campuses are natural incubators for this exercise and nowhere could it be more evident than simply taking a stroll from building to building or stepping on an elevator at the library.

You often hear students engaged in vibrant con-versation using their na-tive language but whose thoughtful consideration means they pause to say “Hi! How are you?” in Eng-lish.

To me, this one example is exactly why ASU finds itself surging in many positive ways. It is why many international stu-dents land in Jonesboro to pursue higher educational goals and wind up loving the city.

It has not been very long ago that universi-ties dealt with widespread protest (especially during the highly emotional late 1960s).

Many of the challenges

revolved around students mobilizing to confront au-thority or push to raise their voices in ways pre-viously thought to be un-thinkable.

Things are much differ-ent today.

The use of social media like Twitter and Facebook provide students with effi-cient methods of communi-cating about life experienc-es, sharing ideas or noting a cause near and dear to their hearts.

I am convinced that the spread of this technology has connected college-age people across the world and, as a result, led to broad acceptance of vastly different mindsets (or at the least opening some of those minds).

Take a look at the sweeping changes under-way in Egypt and more re-cently Libya — a healthy swath of leaders taking up the mantle of reform are younger, better educated folks with connections to the outside global commu-nity.

Whatever your thoughts about the labor protests in Wisconsin earlier this year, young people played a vitally important role in mobilizing rallies and get-ting the word out via activ-ism.

Let me be crystal clear in stating that this is not a call to get students here in an uproar about any par-ticular issue.

This is about seeing the invaluable contributions today’s freshmen can make by fully utilizing what oth-ers in their midst offer.

The quest should be to incorporate an array of things to expand their ho-rizons beyond anything imagined today.

Think about the path you took to college and then place it next to that of someone from another socioeconomic or national background.

It should be liberating, if for no other reason than your mind and heart are accepting new ideas and new solutions to any num-ber of problems.

Campus life is about this in a thousand seem-ingly small experiences; in time you see how much was gained from them.

As we have more con-vergence of the true Unit-ed States melting pot, the institution benefits and grows academically and otherwise. Who can argue with that?

Childress is a graduate student in political science of Jonesboro.

“The association of Islam with terrorism and hate is a stereotype that needs to be

put to rest.”Abdullah Raslan

We all remember it. On Sept. 11, 2001, the

United States was at-tacked, leaving over 3,000 dead by the end of the day.

I’m sure most of us re-member exactly where we were and what we were do-ing when we first learned about the attacks. I was only nine when it hap-pened, but the videos and pictures surrounding this event remain fixated in my memory.

Yesterday, we recog-nized the 10th anniversary of this event. But as I was studying more about these events, I stumbled upon another anniversary that just so happens to fall on this same day.

Sept. 11 of this year will mark the 70th anniversary of the construction of the Pentagon.

Granted, we probably won’t have a celebration for this event since it is overshadowed by the at-tacks that took place on it in 2001. However, discov-ering this piece of informa-tion caused me to research it more, and here are some of the facts that I found.

From 1941-43, the Army Corps of Engineers built the Pentagon due to the large number of people working for the department during World War II.

It houses the Depart-ment of Defense and re-mains the largest office

building in the world to this day. It became the sight of large numbers of protests during the 1960s and 70s as many protested the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

In 1972, a radical or-ganization detonated a bomb on the fourth floor, destroying certain vital documents. On its 60th an-niversary, the Pentagon was hit on its west side by American Airlines Flight 77, killing over 100 people.

Now, I’m not much for studying the history of buildings per se, but the Pentagon has obviously been the center of much controversy over its 70-year history.

Some have complained that those who operate the military from this build-ing have waged unjust wars around the world and have kept far too many national security secrets. And there’s no doubt we have heard people use the phrase “American Impe-rialism” in relation to this building.

But descriptions like these just irk me for some strange reason.

I, for one, have a very hard time believing that the Pentagon has been a force of evil in this world. Is it not thanks to the Pen-tagon, its leaders, and its many military men and women that I can write to you today freely?

I think we as a society are so quick to blame this country and its military for the problems we see in the world, that we forget to re-alize that freedom around the world has been pre-

served due to an entire de-partment of our U.S. gov-ernment. Thanks to this department, our military is always first to arrive in the event of a natural disaster in the world (and realize I say military, not FEMA).

