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Henderson State University - Monday, October 5, 2015 - Volume 109, Issue 7

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THE ORACLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Moe Skinner FACULTY ADVISER – Mike Taylor COPY EDITOR – Dylan McNiel NEWS EDITOR – Carmin Wills SPORTS EDITOR – Madison MacNew FEATURES EDITOR – Rickey Miller VIEWS EDITOR – Dax Guilliams PHOTO EDITOR – Joshua Bradley PAGE DESIGNER – Melanie Cole AD DESIGNER – Chris Sharp GRAPHIC DESIGNER – Jordan Jones ONLINE EDITOR – Ashley Smith

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COVER: Cast members act out their parts during the Tennessee Williams play.

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Visiting the Pope

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Yehl Retires From Huie

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MAGNIFIED VIEW — Bugs around campus like you’ve never seen before

INVASION OF WOOLY APHIDS

Arkadelphia has seen an increase of little white bugs in the air STORY BY COLTON McCUAN — PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNA DUGGAN In recent weeks, Arkadelphia has been covered in a tiny white pest people are becoming increasingly familiar with: the wooly aphid.

If it feels like they haven’t been such a nuisance before, it’s because they weren’t. Their numbers have really hit a new high in Arkansas this year.

The wooly Hackberry aphid, shivaphis celti, is not native to the Americas, according to James Engman, professor of biology.

It was accidentally introduced in South Carolina from China in 1996 and has been slowly spreading ever since.

Much like the infamous invasive species kudzu, blackbirds and burmese pythons, wooly aphids don’t

seem to have many roadblocks in their path in their new home.

With no natural predators in the U.S. and no known diseases that affect them here either, the wooly aphid has seen smooth sailing in its quest for world domination.

They look the way they do because they’re covered in bluish-white waxy filaments, a defense mechanism that makes them too much of a hassle for most predators to be bothered with.

Fortunately, they don’t seem to pose any serious risk to ecosystems in Arkadelphia.

Their primary sources of food is Sugarberry and Hackberry trees, they suck the sap from the leaves.

“They don’t apparently do any se-

rious damage to the trees,” Engman said. “A tree can be hit with an infestation and still be okay next year.”

When they suck the sap, they excrete most of it as waste, since all they are really trying to get at are the sparse amino acids, but the remainder can become a white sticky mess all over the ground, people, or worse — cars.

“I made the mistake of parking [under a Sugarberry tree] in my black car two weeks ago,” Engman said.

Coming from the order hemiptera, or true bugs, wooly aphids have similar mouths to mosquitos, and can bite.

Thankfully, this is pretty rare, especially since they can’t survive off blood.

Wooly aphids reproduce parthenogenetically, which is where the females have identical offspring without a male.

Then in the fall, they start producing males so they can make eggs that will survive over the winter, and hatch when the weather begins to warm up again.

While they may not be the most dangerous thing to the local ecology, people are still pretty fed-up with them.

“They’re a really big nuisance,” Cheyenne Mitchell, junior psychology major, said. “I can’t leave my porch light on without them swarming my door.”

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A TRIP TO SEE THE POPE Historic event captures the hearts of four

STORY BY CARMIN WILLS — PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIFER ADKISON Thousands of people gathered on the west lawn of the White House on Thursday, Sept.

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by Pope Francis. The people lined up hours before the scheduled time to get the best view possible of him. Amongst those thousands, were three professors from campus and one lucky teenager.

Two weeks before the historic visit, Beth Maxfield, associate professor of English, returned home from a long day of teaching. She picked up the “Arkansas Democrat Gazette” and began to read to unwind. She found an article about legislatures having over 600 tickets to see the Pope address Congress. She began to send messages to other faculty members about the possibility of traveling to Washington, D.C. to see the event.

“I just thought this was a historic event, it has never happened,” Maxfield said. “Somebody has got to go.”

Jennifer Adkison, associate professor of English, was the first to accept the invitation.

Her 14-year-old daughter Ally, high school freshman, was also able to go to with them.

“This was a great opportunity for her [Ally] to be there at a historic moment, and she can tell her grandchildren that she was there when the Pope addressed Congress,” Adkison said.

Later, Greg Gibson, associate professor of English, also hinted that he would like to go.

Gibson was walking by when Maxfield and Adkison were discussing the trip.

“You didn’t invite me?” Gibson asked.

“This was my passive aggressive way of saying I do want to go.”

The four set out on the adventure of a lifetime. They encountered a small mechanical problem at the airport and their flight was slightly delayed, but they arrived in Washington around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Thursday, the group gathered with the thousands of others to get a spot on the lawn

to hear this monumental speech. The Pope and of justice,” Adkison said. addressed subjects such as family, diversity of The group took the opportunity to see the people and of course religion. He started the sites while they were in D.C. They were able speech by thanking everyone for the invitation to see the Capital’s monuments and visit some to address Congress in “the land of the free museums. Thanks to going the wrong way on and the home of the brave.” the D.C. Metro, they even got to go to MaryThe professors and Ally were about a land. Ally was excited about that, Adkison football field away from the Pope himself. All said. agreed that was a very emotional event, to be Traveling to other places gives students an in the presence of the Pope and to be with opportunity to learn. Each professor has adall the various religions, personalities and the vice for the students about going new places, diverse societies of the people of the United learning new things and taking a chance for States. Each of the professors had different new opportunities. perspectives of what was the most inspiration“When you get the opportunity to learn al part of the Pope’s speech. something, be a sponge and learn everything Maxfield said it was not the prepared you can,” Maxfield said. speech as much as it was the speech that he “Seize the opportunity, take the opportunigave in his native language to the crowd afties when they are presented to you,” Gibson terwards. She felt that this part of the speech said. came from his heart, not something that was “Go to Washington, D.C. because we all prepared. own it, it is ours as Americans,” Adkison said.

