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Retirement and rehiring:

Director of Budget and Special Events ELEXIS HARPER

Staff Writer

Linda Johnson, long-time Director of Budget and Special Events, is nearing retirement.

“I’m at that age,” she remarked. “I’m just ready for retirement.”

Despite Johnson’s readiness, the job has yet to become available for application. The date at which it will be available was not disclosed.

When the date is finalized and the job becomes available, a statement for the po-

sition will be posted on the Arkansas Tech University website.

“We have a new computerized database called Cornerstone, and it is to do the… advertising and onboarding process for new hires,” Johnson explained. “It makes everything electronic, which is really nice.”

Before the advertisement for the position is put on the Tech website, a personnel requisition form must be submitted. The form then goes through the Human Resources office and other channels for approval.

After the form is approved, the adver-

tisement is posted. Applicants can find open positions through the Human Resources page on the Tech website. All paperwork will be submitted online.

“Each job is selected by a committee,” Johnson said. “There’s a committee chair, and then, of course, committee members, and the committee chair is the one that coordinates when they’re going to sit down and review the applications.”

Each position has a set of requirements applicants must meet for consideration.

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Bash at the Ballpark brings team, community together HARLEY BELL

Contributing Writer

HARLEY BELL/THE ARKA TECH The fourth annual Bash at the Ballpark will be held on Saturday from 11-1 p.m. at the Tech baseball field.

Learning to Relax Under Pressure

TAYLOR BLEAKLEY I make it.” Harris said. “I Contributing Writer kind of rely on stress during the school year to keep me The sound of faint clicks buckled down to my school echoed through a tiny, red work because I know if I fall walled sitting room that had behind one day I will be bebeen haphazardly fashioned hind all semester.” into a makeshift office space Harris, never looking up with the use of a small card from his calculator, said that table covered with stacks of he studies anywhere from papers and textbooks. two to nine hours a night.

Barrett Harris, engineer“Can you just type an ing major from Russellville, infinity symbol next to the diligently typed away on his hours I said I study?” Harris calculator as he worked and asked, smiling. reworked problems for his Harris certainly has engineering circuits class. learned how to manage his “Stress affects me in a stress, but other students, positive way. At times it can be overwhelming, but

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The fourth annual Bash at the Ballpark event, hosted by the Russellville Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Arkansas Tech baseball field. If the game is rained out, it will be moved to April 28 and will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Admission to the event and to the game following it are both free.

Children ages 5 – 12 may enter in a drawing to win the chance to throw out the first pitch of the game following the event. People coming out may also

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MIRACLE MAN CROWNED

Assistant Online Editor On March 22, the Governor Asa Hutchinson signed House Bill 1249 into law.

Here’s what that means: HB 1249 went through seven amendments before being signed into law.

Early registration for summer and fall semester.

Alcohol Screening – Learn about drinking behaviors and get tested from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Baz Tech 202.

Hoops for Heart 2017 – Come watch students versus Administration of Health and Physical Education in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. at Tucker Coliseum.

How to Stay Connected to Tech as a Young Alumni – Find out how to stay involved after you graduate at 4 p.m. in Baz Tech 204.

Graduate Thinkers and Root Beer Drinkers Trivia Night – If you’re a graduate student, come test your trivia knowledge and drink root beer at 5:30 p.m. in Tomlinson Hall 102.

Visiting Author Reading: Linda Leavell – Hear Lina Leavell discuss narrative nonfiction and read from her work from 6:30-8 p.m. in Witherspoon 126.

FRIDAY

Fine Art Senior Exhibit – View senior art majors’ work from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in Norman Hall Art Gallery.

ATU Opera Workshop Performance – Watch the ATU Opera Workshop perform at 7:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Auditorium.

MONDAY

Fine Art Senior Exhibit – View senior art majors’ work from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in Norman Hall Art Gallery.

Learn to Relax Under Pressure – Learn how to manage stress and how to practice the techniques on your own from 4-5 p.m. in Doc Bryan 105.

ATU Percussion Ensemble Concert – Listen to the ATU Percussion Ensemble perform at 7:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Auditorium.

Fine Art Senior Exhibit – View senior art majors’ work from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in Norman Hall Art Gallery.

Personal Budgeting: Finding Financial Freedom – Learn how to budget and manage your bank account at 5 p.m. in Baz Tech 202.

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Phi Mu's Miracle Man pageant winner, senior vocal music education major Jordan Ladyman, celebrates with some members from the music organization Sigma Alpha Iota.

The bill basically allows anyone over the age of 25 to carry concealed weapons on college and university campuses provided that they complete a training course. The bill does not allow colleges and universities to opt out.

With the amendments, the bill also includes all other public places. However, plac-

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es such as the State Capitol and public places that serve alcohol can post signs preventing people from bring in concealed weapons.

The only places that can opt out of the bill are private institutions.

We would like to hear your thoughts on HB 1249 and its amendments. Send us an email at arkatech@atu.edu.

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WEDNESDAY

Fine Art Senior Exhibit – View senior art majors’ work from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in Norman Hall Art Gallery.

Lunch with a Leader: Pope County Farm Family of the Year – Have lunch with Jared and Whitney Mahoney at noon in Doc Bryan 242.

Brass Choir Concert – Listen to the Brass Choir perform at 7:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Auditorium.

