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Volume 93
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
PINE LOG The
The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
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Jill Ivy named to the All-
Southland Conference
first team for Ladyjack
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By Katelynn Wiggins
Staff Writer
Students have the opportunity to pro-vide
Christmas gifts for less fortunate
children in Nacogdoches this holiday sea-son.
ODK, a national leadership society, is
partnering with Oak Grove Baptist Church
and the Salvation Army to facilitate an
Angel Tree for SFA.
An Angel Tree is a regular Christmas
tree with tags hung all over it. The tags
have the name of a child and a suggest-ed
gift for them. People are able to pick
tags from the tree and buy the gift. On
Christmas, the children will receive the
gifts bought for them by the community.
The Angel Tree is in the Involvement
Center inside the Student Center.
“ODK has committed to providing gifts
for 48 children,” Lauren Williams, ODK
president, said. There are 98 tags available
for people to choose from.
Williams asks that all gifts be returned
to the Involvement Center by 4 p.m. on
Dec. 3.
“There are gifts that range from draw-ing
sets and puzzles to bikes,” Williams
said. “We have a receipt that we would like
(people) to fill out if (they) take a tag, so we
can cover the ones not taken.” The average
price of a gift is between $10 and $50.
Gifts should be brought in a gift bag
with tissue paper, not wrapped, and the
child’s tag should be included. Also, par-ticipants
are asked not to include cards
or notes to the child, as the gifts are sup-posed
to be “from Santa.”
ODK sponsors the Angel Tree, Dresses
for Dreams, and other events that benefit
the community throughout the semes-ter.
“The community has a lot of kids (in
need),” Williams said. “This helps them
have a better Christmas.” Williams said
that if anyone who takes a tag decides, for
whatever reason, that they can no longer
participate, they should bring the tag back
to the Involvement Center to ensure that
every child will receive their gift. For more
information visit www.sfaodk.org or call
(936) 468-2870.
By Hannah Cole
Editor
The Student Activities Association will host its an-nual
Purple Out football game Saturday at the last
home game against Northwestern State University.
“Purple Out is an event that encourages student involve-ment
at athletic events,” Casey Hawkins, sophomore and a
member of SAA, said. “We are trying to boost attendance at
home football games.”
This year SAA is working with Student Affairs to help pro-mote
SFA’s newest tradition, Jacks’ Charge. Students will
meet at the Spirit Rock at 2:30 p.m. prior to the game where
they will be taken to the tunnel on the football field. At the
tunnel, SAA will pass out around 1,200 Purple Out shirts for
free. They will also be giving students Purple Out bands for
their axe handles.
“It is an event to raise awareness of school spirit on cam-pus,”
Henry Chica, junior and vice president of SAA, said.
After receiving their shirts, students will be given the
chance to have their picture taken with Chief Caddo. This
football game is also known as the “Keep the Chief” game
because every year SFA and Northwestern battle to keep
Chief Caddo, the largest trophy passed between two NCAA
teams. If SFA wins against Northwestern this weekend, the
Chief Caddo trophy will have been at SFA for four consecu-tive
years.
Saturday is also the last day of the State Farm Southland
Conference Mascot Challenge. All the universities in the
Southland Conference have been competing for the No. 1
spot since the beginning of the semester. The Lumberjack
has been leading the challenge for the past four weeks. The
winner will be announced during the Southland TV Game
of the Week.
To vote for the Lumberjack, visit the Southland Conference
Facebook page.
Jenifer Rogers/Pine Log Photo
Purple Out increases Jack Pride
Angel Tree gives back to less fortunate
By Jordan Boyd
Sports Editor
The brothers of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity are hold-ing
a raffle for the remainder of the week until Nov. 16,
outside of the Student Center to raise money for the
Alzheimer’s Association The winners for the prizes
will be announced and contacted after the raffle con-cludes
Friday evening.
The raffle includes prizes for two tickets to Whiskey
Myers at Banita Creek Hall, along with a meet-and-greet
with the group, two zip lining tours for four at
NY Zip Lining in Athens, $40 gift cards to the Greek
Store and Bodyzen Balance Therapeutic Massage, a
dinner for two at Auntie Pastas or Clear Springs, and
four FC Dallas tickets to a 2013 game of your choice,
among many others.
The prizes amount to about $1,200 in total, and
raffle tickets are $1 each. Raffle tickets will go to spe-cific
items, so those who participate win the specific
items that they wish. There is no limit on the nuber of
raffle tickets that can be purchased, and all proceeds
will go to the Alzheimer’s Association.
This is not the first philanthropy event that Sigma
Alpha Mu, or “Sammy” as they are referred to by
most, has held to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.
Last month, they raised over $1,500 in their annual
“Bounce for Beats” fundraiser outside of Wal-Mart.
Next semester, they will hold a canned food drive to
benefit those who are affected by Alzheimer’s.
Sammy also teamed up with the NAACP and the
Geography Club on Nov. 4 to clean up an abandoned,
historically African-American graveyard that fallen
into disrepair. The graves were covered in vines and
bushes and were virtually inaccessible. But thanks
to the efforts of the volunteers, the cemetery looked
nearly brand new.
Look for the booth outside of the student center and
help raise money for those affected by Alzheimer’s,
and possibly win some prizes along the way.
Win Whiskey Myers tickets,
other prizes in SAM raffle
By Jessica Gilligan
Managing Editor
Texas Country singer Casey Donahew will perform
at Banita Creek Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday. Donahew
has been playing music for 10 years, working his way
to the top of Texas music charts and into large venues
and big gigs. During an interview yesterdy he said his
favorite place to play is “still Billy Bobs.”
Donahew and his wife Melinda are high school
sweethearts, and she continues to support him by
managing the band and frequently touring with him.
When asked about what his parents initially thought
of him pursuing his music career, he said, “My parents
have always been supportive, and my mom used to
always go to my shows.”
Donahew started playing in college. He studied
finance, attending both Texas A&M University and
University of Texas at Arlington.
“Studying business gave me a foundation to run my
music business,” Donahew said.
He reported that he’s been working in the studio
and writing songs lately for an album that he hopes
will come out in late spring. Donahew and Cody
Johnson recently recorded a Christmas song together
called “When Santa Rides Through Texas,” that will be
released next week.
Donahew and his band play in a lot of college
towns, but they’ve also played all over the country.
When asked if he had any routines before he goes on
stage, he replied, “Not really; I usually say a prayer and
just get out there.”
Tickets are on sale at banitacreekhall.com for $15,
and doors open at 8 p.m.
“I’m looking forward to coming back to
Nacogdoches; we haven’t been in a while.”
jgilligan@thepinelog.com
Casey Donahew to perfom
tonight at Banita Creek Hall