Melissa Howard

By Regina Durley

Melissa Howard, Center junior, plans to attend a spring break trip to Chicago with her Communications 495 class. Dressed casually with blue eyes and long blonde hair she openly sat to tell me about her future trip.

The class gets together and plans the trip themselves. Each student is assigned his or her own project to complete. Howard is in charge of city tours. The class will leave during spring break and will stay for four days in the downtown area of Chicago. Howard has been to Chicago once before when she was in the fourth grade but does not remember so she is looking forward to this trip. She cannot wait to start touring the city with the class and out on her own.

“I have never really seen a true public relations person doing their job and I feel that seeing and visiting one in Chicago will be the experience that will help me get a better feel of the job and what not to and what to do.” Howard said while brushing her blonde hair out of her face.

Howard is a member of the Association for Women and Men in Communication. The AWMC hosts meetings with guest speakers.

She is also a former Kappa Alpha rush member, but is no longer with them because she wants to focus solely on her communications studies.

When Howard was deciding on which college to attend in high school she was stressed because of all of the choices that she had and finally picked the school that did not require an essay to enter.

When Howard first started attending SFA her major was biology. She then changed her major to undecided and finally settled at a communications major in public relations.

Howard has lived in a small city her whole life and wants to move to a big city in California for at least a year so that she can get a feel of real city life. She loves to travel.

Howard said, “I am excited about the trip. I think that it will be a good learning experience both professional and personally.”

Lindsey Colley

By Antonia Steinmiller

Lindsey Colley, Houston junior, has traveled to six countries in three short years. The Cypress Falls High School graduate was born in Dallas and lives in the Houston area.

Her father, Lee Colley, 50, works for the Weatherford International oil company. Due to his job, Mr. Colley travels throughout the world. Lindsey, with her mother, sister, and brother, has traveled to six different countries worldwide. Since she is majoring in Public Relations, she found these opportunities incredible for job experience in the future.

Great Britain was the first country the Colley family traveled to in May of 2006. Colley saw the beauty of England. She went to different sights around the country including Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. She also visited an old castle that was built in the 19th century. Colley claims that England is the most westernized country in Europe she has visited. She also said that transportation was very easy to come by considering the fluency of the English language.

Canada was next on the list for the Colley family. Canada was a short trip according to Colley. The family was only there for four short days. Colley said the family did not do much while visiting Canada. The family went during the summer to a well-known resort and spa. Mrs. Colley and her two daughters had a spa day reserved for them. The men of the Colley family took time to golf 18 holes in the beautiful Canadian sun. The rest of the time was spent sightseeing local attractions.

In May 2006, not only did Colley travel to Great Britain, but they also made their way to China. From Houston to Newark, and finally China, 17 hours on a plane is more than enough for Colley.

She said China was the most interesting country she has been to thus far in her life. Differences range from culture to food to scenery to people. Colley visited Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Hangeul. She had a hard time adjusting to the type of Chinese food she was eating.

"What Americans have as their idea of Chinese food is definitely not what it is when you eat there," said Colley. "We were at a small Chinese village when our hostess ordered fish for us. It came out whole, including the head and lightly boiled. They just dropped the fish into a boiling pot of water and then served it to us. It felt as if I was eating a live fish!" exclaimed Colley.

Colley also said that fried rice in China is not the same as it is here in the United States. Here, fried rice is browned, fried rice that includes assorted vegetables and egg. In China, fried rice is smashed together deep fried rice. The fried rice looked like a rice cake.

Colley depended on McDonald's and Pizza Hut the entire time she was in China.

Colley commented on the pollution being extremely foul. "I thought just a thick layer of fog was covering the sky, but in actuality the sky has been polluted for over two years!" exclaimed Colley. Due to the pollution, the local Chinese people wear masks to cover up their faces and prevent inhaling poisonous particles.

They also visited Vietnam and Thailand. During their trip to Thailand, Colley fell ill due to a food virus. During the rest of the trip, she went to the world renown floating market. The market floats above water which tourists travel on a boat to buy products from merchants. During the Vietnam trip, Colley traveled to history related museums and did the local sight seeing tour.

One moment that stuck out to Colley was visiting the Vietnam War memorial. "It was unlike anything I have ever seen before in my entire life," said Colley, "It was breathtaking."

Her last and final visit was to France, which she did not care for too much. She said that Paris is overrated and didn't fulfill her expectations of the city life. Colley said the city was dirty and polluted, and the people were rude and unwelcoming. She could sense the bitterness coming from the people. Colley said because many people did not speak English, transportation was hard to come by. She never wants to experience France again. Au revoir!

