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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011

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Staci Vandagriff/HeraldYuqing Zhang, a business student of China, speaks with a representative from DENSO Manufacturing at the All Majors Career Fair

on Tuesday afternoon. More than 50 companies were represented at the twice-annual event held to serve as a job search resource for students. The two-part event was followed on Wednesday by the Education, Nursing and Health Professions Career Fair.

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Standing in the first floor of the union with a yellow bag in hand, she passes out pens, highlighters and hand-sanitizers to students passing by.

All of the handouts are coming from Niya Blair, who is the new assistant dean of students and multicultural director.

In only her fifth week on the job, Blair says she is already working on new pro-grams for ASU.

“I’m hoping to bring a diverse and well-rounded experience to the students, fac-ulty and staff,” Blair said. “I want to ex-pand the mindset of the ASU community towards multiculturalism.”

Blair is having a meet and greet for mi-nority students, faculty and staff on Sept. 29 in the multicultural center in hopes of enlightening more people about what there is to offer.

“I want them to be able to meet me and learn about the center,” Blair said. “It’s going to be an opportunity for everyone to interact with each other.”

Other events that Blair has been work-ing on include a program called “I can’t

believe you asked that,” which is an open forum for students from different

See NEW FACE, page 5

Freshmen unhappy with shared rooms

A number of ASU stu-dents feel more dormito-ries are needed on campus because they prefer having their own room to sharing a room with other people.

“When I was working at Residence Life we had a number of private room re-quests even in Kays (Hall) and University (Hall),” said Amanda Layer, a ju-nior communication disor-ders major of Rector.

She said there are al-ready many places for freshmen to live such as Kays Hall, University Hall, Arkansas Hall and Honors, but there is a waiting list to live in upper-class dormi-tories such as Northpark Quads, Collegiate Park and Red Wolf Den, which have private rooms.

According to Patrick Dixon, associate dean di-rector of Residence Life, 64 people are waiting to

live in Northpark Quads and 36 people are waiting to live in Collegiate Park, while there are some emp-ty rooms in Kays, Univer-sity and Arkansas halls.

Genella McCarroll, as-signment coordinator of Residence Life, said the total number of rooms in dormitories on campus is 2,270 with 2,819 beds and nearly 2,800 students now live on campus.

The problem is that not only upper-classmen, but also freshmen request to have private rooms.

Hiroki Matsuo, a fresh-man psychology major of Shiga, Japan, is one fresh-man looking for his own space. He said it is diffi-cult to share the room with someone else.

Matsuo said having dif-ferent lifestyles could be a big issue for people forced to live together. When peo-ple choose to listen to mu-sic, turn on the lights, the

See ROOMS, page 5

The Marion Berry Parkway overpass is set to be completed in the spring, but another piece of the project that will help ease traffic flow will be a little longer be-fore it’s a reality.

A road that is planned to go under the overpass and connect its entrance to cam-pus to the library, Education/Communica-tion and Agriculture buildings and their parking lots will likely not be completed until 2013.

David Handwork, director of planning, design and construction at Facilities Man-agement, said the road is the final piece in the three-phase construction project.

The first phase, consisting of the over-pass bridge on the north side of campus, is complete but not open for use yet. The sec-ond, consisting of construction at Wash-ington and Matthews avenues, is current-ly underway and set to open by spring 2012.

Handwork said Facilities Management has identified funding for the road’s con-

struction, but it remains to be seen how much the phase will cost considering vari-ation in the bidding market.

According to the plan, the road will be accessible for those entering campus from the overpass by turning left on to Aggie

Road, then turning left directly opposite Melrose Street.

Once the overpass is complete, the south Caraway Road entrance to campus will be closed and barriers erected to keep pedestrians and motorists from attempt-ing to use it.

“We want to make it clear that the area between the tracks is only accessible from the overpass bridge, either pedestrian or vehicular.”

Many pedestrians currently use Cara-way Road as a route to off-campus desti-nations. When this road is closed, pedes-trians will have to use the overpass to exit campus. While it will increase the dis-tance bikers and pedestrians must travel, Handwork said it’s a much safer route.

“It’s designed to be really a safer path to use,” he said. “You don’t have to cross railroad tracks and it’s a little bit more controlled than the intersection.”

In addition to avoiding crossing train tracks, the overpass route will also be well lit.

“It’s probably going to be the best lit See EXTENSION, page 5

Due to a lack of interest and with the main instructor gone, the metallurgy em-phasis in the Technology Program at ASU is at a standstill for now.

With associate professor of metallur-gical engineering technology Zariff (Zac) Chaudhury leaving without a word’s no-tice to the administration in June, the College of Agriculture and Technology came up empty-handed for an interim in-structor.

With Chaudhury being the only in-structor for metallurgy, classes for fall 2011 had to be cancelled until further no-tice.

Chris Dryer, a junior computer-aided design and drafting major of Jonesboro, said he learned of Chaudhury’s resigna-tion right after taking the final for one of Chaudhury’s classes, Nonferrous Metal-lurgy, last spring.

“He said he wanted to wait so long to tell the class until after our final for us to not freak out,” Dryer said.

Robert Stevens, a sophomore CADD major of Jonesboro, said he found out

about Chaudhury’s absence through a lec-ture in another class.

“When the teacher mentioned ‘When Dr. Zac was here last semester…’ I was like wait, that’s past tense,” Stevens said. He said it wasn’t until he got an email from the department saying he needed to the drop the cancelled class immediately that he realized he was gone.

Dr. Rajesh Sharma, assistant professor in renewable technology, said Chaudhury was supposed to teach a class in June, so when he didn’t answer the department’s calls or emails, Sharma said a search was conducted to find a replacement with no luck.

“Maybe he didn’t get the enthusiasm that he wanted from the students en-rolled, seeing as there was like six to sev-en of us in each class,” Stevens said. “He did mention that he wanted to retire.”

Dryer said he didn’t even know ASU had this particular emphasis until a friend already involved mentioned it to him. “Dr. Zac was basically self-promoting the em-phasis by teaching five courses including a master’s course,” he said. Dryer said the promotion of the emphasis definitely

See EMPHASIS, page 5

New face heads Multicultural Center

Career FairAri Yuki

Staff Writer

Metallurgy emphasis shelved Rachel Carner

Online/Multimedia EditorLindsey Blakely

Photo Editor

Overpass extension to increase traffic access, won't open until 2013Samuel G. Smith

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Ashley Helliwell/HeraldAn extension to the Marion Berry Parkway overpass is the third and final phase of the project's

construction and will ease access from the overpass to the south side of campus.

