#Life:Opinion:

Sports 1B

Sports: Beauty on a Budget, 3BMedical Marijuana, 2A Rugby, 1BNews: Campus Crime, 3A

facebook.com/astateherald @astateHeraldwww.astateherald.com youtube.com/ASUHerald@astateHerald

Arkansas State falls to Troy 2-3 at home series. Theher ald

w w w . a s t a t e h e r a l d . c o m

I N F O R M I N G T H E C A M P U S A N D C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 9 2 1

Vol. 95, Issue 25

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

Changes are in store for A-State’s dining services. Dining

services staff joined their respec-tive student board Monday to discuss the progress of the various food stations and new develop-ments for the upcoming semester.

During the meeting, board representatives discussed campus response to dining services, in-cluding what they hear from oth-er students, critiques and positive comments on what their peers enjoy.

One major change will come over the summer break. When students return, the Sun Belt Lounge will be an official Star-bucks, with the overall look and items which can be ordered matching that of the chain. In addition to the re-branding of the lounge, a food truck with

long hours will be added to cam-pus, as well as extended hours at Einstein Bros. Bagels and the ad-dition of the option to use flex at football games.

“I’ve done a lot of research and Sodexo across the country has quite a few food trucks and I am pulling the best practices from the ones that are financial-ly feasible. We are looking for something that is really going to take off on campus,” said Adam Simmons, general manager of Dining Services.

The board and Student Gov-ernment Association Leadership Team will begin taste testing next week to decide what will be served in the food truck. The taste test will examine six kinds

of cuisine: Mexican, Vietnamese, a chicken and waffles concept, a grill concept and a barbecue con-cept. All of the concepts will in-clude a breakfast option as well. After the tasting and consider-ation, one concept will be chosen to be sold from the food truck.

Einstein Bros. will remain open during Starbucks’ summer construction. The staff in the new Starbucks will increase from four to eight workers, along with oth-er available jobs to come with the new additions in dining services in the fall.

“Next year is going to be really exciting, we will be here with bells on, we have a lot of new things coming to the campus,” said Pam Hatcher, retail dining manager

for Sodexo Food Services. In addition to these larg-

er changes, the board discussed several small changes that could potentially make student’s expe-riences more enjoyable and effi-cient, including decreasing the wait time at Einstein Bros. and having more wheat bread options in the simply-to-go line.

The “Bite” app, available on all mobile devices, allows users to see what is available in the cafeteria, as well as see what the nutrition-al value of the food is. A Fitbit can be synced to the app, allow-ing what the user has eaten to be logged. Users are also able to pick their favorite meals and will get notifications by the app when that item is being served.

Richmond–Haydar Scholarship rewards top international students

COURTESY OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

A-State stripped of win, fined $5,000 for NCAA violationIn July of 2015, a violation occurred in

the men’s basketball program at Arkan-sas State. According to a report released by the NCAA, the father of a former player, who was not named, informed the NCAA multiple times of violations that were occurring inside the men’s bas-ketball program, but never gave specifics.

On December 10, 2015 Rich Zvosec, the senior associate athletics director for administration requested an interview with then-director of men’s basketball operations, Kyle Drake.

Drake was responsible for ordering equipment. In the interview, Zvosec, asked Drake if he ever provided the un-named player and his family with extra benefits. Drake immediately revealed he gave the player access to the men’s bas-ketball Adidas “promo” account, and the player ordered over $5,000 in Adidas

merchandise.After the conclusion of the meeting,

Zvosec informed Joel Weems, the associ-ate athletics director for compliance, and Terry Mohajir, the director of athletics, of the violation.

Then-head coach John Brady was in-formed of the findings on Dec. 11, 2015 around 11:35 a.m. Brady stated that he had no involvement and was not aware of what had occurred. Brady also stated that he was shocked that Drake would do something like that.

The investigation concluded on Dec. 21, 2015, with A-State submitting its findings to the NCAA on Dec. 22, 2015. Drake was fired on Dec. 21.

Drake gave the player the login infor-mation in July. After giving the player the login, Drake received an email regard-ing the order, saying the player ordered $5,165 worth of apparel. Drake tried to

cancel the order, but was informed by Adidas that all promo account orders are final. Drake placed the packages in the equipment room, and gave the unnamed player a key to the equipment room on July 17, 2015 to retrieve the packages. The key was returned to Drake on July 18. Drake, due to fear of termination, remained silent on the matter until his interview with Zvosec.

Drake, in an interview, stated the player had been bugging him since the spring semester to let him order from the promo site. Drake stated that he told the player that money was reallocated in July and he would have to wait until then to order.

According to Drake, the player began texting him daily, starting in June, and by July, it was up to two or three times a day. Drake, who was planning his July 18 wedding, got tired of the player bugging

him, and finally caved in and gave him the login information.

“It was out of my hands,” Drake said.

“I didn’t think there was anything else I could do about it.”

SARAH THOMPSON | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERThe finalists for the Richmond-Haydar scholarship pose with the plaque after the awards banquet. From left to right, Erin Howard, a senior accounting student of South Africa; Pooja Ghai, a graduate occupational therapy student from India; Lucia Acosta-Gamboa, a graduate molecular biosciences student from Costa Rica; Bhar-gavi Kandadi, also a graduate occupational therapy student from India; and Viet Nguyen, a communication studies graduate student from Vietnam.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

Dining, 4A

International students were recognized for their academic success at the Mossie J. Rich-mond – Afak Haydar Memorial Scholarship banquet on April 18 in the Spring River Room.

Approximately 40 guests, in-cluding family, faculty and pre-vious recipients, were treated to a dinner while the finalists for the scholarship were recognized for their outstanding performance in the classroom as well as their contributions as outstanding global citizens.

The Richmond-Haydar Me-morial scholarship originated from the desire to reward and recognize international students for their leadership skills, deter-mination, and impeccable aca-demic performance.

The friends and family of both the late Dr. Mossie J. Rich-mond Jr., former vice president for Student Affairs, and the late Dr. Afak Haydar, former director of International Programs, en-dowed the scholarship in honor of the crucial roles these men played in the internationalization of the A-State campus during the 1980s and 1990s.

