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Teaching from the Heart: Becca Lyles

March 25, 2013   Gabby Rambo
As her student Diego reads his book, Rebecca Lyles reads over her lesson plans for the day at BQJ Elementary School. As a student teacher, Lyles teaches three students from a first grade class for 20-30 minutes a few times a week.

As her student Diego reads his book, Rebecca Lyles reads over her lesson plans for the day at BQJ Elementary School. As a student teacher, Lyles teaches three students from a first grade class for 20-30 minutes a few times a week. Gabrielle Rambo/SFASYOU.com

There are so many students that walk around campus that many of us have hardly any idea of what their life is like or what they do on a day-to-day basis. Rebecca Lyles is one of hundreds of students on the SFA campus that has a personality like no other.

As a full time student, part-time Phone Jacks manager and student teacher, Becca has put her outgoing and original personality into each area she is involved in.

For the past couple of weeks I have been taking a glimpse into Lyles’ life. She is a campus personality by simply being herself. She has a big heart and loves everything she does, especially when teaching her first graders at QBJ Elementary School.

” It’s hard to do so much, it always feels like there isn’t enough time in the day, but the second I see those kids, my day is made,” Becca Lyles said.

These photos are just a small look at what she does from day-to-day.

Becca Lyles laughs with her first grade students at BQJ Elementary School after their teacher made a funny comment. Lyles is an education major and is in the process of student teaching.
Becca Lyles laughs with her first grade students at BQJ Elementary School after their teacher made a funny comment. Lyles is an education major and is in the process of student teaching. Gabrielle Rambo/SFASYOU.com

 

          Standing by her office, Rebecca Lyles, junior, smiles for the camera as her coworkers make calls. Lyles is a manager at an on-campus job known as Phone Jacks.
Standing by her office, Rebecca Lyles, junior, smiles for the camera as her coworkers make calls. Lyles is a manager at an on-campus job known as Phone Jacks. Gabrielle Rambo/SFASYOU.com

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SFA Lumberjacks vs. Central Arkansas Bears

March 03, 2013   Kasi Dickerson

 

SFA Lumberjacks crushed the Central Arkansas Bears 72-36, Thursday, Feb. 4, at William R. Johnson Coliseum. This win put SFA’s men’s basketball team in first place in the Southland Conference. At the end of the first half, the Lumberjacks were up by 16 points. The second half brought a new dimension to the game as SFA kept UCA away from the basket for 11 minutes. At the final buzzer, SFA earned a 36-point margin win over UCA.

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SFA point guard Hal Bateman shakes Central Arkansas guard LaQuentin Miles and breaks past the full court press Thursday, Feb. 4. SFA tied with their all-time Southland Conference record with a 36-point margin win over UCA. (SFASYOU.com photo/ Kasi Dickerson)

 

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SFA point guard Hal Bateman attacks the basket in the face of Central Arkansas guard Robert Crawford Thursday, Feb. 4. SFA Lumberjacks crushed the UCA Bears, 72-36, reclaiming first place in the Southland Conference. (SFASYOU.com photo/ Kasi Dickerson)

 

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Members of the Purple Haze section show their school spirit with “Fatheads” of key players and Coach Kaspar to support the lumberjacks in their game against Central Arkansas Thursday Feb. 4, at William R. Johnson Coliseum. Fans engaged in hazing the opponents and cheering the Lumberjacks to victory. (SFASYOU.com photo/ Kasi Dickerson)

 

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Amy Wright (left) celebrates with her opponent Jessica Gilligan after winning “The Price is Right” game during a media time out at SFA’s men’s basketball game Thursday Feb. 4. As her prize, Wright received a $25 gift certificate to Jack Backers bookstore. (SFASYOU.com photo/ Kasi Dickerson)

 

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Driving through the lane, SFA point guard Hal Bateman pushes through UCA’s defense earning two points. Bateman and teammates Antonio Bostic, Desmond Haymon, Jacob Parker and Thomas Walkup added to the scoreboard giving the Lumberjacks a 39-14 lead over the UCA Bears three minutes before halftime. (SFASYOU.com photo/ Kasi Dickerson)

 

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Memo

November 20, 2012   allen

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The Richard Haifley Story

November 06, 2012   fluegel

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The Gumbo

October 22, 2012   allen

Students were filled at the Barn restaurant as they waited for the many performances given at The Gumbo. The Gumbo is a talent show hosted by Men of Achievement.

