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Henderson State University — Monday, September 19, 2016 Volume 111, Issue 5

OUTDOORSY AF See what the Outdoor Recreation program has to offer on P. 3

THE ORACLE

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 Lake DeGray at sunset. Photo by Andrew Arnold, student reporter.

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GO OUTSIDE

Check out what HSU’s Outdoor Recreation program has to offer

MANSFIELD ON STAGE Get a glimpse into the life of a campus celebrity.

DAX ON THE PHONE Our opinions editor discusses upcoming phone releases. Can you hear him now?

CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP Reddies sweeping up more victories with last weekend’s killer win

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

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Sept. 19, 2016

REDDIE NEWS

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Getting out there: a peek into the Outdoor Recreation program Story by Andrew Arnold, Student Reporter With the leaves about to change color and the temperatures slowly cooling down, now is a great time to experience what the Dunn Recreation Center has to offer in outdoor recreation.

The Outdoor Programming and Wilderness Reddies department of the student recreation center offers a variety of outdoor rental equipment, adventure trips, and experiences for all students.

Outdoor leisure is easily accessible in the area, and is highly recommended by many long time locals of Arkadelphia.

“Outdoor Programming is a great way to stay physically active by mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, you name it” said Earl Beasley, coordinator of intramural sports and summer camps.

The department provides an assortment of activity trips for students. Earlier this month, students went to Little Rock Climbing Center with the program and ate out. The coordinators are always coming up with new events for students to take part in.

The Recreation Center is hosting a kayak race on the Caddo River on Sept. 24.. To compete in the Iron DeGray Race, students must pay a $5 entrance fee if they own their own kayak or students may also rent a kayak from the recreation center and compete for only $16. Non-Reddie contenders must pay a $20 entrance fee. For more information, and to sign up, visit the Dunn Recreation Center.

Along with kayaks, the Dunn Recreation Center also offers a large number of supplies that you can rent for a day, a weekend, or even a whole week. From mountain bikes, tents large and small, disc golf sets, hammocks, and a much more; students should take advantage of the low prices that the outdoor program has to offer!

Along with the cheap rental fee, students are required to bring their student ID along with their driver’s license.

Photo by Andrew Arnold “Spending time outdoors is great for students, especially those trying to get out of the classroom, acting as a de-stressor from the everyday student life. I highly recommend hammocking and kayaking, just enjoying what God gave us,” said Zachary Noga, graduate assistant of the Dunn Recreation Center.

Next semester during the spring, the Recreation Center is hosting the Reddies Adventure Dash, which is Henderson’s equivalent to a triathlon. Collaborating with OBU, the Adventure Dash consists of kayaking, biking, and a running obstacle course.

From DeSoto Bluff Trail to Iron Mountain, there is so much beauty and relaxation offered in

Clark County. For more information on how you can get involved in outdoor recreation, and to find out what Henderson has to offer, visit the Dunn Recreation Center. The Outdoor Program is expanding every year and it is a program worth taking advantage of.

You can also follow the HSU Student Recreation Center on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for more information on upcoming events. While studying and doing well in class is of utmost importance in college, it is also important to step out of your comfort zone. There are countless hours of fun and relaxation available in your backyard, so why not take advantage of them and see what the Dunn Recreation Center and the surrounding area has to offer.

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REDDIE NEWS

Photo by Lily Franklin Timothy Lim speaks about his work at a class on Wednesday.

Art speaks; popular artist and designer Timothy Lim presents to comics art students Story by Lily Franklin, Student Reporter Timothy Lim came to an Intro to Comics class at Arkansas Hall to present his work. Lim lives in Little Rock and works at UALR . He teaches Audiology but his speaking subject was not about hearing loss. Lim is also the creator of numerous t-shirt designs that are sold in stores including Hot Topic and Wal-Mart.

Lim talked to students about how he got started initially as a self-taught artist submitting t-shirt designs to sites like Teefury in hopes of having them

printed. He was taken on by WeloveFine, the major hub of merchandise designing for Marvel, LucasFilms and other major companies.

“It’s not that often that people pay attention to the merchandising side of the industry even though it’s a money maker, a giant industry.” Lim said.

Randy Duncan, professor of communication & theatre arts, heads the comic studies minor and has hosted many comics related speakers before.

These presentations are typically open for all students . Last semester, the campus saw several notable names in the comics industry such as Scott McCloud, cartoonist and comic theorist and Andy Warner, professional comics artist.

