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Henderson State University — Monday, HALLOWEEN 2016 Volume 111, Issue 10

TWO JEWS IN D.C. Oracle editors and staff attended the ACP conference in D.C. P. 4 (full gallery online)

THE ORACLE

THE ORACLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Emily R. Bell FACULTY ADVISER – Mike Taylor NEWS EDITOR – Ashley Smith SPORTS/ONLINE EDITOR – Pete Tubbs OPINIONS EDITOR – Dax Guilliams PAGE DESIGNER – Angela Yang PHOTO EDITOR – Joshua Bradley STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER – Kristine Moore GRAPHIC DESIGNER – Natasha Cribbs

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Have an opinion on an issue or response to what we said? Just want to rant about something for a while? Write us at ORACLE@HSU.EDU. We want to hear what you think. Hell, if it doesn’t suck, we’ll publish it in next week’s issue. Try to keep it between 400 and 600 words. Just like your Tumblr, we ignore anonymous submissions.

COVER Editor in Chief, Emily Bell, and Opinions Editor, Dax Guilliams, walk the capitol.

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SHEPHERD “TELLS ALL” Vice president for student and external affairs claims all is well with dorms and students

MEN IN PRINT

Art education students’ senior exhibits were a big hit at Huie Library

END IT ALREADY

Dax discusses the mind-numbing, never-ending torture that is the 2016 election

HOMECOMING HELL YEAH

Reddies cleaned up for Homecoming with their 67-21 victory against Oklahoma Baptist

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

• Full gallery of the staff’s time in D.C. • Vote for your least favorite horror movie • Big money, big winners: students sweep up at Big Money Bingo • Brock McGuire band took the stage at RFA

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HALLOWEEN, 2016

REDDIE NEWS

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A Mysterious Jacob

Story by E’lyse Thaxton, Student Reporter Last Thursday most students received an email notification sent by Tonya Smith, executive director of the office of marketing and communications. The email described an incident that occurred Oct. 19, the day before the email was sent.

A student reported that around 4 p.m. a male she didn’t know came up to her and said he was a first year student who was interested in living on campus. The student who was approached mentioned that she was heading back to her room and the male asked if he could see where she lived.

When the student and the male made it to her dorm the male made sexual advances towards her, after she pushed him away twice, he left. The male told her his name was Jacob. She described him as being about 5’9” to 5’10” and having blonde hair and blue eyes.

The email also gave students a safety tip by saying to be wary of requests for assistance from strangers and not to allow themselves to be isolated with someone they don’t know.

“As far as the police are concerned,” said Jonathan Campbell, chief of university police and director of emergency management, “the case is closed and being handled through Title IX.” The school’s website, under Reporting an Emergency, says all crimes should be reported to the campus police department at 870-230-5098 and after the crime is reported an officer will respond to the incident. Students may also call 911 immediately and give the dispatcher their name location and phone number. Henderson recommends students to stay on the phone until told to hang up by the dispatcher and to stay at the location until they are contacted, unless it is not safe to do so.

In case of an emergency while outdoors on campus there are 10 blue light phones that allow anyone to contact the police anytime. The phones can be found at the following locations: Caplinger Airway Science Academic Center, Evans Hall, Garrison Activity and Conference Center, Huie Library, International Student Center, Russel Fine Arts Center, Smith Hall, South Lawn, Sturgis Hall and Wells Building.

“Federal law requires the university to protect the privacy of student information so I cannot provide information on a specific case,” said Elaine Kneebone, general counsel and chief compliance officer, “however, I can provide some information about timely warnings under the Clergy Act.” Kneebone said when serious crimes are reported to the university that have the ability to pose an ongoing threat to the Henderson community, the university will issue a timely warning. The timely warnings are given out as soon as possible to give students and employees information on situations that may not be safe.

“The goal for this communication is that it will aid in the prevention of similar occurrences,” said Kneebone.

If a crime involves rape, sexual misconduct, or anything else that violates the Title IX policy, individuals may contact Allison Vetter, Title IX director by phone at 870-210-9651 or email at title9@hsu.edu.

Title IX is still investigating the Oct. 19 incident.

Debatin’ circles: Booth racks up the wins on debate team Story by Shelby Dixon, Student Reporter Who would have thought one of the best debaters we have would walk into his freshman year with no idea how to debate? Sophomore Colt Booth fell in love instantly when he took a debate class and saw practice debates in assistant professor of communication and debate coach, Dr. Darrel Farmer’s debate class. Being a communication and business management double-major he uses his classes to pull together a winning debate.

Debates are two-day events, with the first day consisting of eight rounds then the elimination rounds

begin on day two. This is a single elimination meaning win or go home until the last debater is standing. In each round there is an argument that consists of politics, pop culture and sports. There are two sides to each round, the affirmative and the negative. Both will switch off with arguments that support whichever side they got assigned.

