8
Feb/12

Govs lose at home to TTU

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» By TRENT SINGER – tsinger@my.apsu.edu

Nearly a month had passed since the Govs lost a game at the Dunn Center, but following a combined 62 points from the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles’ Jud Dillard and Kevin Murphy, the Govs came up short on Thursday, Feb. 2, 94-88.

Several players proved they were prepared to take on the nation’s best scoring duo in Dillard and Murphy.

Senior center John Fraley had the best game of his collegiate career, finishing with 31 points and 17 rebounds.

Regardless of Fraley’s effort, the Govs could not muster up enough defense to slow down the Tennessee Tech offense.

Leading 36-33, the team ended the first half rather well.

They had kept Dillard and Murphy in check defensively, limiting the shooters to only 19 points.

At the beginning of the second half, Murphy made three straight three-pointers to give the Golden Eagles a 42-38 lead.

Senior center Melvin Baker played well in the losing effort, scoring 17 points and six rebounds, but more importantly, giving the Govs life with less than a minute left in the game.

Baker made a three-pointer and a dunk in the game’s final minute to cut the Golden Eagles’ lead to 90-88.

Fraley’s 31 points marks the third consecutive contest in which he scored 20 points or more.

After allowing only 33 first-half points, the Govs gave up 61 second half points in the losing effort. After the game, coach Dave Loos spoke to Sports Information about the loss.

“I thought we played pretty well the first half,” Loos said.

“They had significantly more fast-break points than us because we keep turning the ball over. Our turnovers led directly to baskets — easy baskets.”

As a team, the Govs ended the night with 19 turnovers, nine of which came in the second half.

“The point is, we’re really not giving ourselves a chance to win,” Loos said.

The Govs will need to remain focused as they prepare for this year’s toughest test on Saturday, Feb. 11, when they head to Murray and take on the undefeated Murray State Racers. TAS

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8
Feb/12

Conor finds romance at The Looking Glass

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» By CONOR SCRUTON – cscruton@my.apsu.edu

I have to admit, when my All State coeditors first came to me and excitedly announced I was going on a date for this week’s Valentine’s Day edition, I was a little apprehensive. I’m single, and the excitement my coworkers showed in suggesting date ideas was sort of unsettling.

While they happily toyed with the possibilities of speed dating and blind dating, I decided it would be safer to find a date myself before they resorted to searching through Craigslist personals. Luckily for me, my best friend Shelley Starkey didn’t have any problem with sharing dinner.

I should first point out it isn’t always easy to find a romantic restaurant in Clarksville. Being a tech-savvy college student, I resorted to Google before anything else.

However, using the “romantic” filter on some food review sites only brought up sports bars and, oddly enough, Denny’s. (Before I go further, I should point out to my male readers, taking your date to Denny’s is never a good idea, especially on Valentine’s Day.)

From some friends’ referrals, I finally settled on The Looking Glass Restaurant and Gourmet Bakery. It’s located at 329 Warfield Blvd., and has built up a fair reputation. The Looking Glass received five-star ratings from Orbitz and Yahoo.com and has been called the best restaurant in town by The Leaf Chronicle.

Despite all the hype, I’d never been to the restaurant and really had no idea what to expect. From the moment we walked in the door, I realized the décor was a nod to “Through the Looking-Glass,” a sequel to “Alice in Wonderland.”

The restaurant’s light purple interior features tables and chairs painted in colorful patterns and various kites dangling from the ceiling. While this may sound a bit eccentric for a romantic date, most of the lighting comes from candles and soft Christmas lights, giving the place a quiet, low-key atmosphere that’s actually really nice.

Being college students and low on cash, we just went for dessert rather than a whole meal. The Looking Glass has a lot of coffee options I would recommend for my fellow caffeine addicts, but their dessert menu is the real deal. The bakery’s menu varies slightly day to day, but you’ll basically be safe with any choice on the menu.

Their cheesecake is honestly among the best I’ve had, and ordering one slice gives you enough to keep some leftovers stashed away in your dorm mini-fridge — which is exactly what we did.

To add to The Looking Glass’s whimsical atmosphere, in warmer weather there is an outdoor Zen garden where guests can dine, and live music is a regular evening feature. Despite being a nicer restaurant, The Looking Glass’s prices aren’t too high. Also, they open at 7 a.m. for any couples interested in a romantic brunch.

So if you’re stumped for Valentine’s ideas, I can personally say my semi-romantic date at The Looking Glass was a success. Here’s hoping yours will be, too. TAS

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8
Feb/12

WRAP IT! Play it safe. STDs remain a constant threat to campus health.

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» By CHRIS COPPEDGE – ccoppedge@my.apsu.edu

It seems not even organized college campuses are entirely free from the unquenchable youthful desire for sex. This has led to Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Illnesses becoming a sizable problem on APSU’s campus.

