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Henderson State University — Monday, October 10, 2016 Volume 111, Issue 8

PSYCHE ART TRICKS Beverly Rayner introduces her show, Museum of Mesmerism and Psychic Art P. 5

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COVER Art student, Jordan Williams, studies Beverly Rayner’s psychological works in the RFA gallery.

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WE WILL BE HEARD Students send in a plethora of letters to the editor

GET PSYCHED AND CULTURED Beverly Rayner’s mesmerizing works mystify students and faculty

NYCC FOR ME

Dax takes us through the big previews and highlights of the New York Comic Con

BROKEN STREAKS

Reddies face defeat last weekend in both football and volleyball

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Oct. 10, 2016

REDDIE NEWS

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Letters to the Editor — Freshmen Gripe

Last week one freshman English teacher asked his class to share their problems. Here’s what they had to say.

Let a playa play:

Happy:

Hungry:

One thing I would change is the rule about non-students going with us to the Garrison game room. We are already signing on to take responsibility for the room. It is not like we are going to let our guests do anything we would not do. Two weeks ago, five of us were going to rent the game room, but Antonio was not a student here. I asked, “Is it okay if he comes with us?” The guy’s response was, “No! He can’t!” My friends just looked at each other in confusion, and we wound up doing something else.

I don’t think it was right—I honestly think it was kind of rude. We were not about to just leave him out. “Safety issue” does not mean just keep non-students out. What’s the difference between letting non-students watch football games and letting them into the game room?

I can honestly say there is nothing that I would change about Henderson. This is the perfect place to be because we are successful on all cylinders of how a university should run. We have so many opportunities and communities to take advantage of, from the student help center to entertainment and cultural events.

What is there not to love about Henderson?

We are so full of Reddie Spirit and pride that we wear it with honor. If you ask me what I would change here, I will look you straight in the eyes and proudly say nothing at all.

The café closes too early during the week and even earlier on weekends. I also don’t like not knowing what’s in there every day. They should put out a menu or maybe send out an email so we will know if we want to walk all the way over there.

Henderson should consider that most students don’t eat that early— and if they do, they will be hungry again before going to bed, but everything will be closed.

—Cameron Raphiel, freshman criminal justice

—Tiara Hall, freshman pre-nursing

—Makala Perry, freshman medical technology Mr. President, tear down Newberry and Smith: Henderson has been what I expected: parties here and there, food is not so good, the rec fun—but the living is the worst. There shouldn’t even be a Newberry or a Smith. Both of those should be torn down and made into another co-ed dorm.

Newberry reminds me of when I stayed in the projects as a child. I got away from the projects as a teen, and I most definitely want to get away from Newberry. The price for staying there should be cheaper than it is. The cost of living there is similar to East and West, but the quality is nowhere close. And then we’re so far from everything.

We have to leave 10 minutes earlier than other students. The building is full of bugs, and I see no one trying to spray them. Then the bathroom is just the same a jail, except we have a wall separating us—but that doesn’t really change anything.

—Delarius Jenkins, freshman physical ed

I have heard Newberry has been around since the dinosaurs. You can tell, because it smells and looks old. It’s been taken over by roaches—I think I sleep with one every night, and that’s nasty.

We have roaches in the microwave, so I never put my food there. I go to East and use a friend’s microwave. The community bathrooms suck.

I hate having to bathe with other men showering next to me and no door—just two shower curtains. It is time for Newberry to go, or at least be remodeled.

—Rickie Allen, freshman pre-nursing Smith Hall may not be that bad, but it could use some major improvements, such as real showers instead of concrete walls and curtains as doors. I think we at least deserve decent showers.

Smith elevators are absolutely ridiculous— fear of getting stuck is constant. They are too old and need work. They are too slow and half the

time not working at all, which means stairs.

For those who live on the sixth, seventh and eighth floors who are chunky, like me, that is a lot of workout! Even a freshman deserves a decent dorm with a little more homey feeling and not feeling I am only stuck here because I am a freshman.

—Alexus Ellis, freshman human services Henderson has been very good to me. I love the people, the teachers, and the campus. But I don’t love Newberry: not a big fan. First, I feel like I’m not on campus. I am less likely to attend campus events because of the walk.

The alarms in Newberry are air sensitive.

They go off from a ghost sneeze. I’ve learned to deal with living there, but at the end of every day I take that dreadful walk back to Newberry and hate it. Hopefully I’ll be out by later this year, but if not, pray for me.

