10/10/17 Issue

Henderson State University - Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Volume 113, Issue 7

Reddie to serve day p.3

Dozens of students helped out around the town on Reddie to serve day last weekend.

Pumpkin day p.6

The citizens of Manchester Community in Arkadelphia celebrate their annual Pumpkin Day.

letter from a victim p.9

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A student shares how she was affected by rape.

good for the reddies p.12

The Reddies Mens’ Football team took down Okla. Baptist last weekend.

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Reddie news Dr. Corvino and conversation stoppers in the culture wars Story by Meredith Adcock, Student Reporter

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COVER

Photo by Emily Bell, Staff Photographer

In the aftermath of a disaster, we as people often blame each other for the destruction.

The opposing sides, whether from political affiliation or moral belief, usually try to stop the painful conversations in which they can be proved wrong, or illogical.

Dr. John Corvino, thorough his talk, “Conversation Stoppers in the Culture Wars,” hopes to make us realize that by ceasing conversation, we cannot move forward. By engaging in these arguments, we are being unproductive. He suggests that we will never be able to fix the problems we have, not only as a community, but as a world.

Dr. Corvino, who has been speaking on the subject of gay rights for over 20 years, has heard several different oppositions from the extreme-right. While he is left-wing, he understands the issues that the left wings are bringing to the table regarding conversation.

No matter who you are, what you identify yourself with, or what your education level, there is a natural response when things change that you feel are not ready or do not need to change. (Clean that up a bit, simplify). People do not embrace change because it’s hard to know how to move forward and adapt.

No matter the denomination, people tend to gravitate towards their gut response to events or outside stimuli. For example, someone who believes very firmly in feminism would most likely ride towards the left, as it tends to support the equality between men and women.

We associate ourselves with people like ourselves. However, according to social sci-

ence, so long as it does not interfere with our morals, liberal democrats and conservative republicans score nearly the same in surveys.

On the side of conservative republicans, many of the conversation stoppers that are used usually fall into the category of traditionalism, generally citing the Christian tradition’s God. For example, the response “You’re just politically correct” is a response that translates roughly to “you cannot tell me when I’m insensitive to another culture or people.”

This is an issue, as it marginalizes already marginalized, people. Many of the other responses mentioned are focused on gays themselves, and concentrate on dehumanizing them due to their sexuality.

On the flipside, we have liberal democrats, who flip the “You’re Politically Correct” argument to “You’re just a bigot.” The issue here is everyone has bigoted tendencies, as we all have a belief that we hold onto stubbornly, even if we are aware that it is illogical to have it. It also draws a distance between the right and the left and implies that the power does not belong at the table at all.

So how can we fix this problem? Much like an annoying roommate that continues to fight with you about the thermostat, we have to find a compromise in the culture wars.

Some of the suggestions from Dr. Covino are as follows. 1- breathe, 2- build relationships, 3-listen as much as you talk, 4- interpret charitably, and 5- keep it real. If we are going to fix the problems we have, we have to keep the conversation going, no matter how painful it can be.

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Students were Reddie to Serve last Saturday Story and Photos by Parker Hutson, Staff Reporter

On the quad, dozens of groups gathered to await their fellow members and prepare to go out and help the community. Looking over the crowd, it wasn’t hard to tell who the morning people were, and who had not had their cup of coffee yet. With the “Reddies” logo in the background as a scene setter, an announcement was made that it was time for us to disperse and head out to help the people of Arkadelphia.

The cars all pulled out of their spaces, and the different clubs and organizations went on their way. I got in my car and went on my way to my own sorority’s task, which was to help an elderly woman with raking her yard and cutting limbs down in her driveway. She was such a gracious lady and even supplied us with cold sodas and snacks after the job was done. Faith Whiteside, senior psychology major and President of Alpha Sigma Tau felt pretty good about Reddie to Serve.

“First and foremost to give back to the community,” Whiteside said, “but also to represent Henderson and Alpha Sigma Tau in a positive light that shows what we stand for.”

“The community in Arkadelphia provides such a kind and supportive environment for us as students to thrive.” she said. “It’s important for us to be able to show how grateful we are for that.”

