09/16/13 Issue

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

News Briefs

Henderson’s “Biggest Loser” competition will start today with the first weigh-in.

Participants can go to the Rec Center any time during business hours.

Festival Latino will begin today at noon on the Quad.

Intramural spades officially kicks off today with the first tournament. The tournament is a two-day tourney that starts at 6 p.m. tonight and will go until 9 p.m. It will pick up tomorrow during business hours. The tournament will be in the Rec Center on both days.

The League of Latinos will be hosting a film night in the Lecture Hall tonight at 7 p.m.

Tuesday , Sept. 17, is Constitution Day. A guest speaker will be in the Lecture Hall during the dead hour.

Hilary Chaney, an attorney with bipolar disorder, will be speaking in the Ross Room about mania and the recovery. The speech will be during the dead hour on Tuesday.

The Teacher’s College Social will be in the Education building, rooms 107 and 108 on Tuesday. The social starts at 4 p.m. and will last until 6 p.m.

Dr. Jones will be outside the Jones room in the foyer beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, for coffee and conversation.

Harwood Recital Hall will host Kelley Naiima, clarinetist. at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

“The Lone Ranger” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night. The movie will play again Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Registration starts Thursday for the hunters’ education course. Where to sign up can be found at the Information Desk. The courses will take place this week from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. The location for the courses is to be announced.

The FBI will be on campus this Thursday for an information csession. Special Agent Diane Bayes will be discussing possible career opportunities with the FBI. This will be located on Garrison Street between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

There will be a body composition health table on garrison street Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Guest speaker, Mark Sterner will be in the Arkansas Hall auditorium during the dead hour on Thursday discussing DUI.

Index

The women’s studies reading group will meet in the Jones room Thursday at 12:30 p.m.

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Opinions

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Sports

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HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY

VOLUME 16, ISSUE 5

Speaker advocates equality, fairness Ryan Schultz Staff Writer Judy Shepard came to Henderson Wednesday to share her motivation in speaking publicly about the violent death of her son, a nationally publicized hate crime.

Her son, Matthew Shepard, was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998.

During the trial of Matt’s accused killer, it was reported more than once that he was targeted because he was gay.

The crime and the sensational murder case that followed galvanized the nation, and prompted playwright Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project to interview hundreds of people in Laramie. Those interviews were edited into a popular play entitled, “The Laramie Project.”

The play’s script was chosen as the Reddie Read (formerly known as the Henderson Common Book) for 2013. Copies of the book were given to all incoming freshmen, who discussed is it in Henderson Seminar classes, and it was used as a text by many additional classes this semester.

While Judy Shepard is not one of the characters in the play, she has become a national speaker for gay rights in her son’s memory, and was brought to Henderson through the Reddie Read program.

Her son was pistol-whipped, tortured, and put into a coma, then tied to a fence and left to die. He was discovered 18 hours later by a cyclist. Matt was sent to Poudre Valley Hospital on full life support. He never regained consciousness and

died on October, 12, 1998 at 21 years of age.

His killers were incarcerated into the Wyoming State Penitentiary. However they were not charged with a hate crime because, because, as Judy Shepard explained at the start of her talk, “There is no such thing as a hate crime in the state of Wyoming.”

In 2009 a federal law named for Matthew Shepard was passed which allows the perpetrators of violent acts to be prosecuted for committing a “hate crime”.

Judy Shepard began telling her story after a short video describing the crimes that led to the law’s passage. “This is not a speech,” she said to the rapt audience in Arkansas Hall. “This is just my story.”

Her story was divided into three categories: victim impact, gay and lesbian rights and what you can do to help, followed by a question-and answer period.

She described receiving a call in 1998 at her home in Saudi Arabia from the Poudre Valley Hospital in Wyoming. Shepard was told her son was on life support and that doctors didn’t’ know how much longer he wiould last. After a 25-hour flight, she and her husband finally reached their son. Judy stayed by her son until his final breath.

After his death, the family opened the Matt Shepard Foundation. This is a foundation that is trying to push for equal rights for gays, lesbians, and transgendered individuals as well as helping them to not hide their true nature.

“It is selfish of you not to tell,” she said, addressing any closeted gays in the audience.

“Give us the opportunity to accept you.”

Shepard said she knew a boy who one day decided to tell his parents that he was gay. He drove home from work, pulled into his parents’ house and left his car running, and then walked in and saw his mothere and said, “Mom, I’m gay.”

