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Henderson State University - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - Volume 108, Issue 6

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Writing center gets updates to assist students

Monday Evening from 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Joohe Choi, a Broadway singer from The King and I, will be a guest Soprano in the Harwood Recital Hall for an Evening of Opera Arias and Musicals.

BY J. SCOTT McKINNON with additional reporting by TIFFANY SAMUEL Students have often thought of the on-campus Writing Center as the place to go for a quick grammar fix on a paper due the next day. However, a new face on the Henderson campus is bringing big changes to the program.

Writing Center Director John Gillette came from New College of Florida in Sarasota, where he built a writing center program that he hopes to duplicate at Henderson. Gillette’s goal is to improve students, so they improve their writing.

Under Gillette, the Writing Center is no longer error driven. It is about the success of the student and building skills, from brainstorming all the way to the final edit.

“Students need to get away from the idea that writing is perfect,” Gillette said. “It’s a discipline and a process that takes time.”

Gillette also hopes to get rid of the negative stigma associated with going to the Writing Center. He hopes that it can be a place where students no longer feel afraid or embarrassed to visit. A student’s work is not going to be shredded or picked apart comma by comma. Workers, who Gillette prefers to call peers because they’re not experts, work hand-in-hand with students to become better writers. The goal is to build rapport between tutors and students so that positive goals can be crafted and achieved.

“We focus on higher order concerns like concepts, content and thesis organization.

We don’t want the students to learn rules for only one sentence, but to leave here knowing how to apply that concept to every sentence

without our help,” Nathan Holloway, graduate assistant said.

Students suffer from an issue Gillette calls PTCD, posttraumatic composition disorder.

“Students leave their comp classes completely confused on what ‘good’ writing is,” Gillette said.

According to Gillette, this process empowers students and helps build confidence in their writing. As word has begun to spread around campus about the changes to the Writing Center, it has seen a surge in both appointments and walk-in students seeking help.

“Most of the scheduled appointment times are booked up and there has been a huge increase in Friday appointments,” Tiffany Carter, graduate assistant said.

Gillette’s goal is to engrain the Writing Center in all academic departments as it moves forward.

The writing center has already begun to offer tutors for Spanish and has been in discussions with administration to gain funding for a writing across all curriculums program, including thesis support for graduate students.

Gillette hopes to institute online scheduling and virtual tutoring in the near future.

“Students work in their homes or dorms, so it makes sense to offer online support so that they can work in a comfortable environment,” Gillette said.

At the moment, students can email writinglab@reddies.hsu.edu to schedule an appointment at the Writing Center.

The Writing Center is also in the final stages of preparing a plagiarism school for stu-

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HOW TO WRITE— Graduate assistant helps junior Lauren Dudley in writing center. dents caught copying work.

The program will work similar to defensive driving school. Students will attend workshops, where they learn to identify plagiarism in writing, before signing a pledge to not plagiarize again. Gillette hopes to have the program up and running for the upcoming spring semester.

The Writing Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday on the first floor of McBrien Hall.

They have recently added extra hours from 6-8 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays where they will be located at a marked table on the first floor of the library.

The Writing Center can also be found on social media, where they encourage students to ask any writing-related questions they may have.

Twitter - @ReddieWC Instagram – ReddieWritingCenter Facebook – Reddie Writing Center Tumbler - ReddieToWrite

Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. A Training class on Going Paperless will be offered by Jeff Coventry, in the Evans building room 104.

The Forth Bi-Annual Bouldering Competition will be form 6:00p.m. - 10 p.m. Tuesday September 30, 2014 at the Charles Dunn Recreation Center. Registration will be from 5:00p.m.6:00 p.m.

Wednesday from 9:30 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. October 1, 2014 President Jones will be available for Coffee and Conversation in the Jones Room Foyer.

Garison lecture hall will have two movies Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 p.m. with Hercules and 8:30 p.m. with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Flu shots will be offered at 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on October 9 in the Mooney Hall foyer.

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CONSTITUTION KEPT ALIVE Rutherford shares history of Constitution

BY TIFFANY SAMUEL Constitution Day is observed nationally to celebrate the ratification of the U.S. constitution.

In order to participate in Constitution Day, Henderson brought in speaker James “Skip” Rutherford, Dean of the Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service to speak about the importance of the amendments of the constitution and their effect on Arkansas.

Rutherford has an extensive background in politics including participating in many campaigns and initiatives at the local, state and federal levels and serving as the Founding President of the William J. Clinton Foundation.

Among his many awards for his dedication to the state, he was also named the Arkansan of the Year by the Arkansas Broadcaster Association and the Arkansas Times newspaper.

With such a substantial background in politics and Arkansas history, Glendell Jones, president of Henderson was looking forward to his visit to campus.

“A board chose him to come speak, but I was very excited whenever I saw his name on the list,” Jones said.

Rutherford spoke of what he described as “the greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War.” The Little Rock Nine was a group of African American students who were initially prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School due to racial segregation. Due to their persistence, the Little Rock Nine were eventually allowed to enter the school and created a domino effect to schools throughout the nation.

“What happened in our state changed the

FRESHMAN ENROLLMENT UP Recruitment plan produces positive results

BY CRYSTAL CARDOVA Enrollment of freshmen is up 10 percent for the fall 2014 semester.

This increase is due to the recruitment management plan.

The plan was developed a year and a half ago, and it was implemented in fall 2013.

The recruitment plan focuses on the way recruitment is done.

Faculty, staff and students have been a large part of the recruitment process.

“A lot of the plan focused on being more specific on how we recruited students,” Glendell Jones, president said. “And how we hosted them on the trip to Henderson, made certain they saw the things they wanted to see while they were meeting the professors.”

