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Henderson State University — Monday, April 10, 2017 Volume 112, Issue 9

SMOKIN’

Media students made HSU proud at the Arkansas College Media conference. P. 3

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 – 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 “The Smoker #9” by Tom Wesselmann was one of many works seen at Crystal Bridges during media students’ trip to Bentonville.

Photo by Emily Bell

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TITLE IX It’s the one before Title X.

ON THE QUAD

KSWH held a pop-up party on the quad last Tuesday, with pies and prizes for many.

DAXSONA

Our opinions editor reviews Atlus’s recent game, Persona 5.

SUCKIN’ BALLS?

The softball and baseball teams’ seasons took a dive last week.

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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April 10, 2017

REDDIE NEWS

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Students ignore Title IX requirements Story by Tyler Freeman, Student Reporter 81 percent. 3,126 students.

These students have not started the mandatory Building Community training. All Henderson students are supposed to complete the Title IX training by the end of the semester.

During Wednesday’s meeting of the faculty senate, it was stated that Henderson is not in federal compliance because all students have not completed the online training. For Henderson to be in federal compliance, all students must complete the training.

“It is a public health issue,” Dr. Stephen Adkison, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said.Building community provides training on how students can protect themselves on campus.

The goal of the training is to hopefully avoid situations such as sexual assault and stalking on campus. It was originally stated that students would not be allowed to enroll in future courses if they had not completed the training.

“We will not unenroll students,” said Adkison.

Adkison assured the senate that all students will be able to enroll, even if they have not completed the training. During the meeting, discussion on how to make sure the students complete the training occurred.

“We are looking to possibly have freshmen do the training during heart start,” said Adkison.

If the training happens during heart start, then all incoming freshmen will have the training complete. That just leaves upper-class students that will have to complete the training. Once the freshmen complete the training during heart start, a follow up will occur during Henderson seminar.“We have many student organizations on campus,” Dr. Laura Storm, professor of voice, said. “What if we can encourage the leadership of these organizations to require its members to complete the training?”The senate thought that it was a great idea, and Dr. Adkison said that he will take that idea back.

Henderson has many student groups and if these groups will require their members to com-

plete the training, the number of students that have not begun or completed the training will drasticallydecrease.

“Once we get in compliance, it will be easier to catch new students,” Dr. Allison Vetter, Title IX coordinator, said. The goal is to get the current students to complete the training so Henderson will be in compliance, and then a plan can be put in place for future students to complete the necessary training. “The training only takes 45 minutes,” said Vetter.The training consists of four videos, and each video is followed by four quizzes.

The training covers: forming healthy relationships, sexual assault, stalking, and bystander intervention. While Henderson will not unenroll the 3,126 students that have not completed the training, Dr. Adkison would like to see most students complete the training by the end of the spring semester.

Media students win awards at ACMA Summary and photo by Emily Bell, Editor in Chief Media students went to the Arkansas Media College Association in Bentonville last Thursday and Friday. The conference had media-oriented sessions, topics including how to properly manage social media for your business, and the use of drones in journalism and filmmaking.

Awards were presented to several student media publications from universities across the state.

The Oracle won second place for Best Front Page Layout for their “Beware of Tigers” cover from Battle of the Ravine week.

Innovative media students, Emily Bell and Jared Kelsay, won first place in Multimedia Package for their mini documentary, “A Walk Down Avenue Q.”

HTV also swept up a couple of awards, specifically through television editor Jacob Lankford.

Lankford won first place in computer graphics for “Henderson Today.”

Communications student and radio staff member, Caleb Williams, also snagged a first place award for KWSH in Radio Imaging.

The media students would like to thank the department for covering the cost of the trip. Thanks specifically goes to professors Mike Taylor and Bill Sutley for organizing the trip and chauffeuring.

Congratulations Oracle, KSWH, and HTV Students toured Crystal Bridges after the ACMA conference. staff for a year’s worth of hard work.

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REDDIE NEWS The Pulse poppin on the quad Story by Victoria Garibay, Student Reporter / Photos by Emily Bell, Editor in Chief A stack of silver pie pans glisten in the sun with three bottles of whip cream beside them.