I parted ways with my sorority and found the Chi Alpha fraternity trimming hedges by the Happy Land Daycare. The campus Pastor, Caleb Mays, came over to welcome me to the raking party.

Next, I found myself with the Business Committee. They had gathered in the front yard of the lady they had helped and she

passed out snacks to everyone there. The leader of the group and Professor of Business Dr. Akoto, had a lot to say about the event.

“It’s good to connect with your community and serving the people, especially the older people.” Akoto said. “It’s a useful thing and it just gets us out there to show that we are The School with a Heart. It’s a good feeling to know that you are able to help people.”

Dr. Akoto and some of the business students had helped an elderly lady put mulch in her backyard, forty pounds of it at that.

They also helped rake the leaves as well. Dr. Akoto was asked why he thought the community deserved the school to give back to them, and his answer was something I had not thought about as a student.

“The community gives so much to the school, so I think it’s good for Henderson to give back to the community. At the school, we are supposed to train our students to go out into communities and be a good service to their communities.” Dr. Akoto said. “I think this is a good way to demonstrate to students that we teach them so that they can get out and be apart of a community one day and give back to that one as well.”

I never thought of Reddie to Serve in the way that Dr. Akoto described it, as a way of preparing us to go into our own communities after we graduate, it was a new thought, especially for me as a senior.

Muriel Hasley is a retiree from the University and worked in the nursing department for eleven years. She will be ninety this month. I asked what Mrs. Hasley wanted to say to the Henderson campus, and she had very kind words for the students and faculty.

Dozens of students showed up on the quad Saturday ready and willing to work.

“Well I think it’s great. I think the students were all so respectful and contributed their help and act they enjoyed it. I think being apart of the community is good for the students and good for us who are retired.”

I said my goodbyes to Halsey and her daughter, who had drove here to help her mother out for the weekend, and I got into my car to head to Cracker Barrel, where my sorority was sitting down for some well deserved brunch. Getting to Cracker Barrel and sitting down with my sisters, I looked around at the packed restaurant and saw so many faces of the community.

I thought about what each of the people had said in their interviews, and in my reflection I knew that everything they had said was true. Reddie to Serve is an amazing way to show this wonderful community just how much they mean to us. They give us so much, and like Caleb said: “Henderson is part of Arkadelphia, and Arkadelphia is part of Henderson.”

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Financial raid: students face epic problems with finances Story by Zac Walthall, Contributing Reporter Graphic by Jacob Glasgow, Graphic Designer

The beginning of a new semester of school always brings forth a swarm of social media posts: We see sweaty, smiling faces, as students move from Newberry or Smith into upper-level dormitories, like East or West.

We see groups of grinning sorority girls, happy to have been reunited with their sprawling families after a long summer. Athletes and Showband members alike post about how grueling their day-long practices are under the hot, unforgiving Arkansas sun.

Most of these blurbs celebrate the reinstatement of their status as a college student, but this year a much more negative experience seemed to dominate the internet on campus: problems with financial aid.

In a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, it was estimated that, in the 2014-15 school year, nearly 86 percent of students received some sort of federal aid. This number is only slated to rise, given the rising costs of higher education, with tuition at Henderson coming to a whopping $8,116 per semester for in-state students and $14,956 per semester for out-of-state students. These estimates are based on information found on hsu.edu.

Many students on our campus not only require aid to pay for college, but they also use the money from their refund checks to make ends meet, to cover the costs of books or art supplies, or to clear up a few months of rent.

This year, processing seemed to take longer than before. The outcry was immense, and social media was saturated with the angry opinions of many students.

One unnamed student took to social media, venting about the fact that, despite having already filed his tax returns, he still did not have anything to show for his aid. He ended the status in which the aid office was characterized as a cold and unfeeling entity, not caring that the lack of forward

progress was setting back his own life: “And here I thought I was at the school with a heart - the lies they tell us.”

It was a powerful statement that piqued the interest of several Oracle staff members. If there was a bottom to this, it had to be reached.

Next thing I knew, I had scheduled an interview with the director of Financial Aid, Alexandra Tubbs. We sat down in her office at 7:30 a.m. to discuss the issues plaguing the office. Having been in her position since March, Tubbs found that her duty of overseeing the day-to-day operations of aid were more difficult than perceived with a number of roadblocks impeding their advancement.

