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JANUARY 18, 2006

Volume 77, Number 15

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Student Affairs undergoes adjustment JAROD LEONARD/STAFF

Laquisha Ladner reads along with the program that outlined the events of the celebration

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NAACP President Jimmy Garland speaks before the congregation.

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Mayor Don Trotter speaks before congregation of the Greater Missionary Baptist Church Sunday evening.

King celebrated with spirit

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Greater Missionary Baptist Church Women of Praise group gives a special presentation to open the King holiday celebration. Also in attendance was Clarksville Mayor Don Trotter. Rev. Charles Boyd led the worship services.

University’s NAACP chapter remains “Keeper of the Dream”with ceremonies Leading the way in community celebration, Austin Peay State University’s collegiate branch of the National Association of Advancement for Colored People honored Martin Luther King’s legacy with two eventful days.

Beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, the room was filled with fellowship, worship, song and praise for the remembrance of King at Greater Missionary Baptist Church.

This year’s theme was “Standing of the Promises of the Past to Ensure the Protections of the Future.”

Kicking off the service was a worship celebration and Pastor Willie Freeman, as well as members of the church, hosted the official opening.

Clarksville Mayor Don Trotter was a special guest that evening, presenting an official proclamation of the Martin Luther King Day holiday in the city of Clarksville.

Pastor Rev. Frank Washington attended the service and also served as a community outreach coordinator. He has been a part of the celebration

for three years and says he was satisfied with the turnout. “ The turnout was very well, I would have liked to see more of our elected officials there because it was a city-wide proclamation but overall it was excellent,” said Washington.

Special presentations included a moving dance performance from Greater Missionary’s Women of Praise and the message of the hour came from the Rev. Jerry Jenkins.

On Monday, educational opportunities took place at Fifth Ward Baptist Church.Younger and older generations of the community broke out into workshops during the program.

Several adult workshops presented were fair housing, financial management and reverse mortgages.

Some of the youth workshops included a noncompetitive essay and poster activity that revolved around the theme.

“We put a great emphasis on our youth, and

many of them assisted in the programming,” said Kathleen Evans, NAACP collegiate advisor and coordinator.

Evans believes keeping King’s dream alive within the youth will ensure perpetuity in the future.

“It’s extremely important for those of us working in the community be it the association or other civic organizations that were involved and we know we can’t do this forever.“So we know that we have to pass the torch on to those who are going to be coming after us.We have to mentor and work with them so they can understand the importance in staying in King’s dream,” she said.

The MLK Commemorative March preceded the workshops around noon.

Some members of APSU Greek organizations and faculty participated in the march. It began and ended at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church on Main Street.

For APSU collegiate membership info call 2211242. ✦

Structural foundation remains intact

By Natalie Gilmore Editor in Chief

Positions have been rearranged and temporarily filled for the spring semester in the Division of Student Affairs.

Effective since Jan. 3, Tammy Bryant, coordinator of student affairs, has stepped in as interim director of Student Life and Leadership, filling in for former director Blanche Wilson, who resigned in December.

There is also Patrick Meldrim, who began duties as interim director of judicial affairs. He will be holding the position that formerly belonged to Barbara Phillips, who held the position for 19 years before she retired last month.

Diane Berty, current associate vice president for student affairs, says that it was critical to ensure that there was one central person who had the responsibility of carrying out and enforcing student code of conduct, which was previously one of the key responsibilities in Phillip’s position.

“We didn’t want to go out and search for a dean of students or an assistant vice president for student affairs since the senior position of student affairs is an interim right now, and that’s me,” Berty said.

“So in consultation with Bruce Speck it was determined that we’d be better served hiring someone just to do the judicial responsibilities because we really can’t function without that, and we needed someone with extensive experience in the particular area,” she said.

Meldrim, a full-time student in the doctorial program at Vanderbilt, says he is ready to settle into the new experience.

“It’s going to be a great opportunity to meet a set of students that I’ve heard about and offer them an opportunity to learn and grow, hopefully from my own experiences and share some things I’ve been through.”

Other responsibilities that were associated with Phillips’ job are also being spread out. Departments that reported to Phillips will be reporting directly to Berty.

These include: Student Life and Leadership, Child Learning Center, Counseling Center and Disability Services.

Meanwhile, Bryant now will assume responsibility for executing the spring plans of Student Life and Leadership and says she will be helping to organize and plan events for both the summer and fall.

According to Berty, the Division of Student Affairs is not going through reorganization but rather a period of adjustment.

“It’s not a restructuring; it’s simply filling holes while the search processes are in effect.And we’re not replacing Tammy; what we’ve done in our central office staff is spawn out her responsibilities as well.”

Vanessya Fountain, coordinator of Student Affairs, Meldrim, and Berty, as well as the Student Affairs clerical staff, will be trying to take over what Bryant was doing.

The Division of Student Affairs will be advertising for new hires beginning in January with the intent for those persons to begin in July.✦

Welcome Week offers free events for the whole family

By MANDY WHITE Managing Editor

What’s better than getting a caricature of yourself or learning about sexual assault awareness? Doing them both on the same day, that’s what!

The office of Student Life and Leadership is kicking off the semester with three days of events beginning Wednesday.

Steve Gipson will be returning to Austin Peay State University from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Wednesday, with his popular caricatures of students.

The event will be held in the University Center lobby. Caricatures, as well as refreshments, are free and a limited number of T-shirts will be given away.

Later Wednesday, there will be two sexual assault awareness seminars, one at 5 p.m. and the other at 7 p.m.

The seminars, hosted by the Tennessee Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence, will help women learn how to avoid potentially harmful situations and will help men learn acceptable boundaries, said Shaun Ketterman, assistant director of Student Life and Leadership.

Charles Struckel, an officer with APSU public safety, will also be on hand to discuss resources available to students at the university.

A flyer posted by Student Life cites that 20-25 percent of women are raped during their college careers, and 90 percent of those women know their attackers.

“It’s important to raise awareness about these issues, and we wanted to do it early in the semester,” Ketterman said.

On Thursday, another popular program will return to the UC lobby. Casey Carroll and Danielle Weakland will apply henna tattoos free to all APSU students from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Refreshments also will be provided and any remaining T-shirts will be given away.

“I’ve gotten two henna tattoos at APSU,” said Leslie McKinnley, a junior social work major.“I got one on my neck and one on my arm in different Welcome Weeks. I like it because it’s a great distraction from stress of the first week at school. It’s also free, which is always great!”

From 7-9 p.m. Thursday, the Govs music series presents “Open Mic Night,” which

will be held in the UC Food Court.

“We do an open mic night about once a month,” Ketterman said.

“Students really seem to enjoy seeing their peers perform. If you play a guitar, sing, read poetry, do comedy or anything else onstage, come out and have some fun.”

Welcome Week events will be wrapped up Friday with a “Shrek” double feature.

Beginning at 6 p.m.,“Shrek” will play in Clement Auditorium, followed by an intermission with free pizza and drinks and then the showing of “Shrek 2.”

“We’re offering this movie because students will enjoy it, but also because students who have children can bring them, and it will be something the whole family can enjoy.”

Ketterman says he hopes students will come out to the week’s events to get a sense of what APSU has to offer.

“New students can make friends, and returning students can come out and have a good time, too,” Ketterman said.

“We’ve had a couple of the events in the past, and they went over well, so we hope everyone will come have some fun.” ✦

JAROD LEONARD/STAFF

Artists painting caricatures are only one of the many free events that make Welcome Week fun for any age.

News

THE ALL STATE PAGE 2; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2006

Katrina victims school relocated Students caught with faith on their sleeve say some university studies But organized religion takes a back seat to personal belief

By ELIZABETH CLARK Associated Press

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Members of Delta Sigma Theta pray outside Dillard University where they hope for the speedy recovery of their campus. While waiting, they attend classes at the nearby Hilton Hotel.

A sermon at Flatirons Community Church might dissect a song from Coldplay or Foo Fighters.

Or it might trace Anakin’s journey to the dark side in “Star Wars.”

The nondenominational Lafayette church and others like it are turning to pop culture, hip-hop and Hollywood to draw in teens and one of the most difficult-toreach population segments college students.

In a national study by the University of California at Los Angeles last year, large numbers of college freshmen four in five reported an interest in spirituality.

But experts say formal participation in religion, such as attending services, drops off significantly in the college years and remains low until around the time young adults build their own families.

Religious organizations intent on attracting teens and 20-somethings say they’re trying to tap into that spirituality with modern, multimedia messages that are “relevant” to today’s young adults.

“We do a ton of secular music Avril Lavigne, even Eminem and we get flak for that stuff sometimes,” said Curt Cavnar, Flatirons spokesman“But the idea is we’re trying to bring church into the world where people live, not ask them to come into something stark and cold and foreign to them.

“We’re competing against concerts, events, studies, partying, hanging out with friends and jobs.

So to get them for an hour on Sunday, wow, you’d better be appealing and relevant.”

About 20 percent of the church’s 4,000-member congregation is made up of college students, Cavnar said.Despite being part of the young crowd there, 19-year-old Betsy Burnett a junior at the University of Colorado who grew up in Lafayette said she’s a rarity on the Boulder campus because she

goes to church regularly.

“It’s the first time in your life you have a choice of what to do, and people are trying to prove their independence,” she said.

First Presbyterian Church in Boulder draws more than 700 college students to Tuesday-night ministries geared toward young adults. Joseph Penta, who was president of a Christian fraternity at CU before graduating last spring, spent his Tuesday nights there.

“At an age when you question everything, I wanted to be a part of that but at the same time grounded in my beliefs,” said Penta, who’s now living in Broomfield and selling real estate.“My faith was my own, not forced on me, so it wasn’t a matter of breaking free from authority.”