Lindsey Colley is 5 feet 1 inch tall with long curly blonde hair. Lindsey is very tan with an olive glow. She has bright blue eyes and perfect white teeth.

Jason Sammons

“I’ve grown up at the horse track. I don’t look like a horse wrangler, but I spent 18 years on a 10 acre, no name horse ranch.”

Jason Sammons, Huntington Texas Junior, is part of a horse breeding, racing and winning family.

Sammons stated, “Over time, I grew up into a love for it. It was my Dad’s passion. It wasn’t mine. I hated having to get up early and help with them. I wanted to be out with my friends.”

“I’ve helped my dad raise three good racers. I’ve saddle broke every one of our horses. I grew up to appreciate the animals. They are beautiful, smart, loving and you can talk to them.”

“When they win a race, it’s cool because I have a connection with them.” According to Thoroughbred Times magazine, R B J ‘S Blaze, won a $24,000 purse in March 2005. Another stud, Won C C was a winner at Sam Houston Race Park in November 2002. Both were Stakes Race winners raised by the Sammons family.

Sammons continued “The foundation mare is gone. You couldn’t ask for a better bloodline. Her name was Callie Callie and she produced both of the winning colts. RBJ’s Blaze is her final colt. A leg fracture has kept him off the track for over a year but he is back in training. “

Sammons said he decided to major in Journalism at SFASU because, “I want to go into advertising, I love selling to people.”
He said that all of his experiences “help me to figure out what people need and get it for them. I’ve always been pretty good at it. I want to see what happens.”

When asked to describe himself, Sammons said, “I am six feet tall, blue eyes, brown hair, and I’m pretty scruffy with a beard, right now. You know, that sounds a little like a horse wrangler, doesn’t it?”

Jaclyn Partin

By Andrea Dailey

Jaclyn Partin was a freshman at Stephen F. Austin when she learned the hard way about wearing a seat belt even if she was in the back seat and she has the scar to prove it.

One night Jaclyn decided to go with a girl friend, Tiffanni, to go hang out at a friend's house in Mt. Enterprise. Later on in the night they wanted to get something to eat. Jaclyn and two other guys hopped into a car to go get food at Taco Bell.

It was after midnight and the back roads were dark. They ended up not being able to control the car and ended up in a ditch. Jaclyn was not wearing her seat belt in the back seat and flew into the headrest in front of her.

"I was so stupid, I always wear my seatbelt," she said.

She instantly knew something was wrong; her face was throbbing.

After the vehicle came to a stop they got out of the car and instantly Jaclyn saw blood on her shirt. Jaclyn's eye was bleeding from the impact of the collision. She said that she was fine and just wanted to get back. Her two friends were not hurt because they were wearing their seat belts.

They were able to start the car with no problem, but it started to make noises. Because the car was making noise they decided not to drive it home. Jaclyn called her friend to have them pick the three of them up.

Jaclyn did not want her mother to know that she was in a wreck. She told her mother that she was staying with Tiffanni for the night. Jaclyn thought that her eye would be better in the morning,

"I put ice on my eye all night and when I woke up I couldn't even open my eye," she said.

The injury looked like it was more than just minor. She had swelling that went from one side of her face to the other side of her nose. She knew she could not hide this from her mother.

When Jaclyn went home her mother immediately took her to the hospital to see if anything was broken. Her mother is an x-ray technician and had seen this many times, "She thought my eye socket or my nose was fractured because of how swollen my face was," Jaclyn said. Her face had no dimension to it and she couldn't open her eye.

"It was just gruesome," is the only phrase Jaclyn can describe what she looked like. She said that she did not look like her normal self. She was scared that she was not going to be able to see well out of her left eye anymore.

This young woman who was only 19 years old at the time learned that if she wants to keep her characteristics of her face then she needs to wear her seat belt at all times. She has a scar above her left eye that reminds her to wear her seat belt no matter what.

Chelsea Teichman

By Anna Redmon

Chelsea Teichman, Cushing, TX, freshman at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA), spends most of her time working, practicing for band, and spending time with her boyfriend. When there is a chance of leisure, Chelsea enjoys designing layouts for an Internet network known as the ever-popular MySpace.

Chelsea grew up in a small town with an even smaller high school graduating class of 32 students. In high school Chelsea, Senior Class Vice President, enjoyed playing on the varsity softball team, Theater, and band where she served as drum major during her junior and senior years.

"I didn't want to do it, but the director asked me personally, so I had to say yes," Chelsea remarked in regards to being a drum major. As a result of Chelsea receiving such an honor in band, her mother let her dye her hair bright pink. Chelsea has played the flute since seventh grade and is currently a member of the SFA marching band.