“It all started at the end of last semester,” she began, detailing the how the office had been run under the previous leadership. According to Tubbs, the head of the department before her had a system of processing aid that had never been chronicled for the future wave of workers.

Once that person was out of the office, the whole system was thrown into turmoil, as there was no documentation on how to continue the regular comings and goings of a new school year.

An entirely new system had to be created, from the ground up.

“We were behind before we even started,” Tubbs remarked. They didn’t get a good foothold until June, she said, telling me about how they worked nights and weekends to catch up on the four months worth of work that had already been backlogged.

After a long period of intense work, Tubbs said she finally feels that the office has caught up and taken the necessary precautions to make sure that the issue will not persist. Procedural changes and cross-training have eliminated the quandary inherent in the system.

This, however, is not a one-sided dilemma.

Tubbs describes most financial aid offices as

“reactive, not proactive.” She noted that most would prefer to go clean up the messes that they’d already created by their indifference at the beginning of the process.

This is not her vision for the university, though. She delivered a few solutions on how to prevent the continuation of these aggravations and how to make things easier for both her staff and the students that require aid: - Submit your forms as early as you’re able: Tubbs accredits a vast majority of the headache in her office to students waiting until one or two weeks before school starts to start filing their aid applications.

- Stay on top of your application: Though calling and emailing are a viable option, Tubbs encourages students to actually come in the office to figure out their situation, stating that her own door is open for those who need help.

- Don’t get too frustrated: Right now, the office is using an outdated system that isn’t very intuitive. Though they can contact students to re-submit forms, they aren’t able to add a reason why to the email, as it’s all very cut-and-dried.

This won’t be an issue in the future, as the office is currently testing an electronic form system, but, at the moment, just bear with administration as they try to make do with what they have.

To conclude, this has been a very stressful semester for not only those who are struggling to make ends meet without the money they’re gifted through aid, but also for those working behind the scenes to try and get that money out to the former. This is a fixable issue, though, with procedural changes and active student involvement.

Together, we can prevent this from happening again.

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The delph & beyond

Third annual Arktoberfest to hit Delph streets on Oct. 27 Story by Pete Tubbs, Editor in Chief Graphic: Cover Image of Arktoberfest’s Facebook Page

You know that fall is here because the third annual Arktoberfest will occur in just a couple of weeks. Arkadelphia’s largest festival will have no shortage of fun things to experience without having to leave town.

If you want to have some fantastic craft beer, participate in a zombie run, and have some truly southern food, then Arktoberfest is the place to be. Starting Oct. 27 and running through the weekend, Arktoberfest is free to attend and $20 if you want to drink.

The first event on Oct. 27 is the Zombie Run in which you can volunteer to be a zombie and chase the runners or run for your life in get some exercise while doing it. The cost for the race is $25 for people 18+ and just $20 for students under 18. If you register at arktoberfestzombierun2017.eventbrite.com before Oct. 18, you can get a guaranteed zombie run t-shirt.

Runners with flag belts will run through a

scary route in post apocalyptic downtown while being chased by zombies. Whilst running, zombies will try to steal your flags.

If you cross the finish line with one or more flags, you are a survivor. However, if you finish without a flag, you are now a member of the undead community.

If you are dressed alike, you can run as a team.

If one person in your team survives, you all do.

The flag and t-shirt pickup begins at 6 p.m. in front of Slim and Shorty’s. The run begins at approximately 7:30 p.m..

Volunteer zombies must arrive by 6 p.m. if you want makeup. Best dressed zombie and best dressed individual and team runners will receive prizes.

Another exciting event is the Arktoberfest Challenge Homebrew Competition. You can register at reggiebeer.com.

You have to brew your own beer and you must

be 21 years of age to enter. First place winners will receive $300, second $200, and third $100.

The entry fee is $25, but that’s worth it for the potential significant payoff.

If you’d like to be a vendor, you’re more than welcome. To set up a spot, the vending fee will be $25.