The mother then leaned back and shouted down the stairs to where his father was at,“Bob, I won the bet!”

Shepard said that “we are who we are and we shouldn’t fight to be ourselves. If you’re worried about what your family is going to think of you, the truth is that they most likely already know.”

The Henderson theater program will stage “The Laramie Project” starting Oct. 3 in the Studio Theatre; seats may be reserved at the box office at no

charge to students with a current Henderson ID. Shepard said she had seen a version of this play once, but she will never watch it again because it was too painful for her to watch. She also said that she is glad that Henderson is staging the play.

Judy Shepard shares Matt’s story with the world on a fulltime basis as she tries to put an end to all hate crimes.

She stayed long after her speech Wednesday night, talking with many students who wanted to meet her and ask questions.

“We are all people and we all are driven by the same force: to loved and to be loved,” she said. “Why should one person’s sexuality matter to another person? They are just as human just as you are.”

has been strictly enforcing the GPA policy for Greek organizations. The policy originally required every chapter to have a cumulative GPA of 2.6. Salazar revised the policy to require every member to have a 2.6 GPA per academic year.

“For example, there were some members who would have a 1.8 and then some who had a 4.0,” she said. “I didn’t think it was fair.”

Working with Chad Fielding, assistant vice president for student affairs; Calvin Johnson, coordinator of Greek life; and Dr. Lewis Shepherd, vice president for student and external affairs, Salazr created a code of conduct guide for all social Greek organizations.

It provides a mission for Greek organizations and lays out the requirements necessary for social participation on campus.

It includes a section explaining the relationship between the Greeks and Henderson as well as the Greeks in the community. A statement of unrecognized organizations was

implemented as well, regarding organizations that are not recognized by Henderson’s campus.

“It is because they did not meet the criteria,” Salazar said.

“It’s not that we don’t like the kids or don’t like the organization. You have to meet the criteria.”

Salazar said this policy was created to aid in correcting the stereotypes within the community about Greek life at Henderson.

“Greeks can be my best friends or worst enemies. They are a crucial part of campus life in any school,” Salazar said.

Salazar wants to increase the positive exposure given to Greek life and what it brings to Henderson’s campus. Hazing, underage drinking, and other stigmas are often associated with Greek life. Dr. Salazar’s wants to inform the public about the positive outcomes of Greek life, such as the hours of community service or fundraising for charities.

“Our Greeks raised $600, just among Greeks, for two local

charities, the Humane Society and Big Brothers and Big Sisters during the summer” she said. “But you don’t see that.”

“I know I’m probably not their favorite person right now and I don’t like that,” said Salazar. “I’m a crazy and fun person and I love hanging out with the students and getting to know them personally, but there’s that point when you can be their friend and still handle the responsibilities as their supervisor.”

“Dr. Salazar is devoted to helping Greek life grow and succeed,” Morgan Green, a Greek student and this year’s director for NPC recruitment, said. “I love helping her make every event we do bigger and better than ever before.”

“I’m very protective of my Greeks, as I call them. They are great kids,” Salazar said. “If they don’t follow the policy, I’m going to call them out. I am going to work with them because I don’t want Greek life to disappear either, but they are here to get a degree. That’s the bottom line.”

Photo by Ryan Klare

A MOTHER’S TRAGEDY Judy Shephard

spoke Wednesday about the death of her son, Matthew Shephard, which inspired the play “The Laramie Project.”

New policies for Greek organizations Maegan Estes Staff Writer Six months ago, Dr. Veronikha Salazar was hired as the associate dean of students. She has big plans for Greek life at Henderson this year. Using the Greek experience she has gained from universities such as the University of Arkansas, Salazar has created a plan that she believes will better Greek life on campus.

“My first impression when I first got here was that Greek life was not doing well,” Salazar said.

Her mission is to hold the Greeks accountable for what she believes to be the most important part of college, academics.

“The students are not too happy about it. The chapters were not either,” Salazar said.

“That’s part of the extracurricular. We want to support you if you want to be a part of the Greeks or any other club, but at the end of the day, we want you to graduate with a good GPA.” Salazar’s first order of action

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Features ‘Insidious 2’ breaks negative stigma of sequels PAGE 2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

JD Roberts Staff Writer “Sequels suck! By definition alone, sequels are inferior films!”

