10/19/15 Issue

@HSUORACLE www.hsuoracle.com Henderson State University - Monday, October 19, 2015 - Volume 109, Issue 9

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THE ORACLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Moe Skinner FACULTY ADVISER – Mike Taylor COPY EDITOR – Madison MacNew 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: Jessie Jacoby, junior management, serves to the competition in last Saturday’s game.

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Hiking in Spain

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Best of Arktoberfest

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Homecoming Nominees

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NEW AWARD FOR THE TEACHERS COLLEGE

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National council names Teachers College “Best Value” STORY BY CAYLA CHRISTIAN — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES Henderson State University’s Teacher’s College is the leader in educator preparation and prepares not only just good teachers, but also leaders in other professions.

This year, the Teachers College received the ranking of “Best Value” from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). The NCTQ is a foundation that is driven by the vision that every student should have good and effective teachers. Their board is comprised of people from various backgrounds and political standing and all of them think that it’s time for policy changes that are long overdue. The NCTQ was founded in 2000 and is funded by foundations and private donors.

Receiving this ranking from the NCTQ includes many requirements and is a great honor for the university. Judy Harrison, dean of the Teachers College, elaborated on the ranking and other awards that have been given.

Oracle: What does it mean to you for the Teacher’s College to have received this honor?

Harrison: Teachers College faculty and staff work very hard to ensure that curricula in all programs are aligned and assessed according to national standards. As standards change, we make adjustments so that our candidates begin their first teaching jobs as well prepared as possible. Receiving the “Best Value” ranking affirms the expectations for quality we have for our faculty and candidates. Being ranked first in the state and third in the Southern Region should get the word out that, if you want quality educator preparation, the Teachers College, Henderson is the best value.

leges of education across the U.S. — the first time that a national education policy organization has conducted a comprehensive measure of quality that also factors in affordability, average teacher salary in each state and the ability to prepare future teachers for the realities of the classroom.

Colleges of education listed as “Best Value” scored highest on a combination of quality and affordability factors, taking into account net price to attend school — including tuition, fees and average financial aid awards — average teacher salary in that state and how well the school prepares future teachers for the realities of the classroom as shown on Path to Teach.

Oracle: What are the qualifications to be best ranked?

Harrison: Recently, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its “Best Value” ratings of col-

Oracle: Do any incentives or awards come with this ranking?

Harrison: The positive incentive is “bragging rights.” A negative incentive is that no college of education wants to

be on the list of “Worst Value” colleges.

Path to Teach has a national audience.

Every college or school of education in the nation is rated, and positive ratings are limited.

Oracle: Has the Teachers College ever received any other top ranking from the National Council on Teacher Quality?

Harrison: Yes, last year we were ranked first in the state in quality teacher preparation and third in the region.

Oracle: Has the Teachers College been honored or awarded in any other way this year?

Harrison: Only two teachers in Arkansas received the Award for 2015 and both are HSU graduates.

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NEW APP FOR THAT A way for students to keep track of meal plans and menu options is now available STORY BY JAMES JACKSON — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES After a long hard day of classes you wander helplessly to the Garrison to get your favorite Starbucks drink. You get your receipt and suddenly notice that you’re missing $30 from your DCB without your knowledge. You feel robbed. You feel hurt. Then, you dig through your pockets and notice that your ID is missing.

A problem like this may be coming to an end as a new school-wide app has launched that can help you track your purchases. The Campus Dish app is here to help you not only track your precious DCB, but also your meal plans and menu options.

The app lets you get a look into what the Caddo will be serving that day and also the nutritional value of the food. So now you can have an idea of what type of steps you need to take if you want to have a healthy meal.

The app also lets you put your exact meal together so that you may have the total nutritional value of what you think you would eat that day. This can let you know if you can add

to or cut back from your meals for the day.

“We want the app to be easy to use for students,” Abigail Nivens, marketing intern, said. “We also want it to be convenient to our students with special dietary needs.”