Students who toured the university left with an idea of what campus life would be like, and how it would be to attend school here.

The management plan is the key compo-

nent to the current increase in the number of first-time freshmen.

According to the 11th day class totals, the number of first-time freshmen enrolled has increased from last year’s 705 to 775 for this year.

The total number of students enrolled at the university for 2014 is 3,634.

There has also been an increase in the amount of transfer students enrolled at the university.

In 2013, there were 297 transfer students enrolled at the university, and the number is up to 326 for 2014.

The partnership with National Park Community College (NPCC) has also helped bring enrollment up at the university.

The 11th day class totals for Garland County were 577, around 36 percent of the transfer students who are enrolled in the satellite campus were from NPCC.

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course of American history,” Rutherford said.

Both Henderson and Arkadelphia High School students were in attendance Thursday as Rutherford believed the speech was just as important for high school students as the college students and professors.

“High school students should understand that this happened in a high school like they attend every day. They can make a difference,” Rutherford said.

Rutherford’s speech created a timeline of the changes in Arkansas legislature that lead to the entrance of the Little Rock Nine into the school district.

Although Constitution Day is observed nationally on Sept. 17, Rutherford spoke at Henderson on Sept. 23.

Fifty-seven years before on Sept. 23, Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist, issued a statement declaring President Eisenhower to protect the safety of the Little Rock Nine.

It was because of her statement that President Eisenhower sent federal troops to assist the National Guard in protecting the students from the mobs that had gathered to protest their entrance into the school on Sept. 25.

“I thought it was cool that he came to speak on the same day Daisy Bates made her speech years ago,” Hannah Cissell, sophomore natural resources management major said. “It made it more relatable and personal.”

At the close of his speech, Rutherford declared his opinion of Constitution Day’s impact.

“During the time of the Little Rock Nine, the constitution was once again challenged and tested by nine African American children and their families and once again, the constitution prevailed. That’s why this day is so important.” Rutherford said.

“The increase in transfer students from two-year institutions and the increase in students from Garland County in particular speaks to our partnership with NPCC in Hot Springs,” Steve Adkison, provost said. “We work to help students complete a four-year degree while remaining in their hometown.”

Having more students enrolled makes the school financially strong and stable.

As the student body grows, it brings more opportunities.

“I’m hopeful as we grow we’ll be able to address the issue of staff and faculty salaries, they’re fairly low here,” Jones said. The administration also hopes to offer more programs and services that students want.

“I would like to see graduation improvement,” Janessa Theriot, sophomore business student said, “I would also like to see successful retainment of new and current students until their graduation.”

Since enrollment was down last year, the increase evened out the population.

The administration did not need to use special accommodations for students such as hotels for overflow housing.

The university has lots of capacity to accommodate students.

There are new residence halls being built.

As the student numbers increase the strategic management committee will make recommendations if more faculty, parking or police is needed.

The goal for administration is to increase student population from more than 3,650 students to around 5,000 in the next 10 years, this includes both graduate and undergraduate students.

“The plan is to increase through accommodation and academic programs that are being developed right now,” Jones said.

Retention is the word swarming through administration now.

The students’ success is crucial to the faculty and staff.

Through strategic planning administration has set a goal to increase six year graduation rates, and strengthen retention rate to graduation.

If any students would like to learn more about the strategic plan for Henderson, there will be a meeting from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 10.

The administration will be revealing the new strategic plan to the community in the Garrison Center Lecture Hall.

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BIG TROUBLE IN HONG KONG Pro-democracy citizens clash with police after days of protests

BY MCT CAMPUS, STUART LEAVENWORTH Hong Kong police used tear gas and pepper spray against pro-democracy protesters Sunday in the city’s harshest crackdown on free assembly since China took control of the former British colony in 1997.

Tear gas wafted outside the city’s government complex for much of the evening, but it did little to disperse some of the thousands of students and other Hong Kong residents who have been protesting there since Friday.

By 1:30 a.m. Monday local time, there were still many thousands occupying roads and plazas near the Admiralty government complex, some dousing their eyes with water because of the tear gas.

Human rights groups and Hong Kong leaders denounced the police response to what has been three days of peaceful, if unruly, demonstrations.

“This is a sad day for Hong Kong,” Anson Chan Fang On-sang, Hong Kong’s former No 2 official, said in a statement. “Pictures of our police force firing pepper spray and tear gas into the faces of unarmed protesters will shame our government in front of the whole world.”

Protest leaders said they would continue to exercise their right to assemble in coming days, creating the possibility that one of Asia’s biggest trade and financial centers could be shut down for days.

Two groups of different generations are demonstrating against what they see as Beijing’s efforts to rig the 2017 election of Hong Kong’s next chief executive. Occupy Central, the main group, is led by three academics who had planned to stage a mass occupation of the city’s central business district starting Wednesday, the start of China’s week-long national holiday.

But Occupy Central decided Sunday to move up its protest, and stage it at the government complex, in solidarity with students who had spent several days there.

On Friday and Saturday, police began using pepper spray on protesters and arrested several student leaders, including Joshua Wong, the 17-year-old recent high school grade who has become the face of the student protest.

That move prompted thousands of young people to join the gathering Saturday and Sunday night, many wearing goggles and plastic wrap to protect themselves from further pepper-spraying.

By Sunday afternoon, police had arrested more than 74 people. At least 34 have been injured since the protest began, including four police officers, according to government authorities.

For a while, it appeared that Sunday’s protests would pass uneventfully. But later in the afternoon, an influx of protesters had sur-

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rounded the police line that previously surrounded the core group of demonstrators.

Police urged the crowd to disperse or face the consequences.

