December 9, 2010Volume 59, Issue 13

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CLEMSON, S.C. – The Jackson-ville State track and field team began the indoor season at the Clemson-hosted Orange and White Winter Classic on Saturday and came away with high marks in first meet of the season.Sophomore Eliza-beth Bond had the highest finish for the Gamecocks as the Marietta, Ga.-native placed fourth in the 500 meter dash with a mark of 1:17.84. JSU’s Natasha Sturkie also competed in the event, placing 12th (1:21.41). In the women’s 300 meter dash, JSU had three Top 20 finishers led by sophomore Laveeta Oliver’s fifth place mark. Oliver clocked a time of 38.86. Newcomer Shamira Barrett claimed eighth with a mark of 40.78. Freshman Lecresha finished 18th (41.82) in the field. Kevyn Tracy turned in a ninth-place marking in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:27.04.In the field events, senior Chelsea Denson claimed seventh in the pole vault, while Erika Thomas and Ashley Ricci finished fifth and eighth respective-ly in the high jump competition.JSU returns to action following the holiday break at the SASF Invitational in Carbondale, Ill. on Jan. 14-15.

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Choose Spring Dining Plan NowFrom news reports

Students who are living on campus in Crow, Curtiss, Daugette, Dixon, Fitzpatrick, Logan, Patterson, Sparkman, or Stadium Tower need to choose a spring resident dining meal plan now.

If you will be living in one of these locations during the Spring 2011 semester your MyJSU

account will be billed $1,199 for the meal plan. It is now up to you to tell us which plan you want.

If you do not choose a plan, you will be placed on the default plan of 8 meals per week with $350 flex for the semester. If you want anything other than the default plan, please register at http://dining.jsu.edu/plans_selection_form.html

If you had a plan during the fall you will not continue on that same plan. Each semester you revert back to the default plan and it up to you to tell us if you want a different plan.

For the most accurate results fill out a registration form on the website listed above with the plan of your choice. The last day to change your plan is January 11, 2011.

C’YA NEXT YEAR: THIS IS THE LAST EDITION

UNTIL THE SPRING. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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The Southern Association of Col-leges and Schools clears way for JSU doctorate program in Emergency Manage-ment in Fall 2011.

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The Jacksonville State men’s basketball team will open its 2010-11 Ohio Valley Conference schedule on Saturday, when the Gamecocks host Tennessee Tech at 7:45 p.m. at Pete Mathews Coliseum.

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JSU students, be first in line for your student refund without going to the mail center! JSU is pleased to announce we now offer Electronic Di-rect Deposit (EDD) of student account refunds.If you sign up for EDD and your fi-nancial aid is ready to be dispersed, you will see your funds in your bank account on January 20, 2011. Paper checks for those not enrolled in EDD will be available on Janu-ary 21, 2011 at the mail center.

The Most Wonderful Time of The Year

Auditions for Community Actors Studio Theatre’s next production, the comedy DEARLY DEPARTED, will be December 13 at First Presbyterian Church, Anniston, beginning at 7 p.m. The play has roles for four men and six women. People of all (adult) ages and racial back-grounds are encouraged to audition. Performance dates for DEARLY DEPARTED are Feb. 3 - 13, 2011 at the Mc-Clellan Theatre.

CAST Auditions for Dearly Departed

By LOGAN SNIDERSTAFF COLUMNIST

I know most people like to think of Christmas as the REAL holiday which comes right after Halloween, and has for the past 50 years, been in a long and brutal war for control of the seasonal territory currently under the boot of Thanksgiving.

And, for the most par, this is dead on.

Christmas is frankly, a blight upon the human spirit, forged of a severely warped Christian holiday where you now see more monuments dedicated to Santa than nativity scenes dedicated to Jesus. This holiday, and I hesitate to call this a holiday, is actually a commercial period which tricks people into thinking that they need to buy stuff for other people in order to make themselves feel cheerful. Seriously, we’re going to go down that road? You don’t need stuff to be happy, or so I keep being told by people who have never won the lottery (giggle). You just need friends and family, and according to mass-media, a Platinum level credit card with roughly a $3,000 limit.

Now, I don’t know what it is about this holiday that turns people into crazy, illogical, panicking, sociopaths, but considering that both the Christmas music and the television shows are seasonal, I’m just going to assume that that’s it.

