2/27/17 Issue

@HSUORACLE www.hsuoracle.com Henderson State University – Monday, February 27, 2017 – Volume 112, Issue 6

ART ACCEPTED

Sophomores in the art department are reviewed by their professors. P. 5

THE ORACLE

THE ORACLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Emily R. Bell FACULTY ADVISER – Mike Taylor SPORTS/ONLINE EDITOR – Pete Tubbs OPINIONS EDITOR – Dax Guilliams PHOTO EDITOR – Joshua Bradley GRAPHIC DESIGNER – Natasha Cribbs BUSINESS MANAGER – Kansas Tye

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Have an opinion on an issue or response to what we said? Just want to rant about something for a while? Write us at ORACLE@HSU.EDU. We want to hear what you think. Hell, if it doesn’t suck, we’ll publish it in next week’s issue. Try to keep it between 400 and 600 words. Just like your Tumblr, we ignore anonymous submissions.

COVER Lauren Lollies presents her professional work created during her time in college to professors for her sophomore review.

Photo by Natasha Cribbs

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FEED THE CAMPUS Students struggle to find their next meal with little to no help available from the university and town.

NO GUNS A-BLAZIN HERE Student reporter Elizabeth Lau goes one-on-one with professor Megan Hickerson on the conceal-carry-on-campus issue.

RUNNING AND REVIEWING

Greek life massively took over the lecture hall for “Running the Yard” event, while sophomore art students presented their professional portfolios for major grading.

DAX AND THE CELLPHONES Our opinions editor covers the events of the latest Mobile Congress releases.

ORACLE ONLINE Our online format has more stories and full galleries of the latest games, news, and events. Go to hsuoracle.com and check out these latest stories:

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How-to Bowtie Full gallery of RFA’s sophomore review Students see their future with the Peace Corps Biggest Oscar Snubs of All-Time, poll Video interview with Dr. Megan Hickerson on the House Bill 1249

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Feb. 27, 2017

REDDIE NEWS

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Guns in the House: Bill 1249 met with staggering opposition Story by Elizabeth Lau, Student Reporter

The past two weeks universities have whomever is licensed to carry a firearm “It is not adequate to train seen a slew of amendments and rising on campus will be unknown. confusion over Arkansas House Bill 1249, One student proposed a predicament somebody to be the good guy which would allow faculty, staff, and stuthat if to happen would cause her wor- who is going to take down the dents over 25 to carry concealed firearms ries. bad guy.” on campus.

“If there are two, armed people in a So far, the majority of faculty, university standoff and police show up and see two — Megan Hickerson, professor presidents, and campus police chiefs across people with guns pointed at one another, instructors conduct the programs.

Arkansas oppose the bill. who do the police shoot and how do they To achieve a concealed-carry license, Charlie Collins (R), representative of know which is dangerous,” said Cheyanne the person must be at least 21 years old, Fayetteville, sponsored this bill.

Massey, senior English major. have never been convicted of a felony, not Due to on campus shootings, some suffer from mental/physical infirmity, and states have considered allowing firearms to “Any upside I can immediately have never been involuntarily committed be carried on campuses. think of would be in case of into an alcohol, domestic violence, or subArkansas is considering. Seventeen an active shooter situation.” stance abuse program, per NRA. Arkansas states have banned concealed-carry firedoes not provide uniform live-fire training —Austin Rowland, student. arms on campus, eight allow them, and as part of concealed-carry licensing. one allows only faculty to carry, per the “The kind of training you get to get a National Conference of State Legislators.

Arkansas Democratic-Gazette contacted carry permit is not the proper training. It is Accidents have been reported from the al- spokesmen from Arkansas’ 10 four-year not adequate to train somebody to be the lowing schools. All incidents were non-fa- universities asking if they formally supgood guy who is going to take down the tal. ported or opposed the bill. Nine out of 10 bad guy,” said Hickerson.

Megan Hickerson, associate professor of universities oppose the bill. Henderson had House Bill 1249 has been modified history and faculty senate president, owns a unanimous vote opposing the bill. several times since being proposed. Almost a concealed-carry license, but is opposed Other students have also been vocal every day, new ammendments and to firearms being on campus. about their thoughts on the issue. “Any up- revisions have been tacked on.