Shortly after 6 p.m., police started firing tear gas in repeated attempts to push back the protesters. Subway service was suspended in the area, an effort to prevent more protesters from arriving.

In response, protesters started occupying other parts of the city, including Causeway Bay and Mong Kok on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong.

By early Monday evening, the numbers of protesters at the government complex dropped, diminished by exhaustion and calls by some student leaders for protesters not to risk their lives, given the police response.

But many stayed, taking “selfies” on their mobile devices or passing the time picking up trash and carefully separating bottles and cardboard sleeping mats for recycling.

Sonny Foo, 23, dosed himself with water at 1 a.m. Monday after another tear-gas attack.

He said he had stayed away from the protests until he heard about the police response, but then was motivated to join the students.

“We are fighting for our freedom,” he said, goggles on his head. “I don’t want my children to live in a place that does things like this.”

Benny Tai, one of the founders of Occupy Central, delivered a short speech in the afternoon urging protesters to remain resolute.

“For many people here, myself included, we will soon have a first taste of pepper spray and police officers hauling you away. Don’t be afraid nor humiliated,” said Tai, according to a translation provided by the South China Morning Post.

“Fighters, get ready for this banquet. I believe more banquets will follow. See you again on the next banquet!” he added, referring to further possible Occupy demonstrations.

Although China took control of Hong Kong 17 years ago, the former British colony has grown accustomed to free speech and assembly rights unknown on the mainland. Past protests have generally been treated with restraint by Hong Kong police.

In 2012, students by the thousands converged on the government complex to protest a Chinese national education curriculum that some saw as pro-Beijing propaganda.

The protesters were allowed to demonstrate peacefully for several days, prompting the Hong Kong government to drop the proposed curriculum.

All that has changed in the last three days, as Hong Kong’s newspapers and TV news has been filled with images of young people being

pepper-sprayed, some writhing on the ground in agony.

The Hong Kong government says police responded in a “restrained manner” after some of the protesters on Saturday had forced their way into the city’s Legislative Council complex “by violent means.”

On Sunday, Hong Kong’s current executive, C.Y. Leung held a press conference and issued a statement, which did not sound conciliatory.

“The HKSAR government is resolute in opposing the unlawful occupation of the central government offices or the Central District by ‘Occupy Central,’” the statement said. “The police are determined to handle the situation appropriately in accordance with the law.”

The Chinese government has said Hong Kong can elect its next chief executive through universal suffrage.

But last month, China’s legislature rejected Occupy Central’s demands that the public be allowed to nominate candidates.

Instead, candidates will be put forward by a nominating committee, a panel that democracy advocates say is stacked with Beijing loyalists.

This week’s protests call on China and Hong Kong’s leaders to reopen negotiations on the system for selecting a chief executive, which Occupy Central says does not meet international standards.

The unrest in Hong Kong is getting only sporadic and one-sided news coverage in mainland China, where the ruling Communist Party controls all state media. But it is being closely watched in Taiwan, which is being courted by Beijing to reunify with the mainland.

Beijing has promised Taiwan it could retain its autonomy through a “one country, two systems” model similar to Hong Kong. But Beijing’s recent actions in Hong Kong have alienated many Taiwanese, and bolstered the political wing that opposes any talk of reunification.

Protests in support of Hong Kong democracy were held over the weekend in New York and other cities worldwide.

As of early Monday, Hong Kong time, more than 149,000 people had signed a petition urging President Barack Obama to press the Chinese government for democracy in Hong Kong and a peaceful response to the protests.

“Given Beijing’s record, we fear a second Tiananmen massacre will happen in Hong Kong,” the petition states. “We believe that the U.S. has the responsibility to prevent such bloody tragedies from happening.”

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SWING, BATTER BATTER! The Arkansas Hummingbird makes lasting impression on local author

BY MONICA RODRIGUEZ Lon Warneke was born on March 28, 1909, in Owley, Ark., which is about five miles from Mount Ida, Ark. His parents were Louis Warneke and Martha Belle Scott Warneke. He went to school in Owley for about eight years and then moved to Mount Ida and finished school there.

“It was a depression era, [he was a] very poor young man,” Lonnie Warneke Luebben, daughter of Lon Warneke, said.

Warneke married Charlyne Shannon Warneke in 1933 and had two children, Charles Warneke and Lonnie Warneke Luebben.

Luebben said that the first time her father saw her mother he whistled at her and said, “Hey.” She tossed her head and he ran into a ditch in his new blue Buick convertible.

“They were super, great, wonderful parents,” Luebben said, “I just can’t imagine any better.”

Luebben said her father was a kind, loving and caring man.

“He was a very doting father and he played with me and took care of me,” Luebben said.

She also said that her favorite part was traveling with her father as a family when it was baseball season.

Each family had their own apartment on the train so all of the families traveled together. It was like an extended family she said.

“I loved his laugh,” Luebben said. “He didn’t have one of these big strong laughs, he had a tender soft little laugh.”

“We always kept a home in Hot Springs,” Luebben said.

She said that something that inspired her about her father was his determination to hang on and keep going when it was tough.

“He didn’t ever feel that he was superior [to] anybody just because he had made a name for himself,” Luebben said.

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She also says that Warneke enjoyed being outdoors and had hobbies such as hunting and fishing. He was an outdoors man.

Warneke went to Houston, Texas, right after high school and he started playing professionally at the age of 18 and went to the major leagues at the age of 19.

He was cut from the first team that he played for and then went on to another team.

Luebben said that she found a letter from her father that he wrote to his mother that stated he had been cut from the team and that he was moving to Laurel, Miss.

Don Duren author of “Lon Warneke: The Arkansas Hummingbird” was inspired to write the book because when he was a kid he remembered Warneke coming to his school and ruffling his hair.