Both were advocates for es-

tablishing and maintaining a flourishing international popula-tion on campus, and they played a part in creating the large interna-tional populace that the campus boasts today.

Previous recipients QianQian Yu and Pratiksha Khadka pre-sented at the event, noting the benefits that the scholarship con-tinues to reward them.

Yu, the 2015 graduate schol-arship recipient and doctoral student from China specializing in cultural factors in interna-tional business, told the Hay-dar and Richmond families and scholarship committee members, “Thank you so much for giving us international students this precious opportunity. With very few scholarships for internation-al students at ASU, this award means a lot to us, both financially and morally.”

The 2015 undergraduate scholarship recipient Khadka, a senior graphic design student from Nepal, mirrored Yu’s grate-ful sentiment. “As a recipient of this scholarship, I can assure you of its value and significance to me. Receiving (the scholar-ship) has been very valuable to me because it is one of very few awards presented to international

students at A-State. Because it is so highly competitive, it is a very significant and unique award. The scholarship has allowed me to fo-cus more on my studies and not spend so much time figuring out how to pay my bills.”

Finalists for the 2016 under-graduate scholarship included Chineche Aniemena, a sopho-more biology and pre-profes-sional studies student of Nigeria, and Erin Howard, a senior ac-counting student of South Africa.

Aniemena was ultimately se-lected for the scholarship. She said of her reward, “(The scholar-ship) means so much to me be-cause it shows they are investing in me. It boosts my confidence a lot. They’ve made me believe more in myself. It gives me so much joy to see so many people choosing to invest in me and be-lieve in my dream with me.”

The finalists for the graduate scholarship included Lucia Acos-ta-Gamboa, a graduate molecular biosciences student from Costa Rica; Pooja Ghai, a graduate oc-cupational therapy student from India; Bhargavi Kandadi, also a graduate occupational thera-py student from India; and Viet Nguyen, a communication stud-ies graduate student from Viet-

nam.Acosta-Gamboa was award-

ed the scholarship. She praised the scholarship, stating, “Being an international student, being motivated by this type of schol-

arship is awesome. Also, being from Costa Rica, which is such a small country, and representing the Latin community and ASU is wonderful.”

All of the finalists and both

of the scholarship recipients were celebrated for their exceptional academic work and their contri-butions to A-State and the com-munity.

HAYLEY WEBBMULTIMEDIA EDITOR

Dining services advisory board talks fall semester developments

EMILY HOLDERNEWS EDITOR

COURTESY OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

NCAA, 4A

As a college student, there are many things you get to do. You get to spread your wings and experience things you have only imagined getting to do. You gain an entirely new set of friends that helps to make every single day of your time in college worthwhile. It is one of the most incredible and unique times in your life because you basically have the power to do whatever you want.

Except for sleep.We have all been there. You

have so much on your plate that you realize the only way you can get it all done is to ignore the bed that is calling your name right next to you. However, sleep is integral to success in every aspect of the college experience; you just have to allow time for yourself to adequately give

yourself some rest.I know from experience that

having little sleep makes for an interesting morning. Just this past week, I had numerous assignments due for various classes, so I ended up not getting to go to bed until about 4 in the morning. I immediately realized

that although I got a lot of stuff done that night, the next morning, so many people were asking if I was all right or even if I needed to go to the doctor. Moments like these remind me that although you may think staying up all night long is your

only good option, but it also has an effect on your entire day.

As the end of school and finals are fast approaching, remember that although your grade point average and a passing grade in one class or another are super important for you to achieve, your own amount of shuteye is every bit as influential.

Howl yes. God bless. Get some rest.

With each passing year more and more Americans have be-gun questioning the harsh mar-ijuana laws our country holds onto so dearly. Many people just assume that there must be a logical, scientific reason for the ban on a drug that has been re-sponsible for exactly zero deaths in our country, and in fact, has been shown to have medical benefits time and time again.

To look at the unfair classifi-

cation of marijuana we have to go back to the year 1929 when a man by the name of Harry An-slinger was put in charge of the Department of Prohibition in Washington, D.C.

The problem for Mr. An-slinger became apparent when the U.S government began re-alizing that the ban on alcohol was an absolute failure and had done far more harm than good. With gangsters controlling the underground transportation and more importantly, the ille-gal production of alcohol, peo-ple were getting hurt more often than they were when liquor was legal.

This led to the eventual de-criminalization of alcohol in 1933, and as people celebrated across the country, Harry An-slinger and his staff began re-alizing they were in a bit of a predicament considering they were apart of a huge govern-ment department that after the decriminalization of alcohol, had nothing really left to do. Before this, Harry Anslinger

was quoted as saying many pos-itive things about cannabis like, “there is no more absurd fallacy” when talking about the idea that it can make people violent.

This was an idea that was propagated throughout the ear-ly 20th century as people began feeling more and more endan-gered by the Mexican people on the southern border as Mexico and America’s fight for land was heating up.

But, as the realization hit him that his department would need a new purpose, Mr. An-slinger seemed to have a change of heart about the effects of marijuana.

Citing that first you will fall into a “delirious rage.” and shortly after, “will be gripped by dreams … of an erotic charac-ter.” At the end of all this you will be overcome by “insanity” as the effect of the cannabis finally wears off.

Using this type of language amongst others, Harry Ansling-er tried time and time again to paint cannabis in as bad of a

view as possible. After writ-ing to thirty scientists asking if cannabis was dangerous, and having twenty-nine write back saying no, Anslinger took the one scientist who said yes and toted his “sci-entific findings” across the U.S to try and get more people on the anti-marijuana hype train he had created.

Unfortunate-ly, there are still many Americans living under the ban that Harry Anslinger brought onto our country using completely falsified medical and social claims.

It’s time for our country to take a second look at the old unfounded reasons we have for not legal-izing cannabis if not for recre-ational use, at least for the many, many medical positives it brings to the table.

pinionWEDNESDAY, APRIL. 20, 2016PAGE 2A O

MICAH PROCKOPINION EDITOR

Are Students Getting the Rest They Need?NEIL WILLIAMS| GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Making the Case for Medical Marijuana

Micah Prock is a junior broad-cast journalism major from Russellville.

