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Overpass Dedication

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CampuS Corner, page 6

Abdullah Raslan/HeraldMembers of the ASU community, along with university and state officials, came together Tuesday morning to dedicate and officially open the

Marion Berry Parkway overpass which has been in construction since 2008. Pictured: (from left to right) Ron Rhodes, vice chair of the ASU Board of Trustees; Charles L. Welch, ASU System president; former congressman Marion Berry and his wife Carolyn; Mike Beebe, Arkansas governor.

Plan to close S. Caraway draws mixed reaction

Abdullah RaslanStaff Writer

The Marion Berry Parkway overpass official-ly opened for traffic Tues-day, but another part of the project that will ease access to a popular part of campus isn’t set to open until 2013.

An extension to the overpass, tentatively deemed Loop Street, is planned to give motor-ists direct access to desti-nations on the south side of campus, such as the li-brary, ASU Museum, Ed-ucation/Communication building, and the Arkan-sas Biosciences Institute once Caraway Road is closed.

Al Stoverink, assistant vice chancellor for Facil-ities Management, said

Caraway Road is going to be permanently closed for pedestrian and motorist use during the winter hol-iday. Once closed, travel-ers to that side of campus will have to instead enter campus on Johnson Av-enue or Stadium Boule-vard.

That inconvenience is drawing opposition from some. John Hall, professor of psychology and counsel-ing, recently submitted a proposal to the Faculty Senate to request the clo-sure of Caraway Road be delayed until Loop Street is built, citing convenience and safety concerns.

“There needs to be easy access to south Car-away Road and Matthews not only for convenience but in situations where emergency vehicles need

to reach this area of the campus in a timely man-ner,” reads the proposal.

“If someone had to get to that part of campus for an emergency rea-son, such as an ambu-lance or fire, or maybe in the case of a natural di-saster or something like that, in my mind it’s going to take a lot longer to get over there,” Hall said this week.

Stoverink said the ex-tension plan is currently in the preliminary engi-neering and programming phase, and the full engi-neering and design phase is planned to commence early next year. Construc-tion on the $1.5 to $2 mil-lion project will then be-gin, with a projected com-pletion date of early 2013. Funding is coming from

the $18.3 million pool of funds contributed by ASU, the city of Jonesboro and from the state and federal level for completion of the overpass.

Officials are closing Caraway Road in hopes of eliminating safety con-cerns with trains on the Union Pacific and Burl-ington Northern-Santa Fe railroad lines intersecting the motor and pedestrian throughway. To that end, plans include putting up barriers on the South Car-away Road entrance to campus, preventing com-muters from using the in-gress.

The closure was origi-nally planned to occur at the same time as the com-pletion of the overpass. “But we wanted to leave

See REACTION, page 5

Students can no longer use being stuck behind a train as an excuse for be-ing late to class.

The Marion Berry Parkway officially opened at a ribbon-cutting cere-mony Tuesday outside the Delta Center for Econom-ic Development overlook-ing the overpass.

This didn't happen be-cause of the work of one person, said ASU System President Charles Welch in his speech. Instead, he said it was a collaboration of different entities that worked together to bring this vision to life and it all started with former ASU president Les Wyatt who first proposed the idea in 2001.

The Board of Trust-ees then passed a resolu-

tion in 2008 to honor for-mer Congressmen Marion Berry for his early com-mitment to the project and the financial support raised by him from feder-al grants.

"I can't think of any-thing more appropriate for when a student and their family first enter this campus that Marion Berry's name is one of the first things they see when they come here because he's the reason many of them are going to have that opportunity," Welch said.

Berry helped improve education, said Gov. Bee-be in his speech.

He also said "it is a pretty good legacy when people think of you in your lifetime to name something after you that's going to be there for eons to come... It's a tribute to

the feelings of love and warmth and respect and gratitude that all these people have for you, Mar-ion, that has resulted in what this Board of Trust-ees and this city and what this community has done by honoring you because you have honored them."

Traditions Director for the Student Government Association and sopho-more nursing major of Lit-tle Rock, Colea Blann, was selected alongside sopho-more public relations ma-jor Zach Brogdon of Mar-ion to represent the stu-dent body and to be the first to walk on the over-pass, but this was can-celed due to the weather.

But Blann is still ex-cited to have finally see the last installment of the overpass.

"I think it's going to help deviate a lot of traffic

and help students get to class on time," he said.

Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Ron Rhodes, gave a speech on behalf of the members of the board, while ASU Interim Chan-cellor Dan Howard took role as Master of Ceremo-ny.

Mayor of Jonesboro Harold Perrin was also one of the guest speakers at the ceremony.

Perrin said he consid-ers Berry a dear friend, and thanked him, as well as Welch and Beebe on behalf of the people and the council of the city of Jonesboro.

Afterward Berry was asked to give a speech.

"It's been the greatest honor to be given this op-portunity to work with this university," he said, as he stood with one hand

See DEDICATION, page 5

State, ASU officials gather to officially open Marion Berry Parkway

Myriah DownsStaff Writer

The Student Govern-ment Association welcomed Academic Affairs Interim Provost Glen Jones to its meeting Tuesday where he spoke about ASU’s status as a research institution and research projects.

Jones said ASU is near-ly 103 years old and that for 90 of those years ASU has primarily been a tradi-tional teaching institution.

Jones said it was not until the Arkansas Mas-ters Tobacco Settlement, in which the state received a sizable settlement from large tobacco companies, that the legislators “wisely voted to invest a portion of that money into research.”

The investment from the tobacco settlement would eventually develop into the Arkansas Biosciences In-stitute, which is currently housed on campus.

Jones said while sev-eral institutions were in-volved in the distribution of the funds, the push for ASU’s involvement came from, then senator, Gov. Mike Beebe, who allocated

$30 million in funds to de-velop the ABI in hopes that it would assist ASU in be-coming a major research institution.

Jones said that current-ly, ASU is considered an emerging research institu-tion and in order to devel-op a research focus, it was necessary to place a stron-ger emphasis on doctoral programs.

Jones discussed the im-plications for undergrad-uate students stating that these programs will make students more marketable as a young person seeking a job right out of college.

“Students are having research experiences all around the world,” he said.

One developing re-search project at ASU is S.H.A.D.E.S.

Jones said it is a process or device that allows us to detect IEDs rather than sending a solider to detect if there is a device, we can send a machine to know if there are any explosives present at all.

“Imagine the market-ability of the students [in-volved in this research]

See SGA, page 5

SGA guests talk research

Abdullah Raslan/HeraldASU-J Provost Glen Jones was one of several guest speakers at

Tuesday's Student Government Association meeting. Jones discussed research opportunities as well as possible campus software changes and the resuming of construction on the Liberal Arts Building.