To have a food truck, the fee will be a bit more steep at $100. Space is said to be scarce, however, so message Arktoberfest on Facebook for your chance to enter the competition.

So if you’re going to enter one of the competitions, you only have a couple of weeks. Whether or not you compete, 2017’s Arktoberfest will no doubt be one for the books.

Other events include a block party, live music, and kids activities. If Arktoberfest isn’t enough for you, then you can head on down to the Gurdon Forest Festival that’s happening at the same time.

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Spring Fling

Citizens of Arkadelphia and the Manchester community celebrate fall with their annual Pumpkin Day Story by Pete Tubbs, Editor in Chief Pictures by Pete Tubbs, Editor in Chief

There were several antique tractors, some of which were available to ride.

You could buy you very own pumpkin just n time for the holidays.

The annual Pumpkin Day was held on Saturday at the Manchester Community center outside of Arkadelphia. It drew a crowd of over one hundred people whom all gathered to celebrate the return of the fall season.

Some tents and vendors that were set up include the Twin Rivers Blacksmith Association, an an-

tique tractor tent, a tin sign tent, a hay ride, and of course a pumpkin patch. People from all around drove out to the rural area to partake in a little bit of seasonal spirit.

Byron Jones, originally from Crossett, AR who now resides in Manchester Community, loves Pumpkin Day. “We’ve been making the pork butts for four years,” Jones said. “We made 24 this year and we’re probably gonna sell out.”

Apart from the pork, Jones is also the craftsman of several different types of wooden art. He had several bowls, rolling pins, and cutting boards on display. The types of wood used ranged from foreign woods to black oak and birchwood.

“Some of these take me five or six days,” Jones said, “I guess I started making these whenever we bought the farm, so probably six or seven years.”

One of the vendors, the Twin Rivers Blacksmith Association, allowed kids to make their own miniature swords from nails. Another, the antique tractor display, allowed children to take a ride on one of the ancient machines.

Other than being a source for getting into the

Byron Jones working on some of his woodwork, which he had for sale at Pumpkin day.

spirit of fall, the Pumpkin Day gathering also serves as a source for a celebration of history. “My grandma went to school in that building over there,” Mike Jones, Byron Jones’ son said. “She went there from 1914 to 1917.”

Many things are wonderful about fall. Those browning and falling leaves, the ever-so-slightly cooler temperature, and the addition of Halloween decorations in your neighbor’s yards. What makes fall the best however, are chances to spend time with your families, and that’s exactly what the folks of Manchester Community did Saturday.

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ARts & MUSIC

Not quite a Mundane Affair: Jordan William’s art exhibition Story by Abbie Beaver, Arts & Music Editor Photos by Emily Bell, Copy Editor/Director of A&M

Last week, senior Jordan Williams had his senior art exhibition in the Huie Library. It was a collection of paintings he had worked on over the last two years that was made up of a collection of paintings he had done of his friends based on his own personal feelings of anxiety and depression of the last two years.

The paintings were set up in order from most colorful, to muted, and back to colorful. Although the paintings were not in the order in which they were painted, it was obvious that “Remember?” was the first he had painted for the series. It was very different than the others. He was inspired by the German expression period,

A painting from “A Mundane Affair” called “Ponder.”

Jordan Williams, artist responsible for “A Mundane Affair.”

which is apparent in the brush stroke techniques he used and in the color schemes of the paintings.

Most of the art was very emotional and intense. Some of it was sad, but in a way they were almost reassuring. Williams did not mean for the paintings to make people feel sad. He said, “people say the paintings make them feel sad, but they make me feel happy because the feelings [anxiety, depression] are out in the open now.”

In all of the paintings, the subjects are alone.

Williams said, “that’s the thing with all my paintings, they’ll probably never have two people in them.”

Jordan spoke candidly about his painting “Examine.” “At first I don’t think I liked this one, but

I think the more I look at it, the more successful it is. You have these really bright colors drawing you in, but they’re divided by these brushstrokes that I use for the background in most of my paintings.”

Despite being a bright figure, she has this “encroaching darkness upon them, almost as if she knows what she’s having to go through today and she knows what coming, but she still has to face it.” Along with this darkness and knowing, Williams explained that it can also be interpreted as a moment of self reflection. “I think that’s what a lot of them are too. Just contemplating everything you’ve ever done. Contemplating who you are as a person and what you want to change.”