And, that’s all you hear… everywhere, all day, no stopping, for an entire two months. Now this wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s the EXACT same six songs just with different musical instruments by different artists.

Why do we like it? I’ve spoken to a lot of people and just about everyone says that it gets old after about a week.

So, why in the world do we do this to ourselves???

Now then, about economics and with

numerous stores wanting to push Christmas shopping into November just so that they can break even on the Christmas shopping spree: If you need a commercial holiday to break even, then you probably shouldn’t be in business.

Also, I don’t think these people understand the economics of the situation. You may push the shopping forward, but all your moving is the rush.

You’re not adding more funds to the fire from potential shoppers. You’re just relocating them to a different time frame.

Even if they shop earlier, all you’ll end up doing is losing funds towards the later part of the holiday. So stop pushing Christmas into a month where it doesn’t belong.

After Christmas shopping — now here’s

an interesting topic where we learn a lot about human nature. I’m willing to bet that a large amount of people have done after Christmas shopping and come to the exact same conclusion as myself. After Christmas shopping is where the stores trick the exact same people who bought their stuff and traded it with other people who bought their stuff, into killing themselves as they fight to return their stuff that they decided that they don’t want for other stuff that they now think that they want.

In a sense, its where “joyous” shoppers go to kill each other in gladiator combat to appease the Christmas god (Santa)… who is always watching just like Big Brother.

And lastly, we have those lovely Christmas lights to which manufactures deem necessary to rotate out the bulb configuration once every three years just so that you have no choice but to buy another set in

order to keep up with your neighbors who are just as much into Christmas as yourself. You hate the holiday. They hate the holiday. You both don’t want to put these things up, but you feel compelled too by some sort of unnatural source.

This brings me back to the music. It must be mind control. There must be something about this music which is making people do all this stuff without knowing why, or without being able to stop…. Eh! It must be Robot Santa.

So, the season should be about sharing and caring and not plagued with the guise of commercialism.

Let’s truly make it “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

Merry Christmas!

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Complete Distance Education Survey and You Could Win an iPod Touch

2010-12-08If you are a Fall 2010 JSU Distance Educa-

tion student, we need your help!JSU Distance Education is conducting a

survey for any student who took an online or videoconferencing distance education course during fall semester. The deadline for partici-pation is December 14, 2010. Each student should complete the survey only once.

Because we know that it’s such a busy time with finals and holiday preparations, here’s a little incentive. Every survey participant will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for an 8GB iPod Touch that we are giving away as a token of our appreciation to DE students. Please note that taking the survey more than once will NOT increase your chances of win-ning.

On a related note, JSU faculty have also been e-mailed a link to an online evaluation of Distance Education services.

Thank you in advance for your feedback that will help improve Distance Education at JSU! We look forward to helping you get where you’re going in 2011!

JSU Red Balloon InitiativeLearning Centered is “Where We’re Going”

and we need your help to get there. The 2011-2016 Strategic Plan will be developed with a focus that supports JSU becoming a Learning Centered University. Campus-wide discussion groups will be held on such topics as:

• What does a Learning Centered University look like?

• What will JSU, as a Learning Centered University, look like in five years?

• What values will influence our decision-making?

• What is our mission?• How do we have to change to become

more Learning Centered?• How is it different from JSU now?• What are our strengths, weaknesses,

opportunities and threats to becoming more Learning Centered?

• What are some strategies that will help us reach our vision?

For more about the JSU Red Balloon Initiative, please visit the website.

COMMUNITY, CAMPUS AND SOCIAL NEWS YOU CAN USE

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OPINIONJACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WE ASK YOU, WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?

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By The Hoya Editorial BoardThe Hoya, Georgetown U. via UWIRE

As you might have noticed, many of your Facebook friends became virtual cartoon characters as another Facebook campaign was launched at the end of last week.

But just like most social networking campaigns, its rapid following and good intentions disguise its limited impact.

Over the last few days, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile pictures to cartoon characters in the name of stopping violence against children.

Google searches for “old cartoons” spiked, and news outlets searched for the source. An “unnamed volunteer” had created a Facebook event page claiming credit for the campaign and linking it to various child protection organizations.

Critics have spoken against the campaign for being vague, for cheapening violence against children with cartoon characters and for general insincerity.