During a luncheon at the Dean B. Ellis Library Tuesday, Gov. Mike Bee-be announced a $6 million contribution from the Gen-eral Improvement Fund will go toward the resum-ing of construction of the new Humanities and So-cial Sciences Building.

This contribution will be added to the $4 million in GIF funds awarded in April.

According to an ASU press release, Dan How-ard, ASU interim chancel-lor, said the funds will go toward treating the steel structure, plumbing and the construction of an en-velope surrounding the ex-isting frame.

Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Glen Jones, said he expects the construction on the ex-terior will take about 18 to

24 months to complete, but there is no set completion date.

The project architects are AMR Architects Inc. and the Cahoon Firm. The contractor is Tate General Contractors.

The building's steel frame, red with the accu-mulation of rust, sits east of Wilson Hall, on the land university officials broke ground on in September 2008.

When complete, the building will be home to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the departments of crim-inology, sociology and ge-ography, English and phi-losophy, history, world lan-guages and cultures, and political science.

The four-story build-ing, with 120,625 sq. feet of space, will have 24 per-cent more space than Wil-son Hall and will feature

See $6 MILLION, page 5

Beebe gives $6m for Liberal Arts Building

Raven HeartonNews Editor

Samuel G. SmithEditor

What changes? 33%

Football has always been my favorite sport. It all began when I put on shoulder pads, a team uni-form and a helmet doing my best to become a flag football legend.

Well, sort of. The fall of 1977 gave

me some thrills on the grid iron, though I must have not fully understood the fundamentals of running up and down the field as opposed to side-to-side. My coach was patient, but I cost the team precious yards and scoring opportu-nities.

I was a 10-year-old boy whose universe revolved around buying KISS re-cords and pretending in front of the bathroom mir-

ror to be the band’s lead guitarist Ace Frehley.

Athletics caught my at-tention in those days. I re-member watching several vintage Cowboys-Steelers Super Bowl games – as a loyal Redskins fans, my heart was with Pittsburgh – and keeping tabs on the

NBA playoffs, provided Julius “Dr. J” Erving and his Philadelphia 76ers were battling on the hard-wood.

Meanwhile, I spent ev-ery college football season rooting for the home team at then-Indian Stadium, believing ASU would find a way to win every game.

I was there the first time a regionally televised match-up in Jonesboro happened. I will never for-get rolling down the hill behind the north endzone (now covered by seating) in hopes the ABC cameras would notice my acrobatic talents.

Years passed and mem-ories continued to gather - some great, others not so much. Seeing many friends and sharing our love for the hometown school was one constant.

As the Red Wolves gear up for the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala. come January, I look forward to taking the trek with my son. It will be a perfect time to build new memories.

Who knows? We might even find a way to grab some face time for the na-tional TV audience. Only this time, I promise not to plunge head-first on a downhill slide.

Childress is a graduate student in political science of Jonesboro.

It’s ironic that a day of giving thanks is followed by a day of getting more stuff. Every year during this time, we hear numer-ous reports of injuries (and even deaths) due to greedy Black Friday shoppers.

Black Friday remains the biggest shopping day of the year, with millions of customers flooding stores of all kinds to get good deals on everything from flat-screen televisions to bathroom fixtures. To an economist, this day is the ideal representation of America’s capitalistic sys-tem.

Many have suggested that the reason for it be-ing called “Black” Friday is because of the enormous profit stores receive as a re-sult – in other words, they are no longer in the red. While Black Friday has technically been around for several decades, the popu-larity of this day seems to

have skyrocketed only re-cently.

Unless you don’t read Internet news reports, it’s not hard to find another story of someone getting injured due to a flood of Black Friday shoppers. This year, the big story was of a woman pepper spraying people in line so she could get what she wanted.

In the past, on of the most devastating reports came in 2008 when a Wal-Mart employee was tram-pled to death.

Other accounts include a stabbing, a gun threat and several violent argu-ments. At the Wal-Mart in my hometown of Bry-ant, one of the employees told me that two women got into a fist fight over the last purple Christmas tree in the store. Apparently, their fight was big enough that it broke the tree.

All of this leads to some interesting questions: Is Black Friday nothing but a day of all-around greed and selfishness? Are we as Americans too consumed with stuff that we’ll do crazy things to get what

we want? It’s easy to feel this way

if you sit and watch shop-pers in the store or see news clips on TV.

Personally, I’m not a fan of the whole Black Fri-day shopping experience. I think doing anything else but sleeping at 3 a.m. is a crazy way to spend one’s time, but I don’t think the day is as bad as the media might tell us.

Beside the fact that Black Friday brings a much-needed boost to a rotten economy, I think the day represents one of the great things about our country.

Sure people are greedy, and it’s obvious that Amer-icans can be very consum-eristic. But to be perfectly honest, I like the fact that I live in a country where there are plenty of choices.

I think it’s cool that on certain days of the year, we can find great deals on stuff we want or need.

We’ve been blessed as a nation with much wealth. Very few nations on earth have experienced the tre-mendous prosperity this nation has had. And con-

trary to many modern opinions on the subject, wealth and prosperity isn’t a bad thing.

I think it’s mind-bog-gling that even the poor in our country live with many modern conveniences like televisions, computers, cell phones and dishwashers—stuff that people in other countries could only dream of.

I laugh when I hear peo-ple complaining about the 1 percent who hold most of the wealth in this country, when these same people are talking on their iP-hones or using their iPads and laptops.

The truth of the matter is that we’re all wealthier than we like to think, and seeing the Black Friday shopping spree only con-firms this to me.

I still think waiting in line for hours on end in the cold just to buy the latest electronics is crazy, but it’s a free country after all. To each his own.

Davidson is a sophomore education major of Bryant.

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— Our View —

Finals week woes, advice for freshmenAs classes meet this week in preparation for

another semester’s end, some students are very familiar with the finals week crunch. But for freshmen, this is a whole new ballgame.

Some freshmen may be led to believe that the only way to be successful during finals is to cram for every test the night before and spend all free time in the library. While this might work for some people, this is certainly not the case for everyone.

A good first step is to learn what your studying style is. While some people can only study by themselves, other people need classmates who know the material to help them study. Neither way is better than the other – it just depends on how you learn.

While some students can sit in the library quietly studying, others have the problem of running into friends who have to share the latest Keyboard Cat video with them. This, of course, leads to more cat videos and then before you know it it’s time to graduate and those videos have kept you from a degree.

