10/17/16 Issue

Henderson State University Monday, October 17, 2016

Volume 111,Issue 9

THE EXTERMINATORS Reddies squash the Boll Weevils 47-15 P. 8

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THE ORACLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Emily R. Bell FACULTY ADVISER – Mike Taylor NEWS EDITOR – Ashley Smith SPORTS/ONLINE EDITOR – Pete Tubbs OPINIONS EDITOR – Dax Guilliams PAGE DESIGNER – Angela Yang PHOTO EDITOR – Joshua Bradley STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER – Kristine Moore GRAPHIC DESIGNER – Natasha Cribbs

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COVER Austin Bennett on a 26 yard run for the Reddies.

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SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! Students said “boo to the flu” this fall with free flu shot clinics on campus

POP GOES THE ART

Concerts and pop up art shows... What else is the art world offering?

SHAKES TO SATISFY

Dax checks out downtown for the opening of The Nutrition Den

RECOVERY ROAD

Reddies defeat UAM at home this weekend, wiping out last week’s stumble

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REDDIE NEWS

Homecoming happenings: what to expect on campus this month Story by Parker Hutson, Student Reporter October marks the time when everyone prepares solely for the last day of the month, Halloween. However, don’t get too ahead of the game and miss out on any homecoming events.

Next week, Oct. 24-Oct. 28, will be the week of homecoming posters and goodies where the nominees show their love of the school and its students; where people can find out if they know any of the girls or get to know them. The contestants of homecoming are chosen by organizations and then it is up to the student body to choose the top ten contestants, and then the Homecoming Queen.

Another activity that is coming up as the month comes to an end is Henderson Halloween. Henderson Halloween is a chance for Henderson students to dress up in their Halloween costumes and give back to the community and the kids of the community by handing out candy on the South Lawn of Henderson Campus.

Boo to the flu or boo-hoo for you

As it has been stated in emails that were sent out to students, clown costumes are not allowed at Henderson Halloween because of recent circumstances. In light of these disturbing clown sightings across the nation, anyone wearing a clown costume will be escorted off of the premises.

Nonetheless, don’t forget to dress up in any other costume and head over to the lawn to show school spirit and Halloween love. Henderson Halloween will be held on Halloween, Oct. 31.

As the weather starts to cool down and fall is in full swing, remember to also head to Henderson’s football games and support the Reddies. The next couple of games will be held on Oct. 22, Oct. 29, and Nov. 5. These games will be leading up to the event that all Reddies get excited about, Battle of the Ravine, which will be held on Nov. 12.

Graphic by Natasha Cribbs

Story by Colton McCuan, Student Reporter Flu shots are a controversial topic this time of year, and it’s hard to imagine why. Why wouldn’t people want to give themselves an immunity to one of the most famous and common illnesses that infects millions and hospitalizes an average of 200,000 every year?

The daredevils who opt out of a flu shot every year always have some excuse, and it’s usually a pretty lousy one.

“I don’t like shots.” Who does?

“I’ve never even gotten the flu before.” Not yet.

“The flu’s not that bad.” Yes it is.

“Sometimes the shot can give you the flu.” No, it cannot.

“But I totally got the flu from the shot one time!” No you didn’t.

“But I got Guillain-Barré syndrome once.” OK, that one’s actually a good reason.

I could go on, but seriously, we’ve all heard it all before.

Many Henderson students, myself included, decided not to give in to the excuses this year, and joined Tami Arnold and Michelle Champagne, registered nurses with Henderson Student Health Services, for their annual “Boo to the Flu” event at Mooney Hall.

The annual event is an opportunity for all Henderson students to get a free flu vaccine.

Those who’ve had the flu know how debilitating it can be.

“It was terrible,” said Jahvoni McClendon, undeclared freshmen and football player. “I was in bed all week.”

If you’re freaking out now because you missed the event, don’t worry,

SHS may still have some left.

