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Becoming what you eat. An American
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The upcoming SFA Regents Lecture by Dr. Jimmie Yeiser, direc-tor of the Forest Resources Institute and holder of the T.L.L. Temple Chair in the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, will focus on Texas’ invasive plant and animal species and their impact on ecosystems.
Yeiser, who earned the Regents Professor designation from SFA in 2011-12, will deliver this year’s ad-dress at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Regents Suites A and B of the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus. Refreshments will be served, and there is no admission charge.
He defines an invasive species as any species that is non-native or alien to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduc-tion causes or is likely to cause eco-nomic or environmental harm or harm to human health. The lecture will focus on identifying the inva-sive species of Texas, how these species spread, why we should care about invasive species and what invasive species activity is occur-
ring in our region. “An invasive species
reproduces, grows and spreads rapidly, estab-lishing and persisting over large areas,” Yeiser said. “Species that be-come invasive succeed due to favorable envi-ronmental conditions and lack of natural predators, competi-tors and diseases that normally regulate their populations. “
He explained that invasive spe-cies negatively impact ecosystems and are expensive to manage.
“In fact, invasive species are a significant threat to almost half of the native U.S. species currently listed as federally endangered,” he said. “It is very expensive to prevent, monitor and control the spread of invasives, not to mention the dam-age to crops, fisheries, forests and other resources. Invasives cost the U.S. $137 billion annually. Some of the most harmful individual species
cost in excess of $100 mil-lion annually.”
Yeiser is recognized regionally, nationally and internationally as a leader in product development for woody and herbaceous plant control in southern forests.
He currently teaches intensive silviculture and chemical management of pasture, fence row and forest pests, both at the senior and graduate levels.
His research emphasis is herbicidal management of forest vegetation.
Yeiser, a professor of forestry, joined the SFA faculty in 1999, having worked previously at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. He has held the T.L.L. Temple Chair for 13 years and is director of the university’s Forest Resources Institute.
He received the 2006 Faculty Excellence and Achievement in Research award from the SFASU
Foundation. In 2007, he was named a fellow of the Society of American Foresters, and in 2008, he was honored with the Research, Development and Innovation Award from the Texas Forestry Association. He currently serves as chairman of the Texas Society of American Foresters and is on the Board of Directors for the Texas Forestry Association.
He helped develop all the major products produced by BASF, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont and Monsanto used today in south-ern pine management, including Roundup.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in forestry and a Master of Science in agriculture, both from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in tree improvement from Texas A&M University. During his time at SFA, Yeiser has published 178 ar-ticles, given 186 presentations and acquired more than $4 million in grants.
For more information, call (936) 468-2605.
SFA forestry professor to deliver Regents Lecture
By Katelynn MarcumSTAFF WRITER
Derek Sholl will perform Thursday for a Salute the Troops benefit concert at a local restaurant.
The benefit concert will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at The Barn Bar and Grill on North Street.
“The concert is not only to welcome our SFA student vet-erans,” John Fontenot, VRC coordinator, said, “but also to show veterans in the commu-nity they are cherished, loved and supported by the town of Nacogdoches.”
The new SFA Veterans Resource Center is sponsor-ing the benefit concert to give back to veterans in the com-munity and to raise money to expand VRC services.
Sholl is a former profession-al baseball player who turned to country music after receiv-ing a string of injuries on the field, according to his website dereksholl.com. He is a strong United Service Organization Inc. (USO) supporter and par-ticipates in the Country for our Country program. This program provides funding to military families in East Texas for services outside their mili-tary benefits.
Tickets are available at out-housetickets.com and Baskins for $10 in advance. They will be $15 at the door. All cover proceeds and 20 percent of food sales will benefit the VRC.
There will be a raffle and an auction at the benefit concert. Prizes will include a custom-ized Budweiser and American flag Igloo cooler, a chance to fire the ROTC cannon at a football game in the fall and four free rounds of golf at Pineywoods Country Club.
The VRC had a soft opening March 30. They hope to have a grand opening and ribbon cutting in the fall.
The VRC provides services to veterans such as making appointments, tutoring, ca-reer counseling, mental health services and networking op-portunities.
“We want this to be a place where veterans can come and relax,” Fontenot said of the VRC lounge. “Our ultimate goal is to create a veteran friendly campus and create a culture between veterans, stu-dents and the community.”
Donations for the VRC will be accepted at the event. For more information email John Fontenot, VRC coordinator at [email protected].
BY LYDIA ELSETHCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A group of SFA human rights student activists held a peaceful demonstra-tion Tuesday to protest the holding of a detainee at the military detention camp at
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The Amnesty International
organization at SFA put on the demonstration at the Sesquicentennial Plaza for Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer, according to Michael “Luka” Mutinda, a se-nior biology major from Kenya and president of the organiza-tion.
Mutinda said Aamer has been detained at Guantanamo Bay for 10 years without charge. He said the organization’s pur-pose for the demonstration was to push for the U.S. to either charge Aamer with a crime and try him fairly or to release him to the U.K., where his wife and children live.
The idea behind this demonstration, Mutinda said, was to get students to rally against human rights violations like those Aamer has had to endure.
Mutinda said he be-lieves Americans would not like other countries to de-tain U.S. citizens without
charge. Americans would have a different attitude if its citizens were in the same situation, he said.