The best thing any student can do to avoid getting sidetracked while studying is to schedule themselves. Decide when to study what and for how long (it’s recommended to study two hours for every one hour of class) and stick with it. If that means studying for Wednesday tests on Sunday and Thursday tests on Monday, so be it. This organization also helps avoid increasing the stress that is inevitable during finals.

Once students figure out how to study, another thing to realize is finals are a way to bring up a failing grade. While some people may have miraculously passed a class they were failing all semester, that doesn’t mean everyone is capable. But, the great thing about college is failure is acceptable. There are second chances.

As students find their studying style, it is best to stick with it and perfect it because for most students, there are at least seven more finals weeks to go.

Good Luck!

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Black Friday a boost to the economy?“To an economist, this day is the ideal representation

of America’s capitalistic system.”Jeff Davidson

Republicans and Demo-crats unite to support bi-partisan legislation that would outlaw the theft of intellectual property on the Internet.

The new bill would allow large Hollywood studios and television networks to ask banks, domain name registrars and Internet Service Providers to deny doing business with web-sites that infringe on copy-right law.

While piracy costs the American economy billions of dollars annually, this new law goes too far.

In theory, TV networks and Hollywood studios could demand that You-tube’s domain registration company shut the entire website down forever.

This is cyber-bullying at its worst.

Of course, copyright in-fringement is wrong. Of course, people should pay $30 to see a movie and then buy it on Blu-ray. Any idiot knows this. But legislation that enables influential (wealthy) copyright own-

ers to police the Internet with such brutality is also wrong.

Remember Hollywood blacklisting? I don’t be-cause I was born in 1990, but I’ve heard enough to know it did more harm than good. America’s fear of communism was so great that our government went to extreme measures to en-sure capitalism was kept safe. The House Un-Amer-ican Activities Commit-tee (HUAC), charged with finding and dealing with communists in the United States, summoned several entertainment profession-als to testify. The Holly-wood 10, as they came to be known, refused to tes-tify, igniting the American government. This led to an official statement from the film industry, which came to be known as the Waldorf Statement. The signatories indicating a desire to elim-inate subversives from the entertainment industry announced the firing of the Hollywood 10.

To be listed on the Hol-lywood Blacklist was to see the potential end of one’s career, often on the basis of questionable and unver-ifiable information. Those blacklisted were pariahs.

If large studios have the ability to shut down any future website with

the potential of copyright infringement, partisan control and policing of the Internet becomes inevi-table. Who knows? Maybe I’m heading down some slippery slope here, but I do understand one thing – the theft of intellectual property is so common-place it cannot be policed effectively.

People steal music, tele-vision, movies and games every second. What’s to stop them from doing so af-ter this new bill is passed?

Nothing? Exactly. The Internet is far too vast.

For this reason alone, any attempt to eliminate piracy is futile.

Sure, the American economy suffers when people hijack material, but how many dollars will be wasted pursuing these untraceable thieves? How many jobs will be lost when entire websites are shut down? How many in-nocent people will endure agonizing months, or even years, of overdrawn court battles?

Perhaps most impor-tantly, however: if this bill is passed, how long do we have until the wealthy buy the rest of our rights?

Bradbury is a junior plant sciences major of Hot Springs.

“People steal music, television, movies and games every second. What’s to stop them from

doing so after this new bill is passed?”Drew Bradbury

“I spent every college football season rooting

for the home team at then-Indian Stadium.”

Anthony Childress

Bowl brings back fond memoriesCopyright bill is modern day witch hunt

“I only watched the Victoria’s Secret fashion show to watch Jay-Z and Kanye perform.”

“Oh... Yeah, didn’t she kill somebody?” #LindaRonstadt

“It tastes like water out of a HOSE!” #BritaHydrationStations

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SPORTSPAGE 3 Thursday, Dec. 1 The Herald

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Though it might have felt like it thanks to the Thanksgiving break, the Red Wolves football regular season is not over yet.

After clinching at least a share of the Sun Belt Championship with a 45-19 victory over Middle Tennessee on Nov. 19, the Red Wolves (9-2, 8-0) will close out their regular season this Saturday against Troy, a team that split a share of the conference title last year and defeated Ohio in the New Orleans Bowl.

Under the leadership of 20-year head coach Larry Blakeney, the Trojans are in the midst of a 3-8 season with a 2-5 record in the Sun Belt.

Their three wins this season came against the now 3-9 Alabama-Birmingham, 2-9 Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic, who won their first and only game of the season Saturday against UAB.

However, the Trojans have not been without their share of success, even while it has been on the losing side.

“Troy is a team that has had a say in the outcome of this conference for the last 10 years,” head coach Hugh Freeze said. “They’re a dangerous team because of all of the athletes they have. We’re talking about a team that played Arkansas to a 10-point game and we all know the season that Arkansas is having.”

The game against Arkansas, a 28-38 loss in week three, was followed by two wins before the Trojans went on a six-game skid.

While Freeze said the Trojans have a dangerous passing game, ranked first in the conference ahead of ASU at second, their biggest weakness is on defense, which ranks last in the conference.

“They haven’t been able to stop the run. If you can’t stop the run, it certainly makes offenses think they can do a lot of things. I know that they have who I consider the best defensive end in the league in Jonathan Massaquoi.”

Massaquoi, a 6-foot-2-inches junior, was named to the Bednarik Watch List, the award given to the nations best defensive linemen and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List among nine other award watch lists.

Massaquoi averages a team high of half a sack a game.

Senior Brandon Joiner for the Red Wolves leads the Sun Belt with an

average of one whole sack per game.

Defense has been the strongest aspect of the Red Wolves during this 2011 season as the defense still holds the title for total defense in the conference. While the Trojans have the best passing offense, led by Corey Robinson with an average of 281.8 yards per game, the 15th highest average in the country.

The Red Wolves have the best passing defense in the conference, giving up an average of 210 yards per game through the air.

Robinson, a sophomore, has thrown nine touchdowns over the last three games, giving him 47 on his career. That already places him third on Troy’s all-time list.

With a win, the Red Wolves would lock up their first outright Sun Belt conference championship in a year that marks the end of Troy’s streak of five seasons with at least a share of the conference championship.

Red Wolves receiver Josh Jarboe, who is second on the team with 48 catches for 650 yards and two touchdowns, will be facing the team that dismissed him following the 2009 season.

“It’s good to see everyone I used to play with, but it’s just business and another game for me,” Jarboe said.

Saturday will also mark

the final home game for 25 seniors at ASU Stadium.

