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The Wedensday, Nov. 7, 2012 edition of The All StateTRANSCRIPT
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2012
Soccer team falls in OVC championship game, 10Leslie Stanfill takes crown at Miss APSU pageant, 7 »Pepper spray provides protection, 4
Winner: Obamney?
STUDENTS PREDICT PRESIDENTIAL VICTOR
“Obama is going to win because Romney keeps getting caught in big, stupid lies; he also comes off as insensitive to a lot of different groups of people, including rape victims, women in general and homosexuals.”- Derick Gill, English major
“Obama has demonstrated more consistent views on the big issues, while Romney has flip-flopped on nearly all of them.”- Adam Maynard, history major
“I think the election will be a close race, and it depends on the middle-ground voters as well as the minority turnout. Romney’s problem is that he’s alienated a lot of the minority voters, and he has really stupid running mates like Paul Ryan.”- Alexander Tucker, student
“Americans are tired of the lack of upward momentum in the American economy. I think Americans aren’t happy with the difficulty of starting small business, and that’s what America is built upon.”- Ben Sterling, senior
“I want Romney to win and think that he will because he is an American business man, and that is what this country needs.”- Tyler Willoughby, freshman biology major
“I would choose Romney to win because he is the lesser of the two evils, and he already has the popular vote. And I personally dislike several things that Obama has had to say to get people to vote for him.”- Lizzie Larson, graduate student pyschology major
OBAMA ROMNEY
» By BRIAN [email protected]
If reelected, President Barack Obama has set the goal of creating 1 million “new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016” and so far has overseen 32 consecutive months of job growth and has added “5.4 million private sector jobs, including nearly 479,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2010,” according to his official campaign website.
Under Obama, Obamacare will endure.
His health care reform has ensured that insurance companies cannot put a cap on coverage or cancel coverage due to illness; it eliminates gender disparities in cost of coverage and eliminates discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions , and mandates access to recommended preventative care — such as birth control,
mammograms, and cancer screenings. Obama will work to protect Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose and opposes defunding of Planned Parenthood.
Obama intends to implement federal budget spending cuts and revenue increases that will reduce the federal deficit by “more than $4 trillion” over the next 10 years and includes $2.50 in “spending cuts for every dollar in revenue increases … bringing annual domestic spending as a share of the economy to its lowest level in 50 years,” according to his website.
Obama is drawing down troops in Afghanistan and has a plan in place to end the war there in 2014 and to use half the money saved from ending the war to reinvest in infrastructure — including roads, bridges, runways and schools here in America — and reinvest the other half toward reducing the national debt.
According to his website, Obama intends to “cut net oil imports in half between 2008 and 2020, lowering imports by 5.5 million barrels per day,” thereby reducing our reliance on foreign oil imports “to its lowest level in almost three decades.”
He also supports an “all of the above” strategy for domestic energy production, including a reliance on domestic oil, natural gas, clean coal, wind, solar, biofuels, and nuclear energy resources.
Obama has also proposed stricter standards to decrease pollution from new power plants and a goal to generate 80 percent of U.S. electricity from cleaner sources by 2035 — including natural gas, clean coal, wind and solar.
Obama wants to see the U.S. “lead the world in college graduates by 2020” and, to
Second chance at change» By BRIAN BIGELOW
If elected, Mitt Romney will work to end Obamacare. According to his website, “on his first day in office” he will issue an executive order to provide waivers to each state allowing them to opt out of Obamacare, and will then work with Congress to repeal Obamacare.
Romney supports giving states the power to regulate “local insurance markets” and says a free-market approach to the health care system will benefit the consumer by lowering costs and improving quality.
Romney supports the Hyde Amendment, which seeks to bar federal funds from being used to pay for abortions, and, if elected, will end federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
He supports legislation that
would allow employers to opt out, on moral grounds, from providing medical coverage for women’s birth control.
Romney advocates for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling which gave women the right to choose and instead wants states to be able to create their own laws concerning abortion.
Romney believes abortion could be an option in cases of rape or incest or when the mother’s life is in jeopardy, according to his website.
Romney advocates for the adoption of the “Federal Marriage Amendment” to the United States Constitution which would define marriage as being between one man and one woman, according to his website.
He also advocates the reinstatement of full federal enforcement of the Defense of
Marriage Act which has been only partially enforced under Obama.
The act limits the extent to which government can recognize the rights of same-sex couples — parts of which have been ruled by some federal courts to be unconstitutional.
According to his campaign website, Romney intends to create jobs by spurring economic growth through reducing both private and corporate taxes across the board, reforming the tax code to simplify it and eliminate loopholes.