Duncan hopes to have Arie Kaplan visit and speak on campus later in the semester. Kaplan is a writer for all forms of media in both fiction and nonfiction, and his freelance writing clients include Telltale Games and DC Comics.

Sept. 19, 2016

ARTS&MUSIC

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A star that won’t fall: theatre student, Koty Mansfield, takes all the stages Story by E’Lyse Thaxton, Student Reporter participated in church events that called for actors and his elementary school’s plays.

After elementary school, Mansfield graduated from Benton High School in Benton, Arkansas and came to Henderson State University to major in theatre.

“After graduating from Henderson I want to try out acting for a while, but I plan on coming back to get my Masters in Education,” said Mansfield.

He has played roles in many plays here including “Proposals,” “What I Did Last Summer,” “And Then There Were None,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” and “Avenue Q” just last semester. He was also a makeup and hair designer for “The Glass Menagerie” during Oct. 2015.

He landed major roles this past summer of 2016 in off-campus productions. He played the role of Hamlet in the play in June.

“Hamlet” was produced by the Saline County Shakes at Tyndall Park in Benton, Arkansas. Every year the Shakes put on an event they have dubbed “Shakespeare in the Park.”

He also played Adam in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” He performed this throughout July and August at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse in Little Rock. Murry’s describes itself as a “Long-standing venue presenting live theatrical entertainment with a show-specific buffet dinner.”

Photo by Charlotte Sears Hammonds

Koty Mansfield, senior theater major, has thus far lived his life in the limelight. He has acted in many plays produced by the theatre department, as well as in many other places. This semester, Mansfield will star as Atticus Finch in the Henderson’s upcoming production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

He began acting for his local community at the young age of seven. He started off at the Royal Theatre in Benton, Arkansas; a theatre listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He also

“I am just honored and blessed to land this role.”

“I am super excited about being Atticus in “To Kill a Mockingbird” this semester.” Mansfield said. “It is such a huge role to play. Atticus is a super iconic literary character that everyone knows. I am just honored and blessed to land this role. I can’t wait for the performance.”

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” the play, is adapted from Harper Lee’s novel by playwright Christopher Sergel. Opening night will be Sept.

30, starting at 7:30 p.m. It is a collaborative project by both theater departments from here and at Ouachita Baptist University. The production will take place at OBU’s Verser Theatre.

OPINIONS AS SMART AS THEY COME Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinion Editor Smartphones are something I’ve really been fascinated about for many years now. The amount of smartphones along with the things they can do and the companies that make them are so abundant and competitive that I can’t help but be obsessed with everything about the industry.

I absolutely love smartphones. I use my phone for almost anything I can think of whether it be communication, using the internet, writing notes or whatever, I love using my smartphone for whatever I can.

The only thing I don’t use mine for is gaming, which is odd considering the mobile gaming industry is so big right now.

But what I love the most about smartphones is that there are so many companies involved in the creation and distribution of these devices. Because there are so many companies making these devices, the competition is so strong in the industry and it makes it where these products are at the top of the line.

Competition is possibly the most important thing in the business world. When competition is strong, companies are forced to be innovative, have good customer service and they can’t slack off because their customers will go somewhere else.

The smartphone industry might possibly have the healthiest competition of any industry. This is evidenced by the companies taking ideas from each other and releasing their products around the same time as each other.

In the past couple of months, several high end smartphones have been released and even more are going to be released by the end of the month and throughout most of

next month.

The phone I purchased recently, the Galaxy Note 7, is an amazing product. The Note 7 is the newest phone by Samsung and I am so glad I purchased it even if it has one major issue.

A few weeks after it had been released, the Note 7 was recalled by Samsung due to the batteries overheating and catching fire when they charge for a long time. New Note 7’s will be available for purchase later this week and I’ll be very happy to no longer be terrified of my phone.

Even with this issue, the Note 7 is the best phone I’ve ever had. It has an amazing screen, a nice UI, the stylus is nice to have and use and it has great specs.

It was a little expensive, but it was worth every penny to me. Out of every smartphone currently available, it’s the one I would recommend.

If you don’t have a lot of money to spend, but want a good phone, the OnePlus 3 is a great option along with a few phones designed

by Huawei. The OnePlus 3 has great specs and six gigabytes of RAM at half the price of most other smartphones.