“He came down and reached over and ruffled my hair and said ‘how you doin’ partner,’” Duren said. “Boy, that made my day.”

He said that was his first encounter with Warneke.

He said that his mom and his aunt also knew Warneke when they all lived in Mount Ida. His aunt even rode in the new blue Buick that he had bought and used to drive to Houston.

Duren has published three books.

The first book, “Bailing Out at the Springs” took him about 15 years.

His second book “Bathers Baseball” took him three years.

Out of these two books he got the idea of writing a book about Lon Warneke because he knew him.

“I wrote an article about Lon Warneke up there years ago,” Duren said. “I interviewed Charlyne Warneke, his wife in 1991 over at Lonnie’s house.”

“They say he was the best guide on Lake Ouachita,” Duren said.

Warneke was the best rifle shooter in the major leagues. Duren said that Warneke liked carpentry, he was a soybean farmer at one time and he was part of the Mississippi Mudcat band when he played with the St. Louis Cardinals.

“He was a funny guy,” Duren said.

Warneke won 192 games when he played for the major leagues.

“I liked his attitude,” Duren said.

Duren liked that Warneke said, “Don’t ever talk about yourself, if you’re good enough people will talk about you.”

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HOME RUN— Lon Warneke started his major league career playing for Chiago Cubs in 1930.

Over the next six years perfecting his craft until the 1937 season when he joined the St. Lewis Cardinals.

His stay with the Cardinals was short lived, for in 1942 Warneke returned to the Chicago Cubs where he stayed until he fininshed his major league carreer in 1945 at the age of 36. After his baseball career Warneke served as Garland Co. judge from 1963-1972. time he got so angry that at one game against the Boston Braves he got a bat in the dug out and tore everything up.

He took out all his anger there after losing about five games in a row.

Warneke played for the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Lon Warneke got the nickname “The Arkansas Hummingbird” because of his darting fast ball.

Warneke ended his playing career and became an umpire.

He was the first to have played professional baseball and umpired an All Star game and World Series.

His last game was Sept. 29, 1945, at the age of 36 with the Cubs.

In 1963 he was elected to be Garland County’s judge and retired from that a decade later.

Lon Warneke died in June 23, 1976, from a heart attack.

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PAGING DR. SCHULTZ Student body gets a new anatomy teacher

BY ALEX DURHAM Once a Reddie, always a Reddie. Tenure-track, assistant professor of physical education and health, and alumni, January Schultz is excited to be starting her first full semester at Henderson after a turn of events a year ago.

“Whenever I first came last year of fall 2013, expecting my third child, my water broke the Thursday before classes started,” Schultz said. “I did not get to be here for the first full semester because my daughter was in the NICU until November, so my journey here definitely started out with a bang.”

Schultz grew up close to Degray Lake in a little town called Caney, where she attended Quachita Schools.

“I went to the same church as my husband now, but he lived across the street and attended Bismark schools, so we were rivals,” Schultz said.

Even though they weren’t together at the time, they both attended Henderson and were involved with the Phi Lamb fraternity. After being reunited in a mutual friend setting, they began dating and are now married with three children.

Schultz spent her undergraduate years at

Henderson as a member of the Honors College, Heart and Key, President of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and a Phi Lamb little sis. She was always told that she took on too much, although she seemed to balance it well.

“I share that with my advisees now, about the fact that I’ve been in their shoes and I didn’t listen to my adviser or my parents when they told me my plate was too full,” Schultz said. “Whenever you’re young, you don’t listen to people, but maybe if I had someone who had been through it, I might have.”

Continuing her involvement even after her undergraduate years, she is the adviser for the Hyper Club, and is also the faculty adviser for Alpha Sigma Alpha as well as a member of the general education committee and the teachers’ education council.

“Some things never change,” Schultz said.

“I grew as a person in diversity by having so many connections through my extra curricular activities, and I wouldn’t change that for anything.”

Students like Allison Dodge, athletic training major, feel like they can connect with Schultz as a person and a teacher because she

DIVINE INSPIRATION Senior art exhibition finds beauty in faith

BY MADISON MACNEW Art often allows its creators to express their beliefs without words. For senior art education major, Jeremy Garrett, his creativity allows him to put his Christian faith into extensive art forms.

Recently, Garrett’s senior exhibition, “A Remnant Remains,” was on show on the second floor of Huie Library. His deep faith and Christian beliefs were the roots of this collection of awe-inspiring works of art.

Garrett grew up going to church his whole life. Surrounded by the elders of the church, he learned Bible stories throughout his entire childhood.

However, Christianity was a huge conflict in Garrett’s life. He grew up in a very diverse

family, with many cultures blending into one.

With that, a few family members encouraged his faith, but most of his family rejected his beliefs and hated the religion altogether.

Around age 16, Garrett went to church camp, where he personally became a Christian.

“Christianity is a story of love, helping people, drawing people together and work together for a common good,” Garrett said.

Garrett’s personal experiences have also led him to hold even tighter to his faith.

At 11 years old, his grandfather committed suicide in front of his father.

At age 17, he was in a vehicle accident, which also involved a close friend who ultimately passed away.

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has been in their shoes.

“Being in a sorority and having to juggle a hard class schedule gets tough, and Mrs. Schultz has been the perfect person to go to for advice. She gets it,” Dodge said.

Majoring in chemistry and minoring in math, Schultz finished her degree in three years and then continued her education towards her PhD at UAMS. Schultz did clinical research with a pharmaceutical company for a year, which was the job she always yearned for but then ended up sitting behind a desk instead of working in the field.

“It wasn’t what I thought it would be, I was just pushing paper,” Schultz said.

