Six contestants embodied the true “Essence of a Queen” during Thursday’s annual Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant. After an evening showcasing a wide ar-ray of talents, Amber Blade, a junior Early Childhood Educa-tion major from Little Rock, was crowned Miss Essence 2016.

Presented by A-State’s Black Student Association to showcase African American women and their individual talents.

“People gain confidence and respect from the pageant,” said

Kardrianne Roberts, a junior majoring in Computer Infor-mation Technology from Little Rock. “Participating helped me learn that people have different strengths and weaknesses that make up who they are and that we all have things that makes us proud of who we are.”

The six contestants began with the “She Is” portion of the show. “She” is a queen, and each pro-ceeded to describe, in one word, what being a queen meant to them. Characteristics like hum-ble, loyal, educated, and spiritual were their definitions of what “She Is.”

“Being a queen is about using talents and skills that have been given to you to uplift and mo-tivate others to reach their full potential,” Roberts said. “It is im-portant for females to be queens because queens have integrity, morals, and values that helps them think highly of themselves and be perceived well by others.”

The next portion of the show was the talent portion. Blade, who was sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, performed a dance to the song “Work” by Ci-ara. Blade said much time went into not only her performance, but the pageant as a whole. She

stated that practices usually lasted around four hours.

This year’s runner up, Mya Thomas, a sophomore majoring in Business Administration from Little Rock, performed a mono-logue from the academy award winning motion picture, “For Colored Girls.”

Thomas chose the monologue because it portrayed how strong these women were.

To her, it was a reminder that no matter her situation, she could pull through it by loving herself first. The last line that Thomas re-cited was, “And this is for colored girls who have considered suicide,

but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.”

“I believe that this mono-logue means, as a minority, we are strong black women who can get through anything,” Thomas said.

Roberts performed a praise dance to the song “Save Me” by Kierra Sherald. Roberts said praise dancing can be dated back to African American culture when the dancers wore loose fitting clothes that flowed to en-hance each move that they made.

Roberts added that the Miss Essence pageant will always be a great college memory.

“Through this pageant, others

truly learn what their strengths are, and that they can stand bold-ly and express who they are to others,” Roberts said.

Mfeanwhile, Blade not only won the title of Miss Essence 2016, she also received a $1,000 scholarship. For Blade, participat-ing in Miss Essence won her far more than a title and crown.

“I decided to participate be-cause I still believe in the essence of a black woman, and that’s what this pageant focused so much on,” Blade said.

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The Edge Coffeehouse offers unique sanctuary for A-State studentsEMILY HOLDER

NEWS EDITOR

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One new senator was sworn in at Tuesday’s SGA meeting. Bailey Moses, a junior Strategic Communication major of Cabot, filled the open College of Media and Communication seat.

Moses currently serves as the Social Media Manager for the Student Leadership Center. Her appointment left three remain-ing senate seats: College of Ed-ucation and Behavioral Scienc-es, College of Humanities and Social Sciences and University College.

Prior to Moses’ appointment, Hannah Aldridge, Public Rela-tions Director, began the meeting with a note of thanks to those who attended A-State’s “White Out” event at the convo. Aldridge noted over 350 Greek students were in attendance.

Aldridge informed those in attendance that Alpha Gamma

The Essence of a Queen

NIKKI LOGAN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERAmber Blade, a Little Rock native, smiles proudly after being crowned

the winner of the Miss. Essence Scholarship Pageant. In addition to her title, Blade was also awarded a $1,000 scholarship..

2016 Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant participants redefine what it means to be a queen

SGA swears in new senator, announces

open seatsThe Edge Coffeehouse is a

familiar haunt for many A-State students. For 15 years, the quirky establishment has rested at 1900 Aggie Rd, just a short walk from campus, attracting a diverse group of people daily.

The Edge began with Ann Williams, who had the idea to open her own coffeehouse when she was involved in a book club. Needing a place to meet, many of the members spoke of how they wished there was a coffeehouse they could meet at in Jonesboro.

As time went on, Williams began to take notice of the house and its unique qualities. When the house went on the market in 2000, many encouraged her to place an offer, and she took the chance. Fifteen years later, Wil-liams is able to look back and see how her idea of meeting a need has brought joy to others who like herself, were in need of a simple place to meet.

When Williams bought the house, there were major renova-tions to be done. The style of the house, which was built in 1925, drew her in, and she was willing to do the necessary work. The house was re-wired, a wall was removed, shingles were re-done among various other tasks. But, with all of the new aspects Wil-liams brought to the house, she made sure to keep its originality.

“I tried to maintain features of the arts and crafts style house, that was important to me,” Wil-liams said.

