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By Jordan Boyd
Sports Editor
Ray Lewis and Raven Nation against the thrilling
spot in the game of the year.
coaches, shall we?
different story unfold this year. The Ravens ranked 17th
against the pass during the regular season
on their side and have no shortage of playmakers on the
defensive side with Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, Aldon
Buckle up.
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PINE LOG The
The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
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Former Texas
A&M assistant
hired as new
soccer coach
By Katelynn Wiggins
Staff Writer
TEDxSFA is an innovative, thought-sharing event
coming to SFA this April. Originating in California,
TED’s mission is “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx
events take place all over the world and are indepen-dently
coordinated on a community-by-community
basis.
“As a university part of SFA’s mission is to foster
critical and creative thinking in faculty and stu-dents,”
Mark E. Turner, curator of TEDxSFA and as-sociate
professor of Music Education, said. “TED is
essentially a place where individuals from all walks
of life can come and share unique insights, personal
stories of change, innovative concepts and other
‘ideas worth sharing.’”
While the speaker roster is still being finalized,
Turner emphasized the importance of highlighting
the innovation and creativity of SFA’s students and
added that there will be several student speakers. The
other speakers may range from “those in the military
to psychologists to musicians to artists to free think-ers,”
Turner said.
“TEDxSFA will support our faculty and students
who want to hear and become inspired by cutting-edge
research, powerful stories of change and hu-morous
tales of everyday struggles,” Turner said.
With the theme “Perspectives,” TEDxSFA will focus
on the broad idea that each discipline offers a slightly
different way to solve the world’s problems.
TEDxSFA is scheduled for April 13 from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. in the Student Center and will include four or
five speakers. There will be several long breaks where
participants will have the opportunity to engage in
activities and talk with speakers one-on-one.
Students will enjoy TEDxSFA “because TED is cool.
TED is visionary. TED is a way forward,” Turner said.
This is the inaugural TEDxSFA event, and there are
plans to continue it on an annual basis.
SFA to host TED event in April The SFA Board of Regents approved faculty and staff changes dur-ing
its quarterly meeting Tuesday.
Faculty appointments include Jodene Pappas, librarian II, and
Rebecca Parr, assistant professor of biology. Faculty changes of
status include Sheila Lumar, from visiting assistant professor to as-sistant
professor of human sciences; Brook Poston, from instructor
to assistant professor of history; and William Bruton, from interim
associate dean to associate dean of the College of Sciences and
Mathematics.
The following staff appointments were approved for the
Department of Athletics: James C. Harper, head football coach;
Arlington Nunn, assistant head football coach; David Gibbs, Jake
Taylor Morrison, Kevin Carberry, Harold Christopher Truax, Jeremy
Moses, Devin Ducote, Nathan Paul Schneider, and Troy Rogers, all
assistant football coaches; and Marie Flores, assistant track coach.
Other staff appointments include: David Gehrels, assistant
director of career services; Olegario Madera, Gear Up outreach
coordinator; John Handley, art gallery director; Brandi Engstrom,
programmer/analyst I in information technology services; Osaro
Airen, director of multicultural affairs; John Yerger, director of
printing services; Kathryn Howell, Mirannda Lindberg, and Shea
Roll, hall directors; and Michael Johnson, residence life program
coordinator.
Staff changes of status approved Tuesday include: Laura Turner,
from administrative assistant to coordinator of disability services
support; Kevin Davis, from academic adviser to associate director
of admissions; Monique Williams, from alumni scholarship coor-dinator
to academic adviser; Charles Aston, from cultural heritage
research assistant to cultural heritage research associate in the
College of Liberal and Applied Arts; Dewain Ray Robberson, from
maintenance mechanic supervisor to physical plant manager; and
Allen Singleton, from building management system coordinator to
assistant manager of the physical plant.
The Board of Regents also approved the following retirements:
Janice Alexander, assessment director-elementary education;
David Gundersen, professor of management in the Department of
Management, Marketing and International Business; Dixie Mercer,
professor of human services; Marthea Turnage, librarian IV; and
Beverly Farmer, director of student activities.
By Christie Sparrow
Contributing Writer
SFA students have until just before midnight Friday
to apply for scholarship assistance from the SFA Alumni
Association.
The Alumni Association scholarship deadline 11:59
p.m. Friday, Feb.1.
The application is on the students MySFA webpage. By
filing out one application the student will apply to hun-dreds
of scholarships.
Mo Williams, the previous scholarship coordinator,
said, “Funds are awarded through interest received every
year and can typically range anywhere between $100 and
$5,000.”
A majority of the scholarships are endowments, which
means someone established the fund in honor of a person,
organization or a major. It is possible for a student to be
awarded more than one scholarship.