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PAGE 2 | Opinion

EZEKIEL MASCUILLI /THE ARKA TECH

Life after the bachelor's degree

Change is a part of life and a part of the transition from college life to life after college.

We found that some students aren’t prepared for the job market or for graduate school.

Students need to start asking questions to get prepared for life after that bachelor’s degree.

Being prepared for the job market requires more than a degree; of course this does vary from major to major. To obtain more than a degree at college, students need to collect artifacts. We do not mean dusty relics from the long ago past… or do we?

“The future depends on what you do today,” Mahatma Gandhi, civil rights leader and activist, said.

Artifacts for students are: works, essays, reference letters (yes, they can be years old), volunteering, interning or student worker jobs. And that’s just to name a few.

Everything you do at college, if it’s geared toward the job you want or can be used to showcase skills for a job, should be saved both hard copy and online. We recommend getting a web page. But remember: save the artifacts.

Getting involved at college also helps with life beyond college because it teaches you how to manage stress, especially when many things are going on at once. It can also help teach you how much stress you can manage.

Learning this skill will vastly help you in de-

ciding what job to get or if you should go to grad school.

For example, if you realize that more than 9 hours of class, while involved in one organization on campus, while working part-time is the max amount of stress you can handle, getting a fast paced, over 40 hour a week job, which requires various stages of multi-tasking with other departments would not be recommended.

You should also consider what this would mean if you went to grad school because grad school is basically like a 40-hour-a-week job, which requires various stages of multitasking with other departments.

“I now see the importance of networking and how much that influences getting a job or getting an interview. I wish I would have participated more in college groups that would have helped with post-graduate job hunting and hiring,” an unnamed millennial said during an interview with Cosmopolitan.

Get involved, especially with organizations that have to do with your major that will help you network.

Connect and network with Alumni.

Alumni know the quality of education taught at Arkansas Tech University and understand what you may or may not know. This opens doors for job opportunities, mentoring or

“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better,” -J.K. Rowling

Editorial: ed·i·to·ri·al

[ed-i-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] noun: An article that represents the official viewpoint of a newspaper on a topic of public interest. even just a professional connection to help you get started somewhere. Believe it or not, professors have connections in the community or can at least recommend a good place to start. Using the people around you to make a better space helps you in return.

“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better,” J.K. Rowling, British novelist and author of the “Harry Potter series”, said.

Another way for you to make yourself better is to discover your skills while still at college and develop your avenue or niche because trying to figure this out in the real world will cost money and time, neither of which should be wasted.

Discovering your skills in college will help you understand what job path fits you best and provides a better opportunity at successfully finding a job after college or picking the right degree for grad school. Creating an easier path for your future is something we highly recommend.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails,” Mark Twain, American writer, said.

“Explore, Dream, Discover.”

Lastly, we recommend that you should be willing to try out new and different things. By

this we mean for you to go to events, social gatherings or discussions you wouldn’t normally go to. And yes, scheduling your own doctor’s appointments.

This provides you with an alternative outlook, which expands the mind and its understanding of the world, but it also teaches you how to interact with people who think, act and feel differently from you, a valuable skill in any workforce.

We even want you to try new foods, or go to seminars or job fairs because this teaches you to be independent by doing things on your own and helps to establish decision making skills based solely on what you know, which is a skill that has helped many people move up the ladder in a business. Try different things.

We are not saying we have all the answers but we are sharing with everyone the lessons and words of wisdom we have gained over our collective time in college and the life beyond because we are made up of undergrads, grads and professionals and have been at every level. We are trying to get students as prepared as we can make them for life after the degree because it can be rough out here.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life,” Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers, said. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

A change of heart on the Eagles reunion RYAN HARMON

Entertainment Writer When we lost Eagles founder Glenn Frey last year, I wrote an article titled “Eulogy From A Fan,” in which I stated: “The magic of that band was the combination of Don Henley and Glenn Frey. That magic got the band through several lineups, musical changes, a breakup and a reunion.

That magic is gone. It can’t be replaced, nor should anyone try to replace it.”

At the time, that was how I felt, mostly because I didn’t see how the band could possibly continue. I felt as if it would just be a Don Henley show with an all-star band. After all, Frey and Henley were the voices behind the band’s biggest hits.

Frey sang “Take It Easy,” “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” “Lyin’ Eyes” and countless other Ea-

gles classics, and on paper, it just doesn’t look like it would work to have someone else singing those songs. But after the band’s tribute performance to Frey on 2016’s GRAMMY Awards with Jackson Browne singing “Take It Easy,” which he co-wrote with Frey, I felt like it might be able to work.

I’m not saying there should be another decade of touring and recording. I still don’t think that would work. I do think, however, that the remaining band members could do at least one last tour as a tribute to Frey. It would also, in a way, bring a form of closure for the fans and perhaps even the band.

After Frey’s passing, Henley said in an interview with BBC Radio 2 that he didn’t think the band would ever perform together again after the GRAMMY tribute.

Henley also said that there were plans to do a

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“Hotel California” tour, in honor of the album’s 40th anniversary, where the band would play the legendary album in its entirety. Call me crazy, but in my mind, this could still work.

