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By Evie SweetenStaff Writer
The focus will be on the Battle of the Piney Woods game against Sam Houston State University for many
students this weekend. However, the peo-ple traveling to Houston can find other things to do outside a football arena for a fuller weekend.
Here are some things outside the big game students can enjoy while visiting H-Town this weekend. Halloween Haunts: Even though the game is on Nov. 1, Halloween comes beforehand, and Houston is full of haunted houses to celebrate the holiday.
Houston Scream Fest: Enjoy eight dif-ferent houses, movies playing on screen, concerts and zombie paintball. Visitors can also shop in the gift shop, eat, or play carni-val games. Tickets for one night are $35 and a weekend pass is $49.50. Parking is free. For more information, go to houstonhaunt-edhouses.com.
Nightmare on the Bayou: Nightmare on the Bayou has two haunts this year: Ghost House and Bayou Cemetery. It will be $20 for one haunt or $35 for both. This attrac-
tion is cash only, but there will be an ATM machine next to the box office window. For the address, more pricing and additional information, visit nightmareonthebayou.com.
Phobia: This has three houses—ClaustroPhobia, Darke Institute and Mind Control. Attendants can choose one house or as many as desired. One house is $15, two are $30 and all three are $40. For more information, check out darke.com.
Screamworld: This combines five differ-ent attractions rolled into one haunting ex-perience. The attractions include a zombie graveyard, slaughterhouse, clown asylum maze and more. Tickets are sold online and in person. To buy tickets online and for more information, go to screamworld.com.
Other things to do: If you’ve done every-thing else in town, these are always safe bets for something to do.
The Houston Galleria: If you need re-tail therapy before heading back to Nacogdoches, stop by the Galleria for a seemingly endless number of stores. Stores range from Tiffany & Co. to Teavana.
By Sara JonesContributing Writer
Classes are in full swing, midterms are approaching and graduation may be loom-ing in the near or distant future. Those who are eager to get a head start on the job market competition are encouraged to apply for internships now.
October, November and December are the prime months to start applying for summer internships. Once the holidays roll around, most recruiters will be on va-cation, which means that it will take them longer to review applications, resumes and cover letters after the New Year.
Start local. Visit the SFA Career Services Center, located in the Rusk Building on the third floor. The services of-fered here range from resume/cover letter critique to actual job/internship searching. SFA students are advised to create a “Jobs for Jacks” account at jobs4jacks.com. Once you cre-ate your account, you can post your resume for recruiters to
view and sign up for all of the helpful services that SFA Career Services has to offer.
Create a LinkedIn.com profile and start networking. Networking is the secret weapon in landing a great intern-ship and potentially future job. Connect with alumni and contacts that are already working in the field that you want to pursue. Most people are happy to help students and offer advice. Ask your professors as well. Professors receive in-ternship information during the year, and some might be able to help you find your perfect internship.
Search the Net. Great websites to check out are intern-ships.com and internqueen.com. Some hidden gems may even be on craigslist.com, which is known to have listing for major metropolitan areas.
By Appiah MontgomeryContributing Writer
Students attended the Spirit Organization Cheer and Homecoming Court Reveal in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom on Thursday.
The evening started with the Student Activities Association dancing and sing-
ing to their version of several classic Disney songs, which helped grab the audience’s attention.
Next, the Residence Hall Association began their performance by praising the organization while playing “Circle of Life” to capture the first scene in “The Lion King.” Jewel Elliot, RHA president, rapped while the other members made the beat for her by stomping their feet
and clapping their hands. Despite some technical difficulties,
RHA was able to continue its cheer, as Elliot conducted the rest of the group and sang its version of the “Frozen” song “Let it Go,” The performance ended with a quick chant.
Photos by womansinsite.com (left) and devourhouston.blogspot.com (right).
Star Pizza: Star Pizza has been serving pizza with a twist since 1976. They make whole wheat crust, chicken alfredo, salsa verde, hand tossed and deep dish pizzas, to name a few. Along with pizza, they offer pasta, sandwiches, salads and other ap-petizers.
2111 Norfolk Dr. Houston, TX 77098Jollibee: This Filipino restaurant chain
has finally managed to make its way to America. The top dishes are fried chicken, burgers and spaghetti that is sweet and
unlike any other spaghetti you’ve probably had. For desert, halo-halo, which is shaved ice, flan and more, is recommended.
8001 Main St. Ste 100 Houston, TX 77025Glazed Doughnut Café: While sprin-
kles and plain glazed doughnuts are nice, Glazed takes dessert to a whole new level. They switch around their menu of samoa, red velvet, maple bacon, and more flavors to keep things interesting.