How might one use this app? Simply go on your phones app store. The app is available via Google Play for Android users and Apple App Store for iPhone users.

This app can also be added to any portable device like iPads and Android tablets. This is done so that you can have your information saved on multiple devices.

“We want students to be able to access this information from any device that they have, at anytime,” Nivens said.

Now a big question many may want to know: Will it let you add DCB yourself ?

The answer is — yes. The app is finally going to fulfill many students’ needs for easily adding DCB to their student account.

Students must add money in increments of $25. This could help off-campus students

be able to keep a little money to the side on their student ID for things like Chick-Fil-A or Starbucks.

“This app is amazing,” Jerrica Dotson, senior athletic training major, said. “It keeps me on my toes about my spending at Starbucks and Chick-Fil-A.” Aramark offers this app to their schools with version 2.0 software, which Henderson upgraded to this past spring. Any school that uses Aramark food services and has upgraded their software can use this app. The app is ready to download and so far no problems have been reported on campus.

The app is free and if students want, they can sync it to their student account with their 16-digit student ID number and start seeing their DCB amount and add DCB as well.

So, if you have been waiting for an easier way to add DCB to your account or simply want to know what is on the menu for today, this app can assist you.

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Students hike to the burial place of one of the apostles STORY BY BRI CURRY — GRAPHIC COURTESY OF MCT CAMPUS Henderson is offering 14 participants what many are calling the opportunity of a lifetime.

This summer, Maryjane Dunn, assistant professor of Spanish, will lead the Pilgrimage in Spain: Walking El Camino De Santiago. This translates to The Way of St. James. It is named The Way of St. James because it is a hike to the burial site of James, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles.

Dunn first learned of El Camino De Santiago as a senior in high school when she read “Cumbres De la Civilization Espanola.” It was then that completing this walk became Dunn’s lifelong dream. Only five short years later, that dream would be accomplished. She experienced the walk for the first time in 1979 as a part of a small group from the University of Nebraska, where she minored in medieval studies.

“I saw things that I’d studied as a medieval minor, and it just made everything so real,” Dunn said.

The Henderson pilgrimage in Spain will spend 20 days in Spain, 11 of those will be spent hiking El Camino De Santiago. Along the way, participants will experience walking old Roman roads and bridges, sleeping in a 15th century house in an abandoned town and Sunday service in an active monastery. They will begin in the city of Verin and hike through Ourense, where they will see old Roman thermal baths, Finisterre, which translates to “the end of the earth”, and Madrid. While in

Madrid, they will visit two popular Spanish museums, The Prado and Reina Sofia.

On October 14, Dunn held an informational to inform potential participants of expenses, preparations and what to expect. In the spring semester, Henderson will offer a class to prepare participants for the hike.

“Dr. Dunn’s presentation made me want to go on the trip. It sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity that I hope to take advantage of while I’m not tied down to a career,” James Garcia, sophomore Spanish major, said.

Marcus Sanchez, senior psychology major, had a similar response to Dunn’s informational.

“I enjoyed getting to know more about the walk. I wish I could go, but since I have a disability I can’t,” Sanchez said.

Participants will learn basic Spanish phrases, such as how to order food in Spanish. They will get comfortable with walking a few miles a day and carrying their belongings. The class will be three credits for humanities or Spanish. Explorica Educational Travel will assist Dunn in arrangements. The Explorica tour fees range from $3,578 to $3,953, this will include round-trip airfare, seven overnight stays in hotels, full European breakfast daily, dinner daily and more.

“Since I am Hispanic and religious, it sounds like one of the best things anyone could do,” Alex Arce, junior psychology major said. “I think it

would be worth it.”

According to Dunn, it is more important what you don’t pack than what you do pack.

“I think the hardest part about the Camino will be deciding what I’ll bring with me to Spain,” Torii Cloud, senior Spanish major, said.