“The Pope asked us to pray for him,” Maxfield said. “He said if you cannot pray or if you do not believe then just please send good wishes his way.”

Gibson said there were many things that stuck out to him. How technology is a great thing but we must use it responsibly. He also liked what the Pope had to say about family and that he did not define what a family was, just how the family should be supported and how important that was for children.

“For me that was important and progressive,” Gibson said.

Adkison said Pope Francis talked about shared values in a way that it makes it possible to look for our own commonalities rather than what makes us different, which she feels is important. She also said the Pope encouraged the people to help others and do what you can to make your part of the world a better place. IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE — From left to right: Greg Gibson, Beth Maxfield, Ally Adkison “He appealed to our best selves as Amerand Jennifer Adkison enjoy their visit to D.C. icans and our foundational values of liberty

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A HAPPY DAY — Rep. John Lewis poses with Lea Ann Alexander to celebrate her new role as director of the Huie Library.

Lea Ann Alexander accepts promotion as director STORY BY KAYLA CALDWELL — PHOTO COURTESY OF PRESIDENT GLEN JONES

In January 2016, Lea Ann Alexander will assume the role of director of the Huie Library, according to a campus-wide notice sent via email

by Provost Steve Adkison. In addition to being a librarian since 1988, Alexander has performed many duties on campus: she has served as the interim director twice while the current director was on sabbatical; directed the Henderson seminar program since 2002; and she coordinates the Reddie Read program each year.

Although Alexander is set to take on the position in January of next year, she will begin to undertake a few of the job responsibilities this semester. On top of the responsibilities Alexander is focusing on for her job requirements, she also has a set list of both long and short term goals to accomplish with her new position. These goals will mainly consist on improvements in technology, resources and structure of the library. All the goals are set to meet the needs of everyone in the campus community.

Alexander does not take full credit for the goals the library is shooting for, though. “Librarians develop goals as a team,” she said.

One thing students and faculty can look forward to in the future at the Huie Library is the digitizing university publications, such as the Oracle and Star, along with other media resources on campus. This will allow these resources to be searchable on the web.

The library also wants to expand the electronic resources more successfully for students, faculty and staff. Another goal of the library

will be to maintain a high level of service while the library staff reorganizes structurally to adjust to the massive changes that technology has brought into the library process.

Also, Alexander hopes that the library will have a three-to-five-year plan for an expanded, improved facility.

“Developing a comprehensive information literacy program is a key goal,” she said.

Alexander is determined and optimistic about her new role in the Huie Library. She hopes to gain a structured, smooth working library that is functional for all students, faculty and staff members on the campus. The goals she plans to implement will allow greater access to all the aspects that the library has to offer.

“I look forward to continuing to work with our excellent librarians and staff to serve Henderson’s students, faculty and staff, as well as our community,” Alexander said.

On top of the current goals she is organizing, Alexander also has chosen to remain in her current office on the first floor of the Huie Library. Rather than picking up and moving her things to the directors’ suite upstairs, that space will be filled with a library department.

Overall, it is obvious that Alexander has great plans for the future of Henderson’s library. The campus can expect some great changes to occur in the library, she said, and it seems like that the community will look forward to seeing them.

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YEHL RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS Will be gone but not forgotten STORY BY JAMES JACKSON — PHOTO BY MOE SKINNER

SMILE — Bob Yehl seems to be at peace with the years behind him.

Bob Yehl, director of the Huie library, has seen 30 years of new faces and places over his career. After so many years of teaching and working in the library he has decided to retire on Dec. 31 of this year.

Lee Ann Alexander has been chosen to step up and take his place.

“She will be super as the new director of Huie,” Yehl said.

Yehl grew up in the small town of Bolivar in western New York with about 1,500 people in the population. He remembers that there were only about 45 people in his graduating class.

He loves Arkadelphia because the small town atmosphere reminds him of home.

He came to Henderson in top shape as he competed in marathons and 5Ks around the country. This came to an end as he was running and tore ligaments in his ankle really badly.

“I plan on getting back in shape and dropping a couple pounds to keep my good health,” Yehl said.

He said he will miss working with everyone but John Ragni has a special place in his heart.

Both met sometime before working together at Henderson. They met in 1979 over seas, in Fuji, as both of them were Peace Corps volunteers.

Yehl was appointed the position early in his career and hit the ground running. Picking up on his job and responsibilities very fast Yehl quickly had an important role upon the staff.

They worked and eventually started a national educational holiday in Fuji. They started National Library Week and today it is it is one of the biggest educational holidays in the country.

“We are both very proud of that accomplishment,” Ragni said. “It’s one that we will both cherish for quite some time.”

The two also quickly became good friends as they traveled the islands. They even had work areas next to each other so that they could work closely together.