“..you may think staying up all night long is your only good option, but it also has an effect on your

entire day.” - Robert Morris

THE GUARDIAN

Robert Morris is a sophomore strategic communications major from Jacksonville, Arkansas.

ROBERT MORRISCOLUMNIST

Clarifications In this space, The Herald publishes corrections and clarifications.

· The story titled “Athletics At Any Cost” should have said the revenues and expenditures reported in the NCAA report were for the departmental sports. In the same story the women’s basketball revenue should have been reported at $810,752.

· An incorrect photo of former head coach Steve Roberts was published.

· According to a contract provided to The Herald after the April 13, 2016 publication, Terry Mohajir’s annual salary from the university is $290,000.

· The story titled “ A-State international campus still under development,” should have iden-tified Edmundo Ortiz as general director for Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro, a private business foundation in Mexico.The Herald regrets the errors.

Submission GuidelinesStory ideas or news tips may be

emailed to Emma.Williams1@smail.astate.edu or Emily.Holder1@smail.astate.edu. The Herald welcomes comments, criticisms or ideas that its readership may have. We encourage you to send a Letter to the Editor to Micah.Prock@smail.astate.edu.

EMMA WILLIAMS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

EMILY HOLDER, NEWS EDITOR

MICAH PROCK, OPINION EDITOR

MELISSA MARTIN, PHOTO EDITOR MICHELLE GOULD, #LIFE EDITOR

ROBERT MORRIS, AD MANAGER

SANDRA L. COMBS, ADVISER

Editorial PolicyOpinions expressed in personal

columns are those of the writers and may not reflect the opinions of the staff as a whole.

“Our View” represents the opinions of the editorial staff and is written by members of the editorial board. The opinions are not necessarily reflective of the students, faculty or administration at A-State.

Columns, letters to the editor, cartoons and other content on the opinion page are the views of the author. Content does not necessarily represent the opinion of The Herald.

emma.williams1@smail.astate.edu

emily.holder1@smail.astate.edu

micah.prock@smail.astate.edu

melissa.martin1@smail.astate.edu michelle.gould@smail.astate.edu

astateheraldadv@gmail.com

scombs@astate.edu

Statement of PublicationThe Herald is printed every

Wednesday during the semester, except during finals and holidays. Single copies of The Herald are free. Additional copies are 25 cents each.

The Herald office is in Room 224 of the Communications/Education Building.

HAYLEY WEBB, MULTIMEDIA EDITORhayley.webb@smail.astate.edu

astateherald@gmail.com

TheheraldCADE CARLTON, SPORTS EDITOR

andrew.carlton@smail.astate.edu

Newsroom: 870-972-3076 Ad Office: 870-972-2961 Fax: 870-972-3339

During a Convocation of Scholars event held Thursday night, Emma Williams, junior strategic communication major of Harrison, accepted the Bon-nie Thrasher Memorial Schol-arship, a $1,000 scholarship awarded to journalism students. The editor in chief of The Her-ald is the first recipient of the scholarship. Thrasher advised the independent student news-paper for 22 years.

“It was wonderful to honor our former colleague and friend, Bonnie Thrasher, with awarding a scholarship in her name to the current editor of The Herald,” said Dr. Brad Rawlins, dean of the College of Media & Com-munication.

Thrasher served as an in-structor of multimedia jour-nalism at A-State and faculty adviser at The Herald for 22 years until her death in March 2015. Friends and family were inspired to create the memori-al scholarship to honor the in-structor’s devotion to journalism and services at The Herald.

A fierce defender of the rights of student journalists, Thrasher was a strong advocate

of the first amendment and the sanctity of the Freedom of the Press. Those accepting the scholarship are tasked with meeting those challenges head-on.

“It is a terrific honor to be awarded this scholarship,” Wil-liams said. “Thrasher was a force to be reckoned with when it came to the power of journal-ism. I hope that I can have half as much passion in my life

as she did for the institution of journalism as a whole.”

Students awarded the schol-arship are given preference if they have served on staff at The Herald. Williams, who previ-ously worked as news editor and opinion/copy editor, serves as the current editor-in-chief.

“Professor Thrasher cared so much for the Herald and for her students that I am sure she

ewsPAGE 3AN

Campus CrimeCampus Crime is a week-

ly report compiled from University Police logs pub-licly available in accordance with the Clery Act.

April 13, 20161:40 p.m.—Witnesses

reported that 21-year-old Jo Ellen Dickinson ran up behind a friend of hers and shoved her into a tree. They said the girl began crying but picked up her things and continued on. The report indicates that the two girls were in a re-lationship and had been fighting throughout the day.

When Officer Andy Thrasher approached the two near the Dean B. El-lis Library, Dickinson be-came very angry and start-ed using vulgar language. Due to the “profane and abusive language in public, and having been identified as the suspect by witness-es,” Officer Thrasher ad-vised Dickinson that she was under arrest. Dickin-son passively resisted and exclaimed, “are you f---ing kidding me.” A strong odor of alcohol was detect-ed on Dickinson’s person, and Dickinson continued to become belligerent af-ter placed in the patrol car. She attempted to exit the

vehicle and threatened to kill herself in jail. Dickin-son also removed her seat-belt during the transport and attempted to remove her handcuffs.

Officer Thrasher twice advised Dickinson that if she didn’t cooperate, she would be pepper sprayed. A chemical sample of her breath revealed a .163 BAC. Dickinson was cited and arrested for domestic battering, disorderly con-duct, and public intoxica-tion.

April 15, 20167:55 p.m. — Two

12-year-old girls were ar-rested after fleeing from Officer Andy Thrasher near an apartment complex on Aggie Road, just west of campus. The juveniles, wearing red shirts and leggings, appeared to be casing the joint. Knowing that the girls did not live at this location, Thrasher re-trieved his badge and be-gan to approach the girls to inquire about their sus-picious activity. As he ap-proached them, they were seen removing bicycles from a bicycle rack at one of the buildings. Thrasher identified himself as police and ordered them to stop.