Places of worship across the nation have difficulty attracting young adults. But their challenge is considered particularly difficult in liberal Boulder County, where residents overall have reported going to church or a synagogue at a lesser rate than those in most peer communities.

A national study of American high school seniors in 1996 said nearly 20 percent reported no religious affiliation, up 5 percent from 1976.

CU has 23 religious organizations based on its campus, but in a 2001 study of the university’s students, fewer than half of those surveyed 302 out of 641 indicated any religious preference.

Of those who did, 95 defined themselves as “Christian.” Another 90 specified they were Catholic, 49 were Protestant, 21 were Jewish, 15 were Buddhist, 15 were Muslim, 10 were atheist and seven were Hindu.

Mark Regnerus, an assistant sociology professor at the University of Texas who studies youth and faith, said 18 to 22-yearolds tend to hold religious beliefs but are “unplugged” from organized religion.

He said adult society doesn’t generally expect the independence-

seeking, authority-questioning age group to be involved.

Kids are expected to practice with their families, and adults in their later 20s tend to return to religion as they become parents themselves, he said.

“They get married and have children, and all of a sudden they say,‘Crap, morality is more important than I thought,’” he said.

But at the college age, Regnerus said,“It’s this sort of socially constructed period of life when religion is expected to be low, even while you’re in this time of existential questioning.”

It’s the age rather than attending college that prompts young adults to lose their religion, he said.

“We’ve got a study coming out that shows college students are actually less likely to lose their faith than kids who never went to college,” Regnerus said.

“That was shocking to us because kids who didn’t go to college, we thought, would still sort of be plugged in at home.”

Roughly a quarter of adults go to church every week, he said, but fewer than 10 percent of college students are regular churchgoers.

Rhys Williams, a sociology professor at the University of Cincinnati, said college years are a “real low point in attendance” but that students who do practice religion have gotten more public about it.

Religious groups on campuses are more visible with recruiting signs, T-shirts and fliers, and students talk about their faith in class more than they did years ago, Williams said.“I think there’s more public religiosity on college campuses than there used to be, even if the actual numbers of people aren’t necessarily higher,” he said.

“Part of that is that general public expressions of religiosity are much more common in popular culture right now.Wearing your faith on your sleeve in this country is more common than it used to be.” ✦

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Media responsible for reporting news according to fact, not speculation On Jan. 4, word spread that the 12 miners in Sago,W.Va. were alive. The media ran with it. Family members were quoted in their elated states and pictures were taken of joyous celebration. One wife of a miner even told papers that she was relieved; she didn’t want to go home to her 11 year old son and “tell him Daddy wasn’t coming home.” After a horrific realization, she had to do just that.

Forty-four hours after the miners were trapped, the media had to report a different story; instead of men being reunited with friends and family, they died due to carbon monoxide inhalation.

What a different mood this set. Just when you think the news will be filled with a positive story for a change, it is swept aside once again by tragedy.What made it even worse were the false reports due to speculation and rumors. The country went from hope and thankfulness only to be brought down by the facts. If the media had waited on these facts instead of running with a story just to try to beat the other guy, this tragedy may not have hit as hard (granted it still hurt, but being built up just to crash down makes it so much worse).

We here at The All State want to take this opportunity to ensure you, the APSU community, that we will do everything in our power to back up our stories.We will research, interview, and gather facts before publishing articles. No topic will be printed unless we have the whole truth. Our staff is dedicated to finding stories of interest to you.We would like your help in this matter. If you have any stories you want us to look into, please contact us. Better yet, let us hear your voice.We always accept letters to the editor so that you may tell us your opinions on the issues that affect this school. The All State strives to represent the student body.We want to investigate a diversity of issues, so we try our best to listen and watch for what needs to be brought to your attention.

We do not want to inform you of only controversial or negative issues; we want to report positive ones as well. Everything that interests students and faculty here should be covered by one of our writers/reporters. From decisions made by the Student Government Association, to financial matters, as well as events hosted by many of APSU’s organizations, the stories are news worthy.We would even like to feature stories on students. If you know of an interesting person on campus, notify us. This is a great way for our community to get to know one another.

We want to make sure we represent the issues of this campus and surrounding community accurately. This is our passion this semester.We will communicate all stories to you and you are more than welcome to give us feedback. This is your paper, readers. Help us represent you.✦

McBushitlerburton triumphs again

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By Dustin Kramer

Heated debate continues over the right to privacy versus national security Concern for national security drives Bush to do what he deems necessary

Government infringes on American citizens’ constitutional rights DUSTIN KRAMER/STAFF

It would be too easy to view the performance of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee this past week and then generalize from there as to how inept and politically tin-eared the party has become.

On a purely emotional level, I suppose it would be satisfying to some to simply consign the whole thing to hell and then, Rapture-like, to gather the remnant of competent Dems into a new “Progressive Party” prior to the mid-term election.

Not that there is any time for that realistically, but the thought might provide some momentary comfort at a time when it has become apparent that the senior Democratic leadership has not a clue as to how to defeat, for good and all,“Chimpy” McBushitlerburton - aka George W. Bush.

To those who smile at my use of the above derogatory term in reference to the President, OPINION understand that this kind of simple-minded Phil attack is a big part of the problem that Grey Democrats face.

It is the mischaracterization of George Bush as a genial idiot, a tyrannical despot, a brain-dead puppet, or a racist ideologue, that continues to mislead his enemies into (pardon the football analogy) bad reads and turnovers.

Moreover, this goes beyond George Bush; the Democrats have become prey to the same kind of mindset that nearly made the Republicans irrelevant after the 1996 election and the impeachment fiasco.

Too many Democrats, including those who should know better, have gotten into the habit of mistaking their rhetoric regarding Republicans for ground-truth.

The saving grace for Republicans in the late 1990’s was that, despite their penchant for deriding Bill Clinton with sophomoric and disrespectful nicknames, most recognized that he was a capable adversary, not to be taken lightly.

I am starting to think that the elitist senior Democratic leadership lacks the capacity to take the opposition seriously, despite the stunning result of the 2004 election that should have served as a wake-up call.

Apparently, Ted Kennedy and others simply hit the snooze button and went back to sleep - mentally at least. How else to explain how Democratic senator with four decades of experience could be so easily led into making such a crucial mistake as that which he made on Thursday.

Trying to tie Judge Samuel Alito to a controversial Princeton alumni group, Concerned Alumni for Princeton (CAP), Kennedy assumed two things that turned out not to be true.

The first was that an article appearing in a magazine published by the group could be used to tar and feather Alito, even though Alito had not written it.Who among us would want to be judged for a job based on an article written in a magazine to which we merely subscribed?

None of us would, which makes an attack of this sort reprehensible to all but the most rabidly unhinged partisans.

Secondly, the Senator never bothered to check, or his staff never bothered to check, to find out something about the person who did write the article.

Since the article derided “uppity” minorities trying to break into Princeton merely on the basis of minority status, it might have been interesting to interview the author and to see just how close he was to Alito or his way of thinking.

More importantly, such an interview might have disclosed the salient fact that the article was a SATIRE. That way, the Senator wouldn’t have been made to look like a bumbling fool for reading the article into the official record of a Supreme Court nomination hearing as being a serious exposition of what CAP represented.

This is precisely the kind of misstep that is the result of mistaking rhetoric for reality.All conservatives are racists. All liberals hate law and decency.Wrong and wrong again.

The Democrats can only hope that the Republicans will be as cavalier in dismissing the next Democratic presidential candidate and that the opposition can be goaded into making the same kind of mistakes come 2008.

However, if the nominee is Hillary Rodham Clinton, I doubt that many Republicans will be prone to similar displays of arrogance.✦

By Jarod Leonard

By Sarah Bullock

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Assistant Features Editor

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." I agree.

It must be nice to have friends in high places. President Bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about his sexual practices while in office.

President George W. Bush has lied several more times to the American people as well as broken the law by secretly spying on Americans without a warrant.

Here’s the law he’s broken, although it’s more of an amendment.

The Fourth Amendment says “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

There are wonderful things our government has called checks and balances and due process. There has to be a just cause before a warrant for anything can be issued, even in a secret court.

All the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act courts ask for is a name and a reason, and for some reason the Bush administration balked.

To be fair, there is an instance where the president does have the legal right to spy, listen in on, and otherwise invade the privacy of an individual without any regard to warrants, their civil rights or any fussy legal issues. That instance is when the person in question is a foreigner calling, sending an email or otherwise communicating with an American or somebody in America.

How has the president lied to us, the American people?

Discounting the Weapons of Mass Destruction/Iraq issue and the reasons we actually went to war, the president first denied that he was spying on Americans, and when he could no longer hide the fact, he claimed that such powers were well within his rights as a president.

Never mind that such powers are not spelled out in the constitution or any of the amendments or bills that currently haunt Capitol Hill.

The fact that the Bush administration desires to spy on American citizens wholesale sets a dangerous precedent for the future of our civil rights.

It isn’t as if specific targets are being singled out for the purposes of eavesdropping, but rather a wholesale gathering of information is taking place.

Transcripts of phone calls and numerous e-mails are being compiled every day to be sorted through at a later date by a faceless, nameless government drone, looking for a reason to investigate the speaker or e-mailer further.

There is no just cause in this approach.

While such a method may very well find and prevent a potential terrorist attack from occurring on American soil, this does not excuse the wholesale violation of civil rights of innumerable American citizens just for the purpose of homeland security.

The opportunity for potential abuse is as vast as the injustice.

What if somebody is speaking to someone else overseas about something unrelated to a terrorist act, but is nonetheless regarded as a bad practice by our government?