Along with all the practice, and dedication needed for marching band, Chelsea also has a full school and work schedule. With a declared major in communications with an emphasis on public relations, she is enrolled in News Writing, Reading and Composition, History, and Astronomy.

"I love night classes," she added, "but they're just so long."

One of Chelsea's goals for this semester is to pass Astronomy. At night, Chelsea is a manager at Pizza Hut in Nacogdoches, where she works with Ben, her boyfriend of one year and four months.

"We're practically roommates; we go to school together, we work together, and we hang out together," Chelsea said, smiling about Ben. Chelsea and Ben met while he was working for a local radio station, and she kept calling to request songs. One day, he met her at work, and they've since been dating.

Chelsea has a very busy day-to-day agenda, socially, academically, and professionally. She completes all of her responsibilities without a driver's license. This is not a result of failed driving tests or hardship, but of choice.

"I don't want to learn to drive, it makes me too nervous," Chelsea explained.

Chelsea still lives with her parents, and carpools with Ben to get to school and sometimes work. At home, Chelsea lives with her mother and father, who have been married for 35 years. There is a significant age difference between her and her older sister, 35 and older brother who is 34 years old. Chelsea has been blessed with four nieces and three nephews of whom she talks about with pride.

Chelsea is also proud of her own "child," her five-month-old terrier mix puppy named Mickey. While playing and caring for Mickey at home Chelsea spends most of her time on the computer.

"I'm addicted to making MySpace layouts," Chelsea said enthusiastically expressing a keen talent for graphic design.

With a full life to live and a bright future Chelsea has three simple favorites: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Fast Food, and Sleep.
Chelsea is 18 years old and was born on April 10th; she stands 5 feet 4 inches tall with fair skin, shoulder length black hair and a bright smile. When asked what her natural hair color is Chelsea sighed, "I don't even know anymore, it's been pink, red, brown and black."

Chelsea has nine peircings: her tongue, a pink stud sparkling on her nose, a small hoop in her right eyebrow along with four piercings in her left ear and two in her right ear. She also has two tattoos; a row of stars on the lower left side of her back, and is in the process of getting a moon finished on her shoulder.

She was wearing blue jeans with a white studded belt, a black fitted t-shirt, with an olive green hoodie with black rose detail. She is a very interesting individual and her appearance expresses her outgoing and unique personality.

Betty Land

Antonia Steinmiller

By Lindsey Colley

Antonia Steinmiller, Mt. Prospect, IL junior, is a cheerleader here at SFASU. Antonia and her best friend from Illinois ventured all the way to Nacogdoches to join the SFASU cheer team.

She has been cheering since she was 13 years old. Antonia graduated from Prospect High School in 2004, where she cheered
all four years. She originally attended college at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL, on an academic and cheerleading scholarship. The cheer team there made it to the national competition, but never qualified for the finals.

"In nice terms, they were horrible," she said about her then cheer squad. After two years of feeling as if the team did not challenge themselves enough toward the goal of a national championship, Antonia and fellow cheerleader, Kristyn, decided they needed to make a change. They started searching for highly competitive squads around the U.S.

After running upon SFASU, the girls decided to send in a video of their cheer skills. Within a week, the girls were notified they had made the team!

In July of 2006, Antonia made her first visit to SFASU. She immediately "fell in love with our teammates, everyone supports each other. It's like a huge family." This was a very good thing for Antonia, considering her family lives so far away.

Antonia has been to six different national competitions in high school. She has also coached at six different national competitions.

The SFASU all girl team has made it to finals the past three years in row. This is a big change from what Antonia was used to from her past college experience, and she loves being a part of it. The small squad placed third in the bid video for the upcoming national competition. A bid video is sent in to the national judges and is judged and scored, even though the competition may not be held for months. This gives a squad the chance to show off their skills when they feel they are at their best. It is obvious the SFASU squad had good judgment in this decision.

"Third place is a huge accomplishment," Antonia said.

Antonia is an only child. Her parents have been divorced for 13 years. Antonia lives with her mother when she is back in Illinois. She is an outgoing, friendly person, with a great attitude on life. She is a beautiful girl both inside and out. She has pretty, long dark hair, a great smile, and her personality beams with friendliness.

Antonia loves hanging out with friends on her spare time. She also enjoys, shopping, movies, sports, and "anything outdoorsy." She has also traveled to Aruba and Barbados on vacations. She said these were "amazing trips, and I would love to go back to both places at anytime possible!"

Through her life, Antonia has always been a competitor. She said she is "grateful" for the experiences she has had to go through. "Some were more difficult then others, but where I am in my life now, I couldn't be more happy," she said with a smile on her face. She loves challenges in her life and cannot wait to face any that may arise in the future.