Organization members
wore orange prison jump suits while silently holding signs that said things like “The America I believe in would give a fair trial.”
The group also collected pe-titions for Aamer, Mutinda said. He said petitions help in cases like this one, but there is not a
Peaceful protest supports Gitmo detainees
LYDIA ELSETH/THE PINE LOGA student sits holding a sign that calls for stopping torture by the United States.
Benefit concert this week to support VRC
Spring flowers grow anywhere
JENNIFER ROGERS/THE PINE LOGThis flower has been growing out of a crack next to the Theatre Building. If you have any spring photos you would like to see in The Pine Log. Please Send them to [email protected]
As part of its monthly independent film series, the SFA School of Art will present a free, one-night screening of “Renaissance of Mata Ortiz” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 4, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.
The 74-minute documentary traces
the efforts of one self-taught artist and an American anthropologist through the eventual resurgence of pottery mak-ing by an entire village in Chihuahua, Mexico. Directed by Scott Peterson, the film received the Director’s Choice Award for Best Arts Film at the Sedona International Film Festival.
The screening is sponsored in part by the SFA Department of Social and
Cultural Analysis, SFA Friends of the Visual Arts and Nacogdoches
SFA to screen Mata Ortiz pottery film
COURTESY PHOTODr. Jimmie Yeiser
LYDIA ELSETH/THE PINE LOGStudents from Amnesty International were seen in the middle of campus next to Surfin’ Steve protesting the U.S. treatment of prisoners in Gitmo.
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On 04/24/2012 an officer was dispatched to the UPD Lobby in reference to a theft. Upon arrival the officer made contact with the complainant who stated that an unknown subject removed a text book from his backpack at an un-known time and unknown location between 1800 hours on 4/19/2012 and 1030 hours on 4/24/2012. There are no suspects.
On 04/24/2012 an officer was dispatch to Lot 46 in refer-ence to a burglary of motor vehicle. Upon arrival the of-ficer made contacted with the victim, who stated that an unknown person(s) had made entry in to the victim's un-secured vehicle taking a Garmin GPS without the victim's consent. There are no suspects.
On 04/24/2012 an officer was dispatched to the University Police Department in reference to a threatening letter re-ceived by a person. The subject that wrote the letter was identified and later confessed to writing the letter. A war-rant for arrest was obtained for the subject and he was ar-rested and transported to the Nacogdoches County Jail for the charge of Terroristic Threat. There is one suspect.
On 04/25/12 an officer was dispatched to the lobby of Mays Hall in reference to a burglary of a habitation. Upon arrival it was found that an unknown person(s) had entered an unsecured room in Mays Hall and removed property belonging to the victims. There are no suspects.
On 4-23-2012 an officer was dispatched to Lumberjack Landing in reference to a disturbance.Upon arrival the Officer located two subjects fighting in a public place. Both subjects were issued citations for Disorderly Conduct Fighting in a Public Place. There are two suspects.
On 4-23-2012 anofficer was dispatched to the lobby of UPD in reference to a burglary of a habitation. Upon ar-rival the Officer made contact with the complainant, who advised on 4-23-2012 numerous items were stolen from her unsecured residence at Hall 20. There are no suspects.
On 4-23-2012 an officer was dispatched to Hall 16 in reference to a theft. Upon arrival the officer made contact with the complainant, who advised on 4-23-2012 her unat-tended cell phone was stolen from the restroom at Hall 16. There are no suspects.
On 4-24-2012 an officer was dispatched to Hall 14 in reference to an alcohol complaint. Upon arrival the officer located seven minors in possession of alcoholic beverages. There are seven suspects.
On 4-22-2012 anofficer made contact with three suspi-cious subjects standing near an illegally parked vehicle in Lot 20. The officer found one of the subjects to be in pos-session of marijuana. The subject was arrested and trans-ported to the Nacogdoches County Jail without incident. There is one suspect.
On 4-22-2012 an officer was dispatched to Lot 2 in refer-ence to a hit and run. Upon arrival the complainant stated on 4-22-2012 his unattended vehicle was damaged in lot 2. There are no suspects.
On 4-22-2012 an officer made contact with an intoxicated person on East College Street. The subject was found to be intoxicated to a point of being a danger to himself and oth-ers. The subject was arrested for Public Intoxication and transported to the Nacogdoches County Jail without inci-dent. There is one suspect.
On 4-22-2012 an officer was dispatched to Steen Hall in
reference to a subject refusing to leave the building. Upon arrival the Officer made contact with the subject and de-termined the subject to intoxicated to the point to where he was a danger to himself and others. The subject was arrested for Public Intoxication and transported to the Nacogdoches County Jail without incident. There is one suspect.
On 4-21-2012 an officer was dispatched to Lot 34 in ref-erence to a hit and run. Upon arrival the officer located a vehicle that was damaged. The owner of the vehicle was contacted and advised that the damage was not on her ve-hicle when she parked the vehicle. There are no suspects.
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“The presentation will focus on identifying the invasive species of Texas, how they spread, what invasive species activity is occurring in our region and why we should care.”