This is a quote from “Scream 2,” the sequel to the horror classic. While it wasn’t as great as the original, “Scream 2” is still a good film and an acceptable sequel.

Good horror sequels are hard to come by, especially those to great movies like “Insidious.”

“Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2,” “Poltergeist 2: The Other Side,” “The Ring Two” and countless others fall short and don’t really do anything to improve on their first installments. Fortunately, “Insidious: Chapter 2” is not one of these movies.

The first “Insidious” was the sleeper hit of the year and in a way opened the door to a wave of new horror movies.

The second chapter of this planned trilogy picks up moments after the events of the first movie.

SPOILER ALERT: In order to give plot details for “Insidious: Chapter 2” some things from the first must be given away.

You’ve been warned.

“Insidious: Chapter 2” begins with a flashback to 1986, where we see young characters from the first movie, including Josh and Lorraine Lambert, and Elise.

Elise, the medium from the first movie, figures out that

Images courtesy of Blumhouse Productions

THRILLED The sequel to “Insidious,” presents a challenge to the adage that sequels never live up to expectations. The same elements that made the first movie so good are presented once again, along with some improvements.

Josh is being haunted by an evil old woman who wants to take over his body. The flashback ends with Elise making the decision to repress Josh’s memories and take away his ability to travel in his sleep.

Back in the present, Josh’s wife Renai, played by Rose Byrne, has found Elise’s dead body and a picture of the old woman, who appears to have taken over her husband, played

by Patrick Wilson.

Josh swears that it is him and that he doesn’t know who killed Elise.

The Lamberts take their fam-

ily back to the house Josh grew up in to get away from the bad memories, but it isn’t long before they realize something has come with them.

Meanwhile, Lorraine, believing that her family is in danger, goes to Elise’s assistants and her friend Karl for help.

The four begin investigating why this woman has been haunting Josh for most of his life. What they find is twisted and disturbing.

Time is working against them as Josh slowly begins losing control and becomes a threat to everyone around him.

To be honest “Insidious: Chapter 2” isn’t that scary, but that’s OK. There are creepy moments and suspense-building scenes, but what this movie does so well is continue to tell an already interesting story.

What makes “Insidious: Chapter 2” great is that it doesn’t just copy the first movie. The studio could have made an exact copy of the first one and still made a killing at the box-office. Instead they chose to expand on the parts that made the first “Insidious” great.

Audiences get to see where

the old woman and black come from. We get a better understanding of “The Further” and some of the things that happened in the first movie.

The plot throws you off everyone once and awhile, but in an awesome way.

Director James Wan is on his way to becoming an incredible filmmaker. He understands what’s wrong with horror movies and their sequels. He has taken the idea of “low-budget horror film” and made it a positive thing.

“Insidious: Chapter 2” is a fun and creative sequel that expands the mythology and stands on its own.

It really feels like a continuation of the first movie, and draws inspiration from “The Shining” and “The Frighteners.”

People who are looking to be scared may be disappointed.

Wan already scared audiences this year with “The Conjuring.”

“Insidious: Chapter 2” is really a movie for the people who loved the originality and mystery of the first one.

Don’t see this movie without seeing the first movie. In fact, watch the first one right before seeing second.

There is also a fun ending that teases the audience with a third movie that one can only hope will be made soon.

“Insidious: Chapter 2” serves as a nice complement to the sleeper hit and is in no way the inferior film.

‘Grand Theft Auto’ is even more immersive Ryan Klare Staff Writer Inside every person is just a little bit of depravity. It’s not the “nail a dead cat to a wall” kind of depravity, obviously. It’s just more of a desire to live ridiculous fantasies you’ve always thought were cool. Something like getting in a high-speed police chase or maybe you want to steal that police car and go hand out your own brand of vigilante justice while wearing only your underwear.

I mean, what’s not to love about that?

However varying these urges may be, they are apparently widespread enough to make Grand Theft Auto one of the most successful franchises in history.

Notice I didn’t say “video game franchise”. With a budget like 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV hitting $100 million, it wasn’t any surprise when GTA V ended up costing more.

What wasn’t expected was that Rockstar Studios spent

$265 million on the game, which is more than the cost of production for any movie to date aside from “Pirates of the Caribbean 3.” More impressive, though, is that they have already broke even on pre-orders alone.