 

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Let The Games Begin!

October 14, 2012   fluegel

Freshman Traditions Council member, Sarah Bizzell, was one of many Traditions Council members who put in extra time on Sunday to help create homecoming decorations.

Homecoming week starts this Monday for Stephen F. Austin State University.

The student run organization, Traditions Council, has run homecoming since their formation in 2006. They are responsible for planning and executing a majority of the Homecoming events.

Homecoming court is decided on a point system. Candidates will get points for participating in events in addition to the points they get for popular vote. The top three candidates for Senior King and Queen will then have an interview with a board of faculty and staff members. The interview counts for 25% of the total points, making it the first time that the king and queen will not be solely decided by students.

The Involvement Center is also offering a “board game” style schedule that, once completed, will enter students into a raffle to win 250 dollars or a Kindle Fire. They can pick up the schedule in the Involvement Center. Students take the schedules to the Homecoming Headquarters set up at every event where their “board game” will get the corresponding sticker for that event.

This year’s theme is “Let the Games Begin.”  Decorations will go up Sunday night. There will be characters from different games placed throughout the campus.

“Each day will have its own game theme and the decorations will be dispersed across campus,” said Nicole Lejeune, Vice President of Traditions Council.

The themes for each day (in no particular order) are Pokemon, Scrabble, Monopoly, Dominos, Candyland, and Madden.

 

Monday

Monday morning the Homecoming week starts off with Opening Ceremonies at 10 am at Surfin’ Steve. The court candidates will be announced and the fountain water in Surfin’ Steve will be dyed purple. Online voting on Axes, SFA’s new social network, will be open until 5 p.m. To vote online students can go through MySFA. Here is how students can reach online voting.

  1. Login to MySFA
  2. Click on the “my services” tab
  3. Scroll down and click on the “AXES: The Web Portal for Student Involvement at SFA” link located in the middle of the page.
  4. Create an account (new users only)
  5. Find the link that states “2012 Homecoming Court Election ends 10/15/2012 5:00 PM Vote Now!”
  6. Click “Vote Now!”
  7. Vote for your desired candidates
  8. Students can only vote once, so students who vote online will not be allowed to vote in person.

The organizations competing for the Spirit Organization Award will be announced during the Homecoming Kickoff. Organization boards (ply wood that is decorated by competing organizations) will be presented. The Spirit Organization Award will be decided by a point system just like Homecoming Court. Organizations will gain points by participating in and winning events. Then Kickoff will shift gears. Participating organizations will run game themed tables in the plaza. Students who participate will earn raffle tickets to enter drawings for movies and electronics, like iPod speakers and a printer.

 

Tuesday

There will be a blood drive starting at 9 a.m. and going until 5 p.m. Organizations and court candidates can give blood or have others give blood in their name to earn points. Physical voting for Homecoming candidates on the plaza will start at 10 a.m. A validated student ID must be presented in order to vote.

The day ends with the Amazing Traditions Race, a campus scavenger hunt. The winning team earns the prize of 100 dollars.

 

Wednesday

Voting for Homecoming Court on the plaza continues until 2 p.m. when voting is stopped for counting. The campus recreational center invites all students to come by and tie dye a shirt at 4.

Homecoming Court candidates and organizations can gain points by participating and winning in the ODK (Omicron Delta Kappa, Leadership Honor Society) Trivia Bowl at 5. Groups of 4 to 5 students compete against each other in a battle to see who knows the most trivia.

 

Thursday

The organizations will be competing with each other once again at 2 p.m. on the plaza for the Big Event Food Drive Build. All through the week organizations will be turning in cans for the food drive into the Involvement Center. They will use those cans to build an object pertaining to the theme selected by the judges.

At 5 o’clock the Homecoming Court will be revealed at the Cheer Competition/Court Reveal in the Grand Ballroom. There will be ten students in the court, a duke and a duchess from each class plus a king and queen from the senior class. After the court is reveled organizations will compete by performing their cheer in order to obtain more points in the race for the Spirit Organization Award.

 

Friday

The day starts off with two golf tournaments hosted by the Alumni Association. The tournament for traditional golf will be held at 10:30 in the morning while the tournament of disc (Frisbee) golf will be held at 2 in the afternoon.