—Dr. Jimmie Yeiser
The Office of the Provost at Stephen F. Austin State University and the University Lecture Series Committee
cordially invite you to the
2012 Regents Lecture by Dr. Jimmie YeiserRegents Professor2011-2012
Director, Forest Resources Institute
T.L.L. Temple Chair, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
The Ecological and Economic Impacts of Invasive Plant
and Animal Species in Texas
5:30 p.m.Monday, April 30
Baker Pattillo Student Center, Regents Suites A & B
pRefreshments to follow lecture.p
By Chidinma NeboSTAFF WRITER
Sun, mud and a com-pass were the only essen-tials present for the group of eighth graders at the 10th annual Leaders of Tomorrow Day (L.O.T.) on a recent April morning.
Activities were pre-pared at Pecan Park and the grounds surround-ing SFA’s Coliseum. As uniformed students from various schools in the Nacogdoches area, marched off their respec-tive school buses they were greeted by SFA’s ROTC cadets.
Awaiting them was a muddied grass area filled with different simulat-ed Army-style activities such as the Spider Web, Sniper Wall, Friendly Casualty and acquiring navigational skills with geo-caching.
The itinerary for the students included a brief-ing upon arrival, division into groups, moving to the training stations, the first cycle of training, re-turning to the Coliseum, an MRE lunch, rotat-ing to the next station, a second cycle of training, followed by a departure from the campus.
The L.O.T. Crew (Leaders of Tomorrow) is a program created to motivate teenagers to develop leadership skills by equipping them with necessary skills and rais-ing their awareness of the many opportunities pro-vided by the Nacogdoches community.
Along with develop-ing leadership skills, the program also intends to improve communica-tion and group skills with community awareness and pride.
Tracy Rucker, the rec-reation supervisor of the parks and recreation de-partment for the City of Nacogdoches, explained LOT came into existence 10 years ago to fulfill the need for diversity in pro-grams for students in the “tween” or teen stage.
Apart from traditional activities such as softball and martial arts, Rucker said there was an urgen-cy to fill a need with this type of program while still benefiting the com-munity. Once selected, the program begins in September and meet once a month for nine months. Sponsors of the event in-clude DeVry University, the Daily Sentinel and the Chamber of Commerce.
L.O.T. was begun in 2001-02 by Corey Yates, the then-recreation su-pervisor. The initial committee included the involvement of the com-munity, schools, SFA faculty and city officials. They started by only hav-ing seven middle schools participating to now hav-ing 100 percent involve-ment of the Nacogdoches middle schools, Rucker noted.
Interested students apply in the seventh grade to be selected by a 12-member committee. Interested students can apply with no specific criteria but are asked to fill out a four-question application along with a reference sheet.
Cadet Steven Harding, a senior kinesiology major who supervised the activities, wanted the kids to get a gist of mili-tary training.
Aspiring 8th grade leaders participate in military day
Hardy Meredith, SFA’s University photographer, received two awards at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s recent District IV conference in Fort Worth.
Meredith received Silver (second place) Awards in two different categories. His image titled “Penalty Hold” taken at an SFA women’s soccer game was honored in the category of black-and-white candid photography. “Special Speaker,” a portrait of SFA Director of Bands Fred Allen, was recog-nized in the category of digitally enhanced photography.
A native of Angleton, Meredith is a 1981 graduate of SFA and worked as a photographer for The Pine Log student newspaper before going to work for The Daily Sentinel in Nacogdoches. He joined the University staff in 1996 and has since earned more than 30 CASE awards for his images. He also is the recipient of a 2012 SFA President’s Achievement Award for outstanding achievement and excellent service to the university.
CASE is the organization for advancement professionals working in alumni relations, communications, fundrais-ing, marketing and related areas. Membership includes more than 3,400 colleges, universities, independent el-ementary and secondary schools, and educational associ-ates in more than 60 countries around the world. SFA is part of CASE District IV, which encompasses Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Former Pine Logger, SFA photographer wins awards
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Hardy Meredith, SFA photographer and former Pine Log photographer, recieved two awards at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s recent District IV conference.
Meredith’s photo, ‘Special Speaker,’ a portrait of SFA Director of Bands Fred Allen, also received a Silver Award.
Meredith’s photo, ‘Penalty Hold,’ which was taken at an SFA women’s soccer game, received a Silver Award.
‘Tweens’ work with ROTC cadets in field
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Growing up my entire life, I have always heard phrases similar to, “You’re going to go to college and make some-thing of youself.” Well, with the rising prices of my college education, I doubt this is possible.
Since I have come to SFA there has been talk about stu-dent population increasing dramatically, hence the need for a new dorm on campus and more dorms targeted spe-cifically for freshman. The one thing I am not able to wrap my mind around is if there are more students coming to SFA, why are the costs of everything rising?
“Well, you have to remember budget cuts.” Well, there are more ways to cope with the situation that raising tu-ition prices. There are things on campus that we could go without, such as community assistants not being given free tuition, but rather half-priced.
Now before all the CA’s start jumping down my throat, I would just like to say that when free tuition is given, some-body has to make up for the costs. I just do not like the fact that I am one of those people.
Also, take a look at the freshman residence hall. Is it re-
ally necessary to have a kitchen area on every floor of both sections? Look at dorms such as Griffith and Kerr, which only have one kitchen for the entire dorm. And then to go with the kitchen space are flat screen TVs which costs a few hundred. And those TVs go along with the other two they have in the lobby downstairs. Hundreds could have been saved if they did not buy the TVs.
I understand that the board wants to enhance the fresh-men experience, but there has got to be a limit.