Out of the album’s nine songs, only eight contain vocals. Of those 8, Henley sang five, while Frey sang only one, “New Kid In Town.” The other two songs, “Try and Love Again” and “Pretty Maids All In A Row” were sung by, original bassist, Randy Meisner and, lead guitarist, Joe Walsh respectively.

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“Hotel California” tour, however. Two big classic rock festivals, “Classic East” and “Classic West” were recently announced.

Taking place this July, the festivals in New York and Los Angeles feature rock legends such as Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Steely Dan and the Eagles.

Though nothing has been confirmed, rumors indicate that the band is looking to hire a country singer to fill-in for Frey during these performances. While some fans debated about who it could be, others argued that it would only be right if one

of Frey’s close friends and collaborators, such as Browne, J.D. Souther or Bob Seger filled the role.

Keep in mind, I have no inside knowledge of any kind. That being said, if I had to take a guess, I would say Vince Gill is likely to get the job. Not only did he sing “Peaceful Easy Feeling” at the band’s Kennedy Center Honors tribute this past year, but he’s also friends with Walsh. More impor-

tantly, he’s a highly-qualified, highly-respected musician who knows what to do musically to fit any given situation.

Regardless of who is chosen, what shows the band does, or even if this is the end of the Eagles, I feel like they’re making the right decision by giving it one last run. The magic may be gone, but there’s nothing wrong with paying tribute to that magic.

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MAN ON THE STREET “DO YOU FEEL COLLEGE HAS PREPARED YOU FOR A JOB/LIFE AFTER COLLEGE?”

“I believe it has. I am in organizations around campus that help with leadership skills that I have been able to develop while I have been here and now I am actually President of my Fraternity.”

Tech's Got Talent RICCI LOGAN

Sports Writer

Tech’s Student Activities Board hosted Tech’s Got Talent last week at Doc Bryant Lecture Hall. Comedian Jessi Campbell hosted the event. Campbell has been seen on “Last Comic Standing” and was named 2015 Female Performer of the Year by Campus Activities magazine. Campbell has toured the country and was the People’s Choice winner at the 2009 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. On Thursday, April 30, the fi-

nalists were announced. The finalists were: ATU Dance Company (Alexandreia Nelson, Ambriyah McFadden, Kaylon Hodges, Diana Ramirez, Khaliah Keith and Jay Anderson; hip hop dance) McDonald’s All Day Breakfast Club (Emily Thompson, Rob Warner and Heather Caplett; band) Riley Robinson (lyrical dance) Tori and Lexi Morris (singing duet) Katie McHale (clogging) HITZ (Michelle Montoya, LeAnthony Moses,

and Dywon Wilson; hip hop dance) Tori Morris and Lexi Morris came in third place, winning 100 dollars. HITZ came in second place, winning 200 dollars. First place winner Katie McHale, instrumental music education major from Clinton, took home a 300-dollar prize.

McHale performed the folkdance called clogging.

She started clogging when she was about 12 years old.

“I found clogging fascinating, she said. “It was different from tap dance, lyrical dance and hip hop. I feel like

a lot of people don’t know what it is. Just being able to share it with different people from all walks of life is a wonderful thing.”

It had been two years since she got on stage to perform clogging.

“It brought back some many great memories getting back on stage,” she said. “I feel very blessed to be given this opportunity.”

McHale will always be a huge fan of “Tech’s Got Talent.” She also encourages anyone who was a hidden talent to get out and show the world.

Vanessa Villarreal Health Information Mgmt Clarksville

“It has helped my people skills and I have evolved as a person.”

PHOTOS BY RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH ABOVE: Heather Caplett performs with McDonald's All Day Breakfast Club.

BELOW: Tori and Lexi Morris from Little Rock performed a singing duet, coming in third place.

Kevin Ballard Nursing Memphis, TN

“I definitely feel like it has because it has put me in situations where I am on my own and situations that are more real world.”

First place clogging - Katie Mchale, instrumental education major from Clinton, won Tech's Got Talent last Thursday.

Mikah Short Nursing Pottsville

“Yeah, I think its helped with time management, communication and how to properly allocate those things.”

Cody Reeves Information Technology Vilonia

“Yes it has prepared me for the real world and has given me an on campus job to help my resume.”

Kierra Moore Management and Marketing White Hall

“It is helping me become more professional and it is paving the way for me to have a career.”

Robert Strong III Mechanical Engineering Memphis, TN

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Tech's Opera Workshop performs 'Trial by Jury' LANE HANCOCK

Contributing Writer

The Tech Opera Workshop will be performing their first show of the year titled Trial by Jury on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Witherspoon Auditorium.

“We’ve taken the concept of

the old show and modernized it to today,” Dr. Jon F. Clements, associate professor of music and director of the Opera Workshop, said. “Many of the places that were originally in the play, we changed to towns and places in the River Valley area.”

This has been the first time

in two years that the workshop has been held, and Clements is expecting great things from the performance and the students themselves.

“It’s an elective and students don’t really get credit for it, so that is why we don’t have it every year,” Clements said.

The performance will feature a cast of nineteen students ranging from freshman to senior.

“It’s definitely something you’re not going to want to miss,” Jordan Ladyman, vocal music education major from Searcy, said.

Trial by Jury is a one act comedic play that was written by W. S. Gilbert in 1875. It will feature fourteen different music numbers all sung by the cast on the stage.

The performance will last about forty-five minutes and is free to the public.