They sit on a table next to a roll of tickets and a safety deposit box. Music blares from the speakers as two women in sunglasses sit at the table, exchanging dollars for tickets and pies.

The music stops and a voice comes across the speakers, “Welcome to the pulse pop-up party music festival!” Students passing by the quad on the way to their Tuesday classes stop to listen.

“We are about to start the pie throwing so come on over to those girls and buy a ticket.”

Behind the table, five people in a half circle wearing plastic bibs and shower caps, preparing to be hit in the face with a pie.

“Getting pied in the face was messy, but it tasted okay so I didn’t mind too much,” senior mass media major, Randy Johnson said, “It was a fun event and I hope campus media does some more things like that.”

Johnson was the only student pied in the face.

The rest were faculty and staff members. Two admissions counselors, Patrick Shepard and Addison Hausler, Martin W. James, a professor of political science, and Belford William, the resi-

Behind the scenes at the Pop-Up party: KSWH staff runs the contests. dent hall spec-area coordinator, were also pied in Amato said. Amato won the second root beer the face by several students. chugging contest, winning a $25 gift card to the The pie throwing wasn’t the only mini-event Copper Penny Pub in Hot Springs. happening. There was a This event was done to introduce students to game of giant beer pong, the radio station, while also giving students some root beer chugging activities to do on campus. contests, and a game “For me, the music festival was the radio staof guessing how many tion coming out of hiding and out of the shadows beans were in a cup. of the dimly lit room in the Garrison,” junior Most of these games innovative media major, Dominque McKissick ended with the winsaid, “I think the event went very well and I like ners getting prizes like the everyone who came out had a good time.” t-shirts and gift cards.

Five people stood covered in whip cream wait“The radio station ing for the paper towels. Radio staff ran inside provided great games looking. The sun was melting the whip cream and entertainment, but and it was dripping down the plastic bibs. The pie my favorite part had throwing was over and all that was left was the to be when I was in mess and the music. the root beer chugging contest,” Sophomore mass media major, Kara McKissick competes with student, Carlos Stuart, in the rootbeer chugging contest.

April 10, 2017

ARTS&MUSIC

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Black and white and read all over Story and photos by Cassidy Witherspoon, Student Reporter Unconventional.

That is the best description of the works both Kayla Allen and Megan Hughes chose to display in their senior art exhibits.

Most people think of art and automatically think either drawing or painting. Neither were the mediums that the two students chose.

Kayla Allen loves music. She loves the reactions of people to music. It only makes sense that her art show reflects her love of music and its affect.

“I’ve been going to tons of music festivals for a while,” Allen said.

Allen titled her show “Alive in the Lights.”

Her show unveiled a magazine that she designed. In the magazine, she doesn’t just talk about music, she talks about the emotion of music. She discusses the excitement of being at a music festival, the thrill of playing a gig and the sincere happiness of getting a big break.

Allen wanted to do a magazine because she feels there aren’t as many constraints on what she can produce.

“I’m really creative and free spirited,” said Allen, who considers the freedom in magazine designing to reflect this aspect of herself.

Allen’s favorite picture is one she took of a band playing its final show before they broke up. The band members are going all out, the lights are just Allen’s spread of local musician and student, Caleb Williams. right, the smoke isn’t too heavy and the procrastinate. crowd is loving it.

Megan Hughes loves stories.

Allen hopes to work at Digital Effects in TexarAll art tells some sort of story, but all of kana after graduation. She wants to continue her Hughes’ works in her exhibit worked together print design passion there. to explain a central idea. Her works were deAllen took only one semester to decide what signed to accompany a children’s book, which she to put in the magazine, what to write for it and claimed was a friend’s idea. how the layout should be. Allen advises all stuThe story that Hughes tells with her show is dents, especially future senior art students, not to the story of a dandelion named Tera who works

Hughes with her piece, “The Bee Settles on Top of Terra’s Petals.

to grant a child’s wish.

She titled her show “What’s Your Wish?”

Not only was her show cute, but it also has a deeper meaning. She hopes people grasp that our wishes are ours to seize and no one can tell us otherwise.

Hughes’ chosen method of art for this particular show is called stippling. This includes making many hand drawn dots in order to create value.

