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No. 8
Vol. 4
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March 3, 2022
Summer in the spotlight Blanton Matthews Opinion Reporter
Many students in Henderson State’s theatre department are getting exciting jobs all across the United States thanks to the connections and encouragement of their professors. This semester, the department announced on Instagram six students getting work in four states. “Our professors really encourage the theatre department to get internships or summer jobs working somewhere in the theatre world,” said Kylee Hancock, who landed a summer job as a scenic carpenter for the Texas Shakespeare Festival in Kilgore, Texas. ”So we can make connections early on.” Sophie Burke, a Patron Services intern also at Texas
Shakespeare Festival and star of the department’s last production of “The Revolutionists,” attributed her internship-seeking success specifically to Professor and Department Director Lacy Klinger as well as the work she has already been doing as a student. At the festival, she says she will be selling tickets, gifts, and concessions. “It’s basically what I do now in the HSU box office,” said Burke. “But with a bit more added on.” Hancock also thanked Klinger specifically, saying she “informed the theatre majors of potential job opportunities early last semester.” The department currently only has four professors, and students like Burke do not worry much about their roles on the performing side,
but with Henderson’s increasing financial grief, they are concerned for upcoming students passionate about becoming backstage craftspeople, which requires equipment and work that Henderson may not be able to afford going forward. Between the school’s debt and shrinking class sizes in the department, there is a lot of uncertainty. Other students with new jobs and internships this semester include Natalie Gray and Zandora Chinwah—the latter also starring in “The Revolutionists”—at Lyric Repertory Company in Logan, Utah, Savannah Price at the Berkshire Theatre Group in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and Jessica Smith in the Disney College Program at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Photo by Blanton Matthews
HSU's theatre students are encouraged to seek summer work in the field to gain experience and bolster their portfolio. This gives them an edge as they graduate and enter a highly competitive job market.
Davis & family win big on "Family Feud" Lance Brownfield
Editor-in-Chief
The winning streak has come to an end for Arkadelphia native Vernon Davis and his wife, two stepsons and sister in law, playing under the Simpson name, on “Family Feud.” Their third and final appearance came down to a sudden death round, in which their competitors, the Warf family, had the better answer. On the second day appearing on the hit TV show, “Family Feud,” the Simpson family won the $20 thousand prize with a final score of 266. Their first episode,
Photo courtesy of Vernon Davis
Arkadelphia native Vernon Davis and his wife's family from Kentucky, the Simpsons, won the hit TV show "Family Feud." The family appeared on three episodes before falling to the Warf family.
they fell just short of the prize money, earning only $745. Davis’s wife Daphne and stepson Sage answered the questions in the Fast Money segment of the game show on both the first two episodes. Vernon graduated from Henderson in 1992 and joined the military, climbing to the rank of Colonel in the Army, while Daphne is a General. Davis even created a family tradition revolving around the school with a heart. W h e n e v e r t h e family passes by the university, the first one of his children to say “That’s Henderson
State University. My dad graduated from there,” gets a dollar from Davis. On one occasion, his son (not featured on the episode) sent him a video driving under the pedestrian bridge on 10th Street saying this line in hopes of earning a dollar. “It felt like icing on the cake,” said Davis. “It was such an amazing experience to share with my family. We created a memory that will be cherished for a lifetime.” Although their time on the show is over, the family walked away with $20,745 in prize money. Their original plan to save the money remains.
"A college that works for all students" Lance Brownfield
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Chuck Ambrose held a student forum Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the ballroom in Henderson’s Garrison Center. Over 80 people attended the meeting in person and via zoom. He started off the meeting with a question to the students. “If you could be chancellor for a day: What would be the one thing you’d change about Henderson?” Students brought up all kinds of concerns, including making living
quarters safer and cleaner, reallocating resources from recruiting and making the campus more friendly for non-native English speakers. Several in attendance fielded their own questions about what’s happening with the financial situation. At the meeting, Ambrose hit upon some of the major changes that students can maybe expect while alleviating some worries and fears. His goal for the university is to see an expansion of work-study positions.
Up to 30 to 40% of work done on campus could be done as part of a student job in the coming years. In the more immediate, federal HEERF funding is set to expire on June 30 as the pandemic winds to an end. “Next year,” said Ambrose. “Which really begins right now, is about reimagining Henderson. We’ve placed a real high priority in restoring the financial integrity of Henderson. We’re going to have a college that works for all students.”
Photo by Lance Brownfield
A student asks Dr. Ambrose a question at the student forum last Tuesday.
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