University advertising methods discussed by student senate ALLISON EDWARDS

Contributing Writer

Arkansas legislation, Tech advertisements and student artwork were discussed

by Arkansas Tech senators in their March 29 Student Government Association meeting.

Secretary of Diversity and Inclusion, Jazz Grewal, announced that the bill proposed by members of the Arkansas House of Representatives to defund the depart-

ment of diversity and inclusion at Tech was no longer under consideration.

Many staff members and students at Tech, including Grewal, said they were relieved that the department was no longer at risk of being defunded. “The department of diversity and inclusion isn’t going anywhere,” Grewal said.

Director of University Relations, Sam Strasner, met with senate members regarding a survey on ATU’s advertising methods. The survey consisted of different

pictures, videos and slogans of which students could mark the ones they preferred.

Strasner said the survey would help determine which advertising methods were most effective to recruit more students to Arkansas Tech.

Kimberly Huff, a graphic design major from Springdale, suggested a portion of Student Government Association funds go toward the purchase of student artwork. Huff, a sophomore, said the artwork would be displayed in all buildings around

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RETIRE From Page 1 “They have to meet the minimum requirements or we can’t consider the application,” Johnson said.

The applications will then be further evaluated against preferred criteria.

“Those are optional, but always good,” Johnson explained. “Based on that criteria, then you select which ones you’re going to interview.”

Depending on the number of applicants and the number of interviews, the committee will then make their selection or conduct another series of inter-

views with the top candidates.

While prior experience may be helpful for the application, no special treatment will be given to current Tech employees.

“There’s really not any place in the evaluation process for that,” Johnson said. “They generally just go for who is the most qualified.”

Anyone hoping to apply can find available positions on the Human Resources page of the Tech website. For more information go to https://atu.csod.com/ ats/careersite/search. aspx?site=1&c=atu.

Being my last semester of graduate school and trying to make sure my portfolio is perfect, that has caused a lot of stress.”

On Monday, undergraduate and graduate students will have the opportunity to attend a presentation hosted

by Dr. Susan Underwood, professor of college student personnel, who will teach students how to identify and manage stress. The presentation, Learning to Relax Under Pressure, will be held in Doc Bryan 105 from 4-5 p.m.

Underwood said that the presentation will also

give students the chance to experience a guided relaxation which is a compilation of techniques that helps students effectively address stress.

“All students, really all people, deal with stress in our fast-paced worlds,” Underwood said. “Studies indicate that most students struggle with how to deal with stress. A distinguishing characteristic of a successful student or person is their ability to cope effectively with stress.”

More information about the event can be found online at thelink.atu.edu.

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BASH From Page 1 pick up photographs of the Wonder Boys for team members to autograph. Following the event the Wonder Boys will host the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Savage Storm at 2 p.m.

Tabatha Duvall, the communication director for the Chamber of Commerce, has been helping to coordinate the event along with the Promotions and Events Committee, which helps to oversee and coordinate the events the Chamber of Commerce is involved in. According to Duvall,

campus, and students would be paid for their creations.

The associate dean for campus life, Kevin Solomon, said he was in favor of Huff’s idea. “It’s a great way to give back to our students for their hard work,” Solomon said.

Student Government Association meetings take place every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Mary Anne Salmon Senate Room in Doc Bryan Hall. Meetings are open to students and faculty.

there have been upwards of a 1,000 people who have come to the event each year in the past.

That number has continued to grow each year.

“As long as the weather cooperates, we are hoping to have that 1,300 to 1,500 or more. We would love to see more,” Duvall said.

The event is a chance for the community to come out in a show of support for the Wonder Boys and also have fun while doing it. According to David Dawson, the head baseball coach

at Arkansas Tech, the event is also something the team members enjoy putting on each year as well.

“It’s our biggest day of the year and the biggest crowds we have. There’s so much energy around the ballpark and our guys love it and it’s such a great day for the baseball program,” Dawson said.

The idea for the event was originally put forth after some chamber members saw a similar one put on by the Boston Chamber of Commerce for a Red Sox game.

like Matthew Jenkins, struggle to consistently manage their stress brought on by school, work and personal life.

Jenkins, graduate assistant from Floyd, said that he struggles to effectively manage his stress consistently and that stress causes him to not act like his normal “happy-go-lucky and friendly” self at times.

“To me, stress affects me in my attitude, in a sense,” Jenkins said. “Normally, I handle my stress well, but there are times when it gets the best of me. This entire semester has been stressful.

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What’s in your basket?

Comparing the prices of three major grocery stores in Russellville Gala Apples

$1.00

Wal-Mart

10 Box Cost- Plus

Kroger

Bread

$1.69

$14.99

$0.98

$6.98

$1.47

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$0.78 $0.81

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Store Brand Peanut Butter

1 pound Ground Beef

$3.29 $3.47 $3.32 Spaghetti sauce

$2.99 $2.46 $3.77 $1.89

Store Brand Vanilla Ice Cream

$1.16 $1.77

Gallon of Milk

$1.95 Spaghetti noodles

$3.25 $2.72

$0.88 $1.00 $1.00

$2.99 $1.48 $2.97

Total Cost of Baskets: Kroger= $59.05

Wal-Mart= $51.62

10 Box Cost- Plus= $48.56

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Stretch your last dollar at the grocery store CLAUDIA YOUNG

Editor-in-Chief

BAYLEE LINKER

Staff Writer

There seems to be one problem most college students have in common: money.