1333 Old Spanish Trail Unit E Houston, TX 77054
Photo by Grant Korbel/The Pine Log
lowdownHouston offers more than Battle of the Piney Woods game during weekend
Photos by womansinsite.com (left) and devourhouston.blogspot.com (right).
Photo by Belen Casillas/The Pine LogTraditions Council President Megan Sellers announces the winners of the Homecoming Court.
Purple and White royaltySFA Homecoming Court winners announced during spirit, cheer rally
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Career Services Center, located in the Rusk Building on the third floor. The services of-fered here range from resume/cover letter critique to actual job/internship searching. SFA students are advised to create a “Jobs for Jacks” account at jobs4jacks.com. Once you cre-ate your account, you can post your resume for recruiters to
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H-Town
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The Lumberjack faithful cheer for their favorite team at last year’s Battle of the Piney Woods.This year’s contest could decide the Southland Conference championship.
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By Evie SweetenStaff Writer
Every year on the Friday night before the Homecoming game, students, staff, faculty and alumni gather for
the University’s Torchlight Parade. This year, the tradition continued.
“The parade is full of spirit; it is the spirit of SFA,” Traditions Council President Megan Sellers said. “There are excited students, the marching band and spirit teams. Students are bleeding purple.”
The Torchlight Parade has been going on for as long as the bonfire has, and Traditions Council has yet to find the year where the University had neither.
The parade starts at the Surfin’ Steve
statue in front of the library and finishes at the intramural fields where the bonfire takes place. The Homecoming Court candidates pass around the torch, which will eventually light the bonfire.
“My favorite part is watching candidates pass the light to the bonfire. It’s really cool that we get to do that,” Sellers said.
Sellers said the parade is a good time and great way to both bond and show school spirit for students.
“The parade is an incredible experience where the whole college comes together to get pumped for the upcoming football game,” student Claire Pauletti said. “I love going to the parade because I get to celebrate and hang out around the largest bonfire I’ve seen.”
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By Joseph Stepniewski Opinion Editor
SFA gathered students to celebrate the Bonfire and Pep Rally event held at the Intramural Fields on Friday, Oct. 24.
Per tradition, a pile of wood and other flammable materials topped with a decorated outhouse was lit to create the bonfire next to the soccer field.
Saville Harris, coordinator of student engagement, led the festivities, telling attendees the bonfire building began the Thursday before the event by Alpha Phi Omega. The organization has been building the bonfire for more than 40 years.
There were other organizations involved in the festivities as well. An alumni tent was next to the main stage, along with food and drinks available from Aramark for attendees. The 2014 Homecoming Court was recognized on stage, and President Baker Pattillo joined in the festivities along with members of the SFA Board of Regents and student regents. Dr. Adam Peck and student body president Marquice Hobbes were also present to hype up the crowd.
Several sports teams came out to pump the students up for future games and celebrate wins. Coach Brad Underwood and the men’s basketball team made announcements about the upcoming basketball season and revealed their televised game will air on Saturday, Nov. 18 ,against Northern Iowa.
Coach Clint Conque and the football team
were there as well to talk about Saturday’s game against SELU on Saturday, which they won and moved to first place in the Southland Conference.
The women’s soccer team came out after its 3-0 victory over Central Arkansas the same day with Coach Wally Crittenden to celebrate their fourth consecutive Southland Conference regular season title and take a selfie with the crowd.
Prizes were awarded and announced, including a chance for bonfire attendees to win a flat-screen TV. Traditions Council announced the Homecoming Spirit Award winner was Sigma Alpha, who will receive $1,000. BIG Event members came out to celebrate more than 1,000 cans of food donated this year. Student United Way also presented a check for $480 representing the funds they had raised.
Between announcements were performances by multiple national award-winning dance, spirit and cheerleading teams. The Lumberjack Marching Band and Color Guard also performed, with a special performance by College Miss Majorette of Texas, Shelby Elder, who did some fire twirling for the crowd.
Finally, after the pep rally ended with fireworks and the crowd singing “All Hail to SFA,” The Bart Crow Band came out to perform songs such as “Wear My Ring” and “Run with the Devil,” as well as covers of Lorde’s “Royals” and Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” to end the night.
Parade ignites Lumberjack spirit
Photo by Kasi Dickerson/ The Pine LogLumberjack Football players and Coach Clint Conque invite the bonfire crowd out to the Homecoming game.