Jeans and excessive technology, for example, are a not advised. Jeans are heavy and take too long to dry, a cell phone and camera are to be expected, but more than that is excessive. No ear buds will be allowed. Comfortable shoes are a must, but a pair of relaxing shoes, such as sandals, are also suggested. Dunn also suggest glasses as opposed to contacts.

Parents, don’t worry. There are yellow shells and arrows, as well as statues that will mark the whole way. People even put markers in their back yards so that no one will get lost.

“When I told my mom I was going to Spain, she said she wished she could go, until I told her it was 11 days of hiking. I don’t think either of them [my parents] really understand the point of it, but I know they support me in anything I do,” Cloud said.

Dunn even carries a European cell phone in the case of an emergency.

“I love watching students’ faces when they experience new ideas. This will be a new idea for most of them,” Dunn said. “I want them to see a different style of life.”

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Arktoberfest brings in communities from all around STORY BY MELANIE COLE — PHOTOS COURTESY OF CLAYA GONZALES

Downtown Arkadelphia seemed to turn into a magical place as the sun began to fall last Saturday night. Arktoberfest, craft beer festival and catfish cookoff, came to town for the first time with special thanks to state representative Justin Gonzales’ younger brother, Johnathon Gonzales and several others. Imagine seeing the streets of New Orleans appearing right here in our own backyard. Local breweries brought their best brews, food trucks offered their best dishes, different statewide businesses’ showed off several of their products, and tons of activities filled the parking lots for kids of all ages. Not to mention several performances from local artists and contests that helped entertain the crowd throughout the day.

Local county clerk, Rhonda Cole, saw the festival as nothing but a positive impact on the community.

“I think that it helps bring in people from all different parts of the state to see what Clark County has to offer,” Cole said. When asked what her favorite part of the festival was, she said that it was hard question to answer.

“I loved that people were having fun and appeared to be so relaxed. I saw a lot of interaction with one another. And of course I loved the beard contest!” Cole said.

The homebrew competition alone had a total of 74 entries from six different states: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada and Oregon.

If we were to look at the festival in numbers, it would look about like this: 3,000+ attendees 15 acres of downtown 35 participating vendors and downtown businesses 20 represented Arkansas breweries, wineries, and distilleries 40,000+ ounces of Arkansas beer, wine, and spirits consumed 6,000 catfish fillets 9,900 hushpuppies 8,000 lbs of ice 3,200 cupcakes 30,000+ pumpkin seeds scattered in the breeze 400 bales of hay 120+ volunteers and staff 225 square feet of chalk art 20+ tubas 74 homebrew competition entries 10 knockerballs 6 tricycles

THE LITTLE THINGS — Couple Justin and Bailie Rogers enjoy their Saturday together trying out local breweries.

SERVIN’ IT UP — One of the contestants plates his special recipe for the catfish cookoff.

To say the least, Arkadelphia was more than honored to host such a successful event. Opening the doors as a community to those around us can only lead to positive things. It isn’t everyday that people can take a break from life and simply enjoy the afternoon with good company.

What better way to spend an evening than with family and friends? Hopefully, this won’t be the last time Arktoberfest comes DOES YOUR BEARD HANG LOW — Men of all ages line up to have their beards measured during one of the event contests. to town!

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SPOOKS IN SMITH The legend of the lady who haunts your dorm STORY BY KATIE SMITH — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES Imagine this: you are in your tiny bed on the eighth floor of Smith Hall (which means men, you’ll also have to imagine you are a woman).

It’s the night before homecoming, so you can hear the faint sound of Phi Lamb’s drumbeat. You can still smell the bonfire on your clothes, which is a nice break from the stench that typically comes out of your air unit.

You are just starting to doze off, when you get a strange feeling that wakes you up.

It’s one of those eerie ones, like someone is watching you, but your roommate has gone home for the weekend.

You look up to see a shadow, hovering just beside your door. At first you are scared, but then you realize it doesn’t seem menacing.

It’s rather small and slender. And it looks almost sad. It slips quietly through your door, back out into the hallway. So naturally, you follow it.