Even Joe Lieberman has to admit that is impressive.

The sheer scope of this game is a marvel itself. The story is set in forty-nine square miles of territory to cover along long with a thousand pages of script material to keep you busy.

The setting for the game is modeled after real-life southern California. All the bases are covered, from the diversity of the city to the untouched wilderness of the country. The playable area will be over five times the size of Grand Theft Auto IV. How you use that space is up to you. You can fly airplanes, play golf, tennis, go hunting, skydiving, mountain biking, plan heists, rob businesses, race and customize cars, as well as purchase property and play the stock market.

Courtesy of Rockstar Games

THREE’S COMPANY The latest in the Grand Theft Auto franchise allows gamers to play as three characters in real time.

Oh, right. You can also play the missions, I guess.

For the first time, GTA fans are honestly excited about the story. We have always expected a great story just from the amount of effort Rockstar puts into their games, but it often

seemed to divulge into menial escort missions and “go here, blow this up, lose the cops” sort of forays.

This time around, the game’s story will be based on not one, but three different protagonists who can be switched between at any point in the game.

These three characters work together throughout the story to carry out a series of increasingly elaborate heists. There’s Michael, the washed up professional criminal, Franklin, the street-running gang member, and Trevor, the unbridled psycho.

The aspect of having three playable characters in the same game in the same missions at the same time means that very little about the missions will be as scripted as they have been in the past.

You and your friend may play the same mission, but the experiences you have will be different.

One demo showed the player starting out as Michael rappelling down a high-rise office building from a helicopter. You bust through a window and grab your target as the room draws their weapons on you.

As you find yourself surrounded by armed men, the player pushes up on the directional pad, switching to Franklin on the roof of an adjacent building with a sniper rifle.

The player takes the first

shot as the room erupts into gunfire and Michael dives out the window with his catch and is suspended by his tether from the helicopter.

The player then hits left on his d-pad and is changed to the point of view of Trevor, the pilot of the helicopter, taking Michael and his cargo to safety.

This is just an exercise of the switching mechanic and is by no means a requirement. I have to say, though, seeing it switch perspectives in such a seamless way is really exciting. I predict it will be the bar by which all action narratives will be measured from here on out.

Without sounding even more like a hyperventilating nerd, I have to say this will be the biggest videogame release in history.

This one is more than just a singular videogame, though.

Any game that will allow me to jump out of a plane, parachute safely onto a tennis court, whip up on some pasty dude in a sweatband, and then steal his bicycle is a game for me. I mean, it’s not often I say, “This game is ONLY $60?”

Clearly, there is plenty to say about this game. As I write this, the time is coming ever closer to the midnight release that will mark the end of my own productivity for a good while.

Who needs a diploma? I’ll have a polygonal jet by this weekend.

Opinions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Generation Why? Zimmer down Ashley Loftin Columnist

Since the Trayvon Martin case took to news outlets in February 2012, issues of race and gun control in America have been heated and have created a harsh division.

Every day, we are bombarded with a new story about gun violence, particularly involving children. From Sandy Hook to two stories released just this week of a 3-year-old shot dead in Yellowstone National Park and an 8-year-old shot in the cheek by a depraved man.

In the case of the Yellowstone incident, “though firing a gun is illegal in Yellowstone, firearms have been allowed in all national parks since a 2010 Republican amendment on an unrelated credit card bill that passed Congress.” according to Think Progress’ website.

The child shot herself by accident with her father’s hand-

gun, which he was carrying inside the park despite the fact that “violence in national parks is actually quite low,” and there is no discernable reason to carry a handgun in an area that outlaws the firing of weapons.

In the case of the 8-year-old Donald Maison, Jr., which has received a little more national attention due to race. A white shooter and an underage black victim.

The boy was playing outside when he was senselessly shot by a stranger. Maison walked into his house to ask for a glass of water from his mother, who screamed when she found that her son’s jaw was all but gone.

According to NewsOne.com, the shooter, identified as Brian Cloninger, had “no clear motive.”

However, the big news this week manifested in the shortlived arrest of George Zimmerman, after he threatened his wife, Shellie Zimmerman,

and his father-in-law.

Zimmerman’s wife filed for divorce last week, according to The Guardian, and while she was sorting through her things, an altercation took place.

In a 911 call, Shellie claimed that Zimmerman was threatening her and her father with a gun.

