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Henderson State University – Tuesday, September 6, 2016 – Volume 111, Issue 3

OFF WITH A BANG The Reddies start the season with a narrow win p.8

THE ORACLE

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

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COVER

Jaquan Cole bobs and weaves for big yards against SOSUPHOTO BY SCOTT MCKINNON

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THE REAL SLIM & SHORTY The town comes together for weekly trivia night at downtown restaurant

A MOLDY BUT A GOODY? The campus experiences an icky invader

FILTH AND MONEY Our opinion editor cuts into the YouTube policy regarding excessive inappropriate subjects and monetization

FIRST GAME, FIRST WIN Reddies kick off the season with a victory; our sports editor gives the inside scoop

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CORRECTIONS Sorry about the lack of the Waffle House story from last week... I’m very tired.

-Editor in Chief

Sept. 6, 2016

THE DELPH

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Asking questions, assuming: trivia night at Slim & Shorty’s Story by Dennis Blackerby, Student Reporter

Arkadelphia offers many forms of entertainment for the students and residents in town. Slim & Shorty’s in downtown Arkadelphia provides a unique opportunity for entertainment. Every week college students, professors and regular residents of the town gather at Slim & Shorty’s to play WipeOut Trivia.

“Trivia categories are pretty random and prizes are given for the top three winners each week. There is no fee to play, and teams have a lot of fun,” said Misty Harris, owner of Slim & Shorty’s.

Slim & Shorty’s offers a wide variety of food to eat while playing. There is also an open bar for anyone over 21. Participants have plenty of time and space to not only play the game but also enjoy the food and drinks offered.

“The game night is pretty great man. It’s a way I can get out and let loose of all the stress from school and come out and hang with friends. I usually eat a meal, drink a beer and just hang out.” said Caleb Williams, senior mass media major at Henderson.

At this event, multiple faculty and staff, along with students are in attendance for the enjoyment of the meal, the drinks, the game, and the stress-relieving atmosphere. The staff and service of Slim & Shorty’s creates and maintains an environment for people to get away and enjoy themselves through this event.

“I enjoy the environment, the people, and seeing all kinds of people from Arkadelphia coming out, with a small town feel, just enjoying life,” Zachary Noga, graduate student, said. “I’ve played for about a year now and I’ve enjoyed it. I’ve got on a team with mechanics, engineers, and also people from Henderson. It is a good Arkadelphia bonding.”

Tuesday night trivia began about three years ago, and continues to this day to bring people downtown to let loose and unwind. A cash prize also draws in game players.

Ad design by Natasha Cribbs, Graphic Designer

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REDDIE NEWS

Molding over: campus buildings experience mold issues Story by E’Lyse Thaxton, Student Reporter Mold, an environmental health hazard that this campus has been battling for more than a decade, claimed its most recent campus victory. The nursing building at the corner of 12th and Henderson Street closed down, displacing dozens of faculty and students.

Brett Powell, new vice president for business and finance, said testing this summer indicated air quality had deteriorated in the nursing building to an unsafe level.

“We are having (mold) trouble in primarily three areas,” Powell said. “Nursing is where we have had the most issues, but there are also some issues in Reynolds (Science Center) and a few apartments in Reddie Villas. The department that has been inconvenienced by it — well, more than inconvenienced — is nursing. It has also been a little bit of an issue for the biology department, but not nearly as extensive as nursing.”

According to Shelley Austin, chair of the nursing department and assistant professor of nursing, the mold and damp roof leaks have been a problem since the [1.5 million] building opened.

“The nursing students have responded quite well to the rescheduling of classes. Nurses are taught in the beginning of their education to be flexible at all times. I would say we are making the best out of it,” said Austin.

Although the leaks have been repaired and offices have been put back together, the Nursing building is still having problems with its air conditioning system. The air conditioning has created condensation because of the hot outside air coming in contact with the cold air being blown out; this has made it harder to control the level of humidity inside the building.

The buildings and grounds committee is trying to get all of the issues straightened out, and all of the nurses and students moved back

into their proper classrooms and offices.