That’s when the girls dropped the bicycles they were attempting to steal and took flight. Thrasher gave chase and identified himself as police again, or-dering them to stop. They didn’t stop. One fled east-ward while the other fled north. Unable to catch one of them, backup was called to help locate the suspects. Moments later, Officer Billy Branch had detained the two girls. They were apprehended after Branch found them riding two small boys bicycles near Marion Berry Parkway. The bicycles were not the ones from before but were confiscated and taken into custody as evidence.

After contacting the juvenile intake officer, offi-cers were advised to trans-port the two suspects to the Craighead County Juvenile Detention Cen-ter. The 12-year-olds were handcuffed and checked for weapons, as officers placed them under arrest. During the transport, one of them asked if it would go on their permanent re-cord. They were advised that it would. Both girls were cited and arrested for theft and fleeing from an officer.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

Memorial scholarship awarded to CMAC student

COURTESY OF SANDRA L. COMBSEmma Williams (second from left) Editor-In-Chief of The Herald, with Bill and Beverly Thrasher, who were in attendance as she was awarded the Bonnie Thrasher Memorial Scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year. From left to right: Former Editor-in-Chief Bethany Gallimore, Williams, Bill Thrasher, Multimedia Editor Hayley Webb, Beverley Thrasher, #Life Editor Michelle Gould.

EMILY HOLDERNEWS EDITOR

FILE PHOTOThe Bonnie Thrasher Memorial Scholarship, funded through an

endowment fund from her family and friends, is awarded to a student pursuing journalism, one of Thrasher’s passions.

TKE to return to A-StateA-STATE HERALD

STAFF REPORT

With support from alumni, Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), a prominent national Greek fra-ternity, will return to Arkansas State University in the fall of 2016.

“TKE had a strong 58-year history at A-State, a great her-itage and a great tradition. We plan on being nothing short of what we were. We want to

build character and scholastic accountability among mem-bers, and to serve the A-State community and the northeast Arkansas community,” Jerry Halsell told fellow TKE alum-ni and university officials at the signing agreement authorizing the re-colonization of the chap-ter at A-State.

The mission of TKE is to aid men in their mental, moral and social development for life. The fraternity has a vision of work-

ing to create an environment for men to create lifelong relation-ships to enhance educational, interpersonal, community and professional success.

“We are delighted the TKEs are interested in coming back on campus. We are firm believers in the role that Greek life can play on a comprehensive campus,” Chancellor Tim Hudson said, “We’re especially happy it’s an organization that has a history with Arkansas State University.”

Thrasher, 4A

TKE, 4A

ewsWEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016PAGE 4A N

Thrasher, Continued Dining, Continued

Have a news tip?We want to hear from you!

Send your tips to emily.holder@smail.astate.edu or emma.williams1@smail.astate.edu

The Herald is always available online at astateherald.com

TKE, ContinuedNCAA, Continued

On Jan. 18, 2016 the NCAA enforcement staff and A-State athletics interviewed the un-named player involved in the violation. During the interview, the player denied that he received login information from Drake and ordered over $5,000 of equipment. Despite the NCAA informing the player of their findings, he remained steadfast in his denial. Both Arkansas State and the NCAA believed the de-nials were not credible.

Nearly a month later, on Feb. 15, 2016, Drake was interviewed. Drake stuck to his story, and pro-vided screenshots of text messag-es between him and the player, in which they discussed the order and where to pick the order up at. According to Drake, he went without reporting the violations

because he was told by the pre-vious staff to never trust the ad-ministration.

The NCAA and Arkan-sas State agreed that the player knowingly provided them with false information during his in-terview. The player was kicked off of the team in December of 2015 for disciplinary matter. The player has one year of eligibility remaining, and if he chooses to use that one year, the university he transfers to will be required to request that he be reinstated.

Arkansas State received cor-rective actions from the NCAA, such as they terminate the con-tract of Drake, provide education to the athletics department and staff about how to prevent a vio-lation such as this from occurring in the future, and that the insti-

tution put procedures in place regarding promo orders.

The NCAA also stated that Arkansas State should pay $5,000 based upon the eight games the player participated in-.The NCAA also required that A-State vacates all wins during the time the player was on the team. A-State will vacate their Nov. 16 81-37 victory over Lyon College.

A-State’s record for the 2015-16 season is now 10-20, while Brady’s all-time record is at A-State is now 120-199.

The violation will have no ef-fects on A-State basketball going forward. All information in this article was obtained through the FOIA released by the NCAA.

Students who wish to be part

of the dining services board in the fall can fill out an applica-tion at the start of the semester.

In order to be student selected, they must have a meal plan at A-State. Those chosen will re-ceive a scholarship, applied at the end of the semester, and have

the opportunity to represent stu-dents and be their voice in the dining services decision making process.

The Beta-Psi chapter of TKE, has a long history at A-State and hold a legacy among the large alumni group. After the chapter spent 58 years at the university, the fraternity left campus for several years. Planning the chapter’s return, TKE alumni are currently fund-raising in order to build housing among the other Greek houses.

“I think with a fraternity that is returning, there’s already a strong legacy, and from a uni-versity perspective, it engages alumni. You’re looking from a developmental perspective, but also for our institution to have our students be able to welcome a fraternity that has already been here with such a strong, firm foundation that is still here,

that is really important,” Assis-tant Dean of Students, Greek Life Alexis Hurdle said.

For students who are in-terested they can reach out to the alumni chapter website, betapsitke.com, to receive more information.

is looking down and is thrilled about this scholarship and its recipient,” Rawlins said.

The award will be annual-ly given to an undergraduate student who has completed 30 hours at A-State, be in good ac-ademic standing and currently study journalism. Although any student who fits the criteria can

apply, special consideration is given to an application current-ly working at the Herald due to Thrasher’s involvement and dedication at the paper.

“The Herald has afforded me so many wonderful oppor-tunities,” Williams said. “This scholarship is just a small piece of the joy working for this

newspaper has given me.”Although students can re-

ceive the scholarship again, they must reapply each year and fit under the criteria of the award. The student who receives the scholarship is chosen by the College of Media and Commu-nication scholarship committee.

After beating Navy 31-24 on Saturday, the Red Wolves secured their spot in the semi-finals of the Varsity Cup, and will now face off against BYU for the chance at a berth in the finals.