In a world of celeb-rity moms like Kris Jenner and Sharon Osbourne, my mom is neither famous nor a star in a reality TV show.

She lives her days surfing the web for funny photos to post on Facebook.

In a world of politi-cal moms like Michelle Obama and Sarah Pa-lin, my mom spends her days reading spam email from Walmart and Target.

I had the honor of having my mom fly with me from Saudi Arabia to live with me for a month.

During that month, I learned that she loves bargain sales, flavored yogurt and that she can cook a delicious meal in less than an hour.

Whenever she was not tagging me in my baby pictures on Fa-cebook, she would ask me to take her to the mall.

That woman can shop for five hours straight and still shop some more.

When you would think she is buying for herself, she is actually buying clothes and toys for her grandchildren.

When the time came for me to take her to the airport, flashbacks of our month togeth-er went through my head.

All of the nights we went to have dinner at restaurants talk-ing about anything and everything played back through my head like a movie.

It made me sad to know that she was leaving.

I cannot explain to you how much it broke my heart to see my mom cry.

When I asked her why she was sad, she simply said that it’s be-cause she couldn’t re-member the last time she had this much fun and she didn’t want it to end.

You know the saying “You never know what you have until you lose

it”? I experienced that

feeling right there at the airport.

I used to take my mom for granted be-cause I assumed that she’ll always be there, but that’s certainly not the case.

We are all guilty at some point in our lives of neglecting the peo-ple that matter to us the most.

We get so caught up in our daily lives that we forget to tell or show our loved ones how much we care.

The article “Taken for Granted” on pro-fessorhouse.com says “people treat you how you teach them to treat you.”

Things like con-stantly doing house-work without speak-ing of your loathing of it or doing everything to make ends meet with it going unnoticed while the other person may think that you don’t mind a bit may seem very small. But these things go unno-ticed and unappreci-ated every day.

The article contin-ues, saying doing this is a big mistake and that people “think the other should be able to read their mind,” when they can’t. And you can’t read the other’s mind either.

I have never told my mom how much I love her – I just assumed that she knew I did.

After seeing her cry, all I wanted to tell her and show her is that I love her.

So I uttered the words “I love you mom” and kissed her on the forehead.

She smiled and told me that she loved me too and that she’s go-ing to miss me.

She assured me that she is very proud of the person I have become and that my father is even prouder.

I don’t need a celeb-rity mom, or a political one, all I really need is who I already have. Love you, mom.

Raslan is a senior digital media and de-sign major of Dhah-ran, Saudi Arabia.

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Hang in thereWe’re almost a month into school and studies

show that the first semester of college is the semester most new students will drop out.

It is tough the first semester – there’s no denying that – but staying in school is probably the best decision a student can make.

To be perfectly honest, after the first semester everything gets better.

Though it may be cliché or you think there is no way things could get better, by the end of the first semester you’ve got a routine and a sleep schedule. You have friends to support you and organizations to get your mind off of school. It’s an uphill climb, but once you make it to the top, the view is great.

So, what are some ways to get to this point?For starters, work always comes before play.

In the first few weeks, if you are more concerned with hanging out with friends every night and then coming back to cram all your studying in, you won’t make it far.

Yes, you do have to stay up all night to work on projects occasionally and study a lot, but that’s only when you have to. Don’t fall back on cramming “routine” or else it will take a toll on your grades and your well-being.

As far as grades go, a lot of high school students truly don’t understand the significance of their GPA. Therefore, in high school they don’t make the effort to monitor it and keep it high.

In college, things are different. Your GPA is everything here and you have to truly put forth the effort and work on keeping yourself in good standing.

Finally, find yourself a good group of people to surround yourself with. These people will be invaluable to helping you achieve your goal of a college degree.

They may not be able to help you in college algebra or know how to help you do research for your biology project, but they can surely sit in the library with you as you study. It’s always good in a new situation to surround yourself with people to ease the transition.

Friends will be there to support you and make the first semester (and many more after that) go by as smoothly as possible.

While college is about learning all you can, it is also a very fun experience. Treat it that way. Enjoy your time here in and out of the classroom because, having a good experience is important to reaching your dreams.

“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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Everybody has seen the steel frame in the center of campus and everybody has made a comment question-ing the progress of the fu-ture liberal arts building.

Not far from there is the construction of a new overpass just behind the HPESS building.

These projects are in-tended to increase the ca-pacity of the university to meet its growing enroll-ment. And of course that makes sense to keep every-one comfortable and enable a more efficient environ-ment to educate students.

Although expansion costs money and “money doesn’t grow on trees,” where does the money come from?

As a state funded public

college, Arkansas State is funded by the great state of Arkansas.

The state provides a very stable and reliable source of revenue for ASU, but it is limited to what the legislators in Little Rock see a need for.

The halt on construction of the liberal arts building is an indication that ASU has overstretched its state funding – its expansion cost exceeded its revenue from the state.

To me this is a sign that ASU should explore the op-tions of alternative sources of revenue, other than sell-ing football tickets and raising student tuition.

We should move away from relying so much on the state and become more self-sufficient.

Many state universities in the country have begun this move from relying on state funding to develop-ing alternative revenue

sources. One of the more eccen-

tric examples is Louisiana State University’s devel-opment of its own line of beer.

Using resources inside the different colleges in the university, everyone from food science professors to business and marketing students are involved in this project. Out of this they have developed a product to be sold this fall.

Although I am not say-ing that ASU should open a brewery, I do think that we should take advantage of the resources we already have in place and develop them not only to provide the university with more revenue but also give stu-dents more preparation for future careers.

Simpson is a junior ag-ricultural business major of Jonesboro.

“We are all guilty at some point in our lives of neglecting the people that matter

to us the most.”Abdullah Raslan

“Why are you throwing away that bottle of water?”“I don’t know. That 3-week-old water probably has a lot of my amoebas on it!”