Students must have good academic standing with at
least a 2.0 GPA to be considered for the scholarships. They
must also have access to the MySFA webpage.
The application is found in the myservices tab on
MySFA. The link is called “Apply for scholarships.” There
are two different scholarship applications—one is for cur-rent
students and the other is for new students. You are a
new student if your first semester at SFA is fall of 2013.
By the first week of May, students will be emailed letting
them know whether they have been awarded a scholar-ship.
For more information contact the Alumni Association
office at 936-468-3407 or email alumni@sfasu.edu.
Board of Regents approves faculty,
staff changes in quarterly meeting
Alumni scholarship deadline is Friday
Colin Kaepernick and his San Francisco 49ers in the
Big Easy—what more could you ask for? How about two
brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh, coaching against
each other in the game cleverly deemed the “Harbaugh
Bowl?” These two story lines have captivated the na-tion’s
media outlets since the two teams earned their
The final journey for arguably the best middle line-backer
in NFL history Ray Lewis, whose first sack came
against 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh when he was
a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, will end his
legacy in dramatic fashion against the man who had a
first-hand role in his first spark of greatness.
Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco’s second-year quar-terback
out of Nevada, has enthralled fans everywhere
with his rocket arm and blazing speed. The former
fourth-round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies—
yes, the Colorado Rockies in Major League Baseball,
not football, replaced ex-starter Alex Smith after what
was arguably Smith’s best stretch of football of his
career. The move to replace Smith with the unproven
Kaepernick was met with much criticism, and many
said that head coach Jim Harbaugh was making an ir-rational
decision. Let’s leave the coaching to the actual
On the Raven side of the ball, many analysts said Joe
Flacco was fighting for his job and would need a playoff
run of epic proportions to keep his job and earn himself
a new contract. Flacco has answered the
critics by delivering eight touchdowns to
zero interceptions in this year’s playoffs to
lead Baltimore to a Super Bowl XLVII berth,
the best mark of any quarterback in the play-offs
ever. Flacco can smell the money already.
Ravens fans are used to seeing a phenom-enal
defense, anchored by their stud line-backers
Terrell Suggs, Ray Lewis and ball-hawking
safety Ed Reed, but have seen a
and just 20th against the run. For fans
who had grown accustomed to see-ing
both of those rankings in
the top five nearly every year,
this was definitely a surprise.
The decline this year can be
attributed to their inability
to stay healthy in the regu-lar
season as Ray Lewis,
Terrell Suggs, Ed Reed and
Pro Bowl offensive lineman
Haloti Ngata were out for at
least a portion of the season.
But injuries and all, the Ravens
find themselves on the grand
stage in the grandest of venues at
the Superdome on Sunday.
The biggest advantage the
Ravens might have has little to
do with the game of football. The
leadership that Ray Lewis brings
to the locker room is an intan-gible
that can’t be measured. It
is said in sports that the heart
of a champion can trump even
the best of talent, and Ravens
fans hope that is the case this
Sunday.
The 49ers on the other
hand have a bit more talent
Smith, Carlos Rogers, Dashon Goldson, NaVorro
Bowman…need I go on?
San Francisco ranks fourth against both the
run and pass and was only second to the Seattle
Seahawks in opponent’s points per game with
17.1 points against per game. For all intents and
purposes, the Ravens are matching up their de-fense
of previous years plus an explosive offense.
Speaking of explosive offense, this Kaepernick
guy is the real deal. Since San Francisco has transi-tioned
to Kaepernick at the helm, the offense is aver-aging
more points per game, more passing yards, more
running yards and has finally reached the Super Bowl
(they fell short after losing in the NFC Championship
game to the Giants last year with Smith).
Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers have unleashed a new
package, or new to the NFL at least, called the pistol
formation. The formation, created by Kaepernick’s old
coach at Nevada Chris Ault, is similar to the single-back
formation with one back behind the quarterback.
But, instead of the quarterback being under center,
Kaepernick lines up a few yards back in a near-shotgun
position. The formation is extremely versatile and has
been the kryptonite to many defensive schemes this
year. The read-option packages that the 49ers use can
be utilized to knife through the middle with halfback
Frank Gore, or can be kept by Kaepernick and swung
outside the tackles for some high-yardage scrambles.
The package can call for more than one back, multiple
tight ends and even Kaepernick lined
up as a wide out, creating even more
headaches for the opposition.
This Sunday will
prove to be a game
of epic proportions:
possibly the most
talent-oriented
team in the NFL
against the
heart and soul
of a close-knit
squad. Super
Bowl XLVII.
Ravens, 49ers set to face off in Harbaugh Bowl
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