Photo by Kasi Dickerson/ The Pine LogStudents waited by Surfin’ Steve for the Torchlight Parade to begin on Friday night.
Photo by Kasi Dickerson/ The Pine LogHomecoming Queen Paris Kyle and King Rashad Collier lead students in the Torchlight Parade to the Intramural Fields.
Photo by Kasi Dickerson/The Pine LogAlpha Phi Omega members lit the bonfire on Friday.
Right photo by Jennifer Rogers/ The Pine LogThe Bart Crow band performed at the bonfire.
From the bonfire to the football team upsetting Southeastern Lousiana 27-17, Homecoming
weclomed Lumberjacks of all ages. Here’s a re-cap of the Homecoming festivites.
Photo by Jonathen Reusch/The Pine Log
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By Christin EdwardsContributing Writer
Runners took their marks at the annual H o m e c o m i n g
Lumberjack 5k. With family and friends cheering along the route, about 70 runners and walkers of all ages ran the trails on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 25.
Hosted by the Campus Recreation Center and SFA Alumni Association, the 3.1-mile Homecoming race is a fundraiser for the Dr. Raymond Lee Worsham Scholarship Fund, which offers financial aid to student employees of the Campus Recreation Department. Student Caryn Berkowoitz was the 2014-2015 recipient for the award.
In comparison to last year, the route for the race began on campus at the tennis courts on East Starr Avenue and Wilson Drive, and ended in downtown Nacogdoches by the Regions Bank Parking lot, giving runners the chance to view scenic parts of the campus. The Nacogdoches community, while running or walking, had the opportunity to enjoy the Homecoming parade after the race.
First place for the race went to Shawn Fischer, who finished in 17 minutes and 34 seconds. Second and third place went to Westley Lasharook and Brittany Kohl respectively. Other medals were given to the top three men and women in an age group.
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By Iscelle InitContributing Writer
The Homecoming Parade, which took place on Saturday, Oct. 25, was one of the events put on by
SFA’s Traditions Council that finished off Homecoming Week.
“We spend a copious amount of time preparing for this parade, and it ended our Homecoming Week extremely successfully,” Membership Relations Advisor Maggie Wright said. “It was
really well organized, compared to some of the past parades, and we had a great time.”
Main Street of Downtown Nacogdoches was lined with students and members of the community, anticipating the start of the parade.
“We went there pretty early so we could get a good spot,” sophomore Camelia Susanto said. “The atmosphere was really nice. You could feel the excitement of everyone waiting there.”
The Lumberjack Marching Band started off the festivities and led the parade. Different student clubs and organizations took part in the parade, some holding banners while others rode on floats they decorated themselves.
SFA students weren’t the only ones in the parade. The marching band and drill team from Nacogdoches High School also walked the parade along with the marching band and drill team from Central Junior High School.
By Iscelle InitContributing Writer
The Stephen F. Austin Alumni Association hosted a breakfast for
hungry Lumberjacks from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, in front of City Hall in Downtown Nacogdoches.
A buffet of flapjacks and special toppings was cooked and served by the Nacogdoches Kiwanis Club. Kids were able to decorate pancakes, draw in coloring books and take photos with the Lumberjack and
Ladyjack mascots and other spirit team members.
The buffet was free to all the Homecoming 5K runners, while others who attended paid $6 to eat.
“The run was good. I really felt awesome for the rest of the day, and it was a nice change from sleeping in until two or jogging in circles around the track,” student Christine Nguyen said. “The pancakes were really good and the music was a nice addition, and the coloring books; that was probably the best part of breakfast.”
Interview with Kyle:
Q: What are some characteristics that stood out from other candidates?
A: Oh, determination and also I am a very good school leader. I’m a part of a lot of different orga-nizations, so I am very flexible.
Q: Can you tell me what those organizations are?
A: Sure, of course. I am a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha so-rority, Inc. I am also an officer in SAA and the president of NPHC.
Q: What made you want to attend SFA?A: I chose SFA mainly because it was
close to home. I didn’t want to leave. I am the oldest of three children, so I’m kind of here for a comfort zone, you know? Also because I liked the fact that it was in the middle of nowhere, I felt like I could stay focused at this school and I actually feel like choosing SFA was one of the best decisions of my life.
Q: What do you plan to do after graduation?
A: “After graduation I am going to be doing an intern,” Kyle said. “I haven’t decided yet if it was going
to be in Houston or Dallas, but I do want to travel and work with Texas and other different countries.”