For more comments overheard on campus,visit our Twitter @OverheardAtASU.

It smells of politics, not sound budgetary policy.

This past weekend, President Obama proposed a budget plan that, ac-cording to the Associated Press, could potentially cut U.S. deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next 10 years, but how can this be achieved?

According to the presi-dent’s plan, we could see $1.5 trillion in tax increas-es to wealthier Americans, nearly $580 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as certain cuts and savings from other federal programs.

Hearing this for the first time, I didn’t give it much consideration. After all, these tax increases will only apply to people mak-ing over $250,000.

As college students, none of us are going to fall into this category. So, why all the fuss?

As I read up on it, I have come to believe that this plan actually has very lit-tle to do with our economy or the budget at all.

You don’t have to be a political genius to recognize that this plan will most likely not pass, thanks to

a Republican-controlled House whose members have stood firm on a “no-new-taxes” pledge.

So let’s be honest. Why propose a bill that raises taxes in the midst of a re-cession, especially when you know that Republicans will block the bill?

In case you haven’t been following the news much, the president seems to be having difficulty with his poll numbers, even among his own liberal base. Many members of the president’s own party have accused the president of going soft on the issues, especially as it relates to the budget.

Remember last Decem-ber when the president said that we needed to ex-tend the Bush tax cuts for wealthier Americans to avoid a double-dip reces-sion? This didn’t exactly sit very well with many members of the Democrat-ic Party.

But the intent of this bill and the effects it would have are two very different things.

If the bill passed, would it affect us college students all that much? It’s very possible.

Many – if not most – college students plan to work for various compa-nies after they graduate. A tax increase on wealthier Americans could potential-

ly affect those companies in a very negative way.

Whether you like this fact or not, larger busi-nesses are typically owned and operated by rich peo-ple and many companies’ biggest customers just so happen to be wealthy (i.e. private jet industry, luxury car business, home construction companies, etc.). These industries em-ploy thousands of average Americans.

If the rich stopped spending as much, where would these companies be? Belly-up? Downsized? It’s very likely.

Graduates around the country are already hav-ing difficulty finding jobs after college. I feel like tax increases will only compli-cate this issue.

I’m not here to defend our current tax code. I think our tax system has far too many loopholes that allow people to get out of paying their taxes (just take a look at General Electric—they are practi-cally exempt from taxes).

We can argue over the amount of taxes the rich should have to pay, but I think we can all agree—more taxes in the midst of a recession is just a bad idea.

Davidson is a sophomore education major of Bryant.

“Why propose a bill that raises taxes in the midst of a recession..?”

Jeff Davidson

“... ASU should explore the options of alternative sources of revenue...”

Ryan Simpson

Never take loved ones for granted

Search for more revenue sources U.S. debt bill affects college students

Where did he come from?That might have been the reaction of many in atten-

dance at the Arkansas State opening home game against Memphis when junior wide receiver Josh Jarboe caught and ran a pass 71-yards for a touchdown during the sec-ond quarter of the 47-3 blowout on Sept. 10.

The play, which head coach Hugh Freeze and Jar-boes referred to as the “Touchdown Play”, put ASU up on Memphis 17-0. It was also Jarboe’s second touchdown grab of the night.

“Coach Freeze and (receivers coach Tyler) Siskey told me the middle would be open if it worked,” Jarboe said.

The play did work and Jarboe went on to 102 yards on seven receptions that night as well as four receptions for 38 yards against Virginia Tech on Sept. 17.

While the answer to where Jarboe came from on “Touchdown Play” is an easy one, knowing how the 6-foot-215-pound junior from Decatur, Ga., wound up at Arkansas State involves three other colleges going back to 2008.

Jarboe, a four star recruit coming out of high school according to both Rivals.com and Scout.com, chose the Oklahoma Sooners over Georgia, LSU and Florida. Jar-boe said he chose OU over the other schools because he believed he had a ”big shot at playing there” right from the start.

However, Jarboe would never see the playing field as a Sooner. Just months after joining the program, Jarboe was arrested on a misdemeanor gun charge and then ap-peared in a YouTube video that featured the player per-forming an explicit rap routine.

Sooner head coach Bob Stoops hesitated to take action against Jarboe because of the video, citing his right to privacy. However, after mounting pressure, Stoops cut Jarboe from the team.

“We are disappointed in this outcome, but our com-plete review and this final decision is in the best interest of our program,” Stoops said in a press release following the incident in July of 2008.

But Jarboe didn’t stay down for long and joined the team at Troy University for the 2009 season. While there he caught 15 passes for 248 yards and one touchdown be-fore being sidelined with an injury.

But after being cited by Troy police for harassment and disorderly conduct, Trojan head coach Larry Blake-ny dismissed him from the team.

Blakeny helped Jarboe enroll at Northeast Mississip-pi Community College for the 2010 season in hopes of giving him another shot at the Division 1A level.

For Jarboe, who was once the 13th ranked player in the ESPN Top 150, the year at the junior college level proved to be a humbling experience.

“It made me a man…made me stop taking things for granted,” Jarboe said. He feels that the last four years were what he needed.

“It’s been a blessing,” Jarboe admitted, “learning to be a better person.”

After a year where he caught 42 passes for 495 yards

and averaged 11.8 yard per catch, Jarboe received at-tention from Football Bowl Subdivision schools Tennes-see, Pittsburgh and Southern California.

But it was the coaching staff here at Arkansas State that proved the right fit for Jarboe.

Head coach Hugh Freeze said the decision to give Jar-boe a shot as a Red Wolve came from the “gut.”

“I don’t get caught up in people who judge people that make a mistake and write them off. I’m just not made that way and never will be. Never have been,” Freeze said.

“Now I think there comes a point where you can, but he obviously convinced me that he was very remorseful, very honest and I love him. He’s been nothing but a joy for us to deal with thus far and he’s got to finish it.”

Receivers coach Tyler Siskey, who is in his third year at the position, believes that Jarboe has righted the tur-moil in his life.

“I think he’s learned from his mistakes, he’s learned how to carry himself and act as a grown man,” Siskey said.

Freeze said the team put demands and parameters in place for Jarboe to help him keep his nose clean.

“He knows he’s on a short leash. He understands the requirements that we’re going to require of him here,” Freeze said.