“He’s in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun, and he keeps saying ‘step closer,’ and he’s just threatening all of us,” Shellie said on a recording of her 911 call. “Dad, get inside the house – George might start shooting at us.”

In July, Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-yearold, in the name of neighborhood safety. Martin was, after all, wearing a hood and had a history of using marijuana.

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about, however, is that Zimmerman has a previous domestic abuse charge from a former partner and is reportedly prone to violence.

According to The Guardian, “[Shellie Zimmerman] was frightened of her husband, who she said had a volatile temper.”

News One goes on to say that “hours later, she changed her story and said she never saw a

firearm, said Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell. For the time being, ‘domestic violence can’t be invoked because she has changed her story and says she didn’t see a firearm,’ Bracknell said.”

She decided, after consulting with her attorney, not to press charges.

This can’t be surprising to those who know that most domestic abuse victims decline to press charges, and the sad fact of the matter is that an overwhelming number of domestic abuse victims are murdered by their abuser when they seek to take action.

The kicker is that the firearm in his truck was the same type used to shoot Trayvon Martin through the heart, which Zimmerman purchased after his acquittal from the same gun shop the previous firearm had been purchased.

America has been questioning for some time whether or not to increase the obstacles one must go through in order to legally purchase a handgun, and we’ve even been questioning the reasons to own a handgun in the first place.

Is it for security? Is it simply because we feel it’s our god-given right? Do America’s citizens, who grasp their version of the Constitution in one hand and a rifle in the other, invoke their right to own a gun because of some nationalistic paranoia?

It seems that we are so wrapped up in our right to bear arms that we forget the right to life of those who have been killed by them.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Reddies trample over McKendree with a 75-14 win Kaitlyn Kitchens Sports Editor

Henderson State University walked away with a 75-14 win over McKendree University, Saturday night at CarpenterHaygood Stadium in Arkadelphia Arkansas.

The Reddies totaled with 675 yards of offense.

Henderson’s defense did not back down, only allowing McKendree 128 total yards and only 10 first downs.

HSU quarterback, Kevin Rodgers passed his 6,000-yard passing mark for his career in the game with a total of 6117 yards.

Rodgers completed 31-of-45 passes for 380 yards and five touchdowns in the game.

Henderson, 2-0 on the season, fumbled three times in the first half, twice in the “Red Zone”.

McKendree University scored first in the game off of a fumble when Kevin Rodgers lost the ball on a sack on the first play of the scrimmage.

Photos by Ryan Klare The bearcats scored three plays later making the score OOPS! THEY DID IT AGAIN Kevin Nichols (above) tears through the McKendree University de7-0, Mckendree University. fense in Saturday’s match-up. Kevin Rodgers exceeded 6,000 yards career passing, ending up with a total of Henderson came back with 6,117.

11:57 remaining in the first quarter when Rodgers crossed The Reddies made their make the score 68-14. score remained 7-6, McKend- complete pass to Jordan for a pass complete to Robert Jor26-yards and a good kick at- first touchdown in the second McDonald made the last ree still in the lead. dan for 16-yards for a touchWith 9:58 remaining in the tempt made by Addison Allen quarter when Ryan McDonald score of the game when he down. first quarter, Henderson came to make Henderson take the rushed the ball up the middle made a 4-yard rush up the midWith the field goal failing, the for 36-yards to make the score dle for a touchdown with 2:57 back when Rodgers made a lead, 13-7.

20-7, 6:00 remaining in the left in the game to make the fifirst half. nal score 75-14.

Henderson did not back McDonald ended the night down in the first half, when with 118 yards on 14 carries.

Kevin Nichols rushed up the It was the second week in middle for a 1-yard touchdown a row that McDonald had with 2:50 left in the first half, reached the 100-yard marker bringing the score 27-7, Hen- for his career. derson in the lead.

Rodgers connected with JorAt the beginning of the sec- dan on touchdown passes of 26 ond half of the game, McKen- and 16 yards. dree would score the last time McKendree University did of the bringing the score 27- not break 100 yards until 8:18 14, Henderson in the lead. remaining in the game.

Henderson came back with Rodgers now has 11 scores 12:36 remaining in the third in the two games of the season quarter when Rodgers cross and a total of 61 scores in his capassed a complete to Darius reer throughout 20 games.