There is a period of cross examination that allows the opponent to ask the other questions about what points that are being brought up.

These individual scores and winning the rounds come together and

the team score is tallied.

Booth says he owes his success to debate teacher Dr. Farmer. Booth says, “One of the biggest strengths of both myself, and the rest of the team, is the ability of Dr. Farmer to prepare us.” Booth also believes that his team really propels him forward in order to prepare for his next debate. Another strength of his is his ability to play on people’s emotions. If he can pull on the judge’s heart strings with the round, he knows he has high potential to win. He admits that even though sometimes he doesn’t put forth the

best argument, he can still win if he can twist the story to a more emotional side.

Booth is fresh off a win at Union, sweeping the entire tournament. Winning is not new to him, with multiple round wins that allow him to propel his overall team score forward. This team is commended for their ability to go all over to debate, with no matches held on campus. Although this does not really affect the debate, it still gives the team more confidence if the school had one.

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REDDIE NEWS

Vice president addresses dorm terrors in time for Halloween Story by Ashley Smith, News Editor There are no roaches in Newberry, at least according to the amount of requests that ResLife has received this semester. Yes, you read that right: nobody has reported roaches living in Newberry this semester. That doesn’t mean they’re not there, though, according to some letters to the editor published here in our Oct. 10 issue, students have been seeing bugs.

In a letter from Dr. Lewis Shepherd, vice president for student and external affairs, sent out after the letters were published, only seven rooms have been reported for bugs or other icky creatures. Out of the housing halls on campus, that leaves a grand total of one case at the U, two at the Villas, three at Smith, one at Ridge Point and none at Newberry.

Seven. Rooms.

There are 2,050 beds available on campus.

When the math is done, it certainly seems like less of a post-apocalyptic run by roaches dorm room that students are living in. In order to solve this problem, in case of run in with bugs, “residents simply need to visit with their RA or residence hall director, tell them the problem,

and the exterminator will treat the room.” Dr. Shepherd wrote in his letter. “Please be mindful that it takes 5 to 7 days for the chemicals to work, although the exterminator told me that the results that he has seen on campus usually occur within two days.”

In one letter published, a student argues that Smith and Newberry should be torn down because of how badly they function as dorm halls.

Many students have been hearing those rumors for years that they are going to be torn down the next semester, and the next, and the next… but Smith and Newberry are still there.

“If Smith and Newberry were to be torn down, like this letter suggests, there would be a lot of students out of a room and nobody could have a private room,” Dr. Shepherd said (not in his letter), “Smith has 180 residents and Newberry houses 300.”

ResLife and maintenance promises to take care of any other issues such as mold, insecure doors, leaks and lighting concerns within a decent timeframe. With 150 work orders submitted on average per week in residence halls alone,

Photo by Natasha Cribbs An ornamental welcome stands tall at D.C.’s entrance into Chinatown

maintenance requests can pile up quickly, then you throw in the academic buildings on campus.

“Every Wednesday there is a guy in a truck out and about spraying the areas that need to be treated,” Shepherd said. “Housing staff determines where on campus needs to be sprayed that week. It’s important that students report problems they see on campus.”

So, students, report your problems and dislikes to the housing staff. It may be a slower process to get done, but it will get done.

“I want students to know their comfort and wellbeing is my responsibility and I take it seriously,” Shepherd said. “Whatever their needs are, my staff is ready to take care of. We want to make sure they have every element of support outside the academic classroom.”

Shepherd also noted the housing staff ’s motto to make the school with the heart what people think it is.

“Students first at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day.”

Photo by Natasha Cribbs A view of the capitol while touring D.C. Full gallery online at hsuoracle.com

HALLOWEEN, 2016

ARTS&MUSIC

Photo by Leighton Hall Barrazza Loyd with his series of digitally edited, morbidly themed sketches.

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Photo by Leighton Hall Kendra Franklin’s natural, colorful creativity beams from her and her print.

Senior print exhibits make professors proud Story by Emily R. Bell, Editor in Chief Barrazza Loyd, art education major, recently hosted his gallery opening, “Sleep Young Boy, Rise Young Man” at Huie Library with fellow student Kendra Franklin’s show, “Human Nature.”

His show was comprised primarily of prints, promoting his skill in linocuts and woodcut reliefs. Although most of his work plays on a stark contrast of black and white, one color reduction print stood out. “The Hangman” caught the attention of most studying Loyd’s work, a few even inquiring to purchase the piece.

Taking the main focus was a series of carefully stacked, digital renditions of ink sketches adhered to the back wall of the gallery. The style inspired a graphic novel sense, which was supported by the layout of the prints’ arrangement. All the pieces formed a sort of comic panel-like series.