Grading himself through three games so far this year, Jarboe gives himself a B -.

Jarboe also believes he has improved on his initial four-star rating out of high school, admitting “I’d call myself a five star player.”

Even with the progress he has displayed both on and off the field this season, Jarboe still has room to grow in the eyes of Freeze.

“He’s still got a ways to go, he really does. He’s really kind of raw,” Freeze said. “You saw the other night he’s got great potential and he played really well. He’s got to get a little tougher and understand he has to play every play.”

Jarboe will get a chance to play against his former team, the Trojans, when they visit ASU Stadium on Dec. 3. Jarboe leads the Red Wolves in receiving so far this season with 16 receptions for 258 yards and the two Memphis touchdowns.

After four years of uncertainty, on that night against Memphis in front of the second largest crowd in ASU his-tory, Jarboe finally felt at peace with where he was.

“It felt good. It felt like I was playing at home.”

SPORTSPAGE 3 Thursday, Sept. 22 The Herald

Sun Belt Week 4 Schedule

Game Time/Network

Louisiana - Monroe @ Iowa Sat, 11 a.m./Big Ten Network

Middle Tennessee @ Troy Sat, 5 p.m../Sun Belt Network

Louisiana - Lafayette @ Florida Int. Sat, 5 p.m./ESPN3.com

Indiana @ North Texas Sat, 6 p.m./ESPN3.com

Florida Atlantic @ Auburn Sat, 6 p.m./Fox Sports Net

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Jarboe overcoming past demons for future with Red Wolves

Meredith Scott Staff Writer

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

The guns come out in Jonesboro Saturday night as the Arkansas State Red Wolves (1-2) take on the Uni-versity of Central Arkansas Bears (1-2) for ASU’s second home game of the season in what has been dubbed the “Centennial Shoot-out.”

The last time the Red Wolves faced the Bears was in 1997, which is also the last time ASU played an in-state school.

Arkansas State defeated UCA 36-35, giving the Red Wolves a 6-5 lead in the all-time series in games played in Jonesboro.

Arkansas State and UCA have played 23 times since 1916, with UCA holding a 12-9-2 lead in the all-time se-ries.

ASU, coming off a 26-7 loss at Virginia Tech, aims to finish off their non-conference on a high note before div-ing into Sun Belt conference competition against West-ern Kentucky.

Central Arkansas comes into the game with out fifth year senior Nathan Dick at the starting quarterback po-sition.

This is the second straight home game that ASU will be facing an opponent that will be without their first string quarterback.

Dick, a former back up at the university of Arkansas, suffered his second concussion in as many weeks against Sam Houston State.

Dick will be replaced by sophomore Wynrick Davis, who will be making his very first collegiate start Satur-day, as did Taylor Reed for Memphis on Sept. 10.

“Wynrick probably has the strongest arm of any of the quarterbacks on our campus right now,” Clint Conque, 12th year head coach at UCA said Tuesday.

“He does bring a little bit different element as far as escape ability in the pocket.”

Davis replaced Dick in the second quarter of the Sam

Houston game and threw for 99 yards on seven comple-tions.

“They’re definitely in that category of a spread offense and they certainly want to throw the football,” ASU head coach Hugh Freeze said.

“They get rid of the ball. They don’t take sacks. They’re going to throw every screen imaginable. If you can imag-ine a screen, they’ve got it.”

So far, the Red Wolves have allowed 356.3 total of-fensive yards, 139.7 rushing yards and 216.7 passing yards.

“They’ve got Division One receivers,” Freeze said.“Transfer Jesse Grandy from Ole Miss, Al Lasker

from Air Force and Dominique Croom. Those receivers could play for a lot of people.”

The receiving corp. for the Red Wolves is not too bad itself. The Red Wolves biggest performer this season is junior transfer Joshua Jarboe who has 16 receptions for 258 yards and the two touchdowns.

The veteran Red Wolves’s are seniors Dwayne Framp-ton, who needs 29 yards to reach 1,000 on career and Taylor Stockemer, who caught a 51-yard pass on ASU’s first play from scrimmage against Virginia Tech

That pass was thrown by junior quarterback Ryan Aplin.

Aplin, who scored ASU’s only points against VT on that opening drive on a five yard quarterback keeper four minutes into the game, is ranked 30th in the nation in passing yards per game with 256.3 yards.

He also needs 16 completions to become the fifth play-er in school history with 400 in their career and 293 yards to take fifth place at ASU for total career offense.

“He made some bad decisions Saturday, he knows that, he’ll be the first to tell you that,” Freeze said. Aplin threw two interceptions and gave up a safety to Virginia Tech while passing for 205 yards.

“He was in a tough situation. But Ryan will bounce back,” Freeze said.

A win for ASU would give the Red Wolves its best re-cord through four games, making them 2-2. They’re best was a 3-1 record in 2008. The Red Wolves would also be-come 26-7 at home since 2005.

“They get up for these games,” Freeze said of UCA. “You can tell there’s a little different edge when they

get the opportunity to make a statement and this is a statement game for them. I expect to get their best shot.”

The 24th meeting of Arkansas State and University of Central Arkansas will kick off at 7 p.m. at ASU Sta-dium.

The game can be seen on KATV-7 (Little Rock), KAIT-8 (Jonesboro), KNWA-51 (Fayetteville), online at ESPN3.com and heard on 107.9 FM

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Abdullah Raslan/HeraldJunior transfer Josh Jarboe is cheered on by fans as he completes a 71-yard touchdown

play against Memphis on Sept. 10.

Lindsey Blakely/HeraldSenior running back Derek Lawson scores on a touchdown pass against Memphis

on Sept. 10. Lawson is part of a running attack that consists of freshman Frankie Jackson, sophomore Sirgregory Thorton and junior quarterback Ryan Aplin.