Among the players taking their final bow will be running back Derek Lawson, linebacker Demario Davis, wide receiver Dwayne Frampton and defensive linemen Dorvus Woods and Brandon Joiner.

“Our seniors deserve to go out in a special way. They’ve led us brilliantly this year,” Freeze said. “The seniors have been through a lot of lean times and for whatever reason they hadn’t gotten over the hump in a lot of games.”

Senior offensive lineman Tom Castilaw will be ending a six year journey at ASU.

“I think it’s kind of surreal. It went by fast the whole season and really all six years that I’ve been here,” the center said. “I wouldn’t pick any other way to go out with 10 wins in the regular season. It’s been the most memorable year I’ve ever had here.

“I know our hope is that we’re starting something here, laying the foundations for the future teams that will be here as well,” Castilaw continued.

With an undefeated home record on the line, the seventh meeting between the Red Wolves and Trojans will kick off at 3:30 p.m.

The game can be seen on ESPN3.com and heard on 107.9 FM.

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldJunior receiver Taylor Stockemer snags a pass during practice at ASU

Stadium. Stockemer has 546 yards receiving and five touchdown this season.

Finishing itRed Wolves close out regular season versus Troy

ASU Press Release

Arkansas State Univer-sity students now have an opportunity to follow the football Red Wolves to Mo-bile, Ala. and watch the Go-Daddy.com Bowl on Jan. 8 for a discounted price.

A $20 ticket is now avail-able to students with a val-id ASU ID, courtesy of the Red Wolf Club.

Students may order tick-ets at the ASU Box Office in the Convocation Center by presenting a valid ASU ID when purchasing.

In addition, students are required to show a val-id ASU ID and a game tick-

et for admission to the bowl game.

“The ASU Red Wolf Club is excited to announce dis-counted tickets for our stu-dents,” said ASU Associ-ate Athletic Director for Ex-ternal Operations and Red Wolf Club Director Doug Doggett.

“As a show of thanks for their continued support, ASU students will be able to receive donor-level tick-ets within our allotment for less-than half the cost,” Doggett continued.

“We hope to see all of our fans and students pack-ing the stands in Mobile and cheering on the Red

Wolves.”The Red Wolf Club will

also be sponsoring a pro-gram where fans can do-nate bowl tickets to mili-tary personnel and children in the Mobile area.

To donate tickets to ei-ther cause fans should con-tact the Red Wolf Club at 870-972-2401.

ASU will play an oppo-nent from the Mid-Ameri-can Conference in the bowl game in Mobile, Ala.

The opponent will be de-termined this weekend fol-lowing the MAC champion-ship game.

Red Wolf Club providing discount tickets to GoDaddy.com Bowl for ASU students

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

Following Larry Porter’s dismissal from Memphis Sunday night and Houston Nutt’s firing at Ole Miss three weeks ago, rumors began circulating about ASU head coach Hugh Freeze and his future at Arkansas State.

However, according to Freeze, he has no current plans to leave ASU.

Last weekend, the Internet site BleacherReport.com posted a story that said Freeze had been named the new Rebels head coach.

Freeze took to Twitter on Saturday to refute the report, tweeting, “#RedWolfNation the report on bleacherreport.com is NOT True! I am still the Red Wolves coach.”

The story has since been removed from the site.

“Supposedly I’ve interviewed [at Ole Miss], I’ve interviewed at Tulane, I’ve interviewed at this place and that place,” Freeze said at his Monday press conference. “Whether I have an interest in those jobs is for me and my wife to decide what is best for our family.”

Freeze and athletic director Dean Lee released a joint press release Monday stating that any requests from schools wanting to talk to Freeze this week would not be granted.

“It’s another thing that I’m guarded that it doesn’t affect us. I actually talked to our team [Sunday] night in regards to that. I told them it is a total compliment to what you guys have done,” Freeze said. “I think of Southern Mississippi and Boise State and teams that have done well, that are mid-major type teams. Every time there’s a job that comes open, those are the names that pop up.”

While the success ASU has under Freeze

is not what Boise State has accomplished during its time in the Western Athletic and Mountain West Conference, this season has been the school’s best since 1986 when ASU went to the Division 1AA championship game.

“I have not received any calls from Memphis other than from all of my friends there to let me know it was open,” Freeze said. “I want to be extremely clear, that I am extremely happy at Arkansas State. They are some of the best people I’ve ever been around and Dr. Lee and the administration have been nothing but great to me.”

In USA Today’s annual report on earnings of Football Bowl Subdivision coaches, it was revealed that Freeze is the lowest paid coach in FBS with $151,660 in total pay.

In relation, Porter received $754,890 to coach the Tigers and Nutt earned $2.7 million as Ole Miss’ coach.

“[Arkansas State has] worked on a new package for us here for our whole staff, not just me, and I think it’s a very fair package here. It’s a great place to live and raise a family,” Freeze

said.The Red Wolves

clinching the Sun Belt title this season will trigger a pay increase of $17,500 for Freeze and he can receive another $5,000 if he is named Sun Belt Coach of the Year.

Freeze has connections to both Ole Miss and Memphis. After coaching at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis for nine years, Freeze worked at Ole Miss from 2005 to 2007.

During that time, Freeze worked as the assistant athletic director for football external affairs, an assistant coach from 06-07, and as the interim head coach for a month following the firing of Ed Orgeron.

Then after coaching Lambuth University to a 20-5 record, Freeze accepted the offensive coordinator position at ASU. That was after being considered for the head-coaching job at Memphis, where Porter was chosen.

“I can’t obviously sit here and tell you what the future holds; I don’t know that,” Freeze said. “But I do know that we play Troy this week and that’s where my focus will be.”

Ashley Helliwell/HeraldHugh Freeze holds the record for most wins by an Arkansas State

head coach in his first year with nine. The Red Wolves can claim their first outright Sun Belt championship with a win against Troy Saturday.

Daniel McFadinSports Editor

In their first game after scoring the schools fewest points in the shot clock era against Louisville, the Ar-kansas State Red Wolves grabbed their second victo-ry of the season with a 79-63 win against Southeast Missouri Tuesday night.

After giving up a 7-2 run to SEMO in the opening 90 seconds, the Red Wolves rallied with its own 12-3 run to the take the only lead they would need.

ASU went on to lead by as much as 21 in the second half on their way to a win over the Redhawks, who were led by the John Bra-dy’s predecessor at ASU, Dickey Nutt.

The most effective tool for ASU Tuesday night was sophomore guard Ed Townsel, who surpassed his previous career high of 13 points for a total of 20. Townsel was the fire be-neath the Red Wolves as he scored 13 in the first half, with six of them coming off three pointers.