“University campuses are supposed to side I can immediately think of would be With more disputes to be had, House be places for the free exchange of ideas in case of an active shooter situation,” said Bill 1249 is still quite a ways from being and because that can often and sometimes Austin Rowland, senior history major. passed, and could face more revisions still involve contentious issues, arguments, and Lawmakers have discussed requiring what with its steady opposition speaking debate, I don’t see the benefit in introduc16 hours of active shooter training. Curout to ensure utmost safety on Arkansas ing anything that could make that a more rent training for a concealed-carry license campuses. dangerous situation,” said Hickerson. is preformed through a state mandated This story will continue to receive The Freedom of Information Act proprogram. updates as news surrounding the bill hibits state police from releasing personal Arkansas State Police have an 18-page unfold. information from concealed-carry limanual containing the minimum requirecense applicants. If the bill is to be passed, ments and concealed handgun safety

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REDDIE NEWS

Students in poverty struggle to find accessible food resources Story by Serene Garcia, Student Reporter As the semester goes on, an issue that becomes more and more prevalent is food accessibility. Only a few students have been identified that have been faced with the issue, but the common belief is that it is a far more wide spread need than that.

“Majority of our students are first generation low income students,” said Brenda Hagerich, assistant director of student support services.

The problem that is confronted when it comes to helping those students is identifying those who need help.

provide food for those in need. Opening a food pantry on campus is a difficult undertaking that would take would serious dedication.

“It would have to be someone responsible.

It would require a full-time staff,” said Salazar.

Salazar came to Henderson with the idea to open a food pantry, but soon dropped the idea due to the limited space and resources.

Despite the limited number of people who have stepped out and asked for help, there are real needs that need to be met. There are times in life that everyone wants to get past, and for some that time is now.

“It is disturbing to know that we have “We know school is a redemp tive process. It is a way out of students on our campus who may not poverty,” said Dr. Shepherd, vice have enough food to eat.” president or student and external affairs.

—Glenn Jones, University President The proof for the need of better resources for low income students “There is a stigma. They don’t want to be seen is not only in the students that are going hungry, or heard of,” said Veronikah Salazar, associate but also in the students that have no choice but dean of students. It is a humbling thing to say to shower on campus. “We find students taking that there is a need for something as basic as showers here,” said Salazar. food, but people coming forward is exactly what Henderson does not have a program that is in is necessary for there to be a real change in the place primarily to help students that find themsituation. selves under these kinds of financial pressures, “It is disturbing to know that we have students and has not made a move to create one. Howevon our campus who may not have enough food er, there are solutions that can be pursued for the to eat. Clearly, we need a better mechanism for betterment of the campus community that can identifying these students and helping them find take place among the students. assistance in the campus community,” said university president “There is a stigma; they don’t want to Glenn Jones. be seen or heard of.”

There are only few cases that have come to the attention of Dr. —Veronikah Salazar Shepherd as well as the TRIO program each year. Because of the small number of There are “meal plans donated to students, people coming forward, there is not a program in and programs for sharing your meals that is place for students who need assistance in obtain- going across the nation,” said Salazar. There is a ing food. program called The Little Free Pantry that places Henderson does not have a food pantry of its a box on a street that is filled by the community own, but there are some in Arkadelphia that will with food and other essentials, and anyone can

go and take what they need. There is not a shortage of solutions or a shortage of students who could use the help.

The need for a program assisting students who cannot meet their basic needs on their own becomes more obvious as the semester goes on and students feel the financial strain of being full time students.

A solution needs to be created that allows students to voice their needs with dignity so that they can better enjoy this time in their lives without sacrificing their wellbeing.

Graphic by Natasha Cribbs, Graphic Designer

Feb. 27, 2017

ARTS&MUSIC

Run the yard

Event summary by Pete Tubbs, Online Editor Last Thursday, greek life held a Running Yard show in the Garrison Lecture hall. This fund raising event was a showcase for the talents of over a dozen greek organizations.