Th i s w o u l d i n c l u d e elimination of the “Death Tax” — reducing government s p e n d i n g , d e c r e a s i n g government regulation by reversing many of the changes made by Obama which were
New direction for nation
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Provost lecture series to focus on volcanic eruptionAPSU hosts concert and master class featuring the clarinet APSU hosts 18th annual “Bread and Words” reading Nov. 20
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� 11:13 a.m.; Nov. 1; Trahern Alley; theft of property
� 1:35 a.m.; Nov. 1; Castle Heights Hall; contributing to delinquency
� 2:08 p.m.; Oct. 31; Castle Heights Hall; vandalism
� 12:36 a.m.; Oct. 31; Castle Heights Hall; underage possession and consumption
� 7:39 p.m.; Oct. 31; Marion St. Apartments; drug paraphernalia
� 10:24 p.m.; Oct. 30; Castle Heights Hall; theft of property
� 3:30 p.m.; Oct. 30; Sevier Hall; possession
� 1:06 p.m.; Oct. 28; Castle Heights Hall; vandalism
� 9:32 p.m.; Oct. 28; Castle Heights Hall; alcohol violations
� 1:38 p.m.; Oct. 27; Sundquist Science Complex; theft of property
� 10:47 a.m.; Oct. 26; Hand Village; theft of property
� 8:28 p.m.; Oct. 25; Hand Village; possession
� 4:20 p.m.; Oct. 25; Hand Village; simple possession/casual exchange
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� 11:23 p.m.; Oct. 24; Hand Village; vandalism
� 4:10 p.m.; Oct. 23; Morgan University Center; theft of property
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This week the SGA seemed to take a small break after the seemingly endless amount of work involved in Homecoming week.
No new pieces of legislation were put forth, though the senators were reminded that, according to the bylaws of SGA, they must each put forth at least one before the end of the academic year.
Vice President Mike Rainier stated an estimated 5,800 to 6,000 people were present for G.H.O.S.T. this year.
Annually, G.H.O.S.T. is the largest public event hosted by APSU. This estimate was made from data given by the “Candy for the Mind” book giveaway hosted by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. This is the 10th year of the giveaway and over 2,500 books were distributed to local children.
Congratulations were extended to senator Ryan Givens and senator Molly Silkowsky for being named Homecoming King and Queen, respectively.
SGA Senate meets in MUC 303 at 4 p.m. every Wednesday. Students are invited to attend to voice concerns, questions or suggestions to the entire senate and executive council. TAS
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NEW YORK - Government leaders are turning their attention to the next crisis unfolding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: finding housing for potentially tens of thousands of people left homeless.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has already dispensed close to $200 million in emergency housing assistance and has put 34,000 people in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area up in hotels and motels. But local, state and federal officials have yet to lay out a specific, comprehensive plan for finding them long-term places to live, even as cold weather sets in. And given the scarcity and high cost of housing in the metropolitan area and the lack of open space, it could prove a monumental undertaking.
For example, can enough vacant apartments be found? Will the task involve huge, Hurricane Katrina-style encampments of trailer homes? And if so, where will authorities put
the trailers? In stadiums? Parks? Authorities cannot answer those questions yet.
“It’s not going to be a simple task. It’s going to be one of the most complicated and long-term recovery efforts in U.S. history,” said Mark Merritt, president of Witt Associates, a Washington crisis management consulting firm founded by former FEMA director James Lee Witt.
Tactics that FEMA used in other disasters could be difficult to apply in the city. For example, Merritt said, it’s impossible to set up trailers in people’s driveways if everyone lives in an apartment building, and it’s harder to find space to set up mobile homes.
Sandy killed more 100 people in 10 states but vented the worst of its fury
on New Jersey and New York. A week after the storm slammed
the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, 1.4 million homes and businesses remained in the dark.
Another storm — a nor’easter packing heavy rain and gusts of 50 to 60 mph — was headed for the metropolitan area
Wednesday, Oct. 31, threatening more flooding and power outages that could undo some of the repairs made in the past few days. With the temperatures dropping into the 30s overnight, people in dark, unheated homes were
urged to go to overnight shelters or daytime warming centers.
Because so many voters have been displaced by the storm, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order allowing people to vote in statewide and presidential elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at any polling place in the state. New Jersey had already taken similar measures.
“Just because you are displaced doesn’t mean you are disenfranchised,” Cuomo said. “Compared to what we have had to deal with in the past week, this will be a walk in the park when it comes to voting.” As for long-term housing for the homeless, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday, Nov. 5 that the government is looking into using everything from hotels and motels to FEMA trailers and prefab homes.
“Given the extent of need, no option is off the table,” she said. “All of them will have some place in this puzzle.”
Napolitano said the government’s
Leaders struggle to house Sandy victims
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It’s going to be one of the most complicated and long-term recovery efforts in U.S. history.”— Mark Merritt, president of Witt Associates, a Washington crisis managment consulting firm
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that end, will cut the “growth of college tuition and fees in half over the next 10 years,” saving students thousand of dollars a year, according to his website.
He is also dedicated to attracting 100,000 new math and science teachers to improve U.S. performance in science, technology, engineering and math, as well as help the states and local governments to save the jobs of “hundreds of thousands of teachers” and provide the resources to attract a
higher caliber of teachers while raising education standards.
Obama wants to double American exports over the next five years through a program of “promoting U.S. goods and removing trade barriers, expanding access to credit” and encouraging economic growth, according to his official website, and intends to eliminate tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs overseas and to create incentives for companies who create jobs domestically. TAS
made in response to the recent economic crisis and encouraging international free trade.
