Rep. Tom Cotton, newly elected, held a town hall meet- ing in Hot Springs last Wednes- day night. Cotton was elected this past year to represent the 4th District of Arkansas, which includes Arkadelphia, Hot Springs and El Dorado. He was sworn in on Jan. 3 of this year. Cotton is the 19th congressman to represent con- gressional District 4, but is only the second Republican. “Cotton speaks from the heart,” Ken Carney, senior pas- tor of the First Church of the Nazarene of Hot Springs, said. “You can connect with him, and you can trust him.” Cotton took some heat from local press for using a church for a town hall meeting. “I chose the First Church of the Nazarene for two reasons,” Cotton said. “Central location and it was free.” Cotton, who is a devoted Christian, spoke in many churches during his campaign for congressmen in last year’s election. Earlier this week, Cotton held another town hall meeting in El Dorado, but that did not seem to affect the turnout of 100 or so people from all over the Congressional District who came to ask questions and hear what Cotton had to say. Cotton was bombarded with questions during the meeting. Many people of all ages were there waiting patiently to ask their own question. The opening questions were derived from congressional bills being passed, the spend- ing that the President is doing and “Obama Care.” “With foreign aid, we need to support Israel and stop aiding Egypt,” Cotton said, “because they failed to uphold their agreement with regards to the Gaza Strip.” In regards to Pakistan, the government hasn’t supported our troops or our commanding generals’ wishes, said Cotton. In one instance, the com- manding general in Pakistan asked for 40,000 troops to be deployed into Pakistan. The government sent only 32,000 troops, Cotton said. The question that popped up more than once was if second amendment rights were being stripped away. There is already a bill out that is trying to get rid of assault weapons, Cotton said. Improve and promote proper use of firearms, Cotton ad- vised, and improve background checks on people. “Free rights for a free peo- ple.” Cotton said. “Barack Obama lied during his second debate in the presidential elec- tion. He said he wouldn’t make any more limitations in regards to gun control, but is using Sandy Hook as a tragedy for his own personal gain.” The town hall meeting took an hour and a half. When the meeting was over, Cotton was given a huge round of applause and rushed by many spectators trying to shake his hand and wish him luck in Washington. “He’s a nice, respectable military guy,” Jordan Johnson, sophomore mass media major, said. “I wish him luck.” After Cotton left, many spec- tators stayed behind and dis- cussed how much of a change Cotton will make up in Wash- ington D.C. Cotton will continue to hold more town hall meetings in dif- ferent towns and cities before he leaves for Washington. Anna is a freshman in col- lege. Tonight is the very first party of the year and a really attractive man invited her. He said all sorts of sweet things to her when he stopped her on her way to class. He was charm- ing. When she hits the door, he is there to greet her with a cup in hand. She doesn’t know what is in it, but she feels obligated to take it. It is good, so she keeps drinking. After a while she begins feel- ing dizzy, so he takes her up- stairs to lie down. Before she knows it, he is pulling off her clothes. She can’t push him off, and he doesn’t listen to her pro- tests. She realizes there is no way out. Dr. John Foubert, founder of One in Four, introduced a similar scenario when he came to Henderson‘s campus on last Wednesday. Unfortunately, it is one that is frequently seen on college campuses around the country. One in Four is a nonprofit or- ganization that travels national- ly, speaking to men and women about how each can better pre- vent or deal with rape or sexual assault. There are separate semi- nars for men and women to help with informing a specific audience gender. In order for Foubert to better explain how to prevent rape, he first had to clearly define it. “Rape is sexual intercourse with another person that is against that person’s will by force, threat or intimidation,” Foubert said. “Children un- der the legal age of consent or someone who is mentally or physically incapacitated also are victims of rape.” Being mentally or physically incapable of making the deci- sion to consent applies when a person has a mental illness or is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. These situations lead to a person being unaware of what is happening to or around them, making them unable to consciously consent. These seminars began with videos that contained a male or a female rapist that told their story in vivid details that many may have found offensive. “The subject covered is a seri- ous issue, therefore serious im- ages and words have to be used to get the message across,” Paul Brown, sophomore dietet- ics major and seminar attendee, said. “In many ways, the pre- sentation was inappropriate, but it was so for a reason.” One in Four got its name from a study done by the Unit- ed Stated Department of Jus- tice that stated that one in four women have survived rape or attempted rape. In the 20 years that One in Four has been ac- tively working throughout the country, that statistic hasn’t changed. “It’s a startling statistic, but it’s completely believable be- cause a lot of women go out and get drunk,” Ta-Gjiyonna De- Loch, a sophomore chemistry major, said. “They don’t think that their inability to reason might get them into trouble.” Foubert introduced the audi- ence to ways to recognize a rap- ist when in a party setting. “For a lot of us, we view rap- ists as some big, creepy guy that’s going to snatch us up,” said DeLoch. “And really, it could be our classmate or a guy we sit across the lunch table from.” The boy made Anna feel spe- cial by inviting her to the party. He immediately began giving her alcohol, and right when he had her drunk enough, he made his move. He showed no signs of an- ger and he used just enough physical violence to accomplish the goal in mind. Foubert ex- plained how the purpose of that was to make Anna feel as if she were less than human. “The more we understand about perpetrators, the less damage they can do,” Foubert said. Foubert’s main advice for helping a friend that has been a victim of rape or sexual assault is to listen and believe, then re- fer them to a counselor. Although there are ways to deal with rape and sexual as- sault, there are also ways to help prevent it. Paying attention to the warn- ing signs and paying attention to personal alcohol intake are good places to start. Traveling in groups while at a party, having one designated sober friend and being around people that are personally known are other ways to avoid being placed in a situation like Anna’s. Experiencing rape or sexual assault is a life altering thing, and helping someone through the process the correct way can be just as altering. There are several people on Henderson’s campus that any- one can go to for assistance, including the dean of students, Chad Fielding, in Womack Hall, and the health center located in Mooney Hall. There is also an online or- ganization located at rainn.org that can help bring students through the process of recov- er y. Staying safe on campus is a major concern to students. Knowing the proper tools and steps can be the difference be- tween one in four and one in five. Being informed can help lower the chances of becoming a victim. Features Opinions Diversions Sports Sports 2 3 4 5 6 Index ‘One in Four’ speaker stresses rape prevention Oracle The TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013 HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 15, ISSUE 17 71/48 55/34 62/32 50/31 Zachary Noga Staff Writer New congressman Tom Cotton shares political views OUNCE OF PREVENTION Dr. John Foubert, the founder of ‘One in Four,’ addresses a group of men about rape prevention and support last Thursday. Photo courtesy of Associated Press Stephanie Hartman News Editor REPRESENTIN’ Newly elected congressman from Dardnelle, Ark., Tom Cotton, talks to supporters at an election watch party at the Austin Convention Hotel & Spa, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Cotton held a town hall meeting last Wednesday night. Photo by Ryan Klare/Oracle
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Rep. Tom Cotton, newly elected, held a town hall meet-ing in Hot Springs last Wednes-day night.