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Student penned play artistically delves into complex topics Story by Zac Wallthall, Contributing Reporter

“I Am Emily Doe” is an ambitious project. A theatrical chronicling of the events that both lead up to and conspired during the Brock Turner rape case was not something that I thought I’d ever see onstage. However, I must say that author Magee-Lee Preston made the leap between reality and the medium very gracefully, creating a production that I was entirely swept away by.

The play starts out by introducing the titular Emily Doe and the cast of characters that will accompany us on our journey into the dark underworld of college rape culture. In the opening sequence, we find ourselves acquainted with Emily, the victim of predator Brock Turner. She goes out for a night of fun alongside her sister, the ambiguously named Jane Doe, and gets intoxicated in the process.

This results in her waking up in a hospital, after being viciously attacked by the aforementioned Turner. What happens after that is a circus of a trial, with Turner tailoring the story to exonerate himself, he claimed that the entire ordeal was a consensual drunken tryst that just happened to occur behind a dumpster. The whole case was, admittedly, a farce.

“I Am Emily Doe” follows the protagonist, now wounded beyond belief, as she struggles to comprehend what has happened to her and cope with the effects of the attack. Not only is she marked physically, making remarks about the bruises on her legs and the soreness in her mutilated genitals, but she also carries with her the constant emotional baggage of a rape survivor.

The audience is brought into her world, standing with her as she listens to Turner’s fantastical account of the events that conspired that night.

We watch as she is battered by and somewhat overcomes the impact he has had on her life.

Author and student, Magee Lee Preston, tells the story wonderfully, using a cast of charac-

The cast was all fantastic in “I am Emily Doe.”

ters to weave the web that we saw unfold. The Brechtian style of writing that Preston implements brings the audience into the production, with each character breaking the fourth wall by acknowledging the onlookers around them. Savannah Reynolds and Dakota Mansfield play the roles of Doe and Turner, respectively.

The rest of the cast, comprised of Reagan Hammonds, LaDarius Jamerson, Joey Kalinowski, Madison Moore, and Jacey Russell, function as both a jury and an ever-evolving group of characters, filling in whatever role is needed for the scene. Between scenes, they find themselves discussing the validity of either side of the “argument.” Once something begins to occur, we see them become doctors, mothers, significant others, and friends. The cast really shines through, effortlessly changing mannerisms and ideas about the case as they shed personas.

“I Am Emily Doe” touches on a number of topics, but most importantly, it discusses one of the most prevalent issues facing modern day

America: rape culture. Preston, however, takes this in stride and creates an experience that one will not soon forget, changing minds and wetting eyes all the same.

Savannah Reynolds as the titular character, Emily Doe.

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OPINIONS

From a victim’s perspective: the truth about rape Review by Emily Bell, Director of A&M/Copy Editor

I could have avoided it.

I should have known better.

I was always stronger than this, how did I let this happen?

Everyone will know how stupid I am.

Everyone will know what he did to me.

Everyone will know… Unless I keep it to myself.

These thoughts tend to swarm the mind for most who have experienced sexual assault or rape. Perhaps not every victim feels this way, but many certainly do, especially at first.

Some of us continue to hold ourselves responsible, no matter how much we understand the illogic in that.

More of us remain silent because we know there’s no way in our current legal system and society that we will ever get justice.

Even with condemning evidence, it’s a painful, exhausting, and expensive battle.

Some of us convince ourselves that remaining silent is the lesser of two tormenting lifetimes.

I have only experienced the silent side. I was too confused, exhausted, and shocked the morning after the incident when I regained consciousness to get to any medical facility. I wasn’t even entirely sure what exactly happened.

He was my roommate. My then-boyfriend was disappointed in me and upset with me… Perhaps I was mistaken… Perhaps, it was my fault. I believed I had no reason to gather proof for something I was told didn’t happen.

My drive home from that comic convention was wrought with silence, perhaps foreshadowing years of silence until now.