Students with a back-ground in dance now have the opportunity to join a diverse performance dance group at ASU. Last year, Rani Cooksey, administrative specialist at The International Cen-ter for English, started A Touch of Class, a dance group for students who participated in dance in high school or before and wish to continue in college. “Most schools have a dance company because they offer a performing arts program with a ma-jor or minor in dance,”

Cooksey said. ASU does not currently offer such a program. Cooksey spoke with universities in Arkansas that offer dance programs and with their guidance decided the easiest way to incorporate a dance group at ASU would be to start a club first. According to Cooksey, the club will be a way to show there are stu-dents interested in pursu-ing dance in college. Kaitlyn Graves, senior nursing major of Harris-burg, wanted to minor in dance but was disappoint-ed to find that ASU did not offer it. Graves, who performed

with her high school’s dance team for five years, joined A Touch of Class because she missed danc-ing. Graves believes that a major or minor program in dance would benefit ASU. “It would be a wonderful addition to ASU and would allow more people to come here and do what they re-ally want to do,” Graves said. Tiara Johnson, senior radiology major of Little Rock and president of A Touch of Class, said get-ting a program for dance started at ASU is one main goal. According to John-son, the group has spoken with some theatre profes-

sors who also wish to see a dance program at ASU. “Dance is my life, that feeling that I’m free, that I can do anything,” Johnson said. “I would love to have a dance program here.” The group has performed in various events on cam-pus, including sorority and fraternity talent shows and the Multicultural Celebra-tion of the Arts. They held their first spring concert last semes-ter in the Fowler Center. Cooksey described it as a great success. Their second concert is scheduled for April 5. A Touch of Class has also been involved with the com-munity. Last fall, the group helped with choreography for the Wanna Dance? com-petition sponsored by the Jonesboro Woman’s Dis-covery Center. The group did various fund-raisers around the community to raise money for their trip to the Ameri-

can College Dance Festival last year in Wichita, Kan. Brittany Foster, senior graphic design major of Jonesboro and practice cap-tain for A Touch of Class, described the trip as her fa-vorite experience with the group so far. “It was eating, sleeping, and breathing dance for four days straight,” Foster said. “It was a major bond-ing experience as well. We all got really close.” As a newer organization, A Touch of Class has ex-perienced some struggles. Cooksey said the main dif-ficulty was funding. “These girls are col-lege students on a bud-get,” Cooksey said. “Cloth-ing, costumes, renting the Fowler Center and going on trips were very expen-sive.” Cooksey expressed ap-preciation for the Student Government Association Action Fund, which pro-vides financial assistance

to registered student orga-nizations. According to Cooksey, the Action Fund provided them with the monetary support necessary to make their trip to the American College Dance Festival. A Touch of Class seeks to encompass all styles of dance. Currently, there are 14 members with strengths in ballet, jazz, modern, lyri-cal, tap and hip-hop dance. The members of A Touch of Class are diverse in their backgrounds as well as their dance styles. According to Cooksey, there are African Ameri-can, Caucasian, Chinese and Russian members of the group. A Touch of Class will have auditions April 7. Graves urged anyone who is thinking about audition-ing for the group to do it. “It is a blast,” Graves said. “If you are passion-ate about dance, this is the team to be on.”

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Music students enjoy director's 'unique style'

At 12:15 every day, Timothy Oliver makes his way into the band room at ASU's Fine Arts Building, greeting students along the way. With a variety of sounds escaping the room, he raises his baton and the band crescendos into a har-mony. During the last five years, Oliver has been the director of bands and the coordinator of ASU's Wind Ensemble. He also teaches courses in the music department for graduate and undergradu-ate students and oversees other instrumental bands including marching, con-cert and jazz bands. Originally from Centra-lia, Mo., Oliver graduated from Truman State Uni-versity with a bachelor’s of arts in music with an em-phasis in conducting and a master of arts in educa-tion, but that wasn't his first choice. "I originally did not start as a music major. When I entered as a freshman at Truman State, I was actu-ally a computer science ma-jor for about 8 or 9 weeks then I realized that it is not what I needed to be doing so I had a change of major and fortunately for me I was still in band programs so it was an easy transition and I haven't looked back." After graduating from

Truman State, Oliver went on and got a PhD in mu-sic education from Florida State University. He then served as the director of bands for both Temple and Kansas State. After four years at his previous conducting job, Ol-iver relocated to Jonesboro with his wife Rebecca Oli-ver and their two children, Benjamin and Gwendolyn. "When we first arrived to Jonesboro about five years ago, ASU had a little over 10,000 students which showed great poise. You can tell the growth potential was phenomenal here." Growing up in Missouri, Oliver had heard great things about ASU, which was one of his reasons to work here. "I really appreciate the fact there's a long and dis-tinguished history and tra-dition here." Oliver said. "Donald R. Minx, who was the director of bands here for 28 years, built argu-ably one of the finest band programs certainly in the south if not the nation." Music has always been a passion for Oliver and that truly translates to his stu-dents. Senior music educa-tion major Jarrett Tedder of Paragould has been in wind ensemble ever since his freshman year. "Dr. Oliver definitely has a unique style that comes from years of experience." Tedder said. "His approach to music is very relatable

to the wind ensemble band because of his background and because he uses nor-mal day references and re-lates it back to music." Tedder says Oliver com-monly uses Star Wars and Startrek references. "They are funny but they serve their purpose." Sophomore music edu-cation major Pershauna Johnson of Blytheville thinks that Oliver is very professional. "He is very precise and clean and very easy to fol-low. He is very professional and very comical." The wind ensemble band was fortunate enough to take a trip to New Mexico State University in April 2010 for a College Band Directors National Asso-ciation Conference. A panel of judges select-ed the band after Oliver sent in a piece the band had played. Oliver is very proud of this achievement. "It is worth noting that, as far as I can tell from the records for the past 20 years, the only Arkansas ensemble that ever played for this conference was University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and us." Oliver's vision for the music program at ASU continues to unfold itself as he continues to teach here. His vision includes bringing in more students into the program. "Having a large robust student population is very

important. For example, for the past 3 out of 4 years we've set an all time high enrollment records for the band program period. That is certainly something that’s exciting and we hope for more growth enroll-ment."

The wind ensemble band’s first concert of the semester takes place Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fowl-er Center. "Certainly, one of the things that I truly appreci-ate about this ensemble is that they really rise to the

occasion when challenged and if you push them and put high expectations on them, they will not only meet them but will exceed them."

Abdullah Raslan Staff Writer

by: David Barrentine

Alexis Hall Staff Writer

A Touch of Class was started last year by Rani Cooksey. The group now has 14 members. Abdullah Raslan/Herald

Abdullah Raslan/HeraldTimothy Oliver's comical references allow music students to learn in a fun environment..