The Red Wolves defense was tested from the beginning as Navy hit them with a very static, yet very consistent wave of hard solid runs.

The Red Wolves defense re-mained strong and organized throughout the match. Navy’s defense, however, seemed to be very dull, they waited on the runners instead of attacking the line, allowing the Red Wolves to gain meters in every phase.

The Red Wolves were able to

jump right into their pattern as soon as the possession switched sides.

Good lines and great pick and go’s allowed the first try to come out of the hands of Kuda Makuvire, who received the ball from Tyler Miller and forced his way into the end zone.

It didn’t take long for the Red Wolves to find them-selves at Navy’s 22 meter line, although the line-out was for Navy, a simple misconnection allowed A-State’s Kuda Maku-vire, once again, to run the ball in for another five.

To cap things off, the A-state squad held their ground in a three minute goal line stand at the end of the first half, but, it ended in yellow card for A-State, which allowed Navy to score their first try of the game.

As the second half got un-

derway, the Red Wolves were a man down from the yellow card, and were without Kirk Pretorius who suffered an injury during the first half.

Although the first 15 min-utes were very solid the rest of the game saw a tired squad, who was suffering from the two day bus ride and the lack of practice from it.

Navy knew how to capital-ize from the lack of energy and cleverly switched their game plan to one where they swung the ball wide. This caught the Red Wolves off guard and al-lowed Navy to score three tries from mistakes in the Red Wolves defense. Although the subs performed up to the stan-dards the tempo was off quite a bit off.

“We were playing on our heels more than our toes for most of the second half,” Siao-si Finau, a senior from Euless, Texas said. “Navy had several opportunities to score and so did we, but we both fell short due to our own mistakes.”

“Nevertheless during last ten minutes the team knew how to pick up the tempo and pull off the win,” Finau continued.

The last 10 minutes of the game saw Navy come pretty close to tying the game, as they scored on three unanswered tries.

Luckily the Red Wolves were able to round up their strengths and guard their try line to come out on top.

The Rugby Squad will now travel to Utah on Saturday to play BYU for a chance at the Championship. The winner of that game will move on to face the winner of California vs. Central Washington on May 7.

A-State dropped two out of three games to Troy over the weekend, and got outscored by a combined margin of 22-6.

The Red Wolves opened the series on Friday, losing 11-1. Troy led 3-0 after scor-ing two runs in the third inning, and adding another in the fifth. Troy broke the game

open in the sixth inning scoring seven runs, and forcing A-State to use three pitchers in the seventh inning alone. The Red Wolves issued five walks in the inning.

Troy added one more run in eighth to make it 11-0. The Red Wolves scored a lone run in the ninth inning off a Jake Bakmus double to centerfield.

A-State evened the series on Saturday, defeating the Trojans 4-3. Garrett Rucker

led the way for A-State in Saturday’s game going 2-for-3 including the game win-ning RBI. Rucker, along with Coulten Lee, pitched a shutout in the eight and ninth in-nings to give the Red Wolves the win.

The Red Wolves and Trojans met again on Sunday for the rubber match. Troy had consecutive three run innings in the sixth and seventh innings that helped to push their advantage to 8-0. Troy loaded the bas-es with only one down in sixth and scored all three runners off of a fielders choice, sin-gle and walk.

Troy added three more runs in the sev-enth through an RBI single, walk and a sac-rifice fly to edge A-State 8-1, and take the series 2-1. A-State now sits at 14-21 (5-13) on the year.

A-State will now face a crucial weekend series against ULM. The Red Wolves cur-rently sit in 10th place in the Sun Belt con-ference with a conference record of 5-13.

A-State currently sits on the outside looking in for the Sun Belt tournament, and trail eight seed ULM by one game in the win column.

ULM has won five of their last eight games, while A-State has now lost nine of their last 10.

First pitch for the Red Wolves and War-hawks will be on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m., while the first pitch in Sunday’s game will be at 1 p.m.

Red Wolves hold off Navy, move to Varsity Cup semifinals

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016PAGE 1B portsS

The second-seeded Lady Red Wolves saw the season come to a close in the NCAA tourna-ment after falling to McKend-ree State 4-1.

The Lady Red Wolves opened up tournament play on Thursday, and went 3-2 in the seeding round to earn the No. 2 seed in the tournament.

The Lady Red Wolves opened up Friday’s action when they fell to No. 7 North Caroli-na A&T in bracket play. A-State dropped the first two matches to the Aggies 213-182 and 225-181, before picking up a win in game three, 223-164. The Red Wolves and Aggies split the next two matches before the Aggies defeated A-State 224-155 in game six.

The Red Wolves then took on Central Missouri in the los-er’s bracket, looking to stave off elimination. A-State quickly jumped out to a 1-0 lead after defeating the Jennies 278-156 in game one. Central Missou-ri responded by winning two of the next three, but A-State closed the Jennies out in games

five and six, winning 224-22 and 266-216, respectfully.

A-State advanced to Sat-urday’s round with a matchup against McKendree State. The Red Wolves split the first two matches with the No. 8 seeded Bearcats before dropping the next three 206-163, 216-176, and 216-184.

A-State bowling finished the NCAA tournament at 5-5 and tied for fifth place. The Red Wolves ended the season with nine top five finishes.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

A-State bowling eliminated from the NCAA tournament

EMILIO BETANZOSPORTS WRITER

BROOKE LASLEY (top) and DENISE GOLDSTEIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSThe Red Wolves football team completed their spring schedule on Friday night, with the defense coming away with a 43-42 victory over the offense. The defense was coached by former A-State players and current Cleveland Browns Demario Davis and Don Jones, while the offense was coached by Sports Illustrated’s Thayer Evans. The offense netted 248 yards on 72 plays. The de-fense forced five three-and-outs and had three interceptions that helped score 33 of its 43 points. A-State will now turn their attention to the regular season. The Red Wolves will open the season at Centennial Bank Stadium on Sat., Sept. 3 when they take on Toldeo. The full schedule can be found on astateherald.com.

CADE CARLTONSPORTS EDITOR

DENISE GOLDSTEIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERTanner Ring, senior of Batesville, gets a Troy player out in the fifth inning after trying to steal a base. Arkansas State fell to Troy 2-1, losing their sixth straight weekend series. A-State will face ULM this weekend at Tomlinson Stadium.