During her desk job, she had time to search for new jobs, where she found a teaching opportunity at College of the Ouachita’s in Malvern. She then decided that she wanted to advance to a four-year college, which brought her back to Henderson. To take the opportunity here, she had to earn more masters hours in physical education and health. “I am a firm believer in furthering your education,” Schultz said.

Anatomy for health education, kinesiology, motor development, adaptive physical education and methods of conditioning activities are all courses that Schultz teaches in Wells.

She is thrilled to be back at her alma mater doing something she loves.

These traumatic experiences showed Garrett just how fleeting life is.

“Things are great one minute, and the next minute, you’ve lost everything,” Garrett said.

In a world that has become divisive, Garrett finds a way to pull people with his art.

He considers himself gifted to have an ability to see things a bit differently than others.

The son of a contractor, he grew up around woodwork and was able to experience projects being build from the ground up.

A graduate from Fountain Lake, Garrett was able to take art classes back-to-back in high school, until he eventually ran out of other classes to take.

In 2009, he went back to school at National Park Community College in Hot Springs, where he decided that he wanted to become an art teacher.

After he received an associate’s degree in art education, Garrett transferred to Henderson in the fall of 2012.

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WHAT’S UP DOC?—Schultz joins Henderson team as a new anatomy teacher.

“Our faculty, specifically in my department, is like a big family and I assume other departments are the same,” Schultz said. “We are all there for the common cause and we are like a team.”

With 13 pieces in his showcase, Garrett included sculptures made of clay and metals, etchings, collages of multi media, prints and even a table, which was hand cut from hardwood, then stained.

“The 3-D sculptures really catch your eye,” Anthony Brister, junior finance major said.

“Not just your eye, but your entire attention.”

Garrett’s current favorite piece in the collection is entitled, “Creation.” Creation is a collage made of sheet aluminum and oil stained wood, which includes the entirety of his beliefs.

The collage shows the figures of hands forming what appear to be planets in a circular pattern. These forms are all aluminum, set off of stained wood, sort of floating in the air.

As a Christian, Garrett believes in the trinity, and Creation features groups of three as a representative of that. The piece also highlights the creation of seven objects, which represents the seven days of creation believed by Christians.

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DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS Ashley Bles travels to Texas for Zombie LARP

BY MARIAH DELAVEGA The air was cold, with fog so thick you could see it in the dark.

The moon was full, lighting the entire black sky. Moaning for hunger they were approaching quickly, leaving trails of their victims behind so they could turn into the monsters themselves.

Our brave fighters, outnumbered and weakened strive forward to escape this nightmare alive. Their attempt to live another day has brought them to a dead end.

A massive chain link fence stretching a mile wide and exceeding 20 feet in height, our warriors are trapped and are in for a long night.

Our survivors scared and afraid are praying for a miracle. Only one brave soul, Lillian, decided to take a stand and fight.

As the end approached them, worry and dread soon over took them all. Lillian knew it would be better to die fighting than to die a coward’s death.

She charged the massive group and faced death head on.This would be a desperate situation if the zombie apocalypse was actually happening, but it’s not, so readers have nothing to fear.

Plus, if anyone would have actually been hurt in the pack, Lillian, a combat doctor,

could have helped those who were bitten and brought them back to health.

The nurse who plays the role of Lillian is Ashley Bles, senior mass media major.

What does Bles do one weekend out of the month? She is LARPing. What is LARPing?

Live action role playing.

It is set in this post-apocalyptic world about 400 years in the future.

At some point in the future a zombie apocalypse started because of a fungus, everyone is contaminated and there is no cure for it.

After people die a certain amount of times, they turn into zombies.

“It’s about surviving in the waste land, yes, there are zombies but it’s more than just killing them, we’re each a community, we’re all here for each other,” Bles, senior mass media major said.

Bles says it is a stress reliever, because she doesn’t have to worry about school, work or anything else. She takes one weekend of the month off and is in a different world.

She joins Dystopia Rising in Temple, Texas, at a Girl Scout camp and they meet August through April.

Dystopia Rising is a role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie infested world.

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LAND OF THE LIVING—Ashley Bles covers her mouth with other LARP attendee’s to avoid breathing in the undead fungus.

Photo by Ashley Bles

HOME SWEET HOME—Zombie LARP takes place at an abandoned Girl Scout camp in Texas.

They all eat, sleep and fight in their character until time is up.

The game takes place in a fictional town of Bravo. It is rebellious, violent and contains civil warfare.

“I think everyone should LARP at least once in their life,” David Smith said. This will be Smith’s first time LARPing and he is excited to experience this event. He is not nervous at all, even though they are going to bring old villains to the game such as Slender Man,

Leather Face and more for the event they are having Oct. 10-12.

Steven Jacobs, sophomore is also a new comer and he is ready and excited for this October event coming up. “If you have any thought that you want to larp at all, go for it, we are in college and now is the perfect time to,” Jacobs said.

If anyone is interested in joining the post-apocalyptic zombie infested world, contact Ashley Bles, ab188302@reddies.hsu.edu.

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DEAD MEN WALKING—After humans die at LARP, they turn into zombies and hunt the remaining living humans in herds.

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EAT, DRINK, BE MERRY The finer side of Henderson’s cafeteria

BY DEVIN ANDERSON There are advantages to the new cafeteria that students don’t always appreciate. As a student completely dependent upon a meal plan, I find the cafeteria to be a source of solace from the daily madness that is college life.

The centralized location of the new cafeteria gives instant access to all of the students living within the four of the five main dormitories on campus.

As someone who takes eighteen credit hours, I really appreciate the fact that I can run out of my room fifteen minutes before class and grab a donut with a coffee before class starts.