Williams’ establishment has fostered a multicultural melting pot for students to gather.

“I can meet people from coun-tries that I have never been to, that is so interesting to me,” Wil-liams said. “I love it when people, who don’t know each other, strike up a conversation standing in line to order, people who wouldn’t normally talk to each other.”

A-State clubs and groups have utilized the open floor up-

stairs for meetings and gather-ings during the week. Customers also host board game and roleplay gatherings, as well as book clubs, Bible studies and business meet-ings. The Edge cannot be stereo-typed into one kind of business, rather a business for all, she said.

Customers are offered a va-riety of coffee and tea options, as well as a variety of sandwiches, soups, and other options that are all made from scratch.

“We can always tell people what is in their food,” Williams said.

The Edge was uniquely made, in structure, in business and in the smaller details such as table-tops and furnishings. With many of the furnishing passed down from Williams’ family and the mosaic tables made by some of the first workers at the coffee-house, it has maintained a lived-in atmosphere.

The homey atmosphere and welcoming workers have made the coffeehouse a home away

from home for many, and a relax-ing getaway for others. Although fresh food, beverages and a place to gather are offered at The Edge,

those things have not compared to the experience and service cus-tomers receive when visiting The Edge.

NIKKI LOGAN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERRischaye Ellington (Little Rock), Rischelle Ellington (Little Rock), Amber Blade (Little Rock), Kadrianne Roberts (Little Rock), Andrea Malone

(West Memphis), and Mya Thomas (Little Rock) smile proudly for the cameras after the Miss. Essence Scholarship Pageant, held on Feb. 4 in the Fowler Center. .

SABINA JERESIC | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER(Left to Right) Sahitya Krishna, engineering management graduate

student of India, Yuka Gotani, sophomore plant and soil science major of Japan, Kaori Kitamura, sophomore business finance and

accounting major of Japan, and Bharani Krishna, engineering man-agement graduate student of Inida enjoy each other’s company at

The Edge Coffeehouse.

gods of the Romans and instead, stood fast in his Christian faith. The Roman Catholic Church perpetuated the story of Saint Valentine, praising his faith and love of the Christian God, but also the love of the young men and women who approached him in secret.

As you might have guessed from his name, Saint Valentine is the source of the name for Valentine’s Day and serves as the inspiration for a lot of the Valentine’s Day traditions.

American’s love to take things as far as they will go, make them bigger and better than ever before. From sports, religion, or even government elections, America has a way of putting it’s own crazy twist on every aspect of the human ex-perience. Valentine’s Day like most other holidays are no ex-ception, you would have to dig pretty deep to uncover the roots of the “Day of Love” under-neath all of the over dramatized commercialization of the holi-day that American culture has implemented.

What was once a day about going the extra mile for that special someone, has now turned into a money spending contest that has everyone trying

to out-do everyone else. I’m worried that America

has stopped caring about the emotional aspects of relation-ships and instead, has dove head first into physical and mate-rialistic driven relationships. I’m not suggesting that giving your girlfriend/boyfriend that new accessory they have been talking about will send your re-

lationship into a downward, un-recoverable spiral. That’s not the point I’m trying to make.

What I am suggesting is that if you put too much value on those types of gifts, you poten-tially put your relationship on very unstable grounds.

Whether you participate in Valentine’s Day or not, watch-ing the hilarious fiasco of people trying to figure out what to buy their significant other is more often than not, worth the hours of cheesy commercials anyway.

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“..you would have to dig pretty deep to uncover the roots of the “Day of Love” underneath all of the over dramatized

commercialization..” - Micah Prock

JAYLA WILSONEDITORIAL COLUMNIST

Black History Month

MICAH PROCKOPINION EDITOR

Valentine’s DayA closer look at why Americans should celebrate

Black History as American History

CADE CARLTON, SPORTS EDITORandrew.carlton@smail.astate.edu

Micah Prock is a Junior Broad-cast Journalism major from Russellville, Arkansas

It is 2016 and the United States has come such a long way in terms of diversity and equality for all. Our president is black; we’ve had two female secretaries of state and may soon have our first woman president. Our country has made leaps and bounds in the last 50 years, and because of progress, some people feel that our country is where it needs to be, and that we should no longer focus on the inequalities of the past. We should see ourselves as one nation, with one history.

Actress Stacey Dash seems to agree with this sentiment. Dash made national headlines after making several controversial statements on a recent appearance on “Fox & Friends.” After many black actors said they were protesting the Oscars because of no black actors being nominated in major categories, D a s h d e c i d e d to give her opinion on the matter.