—Kyran Jamison, freshman undecided

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REDDIE NEWS

Get help: on campus resources to improve students’ work Story by Andrew Arnold, Student Reporter With Mid-Semester grades being released this week at Henderson, many students will need to buckle down on the studying to save their GPA. However, there are many programs offered to students that can help them salvage their grades.

The Reddie Writing Center is one program, located on the first floor of McBrien Hall, where students can learn to become better and more independent writers. Though visiting the writing center does not mean they will automatically achieve a better grade, students can get one-onone help from tutors to help them develop the skills in writing and help identify any errors that one may have in their writing.

“The Writing Center is on campus to benefit not only undergraduate students, but also graduate students and faculty members,” Hailey Jones, a graduate tutor at the writing center, said. “It’s free and many students don’t really take advantage of it.”

Students must make an appointment online by visiting hsu.edu/writingcenter. After registering into the system, students will be able to set up a personal meeting with a tutor at the Writing Center.

There are some classes like Intro to Biology and U.S. Since 1877 that the Academic Advising Center offers Supplemental Instruction. Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a peer-based study session where a student who has previously taken difficult entry-level courses can discuss what the student’s should expect.

The Academic Advising Center also offers free tutoring on the first floor of the Huie Library in Study Room 125 on Monday through Friday, tutoring in Music Theory 1-4, Investment Principles, Masters of Western Literature, Spanish 1-4, and an abundant amount of other subjects. There are also tutors available in the Math Department.

The Huie Library has over 75 student computers available where students can type papers or spend time on the internet. Students receive 500 pages they can print front-and-back without paying extra, which typically lasts most throughout the semester.

The second and third floors of the Huie Library offer a quiet study area for students to spend time with limited distractions. The second floor also offers group study rooms where stu-

dents can meet and discuss their assignments.

The Multimedia Learning Center is located on the first floor of the Education Building.

There, students have access to Photoshop, tools used to cut and create projects, and audio/visual equipment students may borrow if they have a facility sponsor and signature.

While taking the time to study and assuring that they receive the best grade possible is ultimately important, many students recommend that one should not become too stressed about maintaining a 4.0.

“I think the best thing to do is have confidence in yourself,” said Natural Resource Management sophomore, Conner Watson. “All that studying won’t do you any good if you’re super stressed about everything.”

Instead of giving up hope on passing their classes, students are encouraged to seek out help through the free college-sponsored programs like the Writing Center, Supplemental Instruction, and tutoring.

STOP! Domestic violence on campus Story by E’Lyse Thaxton, Student Reporter The Alpha Epsilon chapter of Alpha Phi Omega is hosting STOP Domestic Violence, a presentation that will inform about the dangers and warning signs of domestic violence. The event will be in the Ross room in the Garrison Activity and Conference Center at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 18.

Alpha Phi Omega will be serving refreshments and handing out ribbons to those who attend. The ribbons will be purple: the national color for domestic violence awareness. A guest from Memphis, Tennessee has been invited to speak on the topic. The proper attire for the event will be all black.

Information from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence shows that nearly 20 people per minute in the United States are abused by an intimate partner, adding up to 10 million people per year. They also show that among all of the domestic violence abuse victims, most of them

are between the ages of 18-24, which is around the same age as most traditional college students.

Students are encouraged to attend this event because it is important for both females and males to know what domestic violence is and what signs to look for in their current or future relationships. The event is also important to those who have not or may not ever be abused because it will inform them on what to look for in other people’s relationships and how to find help for the victim.

Graphic by Natasha Cribbs

Oct. 10, 2016

ARTS&MUSIC

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Museum of Mesmerism and Psychic Art Story by Parker Hutson, Student Reporter On Oct. 4, 2016, artist Beverly Rayner presented her gallery to the campus and Arkadelphia. The gallery will be open to the public until Oct. 31, 2016 in the Russell Fine Arts building.

Beverly Rayner was a young child when she first knew that she loved art and photography, and from that love grew a passion and lifestyle.

“I always loved tools and equipment, and was infatuated with the camera that my parents had,” Rayner said. “My first camera was a brownie box camera, and it literally changed the way I looked at the world.”

Throughout her life, Rayner’s inspiration changed, but her style stayed in the same aesthetic of art, consisting of sculptural photo-based mixed media constructions. Rayner’s change in style happened when she found new things that inspired her. From new artists that she took inspiration from to life events that molded her to be someone new.