You stand there in awe as you watch it go in and out of each room, like it’s looking for something. And then you realize…it is.

Every year at Henderson, during homecoming week, the Lady in Black haunts the hallways of Smith. Legend has it that she is the ghost of a Henderson student named Jane. Back when the schools were in their early years, Henderson was Methodist, and Ouachita was Baptist.

She began to date a boy at Ouachita. But a freshman girl came and stole his heart, so he broke up with Jane.

“The heartbroken, jilted lover dressed

herself in the black of mourning and jumped to her death on the bluff overlooking the Ouachita River the night before homecoming,” Mary Jo Mann explained in the Pine Tree Speech in 2014.

Now, every year during homecoming week, she searches the hallways of the girls’ dorm to find the one that took her love away.

Teena Johnson, a Henderson alumna, said she knew she was in her presence a couple times. When she was in school, Smith had suites, and she said it made it easy for them to clear out on the weekends.

On a fall evening, with no one else on the hall, Johnson said she began to hear noises.

“I definitely heard doors slamming when no one else was on the floor,” Johnson said. “…never saw anyone walking in the hall and never heard the elevator open. She was definitely hanging out up there.”

Many claim to have seen her, but some don’t dare to even get a chance.

Joanne Michael, senior psychology major, said it had an impact on her decision to not live in Smith.

“It’s just creepy,” Michael said. “I didn’t want some crazy woman coming into my room and mistaking me for someone who stole her boyfriend.”

Mann explains to the freshman every year that they have nothing to fear if they weren’t the ones who stole Jane’s love, but most girls still get scared on cold, fall nights when they’re all alone in their rooms.

What do you believe?

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Carmen Wise Math Education Senior Math Club

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Colby Hartley Aviation Freshman Alpha Eta Rho

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Ariana Caffey Athletic Training Junior Athletic Training Student Organization

Sierra Adams Family & Consumer Sciences Freshman FCS Club

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Maddie McJunkins Phys. Education & Health Junior HPER Club

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Tess Langley Nursing Senior Studen Nurses Association

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15. Megan Lynn Bates

16. Bailey Lessenberry

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26. MyKala Arnold

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Nursing Junior Gamma Beta Phi

Elementary Education Senior Sigma Phi Lambda

Communication Sophomore Angelic Voices of Christ

Skye Austin Senior Political Science Showband of Arkansas

Devan Jester Psychology Junior HSU Cheer

Bailey Almond Nursing Sophomore Student Activities Board

Rylie Prescott Senior Psychology Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

6. Vanessa Velez Mira Business Freshman HISA

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Jasmine Spear Accounting Junior Alpha Sigma Alpha

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Freshman Business Management Red Hots Pom Squad

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Aviation Management Sophomore ROTC

Natural Resource & Recreation Management Senior Collegiate Recreation Society

30. Amber Webber

Senior Elementary Education SAEA

Kori Dement Aviation - Professional Pilot Freshman AretĂŠ Society

Psychology Senior Psi Chi National Honors Society

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Lyndsie Davis Junior English Education Star Yearbook

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Megan Ross Athletic Training Senior Omega Tau Epsilon

Kristin Bell Finance Senior Black Student Association

32. Daisha Haggans Senior Human Services NAACP

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Nylla Hines Communication Junior Reddie Ambassadors

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Sasha Zavala Marketing Senior Alpha Kappa Psi

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Brittany Jones Psychology Junior Residence Life

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Katie Forga Human Services Senior Alpha Xi Delta

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Kayla Beard Senior Digital Art & Design Alpha Sigma Tau

Middle Level Education Junior Kappa Sigma

Voting for Top 10 is Wednesday, Oct. 21 and Thursday, Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Voting for the Homecoming Queen and Court will be on Friday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All voting will be held in the Garrison Center.

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Faculty and students participate in yoga for relaxation STORY BY DYLAN MCNIEL — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES

Breathing, balance and concentration are just a few of the skills one must master to achieve total relaxation when doing yoga.