I really do not appreciate how my money is being spent.I am only a sophomore. Thanks to a few scholarships I
received in high school, I was able to wait until this year to take out loans. However, if it was not for a $10,000 Parent Plus Loan I had to take, I would not be here this year. And that is just one of the loans I had to take out. Roughly esti-mating my costs, I will be paying back loans until I’m at the age of retirement.
I have several friends on campus who are only able to take 12 hours because it is already coming out of their pockets. In order to be considered full-time, 12 hours is the minimum. What happens when the school continues to raise its prices and these students can no longer afford to take 12 hours?
It is already sad that the average SFA student does not graduate in four years. In raising costs, this is prolong-ing our stay here. And as much as we all love college, I am willing to bet than nobody wants to be here for years upon years. In order to graduate within four years, I already have to take a May-mester course as well as 12 hours in the sum-mer, for the second summer in a row.
Another bone that I have to pick is the new prices for parking permits. Annual is $825, $410 for a fall permit, $100 for commuters, $133 for residents, and $60 for motorcycles. Living off campus, I had made the decision that I was going to get a commuter’s parking tag. I have now made the deci-sion to not get a permit at all. I will gladly save myself the $100 and walk and use my bike to get around campus.
Present teachers are having a difficult enough time try-ing to convince high school students to attend college. I just cannot imagine how future educators are going to get students to go if the costs rise with each passing year. When will it stop? What is the limit?
Tinesha is a English sophomore and a staff writer for The Pine Log.
Rising tuition costs more than frustrating, they’re discouraging
When I was a child, my small family bounced from one homeless shelter to another. My father left my life shortly after my fifth birthday, leaving my mother to tend to four children. I was 7 when my young-est brother was diagnosed with two types of cancer. I turned 10 a few months before I was placed in a children’s home.
Obviously, my mom has had it rough. However, despite all her struggles, she could always take refuge in one thing in particular: her good cooking. Sunday after-noons meant delicious and endless pork chops after Catholic Mass. If I behaved well my mother would throw in homemade yellow cake. Even when she was short on money, she would often treat the family to Golden Corral or put together a buffet-style dinner of her own. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long before her passion for cooking began impacting her health.
A few months ago, my mother visited her doctor. Once again, she was reminded that her health was poor. For the last couple of years, my mother has suffered from
a laundry list of health-related is-sues—high blood-pressure and cholesterol, arthritis, obesity and severe inflammation around her legs. She required a walker to stand and at night she couldn’t sleep. She was in constant pain. Nevertheless, this visit was different. Her doc-tor told her that if she didn’t ad-dress her poor health immediately she would be a dead woman in six months.
At age 56, it wasn’t uncontrolla-ble circumstances that were killing her. It was the food she chose to eat.
Although my mother’s health problems sound extreme, she is only one in large pool of Americans who are suffering from conse-quences associated with poor eat-ing habits. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of U.S. adults (37.5 percent) are obese. Texas is tied at sixth among states in obe-sity rates. Furthermore, while an astounding billion people around the globe suffer from malnourish-ment, heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in America. As a result, half a mil-lion Americans will undergo by-pass surgery this year, according to Doctor Esselstyn, former President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.
To combat this epidemic, many of us have begun working out and lowering our fat intake. The fit-ness club industry has exploded into a multi-billion dollar market
and now it seems like every popular food product comes with low-fat or low-calorie substitute. In addi-tion, a rush of energy drinks and supplements have flooded the mar-ket to mask our constant fatigue. Therefore, the average American has been taught that if he or she wants to become healthy, a gym membership, a daily 5 Hour Energy and Coke Zeros are the way to go. Nevertheless, obesity rates have continued to rise relentlessly.
When I was on Spring Break, my girlfriend recommended that I watch a documentary on Netflix called “Forks Over Knives.” The ar-guments that this film made were absolutely mind-blowing. Here are a few of them:
1) Two out of every three Americans are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population.
2) Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three lead-ing causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to “bat-tle” these very conditions
3) Degenerative diseases that af-flict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
4) Adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet can meet all your daily nutritional needs, including pro-tein needs.
A couple of minutes into watch-ing this documentary, this exact thought ran through my mind: “I definitely don’t want to be a vegan
hippie. But I could definitely try and eat more fruits and vegetables.” Since then, around 70 percent of what I eat is either whole food or plant-based. Since then, I have shed 20 pounds and feel more ener-getic than ever. I still enjoy General Tso’s chicken and I have recently fallen in love with the fries from Flashbacks Cafe. However, I can honestly say that I enjoy munching on carrots almost as much. One of the claims that the documentary made was that when you begin eat-ing the right diet, you begin to truly taste food for what it really is.
I couldn’t agree more the last time I decided to eat a mango. I know at my age I’m probably not at risk for too many types of cancer. Nevertheless, I enjoy the fact that I don’t need to inhale a Monster every day just to focus on my stud-ies. I like how easy it is to wake up in the morning. Overall, I now realize that the junk I used to eat regularly never really gave me the energy I needed despite all the calories.
I called my mother last Thursday night to see how she was doing. Because she has been eating bet-ter, she claims that she can finally sleep an entire night. She no longer needs help getting up, and she now feels more alert.
I guess you really are what you eat.
Piero is a sophomore communi-cations major and a contributing writer for The Pine Log.