Mold has been an uninvited guest in the nooks and crannies of several campus buildings in recent years, but faculty senate’s on-record concerns have dated back since at least 2002.

“Proctor Hall’s long-term problems with water leakage, mold, and mildew are believed to cause allergic reactions and asthma attacks in students, faculty, and staff who use the building,” Lea Ann Alexander, director of Huie Library, said in a faculty senate motion on the topic.

The faculty in the art annex has identified some areas in the building that could have mold issues. The faculty is currently in the process of reporting the mold issues to the University.

“It is our hope that we can have the space properly cleared of the mold in order to help create a safe environment for our students,” said David Warren, Associate Professor of Art. The Reynolds Science Center has also dealt with air conditioning problems in the old part of the building. Powell said that they have a list of recommendations on how to correct the problems and solutions for the pricing.

Right now they are just trying to figure out how to fix everything.

On April 6, 2016, during a senate meeting, it was recorded that the Reynolds Science Center had used $300,000 out of the Donald W. Reynolds Endowment to repair the mold issue, but that $300,000 only covered half of the cost.

Powell says that part of the mold issue will correct itself as the cold weather comes, and that he doesn’t know that people in their dorms and apartments are actually getting sick from the mold. Henderson has a company, Emtec Corporation, doing regular air quality

checks for safety in the buildings on campus.

Emtec tested Evans Hall last year and the nursing building recently. They recommended moving everyone out of the nursing building.

When the work is done, the building will be tested again to ensure its safety. For now the nursing faculty is located in the Smith Garner House.

On Aug. 15, 2015, a notice was released from Henderson to the campus community stating that the Reynolds Science Center would be having repairs done for the following school year. The chillers in the building were to be cleaned, dried out and repaired.

This plan was put in action to help lower the condensation amount in the building, though, students and faculty are still facing this problem in the fall of 2016.

“Efforts have been made to remove the mold, but it seems that those efforts have so far underestimated the difficulty of such an undertaking, especially in the midst of such a humid summer,” said Dever Norman, chair of the buildings and grounds committee and assistant professor of physics.

“The administration is aware that more needs to be done, and the building and grounds committee is taking in information to ensure that all issues regarding mold and condensation, as well as possible causes, are reported accurately to the administration so that a solution can be found, “ said Norman.

Norman is also allowing his name and contact to be used for any further reports regarding the mold. His contact information can be found on the faculty and staff directory that is on the university website. He encourages any faculty, staff, or organizations to contact him with issues of mold or condensation that they feel need to be addressed.

Sept. 6, 2016

ARTS&MUSIC

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Professor pros: Faculty Biennial Art Gallery at RFA

Photos by Emily Bell

Clockwise from left-The Voyage, a print, by David Warren, photomerge on handmade paper by David Stoddard, oil on canvas by Karen DeJarnett, oil on canvas by Katherine Strause

Story by Brian Crockett, Student Reporter Have a craving for some culture? The art department faculty will be having art showings Aug. 31 – Sept. 29. With 30 pieces of artwork submitted by eight instructors, from pastel oils paintings to hand-crafted masks, the exhibit ranges from not just paints but sculptures as well.

“I wanted to give an insight look to the students on artwork the instructors do on their personal time,” Aaron Calvert, associate professor of art, said. “It’s always rewarding, there’s always success and failure, this was a success and it always feels good to be successful. Art is something I have to do, without it I feel grumpy.”

Instructors like Kimberly McIntosh, who submitted three handcrafted masks, used recyclable pieces to create her art. For her piece “Water Colors,” shells and rocks cover the mask along with blue tinted papier-mâché.

“They take some time,” McIntosh said. “Whenever I have time or find more interesting pieces, it’s off and on until you finally say this is the day.”

Calvert said that, “We will be having a student version of the show coming soon.” The Faculty Biennial is located in the Russell Fine Arts Building, 604 N. 12th Street. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Promising more artwork to witness like new Henderson instructor and photographer Margo Duvall with eye absorbing photos, or “Heaven, Earth, and Man” by David Stoddard. Visit the fine arts building, and get an eyeful, as seeing is believing.