Through these secret wiretaps and spying techniques, he’s caught and red-flagged to be further investigated by another organization of the government, such as the FBI. This person doesn’t even have to be talking to somebody overseas.

To be fair, I don’t think that I would have such a problem with the practice of domestic wiretapping if our president was willing to go through the proper channels to get permission from the proper courts that were set up to protect our rights as defined by the Bill of Rights and our civil liberties.

As it stands, I am very concerned about the precedent Bush is trying to set by taking such a broad interpretation of his executive powers. It is as if the Bush administration considers itself either above the law, or worse, the law itself. The moment that we as Americans accept that presidents can do whatever they please without any regard to the powers we have set for them, then we are no longer a democracy. ✦

What if…“Customers at the International Airport in Nashville were arrested for indecent exposure during a protest against strict security precautions. Protesters wore nothing to the airport except for their tickets, which proved quite difficult in yesterday’s 30-degree weather.‘It’s no business of the airport’s if I wear boxers or briefs,’ yelled a naked protester. Security guards were not able to comment through their laughter.” It is almost equally ridiculous to think that President Bush is being sued by admitted terrorist, Iyman Faris, for wiretapping his phone without a warrant. Let’s take a trip down memory lane.

According to www.orlandosentinel.com, during the CIA raids in Afghanistan in early 2002 that captured Abu Zubaydah and his associates, the government seized computers, cell phones and personal phone books. Soon after the raids, the National Security Agency began listening to calls placed to the phone numbers found in al-Qaida records.

This was true whether you were living in Iraq or an “American” citizen. It is outrageous to think this step towards victory against terror is being criticized by democrats. Then again, I would believe almost anything from them in the name of anti-Bush. The Democratic Party has decided to express indignation at the idea that an American citizen who happens to be a member of al-Qaida is not allowed to have a private conversation with Osama bin Laden. If they run on that in 2008, it could be the first time in history a Republican president takes even the District of Columbia.

According to www.dentonrc.com, the “Treason Times” reported that Federal Investigations Surveillance Act virtually rubber-stamps warrant requests all the time.As proof, the Times added this irrelevant statistic: In 2004,“1,754 warrants were approved.” What is this statistic if we have no idea how many are rejected or modified?

USA Today quoted liberal and author James Bamford saying:“The FISA court is as big a rubber stamp as you can possibly get within the federal judiciary.” He “wondered why Bush sought the warrantless searches, since the FISA court rarely rejects search requests,” said USA Today. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the FISA court “modified more wiretap requests from the Bush administration than from the four previous presidential administrations combined.”

In the 20 years preceding the attack of 9-11, the FISA court did not modify, much less reject, one single warrant request. But starting in 2001, the judges “modified 179 of the 5,645 requests for court-ordered surveillance by the Bush administration.” In the years 2003 and 2004, the court issued 173 “substantive modifications” to warrant requests and rejected or “deferred” six warrant requests outright. Why in a time of war would restrictions on warrants be more strict?

Maybe it’s just the general attitude of Americans to be open armed and accepting of any nationality and race that will lead us into the most trouble. It is the nature of our enemies to come into those open arms and kill thousands of Americans on our own soil. The point is, it doesn’t matter what government official knows how cute I think Elijah Dies is. The motivation behind Bush’s plan to pin-point al-Quaida operatives and listen in on conversations is to prevent another massacre, not to find out where all the hot places to hang out are in America.

Sometimes we might get it right and prevent another attack; sometimes we might mistakenly eavesdrop on an innocent conversation.What we save -- possibly thousands of lives -compared with what we lose (mostly the exposure of our embarrassingly dull lives) would seem sufficiently self-evident to preclude the democratic-driven hysteria now clotting airwaves: Bush lied; Bush spied.What they keep forgetting is that people died.

Any means to track those responsible and bring them to justice is an action every American should support. The job Americans face is to be able to discern the motivation behind Bush’s actions.Ask yourself if you really think Bush is power hungry or bored.Ask yourself, with unbiased eyes, if Bush just likes to bypass the rules because he can. Or is Bush the only person in the District of Columbia who remembers 9-11? Why can’t Americans step up to the plate and act like citizens and “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” After all, who really cares if you wear boxers or briefs?✦

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THE ALL STATE PAGE 4; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2006

Corporations pushing holidays blamed for broken resolutions The first column of the year is usually the hardest one to write. The temptation is to churn out something about the great opportunity we have to begin anew, to take our academic development more seriously, and to actually read the assigned material this time around.

Writing at the beginning of a new year lends itself to all sorts of resolution-oriented tripe, mostly stemming from the curious notion that putting up a new calendar can somehow miraculously transform us at the molecular-genetic level into new beings capable of doing all those things we were unable to do prior to OPINION midnight on Dec. 31.

Phil Well, that’s just stupid.

Grey Most of us tend to kick off the New Year by participating

in a ritual Bacchanalia, consisting of ingesting large amounts of alcohol and generally resulting in the immediate abrogation of whatever contract we have made with ourselves in the form of resolutions written during that brief space of lucidity that intervenes between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Thus, we wake up at three in the afternoon on Jan. 1 already heavily burdened with regret. Now what? We can tell ourselves that, being a holiday, Jan. 1 is positively the wrong time to engage in serious behavior modification.What the hell were we thinking?

No, Jan. 2 would be better.After all, the day after New Year’s Day lends itself to serious contemplation as we all begin to emerge from the unreality that is the holiday season.

But wait; can we actually say that the holiday season is over when all the really important college bowl games have yet to be played?

Certainly, if you are a football fan, reared up in the traditional mindset that the holidays end only when the National Championship has been decided, then nothing is over, at least not until somebody has been

awarded the ADT National Championship trophy by a corporate flack at midfield following the “Wal-Mart Lemon Bowl presented by Bamzu.com.” The fact that so holy a ritual has been deferred until five days after New Year’s is in effect an endorsement of the extension of the holiday season. In fact, taking down your Christmas tree prior to the end of the Bowl Championship Series may well be a violation of Federal law, or at the very least a violation of societal norms.

So long as the Christmas trees remain standing on the ESPN “College GameDay” set, we must accept the fact that it goes on. It goes on.

For the mass of people for whom the title of “consumer” has surpassed “citizen” in importance those patriotic Americans whose contributions to Anheuser-Busch and McDonalds keep the economy afloat and by which American security is purchased the holidays never end.

Pressured by the demands of social orthodoxy, the average American dutifully puts off sobriety and moderation until after Super Bowl Sunday, which has migrated mysteriously into February, by which time all

hope of redemption has been submerged beneath alternating waves of beer, junk food and guilt.

As the “cruelest month” weighs down upon us, with only Valentine’s and President’s Day sales (and the start of baseball spring training) to alleviate the bleakness of daily life, we are forced to confront the fact that the brewers of Guinness Stout have now ordained that St. Patrick’s Day in March must also be treated as a “real holiday,” and we must comply lest we be in violation of the Support-Our-Advertisers Act. As “consumers,” we can and should do no less than suck it up and soldier on, no matter how onerous the demands of advertising become. Though we might selfishly desire to improve ourselves through industry, thrift and sobriety, we cannot in good conscience be so self-centered as to endanger the economic underpinnings of the nation by giving in to these unnatural and unpatriotic urges. And so, to all of you who have resisted the siren-song of personal responsibility once again in 2006, know in your hearts that you have nothing to be ashamed of. On behalf of a grateful nation, I salute you. ✦

Violent criminals deserve severe punishment instead of jail sentence In recent news out of Fort Lauderdale, Fl. several homeless men were awakened from slumber by the crushing force of baseball bats. One man, Norris Gaynor, 45, died due to these attacks; another two were hospitalized. One of these attacks was caught on tape, which prompted two teenage boys to turn themselves in.

In Richmond,Va., in the quiet neighborhood of Woodland Heights, a family of four—Bryan Harvey, 49; his wife Kathryn, 39; and their daughters Stella, 9, and Ruby, 4—were brutally murdered in their home.

They were found taped up, beaten and their throats slit.

Five days later another family was found murdered OPINION EDITOR similarly to the Harvey family.

Two ex-convicts, Ray J. Amanda Dandridge and Ricky J. Gray, Wadley have been charged with these horrific crimes. They have also been linked to the murder of Gray’s wife as well as several robberies and other forms of terrorizing.

In San Francisco, Clarence Ray Allen, 75, pleaded the case of old age and frailty in order to be spared from his execution.Allen was on death row because he had ordered the deaths of three people while incarcerated.

Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger had the sense not to grant his request.

And in local news, a 79 year old woman was kidnapped by three men. This poor woman was held at

knifepoint, robbed, raped and made to smoke crack.

Luckily, these men didn’t kill her; instead they released her after six hours of torture. Unfortunately, these men have yet to be apprehended.

What do all of these have in common? They are violent acts—senseless beatings, rapes, murders, and terrorizing of innocent people. It’s enough to make a person wonder,“What’s wrong with the world?” One answer to that is violent criminals are often released, for good behavior or because they’ve served their time, only to attack again. I’m fed up.Why do the rights of criminals outweigh the justice for victims?

These people continue their ways because they don’t fear jail. And who would blame them? Criminals sit in their cells, work out, watch television, read books (if they want to educate themselves), perhaps do a little work—but how is this punishment? Because they are off the streets? I demand due punishment! Violent criminals should be handled in the way they treated their victims.

Let them see how it feels to be beaten with a bat. Tie them up, torture them, rape them, slit their throats—do unto them as they have done to others. Criminals are way too pampered today. For some reason, people want to show mercy to these hateful creatures.Why? They have mercilessly destroyed and slain not only the bodies of their victims, but the peace of mind of the community of which these acts have occurred. Forget the rights of criminals! Corporal and capital punishment might actually strike fear into those members of society who think about committing violent crimes. I would feel better knowing that these people were no longer a problem. I don’t want to pay taxes to keep criminals cozy in a cell where they will later get out and strike again. I want justice!✦

Student newspapers: education or not?

