Henderson State University - Monday, August 24, 2015 - Volume 109, Issue 1

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ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIORIn an email to campus earlier this

month, Dr. Lewis Sheperd, vice president of student and external

affairs, released a new student Code of Conduct.

The changes made could be con-fusing to some students in the docu-ment’s vague wording.

“There are not really that many significant changes,” Chad Fielding, assistant vice president of student af-fairs, said.

According to Fielding there have been two main changes. The first is in the Title IX section that prohibits sex and gender based discrimination, ha-rassment, misconduct and retaliation.

If a student receives a Title IX charge against them, the charge will be handled differently.

Before this semester if a student had a Title IX charge against them, that student had the choice to go be-fore a judicial committee of faculty and students, or go to Fielding him-self to defend their case.

“I won’t be involved with the in-vestigations, there is going to be a title IX committee for that,” Fielding said.

If a student is charged with a sex-ual assault, and committee’s investi-gation finds that student has enough evidence against him or her for the violation, they will be suspended for two to three years.

“They won’t be coming back to school until the person they assaulted is no longer here,” Fielding said.

Fielding said he cannot have a stu-dent that has been assaulted sit in a class or walk the halls of this school with their attacker.

“Here is the big change, the drugs,” Fielding said.

This is the one that everyone will be talking about, Fielding said.

The punishment for hard drugs such as: cocaine, meth and heroin has always been the same, and will stay the same. Manufacturing or selling drugs will result in suspension.

In the past if a student got caught with marijuana, they would not get suspended the first time.

Even if you got caught smoking it

in the residents halls, this has changed.“I don’t know why they smoke in

the resident halls anyway, it’s not like you can’t smell it,” Fielding said.

The new change in the drug poli-cy is easy to understand. There is just one thing to remember.

That is, if a student is caught smok-ing, selling or in possession of mari-juana on or off campus, that student will be suspended immediately.

In the old Code of Conduct if a student was cauht with marijuana, you would be moved off of campus.

“Maybe that didn’t seem to help the perception that it was an issue on campus,” Fielding said.

There will not be any second chances on this new policy. It will be a suspension for a year.

There was a lot of discussion on this matter Fielding said.

“I checked around with other col-leagues at other schools, and I didn’t find one that suspended students for first time marijuana use, at any other institution,” Fielding said.

This is a huge change for Hender-son students.

There are many people that have beliefs on both sides of this issue. Whether you agree with use of mar-ijuana, or not the university is saying marijuana is an illegal drug.

The code of conduct can be found by going to Henderson’s website, sign into my Henderson and click on the tab at the top that says resources (stu-dents).

At the top center of the page there will be a box that says hanbooks and policies. It is in that section students can read the whole Code of Conduct. The wording tends to be vague, so read carefully.

It is advised that if a student has not read the Code of Conduct they do so to inform themselves of all chang-es and the rules.

If you have further questions about the code of conduct, Fielding will be happy to discuss it with you.

Fielding’s office is located on the first floor of Womack Hall.

Fielding explains the changes in the Code of ConductSTORY BY CARMIN WILLS — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES

Signs hung on the walls of the Garrison Center on Tuesday, August 11 led to serious concerns among students and faculty.

The signs read, “The following will not be toler-ated: Profanity, Excessive Loudness, Rude Behav-ior, Sagging Pants.” The signs were only up for two days before being removed on Thursday.“As a university, we have expectations of behavior for each member of the community,” a statement released by Chad Fielding, assistant vice president for student affairs, said. “We also have a goal to empower our students to be productive and pos-itive contributors to their workplace and commu-nities.”In the statement, the university explained that the intended purpose for the signs was to invoke a “discussion of appropriate behavior.” They also said that they did not anticipate that anyone on campus would feel specifically target-ed, and that was not their intention.However, Daisha Haggans, senior human services major and president of Henderson’s chapter of the NAACP, said that details of the sign were first brought to her attention by some students who were upset about it. “My first thought was, “Why would they make a sign about this, instead of having an open dia-log with the students?” Haggans said. “And who approved this sign?”The Division of Student Affairs hung the signs in the Garrison center and was also responsible for their removal.Lewis Shepherd, vice president for student and external affairs, said the signs were posted in response to increasing concerns expressed by stu-