After both of the tours, Yehl got married in New

Zealand where Ragni came to attend as the best man.

“It’s nice to have that Pacific connect to talk to from time to time,” Ragni said. “Someone who keeps up with what’s going on that side of the world.”

Six years later, Yehl got hired onto the Henderson staff and three years later Ragni and Alexander joined the staff as well.

He will still be teaching his normal geography class until the end of the school year.

After that he plans to take a trip with his wife, over the Pacific Ocean to visit her family in Australia.

Gloria Williamson, library tech and academic support, worked with Yehl very closely and said he is a very helpful and humorous person.

“He never was the type of person to step on your toes or make you feel uncomfortable,” Williamson said.

Yehl plans to still be around Arkadelphia after his trip with his wife and plans to enjoy his time away.

“I am in pretty good health at 67 years old and I feel that it is my time,” Yehl said.

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CELEBRATING 125 YEARS This month’s library exhibit titled “Moving In and Dorm Life” STORY BY BRIANA CURRY— GRAPJIC BY JORDAN JONES “Being a Reddie, you get out what you put in,” Marc Newborn, senior accounting major, said. “That’s what makes Henderson the school a heart.”

Henderson was founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College.

Throughout the 2015-2016 school year past, present and future Reddies will celebrate 125 years of being the “school with a Heart.”

Although the university took a turn for the worse when a fire started in the kitchen of the main building in 1914, the fire only proved to make the Reddie spirit stronger.

In honor of the Reddie spirit going for 125 years strong, the library staff has set up an exhibit on Huie library’s first floor as well as on the first floor of Womack Hall.

The theme of the display will

change each month.

“We tried to tie the theme into what’s usually going on on campus at the time,” David Sesser, Huie Library’s technical services coordinator, said. “September’s theme was moving in and dorm life.”

The exhibit displays photos and memorabilia of Henderson from past years, as far back as 1922. Photos from the times that Foster was a men’s residence hall and Turrentine (the old Smith) stood where the Dunn Recreational Center now stands.

There is also Henderson memorabilia, such as foam footballs and “OB Who” buttons.

“A lot of this stuff is what the library has accumulated over the years,” Linda Evans, a associate librarian and university archivist, said.

Huie library special collections is a division of the library that has accepted photos, memorabilia and all things Reddie over this 125 years of Henderson’s existence.

“We have a really old telephone that was in a dorm that we plan to use in the display soon,” Sesser said.

The theme for the month of October is Remembering Henderson’s Building. The theme displays older photos of Barkman House, Evans Hall, Russell Fine Arts Center as well as the original light bulb from Old Main.

As the year goes on and the theme changes the exhibit will celebrate the Battle of the Ravine, holidays on campus, reserve officer training corps, and commencement.

David Sesser has written a book, “The School with a Heart: Hen-

derson State University At 125,” in honor of this year.

This book is the first in almost 30 years to be written about Henderson.

While the book does tell the history of Henderson, according to Sesser, it’s not like any other history book.

The book features other writers at Henderson as well as in the Arkadelphia community: Lewis A. Shepherd, vice president for student and external affairs; Michael Taylor, professor of communication and Oracle advisor; Troy Mitchell, sports information director and a number of others.

More photos are displayed on the university website www.hsu.edu as well as the library’s instagram page @ hsuhuielibrary.

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EAT AND DISCUSS — Attendents enjoy some food and scientific discussion.

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SPEAK UP — Megan Hickerson starts discussion of heretics with students.

CONVO AT THE CAFÉ New Science Café has successful first meeting STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN MCNIEL The smell of garlic and hamburgers filled the air as the society of physics students hosted the first Science Café event Monday Sept. 28 in room 132 of Reynolds Science Building. The event started at 5 p.m. and was free and open to the public.

The café will be held monthly in collaboration with the biology and chemistry clubs. The event will host a panel of three speakers that will discuss a topic with students and those in attendance on various topics. The two clubs will alternate with topics and inviting the panels that speak. The date for the next café has not yet been set.

This week, the panel of professors discussed the topic of “What is a heretic? religion, music, science and authority.” The speaking panel consisted of Megan Hickerson, associate professor of history, David Evans, music history professor, and Jules Mollere, professor emeritus of physics.

Hickerson started out the discussion as those in attendance enjoyed their burgers and brats and listened intently.

The discussion mostly focused on practices of 1400s to 1700s in Europe. The speakers discussed things that were happening socially and politically and the ways in which it affected religion, music

and science. The speakers tied together the roles of religion, music and science, and how they were all interconnected in that time.

Then, the panel opened the floor up for discussion for those in attendance. Among the topics that were discussed were the means in which information was disseminated with the printing press and similarities to the advent of the Internet. The audience discussed ways in which scientific knowledge is spread and how, sometimes, bad science lingers because of the ease of spreading information. All in all, it was a lively discussion.

Shannon Clardy, associate professor of physics and advisor for the society of physics students, said the idea came from a chapter of the Society of Physics Students at a different university.

“We are a local chapter of a national organization, so we share ideas among chapters,” Clardy, said.

The purpose of the Science Cafe is to provide an atmosphere for scientific discussion among faculty, staff, students and most of all, our surrounding community Clardy said. They hope to present topics that will draw the attention of members in the community and incite discussion.

