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Volume 93
Issue 13
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PINE LOG The
The Independent Voice of Stephen F. Austin State University
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SFA stomps Nicholls
Saturday afternoon in
the Homecoming football
game 44-10.
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By Katelynn Wiggins
Staff Writer
The highest ranking Hispanic
female in the U.S. Army spoke at
SFA Thursday. The Organization
of Latin Americans (OLA) and
the Office of Multicultural Affairs
(OMA) sponsored the event.
“I hope today I provoke some-thing
in all of you that the highest
quality is where we should strive,”
Retired Lt. Col. Consuelo Castillo
Kickbusch said. She spoke about
her 38 years of leadership experi-ence
and the obstacles she over-came
in the Army and in life. She
focused on first-generation college
students, asking them to raise their
hands.
Freshman Angela Munoz, said
she wanted to learn about the ex-periences
from Kickbusch’s life,
and how the military affected and
influenced it. Kickbusch offered
leadership advice and motivation
to her audience of college students.
Kickbusch was a first-gener-ation
college student herself and
lacked support from her family.
She shared her inspirational story
of how by joining ROTC, she found
a family that helped her cope with
the new experiences of college life.
Kickbusch was the first woman
commissioned officer in Texas.
After college she went on to fulfill
a successful military career.
“My first platoon that I com-manded
was made up of 68 men;
now that was a Kodak moment,”
Kickbusch said. She faced hard-
By Jacey Gaddy
Special to The Pine Log
Homecoming activities are nothing short of exciting for SFA stu-dents
each Fall Semester, but nothing beats the tradition of the
campus bonfire held before game day. The event took place on
Friday night on the intramural fields across from the Rec Center.
Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, is in charge of putting
together the bonfire each year and has been a part of its planning for
about 30 years. APO takes part in different events including campus
cleanups, youth fairs usually held in the spring and other service-based
projects.
The torchlight parade kicked off the festivities, starting in the cen-ter
of campus at Surfin’ Steve. The Homecoming king and queen were
introduced, and then they will carry lit torches and lead the parade
down Raguet Street and Starr Avenue to the intramural fields for the
bonfire rally. The king and queen handed off the torches to APO, who
began lighting the bonfire.
A live performance by Texas-country artist Aaron Watson high-lighted
the bonfire event and was punctuated by a fireworks show.
Also featured at the event were performances by the Spirit Teams,
Band and other SFA organizations.
The Student Activities Association is responsible for the
Homecoming bonfire entertainment and for getting Watson to per-form
this year.
“It was not a difficult process,” Amanda Horne, assistant director
of student affairs programs, said. “We contacted his agent to check his
availability, and it just so happened he was available and releasing his
new album a week before his performance at SFA. It is all good timing.”
APO teamed up with SFA’s safety office and senior safety officer
Mike Griffith to help control the fire and secure the safety of the
students building it. A total of about 4,000 pallets were burned at this
year’s bonfire, and all have been donated by companies in or around
the Nacogdoches area.
“We would like to thank Pilgrim’s Pride, Lone Star Feed and
Fertilizer, Southwest Canners and the Animal Science Center for their
generous donation of pallets,” Griffith said. “We also want to thank
RSC Rental for their donation of the Sky Track forklift. Without these
sponsors, the bonfire could not happen.”
Kickbusch
inspires students
to finish education APO continues tradition
By Gabrielle Rambo
Staff Writer
Students go through many changes when
they move off to college; their home is one of
these, and living on campus comes with ups
and downs.
In many ways, residence life is the foun-dation
for incoming students, allowing them
opportunities to meet new people and try
new things. Living on campus is a freshman’s
first experience with living on their own and
away from their family.
Programming
Incoming freshmen often attend many of
the residence hall events of their particular
building to meet people in a fun and different
way. Each residence hall is required to host a
certain number of programs each month.
The size of the building determines how
many programs must be put on each month.
Large halls like Hall 16, Hall 14, Hall 20,
Steen, Village and Griffith are all required to
do one program every month. Small halls like
Hall 10, Mays Hall, Todd Hall and South Hall,
are encouraged to host one event every week.
Jacks Model
Every residence hall follows the “Jacks
Model” a list of interactive requirements for
each hall to follow that is compatible to a let-ter
within the name.
J-Justice and Civility: An example would
be getting students to register to vote.
A-Academics: Study halls and events that
have to do with helping students with their
classes.
C-Community Building: This is expected
every week: CAs (community assistants) and
DAs (desk assistants) are expected to interact
with their residents weekly by doing some-thing
active like going to the Rec Center.
K-Knowing Yourself: This would be per-sonality
tests or informing residents about
healthy lifestyles.
S-Social: Many things fall under this cat-egory.
Anything social, for example, “Root
Beer Pong” or a lobby Super Bowl party.
What Residence Life Can do for You
The residence life program has the high-est
number of student employees on campus
and hosts programs for students living on
campus. Jobs include desk assistants, com-munity
assistants and hall directors.
Desk Assistant: Students who work the
front desk in the residence halls.
Community Assistant: Students that live
in the residence hall they work for and are in
charge of a specific floor of residents.
Hall Director: Students who have
worked as community assistants and have
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APO, page 2
Kickbusch, page 2
RHA eases
transition to
on-campus
Gabrielle Rambo/Pine Log Photo
Katelynn Wiggins/Pine Log Photo
Kickbusch talking to SFA’s ROTC students.
Grant Korbel/Pine Log Photo
Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity has been building the annual Homecoming bonfire for SFA more than 30 years.