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Axes up to more entertaining drama involving the Lakers as NBA playoffs fire up. We can now choose to watch real basketball or a reality TV show on sports channels.
Axes down to the Marine sergeant dis-charged for anti-Obama remarks on FaceBook. While not quite patriot-ic, and very crude, every American has the right to free speech.
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Axes up to a freshman Te x a s Republ ic a n standing up for himself in yet another violating TSA case. If their employees weren’t all high school dropouts, then maybe t hey ’d comprehend proper training to handle situations like these better.
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To help students become more environmentally friend-ly and energy-conscious, Omicron Delta Kappa will host “Dining in the Dark” from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the Student Center Cafeteria.
During dinner time, students will enter a dimly-lit cafeteria decorated with glow-in-the-dark balloons along with solar lamps to serve as a power source instead of the light switch.
The windows will also be darkened to create an eco-friendly ambience to correlate with the “Dining Under the Stars” theme. Students will have the opportunity to play games, win raffles and a goody basket.
Koozies with the statement: “Don’t be trashy, recycle” and recyclable pens will be some of the giveaways offered
to participating students.Pedro Chavarria, a senior biology major and the com-
mittee adviser of ODK, wants this activity to promote going green across campus.
“Taking shorter showers, unplugging appliances when not in use are some effective ways to conserve ener-gy,” Chavarria noted. He also mentioned how students who participated in the event in the past did not know ways to save energy but were enlightened by this event. Committee chair Carole Cooper wants to “make students socially aware that the smallest things give the biggest improvement.”
Omicron Delta Kappa is a national leadership honor society that has organized past events such as Polar Bear Operates, Garden Project for Big Event and Earth Day.
‘Dining in the Dark’ supports going green
The City of Nacogdoches Main Street Program is gearing up for its annual Music to Lunch By Series. Music to Lunch By is a free event that takes place every Friday in May, from noon to 1 p.m., on the square in beautiful historic downtown Nacogdoches.
Mark your lunch hour calendars for Friday May 4, May 11, May 18 and May 25. “We invite everyone to come out and enjoy their lunch hour on the red brick streets while listening to live music, it’s a great getaway from the traditional hustle and bus-tle of your lunch break,” said Main Street Manager Sarah O’Brien.
Music to Lunch By is a free event; however pa-trons are encouraged to purchase lunch from one of our great downtown eateries that will be cater-ing each Friday. Brown Bag lunches are available for $8.00. “Special thanks to our restaurateurs for participating in this great community event again this year,” said O’Brien. Seating is provided as well. Families, Groups, Organizations, and indi-viduals are encouraged to attend.
“We have a terrific lineup this year,” said O’Brien, “From Jazz, Rock n Roll and Big Band music; there is something on the lineup to please everyone.”
This year’s schedule is as follows:May 4 Lufkin Crimestopper’s Band catered by
Pepper Jack’s May 11 Mix and Matches catered by The Old
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If you or anyone you know have any ques-tions about the upcoming Music to Lunch By Series please contact the City of Nacogdoches Main Street Office at 936-559-2573 or [email protected].
Unwind enjoying ‘Music to Lunch By’
The Trombone Choir at SFA will present its final concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, in Cole Concert Hall. According to the choir’s di-rector, Associate Professor of Trombone Deb Scott, the first half of the program will be devoted to four trom-bone quartets. For the sec-ond half, the 16 members will present Alan Chase’s “Rondo”; Vaclav Nehlybel’s
“Tower Music,” conducted by Klein graduate student Justin Allen; and Edvard Grieg’s “Aese’s Death,” ar-ranged and conducted by Plano senior Michael Swann.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for stu-dents. For tickets or more information, go to www.finearts.sfasu.edu or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.
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Rob Baird will perform Thursday night at Banita Creek Dance Hall. This night will be free for all ladies. Doors open at 8 p.m.
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By Katelynn MarcumStaff Writer
Cotton Patch Café, located on North Street in Nacogdoches, is known for its specials.
Appetizers, entrees, soups and sal-ads touch all categories of food. They have everything from hearty grilled to chicken fried to seafood available.
It is great that there is a smaller portion option for many entrees. This allows you to have less food for a lower price.
The smaller portion meatloaf was more like lunch than dinner and was quite delicious. It was served with your choice of two sides, from a selec-tion of about 10 total.
Cotton Patch has multiple signa-ture items such as chicken fried steak,
grilled pork chops and fish and chips. On top of the regular menu, they
offer a special every day. Chicken spaghetti was the special of the day during my visit, and it was only $7 to boot.
There was no wait for a table, I was seated instantly. The server was prompt to ask for my drink order and never let my glass get less than half full.
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“E x per ienc e i s invaluable. You can have all the book knowledge you want but the key to success is learning things hands-on,” said Dr. Henry Dunn, lecturer in general business, Phi Beta Lambda adviser and internship coordinator.
Dunn teaches GBU 485, a general busi-ness course designed to give practical train-ing to college students through internships.
While providing stu-dents with resume ex-perience, the course can also count toward college credit depend-ing on the student’s graduation plan. It is designed for students with little to no working business knowledge to get a leg up in their field of interest.
Students will learn basics in phone eti-quette, how to handle certain scenarios and
business techniques among other things.
“One major perk of this course, is the broad spectrum avail-able to juniors and seniors,” Dunn said. Students won’t be forced to learn about a specific concentration because the course is over general business. This allows them to experiment with their strengths.