To save money, Romney would reduce waste and fraud, reduce the federal workforce by 10 percent, as well as reduce foreign aid, subsidies for the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, and subsidies to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Romney also wants to attract highly skilled immigrant workers and to improve the education and training of domestic workers, creating a more highly skilled workforce.
Romney seeks to repeal regulations put in place by the Obama administration intended to curb CO2 emissions, on the grounds that regulation hampers economic development.
He opp oses government mandates, taxes, and regulations directed toward preserving the
environment that may be disruptive to the economic status quo and feels that expending vast sums of money to curb CO2 emissions is not a worthwhile investment.
Romney supports more off-shore drilling, the finishing of the XL crude oil pipeline from Canada to Mexico, and supports development and implementation of diverse and alternative energy sources.
Romney opposes additional regulations on acquisition or ownership requirements for gun ownership. TAS
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first priority is getting people to a warm place where they can eat a hot meal.
Beyond that, the government wants to find housing as close to people’s homes as possible. “Whether we’ll be able to accomplish that, I couldn’t say,” she said. “We’re just now getting a handle on housing.”
Officials have yet to even establish the magnitude of the problem. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday, Nov. 5 that officials are going door-to-door in hard-hit areas to assess the need for shelter. He said the worst-case estimate is 40,000 people, half of them in public housing. But he said as many as 20,000 will probably get their heat and power back within a few days.
Ultimately, the number of people who need housing could be under 10,000, he said.
In New Jersey, state officials said they are still trying to figure out how many people will need long-term housing. At least 4,000 residents were in New Jersey shelters.
In the meantime, Bloomberg appointed Brad Gair, an emergency management specialist, as chief of housing recovery operations, with responsibility for
overseeing the city’s efforts to find shelter for those left homeless by the storm.
At a news conference, the mayor asked for patience after reporters pressed Gair for more specifics on how he intended to deal with the problem. Bloomberg pointed out that Gair had been on the job for only four hours.
“I want to assure everyone that every New Yorker who needs a warm place to live and a roof over his or her head is going to have one,” Bloomberg said. Cuomo said statewide, solving a problem that extends from city to suburb is “going to be a community-by-community option.” While some local governments may want trailers, for instance, others may look to motels or apartment rentals.
In the New York City borough of Staten Island, blue-jacketed FEMA volunteers knocked on doors in a devastated neighborhood, making sure everyone was registered to apply for aid. Amin and Rachael Alhadad and their four children have been sleeping sitting up in their Jeep. They were supposed to finally meet with FEMA workers on Monday, Nov. 5.
“We’re homeless right now and it just keeps getting worse every day,” Amin Alhadad said. “We can’t shower, we can’t use the bathroom, we can’t sleep properly. We’re struggling right now. I’m losing my job right now due to this.” Alhadad said
FEMA told him the government would deposit $2,900 in his account for a hotel, but it has yet to show up. He planned to make some phone calls to see if there were any hotel rooms available. His kids do not want to go to a shelter.
“I’m all out of ideas. I’m dazed and confused,” he said. Relief agencies have been conferring with real estate agents in hard-hit areas like Belle Harbor in the Rockaways section of New York City but have found only a few vacancies, said Yisroel Schulman, president of the New York City Legal Assistance Group. And even if people can find apartments, FEMA payments for temporary housing may fall short in a city known for its expensive housing.
“In the short term, the government is completely ill-prepared,” Schulman said. It’s unclear what plans the city, state and federal government had before the storm to deal with a housing crisis of this magnitude. But in 2007, the city Office of Emergency Management held a design competition for post-disaster housing if a Category 3 hurricane smashed the city and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
The winning ideas included building a six-story complex mounted on ship hulls; using debris to create provisional housing; and turning shipping containers into living quarters. TAS
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The remains of home on a beach in the Queens borough of New York which has been damaged by superstorm Sandy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES4THE ALL STATE • WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2012
If you read last week’s paper, the SGA has proposed to change some things in our Student Code of Conduct here. These changes will include forbidding students to use mace or pepper spray on campus.
As a young woman on campus, I feel the use of pepper spray should be decided by the student. Pepper spray is called pepper spray because it is a spray
which contains the same chemicals in many chili peppers, but at an even higher level. This spicy concoction is used in many cases to stop assaults and can be very effective.
“It is a form of self-defense and will ensure safety on campus,” said Brena Andring, sophomore art major.
There are many preventative methods on campus, but there is still a risk. Pepper spray is easier to get a hold of in some cases. It can come in different shapes and sizes, which makes it even easier to access. Some pepper sprays even come in containers that look like regular objects someone might carry around like a pen, perfume, lipstick and even a ring.
“I believe in pepper spray, especially because of all of the occurrences in just this one year. I walk long distances around campus, and girls should definitely be able to carry it so they can get the person and go,” said Mariana Haggler, sophomore psychology major.
Not being able to carry pepper spray would make many students feel insecure about their safety around campus.
“Girls need it when they’re walking around at night,” said Jennifer Tharp, sophomore psychology major.
Stephanie Tallon, sophomore communications major, said she would not walk around at night without pepper spray. Women should have every right to carry pepper spray because we never know what situation we might be put into.
