Rivals of the Ravine Coach Maxfield celebrates his perfect season and a Battle of the Ravine victory. See photos on page 6.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013
HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY
VOLUME 16, ISSUE 13
Reddies win ‘Battle’ in triple OT nailbiter Heath Sims Staff Writer Every fall, Henderson State University and OBU come together in a battle royale called Battle of the Ravine. The rivalry has thrived as one of the most unique in college football for 118 years. The only thing standing between these two schools is Arkansas Highway 7. The game this past Saturday marked the 87th anniversary of the first battle. Ouachita Baptist won that contest 8-0 against Arkansas Methodist College (Henderson’s moniker at the time). Students knew it was battle week when they ventured out and saw all the campus signs wrapped in plastic. Over the years, campus pranks have
taught each school that they must protect what is theirs. At HSU, the Showband of Arkansas’ honorary fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, volunteers to guard the Centurium, front fountain and football field. They take shifts from 7 p.m. until midnight, and a second shift to 5 a.m. “OBU watch is always a ton of fun,” Kaitlin Roll, senior, said. “It’s cold and the brothers hardly get any sleep, but we all bond over it. Nothing really that bad went down during the week. Had some bottles of rocks thrown at us and countless amounts of threats and sketchy drive-bys, but nothing too bad. It was a pretty good Battle of the Ravine week.”
Battle story continued on page 6...
Photo by Ryan Klare
Final three provost candidates set to visit campus Moe Skinner Staff Writer The hunt for Henderson’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs has advanced another step forward. Last Wednesday, Henderson announced it had narrowed its search and selected three candidates as finalists. Since January of this year, Henderson has been actively looking for the right individual to fill the spot. Dr. Risa Dickson was chosen for the position, but later declined to fulfill her obligation to the university. According to the Henderson’s academic resource webpage, the provost is “the senior academic officer” and its duties include “administering reinforcement and overlooking all academic and academic supported programs.” The provost is second highest position at Henderson, directly under the president. Now, after careful consideration to all applicants, Henderson has chosen Dr. Diane
Boothe, dean of the college of education of Boise State University, Dr. Patrick Hughes, associate vice provost of Texas Tech University and Dr. Stephen Adkison, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs of Eastern Oregon University, to participate in a public interview forum held in the Garrison Lecture Hall this week. Adkison is the first of the three to address the public. According to a press release in 1986, Adkison received his bachelor’s degree in English and teaching from Montana State University. He completed his master’s degree and in 2000, his Ph.D. in English and rhetoric and composition at the University of Nevada in Reno. Before serving as provost to his current university, Adkison served as associate provost and associate vice president for academic programming and review, interim director for the center for teaching and learning and faculty coordinator for assessment and program re-
view for academic affairs and office of institutional research at Idaho State University. Adkison is scheduled to speak on Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. Hughes is next on the list of candidates scheduled to appear. In 1994, Hughes obtained his bachelor of arts in speech communication from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. Two years later, Hughes received his Master of Science degree in communication research from Illinois State University. In 2000, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy and human communication research from the University of Denver. Hughes was the former department chair and later associate dean for academic affairs before accepting his current position of associate vice provost at Texas Tech University. Hughes elaborated on his mission to assist the faculty and President Jones in offering the most innovative, engaging undergraduate and graduate education available in the region.
“There are many conceptualizations of what engaged learning is,” Hughes said. “I define it as active learning, which entails significant undergraduate research, graduate research and service learning opportunities.” Hughes is scheduled to speak on Nov. 20 at 3:30 p.m. Boothe will wrap up the public forums with her proposal. Boothe attended California State University and obtained her bachelor of arts in English degree in 1974. She continued her education at California State University and graduated in 1979 with a Master of Science in school administration degree. In 1991, Boothe received her Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Southern California, School of Policy, planning and development. Boothe was previously the department chair and associate professor for University of West Georgia before accepting the position as dean at Boise State University in 2005.