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OPINIONS

Keep your mind sharp and7, 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 Bucks in the woods 6 Ratted out the bad guys 10 Dept. store stock 14 Condor’s condo?

15 Prefix with logical 16 Dry as a desert 17 Cold weather groundswell that can cause pavement damage 19 Go for the worm 20 Wind down or wind up 21 Name in Cold War news 22 Wright who wondered, “What’s another word for ‘thesaurus’?”

24 Ball catcher 25 Needing wheels 26 Ancient siege weapon 30 “Knock it off!”

31 Architectural curve 32 L.A. NFLer 35 Tax-free govt. bond 36 Good feller?

37 “One day only!” event 38 Boomer that no longer booms, briefly 39 __ Valley: Reagan Library locale 41 Warring factions 43 Manufacturer’s coming-out event 46 Woofer’s partner 48 Landed 49 Film boxer Rocky 50 Black, to a bard 51 Syst. for the deaf 54 Islamic branch 55 Reversions ... or what 17-, 26- and 43-Across all have?

58 Bard 59 Capital of Belgium 60 Good-sized wedding band 61 Kind of spot or loser 62 Cong. meeting 63 Lawn spoilers

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By Pam Amick Klawitter

DOWN 1 Heist target 2 Beach bird 3 Five-time A.L. home run champ, familiarly 4 APO mail addressees 5 Gem mount 6 Midday snooze 7 Some govt. lawyers 8 Calif. neighbor 9 Loses one’s cool 10 Pre-1985 communications nickname 11 Car’s engine-towheels connector 12 Surfers visit them 13 Paradises 18 Sub access 23 __-blue 24 View from Molokai’s south shore 25 Lab rat’s home 26 Radiation units 27 Taxing task 28 New England capital 29 Needing a skulland-crossbones label

Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

33 Actor Baldwin 34 Screen door material 36 Russia-China border river 37 X-rated stuff 39 Explorer Hernando de __ 40 Conceptualizes 41 Permit 42 Post-shower display 44 Mail-in incentive

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45 They’re off-limits 46 Recipe amts.

47 “Yippee!”

50 Gets an “I’m sorry” from Alex Trebek, say 51 Entr’__ 52 Short agenda?

53 Iwo Jima troop carriers: Abbr.

56 Tint 57 Blackjack component

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OPINIONS

Keep your mind sharp and7, 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 Bucks in the woods 6 Ratted out the bad guys 10 Dept. store stock 14 Condor’s condo?

15 Prefix with logical 16 Dry as a desert 17 Cold weather groundswell that can cause pavement damage 19 Go for the worm 20 Wind down or wind up 21 Name in Cold War news 22 Wright who wondered, “What’s another word for ‘thesaurus’?”

24 Ball catcher 25 Needing wheels 26 Ancient siege weapon 30 “Knock it off!”

31 Architectural curve 32 L.A. NFLer 35 Tax-free govt. bond 36 Good feller?

37 “One day only!” event 38 Boomer that no longer booms, briefly 39 __ Valley: Reagan Library locale 41 Warring factions 43 Manufacturer’s coming-out event 46 Woofer’s partner 48 Landed 49 Film boxer Rocky 50 Black, to a bard 51 Syst. for the deaf 54 Islamic branch 55 Reversions ... or what 17-, 26- and 43-Across all have?

58 Bard 59 Capital of Belgium 60 Good-sized wedding band 61 Kind of spot or loser 62 Cong. meeting 63 Lawn spoilers

9/7/16

By Pam Amick Klawitter

DOWN 1 Heist target 2 Beach bird 3 Five-time A.L. home run champ, familiarly 4 APO mail addressees 5 Gem mount 6 Midday snooze 7 Some govt. lawyers 8 Calif. neighbor 9 Loses one’s cool 10 Pre-1985 communications nickname 11 Car’s engine-towheels connector 12 Surfers visit them 13 Paradises 18 Sub access 23 __-blue 24 View from Molokai’s south shore 25 Lab rat’s home 26 Radiation units 27 Taxing task 28 New England capital 29 Needing a skulland-crossbones label

Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

33 Actor Baldwin 34 Screen door material 36 Russia-China border river 37 X-rated stuff 39 Explorer Hernando de __ 40 Conceptualizes 41 Permit 42 Post-shower display 44 Mail-in incentive

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45 They’re off-limits 46 Recipe amts.