According to her, if the black actors’ works were worthy, they would have been nominated. She then went on to say that networks like BET and award shows like the NAACP Image Awards promote segregation. Her most shocking statement of all was that Black

Jayla Wilson is a Junior Cre-ative Media Production major of Little Rock.

“Celebrating black his-tory does not take away from the rest of history or make it less relevant.”

- Jayla Wilson

Could amorous intentions have an unwitting sinister side?History Month also promotes

segregation and should no longer exist. For those unfamiliar with the out of work actress, Stacey Dash is black, though she prefers to avoid the label. Within her “Fox & Friends” interview, Dash further remarked that there are “no blacks or whites in the United States, only Americans.”

Many Americans of different races were utterly confused and couldn’t believe Dash’s statements. However, in the words of my mother, “you can’t rationalize irrational behavior.” Any sane person can understand the importance and relevance of Black History Month, along with women’s, Asian, and Hispanic Heritage history months. All of the aforementioned groups have played a large role in American history, yet are often forgotten or barely mentioned in our schools’ history books. If we do not celebrate the achievements and remember the oppressions of these minority groups, their

history will die. If their history dies, American history dies.

Celebrating black history

does not take away from the rest of history or make it less relevant. We celebrate because we are proud of how far we have come, and we want to pay homage to the people who fought and died for our “American rights.” How is that racist or promoting segregation? Celebrating Black History Month is just like celebrating your birthday. You’re happy to have lived another year and proud of the accomplishments you’ve made thus far. Celebrating your birthday does not mean you

think other people’s birthdays are less important and

you’d probably call someone crazy

for making that irrational assumption.

Despite all of the growth our country has made, doubts on the relevance of black history month or any

other minority group’s month

shows how much more our nation

still needs to grow. Black, unarmed children

are gunned down in the street; most women make about

25 percent less than men in the same professions, but these groups are accused of promoting racism and segregation?

The celebration of Valen-tine’s Day is not a new occur-rence in human history and in fact, can be traced back to the story of a Roman priest named Saint Valentine.

After the Roman Emperor Claudius II outlawed the mar-riage of young men because he thought marriage made them weak and unfit as fighters, Saint Valentine began marrying the men to their lovers in secrecy. It wasn’t long until Emperor Claudius II heard about the “friend of lovers” and had him jailed for disobeying his decree. Saint Valentine was eventually tortured and executed by decap-itation for refusing to accept the

Time restrictions in the class-room have required that histori-cal movements and time periods be reduced to the major events, a necessary evil for Americans to have a basic knowledge of all the major historical events. Americans are familiar in some way with Civil Rights—but not every American is aware of the events leading up to and shap-ing the philosophies of famous non-violent activists like Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. James Lawson and Dr. Michael Hon-ey.

Honey was the host of the annual Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield Lecture Series that was held Feb. 4, in the Reng Auditorium of A-State’s Stu-dent Union. The lecture series was started through an endow-ment to A-State in honor of the late mother of Dr. Rosalee Greenfield Weiss.

The Weiss family estab-lished the lecture series to aid in impacting A-State and the surrounding community in a positive manner through shar-

ing knowledge and ideas. This particular lecture was organized by A-State’s College of Hu-manities and Social Sciences. Dr. Deborah Chappel-Traylor, associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Scienc-es, and the Multicultural Center led by Director Tirrany Thur-mond, .

Honey is an award winning novelist and professor in the Humanities Department at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Due to the nature of his lecture, Honey requested to present in February—in hon-or of Black History Month and closer to Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The lecture, “Sharecropper’s Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the South-ern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition,” was prefaced by the showing of a short film at 4 p.m. The short film, “Love and Solidarity,” focused on present day struggles with Civil Rights featuring activists Lawson and King.

“Violence is the use of pow-er to harass, intimidate, injure, shackle, kill, destroy. Sexism is

a form of violence, racism is a form of violence—that’s struc-tural violence,” Lawson said in “Love and Solidarity.” “Slavery was kept in place by violence. And my contention is that while many people have the power to do such things, I maintain they do not have the right to do such things…What is nonviolence? Nonviolence is trying to use the power that life gives you in ways that solves problems and heals you and transforms you—and changes and transforms others.”

Sharecropping, a system re-volving around the concept of indentured servitude, kept the sharecroppers poor and indebt-ed to landowners, is generally not considered a catalyst for Civil Rights. However, Honey’s lecture explained otherwise.

“People tend to understand history through personal sto-ries,” Honey said.

Detailing the story of John L. Handcox, Honey set the stage with enraged sharecroppers, both black and white, itching for change.