She chose to do her show in black and white because she feels that color influences the viewers.

The method is very monotonous and often takes many hours. Her favorite piece, The Bee Settles on Top of Tera’s Petals, took a total of 24 hours to complete.

Hughes also went the extra mile and created all her frames herself.

After graduating, Hughes has a job already lined up at Magna IV where she hopes to build her print making career and one day she hopes to create a book.

6 Persona 5 Out of 5

OPINIONS

Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinions Editor / Graphic by Natasha Cribbs, Graphic Designer After waiting for years of development and almost a year of delays, “Persona 5” has finally been released and it has lived up to all of my expectations.

“Persona 5” was one of my most anticipated releases this year and after playing it, I think it just might be the best game released in 2017.

The “Persona” series has a special place in my heart after playing the fourth entry to the series when it was first released. When it comes to turn-based RPGs, there is nothing else like them.

Each game has such amazing stories filled with tons of mystery and supernatural elements and the characters are some of the best in any video game.

The story of “Persona 5” begins with the main character being arrested for assaulting a man who is harassing a woman. He is then transferred to the care of an older man and put on probation.

On his first day at his new high school, he and another one of the main characters are pulled into a shadowy world that mirrors their own, which they decide to investigate.

Along the way, they and others access their inner power called Personas and discover that they can change the hearts of evil people and make them confront their crimes.

Through this, they become phantom thieves and set out to steal the hearts of the evil.

This game is full of anime nonsense and I love it.

A staple of the “Persona” series since the third installment is the use of social links. By spending time with the major characters, you deepen your bonds with them and as a result, you can strengthen the personas you create.

So you’re basically spending a lot of your time as a high school student until you decide to enter the other world and pursue a target as a phantom thief.

I like the social links in this game the most, not only because I like the characters in this game more, but also because you finally gain other benefits from the characters that aren’t a part of the phantom thieves.

Plus, this game has my boy Ryuji in it. He’s easily my new favorite character in this series since he combines the best points of my past favorite characters all into one perfect character.

I also love the theme of everyone’s personas. In the past couple of games, the themes have been Greek and Japanese mythology, but the theme of them this time around are thieves of legend.

While the main character can have multiple personas, his first one is Arsene Lupin, the thief created by French writer Maurice Leblanc. The other main personas include Zorro, Captain Kidd and others.

While some turn-based RPGs can be really annoying when it comes to the battle system, “Persona 5” takes the battle system of the fourth game and makes improvements upon it. “Persona 4” already

had one of the best battle systems, so this games is somehow even better.

It’s much easier to deal with enemies and control the flow of battle and you don’t have to do as much grinding like in other turn-based RPGs. I also love the environments in this game. The city of Shibuya is so nice to look at and explore and the other world looks so nice too. I was very impressed by the second area of the other world because it took place in this massive, shadowy museum where you dodge lasers and leap into paintings to get around.

While I haven’t finished the game yet, “Persona 5” is already my favorite entry to the series.

The only way my mind would change if there is suddenly a massive drop in quality at the end of the game, but I doubt that will happen.

I would strongly recommend “Persona 5” to people who want a game with great character and a great story with fun gameplay.

You don’t have to worry about playing the other entries in the series before this one because each game is independent from the others, but you should play them too since they’re great games.

April 10, 2017

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GAMES Keep your mind sharp and16, your hours FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 2017 less numbing puzzle. Answers Los Angeles with Times this Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis in next week’s issue.

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69 Foofaraw 70 “American Buffalo” playwright 71 Erie Canal city 72 Passel 73 More than amuses 74 Greenery DOWN 1 Splitting target 2 Short cuts 3 Reagan-era slogan

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11 “Sons of Anarchy” actor Rossi 12 Brainy bunch 13 Passing remark?

14 Beef cuts 19 Field 24 Alternative energy vehicle 26 Unreserved way to go 28 “Hulk” star Eric 30 Fly-__: air passes 31 Juicer’s juice?