Hundreds of students were packed in the relatively small room, and the greek chapters lined the walls. When announced, the performers would form a line and trot throughout the room and then end up on stage where they would end their performance.

The tickets were two dollars a piece unless you brought canned food, which would grant you free admission. Run the yard was so successful that there were students literally lined up out the door and onto the sidewalk outside of the Garrison, it was definitely an event to behold and one that has been tradition at Henderson for dozens of years.

The money raised will help the greek organizations hold events like this in the future. Students not sure whether or not greek life is for them should look no further than the step show for evidence that shows just how much fun and fellowship these organizations can bring to Henderson’s campus.

Photo by Pete Tubbs Zeta Phi HSU’s Zeta does their thing on stage.

Sophomores sweatin their reviews Photo by Natasha Cribbs, Graphic Designer

Photo by Pete Tubbs “Out-of-towners” Kappa Alpha Psi performs in the isles.

Lauren Lollies, sophomore art major, presents her work to professor of digital art and design, David Stoddard, on Thursday.

Full gallery of the event available online at hsuoracle.com.

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OPINIONS

A Congress That is Actually Smart Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinion Editor Image by Mobile World Congress There are many conferences that show off the latest in smartphone news, but none compare to the Mobile World Congress.

This year’s Mobile World Congress is taking place in Barcelona this week and plenty of new smartphones and mobile technology have already been shown off.

One smartphone that was shown off that kind of impressed me is Blackberry’s newest phone, the Blackberry KEYone.

I didn’t expect the KEYone to be that interesting, but the phone does look pretty cool.

It has the standard physical keyboard Blackberry devices have, but its been remade in a way to be more modern and more user friendly.

They also put the fingerprint sensor of the space bar which was a very smart idea.

The KEYone was also designed to be as small as it could be so that it would be easy to hold with one hand. Personally, I want smartphones to get bigger with tons of new features shoved into them, but I understand that some people like smaller devices.

While the Blackberry KEYone is looking to be the best Blackberry ever, I still wouldn’t buy it. It is set to be priced at around five-hundred dollars, but the specs aren’t good enough for that price. You can get phones with better specs at the same price.

But to Blackberry’s credit, they are the only ones still releasing smartphones with physical key-

boards, which some people do want.

So far into this year’s MWC, LG has really been stealing the show with their official reveal of the LG G6. Some people didn’t have high hopes for the G6 because of how disappointing the G5 was.

LG really listened to what people were saying and they’ve made one of their best-looking phones to date.

One of the best things about the G6 is that it tossed away all of the sub-par gimmicks the G5 had.

There are no stupid attachments that barely even work for the G6, so LG focused on making a high-quality phone, which is what companies need to do.

Most smartphone lovers don’t want fancy gimmicks that don’t add quality to the phone. We just want phones with great features, great specs and that work properly.

Speaking of gimmicks that aren’t good, Nokia is bringing back the Nokia 3310. The Nokia 3310 is a throwback to old cellphones that are

built like bricks.

I can see the appeal to have a really cheap phone that will survive almost anything, but this doesn’t seem like a good purchase to me.

Let’s just say for a minute that I wanted a cheap, durable, working phone for emergencies or whatever.

I would just buy a budget phone and put it in a case.

Maybe I’m just too obsessed with high-end phones and what they bring to the table to see the benefits of a phone like the Nokia 3310.

As of the day I’m putting this article together, Samsung is having their big event at MWC. I would be excited for this, but Samsung said that they would only show a short teaser for the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Really Samsung? You’re not gonna show off your most important product of the year at the biggest smartphone conference with only a few months until you release the phone?

This would be the perfect time to

show the Galaxy S8 and what it can do, but no, Samsung just wants to show off their tablets and laptops.

Hopefully, Samsung will actually show off a lot of the Galaxy S8 with their teaser or hopefully it’s a trick and they actually will show off the Galaxy S8.

Huawei also had an event at MWC, but it didn’t exactly come with good news for Americans. As much as I’ve loved every Huawei phone I’ve ever seen, Huawei’s next major phone, the P10, is not coming to America. I would cry, but I have to finish writing this article.