Even during my more hectic days, I can grab a sandwhich and scarf it down quickly before a lab or rehearsal.

The newer cafeteria has a better aesthetic quality about it than the old cafeteria. The old cafeteria resembled a broken-down shack.

The newer cafeteria however, is a much more pleasant environment to sit down and savor a meal.

The higher ceilings, pristine windows, and gated patio lend themselves to a sort of a spa-

cious luxury that allows one to relax as they eat.

Even the view of the rest of campus from the windows looks lovely.

The expanded size and sitting area is wonderful compared to the old cafeteria. The older cafeteria had two sides that forced students to squeeze between an uncomfortably tight hallway to get their food.

The new cafeteria is huge by comparison, allowing students to freely pass between their tables to the salad or sandwhich bar.

One can grab something from the burger line, make a quick pit stop by the soda machine, and still have enough time to stop by the dessert bar to snag a brownie or cookie.

Contrary to popular opinion, the food isn’t that bad with salt and pepper.

One of the biggest challenges for students on campus when they are trying to find a savory meal is that they don’t see what they want in one specific line.

Oftentimes, I have to go to multiple lines to piece together my ideal meal.

Sometimes, I’ll just take the vegetables

BUFFET OF DISAPPOINTMENT Henderson’s cafeteria needs some improvements

BY DAX GUILLIAMS As a student living on Henderson’s campus, I depend on the cafeteria to provide my meals.The cafeteria has never impressed me and I honestly think the overall quality has declined since my first day on campus.

The food is easily the biggest problem I have with the cafeteria. Last year, the food tasted just fine. Some dishes were a little off, but they were still of good quality.

Starting last semester, I noticed that the quality of most dishes were starting to decline. Now, this year, it has somehow gotten worse. I’ve had a lot of dishes that weren’t seasoned properly and of the many times I’ve eaten breakfast, the pancakes have been overcooked and the biscuits were close to being

burned.

It’s tough to make meals for so many students, but with how expensive the meal plans are, it should be better.

The cafeteria also has a bad policy of not letting students take food out of the cafeteria.

If the meal plans are going to cost that much, students should be allowed to take their leftovers with them.

It’s no different than just sitting there and eating meal after meal.There are also a lot of times where students will not be able to make it to the cafeteria for dinner because of work or other reasons. Taking extra food to eat later would help these students.

The quality of the cafeteria is in such a de-

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from the main line, the chicken patty from the grill line, and a fruit from the side bar to piece together a decent-tasting meal.

Should the main line’s meat not be so savory, I just add salt and pepper until my taste buds are satisfied. Should worse come to worst, there’s always a grill and pizza line during the weekdays.

The desserts in the new cafeteria are pretty decent. The cookies are frequently soft and the cobbler is rich and delicious.

If you get to the cafeteria at the right times, you can experience the sweets fresh from the oven. Should you be in the mood for something chilled, the soft-served ice cream is a delightful alternative to the typical bakery fare.

Safety has been improved significantly since the founding of the new cafeteria. There are active, working security cameras and three fire exits in case of an emergency.

Though the cafeteria is always going to be a place where potential thieves will try to snag a phone or purse, the wary watch of security cameras will be a deterrant to those who intend to steal.

The line layouts are cleaner and more efficient. The lines tend to bend away from each other, allowing people to get their food and find a seat with relative ease.

The congestion during rush hour is relieved with the assistance of two card scanning machines instead of just one. cline not only because of the food, but also because of how certain things are handled there.

So far, the soda machines have broken down more times this semester than they have all of last semester. Not to mention that one of the waffle makers also recently broke down.

There also isn’t as much variety in the meals as there used to be. The cafeteria used to offer a wide variety of soups, but now it seems they’re cycling through the same six soups every single week.

Henderson’s cafeteria is not only important to the students, but it’s also expensive.

The quality of the cafeteria needs to be equal to the amount of money us students are paying to eat there. I understand that they have a budget to follow, but they managed to follow it just fine last year, so why not this year?

But there’s still an entire semester for it to improve. For all of the student’s sake, I hope it does.

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The importance of having safe sex

BY JASMINE THREATT Sex. Sex. Sex. The topic most love and the topic some hate. But what we want to know is do we practice safe sex? What kind of safe sex do we practice, because once upon a time we were taught abstinence? We must have changed that all when we came to college.

No glove, no love.

Don’t be silly, wrap your willy.

It’s always the most important thing when you decide to be sexually active. We all agree that everyone has the right to give up their virginity and become sexually active.

The female Reddies are passionate about giving a special guy the right to take everything from her—their virginity, the decision to have kids or not, and sometimes their dignity. But that’s not today’s topic.

“Sometimes I practice safe sex,” Rakya Deloch, senior psychology major, said. “I

have to really be into you to not practice safe sex with you.”

“It depends of the person,” Hillary, human services major, said. “If I’m not practicing safe sex with you then I’m putting my trust in you… it’s like I’m signing a contract with that person.”

It seems safe sex is not taken seriously when it comes to college students. Some don’t think about safe sex as seriously as they should. It could be the deciding factor in one’s journey to finish school or being STD free.

If all you have to do is be special — not be the boyfriend or anything too serious — then many guys can easily put on a front for these young freshmen on campus.

People, specifically girls, are anxious and naïve, which makes them less likely to see danger coming.

HERE’S TO YOU, CRAIG

A farewell to The Late Late Show’s Craig Ferguson

BY DAX GUILLIAMS

Late at night, it gets harder and harder to find tv shows that are so enjoyable. Years ago, I found a tv show that provided me so much entertainment.