dents, faculty, and community about appropriate behavior on campus. As far as an open forum he said that they plan to have one, possibly several once the semester is underway.“We encourage professors to discuss classroom and campus behavior with their students,” Shep-herd said. Students were also concerned that the signs implied that the university might be enter-taining the idea of a future dress code for stu-dents. Shepherd said that there is no plan to instate a dress code at this time. Kristen Bell, senior business finance major and SGA president, said that the signs offended stu-dents of all races. Bell said she believed the purpose of the sign was to encourage professionalism at an institution of higher learning, but she believes a sign can’t achieve this. “Many of our students don’t look at the signs for events that student organizations hold majority of the time,” Bell, said.Dakota Clark, sophomore biology major, shared his concerns on this issue by saying that the university should just let students wear what they want.“As long as people are here for classes and not disrupting anyone, accept that people do their own thing,” Clark said. “Just leave people who are doing you no harm be.”Brittany Jones, junior psychology major, said that she did not see the actual signs, but did hear all of the commotion regarding them on social media. She said it makes her feel like she’s back in high school.

When it comes to the issues presented on the signs she sees both sides but doesn’t really have a bias towards one side or the other. A lot of people are making the whole ordeal into a race issue, according to Jones.“It’s only a race issue if you choose to think about it that way,” Jones said.

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Garrison signs cause students to speak out in frustrationSTORY BY DYLAN MCNIEL — PHOTO BY CHRIS SHARP

DO YOUR PANTS HANG LOW?

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Only days after students spoke openly on camera to local television station KATV about their disapproval of

the “saggy pants” signs, a new article online sparked an email discussion between faculty and one member of university administration. Inside Higher Ed published the August 17 article “Ban on Sagging Pants” online. The two-day conversation left faculty and the one administration member divided on the subject of what is protected by the First Amendment on campus.

The following is a partial summary of the emails, dated August 17 and 18 and titled “‘Saggy pants’ and an article in Inside Higher Ed.” They were obtained by a Freedom of In-formation Act request filed with Elaine Knee-bone, general counsel, on August 18. Full transcripts of all emails can be found online at the Oracle website, www.hsuoracle.com.

On Monday morning at 10:42, the first of 16 total emails began when Megan Hickerson, associate professor of history, shared a link to the article and her thoughts with her col-leagues on the faculty email listserv.

Hickerson stated, “Inside Higher Ed is to-day reporting that we are ‘defend[ing]’ our ‘de-cision to ban ‘sagging pants’ on campus, amid concerns from students that the ban targeted black students.’” Her email continued, “The article states that despite the signs’ removal, students have been informed that the rules/ban still applies.”

At 2:20 p.m., Marck Beggs, professor of English, replied with his opinion.

“I am not fond of it as a fashion state-ment, but then again, I am not fond of suits and ties,” Beggs stated. “I would suggest that it (along with everything else listed on the sign) is a matter of free speech.”

Stephen Adkison, provost, provided the group with his reply at 2:36 p.m.“If the way I’ve spent a good deal of my time over the past year is any indication, I don’t think many of us would be willing to deem profanity in the classroom, both in general

and directed at faculty members, appropri-ate OR protected behavior,” Adkison stated. “The same point has also seemed germane with a number of other student behaviors in the classroom I’ve worked on with deans, chairs and our faculty colleagues.”

Travis Langley, professor of psychology, also replied to the group.

“It was a mistake and someone needs to acknowledge that unreservedly,” Langley stat-ed. “Clearly, trying to explain it comes across as defending it. It might help if people knew who originated the idea.”

At 2:56 p.m., Beth Ann Maxfield, assistant professor of English, gave the first of her two opinions on the matter.

“In my view, this is a conversation to be had in every classroom this fall, in productive ways,” Maxfield stated. “I do not think that incivility is necessarily protected constitution-ally if and when it disrupts the purpose of the university mission.”

More than an hour later, Hickerson re-sponded to the group with another statement.

“While it may not be in line with what was intended, the reaction to the signs (as they read) by a number of our students (engaged and perhaps benefiting from the liberal arts education they are receiving at HSU) seems to me to have been pretty predictable, and this saddens me.”

Less than an hour later at 5:06 p.m., Mi-chael Taylor, professor of communication, gave his first of three opinions on the matter.

“This sign was a poorly thought-out op-tion that does violate free speech (at least in the opinion of someone who has taught First Amendment law for 25 years and attended several law conferences on the topic),” Taylor stated. “It was destined to offend people and draw negative media attention to Henderson the moment it was hung.”

Taylor mentioned that specific circum-stances always enter into discussions of what is “appropriate” and “inappropriate” behav-ior, but a sign removes circumstance and re-

places it with authoritarian mandate.“It was, in my opinion, a predictable PR

disaster that could and should have been avoided,” Taylor concluded, “I would bet that at least some on campus advised against it and were overruled.”

At 5:29 p.m., Maxfield again stated her opinion on the matter.