The mutual distaste for the unfair wages and perpetual debt experienced by sharecrop-

Zika is a word that has be-come commonly heard in the United States, specifically the southern region. Concerns have been raised after reports of the illness’ spread flooded the coun-try. After one Arkansan tested positive for the virus, many were left to worry what the impend-ing mosquito season may bring.

Zika is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito, but it has been suspected that if a person has been infected with the virus, it can be transmitted through bodily fluids to other people. The symptoms of the virus have included a fever, rash, achiness or redness of the eyes. A person who has contracted Zika should only have the virus for up to one week.

To prevent mosquito infes-tation, the CDC cautions those in particularly mosquito-prone areas like Northeast Arkansas to keep yards free of debris and any containers that could hold standing water.

"The issue comes down to the issues around people's homes," Dr. Tanja McKay, professor of entomology at Arkansas State University, told KASU. "You could have little small areas of standing water from flower pots to dog bowls. That's kind of the issue with these mosquitoes."

Although no medical treat-ment has been created to pre-vent a person who becomes ill with the virus, there are steps a person can take to help aid the recovery process. These steps include staying hydrated, getting plenty of rest, taking a medicine like acetaminophen while avoiding aspirin or other “non-steroidal anti-inflamma-tory drugs.” It has been suggest-ed that people take precautions against the virus by wearing

insect repellent and not keep-ing open containers of water around a their living spaces for an extended period of time.

Although the virus does not have life threatening symptoms and has been considered to be very mild, there are causes of concern for pregnant women who have contracted the virus during their pregnancy.

Microcephaly has been sus-pected to have a connection with the virus, which has caused women who have contracted the virus while pregnant to have children with underdeveloped skulls and possible damage to the brain. Countries highly in-fected with the virus have en-couraged women to avoid get-ting pregnant until the disease is better controlled, or be very careful during their pregnancy and take precautions.

Although many people in the U.S. have just recently be-gan hearing of the virus, Zika was discovered in Uganda, in the “Zika forest” in 1947. The virus appeared in areas of Afri-ca, Asia and the Pacific Islands, but after an outbreak in Brazil, it began to spread to other areas, and has recently made its way to

the U.S. In Brazil, a vehicle released

over 100,000 genetically mod-ified mosquitoes in the combat between them and people.

“The biotech bugs could be-come one of the newest weap-ons between humans and mos-quitoes,” The New York Times Columnist Andrew Pollack stated in a Jan. 30 article.

According to Pollack, the mosquitoes are modified so that when they find a mate, the offspring will not survive into adulthood. This method has had positive results in the decrease of the mosquito population, and has brought hope against the fight of mosquito carried viruses.

"They're predicting that we're going to see more people come down with this disease," McK-ay said, "but I think we have a lot of options here in the United States. I guess we'll just kind of see how it goes."

For now, CDC officials say Zika is in Mexico, the Carib-bean and Central and South America. The virus has been found in 13 states and Wash-ington, D.C., but health offi-cials do expect that to change.

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Campus CrimeCLINTON SUMMERS

CAMPUS CRIME REPORTER

Zika virus confirmed in Arkansas

Campus Crime is compiled from University Police reports, which are made publicly available in accor-dance with the Clery Act.

Feb. 5, 20161:25 a.m.—Eighteen-year-

old Mason Temple was arrested after Officer Daniel Bradway caught him smuggling a back-pack full of beer in the middle of the night. Officer Bradway noticed Temple, along with sev-eral others, exit a vehicle parked on Honors Avenue. When the 18-year-old male noticed Offi-cer Bradway’s patrol car, he hid behind a concrete pillar near University Loop, in hopes that Bradway wasn’t watching him. Bradway was, in fact, watching and saw Temple slowly peek his head out from behind the pillar to see if he was still there. Brad-way thought this was unusual and decided to made contact with the suspicious male. When asked what he was up to, Temple said that he was hiding because he didn’t want to get caught. He also admitted to drinking seven or eight beers earlier that night. Temple’s backpack was opened to reveal an abundance of Bud-weiser beer. Temple was arrested for minor in possession of alco-

hol and was referred to Student Conduct for an alcohol violation.

Feb. 5, 20161:45 a.m.—Thirsty Thursday

was host to several parties that were taking place at various fra-ternity houses that night. Officer Terry Phipps responded to four separate unregistered events at the Alpha Gamma Rho, Kap-pa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Lambda Chi houses. Each of the parties was shut down and the four fraternities were referred to Student Conduct for improper function. Officer Phipps advised them that they needed to start registering their events.