“If we have any leftover we’ll do it during regular office hours,” said Champagne. Just make sure you bring your student ID. If they don’t, it’s not the end of the world, the Clark County Health Department will be running a similar event on October 20. This one will be a drive-through clinic, and will bill insurance providers to cover the costs, unless you don’t have insurance, then it’s free.

Even if you miss out on both of these, you can still get a flu shot at almost any clinic and many pharmacies, including Walgreens. If you don’t have insurance, you’ll have to pay out of pocket, but the cost of the shot is usually only around $30.

“This is not a live vaccine,” said Arnold. “It’s dead. You can not get the flu from the flu shot.”

It’s really important to stress this point. Every year people get the shot, get the flu, and think they’re putting two and two together and lo and behold all the medical professionals in the world were wrong, and the flu shot caused the flu.

Except that it didn’t.

What does happen is that either before someone receives the shot or within the two weeks it takes the body to develop antibodies you can still become exposed to the virus and come down with a case of the flu, so it’s important to get your flu shot early, before flu season gets in full swing.

Anyone who has had the flu will tell you it is not worth getting again.

Make sure you get your flu shot today.

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REDDIE NEWS

Reddie Day took place last week, involving prospective students from all over the state (and some from out of state). Campus leaders and current students hosted events and activities for the high school seniors. Seen here, a performance art piece by one of many Greek organizations gathered on the quad that day.

Photo by Emily R. Bell

Down with the wellness Story by Andrew Arnold, Student Reporter Last Monday the Charles Dunn Recreation Center hosted a Health and Wellness Day on the Quad outside the Garrison Center. After obtaining student’s heart rates, they were asked to ride a stationary bike for one minute and then checking heart rate again along with blood pressure. Students then received a free Gatorade and granola bar.

Recreation Center offers various other activities to help students stay healthy along with boot camp, personal trainers, yoga, Zumba, and Crossfit. All paid for by the Recreation Center and free to students, all they have to do is stop by.

The Freshmen 15 often strikes students during their freshmen and sophomore years of college. With the stress of classes, meal plans, binge drinking, and lack of physical exercise, a little bit of exercise can go a long way. The Rec Center staff can also show you how to use the exercise equipment and provide weight lifting assistance.

“I don’t really work out, but I love the outdoorsy stuff the Recreation

Center has to offer like rock climbing and biking to stay fit,” said Caleb Williams, senior mass media major.

“Here at the Recreation Center, we are promoting healthier living overall,” —Dacota Gray Other activities that are sponsored are a Biggest Loser Competition, scavenger hunts, women’s self-defense classes, and more.

“Here at the Recreation Center, we are promoting healthier living overall,” said Dacota Gray, a student worker at the Recreation Center.

The Charles Dunn Recreation Center offers students the ability to build their bodies and enjoy their experience at Henderson in good health, while it is another interest that students can take advantage of for free.

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ARTS&MUSIC

Events E’rywhere! Art and music departments held creative events last week Event summaries and photos by Emily R. Bell, Editor in Chief

HSU Wind Ensemble Last Thursday night, Dr. Steven Knight, director of bands and assistant professor of music, conducted the HSU Wind Ensemble concert, with Dr. Shaun Popp, assistant director of bands, as a guest conductor.

The concert took place on the main stage in Arkansas Hall, and featured pieces by classic and modern composers.

The first piece of the performance was “In This Broad Earth,” written by Steven Bryant in 2015, an OBU alumnus. Dr. Popp stepped in to conduct “Rest,” a soft, gentle piece written in 2010 by Frank Ticheli, an American composer who currently serves as professor of composition at the University of Southern California. The Wind Ensemble ended their performance with a traditional march, “The Free Lance,” by John Philip Sousa.

The Wind Ensemble’s next performance will be November 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Arkansas Hall.

Horn players at last week’s performance include Jacob Dowdy, senior music education major, Alonso Corral, senior music education major, and Emelia Melody, sophomore music education major.

HSU Wind Ensemble practices before the performance begins.