Q: What did you do to get people to vote for you?
A: Rashad and I campaigned a lot. “Every day on the yard we had differ-ent things to offer people – something that was very appealing to people that would make them want to come out and vote for us. And we would also explain to them what type of students that we are here on campus, and not just say “Vote for me, Vote for me,” but tell them what we can do for them.
Q: What kind of things did you two do specially that got people to vote for you?
A: I remember one day we bought a cotton candy machine and everyone was like “Oh, I love cotton candy” and began asking question such as “Oh, well who are you,” so we told them a little bit about ourselves. We also brought out Capri Suns because it was really, really hot. We also did chicken because we wanted to feed everybody so that they could have free lunch, you know? We basically just gave back to the community.
Parade takes to Main Street
Rec center 5K raises funds
Alumni serves Jacks breakfast
Q-and-A with Queen Paris Kyle
Photo by Jennifer Rogers/ The Pine LogSFA President Baker Pattillo crowned Paris Kyle Homecoming queen and Rashad Collier Homecoming king during half-time of the football game on Saturday.
Photo by Christin Edwards/ The Pine LogStudents ran 3.1 miles of scenic Nacogdoches during the Homecoming 5K on Saturday.
Photos by Kasi Dickerson/ The Pine LogFrom left: Miss SFA Carla Oliver and Mr. SFA Blake Taylor represent SFA at the parade. University President Baker Pattillo waves to the crowd at the downtown parade.
Photos by Kasi Dickerson/ The Pine LogAbove: International students carried flags representing their home countries. Left: SFA Chemistry Club participated in the downtown Homecoming parade and proved they were not basic.
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From page 1, InternshipsOld Fashioned marketing. Recruiters want to hire people who are willing to go the extra mile. Research companies and actually call them instead of simply filling out online applications. Be persistent. This cannot be stressed enough. Many recruiters have said persistence has often landed people interviews and eventually the internship. Recruiters receive a plethora of applications and emails, so it is possible your materials may be lost in the haystack. Take an extra minute to call the company and send an email.
Be honest. Do not lie on your resume. Employers would rather hire someone who is honest about themselves and their circumstances than a liar. According to businessinsider.com, writing a cover letter stating you are willing to work hard and want to be molded into a position rather than claiming your-self as a “business guru” is much more advantageous.
From page 1, HoustonFirst Saturday Arts Market: The first Saturday of
every month, artists gather in the Heights to sell their paintings, sculpture, jewelry and more. In addition to the artists, there are food trucks and live music.
Addams Family Play at Miller Outdoor Theater: In case your family is begging for some quality time before the game, Miller Outdoor Theater is putting on a performance of the Addams Family. The play will be about the only daughter, Wednesday, bringing home a boyfriend for the first time.
In addition to everything above, Houston has an abundance of museums, nightclubs, shopping and festivals. For a full list of everything going on in the city, go to visithoustontexas.com.
From page 1, CourtPi Theta Gamma and Delta Chi hit the stage
representing the state of Texas by wearing red, white and blue. Pi Theta Gamma did a cheerleading theme chant to introduce Delta Chi and the group of brothers gathered around for huddle chant made to pump up the crowd.
The last performance was by The Big Event where they showed the crowd their hip moves and loud cheers that had the crowd pumped and cheering for them.
Megan Sellers collected the judge’s votes and grabbed the list of people who won Homecoming Court. Megan Sellers announced the winners.
Mary Thi Bui won freshman duchess; Cody Carleton won sophomore duke; Brandi Hamilton won sophomore duchess; K.C. Kelechi won junior Duke; Kelli Washington won junior duchess; Anthony Rosborough won senior duke; and Tiffany Norris won senior duchess. The Homecoming king and queen are Rashad Collier and Paris Kyle.
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By C. Lee FarisContributing Writer
Evan Smith, editor-in-chief and CEO of The Texas Tribune, mediated a conversation with Texas Sen. Robert Nichols and state Rep. Travis Clardy, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at SFA.
Topics covered included transportation, water is-sues, immigration, health care, tax reform and educa-tion. The legislators also discussed what the 84th Texas Legislative Session will have in store for Texas citizens.
Nichols said there will be so many new people in Congress, that “There will be a learning curve” for the first 90 days because “We’ve never worked together.”
Smith asked Nichols about funding, Texas’ growing trans-portation and road costs via the Texas Economic Stabilization Fund, also known as the Rainy Day Fund, and why Congress approved a $1.7 billion dollar appropriation when they knew transportation costs would be between $4 and $5 billion.