Townsel was perfect from behind the arch with four straight buckets before miss-ing his first with 4:37 left in the game. The Red Wolves to-taled 4 of 6 from three point land with junior Trey Finn making his two shots.

“I think we just took the pressure off of Ed a little bit,” head coach John Bra-dy said. “We just got the ball out of his hands and let him run off some screens.”

Townsel led the way as all five starters: Townsel, Finn, Peterson, Kirkland and Hooten, all scored in double figures and earned the team more than 50 per-cent shooting from the field for the entire game.

The Redhawks (3-4) were led in scoring by Lucas Nutt with 13 points. Nutt hit three shots from behind the arch in the first half to con-tribute to a 6-15 night from three-point land.

“Their perimeter didn’t hurt us much at all. With Ed, Mar-cus Hooten and Trey Finn, we played better than their pe-rimeter, physically guarded them pretty well. I thought our post men held their own which was key to the game,” Brady said.

Kirkland led the team at the free throw line, making all six of his attempts from the charity stripe.

This was Dickey Nutt’s first trip back to the Convo-cation Center since becom-ing the SEMO head coach.

Nutt coached at ASU for 20 years, 13 of those as

head coach.“Everything that we did,

they countered and they scored. When they scored they became a better defen-sive team,” Nutt said.

The Red Wolves will now face a short turnaround, traveling to New York to face St. Bonaventure for the first time Thursday at 6 p.m.

After playing Austin Peay on Dec. 5, the Red Wolves next home game will be Dec. 10 against Central Arkansas, the first game between the schools in more than 50 years.

“This was a good game for us to get. It was a game we needed to get,” Brady said. “I knew it, everybody else knew it…and we got it in a nice way.

Staci Vandagriff/HeraldAll five of Arkansas State’s starters, Townsel, Finn, Hooten, Kirkland and

Peterson, scored in double digits.

Freeze focused on Troy amid coaching rumors

Red Wolves defeat SEMO 79-63

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Ari YukiStaff Writer

Thanksgiving holidays are a great op-portunity for international students to learn American traditional culture.

Exchange student Jaehyun Kang, an English translation major of Seoul, Korea, is one of many Arkansas State internation-al students who has experienced Ameri-can Thanksgiving holidays and visiting an American family living in Jonesboro.

Kang said at the beginning of the fall semester she met her American host fam-ily at the Journey, which is an on campus organization of Central Baptist Church.

Since Kang is a Christian, as her host family is, she easily started to get along with them, Kang said.

“Actually, I’ve visited my host family’s home many times, almost every weekend, so I naturally thought I am going to their home during the Thanksgiving holiday,” Kang said.

She mentioned that, when she went to their house, she talked about cultural dif-ferences between Korea and the United States. Also, her family sometimes acts as her counselor, dealing with her problems about living in the new culture.

“We were looking for opportunities to expose our children to other cultures and we enjoy experiencing and learning about other cultures,” said Cassie Morgan of Jonesboro, the mother of her host family.

Morgan also said, since she heard ASU has more than 1,500 international stu-dents, she and her family saw a chance to minister to ASU’s needs by providing a home and American family experience to a student who might be facing loneliness, be-ing so far away from their own home and family.

“We’ve invited her into our everyday lives and she is seeing how we live as a family, preparing food together, caring for our five children, going shopping, how we interact as a family, going to church,” Morgan said.

“My host family invited me to join them over the Thanksgiving holiday, and I also wanted to experience what the Thanksgiv-ing holiday is in America,” Kang said.

As a Christian, she had a great time on the Thanksgiving holiday, being thankful for God.

“A whole big family gathers together for Thanksgiving. Cassie’s father read us a passage from the Bible. I felt comfort and God’s love in this family,” Kang said.

“As followers of Christ, Thanksgiving is a very special and important holiday for us. It is a time we can gather together with our family and friends and be thankful to God because we acknowledge that all that we have are gifts from him,” Morgan said.

She said it is important to set time aside in one’s busy life to remember this and to express thanks for all the blessings that people have been given.

Morgan explained that on Thanksgiv-ing Day, in many cases, American families have a traditional meal together and each individual at the meal will share something that they’re thankful for.

Kang also said she had traditional Thanksgiving foods such as turkey, ham, cranberry salad, cornbread and pies in the family’s house.

Kang said she was surprised by the dif-ference of eating styles between Korea and the United States. In Korea, a meal is pre-pared for each person, while American peo-ple prefer a buffet style, she said.

Kang said Korea does not have a Thanks-giving holiday, but it has a similar one, which is the Full Harvest Moon Festival,

called Chuseok in Korean.According to lifeinkorea.com, the festival

occurs on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, allowing people time to visit their hometowns.

On that day, family members pay respect to their living relatives and visit the graves of their ancestors. Also, they exchange gifts and play special games.

Kang said like the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, Korean people eat traditional foods together such as kimchi soup, bulgogi, which is marinated barbe-cued beef, and bibimbap, which is white rice topped with seasoned vegetables, chili pepper paste, a raw or fried egg and sliced beef.

“She has fit in very well with our fam-ily. Since we live out of town in a rural set-ting, Vanessa (Kang’s English name) has

remarked that it is very peaceful since she is from Seoul and a very urban and densely populated home,” Morgan said.

She said she also enjoys the new culture Kang shares with her family. One time, when Kang and her friend cooked a tradi-tional Korean meal, Morgan and her family enjoyed getting to try and enjoy some new kinds of food.

Kang said her host family treats her like a member of the family, and it makes her feel at home.

“When the dishes are ready, we just prepare them ourselves. It makes me feel comfortable and even think of here like home. It is quite a different way compared to our culture, since we treat guests as just ‘guests,”’ Kang said.

“Every moment in my trip comes to me precious and unforgettable,” she said.

Photo courtesy of Jaehyun Kang

Jaehyun Kang, (front row, fifth from the right) an English translation major of Seoul, Korea spent Thanksgiv-ing with her American host family, enjoying traditional American dishes.

Crisis center lends women support

International student makes Thanksgiving memories

Megan HeylStaff Writer

“Each year, 33 percent of all the wom-en murdered in the U.S. are killed by a spouse or a boyfriend in a incident of do-mestic abuse.”

This line of text found on the Women’s Crisis Center of Northeast Arkansas’ web-site shows a scary reality.

Here in northeast Arkansas, the Women’s Crisis Center’s 24-hour hotline receives an average of about 300 calls a month.

In Jonesboro alone, there were 255 re-ports of domestic violence in 2010, and in 2011 there have already been 273 reports according to Heidi Wells, crime analyst assistant of the Jonesboro Police Depart-ment.