Monday Oct. 12, the Student Health and Counseling Center held its Yoga Under the Stars event on the quad.

“The purpose for the event was to encourage faculty, staff and students to participate in yoga as a form of relaxation and stress reduction,” Tami Arnold, RN at the Student Health and Counseling Center, said.

She, along with others, are the ones who made the event possible.

Arnold said that they have done events like this in the past such as Zumba, dance videos and coach to 5K training events to promote heart health and stress reduction.

“College can be a very stressful time for students,” Arnold said. “So we encourage them to find positive ways to cope.”

The yoga instructor that evening was Kelly Shuman from Red Lotus Yoga in Arkadelphia.

Shuman is also an alumna of Henderson and said she enjoyed teaching the class to those who attended.

Shuman teaches yoga as a second job, her true passion is photography. She got her bachelor’s degree at Henderson in English, with minors in dance and photography.

She has been registered as a yoga teacher for two years now. She primarily teaches at the Red Lotus Yoga studio 5-7 hours a week.

However at times, she does teach yoga to the Henderson men’s basketball team.

“They are a great group of guys and I love doing yoga with them,” Shuman said, “Probably one of my favorite groups to teach ever.”

The event lasted about an hour as those in attendance laid on yoga mats, surrounded by tiny tea light candles while the smell of lavender and spearmint filled the fall air.

The event was open for anyone who wanted to attend, from yoga experts to those just wanting to try it out for the first time.

Shuman offered modifications as needed and helped everyone learn the right technique.

According to Arnold, those in attendance seemed to enjoy it and thought it was good exercise.

The Health and Counseling Center said they plan to hold more events like this in the future.

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OPINION BY DAX GUILLIAMS — PARODY IMAGE BY JORDAN JONES BASED ON AN IMAGE © MARVEL STUDIOS Hawkeye and Green Arrow are two of the greatest and most underrated superheroes in comics. Thanks to Marvel’s cinematic universe and DC’s successful TV shows, the two are gaining more mainstream attention.

These two archers have some of the best storylines and they both have personalities like no other.

Hawkeye is one of the coolest and funniest comic characters ever created.

He’s the whole reason I even care about the Avengers movies.

He’s the kind of character with comics that you can just jump into and have a good read.

All anyone needs to know when going into a Hawkeye comic is that he’s an amazing archer, he has hearing problems and he has many other problems besides his hearing.

This guy is so accident prone and so bad with women that I thought he was based off of me when I first started reading the comic.

I believe that, years from now, readers will look at Matt Fraction’s run on Hawkeye as one of the greatest comic storylines of all time. Fraction’s Hawkeye is so good that he was invited onto late night talk shows to talk about it.

And I’m praising both characters that have gone by the title of Hawkeye. While Clint Barton is one of my favorite comic characters of all time, Kate Bishop is also a great character.

Honestly, I prefer reading about her sometimes just because of how snarky she can be at any given time.

And while his role in the first Avengers movie wasn’t too good, Hawkeye was my favorite part of the sequel. I think Jeremy Renner plays Hawkeye so well and it’s easy to tell that he really likes the character.

And he’s going to be in “Captain America: Civil War” so there’s my reason

for going to see the movie when it’s released.

Green Arrow has been a large character in comics for many years, but has never really received a lot of praise until recently due to the popular TV show based on the character.

He became such an interesting character when DC moved away from making him so much like Batman and just made him the most liberal person you could imagine.

It gives him a lot of character and makes his storylines so interesting. One of the main things I like when DC puts their heroes together is when they take Green Arrow, the liberal he is, and team him up with characters that are more conservative.

One comic storyline that is considered to be one of the best does just that. The original “Green Lantern Featuring Green Arrow” comics were mostly about the political differences of the two characters and how that influenced their decisions as superheroes.

But I also think Green Arrow’s solo comics are also very interesting. Kevin Smith, the director behind the movie “Clerks,” has written some of the best Green Arrow comics and is also responsible for bringing the character back into the limelight.