Where can I spend the least amount of money on groceries? Why are groceries so expensive? What meals are the cheapest when I need to stretch my last few dollars?

We put ourselves in the average college student’s shoes to see what we should put on our grocery list. First, we came up with four easy and affordable meals: chicken

with veggies, pizza, frozen dinners and spaghetti.

Then we threw in the basics: peanut butter, bread and milk. We added a few fruits and sweets as well.

To end it, we added toilet paper, which is one toiletry item that seems to cost the most.

Wal-Mart, 10 Box CostPlus and Kroger were the three contenders. We visited each store and compared each item against each other. Then, added up all of the totals of each store as if a shopper had bought one of each item documented. On top of that, we compared experiences and benefits.

If you are interested in the comparison of individ-

ual items at each store, visit www.arkatechnews.com for a spreadsheet.

TOTALS: Wal-Mart: $51.62 10 Box Cost-Plus: $48.56 Kroger: $59.05* *toilet paper skewed the total by a whopping $8 more than competitors

CONCLUSION:

WAL-MART Walmart is most convenient Wal-Mart is the best for the convenience. Everything a shopper would need is in one place. Unlike the other stores, WalMart has toys, clothes, electronics, outdoors supplies, an auto center and more.

Wal-Mart has an app called Savings Catcher.

You scan your store receipt, they compare the prices, and you get the difference if they find lower prices at any other store.

Unfortunately, it does not compare member discounts at other stores, only the original prices.

It also offers $0.03 off per gallon of gas when paying with a gift card.

The downfall to this is that the shopper will need to remember to add money to their gift card before filling up.

10 BOX COST-PLUS 10 Box Cost-Plus is the most affordable 10 Box Cost-Plus was generally most affordable

in terms of meat and vegetables. Its biggest con is that it does not smell good and the store is not well organized. It’s overwhelming. Overall, it was cheapest, although it is not the top choice for all items and offers no other benefits. Additionally, 10 Box Cost-Plus adds an extra 10% at the end of your order on top of tax.

KROGER Kroger has the best benefits The only thing that made Kroger more expensive was the toilet paper, which was a whopping $8 more expensive than its competitors. Subtracting that difference, it cost the same as Wal-Mart. Kroger

has the best benefits, regardless of the pricy toilet paper.

Kroger has its own app, where you can load coupons onto your Kroger card. Kroger cards are completely free. You can also look up items on the app to see what aisle it’s on and write digital grocery lists.

For every dollar spent, a fuel point is earned. Every 100 fuel points earns you $0.10 off per gallon of gas, and you can build up as many fuel points as you want throughout each month. All that is required for this benefit is a Kroger card. On top of that, Kroger members can receive $0.03 off per gallon of gas.

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Guy Clark’s curtain call features unreleased demos RYAN HARMON

Entertainment Writer It’s been almost a year since legendary Texas songwriter Guy Clark passed away at 74. Since then, as the case with most deceased artists, there have been several releases done by various record labels and bootleggers.

While few of these appear to be authorized releases, perhaps the best and most special one is.

“Guy Clark: The Best of the Dualtone Years” is a collection of songs from Clark’s final four albums - 2006’s “Workbench Songs,” 2009’s “Somedays The Song Writes You,” 2013’s “My Favorite Picture Of You” and his final live album, 2011’s “Songs and Stories” - all released while Clark was on Dualtone Records.

If you’re a newcomer to Clark, this collection is a fine place to start. Though it showcases the musical poet’s later work, as opposed to his most well-known material, it contains what I consider to be some of the best songs of Clark’s career.

Just listen to a haunting song like “The Guitar,” an emotional song like “My Favorite Picture Of You” or a perfectly-delivered live version of the deep, relatable “The Randall Knife.” These songs captured Clark during one of his purest, most creative stages.

Even if you’re already a fan of Clark and have all of these albums, you’ll still want to check out this collection. It ends with three unreleased demos of songs that I never knew existed: “Just To Watch Maria Dance,” “The Last Hobo” and “Time.”

If anyone ever tells you that a song needs good production to be a great song, play them these demos. There is no production.

All he did was press the record button on what could’ve been something as simple as a

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handheld digital recorder.

While Clark’s voice and guitar lay the foundation for these songs, he’s joined on “The Last Hobo” by, fellow country artist, Hal Ketchum, who co-wrote the song with Clark.

If these songs are any indication of what the rest of Clark’s demos are like, I would love to hear an entire album of these. It’s just the man, his guitar and his words. It doesn’t get any better than that.

“Time” closes out the collection, and if you pay attention to the lyrics, it’s obvious that there’s no better way to end it. It wouldn’t surprise me to find out that this was Clark’s way of not only acknowledging but accepting mortality.

“Well the trouble with time is it keeps on ticking...I’ll take all you’ve got til’ it’s gone.”

“Guy Clark: The Best of the Dualtone Years” is available now through major music retailers, as well as www.dualtone.com.