Cotton was elected this past year to represent the 4th District of Arkansas, which includes Arkadelphia, Hot Springs and El Dorado.
He was sworn in on Jan. 3 of this year. Cotton is the 19th congressman to represent con-gressional District 4, but is only the second Republican.
“Cotton speaks from the heart,” Ken Carney, senior pas-tor of the First Church of the Nazarene of Hot Springs, said. “You can connect with him, and you can trust him.”
Cotton took some heat from local press for using a church for a town hall meeting.
“I chose the First Church of the Nazarene for two reasons,” Cotton said. “Central location and it was free.”
Cotton, who is a devoted Christian, spoke in many churches during his campaign for congressmen in last year’s election.
Earlier this week, Cotton held another town hall meeting
in El Dorado, but that did not seem to affect the turnout of 100 or so people from all over the Congressional District who came to ask questions and hear what Cotton had to say.
Cotton was bombarded with questions during the meeting. Many people of all ages were there waiting patiently to ask their own question.
The opening questions were
derived from congressional bills being passed, the spend-ing that the President is doing and “Obama Care.”
“With foreign aid, we need to support Israel and stop aiding Egypt,” Cotton said, “because they failed to uphold their agreement with regards to the Gaza Strip.”
In regards to Pakistan, the government hasn’t supported
our troops or our commanding generals’ wishes, said Cotton.
In one instance, the com-manding general in Pakistan asked for 40,000 troops to be deployed into Pakistan. The government sent only 32,000 troops, Cotton said.
The question that popped up more than once was if second amendment rights were being stripped away.
There is already a bill out that is trying to get rid of assault weapons, Cotton said.
Improve and promote proper use of firearms, Cotton ad-vised, and improve background checks on people.
“Free rights for a free peo-ple.” Cotton said. “Barack Obama lied during his second debate in the presidential elec-tion. He said he wouldn’t make any more limitations in regards to gun control, but is using Sandy Hook as a tragedy for his own personal gain.”
The town hall meeting took an hour and a half.
When the meeting was over, Cotton was given a huge round of applause and rushed by many spectators trying to shake his hand and wish him luck in Washington.
“He’s a nice, respectable military guy,” Jordan Johnson, sophomore mass media major, said. “I wish him luck.”
After Cotton left, many spec-tators stayed behind and dis-cussed how much of a change Cotton will make up in Wash-ington D.C.
Cotton will continue to hold more town hall meetings in dif-ferent towns and cities before he leaves for Washington.
Anna is a freshman in col-lege. Tonight is the very first party of the year and a really attractive man invited her. He said all sorts of sweet things to her when he stopped her on her way to class. He was charm-ing. When she hits the door, he is there to greet her with a cup in hand.
She doesn’t know what is in it, but she feels obligated to take it. It is good, so she keeps drinking.
After a while she begins feel-ing dizzy, so he takes her up-stairs to lie down. Before she knows it, he is pulling off her clothes. She can’t push him off, and he doesn’t listen to her pro-tests. She realizes there is no way out.
Dr. John Foubert, founder of One in Four, introduced a similar scenario when he came to Henderson‘s campus on last Wednesday. Unfortunately, it is one that is frequently seen on college campuses around the country.
One in Four is a nonprofit or-ganization that travels national-ly, speaking to men and women about how each can better pre-vent or deal with rape or sexual assault.
There are separate semi-nars for men and women to help with informing a specific audience gender. In order for Foubert to better explain how to prevent rape, he first had to clearly define it.
“Rape is sexual intercourse with another person that is
against that person’s will by force, threat or intimidation,” Foubert said. “Children un-der the legal age of consent or someone who is mentally or physically incapacitated also are victims of rape.”
Being mentally or physically incapable of making the deci-sion to consent applies when a person has a mental illness or is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. These situations lead
to a person being unaware of what is happening to or around them, making them unable to consciously consent.
These seminars began with videos that contained a male or a female rapist that told their story in vivid details that many may have found offensive.
“The subject covered is a seri-ous issue, therefore serious im-ages and words have to be used to get the message across,”
Paul Brown, sophomore dietet-ics major and seminar attendee, said. “In many ways, the pre-sentation was inappropriate, but it was so for a reason.”
One in Four got its name from a study done by the Unit-ed Stated Department of Jus-tice that stated that one in four women have survived rape or attempted rape. In the 20 years that One in Four has been ac-tively working throughout the country, that statistic hasn’t changed.
“It’s a startling statistic, but it’s completely believable be-cause a lot of women go out and get drunk,” Ta-Gjiyonna De-Loch, a sophomore chemistry major, said. “They don’t think that their inability to reason might get them into trouble.”
Foubert introduced the audi-ence to ways to recognize a rap-ist when in a party setting.