Antonia said her goal is to help take her "newly developed co-ed cheer squad to the national finals and win!"

Andrea Dailey

By Jaclyn Partin

Andrea Dailey, Fort Worth senior, let a new companion into her life and added a lot of responsibilities when she got a puppy last May.

A medium height girl with light brown and blond hair, Andrea had wanted a puppy, but her parents would not let her have one while living with them. So, when she moved to Nacogdoches to attend SFA, Andrea decided she wanted a puppy.

Andrea's parents still didn't think she could accept the responsibility of having a dog, but she knew she wanted one. Going out to a house in Appleby, she finally picked out her puppy. There was a Labrador retriever and a blue heeler that had both had a litter of puppies by an Australian shepherd male. With close to 20 puppies running around, it was a hard decision to make. Andrea picked one of the blue heeler Australian shepherd mixes, a white male with a little bit of brown.

After taking him home, Andrea had to give this puppy special attention for several days, as she said, "He had fleas all over him. You could see them squirming around all over the place." Just from the number of puppies all around outside where she had gotten him, the dogs couldn't all be kept clean.

Andrea named the new puppy Earl. "City of Angels is my favorite movie, and the dog on there is named Earl," Andrea said. She also attributes part of his name to the fact that she got him in East Texas, and that it happens to be a pretty common name.

Andrea feels that she has just slightly experienced motherhood since she got Earl. "I have to get up and take him out in the middle of the night," she said. She also has had to work on training him. Like any puppy, he still likes to tear things up every once in a while.

Once after Andrea's parents kept Earl, her mother told her he needed to be better trained. "My mom told me to call and see how much obedience classes cost and to call her back. After I told her, she said to tell Earl Merry Christmas." Earl just graduated from obedience school last week.

Andrea is looking toward the end of the summer when she will move in with her older brother and his roommate. They already have two dogs: a pit bull and a husky puppy.

Andrea has been to stay with her brother with Earl before. "Earl has already met the pit bull and they played really well," Andrea said. She just hopes that having three dogs in one house is not too much for the roommates, or Earl.

Jason Skaggs

By Sam Woolverton

Jason Skaggs, Houston freshman, attended Alief Taylor High School where he was involved in the theatre program and U.I.L. one act play. He played Collin, the lead, in "Two Weeks With the Queen" and was named to the All Star Cast his sophomore year of high school.

Jason’s first play was "Dracula" where he played a minor role his freshman year. He followed with "When You Coming Back Red Rider?" that same year.

Jason is also a sports enthusiast. Jason likes anything from tennis to basketball. He said, “I love to play and watch any kind of sport.”

Jason is a family guy. He has five brothers and sisters. He has an older brother and an older sister, and a younger half brother and twin 3 year-old half sisters. All of his brothers and sisters have the same dad.

Jason also has a dog who he described as,” half Dalmatian, half everything else.” Her name is Patches.

Jason’s car, a Nissan Maxima, has been handed down from his stepmother to his sister and now, while his sister is in Europe teaching English, he is driving.

Jason says he enjoys attending Stephen F. Austin State University. The SFA freshman, who is taking 13 hours this semester, lives in Hall 16. Jason is an undecided major, but plans to major in something in the communications department.

Jason Skaggs has dark hair, hazel eyes and is a lean 5 feet 8 inches tall. He is very quiet and soft-spoken.

Kara Killough

By Kara Lintner

Kara Killough, Baytown sophomore, was involved in an accident when she was just two years old.

As an only child Kara and her mother have been close since birth, so like any other day both Kara and her mother were laying outside in the front yard. Kara’s mother was swinging her around by her arms when her mother tripped over her own feet.

Luckily Kara’s mom fell into the grass only to realize that her daughter had not fallen into the grass with her. She had been thrown onto the concrete driveway that was close by. Luckily a close by neighbor saw these events transpire and called the police. Kara was unconscious for ten minutes and had to be taken to the hospital to run tests to make sure nothing had ahppened to her. They were quite scared that she might have cracked her skull. Luckily there was no damage that was found.

“I wonder if I was born a smart kid or if my mom made me smarter,” said Killough. In her elementary school, Kara was xetremely smart and had the highest IQ of the entire school. She was also on the honor roll up until she graduated from high school as number 37 in a class of 472. She was also lucky to have been able to attend Stephen F. Austin State University on
an academic excellence scholarship.

Kara is also blessed in the fact that while most small children do stupid things and end up going to the hospital, she made her first and last visit when she was two years old.

She said, “That was the only time I have ever been to the hospital and I hope that I never have to go again.” Most two year olds probably have no remembrance of many things in those years. However, even though she doesn’t remember exactly what happened she has a vague recollection due to the countless renditions her mother gives her of that dreadful day.