Undaunted, dance club hopes for new program

Events for the UCA game Get pumped up for the game this Saturday by coming out and showing your support at these events! • Head to the Pike house Friday at 5:30 p.m. to hang out with Head Coach, Hugh Freeze and the football team dur-ing their car smash frenzy. Grab some chairs and get ready to pre-game. • Form a tunnel at the blue entrance of the Convocation Center at 4:45 to cheer on the Red Wolves as they make their way to the field. • Tailgate! Organizations from all over

the community gather around the sta-dium with free food and drinks. Grab yourself a hotdog and a soda and meet some new Red Wolf friends.• Go to the game! Once you’ve done all the pre-gaming you can, grab yourself a seat in the Red Wolf stadium before 7 p.m. and watch the team steal a victory from UCA. All fans are asked to wear red to the game! Grab your friends and get ready to cheer on the Red Wolves! Howl Yes!

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BriefsOrientation Leader applications are now available in the

Leadership Center and Student Union Office located on the 2nd floor of the Student Union. Applications are due no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19th. For more information or to receive an electronic copy of the application, contact Natalie Eskew at 870-972-2055 or [email protected]

If you are interested in finding out more information about being an Orientation Leader please make plans to attend one of the following interest sessions: Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. or Wednesday, Oct. 5th at noon. Both sessions will be located in the White River Room. For more information, contact Natalie Eskew at [email protected] or 870-972-2055.

The Student Union office is seeking students to assist with room set up and management for events occurring within the Student Union. Contact Shane Copeland at [email protected] or 972-2056. All interested applicants must turn in their application to the Student Union Office no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and in an effort to draw attention to problems related to sexual assault and domestic violence, the ASU Counseling Center is sponsoring Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Week Sept. 25 through Oct. 1. Interactive educational activities will be held each week day from 11 to 1 p.m. in the Natural State Lounge of the Student Union with a candlelight vigil held in the Student Union courtyard (near the fountain) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Speakers at the event will include domestic violence survivor Amanda White. White’s story is so severe she was featured in the March 2010 issue of Ladies Home Journal and became the Face of Domestic Violence.

For students applying for medical and dental school for fall 2012, sign-up sheets for pre-professional interviews are now in the Biology office. Interviews begin Sept. 28. Interviews are required of all pre-medical and pre-dental students. For more information contact Ronald Johnson, [email protected].

The Counseling Center is offering HealthRHYTHMS, Drumming to De-Stress on Thursdays from 12:30 - 1 p.m. in the ASU Museum on the second floor. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in this stress reduction activity. No musical ability is required, only a desire to participate, have fun and de-stress.

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Campus CrimeSept. 15

The gate at the entrance to Kays/University Halls parking lot was reported broken Sept. 15 by UPD officer Seneca Knight. Knight stated she called dispatch to see if anyone had already reported the gate as broken. Knight reported dispatch checked the log and said no one had logged the broken gate. Dispatch viewed the camera at the gate and found that 18-year-old Essence Scott piggy-backed a dark colored car and ran into the gate. Knight reported that the suspect was contacted and admitted to breaking the gate. No further information has been reported on this case.

Sept. 16At 1:30 a.m. Friday, UPD officer Steven Wilson reported seeing ASU student Alex Ford

moving his vehicle to a no parking zone inside the Collegiate Park parking lot. Wilson stated he noticed Ford’s speech was slurred and he kept repeating himself when he was asked questions. Ford told Wilson he was dropped off at Collegiate Park by to UPD officers earlier that night. Wilson reported Ford said he had been drinking. Wilson stated he placed Ford into custody and charged him with public intoxication. Ford was transported to the Craighead County Detention Center.

Sept. 17Jake Warren, 19, reported a vehicle being vandalized on Saturday around 3:50 a.m. UPD

officer Bobby Duff reported Warren said his truck tires had been slashed or at least had the air released from them. Duff stated that the tires did not look like they had been slashed but one of the tires was still inflated while leaking air. Duff reported that both tires appeared to be leaking air out of tampered valve stems. Duff stated Warren, a Kappa Alpha member, advised him that he thought Pi Kappa Alpha members came inside the KA house through the back door, broke their large Greek letters and left them on KA’s dance floor. Warren also said they took their fraternity composite picture and left it on the ground in the back yard.

Witnesses Todd Stripling and John Spranger both stated they thought it was Pi Kappa Alpha members because they saw the suspect tampering with Warren’s truck tires run towards the red entrance to the Convocation Center. They reported that after a few minutes there were about six larger vehicles pull into the Pi Kappa Alpha house parking lot and were making a lot of noise. The three KA members identified one vehicle as a white GMC Denali SUV. Duff reported that while he was talking to the three, the vehicle they described pulled into the Pi Kappa Alpha house parking lot. Duff stated he went down to the Pi Kappa Alpha house and asked the driver of the truck about the incident. The driver was identified as Prateek Gera. Gera denied any knowledge of the incident.

Duff reported he advised all parties that a report would be written and photographs were taken of the broken KA letters, composite picture and the deflated tires. As of today, no further details have been released.

— Compiled by Michaela Kaberline,

Campus Corner Editor

TV or go to bed could vary and cause problems between people.

The comings and goings of a room-mate’s friends, calling someone on the phone or Skyping with somebody when the other roommate is study-ing, or changing the temperature of the room also are examples of things that can cause a problem, he said.

Matsuo said his roommate is Ko-rean, and he is always arguing about those things with him. He also said he wants a private room and wants to move to North Park Quads as soon as possible.

Robert Washburn, a senior crimi-nology major of Stuttgart, was living in Arkansas Hall during his fresh-man year.

“I didn’t like it,” he said. Although he shared the room with

his friend whom he got along with, Washburn said “If you live with somebody long enough, it causes a problem.”

Washburn said the difference of the time management between his roommate and him was the most troublesome thing. “Everybody I know seems to enjoy living in up-per-classmen dorms and apartments. ASU probably needs more (dormito-ries),” he said.

Another student, Jialin Yang in the English as a Second Language program from Zhong Shan, China, shared a room in Kays Hall last fall.