“I spent a lot of time working on the idea of memory and perception and colors memory...we all color our memories and perceive and remember things in a certain way,” Rayner said. “There comes a time in life for everyone where innocence is lost, and things get shattered. This happened for me when my sister was murdered…”

After this tragic loss, Rayner looked to death as an inspiration, and used her interest in memory in that inspiration as well, to go down her artistic path. Moving on to a lighter note, Rayner also looked at how girls were perceived, creating works of art from photos, garters, ring boxes and magazine clippings.

Inspiration also came to Rayner as technology increased, and how privacy was leaking away. From this thought, Rayner made many pieces from the thought of privacy, surveillance, perception, and eyes.

The gallery showing at Henderson at the moment is based on the inspiration Rayner acquired when hearing about a similar show subject that was being shown in southern Poland, which is where her mother is from. Using her family as her muse, Rayner created the gallery that is open for the public to see in the RFA. The Margin of Excellence Grant, offered by the university, funded Rayner and her gallery to visit the campus. Through this grant, and via a friendship with professor Margo Duvall, Rayner brought her gallery to Henderson to share her aesthetic of art with the students and faculty.

“It’s great. It’s been really fun, and I’m so excited to have the show up again,” Rayner said. “I’ve shown it twice before, and to have another opportunity, especially in an educational institution, is an amazing idea.”

“I am an educator myself, so when you see things that are kind of out of the ordinary, like, photo students here aren’t doing anything as crazy,” Rayner said. “But it helps them to see that they can step out of their norm...I like inspiring that out of the box thinking.”

For more information on Rayner and her art, go to www.beverlyrayner.com.

Photo by Parker Hutson

Artist Beverly Rayner spoke about her work on campus.

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TRAILER TRASH Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinion Editor I would like to personally thank the people at New York Comic Con for getting me so excited. The Con took place over the last couple of days and they gave me so much more than I wanted and I didn’t even go there.

Not only does NYCC do a lot for the comic book industry, but it is also one of the best times of the year for trailers of new TV shows and movies.

Some of the trailers were for things I’m not very interested in, but three of them are trailers I’ve been extremely excited for.

Trailers for the new “Underworld” and “Resident Evil” movies were shown.

While I think the “Underworld” series is ok, I’m still not very big on those movies. Still, the trailer looked kind of cool.

When it comes to “Resident Evil,” I barely like the games since the past few in the series have been pretty bad and I don’t like any of the movies. Apparently, it’s going to be the last one, but they’ve said the same thing about the last few.

The full title of the film is “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.”

I sincerely hope this is actually the final chapter.

Trailers were also shown for the new season of “The Walking Dead.”

That trailer got me a little excited because I do really like the show and they showed a little bit of footage of Negan.

There were also a few other trailers that were shown off, but they weren’t as exciting as the three that really took my breath away.

One of these three was the official trailer for the upcoming “Power Rangers” movie.

I didn’t think it would be one of the trailers I would enjoy the most,

OPINIONS but here I am being super excited for it.

Growing up, I loved the Power Rangers so when I found out that a movie was being made, I almost lost my mind. But I had my doubts since more news about the movie has been revealed.

However, the trailer has gotten me back in that excited state I was in when I first read about the movie being made.

The trailer did exactly what trailers should do. It showed me just enough to get me excited for the whole thing. It didn’t show me too much or too little.

It didn’t even show the characters in their suits. The trailer ends with the Red Ranger having his suit mold around his body and that’s exactly what it should have done.

Some people are worried that the movie looks too dark and it may focus too much on teen drama.

I prefer “Power Rangers” to be super campy, but a darker spin on them could be good too. Plus, there was plenty of teen drama on the old shows.

After years of waiting, Netflix and Marvel finally released the trailer for the upcoming “Iron Fist” series and I can’t believe how good it was.

From the fight scenes to the explanation of the “Iron Fist” character, this trailer got me even more ready to watch this show.

While the trailer wasn’t very long, it did more than enough to show some of the acting and plenty of the fight scenes, which already look amazing.

“Iron Fist” is one of the coolest comic book characters ever created and it’s so relieving knowing that even the trailer to the show is one of the best things Netflix has done.

I was hoping to see a Luke Cage cameo in the trailer, but that was a little too much to hope for. Still, it was the second best trailer at the

whole con.

For weeks, there was news of a trailer that I knew I had to see. A trailer so good, my hands are still shaking even as I type.

Valiant teamed up with Bat In The Sun to make a “Ninjak” series and the trailer was shown. This trailer was everything I was hoping for when it comes to Ninjak and the Valiant universe as a whole.