“ALL faculty are charged with teaching about free speech,” Maxfield stated, “We should consider this contretemps a lesson in analyzing the rhetorical situation before act-ing.”

Several hours later, at 9:02 p.m., Fred Worth, professor of mathematics, expressed his views about free speech to his colleagues.

Worth stated, “The main gripe, as I un-derstood it, was NOT free speech but the perception that this was aimed at one racial group. But since there are white plumbers, black plumbers, Hispanic plumbers, etc., a ban on sagging pants cannot be aimed at a single race.”

“There are limits to free speech as we all know. And I think we all agree there SHOULD be limits (‘fire’ in a crowded theater). And I think people of good will can disagree wheth-er this fails on the ‘OK’ side of the line or the ‘not OK’ side,” Worth stated. “With the degree to which some guys ‘sag,’ I can see how this could create a potentially hostile environ-ment for some female students.”

Worth then offered his last view on the subject. “I realize my final comment here is based on anecdotal observation not any kind of scientific study, but the increase in this ‘fashion choice’ seems to correlate to the in-crease in the number of provisionally admit-ted students over the past years.”

At 11:29 p.m., Taylor responded with a clarification of his previous message, citing legal precedents, case law and U.S. Supreme Court opinions. He explained the U.S. Su-preme Court opinions have developed what are collectively called “time, place and man-ner” restrictions on speech that interferes with

public good, which can be limited in narrowly defined areas. “Case law suggests that ‘profan-ity’ and ‘rude behavior’ in a public setting like Garrison don’t come close to meeting crite-ria,” Taylor stated.

The following morning at 9:39 a.m., Taylor reminded the group, “Henderson is a govern-ment agency (it’s what the “S” in HSU stands for) and as such may not legally mandate dress or speech, outside of narrowly allowable legal boundaries.”

At 9:49 a.m., Wayne McGinnis, professor of English, referred to the article in his email and agreed with Taylor’s views.

“It’s always dangerous to try to legislate morality,” McGinnis stated. “Henderson is still a ‘State’ school, and the state should use its power guardedly.”

Micah Robertson, lecturer in rhetoric, wrote the final email on the subject. At 4:25 p.m., Robertson stated he was coming to this discussion as a complete outsider. Robert-son spent the previous four years teaching at Cleveland State University with a much more diverse student population than Henderson.

“I feel the sign incorporated stereotypes beyond “sagging pants,” Robertson stated. “The notions of being ‘loud, rude and pro-fane’ have been used against the Black com-munity for years.”

Robertson also stated that language and words are never neutral.

“They all carry with them a history and certain baggage,” Robertson stated.

Out of the 12 participants that exchanged emails on the faculty listserv, five agreed to an interview after the fact. The five: Hickerson, Taylor, Beggs, McGinnis and Robertson all agreed individually that the entire incident has been a lesson for Henderson.

Mike Taylor spoke on the subject as a fac-ulty member only and not as the Oracle advi-sor for this article. Taylor had no input on the content of the story.

Faculty debate First Amendment protections via emails

E-BATTLE ROYALE

STORY BY MOE SKINNER — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES

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On July 24, Henderson State Uni-versity announced their inten-tion to continue with Phase 2

of their plan to make the university more sustainable.

The first phase of the project was completed in May of 2013 and has helped the university save $237, 551 annually. The second phase, which began in March, will bring the total savings for the university to an estimated $518,714 each year, generat-ing more than $9 million in savings over 20 years.

“One of our goals is to be a univer-sity that is sustainable,” said Dr. Glendell Jones, president of HSU. “We are going to put our money where our mouths are.

Bobby Jones has spent countless hours working on this project, and I want to say thank you to him for that. This will make the university a great learning, teaching, living and working environment.”

Jones, HSU’s Vice President for Fi-nance and Administration, has been work-ing with Schneider Electric to generate the savings for the university.

“This is a great day in the fact that we are getting ready to put to fruition the things we have worked on for so long,” he began. “In addition to providing effi-cient and reliable service to our students and our faculty, we’re actually on track to reduce our energy consumption by 30 percent.”

Jones then explained the current phase of the project.

“We’ve got lighting retrofits — we’re actually going through the rest of the campus that we didn’t do in Phase 1 and replacing the lights in those buildings.

The main thing though is a central chill-water plant distribution system that will put most of our buildings on cam-pus in line with that chill-water system. There’s a couple that eventually we’ll put online, but money-wise we couldn’t afford to do that just right now. We are looking for ways to do that also.”