Feb. 5, 20165:13 a.m.—While watching

the surveillance cameras early Friday morning, a UPD dis-patcher noticed a female resident of University Hall go downstairs and let in a male student. Both students went back up to the female resident’s room on the third floor. Officer Daniel Brad-way responded to the room and knocked on the door. Bradway could hear what sounded like someone getting in the closet and falling over. The resident, Katie Barrington, who is also the RA for the third floor, answered the door and tried to give the appearance that she had been sleeping. When asked where her

boyfriend was, Barrington said that he had left. Even after Brad-way explained that both students were seen entering the room just minutes earlier, she still tried to convince the officer that he was not there. Eventually Barrington told the male student, Josh-ua Pittman, 22, to come out of hiding. According to the report, Pittman became mouthy and ap-peared intoxicated. He admitted to drinking “only a few.” Pittman was referred for an alcohol and a residence hall violation, while Barrington was referred for a residence hall violation and dis-honesty.

Feb. 6, 201612:15 p.m.—A male student

filed a complaint with UPD on Saturday that his vehicle had been stolen. The student ex-plained that he had last parked his car in the parking lot behind Kays Hall two days earlier. He as-sured police that he had not just forgotten where he parked it and knew his friends didn’t somehow pull a prank on him. It was also confirmed that it could not have been repossessed. It turns out that the student did forget where he parked it, because it was re-covered at Academy Sports and Outdoors, right where he had left it. The theft was unfounded, but the car was found-ed.

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A-State guest lecture focuses on sharecropping, nonviolent protest

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EMILY HOLDERNEWS EDITOR

Here she is, Miss ASU!

SARAH THOMPSON | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERBailey Moses, a junior strategic communications/public relations and strategic management major from Cabot, Arkansas, celebrates her victory on stage after being crowned Miss ASU 2016 during the pageant held Tuesday at the Folwer Center. Moses was sponsored by Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.With a stated service platform of “Suitcases for Kids,” she presented a jazz dance to Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” during the talent segment of the competition. Moses won both the evening gown and interview segments of the pageant.

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Delta and Alpha Kappa Al-pha will be selling candy grams for $3 to benefit St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital. The or-ganizations will be in the Student Union until Feb. 11.

SGA Vice President Brooks Jones reminded those in atten-dance of several open senate seats before opening the floor for nominations.

“I’m really looking forward to this election cycle,” Jones said.

Logan Mustain, SGA Pres-ident, announced the governing body’s annual constitutional re-

view, which helps to ensure any amendments that need to be add-ed will be properly taken care of.

Mustain also encouraged those in attendance to spread the word about the open Leader of the Pack position.

“We are thinking someone younger should step up to fill this position,” Mustain stated.

Senior Senator and Action Fund Commissioner Dakota Galban noted that the planned schedule for action fund meet-ings would extend from three to four.

The meeting closed with an address from International Sen-ator John Hakenewerth on the upcoming annual St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn fundraising event. Last year, the event raised over $36,000 for the hospital. Hakenewerth said the projected amount for this year’s event could extend beyond $60,000.

“The community really gives back, and it’s great to see A-State give back as well,” Hakenewerth said.

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pers caused the formation of The Southern Tenant Farm-ers’ Union—a union formed by both African Americans and Caucasians in the middle of segregation. This was perhaps one of the first times in Ameri-can history that African Amer-ican families and Caucasian families would stand together in the fight for Civil Rights, al-

though it would not be the last. For Lawson, defining sexism

and racism as violence, placed extreme importance on the nonviolent aspect of the Civil Rights movements of the past and present.

“John Handcox’s legacy dic-tates that he would have wanted us to remember and celebrate the fact that people can unite

even under the worst of condi-tions,” Honey said.

Honey noted the importance of preserving stories like that of Handcox, and why their work hold such historical significance.

“If people put in the effort to bring about a change and we don’t know about it, then we have lost something very im-portant,” Honey said.

TO: The Herald Staff

FROM: Bill & Beverly Thrasher

TO: Mr. Little Rock

FROM: Ms. Jonesboro

TO: Sensual Scarlet

FROM: A-State Admirer

TO: The blue-eyed blonde in my alge-

bra classFROM: The shy guy in the back

I love the way you walk, so keep stepping.

My valentine math is You + Me = 1.

I’m so tired of being alone, so be my Valentine.

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The Red Wolves concluded their four game homestead by splitting a pair of league games. A-State first played on Thursday night, when they upped South Alabama in overtime by the score of 79-73.

A-State was paced in scoring by Devin Car-ter, who finished the game with 33 points, 24 of which came in the second half.

Carter’s 33 was one shy of his career high 34 points.

Carter finished the game shooting 65 per-cent from the floor. Anthony Livingston rounded out the Red Wolves double digit scorers with 20 points.

