SAU Honors College

The SAU Honors College was founded in 2003 by Dr. David Rankin, president of SAU. Dr. Lynne Belcher served as founding director and is retired from SAU. The Honors College seeks and admits qualified students who seek to pursue a serious academic program with equally gifted peers and committed teachers. Honors classes are small and provide academically enriching opportunities for students and the faculty who teach them. Currently, SAU enrolls nearly 170 honors students and graduates about 66% of admitees in four years or less. Anyone interested in applying to the Honors College or seeking further information should contact the director, Dr. Edward P. Kardas at epkardas@saumag.edu or at 870 904-8897.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Kopplin, Hayden: Bucket List

Life is short. The shortness of life prompted me to consider what exactly I had already achieved in my lifetime and what else still remained on my life’s agenda. I would like my last moments to be filled with visions and memories of a life filled with love, adventure, and meaningful experiences, a double feature blockbuster movie. I offer up my bucket list containing my grandest ambitions and silliest requests.


The ancient Olympic games were revived in the 19th century. The Olympics are held in the highest regard. For me, attending such an event would be unforgettable and add a new dimension to my life’s “movie.”


My aunt and mother have been my greatest supporters over the past 18 years; to give them back a fraction of the time, money, joy and love they’ve shown me would be the least I could do for them. I fell off the metaphorical horse several times, had it not been for them I may have never gotten back on and rode along!


The top item on my bucket list is too cliché. It is to fall madly, hopelessly and completely in love. No epic story has ever been told without the “grand love element.” When my final credits roll, I want my true love’s name to shine the brightest and lead the list.


Theatre and political activism are my only real passions in life. Ideally, I would write, direct, produce and act in my own productions that address all of the current civil rights issues plaguing our nation today. My shows would touch the lives of millions who are halted by the barriers that confront all minority groups.


The last item on my bucket list is entirely too selfish. I want to take a scuba diving expedition to the Great Barrier Reef. Australia has always been my ideal vacation spot; clear oceans, beautiful and vibrant coral, and sea life unlike anything I could ever imagined. It would be the perfect final reel to my life’s story.

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