According to Nichols, there is “no silver bul-let to solve [the transportation] funding problem.”
However the 84th Congress will entertain different options.In regard to water issues, Clardy and Nichols both agreed
there needs to be a way to clean water less expensively.When the talk turned to immigration, Nichols said, “We do
not need to expand programs for people who are here illegal-ly.” Clardy echoed his sentiment and said that controlling the border and helping Mexico have a healthy, stable economy are the keys to solving many of America’s immigrant issues.
When Clardy was asked how we should fix health care in
Texas, he said we should keep the money in Texas. He said we are far better equipped to solve health care issues locally.
W hen Smith asked if the representa-tives believed a healthy economy leads to bet-ter health care, both Clardy and Nichols agreed it does.
The main points of the conversation boiled down to something Clardy said mid-way through the talk: “Infrastructure is where we invest in [our] future,” and Texans need to choose to invest funds in long-term needs such as water, transportation and education.
Political Conversations
Photo by Belen Casillas/ The Pine Log
The Texas Tribune hosted an open forum with Texas Sen. Robert Nichols and state Rep. Travis Clardy. The open conversation cover topics like state taxes, immigration and gas prices. The event took place at SFA’s Twilight Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Hip Hop Halloween Zumba
Zumba goers dance to hip hop beats during the Hip Hop Halloween Zumba on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The first 100 participants received free T-shirts and were handed glow in the dark sticks to set the electric atmosphere.
Photos by Jennifer Rogers / The Pine Log
Texas senator andrepresentative open upabout controversial issues
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New Jersey-based retailer Toys R’ Us has removed its toys based on the hit
show “Breaking Bad” after a pe-tition was started by Florida mom Susan Schrivjer on change.org. According to the Associated Press, the petition gained about 8,000 signatures last Tuesday.
The petition, written under the alias Susan Myers, argued the sale of the toys was a dan-gerous deviation from Toys R’ Us’ family values and the toys should not be sold alongside Barbie and Disney products in-tended for kids. The “Breaking Bad” figures come with detach-able items such as bags of money and methamphetamines, per the show’s focus on drug dealing.
Toys R’ Us has said the toys were sold in limited quan-tity in an area of its stores re-served for adult action figures.
Bryan Cranston, who played the show’s main character, Walter White, responded by tweeting he was so mad he’d be burning his Florida mom action figure in pro-test. Meanwhile, California dad
Daniel Pickett started his own change.org pe-tition asking Toys R’ Us to keep the “Breaking Bad” items on its shelves, saying it’s his responsibility to keep his school-aged child away from harmful media and toys, but as a collector himself, he wants to be able to find col-lectible toys from his fa-vorite adult-themed series such as “Breaking Bad.”
As of Monday, Pickett’s petition has reached more than 50,000 signatures. The original petition lead-ing to the toys’ removal has more than 9,000 signatures. Pickett’s posts on his change.org petition website include the hashtag “#AdultsCollect.”
Aaron Paul, who played Walter White’s sidekick Jesse Pinkman on “Breaking Bad” – has taken to Twitter as well, linking to Pickett’s petition and criticizing Toys R’ Us for their decision to remove “Breaking Bad” toys. His tweets can be seen on foxnews.com, suggest-
ing Barbie dolls might be more damaging to young psyches
than the “Breaking Bad” toys and rhetorically asking if the store still sells violent video games.
Commenters on sites such as foxnews.com and abcnews.com have argued Paul is only wor-ried about his bottom line fi-nancially, presuming he gets a cut of “Breaking Bad” toy sales. Others have said the compari-son to Barbie dolls is absurd, unless Barbie dolls begin sell-ing meth, though other com-menters concede Barbie dolls have been linked with anorexia and bulimia in several stud-ies and may be harmful as well.
Then there are those who fully agree with Paul. Video games such as “Grand Theft Auto” and violent dolls intended for children might be worse than “Breaking Bad” toys, which are only able to be purchased by those 15 and up. For comparison, mature-rated video games like “Grand Theft Auto” are only available
for purchase by those 17 and up. People have also noted no up-
roar has been made about other adult-themed toys like those for TV show “Sons of Anarchy,” which follows a biker gang and also has toys sold at Toys R’ Us.
Time Editor Jeffrey Kluger wrote an editorial for time.com, com-plaining even despite the place-ment of “Breaking Bad” toys and restricting their sale to those 15 and up, sale of the toys was spectacularly bad judgment. He argues even with the adults-only section of Toys R’ Us, something he didn’t know existed and sus-pects other parents didn’t either, kids might still be able to look in sections intended only for adults. Furthermore, he notes the lack of brain development at age 15 and teenagers at that age having a penchant for emulating bad role models, like those on “Breaking Bad” represented by the toys.