The women’s crisis center works to help these women through the hot line, emer-gency shelter, support groups and emer-gency transportation when the women need to escape abuse.

“We know that when a woman is leav-ing that relationship that that’s the most dangerous time for them,” said Sherri Co-thern, assistant director of the Women’s Crisis Center. “It’s important for victims to know that they’re not alone in this.”

When women are forced to flee their homes, the Women’s Crisis Center will house them at private, undisclosed loca-tions. Many of these women come to stay with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and sometimes even have their children with them, so the shelter has to provide for them.

Cothern said that the center can provide housing for up to 22 women and children at a time and it is very rarely not full.

This year, at its annual Halloween party and charity event, the ASU Honors Living Learning Community decided it wanted to help the Women’s Crisis Center.

Delaney Foster, graduate hall director of the Honors Living Learning Commu-nity, explained why.

“The real reason the women’s shelter was our choice was because there’s such a need. It’s kind of a forgotten charity,” she said.

Foster said that since the shelter loca-tion is kept secret it causes people to pick other charities over it. “Since we don’t see it, we tend not to think of it,” Foster ex-plained.

Once they decided that they wanted to help, the resident assistants and residents of the HLLC brought in donations of items needed for the shelter. Basic household items like soap, toilet paper and tooth-brushes are always needed for the women and children who stay at the shelter.

The majority of the donations were gathered at the HLLC Halloween dance as part of a competition between the nine floors.

Nicole Lindsey, a junior mathematics

education major of Hot Springs and HLLC RA, said her floor collected five industrial-sized trash bags of supplies, winning the competition.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my resi-dents and the Honors community all to-gether,” Lindsey said.

“I know during Halloween, a lot of the time people aren’t really thinking about ways to give back to the community, they’re just thinking like what costume am I going to wear and what parties am I going to,” said Allie McKinley, a sopho-more radio-TV major of Bryant and HLLC RA.

“The Honors Halloween party was re-ally fun, but that wasn’t the best part of the evening,” said Rachel Childers, a sophomore psychology major of Sherwood. “The best part of the evening was seeing the donations that were going to be given to the Women’s Crisis Center.”

The students continued to spread the word after the dance and donations have been coming in ever since.

Foster estimates that they have gath-ered about 200 pounds in donations.

Foster, a graduate student of Jack-son, Miss., who majors in college student personal services, said she learned about these shelters while serving as the senior RA at a University of Southern Mississip-pi all-female dormitory.

“Many of the girls that lived there ex-perienced domestic abuse,” Foster said. Foster worked there for more than three years and said she would have at least one resident a month come to her with confes-sions of suffering from domestic abuse.

Foster would refer these students to the Women’s Crisis Center there and even vis-ited that center a few times.

“These places are often understaffed and they just don’t have what they need to run,” Foster said.

“Part of it is women helping other wom-en, people helping other people. I believe very strongly that we should help one an-other if we can and this is just one way to do it,” Foster said.

Megan Heyl/Herald

The Women’s Crisis Center of Northeast Arkansas is open to having volunteers come and help. All volunteers must go through a training process in order to properly help those in need. If interested, call 870-972-9575.

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Nov. 17

UPD officer Ryan Crawford was dispatched to Collegiate Park on Nov. 17 in regards to two males soliciting magazines. The two males were described as cleanly dressed with ties and short hair.

Crawford reported UPD officer Ron Smith was the first on the scene. Smith checked the front of the buildings but did not find anyone who matched the description. Crawford stated he was walking behind building three when he observed a male, who fit the description, exiting one of the apartments.

Crawford reported the male has several magazines in his possession. The male is reported as 28-year-old Sven Murray. It’s reported that Crawford asked Murray if he had been attempting to sell magazines in the area. Murray stated yes.

It’s reported that Crawford asked Murray where the other subject was. Murray said he was the only one on campus.

Murray stated he works for KLMN Reader Services, Inc. and attempts to sell books on college campuses from coast to coast.

Crawford advised Murray he was going to be cited for soliciting.

Nov. 25

Twenty-eight year old Christopher Armstrong was issued a citation for no driver’s license after UPD officer Ron Smith stopped Armstrong for running through a stop sign.

It’s reported that Armstrong ran the stop sign on University Loop East Friday around 5 p.m. Smith stated he pulled Armstrong over and asked him for his license. Armstrong told Smith he did not have one but had a learning permit, which he couldn’t find.

Smith reported he had communications run Armstrong’s name and date of birth. He stated that Armstrong did not have a driver’s license and was a wanted person. It’s reported that River County Sheriff ’s Department has an active felony warrant for burglary. It’s reported that the Sheriff ’s Department did not want to extradite the warrant at that time.

Smith reported that after he cited Armstrong for driving without a license and failure to stop for a stop sign, Armstrong pushed his car to the childhood services and waited for a friend to pick him up.

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Advanced students interested in museums as a career are invited to enroll in an exhibit seminar being offered Spring 2012. Instructor Marti Allen, director of the ASU Museum, will mentor select students through each step of developing an exhibition, including exhibit research, label writing, exhibit design and more. Contact Allen for more information at 972-2074.

The fall 2011 issue of the Journal of International Students is available. Digital editions of the print publication are available at jistudents.org/back-issues. For hard copies, stop by Eugene Smith Hall Room 411.

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classrooms, computer labs, faculty offices, departmen-tal suites and conference rooms.

Because of the number of courses students are re-quired to take as general education, the College of Humanities and Social Sci-ences produces a fourth of all semester credit hours completed at ASU.

The construction of a new Humanities and Social Sciences building comes as a huge priority for ASU due to the dilapidated con-ditions of Wilson Hall.

The staircases on each

corner of the building aren't up to current earth-quake standards and the lack of adequate class-room space is making reg-istering for classes harder. Students are having fewer course times to choose from because of the limited seat-ing capacity.

In 2008, Gov. Beebe gave ASU $4 million to start the project, which was not nearly enough to complete it.

However, construc-tion on the foundation and framework began, but was halted in January 2010 due

to a lack of funds.The entire project is es-

timated to cost about $30 million, so another $10 million to $15 million will be needed for completion.

The University Advance-ment Division is charged with securing funds and will utilize its process to look for donors.

Jones said he was very pleased to see these funds secured.

“It’s a significant amount for ASU. It’s overwhelming and we’re excited,” Jones said. “There has been a very positive reaction. This

brings us one step closer to the inside of the building.”

Sen. Paul Bookout, who helped spearhead the drive to obtain the funds along with fellow state senators Robert Thompson and Gil-bert Baker, was quoted in an ASU press release and said of the contribution.