And me being the huge nerd that I am, I watch any TV show that has anything to do with comics. The “Arrow” series is one of my favorites and it helped spark the other shows based on other characters from DC Comics.

While the more recent seasons haven’t been as good as the earlier ones, the show is still one of the best things to watch on TV right now.

The show does tend to focus on relationships a bit much, but I still think everything is handled pretty well. Plus, they have the Suicide Squad on there.

It’s like this show was designed for people like me to like it.

These two characters are just so interesting and they’re very similar. They’re both archers, they have perfect accuracy and I don’t find them pretentious like so many other current comic characters.

And how do you not love the idea of trick arrows? Sure, they don’t make sense, but plenty of things in comics don’t make sense.

Green Arrow even had an arrow that had a nuclear bomb attached to it. That’s so cool that I had to type it, delete what I typed and then type it again.

I imagine a few people are thinking that they don’t count as superheroes because they don’t have superpowers. You could not be more wrong.

They do have superpowers. I don’t think it’s humanly possible to do several backflips then fire multiple arrows, all of which hit their mark, but these guys do it with a smile on their face.

If you want to read about these characters, the library has copies for you to read.

You want Hawkeye? They’ve got it.

You want Green Arrow? They’ve got that too.

You want Wonder Woman? She wasn’t mentioned in this article until now, but yeah, they’ve got some of her stories too.

Archery and comics together are an amazing thing and these two characters prove it. And since both of the characters are getting even more popular, they’ll continue to appear in comics and more.

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ARKTOBERFEST: WHY ARKADELPHIA? Local Fall Festival proves to be a hit

STORY BY DOM CELLA — PHOTOS COURTESY OF CLAYA GONZALES Arktoberfest, the craft beer festival and catfish cook-off in downtown Arkadelphia — what better way to bring in the fall spirit? A previous story in the “Oracle” detailed the events and outlook of the festival coming to town. And let’s just say it exceeded expectations. The events of the festival started off bright and early at 8 a.m., on October 10, in downtown Arkadelphia. I showed up just past noon and the festival was already off to a great start.

The brewers and catfish cooking teams, who showed up at 6 a.m. that morning, were already down to business with their busy schedules.

For an event that drew in “more than 3,000 people, there were really no problems,” co-coordinator Bryan DeBusk said.

“The only issues I am aware of are a police report of a drunken man leaning on a light post and giving a cop a beer token when asked for his ID, and a runaway golf cart that took out a fryer,” DeBusk said.

DeBusk and co-coordinator Jonathan Gonzales talked about a second-annual event next fall.

“We are definitely looking to do next year, even if we don’t take charge of it ourselves,” Debusk said, “It will get done by someone; the toughest part is getting the brewers out.”

When DeBusk asked what would draw in more college students, the idea of a beer pong tournament came into mind and all I got back from him was a thoughtful smile.

The price to get into the festival was $30 for a ticket, which got you beer and catfish. At first this price seemed a bit steep to many people I had talked with.

“When I bought my ticket, I thought 30 bucks was a little much to pay for 15 samples of beer and some catfish, but then when I got there, I realized it was really a great time and I got all the beer and fish I could drink,” Bret Vallun, of Arkadelphia said.

All you needed was a wristband showing you are 21, after proof

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WINNER — Rio Cummins takes first place of the Rock City Eats Appetizer Challenge.

of age of course, and some beer tokens, and you could drink your fill. Of the brewers there, Lost Forty Brewers and Bubba Brew’s Brewing Company topped the list of most tokens received, my personal favorite was Diamond Bear Brewing Company.

When the 1,600 pounds of fish showed up frozen the day before the festival and the chairs and tables were not delivered on time, it almost brought the festival to a grinding halt. However, DeBusk and Gonzales were able to improvise and get all the fish defrosted and seating taken care of before opening the gates to get the cookoff underway.

The winners of the catfish cook-off were “Certifried” a team of locals including: Derek Phillips, Shelly Lowe and Nikki Chandler, who took home a nice cash prize of $2,000.