“Girls should be able to use it for safety against bad guys. Most rapes happen between people who know each other, in that case the girl is unprepared because it is unexpected, so she can pull it out and use it,” said Sungjin Park, sophomore communications major.
In most cases, victims are defenseless against their assaulters. Although APSU provides us with many
preventative methods against danger, there is no such thing as being too safe. Pepper spray is not as dangerous as a knife or gun, and it is certainly not lethal.
“I honestly think I would use it carefully. I’m a resident’s assistant so when I walk around doing rounds it would be good for me, and it is good for anybody who does extracurricular activities. I feel like people know not to use it in a crazy way, especially since we are college students, so people will be more aware of what it is and take that into consideration,” said Taylor Renfroe, sophomore early childhood education major.
Pepper spray is an effective weapon that is not too harmful for students to use for safety. It should only be used carefully, but it should definitely be allowed on campus.
It can’t be predicted when something dangerous is going to happen, we should have a chance at stopping the assaulter so we can get away from them. TAS
Pepper spray can be good protection
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” — First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
What would you do if you were elected U.S. president on day 1?
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Start an immediate pull back of troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan would be priority ... Let them deal with their own military problems. It would be a good way to cut back on costs.”
Dillon Martin, junior geoscience major
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“Ensure that all citizens have the right to access health care, lower the cost of medications, build more health clinics in the community to address people that are under-insured and don’t have health care.”Shondell Hickson, nursing faculty
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Institute a program to rebuild America’s infrastructure to include roads, bridges, and utilities buried underground.” Stan Gaston, senior business management major
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Make harsher punishments for drunk driving and DUIs. Drunk driving puts other people’s lives and even their own life in unnecessary dangers. “
Sarah Hemingson, junior k-6 elementary education major
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I would cut unnecessary spending in government, by instituting a flat tax rate on all Americans, and by proposing a plan to generate 50 percent of America’s energy consumption by renewable energy sources within the next ten years.” Will Ellison, senior geoscience major
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Gather all the smart people of the nation and figure out how to pay down the deficit and lower the national debt. I cannot fathom a trillion dollars of debt and we can’t leave our future generations with it.”
Gordon Key, senior geoscience major
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Find out the truth about Area 51 and all state secrets. Then, I would want to add my face to Mount Rushmore using the picture provided for this quote.”Reese Carpenter,junior geoscience major
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Implement a law that would stop abortion because that child does not have a choice of to be killed so why should you be allowed to make that choice for that child.”Yazarette Hale, junior special education major
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The next president faces big challenges
Barack Obama or Mitt Romney are not going to have much time to celebrate victory after either of them wins the 2012 presidential election. While it may be exciting after either of them wins the vote of the people, they have a lot of big challenges ahead.
According to the latest polls, it looks like the presidential election is going to be very close and might not even be decided on election night (this article was written two days before the election),
The All State editorial board believes there are a few basic challenges either candidate will face over the next four years.
The biggest challenge that Obama or Romney will face will be getting Congress to work together. The editorial board believes that partisanship has limited the progress of our country over the last four years. Washington has been gridlocked because of the Democrat and Republican political divide. For anything to get done, it has to be done with cooperation of both parties and both the House and the Senate.
The All State editorial board believes that the next president needs to make something happen to get
Washington working for the people again. One of the editors believes that there should be more bi-partisan “mosh pits” – or coffee lunches – to promote cooperation between the two parties in congress. This cooperation will not only help our democracy be more productive but it will also help the people gain trust
in Washington. The next president will also face tough
challenges in foreign relations. Obama or Romney will have to deal with the instability of the Middle East and regime changes. The next president will also have to deal with the challenge of how to deal with North Korea’s and Iran’s attempts to develop nuclear weapons.
Regardless of who wins, they will have big challenges that cannot be solved with speeches, broad plans and rhetoric. Our nation’s problems will have to be solved by from all the parties involved. The All State editorial board thinks that both candidates will have to make concessions to gain the bi-partisanship support from Congress and the people. TAS
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Miss Lesleigh Stanfill of Houston County, Tenn., took home the title Miss Austin Peay 2013 on Saturday, Nov. 3.
Stanfill is a seasoned competitor, who began participating in pageants at five-months old.
Stanfill first competed in Miss Tennessee preliminaries at the age of 17.
After nabbing her Miss Austin Peay title, she will compete in the Miss Tennessee pageant in Jackson, Tenn., in June.
“I felt that it would be an honor to have the chance to represent APSU, and it, being a scholarship pageant, would help me pay for my education,” Stanfill said.
Stanfill’s charity platform is volunteerism with an emphasis on people with learning and developmental disabilities.
This platform hits close to home for Stanfill because her brother falls into this category.
Stanfill said the charity was an easy choice, describing her brother as “the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
Stanfill sported a black evening
gown during the beauty portion and a gold dress with a train during the talent portion.
For her talent, Stanfill chose to play the piano.
She began playing piano as a little girl and decided to pick it back up as a personal challenge, as well as a way to perform for her Tennessee preliminaries.
“Most people sing or dance, and I wanted to do something different,” Stanfill said.
“Plus, the elegance of pianists always stands out to me.”