Steve Packard, an account executive with Schneider Electric, said that this project will not only help HSU save mon-

ey, but it will also help the environment.“Once completed, the project will pro-

vide energy efficiency savings equivalent to removing 2,767 tons of carbon diox-ide from the atmosphere, powering 252 homes or planting 2,268 acres of new trees,” he explained. “The project is also good for the local economy with a total economic impact of $10 million, including 117 new jobs, $16.6 million in additional business revenue and more than $649,705 in state and local tax revenue. This is an exciting time for us and for Henderson State University.”

The project is expected to be complet-ed in the fall of 2016.

GOING GREENNew project promises a more energy efficent campus

Graphic by Jordan Jones

STORY BY JAMES LEIGH — DAILY SIFTINGS HERALD

AUG 24, 2015 NEWS VIEWS HUMOR SPORTS

Students share their thoughts about move-in daySTORY BY RICKEY MILLER — PHOTO BY KRISTINE MOORE

LEAVIN’ THE NEST

#WelcomeWeek Events

Mon. 24th – Pine Tree Assembly 7p.m. Arkansas HallWatermelon Fest 8p.m. Arkansas HallTues. 25th – Greek Info Tables 12:15p.m. -1:15p.m. Quad Ridge Pointe Scavenger Hunt 6p.m. – 27th 7p.m. Ridge PointeInternational Best Seller Author and Speaker 7:30p.m. Arkansas HallWed. 26th – SAB Movie Jurassic World 6:30p.m. Garrison Lecture HallSpy 8p.m.HSU Theatre and Dance Auditions 7p.m. Arkansas HallCampus Blood Drive 10a.m. GarrisonThurs. 27th – Student Organization Fair 11a.m. Grand BallroomHypnotist [PG-13] 7p.m. [MA] 9p.m. Arkansas Hall

stuff. They over packed by a lot,” Charles Holland, senior communica-tions major, said.• “In my opinion, freshmen move ins was great. It was great exercise,” Paris Landers, senior chemistry major, said.• “I was really glad we got to meet them outside of a classroom setting and before classes started,’ Aubrianna Scott, sophomore psychology major, said.• “I loved seeing new exciting fac-es,” Tedra Barnes, senior Education major, said.• “I enjoyed the atmosphere that the beautiful freshmen ladies brought to our campus,” Keaton Beasley, sophomore business management major, said.• “How Reddie the freshmen girls are,” Beasley, said

less scared and more comfortable with the upperclassmen helping us,” Johnathan Teigen, aviation Major, said.• “I wasn’t expecting help when I moved in, so the help from the upperclassmen was nice,” Brandon Curtis, sociology Major, said.• “I didn’t have much stuff so I helped other people move in”• “Elevator: Because I have a lot of stuff and I can’t move all of it on the stairs,” Curtis, said• “Stairs: Because you can get there faster. The elevators take for-ever,” Vanwoy, said.

UPPERCLASSMEN THOUGHTS• “it was great, but some of the freshmen brought way too much

Another year, another freshman class, seasoned Reddies helped the new students move in on Tuesday. Many organizations helped make move-ins a success: Alpha Phi Ome-ga, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau, Zeta Phi Beta, Phi Beta Sigma, Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Kap-pa Psi, The Reddie Athletic Teams, Reslife and many more.

FRESHMEN THOUGHTS ON MOVE-INS• “Freshman move in showed friendliness and helped us feel com-fortable with a helping hand from the upperclassmen,” John Vanwoy, aviation Major, said.• “The move ins made us feel

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BREAK TIME — Students take a break from hauling boxes.

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The university held its annual Street Dance event Thursday, August 20 as part of the Hen-derson Welcome Week celebration. The event was held between the bookstore entrance of the Garrison and Womack Hall.

The event started around 9 p.m., when stu-dents flooded the area and began to have a good time. The event was designed to welcome stu-dents to the campus and introduce them to all the different Greek organizations on campus.

The activity, hosted by the Student Activities Board, included two DJs and a shaved ice stand.

Ashley Marx, sophomore political science major, said she had a lot of fun with her sorority sisters and the rest of the campus that attended the event. She said she really enjoyed the atmo-sphere and felt like it was a time when all the Greeks seem unified.

“I was just proud to be here together,” said Marx, “because we all represent the Greek com-

munity as a whole.” Caleb Naederhiser, freshman music education

major, attended the street dance for the first time this year. He said the event was very spirited and enjoyed watching the members of the Greek do their strolls.

“It was all very fun and I definitely felt the Reddie Spirit,” Naedershiser said.

Rickey Miller, senior mass media major, said he feels like the dance was a big success this year because a lot of freshman attended. He said that he was proud of the Greeks for coming out and doing their thing, but found it disappointing that the University cut the evening short because of a commotion that happened towards the end of the event. Overall, he said as an upperclassman, he really enjoyed himself at the street dance.