One memorable critique claimed the organizers were probably pedophiles trying to gain the trust of child Facebook users. But what really made the campaign unsuccessful was the fact that it didn’t ask its followers to do anything meaningful or concrete.

Facebook campaigns walk a fine line between asking their followers to do too much (and thus getting no response) and asking them to do too little (and not achieving anything).

Some of the most memorable campaigns this year — the “color of your bra” and “I like it” National Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaigns — had concrete goals accomplishable by individuals: self-checks and mammograms.

In contrast, this recent campaign is ill-defined. It’s not much to ask Facebook users to change their profile pictures.

Supporters have argued that the campaign raises awareness on violence against children and that that in itself is an accomplishment. But how many people simply changed their profile picture because others were doing it, not because they knew what it was for?

This campaign — and others like it — could be more successful by simply posting a statistic or a fact to the Facebook user’s status when they change their profile picture.

This would actually educate users with some tiny bit of knowledge.

Facebook campaigns are effective ways of garnering massive support in a short period of time — the second it takes to click a button. But for all those jumping on the bandwagon: Both followers and organizers should have more of an idea of where they’re going.

FROM THE CHANTICLEER EDITORYou all have probably been wondering who’s running The Chanticleer office? Well, my name is Bill Boykins and for the past two months, my staff and I have been working very hard to bring to the students, faculty and staff of Jacksonville State University, as well as the community, a new and improved product. We’re still a work in progress, but from the response we’ve received, you all are liking what you see. WE HAVE A STAFF MEETING EVERY TUESDAY AT 6 P.M. ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST TO WORK WITH US ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. You can e-mail me at bboykins.chantyeditor@gmail.com.

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MJ Ortiz: News Editor: mjnewsed@gmail.comMatthew Tyson: Online Edior: chantywebonline@gmail.com

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Calendar

Each Monday through No-vember 12, there is a JSU interactive Radio Show in

the Stadium Club. The radio show is only from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and pizza and drinks are pro-

vided! In the show Coach Crowe and Mike Paris (with JSU Radio) will talk about the previous game and upcoming game. There is also an audience Q&A time with Coach Crowe or any of the

present football players present. There’s even a chance the show might be on TV! Help us pack the house!

Nov. 12

The JSU STAT Club (Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow) is hold-ing a clothing drive October 4 -7 at the JSU Alumni House. If you

have any unwanted clothes you’d like to donate, please drop them off in the bin located on the front

porch of the Alumni House. All clothes will be donated to the Salvation Army store located in Anniston.

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Fall Career Fair 2010

WHERE YOU’RE GOING

Hosted by:

CAREERSERVICES

www.jsu.edu/careerservices

Career Services will host the annual Fall Career Fair on Thursday, October 7th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Merrill Hall Atrium.

Students of all majors are welcome to attend. They should dress

professionally, and bring copies of their resume!

A list of companies attending may be viewed at:

www.jsu.edu/careerservices

Dec. 9, 2010

You have your résumé ready. You’ve almost finished your degree. What

next?You need to network to land that

dream job, and the Career Fair can help you make those connections!

All students are invited to bring their résumés, meet recruiters and pursue

employment opportunities at the JSU Career Fair, sponsored by Career Services, on October 7.

The event will take place in the Merrill Hall atrium from 9 a.m. - noon. The fair is open to all students, and faculty, staff and

employees are encouraged to attend and meet representatives from the business community, as well.

For more information, please contact Becca Turner, Director of Career Services, at ext. 5485.

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Newest, aimless Facebook TrendFrom wire reports

The Southern Association of Col-leges and Schools today cleared the way for Jacksonville State University in Alabama to begin offering its first doc-toral degree, the Doctor of Science in Emergency Management, in Fall 2011.

This marks the final step in the move to SACS Level 5 accreditation and comes nearly six months after the Ala-bama Commission on Higher Education gave its own blessing to the program on June 18.

JSU President Dr. Bill Meehan relayed today’s announcement via telephone from Louisville, Ky., where he is attending the SACS Annual Meet-

ing. He called the accomplishment “the academic equivalent of winning the playoffs.”

“Our report read very well. SACS said we have a good product and an ex-cellent program, and they offered rave reviews,” Dr. Meehan said. Following ACHE’s support last June he described the move as “the biggest change in the university’s role since we became a university in 1967.”

According to Dr. Jane Kushma, director of the new doctoral program, ACHE’s consideration was based on the merit of the proposal itself.