“I am extremely pleased with the turn out for our first café,” Clardy said. “I hope this will grow and turn in to a regular event for our community, both on and off campus.”

Elizabeth Kelly, first year graduate assistant and writing center tutor, said it was a casual and friendly environment. She said she liked what Evans said about the musical harmonies in the church and the significance of associating music with meaning.

“Also, the burgers were yummy,” Kelly said.

Tiffany Carter, graduate student, said that the café was interesting. She liked how they attempted to make “interdisciplinary connections” among the topics discussed. Carter said that this particular science café embodies the goal of a liberal arts college by combining ideas from history, music, and science.

“I am interested in seeing more departments on campus working together to provide extracurricular events like this,” Carter said.

On Oct. 22, the science clubs will be hosting a Family Science Night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. It is an open house event in Reynolds Science Building with science demonstrations and activities for kids of all ages.

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Pizza delivery now available on campus

STORY BY CAYLA CHRISTIAN — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES Henderson’s Reddie Dining Services provide many options to students for eating on campus: Chick-fil-A, Grille Works, Starbucks, the HSU Dining Hall and catering. Dining Services have now decided to start a new promotion for students to enjoy called “To Go Pizzas.” “It’s one of the first things I’ve seen us do to really benefit the students,” Abigail Nivens, marketing intern for dinning services, said. Nivens also said that she really wants “To Go Pizzas” to grow.

For students to get their own pizza, all they have to do is call Dining Services and place their order. While the promotion gets started, students can only get one topping on pizzas and may only order two pizzas per call in.

Paying options include credit or debit card, cash or student ID. Credit card numbers can be received over the phone or at pick up. The option to buy with declining cash balance (DCB) is just an added benefit given to those who have chosen to have a meal plan.

“I think it’s nice that get to pay with DCB and not just out of pocket for these pizzas,” said Colton Burton, sophmore physical education major.

“The more participation, the more they do,” Nivens said.

Right now the toppings are limited to chicken, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, peppers and onions. The services will only be available during the weekdays, however if this project gets as big as anticipated then there may eventually be more topping options, as well as an expansion of days it is available.

“I’ve always loved the pizzas in the Caddo, so I’m excited to be able to order it out whenever I want to,” said Emily Pierce, junior early childhood education major.

For more information students can contact Reddie Dining Services by phone, or by checking them out on their Twitter and Facebook.

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A CUP OF JOY

THE DAY HAS COME — Hailey Nunley, senior graphic design major, shows her excitement as she presents her final show.

Hailey Nunley wraps up four long years with senior exhibition STORY BY KATIE SMITH — PHOTOS BY BY KATIE SMITH AND KRISTINE MOORE Cups of joe and tea lined the walls of the second floor of Huie Library this week.

Hailey Nunley’s senior art show, A Cup of Joy, gave viewers a chance to see into her future. She based all her work off her future plans, and not those of being an artist.

“It [the show] was my artistic expression of my dream to own a coffee shop some day,” she said.

She got the idea after asking one of her professors what she should do her art show over. They told her to just pick something she was passionate about, and she knew it was coffee.

Many people thought she used the computer to make the pieces in her show, but she actually did watercolor illustration on each piece.

Then she scanned them on the computer.

Nunley, now a senior, decided to become a graphic design major

when she got to college, because she couldn’t think of anything else she would’ve liked to do more with her life.

Her favorite class that she has taken in college also fits into her future; ceramics. She said it is her favorite form of art, and she feels as though it is something she can carry on. She would love to be able to make and sell her own coffee mugs in her shop.

Nunley described art as a discipline. One is required to make a lot of work to stay in practice. Even if the work is awful, it is worth it to just do it.

Nunley will graduate in May. Just before that, in March, she will be getting married. And then after graduation, she and her future husband are moving to Kansas City, where she says she hopes to get a job in a coffee shop.

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NARRATION — Character Tom Wingfield speaks about his 1937 self in 1955.

A GLASS ANIMAL, A FRAGILE HEART

A overview of Tennessee Williams’ play STORY AND PHOTO BY KATIE SMITH

In a dark alleyway in St. Louis, Tom Wingfield recalls his final days with his mother and sister.

He opens up the play, “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, by breaking the fourth wall, and describing briefly the upcoming events to the audience.

He sets the scene as “dimly-lighted, sentimental, and unrealistic,” as most of our memories are.

The action of the play takes place in a small apartment. In the front room, there is one sad, old couch, a chair, a gramophone and a small collection of glass animals.

The dining room is not much more interesting, except the large picture of Tom’s smiling father on the wall behind it.

Tom the narrator is speaking from the year 1955, but Tom the character is in 1937.

During that time, he was taking care of his

mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. His father had left some time before that, because he “fell in love with long distance.” The three of them, the ominous presence of his father, and a gentleman caller are the only five characters in the play.

Amanda is a busy body. But Laura is a shy, crippled girl who spends most of her time at home, playing with her glass figurines.

Amanda is obsessed with getting her daughter a gentleman caller, and frequently tells stories of many men she had after her when she was young.

She also constantly reminds her son that he is the one that has to take care of the two of them since his father is gone.