I have yet to venture to any other convention of similar theme. Subconsciously ruled by a single disgusting night, I have no further interest in them.

I recall only two things after the one sip during one night of the convention: a flash of memory

that makes me literally wince, and that I cried and dry-heaved until I passed out.

I was not much of a feminist back then; I didn’t know how to be one yet.

I didn’t know that all of that was not my fault.

I didn’t know how to fight back.

I didn’t know how to escape.

I was pregnant, but I didn’t know what to do.

I had a miscarriage, and tried to move on.

It doesn’t always linger, it doesn’t always loom over me like a shadowy demon, but I was broken in a way that I know and understand will never be repaired.

I can never achieve justice for my situation.

The rapist is free, and I am not the only one he’s chosen. I have nothing to offer to prevent him from doing this to other women. I can’t say much on the subject now, or I might be the one facing charges for slander.

That is the reality we live in. I’m the one who must worry over who knows my story. I’m the one who must make sure I am within my legal rights. Not him, me.

This is why I am thankful for works of art like “I Am Emily Doe.” I’m not drowned out in the sea of our society’s apathetic disbelief. I’m not without claim. I’m not alone. I am not silenced.

As a victim, I obviously share a painful connection with the main character of Preston’s play.

Interestingly, the flashbacks of Emily Doe’s rape and scenes of her nightmares are not what break me down the most.

Instead, it was the scene in which Emily Doe tells her boyfriend, Lucas, what happened to her after the frat party.

She struggled to tell him, reminding me of how difficult it was and has been to admit to being a victim. Once it was out, she was terrified, but met with the exact support, love, care, and confirmation that she deserved. She was remind-

ed that she was not at fault and not alone.

I didn’t get that. No one comforted me.

My then-boyfriend blamed me. The two close friends I attempted to explain it to were indifferent. I couldn’t tell many others, fearing they would worry too much. I drove myself insane in silence.

Over the years, I have tried to speak to more people about it, but it seems pointless.

The only person who ever confirmed that it was not OK and comforted me was my current boyfriend. He went with me to the play both times, once each semester, and held my hand while I cried. Years later, someone was there for me.

That was all I needed, and I could barely ask for it.

It’s difficult, nearly impossible, to ask for anything anymore.

“I hate this child I’ve become,” Emily Doe, played by Savannah Reynolds, said to the audience. Its brutal honesty of the victim I will always be resonates with me constantly.

Emily Doe’s nightmares portray a significant and disturbing reality to a rape victim’s life, regardless if we remember the event or not.

Yet, the true nightmare is the daily lives we lead. The character, whose dialogue is based on an open letter that the real rape victim published, explains to her mother how sapping the depression is. “It takes all of my energy just to walk across the room.”

I’m tired.

I’m broken.

But I’m not alone.

I will not be silenced.

As long as works like “I Am Emily Doe” continue to stand out in this world and make people wake up to the realities of sexual assault and rape, I will be hopeful.

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OPINIONS After all these years, LG is still sounding as good as ever Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinions Editor

Whenever it comes to smartphones, I try not to be a brand loyalist. Whenever I upgrade my phone, I like to switch to a different kind of phone to mix things up.

This time, however, I once again went with an LG phone because their V series is just so good and the LG V30 is the best one yet.

LG is very underrated when it comes to their smartphones, but that could be due to some issues they’ve had in the past with some of their phones lagging and bootlooping. But now, LG is really taking things seriously and releasing some serious devices that are worthy of everyone’s attention.

The LG V20 was my favorite phone from last year and the V30 takes everything about it and adds some much appreciated improvements, but also unfortunately takes a few things away.

LG’s main focus for the V30 is audio and video. Both have been dramatically improved from the V20 and the G6, but the US version of the G6’s audio wasn’t that great anyway.

With the improved Quad DAC, the V30 has audio that can be fine tuned for any kind of headphones to get the maximum amount of performance out of them. Even cheaper pairs of earbuds sound great on the V30 and a high-quality pair allows you to get the most out of any and all sounds.

It’s kind of hard listening to audio on other smartphones when you’re so used to audio like this.

Video recording is extremely good on the V30 simply because the phone makes it so easy to do and gives you a ton of options while filming. The V30 works just as good as a lot of high-quality cameras so if you’re big on filming, you should definitely consider getting this.