To begin offering the doctoral pro-gram, JSU had to show that it has the institutional resources to support it.

The university will begin accept-ing applications next summer for the program and classes will commence in Fall 2011.

The program will be primarily online but will include an integrative seminar where the student will come to campus for one week, according to Dr. Kushma.

According to Kushma, the depart-ment has seen significant interest in the program since ACHE’s approval and averages 10-15 inquiries per week.

Dr. Rebecca Turner, JSU provost and vice president for academic and student affairs, said that SACS will send a follow-up, on-site review team in Spring 2012 to gauge the program’s progress and interview students, faculty

and administrators.“We had a great team working on

that proposal for substantive change at JSU. They made sure that we were putting forward a good solid product,” she said.

“I think we worked very hard to fully prepare that application to deliver a high quality doctoral program that showed our capacity to implement it and sustain it over time.

“It does change our institution status within the higher education world, and it makes us very proud to be able to do that.”

According to the SACS website, with Level 5 accreditation a university can offer up to three doctoral degrees.

JSU cleared to offer doctoral program in Emergency Management

I don’t wear a white shirt and tie to the football games, my pledges do. To Whom It May Concern: Please stop with the obnoxious Roll Tide’s and War Eagle’s... If you attend JSU, support your team!!! If you love Auburn or Bama so much, then please transfer. Thank you. 4 loko is being banned?! :( Saddest news ever... JSU’s lack of school spirit is really disappointing... C’mon guys, support your team!! GO GAMECOCKS!! AOII girls LOVE cocky boys!!! Why is it that the school doesn’t respect the drama department? They actually put on great productions. Just because its theatre doesn’t mean it isn’t good. Black comedy: amazing! The white girl on the basketball team is hot!! WE WANT TOMMY BOWDEN!!!! Hey number 69 on the football team is very CUTE!!!!!!! Hey number 69 on the football team you got an BIG BOOTY!!!!!!!!!!

Burton is my new hero for standing up for Cam!!! Great coming back article! Allan is hotter!! Dr. Wood is soooooo soooosooooosoooo HOT!!!!!! JG Is there any chance Dr. Wood? ~JG Dear JSU, I have no problem with the parking, or tuition. However, would it kill you to think of a new learning facility for our amazing music department? (Note: no, I’m not music major nor a Southerner) Dear JSU students, stop [complaining] about parking. Its done, it’s over, get use to it. It’s also still a lot better than most other universities. Who is Logan Snider and why do they insist on commenting on EVERYTHING? JSU TV ROCKS!!! Best Wishes on upcoming Finals JSU!! Regards, Senator Sumner The Southerners are going to London New years 2012. Pray for London. Can we please not talk about the Iron Bowl.

WHY IS THE BAND SO MEAN!!!!! Now, switch arms.............. Sports columns should be about learning something and/or voicing an opinion, not patting yourself on the back over your football picks. Hey JSU. The next time you want to change a bus route it might be nice to let us know... Jared Gravette Crowe for Athletic Director, Tommy Bowden for Coach!!!!! The cleaning staff in Daugette is the best around. Spark-Duag The Daugette RAs are awesome

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Atypical study tipsBy JENNY HURWITZTHE DAILY CAMPUS, U. CONNECTICUT VIA UWIRE

Finals week is stupid. Everyone knows that it’s impossible to take 12 exams in four days and still come out on top. The only way to do well and stay sane is by fitting in some me-time. So if you’d rather stay afloat than drown this finals season, then I suggest you read the following.

1. Teach yourself how to DougieStop pretending you know the dance

every time the song comes on and do Cali Swag District the favor of teaching yourself. For every hour worth of studying, grant yourself thirty minutes of “Dougie Time.” Why? Knowing how to Dougie, (I mean really Dougie) is still cool and you too can be awesome. I admit I’m still learning, but I’m using finals week to perfect it. Dougie-ing is an easy way to unwind, get some exercise and hopefully boosts your confidence the next time you’re trying to land some dime piece (dime pieces can be boys, too).

2. Schedule stalkingYou know it’s true. One hour into

studying and you’ve stumbled upon that random friend from high school’s Facebook page you thought you completely forgot about. Twenty minutes later and you know exactly what they’ve done the past three years, who they’ve hooked up with, and why you stopped talking to them in the first place. Rather than feel guilty for creeping instead of studying, think of this as a reward for being such a studious student. Facing the facts and allotting yourself special stalking moments is bound to recharge your batteries.

