News Reporting Story: Governor Mike Beebe

Below is a story written by News Reporting Student Todd Fogle:

Arkansas State! Red Wolves! The fans at an ASU Red Wolves home football game stand up and shout back and forth in support Among those fans howling for the Red Wolves is Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe who graduated from ASU in 1968 with a degree in political science.
He said he usually only misses one or two games, but attends all of the home games he can. This year Beebe said he has not missed any. If he does, it is usually because of a time conflict.
“I make time. I make a priority on a Saturday afternoon or evening to go to Jonesboro,” he said about finding time for traveling from Little Rock for the games.
The governor has four season tickets and has been sitting in the same seat for more than 30 years in the front row of his section. He started attending the games after he graduated from law school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
It varies whom he sits with from game to game. Sometimes it is only family, while for others some of his friends join him.
Chancellor Robert Potts said Beebe “doesn’t come to socialize. He comes for the game.”
Beebe said people are friendly but are mostly interested in the game.
“Most of the time, except at halftime, folks don’t pay any attention to me. They are watching the game and so am I.”
Potts said, “We are just so pleased he comes up to our games…we respect his privacy.”
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Sources: www.mikebeebe.com
Robert Potts: (870) 972-3030
Mike Beebe (501) 682-2345