By Vincent F. DeMiero Editor’s note: This editorial was published in the Everett (Wash.)

Herald on Nov. 6, 2005. DeMiero, a teacher at Mountlake Terrace (Wash.) High School, was asked to write a column in reaction to the prior review of the student newspaper at nearby Everett High School.

Never mind SATs or ACTs or even the WASL. There is real, authentic education taking place right now in the Everett School District, and four thoughtful women are doing the teaching. The lesson they’re grappling with is whether it’s sound educational practice for the principal to read the student newspaper prior to publication.

Superintendent Carol Whitehead is the presidentelect of the Washington Association of School Administrators and the 2004 Washington Superintendent of the Year. Everett High School Principal Catherine Matthews, while in her first year as the lead Seagull, is a respected veteran administrator.

Everett High School seniors Claire Lueneburg and Sara Eccleston are the articulate co-editors and three-year veterans of the student newspaper — the Kodak.

Clearly, these are people who will thoughtfully decide, effectively, who controls the student press at EHS. The outcome will reveal whether Matthews and Whitehead will enforce flawed district policies and procedures, or whether they will affirm the district’s educational values and mission; whether Everett is a district that prefers mediocrity hidden under the veneer of Pollyannaish public relations, or whether it believes in developing in its young citizens critical thinking skills and active participation in a complex, pluralistic democratic republic.

Unfortunately, this dilemma is not unique to Everett.

Citing an often misunderstood and misapplied 1988 Supreme Court ruling known as the Hazelwood decision, public school administrators all across the United States have decided that on top of all their responsibilities they also want to be editors and publishers of newspapers. Conversely, many savvy, thoughtful educators have cited Hazelwood as reason to clearly establish their school’s newspapers as open, public forums for student expression — either through policy or practice.

Article I, Section 5 of the Washington state

constitution states:“Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.” Also, the Washington Administrative Code states that “all students possess the constitutional right to freedom of speech and press ... .”

So, it makes sense that until now Everett school officials have focused their energies and priorities on providing their students with a highly qualified journalism instructor who delivers a demanding curriculum and provides a professional experience.

However, an alarming number of school officials are demanding prior review, censoring student publications, and eliminating journalism programs altogether.

Is this to be the outcome in Everett? Some argue that the principal should read the paper and approve it prior to publication in order to protect the school district from potential lawsuits. This argument is terribly flawed. The Kodak is one of the state’s oldest, most storied student newspapers and has operated as a student forum for many years.

Student editors have conducted themselves professionally and have done nothing to warrant these restrictive measures.

When was the last time a public school district paid out anything or even lost a court case defending its student publications? It hasn’t happened.

If schools are concerned about preventing lawsuits, enforcing prior review procedures won’t prevent any of the hundreds of ways districts actually do get sued and lose. Student journalists have an amazing track record when it comes to column inches printed versus district dollars lost in lawsuits.

I believe that a sound educational decision will be made in Everett.After all, the district’s mission statement reads:“The staff, families, and community members of Everett Public Schools are committed to academic excellence and ensuring that students acquires the skills and knowledge needed to thrive as a lifelong learner and responsible citizen in a changing world.” Up to now,Whitehead and Matthews have met this challenge for Lueneburg and Eccleston — and the rest of the students at Everett High School.Why would they do anything less for those students who will follow?✦

Heat me,hot-headed Hugo Who’s Afraid of C.S.Lewis?

A few months ago, it seemed unlikely that the movie.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” could achieve anything like the commercial liftoff of that other film embraced by Christians,“The Passion of the Christ.”

Controversy sells and “The Passion” had about it an alleged whiff of antiSemitism.“Narnia,” based on the beloved children’s books, has no such thing, but it turns out that the movie’s whiff of Christianity alone has been enough to stoke a roiling debate.

C.S Lewis, the late Christian apologist and Oxford don who is the author of seven-book Narnia series, has been the subject of critical, even contemptuous, pieces in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. The press coverage of the movie has emphasized how a (tiny) proportion of its marketing budget has been directed at—gasp!—Christians. The British author Philip Pullman has said the Narnia books are based on “reactionary prejudice,” and the British paper the Guardian attacked the stories for representing “everything that is most hateful about religion.”

For anyone who has been enchanted by the stories (100 million copies sold), this reaction must be bizarre.

Who is afraid of C.S. Lewis, and why?

His frank Christianity has a lot to do with it. To put it in terms of the current war over season’s greetings, the Narnia books aren’t “happy holidays” kinds of stories, but instead verily shout “Merry Christmas!” (Father

Christmas is character in them.) Even Lewis’ friend J.R.R. Tolkien, also a believer, thought Lewis laid on the Christian allegory too thick.

But it is also Lewis’ sensibility that irks the elite guardians of a culture that so treasures skepticism and irony. In the Narnia stories, Lewis is making the case for the opposite, for a child’s openness to what might seem impossible to the narrow “adult” mind.

In the story, four children enter through a wardrobe, into a parallel winter world, Narnia, where Aslan the lion, who is the Christ-figure, and the White Witch do battle.The most important influence on Lewis’ work was his concept of “joy,” the sense of longing for a world beyond and more marvelous than our own. He always found that literature and myth best captured this sense, and the key moment in his conversion was when Tolkien convinced him that Christianity was “true myth.”

Lewis and Tolkien wanted to re-invigorate the powers of the imagination so it would be primed to detect the hints of a higher and deeper reality—“further up, further in,” as Lewis put it.

They undertook their project against the grain in a mid-20th century that was an age of desiccated rationality.We have gotten more desiccated since. Now everything tends to be viewed through the postmodern trinity of race, gender and sex. British fantasist Philip Pullman has said the Narnia stories are racist since the villains are dark-skinned.

What does he make, then, of the aptly named White Witch, who represents Satan?

The Christian signpost will be lost on many viewers of the movie, who will simply relish a good yarn and its accompanying wonderment and joy. Lewis critics should relax and experience some of it themselves. Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.✦

I’m not looking forward to the next heating-oil delivery. Or at least the bill, anyway.

Then the truck last came to my house in October, the tank was about half-full. The cost? $474.01. Last winter, just a few more dollars filled the entire tank.

Katrina and all that, I suppose.

So I don’t begrudge the nearly 100,000 low-income families in Boston and the South Bronx who are receiving up to a 40 percent discount on their heating oil courtesy of the Venezuelan dictator-wannabe Hugo Chavez.

Cheap fuel? Fill ‘er up! Heat for the downtrodden masses!

Venezuela is awash in oil money, the price of a barrel having quadrupled from $15 in 1998 – Chavez’s first year in power – to some $60 these days.

Here is a guy whose role model is Fidel Castro.

Chavez’s goal is to make Venezuela into another Cuba, a place where no multiparty elections are held, where a free press is illegal, where you go to jail for speaking against the government.

But all that a lot of Americans in Boston and the South Bronx will know about him is that he helped keep them warm on the cheap, in a winter when the cost of fuel is skyrocketing.

So it’s not just “Thank you, Hugo.” It’s “Thank you, Hugo, whoever you are.”

Unfortunately,American politicians who helped broker the deal know exactly who Chavez is. In Massachusetts it was Reps. Edward Markey and William Delahunt; in New York, Rep. Jose Serrano.

Nobody in Congress is to the left of this trio.

Serrano told the far-left (and ironically named) cable-TV program “Democracy Now!” he is “a strong supporter of [Chavez’s] attempts at bringing social justice to Venezuela.”

Meanwhile Delahunt says on his Web site that American policy should simply “acknowledge our significant differences and then reconstruct a discourse based on mutual respect.”

In other words,“Hugo, ya wanna slide into despotic single-party rule where no multiparty elections are held, where a free press is illegal, where you go to jail for speaking against the government? Go for it!”

Chavez is not there yet. Despite his best efforts, his opposition has been strong enough to prevent Cuba II, for now.

Last year Chavez won a recall election that international observers say was clean but opponents claim was rigged. Score one for Chavez, maybe.

In another election in early December, Chavez’s party took full control of the national legislature after opposition parties dropped out, accusing the National Electoral Council of being stacked with Chavez supporters and using fingerprint machines at polling sites that tell the government how individuals vote. The election was cast by all sides as a referendum on the fairness of the vote – and only 25 percent of registered Venezuelans turned out compared with 50 percent to 60 percent in the congressional elections of 1998 and 2000.

So score one for the opposition, maybe. Or maybe not, since now Chavistas can do what they want in congress.

One thing for sure: the cheap oil. Score one for Chavez, no maybes.

Roger Hernandez is a syndicated columnist and writer-in-residence at New Jersey Institute of Technology.✦

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This is the part of the feature section where you can find interresting information, contact information and things you won’t find in the articles. Enjoy!

Word of the Week: Tawdry -adj. “something showy but cheap and of poor quality.”

Origin: from Ely, a city in East Anglia.

The word was populaized by St. Audrey, queen of Northumbria. ”Her death had been caused by a growth in her throat, which she said was a punishment for wearing necklaces in her youth.”

This is where the usage of “tawdry lace”originated. www.worldwide words.org

Today in the Past: 1778 Capt. James Cook discovers Hawaii.

He was an Enlglish explorer, the first European to discover Hawaii. He landed on the island of Kauai and named them, “the Sandwich Islands”to honor John Montague, earl of Sandwich.

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TRIVIA TRIVIA TEST

By Fifi Rodriguez 1. MYTHOLOGY: According to Greek myth, who was the father of Oceanus?