“We do see STIs frequently in the clinic,” said Kristy Reed, Family Nursing Practitioner at APSU Health Services, but it’s difficult to get exact statistics because of how the diagnoses are coded.

Health Services offers free condoms, educational materials, classes and presentations by request from faculty and staff. They encourage STD screenings as per Center for Disease Control recommendations.

HIV/AIDS screenings go for $23, chlamydia and gonorrhea are $27 each, syphilis is $13, trichomoniasis for $8 and hepatitis for $93.

STDs are not just a problem on campus. The Montgomery County Health Department offers free testing and treatment for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and HIV.

In 2009, the state of Tennessee had alarming statistics regarding reported cases of certain STDs. The total amount of HIV diagnoses in males, for example, numbered 687; for females, it was 245, adding up to 945 total statewide cases.

In terms of individual counties, some disease counts are worse than others. Davidson County reported a total of 3,495 chlamydia diagnoses and 871 gonorrhea cases in 2009. Davidson and Shelby were also two of the few counties to report primary, secondary, early latent and late latent cases of syphilis between 1996 and 2010.

In Montgomery County, 1,203 cases of chlamydia

were reported in 2009, as were 385 cases of gonorrhea and seven cases of late latent syphilis.

There isn’t an official policy regarding STDs according to Health Services, but it certainly has some strong views on the matter.

“The only guaranteed means of protecting yourself from sexually transmitted diseases is to remain abstinent,” said Lowell Roddy, director of Student Counseling and Health Services. “For those who choose to be sexually active, a condom is essential. Having unprotected sex is like playing Russian roulette; at some point there could be a life-threatening surprise.”

The Centers for Disease Control Fact Sheet for public health personnel agrees latex condoms provide “an essentially impermeable barrier to particles the size of STD pathogens.” However, it also warns there can be differences in how effective condoms’ protection against different kinds of STDs because they are transmitted in different ways.

As the website notes, condoms provide greater protection against diseases transmitted by “genital secretion” such as HIV/AIDS, gonorrhea and chlamydia, but less so against genital ulcer diseases such as herpes, syphilis or chancroid since those can be transmitted by contact with infected skin or mucosal surfaces.

Sexually transmitted diseases and infections remain a problem, whether or not one is a college student. As always, it is advised to be careful and safe when you’re having fun. You never know what might strike when you least expect it. TAS

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8
Feb/12

Slashing HOPE jeopardizes the future

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Your Take

How do you feel about the proposal to raise requirements for the HOPE Scholarship?

It’s really hard to meet their requirements already and it seems like they’re trying to weed people out.” — Ryan Mann, sophomore History major

I think it should be raised. Most people just breeze through school. Other people try hard and deserve more.” — Justin Blankenship, freshman Computer Science major

I don’t see anything wrong with that. It forces people to strive for excellence and work harder.” — Nathan Burleson, senior Biology major

I don’t like it because I don’t have both a 3.0 and a 21 on my ACT and I don’t work. That scholarship is basically how I live.” — Alysha Rush, sophomore Graphic Design major

I’m for it. If you are able to get a 3.0 all through high school, you should be able to pull a 21 on your ACT.” — Jeremy Johnson, sophomore Business Management major

Changing the requirements is not fair. Some people are not good test takers, but study hard and make good grades.” — Justin Gilkey, junior Criminal Justice major

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8
Feb/12

Black history events planned for February

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» By TIFFANY HALL – thall29@my.apsu.edu

February is national Black History Month, and the Wilbur N. Daniel African-American Cultural Center has a lot of activities planned. The center serves the purpose of being an educational and resource center. The center is also responsible for all of the events that support African-American culture.

“The staff has been working hard to prepare the programming for this significant cultural month,” said Henderson Hill III, director of the AACC. “The events that the Wilbur N. Daniel Cultural Center will be sponsoring for Black History Month 2012 are all very exciting.”

Hill said that the purposes of the events are to raise awareness of how African American culture has impacted history.

The center has six events planned this month.

The first event was the annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Five national organizations funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Nicole Anthony Townsend started the event in 1999.

The main goal was to educate African-Americans on HIV/AIDS and to make them aware everyone is capable of being infected. This event, held in the cultural center from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., offered free HIV/AIDS testing to every student on campus so they can be aware of their status. All information is kept confidential.

The second event is the Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels planned for Thursday, Feb. 9.

Artwork, artifacts and selected writings will be on display from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the MUC lobby.

The exhibit is to show students different aspects of African-American culture and history they might not otherwise see.

The third event, Peay Soup, is on Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Clement auditorium.