Stanfill said she is still shocked and grateful to have been chosen as the 2013 Miss Austin Peay.
“Lesleigh wears a beautiful gown tonight, and she nailed her interview, making her an easy choice for tonight’s winner,” said pageant judge Ashlee Spearman.
Stanfill plans on making several future appearances at APSU, as well as throughout Clarksville and surrounding communities.
“I am excited to show everyone how great a university APSU is,” Stanfill said.
Her goal for her future in pageant competition is to concentrate on Miss Tennessee and to represent APSU well. TAS
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Miss Austin Peay Lesleigh Stanfill plays piano during the pageant’s talent portion. JESSICA GRAY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Miss AP proud to represent APSU, charities
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Pageants have been around for ages and APSU is no stranger to the institution.
They act as a platform for women to inspire other young girls and people all over the nation.
APSU had its annual Miss Austin Peay Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, Nov. 3, in the Music/Mass Communications Building Concert Hall, where 12 ladies competed for the grand title. The night started off with the swimsuit portion of the competition.
Next was the talent section, where performances ranged from music and spoken word to performance art.
Some of the dance performances included an interpretative dance by Jennifer Freeland to the song “Hero” by Mariah Carey and a modern jazz dance performed by Jordan Davis to “Show Me How You Burlesque” by Christina Aguilera.
In addition, participant Catherine Hewey performed a religious spoken word piece advocating women to “stop worrying about pleasing men and please the man above.” Elizabeth Cook sang “Home” from the Disney
Broadway show Beauty and the Beast and contestant Jasmine Lowe did a lyrical dance to the song “Who You Are” by Jessie J. Jessica Wimbly performed a tap dance piece to a country tune while Carmen Fowlkes played a Bach piece on piano.
Evening wear was the third and final part of the competition, where the contestants aimed to showcase their poise and grace while walking across the stage.
Last year’s pageant winner, Katie Kennedy, returned during this portion to ask the contestants a few questions each.
Each contestant was involved and active in a certain charity that she found significant. Contestants were asked why they chose that particular charity and why it was important to them. Then, questions were randomly drawn for the women to give a response.
Following this, the judges tallied their votes and the contestants awaited the results. The winner was Lesleigh Stanfill, who performed “Great Smoky Mountain” on piano for her talent portion of the competition. Kennedy handed her crown over as Stanfill took her first walk as 2013’s Miss Austin Peay. TAS
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A bit of pageantry
Above: Contestants are brought onstage as the runners-up and winner — Lesleigh Stanfill — are announced.Left: First runner-up Jordan Davis performs a jazz dance routine during the pageant’s talent portion.ALL PHOTOS BY JESSICA GRAY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Normalcy returns to NYC entertainment#NYENTERTAINMENT
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NEW YORK — New York’s entertainment industry moved closer to full throttle Monday, Nov. 5, as a new week and largely restored downtown power meant something of a return to normalcy for the city’s upended cultural landscape.
While Broadway theaters and midtown TV studios were back in business within about two days of Superstorm Sandy, much of downtown New York — its off-Broadway theaters, independent movie theaters, Lower East Side concert halls and Chelsea galleries — only got power back late Saturday, Nov. 3.
For the first time, the Office of Film Theatre and Broadcasting began issuing permits on a case-by-case basis for film shoots in exterior locations, meaning the city streets would again be providing background for the two dozen TV series shooting in New York and the dozen-plus movies in production. Permits for location shooting in the city’s Zone A — including Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn — were still not being issued.
“We’re getting back on track and back into business,” said Katherine Oliver, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. “There was minimal damage to stages last week — a little bit of water damage here and there. But they were able to get back on stages at the end of last week and, as of today and going forward, they will be on exterior locations as well.”
Not yet clear was the overall economic impact the
storm had on the city’s film and TV industries, which last year employed 130,000 people and generated $7.1 billion in revenue, according to the mayor’s office. Oliver said an estimate for the cost of impacted film and TV production wasn’t yet possible.
The reporting of weekly grosses of Broadway theaters was delayed from Monday, Nov. 5, until Tuesday, Nov. 6, because of the storm. Many downtown off-Broadway theaters - which were dark for days longer than Broadway theaters - are offering discounted tickets with the code “SANDY” to lure back audiences.
Uptown, Carnegie Hall was forced to continue to cancel performances. Having been shuttered for a week because of the storm-damaged hanging crane on West 57th Street, which caused the closure of streets in the neighborhood, Carnegie Hall announced that Tuesday, Nov. 6, concerts, too, would be postponed while work continued to restore utilities in the building.
For many downtown destinations, losing nearly a week’s business was a significant hit. The nonprofit Film Forum, one of the city’s most beloved movie art houses, was essentially closed for six days as it waited to get power back.
“That’s a big loss of business. For us, that hurts. For any theater, that hurts,” said Karen Cooper, president and director of the Film Forum, lamenting not only the loss of box office, but the lesser attention to its currently playing films.
Ticket sales for the weekend box office were brisk, even on the East Coast, where many sought escapism in warm
theaters. Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” earned $49 million and Paramount’s “Flight,” took in $24.9 million — both surpassing expectations.