At 8:30 p.m. the torch light parade will begin. Glow sticks will be handed out to students. The king and queen and the court will lead the parade with a torch in hand. They will march from Surfin’ Steve down Raguet Street to Starr. From Starr they will head towards the intramural fields to the spot where the bonfire will be held.

After the bonfire is lit there will be a Bonfire Pep-Rally. During the pep rally Lumberjack’s head football coach J.C. Harper will come and talk to all the students and the winner of the Spirit Organization Award will be announced.

At 9:30 after the pep rally local Texas Country star, Aaron Watson, will hold a concert on the intramural fields, hosted by Student Activities Association.

 

Saturday

The final day of the Homecoming week starts at 8 in the morning with a 5k run at the parking lot behind Schlief Tennis Complex on the corner of Wilson and Starr.

Then at 10 o’clock the Homecoming parade will be held on Main Street downtown. Campus and local organizations along with the Homecoming Court will be on floats supporting their organizations and local businesses.

The final event of homecoming will be the football game at 3 in the afternoon as the SFA Lumberjacks face the Nicholls State University Colonels. The Lumberjacks come into the game as the favorite. Lumberjacks are 2-4 (1-1 in conference) while the Colonels are 1-5 (0-2 in conference). Both teams are coming off a game from the same opponent. Lumberjacks played Sam Houston Bearkats on October 6th and lost by eight points. This past weekend the Colonels faced off against the Bearkats and lost 41-0. During half time the homecoming court will be introduced a final time to all those present at the game.

 

For a full schedule of all the events and information or forms to register for the parade visit the Involvement Center or Homecoming web page at http://www.sfasu.edu/studentaffairs/94.asp.

 

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Battle of the Piney Woods

October 08, 2012   fluegel

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Pop a Top to Win

October 01, 2012   fluegel

Every May Schools from The Southland Conference submit pop-tops for the Ronald McDonald House.

Pop-tops (or pop tabs) are the figure-eight things on the top of aluminum cans. The Ronald McDonald House does not accept cans because they are too hard to store. They take these pop-tops to a recycling center where they are weighed.

The recycling center then gives the local chapter of the Ronald McDonald House a check for the value of the donation. These values vary widely, but the Upper Midwest region of the Ronald McDonald House raised around $30,000.

The Ronald McDonald House is a charity of 30,000 volunteers and staff members that helps the families of sick children. According to their website,

“We provide families stability and resources so they can keep their child healthy and happy. Whether those problems involve how to stay near and support a hospitalized child, how to afford staying together in another city while a child is undergoing treatment, or even getting basic medical and dental care in a vulnerable community. We not only help families address these problems, we provide solutions for these and other issues related to the health and well being of children…” (http://rmhc.org/what-we-do/)

The Student Athletes Advisory Committee (SAAC) of each school in the Southland Conference is in charge of collecting the pop-tops. SAAC is an organization led by student athletes from each athletic team that gets together twice a month to discuss problems with players and coordinate volunteer work. In May each school submits their pop-tops where they are weighed separately.

Last year Sam Houston State University won. The year before that Sam Houston beat SFA by half a pound. Sam Houston always wins.

Sam Houston won both years by collecting 158 pounds of pop-tops. Each pop-tops weighs about .5 grams. This means that Sam Houston collected just over 143,000 pop-tops.

How can SFA beat that?

Last year SFA collected 27 pounds or 25,000 pop-tops, so 143,000 may sound like a daunting number, but If every SFA student turned in twelve pop-tops before the end of the school year SFA would have accrued 156,000 pop-tops or 172 pounds of pop-tops.

How can you help?

Spread the word. One of the biggest problems about this competition is that average SFA student doesn’t know about it. Senior pre Vet student, Nicole Lejeune did not find about it until a couple weeks ago, and she has been here for three years. She’s not the only one though, Meaghan Kelly (senior and education major), Jessica Sisser (senior and interior design major), and Richard Haifley (senior and radio/TV major) had not even heard of the competition until they were asked about it.

There are opportunities to help SFA win all over the place. You can collect pop-tops from your friends, roommates, family, and the Nacogdoches community at anytime. Asking your parents save all their pop-tops would be a great way to collect them.

Carla Oliver, junior and education major, is very passionate about this competition.