'Sing Street' gives a needed dose of the 80s

GABBI CALABRESE school where he gets Staff Writer bullied from the moment he arrives. On Who doesn’t love the his first day, he meets eighties? It was an era of Raphina, a troubled corduroy pants, David model who is only sixBowie’s intense makeup teen but apparently far and music videos as a too good for anybody at new form of art. I wasn’t his new school. alive in the eighties, but Conor refuses to acsomehow, I still get cept that, so he talks to nostalgic thinking about her, and he realizes that it. Luckily, I stumbled the only way to impress upon John Carney’s film her is to, apparently, “Sing Street,” which lie and tell her he is in gave me the dose of the a band. Of course, the eighties I didn’t even re- only logical thing to do alize I needed. after that conversation At its core, “Sing is to start a band.

Street” is a movie about He gathers a slew a young boy in 1980’s of random kids at his Dublin who starts a school, and they start band to impress a girl. a band and write their It’s a premise done time own songs. And they’re and time again—but good. Conor uses a tape never like this. This recorder to record all film is an homage to the their songs and then lets eighties and to music Raphina listen. She is and to growing up. so moved by the lyrics When the film that are very obviously opens, we meet Conor, about her that she helps a 15-year-old stuck in a them make their music household with a fail- videos. ing marriage and failing It’s hard not to root finances. His parents for Conor. He’s got transfer him to a new good intentions but a

bad lot in life. What makes Conor an admirable character, though, is that he refuses to let circumstance destroy him. He channels it into his music and he grows into such a stronger person by the end.

This movie deals with some tough subjects in a way that feels authentic: bullying, individuality, divorcing parents and unrequited first love. These elements, I think, are what makes this film so watchable.

It didn’t feel contrived; it just felt real.

Admittedly, my favorite part about this movie was the music.

Somehow this group of scrawny high school boys manages to create music that has enticing lyrics and instrumental work. Every time they’d play one of their new songs, I wanted to download it immediately. Somehow Carney managed to incorporate several full songs without making this feel like

BRITTANY WALKER

“The Heart Part 4” is my favorite part because he starts by saying something so simple in the sweetest way, and then it turns from a sampled mellow beat to a different sampled bass boosted instrumental. He comes in aggressively by saying he is the greatest rapper alive. This is also the same verse where he subliminally throws shots at another rapper, Big Sean. But what we don’t know is if what he says in the song is actually about him, even though Kendrick states some pretty direct references, neither camp has responded.

That’s not even the last thing that made me excited about the record. The beat changes again and gives off a paranormal vibe on the beat, which just has an 808 with keyboard leads, and he spits his heart out. He is definitely hip-hops savior. Kendrick Lamar’s verses are thought provoking, cinematic and he challenges other rappers to be better at their craft as well.

I rate the song a 10/10 not just because he is my favorite rapper but because he always comes out with material that solidifies why he is the best alive.

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a musical. It was more of a fun element that complemented the story very well.

I really adored “Sing Street.” It’s different

than most other movies I’ve seen, but it’s still relatable and engaging. I will definitely be making my friends add this film to their Netflix queues.

“Red Queen,” by Victoria Aveyard, is a book I actually started while I still worked at Hastings.

Its been a long time since they were around, right?

I picked up the book in a slow moment and bought it after my shift to finish it. It’s a dystopian novel that’s fairly similar to “The Hunger Games”.

However, “Red Queen” has a much different feel than “The Hunger Games.”

The world is separated by blood. Red and sliver.

Those with silver blood are royal, and they possess remarkable powers, such as: telekinesis, fire power and mind control.

Mare Barrow is a Red who has grown up in the Kingdom of Norta, which has been at war with the Lakelands since anyone can remember.

In an effort to keep her best friend from being forced into the war, Mare makes a deal with the resistance. When a deal goes horribly wrong, Gisa is prevented from helping her family anymore, which prompts Mare to accept help from a stranger.

With the stranger’s help, Mare is brought in to work for the royal family. It won’t be long before Mare learns somethings about herself, and about this family, that she really would have been better off not knowing.

“Red Queen” shares the same desperation as “The Hunger Games”; however, “Red Queen” totally immerses the reader in a world of supernatural powers and royalty.

You will be entranced with Mare and what she learns about herself and the royal family. I would highly recommend “Red Queen” to anyone who loves “Divergent,” “The Hunger Games” or a good love triangle.

'The Heart Part 4' is a series of heartfelt songs

Staff Writer

Normally, I would do a review on an album or mixtape, but I wanted switch it up this time because it’s K. Dot season.

If you’re a true hip-hop fan then you know exactly who Kendrick Lamar is, also known as K. Dot. If you’re not aware, he is a rapper from Compton, California that has been signed to Top Dawg Entertainment since 2009 and started rapping with rap collective “Black Hippy.”

Kendrick has released material solo and with “Black Hippy” through TDE. Whether it was an album or mixtape, his music has never disappointed me.

Except for that feature he did with Taylor Swift.

Yikes.

Recently Kendrick released “The Heart Part 4,” which is part four to a series of heartfelt songs all entitled “The Heart.”

Each part since the first has been on selective projects but part four is the only one that has been released as a single, which also hints that his album is coming out very soon.

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RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Tech's Wonder Boys return to GAC action Friday at Tech Field when they host Southeastern Oklahoma.

Wonder Boys sweep Tigers NOAH DELASHAW

Contributing Writer

The Wonder Boys baseball team has achieved its fourth three-game sweep of the season this past weekend against the East Central Tigers.