33 Nonsense 34 “__ Holden”: Irving Bacheller novel 36 Cactus League spring training city 37 Neil deGrasse Tyson subj.

Last week’s answers

2/16/17

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 Gownlike Roman garment 6 Like teary eyes 11 Sculpted physique, briefly 14 Sky blue 15 Asteroids game company 16 Actor Vigoda 17 Zero or one 19 Japanese carp 20 Trunk of the body 21 Orchard rows 23 Internet ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 2/16/17 destination 27 Good 39 Blizzard restriction, 55 Respectful word Housekeeping 56 Pastoral piece perhaps since 40 Final Four publisher 1911 58 Stop-offs before matchup 28 Pilot Earhartbig dates, maybe 42 Rural storehouse 29 Leaning-on-the59 Muscat money 44 Plays usuallyhorn sounds 61 Rush job letters involving the SS 31 Hawk’s claw 63 “Knock it off!”

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2/7/17 Monday’s Puzzle Solved

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SPORTS

Both softball and baseball stumble this week Story by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor The Reddies women’s softball team played a quadruple header against SAU last weekend and yielded less than successful results. Over four games, the women won one of them.

Abbie Dow of Southern Arkansas University scored the first run of the game on Friday, which was followed by six more runs by SAU. Michelle Sorensen made the only score for Henderson in the seventh inning.

The Reddies ended up losing 7-1 against SAU, but they had their chance at redemption with three more games to go against the visiting team.

The second game was perhaps more of an embarrassment for the home team, as the final score showed SAU defeating the women Reddies by seven to zero.

Things continued to regress for the Reddies softball team, as SAU was taken down at a score of a massive twelve to zero in the third outing. Every score of the game was scored within the third, fourth and fifth innings.

The fourth game was better to the home team, as they won at a score of six to one. Olivia Trapp scored the first run for the Reddies off of an Alexis Morton grounder to second base. Courtney Warren scored the next run, unearned, off of Selena Mendoza reaching on an error.

Trapp then singles to right field, sending Brooklynn Jimeson to home.

Jimeson singled soon after that to send Rebekah Teel to home for another score.

Southern Arkansas University crossed the home plate for the final score of the game with Marina Duran doubling to center field sending Jill Roye to home plate.

The Reddies men’s baseball team also played SAU, albeit in a dh, last week. The results were even worse for them than they were for the softball team.

Henderson did not score until the second inning, when Kearon Redmon singled to right field and sent Parker Jones to home. Dylan McCain and Redmon scored again to close out the second inning for the visiting team.

It wasn’t until the fourth inning that Alan Hall scored by way of Jordan Taylor reaching on an error. Nolan Ryan then homered to right field in the eighth for yet another score for the visiting team.

Colton Coffman sent a fly ball to right field to send Hayden Lessenberry across home plate for the final score of the game. The Reddies still lost the game, however, at a score of 11-7.

The second game began with a Parker Jones and Jordan Taylor score from a Taylor homer over the right field fence. This was followed up by seven scores from Southern Arkansas University.

Alan Hall sent a double down the center field line, which caused Joe Myers to score in the ninth. Parker Jones then sent Jackson Martin over home

plate by way of a single to center field.

Jordan Taylor followed that score up with a single to left field to send Alan Hall home. Colton Coffman reached on a fielder’s choice, advancing Parker Jones to score, ending the second game of the double header with a win from SAU. Although both of the softball and baseball teams did not have the most successful weekend, they return to action soon. Below is the updated schedule for the Reddies women’s softball team.

REDDIES SOFTBALL SCHEDULE SOUTHWESTERN WEATHERFORD, OK OKLAHOMA STATE (DH) 4.14.17 SOUTHWESTERN WEATHERFORD, OK OKLAHOMA STATE (DH) 4.15.17 OUACHITA BAPTIST (DH) ARKADELPHIA 4.18.17 NWOSU (DH) NWOSU (DH) SNU (DH) SNU (DH) GAC GAC

ARKADELPHIA 4.21.17 ARKADELPHIA 4.22.17 BETHANY, OK 4.28.17 BETHANY, OK 4.29.17 BENTONVILLE 5.04.17 BENTONVILLE 5.04.17

3 p.m. 5 p.m.

11 a.m., 1 p.m.

4 p.m., 6 p.m.

2 p.m., 4 p.m. noon, 2 p.m.

2 p.m., 4 p.m.

Noon, 2 p.m.

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