“They had good DJs this year,” Miller said. “In the past, the DJs haven’t been that good, but this year was really fun.”

Reddies take their moves to the ashphalt STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN MCNIEL

CAN’T STOPGROOVIN’

BLOCK PARTY — Students gather for annual Street Dance

Above: Students gather to cheer on dance battle Below: Students gettin’ their swag on

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If anyone at Henderson is in-terested in saving the world a little bit at a time, they should consider becoming a part of a new orga-nization. Volunteer Arkadelphia has just become one of the new-est organizations that Henderson offers. It offers a lot for students to get involved in. With more than ten outside organizations already regis-tered with Volunteer Arkadelphia, there is a need for volunteer work from Arkadelphia to the students of Henderson. Volunteer Arkadelphia is the brainchild of Stacey Bean, a local Henderson alumni. The idea came to him one day when a student told him that they wished there was more volunteering opportu-nities and ways to help out in the community. “After another person said they wish for the same type of outreach, I decided to try to create it.” Bean said.

Bean is also the chair of the Clark County Democrats. Although the organization itself is not polit-ically affiliated, the group will be meeting and working out of the Clark County Democrat building located in downtown Arkadelphia. The amount of outside organi-zations that have already registered for volunteers to be sent to pres-ents the need for more volunteer students in Arkadelphia. The needs of the community vary from help-ing deliver meals to senior citizens to socializing and feeding cats and dogs. The list that students can pick from include Arkadelphia Parks and Recreation, Boys and Girls Club, Group Living, Arkadelphia Senior Activity Center, Clark Coun-ty Humane Society, Arkadelphia Rehab, Family Enrichment Center, Twin Rivers Rehab, a food bank and the Arkadelphia Arts Center. There is an organization for every-

one to get involved in. “We have a lot of work that needs to be done,” Gwen Diemer, a volunteer at the Humane Society, said. “We house a lot of animals and every little bit of help would be great.” Students can choose when they decide to volunteer and help out in the community. “We’re not going to push students to volunteer once they’ve joined,” Bean said. “But eventually it would be great for the organi-zation to be student led by people who really want to help. I think students should help run their or-ganizations. Just once or even twice a week can make a huge difference to someone else.” Bean hopes, in time, to expand the organization and join bigger, national organizations. “We are also currently working on a program for college kids to tutor other kids. Even though other organiza-

tions volunteer in the community, there is no other organization that exists solely for volunteering. Ouachita Baptist already has the Elrod Center, which is their build-ing just for volunteering. Now is the time for students at Henderson to step up, and hopefully strength-en the community that they live in through volunteering and helping people out in the community. We are, after all, the school with a heart. If students are interested, there will be a Volunteer Arkadelphia table set up at the Community Fair that is on Tuesday, August 25. For more information or questions about Volunteer Arkadelphia, Stac-ey Bean can be contacted at ilobe-an@yahoo.com or at 870-997-7755.

New orginization offers volunteer oportunities for studentsJOINING HANDS TO SERVESTORY BY ASHLEY SMITH — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES

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Ever been hypnotized? Famous Hypnotist Jim Wand will

be returning to Henderson for his 27th show on campus.

Wand is known to visit Henderson students and faculty every year and is known far and wide as well.

He averages 150 programs yearly in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Haven’t heard of him?

Students can find Wand on You-Tube where you can see him work his magic. Wand has been on many major television networks including

Comedy Central. Wand has made people feel hot,

cold, awake, asleep and many other emotions.

Wand has been on many major television networks including Come-dy Central.

At the show students can expect to see their friends in a trance or even feel it for themselves. In the past, students have been known to twerk, dirty dance with a chair, scream wild-ly.

Some students have even stripped

away many articles of clothing. Wand has made people feel hot, cold, awake, asleep and many other emotions.

The process to be hypnotized is simple. After students raise their hands to be picked as volunteers Wand calls a selection of about 20 students up onto the stage.

While Wand hypnotizes volunteers on the stage, audience members can also be caught in hypnosis, if paying close enough attention.

As an audience member students and faculty can expect to interact

with Wand’s show and enjoy every second of it.

Not everyone is prone to hypno-tism so the volunteers on stage are sometimes replaced with audience members that are more easily hypno-tized.

If you’re looking for a good show, bring a couple of friends and get your eyeful of what Wand can do Thurs-day, August 27, in the Arkansas Hall auditorium. You have two chances to see him with one show at 7 p.m. and another at 9.