Boothe said she was impressed and attracted to Henderson because “the comprehensive, captivating liberal arts foundation and President Jones’ remarkable vision.” She elaborated on her strategy for Henderson: “I am enthusiastic about providing collaborative academic leadership that will empower students to excel and create a predictable pathway to graduation.” Boothe concluded the interview with a message for the students. “This is a time of intense excitement and high-stakes opportunities as you tackle increasingly complex educational endeavors,” Boothe said. “I’m willing to tackle challenges and am sensitive to the needs of students and their educational goals.” Boothe is scheduled to speak on Nov. 25 at 3:30 p.m. All students are encouraged to attend the public forums and express their opinions of the candidates to the search committee at Henderson.
Scholarship overhaul gives prospective students more options Raven Lockhart Staff Writer Henderson announced the new scholarship structure for incoming freshmen to faculty and staff last Monday. The scholarships were revamped to help families afford higher education for their children and to also compete with surrounding institutions who offer similar awards. Lewis Shepherd, vice president of student and external affairs, says that there is no budget cut or adjustment at this time. However, over time there may need to be a budget adjustment, Shepherd said. In 2009, scholarships were just a flat rate, never moving up or down. Since 2009, the tuition has been raised four times, Shepherd said, including fees, housing and meal plan fees. Some of the fees were absorbed by
the scholarship, but some of the fees were passed on to the students. “Scholarships stayed the same,” Shepherd said, “but the cost and fees rose, which led to the decrease in value of the scholarship.” Currently, the average cost for an incoming freshman at Henderson is $13,458 per year, Shepherd said. Not only did cost and fees rise, but there was also the recent cuts made to the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship, which makes it even more difficult for students and families to afford higher education. Henderson created the HSU Challenge, which added $1,000 for students who had the Lottery and close to a 3.0 GPA. Shepherd said that the HSU Challenge Scholarship was created to get rid of the stickershock to parents and students. This year, the top high school students who earned a 30-36 on their ACT were eligible to
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receive $11,000 per year for the Distinguished Freshman Award. Eighteen scholarships were awarded, but only 12 students enrolled to receive the scholarship. Also, this year, the university Centurion Scholarship awarded 184 scholarships, but only 105 students enrolled. Where are all the other students going? Eighty-six percent of Henderson’s students are from Arkansas. Sixty-three percent of the students live within a 100-mile radius of Henderson, Shepherd said. Henderson’s toughest competitor is Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, with their highest scholarship awarding $14,000 per year. “We cannot out-price the other schools,” Shepherd said. “But we will provide a more competitive scholarship package.” The reason that Henderson
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was able to revamp and provide more awards was because so many students declined scholarships that were awarded in 2013. There were a total of 514 scholarships in 2013. Henderson over-awarded 614 scholarships and only 365 students showed up, Shepherd said. The new proposed academic scholarships are set to have freshmen that meet the requirements for the Distinguished Freshman Scholarship to receive $14,000 per year, the same amount as the competitor. Henderson has also revamped the Henderson Presidential Scholarship, the Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship, the Red and Gray Leadership Scholarship and the Community College Transfer Scholarship. The Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship was added to the Henderson scholarships, awarding 20 students with
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$5,000 per year. The Red and Gray Leadership Scholarship is the scholarship with the most anticipated success. “This scholarship is to help get students out of conditional admission,” Shepherd said. “It will get students to strive.” Students would have to have earned a 19-23 on their ACT and a 2.75 GPA to receive the award of $2,500 per year. Scholarships are limited and awards are on a first-come, first-serve basis. The priority deadline for scholarship application is Feb. 1, 2014. Shepherd encourages the faculty and staff to share this information so that students can take advantage of the scholarship application before the priority deadline. To see a full list of the revamped scholarships and criteria, visit hsu.edu/scholarships. “I feel good about these scholarships,” Shepherd said.
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