“If there was a theater that wasn’t running, the theater around it was doing almost as much business to completely make up for those that weren’t operating,” said Dave Hollis, head of distribution for Disney. “It may have taken a little more driving, a little more work, but it seems as though people were willing to make the effort to find the show.”
The struggle to work through the storm was difficult for many media outlets, particularly New York Magazine, which had to relocate to a board room in the midtown offices of its parent company, New York Media. Staffers hauled computers from the magazine offices just south of Astor Place so that an improvised newsroom could be set up in order to get this week’s issue out on time.
“We’re back to our normal offices and never appreciated them more,” Editor-in-Chief Adam Moss said Monday, Nov. 5. He called the experience of getting the magazine out “both trying and exhilarating.”
“Saturday Night Live,” too, resumed with host Louis C.K. In a message to fans Saturday, C.K. said there were considerable challenges in prepping the show during such a week.
“There are kids in the studio every day because members of the crew and staff had to bring them to work,” he wrote. “Many people are sharing lodging. Everyone is tired. But there’s this feeling here that we’ve got to put on a great show. I’m sure it feels like that here every week. But wow.” TAS
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DID YOU KNOW ...
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
NOV 7
1991: Basketball legend Earvin
“Magic” Johnson announces he is HIV positive, becoming one
of the first sports stars to go public about his status.
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt is
reelected for the third time and becomes the
only president in history to win a fourth term in
office.
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The arcade game Space Invaders was so popular in Japan that it actually created a coin shortage when it was first
introduced.
Mustard’s name is a contraction
of the Latin mustum ardens,
meaning “burning wine.”
In early 1900’s America, “jay”
was a slang term used to describe a naïve or foolish
person. That is where the
term“jaywalker,” a person who
chooses to ignore street
signals, comes form.
Information from history.com and mentalfloss.com.
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Phi Kappa PhiFACTS
A new species of the Mississippian blastoid genus Pentremites was recent-ly (Sept 2012) named. Pentremites fredericki is named for Dr. Daniel Frederick of the APSU Geosciences dept. This fossil organism was found in rocks of Missis-sippian age (aprox. 330 million years old) of southern Kentucky.
-Daniel Frederick
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#CUPCAKEGAMES
» By MICHAEL [email protected]
More often than not the, true reason behind universities scheduling “cup-cake” games, or easy games against easier opponents, is lost on the fans and the media. This season in particular, I have heard a lot radio host, call-in fans and social media fans complaining about some teams’ strength of schedule. A lot of these radio hosts know why such games are scheduled, but for some reason they do not approve. I am of the opinion they went to one of these D1-A schools.
The truth of the matter is that the larger school has everything to lose and nothing to gain. The win, if they get it, does not help their strength of schedule argument for placement in the BCS, AP or Coaches polls. If they do not get the win, the larger school will most likely be dropped out of the Top 25 rankings like this year’s Arkansas Razorbacks.
I understand their argument, but it would be nice to have them look at things from a smaller school’s perspective. APSU is the smallest school in the Ohio Valley Conference. The athletic teams bring in a lot of revenue to this school. I do not have exact figures, but I do know in the past four years at APSU, I have seen the Hemlock building completed, construction on a new Computer Science building started and am hearing plans of a new football stadium getting started possibly as soon as next year. Maybe, in the near future, if we sacrifice our football players a few more times to some D1-A schools, APSU will get a much needed parking garage.
It seems easy for the fans and alumni of the Volunteers, Commodores and other teams from major BCS conferences to complain about the
“cup-cake” teams they unfortunately have to watch their teams destroy every season, but this type of scheduling has made smaller teams better, and most importantly, promoted better learning opportunities for all the students.
If you are arrogant enough to think that your tuition alone pays for all these things, I challenge you to build a house using only the money made after you graduated high school. The
concrete alone that goes into these building is astronomically priced, and that’s not even counting all the technological upgrades that go into building a university.
The truth is, the more these smaller schools get the “big-time” playing experience the less likely they will be a “cup-cake” the next time they play a major conference school. Isn’t that right Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee? TAS
Cup-cake games: bad for big school, good for underdog
Virginia Tech’s Marcus Davis (7) rushes against APSU during an NCAA college football game in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday, Sept. 8. Teams like APSU benefit from these games while teams like Virginia Tech are viewed negatively for playing “cup-cakes” AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Daniel Lin
» By MICHAEL [email protected]
The Govs get to experience the sweet joy of victory for the first time this season as they dominated the Culver-Stockton Wildcats, 56-0, on Saturday, Nov. 3.
The Govs coasted to 49-0 lead by half-time and got some bench players a little playing time. Quarterback Jake Ryan had an accurate night, going six of eight for 38 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. It became obvious early that a passing game wasn’t needed in this game, so the Govs mainly used their rushing game.
Sophomore runningback Ean Pemberton led the rushing attack with eight carries for 112 yards and two touchdowns. The other players scoring on the ground were Jacob Sexton with a touchdown, Terrence Oliver added two touchdowns and Ashlon Adams piled on a touchdown. There were three other players that added to the rushing game for a total of 61 carries for 378 yards and six touchdowns.