The appetizer cook-off also went off without a hitch and winner Rio Cummings with his Fried and Battered Ribs took first prize of $500.

Although the food and beer were both great, what is a festival without live music? Arktoberfest also had a live stage where Little Rock band John Neal Rock and Roll took the spotlight as the fan favorite. Triple Threat from Benton also performed for a more family oriented show as well as the Henderson Tuba Choir.

“None of this would have been possible without the efforts of our staff, volunteers, Henderson Greek life and the city’s hard work. We would like to thank everyone, because we know we will leave people out,” DeBusk said.

“The brewers have already expressed their interest” in coming out again next year.

I feel that this event truly brought in a much needed crowd and livelihood to our downtown area and I cannot wait to see more public events take place that appeal not only to college students, but also the families of this town and our neighbors.

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HOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGS “PEARL’S GIRLS: A ONE ACT PLAY” Garvan Gardens Anthony Chapel, 550 Arkridge Rd. Sunday, Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. free

“Pearl’s Girls,” is an award winning one-act play, written and directed by local author Isobel McQuiston. Pearl’s girls are four mature sisters who are meeting in their family home to discuss and decide what they should do with the home and its contents.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia, description courtesy of hotsprings.org

DRUM CIRCLE AT THE FINE ART CENTER Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, 626 Central Ave. Sunday, Oct. 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. free The Rhythmic Interactive Percussion Experience is led by True Alisandre, where the public is invited to play and explore instruments with musicians. Many percussive instruments are available including: drums, tambourines, rattles and found objects that have interesting musical sounds.

Image courtesy of FAC of Hot Springs, description courtesy of hotsprings.org

PUMPKIN LIGHT NIGHT Hot Springs Hight School, Reese Memorial Stadium Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. free The HSSD will host its first Pumpkin Light Night, which is a family event designed to showcase student offerings and provide the community with a fun event.

Pumpkin creations will be on display along with food trucks and entertainment for children.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia

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Reddies win 41-3 and lead the GAC

STORY BY ALVIN STUCKEY ­— PHOTO COURTESY OF HSU SPORTS INFORMATION down to the Reddie 3-yard line After their 22-17 victory only to be stood up by HSU’s goal against Harding, the Henderson line defense. UAM would score State Reddies traveled to Monticello to face the University of Ar- with a 20-yard field goal by Jamie kansas at Monticello Boll Weevils. McGee to make the score 14-3, HSU (6-1) routed UAM 41-3 to HSU. Henderson went into halftime with their 11 point lead. win their fifth straight game and The third quarter would not they also took first place in the Great American Conference with see much action from either team.

The only score of the quarter this win.

The first quarter was at a stand- came from HSU by way of a 38yard field goal by Ray to increase still with both teams punting the the Reddie lead to 17-3. ball on their first possessions.

As the game headed into the This would all change at the fourth quarter HSU’s offense and 2:57 mark of the first quarter. defense would click on all cylinOn the first play of their secANTICIPATION — Redshirt senior tailback Ryan McDonald prepares to take the ders. ond drive of the quarter, Jaquan snap against the Boll Weevils.

At the start of the final periCole broke free for an 80-yard ended when Leppert threw his Cameron Sonnier. Sonnier od, Tavares Garner intercepted touchdown run. After Houston third interception of the quarter. would return the interception Ray hit the extra point it made the a Hunter Leppert pass. Garner Jonathan Edouard intercepted returned the interception 25-yards 39-yards to the UAM 4-yard line. score 7-0, HSU. The score would Leppert’s pass in the end zone HSU would take advantage to the UAM 30-yard line. stay this way as the game shifted with five seconds in the game, HSU could not get into the end of their field position with a one into the second quarter. zone after the interception so they yard rushing touchdown by Calen which sealed the Reddie win.

After a three and out by UAM Dallas Hardison went 16 for 25 settled with a 44-yard field goal by Peters. HSU went up 34-3 after to open up the second quarter, from the field with 187 passing Ray’s extra point was good.