There are quite a few differences between the V20 and the V30 that are both good and bad.

One of the best changes to the V30 is that they

added in a floating bar in place of the secondary display that the V20 and the V10 had.

While the secondary display was really nice, it still took up a lot of the screen and the floating bar fixed that problem. Now, you just have this small secondary screen that you can pull up anytime in order to quickly switch between apps.

Instead of an LCD display, LG has returned to

using a P-OLED screen which looks a lot better.

Some colors are a bit off, but it’s still a major improvement over the past displays they’ve used.

One of the V30’s best features is its camera.

The camera is one of, if not the best, smartphone cameras available.

While I’m really enjoying this phone, it still has some problems. Unlike the V20, the V30 does not have a removable battery or an IR blaster. The lack of an IR blaster isn’t too bad because it’s not a feature that’s all that necessary, but it’s sad to see the removable battery go.

Granted, it allows the V30 to be waterproof, so maybe that’s not too bad.

While the front facing camera isn’t terrible, it’s exactly the same as it was on the V20. It’s a shame that they didn’t improve the front camera as much as the one on the back.

The V30 also only has four gigs of RAM and while that isn’t awful, LG is marketing the V30 as a power user’s phone. It should definitely have at least six gigs so that way it’s much faster and can handle having more apps open at once.

Still, even with lower amounts of RAM, the V30 gets the job done and it does it well. Since it’s a bit cheaper than most new smartphones, the V30 is probably the best flagship phone available right now.

Both the V30 and the Note 8 are this year’s best phones, so you can’t go wrong with either one of them. I do give the edge to the V30 simply because it’s cheaper and the audio is extremely good.

Both the Google Pixel 2 and Huawei Mate 10 have yet to be released, so you may want to wait to get a new phone until those two are available.

But if you really want a new phone right now and you want something from this year, the V30 is a terrific choice and some carriers are having some nice promotions to make the purchase an even better one.

October 10, 2017

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

ACROSS 1 Ruin 6 Pesto herb 11 NYC financial newspaper 14 Dodgers and Giants 15 Spanish girl 16 Boo follower 17 Microsoft Excel tool 19 It’s found in lodes 20 Disc in the dishwasher 21 Parish residence 23 Mount sacred to Judaism 24 Like lutes and mandolins 27 Splinter groups 29 Beer drinker’s option, briefly 30 River from Lake Victoria 31 First animal rescue vessel?

32 Ex-Yankee Martinez 34 John of Monty Python 36 Gentle hose setting 38 Shoot for, with “to” 41 New Mexico art hub 42 Chicken __: itchy malady 45 Paper mishap 46 Building wing 47 Yankee manager Joe with four World Series wins 49 Stain remover for wrinkle-resistant fabric 53 Close by 54 Gets away 55 When many take coffee breaks 57 “__ you listening?”

58 Pocket coins, or what can literally be seen in each set of puzzle circles 62 Animation frame 63 Prohibit, legally 64 Fencing swords 65 Masthead VIPs 66 Small and large 67 Actress Streep

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8/29/17

By Lonnie Burton and Nadine Anderton

DOWN 1 42nd and Wall: Abbr.

2 More lively 3 Dinghy attachment 4 “That is to say ... ” 5 J.D.-to-be’s exam 6 Former NCAA football ranking sys.

7 Spa sigh 8 Mountain chain 9 Fruity frozen drinks 10 Fastening device 11 __ pie: creamfilled chocolate cake 12 Reddish-brown horses 13 “Peppermint Twist” lead singer 18 ATM transaction: Abbr.

22 Dred Scott decision Chief Justice 23 When doubled, a Gabor 25 German article 26 Biblical disciple 28 Verb in a recipe 33 Suffix with chlor34 Zagreb’s country, to the IOC

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35 Bringing up the rear 36 Terra __: solid land 37 Friends 38 Content (with) 39 Becomes incensed 40 FedEx deliveries 42 Feather-fixing bird, e.g.