This year’s theme is Neo-Soul and Love edition.

Any student, faculty and staff with a valid APSU ID can get in for free, with a cost of $5 to the general public.

The event will last from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. In addition to guest artists Jonathon Winstead and Reecy, anyone can sign up to showcase some of their talents.

The cultural center will be participating in the second annual 5k Breast Cancer Awareness Walk alongside The Foy Center on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m.

“This is a way for us to get involved with the community and to say that we are aware of breast cancer. But this also gives survivors a chance to say that they’re here, and that they did survive. This is also a way to educate and get the community involved,” said Joseph Chatman III, graduate assistant for the African-American Cultural Center.

A “Hot Topic” discussion will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22. The year’s topic is: “Hip-Hop, Is it Still Relevant?”

Assistant professor of African American Studies Johnny Jones will talk about where hip-hop came from and how it started. In the beginning, hip-hop was a way to express social concern, but is that still relevant in today’s society?

Jones will go into detail about the different things that make hip-hop what it is. The discussion will take place in the cultural center from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The events for the month wrap up with a lecture Thursday, Feb. 28. “Who Will Lead the Next Social Movement,” will take place in the Clement auditorium from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Jeff Johnson, the guest speaker and award winning journalist, will talk about who he thinks will be leading the next social movement.

Following the lecture, there will be a chance for students to meet and greet with Johnson and a book signing.

“I’ve been here with the cultural center for four years, and I’m so excited for Jeff Johnson. We haven’t had him here before so it is different, something new,” senior Porsha Milan said.

Milan, as well as several other students, will be helping with the setup and admissions for the events.

A lot of the students helping are an everyday part of the cultural center. Some are student workers and some help out with the events that the center puts on year around. TAS

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8
Feb/12

Slashing HOPE jeopardizes the future

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» Trynica daniels – tdaniels8@my.apsu.edu

As many APSU students know, the HOPE Lottery scholarship is available to all students in the state of Tennessee. It provides $4,000 per year for four years of college.

The criteria is simple: to gain eligibility, the student must be a Tennessee resident and either make a weighted 3.0 grade point average in high school or score at least a 21 on the ACT or 980 on the SAT, as stated on tn.gov.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, of Blountville, Tenn., has founded a task force dedicated to preserving the reserves of available scholarship money, at the cost of cutting some students’ benefits in half.

Understandably, this decision has dismayed many students, many of whom can’t afford tuition without the HOPE’s financial aid.

The proposal is only under consideration now. The change would decrease students’ lottery assistance if they did not meet both standardized testing and high school grade requirements.

Rather than being paid $4,000 for four years, students would receive $4,000 dollars for two years, even if they attend a four-year university.

The Associated Press reports this plan is expected to save $17 million each year.

Even though the HOPE Lottery scholarship program has already accumulated nearly $400 million in reserves, legislators worry the cost of the program could overtake lottery profits.

To compensate for expenses in the short term, the state has used lottery reserves. Without reform, state officials approximate the lottery reserves could steadily diminish to about $145 million by 2021.

Keeping the state out of debt and financially stable is important, and reform is necessary, but the rights of students to be educated should not be jeopardized in the process.

“We just don’t need to go across the board slashing it and putting a lot of … kids off it,” said Nashville’s Mike Turner, House Democratic Caucus Chairman.

Many otherwise intelligent students struggle during their high school years or have test anxiety and exhibit subpar results on one of the criteria. In addition, middle-class families who make too little money to comfortably afford college but make too much to warrant financial aid are left marooned in an awkward middle ground.

For many, the HOPE is their only chance to receive a quality education and eventually acquire a satisfactory job.

While financial crises must be attended to, it is apparent there is an increasing educational crisis in America. Some might argue the cuts, which would raise the bar for eligibility for a standard Tennessee scholarship, would contribute to more focused, motivated high school students.

However, equal opportunity is a basic tenet upon which this country was founded, and education is a right of the people.

This change would blindside so many promising students and perhaps even harm the future of this country.

Without access to education, the new generation in charge of taking on the torch of its predecessors and running the world will be forced to work with basic knowledge rather than a well-rounded secondary education. As the old maxim goes, “Those ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it.”

Students need HOPE. If students can manage either of the criteria necessary to win a HOPE Lottery scholarship at this time, they have reasonably proven themselves to be high achievers, pupils of exemplary caliber and responsible enough to have a lust for knowledge which they should not be denied.

Young adults today should be assisted by the state as much as possible in order to empower themselves and become productive members of society.

The idea behind the cuts is not intentionally malicious, but deserves careful consideration. The people of this generation hold the future of the United States in their hands.

How capable those hands will become in shaping the nation is directly related to education. Denying anyone education is not only immoral, but counterproductive. TAS

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