“For a lot of us, we view rap-ists as some big, creepy guy that’s going to snatch us up,” said DeLoch. “And really, it could be our classmate or a guy we sit across the lunch table from.”
The boy made Anna feel spe-cial by inviting her to the party. He immediately began giving her alcohol, and right when he had her drunk enough, he made his move.
He showed no signs of an-ger and he used just enough physical violence to accomplish the goal in mind. Foubert ex-plained how the purpose of that was to make Anna feel as if she were less than human.
“The more we understand about perpetrators, the less
damage they can do,” Foubert said.
Foubert’s main advice for helping a friend that has been a victim of rape or sexual assault is to listen and believe, then re-fer them to a counselor.
Although there are ways to deal with rape and sexual as-sault, there are also ways to help prevent it.
Paying attention to the warn-ing signs and paying attention to personal alcohol intake are good places to start.
Traveling in groups while at a party, having one designated sober friend and being around people that are personally known are other ways to avoid being placed in a situation like Anna’s.
Experiencing rape or sexual assault is a life altering thing, and helping someone through the process the correct way can be just as altering.
There are several people on Henderson’s campus that any-one can go to for assistance, including the dean of students, Chad Fielding, in Womack Hall, and the health center located in Mooney Hall.
There is also an online or-ganization located at rainn.org that can help bring students through the process of recov-ery.
Staying safe on campus is a major concern to students. Knowing the proper tools and steps can be the difference be-tween one in four and one in five.
Being informed can help lower the chances of becoming a victim.
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71/48 55/34 62/32 50/31
Zachary NogaStaff Writer
New congressman Tom Cotton shares political views
OUNCE OF PREVENTION Dr. John Foubert, the founder of ‘One in Four,’ addresses a group of men about rape prevention and support last Thursday.
Photo courtesy of Associated Press
Stephanie HartmanNews Editor
REPRESENTIN’ Newly elected congressman from Dardnelle, Ark., Tom Cotton, talks to supporters at an election watch party at the Austin Convention Hotel & Spa, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Cotton held a town hall meeting last Wednesday night.
Photo by Ryan Klare/Oracle
The staff of Whispering Oaks is changing up the prices for next school year’s residents.
The apartment complex was built in 1996.
There is a wide range of fully furnished apartments for over 200 Henderson students.
“Every year we usually see a small increase in the rates,” Bridgette Bass, director of leas-ing at Whispering Oaks, said. “This year is three percent across the board for pre-leasing students.”
If a student chooses to live at Whispering Oaks, he or she has the option to apply for two bedrooms, four bedrooms or an efficiency apartment.
The current rate for the aca-demic year is $575 a month for the two bedroom, $457 for the four bedroom and $830 for the efficiency.
The 2013-2014 year’s rates, however, will be slightly higher in price for the two and four bedroom apartments.
The new price for the two bedroom academic year plan is $596 a month and $475 for the four bedroom.
The efficiency rooms will re-main the same.
Whispering Oaks offers a $50 allowance for electricity, which is in place this year.
Next year’s residents won’t have that luxury, Instead, they will be granted “WO Bucks.”
“WO Bucks is virtual money that students can use to pay for electricity” Bass said.
WO Bucks is a special incen-tive for students who achieve good grades, pay their rent on time and complete other vari-ous tasks throughout the year.
One positive thing for the students who currently live at Whispering Oaks is that they have the option for a reduced rate next year.
This is only available to those
that choose to sign their lease between Jan. 22 and March 4 this year.
There are many positives to the complex.
It is a gated community, which enhances safety. There are many amenities such as an open grill and pavilion, pool, and an indoor hangout area.
Whispering Oaks also offers guaranteed parking, which is a big deal to students on campus.
If you choose to stay at Whis-
pering Oaks, you are guaran-teed a private bedroom.
For the two bedroom apart-ments, each person would have their own bathroom.
In the four bedroom apart-ments, each person would share a bathroom with another person.
In the efficiency apartments, there is one open living area and one bathroom, so the rent-er would experience the most privacy in this particular setup.
“Different things are impor-tant to different students,” Bass said. “If you value the privacy of having your own bedroom and bathroom, then Whispering Oaks is a good place for you.”
Dylan Campbell, a freshman who currently stays in a two bedroom apartment at Whis-pering Oaks, commented on the new changes for next year.
“Although prices are rising, I plan to live here in the fall of next year,” Campbell said. “Even with the increased price, it still offers safety, convenience and reasonable pricing.”
One thing Whispering Oaks offers that no dorms offer is having the availability of your own kitchen.
Therefore, students who aren’t going to apply for a meal plan probably would want to consider living at “The WO.”
Even though the prices may be going up, the many luxuries Whispering Oaks offers makes it a prime living opportunity for incoming and current students.
“I am a vessel,” Stanley Jones, Jr., junior mass media major, said. “I open up new doors for the FYE students.”
Jones is a peer advisor to the First Year Experience program for Residence Life.
The FYE program assists new and transfer students by leading them down the right path. The program assists the students to adjust to college life on campus.
“FYE is the greatest organization and every freshman should be a part of it,” Joseph Branscomb, sophomore communications major, said. Branscomb is a peer advisor in Newberry Hall.
FYE is pushing forward with the idea that all freshmen should be a part of the program and hope to approve this by fall.
Marla Hammond is the new FYE program coordinator. She is a graduate student who is pending in the clinical
and mental health program. Hammond earned a bachelors degree in sociology at Henderson in the fall of 2011.
Hammond said that they hope to have all freshmen in the FYE program by the fall of 2013.
“Students should get involved with FYE so they are enriched in everything Henderson has to offer,” Hammond said.
She said in order to gain the full experience of college life, one must step out of their comfort zone and get involved.
The peer advisors in Smith hall are Katie Blair, Alicia Richardson, Charde Wade, Michelle Green and Kiera Russell.