For now, it seems as if the “Breaking Bad” toys will remain off Toys R’ Us’ shelves, but whether such kid-friendly ret ailers should sell adult-oriented toys at all is a matter of continuing debate.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
“There’s a difference be-tween knowing the path and walking the path.”
Anyone who has seen “The Matrix” may remem-ber this quote by actor Laurence Fishburne’s character, Morpheus. Along with countless other things, this line has been a lingering thought in my mind since I began training Aug. 10 for the upcoming East Texas Half Marathon, which takes place on Sunday, Nov. 16.
For those who may not know, a half mara-thon is 13.1 miles. To put this in a Lumberjack and Ladyjack perspec-tive, you would have to go around Homer Bryce Stadium’s track about 53 times, or the Rec Center’s upstairs track about 88 times, at least according to Nike+iPod.
I won’t lie though; I have done three half marathons before. The first race I ran was the Houston Half Marathon on Jan. 14, 2007, when I was a high school freshman. The last race, the Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon, was March 16, 2008.
But many things have hap-pened since then, including things I have both gained and lost simultaneously: weight and a piece of myself respectively.
Coming into SFA as a “Lumberfish” in the fall 2010 se-mester, I weighed anywhere from 170 to 180 as a six-foot-one fella. Now, I weigh a whopping 230 pounds. I even found out about a year ago when I went to the doc-tor’s office that I could possibly get diabetes if I didn’t take action on my physical shape and health.
When I found this news out, I was admittedly nervous, but hon-estly? A part of me didn’t care because of the piece I have been missing from myself: Confidence.
Without diving into the detail pool too deep, ending the relation-ship with my now ex-girlfriend in November 2011 and the events
leading to that point shat-tered the glass house of confidence I spent previous years crafting and repairing from the damage I previously received when I was relent-lessly bullied in junior high.
With the news I received about the potential diabetes, I thought to myself, “What’s more weight added to the back of an already-dead camel?”
But since then, various events from discovering my
passion for journalism to achiev-ing the position of editor-in-chief for The Pine Log during my final semester at SFA have helped me re-gain fragments of my former glass house. This house is, at the mo-ment, barely holding together with glue and tape, but something hap-pened this past summer, something that gave me a clearer blueprint on how to rebuild myself as a person.
With my parents and native Nacogdoches cousin, I visited my great aunt in Copper Mountain, Colorado, in late July to early August this past summer. With a desire to take in as much nature, cold weather – something Texas’ dank and bipolar winters could learn from – and fresh air as we could muster, my cousin and I de-cided to try and summit Copper Mountain while we were there.
With Copper Mountain village, the place we stayed at, located at around 9,700 feet above sea level while the summit is at more than 12,000 feet, the journey proved to be difficult since climbing the stairs, let alone summiting a moun-tain, was literally breathtaking.
However, a miracle happened: My cousin and I nearly made it to the top, and believe me when
I say it was a tough trek up with the route we took. Were it not for thunder we heard in the dis-tance, I do not doubt for even a second that we could have made it.
Surrounded by beautiful moun-tain scenery, neither of us could believe we were in such a sur-real moment. With the little air we were provided at the elevation, we both laughed and said, “Not bad for a couple of fat asses.”
It was in this moment where I relived something I hadn’t felt in years—feeling like I could do anything. So why not let that anything be a half marathon during my final hours at SFA?
The time between Aug. 10 and Nov. 16 is three months and six days, an amount of time that can hardly be considered ample in this case, especially when you take my shape into account. At least back when I was a mere fresh-man in high school, I wasn’t in bad shape, but I wasn’t fit either.
It also hasn’t been easy at all on my mentality considering how hard I constantly am on myself when I make even the slight-est of mistakes, a fact to which some of my friends can attest.
What has kept me going, how-ever, is believing in myself. With a little willpower—actu-ally, a lot of willpower—and de-termination, I am a few short weeks from achieving my goal.
It has taken me a long time, far longer than it should have, to get myself back to a state of stability in my mind and believing in myself, but if I can know my path and walk it, anyone can do it. Saying it’s easi-er said than done is the understate-ment of the century, but if you’re reading this and feel anything re-motely similar to how I have felt, I have a message: You can do it.
It ’s just a mat-ter of walking the path.