Student Pop-up Exhibition Kasten Searles, assistant professor of graphic art and media design, hosted the gallery Conflict: a Pop-Up Exhibition. Searles serves as the teacher for this year’s art seminar class, who created the pieces for the gallery.

Searles’s main objective for this gallery was to teach her students how to make their art follow an exhibition’s theme (in this case it was conflict), how to matte it, and overall how to prepare their work appropriately for certain shows and competitions.

The show took place Thursday, with refreshments and snacks provided, and was held in Russel Fine Arts. Fitting the idea of “pop-up,” this gallery was a one-day event only.

Angie Yang, sophomore digital art and design major, showed her work, “Chained Up,” a digital art piece, at Conflict: A Pop-Up Exhbition.

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DEN’S ON FIRE Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinion Editor

Arkadelphia is in desperate need of interesting places for people to hang out at. Thankfully, a new place has recently opened that satisfies that need.

Last weekend, The Nutrition Den opened up and I went there to try a few things on their menu and get a good feel for the place.

The Nutrition Den is right by Slim & Shorty’s so it was really easy to find and its at a great location in town.

I walked into the place kind of having a feeling that I was going to like it. I almost always enjoy a place that serves teas and shakes and is just a nice place for people to relax at.

This place looks so good on the inside. From the layout of the tables and chairs to the designs on the walls, The Nutrition Den looks amazing.

While I was only there for about an hour, they were playing some pretty good music.

That place has a great atmosphere for people who just want to sit around, drink some tea and relax.

Not only do they have tables to sit at, but they also have a couch with a chess table. I don’t know why I like that so much, but I just think it’s so cool to have a place that serves tea and shakes that you can also play some chess at. I don’t even play chess.

The Nutrition Den sells both teas and shakes and the ones I had were excellent.

Some people might think that because they’re about nutrition and health that their stuff may not taste good, but I can confidently say that’s not the case.

Their teas and shakes are healthy and they taste great, especially the shakes.

OPINIONS I got a mint chocolate chip flavored shake and it was so good.

Mint chocolate chip is, of course, the best shake flavor and this one did not disappoint.

Along with a shake, I also got a raspberry tea which also tasted great. There were a few other shakes and teas that I tried and they were all good too.

They have it where you can get both a shake and a tea for eight dollars and it’s worth it not only for the taste but also the size of the cups you get for both.

Some people I’ve spoken to think or have thought that The Nutrition Den serves food, but they do not. So don’t go there for food and get the drinks instead.

Plus, the staff were really nice to me and the other people in there. Everything about the place is just really good and I’m glad they opened up here.

I’m always looking for new places to go to, get something to drink and just hang out at. Unfortunately, Arkadelphia is severely lacking in places to do that.

However, now that The Nutrition Den has opened up, there’s another place to do this at and their drinks are top notch.

I really hope they get a lot of business because with just one visit, I think they deserve it.

I say all of this and I’m not even a health nut. Their stuff is that good. It’s so good that an unhealthy guy like me can enjoy their stuff so I know that people who are concerned with eating healthy will love the place.

The Nutrition Den is a place I will be visiting again. This is the kind of place where I want to keep going back to because I want to try everything they have on the menu.

They’re shakes are amazing, their teas are refreshing and it is overall a great place to go to with the kind of atmosphere that many can enjoy.

Photo by Emily R. Bell The owners of the Nutrition Den, Jason Cantwell and Matt Edmonds hosted opening day events at their healthy shake and tea bar.

Photo by Meagan Florence Kappa Pi Honors Art fraternity’s digital art and design majors painted the murals in the Nutrition Den, and include (L-R) sophomore Brandon Rimmer, sophomore Aaron O’Quinn, senior Natasha Cribbs, and junior Kris Keys.

Oct. 17, 2016

GAMES

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Keep your mind sharp and14,your hours FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2016 less numbing puzzle. Answers Los Angeles with Times this Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis in next week’s issue.