Kara also said, “I am not a risk taker because I am terrified of being hurt again and having to the hospital once more.”

One good thing that came from this accident eighteen years ago is Kara is a healthy and quite an intelligent girl. She is 5-foot-2-inches tall, has red hair, freckles, hazel eyes, and an athletic build. She is also quite goofy and very friendly to those that she does not know.

“Thank goodness that nothing traumatic came from this accident because in all likelihood something very severe could have happened to me,” said Killough.

Stacy Glover

By Judith Barroeta

A Sigma Phi Lambda finds more confidence and security
with her sister than she was able to in her sorority.
Stacy Glover, Livingston Sophomore, entered the Sigma
Phi Lambda sorority her freshman year but stopped
after one year.

As a whole, Glover was able to make new friends, but
only bonded a select number of girls. When given the
position as a rush captain, she realized she was not
pleased with the sorority.

“When I became rush captain, I began doing a lot of the dirty work for
them and I felt like I was being used,” Glover said.

After rush week, pledge week came. Most sororities
have approximately 45 to 50 girls. During fall
semester, while Glover was rush captain, the Sigma Phi
Lambda had 25 pledges. After this time the sorority
started losing girls. Glover then faced the fact that
being in a sorority was not for her.

“There was too much drama, so I decided to stop being
in the sorority,” Glover said.

Glover, a brown-eyed girl, average height, explained
even though she couldn’t create a bond of sisterhood
with her sorority, she knew she still had one waiting
for her at home. Glover’s sister, who is a senior at
SFA, has always been a support system for her.

When living at home, Glover and her sister used to
fight regularly. Since they have begun college, their
bond has strengthened. Rather than quickly making up a
fight at home, Glover and her sister are able to
easily resolve their disagreements.

“We used to get on each other’s nerves all the time,
but now we put each other in our own places,” she
said.

Glover and her sister used to be roommates at Steen,
but are currently living in an apartment. Because they
have lived together for so long, Glover’s sister is
able to open up more than she normally would.

“She even told me she was bulimic,” Glover said.

In contrast to her sorority, Glover is pleased with
the relationship she and her sister share. They
protect and confide in each other more so than ever.
Glover was hoping a sorority would offer the same, but
her sister came out to be the better solution.

Glover is also a trumpet player for the SFASU
Marching Band and is an advertising major.

“I think this is going to be my last year playing in the band,”
she said, “I am not even a band major and it takes up
time that I could be using for my communication
classes.”

Judith Barroeta

By Stacy Glover

Judith Barroeta, Houston freshman, lives the life of a not so normal college student. Studying, sports, travel, working, and adventure are all a part of her life.

Barroeta usually travels every year to Venezuela to see the country she was baptized in and where her family is from. Barroeta is saddened to say that she has not been able to travel back to Venezuela for two years because of Venezuela's presidency situation with Hugo Chavez. For now she loves taking road trips with her dad.

Taking road trips with her dad has taught her how to feel be comfortable during long car trips. She feels so comfortable that she no longer asks "Are we there yet??" The road trips have become a great bonding experience between her and her dad. Along the way they stop to take pictures of the beautiful landscape, which helped build Barroeta's passion for photography.

Taking road trips with her dad isn't the only thing Barroeta loves to do. She also loves sports. She plays just about every intramural sport. She has played soccer ever since she was little, but fears she doesn't have the time to play for the SFA soccer team. She is constantly at the HPE doing some sort of athletic activity.

"I'm one of those people that has to work out every day or I feel bad about it," said Barroeta. If she isn't playing a sport then she can be found studying. Barroeta is taking 16 hours this semester and realizes it is going to be a lot harder than the previous semester. She still manages to make time to hang out with her friends.

She works at the YMCA back home in Houston where she has been working for two years with the children that attend there. She also coaches and referees soccer and volleyball for 8-12 year olds. However, her school schedule keeps her pretty busy and makes it hard for her to be able to go back at least once a month in order to stay on the pay roll.

"It feels good when I go back after being gone a month and some of the regulars remember me," said Barroeta. She has five siblings, which definitely gives her enough experience to know how to play with kids and keep them entertained. She has two stepbrothers, one half-brother, and two half-sisters.

Barroeta has been on her school yearbook staff since she was in 7th grade. She was section editor from sophomore and junior years and was editor-in-chief her senior year. Now that she is in college and is yearbook-free she misses being involved in a school publication. She applied for the SFA Pine Log staff and hopes to become a part of it.

Currently she is taking pictures with her dad's film camera hoping that she will become a full staff member by submitting her work as a freelancer until the Pine Log makes her the newest member of their staff.