Another perk is the exposure. Some stu-dents have interned for law firms, Rex Perry Autoplex, the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce and Disney.
“One person is ap-plying right now for the Houston Astros,” Dunn said. Students are able to find these jobs because he keeps in contact with various companies. Dunn then records these compa-nies to a public log in the front office of the department of general business to give stu-
dents a starting point.In order to be eligi-
ble for the three-hour course, students must have at least 150 hours of work experience, 50 hours of course credits and major or minor in general business.
However, these requirements may change. Past students majoring in geol-ogy were able to take the internship course through Petroleum Land Management.
Dunn, who has only been teaching the course for two semes-ters, is interesting in “getting the word out” so college freshmen and sophomores can work in advance to get better opportunities.
Interested students can contact Dunn by calling 936-468-1675, or go online to view intern listings on the SFASU College of Business website.
Course offers students practical experience through internships
By Ellen Nakashimathe WaShington PoSt.
The White House threatened on Wednesday to veto cyber-legislation that is widely expect-ed to pass the House this week, asserting that the bill would put Americans’ privacy at risk and give a pass to companies that fail to secure their computer networks.
The bipartisan Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) enjoys wide industry support, and its sponsors said they had lined up more than 200 votes as of Tuesday. But the legislation has drawn stiff opposition from pri-vacy advocates, who have called it a “cyber-spying” bill.
On Wednesday, two days be-fore the expected House vote, the Obama administration ex-pressed its concerns.
The bill, it said in a statement, “fails to provide authorities to ensure that the nation’s core critical infrastructure is pro-tected while repealing impor-tant provisions” of privacy law.
The legislation would make it easier for the government to share classified data with the private sector and for the private sector, in turn, to share data vol-untarily with the government. Advocates say the exchange of information about cyberthreats could help companies improve their defenses against attacks.
The bill’s co-sponsors, Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., said amendments were being introduced this week to en-hance privacy protections.
But the White House, which
had refrained from criticizing any specific cyber-legislation before Wednesday, said the bill allows broad sharing of infor-mation with government agen-cies without sufficiently es-tablishing ways to anonymize personal information or ensure that data are used only for ap-propriate purposes.
Civil liberties advocates have raised concerns that the bill would allow a large flow of private communications to the National Security Agency, which conducts electronic sur-veillance on foreign enemies and whose work is highly clas-sified.
The White House also ex-pressed worry that the bill would shield companies from lawsuits if they misused data. “This broad liability protection not only removes a strong in-centive to improving cyberse-curity, it also potentially under-mines our nation’s economic, national security, and public safety interests,” the adminis-tration said.
Rogers and Ruppersberger is-sued a measured response in a joint statement, asserting that the administration’s threat “is mostly based on the lack of crit-ical infrastructure regulation, something outside of our juris-diction.”
They also pointed to the “substantial package of priva-cy and civil liberties improve-ment” that they said addresses “nearly every single one of the criticisms leveled by the admin-istration, particularly those re-garding privacy and civil liber-ties of Americans.”
Said the lawmakers:
“Congress must lead on this critical issue and we hope the White House will join us.”
The plan, House aides said, is to bring CISPA to the floor for debate on Thursday and a vote on Friday. It is expected to pass by a comfortable margin, along with three smaller cyber-bills.
Then, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said, “it’s the Senate’s turn to act.”
Thornberry noted that the House’s approach is narrow, fo-cusing on the sharing of data about threats. “It doesn’t try to solve all the problems in cyber-security,” he said.
But the Senate Democratic leadership and the White House are holding out for comprehen-sive legislation. They favor a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, that would re-quire companies that provide critical services, such as elec-tricity, to develop cybersecurity standards that the Department of Homeland Security would be able to approve. Senate Republicans have opposed the plan as a regulatory burden on industry.
The package also includes an information-sharing com-ponent, which could be the basis for a compromise with the House.
The Senate leadership plans to bring the legislation to the floor in May. But past deadlines have slipped. “We’re going to do everything we can to make sure we pass a bill out of the Senate that legitimately confronts the urgent national security threats we face,” a Democratic aide said.
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Mutinda said that he was not sure when Aamer might be released. “With these types of things, it’s hard to put a date on it,” he commented.
The detention center has improved, according to Mutinda. He said the detainees are no lon-ger tortured, but Amnesty International at SFA
acknowledges and agrees that it should be shut down.
They chose to focus on Aamer’s case because the organization believes that Aamer is a lead-ing figure and face for the campaign against human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay, Mutinda said. He said the Aamer case and the Guantanamo Bay detention center is a “big pink elephant” that America needs to address.
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The SFA Women’s Golf team recorded its best round of the week to climb one spot to seventh on the final day of the Southland Conference Women’s Golf Championships at the Vaaler Creek Golf Club in Blanco, Texas. The Ladyjacks fired a 338-331-322 - 991 on the 5,994-yard, par 72 course Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladyjacks were led by junior Chelsea Simmons who fired a 241 to finish tied for tied for 27th overall.
Sophomore Alice Anderson was hurt by a weak opening round, but rallied to record the team’s second-lowest score. She posted a 91-75-78 - 244, and was 31st.
Junior Allison Flake carded a 252 to finish 34th overall (81-89-82 - 252), while sophomore Sara Jones finished 36th with a three-round 87-90-81 - 258. Sophomore Rose Henderson closed out the SFA scored with an 87-90-92 - 269. She placed 39th.