The peer advisors in Newberry hall are Stanley Jones Jr., Joseph Branscomb and Ishmael Asaba.
Peer advisors give one-on-one feedback to FYE students on improving study skills, class attendance and involvement within the university.
A PA lives on the second,
third and fourth floors in Newberry as well as second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors in Smith.
“It helps me connect on campus a lot more,” Blair said. “It is rewarding to help incoming freshmen.”
She says the job duties of a peer advisor include getting to know the students, ensuring they are comfortable, being available and being an advisor.
The FYE program offers free tutoring available on the second floor of the Garrison Center between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Evening tutoring is available Tuesdays and Wednesdays on the second floor of Huie Library from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The program also helps students find their skills and talents by introducing them to a wide variety of majors and careers.
It helps students become better people and teaches them to make lifestyle decisions that are important to them.
There are many issues first year students experience where they must make their own decisions.
FYE provides programs and activities on issues concerning campus safety, alcohol and drug use. They also help with time management training.
Applications for the FYE program are available on the web as well as on every peer advisors’ floor on their doors in Newberry and Smith.
You may also request applications at the front desk of East and West Halls. The best way to contact FYE is to send them a message on their Facebook page by searching “HSU FYE.”
“Do not wait to have fun and make memories, but remember academic priorities first,” Hammond, said.
She offers advice to students, encouraging them to be bold and not to forget to ask for help.
More new things coming to FYE will be released later this semester.
‘Whispering Oaks’ prices increase next year PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 4, 2013News
Shaun MauldinStaff Writer
News BriefsThe Black Student Associa-
tion will hold their discussion board on Monday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Garrison Banquet room.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, there will be an assembly in the Lecture Hall at 12:30 p.m. for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. This is an annual assembly honoring all female athletes.
Stephanie Watts and Eliza-beth Ferris, two senior art majors, will be holding their Opening Reception Senior Exhibitions on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. The exhibition will take place on the second floor of Huie Library.
There will be a faculty sen-ate meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 3:15 p.m. The fac-ulty will meet in the Wilson Room in the Garrison Center.
The President’s Concert will be on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Russell Fine Arts build-ing. The concert will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 6 is dou-ble feature movie night in the Garrison Lecture Hall. At 7 p.m, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 will be play-ing. Immediately after, there will be a showing of Skyfall. There is no admission fee to see the movies.
The business department will be holding their own Bat-tle of the Ravine on Thurs-day, Feb. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. The competition will be held at the Arkadelphia City Hall.
The Internship Hot Topics session 1 for the teachers col-lege is being held on Friday, Feb. 8, in the Garrison Ban-quet Room. If there are any questions about this session, they can be directed to TaLi-sha Givan.
There will be a replay of the two movies from Wednesday night. Friday, Feb. 8, come out to the Garrison Lecture Hall starting at 7 p.m. and en-joy Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Skyfall.
The women’s basketball team will have a game on Thursday, Feb. 7, against Southern Nazarene Univer-sity. The game will start at 5:30 p.m. and it will be in the Wells Gym.
Immediately following the women’s basketball game, the men will play against Southern Nazarene in the Wells Gym. The game is set to start at 7:30 p.m.
The Ellis College Research Colloquium will be meeting on Thursday, Feb. 7, starting at 12:30. This presentation will feature Dr. Maryjane Dunn, Henderson Spanish instructor, and Dr. Allison Harris, professor of physics. It will take place in McBrien in room 205.
The Arkansas Blood Insti-tute will be on campus for two days next week. Visit the Garrison Day Gym Feb. 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to donate. Make sure to bring a student ID.
There is a planetarium show on Thursday, Feb. 14, featuring the planet Saturn. It is $1 to get in for students with ID’s, and $3 for all oth-ers. It will start at 7 p.m. in the Reynolds planetarium.
There will be a debate tour-nament on Saturday, Feb. 16. Henderson will be hosting the Henderson State Reddie-to-Rumble Debate Tourna-ment. It will be an all day event.
FYE aims to include all freshman during fall 2013
Hunter LivelyStaff Writer
Wells Gym affected by more bat problems during game
Halloween seems to have visited Henderson multiple times in Wells Gym this year. High-energy bats have added to the mix during Henderson competitions on the court.
There were multiple instances where frantic fluttering bats were disrupted in their hang time during volleyball matches back in August and September.
Now, these creepy flyers have swooped in on the action at basketball games as well.
Upon flipping on the lights and as soon as any commotion begins in Wells, the bats take wild flight.
Although the bats are terrified for their lives and do not understand why their home is being disturbed, they are not the only ones frightened in this situation.
“I was scared of the bats,” Joe McCoy, senior Reddie basketball player, said. “It distracted me at practice. They didn’t matter to Coach though. We kept going.”
Free-tail bats that live in groups are the kind that typically live in buildings and are the species that has found an interest point in Wells.
Students, athletes and community members wonder if they should be worried about rabies and other diseases these bats may carry.
“If there’s a bat flopping on the ground, obviously you shouldn’t touch it,” Dr. Renn Tumlison, biology professor, said. “It can get tricky when trying to tell if they are infected or not.”
This subject was not unfamiliar to Tumlison. He has seasoned bat knowledge and he also attended a basketball game at Henderson in 2007 where bats were present and active. In the middle of the game, a Henderson cheerleader trapped the bat.
It was subdued in his megaphone and was then removed from the gym unharmed by Tumlison.
Although shocking to Henderson fans and athletes, this is not an uncommon
occurrence during sports events.
In 2009, a bat disrupted an NBA game, resulting in the San Antonio Spur’s Manu Ginobili smacking the bat down to the floor with his bare hands while they were playing the Sacramento Kings.
The most recent bat happening at a sports event was amid the Rhode Island Providence and Wisconsin Marquette game in January.
A bat was flying around the floor scaring players, making them scatter like children until someone from wildlife conservation was able to come and remove it.