47 “Yippee!”

50 Gets an “I’m sorry” from Alex Trebek, say 51 Entr’__ 52 Short agenda?

53 Iwo Jima troop carriers: Abbr.

56 Tint 57 Blackjack component

Sept. 6, 2016

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SPORTS

Reddies narrowly win first game 13-11 Story by Pete Tubbs, Sports Editor The drive continued to move backwards with QB Andrew Black sacked for a 14 yard loss by SOSU’s Reggie Marshall. The Reddies stood at 3rd and 31 yards to go, needless to say, no touchdown was scored on the drive.

With the Reddies still on top with about a minute and a half left in the fourth, some tension still remained for Henderson fans. Fans held their breath as SOSU lined up for a potential game-winning field goal attempt. As the 30yard attempt sailed wide left of the goalpost, fans sighed in relief and Reddie players began celebrating on the sideline.

As the game clock wound down to zero, SOSU’s fans left their seats disappointed while the Reddie fans were at once happy and a bit on edge.

Black finished the game 20-32 for 237 yards and one interception. Cole was the leading rusher for the Reddies with 93 yards on 13 carries.

With a game this close opening the season, fans may wonder just how many games this season will be this stressful.

Photo by Scott McKinnon

Reddies WR Jacoby Lewis returns a SOSU kickoff in the 2nd half

Reddies football fans were rabid at the beginning of Thursday’s home opener against Southeastern Oklahoma State University, an emotion that waned as the game proved to be relatively uneventful. Alas, the Reddies prevailed 13-11, and a win is a win no matter how the game was played.

There were no points on the board until late in the first quarter when Reddies kicker Houston Ray made a successful field goal attempt which lit up the board with a 3-0 lead for HSU. The score remained the same throughout the entire first quarter.

Early in the second quarter, SOSU tied things up with a field goal of their own. Some excitement occurred at the 9-minute mark in the second quarter when Reddie QB Andrew Black threw an interception that eventually led to the first touchdown of the game by SOSU’s Bryce Steele, followed by a 2 point conversion also scored by Steele.

The Reddies were behind 11-3 when the home team scrapped their way to a first and goal with just under 3 minutes left in the half. The drive ended with HSU WR Adrian Tucker blocks for RB Jaquan Cole against SOSU no positive outcome after a Ray field goal attempt hit the post. At halftime, the score remained the same with the Reddies still losing by the 8-point margin, 11-3. Ray added another field goal midway through the third quarter to cut the WOMENS GOLF VOLLEYBALL deficit to 11-6.

SOUTHWEST OKLA. MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE There was no more action on the scoreboard until early in the fourth when SEPT. 6 AT 9 A.M. SEPT. 9 AT 11:30 A.M. Reddie QB Evan Lassiter scored the home team’s only touchdown. The lone OLATHE, KAN DUKE WELLS touchdown ended up being enough to fend off SOSU, though.

Jaquan Cole, Reddies RB, scored an apparent game-sealing touchdown in VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL the fourth, much to the delight of the fans dressed in red. However, a flag CENTRAL BAPTIST COLLEGE DRURY UNIVERSITY SEPT. 10 AT 11:30 A.M. thrown during the play due to illegal tripping resulted in a penalty that set the SEPT. 6 AT 6 P.M. CONWAY, ARK. DUKE WELLS home team back to the 29-yard line on 2nd down and 15 yards to go.

Photo by Scott McKinnon

YOUR WEEK IN REDDIE SPORTS VOLLEYBALL PITTSBURG STATE SEPT. 10 AT 4:30 P.M. DUKE WELLS FOOTBALL EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY SEPT. 10 AT 6 P.M. ADA, OKLA.