Now of course, as with any governmental organi-zation, there are definite problems that need to be addressed in the Penta-gon.

In recent days, it has been the target of budget cuts, as politicians have sought to cut out much of its bureaucracy. Perhaps some of its interrogation techniques need to be ad-dressed more carefully and maybe even the qualifica-tions of its current leaders need to be questioned.

But these “problems” seem trivial when consid-ering that the Pentagon has protected America from much harm.

We can argue about certain interrogation tech-niques, but the truth is that these tactics have helped foil terrorist plots against this nation.

We owe much to those who work in this building, since their work has pre-vented future 9/11’s from happening. Perhaps as we move forward from this an-niversary and remember those who died from these dreadful attacks, it would be good for us to also take a moment and remember those who have dedicated their lives to protecting this nation from future harm.

Davidson is a sophomore education major of Bryant.

“I think we as a society are so quick to blame this country and its military for

the problems we see in the world”Jeff Davidson

Remember those who protect us

Yesterday marked the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. The attacks were associ-ated with al-Qaeda, an Is-lamic organization founded by Osama bin Laden.

Being a Muslim, I fre-quently get asked about my thoughts toward the incident. For everyone that is wondering, here is my answer:

The word “Islam” comes from the word “peace” in Arabic.

Muslims are brought up on morals and beliefs to do good to others and not spread harm, no matter what your religious back-ground is.

All Muslims are raised to follow in the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad.

In fact, Muslims believe that if they don’t strive to be like the prophet they might as well not call themselves Muslims.

During the prophet’s time, whenever Muslims would invade a city in the

name of spreading Islam, there were strict orders to not hurt any civilians.

The elderly, women and children were asked to leave and were not harmed. It is a sin to harm any innocents.

The attacks of 9/11 had a death toll of 2,977 people. Those were 2,977 innocent men and women that were working – not at war with any Muslims. Of those, 31 were known to be Mus-lims, and died during the attacks.

Do I think this work would make the Prophet Muhammad proud?

No. The prophet and the

holy Quran teach us to lead by example and not use violence to force people to hear us.

Islam is a religion that teaches tolerance and acceptance of everyone around us. We believe that Allah is beautiful, and loves beautiful things.

The prophet said that all men, including women, are equal in Islam.

Arabs have no superior-ity over non-Arabs, nor do non-Arabs have superior-ity over Arabs.

In the article “Racism and Islam” by Hisham Zoubeir, he was quoted

saying “The people of other faiths have always enjoyed religious toleration under Islam; when the Jews were being persecuted in the rest of Europe, they found freedom and sanctity in Muslim Spain.”

The attacks have given Islam a bad name.

The association of Islam with terrorism and hate is a stereotype that needs to be put to rest.

Just because al-Qaeda believes that the attacks were justified doesn’t mean all Muslims follow.

Living in the Bible Belt for the past three years and befriending many de-voted Christians here on campus, I’ve learned that Islam and Christianity have a lot in common.

Both religions preach values and morals, stress-ing that violence is never the answer.

My deepest sympathies go to all the families of the men and women that died in the attacks.

I hope we can continue to find the positive in times like these instead of dwell-ing in sorrow.

Raslan is a senior digital media and design major of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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SPORTSPAGE 3 Monday, Sept. 12 The Herald

What the howl?The Dark Side of Sports,

Part Two: The ProsProfessional sports are a

business, more so than col-lege.

This is a fact that fans are being painfully reminded of this year thanks to three lit-tle letters: C. B. A.

Those letters stand for collective bargaining agree-ment, a contract that a sports league has with the players union that details such things as the salary cap, player in-surance, veteran pension and how much money players will receive from television con-tracts.

All of this and more endan-gered the 2011 NFL season.

The “lockout” of players from team facilities lasted from March 11 to July 25 and only resulted in the cancella-tion of one preseason game.

Even though the regular season was saved and the NFL season officially kicked off Thursday between the two defending Super Bowl cham-pions, it still feels like we lost something.

Like the violations in col-lege football, the only thing we heard about the NFL for months was the business side of it.