3. Watch “We Speak No Americano ft. Cleary and Harding”

Now, you don’t have to watch this hilariously mesmerizing video, but watching something mindless is a simple way to decompress. However, I recommend this video. A good friend

of mine showed this to me about three weeks ago and I’m embarrassed to reveal how many times I’ve watched it since. If you can learn this hand dance and how to Dougie by your last final, I’ll definitely pay your cover at huskies for the first three weeks of the spring semester.

4. Buy a coloring bookColoring is therapeutic and I wouldn’t

suggest this elementary activity to college students if I hadn’t experienced the benefits myself. Coloring has a calming effect and I can promise you thirty minutes of coloring will help you see straight again. In between flipping flashcards and highlighting, just color a little. You’ll find yourself completely immersed in your picture and impressed with how well you’ve stayed within the lines. It’s an easy way to remind yourself how awesome you are when you’re feeling guilty for skipping Wednesday night class to sing Third Eye Blind at karaoke.

5. Make your New Year’s resolutionA new year is a new you, and by the

end of finals you should know exactly what you’re going to change during 2011. When the lighting in Homer Babbage has brought you to your breaking point, and you realize the coffee at BookWorms really is just water, take some time to map out this coming year’s goals. Even if you just commit yourself to quit eating Cheese Doodles, it’s still a resolution. Never lose sight of your real aspirations during finals, as creating a concrete plan for the New Year is a fantastic way to spend a study break.

I wish you all the best during finals. Take my study tips to heart and realize it is possible to take all 12 finals in four days and still do well. Be the boss you know you are and learn how to Dougie or even figure out how Cleary and Harding choreographed their hand dance.

It’s truly been a great semester.

Dream Comes to an End

Calvin Middleton (3) rushes for yardage during the recent game against Wofford at Burgess-Show Field. JSU lost 17-14, ending the Gamecocks season at 9-3 and a shot at a national championship. Photo by Steve Latham/JSU

Sports

JSU’s Jeremy Bynum (14) in action earlier this season.

By AUSTIN FAULKNERSports Columnist

Have you ever had an annoying song get stuck in your head?

You know the one that should never have been played near a radio, let alone put on the radio? Well for me, that has been the case with picking upsets, as once again I have failed to do so accurately and that annoying tune of another loss buzzes around in my ears. I picked unranked Oregon State to upset number two Oregon in their annual Civil War rivalry.

As usual the Ducks kept it close until the second half, but then they put the pedal to the metal and beat the Beavers by seventeen.

With this wrong pick, my upset record has become 3-9 and with only the bowl games to pick winners from, I doubt it will get much better.

Along with my wrongly chosen upset of the week, I picked USC to beat UCLA. I picked Auburn to beat South Carolina in the SEC Championship game.

I picked Florida State to upset Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship game and the Oklahoma Sooners to fall to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Big 12 Championship. Only Auburn, who put a whooping on South Carolina, and USC pulled through. The Hokies showed the Seminoles who was boss and Oklahoma squeaked by Nebraska.

This week’s lowly outcome has my overall record standing at a not-so-profound 45-24.

Hopefully, I will go out with a bang as I make the final selections of this football season. If not, well, I had a blast and wouldn’t trade this experience for anything in the world.

Same Old

Same Old...

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TTUS’ Hot Second Half Does In Gamecocks In OVC Opener

By AUSTIN FAULKNERSports Columnist

When looking back upon the 2010 football season, I am amazed by what I have seen. The twenty-one point “Miracle in Mississippi.” The opening of a newly expanded stadium and record crowd on Sept. 11 was great

The game-winning pass against Southeastern Missouri State with eleven seconds left and a 9-2 regular season was the best JSU has been in a while. It was amazing that the Gamecocks’ had their third Division-I playoff appearance. With all that has been done this season, one wonders what will happen next year.

With the program being so successful this year, the team hopes that the goals for the direction they want to go have been set.

The team’s victory over Ole Miss in week one, shook the football world. Their brief playoff appearance

against Wofford, gave the JSU Gamecocks national media exposure that should help to bring in another top-notch recruiting class this spring.

The seniors we are losing on both sides of the ball will hurt, in terms of game experience and leadership, but will not cripple the team’s future prospects.