A-State went into the intermission on top 35-26, and looked like they may threaten to pull away to begin the second half.

South Alabama, however, came out of the gates on fire, and out-scored A-State 19-7 to go on top 45-42 with around 14 minutes to go in the game.

The two teams traded blows the remainder of the second half, and went to overtime with the score 69-69.

Charles Waters and Anthony Livingston each connected on free throws in the closing seconds of the game, ending South Alabama’s hopes of a comeback.

“We listened coming out of the timeouts, and got the timeout out into the game, and we got the ball to Anthony and Devin, and got the right people scoring the ball,” Brady said.

***On Saturday, after overcoming a 13 point defi-

cit and leading by as many as six late, the Red Wolves come up short in their second matchup against the Troy Trojans (7-16, 2-10 SBC).

A-State managed to stay in the game for the majority of the first half, trailing by only one near the 10:00 mark.

The Red Wolves then fell behind after allow-ing Troy to embark on a 10-0 run, giving the Tro-jans a 36-24 lead.

The Red Wolves managed to close the gap be-fore the break, cutting Troy’s lead to 39-34.

Guard Devin Carter led the team with 10 points at halftime, with Anthony Livingston closely behind, with seven points.

The A-State defense struggled in the opening minutes of the second half, giving up a 10-2 run, leading to their largest deficit of the night at 49-36.

The team slowly chipped away, pulling within six with seven minutes remaining.

On the final possession, Devin Carter was fouled on a three-point attempt, but could only hit two of the three.

Carter failed to force the third overtime game of the Red Wolves four game homestand.

Although costly, the free throw was only one of several reasons the Red Wolves dropped this contest.

A-State also missed their four last shots in crunch time.

The Red Wolves have now lost five of their last eight games, following a promising 4-0 start in Sun Belt play.

The loss drops Arkansas State to 11-12 (7-5 SBC), but they still have a firm hold on the 3rd seed in the Sun Belt.

Game Notes

• The 2015-16 campaign represents the program’s 88th season as the Red Wolves have presently amassed a 1,164-1,106 all-time record (.513 win pct.) dating back to their inaugural 1926-27 season.

• A-State is 189-163 against the current

membership of the Sun Belt Conference.• A-State has posted a 78-86 record in the

second regular season meeting against SBC foes.

• The Red Wolves have held 17 of 22 op-ponents below their season field-goal percentage entering the game, but 14 of 22 have shot a higher percentage from 3-point range.

• A-State is 3-0 in overtime this season, all in conference action, and is 20-12 in over-time against SBC opponents.

• Anthony Livingston ranks 16 among ac-tive NCAA Division I players with 25 career doubles and has the second-most among second year players.

• Devin Carter is one of four players in A-State program history to post multiple 30-plus point games against Sun Belt foes.

• In the four Sun Belt Conference losses, A-State has been outscored 161-115 in the first half, a difference of 11.5 points per game.

• With eight rebounds against South Al-abama, Livingston ranks sixth among NCAA active career leaders in rebound average at 9.6 per game. Livingston has 492 rebounds in his career that spans 51 games. He needs eight rebounds to be-come the 24th member of the 500-re-bound club in A-State program history.

The Red Wolves basketball team will be be back in action Thursday as they begin their four game road trip at Louisiana-La-fayette. Tip off is scheduled for 7:15 p.m at the Cajundome.

Despite only scoring eight points in the second quarter, and shooting just 28.4 percent (19-67) for the game, the Lady Red Wolves were able to come away victorious over the Jaguars from the University of South Alabama by the count of 58-51 last Thursday night.

The first five minutes of the game went back and forth between both teams, but A-State pulled away and was able to end the first quarter up 23-14.

In the beginning minutes of the second period, it looked like the Red Wolves were going to pull away, as they extended their lead to 13.

However, after going up 13, the shooting slump began for A-State, as the Red Wolves only scored eight points for the entire period.

Even though A-State only shot 3-19 from the field in the second quarter, they also forced the Jaguars to commit five turnovers.

The good defensive play helped A-State to hold on to a lead going into halftime.

The Jaguars were able to cut the deficit down to only three points at two different times in the first four minutes of the half with the help of a couple of three pointers.

A-State, however, had an answer in Aundrea Gamble. The senior guard scored over half of Arkansas State’s points in the third period.

“A lot of credit goes to South Alabama and they did a really good job of doing what they do and took advantage of their size,” A-State Head Coach Brian Boyer said.

The Jaguars never gave up and pulled back to with four points with only six minutes left in the game.