Barroeta is a very multicultural person. She can speak Spanish fluently and also understand Italian. She is not the average college student. She has proven that she is a family oriented and caring person who strives to achieve whatever greatness comes her way. Barroeta's long black hair and brown eyes might make her a Venezuelan beauty, but her individuality makes her who she is today. She might have the appearance of a Venezuelan, but she is also a true Venezuelan at heart.

For her next trip she hopes to go to Washington D.C. to see her boyfriend off before he leaves for Iraq. She hopes to not only to have a wonderful time with him, and see the many glorious sights that Washington D.C. has to offer for the many tourists who visit it each year.

Anna Redmon

By Chelsea Teichman

Anna Redmon, Marshall Texas junior, came from a high school background that has prepared her for her responsibilities as a college student. Anna is a communication major here at SFA.

Graduating from Marshall High School, Anna was a member of many extracurricular activities including, softball, FCA, Future Business Leaders of America, FFA, Future Teachers of America, Anchor Club, and the Junior Symphony League.

"These groups are what taught me responsibility in high school," Anna said, "It wasn't so much the classes in school but the groups I was a part of."

One trip in high school Anna spoke fondly of was her trip to the Shriner's Hospital for children with the Anchor Club. They visited with the young patients there and did crafts with them. This helped the children take their mind off why they were in the hospital.

Anna is currently dating William, who is also a junior from Marshall. Only friends in high school, Anna and William's relationship developed a little later. "I think the only reason it's lasted so long is because we were friends first, that has helped a lot," she said. They will be celebrating a two-year anniversary on May first.

This semester, Anna has become an active member of the Tri-Delta Sorority. Her main reason for joining was to make friends. Already this year she has volunteered for the Humane Society.

"It's a lot of fun being a member of this sorority," Anna said. "I have already met a lot of new people, and they actually help me study. It's a good thing because I tend to procrastinate."

One of Anna's long-term goals at SFA is to make the dean's list. Her current classes include personal fitness, advertising promotion, and principal marketing. Her most motivating class here at SFA was Public Relations.

'Writing papers in that class was not like writing essays for English, Anna said, "Most of them were interesting and I actually wanted to do them."

Fast food is what most college students live off of, but not Anna. Although she does like the Cane's restaurant that just opened up, her favorite foods are pasta, her mom's home made macaroni and cheese, and tacos.

"No matter what type of restaurant I go to I always end up ordering tacos. They're my favorite," Anna said.

One thing Anna enjoys is reading. Unlike some students who read because it is required, Anna enjoys reading on her own time. Some of her favorites include Shop Girl, The Devil wears Prada, and The Notebook. Other things Anna enjoys doing is going swimming and wake boarding.

On the weekends Anna enjoys either going home to see her family and pet shiatsu Pawl, to hang out with her boyfriend William at The Sports Shack, and hanging out with her new friends she's met through her sorority.

Anna is a 20 years old with medium length brown hair. She is slim, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, and dresses casual.

Kara Lintner

By Kara Killough

Kara Lintner, Duncanville junior, was an all-star
soccer player. She had played since the age of four.
So when this blonde, blue-eyed, 5-foot-8-inch, energetic player
arrived to play for the Arlington club team freshman
year of high school, coaches were more than willing to
have her out on the field. Looking back she admits
she never thought there would come a time she didn’t
play.

“There were always minor injuries while playing,”
says Lintner, “as well with any sport.” But what she
wasn’t prepared for was dislocating her left kneecap
that first season.

The real blow to her career came her sophomore year
as Lintner’s team rallied against the American Eagles.

As outside right, Lintner went to cross the ball as
an Eagles’ player charged her. Her opponent’s cleat
pierced the left side of her left kneecap. Lintner
then collapsed to the ground in pain. Coaches and
teammates helped her hobble off the field.

She recalled, “Whenever she made contact with my
knee and I fell to the ground, she started laughing.
It was horrible!” Her fate seemed sealed.

After the incident Lintner popped her own kneecap
back into place. A week of painful practices passed
before she decided to visit a doctor. She found out
that her kneecap not only had been dislocated, but an
MRI confirmed she had torn her meniscus and MCL as
well. This was devastating news to the young player
who knew that several colleges such as Texas A&M,
Texas Tech, and McNeese were already scouting her at
the age 16.

The news didn’t put a damper on her spirits for
long though as she made her way onto the field for
another season against the doctor’s recommendations.
Fighting the frequent aches and pains she finally
agreed to surgery after her junior year.

Lintner confessed, “I was really upset about not
playing so I refused to rehabilitate my knee. I was
angry at the world.”