“This is a labor of love and long commitment," he said. "We need to give back to the community and make it a better place for our kids to live. The real celebration will be when we cut the ribbon for this building.”

on the podium and the other on his cane.

He extended his congratulations to everyone that made the project possible and thanked Beebe and Per-

rin for their efforts for bettering the community.

Following Berry's speech, the cel-ebratory ribbon was cut outside the Delta Center over looking the park-

way. The first car to officially drive over

the parkway was driven by Howard accompanied by Berry.

it in play until we got through with finals,” Stoverink said.

Loop Street will extend from the new asphalted extension to Univer-sity Loop West, currently used as an entrance to a parking lot behind the HPESS complex, under the overpass and through faculty and staff hous-ing to Melrose Street. Stoverink said about six university houses in this area will be removed to make way for the new road.

Stoverink estimated the closure might add up to five minutes to com-muters’ travel time, “which is about the same if you got stuck behind a train.”

But the delay concerns aren’t just for vehicles. Pedestrians will also have to trade safety for convenience, as they will have to walk a longer dis-tance across the overpass and down

Matthews Avenue to reach destina-tions like restaurants and retail des-tinations on South Caraway Road.

Despite Hall’s opposition to the clo-sure, some don’t feel the same way. Senators are likely to vote on the de-lay proposal at Friday’s Faculty Sen-ate meeting.

Lina Owens, chair of the Depart-ment of Teacher Education, which is housed in the Communication/Edu-cation building on the affected side of campus, said she supports the clo-sure for the benefit of safety.

John Bailey, interim dean of the library, said he wasn’t excited about the inconvenience that would be add-ed to his commute, but called it the “price of progress” and said he felt safety was more important.

“I’ve worked at ASU for 20 years now and I’ve seen a lot of hazardous

and potentially hazardous situations occur on the railroad crossings,” he said. “Personally I’d rather be incon-venienced for another year, year and a half to two years than have anyone get hurt.”

Whatever the opinion on the clo-sure, it’s sure to mark another dra-matic change in the evolution of the campus and the way people get around on it, much like the closure of University Loop West for the con-struction of the Delta Economic Cen-ter did in 2009.

“It would have been so much better if we could’ve gotten the Loop Street done at the same time, but the way funding fell it just didn’t work out,” Stoverink said. “So we’ll do the best we can with it and move that project along as quickly as we can.”

when they move forward,” Jones said.

Jones said ASU would be seeking continued accredi-tation during Feb. 2013 to enhance the 22 already ac-credited programs.

Chief Research Officer Michael E. Dockter then spoke about the upcom-ing research projects of the university.

He said in the past three years, the university has gone from receiving $10 million in funded research to $30 million in funded research. However, Dock-ter pointed out, “[there is still not a] tremendous un-derstanding of research [at ASU-J].”

Dockter said one of the major ways to increase the visibility of research is through programs such as the Create at State re-search symposium, which is for undergraduate, grad-uate and some faculty to display all their research in one place at one time.

Dockter also discussed two areas of scholarship where he feels ASU can compete nationally and in-ternationally: the Center for Digital Initiatives and the Center for Community Engagement.

Lynita Cooksey, Associ-ate Vice Chancellor of Aca-demic Affairs, spoke about upcoming degree plans. One program she placed emphasis on was the up-coming dietetic program.

This program is differ-ent from others programs around the state because when students leave this program they will be ready to work because the in-ternships and research are already built in unlike in other programs where stu-dents must still continue with a series of internships to get the necessary expe-rience to work.

Cooksey also mentioned a new Master’s of Engineer-ing program that would be

available fall 2012. Cooksey suggests stu-

dents take advantage of the Associate of Arts or Sciences degrees that are offered after completion of general education courses.

Cooksey also discussed the 120-hour compliance regulations of degree plans for the fall 2012 semester.

She said the general ed-ucation requirement had been shortened to 35 hours and that the bulk of the de-gree plans would be adjust-ed to suit the regulations. She said that this would be helpful because the trans-ferability of degree plans is going to be easier because it will be standard around the state.

The integration of Google Apps into the cam-pus was discussed next.

“Integration in the uni-versity from Google Ed-ucation for ASU is being discussed. We are a Ban-ner school. This spring a discussion will be intro-duced regarding Google Education,” Jones said. “In terms of integrating it to the classroom, we will be launching the faculty cen-ter to test pilot new pro-grams that can impact stu-dents.”

Jones also discussed that the university has re-ceived $6 million dollars to finish building the Liberal Art Building.

“The building should be completed within the next three years,” Jones said.

SGA president Hunt-er Petrus announced that ASU would be attending the GoDaddy.com bowl game on Jan. 8. He encour-ages students to buy tick-ets through ASU. Regular tickets are $45 for sideline seats and endzone seats are $15. Students can pur-chase tickets for $20 at the ASU Box Office with a val-id ASU I.D.

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Even with forecasts pre-dicting the snow, one word was very commonly spoken amongst ASU students de-

scribing Tuesday morn-ing’s white wonderland – “surprised.”

“This isn’t supposed to happen down here,” Fai-son Bragg of Luxora said, “Only up north.”

That couldn’t be more op-posite of what happened.

In the article “Rare Snow Blankets the South” by Alex Sosnowsnki pub-lished on Accuweather.com, he said:

“The temperature was hovering in the low 30s in Shreveport, La., earlier Monday, while at the same time hovering near 50 de-grees in Caribou, Maine.”continued on asuherald.com

Campus reacts to unexpected snowJamie CurryStaff Writer

Everything is packed up and it’s time to go home. The driver’s arms feel too heavy to lift. Struggling to wrap his fingers around the steering wheel, he gathers one more push of endurance. He is on the road, his truck filled with his energy-deprived companions, driving back into responsibility. Only one thought is consuming his mind; he could have climbed harder. Jonesboro is not the first place someone would look for a community of rock climbers; there must be something to climb before someone can call themselves a climber. Yet, a group of about 10 to 15 climbers have settled in Jonesboro despite the lack of climbable rock in the area. Jamestown Wildlife Management Area near Batesville is the clos-est area to climb for a Jonesboro resident, which requires a little over an hour of travel. Other popular areas in the state are Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper and multiple areas scat-tered throughout Mt. Ida,