HSU would get the ball and set up Ray to make the score 20-3. yards. Black was 1 for 3 from the UAM went three and out on After an UAM punt, Hendershop at the UAM 46-yard line. the following possession and they field for 25 passing yards and one The Reddies went on a 12 play, son would start on their drive at touchdown. their 33-yard line. Cole rushed for punted the ball back to HSU. 46-yard scoring drive that lasted Cole led the team in rushing yards two first downs and a 6-yard gain Henderson would get the ball at a little over five minutes. The with 157 rushing yards and one drive was capped off with a three on the ground to start their drive. the UAM 36-yard line. touchdown. JaVante Mack led the Andrew Black would attack The drive was capitalized with yard rushing touchdown by Ryan team in receptions with four and the next drive on the ground an 8-yard rushing touchdown by McDonald. The extra point was yards with 55. and through the air. Black would Rodney Bryson. The extra point good so it increased Henderson’s Henderson State has its homeconnect with Peters on a 25-yard would go through so it made the lead to 14-0. coming Saturday. The Reddies touchdown pass. Ray would hit score 27-3, HSU. UAM’s only scoring drive of the extra point, which pushed the will take the field against SAU The Reddie defense would the game would come on a 21 at 2 p.m. at Carpenter-Haygood play, 67-yard drive that lasted over pick off another Leppert pass on score to 41-3, HSU. Stadium.

UAM would try to mount a UAM’s next drive. This time the seven minutes. The Boll Weevil final drive but their hopes were interception was at the hands of offense would get all the way

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HEADS UP — Kaylie Pyles, sophomore, kills it against Southeastern Oklahoma on Friday evening.

WEEKEND WARRIORS Lady Reddies sweep weekend set of matches at home

STORY COURTESY OF HUNTER LIVELY AND TROY MITCHELL — ­ PHOTO BY SCOTT MCKINNON The Lady Reddies volleyball team has plenty of reasons to celebrate after winning two straight Great American Conference matches over the weekend The Lady Reddies defeated Southeastern Oklahoma 3-1 on Friday evening and followed that up by beating East Central 3-2 on Saturday in Arkadelphia.

The HSU volleyball team turned in an impressive performance on Friday evening at the Duke Wells Center.

HSU saw stellar play from Jessie Jacoby and Gabby Ginapp, each with 15 kills.

Ginapp hit at a team-high .545 percentage, while Kaylie Pyles also had a solid night contributing 14 kills at a .278 hitting percentage.

Violet Williams rounded out in kills for HSU, as she had six spikes.

Brea May dished out 35 set assists to lead the way for HSU, while Sydney Skelton led in digs with 17.

Skelton also contributed three service aces on the night, as the Reddies finished with eight.

Julianna Adams would also pitch in 12 set assists and two service aces.

HSU would take the first set from the Savage Storm by a score of 25-20 before falling in the second 25-12 to make the match score 1-1.

However, HSU would rally and take the next two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-21 to claim the victory.

The match ended as Jacoby was successful on a service ace to preserve the win.

The Lady Reddies returned to the court on Saturday afternoon to topple East Central 3-2 to complete the winning weekend.

After losing the first set, HSU rebounded to capture set two, as the Reddies compiled 10 kills led by Kaylie Pyles’ four winners. Pyles served out the final

seven points of the set, while Sydney Skelton had five key defensive digs in the set.

ECU used a .429 attack percentage to win set three and take a 2-1 lead in the match.

Again the Lady Reddies rallied to win the fourth set and tie the match. Jessie Jacoby collected eight kills to spark Henderson, while Pyles added six more kills.

With the set tied at 22-22, Henderson scored three straight points with Pyles having two winners while Jacoby added a spike of her own to tie the match.

The Lady Reddies look to continue their winning ways as they travel to Oklahoma this weekend for matches against GAC conference foes Northwestern Oklahoma State on Friday and Southwestern Oklahoma State, followed by a nonconference match against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Saturday.