These unwelcome night creatures have now almost been completely removed at this point, relieving many athletes and coaches from fright and pestering.
“I think the cold weather got them out to be honest,” Kale Gober, director of athletics, said.
Other than seeing Batman or knowing about bats from Halloween spooks,
a large number of people lack knowledge about these mammals.
Even if the biting cold weather was behind eliminating the bats from Wells, there would have been alternative ways to get rid of them.
Bat Conservation International is an organization that encourages bat conservation and providing alternative habitats for bats when they are booted from their location.
Although BCI does not come and remove the bats themselves, they provide an abundance of information of how to do so safely.
BCI even has a step by step ten minute how-to video on their website.
“Removing bats can be fairly complex, especially in large buildings like gyms where you aren’t sure where the bats are going in and out,” Dianna Odegard, outreach associate at BCI, said. “There are various ways to humanely and correctly roost them out, and these steps can be found on our website.”
Sarah WIlliamsStaff Writer
Graphic by Lauren Penick
If you’ve ever worked in the ser-vice industry, you’ve certainly run into the type of people who make 25 to life seem worth it.
These people are the type who seem to take pride in their douch-ery and aren’t afraid to ruin a stranger’s day in the process. I’m not talking about the customer who doesn’t smile or the one who is just in a foul mood.
No, it’s those who put true effort in the cutting remark or terse de-mand. You don’t know true, seeth-ing rage until you’re in a situation where you have to remain calm and polite while some mouth-breathing jerk with more fingers than teeth is tearing you down for not putting his Vaseline in a bag by itself be-cause “it’s for a special occasion.” That actually happened, by the way, when I worked at Walmart. It was the weekend before Valen-tine’s Day. Yeah… I know.
This comes to mind because of the recent uproar over the whole Applebee’s waitress fiasco that’s dominating the news and web. In case you haven’t heard about
it, a waitress went to pick up the credit card slip left by a customer and found that the customer had crossed out the 18% gratuity and wrote, “I give God 10%, why should I give you 18?”
The angry note attracted the at-tention of the waitress’s co-work-ers, particularly Chelsea Welch, an-other waitress working that night. Welch took a picture of it and post-ed it on Reddit, where it started at-tracting attention immediately.
After the customer who left the note, a local pastor, found out about the sudden publicity, she notified Applebee’s and Welch was fired soon after for making “a custom-er’s details private.”
This caused the Internet com-munity to brush the Cheetos dust from their hands and go on the of-fensive. Applebee’s has been bom-barded with criticism ever since word of Welch’s firing went public.
Personally, I thought that it was a fitting exposure for a jerk move. All too often, people in the service industry get belittled with no way to really strike back.
I understand that, as a company, Applebee’s has to uphold its poli-cies on private information, even if
I do love the fact that the customer was so pious and inconsiderate, but still included the title “pastor” in her signature.
The irony there is ridiculous.
I think it’s great we live in a time where something like this can happen and become widespread knowledge.
It’s unfortunate the girl lost her job, but I would be willing to bet that she will have absolutely no problem finding another one.
On Applebee’s’ Facebook alone, there have been offers from com-plete strangers for jobs and legal council.
Even better is that the true col-ors of a pastor without compassion was shown to the entire world. Something tells me there won’t be as many butts in the pews as there were last Sunday.
Be careful of what you say to your servers and cashiers. You may have been able to be snide with a server you don’t think could take you out back and smack you around, but now a waitress with an iPhone is more dangerous than a bartender with a chip on his shoul-der.
Imagine for a moment a Super Bowl without the avo-cado.
No tubs of guacamole to be defiled by double-dipping guests at your big game-day party.
No chunks of creamy green flesh with which to spike your salsa or scatter over nachos.
If that’s hard to picture, it’s because the avocado has so completely‚ and so quickly‚ attached itself to this utterly unrelated sporting event.
As recently as 13 years ago the avocado wasn’t the foot-ball juggernaut it is today. It has been a relentless and cunning campaign to victory, achieved in part through mar-keting muscle.
Back at the turn of this cen-tury, Americans ate a mere 8 million pounds of avocados during Super Bowl festivities. Apparently this needed to be remedied, so in 2002 the Hass Avocado Board was formed to promote the dominant avo-cado variety sold in the U.S.
Today, Americans are ex-pected to consume 79 million pounds of avocados around the championship game. For those keeping score, that’s roughly 158 million avoca-dos.
“They are outstanding marketers. We can all learn something from them,” Kathy Means, vice president of gov-
ernment affairs for the Pro-duce Marketing Association, says of avocado marketing groups, which also include the California Avocado Com-mission. “It’s part of the Super Bowl culture. It’s not just as-sociated with it; it’s ingrained in it.”
Of course, some credit for the ascendance of the avocado goes to the nation’s burgeon-ing Latino population and the growing popularity of His-panic foods, including gua-camole (which, by the way, dates to the Aztecs).
Cinco de Mayo previously had been the top guac day, but that’s an association that makes sense.
Connecting foods and events that share no true cul-tural bond is no simple matter. Plenty of produce lobbyists have tried.
“I used to run the kiwi-fruit commission,” says Scott Horsfall, CEO of the Califor-nia Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. “We used to try to get some promotion around Groundhog Day because ki-wis and groundhogs are both fuzzy. But we never got much attention there.”
Hard to believe, really.So why the avocado and
why the Super Bowl? Broadly speaking, it helps that the Su-per Bowl has morphed from athletic event to all-out na-tional party.
And that has meant a wind-fall for many party-friendly
foods on what the Snack Foods Association deems the “biggest snacking day of the year.”
Chicken wings, for exam-ple. Americans will consume more than 1.23 billion of them this weekend, according to the National Chicken Council’s 2013 Wing Report.
They also will also eat roughly 15 million pizzas, ac-cording to trade publication Pizza Today. And then there are all those beers and potato chips.
Some of the avocado’s suc-cess is a matter of timing.