MWC will continue until March 2 and other companies still have yet to show off their mobile products.

Sony is going to show off some stuff and I’m sure Microsoft will have an event to show off their next smartphone that no one will buy.

For the rest of the week, you can watch MWC live on their website or from livestreams that are happening on Youtube.

Feb. 27, 2017

GAMES

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Softball hardball

SPORTS

Story by Tyler Freeman, Student Reporter In the first game of four against Oklahoma Baptist, the Reddies defeated the Lady Bison by a score of 6-0. The Reddies scored their runs in spirts, scoring 3 runs in the second and the fifth.

In the bottom of the second, Kaitlyn Felder led the inning off with a double and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt. Ashleigh Erb doubled to left field and plated Felder. With two outs and Erb standing on second, Shayla Wright belted a home run and the

Photo by Cassidy WItherspoon Michelle Sorensen pitches another strike.

Reddies led 3-0.

Alyssa Dixon led the fifth inning off with an infield single, Wright singled to left, and Alexis Morton also singled to left field to load the bases. With two outs and the bases loaded, Keirsten Seahorn hit a three run double off the wall to set the score at 6-0.

Michelle Sorensen pitched all seven innings in the circle to pick up the win, while only allowing four hits.

In the second game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Lady Bison defeated the Reddies 4-3 in eight innings.

The Lady Bison struck first scoring three unearned runs in the top of the second to lead 3-0.

The Reddies began to chip away at the lead in the bottom of the second, as Seahorn led off with a double and scored on a single by Erb. The Lady Bison led 3-1.

The Reddies tied the score at 3 in the bottom of the fifth when Olivia Trapp singled to right field to plate Seahorn and Morton.

Both offenses were quiet in the sixth and seventh, and at the end of regulation the game was tied at 3.

The Lady Bison picked up a run in the top of eighth and the Reddies failed to score in the bottom half to set the final.

Cayleigh Guthrie took the loss for the Reddies, and Seahorn finished the game 2-3 at the plate.

In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Reddies defeated the Lady Bison 5-3.

The Reddies struck first in the bottom of the first as Selena Mendoza hit a single that plated Seahorn and Morton. The Reddies led 2-0.

The Reddies struck again in the second as Dixon was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a single by Wright. Dixon stole third and scored on a throwing error by the catcher and the Reddies led 3-0.

The score did not change until the top of the fifth, when the Lady Bison scored one run. The Lady Bison scored again in the top of the sixth, and the Reddies led 3-2.

In the bottom of the sixth the Reddies picked up two insurance runs, as Courtney Warren doubled with two outs and Morton blasted a two-run home run over the left field wall and the Reddies led 5-2.

The Lady Bison added one run in the top of the seventh to set the final at 5-3. In her first start, Sydney Bonner picked up the win throwing five innings and only allowed three hits. Sorensen picked up the save for the Reddies.

In the final game of the series, the Reddies defeated the Lady Bison 8-0 in five innings.

The Reddies scoring began in the second inning, as the Reddies loaded the bases with three singles.

Erb hit a double that plated Mendoza and Garza.

Shayla Wright walked with the bases loaded to score Trapp. Warren then grounded out to plate Erb and the Reddies led 4-0. The Reddies were not done in the second, as Seahorn doubled with two outs to score Morton and Wright and the lead was 6-0.

The Reddies scored the final two runs of the game in the third when Trapp singled to score Garza.

Trapp scored when Dixon tripled to right field to set

Photo by Cassidy Witherspoon It’s hard to keep book during an exciting game. the final at 8-0.

Sorensen pitched all five innings, allowing only one hit while striking out seven batters. She appeared in three of the four games over the weekend.

“The first day I was not throwing as good. Today it was an all-around effort as everyone was hitting good, the defense played good, and I pitched good.

It was an all-around win” said Michelle Sorensen, a junior psychology major.

The Reddies are now 9-7 on the season and are 3-1 in GAC play. The women return to action on Friday in Searcy for a four game GAC series.