For the majority of the play, Tom’s focus was on getting out of his house. And Jordan Sereal (Amanda) described the final scene between her character and Tom was a “culmi-

nation of all the tension in the play.”

The play is considered Williams’ autobiographical work. Sereal described it as both as tragic and true. She said it was quite a challenge to make the play their own.

Dr. Beach, theatre department chair and director of “The Glass Menagerie,” said her and Doug Gilpin, professor of theatre arts, had been talking about doing this play for 15 years. But this year it just popped right out on the list of potentials for the year.

She said her favorite play is always the show the theatre is doing at that moment, but her favorite playwright is Tennessee Williams. She said she loves the way he speaks to the South and to women.

The play will run until Oct.10. Reservations and tickets are available at the box office, 870230-5291.

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MORE THAN JUST A GROUP NPHC informs students of who they are

STORY BY DEE MCKISSICK — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES Henderson’s Greek organizations gave a 101 class for students by students. Information was put together to inform and excite new members to want to join the organizations.

Organizations that gave presentations were a part of the NPHC Greek systems. Normally these organizations would have given their own individual informational. The goal of the night was to show that all Greek organizations had unity and wanted each other to be great.

“We just want to show everyone that our organization is about more than what they see us do on stage,” Simeon Prather, senior human resources major, said. “We also want to show everyone that we can work together and we have good Greek unity.”

Prather was among those presenting his organization affiliation with Phi Beta Sigma fraternity incorporated. Phi Beta Sigma is among the seven of the “divine nine” chapters of in the NPHC that are on campus.

The night’s main speaker was Jessica Graham, senior pre-law and political science major, who is the vice president of the NPHC Greek organization and also holds a chair with in her own organization Alpha Kappa Alpha. Graham started the meeting by showing gratitude for the crowd that wanted to come out and learn more about what Greek life was all about for in NPHC. “So happy you all came out to learn

more about us because we are so much more than step and stroll,” Graham said.

Each organization was allowed 10 minutes to talk about different aspects of gaining membership. These aspects including their aims and goals, community service, requirements and gratifications. Two aspects that were repeated were the values of education and growth.

“Speaking personally being a Sigma has helped me be a better man. It has shown me how to take the aspects of myself and make them greater. And how important it is to finish your education,” said Prather as he addressed the crowd.

The meeting ended with a short question and answer session. Afterwards, students were encouraged to stop by tables that were decorated with each organization’s paraphernalia to meet with the men and women affiliated with the organizations one on one.

Ciera Witherspoon,sophomore nursing major, said she walked away better informed and claims she knew more then she did when she entered.

“I always thought that most Greeks were just partying all the time,” Witherspoon said. “But I found out today that being a educated woman is a big part of being in a Greek organization on a college Campus.”

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Arkadelphia hosts beer and art festival for the first time STORY BY DOMINICK CELLA — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES

Standing in the middle of the street in downtown Arkadelphia sipping a beer, watching the Arkansas Razorbacks and eating some freshly cooked catfish – what’s there not to love about that combination?

Students and faculty alike, this message is for you. October is here and that means it is time for Arkadelphia’s inaugural Arktoberfest: Craft Beer Festival & Catfish Cook Off. Arktoberfest will begin at 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10.

It will be held in the downtown Arkadelphia in the area from sixth and ninth streets and from Caddo to Crittenden streets. This is the first ever craft beer festival in Arkadelphia and has hopes for a large attendance.

“We are expecting 3,000 guests, this is set to rival Battle of the Ravine,” Bryan DeBusk, co-coordinator of Arktoberfest and owner of the Wild Hare Café, said.

The festival is more than just beer and fish.

Not only will there be plenty of brewers, distilleries and wineries present but there will also be multiple food trucks for those who don’t eat fish.

There will be activities for all audiences from a beard competition, to two climbing walls, to the showing of the Arkansas versus

Alabama game at 6 p.m.

The event is family friendly but you must be 21 years old to drink.

“Growing up and having to drive an hour to get beer, I never dreamed of a craft beer festival in Arkadelphia,” Jonathan Gonzales, co-coordinator and owner of Little Penguin Tacos, said.

Activities will be going all-day long and beer sampling starts at 10 a.m.

Not a fan of beer? No problem, there will also be distilleries and wineries offering samples of their wine and spirits.

“Arkadelphia has a lot of potential,” DeBusk said. “We’re just looking to keep students in the area and bring new people into town.”

The festival will benefit local charities and communities while bringing in neighboring residents to check out what Arkadelphia has to offer.

“We want to showcase the town and create an annual event to look forward to every year,” said Gonzales.

For the early risers and those who want to burn some of those calories before the sampling starts there is a 5k run at 8 a.m. A pre-festival kids run will take place at 9 a.m.

Registration for the runs will cost a small fee but both runs will benefit local charities and communities.

While the Arktoberfest is free to visit, if you want food and alcohol you have to buy tickets, which will get you tokens.

“There will be three different types of tickets beer and fish, beer only and fish only,” DeBusk said.

The two tickets for alcohol will grant you fifteen tokens. Each token will get you a sample of either 3 ounces of beer, 1.5 ounces of wine or .25 ounces of liquor.

The fish ticket will just get you a catfish dinner. However, anyone wanting to sample alcohol can buy tokens for 50 cents each – with proper photo ID. These tokens will enable you donate to local charities and communities by dropping your tokens into select boxes for your favorites.