“I don’t like that we lose to Sam Houston. And any way that I can be a true Lumberjack and try and demolish them in anyway, that’s what I want to do,” said Carla.

Where do you turn the pop-tops in?

Turning in pop-tops is allows students to help the Lumberjacks win and help a family in need.Students can turn all pop-tops into the involvement center located in the rotunda of the Student Center or directly to the right when entering the student center on the side facing North Street.

Listen to what Allison Flake, President of the Student Athletes Advisory Committee, and Carla Oliver had to say about the competition.

Sources

The Ronald McDonald House Website: http://rmhc.org/how-you-can-help/pop-tab-collections/

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A Brief Look At The Stone Fort Museum

September 23, 2012   fluegel

Some time in the 1970’s a rumor developed that stated, “If you go into the Stone Fort Museum you will not graduate.” The myth is exists to this day and is common knowledge to SFA students.

History

The Stone Fort Museum opened to the public on the Stephen F. Austin campus in Nacogdoches Texas in 1936. The Stone Fort is a replica of the original Stone House built by Antonio Gil Y’Barbo in the late 1700s.

Y’Barbo was one of many citizens forced out of East Texas by the Spanish Crown’s New Regulations of 1772. Y’Barbo travelled down to Mexico City to try and reverse the new law and was eventually allowed to return to East Texas. Five years after being forced to abandon his home he had helped around 350 people to resettle in a town called “Neustra del Pilar de Nacogdoches,” now known as Nacogdoches.

Y’Barbo built the Stone House and used it as a store where he sold goods to the townspeople. Y’Barbo sold the Stone House in the very early 1800’s to Jose de la Bega. From that time until its destruction in 1902, the house was used as a “grocery store, restaurant, lawyers office, courthouse, cobbler shop, jail, military barracks, saloon, and a fortification” (Stone Fort Museum).

The Stone House was never meant to be a fort and did not inherit that nickname until the mid 1800’s when the owner of the building named his saloon “The Stone Fort.”

In 1901 the Perkins family purchased the building and eventually had it torn down. A women’s group known as Cum Concilio Club rescued the bricks of the building and dumped them in a vacant lot where they sat for about five years.  In 1907 the club used the bricks to build a memorial building. It was used as a library, museum, and a meeting place for local clubs and teachers.

A more accurate replica of the Stone Fort was built on the SFA campus in October of 1936. This replica is used as a museum to showcase east Texas history.

The Stone Fort Museum staff is currently taking down “Cornerstones of the Community: African American History in Eastern Texas” and preparing for an exhibit on George Louis Crockett, an East Texas preacher.

Before the Stone Fort Museum was built SFA had a certain fascination with the Stone Fort. The Stone Fort is the namesake for Stephen F. Austin State University yearbook. In fact, the 1924, the very first yearbook was titled ‘Stone Fort.’

Student Response

Despite the myth (about not graduating) being proven wrong, most students still refuse to enter the museum until they graduate. Sunshine Kemp, junior, and radio/television major said that she is not going to enter until she graduates because school is hard enough as it is, she doesn’t need a curse working against her as well.

“I’ve been wanting to visit since freshman year, but due to tradition, you just don’t go. So, in a few months, I look forward to walking across the stage and right into the fort.” Said Katy Macrae, senior and film major.

However, there are some students who denounce the curse.

“I’m graduating in December. Everything is set in stone. The curse does not exist.” Said Monica Mayfield, senior Education major and Stone Fort student employee (as she stood inside the stone fort).

“If you’re going to be in a city, the best thing to do is learn about the history of it… The stone fort is very instrumental in Nacogdoches history. People should learn more than just Nacogdoches history, they should learn about East Texas history and the Stone Fort Museum is full of it.” Said Julissa Lopez, junior, communications major and Stone Fort student employee.

Information on the Museum

Their hours are

Tuesday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

You can find out more information about the Stone Fort Museum at their website: http://www.sfasu.edu/stonefort/

Sources:

All information was obtained from the Stone Fort Museum, Curator Carolyn A. Spears, and the museum website (listed above).

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SAA what is it?

September 17, 2012   allen

 

SAA member Darius Moore Junior and Officer Claire Cook working on SAA events for the semester.

Many events held on campus are ran by SAA Student Activities Association is an organization that gets SFA students involved on campus.

“SAA is an organization for you” says Travis Edwards, junior, SAA Officer.