The Wonder Boys, 21-13 and 17-4 in Great American Conference play will play the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm, 9-191 and 8-11 in GAC play, Friday at 7 p.m. at Tech field.

The Wonder Boys remain second in GAC standings after coming off the weekend with a three-game sweep of the Tigers. The Savage Storm, seventh in the GAC, comes off the weekend with a three-game sweep of the Harding Bisons.

After a loss to the Harding Bisons in Searcy the previous Wednesday, by a 5-4 margin, the Wonder Boy were ready to get into the weekend.

“We have got to hit the ball the other way,” Kadem Tharp, assistant head baseball coach said. “We have got plenty of guys capable of it.”

The Wonder Boys won their first two games in the double header 11-7 and 10-2.

“We had some timely hits, some guys hit really well,” Dave Dawson, head baseball coach said.

In the first of two, Marcus Wilson, from Bryant, hit his first home run of the season. Wilson also finished batting 6-10 on the day with four runs and five RBIs. All nine of the Wonder Boys batters recorded a hit in game one. Kyle Wilson, from Flagstaff, Arizona, is 5-0 in games he has pitched after the win in game one. Braden Bohuslav, from Mansfield, Texas, pitched the final three innings to earn his second save on the season.

In game two, Wilson, Zach

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Teresa Sanchez from Tomball, Texas returns a serve in a singles match against John Brown University.

Suns win close match RICCI LOGAN

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The Golden Suns dropped a pair of close double matches against the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm last week, but Haeleigh Long, from Rogers, and Kami Ward, from Hot Springs, came away with an 8-6 win.

Annabel Rowlands, from Wigan, England, picked up the Golden Suns only win in singles matches beating Maria Martinez 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 5 singles match.

SINGLES COMPETITION Alexsandra Reljic (SOSU) def. Macarena Sedano Acosta (Tech) 6-3, 6-0 Anna Buiukian (SOSU) def. Tamara Bell (Tech) 6-3, 6-3

Samantha Coquinos (SOSU) def. Teresa Sanchez (Tech) 6-1, 6-2 Darija Catipovic (SOSU) def. Kami Ward (Tech) 6-2, 7-6 Annabel Rowlands (Tech) def. Maria Martinez (SOSU) 6-4, 6-4 Luisa Auffarth (SOSU) def. Haeleigh Long (Tech) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 DOUBLES COMPETITION Alexsandra Reljic/Darija Catipovic (SOSU) def.

Macarena Sedano Acosta/ Tamara Bell (Tech) 8-6 Anna Buiukian/Samantha Coquinos (SOSU) def. Annabel Rowlands/ Teresa Sanchez (Tech) 8-6 Haeleigh Long/Kami Ward (Tech) def. Maria Martinez/Luisa Auffarth (SOSU) 8-6

Klockowski, from Tinley Park, Illinois, and Parker O’Dell, from Branson, Missouri, each batted in two runs after taking a quick lead in the game. The Tigers scored two late runs in the seventh, but Geoffrey Birkemeier, from Papillion, Nebraska, forced a ground ball with two outs to end the game and earn his first complete game of the season.

The Wonder Boys in game three had their eighth 10-run game on the season.

After being down 5-1 in the eighth inning, Mark Vaughn, from Salina, Kansas, hit an RBI up the middle. After that, Cody Wescott, from Phoenix, Arizona, hit his third home run on the season to tie it up. Dylan Mcdearmon, from Greenbrier, hit a double to left field to secure the Wonder Boys lead. The Wonder Boys won the game 15-6.

RICCI LOGAN/THE ARKA TECH Ashton Sangster beats the tag in recent GAC action.

Suns sweep Tigers

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Contributing Writer

The Golden Suns softball team comes out of the weekend with a four-game sweep of the East Central Tigers.

The Golden Suns, 24-12 and 18-6 in Great American Conference play, will play the Southeastern Oklahoma Savage Storm, 14-18 and 8-14 in GAC play, Friday at 2 p.m. in Oklahoma.

The Golden Suns are fourth in GAC standings after coming off the sweep against the Tigers. The Savage Storm, eighth in the GAC, comes off of the weekend with a fourgame loss to the Harding Lady Bisons.

The Golden Suns won the first two games in the series, 3-0 and 1-0, against the Tigers. Morgan Vaughan, from Bella Vista, pitched five innings, allowing three hits and fanning seven.

In game two, Bailey Shaffer, from Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Cara Tolar, from San Antonio, Texas, pitched six shutout innings, allowing four hits, one walk and fanning six together. Megan Goodnight, from Cabot, hit to left field to allow the Golden Suns to end the game.

The Golden Suns finished the weekend with 1-0 and 3-0 wins to secure the sweep. In game three, Jalissa Gum, from Red Rock, Oklahoma, fanned 14 and walked one into the final inning where a Tiger single took away the no-hitter. Goodnight had three hits and Janie Knowles, from Celina, Texas, had two hits giving her 100 career hits.

In game four, Gum entered the game with bases loaded and one out. Gum struck out five to secure the win.

MATTHEW EMERY of a dynasty for Detroit Sports Editor hockey, as the Red Wings repeated as champions in Next week, the Stanley the 1997-98 season and Cup Playoffs begin and brought the cup back in for the first time in 25 the 2001-02 season. seasons, the Detroit Red The Federov and YzWings will not be lacing erman era of Red Wings their skates and joining hockey came to a close, the hunt for Lord Stan- but not the playoff expeley’s Cup. riences.