Jim Wand comes to hypnotize all who can’t resist STORY BY JOSHUA BRADLEY — PHOTO BY CARMIN WILLS

HYPNOTIST IS BACKUNDER A SPELL — Moe Skinner, senior mass media major, and Daniel Moore, sophomore criminal justice major, in a trance.

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OPINION BY DAX GUILLIAMS — IMAGE BY JORDAN JONES

There is no other presidential can-didate like Bernie Sanders. In just a few months, Sanders has led a political campaign that makes the other candi-dates look like complete amateurs.

Sanders is absolutely the person for the job. Not only does he have the support of real, middle class Amer-icans, but he actually cares about the people supporting him.

He’s not in it for the money, the po-litical power, nor is he doing it because he wrote a book and wants to use his campaign to advertise his writings. Sanders has a message and people are listening. Not a single other candidate has brought in as many people to their rallies as Sanders has. Over 28,000 people in the last few months have come to see him speak and it’s time even more start listening to him. Every single topic he speaks of is a relevent issue that needs to be addressed and he’s the one to tackle those issues. For many years, even way before he start-ed his campaign, Sanders has been talking about supporting the middle class, making sure all citizens are treat-ed equally and much more that every person should be interested in.

Not once in his political career has Sanders changed his position on any issue. He has always been for things like equality and trying to stop money from influencing politics.

Just recently, Sanders has put the Koch brothers on blast for using their billions of dollars to buy politics as they see fit. And it’s a good thing he did because actions like this should not be allowed. He has many power-ful messages for big issues today and in the past. For years, Sanders has backed the civil rights movement, gay rights, fighting climate change, increas-ing benefits for the middle class and so much more that he has not once changed his position on.

None of the other candidates that are running are even close to the same level as Sanders. Whether it’s Clinton,

Bush, Trump or any of the other can-didates, Sanders is simply the better choice.And it doesn’t matter if you’re a democrat, republican, independant or whatever because his campaign isn’t about pitting people against each oth-er based on political parties. His cam-paign is about facing the real issues that need to be faced and no one else is willing to do that as much as him.

Hillary Clinton isn’t focusing on the big issues because no one knows what side she’s on, including her. Based on how frequent she switches sides, it seems like she makes her decisions using a Magic 8-Ball. Jeb Bush seems to have made it his personal mission to be a worse speaker and politician than the other members of his family. Not to mention that he does not care about anyone that makes less money than him. He actually told people that work fourty hours a week, but are still struggling to pay their bills, that they weren’t working hard enough. And Jeb Bush would know a thing or two about working hard. After all, having your ex-president father take care of all of your hardships for him must have been very stressful on his life.

I’m not even going to bother wast-ing any more words than I have to on Donald Trump. Do you really want him, of all people, to be in control of this country? Of your lives?

This is why Sanders should get your vote. At the end of the day, those oth-er candidates just aren’t as qualified to be president quite like he is.

Many of you will be interested to know that Sanders has a plan to make college free for all and it is part of the same plan to eliminate any college debt one might have.

I don’t claim to understand poli-tics perfectly, nor will I ever, but I’m not the only one whose been drawn to Sanders’s campaign. You don’t just suddenly start drawing in thousands of people who are already supporting the ideas you have to say.

Sanders is getting people fired up about the important events facing us like no one else can. But even with the large crowds coming to see him, most media outlets still choose to ignore him. It’s sad that they give politicians that spout nonsense all of their atten-tion, but when one such as Sanders comes along and actually has some-thing important to say, they would rather ignore him and his message.

And if he’s not being ignored, Sanders’s policies are being criticized as being a “socialistic nightmare.” Well I say let them continue to say that be-cause they said similar things about JFK, FDR and Theodore Roosevelt and they were three of the greatest presidents this country has ever had and they were also three of the great-est human beings to ever live.

People might say that it doesn’t mat-ter and he can’t win. They’re wrong.

Sanders can win and he should.

He’s a good, honest politician that is focusing on the biggest issues and is one the right side of those issues.

It sounds so crazy to have to say that America both needs and deserves a good, smart person as its leader be-cause that should be the standard for this country.

The people shouldn’t vote on who they think is the lesser of two evils and the people shouldn’t vote on who the media pays the most attention to.

The people should vote for some-one who understands what they’re go-ing through and knows how to help them while having the means to do so. And Bernie Sanders is that person.

Arkansas has open primaries, so this March, Sanders is the person you should give your vote to. Not because I’m telling you to, but because he’s the best person for the job and he’s doing it for all of us.