Despite one final push by South Alabama, Arkansas State was able to win their 11th straight conference game to

stay undefeated in Sun Belt play. Gamble ended with 20 points and six

steals.***

Down one key starter, the Arkansas State Women’s basketball team hosted Troy University in a highly anticipated Sun Belt match-up on Saturday.

“I think to say that this was a big win for our team would be an understatement,” A-State head coach Brian Boyer said. “As seasons go along certain wins take more meaning and this is one of those because Troy is a really good team and this was battle and to get out of here with a victory against a team like Troy is a big reward.”

Senior, Khadija Brown-Haywood collected her third straight double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds, which were both team highs.

“From a team standpoint, I thought weathering that second quarter was huge for us,” Boyer said. “With Khadija and Brittney Gill in foul trouble it was all we could do to keep things under the control. Then in the fourth quarter it was just a matter of stringing together three or four stops to stretch out the lead a little bit.”

Saturday’s match up consisted of seven ties and 20 lead changes, with neither team holding more than a seven-point advantage at any point of the match-up.

Game Notes• After increasing their winning

streak to 12 straight, Arkansas State received a vote in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time this season.

• A-State received one vote, and is now ranked #41 in the nation, the highest ranking of any team in the Sun Belt Conference.

• A-State also moved up to #52 in the RPI rankings, a ranking that

is used to rank teams based upon their wins and losses and strength of schedule. The ranking is predominantly used to determine at-large bids for the NCAA tournament.

• A-State has set the school record for consecutive home victories with 22, and is two wins shy of tying the longest winning streak in school history at 14 games.

• A-State is just one of four teams in the nation with 12 conference wins for the year. The university is one of 18 teams in the nation with three or less losses entering Thursday’s game.

• Gamble is one of just seven current active Division I players to have over 1,600 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists in a career. Gamble ranks 10 in the nation among active players with a career scoring average of 18.7 points per game, and also ranks 15th in the nation with a career assists average of 4.56. No other active players in Division I ranks in the top-15 of both categories.

• Brown-Haywood is averaging 17.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game during the streak, which also covers all of the Red Wolves SBC games.

• A-State received a vote in the AP Top-25 poll that was released on Feb. 8, marking the first time since the 2006-07 season when the team received two votes during week 10 of the voting.

The Red Wolves will now hit the road to compete against Louisiana-Lafayette on Thursday looking the capture their 13th consecutive win. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. at the Cajundome

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SPORTS EDITOR & SPORTS WRITER

Lady Red Wolves continue Sun Belt domination, receive vote in the AP Top-25

Red Wolves split weekend homestand, remain tied for third place

Denise Goldstein| Staff PhotographerAundrea Gamble, senior of McKinney,Texas, looks to pass to an open teammate in the fourth quarter against Troy. The Red Wolves defeated the Trojans 94-80. A-State has now won 12 straight games.

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Denise Goldstein| Staff PhotographerDevin Carter, junior of Champaign, Ill. pushes past South Alabama’s defense in the first half. The Red Wolves defeated the Jaguars 79-73.

As college students, there may come a time during their college career when on-campus living just does not cut it anymore. Aside from the cost, sharing a living space (especially a bathroom) with three other people just begins to sound unappealing (as if it was ever an appealing idea). As the years progress, a number of students begin to venture into the world of off-campus living. Though enticing, it is important to remember that off-campus living comes with both its perks and its downfalls. Because of this, planning ahead is a key step in apartment hunting. The process of planning involves a few steps.

Budget

The first step, and arguably one of the most important steps, in apartment hunting is to determine a budget. You don’t want to get caught up in a Kardashian-style of living with a peasant-style cash flow. Understand? It’s important to remember that living in an apartment that costs more than a

specified budget, will only end in disaster. The purpose of living off campus is to find something better than on-campus housing. Some students argue the benefits of living in an apartment, rather than on campus.

“After I found my apartment, I compared it to when I lived in a dorm. It is $200 cheaper for me to live on my own,” said sophomore Ashton Brown of North Little Rock.

Location, location, location

As cheesy as it sounds, location is definitely something to keep in mind while apartment hunting. Living off campus means that students will be commuting to and from school. How long is the drive from the apartment to campus? Keep in mind that parking will now cut into the time allotted for getting to class. Is the apartment in a safe neighborhood? If a student plans on living alone, this is an extremely important fact to consider. Treat off-campus living the way you would treat on-campus living when it comes to location (no one wants to get stuck in Kays Hall).

Roommates or no roommates? That is

the question.

You may be thinking, “Isn’t the point of living off campus not having a roommate? Well in reality, not every college student can afford to live on their own. Students will be able to split the cost of an apartment among themselves. Also,

if you’re lucky, you may be able to find a place where you don’t have to share a bathroom with anyone. Hallelujah! Choosing the perfect roommate is just as important as selecting an apartment.