After the Razorback football game there will be music on the main stage performed

by Henderson’s Tuba Choir, John Neal Rock and Roll, out of Little Rock and Triple Threat, from just down the road in Benton.

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BLOWING AWAY — The Natural State Brass Band performs classic tunes.

STORY BY JAE-KUR LOCKHART — PHOTO BY CARMIN WILLS “I loved it. I really enjoyed it,” Tyler Kelly, senior instrumental music education major, said.

The show opened with the Natural State Brass Band’s rendition of The Star Spangled Banner. Members of the audience all stood in unison, placed their hand over their heart, and faced the flag.

When the song came to a close, it was immediately followed by the first movement of, “Year of the Dragon.”

It was compiled of sharp notes and thumping drums.

“It was pretty cool. It definitely wakes a person up,” Malik Thrower, freshman said. “It started sort of calm and the next thing I knew, I was almost jumping out of my seat.”

The band was under the direction of Rusty Morris, an Arkadelphia native. Morris has a master’s degree in music education.

“It is just a great fit for us to play here at Henderson,” Morris said. “We have faculty members in the band as well as students of Henderson. For me to be able to work with such great faculty and students is a treat within itself. They are so committed and dedicated.”

Following was a performance piece titled, “Portrait of a Trumpet.” Sammy Nestico created this composition.

The next feature performance came from

french horn players Amy Laursen, teacher of music theory and music education at Henderson, and Heather Thayer, professor of horn and music theory at Ouachita Baptist University.

They performed a duet of Reis Horn Concerto, originally composed by Ferdinand Reis.

Laursen is from Wyoming and Thayer is from Ohio.

The next performance was that of the second movement of, “Year of the Dragon,” which was composed by Philip Sparke.

“This piece is very laid back. It is almost sort of sad in a way,” said Morris. “Although we did not play them in the order they are most known, one must be sure to pay attention to the movements we play – they really flow together.”

After being first performed in 1957 by the New York Philharmonic alongside composer, Leonard Bernstein and conductor, nearly 100 other orchestras performed “The Overture to Candide” within the following two years.

The Natural State Brass Brand performed the “Howard Snell” rendition of the composition.

“My favorite part was seeing Dr. Lipton perform,” Melanie Daughtery, sophomore psychology major, said. “She is so creative and amazing.”

Jamie Lipton, associate professor of low brass, was the final feature soloist of the evening. She performed apiece titled “Harlequin”

by Philip Sparke on the euphonium. The piece was a slow modal ballad followed by a frantic faster movement according to Morris.

“She’s my advisor and lessons teacher so I already knew how great of a performer she was,” Tyler Kelly said. “Even still, she blew me away. It was really cool and fun.”

For the finale, the brass band performed “Year of the Dragon,” the third movement and they closed the show with their rendition of Malaguena, which was initially composed

by Ernesto Lecuona.

The brass band has been together for 12 years. They’ve played at Henderson a few times prior to tonight’s performance.

“This such a wonderful campus. As we were preparing to unload our instruments, the members of Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity assisted us and it was greatly appreciated,” Morris said.

Each performance received an ovation and the final performance received a standing ovation.

Raphael Querros, Aaron Schaffer, and Sam Jones were the HSU students that performed with the Natural State Brass Band.

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A BRAND NEW DAILY OPINION BY DAX GUILLIAMS — PARODY IMAGE BY JORDAN JONES BASED ON AN IMAGE © COMEDY CENTRAL I was a big fan of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” so when I heard that he would be leaving the show, I was upset.

Stewart helped many young people like me get interested and involved in politics and I was worried about who would be the person to take over the show.

The man Stewart picked, Trevor Noah, debuted as the host of “The Daily Show” last week and he immediatly proved that he was a great choice.

On the first episode, Noah was amazing and he got even better as the week went on. Anyone who was worried about the direction of the show has nothing to fear with Noah as the host.

In just a few minutes, Noah was funny, informative and he wasn’t nervous at all.

Before the first commercial break, I knew I liked him and that I wanted to continue watching him.

When Stewart was still the host, he left for a short time and left Jon Oliver in charge as he was still working on the show. It took Oliver a couple of days to get settled in, but Noah got settled in before they even had a chance to show the first commercial.

It was very surprising seeing Noah do so well so quickly. I had confidence in him because I knew Stewart would have selected someone great for the job, but Noah was unbelievably amazing.

Not only was Noah amazing, but so was everyone else on the show. Many correspondents from the previous show returned, including Jordan Klepper who was the first one to appear on air and had great chemistry with Noah.

I was also pleased to see Roy Wood Jr join the show as a correspondent. He’s a very good comedian and he was so funny during his first appearance on air as he and Noah spoke.

The first episode’s events started off very well. Noah began by talking about Pope Francis visting America, NASA

finding water on Mars and then ending the show with an interview with comedian Kevin Hart.

Kevin Hart was a fantastic choice for the first guest on the new show. He improves everything he’s involved in.

Plus, everyone who knows about Hart knows that he can do the impossible. After all, he made a movie starring Ice Cube watchable.

The rest of the week’s episodes continued to entertain. Noah and the correspondents discussed Donald Trump, ISIS and other current events.