A lot of phones by Huawei are also at affordable prices, but they’re not as easy to get. Verizon only sells a few phones made by them and some of their phones aren’t even available in the US. Huawei is a company I would recommend to try out. My last phone was made by them and I had no problems with it.

Another option for someone interested in a new phone is the HTC 10. It’s specs are just as good as the Note 7’s and it’s around the same price. Plus, HTC phones are pretty good from what I’ve seen, but I’ve never owned one.

If it weren’t for the Note 7, I would have waited to buy the LG V20 which is scheduled to be released soon.

LG smartphones are probably my favorite. Every single LG phone I’ve had have been amazing and my first ever smartphone was and LG Env Touch and it’s what made me fall in love with smartphones.

Honestly, I’m still not sure if I want to trade my Note 7 in for another one when I could trade it in for a V20.

Reviewers who have gotten early copies of the V20 to test have shown that it’s audio and video quality is the best around.

Plus, V20 is such a cool name for a phone. It seems like the name of a phone that would be used by the main character of a cyberpunk story.

The V20 also looks really nice.

Sure, the V10 looks better, but that’s because the V10 is the best looking smartphone of all time.

LG knows what’s up in the smartphone industry and it breaks my heart that they’re not as popular as the other big companies.

And no discussion of smartphones would be complete without mentioning the latest iPhone. The

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iPhone 7 was recently released, but I’ve never cared for Apple or their products.

The iPhone 7 is no exception to this. It has a better camera than the iPhone 6s Plus, but it’s audio isn’t any better.

People are upset about the lack of a headphone jack, but that’s not even slightly as bad as the phone’s resolution.

The phone has a resolution of only 750p. That is not acceptable in today’s industry especially since the iPhone 7 costs so much.

For the price that you buy an iPhone with, you can get every other smartphone I’ve mentioned or even get the OnePlus 3, which is cheaper but has more RAM and better resolution.

As popular as the iPhone 7 is, I just don’t think it’s worth it. However, there are still plenty of other phones to buy that are well worth their cost.

Graphic by Natasha Cribss

Sept. 19, 2016

GAMES

Keep your mind sharp and your hours less numbing with this puzzle. Answers in next week’s issue.

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SPORTS

Reddies football team knocks NWOSU into next week Story by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor This weekend, Reddie football fans got an adrenaline shot to the heart at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium. After Saturday’s colossal 62-23 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State, the Reddies now have a 3-0 win-loss ratio and are well on their way to a spectacular season.

The home team got off to a spectacular start, and by the end of the first quarter they had already racked up 17 points. Courtney Whitehead and Austin Bennett were responsible for the first two touchdowns of the game, and Houston Ray added 5 points onto the score with 3 successful field goal kicks.

Although the first quarter was no doubt an exciting and fruitful time, the second quarter packed even more of a wallop.

Jeremy Wilson started the quarter off with a 30 yard touchdown run followed with another successful Ray kick, leaving the board with 24 to 0. Sheldon Watson followed that play up with a 44 yard fumble recovery and one more Ray kick for good measure.

The next score was Robert Thomas with a touchdown run and a Ray kick. Following that 21 point score streak, NWOSU got their first score of the game. Not to be shown up, the Reddies got one last touchdown with a 2 yard run by Jeremy Wilson and, you guessed it, another Ray field goal.

Coming off of the second quarter with a massive 45 points, the Reddies may well have already had it in the bag. NWOSU still put up a fight, however, and got the first score of the second half with a 3 point field goal.

Wilson and Ray followed that up with a touchdown and field goal with 5:25 left in the third.

Next up was Ray again with a 32 yard field goal, ending the third quarter with the Reddies 55, Northwestern Oklahoma State 10.

NWOSU, with 12:56 left in the fourth, managed to gain another touchdown from Reid Miller, bringing their score to 16. The Reddies, in their final score of the game, got another 7 points with the help of an 8 yard pass from Evan Lassiter to Trent Williams and the final Ray kick of the game.

With 4:59 seconds left on the clock, NWOSU squeezed out a final 7 points to bring the final game score to Reddies 62, Northwestern Oklahoma State 23.

If a near 40 point win doesn’t get the fans excited, nothing will.

The Reddies now ride a white hot beam of hype into the next stretch of their season. Next Saturday they will go up against Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla..

Photo by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor

Evan Lassiter just before he catches a snap.

Photo by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor

Evan Lassiter cocks back in preparation for touchdown pass to Austin Bennett.