2. U.S. STATES: When was Nebraska admitted to the Union?

3. RELIGION: The B'nai B'rith is a humanitarian organization associated with which religion?

4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In what country is the St. Andrew's Royal and Ancient Golf Club located?

5. GAMES: When did the board game "Clue" make its debut?

6. MEDICINE: What is hypoxemia?

7. MOVIES: What was the name of the star lioness in the film "Born Free"?

8. HISTORY: In what year did labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappear without a trace?

9. ART: In what city would one find Michelangelo's statue "David"?

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ORGANIZATIONS: What is the name of the main (and largest) decisionmaking body of the United Nations?

Contact Information: Jason Drumm Features Editor allstatefeatures@ apsu.edu Sarah Bullock Assistant Features Editor

THE ALL STATE

“If I had three weeks...”

Students respond Wang dubbed unoriginal

Movie Review: “Last Holiday”

Laughing with Latifah Latifah has a refreshing perspective of life

and stereotypical

Jason Drumm

Sarah Bullock

In the film “Last Holiday,” Queen Latifah plays Georgia Byrd, who works in the cookware department of a mega-store. She has a huge crush on a coworker (LL Cool J). She eats nothing but Weight Watchers dinners and always watches how much she spends.

She is a normal person who goes to church, works, loves people and cooks. One day, while at work, she bumps her head pretty hard and is rushed to the doctor with her boss and her crush.

At the doctor’s office, this ordinary lady finds that she has an extraordinary disease and she only has three weeks to live.

Like most people would be, Byrd is shocked but finally copes. Due Drumm to this dire news she decides to fulfill everything that she’s always wanted to do. She goes from a paranoid penny-pincher to a very wealthy person. She cashes all the bonds her late mother had given her and empties her savings. Finally, she goes where she has always dreamed of going and does whatever catches her attention.

Byrd tries her hand at extreme sports, gourmet cooking, massages and shopping to her heart’s content.

On this three-week holiday, she accomplishes everything she’s always wanted and excelles greatly at it.

Throughout the entire film, Byrd only gets sweeter day after day. I was very impressed with how patient she was and how well she treated complete strangers.

She captivates everyone around her and changes their lives for the better just by living her life. She even causes a lady at the hotel desk to appreciate the ceilings.

“Last Holiday” is a funny, lighthearted movie with a serious message. The ending has a few surprising twists. I would recommend this film to friends, couples and even my grandparents.

Speaking from a guy’s perspective, I was surprised by the fact that this was not a gushy, chick flick.Although the ending is a little mushy, the overall film is well-rounded and is enjoyable for both guys and gals.

I also enjoyed the beathtaking scenery of this film. The city scenes just look like typical city blocks. It is when she fulfills her dreams that the asthetics really take a turn for the better. Once she goes where she has always wanted to go, the colors are so much brighter. The audience goes from seeing old city buildings to seeing snow capped mountains and extravagant Czech architecture.

The movie does contain some potentially offensive language, but it’s not very harsh. Queen Latifah often speaks against people using bad language throughout the film. There also are some situations that might not be suitable for children. Parents might want to view the movie before they allow their children to see it.Allin-all, it is a great comedy with a hint of romance.✦ ASSOCIATED PRESS

Guest Writer

What would you do if you only had three weeks left to live?

Assistant Feature Editor

Feature Editor

Compiled by Jessica Lavaly

‘Last Holiday’ brings laughter, hope, and inspiration to audiences of all different kinds of people.Wayne Wang, director of such movies as ‘Because of Winn Dixie’ and ‘Maid in Mahatan’, uses an urban setting of a high-traffic city to paint the picture of a shy, working-class woman with dreams of bigger and better things. Georgia Byrd, (Queen Latifah), spends her time working at a retail store, cooking gormet meals, and adding things to her “possibilities” scrapbook. One of the first pages the audience views of the “possibilities” book Bullock is a cut-out of a couple after a wedding with Georgia’s face as the bride and her co-worker, Sean Williams, (L L Cool J), as the husband.

When Georgia is injured at work, she undergoes a cat scan and finds she has a terminal illness. The doctors give her two to three weeks to live. This is what prompts her to take a page out of her possibilities book and take a European vacation all to the surprise and shock of her boss, coworkers and family.

She arrives in Europe as a celebrity in a helicopter dazzling the wealthy patrons of the Grand Hotel Pupp. Georgia’s attitude, daring nature, and delightful demeanor surprise and refresh the usual guests of this $4000 a night hotel. Her defense of the working class gains recognition and the admiration of the entire hotel staff. The joy of her company begins to be the most desirable of all the guests, including the owner of the company she works for, Matthew Kragen, (Timothy Hutton).What they begin to learn from Georgia is described as true existentialism.

All in all, this might be a wait to rent movie unless beautiful, bright, snowy mountain scenery is enough to drag you to the big screen. The usual Queen Latifah is only portrayed once when Georgia pretends to be an angry pimp.Wang begged her to put aside her normally brash and loud personality for one movie.Without such begging, one of the main themes of overcoming fear would not have been achieved. Closer to the end,Wang tries to make Georgia a hero in politics and in racism. The two villains, a rich company owner and a corrupt senator, become more predictable and stereotypical to give Georgia a chance to show them up with her middle-class wisdom and new found confidence. This isn’t disappointing because the ‘feel-good’ atmosphere of the movie prepares the audience for unrealistic dialog.Also, it does make you feel good, if you’re not already insulted by the stereotypes.

If you find yourself in need of girl power or unrealistic ‘stick-it-to-the-man’ attitude,‘Last Holiday’ will satisfy your need. Georgia defends the working class, charms the true meaning of life, (butter), and generally lives out her quote, “Next time... we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid.” ✦

“I’d visit all the family members I’ve never seen and go the beach.”

Alberto Arauz Pysical Therapy Freshman

Jeremiah Sager Philospohy Senior

Melissa Cavallini Education Senior

“Spend my time in the leukemia ward, because they’re gonna die soon too. I might as well help someone else before I die.”

“I would spend as much time with family and tell everyone that’s important to me how important they are.And express to my friends and family to not take anything for granted, and that each day is a gift.”

“Probably spend time with my family and do things I’ve never done.”

Jennifer Smith Health Care Management Senior

“Spend time with my family and friends. I’d try to travel and enjoy as much as I could.”

Nick Craig Political Science Junior

American Spiritual Ensemble kicks off semester

“Spend time with my son and my husband.”

By Lois Jones Staff Photographer

It is often said that the “eyes are the windows to a person’s soul.” If this is true, then we should see contented and filled souls by looking into the eyes of those who attend the concert tomorrow night in the Music/Mass Communications concert hall.

We are fortunate to be having the American Spiritual Ensemble, a Gospel chorus founded in 1995 by Dr. Everett McCorvey.

The chorus is comprised of 27 talented voices that will treat us with an evening of Gospel music and Broadway tunes. The American Spiritual Ensemble has performed all over the world gracing the stages at the Metropolitan Opera, New York Opera and San Francisco Opera, to name a few.

The ensemble has also toured in many countries as well, including Italy, Spain, and England.

This concert is brought to us by the Clarksville Community Concert Artist Series. Gerry Gilman, a volunteer board member, spoke with me enthusiastically about the concert.

“This choir is made up of many talented people, with diverse backgrounds, coming together with their incredible voices,” Gilman said.

“This should be an evening to

Kathleen Penrod Nursing Sophomore

“I would leave this instant and go to France, I’ve always wanted to do that since I was five years old.”

Nikola Collins Latin, French, History Junior CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

remember. The acoustics in the concert hall are world renowned and many choose to use the concert hall to record in as well.” All that attend the concert here at APSU will be talking about it long into the future.

APSU has a history of providing the community and its students with many thrilling cultural events. This concert will start the semester off with a night of musical wonderment.

It is the first of a series of four concerts to be held on campus.

Future concerts in this series include: Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m., the Valentine Showcase, in which tenor Thomas King, mezzo-soprano Sharon Mabry, soprano Gail Robinson-Oturu, trumpeter Richard Steffen and guitarist Stanley Yates will perform.

March 16 at 7:30 p.m.,William Ferguson, a tenor with the Metropolitan Opera Company, will sing a varied array of songs. Finishing this series will be The Kenny Barron

Jazz Quintet on April 8 at 7:30 p.m.

The Gospel concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the Music/Mass Communications concert hall on Thursday January 19th. It is free to APSU students and open to the public at $25.00 per ticket; $12.00 for students. The series price for all four concerts is $75.00 per person; $36.00 for students. Tickets are available at the door. For advance ticket information, call Ann L. Silverberg, 221-7644.✦

Historical fiction novel ‘Sarah’paints spiritual and biblical beauty

By Sarah Bullock Assistant Features Editor

The first time God spoke to a human, He chose a man named Abram.Abram was from a tribe that worshiped many gods and the almighty Ea.Abram answered God and began the first journey that led to the modern Christianity practiced today.

What we know about Abraham is told through his own eyes in the Bible.Author Marek Halter uses the first book of his Canaan Trilogy, ‘Sarah’, to tell the story of Abraham through the eyes of his wife.

When most people think of Sarah they think of a mild-mannered and loving wife, maybe in a little hut

“Settle old accounts and go to Romania. I’ve always had a fascination with Romania.”

Members of the American Spiritual Ensemble , some of which will be performing at APSU on January 19th at 7:30 pm.

making bread and cheese for her husband. They also may know that Sarah gave birth to Isaac at a very old age by a miracle of God. Halter paints a picture of a very intelligent and outspoken girl who would not be with Abram if it weren’t for her sense of adventure, duty and love. Before God changed Sarah’s name, she was called Sarai. Sarai was a daughter of a very powerful Lord of Ur. Halter gives Sarai one of the first signs of a “modern” woman of her time. The story begins with Sarai’s first menstrual cycle, which in her culture is the beginning of the wedding ceremony.