During the discussion of ISIS, Desi Lydic made her debut as a correspondent and she was very funny with how she handled the story. I look forward to seeing her in future segments.

With the way Noah is handling the show, he and the host of “The Nightly Show,” Larry Wilmore, make a great team.

A great thing about Stewart was how well his show led into the show directly after his, whether it be “The Colbert Report” or “The Nightly Show.” Noah is just as good with his ability to lead into the next show.

And “The Nightly Show” is still going strong. Wilmore and his team are just as funny and informative as the rest.

Noah and Wilmore are the big duo now that Stewart and Colbert have moved on to others things. That’s a great thing because these two are getting better and better with each show.

I think these two are going to do a fantastic job of informing and entertaining people of various ages about politics, the entertainment industry and everything else.

One of the good things about Noah is that he’s keeping the tradition of how “The Daily Show” was handled, but doing it in his own way. This really is his show now and it’s so enjoyable to watch.

He’s just as good as Stewart when it comes to tackling serious issues and putting a funny spin on them. I think, with time, Noah’s going to reach Stewart’s level.

But that’s not to say he’ll be better than Stewart. After all, Noah’s taking the show in his direction and is not trying to replace Stewart’s legacy, but instead create his own unique one.

“The Daily Show” is important to have. Not only is it an entertaining program, but it provides an interesting take on important news stories. There’s a reason Stewart was so beloved and it went beyond his comedy.

Stewart was beloved because he truly was the most trustworthy person in the news industry.

But while it is sad that we don’t have him giving us the news anymore, we have Noah now and he’s going to continue what was so important about the show.

Noah has what it takes to be the host of “The Daily Show” and I think he’s going to be around for a long time.

Stewart put his faith in this man and it was a smart idea on his part. Stewart’s trustworthiness should go beyond his funny jabs at politics and entertainment.

His trustworthiness should also be about the people he supports and his support of Noah is a smart decision.

I’m happy that Noah was the choice for the new host of “The Daily Show.”

It’s one of my favorite shows to watch and with Noah running the team it’s going to continue being one of the best.

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HOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGS 24TH ANNUAL HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

The Arlington Resort Hotel, 239 Central Ave. Friday, Oct. 9 – Sunday, Oct. 18 $8.90/single film, $27.37/day pass, $53.74/student pass The oldest documentary film festival in America returns to the Arlington for ten days of fantastic films in a historic setting. Visit www.hsdfi.org for a full schedule of films.

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THE POCKET THEATRE PRESENTS: “BINGO! THE WINNING MUSICAL” The Pocket Theatre, 170 Ravine St. Friday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2:30 p.m. $15/per person (cash or check only) Popcorn, friendship, intrigue and a famous five-letter word. Bingo turns Grandma’s favorite form of gambling into fun-loving musical theater.

Image courtesy of Pocket Theatre, description courtesy of “New York Times”

MAGIC SCREAMS Magic Springs Theme Park, 1701 E. Grand Ave. Every Saturday and Sunday from Oct. 10 through Nov. 1 $29.99 or $19.99 with discount admission at Walgreens The annual haunting of Magic Springs begins. Along with four haunted houses and roaming zombies, guests can enjoy the Trick-or-Treat Trail, Fright Flick Movie Trail, spooky shows and family contests. For more information or to see a schedule of planned events such as the Family Movie Series, visit magicsprings.com

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Golden Suns top the Lady Reddies in three sets

STORY BY MARIAH DELAVEGA — PHOTOS BY KRISTINE MOORE

DEFENSE — Lady Reddies do their best to defend their side of the net.

The Lady Reddie volleyball team took on Arkansas Tech Tuesday Sept 29. The Lady Reddies fell short to Arkansas Tech and lost in three sets at the Duke Wells Center.

The first set of the game was neck and neck the whole time. HSU scored the first point of the game with a kill by Jessie Jacoby, junior. Arkansas Tech got the point with a kill

by Kaylee Konsella, junior at ATU. The Lady Reddies got the ball back with an attack error

by Haley Owen, sophomore at ATU. The score was tied at 4-4, when Violet Williams, sophomore, made the score 5-4 with a kill. The lady Reddies were up by three points 7-4.

Arkansas Tech caught up and the score was tied 7-7. For the rest of the set, the game was tied and the ball kept going back and forth.

Arkansas Tech ended up winning the set 2325.

SERVE IT— Violet Williams, sophomore, prepares to serve to the opponent.

In the second set, the score was neck and neck at the beginning of the match. HSU started the game off with the serve and a kill

by Katie Huff, senior for ATU, got the ball for Arkansas Tech 0-1.

Huff served the ball into the net and the Lady Reddies got a point 1-1. The score was tied at 4-4 then Arkansas Tech got a lead on the Lady Reddies 4-6.

Kaylie Pyles, sophomore, got the ball back for The Lady Reddies with a kill and an assist

by Ryleigh Thompson, senior, 5-6. Brea May, junior, made a service error and got Arkansas Tech a point 5-7.

Arkansas Tech had a three point lead until Sarita Stegall, freshman at ATU, went up to serve and added five points to the score 8-16.

Arkansas Tech was ahead by eight points.

The lady Reddies tried catching up but it was too late. Arkansas Tech won the set 20-25.

In the last set of game three ended fast for the Lady Reddies. Arkansas Tech scored four points in a row.