43 Like a bad fake tan

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44 Gen-__: millennial preceder 46 Fake 48 Already recorded 50 Church recesses 51 Cola choice 52 Anatomical pouch 56 Those folks 59 Fish eggs 60 Mini-albums, for short 61 Subj. for immigrants

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SPORTS

In a close match against Oklahoma Baptist, the Reddies come out on top at 14-13 Story by Jordan Williams, Sports Editor

Hitting the road once again after a short stop at home, the Reddies took a trip to Shawnee, Oklahoma to face off against the Oklahoma Baptist University Bisons. Coming into Saturday’s game the Reddies held a record of 3-3 and wanting to add a game to the win column hoping that their impressive road record of 28 consecutive would be just the edge they needed.

The first quarter saw both teams trading possessions rather quickly.

Oklahoma Baptist received the ball first but found themselves punting it away after a short lived possession of four plays. The Reddies received possession and had the same amount of success turning over the ball after only three plays.

Oklahoma found themselves on the board first with the first touchdown in this affair and the only points to be scored in this quarter after a 14 yard pass from Oklahoma Baptist QB Preston Haire connected with Stephan Turner to see the Bison’s take an early lead of 0-7. The remainder of the quarter saw the clock wind down as both teams held each other to a deadlock.

Oklahoma came into the second holding 7-0 lead against the Reddies who hoped to respond in this quarter. The Reddies started to string together some big times plays and would drive the ball all the way to the Bison second yard line but found themselves hit with a delay of game violation on first and goal.

After this Oklahoma intercepted an Andrew Black pass intended for A.J. Smith effectively destroyed any momentum the Reddies had gained. The Reddies would hold strong after this turnover shutting down the Oklahoma offense getting the ball back after a quick 6 possessions that would see them gain only 14 yards.

The Reddies took their second possession of the quarter and quickly find themselves on the Oklahoma 18 but came up scoreless after a missed field attempt by Julio Cervantes would see the score going into the half Henderson 0 – Oklahoma Baptist 7.

The Reddies opened the third marching up the field with a commanding 11 play 64 yard possession that would end with a 1 yard rush by Andrew Black tat would see Henderson tie the Score up 7-7. Oklahoma would take possession of the ball and but couldn’t string together any success against the Reddies turning over the ball after only 9 plays.

The second possession of the half saw Blake Faulk catch fire on the first play after a 40 yards rush, putting him at over 100 rushing yards for the day, all the way up to the HSU 47. Black found himself scoring once again on a 2 yard rush to cap off an 11 play 87 yard drive giving the Reddies a 14-7 lead.

Oklahoma took possession of the ball with 2:53 left in the quarter determined to respond to the back to back touchdowns the Reddies had produced. They came up with a 19 play 73 yard possession that extended all the way into the fourth quarter.

They were only cut short by the Reddies defense that held strong and force Oklahoma into a missed 33 yard field goal attempt. The Reddies, hoping to push their lead even further, took their third possession of the game.

They found themselves stonewalled by a now desperate Oklahoma defense coming up scoreless as a result of a 76 yard possession that was ended by a missed 21 yard field goal attempt by Julio Cervantes.

With only 2:48 left in the half Oklahoma took possession of the ball desperate to score. Driving down to the HSU 8, and finding themselves in a 1st and goal opportunity after pass interference was called against Reddies defensive back Bryon Miller, Oklahoma would score after a quick 2 yard pass but came up short after a failed extra point conversion. The final score in this one would be Henderson State Reddies 14 – Oklahoma Baptist University 13 with the Reddies seeing their road win streak extend to 29 wins.

The Good • Blake Faulk led Henderson with a career high in yards rush with 146 yards on 13 carries.

• Evan Lassiter was 28 of 42 on passing with 183 yards for the day posting a completion rate of 67 percent connecting with 10 different players.

• Sheldon Watson led the Reddies defensively with 9 tackles and a half sack that he shared with Brandon Quinterro.

The Bad • The Reddies defense held strong when it mattered but they allowed 333 total offensive yards.

• They eemed helpless as the Oklahoma Baptist QB Preston Haire posted up 267 passing yards on the day completing on 32 of the 54 passes he threw.

Our defensive backfield will have to tighten up if we want to see further success throughout the season.