The framework is now in place for JSU to take center stage as the Ohio Valley Conference’s premiere football team.

Young players will need to step up. The talent is there. Several play makers from this year will return as seasoned veterans. These veterans will need to help carry this team the next step.

A lot of answers wait to be answered.

Some pieces will be put into place this spring; the rest will follow later in the fall.

We will have to wait and see what comes next year, but it will be exciting.

JACKSONVILLE STATEGAMECOCKS VS. WOFFORD TERRIERS

GAME NOTES

From wire reports

A red-hot second half by Tennes-see Tech did in the Jacksonville State men’s basketball team in its Ohio Valley Conference opener on Saturday, when the Golden Eagles claimed a 64-62 win at Pete Mathews Coliseum.

The Gamecocks (2-7, 0-1 OVC) dropped their OVC opener for the first time under head coach James Green on a night where they got all but five points

from three players.Senior Jeremy Bynum led all players

with a season-high 21 points. He scored 15 of his points in the second half. Senior Nick Murphy scored 19, while junior Stephen Hall added 17.

Murphy, made had 15 points at the half. He runs his Division I record scor-ing total to 1,207 points.

Hall, was 5-for-8 from the field . Ju-nior B.J. Miller was the only other player to score for Jax State, adding five points.

■ Jax State finishes the 2010 season with a 9-3 mark, the most wins in a season since the 2004 campaign (9-2), which also ended in the NCAA Playoffs... The last time JSU finished with a 9-3 overall mark was 1990.■ JSU is now 15-12 all-time in 27 playoff games and has dropped its third consecutive FCS Playoff match up.■ JSU held the Terriers to just 86 passing yards - the third time this season it has held the opposition to under 100 yards passing this season (Tennessee State and Austin Peay).■ Freshman Richard Freelon caught a career-best 21-yard catch in the second quarter - just his sec-ond catch of the season.■ Freshman placekicker Griffin Thomas got the Gamecocks on the board with his 40-yard field goal in the second quarter... It was Thomas’ first career kick in a JSU uniform.■ JSU is now 15-12 all-time in 27 playoff games and has dropped its third consecutive FCS Playoff match up.■ Jax State junior QB Marques Ivory finished 15-of-30 for 170 yards and a TD toss...The Warner Robbins, Ga.-native finished the season with ten 100-plus yard games this season and recorded a passing TD is all but one game this season (at Eastern Illinois.)■ Saturday’s Second Round NCAA Playoff contest drew 11,817 fans to JSU’s Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium... For the season, Jax State drew 103,977 fans to the newly renovated facility and averaged 17,330 at home during the 2010 season.■ With his 59 yards rushing against Wofford, junior RB Calvin Middleton moved past the 1,200 yard career rushing mark.■ Wofford led JSU at halftime 10-3, marking the fourth time this season JSU has trailed at the break.

JSU-Florida State Women’s Hoops Contest Will Not Be Televised

JSU coach Annette Watts gestures a play during a recent women’s basketball game.

JSU Track & Field Wraps Up First

Meet At ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. – JSU’s

track and field team began the indoor season at the Clemson-hosted Orange and White Winter Classic on Saturday and came away with high marks in first meet of the season.

Sophomore Elizabeth Bond had the highest finish for the Gamecocks, by placing fourth in the 500 meter dash with a mark of 1:17.84. In the women’s 300 meter dash, JSU had three top-20 finishers led by sophomore Laveeta Oliver’s fifth place mark. Oliver clocked a time of 38.86. Newcomer Shamira Barrett claimed eighth with a mark of 40.78. Freshman Lecresha finished 18th (41.82) in the field. Kevyn

JSU returns to action following the holiday break at the SASF Invitational in Carbondale, Ill. on Jan. 14-15.

Jacksonville State’s women’s basketball contest with nationally-ranked Florida State on Sunday will not be televised by Fox Sports Florida as originally announced before the season started.

Fox Sports Florida, FSU’s

official cable television partner, planned to broadcast the game live at 1 p.m. CST, but will not do so due to production issues.

The Ohio Valley Conference announced its expanded television schedule last Friday and selected

JSU’s Feb. 19 home contest with Tennessee State to be televised on the Wazoo Sports Network.

Live stats will be available for the JSU-FSU duel at www.JSUGa-mecockSports.com.

— From wire reports