Travis, a Public Relations Chair for SAA is in charge of all publications as such as flyers, t-shirt designs, advertising and coming up with new marketing strategies for students.

SAA stands for Student Activities Association is an organization that provides entertainment outside the classroom to get students involved with the campus community and being active on campus.

SAA was founded by Amanda Horn, Adviser, in 2001.The organization represents energy and school pride as well as student involvement on the campus of SFA. Horn founded the organization to get students out of their room and bring a level of excitement to SFA students.

By Joining SAA, students can achieve leadership, networking, event planning and learning about SFA history. These traits can help students  in their future as far as a career and looks great on a resume. Anyone can join as long as they have a GPA of 2.0 or higher and are enrolled in the University.

SAA consists of over 55 students that plan over 200 events each school year. These events vary from concerts, coffee house events, movies, homegrown events, various contests, sporting tournaments and many more.

The Stephen F. Austin Student Activities Association strives to provide an educational and recreational experience outside the classroom through programs that culturally enlighten, intellectually stimulate and entertain the university community.

Core Values

This organization brings a set of core values that include trust, leadership, truth, courage, pride, creativity and diversity. Each of these core values represent SAA in every way.

  • Trust; SAA members must have trust in each other but the student body must trust them to provide them with great programming while maintaining the proper use of their money.
  • Leadership; A member has to have leadership within the organization that will allow members to lead the campus.
  • Truth; SAA values the ethical decisions and behavior, above all honesty. Members have to be honest with one another and the student body.
  • Courage; Members must posses the courage to try new things and fight for the rights of the student body.
  • Pride; Members must have pride in the university and pride in the organization as well as value and respect the history of the university and organization
  • Creativity; Members must value creativity and innovation. It is very important that they introduce new ideas. This will foster growth and continued improvement.
  • Diversity; Value diversity in not only members but programs that are provided for student body

“I became an officer through a application process and you have to present a presentation in front of the program board and they vote for you to be an officer” said, Travis Edwards.

Of course students have to be in SAA for at least a semester before you can be considered as an officer for SAA but it is a great opportunity and will look exceptional on their resume.

“ It helps me out so much because my major is mass communication and that is already dealing with advertising, communication and graphic design so I am winning on both sides because it’s helping me with my major and I get to increase my skills as a graphic designer,” said Edwards

“SAA brings the campus quality to the students all over campus, it brings diversity for the campus and brings students together,” said Edwards.

Events

SAA works in a way to put on events that they feel students would appreciate and come out and win prizes and cash. The coordinator who throws the event gets an evaluation of how the event went.

If the event succeeds expectations then they eventually throw the event again for the next semester but if it has a negative impact they have a round table discussion about how they can improve the event and make it better for the students.

“I joined because it looked fun and I am a people person I like diversity and love communicating to other people says Edwards.”

Once students become members they are responsible for working a set amount of events each semester. They decide what events you want to work. Members are also expected to promote all SAA events through creative advertising and face-to-face communication. As a member students are also required to attend weekly meetings in order to go over SAA business.

SAA offers many events throughout the semester for students. They offer a movie series throughout every week in the semester for only a dollar if you are an SFA student.

‘’I love the free shirts they occasionally give out I mean everybody likes a free shirt you know” says Chelsea Biley.

The lines always seem to fill up for the free shirts. SAA recently had an event at the campus recreation center where they provided food, music, and snow cones for students.

“It was a real chill event for me and very relaxing it’s so diverse and it’s always fun meeting new people that you never truly see around campus,” said Kayla Borens.

Join SAA

Applying for SAA is a pretty simple process their offices are located in the Baker Patillo Student Center room 3.305 although the application deadline has passed you can still pickup an application for next semester.

“We just want the students to feel like it’s okay to get out of the room and be active and come to events, most of are events are free to student so we always want to welcome the opportunity for them to come and have a good time. For me it is the satisfaction of creating event of your own and seeing it with your own eyes be successful. It is a great feeling when you have a full event with so many people talking and meeting each other it shows they are interested and are open to come back again, “ says Edwards.

SAA entertaining is what they do best! If you would like to contact SAA you can find them on Facebook: SAA SFA Twitter: SAA_1923 or email them at saa@sfasu.edu. SAA is an organization for everybody and they want to be sure that the student body understands that.

 

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