This show is called “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” which, along with “The Late Show with David Letterman,” was two of CBS’s late-night talk shows Starting in 2005, comedian Craig Ferguson took over as host of “The Late Late Show

after Craig Kilborn” stepped down. Every chance I got, I would stay up to watch Craig and his over-the-top comedy style.

From the strangest sketches to interviewing guests, Craig always managed to make me laugh even when he used the same jokes again and again. But that was his style and it still puts a smile on my face.

Just a few years ago, voice actor Josh Robert Thompson was hired to do the voice of

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“Condoms are what percentage proof ?

Anything could happen anyways,” Deloch said. What happens when you’re lied to about your sex partner?

Maybe this smooth talking gentleman has an STD and you like him so much you still decide to have intercourse with him. I’m sure there will be some regrets.

Hillary mentions regrets might cross her mind but at the end of the day that’s the decision she made and she’ll have to deal with it.

Women used to take pride in having their virginity — it is given to someone special or worthy of the female’s standard.

Remember the days when women wore dresses to their ankles and kept their v-card until they were in their thirties? Have women strayed away from that value of the virginity?

“I would teach my child abstinence until marriage,” Hillary said. “When I was growing up, girls were giving up their virginity at real young ages and it seemed like it only got worse and worse. People are having sex just because. I mean, it’s only going to get worse before it gets better.”

Is sex nothing to women anymore? Don’t ladies have an important voice when it comes to sex? Women are typically taught to hurry to lose their virginity?

Women have more to lose — she could get pregnant, have to drop out or be labeled a whore for who knows how long. Men get more of a pat on the back when they decide to get rid of their virginity.

By practicing safe sex, you’re standing up for your womanly right to have some control and prevent immoral outcomes.

Show men that the power of the penis is just a myth. Find out the power of a condom.

Understand that you can prevent ridiculous outcomes ladies. You don’t have to end up being the baby momma or taking medicine every day to keep your STD in check.

We’re all adults here. If you decide to become sexually active remember what risks you’re choosing to be exposed to by not using a condom or other birth control alternatives. The on campus nurse’s office, located in Mooney Hall, will be able to aid anyone interested in getting some kind of birth control.

Geoff Peterson, a robotic skeleton who acted as Craig’s sidekick.

For me, this is when the show became perfect. The banter between the two was some of the funniest dialogue I’ve ever witnessed on tv.

Somehow, the show got even stranger when the show introduced a horse as one of the shows characters. This just made for more funny sketches as strange is perfect for Craig’s comedy.

Sadly, Craig will be leaving “The Late Late Show” at the end of the year and I’m sad to see him go.

“The Late Late Show” was the only latenight talk show I enjoyed and it was because

Craig was just so much funnier and more talented than the others. Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon are talented hosts, but Craig is on a higher level to me.

I really hope Craig, Geoff and all of the great characters from the show stick together and keep providing entertainment for people.

Wherever Craig goes, I’m sure he’ll do well.

I first saw him on “The Drew Carey Show” as Drew’s boss, Mr Wick and Craig has proven himself as being both funny and talented.

I’m sure whoever takes Craig’s place will be right for the job, but no one can replace Craig in my opinion.

Craig, good luck out there. I’ll miss you.

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REDDIES CONQUER ECU Head football coach Scott Maxfield coaches his 100th game for Henderson State University

BY KAITLYN KITCHENS The Reddies played away against East Central University in Ada, Okla., on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Henderson, ranked No. 7, struggled with their offensive line but walked away with a 4427 win over the ECU Tigers.

“Any win on the road is a good win,” head coach Scott Maxfield said. “Our offense sputtered and we didn’t play well, but we won and that is the main thing.”

It was Maxfield’s 100th game to coach at Henderson. Playing their fourth game of the season, Houston Ray made a 22-yard field goal followed by a 52-yard run by Rodney Bryson in the first quarter for a 10-0 lead.

The Tigers tied the score early in the second quarter, but the Reddies quickly came

back with a touchdown by Darius Davis for a 15-yard run.

With 1:48 left in the first half, Ryan McDonald scored a one-yard touchdown to make the score 24-10.

ECU came back with a field goal to end the first half with the Reddies in the lead 24-13.

In the third quarter, Christian Latoof had a punt blocked by ECU who recovered the ball on the Henderson 8-yard line.

The Tigers scored two plays later to make the score 27-24.

The fourth quarter started with Henderson leading 37-20, with both teams scoring in the quarter.

The Reddies final score happened when Rodgers hooked up with Davis for a 61-yard

REPRESENTING DIVISION II

President Glendell Jones has been selected to be one of 16 presidents to represent division II

BY TAYLOR DANIELS

The president of Henderson just became a little more busy and will be conquering more for all athletes at NCAA Division 2 universities.

President Glendell Jones was recently selected one of 16 school presidents for the NCAA Division 2 Presidents Council. He and the other 15 members serve as the highest governing body for D2 athletics.

He will have his first meeting sometime next month to start building a better path for student athletes all over the country in NCAA Division 2 universities. While doing so, the council will also set policies in place be for the welfare of athletes.

As for now, he is working on learning the councils’ history and policies. He is also thinking of ways he can help student athletes make their college experience a smoother journey.

“I have been a student athlete before so I understand that it is difficult [balancing schedules] with classes, games, practice and other interactions,” Jones said.

This opportunity came to him because of

his work with many colleagues and his understanding of what hard work and dedication looks like. A majority of athletes from all division universities will not make it to a professional level in their sport.

Jones wants Henderson’s athletes to compete at high levels but hopes they do not lose track of the ultimate goal.

“How many athletes have you known or seen that make it to a professional level but within five years, they have no money?” Jones asked.