However, when the lock-out officially ended, we got two weeks of whirlwind free agency deals that might not have happened if the off-sea-son had proceeded normally.

Deals like Chad Ochocinco to New England and the Ea-gles signing every free agent in existence made the lockout almost worth it.

However, while the lock-

out is a distant memory now for NFL fans, followers of the NBA are in for a long haul as well.

Their CBA expired on July 1 and hopes are not high for any form of a NBA season. Some of the league’s stars are even exploring the option of playing overseas as long as the lockout lasts.

To add to an already down-er of a year, the MLB bar-gaining agreement ends at the end of the season after the World Series.

With the CBAs in the na-tion’s three biggest sports leagues expiring in the same year, the usually behind closed doors meetings that no one gives a second thought to are forced into the public con-sciousness.

This puts fans in the awk-ward position of having to root for either the owners or the players.

It is a reminder that sports as a whole has become more about the money that gets put in certain people’s pock-

ets and less about the love of the game.

But to those fans who might get left out in the cold by the NBA and MLB, I hum-bly suggest another week-end warrior sport, yes it is a sport, where a CBA doesn’t exist: NASCAR.

Before you turn the page or exit out of your browser, hear me out.

Unlike the other three leagues and the NHL, NA-SCAR does not have a union to potentially break off nego-tiations with owners.

All drivers on NASCAR teams are separate from each other.

Kim Roberson referred to drivers as “independent contractors” in her article ‘NASCAR vs All the other Sports.’

While many non-fans like to believe that NASCAR is just 43 rednecks driving in circles for three hours, now is the perfect time to check it out and find out otherwise.

Sunday will mark the be-ginning of “The Chase,” a 10 race playoff between 12 driv-ers for the Sprint Cup Cham-pionship.

So if you want to know why stock car fans sit around for hours every Sunday watch-ing drivers Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. trade paint at almost 200 miles per hour, give it try this week-end.

You just might find your-self wondering why you didn’t watch sooner.

Caging the Tigers

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Meredith Scott Staff Writer

The second largest crowd in ASU Sta-dium history was on hand for the biggest win against Memphis in the series’ histo-ry, with the Red Wolves winning 47-3 in front of 29,872 fans.

With the most points scored against Memphis in the rivalry’s 56-game history, junior quarterback Ryan Aplin found ju-nior Josh Jarboe for a 10-yard touchdown pass in the south end zone with 6:21 left in the first quarter.

After that, ASU went onto five red zone opportunities, capitalizing on all of them, racking up one field goal, three passing and two rushing touchdowns.

However, the biggest play of the night came two minutes into the second quarter when Aplin found Jarboe again behind the Memphis (0-2) coverage.

That play, a 71-yard strike, made the score 16 - 0 in favor of ASU.

“Part of the game plan was trying to iso-late him,” Coach Hugh Freeze said.

“Aplin did a great job stepping up in the pocket on a couple throws to him, and he made some really nice catches.”

Jarboe had seven catches for 162 yards and the two touchdowns.

A third would-be touchdown in the third quarter was ruled down inside the one.

Frankie Jackson plowed into the end zone on the next play to give ASU a 37 - 3 lead.

Seniors Jermaine Robertson and Dwayne Frampton closed out the first half for Red Wolves, with Robertson running one in from eight yards out and Frampton catching an 18 yarder from Aplin with 42 seconds left.

With a large lead established at half time the second string took over for the starters after one third quarter drive.

Converted tight end Andre Smith led the Red Wolves to another score on his first drive of the game.

Smith completed his first collegiate touchdown pass to Derek Lawson for 11 yards with 5:34 left in the third quarter,

giving the Red Wolves a 44-3 lead.Smith finished the game with 10 com-

pletions on 12 attempts for 101 yards.The final score of the game came with

36 seconds left in the third when Bobby Zalud booted a 56-yard field goal into the south end zone to make it 47-3.

The kick tied the third longest in school history.

The other came in 1974 when Joe Du-ren kicked a 56-yarder against McKneese State.

The kick comes a week after both Zalud and Davis hit 49 and 47 yard field goals re-spectively against Illinois.