“I’ve already had a few offers on my prints,” Loyd said at his show’s opening.

Indeed, within the first half hour, Loyd had several prospective buyers for many of his works, something he hadn’t expected.

Kathy Strause, associate professor and chair of the art department, beamed at Loyd’s works. “It reminds me of his professor’s work, you can really see it here,” Strause said, referring to Loyd’s advisor and print teacher, David Warren.

Warren also attended Lloyd’s show, impressed with the payoff of his student’s yearround work. “His gallery is a good example of what we promote in the printmaking department,” Warren said.

Although Loyd and Franklin shared an advisor and worked on the pieces for their shows together in the print lab for the past year, there was still quite a contrast in the outcomes of their works and overall show. Lloyd portrayed a darker, dramatic sense of gravity in his heavily contrasted prints and sketches. Many of his works reflected a twisted, complex theme with

horned characters and intense settings.

Franklin, however, complemented an opposition to Loyd’s gallery with her own prints, invoking earthly colors and a powerful burst of nature. Life itself seemed to inspire her prints, as many were careful stills of flowers in bloom, or collages of those she knew in profile and portrait forms.

The delicate placement and poses of the people in Franklin’s works were no doubt supported by her stunning photography skills. She certainly presented a focus in proper framing and balance in her works.

“They both already had the talent and the inspiration, so my focus was to help them develop the technique,” Warren said. “It was labor intensive, but they gained resolution through the pressure.”

Only a few samples of both Kendra and Lloyd’s works are seen in this issue, but a full gallery of their shows are online at hsuoracle. com.

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MAKE IT STOP Opinion by Dax Guilliams, Opinion Editor

I just can’t take anymore of this election. It’s been slowly killing me over the last several months and it just won’t end.

Before this mess started, I was quite passionate about politics, being politically informed and listening to people discuss politics.

No more. I want no more of it. I just want this nightmare to end.

Every time I look at Clinton or Trump’s faces or hear their stupid voices, I just want to form my own island in the middle of the ocean to escape it all and that’s not even possible.

I don’t even care who “wins” anymore as long as this entire storm of sorrows stops.

What makes it so bad is that Yahoo won’t stop sending me messages about them. Leave me alone, Yahoo.

It’s not even just the presidential election that’s draining my very soul.

Local elections felt like stomping all over me as well.

Can we just have medical marijuana? Can we just have it so it doesn’t keep coming up and building controversy every single year?

I just want it to be legalized so it stops being brought up. I don’t even smoke, but maybe if I did I wouldn’t hate this election so much.

Don’t even get me started on the politicians in Arkansas that are running for various positions.

I hate all of them. I have never liked a single politician in Arkansas as they’re all bad and Arkansas is bad because of them.

For just one year in my life, I’d like to be proud of Arkansas, but the state just won’t let it.

It’s like a monster that only consumes happiness and it won’t let me have just one year.

There are barely any days of this election left, but I just can’t stand it

OPINIONS any longer.

For all of the people reading this, please vote on all of this. Yes, it’s all awful, but I still want it to mean something.

Don’t let this horrible election year be for nothing. Don’t let my suffering mean nothing.

Just go out and vote and hopefully the nightmare will end with fewer casualties.

I know I’m going to vote. I also know that I’m going to drink heavily afterwards and maybe even during.

If it weren’t for me getting back into “Hearthstone,” I have no idea what I would do.

So thank you, Blizzard. Thank you for giving me something that helps to distract from all of this.

Actually, I’m done with election, politics and everything related to them and I’m gonna talk about “Hearthstone.”

“Hearthstone” is a great card battle game that is on the PC and mobile devices. It is tied into the “Warcraft” universe, so all cards are based off that series.

You build a deck under certain classes, such as Warrior, Mage or Warlock, and use cards related to that class.

The best part about “Hearthstone” is that it’s free. Sure, you can use money to get extra packs and a key to the arena, but you don’t have to do that if you don’t want to.

I’ve played “Hearthstone” on and off for about a year and I haven’t spent a single cent on the game and it’s still very fun to me.

It’s a little like “Magic: The Gathering,” but mana is more easy to deal with since you get it automatically at the beginning of each of your turns.

Sure, there is a ton of RNG that could help or hinder you, but that makes it more fun to me. I like the random elements the game brings and it gives me a great excuse to use if I lose a game.

Plus, the card art and animations

are amazing. Unfortunately, this does make it hard to run on certain phones, but for the ones that can run it well, they look great.

It’s also one of the easiest card games to get into because the tutorial is so informative. By the end of it, I understood most of the game’s mechanics.

I don’t play “World of Warcraft,” but I love “Hearthstone.”

