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.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Reed, Michael: Bucket List


A bucket list, whether written as an assignment or in fun, seems a somber task at first glance. However, with the time to contemplate one's demise and the life before its end, a bucket list becomes somewhat of a necessity. Faced with four life-fulfilling moments left in a relatively insignificant story, I would turn to the things that could leave a mark.

            My first mark would be just that, a mark. I would strive under great duress, with my time ticking away, to compose a piece of art. Art is unending and undeniable in its greatest form. To have a work of mine set in stone alongside those of the greatest minds of years past would be an honor rivaled by few others. 

            The second step in my farewell to life would be an appeal for peace to the greatest powers of the world. Perhaps words are inconsequential. However, maybe an appeal could cause just one person to feel guilty enough to change something. This second step is merely for personal pride and wouldn't be intended for history books.

            My third item is far-fetched and follows a personal ambition of mine. I would like to create a new sport, a sport comparative to BASEketball from the popular film of the same name. The world needs a past time for all shapes and sizes. Upon further research, “43-man squamish” popularized in MAD Magizine, while a bit satirically conceived, may be the most logical idea.

            My last and most ambitious task would be to glorify the name of God. With my last breath escaping my lips, I want to speak one name. If judgment shall come to me in the afterlife, God would hopefully look upon me as His disciple.

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