“ R o o m m a t e selection is so important. You have to find someone you can depend on to be on time with payments, be available when you need

them and also be friendly enough that you can support each other when you need it most,” said sophomore social work major, Steffanie Smith of Sherwood.

Needless to say, roommate selection can make or break your entire apartment experience.

There are a number of other things to consider when moving into an

apartment, but it is most important to remember that searching for your first apartment is meant to be an enjoyable and exciting journey. Stressing about every minute detail can turn the whole experience into a nightmare. So, keep the positive aspects of apartment hunting in mind, because it could be much worse. You could be living in Kays.

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Giving useful gifts for Valentine’s DayValentine’s Day is right around the corner, but maybe there are enough people who are tired of the same old tradi-tional valentine’s gifts—teddy bears and candy and flowers. But that can easily be remedied by a surprise gift that’s a little more alternative and a little more useful. What are some suggestions for a great gift? Well, here are some

ideas:

Gift cards. Yes, plain and sim-ple, gift cards are a little simplistic, but are actually much more useful that a giant stuffed animal. Allow-ing someone to go to their favorite place and spend money on some-thing they really, really want.

An extra laptop charger. A person could always use two—maybe one to keep at home, and one to tote around on campus in a backpack and not having to worry about forgetting it.

Food. Everyone has to eat, so why not stock your love with several of their favorite snacks? Perhaps they might even share.

And lastly: a surprise. Possi-bly if a person’s significant other does not particularly like sur-prises, A thoughtful little gift that they know that they like, can be a change of pace, espe-cially from the typical.

How to search for your first apartmentFiguring out how to survive the stress of moving into your first place

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MRecords have been available for a while, record-ing sounds and music on large, usually black records, but by the ‘80s were quickly replaced with newer, small technology that was a little easier to carry around and save space with—no big record player, no having

to have crates for a vinyl collec-tion. However, in recent years, records have had a huge res-urrection. Go to a brick-and-mortar bookstore—and there they are, available to customers. And it is not just old tunes—many musicians release a vinyl record alongside their physical CDs and digital downloads.

But why? What started the comeback of records?

“It’s a little cliché, but I think music just sounds differ-ent on a record—a little more authentic maybe. Plus, in a time of digital downloads, I think not only do music companies what to keep people actually buying music instead of ‘pirat-ing it.’ But I like it, I like hav-ing a collection to look at and just watching the record spin,” said Ellen Whitley, sophomore

educational art major from Hot Springs.

And it is true, record sales for 2015 skyrocketed in the United States. Different types of record players—vintage, new, colorful and expensive have all become available for purchase at various websites and stores. Plus, people are now digging for less expensive, used records, and some of them are even

from the ‘40s and ‘50s.

Perhaps in 2016 the vinyl resurrection will continue to grow and grow until once again records become a common-place things. And surprisingly, it is not just vinyl that is mak-ing a comeback either. Tape recordings—yes, chunky Wal-kman type tapes are now also being released alongside vinyl and CDs. Perhaps it is a min-

ute of nostalgia and alternative hipster-like ideas, but music is coming back in retrograde. It is possible that even the clas-sic “90s kids” will experience a comeback of CD players and HitClicks (those tiny play-er that would play only a one minute duration of a song and required little square comput-er-chip devices) will make a comeback as well.

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The Vinyl Resurrection

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Face it, college kids, as be-ing repeated by various stu-dents across campus, are broke, and perhaps clothing is farther down on their list of necessities. Especially clothes released for the new fashion season that are not on sale. However, many stu-dents are turning to thrift shops to find fashionable and unique clothing. People can grow out of clothes or change different sizes (possibly from the classic fresh-

man 15) and donate or sell their clothing to shops for others to pick up. Not only is it sometimes a good way to give a charitable donation, but it is also a cheap-er way for students to get their hands on cheaper clothes.

And Jonesboro has some dif-ferent stores where thrift-shop-ping is possible. The classical regular place to pick up sec-ond-hand clothes is, of course the goodwill, located at 1515 S Caraway Road by Burger King. But goodwill also is not the only

place to find nice clothes at a good price—places like Plato’s Closet, located at 2100 Stadium Boulivard by Five Guys offers more high-end used clothing. It also should not be embar-rassing for a student to pick up used clothes either—no one can really tell anyway. It is also a way to find unique, vintage clothing from various decades. Not only can it be nostalgic, but also a stu-dent can find interesting fashion pieces at a reasonable price.

Thrifting in JonesboroFinding good deals at second-hands shops

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