Avocados from Mexico and other south-of-the-border points ‚ the source of more than half of those consumed in the U.S.‚ are in season four times a year.
And the Super Bowl hap-pened to be an excellent ex-cuse to market around one of those seasons.
“It was a way to get the sea-son going and get the product on the shelf,” says Emiliano Escobedo, executive director of the Hass Avocado Board. “Super Bowl is the ideal time. It is the largest party day in the U.S. after New Year’s Eve and Halloween. And I like to say avocado people are party people.”
But convincing party peo-ple that a tub of guacamole is a Super Bowl must-have wasn’t the starting point. Esc-obedo says the industry first had to persuade grocery stores
to stock lots of avocados around the big game.
It took a while, but now mountains of avocados greet you at the front of the super-market this time of year.
Only after grocery stores were on board did consumer outreach get serious.
And by serious we mean sweepstakes, recipe contests, promotions at tailgating par-ties, sports television part-nerships and athlete endorse-ments, all manner of social media outreach‚ even encour-aging consumers to share pho-tos of their favorite guacamo-le‚ and signing on of celebrity chefs like Tyler Florence and Curtis Stone to talk up the de-liciousness of the fruit.
All told, the avocado indus-try spends about $37 million a year on marketing and pro-motion.
That leaves Ali McDan-iel, food marketing manager for the USA Dry Pea & Len-til Council‚ the people who in an alternate reality might have brought you millions of pounds of Super Bowl hum-mus or spicy barbecue lentil loaf‚ feeling a bit wistful. Her annual budget is less than $100,000.
“It would be nice if we could overthrow the avoca-do,” McDaniel says. “Unfor-tunately, the price of advertis-ing campaigns are too steep for us at the moment. Hum-mus is definitely on the rise, though.”
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What do you plan to spend your refund
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Chris Mitchell freshman
computer science“Books, and the rest is for food or maybe
sodas.”
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With Valentine’s Day quick-ly approaching, guys around the world will try to get out of watching the ridiculous chick flicks that have plagued movie theaters and video stores for years.
Lucky for them there is a movie that might just help them out this year.
“Warm Bodies” is a unique film directed by Jonathan Levine, director of “The Wack-ness” and “50/50.”
“Warm Bodies” tells the story of R, played by Nicholas Hoult, a young zombie who just stumbles around grunting and wanting more out of life, or death, in his case.
R isn’t a bad guy. He likes collecting things and Bruce Springsteen albums, but occa-sionally he likes to eat people’s brains.
This all changes when he runs into a girl named Julie, played by Theresa Palmer, while looking for food. He saves her from being eaten by the other zombies and thus be-gins their odd friendship.
As the two grow closer, R be-gins to become more human while the other zombies begin to change as well.
This doesn’t sit well with the bonies, zombies that have let go of their humanity, as well as Julie’s father, the head of the zombie resistance.
R and Julie must find a way to convince the people that the zombies are changing before the bonies can kill them all.
“Warm Bodies” has a lot of re-ally cool aspects that work in its favor. Much of the story is told through R’s inner monologue, which is well written, funny and honest.
This is where most of the comedy comes from because nothing is funnier than watch-ing someone awkwardly falling in love with someone.
That is what the movie feels like, watching two people meet and going on their first real date.
The writing is what really stands out. It is witty and sar-castic but without being annoy-ing and pretentious.
It isn’t afraid to try new things, and these things work.
The acting is decent for this type of movie. It blows the Twi-light movies out of the water on every level, but sometimes it felt a little phony.
John Malkovich plays Julie’s zombie-hating dad, but he is never really believable. He sticks out like a sore thumb.
Hoult does better when he is a total zombie compared to when he is gaining his human-ity back. He seems like he kind of gave up half way through or forgot how to really act human.
The worst part of the movie is the pacing. It starts off great and picks up momentum, but about 30 minutes into the mov-ie it just slows down and starts to drag.
The movie almost becomes a zombie itself. It stumbles around, dragging its feet while looking for its footing. Luckily it finds it by the third act of the film and picks up where it left off.
All in all, the movie isn’t bad, and it could have been a lot worse than it was. While the acting is a little stale and the pacing is off, it still manages to entertain.Since this is only Levine’s third big feature film, it will be interesting to see what he does next.
It is rare for a movie with such a unique plot like “Warm Bodies” to really get past the hate of Twilight and other weird teen romance stories, but it takes the hate and uses it to its advantage by completely de-fying low expectations.
“Warm Bodies” is a movie everyone can enjoy and fall in awkward zombie love with.
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Fire, goats, roosters and Barack Obama. These are just a few things featured in the Russell Fine Arts Building at the Caddo River Art Guild showcase. The guestbook was filled from top to bottom with signatures of satis-fied viewers.
On the opening date of Jan. 24, the Henderson art department launched an art show screening local artist from the Caddo River Art Guild. The gallery is com-plete with six 3D pieces and 43 paintings covering each wall.
“The exhibit has progressed since I have last seen it,” Noel Garland, junior mass media ma-jor, said.
The Caddo River Art Guild is a group of local artist from various ages, races and backgrounds who enjoy sharing their talents with their communities. They meet up on the third Thursday of each month to discuss their agenda for the month. They host workshops, classes and participate in shows independently and as a group.
“They hosted us so now we’re hosting them,” Claire Cade, sophomore studio art major, said. “HSU art students had a chance to put one piece in the salon show at the Arkadelphia Art Center.”
Cade explained that the Arka-delphia Art Center and the Cad-do River Art Guild work together closely.
Dan Leamons created the piece “Barack Obama.” The 16-inch by 20-inch oil painting was very popular with most of its viewers.
Jones immediately wanted to take the picture off of the wall.
“Four more years,” Stanley Jones, junior mass media major, said. “Can you buy this for me? This picture is empowering.”
Dan Leamons has been a proud member of the Caddo Valley Art Guild for three years.