Freshman quarterback Taylor Reed threw for 87 yards on 13 completions for the Tigers, while being sacked five times.

The Tigers only totaled 169 yards of of-fense and gave up over 600 yards of offense for the second straight game.

“To be fair to the team, the lack of reps wasn’t sufficient,” Memphis head coach Larry Porter said.

“We just aren’t deep at receiver and so some of our younger guys didn’t have a chance to compete.”

The Tigers only points of the game came on a 37-yard field goal by Paulo Henriques with 3:57 left in the first half.

The game did not get off to a smooth start for the second week in a row, when Aplin threw an interception to Memphis’ Bakari Hollier in the end zone.

Memphis then fumbled the ball back to ASU when senior Brandon Joiner forced the ball out of Reed’s hands.

Junior linebacker Nathan Herrold fell on the ball to set up the first field goal of the game, a 31-yard kick from Brian Davis with 12:08 left in the first quarter.

The Red Wolves had 611 yards of of-fense in the game, the most since 1984 when ASU defeated Lamar. It also ranks as the seventh most in school history.

Aplin threw for 274 yards, three touch-downs and the one interception on 19 of 21 pass attempts.

That gave Aplin a 90 percent comple-tion percentage for the game.

Frankie Jackson, a red shirt freshman, led in rushing with 101 yards. As a whole, the rushing game totaled 267 yards.

“The line did an unbelievable job open-ing up holes for Frankie,” Aplin said. “I had a couple bad throws [and] that inter-ception, so we started off a little slow, but hats off to them, they made everything happen tonight.”

The 47-3 win is the largest margin of vic-tory against Memphis for the Red Wolves since won the second game of the series 41-0 on Oct. 18, 1915.

The win also marked the first home game and win for Freeze.

“Our kids never lost focus, and give credit to our coaching staff,” Freeze said. “I think they had a plan against what Mem-phis does. They took advantage of match ups, and that’s what football is about, be-ing able to isolate them.”

The Red Wolves are now 1-1 on the sea-son and will face ACC powerhouse Virgin-ia Tech (2-0) next Saturday in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Career Fair

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Red Wolves run up 611 yards in first home game of 2011

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldFreshman running back Frankie Jackson stiff arms a Tiger defender during a run play in the first half against

Memphis. Jackson contributed 101 yards to ASU’s 611 total yards.

NEWSPAGE 4 Monday, Sept. 12 The Herald

BriefsThe Central Mississippi Valley Archeological Society will host its

opening lecture of the 2011-12 academic year on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m., in the ASU Museum, Room 157 (first floor). The ASU Museum is located at 320 University Loop West Circle in Jonesboro. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public. Judson Byrd Finley, assistant professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Memphis, will present “Traveling the Bad Pass: The Archeology of Tipi Rings in Bighorn Canyon.”

ENROLLMENT, CONTINUED

WELCH, CONTINUED

ASU-Jonesboro Interim Chancellor Dan Howard presented $48 million in construction and mainte-nance proposals to address problems with campus fa-cilities at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting on the Mountain Home campus.

Howard noted several problems relating to cam-pus crowding in housing, dining and other infra-structure areas due to ag-ing facilities and ever-in-creasing enrollment.

“We are now getting ready to move forward with the creation of the cam-pus facilities master plan,” Howard said. “Ultimately we will bring it to the board and ask for their permis-sion to approve the campus facility master plan.”

Howard said the Acan-sa Dining Hall in the Stu-dent Union is at full capac-ity, demand for on-campus housing exceeds availabili-ty and the heating and cool-ing system in Kays Hall is at the end of its lifespan.

This fall, the Jonesboro campus broke another en-rollment record with 14,220 students, compared to a re-cord-breaking 13,920 last year.

As solutions for these problems, he recommend-ed:• Constructing uni-

versity-owned sorority housing and a new 450-bed, 87,456,000-square-foot double-occupancy freshman residence hall,• Annexing the

ROTC and Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) hous-ing for Honors housing and

constructing new housing for these groups,• Expandinghousing

in The Village,• Building a new

7,500-square-foot dining hall, and• Replacing the

HVAC (heating and cool-ing) system in Kays Hall.