It may not be the best card battle game out there, but it’s my favorite just for its convenience, excellent art and it’s just so fun to play with or without spending any money.

Blizzard is one of my favorite video game companies because of this

game. I think it would be great if, in the future, they include cards that are characters from their other games.

I would love to see “Warcraft,” “Diablo” and “Overwatch” all in “Hearthstone.”

But yeah, back to the election. It’s bad, but it’s about to end which is all I want.

This election year is the worst one I’ve ever experienced and I will feel so relieved to see it gone.

So for everyone reading this, please do me two favors.

Go out and vote so this election year actually means something and check out “Hearthstone” if card battle games are something you’re

HALLOWEEN, 2016

GAMES

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Keep your mind sharp and15,your hours FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2016 less numbing puzzle. Answers Los Angeles with Times this Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis in next week’s issue.

ACROSS 1 Host of “Late Night Joy” 6 Pennant contest 10 Herbal seed used in smoothies 14 Truly impress 15 Screen image or screen idol 16 Called 17 Eleventh hour 19 Language of Pakistan 20 Beach toy 21 “Otello” composer 22 She played Jackie on “Nurse Jackie” 23 Age of Reason philosopher 25 Short fiction 27 Sloth and envy 29 First name in scat 30 Super __ 33 Words after save or take 36 Afghan capital 39 Lamb nurser 40 Speaker’s stand ... or what each set of circled squares graphically represents 42 Mama bear, in Baja 43 Sauce made with pine nuts 45 Roll dipped in wasabi 46 __ cabbage 47 Drawn tight 49 Big name in golf clubs 51 Bugs’ voice 55 Storied monsters 58 Airline known for tight security 59 About 61 Algerian seaport 63 Humorist Barry 64 Unparalleled 66 Plugging away 67 Heated contest, in more ways than one 68 Aquafina rival 69 Some skinny jeans 70 Torah cabinets 71 Like a neglected garden

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SPORTS

Halloween massacre Story by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor The football game last Saturday yielded some horrific results for the opposing team, Oklahoma Baptist University, in an event that ended with the score of Reddies 67, Oklahoma Baptist 21.

Following the disasterous previous weekend that saw the Reddies slaughtered, the home team again set out to redeem themselves and they achieved this with more than an acceptable outcome.

The first score of the game was achieved with Austin Bennett catching a 6 yard pass from Andrew Black and a resulting field goal from the invincible Houston Ray with almost 12 minutes left in the first. The next score was perhaps the most incredible feat of the game.

With over 8 minutes left in the first, Black completed a 97 yard pass to Al Lasker for a touchdown, the Ray fild goal that followed brought the score to Henderson 14 OKBU 0. The final first quarter score was attained by Courtney Whitehead from a 13 yard pass from Black routinely followed by, you guessed it, another Ray kick.

Photo by Scott McKinnon OKBU attempted to provide some blowback to Al Lasker runs for a touchdown. the venerable home team with a score from their own Isaiah Mallory from a 52 yard pass by Dezfrom a 40 yard long Black pass and a Ray kick. They mond Stegall and a Trey Tulley kick. Henderson followed their own score up with a Whitehead score HENDERSON STATE retorted with a 1 yard run from Robert Thomas and from an Evan Lassiter pass and a Ray kick.

UNIVERSITY RECORD a Ray kick. The 7 points added to the home team’s OKBU rang their death note with a final score SWOSU WIN 13-11 score showed numbers on the scoreboard which from a 37 yard long pass from Stegall to Noah McEAST CENTRAL WIN 34-7 read Reddies 28 to OKBU 7.

Graw. Ben Johnson added the final touchdown to With almost 10 minutes left in the top half, Ben the count from a 58 yard long Lassiter pass and Ray NWOSU WIN 62-23 Johnson added a touchdown to Henderson’s score added 1 point from one of his masterful kicks.

SWOSU WIN 45-17 with a 73 yard long pass from Black, Ray then With this game, the Reddies have proven themATU WIN 27-20 added yet another field goal. Two safetys were then selves a masterclass college football team. They HARDING LOSS 35-3 acheived and were followed by Oklahoma Baptist’s almost always give their all to the sport and no Frankie Edwards with another pass from Stegall defeat is too great for the team to get back up, dust UAM WIN 45-17 and a Trey Tully kick. themselves off, and kick ass the next week.

SAU LOSS 50-24 The home team closed out the half with Micah Next week the men head to Bethany, Okla. to OKLAHOMA B.U. WIN 67-21 Cooper accomplishing an 8 yard run and another take on Southern Nazarene University at 1 p.m.

SNU TBA Ray kick. The top half of the game ended with the To the right is a graphic showing the current home team 46 and OKBU 14. record of the team and the upcoming games.

OBU TBA The second half began with Henderson bounding out of the gates with a Bennet score