Red Wolves dropped sixth straight Sun Belt Conference series, losing 2-1 to Troy Trojans

COURTESY OF A-STATE ATHLETICS

A-State’s Jordan Richard readies to bowl in the NCAA tournament in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

DENISE GOLDSTEIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Blace Walser, junior of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pushes through Clem-son University’s defense in the the Varsity Cup. The Red Wolves defeated Navy 31-24, and now advance to play BYU for a berth in the championship.

ifeWEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

#LPAGE 2B

For years, teenagers from all over the world have spent countless hours in their rooms glued to the screen of the new-est game system, whether it was a Game Boy Color with their newest copy of the “Pokémon” series or “Super Mario Kart” on the Super Nintendo En-tertainment System. But with the advancement of technology happening every second, one question comes to mind: Will their favorite childhood hobby ever come to an end?

Some self-professed gamers have had this issue: they would go to play their recently saved game on one of their ret-ro systems, such as the classic Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo Entertainment Sys-tem (SNES), and noticed that their saved games have van-ished. They could spend more hours trying to create new save game to attempt to recreate past times, but unfortunate-ly, the game will not create a save file. Due to the technical limitations of older game car-tridges and their ways of stor-ing data, the batteries that keep your save files alive have gone dead after years of minuscule usage.

The battery of the car-tridge is continuously running, maintaining saved game files for later use, but eventually every battery has to run out of power. Once the battery has gone dead, the save files cease to exist. The save files gamers have spent numerous hours building upon will eventually disappear.

Because of the major and unfortunate design flaw in older video game cartridges, technology has been developed to increase the lifespan of save files. Where the classic game cartridges would run off a bat-tery that could last anywhere from 10 to 15 years, newer game cartridges do not run off of batteries, but save like SD cards that lasts exponential-ly longer. Technology has also advanced game discs, seen with the PlayStation and XBOX consoles, and these discs often outlive the consoles themselves.

Even though modern game cartridges and discs are lasting exponentially longer than classic video game car-tridges, gamers do not have to say goodbye to those timeless game titles they enjoy just yet. Some avid gamers have devel-oped do-it-yourself projects that can use to replace the dead batteries and gaming entrepre-neurs have also made available the option of sending cartridg-es off to select people who will

take the time to work on these classic games.

With replacing the battery in any game cartridge, the task takes someone with technolog-ical prowess and a steady hand. The replacement requires a small investment of time, mon-ey and patience.

By taking the simple op-tion of purchasing a save bat-tery replacement kit, which can purchase with instructions if you’re not tech-savvy, a ret-ro-gamer can save themselves the frustration of losing out on some of their favorite games. These battery replacement kits can cost up to $20 depending on quality and can be used on both NES, SNES, and other cartridge based systems.

One other option gamers have is to send their game to someone who does these re-placements for a fee. You can find these technology entre-preneurs through various game forums and specific online searches.

All Our Friends Are Dead:LAUREN TOMPKINS

STAFF WRITER

The Near End of Classic Video Game CartridgesNIKKI LOGAN

MYSTIC CORRESPONDENT

AQUARIUS1/20-2/18

You’ve bitten off a little more than you can chew at the mo-ment, Aquarius, and it’s causing you to fall behind on your obli-gations. Don’t spread yourself so thin that you can’t keep up; now is a great time to learn how to say no.

ARIES3/21-4/20

You’ve been having a little too much fun lately, Aries, and your finances are showing it. It’s nice to blow off steam with a night on the town every now and then, but your wallet will con-tinue to suffer if you don’t slow down a little.

GEMINI5/22-6/21

You have a lot of creative mo-mentum right now, Gemini, and it’s the perfect time to un-dertake a major project you’ve had your mind on. If you focus your efforts and plan ahead, this endeavor may set you up to take on even bigger ventures in the future.

LEO7/23-8/21

While you’re a hard worker, Leo, you have a tendency to spend all that hard-earned cash with impunity. Planning for the future now may seem like the less exciting choice, but you’ll be pleased with your forethought down the road.

LIBRA9/24-10/23

Your natural charisma is coming out in full force right now, Li-bra, and it’s a great time to use that to your advantage! Com-munication is your strong point right now, so networking is a smart move on your part.

SAGITTARIUS11/23-12/22

You’ve been having some per-sonal issues with someone close to you, Sagittarius, and you may be having difficulty confronting them about it. The issue won’t resolve itself; it’s up to you to make the first move towards rectifying the situation.

PISCES2/20-3/20

Travel is the number one thing on your mind, Pisces, and you probably have an exciting trip already planned out. Keep working on your responsibilities for school now, and you’ll enjoy your vacation time that much more later.

TAURUS4/21-5/21

You may be feeling more ener-getic than usual, Taurus, but that energy will go to waste without a proper outlet. Start (or fin-ish) a project, pick up a hobby, or even just focus on your daily responsibilities; you can make some major progress this week if you work for it.

CANCER6/22-7/222

A difficult personal issue is at the center of your world right now, Cancer, and that’s making it hard to focus on anything else. This situation will take control of your emotions if you let it; be sure to make an advanced effort to overcome the negativity.

VIRGO8/22-9/23

While you’re typically fairly cheerful, Virgo, you’ve been let-ting personal matters get in the way of your usual happiness. It’s important to take some down time for yourself, but don’t iso-late yourself so much that you push away the people who care about you.

SCORPIO10/24-11/22

All work and no play makes Scorpio a little crazy. You’ve been working so hard lately that you haven’t had time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. A well-deserved break is com-ing your way; just be sure to let yourself enjoy it without the hassles of the daily grind occu-pying your mind.

CAPRICORN12/23-1/19

You may be feeling a little lonely, Capricorn, and that’s throwing you off your game. Reach out to people you may not typical-ly consider yourself close to; the possibility of new friendships is waiting, so long as you make the effort to try.

Horoscopes

NEIL WILLIAMS | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

For many millennials, it’s hard to picture life without a smartphone. It’s their con-tact device, their camera, and more importantly, their crutch. Megabytes of space to applica-tions, or apps, are dedicated to simplify their lives.