The Wildcats quarterback Curtis Widener passed for 30 yards, connecting on five of his 13 attempts. Wide receiver Ronrico Ragsdale led the Wildcats receivers with two catches of 18 yards, and runningback Maurice Childs had 13 carries for 25 yards.
The Wildcats are 1-9 this season and play in the Heart of America Athletic conference out of Canton, MO. The win moves APSU to 1-8, 0-6 on the season. TAS
Finally, victoryAPSU football team scores first win of the season
#SWEETVICTORY
» By DANIEL [email protected]
The Lady Gov’s volleyball team had a successful week, taking the first two games of a four game homestead that will finish out their season heading into the Ohio Valley Conference. Currently, the Lady Govs sit in second place in the OVC West with two games remaining against Murray State, who is in last place in the OVC West, and Morehead State, who is undefeated in OVC play.
On Friday, Nov. 2, the Lady Govs would make it look easy against UT Martin, taking the match 3-0. The Lady Govs only trailed in the entire match after the first point of the first set. The Lady Govs got a solid team effort, led by junior middle blocker, Lauren Henderson, with her 13 kills and five blocks.
The next day, the Lady Govs would take on Southeast Missouri, who currently holds first place in the OVC West. The match would go down to the wire, with the Lady Govs coming back from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2.
After dropping the first two matches, 25-19 and 25-20, the Lady Govs would grit out two close sets wins, winning the third set, 25-23, and the fourth set, 27-25. After recovering out of a 2-0 hole, the Lady Govs would win the final and decisive set in strong fashion, 15-7, to earn a big win
and bring them closer to tying SEMO for first place in the West. APSU is currently 9-5 in the OVC while SEMO is 10-4, both with two games remaining.
The Lady Govs will look to keep up with SEMO when they take on Murray State on Tuesday, Nov. 6, before facing the big challenge in conference giant, Morehead
State, on Saturday, Nov. 10, to close out the season. SEMO’s final games of the season are played against UT Martin, fourth in the OVC West, and Tennessee Tech, last place in the OVC East with only one OVC win this season. It looks like it will be very difficult for APSU to sneak up and top SEMO for first place in the West. TAS
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SCORE BOARD
SCORES FOR THE WEEK
VOLLEYBALL
APSU over UT Martin, 3-0APSU over SEMO, 3-2
SOCCER
APSU over SIUE, 1-0UT Martin over APSU, 2-0
FOOTBALL
APSU over Culver-Stockton, 56-0
BASKETBALL (M)
APSU over Central MO., 75-66
GOLF (W)
6th of 9 at UAB Beach Blast
OVC STANDINGSFOOTBALL
Overall OVC
UT Martin 7-2 5-1 Eastern Ill. 6-3 5-1Eastern Ky 7-3 5-2Tenn. St 8-2 4-2Jacksonville St 5-4 4-3Murray St 4-5 3-3SEMO 3-6 2-4Tenn. Tech 2-7 0-6APSU 1-8 0-6
OVC STANDINGSVOLLEYBALL
OVERALL OVC
EAST
Morehead St. 22-6 14-0Tenn. St. 16-12 9-5Belmont 13-15 9-5J’ville St. 12-15 6-7Eastern Ky. 9-17 5-9Tenn. Tech 3-23 1-13
WEST
SEMO 18-12 10-4APSU 16-14 9-5 Eastern Ill. 10-19 7-7UT Martin 10-18 6-8SIUE 9-16 5-9Murray St. 5-19 3-11
PRESEASON OVC STANDINGS
BASKETBALL
EAST Belmont - 131 (21)Tenn. St - 109 (3)Tenn. Tech - 87 Morehead St - 77Eastern Ky - 56J’ville St - n/a
WEST
Murray St - 132 (22)SEMO - 108 (2)APSU - 92SIUE - 73Eastern Ill - 49UT Martin - 38
PRESEASON OVC STANDINGS
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
EAST
Tenn. Tech - 121 (15)Eastern Ky - 108 (6)Belmont - 86 (3)Morehead St - 69Tenn. St - 68J’ville St - 40
WEST
UT Martin - 129 (19)Eastern Ill - 113 (5)SIUE - 86Murray St - 77APSU - 47SEMO - 39
UPCOMING HOME SPORTS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOV. 9
Basketball (M) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Samford
SATURDAY, NOV. 10
Volleyball - 2 p.m.APSU vs. Morehead St.
THURSDAY, NOV. 15
Basketball (W) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Louisville
SATURDAY, NOV. 17
Football - 11 a.m.APSU vs. Tenn. Tech
SUNDAY, NOV. 18
Basketball (W) - 2 p.m.APSU vs. Binghamton
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28
Basketball (M) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Borea
SATURDAY, DEC. 1
Basketball (W) - 5:15APSU vs. Ball State
Basketball (M) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Fairfield
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5
Basketball (M) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Oakland City
TUESDAY, DEC. 18
Basketball (M) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Lipscomb
FRIDAY, DEC. 21
Basketball (W) - 7 p.m.APSU vs. Lipscomb
New-look Lakers start 0-3No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Notre Dame avoid losing close games
Kansas State’s Collin Klein leaves game with injury, coach expects a return
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Govs’ basketball expecting rebound from sub-par seasons
» By DANIEL [email protected]
It is that time of year when the APSU basketball gets started. The men’s team looks to rebound from a disappointing 12-20 campaign that saw the team lose four starters who led the team in scoring in every game except two last season. The women’s team has more experience returning from a team that made it to the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament despite a 9-22 record.