Accurate to the culture of biblical times, women at this point in their

lives would be very excited to fulfill their duty and destiny, but Sarai was not. Sarai flees the city in the middle of the ceremony cold, wet and scared.

She then meets Abram who protects her for the night.

When her father’s guards seize her in the morning, she takes an herb that renders her womb barren. This is the first thing Sarai does without permission from her elders or blessings from her gods. This is her beginning as an independent woman. This independence propels her life, as well as the story into Sarah and Abraham’s destiny.

Halter uses his diction, imagery and character development to paint a vivid picture of Old Testament

culture. During dialog, Halter renders subjects like male genitalia, menstruation and sex as harmless and colloquial as the weather.

Rituals of the time are accurately and historically depicted throughout the work. This transports the reader to the mindset of Sarai and her tribe.

As Sarai begins to learn more about herself, the reader begins to learn more about the nature of the Hebrew God. Halter uses her duties and desires as the window to the difficulties of marrying one of God’s prophets. Sarah’s obedience, love and independent spirit craft an unforgettable journey of religious devotion, self-exploration, and beauty.✦

Jeremy Crouse History Sophomore

Jamie Black Undecided Freshman

“I would travel to Europe because I didn’t get a chance to go everywhere. I’ve only been to Germany.”

“Go to Las Vegas and spread out my life savings.”

Ray Bailey Social Work Freshman

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Magrans honors student’s final request Stephanie Coward Online Editor

Charlie Tuttle first came to Austin Peay State University in 1997. He continued his studies at APSU off and on for seven years.

Tuttle never graduated. Charlie Tuttle passed away June 22, 2005, after losing his battle with cancer.

Tuttle lived only 26 years, yet managed to leave a lasting mark with the people who knew him. Ramon Magrans,APSU Spanish professor, is one such person who will never forget Tuttle.

“He was a good kid--very inquisitive-and when you have a student like that, you rejoice,” Magrans said.

Magrans does not just speak kind words about Tuttle; he also traveled out of the country to fulfill one of Tuttle’s last requests.

Tuttle was enrolled at APSU as a Spanish major in December 1998. He participated in the Mexico study abroad program. He spent three weeks at Universidad Internacional (UNINTER) in Cuernavaca,

For more information and to see how you can contribute to the memorial contribution please visit: www.charlietuttle.com

Mexico with Magrans and other APSU students. Magrans said Tuttle loved the school immensely.

When Magrans was asked this fall to take a portion of Tuttle’s ashes to the school in Mexico, he was honored. Magrans boarded a plane Dec. 17 to carry out his former student’s wishes.

Magrans just shrugs his shoulders, unconcerned, when discussing the approximate $1,000 he spent for the trip.

“I did it out of love for him,” Magrans said.

Upon arriving in Mexico, Magrans and a UNITER representative set out to find a spot for Charlie’s ashes.

Left: Charile Tuttle enjoys a prosperous game of poker.

His friends raised over $3,000 in a charity poker match in memory of his life and friendship.

He also enjoyed the Spanish program at Austin Peay State University, as well as the study abroad program at UNINTER in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Tuttle passed on June 22, 2005 at his home in Clarksville, Tenn. He leaves behind his family CONTRIBUTED PHOTO and friends. He was only 26.

There has been one other ash dispersion on the school’s grounds. The school’s founder, who died many years ago, also had his ashes spread there. Magrans said both of the deceased have their ashes in beautiful spots on the grounds. “(Charlie’s ashes) are under a banana tree overlooking the swimming pool of the school,” Magrans said.

Tuttle was also an avid poker player; he loved the game.After his death, his fellow players raised nearly $3,000 for charity.

Those who would like to make a memorial contribution can do so by following the links on his website, www.charlietuttle.com, which is still maintained by his parents.

The last time Magrans spoke with Tuttle was in the spring of 2005. Magrans said Charlie assured him that he would be back in school soon; though he never returned, his memory lives on in those that knew him.

“He was just a good kid all around,” Magrans said.✦

Music Review: Concierto de Aranjuez playing since 1939 Martin Taylor Guest Writer

When asked to write an article for The All State reviewing music, my first question was,“Do I have to write about current music?” Assured that I wouldn’t, I began to wonder how successfully I could encourage other students who don’t listen to classical music to give it a try.What I hope to accomplish over the course of this semester is to present you with one representative piece by one great composer every week.

You’re rolling your eyes, aren’t you?

Stop that!

I chose to begin with a piece that is quite accessible, the Concierto de Aranjuez of Joaquin Rodrigo. Let’s start with an explanation: the term concerto usually refers to a piece of music that features an instrument or group of instruments accompanied by an orchestra. They are usually difficult and offer the soloist a chance to show off both their technical wizardry and their ability to stare longingly at the ceiling.

The composer was completely blind from the age of three. This did not stop

him from becoming a great pianist and composing a great deal of music.You can even find a picture of the original manuscript for the Concierto de Aranjuez on the Internet completely in Braille.

Rodrigo’s concerto features the classical guitar, an instrument so quiet that everything but a harpsichord can easily drown it out. The composer orchestrated the piece carefully so that the guitar comes through at a reasonable volume. This allows the listener to hear each and every mistake the soloist might

make. As a classical guitarist, I can confidently say that this piece is difficult.

From the blazing fast scales of the first movement, the fingerboard gymnastics called for during the second, to the rapid tempo of the finale, this is not something one generally undergoes in their college career.

However, these are some of the reasons that the piece is widely considered to be the single most famous piece written for the guitar. There are numerous recordings (both live and studio) of professional guitarists playing

the concerto.

What to listen for: The guitarist playing melody and accompaniment simultaneously throughout the concerto.

The fast scale runs in the first movement.

In the second movement, the gorgeous melodies and the technical nightmare that is the cadenza, or extended passage of the featured instrument by itself. The dance-like rhythm and extremely fast guitar work in the third movement.

Who to listen to: Soloist Narciso Yepes accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.✦

Tom Bone says...

“Why is the sky blue?”

By Tom Bone Guest Writer

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Welcome, welcome one and all to the circus side show that is reality. I, Tom Bone, have been asked to write a features article for the illustrious All State.

This article will be slightly atypical of the features that have appeared in the past. In this column, you get to choose the topic of discussion.You can ask me a question and I will ramble tangentially to it until eventually you forget what you wanted to know in the first place. I will give you an example: Why is the sky blue?

The sky is blue because of certain properties of water and light. The atmosphere of the earth contains copious amounts of water. This is subsequently why Signs is a bad movie. The aliens’ lungs would dissolve after their first breath, rendering the invasion forces impotent. I digress. Water not only destroys evil witches and aliens, it can also bend light.

Look at a lake or pond sometime and watch the ripples in the water distort your view of the bottom.

In the upper atmosphere, sunlight strikes the water molecules suspended in the thin air. The water droplets act like prisms, distorting the light and splitting it into its component wavelengths. This phenomenon occurs at lower altitudes as well. We call them rainbows. The overall effect is that the light is scattered into different colors. This is where some basic physics comes into play. Don’t be scared by the word physics. If you made it this far into the article, stick it out a little longer.

The radiation coming from the sun contains all the wavelengths of light from microwaves to visible light to gamma radiation. Most of this is blocked by Earth’s electromagnetic fields and atmosphere.

Some of the radiation that does get through in large amounts though is visible light. In this light is contained all the colors we see.

The part of light that has the shortest wavelengths is the part we see as blue and violet. The shorter the wavelength of light, the easier it is to scatter. Think about how packing beans scatter in relation to how the particles in baking flour scatter if dropped.

This scattering in the upper atmosphere literally makes it look blue up there.

There is one more component to consider. The thickness of the air comes into play some. We live on a ball. This means the atmosphere is also roughly a ball.

As you look toward the horizon, you look through more air than you do when you look straight up. As the sun sets, you see it through increasingly larger and larger amounts of air. Eventually enough air gets between you and the sun to scatter even very long wavelengths of light. This is why the sky seems more orange and red at sunset. Redder light only gets scattered to a noticeable degree when the sun is low in the sky.

I hope this answers someone’s question.

If not, write in and I will answer someone’s question. Please send in your missives and I will try to respond post haste. ✦ Ask Tom Bone at: allstatefeatures@apsu.edu

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Features

Comic Book Review

Smith’s comic series captivates readers

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By Dustin Kramer Art Director

In 2002, Kevin Smith, the creative mind behind such films as “Clerks” and “Dogma,” was commissioned to write a six-issue comic book series for Marvel Comics with the artistic talents of Terry Dodson. The comics were to focus around superhero Spider-Man and villain-turned-super heroine The Black Cat. The title: “The Evil That Men Do.” Three issues were released to much approval from fans and critics alike. The books were a smash hit, flying off store shelves at nearly every comic shop in America.

The stylistic art of Dodson mixes amazingly well with the comedic and light-hearted, but never awkward, style of writing that Smith brings to his projects.

The story follows former lovers Peter Parker (SpiderMan) and Felicia Hardy (The Black Cat) as they join forces to bust Garrison Klum, a drug lord in their hometown of New York City. Upon arrival, SpiderMan is impaired and The Black Cat is drugged.

Garrison Klum looms over the helpless woman, about to rape her, when something completely unexpected happens. He explodes.

A story so strange yet compelling seemed too good to be true, and it almost was. After the third issue, Smith became busy with his next film,“Jersey Girl.”

Needless to say, he left millions of devoted readers hanging in the balance with no end of a great series in sight.