Don’t want to drive all the way to an ATM? Most banks have an app. Need to order that resume portfolio from Ama-zon but you aren’t near your computer and can’t get to the store? Amazon has an app. Most businesses have apps now, and if not, they have websites that can be accessed through the Safari or Chrome apps on smartphones.

But apps can do more than that. They can aid graduates in transitioning into the real

world. For example, don’t know how to budget? There’s an app for that! When you leave the safety net of college refunds and your parent’s handouts, you’re going to have to learn to manage your finances.

Sure, there are companies with professional accountants, but you’re most likely a broke post-grad with basic financial needs. Save your money and get an app. You can hire the accountant in a couple years when your finances become more complicated.

The app Mint is popu-lar app for this. It keeps track of your bank account and will even send you reminders of when your credit card pay-ments are due.

You can create budgets for groceries or going out and as you spend, it calculates how much is left in your budget! It’s

like having a tiny accountant in your pocket. The best part is --it’s free.

Another app for gradu-ates would be Sleep Cycle. Say goodbye to the horrible preset alarm tones waking you up and say hello to soothing sounds gentle nudging you up.

This app works as an alarm clock and its monitors your sleep. It sounds weird, but it’s beneficial. In college you might be able to get away with show-ing up late, half asleep to class, but that will not fly in a real job.

With the app, you select a period of time in which you’d like to wake up, like 7 or 7:30 a.m., rather than an exact time want an alarm to sound, which is what you would do on your regular phone alarm. Then you place your phone screen side down on your bed as you sleep, and it monitors your movement

and wakes you up when you are in the lightest sleep during your set period of time.

Being woken while you’re in a light sleep will leave you feeling so refreshed in the morning. You will sleep so soundly with this app. You can also go back and see how you slept during the night and compare nights through sleep graphs the app generates. This app is also free but there is also a premium setting that can be purchased for $1.99.

Sleeping is so import-ant, but often overlooked. A good night’s sleep will improve mood, attitude, and productiv-ity, and bosses will always be very happy about those bene-fits.

If you don’t have Uber by now, you are seriously missing out. While Jonesboro unfor-tunately lacks the service, it is

available in Memphis. Uber is a taxi service run

through an easy app. Except it’s way cheaper than any taxi com-pany, your driver will arrive al-most immediately and the cars are always nice.

Plus you don’t have to look like a fool trying to hail a cab. If you’re moving to a city, you will need this app for when you and your coworkers decide to hit up happy hour.

The last app all graduates should have is Yelp. For the graduates moving cities, this will be your bible. Moving to a new place is intimidating. Where are the local hangouts? What restaurants should I avoid unless I want food poi-soning? I’d strongly suggest scrolling through and reading the reviews. They will tell you a lot more than the rating will.

Aside from reviews, you

get phone numbers and deliv-ery information for those days were pants are not an option. But Yelp is more than food, you can also get information shop-ping, gas stations, drug stores, and even health care and reli-gious organizations.

Even if you chose to stay in your college town, this is a still the best app and you should utilize it. It will help you get more involved in the commu-nity and become a local.

While there are hundreds of apps available, these are just a few of the best. It’s better to have a few really important applications, than trying to download all of them.

While you should utilize them, you shouldn’t rely solely on them. Some things you’ll have to grow up and figure out on your own!

RACHEL MOORE#LIFE COLUMNIST

Helpful Smartphone Apps for Recent GraduatesICONS COURTESY OF THE APPLE APP STORE

ifeWEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

#LPAGE 3B

DESTINI LATTIMORESTAFF WRITER

Students Speak: What are your post-grad plans?

Eating healthy in college is a legitimate struggle for most students. We’ve all heard of the horrors of the “freshman 15,” but is it really that bad?

First off, it’s important to realize the freshman 15 isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and number two, it’s completely avoidable and probably won’t even happen to you. Even if you’re relying fully on a cam-pus meal plan, eating healthy is possible. Sure, there may not be very many places to eat on campus, but at each place there are healthy options. College doesn’t just have to be leftover pizza and coffee.

First, the best way to eat healthy on campus is to estab-lish your definition of “healthy.” Everyone’s diet is different and no one knows your body better than you.

For some, eating healthy means cutting back on fatty foods and more others it means watching their sodium intake. Once you’ve established what your body needs, you will be better able accommodate your-self.

Einstein’s Bros Bagels, the newest eatery on campus, is great place to start. They offer salads, fresh fruit, and even list the calories for each food item on the menu. Additional nutri-tional information for all their

food items can be found on-line. Their turkey chili is makes a great, low-fat lunch option. Unfortunately, they close at 3 p.m. so if you’re hungry for dinner you’ll have to head to the food court in the Student Union.

“If I’m trying to eat well, I’ll usually hit up Chick Fil A for a salad and grilled nuggets in between classes,” said Car-men Miller, a junior exercise science major of Jonesboro, Ark.

Chick Fil A is another good alternative available in the Union. They too have all of the nutritional information avail-able online. They also fresh sal-ads available – large meal sal-ads with chicken or small side salads—and a healthy grilled version of their classic nuggets.

I highly recommend try-ing their grilled chicken sand-wich instead of the classic, fried version. Just be careful of their packaged sauces and dressings. Some of them are loaded with high fructose corn-sugar and insane amounts of fat and so-dium!

If you’re in a rush, Simply To-Go has prepackaged fruit and salads that you can enjoy while studying or sitting in class. They’re available in the Union and in the Library and all the items include a nutrition label.

Additionally, the food court also has fresh sushi to go.

The California and veggie rolls are some of the healthier sushi options, but go light on the soy sauce because its heavy in so-dium.

For those who love Tex-Mex as much as I do, Lobos Rojos is the way to go. Believe it or not, you can make any taco, nacho, or burrito meal a bit healthier by cutting back on the dairy products – cheese, sour cream – and loaded up on the veggies – tomatoes, corn, black beans etc. according to Everyday Health.

Lastly, if you really want to live a healthier life, it’s best to avoid sodas. As temping as the soda machine in the food court may be with all of its options, I don’t recommend it. A recent Harvard study found that drinking sodas every day increases your risk of heart problems!