It had great acting, great fight scenes and characters so great that the world is just not ready for how insane this series is going to be.

All of the warriors were featured in this trailer. Warriors from the Valiant universe like Ninjak, X-O Manowar, Eternal Warrior, Livewire, Armstrong and Bloodshot.

Some of the biggest players in Valiant in one show all centered around Ninjak, one of the best comic book characters the world has ever known.

Colin King is a millionaire playboy by day and a Ninjak by night. I don’t know if Ninjak is a real word, but if it is, it stands for the greatest ninja that rocks both its universe and ours.

This guy fights other ninjas,

vampires, psychics and a guy in an alien suit of power armor and he wins against them all. He should have gotten a series long ago.

Some of the fight scenes shown off in the trailer put the ones shown in the “Iron Fist” trailer look like videos of me fighting myself.

The best thing about all of this is that they got Michael Rowe to play Ninjak. Rowe was the actor who played Deadshot on “Arrow” and it was criminal that they didn’t get him to play the character in “Suicide Squad.”

Honestly, the “Ninjak” trailer could have been the only trailer they showed and I’d still be super happy.

New York Comic Con could have just been the reveal of the “Ninjak” trailer and I would have considered it to be a major success.

This is the kind of stuff that gets me excited for the major comic cons. We get to see tons of cool content including trailers for such cool movies and shows and I couldn’t ask for more because I got all I wanted with a “Ninjak” trailer plus a few others.

Graphic by Natasha Cribbs

Oct. 10, 2016

GAMES

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SPORTS

Depression strikes HSU after 35-3 loss Story by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor This past weekend, the Reddies saw their first loss of the season. In an afternoon game against Harding, the team saw their undefeated season fall with a score of 35-3.

Harding University’s Park Parish started the scores off with a touchdown in the first quarter.

The Reddies were unable to gain any points in the remainder of this quarter, or the second.

HU gained a significant lead over the Reddies in the second, however. They had a total score count of 35 by halftime.

The unfortunate amount of points gained stemmed from four touchdowns, two of which resulted from a fumble and an interception.

The final score of the game came from the home team in the form of a 31 yard field goal by Houston Ray a field goal which allowed him to be tied with Bo Adkisson for most field goals in HSU history at a total of 41.

For the remaining quarter, there were no points gained for either team.

This was a terrible knock down from the mountain which the Reddies stood on. The risks were known going into the game, however, as the

Photo by Scott McKinnon

Reddies Courtney Whitehead attemps to stop a score.

Reddies and HU were the only two teams in the conference that were undefeated.

The main problem for the home team was no doubt the numerous turnovers. There were five in the first half and four in the second for a total of nine overall.

Although this was a tough loss, the Reddies still have a great chance of more than making up for this blunder in the games to come. Next saturday, the men play University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Volleyball takes a hit with 3-0 loss Story by Rebekah Teel, Student Reporter The Henderson State volleyball team had a tough 3-0 loss Friday night against Oklahoma Baptist at Duke Wells Gymnasium.

OKBU got off to a good start leading the Reddies 10-3. HSU started to make a comeback cutting the score to 18-12. Despite a few Reddie kills HSU would drop the first match 25-18 The second match was much closer with neither teams being able to get a bigger lead than 2 points.

Henderson had the upper hand at 22-20, but 5 consecutive Bison points would propel Oklahoma Baptist to victory 25-22.

The third and final match started off with a 4-1

Bison lead. Henderson would fight back to tie it at 7-7. The Reddies would tie the score twice 9-9 and 10-10, but the Bisons would take the match 25-22 winning all three matches.

Sophomore opposite hitter Sharon Tukuaoga led the team in kills with 11. Freshman setter Sariah Boney led the Reddies in assist with 23. Junior libero Sydney Skelton led in digs with 22.

Skelton remained positive as she looked forward to improvements for Saturday’s game.

“We definitely are looking more to improving our offense by trying to have more of a volleyball IQ and placement,” said Skelton. “We are trying to

come out with more energy.”

Although Tukuaoga knew that was not the best game, she is looking forward to Saturday’s game.

“We will definitely bounce back and let this game be a lesson to learn from,” said Tukuaoga. “We will definitely be more vocal, aggressive, and court wise, intelligent for our game in the morning.”

The Reddies will be back in action at home on Friday, Oct. 21 against Southwestern Oklahoma State at Duke Wells Gymnasium. Reddies fans can come out and support.