The bonding cost for all of these proposals is $48.8 million, with an interest rate of 4.8 percent and an-nual interest payouts of $3.1 million.

“We have the bonding capacity,” he said.

In other business:• Board members

voted to rename the Reng Student Services Center to the Carl R. Reng Student Union.• The board ap-

proved the sale of the for-mer home of Robert Potts, former ASU System pres-ident and ASUJ chancel-lor, at 3613 Lacoste Drive in Jonesboro’s RidgePointe neighborhood. Real estate database Zillow.com pric-es the 18,731-square-foot property and four-bedroom, 3,277-square-foot home at $432,800.• Theboardvotedto

create a chancellor emer-itus policy and grant this title to Potts. The title grants the recipient officespace and secretarial staff, as well as tickets to cam-pus events and on-campus parkingbenefits.• The board ap-

proved a measure to make a $50,000 match to a $300,000 state grant to build sidewalks and bike paths on campus along the east side of Driver Street, the north side of Danner Street and the north side of Aggie Road between Driver Street and Caraway Road.

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Stripling then began to speak of a plan currently underway that will serve as a sort of ‘future casting’ in regards to future enrollment goals.

“What you’ll see in the near future is a plan that will be unfolded that will actually begin to say with the numbershere,wherewewillbefiveyears out, as part of enrollment man-agement and what related challeng-es that will come with that as well,” Stripling said.

This enrollment management plan,

currently in development, will serve to outline what type of impact each area of the university (graduate, un-dergraduate, distance learning, etc.) specificallyhasoverallonthecollec-tive enrollment amounts, which will be unveiled at a later date.

Current data also shows, while the majority of ASU students are still from Arkansas, as of fall 2011, the second highest category is American students from non-Southern states, a testament to the universi-ty’s growing global appeal andinfluence.

“Obviously the upward growth and mix of re-

sources from international students, online, domestic, undergraduate and graduate students eclectically pro-vides a great portfolio for it, and as it continues, we will be looking into meeting areas of demand from stu-dents, such as looking into further areas of construction to accommodate an increased desire from students to live on campus to avoid the parking problems,” he said.

Howard makes $48m construction proposal

Samuel G. SmithEditor

National Campus Safety Aware-ness Week begins today and will host a several events.

“Our goal during this week is to inform the campus community about the services and resources of the Uni-versity Police Department along with educating our faculty, staff and stu-dents about campus safety,” Univer-sity Police Chief Randy Martin said.

The week’s events will begin with UPD 101, which will give everyone the opportunity to learn all about the campus police department.

Tuesday’s topic is safety on cam-pus and will present safety tips need-ed to stay safe on campus.

Wednesday is sexual assault awareness and Thursday is domes-tic violence safety, which will teach preventive methods to help students keep from becoming a victim. It will also help those who have become a

victim learn what they need to do. The week will wrap up Friday with

presentations about crosswalk safety awareness with classes that will be taught at the crosswalks on campus.

UPD will have booths set up from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. all week.

On Wednesday and Thursday there will be a campus safety presen-tation from 5 p.m.-6 p.m. on the third flooroftheStudentUnionintheAu-ditorium. Also located in the audito-rium is the active shooter class.

The active shooter class is offered at various times throughout the week.

“UPD will emphasize that the best way to survive an active shooter is to escape. When that is not possible, being mentally prepared and having been given the authority and abili-ty to act will save lives,” said Traci Simpson, program director.

Martin said the most important part of this week would be the safe-ty education opportunities available

to the campus community. “As the campus constituents be-

come more knowledgeable about safety, the campus becomes saf-er. We feel strongly that education about safety to our community reduc-es the chance of our members becom-ing a victim, increases overall safety awareness, and will result in a reduc-tion in crime,” he said.

Both Simpson and Martin say the most dangerous people on campus are those who are inattentive and unaware.

“The University Police will cov-er these topics and remind every-one how important daily simple ac-tions and planning ahead can make a huge difference in personal safety. We will also stress how preparing for the possibility of any type of criminal event prior to it happening will make you better prepared to act and in-crease your ability to make good de-cisions concerning your safety,” Mar-tin said.

Holly Ann BradwayStaff Writer

UPD to promote safety with week of events