It is an unfamiliar sight The new look Red to see the Red Wings Wings, led by Nicklas omitted from Stanley Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk Cup contention, as they and Henrik Zetterberg, have made it to the play- would be crowned Stanoffs in every season since ley Cup Champions again the 1989-90 season. in the 2007-08 season, From quick, first their fourth and final round eliminations, championship during the which occurred a total streak. of nine times during the In the following seastreak, including three son, 2008-09, the Red consecutive first round Wings made it back to eliminations from the the Stanley Cup Finals for 2013-14 to the 2015-16 the last time during the seasons. streak, but were bested by To seasons where they the Pittsburgh Penguins would not stop playing (The Penguins now hold until they secured the ul- the current active longest timate prize, which they playoff streak at ten seadid four times during the sons). streak, as Stanley Cup Hall of Fame and All Champions in the 1996- Star players helped the 97, 1997-98, 2001-02, Red Wings streak con2007-08 seasons. And tinue, but they came and throw in 14 division went during the 25 seachampionships and six sons. conference championOne of the greatest ships, to boot. coaches of all time, ScotWhen we last found ty Bowman, helped the ourselves in a Red Wings- Red Wings streak, but he less Stanley Cup Playoff, retired when the streak it was 1990 and the world was not even in its teenwas a different place. age years.

George H.W. Bush So, what exactly was was president, while the glue that kept the Red Donald Trump won a Wings streak alive for so Razzie for “Worst Sup- long? porting Actor” in the film First, the Joe Lou“Ghosts Can’t Do It,” is Arena, or “The Joe,” where he played himself. which is where the Red The USSR was hanging Wings have called home on, “The Simpsons” had since 1979. just debuted and the NinNext, and more notendo Gameboy was sell- tably, Mike Ilitch, who ing like wildfire. purchased the Red Wings In his first year as an in 1982 and remained as NBA head coach, Phil owner throughout the enJackson helped lead the tire streak.

Chicago Bulls to the EastIlitch, a pizza pie enern Conference Finals trepreneur who gave us before losing to the De- Little Caesars, turned troit Pistons, prolonging the team into a perennial the Bulls quest for their championship contendfirst NBA Championship er through genius draft (Both Phil Jackson and picks, seen in the selecthe Bulls would go on to tion of Fedorov, Yzerwin a championship or man and Lidstrom, all the two). way to a promising new The inception of the generation of Red Wings, streak began with a cou- such as Justin Abdelkader ple of future Hall of Fame and Jimmy Howard. players: Sergie Federov As the sun sets on the and, who some label the streak and this era of Red greatest Red Wing of all Wings hockey, some may time, Steve Yzerman. call it poetically divine The two would lead and some may pass it as the Red Wings to the coincidence, but Ilitch Stanley Cup Finals for passed away earlier this the first time during the year, at the age of 87 and streak in the 1994-95 the Joe Louis Arena is exseason, where they were pected to be demolished swept by the New Jersey later this year.

Devils.

When the 2017-18 However, the duo NHL season rolls around, would bounce back in it will be first season in the 1996-97 season and over two decades without bring the Stanley Cup to “The Joe,” without IlDetroit for the first time itch and without the Red since 1955.

Wings hoping to extend It would be the start their playoff streak.

This week in Tech sports THURSDAY 4/6/17

WTEN vs Ouachita Baptist. Chartwells. 2 p.m.

FRIDAY 4/7/17

BB vs Southeastern Oklahoma. Tech Field. 7 p.m.

SB @ Southeastern Oklahoma. Durant, OK. 2 p.m.

SB @ Southeastern Oklahoma. Durant, OK. 4 p.m.

SATURDAY 4/8/17

SB @ Southeastern Oklahoma. Durant, OK. Noon.

BB vs Southeastern Oklahoma. Tech Field. 1 p.m.

SB @ Southeastern Oklahoma. Durant, OK. 2 p.m.

WTEN @ Henderson State. Arkadelphia. 2 p.m.

MONDAY 4/10/17 WGOLF vs Spring Springfield, MO. TBD.

Regional

Preview.

TUESDAY 4/11/17

WGOLF vs Spring Regional Preview. Springfield, MO. TBD. WTEN @ Harding. Searcy. 1 p.m.

BB vs Lyon. Tech Field. 6 p.m.

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HOLI FESTIVAL Photos By Amber Quaid Holi Festival was on March 12 in India and Tech celebrated it on March 27 with colorful powders and colored water. Its a time to celebrate spring, love and kindness.

Tulsi Patel, graduate student from Morrilton, celebrates Holi as a connection to her culture in India.

Elijah Moreno coates his girlfriend in green powder to honor her traditions from India and enjoy in the fun.

Mariah Latting, agricultural business major from Benton, won't let any powder go to waste, dumping the remains on her friends.

Dyed water, water shooting tubes and buckets of water were provided and offered a way to cool off during the warm day.

Four boxes of 25 pounds worth of powder, in pink, orange, blue and green, were used for the event.

Students from Tech did a kick-off style toss of powder to unify all who participated in the event.

Colored water was another option during the event giving students a chance to cool off while still maintaining the spirit of the event.

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