Finally, after over three years of waiting, Smith finished writing the final three issues. It wasn’t until December 2005 that issue number four hit the stands.

It picked up seamlessly with where he had left off, fleshing out the excellent story that he had begun in the previous three.

“I'm really, really happy with how the whole mini turned out, (just a f------ shame I took so long to finish it),” said Smith on his message boards at www.viewaskew.com.

Almost as reparation to fans for the long wait, he added another famous superhero to the mix – Daredevil.

In the first week of January 2006, issue five became available. In this book, the story is fully realized and makes complete sense of the mysteries presented in the previous four. The writing is compelling, telling the story of Francis Klum, a mutant character who becomes the center of the story’s cohesiveness.

As yet another nod to devoted readers, Smith adds one more fan-favorite superhero to the already all-star ensemble - Nightcrawler of the X-Men. Smith said.

The art is as seamless and consistent as the writing.

Terry Dodson’s definitive and larger-than-life character design goes well with the mood of Smith’s writing.

We will work with you If you have an idea, please contact the features section at: allstatefeatures@apsu.edu or call 221-7376.

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Rachel Dodson, Terry’s wife, inks and colors the book, splashing vibrant blocks of cell shading onto every panel. This series continues to stand out as one of the most visually stunning books of the past five years.

The plot of this book pulls the reader right into the world of these fantastic characters, creating a tangled web (pun intended) of duty versus conscience – vengeance versus forgiveness. The final panel leaves readers with a shocking revelation about The Black Cat, one of the best cliffhangers that comic fans will ever see.

The only problem with this book (and it’s a small one) is about the Marvel universe physics of teleportation. Some of the pre-established ideals of what can and cannot be done are challenged. This may prove irritating for adamant comic fans but leaves little to worry about in the whole scope of things.

All in all, this mini-series is turning out to be one of the best, and issue five is no exception. Fans and nonfans alike should love the story and art presented in “Spider-Man and The Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do.” The next issue is slated for release at the end of January, wrapping up this wonderfully comedic yet tragic tale once and for all.✦

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SPORTS SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Thursday Women’s Basketball vs. UT-Martin, 5:15 p.m., Clarksville, Tenn.

Men’s Basketball vs. UT-Martin, 7:30 p.m., Clarksville, Tenn.

Friday Track and Field at Saluki Booster, Carbondale, Ill.

Saturday Men’s Basketball vs. Chattanooga 6 p.m., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Track and Field at Saluki Booster, Carbondale, Ill.

Next Week Thursday Women’s Basketball vs. Jacksonville State, 5 p.m., Jacksonville, Ala.

Men’s Basketball vs. Jacksonsville State, 7:30 p.m., Jacksonville, Ala.

Friday Men’s Tennis vs. St. Bonaventure, 4 p.m., Blacksburg, Va.

Saturday

Govs hold off SEMO for win Redhawks second-half surge can’t overcome Govs’defense Sports Editor

Men’s Basketball vs. Samford, 2 p.m., Birmingham, Ala.

Women’s Basketball vs. Samford, 4 p.m., Birmingham, Ala.

Sunday Track and Field at TSU Invitational, Nashville, Tenn.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senior Maurice “Squeaky” Hampton guards Murray State’s Tyler Holloway during the Govs’loss to the Racers last Thursday. Hampton finished the game with 12 points and posted an additional 13 points over the weekend in the Govs win over Southeast-Missouri.

team’s momentum at the end of the Christmas break.

“You want to get some momentum, especially coming back home to play a tough home-stand here,” he said.“It’s always big to get some momentum before coming off a break.When the students come back and they see that you have been doing well then they’ll support you even more.”

Overall, the Govs’ performance was a more complete team-effort than the Redhawks as 16 of the Govs’ points came from players off the bench

including Shipley’s 11 points.

The Govs also held the advantage of fastbreak points as they posted 10 to the Redhawks’ zero.

Along with Schlader and Shipley’s offensive contributions, senior guard Maurice “Squeaky” Hampton added 13 points of his own to the overall effort. Nine of Hampton’s total points came from his 10 free throw attempts.

Redhawks guard Roy Booker led all scorers with 33 points with 15 of them coming from beyond the three-point line.✦

While You Were Away Holiday Streaks The holiday break has served both the men’s and the women’s basketball teams as a time of streaks.

The men’s basketball team began the break with a 74-71 win over Evansville to spark a fivegame win streak.

The Govs’ victory over Middle Tennessee snapped the Blue Raiders 19-game nonconference win streak while simultaneously snapping their own 20-game non-conference losing streak.

The Govs’ recent win over OVC-member Eastern Illinois extended APSU’s win streak in the Dunn Center to 11 games.

Coach’s Corner

By ANDY BLACKSTON

Lady Govs look for sweep of Lady Skyhawks

By MICHAEL YOUNG Walking out onto Southeast-Missouri’s court in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, freshman Landon Shipley was under just a little bit more pressure than normal. Not only was Shipley close to his St. Louis home, he was also playing against his father’s former team that now included a former teammate from his school-yard days.

“I was pretty excited about SCHLADER it plus the point-guard for SEMO I have grown up with. Since fourth grade we have played with and against each other throughout the years,” Shipley said.“With my dad being a former player there it was pretty cool to play in front of some of his fans.”

“A lot of their fans were not happy that I came to Austin Peay but it was great to come out with a victory. I wouldn’t want to lose there and then have to go out with my dad afterwards.”

Despite the pressure, Shipley posted 11 points, including a clutch three-pointer to extend the Govs lead to nine-points mid-way through the second half, in the Govs’ 63-56 win over the Redhawks. The win was the Govs’ first OVC road victory of the 2005-2006 season.

“At the beginning of the game we had a lot of good interior passing with the big guys making shots and layups and that got us going,” Shipley said.“Once they did that then it really opened up some shots on the outside and it was really important that we made those just to keep their defense honest. Ultimately in the beginning it was Schlader and Drake Reed that was making the shots.”

However, senior center Zac Schlader attributed his success on the inside to freshman Drake Reed and the team’s success on the outside.

“We made a few more shots on the outside that opened up the game on the inside,” said Schlader, who led the Govs on offense with 14 total points.“Drake is such a good passer on the inside. He feeds me pretty well. I try to hit Drake whenever I can and it seems to be working pretty well.”

The Govs began the game hot as they mounted a 20-10 lead over the Redhawks with 6:33 left in the first half. However, the Redhawks quickly gained momentum as guard Roy Booker’s three-pointer sparked a 12-2 run to send both teams to the locker rooms knotted at 22.

The second half started off very similar to the first for the Govs as a 17-3 run extended the Govs’ lead to 16 with 8:39 left. But again, the Govs cushion would quickly disintegrate as a trey from Eric Burton brought the Redhawks within four points of the Govs. In the final seconds, the Govs would hit six of their final eight free throws to seal the victory.

“Any conference win is big,” Schlader said.

“Especially coming off the game at Murray where we were right in the game and they just had a two-minute spurt to keep our confidence up and stay in the game. Going up there and coming out with a win at SEMO, which is a tough place to play, is big.”

Schlader also stressed the importance of the

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Tennessee-Martin is going to be ready to go this week. They have beat the No. 1 team at the time in Samford already this season so they are very capable of beating anybody.We were able to get a good win against them just a few weeks ago on the road.

We expect a good contest. In this league, anybody can win on a given night so we just have to come out ready to play.

We have got to bounce back. That is something that I am challenging our kids with is that they have to have the ability to bounce back.

Before the loss at SEMO, we had a sixgame win streak.We played poorly against SEMO because we couldn’t handle the pressure and that is going to happen sometimes and you have to get back up and get back to work.We have to get back to what we did during that winning streak in order to look past that one loss and keep on winning.

We had a great day in practice today so I feel that we are headed in the right direction.We have got to control Tennessee-Martin’s Andreika Jackson. She is one of the best post players in our league even though she is a little undersized.

We also want to make them shoot the three-pointer. They don’t like to shoot the three-point shot because they are not very good at shooting the three-pointer. They really like to drive the ball and throw it to the inside.

We are going to have to really protect the paint in order to force them to shoot the outside shot. Even when they do take those shots we need to make sure they are contested.A lot of times with TennesseeMartin, they do a great job on the offensive glass so once that shot goes up we need to put a body on somebody and block them out.

Some of the keys that we are working on is being able to execute a little tighter.We are trying to not be so loose with the ball and making sure that we are screening.We are trying to make sure that we get players more open so the passes that we try to make are easier.

Overall, we are just trying to clean things up.We are not really changing anything.

We are just doing the same thing that we have done all along just with more efficiency.✦

TALE OF THE TAPE

APSU

Stats

UT-Martin

65.2

Scoring Average

57.8

66.2

Points Allowed per game

65.8

40.9

Field Goal Percentage

40.5

After a six-game losing streak plagued them early this season, the Lady Govs counteracted with a six-game winning streak that recently came to an end with their loss to SoutheastMissouri.

“Squeaky” Hampton and Zac Schlader have led the Govs’ offense with a 17.9 and 14.1 points per game average, respectively.

31.7

Three-point percentage

30.8

A ‘Fresh’Presence

63.1

63.8

Senior Dominance

Freshmen Landon Shipley and Drake Reed rank third and fourth on the Govs’ team in scoring with a 7.0 and 6.8 average. Shipley’s 45.5 three-point percentage leads the team while Reed’s 84 total rebounds rank second on the team behind senior Zac Schlader.

Fellow freshman Kyle Duncan and J.P. Felder have also contributed to the Govs’ overall efforts with a combined 6.4 points per game average as well as 4.2 rebounds per game.