“The Caddo River Art Guild is really neat,” Leamons said. “There are a lot of different art-ists of all different ages.”
Leamons has two other pieces in the showcase entitled “Cow-
boy” and “Quarterback,” which were also popular pieces with the viewers. A few of his artistic influ-ences include Norman Rockwell and Thomas Kincaid. His work can be found in places such as: the democratic office, the office of George Vanhook and on his website at www.danleamons.com, as well as his Facebook page.
Johnny Whatley was another well-liked artist featured in the show. He moved here three years ago and joined the guild.
“I really enjoy the meetings,” Whatley said.
His pieces were entitled: “Stone Breakers,” “Bible and Cof-fee Mug” and “Strawberries and Shortcake.”
The picture “Bible and Coffee Mug” was a fan favorite. Simplis-tic and calming were a few of the words viewers used to describe the piece.
“I think this should be called ‘Sunday Mornings, Wednesday Nights,’” Garland said.
Whatley said he uses painting as a way to vent and get through things. Some of his influences come from everyday things that he sees. He uses magazines or simply things that he sees lying around the house.
“When I drew “Bible and Cof-fee Mug,” I saw a Bible lying on a coffee table and drew it,” Whatley said.
He said this is the way many of his pieces were created.
“With ‘Strawberries and Short-cake,’ I saw the picture of straw-berries and shortcake in a maga-zine,” Whatley said.
Most of his artwork can be found within the quarters of his own home and with other family members.
The Caddo River Art Guild showcase will be showing through Feb. 25 in the Russell Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery hours are Monday through Fri-day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cade wants viewers to remem-ber one important detail before they leave the gallery.
“Make sure you sign the guest book when you come,” Cade said. “It helps us to keep track of the progress we are making.”
Caddo River Art Guild showcases local artists
‘Bodies’ makes a lively box office showing
Cherith CobbsStaff Writer
J.D. RobertsStaff Writer
DEATH DO US MEET Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer co-star in the unconventional zombie movie “Warm Bodies.” The story focuses on a zombie who is trying to gain a better experience in death and the possibility of love. The well-written script and fresh story make this movie stand out as a unique moviegoing experience that will likely grant reprieve from the numerous Valentine’s Day movies.
It was Destiny Smith that led the Henderson women’s bas-ketball team to victory at the Duke Wells Gymnasium on Sat-urday, Jan. 26.
The senior forward from Mt. Pleasant, Texas notched a career high of 26 points, and also ripped down 11 rebounds to lead the Lady Reddies to a win over the visiting Cotton Blossoms from Arkansas Mon-ticello.
“I came off of a bad game at OBU on Thursday,” Smith said. “I knew I had to step up a little bit and provide for the team.”
She did just that.The Smith-led Lady Reddies
(10-9, 5-8 GAC) snuck past the
Cotton Blossoms (3-14, 1-10 GAC) in a tight game, winning 70-63.
Henderson, who fell behind early 4-0, used an exciting 8-0 run to take the lead on a Smith layup at the 16:07 mark of the first half. This was the game’s final lead change, as the Lady Reddies did not trail for the re-mainder of the game.
Arkansas Monticello cut the lead to 4 at the 1:45 mark in the first half when its star forward Catherine Puckett knocked down a 15-footer from the right wing.
On it’s next possession, how-ever, Henderson sophomore Aungelique Sledge stepped in the passing lane, stole it from Puckett, and then immediately drove to the hoop for an easy layup. Sledge, a West Helena
native, had a solid overall game providing 12 points, five assists and four steals. After shooting over 50 percent from the field, the Lady Reddies took a 32-27 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The second half was no dif-ferent for the Lady Reddies, as their field goal percentage con-tinued to stay above 50 percent, largely in part due to the one-two punch of inside scoring by Smith and freshman guard Du-lincia Keener. She finished the game with 13 points and eight rebounds.
After taking a strong lead in the beginning of the second half, the Lady Reddies let the Cotton Blossoms come back to be only down by one shot, mak-ing the score 52-60 with 7:43 remaining.
Henderson then took control of the game with a seven-point streak, all good points made by Smith, before UAM would get a chance to score again.
At the 4:19 mark of the sec-ond half, with the Lady Red-dies clinging to a six point lead, Sledge came up huge on de-fense once again.
Sledge stole the ball from UAM guard Ashley Qualls and took it the distance for another easy layup. This extended the Henderson lead to 62-54. The Sledge steal ignited a spark in the Lady Reddies that kept the Cotton Blossoms from making a run late.
The Reddies held on to its lead for the remainder of the game by not turning the bas-ketball over and knocking down free throws.
Smith was 8-9 from the char-
ity stripe, and as a team, the Lady Reddies shot 14-22 from the line.
The Lady Reddies shot over 50 percent from the field in both halfs.
Rounding out the scoring for Lady Reddies, Krystal Bea-chum chipped in nine points, Jill Temples had four points along with five rebounds.
Sheay Longstaff and Jalisa Benjamin each had three points a piece. For the visiting Cotton Blossoms, Puckett led the way with 14 points, followed by Qualls with 13.
The Lady Reddies will hit the road to Ada, Okla. for their next game as they take on East Cen-tral University on Thursday, Jan. 31. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Additional reporting by Dan-iel Gallegos.
Another upset came upon the Reddie men’s basketball team on Saturday, Jan. 26 against University of Monticello.
The first half seemed prom-ising with an 8-point lead and static energy. However, the second half crumbled to a fall for Henderson by 12.
With a final score of 60-52, Henderson is now 10-9 overall and 5-8 in the Great American Conference.
Henderson finished with more offensive rebounds, steals and assists then the Wee-vils, causing their season high of 24 turnovers, but their shoot-ing was not up to par.
“I thought we played well for most of the game, but at the end of the day when you shoot 17 percent in the second half, you just aren’t going to win very much,” Doug Nichols, head coach, said. “We coaches need to do a better job of put-ting guys in situations where they can make shots and the players need to make those shots.”