It was difficult for Lintner to realize she could
no longer play her most precious game. The grassy
soccer field was all she knew all her life. And now,
all Lintner could hold onto was an appreciation for
the game.

She had appreciated the game before the tragic
news and still appreciates it now as a 21-year-old
Stephen F. Austin State University student. Till this
very day she wonders what her life would have been
like without this accident. She knows she would have
attended a different college and would still happily
be playing soccer, probably with a handsome
scholarship in hand.

One instance can change a person’s life forever
and Kara Lintner’s soccer days came to a screeching
halt when her knee got re-injured. She tried to fight
through the pain and the tears, but her body wouldn’t
allow her to play anymore.

Her career was ruined in one game.

Kenneth Dickerson

By Lindsey Johnson

Some students need assistance when it comes to writing notes for class. That's where Kenneth Dickerson comes in.

Kenneth Dickerson, Burkeville senior, has a job as a note taker in the Department of Human Services.

"I work for the disability services in the [Department of] Human Services," he said.

A note taker, he said, is someone who takes notes for someone who can't take notes for themselves.

He has short brown hair and sat in a polite manner with one leg crossed over the other, with an attentive look on his face, ready to answer any questions about his job.

Dickerson said it is just like any other job on campus. "It is a lot like a normal job: you show up and get the classes that you need to go to for the day," he said. Not only does he get paid, he said, but the department works around his schedule.

He said he likes the hours of his job as note taker. "I like howflexible the hours are," he said.

When he is needed the most depends on the semester. "There are new people coming in the fall so that is when more note takers are needed," he said.

In order to become a note taker, Dickerson said, requirements include maintaining at least a 2.5 GPA and taking non-hour courses.

Dickerson said there is a down side, however. He said that he encounters some people who won't take their classes too seriously and will stop attending their classes.

Kenneth Dickerson comes from Burkeville, a small town in deep southeast Texas about 30 miles from a town named Jasper.
"It's in the middle of nowhere," he said.

He graduated from Burkeville High School and attended Angelina College in Lufkin. He graduated from Angelina College in 2004 and transferred to SFA. He graduates in the spring with a major in English and a minor in writing. He plans to work with an associate in computer science from Angelina College.

Sam Woolverton

By Jason Skaggs

In 2005, the United States experienced one of the worst hurricane seasons ever recorded. Sam Woolverton, Palestine Junior, witnessed this firsthand. She was stranded at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston for six hours as Hurricane Rita pummeled the Texas coastline in September of that year.

On September 24, 2005, Woolverton and her 1-year-old son, Nicholas, traveled to Palestine to visit her family. Her husband, Josh, stayed at their home in Tucson because he could not get time off from work.

Woolverton flew from Tucson to Houston that morning. She had heard that a storm was heading for the Texas coast, but felt that it was safe to travel. The storm was not expected to make landfall until after her arrival in Houston. Then she would take a connecting flight to Waco and be safely in Palestine by the time the storm hit.

What she did not know, however, is that city officials in Galveston would order mass evacuations of the local residents. Also, officials in Houston ordered parts of Houston to be evacuated, and suggested that residents in other parts of the city evacuate as well. The result was gridlock on the Texas highways, as hundreds of thousands of people attempted to flee the imminent storm.

When Woolverton arrived in Houston, her connecting flight to Waco had been cancelled. The traffic in and around Houston had left the airport short-staffed, and all flights out of Houston had to be cancelled. Woolverton recalled, "None of the pilots could reach the airports because of the traffic outside. Nobody could get in, so the flights had to be cancelled."

Woolverton and her son were stranded at the airport. She called her family in Palestine, and they arranged for her grandfather to pick her up. Palestine was far way, however, and with the traffic she knew she would not be going anywhere for a while.

Her grandfather arrived six hours later, but they still had to take the trip back to Palestine. The trip back was nearly three times as long, because the heaviest traffic was traveling north, away from the coast. When Woolverton arrived in Palestine, over 24 hours had passed since she left her home in Tucson.

During the ordeal, Woolverton's son was well behaved. "My son was amazingly good the entire time. He could have made it really difficult, but he was good," she said.

Woolverton, with her husband and son, has moved back to Palestine, where she grew up. She commutes nearly three hours everyday to take classes here in Nacogdoches. "Palestine's pretty far away, but it's not that bad," she said. Nothing compares to her experience during Hurricane Rita.

Before enrolling at SFA, Woolverton took classes at Trinity Valley Community College in Palestine. She took time off from school when her family lived in Tucson for one year. She is currently in her third semester at SFA.

Woolverton has short brown hair and brown eyes. She is of moderate height and weight, standing 5 feet 7 inches high.