all about four hours from Jonesboro. On the website for Horseshoe Canyon Ranch it says that multiple out-door magazines have claimed it to be “one of the best climbing areas east of the Rockies.” Shae Harris, an ASU alumni and climber from Tyronza agreed saying, “Arkansas is a hidden gem.” Climbers are always seeking a new challenge. Rocks don’t move, so they have to go to them and traveling becomes essen-tial. Clay Carnes, an ASU alumni and climber from Jonesboro said, “I would say the general consen-sus is: if you’re a climber, you’re on the road.” Some just can’t get enough when it comes to climbing, so they load up their vans and give up their jobs and homes to pursue climbing 24/7. There is an unspoken bond between climbers. No matter where they travel, a new friend is waiting. The climber’s network is vast and welcoming. Harris traveled to Wyo-ming to climb and lodged with a friend he met while climbing. On the road he stopped in Springfield, Mo., to stay with another

friend he met while climb-ing. Carnes traveled to Spain for six weeks with a main objective of climb-ing, meeting many people in the process and stay-ing with a fellow climber that he met. He said that climbing is just part of their culture. Rock walls were in the public parks and rock holds were on the bridges in Madrid. “The climbing style and energy was so different,” Carnes said. “I came back with better technique and am an overall better climber.” Experiencing new rock and locations make a well-rounded climber. “It’s like a puzzle, you have to be able to put all the pieces together, but sometimes you physically can’t do it,” Harris said. “It’s improved my prob-lem solving skills, and I see things more simplisti-cally now.” The initial cost of gear and the rise in gas prices may steer Jonesboro na-tives from pursuing the sport. Climbing can even cost less than other popular fall activities. Gas, lodg-ing, tickets and food must be included for the avid

football fan. Add the cost of a rifle and its ammo for the deer hunter. “You could spend $70 for the entire weekend climbing and have a blast,” Carnes said. Carpooling is an essen-tial part for the traveling climbers of Jonesboro. It also adds an unforgettable aspect to the experience of the trip to the rock. Both Carnes and Harris agreed that the time will fly by on a road trip to Red River Gorge in Slade, Ky., with a group of friends in the car. “On occasion when we head out to climb, it can turn out to be terrible.” Harris said. “The high-light of the trip can end up being the traveling.” If a person is hooked on climbing, it can become a way of life. Everything is seen through a filter and situations in life can be related back to that time when they were hanging by their finger tips 100 ft. in the air on a rock trying to make the next move. Despite the hours of travel, it is all worth it to climbers. “You come back so drained, but once you recover, man, you feel great,” Carnes said.

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Kayla PaineStaff Writer

Songs to 'spread Christmas cheer' The hanging of the lights, the wrapping of the gifts, the admiring of the nativity scenes and the baking of the Christmas goodies would not be nearly as exciting if they didn't have a sound track to go with them. I've compiled a list of my

favorite Christmas tunes — old and new — to help you get into the spirit of the season. In case you're already sick of the same 10 Christmas songs that the radio stations play, here is a list of 10 albums with a variety of artists and style, all of which are available on iTunes. There are only 30 days

out of the year that it's socially acceptable to listen to this music, and if you're just now figuring this out, there are only about 25 left, so take advantage of it while you can. Remember what Buddy the elf said, "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!"

The classics• Frank Sinatra- "The Christmas Collection"• Tony Bennett- "The Classic Christmas Album"

There are just some classics you can't not listen to during Christmas time. They're the albums you grew up listening to; the ones your parents and grandparents probably still play on Christmas day. I don't think a single Christmas Eve my entire life has ever gone by that I haven't heard Tony Bennett sing "Deck the Halls" while I help my grandmother bake Christmas cookies. For the sake of time and space I just chose the two I listen to most frequently, but your "classics" may vary... perhaps substitute in some Elvis Presley or Bing Crosby. Equally as awesome.

From your childhood• Mariah Carey- "Merry Christmas"• *NSYNC- "Home for Christmas"

I use the phrase "from your childhood" loosely — if you happen to be a child of the 90s like myself, you probably look forward to busting out these two albums every year the day after Thanksgiving. "All I want for Christmas is you" and "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" will probably forever be two of my favorite songs to rock around the Christmas tree to.

The religious• Ed Cash, Bebo Norman and Allen Levi- "JOY"

Released in 1997, JOY has been a part of my Christmas tradition since I was a kid. My parents just loved this album, so we listened to it often. And the best thing about Christmas music is that it's timeless, so your album from 1997 is still just as good as it was when it was brand new. These three guys’ voices together are a beautiful thing. I'm not sure I can even do it justice with words; just take my word for it. You'll never get their funkified version of "Go Tell it on the Mountain" out of your head, and you won't want to either.

The collaborations • A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1- Various Artists, 1987• The OC Mix 3: Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah

The reason for needing to own the 1987 Very Special Christmas album are three-fold: The Pointer Sisters singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", Madonna singing "Santa Baby", and Stevie Nicks singing "Silent Night." Need I say more? The Very Merry Chrismukkah album is from the TV show, The OC. Chrismukkah, an invented holiday that combines Christmas and Hanukkah, has its own soundtrack from the show. It's a more eclectic mix, but one that I enjoy. The soundtrack features artists like Jimmy Eat World, Ben Kweller and The Ravonettes.

New this year• She & Him- "A Very She & Him Christmas"• Justin Bieber- "Under the Mistletoe"

Made up of M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, who you probably know from the movie Elf or Fox's new show "The New Girl," She & Him is an alternative/pop band that just put out its first Christmas album. Zooey Deschanel's voice — smoother than silk — may make you rethink ever listening to some of the classics she redoes in this album. She does some of them even better than the originals. I am traditionally a bit of a Bieber hater, but when I was home for Thanksgiving, my little sister made me listen to his Christmas album. I have to admit, parts of it were good. There are only a few tracks he actually sings on alone. Usher, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, The Band Perry and Busta Rhymes join him on various songs. The album is not my first choice, but if you happen to get sucked in by a younger sibling or cousin and catch the Christmas time Bieber fever, it's actually not so bad.

Sara KrimmStaff Writer

Rock climber Shae Harris (above) has traveled to different states to follow his passion. Harris and fellow climber Clay Carnes are traveling to Kentucky soon to climb at Red River Gorge.

photo courtesy of Clay Carnes

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You need to know• Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors- "A Neighborly Christmas"

This one, in all honesty, is my favorite. It stays on repeat in my car from the day after Thanksgiving to Dec. 25. Singer/songwriters Drew and Ellie Holcomb, with the rest of their band, the Neighbors, put out this Christmas album in 2007. "A Neighborly Christmas" offers a little bit of everything; classics like "Blue Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," a cover of Springsteen's "Merry Christmas Baby," and my personal favorite, "Baby It's Cold Outside," to name a few. It's the perfect combination of holiday goodness.