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Fresh off their second-straight 20-win season, the 2012 Southland Conference Champion Stephen F. Austin women’s ten-nis team will host the conference cham-pionship tournament beginning Thursday at the Schlief Tennis Complex. The ‘Jacks ended the season with a 20-4 overall mark, and went 10-1 in conference play to earn the league’s No. 1 overall seed.
SFA will open tournament play Thursday at 2 p.m. against the eighth-seeded UTSA Roadrunners. The other opening-round women’s matches consist of No. 3 Texas-Arlington against No. 6 Lamar (11 a.m.), No. 2 Texas State versus No. 7 Sam Houston State (11 a.m.), and No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2 p.m.). If SFA gets past the Roadrunners they will face the winner of the Northwestern State/A&M-Corpus Christi match. The women’s cham-pionship match will be Saturday at 2 p.m.
SFA is also playing host to the SLC Men’s Championship tournament. Top-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will host fourth-seeded UTSA Friday, and second-seeded Nicholls will face No. 3-seed Texas-Arlington Friday. Both matches will be at 10 a.m. The men’s championship match will be Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.
The 45th ranked ‘Jacks enter the tour-nament winners of three of their last four matches, but are coming off 4-0 setback in the season finale at Texas-Arlington. SFA posted some overwhelming results on their way to the conference title, allowing one point or less 16 times including seven shut-outs. SFA was also dominant in doubles play winning the doubles point in every match but one during the 2012 season. The only team to defeat SFA in doubles competition was No. 5 Baylor back in January.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi right-hander Daniel Minor tossed his third complete game of the year, allowing just one run as the Islanders avoided a sweep with a 6-1 win over SFA on Sunday.
Minor moved to 7-1 on the year and scattered eight hits on the day, three coming from SFA (16-24, 9-12 SLC) first baseman Bobby Loveless. He struck out nine and walked three, allowing the Lumberjacks’ lone run came on an RBI single from Hunter Dozier in the SFA half of the eighth inning.
Colton Eubanks went toe-to-toe with Minor for the first five innings, allowing just one Islander (16-24, 9-12 SLC) run until TAMUCC broke it open with a four-spot in the bottom of the sixth. Three Islanders finished with a pair of hits in the game, including
Weston Montgomery who also had a pair of RBI.
The Islanders took a 1-0 lead in the third when they cashed in on a leadoff double from first baseman Brad Porras with an RBI single with two down from Drew Vest. Three innings later a one-out, two-base error started a four-run Islander rally in the bottom of the sixth when the J̀acks misplayed a ball in left field, allowing Jonathan Gonzalez to reach second base. Eric Weiss and Stafford Brantley then followed with consecutive doubles to score two runs. Two batters later the ̀ Jacks found them-selves in a bases-loaded situation with two down and reliever Kevin Bishop on the mound, but Montgomery broke the game open with a single to center field that gave the Islanders a 5-0 lead going
to the sixth.From there, Minor was able to cruise,
getting another run on a leadoff homer from Jordan Lee to lead off the seventh before allowing a run to the J̀acks in the eighth when Fola Lajide led off with a double and came in to score two batters later on a single by Dozier; however, that was all the J̀acks could manage as Minor worked around a two-out double from Loveless in the ninth to get his ninth punch out of the day to close out the game.
SFA will next take the field on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. when they travel to Pine Bluff, Ark., for a midweek meeting with Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The J̀acks will then host UT Arlington in a
three-game weekend series beginning next Friday in Nacogdoches.
Junior Mitchell McLeroy struggled to close out the final three holes Tuesday afternoon in the second round of the Southland Conference Cha mpionsh ips at Stonebridge Ra nch Country Club, but he is still in the hunt for the individual title. McLeroy carded a three-over 75 in the second round, but is second overall with a two-day 145.
While McLeroy is in the
hunt for an individual title, the Lumberjacks remain in a fight for the team cham-pionship. SFA is fourth overall with a 298-303 - 601
Senior Michael Smith improved upon his open-ing-round score by three strokes posting a one-over 73 Tuesday afternoon. He is currently tied for eight overall with a five-over par 149. Classmate Stetson McMillan had the biggest rally of the day. McMillan followed an opening-
round eight over par Monday with a two-over 74 Tuesday. He is currently tied for 20th overall with a 154.
Freshmen Blake Pugh and Cody Wing both jumped out to strong starts but were unable to hold their position com-ing down the stretch. Pugh finished the day tied for 24th with a 72-83 - 155, while Wing is currently tied for 41st (161).
The Lumberjacks re-turn to the course Wednesday at 8 a.m. to close out the 2012 Southland Conference Championships. SFA en-
Islanders avoid sweep at hand of Lumberjacks
Ladyjack head basketball coach Brandon Schneider has announced the signing of the fourth and final member of the SFA sign-ing class for the upcoming 2012-13 season, Howard College point guard Kali “KK” Jerrell.
A native of Austin, Texas (Pflugerville Connally High School), Jerrell averaged 13 points, 4 assists and 2.3 steals per game in 2012. The 5’5” transfer was a 2012 first-team All-Region 5 selection and was named to the WJCAC all-conference first-team for a second consecutive season.