Woolverton spends some time doing freelance photography, and is taking some photography classes to become more experienced. While she finds photography enjoyable, it is also a way to help pay the bills.

"I make pretty decent money doing it," she said.

Regina Durley

By Melissa Howard

Regina Durley, a Marshall senior, will be graduating in December 2007 with a degree in photojournalism.

Regina, 22, grew up in East Texas. She loves to travel and shoot pool in her time out of classes.

“I like to enjoy time with friends and family anywhere that I can have a good time,” she said. “As far as traveling goes, I like going different places and seeing different things.”

She is also a member of the Gamma Rays, a female organization affiliated with Gamma Alpha Mu Fraternity, Inc.

Regina currently works for the campus’s news publication, the Pine Log, as a photojournalist. She said, “Post-graduation, being a photojournalist is the thing I would most like to pursue as a career.”

Regina started off her college career at SFA with an undecided degree plan and after one semester, she transferred to Kilgore College. She attended Kilgore College for two years before taking a semester off. After the semester off she attended Wiley College for one semester and then enrolled back into SFA.

Regina’s mom, four cousins, and both sisters attended SFA. “It became a family school really fast,” said Regina, “SFA just runs in the family.” Currently, only one of her cousins is still attending SFA.

When she graduates, she is unsure about where she will be living. Regina said, “I have many choices of where to live after school.” Her mom has recently moved to Dallas and her brother lives in Houston, so he has her pick of where she wants to live.

Although undecided about a specific city, she knows exactly which state she wants to be in. “I love to travel. I have been to Illinois, Georgia, Kansas and Alabama. All those places are cool but I don’t want to live anywhere but Texas.”

After graduation, Regina is going to enjoy having time away from classes and schoolwork. She says the best thing about graduation is, “no more classes. I won’t have to wake up extremely early for classes anymore and I am going to enjoy being able to do what I want for a while.”

Even though she is pursuing a career in photojournalism, Regina doesn’t want to jump into the field immediately after graduation. She wants to work as a bartender for a short time because it is a job that she has always wanted to do. Her reasoning? “Bartenders can make a lot of money and I want some.”

Regina said, “I am going to be very happy to finish school.” However, she admits that she will miss some aspects of SFA. “I love SFA,” Regina said, “I have always felt welcome here.” According to Regina, her favorite thing about SFA is the people attending it. The acceptance she has felt on campus is what she is going to miss the most.

Regina Durley was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white shoes. She has brown eyes and black hair which she wore down.

Lindsey Johnson

Lindsey Johnson, Southlake freshman, can throw a circular disk a long, long way. Her skill at throwing the discus meant she placed third in the district then represented the varsity team at the high school regional competition last year.

Lindsey was in eighth grade when one of her discus-throwing friends said, “You should try it,” and she took up the sport.

“It was a little unusual to throw discus,” she said. “A lot of girls were more in the running events, high jump or pole vault, but I was pretty much one of few representing the varisity team in discus.”

Lindsey also played volleyball and basketball and ran track, but doesn’t like to be defined by her involvement in sports. “I wouldn’t like to think of myself classified as a jock,” she said. “There’s a lot more to me than just sports.”

She was also on the newspaper staff, involved in choir and a dedicated student. “There was a lot of pressure in school, especially with trying to get good grades,” she said. “My senior year I was in all AP classes, but I was learning how to balance things, knowing when to do things and how how much time to set aside to study.”

Her turquoise blue eyes looked serious as she said, “School always comes first in reality. One of the good things I learned from being an athlete is how to be able to make it all work. Team sports is a lot of bonding experience. It helps to compete in sports, get to know your team mates, to know your own strengths and weaknesses, all of the things that are important with collaborating. I do think especially with our football team competing at state, there was a lot of pressure present. There’s pressure on all the football teams in Texas, I think. The whole town gets into it, and our team lived up to expectation. But for me personally in the discus throw there was not too much of that pressure.“

Lindsey, who is already counting the days to her nineteenth birthday in March, said since she is not on an SFA team she can concentrate more on schoolwork. She stays involved in sports in intermural flag football and basketball, and she is now considering playing softball.

“I just like sports in general,” she said. “It’s one of great things, getting out there and working up a sweat, working off energy. I like that feeling. I can’t sit in a place too long, and sports keeps me moving around, joining a team effort, meeting people.”

The communications major lives in Griffith Dorm and said it is harder to organize an exercise schedule around her classwork than when she was in high school. However, dressed in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and and Nike Shocks, she looks like she could take off running any minute. Or maybe throw a discus. That probably wouldn’t surprise any of her former team mates from Caroll High, or her new classmates at SFA, once they get to know her.