Robbie Key
Editor-in-Chief
Confidence, walking the path
As I stare into my backyard, I see the leaves from the overgrown tree fall to the
ground. This can only mean one thing: It’s fall. This is my favorite season, by far. The colors of the trees are vibrant and earthy, the rich smell of pumpkin and sweet candy is always in the air and it brings us to my most anticipated holiday of the year: Halloween. With the holiday coming up this week, preparations and the excitement are well on their way.
Though it’s been extremely commercialized from its origins, the Halloween spirt is always with us around this time of year.
This holiday originated in the Celtic culture as a way to ward off the spirits that would make their crops die. This holiday was called Samhain, and our own, American Halloween has been adapted from this ancient cel-ebration. In other cultures, this holiday is a way to celebrate the lives of loved ones that have been lost. Though this way seem mor-bid to some, I find it beautiful.
I used to live in Arizona, where Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, was a prominent holiday. The amazing art and food made every year is done so to commemorate the dead.
However, some cul-tures match the Halloween season with the devil.
Though there are some spooky aspects to the season, I find this ridiculous. There are people out there who restrict their children from partaking in one of the most exciting hol-idays there is. Dressing up as
someone or something you are not for one night and collect-ing candy from neighbors has to be one of the best things I remember from my childhood.
But there are kids with parents who will not have part in it, or allow their children to have fun with their friends and create memories that will last a life time.
These parents are tak-ing away a choice from their children, whether it’s based on a religious decision or what-have-you. No matter the rea-son, parents are making
a choice for their children, which should be left for the kids to de-cide. There is no harm in letting your children collect candy from neighbors, and if I’m missing something, please let me know.
Some people take the oppor-tunity of Halloween to give out Bible scriptures of how a child dressed as a ladybug or cowboy has sinned and needs to go home and pray. And yes, this has hap-pened to the children I’ve taken trick-or-treating. These people are throwing their religion on innocent children, which is not okay. I sure don’t remember this from my days dressed as a butterfly or the Little Mermaid.
Though the meaning of Halloween has changed to what it once meant, the celebrations and fun of it must remain the same. Religion needs to stay out of kids’ trick-or-treat bags. Halloween is about having fun and eating so much candy that your stomach hurts. Let’s keep it that way, for the sake of the chil-dren and nonexistent memories.
Morgan McGrath
Copy Editor
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By Sara ZavorkaStaff Writer
The A Capella Choir, presented by the School of Music, will perform its fall con-cert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Cole Concert Hall.
The musical style will feature the works of Johannes Brahms with “Zigeunerlieder” (Gypsy Songs,) Gioacchino Rossini with “Petite messe solennelle” and “A Drop in the Ocean” by Ériks Ešenvalds.
Under the direction of Dr. Tim King, the A Capella Choir consists of 52 voices, rang-ing from bass to soprano. Nearly all of the performers are music majors specializing in voice studies.
The choir performs strictly a capella, nd features concerted works over the last 600 years. Zachary Newman, a junior vocal
education major, has been involved with the choir since his freshman year.
“I’ve never seen a choir of any kind that can produce the range of sound and tone colors that we can,” Newman said. “From Renaissance motets to Verdi opera cho-ruses, we literally encompass the full spec-trum of choral music.”
Often, the choir will collaborate on works with Choral Union, Women’s Choir and Orchestra of the Pines to put on concerts.
The A Capella Choir is recognized as one of the finest choral ensembles in the coun-try, having performed at both state and national conventions from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) to The National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. They tour Europe regularly as they embark upon international per-
formances such the International Music Festival in Italy and Vienna’s 1,000th birth-day celebration. In 2006, the tour celebrat-ed Mozart’s 250th birthday by invitation from the Salzburg Choral Society.
“Being in this ensemble has given me a lot of excellent experience musically, and continues to do so,” Newman said. “(We sing some of] history’s most important pieces of music,) including all of Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ with an authentic Baroque or-chestra.”
In May 2015, the A Capella Choir will tour Venice, Florence and Rome. The choir will have a tour of Italy, according to Newman, where the choir will sing in places such as the St. Marks Basilica and the Vatican.
“Being with such an experienced group of musicians is truly an honor,” Newman said.
The Cole Concert Hall is located in the Tom and Peggy Wright Music Building. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for senior citi-zens and $3 for students and youth.
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The Ladyjack Soccer team clinched at least a share of its fourth consecutive Southland Conference title this past Friday night, notching a 3-0 victory over Central Arkansas at the SFA Soccer Field.