“KK is a quick, athletic point guard who can create and deliver in transition, as well as run a team in the half court,” Schneider said. “Her quick hands and ability to anticipate fit how we like to play defensively. She brings added experience to our program and her presence creates much needed depth and competition to our points guard position.”
Jerrell joins a class that already includes forward Antoinette Carter, forward LaNesha Middleton and guard Paulletta Powell.
McLeroy, men’s golf in hunt for championship Tennis to host SLC first round
Jerrell signs with Ladyjacks
The Jacks will travel to Pine Bluff, Ark. to take on Arkansas-Pine Bluff before hosting UT-Arlington next Friday in Nacogdoches.
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The SFA Ladyjack Bowling team made a valiant run at getting to the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships but fell one match short, falling to No. 2 seed Webber International in the semifinals Friday afternoon at the Sun Valley Lanes.
Entering the tournament as the No. 15 seed, SFA fell to Webber on Thursday, dropping them into the los-ers bracket in a double elimination format.
The Ladyjacks refused to go away quietly on Friday, winning three con-
secutive elimination matches over No. 14 Calumet, No. 3 Pikeville and No. 6 McKendree to setup a rematch against Webber International in the semifi-nals.
However, SFA dropped all four games to the Warriors to fall one match short of advancing to the champion-ship and seeing the best season in SFA history come to an end.
The Ladyjacks finished the regular season ranked No. 10 in the country in Amber Lemke’s first season as head coach.
Bowling team places third at NationalsThe SFA Ladyjack Softball team is set to
embark on a four-game road trip that begins on Wednesday at Louisiana Tech at 6 p.m.
SFA (13-30, 4-12) has lost three consecu-tive games, including back-to-back scoreless losses against Central Arkansas this past weekend. The Ladyjacks played the Lady Techsters earlier this season in Nacogdoches, falling 6-5.
The Ladyjacks will be looking to improve their road record where they’ve gone just 2-13 thus far. Elizabeth Arana continues to lead SFA in nearly every offensive category, leading the way in batting average (.286), hits (32), doubles (9), home runs (3), RBI’s (17), total bases (52), and slugging percent-age (.464), walks (24) and on base percentage (.423).
In the circle Carlie Thomas (3.64 ERA) and Angela White (3.83 ERA) anchor a rotation that have combined to pitch 247.3 innings and 25 complete games.
The Lady Techsters (19-25, 6-8) have lost six of their past seven games coming into play Wednesday. As a team Louisiana Tech is batting .233 as a team, led by Melanie Goff (.388) and Janna Frandrup (.324). Michelle Jones has been the ace of the Lady Techsters thus far, compiling a 12-11 record with a 2.88 ERA in 145 innings of work.
Following the single game against Louisiana Tech, SFA will then travel to Southeastern Louisiana this weekend, be-ginning Friday at 6 p.m.
Softball hopes road trip will stop recent skid
The SFA women's tennis team just wrapped up its most successful reg-ular season in program history and Tuesday the team was honored for its on-court success. Six SFA wom-en's tennis players were named to the 2012 All-Southland Conference team, including four first-team se-lections, while second-year head coach Patrick Sullivan was named conference coach of the year.
Junior Antonia Kolovou and freshman Malena Gordo earned first team honors at Nos. 5 and 6 sin-gles, respectively, while that tandem of senior Alina Shazhko and junior Jithmie Jayawickrema received first-team recognition at No. 2 doubles.
Kolovou was one of the top new-comers in the league in 2012. She finished the year with a 23-3 (.885) overall record, and was a perfect 10-0 during conference play, includ-ing a 13-0 record at No. 5 singles. Gordo posted similar numbers in her rookie season. She tallied a 26-6
(.813) overall record, and was 16-5 (.762) during the spring season, in-cluding a near perfect 10-1 (.909) conference record.
Shazhko has been one of the league's most dominating players during her four years on campus. Ranked among the nation's top 128 players during the fall, Shazhko received and invitation to the All-American Championships in Los Angeles. A 20-match winner each of the past two seasons in singles, the former SLC Freshman of the Year teamed up with Jayawickrema to post an 18-2 (.900) overall record. The duo was ranked as high 17th in the nation after posting nation-ally ranked wins early in the season, and posted a perfect 10-0 mark in conference play. The team's rank was the highest ever by an SFA or Southland doubles team.
The duo of freshman Elena Kordolaimi and sophomore Laura Servise notched second-team hon-
ors at No. 3 singles. A former walk-on, Servise partnered with Kordolaimi midway through the season to post a 10-2 (.833) record, including a 6-2 mark in conference play.
Sullivan was honored by the league after wrapping up his sec-ond-straight 20-win season, and re-cording the program first-ever con-ference title. The 'Jacks finished the regular season with a 20-4 mark (.833) and set a new program record for winning percentage. Along the way, the 'Jacks' recorded wins over regionally and nationally ranked opponents and posted a program-best 14-match win streak in 2012.
SFA will go in search of an-other program first when they begin play in the 2012 SLC Tennis Championships Thursday. The con-ference tournament will be hosted by SFA, and will take place at the Schlief Tennis Complex. The top-seeded 'Jacks will take on No. 8-seed UTSA Thursday at 2 p.m.
Tennis lands six on All-Southland Conference team
The Ladyjacks will face off against the Roadrunners of UTSA on Thursday in the first round of the Southland Conference tournament at home.
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