ACROSS 1 Hershey’s toffee bar 5 Res __ loquitur: the thing speaks for itself 9 Online shopping mecca 14 Chip in a chip 15 Seasonal song 16 Hunky-dory 17 Start of a knitting project 18 Prefix with space 19 Dry Italian wine 20 Tailpipe emission 23 Hot state 24 Beatty/Hoffman box office flop 28 Tug-of-war injuries 32 Former fillies 34 Ready for a refill 35 Freelancer’s email attachment: Abbr.

36 Glider on runners 37 Flowing garments 38 Sonar signal 39 Word in a bride’s bio 40 Went a-courting 41 Two-time US Open winner 42 Hair-smoothing hairs 45 Library machine 46 “__ the Walrus” 47 Shellfish cookouts 54 Medicare prescription drug section 57 Pre-coll.

58 Brandy bottle letters 59 Prospero’s servant 60 Highest sudoku digit 61 Hip bones 62 Free, in France 63 Armoire feature 64 Counting-out word DOWN 1 Cyber Monday event

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30 Louvre Pyramid architect

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31 Pages with views 32 Rachel Maddow’s network 33 Final Olds made 37 Charming snake?

38 2007 animated film in which Sting voices himself 40 Coax 41 Big chunk

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51 Cruise stop 52 Pork choice 53 Do a vet’s job 54 Chum 55 NPR journalist Shapiro 56 Bone in a cage

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SPORTS

Reddies get Redemption with 45-17 win Story by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor The Reddies had a day of redemption on Saturday as they defeated the University of Arkansas at Monticello at a score of 45-17. Not only was this a comeback for the Reddies after their tragic defeat by Harding University, it was also a defining game in Henderson’s football history.

Being the sixth win of the season for the Reddies, the game signaled the seventh winning season for Head Coach Scott Maxfield, making him the most victorious football coach in the team’s illustrious history.

The 2 p.m. game began with a 46 yard rush up the middle by Jaquan Cole for a touchdown, followed by a Houston Ray field goal with 13:30 left on the clock. It was a full five minutes before UAM got their first score from an 18 yard field goal by Josh Marini.

Jaquan Cole continued his dominance on the field by a six yard run for a touchdown. Ray followed the play with a field goal which brought the home team’s point count to 14 against the visitor’s 3.

The second quarter started with a bang. With a little over 14 minutes left on the board, Reddies Jeremy Wilson propelled himself 76 yards up the field for a touchdown. This score paired with the third Ray field goal of the game widened the home team’s lead to 18 points.

The next score of the first half came from the opposing team in the form of a seven yard pass from Cole Sears to Jalen Tolliver and another Marini kick.

This was followed with a Jaquan Cole run of 62 yards and yet another Ray

kick. The top two fourths of the game ended with the board showing Reddies 28, UAM 10.

The first score of the second half occurred with 10:32 left in the third quarter and was secured by a 23 yard Ray field goal. A little more than ten minutes later, Sears and Marini beefed up UAM’s point count with a one yard touchdown run and a field goal.

The Reddies ended the third quarter with Jeremy Wilson and Houston Ray adding seven points to the home teams domination with a two yard run and a field goal respectively. Going into the fourth quarter, the game score was Henderson 38, Monticello 17.

The game ended with a massive 49 yard pass from Evan Lassiter to Jaquan Cole and one final Ray field goal. The redemption game for the Reddies ended with a crowd pleasing score of 45 to 17.

Saturday was no doubt a welcome afternoon for Reddies football fans.

Although the team saw a bump in the road with their loss against Harding University, they showed their true colors with a domination that won’t soon be forgotten.

Fans can rest easy and look forward to an easygoing final stretch of the season. With four games left to play in their conference season, the Reddies train looks to come into the final station with a massive win-loss record.

The Reddies next game will take place next Saturday in El Dorado at 2 pm. They will face Southern Arkansas University in the Murphy USA Classic.

Photo by Scott McKinnon Reddies Jacoby Lewis takes a slant pass for 11 yards in the first quarter.

Jaquan Cole runs for a touchdown.

Photo by Scott McKinnon