“I prefer to have my own room be-cause I have more free space,” she said. “Since more and more people are now coming to ASU, I think ASU needs more dorms, then students will have more choices.”

Some students also pointed out some defects in freshmen dormito-ries. Matsuo said he caught a cold a few days after moving into Kays Hall, and said it is because of dry air in Kays. He also said he got a lot of mos-quitoes and bug bites in his room.

Matsuo said he does not think the conditions in Kays are sanitary.

“I think that is a problem of physi-cal safety,” Matsuo said.

Washburn added that rooms in Arkansas Hall were old and dirty, and showers did not work well and the campus maintenance crew never fixed things in a timely manner.

“I know a lot of people have com-plained about their residences,” Lay-er said.

Nonetheless, when it comes to the issue of students preferring to have a private room, she has a different view.

“I think it’s a good idea for people to share the room together in their freshman year because most fresh-men, when they get here, don’t know anybody, so, having a roommate is a good way to make friends,” Layer said.

Her friend, Ashley Williams, a freshman communication disorders major of Rector who lives in Univer-sity Hall, added, “I like the people liv-ing in there. Everyone is a freshman, so it’s easy to talk to people who are going through the same kind of year you’re going through.”

Dixon recommends students to share a room with someone when they are in their freshman year. He said having a roommate enhances communication skills and teaches how to compromise and deal with an-other person’s personality.

Dixon also mentioned a plan for building a new residence for stu-dents.

“We’re really in the early stag-es, so we have not addressed exactly what it’s going to be. We’re planning to address that,” he said. “We’re see-ing that we need to expand dormito-ries and need more houses, so we’re currently analyzing that.”

backgrounds to ask each other ques-tions. The event will have a speak-er to facilitate and help open up the room.

“Unfortunately we’re not doing anything with Hispanic Heritage Month which is until Oct. 15,” Blair said. “But, I wanted to let the His-panic culture know that I am able to help and support them if they need anything.”

When most students are asked about the multicultural center, they have no idea where it is. Blair says she plans to change that.

The center now has a Facebook and Twitter account under the name of Astate Multicultural Center, which Blair encourages everyone to visit.

Blair said that since coming to ASU from LSU she’s noticed ASU’s international student population.

“People think diversity means ‘black and white,’ but, now they’re be-

ginning to realize it’s about globaliza-tion,” Blair said. “We work with Af-rican Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Women and the LGBT community.”

Blair says she is excited about re-vamping the multicultural center into one that is more appealing to students.

“’It’s a place, not just another space,’ that’s our motto,” Blair said. “It’s a place to eat, study and hang out.”

Blair said she has already begun to work on making the center fun.

“We’ve gotten magazines like Ebo-ny, Essence, Latino and ones that ap-peal to every culture almost,” Blair said. “There’s even a computer lab coming soon.”

Blair said that when she came into her office, it was empty, and that starting from scratch has been a worthwhile challenge.

“There weren’t notebooks or bind-

ers or anything to let me know what the past has been like,” Blair said. “The center is still fairly new, so it will be interesting to see how it will take off from here.”

Blair believes that by this time next year the center will be more thriving than it ever has been.

“We’re organizing a multicultur-al student council by the end of Octo-ber,” Blair said. “They’ll be students who aren’t leaders on campus just yet, but want to get involved. We’ll have a couple of students who are al-ready established though.”

Students will begin to see posters going up around campus advertis-ing the new look at the multicultural center soon and Blair says she hopes that will draw attention.

“They know it’s here, but they need to know that they can come up here,” Blair said.

needs to improve if it does become available again.

Sharma said the hia-tus shouldn’t hurt many students, as all of the five emphasis areas revolve around the same classes since they all fall under the bachelor of science degree, so major changes would have been necessary.

“I was kind of upset be-cause it would’ve been a great emphasis.

I enjoy good metallur-gy more than CADD,” Dry-er said.

Stevens said he became interested in the metallur-gy emphasis because he's always had an interest in blacksmithing, blade-smithing and blade fabri-cation as he got older.

"I've always been a sword and car guy, and both are products of metal-lurgy technology. So when a car builder friend men-tioned the emphasis to me, I was definitely inter-ested," Stevens said. "The emphasis was the reason why I came back to ASU in 2009 instead of just going to Black River Technical College for certifications."

According to the College of Agriculture and Tech-nology’s website, metallur-gy deals with alloys and metals. Students could learn extraction of metals

from ores and minerals, their production, process-ing and their physical and mechanical properties.

Metallurgy allows stu-dents to understand the constitution, structure, ex-traction, process technolo-gy and characterization of metals and alloys and use their understanding for the welfare of mankind.

From what Stevens and Dryer recalled, Chaudhury was an Intel employee for seven years before coming to ASU.

“He said he wanted to teach here even though it’d be a huge pay cut com-pared to his job at Intel,” Stevens said. Dryer men-tioned that when he wasn’t at his desk, he frequently visited his family in New Mexico over school breaks.

“Dr. Zac was one of the most experienced profes-sors I’ve ever had,” Dryer said. “He was one of those professors who always had time for his students.”

Dryer hopes the tech-nology program will con-tinue searching for a “com-petent” replacement, as the emphasis is “idle and ready to go” with lab equip-ment available.

“[ASU] needs to teach and offer this emphasis, since no one else around here is," Dyer said.

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Handwork also mentioned the possi-bility of integrating the route into the

Jonesboro Greenway project, a pedestri-an and bike trail that is planned to con-nect campus to the Turtle Creek Mall and other popular destinations.

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Daniel McFadinSports Editor

What would you do if you had the opportunity to spend one semester of your college experience in a for-eign country?

That is a question ex-change students from almost 80 countries are getting to answer for themselves at ASU this semester with help from organizations like the In-ternational Student Ex-change Program (ISEP) and the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX).

Among the 1,073 inter-national students attend-ing ASU are Muhammad Hassan, an electrical engi-neering student from Ba-hawalpur, Pakistan, and Fanny Copon and Audrey Stefani, both from Cergy-Pontoise University in Paris, France.

All three students are here for the same reason, to further their efforts to obtain a degree from their home institution, while also experiencing Ameri-can culture.

Hassan, Copon and Ste-fani have been at ASU for four weeks. Hassan’s first day in the Unites States was not the best experi-ence as he missed his con-necting flight to Memphis from Chicago.