BERNING FOR YOU

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 99TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Quapaw Baths & Spa 413 Central Ave.Friday, August 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.$10 for HS Jazz Society members, $15 for non-members

The Arkansas Jazz Experience hosted by the Hot Springs Jazz Society and the Quapaw Baths and Spa, presented every fourth Friday of the month, features unique special guest musicians to entertain jazz lovers. Admission includes complimentary light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar is available. Seating is first come first serve and limited. Call 501-627-2425, email HSJazzSociety@gmail.com or visit hsjazzsociety.org for information.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, description courtesy of hsjazzsociety.org

HOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGSOzark Bathhouse, 425 Central Ave.Tuesday, August 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.free

Have some birthday cake with the Hot Springs A and P Commission. Visit the Cultural Center located at the Ozark Bathhouse to partake in the festivities, view the current Artist in Residence art collection on exhibit and chat about the agency’s upcoming centennial celebration.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, synopsis courtesy of hotsprings.org

THE ARKANSAS JAZZ EXPERIENCE

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYSHot Springs Farmers & Artisan Market, 121 Orange St.Friday, August 28 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.cost varies by vendor

Sample foods from nine unique food trucks, from Latin to BBQ. Come for the food and stay for the music by Klair Ann Netherland and the Gable Bradley Band. Search for “Food Truck Fridays at the Market” on Facebook for more information.

Image and synopsis courtesy of Hot Springs Farmers & Artisan Market

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LEAN WITH IT

STORY AND PHOTO BY CHRIS SHARP

New logo to celebrate 125th anniversary

It’s an exciting time to be a Reddie. What better way to start the new aca-demic year than with an upgrade? No, it’s not a new app for your phone or iPad, nor is it futuristic robots that will write your term papers. Henderson has updated the school’s logo.

On July 15, there was a reception held in the Garrison Center for all alumni, present, and prospective stu-dents, marking a fresh new chapter in our history.

With this exciting new school year at the “School-With-A-Heart,” Hen-derson ushers in an exciting new era with a new, modernized logo celebrat-ing the 125th year.

The purpose of the new logo is one step in enhancing Henderson’s re-gional, state, and national profile. This will also reinforce the Henderson aca-demic brand for student recruitment. “We want people to see our updated logo and our updated word marks and over time immediately recognize them as belonging to the Henderson State Reddies”, Shawn Jones, athletic direc-tor said.

Looking back on Henderson histo-ry we find that logo change happened many times over the years.

There are many different examples, like in 1914, an Old English font was used on baseball uniforms. A cursive “H” on shirts and caps in 1979. In the ‘80s, forward facing block was used on a variety of athletic apparel. The most recent change occurred in 1999. “These have all maintained the Red-die Spirit but have changed to better reflect the times,” Jones said. In de-scribing the enhanced logo, “The new

‘H’ faces forward because we are in a never ending quest to move forward as we strive for excellence. We will always be moving forward, not backwards,” Jones said. He went on to say, “Reddies should be bold and proud but should also exude first class look and feel.”

All of the teams will be consistent and use the same fonts because we’re all Reddies and we’re all striving for excellence in everything we do,” Jones said. Being well into the 21st century, it was time to update our logo to reflect modern times.

This wasn’t a brand new project or idea as it has been in the works for a few years.

Former Athletic Director Kale Gober “got the ball rolling” Jones said on the updated logo design working closely with Phoenix Design Works.

Many other people were instrumen-tal in this process like Glendell Jones, president; Bobby Jones, vice president for finance and administration; Tonya Smith, executive director of marketing and communications; Jennifer Boyett, vice president of university advance-ment and Frank Keenan, assistant ath-letic director.

The one thing we did not do and we will not do as long as long as Glen Jones is President and Shawn Jones is AD, [Athletic Director], is the univer-sity did not add a mascot.

“Reddies don’t have a mascot, we have a spirit,” Jones said.

The changes will not occur all at once, but will be phased in the most cost effective way over time.

The Henderson’s sport website also reflects the new look and feel.

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As the summer winds down, the Hender-son State football team is gearing up for the 2015 season.

After coming off a breakout year, high-lighted with a national television appearance, the Reddies look to reach the top of the Great American Conference.

The Reddies finished the 2014 season with a 9-2 record.

“Anytime you have a chance to showcase your university, community and football pro-gram on national television, it’s a tremendous opportunity, Shawn Jones, athletic director , said,”I know it helped us from a recruit-ing standpoint and it provided our alumni around the country the chance to watch the Reddies from afar and to spread the message about how special this place is to others who normally wouldn’t have the chance to learn what Henderson State is all about.”

With the departures of star quarterback Kevin Rodgers and wide receiver Darius Da-

vis, HSU looks for their supporting cast to fill the void.