The win was SFA’s 11th straight, moving them into a tie for the second longest winning streak in the history of the program. If the Ladyjacks win or tie either one of their fi nal two contests, they will claim the conference championship.
Head coach Wally Crittenden had high praise for his club’s achievement following the match.
“It’s something they’ll talk about for a long time,” Crittenden said. “You talk about leaving a mark on a very successful
program, and they’ve certainly done that. With the high-character girls that we have, it’s a very special opportunity to coach them.”
The match started slowly, with neither team registering a single shot on goal through one half of play. That would change early on in the second half, with each goalkeeper being forced to make a save within the fi rst ten minutes and the offensive pressure from the Ladyjacks mounting.
The attack would culminate in an SFA goal during the 53rd minute, as junior Rachel Owens recorded her fi rst tally of the season on a cross from senior Chelsea Raymond. The goal would stand as the game-winner, as senior keeper Morgan Glick shut out the Sugar Bears to move to 11-2-1 on the year.
Senior Zuri Prince and sophomore Jasmine White also got on the scoresheet in the contest, with Prince adding a goal
just 29 seconds after Owens’ and White’s conversion on a defl ected penalty kick with just over a minute remaining.
SFA outshot the Sugar Bears 20-5 overall in the game, fi nishing with a staggering 9-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Ladyjacks attempted 14 shots to UCA’s two in the second half alone, as SFA dominated the pace of play throughout the fi nal 45 minutes.
The Ladyjacks (13-2-1, 9-0 SLC) will remain in Nacogdoches to fi nish out their season at the SFA Soccer Field.
They will play host to Texas A&M Corpus Christi (4-7-3, 3-5-1 SLC) on Friday’s “Senior Night” before squaring off with Incarnate Word on Sunday in the fi nal match of the Ladyjacks’ conference schedule. Friday’s match will get underway at 7 p.m., while Sunday’s is set to kick off at 1 p.m.
By Jordan MossSports Editor
It’s that time of year again. It’s the biggest game on the calendar, where pride is on the line and the oldest active rivalry in Texas collegiate football will be at it again. SFA will face off Sam Houston at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 for the annual Battle of the Piney Woods game from NRG Stadium in Houston.
The No. 23 Lumberjacks (6-2, 3-1) are fresh off a 27-17 Homecoming victory over No. 15 Southeastern Louisiana while the Bearkats (4-4, 3-1) defeated Abilene Christian 38-21 last weekend.
Head coach Clint Conque knows just what this game will mean in the race for the Southland Conference title.
“The game is a meaningful game on a lot of fronts, most signifi cantly is it’s really an elimination game in the conference race, probably,” Conque said.
The Jacks survived the fi rst leg of the most intense three-game stretch they will face all year with the win over the Lions last weekend; now they must beat their arch rivals for the fi rst time since 2010 in order to keep their conference championship hopes alive.
Conque may be new to the SFA sidelines, but he certainly isn’t new to playing Sam Houston after 14 years at Central Arkansas. He knew from his fi rst days as the man in charge on the SFA sidelines what this game means.
“I fi gured it out pretty quick, I mean before I even got introduced. I think the day I got hired we were talking about this game,” Conque said.
The Lumberjacks will look to limit the production of the Bearkats sophomore quarterback Jared Johnson who has rushed for 1,635 yards in the fi rst eight games of the season. The SFA defense showed a lot of improvement last week against Southeastern Louisiana slowing down the Lions offense and sealing the victory with an interception.
Sam Houston State has begun to gel as a team in recent weeks following the early-season struggles of adapting to a new head coach and taking on powerful foes like LSU and Eastern Washington. The Bearkats, like the Jacks, know a lot is on the line in this game.
Conque knows that the Bearkats are beginning to hit their stride.
“Their head coach comes with a winning pedigree, they fi gured some things out an offense and they’re a very good football team,” Conque said. “I think it’s two good football teams going into November that are playing for a lot.”
If SFA is going to beat Sam Houston for the fi rst time since 2010, they will need to bring the same discipline and focus they displayed on Homecoming to NRG Stadium in Houston.
The Lumberjacks and the Bearkats will kick off at 3 p.m. from NRG Stadium in Houston. The game can be seen online on ESPN 3 and on television on the Southland TV Network.
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SFA looks to top rivals in Battle of the Piney Woods for first time in three years with SLC title hopes at stake Photo by Jennifer Rogers/The Pine Log
Sophomore quarterback Zach Conque dives into the end zone for a score against Southeastern Louisiana.