When he finally arrived in Memphis, ASU provided transport to Jonesboro was already gone, forcing him to stay overnight at the airport.

Hassan is at ASU as part of the IREX program, which is overseen by the U.S. Department of State.

The program, which op-erates in association with the Educational Founda-tion of Pakistan, is respon-sible for 100 students who

are currently in the United States. However, to be able to study in America, Has-san had to go through a rigorous selection process.

Initially one of 4,000 applicants, Hassan made it through two cuts that whittled the exchange program hopefuls down to 200.

One hundred of those students are currently in the country, while the oth-er 100 will study in Ameri-ca next semester.

While the students are here they must fill out a booklet that resembles an American passport.

The book contains six sections: sports, art and music, holidays, commu-nity life, daily life and lo-cal pride.

So far Hassan has com-pleted four of the activities by attending the Order of the Pack, a Zumba class, his first American barbe-cue on Labor Day and the first Red Wolves home foot-ball game of the season.

“I really liked it because it was my first experience watching American foot-ball,” Hassan said. “I didn’t know how they played the game, but I learned from watching.”

The next event Hassan plans to complete is a visit to the Jonesboro Museum, which will be conducted by Matthew Coulter, As-sistant Coordinator of the Study Abroad Program.

“I usually see Hassan once or twice a week and he’ll be there for about an hour,” Coulter said. “We’ll talk about cultural things, and things he can do to ful-fill his requirements.”

Coulter is impressed by how acclimated Hassan is to the culture of Jonesboro, despite having never vis-ited the Unites States be-fore.

“Of all of the interna-tional students I have met on this campus, he is the one that is totally at home,” Coulter said. “He got here the second week of school…and I met him the first day after he got here. The entire time he just seemed chilled and at home and that astounds me.”

Hassan attributes this to Jonesboro not being all that different from his hometown of Bahawalpur.

“(Jonesboro) is similar to Bahawalpur, not in the geographical fashion,” Has-sam said. “Bahawalpur is very quiet and comfortable and population-wise Baha-walpur and Jonesboro are the same.”

Jonesboro, however, was not what Stefani expected.

“The only thing I knew about the Unites States was [what I saw] on TV shows,” Stefani said. “It is really different because on TV shows you see big cities more than the South.”

Copon says one of the hardest things for foreign exchange students is not being able to drive them-selves around Jonesboro.

“I think we are disap-pointed because there is not a lot of transportation on campus,” Copon said. “You have to make friends that have cars.”

Copon and Stefani have also found it difficult to adjust to how classes are taught at ASU compared to Cergy-Pontoise Univer-sity.

“In France, we do not read chapters before we go to class,” Copon explained. “We just to go to class, lis-ten to the teacher and then take the exam. “

Before they return to Paris at the end of the se-mester, Copon and Stefani plan to visit New York City during the fall break and hope to visit Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley in Memphis.

Hassan and Copon want to someday return to the Unites States after completing their semester of studying abroad. Has-san hopes to attend one of the three major techni-cal schools in the country, Harvard, MIT or Carnegie Mellon University, while Copon wants to return in a non-academic venture.

Exchange students adjust to life in Jonesboro

Mohit Raj/HeraldHassan attended his first American football game this semester

when ASU played the Memphis Tigers on Sept. 10. He also attended the Northeast Arkansas District Fair Rodeo at the Convocation Center.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ opens this year’s season at ASU Theatre

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David Nail, former ASU student, entertained the crowd on Monday when he sang at the Northeast Arkansas Regional Fair. Nail was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity before moving to Nashville to pursue a singing career.

Chapter officers of PiKA presented Nail with an alumni brick prior to his performance. The brick, purchased by the Pikes in Nail’s honor, will be placed outside the Cooper Alumni Center. Inscribed on the brick: is “In Honor of David Nail, Pi Kappa Alpha, Kennett, MO.”

Nail, who is known for his single, “Let It Rain,” has been on the Top 20 country hits numerous times.

He is also known for his single, “Memphis,” which put him at the 52 spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles and Tracks list.

Tonight’s entertainment at the fair will feature a gospel night with The Martins and New Beginning Quartet starting at 7 p.m. at the Grandstand.

Friday night there will be a Fox Family and Friends concert also at the Grandstand beginning at 7:30 p.m.

This year’s fair will mark the last time it is held at the current location on Stadium Boulevard as it is set to be moved just north of the Farville Curve off Highway 49.

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Press Release

The ASU Theatre announces the cast of the fall production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a magical romantic comedy by William Shakespeare.

Written in late 1594 or early 1595, the Dream, as it is referred to in theatrical shorthand, suggests that Shakespeare was interested in “o’er-hasty marriages” and the consequences of falling in love too quickly.

Typical of Shakespeare’s comedies, it is a romantic tale, with five love stories unfolding simultaneously as the sophis-ticated comedy encourages audiences to “glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.”

Performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday-Saturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, and Monday-Wednesday, Oct. 3-5.

A “meet the company” dessert recep-tion will follow the September 30 open-ing night performance.

All performances will take place in Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro.

The ASU Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is under the stage direction of Tim Bohn, assistant professor of Theatre.

Scenic and Lighting design will be by Jeff McLaughlin, assistant professor of Theatre, and Claire Garrard, assistant professor of

Theatre, will serve as costume design-er. Hunter Moody, a junior theatre ma-jor from Jonesboro, will serve as stage manager.

All seating is reserved, and tickets for reserved seating may be purchased in advance at the ASU Central Box Office in the Convocation Center, or by calling

972-ASU1. Tickets are also available online at

http://www2.astate.edu/tickets/ --click the ticket icon or the tickets tab in the menu bar.

Reserved seating tickets, if available, may be purchased at the door on the eve-ning of the performance.

Ticket prices for ASU Theatre’s 2009-10 season performances are $8 in ad-vance and $10 at the door.

Purchasing tickets in advance is high-ly recommended.

This play contains adult language and subject matter. Children younger than six years old are not admitted to the ASU Theatre.

Please arrive early; latecomers will not be seated until intermission.

For an overview of the complete 2011-12 ASU Theatre season, visit http://www.theatre.astate.edu/seasons/.

Alumnus performs at NEA District Fair