Davis for 54-yards to bring For the Reddie defense, they Henderson’s lead to 34-14. totaled with 11 tackles for lost With only 1:09 remaining in yardage and had three turnthe quarter, Rodgers made a overs. complete pass to Dustin HolRicardo Mendez had a total land for 32-yards to bring the of nine tackles. score 41-14 to end the third Both Ricky Cortes and Zack quarter.

Richardson had seven tackles In the last quarter, with for the game.

13:31 remaining in the game, Davis finished with 10 catchRodgers made a complete es and 142 yards. crossing pass to Cory ChapHe has become the 15 player pell for 7-yards and a touch- in Henderson State University down to bring the score 47-14. history to gain 1,000 career reWith 10:18 left in the game, ceiving yards. freshman, Dallas Hardison Glennon Bobo had two tackmade a sideline pass complete les for losses and a forced fumto Chappell for 43-yards and a ble. touchdown to make the score Keaton Stigger and Bryant 54-14, Hendrson in the lead.

House also had fumble recoverTriston Crook made an out- ies. standing 38-yard fumble reHenderson State will next covery with 10:01 remaining travel to Durant, Okla. to play in the game to bring the score Southeastern Oklahoma State Saturday, September 21.

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT Ricky Cortes, linebacker, and Chris to 61-14, Henderson.

With 7:44 remaining in the Kick off is set for 6 p.m.

King, cornerback, box in Bearcat wide receiver Dewayne Gatti. The Reddie degame, Al Lasker made a 75-yard Additional reporting by Troy fense allowed only 128 total yards. punt return for a touchdown to Mitchell.

Swim team competes in annual “Run-Swim-Run” Victoria Culliver Staff Writer The Henderson Redwave swim team competed in their annual “Run-Swim-Run” Friday the 13th at Degray Lake’s boat launch.

This inner squad endurance race consists of a two-mile run; one and a half miles open water swim, and a two and three fourths mile run.

The consistent race, containing mostly uphill running, is exhausting as this tradition began well over a decade ago.

“Everyone did great today,” said Head Coach Coak Matthews. “Everybody’s alive and everyone survived.”

This is the first year since the tradition began that Matthews did not join his team in the race, due to a biking accident days before that resulted in a broken collarbone.

As members of the team began to cross the finish line, sophomore Daniel Morgan was the first with a time of 59:42.

Hungarian transfer and second semester freshman, Bence

Greifenstein, finished second with a time of 1:01.06 followed closely by, sophomore, Guy Bulls going a 1:02.10.

“It went well,” said Brandon Curly, one of three men’s team captains. “Everyone put in allot of effort and heart.”

This endurance test is meant to keep swimmers out of their element as the majority is running, cut in the middle by an open water swim in Lake Degray, differing from their typical clear water pool.

“We were in hell,” said captain, Kyle Douglass, laughing at the feat that the team had just accomplished.

Both girls and boys team train together all year long, as this inner squad competition was no different.

First member of the Lady Redwave Swim team over the line was sophomore, Erin Beu with a time of 1:05.30.

One of three girl’s captains and junior, Jeanne Miller finished second with a time of 1:08.34, followed closely by captain and junior Lauren Sutton going a 1:09.27.

“I think it went much better

Image by Victoria Culliver

JUST KEEP SWIMMING Henderson Redwave swim team (above) com-

peted in their annual endurance race consisting of a two-mile run including a one and a half mile open water swim and two and three fourths mile run. than last year,” said captain and senior Desi LoBuono as she completed her final “Run-SwimRun” in her Lady Redwave career.

All girls captains agreed that difficult tests such as this brings the team together as everyone cheers on one another to not stop and cross the finish line.

“Everyone tends to partner up with someone throughout the race,” said Sutton.

“That way you always have someone cheering you on.”

Although this is the last “RunSwim-Run” for the seniors, freshman get their first taste of that the season and remaining years have to hold.

“It was much harder than I thought it would be,” said freshman Kristian Lewis.

“Everyone supports you throughout the whole race and your are always being cheered on by a teammate.”

The team will kick off their season against Ouachita Baptist University, October 11th.

The following day, Redwave Alumni will get a chance to get back into the water for an annual “Alumni Meet” against the team’s new freshman.

“We are excited to see what this new season holds,” said Miller.

“We have a great looking team and are ready to get the season underway.”