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By Rachael Lindley
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
There wasn’t a dry eye
in the house on Tuesday
night at the emotional,
yet uplifting, debut of
“Rabbit Hole.”
The play is based on
the emotional portray-al
of a family trying to
move past their son’s
untimely death. The cast
seamlessly takes the au-dience
on a journey into
the depth of the family’s
grief.
The “Rabbit Hole” also
explores how people
grieve differently and
the toll it can take on
relationships. Scenes
with the parents, Lamar
Jefferson, senior, and
Erin Whitmore, senior,
are especially hum-bling.
Both characters
are desperately seeking
normality, while still
mourning their son.
However, it wasn’t all
doom and gloom in this
production. Each of the
characters peppered in
their specific sense of
humor throughout the
play. The balance of
humor, slightly eases the
subject matter of death
and grieving.
The Pulitzer Prize
winning drama is in-credibly
relatable to
modern families, com-plete
with a meddling,
nagging mother and
the screw-up little sis-ter.
Produced in 2007,
“Rabbit Hole” is one of
the most contemporary
plays that SFA has re-created.
The SFA the-atre
department is also
featuring grief sympo-siums
after each of the
performances. These
symposiums are open
floor discussions hosted
by several different spe-cialized
psychological
professionals and grief
counselors.
“Rabbit Hole” will be
showing at 7:30 p.m.
through Saturday with
the symposiums to fol-low.
Tickets are $12 for
adults and $6 for seniors
and students.
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By Maegan Prejean
CONRIBUTING WRITER
Lumberjack Football head coach J.C. Harper is the
two-time Southland Conference coach of the year.
During the 2010 football season the Lumberjacks
won their second-straight SLC title.
Harper has been recognized for many of his ef-forts
and is currently being considered for the 2011
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.
This award was created in 2006. One coach from
each division (division I-FBS, division I-FCS, divi-sion
II, division III) will be awarded based on many
different characteristics.
There are several phases of the selection process,
and fan voting plays a big part in helping Harper
win this award.
The annual recipient of the award receives
$50,000 to donate toward a charity of his choice; an
additional $20,000 will be donated to the alumni
association of the coach’s school, and the winner
will be recognized at the College Football Hall of
Fame in a permanent exhibit.
The title “Coach” means more than someone who
aids a team and teaches them skills. Harper stands
for leader, experience, trust, honor, and respect.
Chris Truax, Lumberjack offensive line coach,
said he appreciates three specific traits about
Harper.
“(I value) his trust, his care,and his commitment
for excellence,” Truax said.
Truax and Harper are brothers-in-law and have
known each other since 1994. They have a mu-tual
respect for one another, and Truax appreciates
Harper’s hard work and dedication.
“He believes in the 100 percent Lumberjack way,”
Truax said.
Harper’s cohorts aren’t the only ones who notice
Harper’s success.
“I love Coach Harper,” Jordan Aubrey, kinesiology
junior and Lumberjack defensive back, said. “He’s a
great dude.”
Aubrey stressed how hard it would be to not like
a coach, especially if he’s taken you to a champion-ship.
He likes how Harper wants the team to be-come
more personal and more of a family.
All of the athletes live in Hall 20 together during
the summer, which gives them a chance to become
friends on the field and not just teammates.
He said the coach takes care of all his players and
that is one of the reasons he is appreciated.
“He’ll be on your side 100 percent,” Aubrey said.
He said Harper makes sure to put his team first
and does a great job at keeping his players focused.
He dedicates his time to helping his players become
successful, hard working athletes.
Truax feels the best way to help Harper win the
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award is to “get
the word out on campus and let people know how
they go about voting.”
SFA students, alumni, faculty, and friends can
vote every day until Dec. 3. at www.coachoftheyear.
com. Click “vote” at the top and follow the three
voting steps.
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The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
Battle of the
this Saturday
By Samantha Ogden
STAFF WRITER
This Friday the historic Nacogdoches
Railroad Depot will be having an open
house. Normally closed to the public,
and only available for view through
pre-booked large group tours, the
Nacogdoches Railroad Depot is one of
the more secluded historical sites in
Nacogdoches.
Less than a year after the origi-nal
wooden building, built in May
1910, burned to the ground after being
struck by lightning, the new brick
building that still stands was built by
Southern Pacific and opened April 3,
1911.
However in August of 1954 Southern
Pacific ended passenger services
through Nacogdoches. The railroad
depot is the only surviving passen-ger
depot on the old Houston East &
West Texas, or HE&WT line. The depot
was listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1992. Future plans
for the depot include a museum de-picting
the importance of all trans-portation
in the early development of
Nacogdoches.
The HE&WT line was also known
as the “Hell Either Way Taken” line, a
nickname for the acronym due to the
sometimes rough ride offered by the
line's best known locomotive, "The
Rabbit." It was s named because of
the many times it "jumped" from the
track.
The HE&WT was a dream of Paul
Bremond, and with help of directors
and stockholders, Bremond began the
line in 1875. The plan was to build
a railroad through the heart of East
Texas from Houston to Shreveport,
Louisiana. The HE&WT would con-nect
in the north with the Texas and
Pacific and in the south with the
Texas and New Orleans, major trunk
lines that served territory between the
Mississippi Valley and California and
with major ports.
The East Texas timber industry and
the HE&WT went hand-in-hand.
“Imagine first how many cross ties
are required to build its 191 miles of
track. That alone was a great stimulus
for expanding the felling and milling
of East Texas timber. Then, with the
railroad in place, billions more board
feet could be carried to markets any
where in the world.”
The Nacogdoches Railroad Depot
is definitely something that would in-terest
students who are curious about
the rich history of Nacogdoches and
East Texas.
(All information about the HE&WT
railroad line comes from the article
“Hell Either Way Taken” by Dr. Archie
P. McDonald.)
Museum to show impact
of railroads in Nacogdoches
Coach Harper up for Coach of the Year Award
THOMAS MOYTKA/THE PINE LOG
Coach J. C. Harper has led the Lumberjack Football team
to two-time conferance championships and is now up for
a national Coach of the Year award.
‘Rabbit Hole’ huge success for School of Theatre
COURTSEY HOTO
KORBIN PATE/THE PINE LOG
SAA hosted Skate Central in the student center’s Grand Ballroom on Tuesday. The
event gave students a great opportuity to skate and learn how to fall down.
SAA hosted Skate Central
Piney Woods
“Rabbit Hole” will be playing in the Griffith Fine Arts Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday with a short
symposium on grief following the play. Tickets are still on sale.
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