The biggest asked question going into the upcoming season, is who will be the first-string quarterback.

Head coach Scott Maxfield said that there is an ongoing quarterback competition and that no quarterback has been chosen.

Senior wide receiver Joseph Snapp looks to bring his experience to the offensive side of the ball. Snapp played in all 11 games scoring 6 touchdowns, snagging down 51 re-ceptions, and racking up 643 receiving yards.

Junior linebacker Josh Davis and senior linebacker Lawson Schulz rounds out the key returners for the defense.

Henderson State was picked third in the GAC preseason football poll.

As the season creeps closer, the outlook on the season is positive.

“I’m very excited about the upcoming football season,” Jones said. “We lost some

seniors to graduation that are amongst the best ever to wear the Reddie football uni-form, but with a nice mix of returning expe-rience and some exciting newcomers, I think it will be a tremendously fun year.”

A few upgrades were added to Carpen-ter-Haygood Stadium.

New ticket booths, wrought-iron fenc-ing, and a new main gate entrance were built to give the stadium a new look.

Also, the artificial turf and brand new lights were added to the practice field to pro-vide a better environment.

“The facility enhancements that have taken place have given several venues a first-class look and improved their functionality, durability and safety,” Jones said.

“When you step back and look at all the improvements going on across campus, it’s truly a transformational time in the life of Henderson State University.”

A new addition was also added to the

coaching staff, former Auburn star running back and 2005 NFL Rookie of the Year Car-nell “Cadillac” Williams joined the Reddie coaching staff as the new running backs coach as part of the NFL Players Associa-tion Coaching Internship program.

“He brings a lot knowledge and experi-ence to the team,” Maxfield says.

“Anytime you can bring someone like Carnell into your program, it’s of tremen-dous benefit because of his experience at the highest level,” Jones said. “He can teach lessons about how hard he had to work to get there and how he had to be prepared for the day when his football playing career was over.”

Henderson State takes the field in their first regular season game Sept. 3. against Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Okla. Kickoff is scheduled to be a 6:10 p.m.

The football team hopes for an undefeated seasonSTORY BY ALVIN STUCKEY — GRAPHIC BY CHRIS SHARP

ARE YOU REDDIE FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

Henderson Reddie Football Schedule 20159/3/2015 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, Okla. A 6:10p.m. 9/10/2015 East Central University Arkadelphia, Ark. H 7 p.m. 9/19/2015 Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva, Okla. A 7 p.m. 9/26/2015 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Arkadelphia, Ark. H 2 p.m. 10/3/2015 Arkansas Tech University Arkadelphia, Ark. H 2 p.m.10/10/2015 Harding University Searcy, Ark. A 6 p.m.10/17/2015 University of Arkansas at Monticello Monticello, Ark. A 3 p.m. 10/24/2015 Southern Arkansas University Arkadelphia, Ark. H 2 p.m. 10/31/2015 Southern Nazarene University Arkadelphia, Ark. H 2 p.m. 11/7/2015 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Okla. A Noon11/14/2015 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Ark. A 1 p.m.

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NEW DIGS, NEW TURF — Students are seeing some pretty big changes on campus.

HSU ATHLETES LOOKING FRESHCampus athletics are turning over a new leaf with a whole new lookSTORY BY MARIAH DELAVEGA — PHOTO BY KRISTINE MOORE

The Reddie athletic facilities upgraded for the new season with new turf and lights for the baseball and softball teams.

The football team has a new turf practice field, new goal post and new lights for the Formby Athletic Center. Football also got new ticket booths and new fencing encircling the football stadium.

“The field is great, and I think that they did a really good job constructing it,” Christian Love, senior psychology major, said. “The turf feels great when you’re running and jumping everywhere.”

The tennis courts have all been resurfaced and repainted in the school col-ors. There have been a lot of facility upgrades this year for the Reddie athletics department. It was about a six million dollar upgrade for the Reddie athletic facilities.

“It’s a great new atmosphere for our student athletes and they deserve it,” Troy Mitchell, director of sports information, said.

Mitchell mentioned that the baseball and softball team won’t have much to worry about being late for classes because they have a new turf field and it won’t be as much work as the old field. He also said that the new football practice field can be used for band and the intramurals.

“It’s going to be great for our student athletes and create more excitement something that they can be proud of,” Mitchell said.

“Besides the fact that the field looks really nice, I’m appreciative of how the new athletic director came in and really fixed up the facilities and not just for football but for all of the other sports at Henderson,” Love said. “It’s a good thing.”

The Reddie athletics are ready to kick it off to a new year and new facilities.