Great job on Preview Day!

Preview Day was last Saturday and we had a great turnout!

I would like to take this chance to congratulate all the clubs, organizations, students and faculty on a successful Preview Day. Though the football team lost in the conference opener, the volleyball team won and even had pretty good crowd support.

Preview Day is generally for any high school seniors and juniors/transfer students looking at coming to school at JSU. But, it is also a chance for their parents to come and see exactly what it is that their children would be getting into.

I can remember quite a while ago coming and looking at JSU and how exciting I thought it all was. Yes, a small town but a big school and that brought everyone together which is what I liked so much about it.

I just hope that these incoming freshmen and transfer students will come to school here and love it as much as I do.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to put this Preview Day together! Keep up the great work and I look forward to the next one!

Go Gamecocks!

Last night, as I walked through the doors of Pete Mathews Coliseum on "Pack the Pete" night, I looked around and could not believe how few students had turned out to watch the Gamecocks play our in-state rival, Samford, in volleyball. Walking in, I thought we might have gotten there early but as I saw the game in motion I realized we were actually late.

Do people just not care about the smaller sports? In terms of athletic teams statistics, the volleyball team is one of our best, but there is not really any support from the students.

Let's compare. Last year, the volleyball team was 24-5 overall and 16-0 in conference games.
The football team (and nothing against the football team, by the way. I love them too!) was 6-5 overall and 4-3 in conference and everyone gets full of that gamecock spirit? I guess I just don't understand.

At most universities students have to pay to attend sporting events and yes, as full as I am of school spirit, I do still realize that many of the schools are bigger and play bigger teams, but at JSU we have opportunities that few appreciate and it bothers me.

The vigorous daily routine that athletes go through just to play sports in college is amazing and tiring at the same time. All they ask in return (besides a scholarship lol) is that people come out and support them.

So, I would like to personally invite everyone to come out and cheer on all the athletic teams, not just the more popular ones. Trust me, if it were you out on the court/field you would appreciate it!

Go Gamecocks!

Welcome to our blogs

To start off our new blog feature, I would like to welcome everyone and thank you for checking us out. Each day of the week a different editor is going to be featured on our Web site, www.thechanticleeronline.com, and will blog about a variety of topics. The schedule is as follows:

Thursday- Toni - I will have an open topic and hopefully change it up quite often.
Friday- Kevin - In all honesty, even Kevin has no idea what he will be writing about.
Saturday- Brandon - All topics of science and any upcoming news in the field.
Sunday- Bethany - She will be maintaining a blog about faith.
Monday- Patrick - Any and all sports topics.
Tuesday- Chris - Technology news and gaming reports.
Wednesday- Matt - New albums and music information.

This year at The Chanticleer, we have had quite a few changes. Not only in the faces around our office, but also in our look and layout of the paper. We have tried to present a professional looking newspaper with relevant information that people like reading each week.

I hope everyone is enjoying it as much as we have enjoyed putting it together for you. Don't be shy to let us know what you think, either. We are here for you, the readers, and we want to give you what you want.

Thanks again and don't forget to read The Chanticleer!