When it comes to your diet it’s important to be aware. Foods that may appear nutri-tious, could actually be harm-ful to your health. There aren’t many regulations on companies labeling their food “healthy” or “natural” and it’s very mislead-ing.

Most packaged foods have a nutrition label and for other food items, the nutritional in-formation can usually be found online. If you’re not sure what’s going into your food or how it’s being cooked, ask a Sodexo employee!

Eating Healthy in CollegeRACHEL MOORE#LIFE COLUMNIST

What are the healthiest meals in the food court?

As students, we all know how difficult it can be to take care of your hair, skin and that mani-pedi from last week you couldn’t really afford.

Surely everyone agrees that budgeting finances often seems to be the spawn of Satan, but they teach the famed “value of a dollar” lesson that everyone must at some point learn.

To make this lesson a sweeter learning experience, you can uses these tips and tricks to make yourself feel and look great without breaking to bank.

The best way to maintain your hair would be the age old practice of conditioning. Most people buy very expensive hair masks when conditioning, but cheaper products work as well. Using products that target add-ing moisture give the best re-sults.

Products like Garnier Fructis Moisture Works For-tifying Cream Conditioner or Damage Eraser run for $5 or less depending where you shop, and finding coupons for these products never hurts anyone.

A little known fact, dam-age treatment products work best for moisturizing. Sham-pooing less also helps maintain

moisture, preserve styling and improves the overall health of your hair.

While hair can make or break your appearance, great skin always trumps because you can not put a hat on your entire body. For breakout free skin, try OXY brand Maximum Action Advanced Face Wash. This also costs around $5 (depending on where you shop). The results show as quickly as overnight.

Witch hazel extract works great as a toner. It lasts long and in inexpensive. It’s used by many beauty buffs, even those who only use natural products use witch hazel extract and it removes makeup easily and without burning the eyes.

Any brand will do and some have added ingredients such as rose hemp oil to com-bat the less than pleasant fra-grance while treating the skin. Depending on the brand, you can find this for around $3.

Moisturizers can be tricky, so you should stick to one for your specific skin type. Howev-er, using a similar product from a different, less expensive brand would be fairly safe. Simply us-ing the recommendations from above will save you a few extra dollars to buy your favorite ex-pensive moisturizer.

For moisturized, even skin, all-over exfoliating must be a part of your regimen. Sugar

scrubs from Tree Hut or Shea Moisture give the best results for their price. Each costs $5 or less and lasts a long time. Exfoliating two or three times weekly produce the best results.

Now for the mani-pedi you couldn’t afford, you will need cocoa oil and your favor-ite lotion, cream or body but-ter. By simply microwaving (on low) the oil and lotion of your choice, you can make a foot mask.

This will maintain your manicure and pedicure nearly a week longer than usual, and because you might already have some of these products lying around at home, you can get these benefits for free.

All of these tips, tricks and products can be found featured in beauty guru Youtube chan-nels from GlamTwinz to Vas-seur Beauty.

All of these products also have reviews on sites such as Wal-Mart, Ulta, drugstore.com and more. You can lit-erally search the web in order to search for ways to put extra money in your pocket.

You can always use these methods and inexpensive prod-ucts to maintain your appear-ance. Of course, appearance doesn’t count for everything, but everyone wants to look their best.

Beauty on a BudgetBRANDIS DOUGLAS

#LIFE COLUMNIST

“After graduation, I plan to start a job in teaching and work on getting my masters and certification to teach additional grades outside of Prek-4,” said Micah Rogers, Senior Ear-ly Childhood Education major of Hazen.

“After graduation, I plan to use what I’ve learned the past four years for a career in film editing or acting,” said Landon Moore, Se-nior Creative Media Pro-duction major of Searcy.

“I am looking forward to going to medical school and pursuing my dream of becoming a surgeon,” said Santiago Gonzalez, Senior double major in Pre-pro-fessional Biology, and Chemistry of Asuncion, Paraguay.

“I am looking forward to getting a job in the class-room and doing what I am passionate about,” said Me-gan Gassaway, Senior Early childhood education ma-jor of Kalispell, Montana.

“I don’t have an exact plan for after graduation or know where God is going to put me. I’ll be applying for Dental schools this summer and into the fall. I’m excited to see what I’m going to do and where I’ll end up for a year,” said Aaryn Murdock, Senior Biology major of Bryant.

“When I graduate I am going to live in Mexico for a year to improve my Spanish. Following that, I plan to pursue a criminal justice career in San An-tonio,” said Jamie Garcia, Senior Criminology major of Milpitas, California.

Want more out of #Life?Find more at astateherald.com

hotoWEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 PAGE 4BP

Student Activities Board held its annual Springfest event April 13 on Heritage Plaza Lawn in front of the Reng Student Union. Natalie Eskew, assistant dean of Student Activities and Orientation, said SAB

has hosted Springfest for approximately 10-15 years. The fun attractions included a zip line, Ninja Tower, bungee cord trampolines, a food decorating station where students could decorate Oreos and caramel apples and a prize wheel. It was a great way for students to unwind as the semester comes to a close and finals approach. The activities were free. For more photos of the event go to astateherald.com.Reagan Procter, sophomore early childhood education major from Lampasas,

Texas, tries her luck at the prize wheel that makes its presence at many of SAB’s events.

A-State students let loose at Springfest 2016

Carlos Wilson (left), junior communication studies from Houston, Texas, Grant Charlton (center), sopho-more exercise science from Jonesboro, and Nate McVay (right), junior physical education major from Hope, take part in the Oreo decoration station. Students filled molds with colorful chocolate and then a cookie was placed inside and finished off with more chocolate.

Shakedra Grey, sophomore biology major from Little Rock, checks to see how far she is from the ground as she climbs up one of the four available options of the vertical obsta-cle course, the Ninja Tower.

Reagan Allgood, sophomore strategic communications major from Cabot, hangs on tightly as she zips down the line which stretched across Heritage Plaza Lawn. The zip line was by far the most popular attraction at Springfest.

ALL PHOTOS BY BROOKE LASLEY, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Courtney Boone, senior political science major from El Dorado, flies high while having a good time on the bungee cord trampolines.