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PINE LOG The
The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
Page 6
SFA Football falls to
Texas State Bobcats
(41-37) Saturday in
San Marcos.
By Katelynn Wiggins
Staff Writer
The ROTC department invited fourth-semester
nursing students to participate in
Nurse Day, a semi-annual military inspired
confidence, leadership and team-building
event, Friday.
“It teaches [the nurses] critical think-ing,
teamwork, prioritization and how to
problem-solve,” Dr. Karen Migl, assistant
professor, said.
About 50 nursing students gathered in
front of the Coliseum early Friday morn-ing
and were divided into two groups: one
group would complete the Field Leader’s
Reaction Course first while the other group
played paintball, then they would switch.
“I am excited,” Kyle Boatman said. “We
are so used to doing clinicals. Doing this
is a lot more fun and it’s a nice change of
pace.”
The Field Leader’s Reaction Course took
place at the obstacle course located next to
the Coliseum. It consists of five events in-cluding
the spider web, wall climb and the
low-crawl pit.
The nursing students were separated
into teams of five to seven and individual
members took turns leading their team
through various obstacles, some of which
proved easier than others.
During the low-crawl pit obstacle, one
team member laid on a stretcher pretending
to be injured. The rest of the team transport-ed
their injured comrade through the mud
and under low lying bars to get them to safety.
“All of the obstacles are timed and the field
training exercise teaches them problem
solving and teamwork to get the job done,”
Migl said.
“This is a very challenging experience.
It is testing our strategic skills,” Chris
Roberson said. “Hopefully I’ll have better
luck at paintball.”
The paintball course is located behind
University Woods. The ROTC department
provided camouflage jackets, masks, paint-ball
guns and ammunition to the nursing
students. They were divided into two teams
sporting team names such as the “Snake
Eaters” and the “Honey Badgers”.
“We take away a lot of the seriousness,
have fun and show them the benefit of
Army training,” Maraggia said. “Paintball
gets the blood pumping and the adrenaline
rush people look for.
The paintball exercise was played with
the same general rules as capture the flag.
Cadet Ethan Martin, senior, and Cadet
Corry Wiggins, senior, were the team cap-
Nurse Day, page 2
By T.K. Nickleberry
Contributing Writer
Career Services is hosting a
Fall Career Expo from 1 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Grand
Ballroom of the BPSC for currently
enrolled students as well as alum-ni.
“The career expo is a great way
for students to learn how to net-work,”
Brandi Derouen, Career
Services coordinator said.
Attendees can expect to in-teract
with a variety of different
employers, pass out resumes and
present an elevator pitch, which
is a 15-minute introduction about
themselves.
Derouen said the career expo
teaches students valuable skills
such as learning how to talk about
themselves.
There are close to 50 vendors
signed up for the fall career expo.
“We have a lot of students who
make great connections at the
expo” Derouen said.
Sometimes recruiters set up on-campus
interviews with students
after the career expo.
There are four career expos held
in the fall and three in the spring
that give students practice to mar-ket
themselves to potential em-ployers.
Students most all be dressed in
business professional attire.
Women should wear navy, gray
or black slacks with cleanly pressed
shirt tucked in with a belt and
blazer or cardigan; knee length
skirt; minimum jewelry; no facial
piercings; heels no more than 2
inches high; modest makeup and
hair; light perfume; no purses, and
no gum.
Men should wear a black, gray or
charcoal suit with a tie and pressed
shirt tucked in with a belt; blaz-er
jacket; light cologne; no facial
piercings and no gum.
Students are allowed to leave
backpacks and purses at a secure
check-in before meeting recruiters.
Before the career expo, students
can have their resumes critiqued
by Career Services by submitting it
online on their website: www.sfasu.
edu/careerservices. It takes between
three and five days for the resume
reviews to be sent back.
To get resume help in person,
Fall Expo, page 2
Fall Expo
provides
students with
networking
opportunities
Semi-annual Nurse Day bonds
students through paintball
By Katelynn Wiggins
Staff Writer
The ROTC department administered combat water survival
training to freshman and sophomore cadets Wednesday at
the HPE indoor pool.
The training consisted of five events; cadets must complete all
events or be required to perform remedial training.
“We do this training to measure a cadet’s ability to maintain them-selves
in water in a stressful situation,” said Cadet Andrew Ligon,
senior and public affairs for the SFA military science department.
“It is a good tool to measure their resilience and their ability to not
freak out.”
Kyle King, senior and platoon leader of the freshmen cadets, ex-plained
the facets of the course to all of the cadets while they sat in
the bleachers.
“If you are a weak swimmer, do not be prideful and let us know,”
Captain Steven Sanchez, executive officer and enrollment advisor,
said. Safety is the top priority in any training exercise.
Cadets were divided into groups before beginning the training.
The events consisted of a 10-minute swim, blind high dive, equip-ment
ditch, equipment swim and five-minute tread water.
“I am most excited for the 10 minute lap swim,” Austin Fox, sopho-more,
said. “I feel prepared because I do Iron Man competitions and
hit the gym every day.”
Cadets were required to swim their stroke of choice for 10 minutes
without touching the bottom of the pool or holding onto the walls.
ROTC, page 2
ROTC trains cadets in combat
water survival in the HPE
Katelynn Wiggins/Pine Log Photo
Nursing students manuver under the bars to get an injured team mate to safety.
Katelynn Wiggins/Pine Log Photo
Cadet Austin Fox, kinesiology sophomore, helps a participant prepare for the equipment ditch event.