Senior Denzel Lyles is back up and running and led Hen-derson with 11 points, while senior Andrew Ensley finished with 10.
However, both scores were significantly lower than their usual performances.
“I feel like we shouldn’t have ended up in the position we were in,” Lyles said. “We’re a better team than that, and we missed a lot of shots we usually make.”
The Reddies defensive pres-sure was intense, causing forced travels for UAM.
Some help came from junior Cory Henshall, who show-cased his ‘hops’ by slamming
two dunks and leading the team’s rebounds with 11.
“We are defending better and better, and we are much more
together as a unit than we were a month ago, but it is too late in the season to be at this point,” Nichols said.
The score was tied twice and the lead changed only one, time, from Henderson to UAM.
The start looked good with
Henshall winning the tip chal-lenge and Ensley sinking the first four points of the game, but the usual 3-point shooters were not pulling through in the second half.
With three minutes left in the first half, Henderson was up 23-17.
Junior Melvin Haynes sunk a 3-pointer right before putting up two more points his next time down the hardwood.
Typically a hot hand for the Reddies, Haynes finished with just 5 points at the end of the night.
The Weevils made 17 per-cent more shots from the field, which was enough to seal the deal.
Some crucial layups were missed by junior Jonathan Fitzgerald with 5 minutes left in the game, shortly before fresh-man Peri James was fouled and added 2 free throw points to the board, making it 50-53.
UAM called a timeout with one minute left and the score at 51-55. From there, they could not be shut down.
Despite distractions for the team on and off the court, the Reddies are confident in their upcoming games to prove that they are focused and tired of defeat.
“We have had to deal with so many issues outside of basket-ball that it prevented us from getting better every day, and our record is indicative of a team that has not gotten better since November,” Nichols said. “It makes it tough when you get into conference and play teams that have been getting better the last three months and you have been consumed with oth-er issues.”
The Reddies have a home game against Southern Naza-rene University coming up Thursday, Feb. 7.
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 PAGE 5Sports
Reddies suffer dissappointing loss at homeSarah WilliamsStaff Writer
Hunter Lively Staff Writer
Photo by Ryan Klare
ATTACK PLAN Henderson beat the Cotton Blossoms on Saturday, Jan. 26 in a game that came down to a single possession. The Lady Reddies are 10-9 overall and 5-8 in the Great American Conference and will face off against Southern Naza-rene on the Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at home.
Photo by Ryan Klare
Lady Reddies stave off late game surge to win
ON MY SIGNAL Head coach Doug Nichols signals to his team with a hand gesture two weeks ago during the game against OBU. The Reddies fell to 10-9 on the season overall and 5-8 in the Great American Conference in a loss against University of Arkansas-Monticello Saturday, Jan. 26.
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It’s everyone’s dream to be
able to ride off into the sunset out on top.
And that is exactly what Ray Lewis can do now.
After a 34-31 win by the Bal-timore Ravens over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Sun-day night, the Ray Lewis retire-ment party can begin in Balti-more.
Early it seemed as though Super Bowl XLVII, cleverly named the “Harbowl,” would be a laugher.
The Ravens seemed to be in control of the game when they took a 21-6 lead into halftime.
It was just after the teams re-sumed play in the third quarter, that the Ravens’ Jacoby Jones took back the 2nd half’s open-ing kick, a Super Bowl record 108-yards, to the house for a touchdown.
This made the score 28-6 Ravens, and seemed to be the crushing blow at the time, and literally turn the lights out on any chance of a 49ers come-back.
Shortly after Jones ran back the half’s opening kick, there was a power surge in the Super-dome, leaving most of the sta-dium powerless, and half dark.
The power surge was due to too much electricity being pumped into the stadium, re-sulting in a 34-minute suspen-
sion of the game. Just as the lights went out, it seemed the 49ers offense flipped the switch and turned their offense on.
After the delay play resumed and 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick led the offense to 3 quick scores in a span of 4:10 minutes of game play. Kaeper-
nick closed the gap on the Ra-vens’ lead and made the score 28-23 Ravens.
After all the quick scoring from the 49ers offense, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, the eventual game’s MVP, lead Bal-timore down the field 70 yards only to be turned away on the
goal line. The drive ended only in three points making the score 31-23.
With his back against the wall, and in only his 10th ca-reer NFL start, the young Kaepernick kept the 49ers in the game, and countered the Ravens score with a touchdown
score of his own.Kapernick scampered 15
yards for a touchdown, an NFL record for a rushing touch-down by a quarterback, with 9:57 left in the game.
At this point with the 49ers down two, San Francisco’s gutsy Head Coach John Har-baugh, decided to go for two.
With the game in the balance, the Ravens brought everything but the kitchen sink on a blitz which caused Kaepernick to throw the ball over the head of intended receiver Randy Moss.
Flacco lead the Ravens on another field goal drive making the score 34-29.
The 49ers came back with a final drive, marching 75 yards and into Ravens territory, only to be turned away by the Ra-vens defense on the 5 yard-line.
The last ball, thrown up to Michael Crabtree in the back of the end zone, had a lot of push-ing and shoving in it, but a no call by the referee left the 49ers’ John Harbaugh in disbelief and begging for a holding call.
The 49ers would end up scor-ing two points on a safety with four seconds remaining on the clock, making the final score 34-31. Joe Falcco, the game’s MVP, ended the night with 287 yards passing, and three touch-downs.
After the confetti fell in Su-per Dome in New Orleans, Ray Lewis can proudly ride out on top, off into the sunset and turn the lights out on great career.
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Ravens take home Lombardi Trophy
Photo courtesy of Associated Press/Charlie Riedel
Zachary ZdanowiczStaff Writer
I’LL HAVE ANOTHER Baltimore Ravens defensive back Chykie Brown (23) celebrates after the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. The Ravens won 34-31.