Free Throw Percentage

40.1

Rebounds per game

36.2

19.3

Turnovers per game

18.6

3.6

Blocks per game

1.2

8.4

Steals per game

6.2

Senior Ashley Haynes’ dominance on the court continued over the break with seven double-double performances.

Haynes’ all-around play has maintained her double-double average with 15.8 points per game as well as a 13.4 rebound per game average.

On the men’s team, seniors Maurice

Lady Govs win streak ends with loss to Redhawks

By MICHAEL YOUNG Sports Editor

After compiling a six-game win streak over the Christmas break, the Lady Govs streak finally came to an end as they suffered a 72-54 loss to the Southeast-Missouri Redhawks. The loss drops the Lady Govs to 7-8 overall and 4-4 in OVC play.

“It is disappointing,” Austin Peay State University Lady Govs basketball coach Andy Blackston said.

“It’s disappointing because we really didn’t execute much of the game plan. SEMO played a nice game and they made some shots but we just didn’t do what we were supposed to do.”

Both Blackston and senior Ashley Haynes demonstrated pride in their six-game win streak but disappointment in how it ended.

“I was really happy with our run,” Blackston said.

“The kids have put us in position to compete for the OVC championship and that is what we want to do but we can’t have let-downs like we had the second-half at SEMO.” “We were on a roll and I think that a seven-game win streak would have been really good for the team,” Haynes said.“I don’t think that we should

have lost that game.We just didn’t come out ready to play. I didn’t think that it was time for us to lose.”

Haynes, who has served as the key factor in the Lady Govs’ offense, was held to just 10 points and six rebounds on the night.

“Ashley (Haynes) gives us a lot when she goes to the glass and takes some shots,” Blackston said.

“They did a great job on her but that is the point that somebody else on the team has to step up. I thought they out-toughed us. They were really physical and we didn’t respond to that.”

Early on, the Lady Govs matched the Redhawks basket-for-basket before a layup by Kellea Reeves sparked a 9-0 run that gave APSU some cushion.

The Redhawks responded with four consecutive three-pointers to lead them to 28-27 lead over the Lady Govs at halftime.

The Redhawks began the second half in similar fashion as two straight treys extended their lead to eight early on. SEMO’s onslaught continued as a 142 run put the Lady Govs out of contention.

The Lady Govs would not come within 13 points of the Redhawks for the remainder of the game as they eventually fell, 72-54.

Blackston attributed the team’s loss to the Redhawks pressure and tenacity on defense.

“They kind of sped us up a little bit,” Blackston said.“They got us to play a little faster than we are used to playing. It led to some hurried decisions and some bad passes and that put us out of rhythm. That was big because everything that you plan on doing in a game is based on rhythm and when it is off then everything is off.”

The Redhawks pressure also forced the Lady Govs into 22 turnovers throughout the game that led to 25 Southeast-Missouri points.

“They pressured us a lot and we haven’t played a team like that this year,” Haynes said.“Their pressure didn’t allow us to attack on offense.

Without being able to attack, we played a lot softer and a lot of times we lost control of the ball.”

Junior guard Saundra Hale led the Lady Govs on offense with 19 total points with Haynes’ 10 points ranking second.

The Redhawks had five players to reach the 10point mark with Simone Jackson’s 13 points leading the way. The win improves the Redhawks record to 8-7 overall and 5-3 in the OVC.✦

TERRY JOHNSON/STAFF

Sophomore Megan Merrill (32) attempts to drive the lane on fellow sophomore Kellea Reeves (55) during practice this week.

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Sports

Hardy is one of three OVC players on Wallace Award Watch Austin Peay Sports Information

Austin Peay State University baseball’s Rowdy Hardy has been named to the 2006 Brooks Wallace Award Watch list, the College Baseball Foundation released, Monday. The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to the national college baseball player of the year.

Hardy, a senior left-handed pitcher, returns to the Govs in 2006 after receiving Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and leading APSU to its first NCAA Baseball Tournament appearance since 1996.

He posted an 11-6 record and 2.70 earned-run average in 2006 while striking out 96 batters in 126.2 innings pitched. Hardy was especially tough in conference play with a 6-3 record, 2.07 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 74.0

innings pitched.

The 120-player Wallace Watch list will be trimmed to 12 semi-finalists by late May. Then the selection committee will narrow the list to three finalists following the NCAA Super Regionals at a press conference in Omaha. The finalists, their head coaches, and their parents will be invited to Lubbock, Texas, for a schedule of special events tied to the award banquet, which will again be nationally televised by Fox Sports Network.

Dedicated to the memory of former Texas Tech shortstop and assistant coach, Brooks Wallace was a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977 to 1980.A four-year starter, he was named All-Southwest

Conference and All-District Six his senior year when he led the Red Raiders to their first-ever appearance in the Southwest Conference Tournament.

After playing two years in the Texas Rangers organization, he returned to Texas Tech and served as a graduate assistant and later as an assistant coach. In the summer of 1984 he was diagnosed with cancer and fought the disease courageously until his death on March 24, 1985, at age 27. The Plano, Texas native was married to the former Sandy Arnold and they had one daughter, Lindsay Ryan.

The selection committee for the Wallace Award is comprised of a national panel of preeminent coaches, sports information directors, former winners and beat

media who most closely follow the sport. Screening Committee members will evaluate the candidates and will continue their review throughout the entire baseball season.

The list will expand and contract during the regular season and additional Wallace Watch candidates may be added as the season progresses.Voting for the three finalists and the Wallace Award winner will be conducted by confidential balloting, with totals tabulated by the J.W.Anderson & Associates accounting firm in Lubbock, Texas.

For more information, visit the College Baseball Foundation Web site at www.collegebaseballfoundation.org.✦

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Austin Peay Player Profile

By MANDY WHITE Managing Editor

It’s not often a freshman walks onto the court of a Division I, conference championship contending school and makes an impact. But that’s exactly what Landon Shipley is doing.

The St. Louis, Mo., guard has played in all 15 games this season and leads the Govs in threepoint percentage with 45.5 percent (15-33). He also is third on the team in three categories: field goal percentage (49 percent), free throw percentage (83.3 percent) and points, averaging seven points per game.

Shipley attributes his success on the court to his hustle.

“I’m really scrappy.With my frame,” Shipley said, gesturing at his barely 6-foot, 170-pound body,“I’ve got to do something.”

Shipley, who has yet to start a basketball game at Austin Peay State University, has provided substantial support from the bench.

He has been named OVC Freshman of the Week two times so far this season. His 5-5

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three-point shooting performance in the Govs’ win over Evansville earlier this season broke the record (4-4) for best three-point shooting in the Dunn Center.

“I think a couple of things I bring to this team are my shooting and leadership at the point guard position,” Shipley said.

Shipley’s favorite basketball memory so far in his career is making it to the final four during his high school days at Lafayette High School in St. Louis. In fact, during that game, he played against Eric Jones, who signed to play with Ohio Valley Conference rival Southeast Missouri.

The Govs have a lot to look forward to in Shipley.As a senior in high school, Shipley averaged 20.2 points per game, connecting on 55 percent from the floor, including 46 percent from three-point range, and he hit 83 percent from the free throw line.

Off the court, Shipley describes himself as a nice guy.After college, he would like to get into coaching at the collegiate level.✦

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Vital Stats Name: Landon Shipley Class: Freshman Major: Health and Human Performance Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Sports Idol: Steve Nash because he is a white guard making it in the league.

Favorite Sports Team: St. Louis Cardinals and Duke Favorite place to eat? Blackhorse Why did you choose to come to APSU? “I got a lot of offers from East Coast schools because I played some AAU tournaments there, but Austin Peay is close and there’s a good NCAA tournament chance here.

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Freshman Landon Shipley leads the Govs in three-point percentage this season which includes his 5-5 record setting performance in the Govs’ win over Evansville.

APSU Sports Briefs Local prep golf star signs with Lady Govs Staci Lynch, who has established herself as one of the best locacl prep girls golfers in Clarksville history, elected to stay at home as she signed a letter of intent to play for the Lady Govs golf team at the start of the 2006-2007 season.

The Rossview star went undefeated during the regular season of high school play and eventually claimed a 12th place finish at the AAA state tournament.

Lynch averaged one under par for the season and is ranked fourth in Tennessee’s 2006 class as well as 117th nationally.

White Sox pitching coach featured speaker at Bat Govs banquet Don Cooper, the Chicago White Sox pitching coach, will be the featured speaker at Austin Peay State University’s baseball First Pitch Banquet which will be held at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 9th, at the Morgan University Center on the Austin Peay campus.

Cooper, who just completed his 18th season in the White Sox organization, has been the team’s pitching coach the past three seasons.

Govs ranked fourth in OVC With just eight OVC games in the books this season, the Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team is currently ranked fourth in the OVC standings behind

league-leader Murray State. Tennessee Tech and Samford file in at second and third place, respectively.

The fourth place mark is two spots ahead of the Govs preseason expectation while Murray State and Tennessee Tech’s placements are dead-on so far.

Lady Govs barely ahead of last season’s pace The Austin Peay State University women’s basketball team is just one game ahead of their disappointing pace last season.After 15 games last season, the Lady Govs were 6-9 while APSU’s current 7-8 record is barely an improvement.

On the other hand, the Lady Govs sixth place ranking is six spots ahead of their preseason last-place placement. The Lady Govs 4-4 record is the league average as the OVC has already proven to be a league in which anybody can win.

OVC extends TV contract with ESPN The Ohio Valley Conference announced today a fiveyear extension (through 2010) to its existing television agreement with ESPN, Inc. Under the terms of the extension, a minimum of 14 OVC contests will be televised annually across the ESPN networks, including the 24-hour college sports network, ESPNU. The new pact also includes distribution rights for Ohio Valley Conference programming across multiple ESPN platforms.

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