The ultimate goal is to graduate with a degree. Most athletes get caught up in practice, games and other events that when it comes down to study time they may be tired or not giving their full potential effort.

“It’s easy to forget the ‘student’ in ‘student athlete,’” Jones said. “Not only do we want to work with a balancing schedule, we want to focus on injuries,” Jones said. “They are part of the game and we want to prevent them. And when they happen, we want to make the healing process – physical and mental -- as best as

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PREPARE FOR DOMINATION—Henderson lines up in the televised game against Southeastern Oklahoma State University. touchdown with 10:50 left in the game.

The Henderson offense finished with 465 yards on 87 plays. Rodgers completed 30 of 45 passes for 309 yards.

it can possibly be.”

While monitoring the eligibility policy, the NCAA found that many student athletes who exhausted their eligibility had a lot of hours but were no closer to graduating, as they were two years before.

Now the policy states that student athletes must have a structured plan and must make progress by taking meaningful classes toward their degree.

“As a member of the GAC (Great American Conference), as our president, I wanted to make certain if I had an opportunity like this that I would do so because I do think I can contribute to the NCAA Division 2 board,” Jones said.

Whenever someone from Henderson is in a leadership role, Jones believes that it always puts the school in a good spotlight no matter who it is and what the cause may be.

Between working for Henderson students and student athletes here, Jones will be receiving phone calls until he has his first official meeting with the NCAA board later next month. Along with pushing for a more balanced life and schedule, student athletes will soon be able to enroll first into their courses toward their degree.

With the opportunity for the 300 plus student athletes at Henderson to enroll first this helps them get on track with their degree plans

The Reddies will play at home at the Carpenter-Haygood stadium at 3 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 4.

Additional reporting by Troy Mitchell.

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REPRESENT—President Glendell Jones is selected for NCAA Division two Presidents Council. as well as avoiding conflicting practice, game and travel schedules.

Being a representative of Henderson, and now for the NCAA D2 athletes, Jones hopes to be able to shape policies for D2 universities for several years to come.

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JOSEPH SNAPP Junior Joseph Snapp, the rising star of Henderson

BY MAKENZIE STONE Henderson’s wide receiver Joseph Snapp, junior communication major, is really starting to turn some heads.

Snapp is originally from Van Buren, Ark., where he played for their high school football team as receiver also.

“It was at the end of my sophomore year when I finally got to start,” Snapp said. “We weren’t the best team but I still tried my best to work my hardest.”

However, Snapp’s football career started long before his sophomore year of high school.

“When I was younger I played Boy’s Club football,” Snapp said. “I started from when I was on the peewee league, to the pony league, then to midget league and all the way up. Majority of the time I would play quarterback or running back and depending on what team we were against I would sometimes play receiver.”

Throughout the years of Snapp being in football his father, Randy Snapp, has continued to encourage him to keep working his hardest.

“He always knows what to say,” Joseph Snapp said. “One thing he always tells me is to

keep working hard even when nobody is looking because you never know when that day will finally come when all your work will pay off.”

And paid off it has. During Snapp’s first year at Henderson back in 2011 he was considered a redshirt on the football team. As are most freshmen players.

Then in 2012 Snapp recorded his first reception against Southern Nazarene and ended the season having played in nine games where he had two catches for 15 yards. In 2013 Snapp got to show off his skills and ended an amazing season with 18 catches for 352 yards and four touchdowns.

Even with this year’s football season only being three games in, Snapp has already made 17 catches for 248 yards and two touchdowns.

“My goal and what would also make my dad happy is to have a thousand yards receiving one day,” Snapp said. “I’ve never had over a thousand yards receiving in my life so that would be pretty cool.”

Being a college athlete is difficult and it comes with a great deal of responsibilities as well as challenges.

“I honestly would say my biggest challenge

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READY TO SCORE—Snapp in the end zone during the televised game against Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Photo by Jeffery P. Gilmore

BALL CARRIER—Joseph Snapp carries the ball down the field in the home game against Southeastern Oklahoma State University. is probably just trying to keep up with everyone,” Snapp said. “Because when I came to Henderson from high school I was the typical slow white guy and I wanted to be fast because if you want to play receiver on Henderson’s team you got to be fast.”

In order to get faster Snapp said he started doing a great deal of running and worked real hard at it until he finally did it.

“There are a lot of things that motivate me,” Snapp said. “I feel kind of like an under dog. Not many universities knew about me or knew who I was so I went to all of these football camps to try and get recognized. Sometimes kids get over looked or may not get noticed on their high school team because they aren’t the stars of their team and I always just felt that way. I felt like a little underdog. So when I finally made it to Henderson I stayed motivated and kept on working because I knew I wanted to play.”

Henderson offers an athletic training staff for all student athletes that provides medical services as well as treatments to help prevent athletic injuries and illnesses.

Rob Redding, head athletic trainer and assistant athletic director, has helped hundreds

of Henderson athletes recover, including Snapp who injured his ankle back in 2012.

“They take care of us here,” Snapp said.

“We have a good training staff and Rob always picks a great selection of people. My ankle was messed up pretty bad but Rob helped me rehab it and everything.”

Following this football season, Snapp will have one full remaining season left to play until he graduates in May 2015.

Even though Snapp is not solely relying on taking his football career beyond college he is still planning on attending the junior pro day this coming spring and the senior pro day the following spring.

“What they do is they have the combine and they have scouts there,” Snapp said. “So I will do that and if there is any possible way I can try to extend my football career then I probably will but then if nothing happens I’ll just continue with life and get a job.”

If the pros do not call, Snapp plans on becoming a pharmaceutical sales representative.

He said that he will be able to travel around frequently and still make decent money. But for the time being Snapp is keeping his focus on football and his academics.