Arkansas Tech had a seven point lead on HSU 3-10. The Lady Reddies stayed the single digits for a while.

An attack error by McCall Wilkins, sophomore at ATU, got the Lady Reddies to 10 points. Arkansas Tech had a 10 point advantage on the Lady Reddies 10-20.

The Lady Reddies ended up losing 10-25 in the last set of the game.

Jacoby led the Lady Reddies with nine kills, and Pyles had six kills. May had 15 set assists, and Thompson had 11.

HSU will play their next home game against South Eastern Oklahoma State on Oct. 16, at the Duke Wells Center with game time set for 6 p.m.

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Red Wave swim team looks forward to the season ahead STORY AND PHOTOS BY DOMINICK CELLA As the Red Wave swim team enters their 2015 season outlooks are good and morale is high.

“Both the men and women’s teams are looking really solid and everyone is contributing,” Shea Bielby, senior, said.

Captains of the men’s team Guy Buls, Daniel Morgan and Dylan Anderson, all seniors, bring excellence to the team in their leadership roles and also in the water.

“Each senior brings a unique trait and talent to the team,” Bielby said.

The recruiting this past year was admirable as notable Joshua Pack and Garrett Sullivan, both freshmen, look to fill some of the gaps left from graduates Aaron Villemez and Ryan Cooper.

The men’s team will also benefit from junior Kent Eldreth and sophomore Ben East, who both arrive as transfers.

Lady Red Wave captains Payten Frunzi, Phoebe Campbell and Camille Leary, all seniors, are eager to get back to competing and finish out their four years strong.

“The captains and the rest of the seniors have all fallen into their own leadership roles,” Bielby said.

Recruiting for the women’s team also

paid off as key freshmen Jordan Adkins and Lindsey Butler put up some impressive trial times at the inter-squad meet Friday.

Transferring in from out of the country are Carol Farias, freshman, and Grace Conlon, junior. The ladies are from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and London, respectively.

After the loss of the sister duo, Jeanne and Jessica Miller to graduation and transferring, the team will have to rally around each other to replace them.

Jeanne Miller, who is the holder of five school records and placed tenth at Nationals last year will be missed by the whole swim team.

“No one is expendable,” Bielby said.

Diving for the men this year are Adam Zmijewski, junior, and Kameron Brown, freshman, who are both competing in the 1 and 3 meter dives.

Diving for the women is Kelly Garrett, sophomore, who will be competing in the 1 meter dive and swimming freestyle.

The Red Wave will be traveling to Little Rock, Saturday to face off against the University of Saint Louis and UALR; the meet will start at 2 p.m.

BREAST STROKE — Phoebe Campbell, senior, takes a gasp for air before going back under.

BUTTERFLY — Matt Gribble, senior, spreads his arms wide to make it down the pool.

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BRING IT ON — Jaquan Cole, junior running back, fights for part of his career-high 255 rushing yards against ATU.

THREE WINS IN A ROW HSU Reddies defeat Arkansas Tech 17-7

STORY BY ALVIN STUCKEY — PHOTO BY SCOTT MCKINNON Following their 33-0 shutout against SWOSU, Henderson State took the field against local foe Arkansas Tech.

HSU (4-1) held the top offense in the Great American Conference to only seven points as the Reddies took the victory against Arkansas Tech 17-7 in a defensive struggle.

HSU hit the ground running on their first drive of the game.

Jaquan Cole, junior, opened up the game with a 65-yard run which drove the Reddies down to Tech’s five-yard line. Cole had a day to remember with 27 rushing attempts and a career-high 255 rushing yards and one touchdown. Cole’s 255 rushing yards was the most by a Reddie since Blake Christenson rushed for 250 yards in 2002.

Ryan McDonald, senior, capped off the drive with a 3 yard rushing touchdown. After Houston Ray, sophomore, netted the extra

point try, HSU took a 7-0 lead.

Both teams’ defenses held strong throughout the remainder of the first quarter and neither team could get on the scoreboard.

The second quarter would be a tell-tale story as neither team could score. HSU would take a 7-0 lead into halftime.

HSU’s defense would strike early in the third quarter when Adrian Tucker picked off Arkansas Tech’s Arsenio Favor, senior at ATU. Tucker returned the interception 10 yards to Tech’s 35-yard line.

Cole would start off the next drive with a 13-yard rush to Tech’s 22 yard line. The drive would end with a 35-yard field goal by Ray to increase the lead to 10-0, HSU. After both defenses held the opposing offenses to a standstill, HSU would hit Arkansas Tech with a knockout punch late in the third quarter.

Cole knifed his way through the Arkansas Tech defense for an 88-yard touchdown run which increased HSU’s lead to 17-0 after Ray hit the extra point try.

As the game went into the final period HSU’s offense went silent but the defense held down the fort.

Arkansas Tech would get on the scoreboard a little too late with a 3 yard touchdown pass from Favor to Michael Fine to make the score 17-7.

The Reddies would sit on the ball for the remainder of the game to seal their third win in a row.

Lawson Schulz, senior, and Josh Davis, junior, helped anchor the defense with a combined 24 tackles.

The Reddies hit the road again to take the field Saturday against Harding in Searcy, Ar. Kick-off is at 6 p.m.