While the women’s team will return four starters from last year, the loss of leading scorer Whitney Hanley from last year will pose a big challenge for them. Luckily for the squad, a strong leadership of upperclassmen along with a large freshman and sophomore classes will add
nice balance to the team. The team only sports three seniors and two juniors, but all are expected to see big playing time and starts, while coach Carrie Daniels will search for a strong guard to step up and replace Hanley. Senior forwards Leslie Martinez and Meghan Bussabarger will look to give APSU an advantage down low while junior guard Nicole Olszewski and sophomore guard Shelby Olszewski will look break out this season with Hanley no longer around.
The men’s team is in a bit of a different boat, losing four senior starters from last year’s squad, but Dave Loos has an impressive team coming back along with a couple big recruits joining the mix.
Edwardsville, Ill. natives, junior Will Triggs and senior Anthony Campbell, will look to lead the team this year. Campbell, who is coming off two shortened seasons
due to injury, is looking to finally take the reigns for his final season while Triggs, who spent most of last season as the go-to forward off the bench, will look to use his high-energy game to assist Campbell down low. Senior guard Jerome Clyburn will miss a month with an injury, but luckily sophomore Herdie Lawrence is experienced from last season and will be able to contribute immediately.
Both teams will be adjusting to the new OVC format, with the conference being split into two divisions, east and west, now that the conference has twelve teams. The men’s team is predicted to finish third in the west, while the women’s team is picked to finish fifth. The men’s team will open their season at home on Friday, Nov. 9, against Samford while the women will travel to play Alabama-Birmingham on the same night. TAS
Freshman guard AJ Lynch defends a Central Missouri player during an exhibition game on Saturday, Nov. 3. The Govs won the game, 75-66. SUZIE LIBERTADORE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Lady Govs volleyball soaring high, looking to finish out the season strong
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Soccer falls in tourney finals» By DANIEL NEWTON
The Lady Govs’ soccer team finished an extraordinary season this past weekend, falling in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship to tournament favorite, UT-Martin in the championship game. The loss, though heartbreaking, concluded a season for APSU that saw the team reach their second championship game while riding a winning streak unmatched by most teams.
On Friday, Nov. 2, the Lady Govs would take on SIU Edwardsville in the second round of the tournament held in Martin, Tenn. The team was able to ride an eight game unbeaten streak into the tournament to help them secure the second seed and a first-round bye.
The Lady Govs would continue their impressive streak, as they were able to defeat SIUE, 1-0, in another impressive shut-out win, their seventh on the season.
When the two teams faced earlier in the season, it ended in a 0-0 draw after two overtimes, both teams’ only tie on the season. This game would feature much of the same, but a late APSU goal would be the deciding factor.
Although APSU would come out on top, it took a big contribution from junior goalkeeper, Haylee Shoaff. SIUE would outshoot APSU in the match and Shoaff would need to make more saves than her opposing SIUE goalkeeper to secure the win, but she rose to the occasion. Shoaff had six saves on the night, three in each half.
The Lady Govs would finally break over 200 minutes of scoreless soccer between the two teams on the season in the 84th minute. Junior Tatiana Ariza would cross the ball into the box, deflect it off an SIUE defender and find an open Joceline Quiceno, who was able to slide in and net the goal. Ariza’s assist was her eighth on the season, top in APSU history for a single season.
In the championship game, the Lady Govs’ impressive nine game unbeaten streak would come to an end, as they would fall to UT-Martin, 2-0. It was APSU’s first loss since that last time it played UT-Martin on Sept. 28 on the exact same field.
Both teams played strong defense for the majority of the game, as they both remained scoreless at the intermission. After a few close calls by both teams, UT-Martin would put the first goal on the board in the 72nd minute on an impressive header on a free kick. Nine minutes later, the Skyhawks would net another goal, all but letting the wind out of the sails of the Lady Govs. APSU would push hard the remainder of the game, but were unable to score. UT-Martin’s goalkeeper, Mariah Klenke, finished with five saves for the Skyhawks.
Although APSU would fall short in the title game for the second time in three seasons, the team’s success was impressive. The team finished 12-8-1 on the season, going 8-3-1 in OVC play. The team saw Shoaff and junior Natalia Ariza named to the all-tournament team. Even more impressive, both Tatiana and Natalia Ariza were named to the all-OVC first team, while senior Emily Perkins and Haylee Shoaff were named to the second team. Tatiana Ariza was also named the OVC offensive player of the year, the first in APSU history, adding to her impressive resume.
The team will lose six seniors, but coach Kelly Guth will have a lot of talent coming back next year. TAS
Junior Lauren Henderson looks to score a point during the UT Martin Game on Friday, Nov. 2. DALWIN CORDOVA | SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER