Henderson’s Faculty Senate met on Wednesday, Nov. 6 to discuss several issues, two of which involved the Academic Committee regarding a revised grade forgiveness policy and withdrawal policy. The 26-member senate is made up of professors, deans, the interim provost and other important members of Hender- son’s faculty. The first issue to call regarded the grade forgive- ness policy which currently al- lows students to retake a class unlimited amount of time, the last of which being the grade that will appear on one’s tran- script. However, a change is being made that will only al- low students to have fifteen forgiven credit hours of grade forgiveness. David Evans, professor of music and director of bachelor of general studies, lead the Fac- ulty Senate meeting discussion. “This policy is not limiting the number of time you take a class,” Evans said, “it’s num- bering the amount of times you take it for no consequence.” The 15-hour forgiveness not only counts to retaking cours- es, but also helps those stu- dents who may suffer from one catastrophic semester. The change to add the fif- teen-hour restraint only means that after fifteen hours of for- giveness, each class retaken will count towards the student’s GPA. Ingo Schranz, associate pro- fessor of chemistry, discussed the importance of the ruling for limitation. “GPA should mean some- thing,” he said. Students were able to chime in on this issue as well. “Anybody, if you have the money, can take a class 20 times until you pass or get a 4.0,” Heath Hopfinger, junior English major, said. “Then it’s not fair on someone who took it once and got a 4.0 the first time.” Students agree with profes- sors that this new policy will even the playing field for those students, and also not allow a student to be continuously stuck in a class till they feel their grade is what they want it to be. The Faculty Senate took a vote to change the original policy to 15 hours forgiveness with a vote of 19 for, 3 against, and 3 abstentions, or a decline to vote. Additionally, the issue was called into question where it will be further deliberated, fine-tuned and a decision will be made, as the Faculty Senate does not have the final say. “We need to further discuss it in the Academics Committee because there is more to it than just the forgiveness policy,” Schranz said. “There is more fixing we need to do.” The second issue discussed at the Faculty Senate regarded the prospective change to the withdrawal policy. The decision on the table was to change the date a stu- dent can withdraw from a class with a “WP,” withdraw pass, or a “WF,” withdraw fail, to 10 weeks into the semester, in- stead of the original 12 weeks. Some members agreed that by the 10 week period, “stu- dents should be making a com- mitment to the course, or, in extreme circumstances, that’s where the ‘I’ comes in.” Any student given an “I,” for Incomplete, means that the student will be given a later op- portunity to complete remain- ing assignments for the course instead of facing a failing grade. This is only given in extreme circumstances, i.e., death in the family or injury. However, with a new change or not, students can be dropped from a class by their professor at any time if there is Academic Dishonesty, i.e., plagiarism or cheating. Some students do not agree with this proposed idea for the 10-week period. Kelli Sanford, senior psy- chology major, used one of her classes as an example, stating that they had recently had their first major grade assignment this semester, and a larger as- signment would not be due un- til right before finals. Sanford referred this exam- ple to the fact that she, along with many other students, do not have enough major assign- ment grades before the cut off date, so it would be impossible to make the decision about whether or not the class should be dropped. “I think they have enough room in there where they can modify it to where it would be better for the student and the teacher,” Josh Lightsey, senior English major, said, “instead of just dropping it at 10 weeks.” Another argument that can be made regarding this new cut off date is the effect it will have on end of the semester Student Evaluations. Having the cut off at 10 weeks would not allow students who have dropped the class to evaluate their professor. Some members in the Faculty Sen- ate meeting said that they “do feel it would be helpful for the students that did drop the class to be able to take the course evaluation,” to better help the professors understand why the students dropped. However, some professors and students feel that if a stu- dent decides to drop a class, the student no longer holds the right to rate the professor. “I don’t think they should have the right to rate their pro- fessor because they dropped,” Lightsey said. “They did not go the full length of the course, so they should not have the ability to rate that professor.” However, if students who decided to drop the class early are not able to send in an evalu- ation, they have the option to visit websites such as ratemy- professors.com to air out their decision for dropping. The issue was called to ques- tion, as it will still be further looked into before it is officially decided. However, the Faculty Senate voted for wanting for change from 12 weeks to 10 weeks with 24 for, 1 opposed and 1 absten- tion. Students will be informed when an official decision on both issues has been reached and put into place for Hender- son’s campus. While Reddies gear up for the biggest game of the sea- son, the Battle of the Ravine football game against Ouachita, Henderson’s University Police Department has lots to do to prepare for the game as well. One week prior to the game, the department brings in extra officers to better look after the campus. The extra eyes and ears are mainly for the night shift, which lasts from dark until daylight. At least five officers are patrol- ling during the night shift to prevent any activity that would damage property on campus. Though most of the activity that occurs is harmless, occa- sionally things become serious and potentially dangerous. In the past, people have been hurt and property has been damaged. For example, Ouachita students poured acid on Henderson’s historic bell one year. The evidence of the OBU vs. HSU rivalry ranges from eggs being thrown to the Ouachita campus being coated in purple glitter. “We want everyone to have a good time,” Johnny Campbell, chief of University Police, said. “We know there is going to be soap in the fountain.” Last year, Henderson stu- dents did their fair share of damage by breaking off the tail of the tiger at Ouachita. In the case of either univer- sity being caught vandalizing a campus, students can be charged with criminal mischief and may be arrested. Kappa Kappi Psi, a national honorary co-ed fraternity for college band members whose sole purpose is to serve the band, assists university police in protecting Henderson’s cam- pus ever y year during the week of the game. They refer to this event as “OBU Watch.” It consists of Kappa Kappa Psi members guarding certain areas of campus, such as the fountain, the football stadium and the Centennial area. Begin- ning Sunday night before the big game, there are two broth- ers positioned at each station who stand guard every night leading up to Saturday morn- ing. The two night shifts of duty are from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. and 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. Guarding mem- bers are told to contact campus police if any suspicious activity occurs during their watch. “We love doing OBU Watch,” David Goodwin, Kappa Kappa Psi president, said. “It has be- come a traditional event that we look forward to doing. It gives us the chance to not only build better brotherhood through service, but it also gives us the chance to ser ve our school.” The Battle of the Ravine will not take place at Henderson’s campus this year, but university police are still responsible for the multiple events occurring on the HSU intramural fields Friday night. When game time arrives, the department will provide offi- cers to ensure the team makes it safely to OBU’s campus. “Then we will escort the win- ning team back across to our campus after the game,” Camp- bell said. Campbell has worked for Henderson’s university police for 19 years. He has served as chief for six years. He worked for the Prescott Police Depart- ment for five years before com- ing to Henderson. Officer Keewyone Delaney, Reddie football defensive end from 2001 to 2004, has served as an officer at the Henderson Police Department for three years. Delaney reflects on how different Reddie football was when he played for Henderson nine years ago. “The recent success of the football team has brought new life to the Battle of the Ravine,” said Delaney. During the game, campus police will act as a law enforce- ment presence for Henderson’s fans while on OBU’s campus. The department encourages students to have fun and be smart. “The department gets in- volved in all of the excitement and has a good time also,” Campbell said. “We get excited about football and excited for the team.” MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 16, ISSUE 12 Faculty Senate debates grade forgiveness, withdrawal policy University police get ready for ‘Battle’ Features: page 2 | Opinions: page 3 | Sports: page 4 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday INDEX Maegan Estes Staff Writer Photo by Alegra Parker MCNAIR SCHOLARS The induction ceremony for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program was held last Tuesday in the Garrison Banquet Room. The 2013-2014 inductees are as follows: (Bottom row from left to right) Christine Dickson, Ungela James, Araseli Zarate, Logan Elmore, Olivia Green, and Claudine Carr. (Top row from left to right) Phillip Turner, Raven Lock- hart, Randi Lovell, Jonathan Eagle and Jason Waller. Sarge and mom juggles school as well MILITARY MOM Britni Dumas with her son, Xander. Dumas di- vides her time between more than most students. Story on page 2... Photo courtesy of Daphne Willis Victoria Culliver Staff Writer 72 41 48 23 52 23 57 32 57 41 68 50 81 54 Running away with it Darius Davis contributed to the 66-24 win over SAU with 7 receptions for 232 yards. See the game story on page 4. Oracle The
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Henderson’s Faculty Senate met on Wednesday, Nov. 6 to discuss several issues, two of which involved the Academic Committee regarding a revised grade forgiveness policy and withdrawal policy.
The 26-member senate is made up of professors, deans, the interim provost and other important members of Hender-son’s faculty. The first issue to call regarded the grade forgive-
ness policy which currently al-lows students to retake a class unlimited amount of time, the last of which being the grade that will appear on one’s tran-script. However, a change is being made that will only al-low students to have fifteen forgiven credit hours of grade forgiveness.
David Evans, professor of music and director of bachelor of general studies, lead the Fac-ulty Senate meeting discussion.
“This policy is not limiting the number of time you take a class,” Evans said, “it’s num-bering the amount of times you take it for no consequence.”
The 15-hour forgiveness not only counts to retaking cours-es, but also helps those stu-dents who may suffer from one catastrophic semester.
The change to add the fif-teen-hour restraint only means that after fifteen hours of for-giveness, each class retaken will count towards the student’s GPA.
Ingo Schranz, associate pro-fessor of chemistry, discussed the importance of the ruling for limitation.
“GPA should mean some-thing,” he said.
Students were able to chime in on this issue as well.
“Anybody, if you have the money, can take a class 20 times until you pass or get a 4.0,” Heath Hopfinger, junior English major, said. “Then it’s not fair on someone who took it once and got a 4.0 the first
time.” Students agree with profes-
sors that this new policy will even the playing field for those students, and also not allow a student to be continuously stuck in a class till they feel their grade is what they want it to be.
The Faculty Senate took a vote to change the original policy to 15 hours forgiveness with a vote of 19 for, 3 against, and 3 abstentions, or a decline to vote.
Additionally, the issue was called into question where it will be further deliberated, fine-tuned and a decision will be made, as the Faculty Senate does not have the final say.
“We need to further discuss it in the Academics Committee because there is more to it than just the forgiveness policy,” Schranz said. “There is more fixing we need to do.”
The second issue discussed at the Faculty Senate regarded the prospective change to the withdrawal policy.
The decision on the table was to change the date a stu-dent can withdraw from a class with a “WP,” withdraw pass, or a “WF,” withdraw fail, to 10 weeks into the semester, in-stead of the original 12 weeks.
Some members agreed that by the 10 week period, “stu-dents should be making a com-mitment to the course, or, in extreme circumstances, that’s where the ‘I’ comes in.”
Any student given an “I,” for
Incomplete, means that the student will be given a later op-portunity to complete remain-ing assignments for the course instead of facing a failing grade. This is only given in extreme circumstances, i.e., death in the family or injury.
However, with a new change or not, students can be dropped from a class by their professor at any time if there is Academic Dishonesty, i.e., plagiarism or cheating.
Some students do not agree with this proposed idea for the 10-week period.
Kelli Sanford, senior psy-chology major, used one of her classes as an example, stating that they had recently had their first major grade assignment this semester, and a larger as-signment would not be due un-til right before finals.
Sanford referred this exam-ple to the fact that she, along with many other students, do not have enough major assign-ment grades before the cut off date, so it would be impossible to make the decision about whether or not the class should be dropped.
“I think they have enough room in there where they can modify it to where it would be better for the student and the teacher,” Josh Lightsey, senior English major, said, “instead of just dropping it at 10 weeks.”
Another argument that can be made regarding this new cut off date is the effect it will have on end of the semester Student
Evaluations. Having the cut off at 10
weeks would not allow students who have dropped the class to evaluate their professor. Some members in the Faculty Sen-ate meeting said that they “do feel it would be helpful for the students that did drop the class to be able to take the course evaluation,” to better help the professors understand why the students dropped.
However, some professors and students feel that if a stu-dent decides to drop a class, the student no longer holds the right to rate the professor.
“I don’t think they should have the right to rate their pro-fessor because they dropped,” Lightsey said. “They did not go the full length of the course, so they should not have the ability to rate that professor.”
However, if students who decided to drop the class early are not able to send in an evalu-ation, they have the option to visit websites such as ratemy-professors.com to air out their decision for dropping.
The issue was called to ques-tion, as it will still be further looked into before it is officially decided.
However, the Faculty Senate voted for wanting for change from 12 weeks to 10 weeks with 24 for, 1 opposed and 1 absten-tion. Students will be informed when an official decision on both issues has been reached and put into place for Hender-son’s campus.
While Reddies gear up for the biggest game of the sea-son, the Battle of the Ravine football game against Ouachita, Henderson’s University Police Department has lots to do to prepare for the game as well. One week prior to the game, the department brings in extra officers to better look after the campus.
The extra eyes and ears are mainly for the night shift, which lasts from dark until daylight. At least five officers are patrol-ling during the night shift to prevent any activity that would damage property on campus. Though most of the activity that occurs is harmless, occa-sionally things become serious and potentially dangerous.
In the past, people have been hurt and property has been damaged. For example, Ouachita students poured acid on Henderson’s historic bell one year. The evidence of the OBU vs. HSU rivalry ranges from eggs being thrown to the Ouachita campus being coated in purple glitter.
“We want everyone to have a good time,” Johnny Campbell, chief of University Police, said. “We know there is going to be soap in the fountain.”
Last year, Henderson stu-dents did their fair share of
damage by breaking off the tail of the tiger at Ouachita.
In the case of either univer-sity being caught vandalizing a campus, students can be charged with criminal mischief and may be arrested.
Kappa Kappi Psi, a national honorary co-ed fraternity for college band members whose sole purpose is to serve the band, assists university police in protecting Henderson’s cam-pus every year during the week of the game. They refer to this event as “OBU Watch.”
It consists of Kappa Kappa Psi members guarding certain areas of campus, such as the fountain, the football stadium and the Centennial area. Begin-ning Sunday night before the big game, there are two broth-ers positioned at each station who stand guard every night leading up to Saturday morn-ing.
The two night shifts of duty are from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. and 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. Guarding mem-bers are told to contact campus police if any suspicious activity occurs during their watch.
“We love doing OBU Watch,” David Goodwin, Kappa Kappa Psi president, said. “It has be-come a traditional event that we look forward to doing. It gives us the chance to not only build better brotherhood through service, but it also gives us the chance to serve our school.”
The Battle of the Ravine will not take place at Henderson’s campus this year, but university police are still responsible for the multiple events occurring on the HSU intramural fields Friday night.
When game time arrives, the department will provide offi-cers to ensure the team makes it safely to OBU’s campus.
“Then we will escort the win-ning team back across to our campus after the game,” Camp-bell said.
Campbell has worked for
Henderson’s university police for 19 years. He has served as chief for six years. He worked for the Prescott Police Depart-ment for five years before com-ing to Henderson.
Officer Keewyone Delaney, Reddie football defensive end from 2001 to 2004, has served as an officer at the Henderson Police Department for three years. Delaney reflects on how different Reddie football was when he played for Henderson nine years ago.
“The recent success of the
football team has brought new life to the Battle of the Ravine,” said Delaney.
During the game, campus police will act as a law enforce-ment presence for Henderson’s fans while on OBU’s campus. The department encourages students to have fun and be smart.
“The department gets in-volved in all of the excitement and has a good time also,” Campbell said. “We get excited about football and excited for the team.”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 16, ISSUE 12
MCNAIR SCHOLARS The induction ceremony for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program was held last Tuesday in the Garrison Banquet Room. The 2013-2014 inductees are as follows: (Bottom row from left to right) Christine Dickson, Ungela James, Araseli Zarate, Logan Elmore, Olivia Green, and Claudine Carr. (Top row from left to right) Phillip Turner, Raven Lock-hart, Randi Lovell, Jonathan Eagle and Jason Waller.
Sarge and mom juggles school as well
MILITARY MOM Britni Dumas with her son, Xander. Dumas di-vides her time between more than most students. Story on page 2...
Photo courtesy of Daphne Willis
Victoria CulliverStaff Writer
72 41 48 23 52 23 57 32 57 41 68 50 81 54
Running away with itDarius Davis contributed to the 66-24 win over SAU with 7 receptions for 232 yards. See the game story on page 4.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. A University of North Carolina Charlotte fraternity has been placed on suspension, amid an investigation into a possible hazing incident early last month, university offi-cials say.
A separate criminal investigation is under way in Montgomery County, according to the sheriff’s office there.
The actions are in connection with events which allegedly took place on the first weekend of Sep-tember during a campout involving the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Uwharrie National Forest. An 18-year-old UNC Charlotte student who was a pledge with the fraternity was hospitalized that weekend, Montgomery County authorities say.
The student was forced to drink alcohol during the campout, according to the Observer’s news partner, WCNC-TV.
According to WCNC and the sheriff’s office, the student was taken to the hospital Sept. 7 by fraternity members after the 18-year-old, who is from Waxhaw, failed to wake up. Doctors deter-mined the student’s blood alcohol level was .42, or more than five times the legal limit, according to the sheriff’s office report.
The student has recovered and is back in school.
UNC Charlotte officials say the fraternity has been placed on “interim suspension” and is being investigated and charged with conduct violations.
“The actions of individual students are being investigated and will be adjudicated through UNC Charlotte’s conduct process,” according to a statement released by the Dean of Students’ Of-fice. “The university’s conduct process is unrelat-ed to any potential criminal charges, and the deci-sion to prosecute will be made by Montgomery County, since the alleged hazing incident took place there.”
Pi Kappa Alpha is a nationwide fraternity found-ed in 1868 at the University of Virginia. Its website says the fraternity is part of HazingPrevention.org, an effort to eliminate the practice of hazing. There was no immediate response from the fra-ternity’s headquarters in Memphis. A Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at Florida International University was suspended in August, according to The Mi-ami Herald, after a Facebook page maintained by the group went public. According to the Herald, that Facebook page contained offers to sell drugs and had boasts by students about hazing.
In school, she’s “Britni,” in the military, she’s “Sergeant Dumas” but at home, she’s “Momma.”
Britni Dumas, needless to say, has a lot on her plate. She is a single mother serving in the National Guard as well as finishing up her theatre degree at Henderson.
Dumas started her college career at University of Arkan-sas Little Rock in 2006. She then joined the military, got married and followed her hus-band to Henderson.
She did theatre in high school, but never thought she wanted to study it.
She says that Henderson, in her opinion, has the best the-atre department in the state.
She has also noticed that it was because of the faculty and staff.
“I could tell that it was going to be an excellent program to be well versed and get to do ev-erything,” Dumas said.
Then as it often does, life threw a curveball.
“I got pregnant, which was a challenge, but it turned out to be a great experience,” she said. “Professors worked with me, I didn’t have to miss any classes and then I had my son, Xander, came back to school. Everything was good.”
Then, some time later, she ended up going through a di-vorce, but again, the faculty and staff were very supportive.
“I know the faculty really cares. They care about me, about my life. They care about what’s going on.” She also had great friends to help her out in any way possible.
So now this single mother has to balance schoolwork with rehearsals and spending time with her son and her civic duty as a sergeant in the National Guard.
“I’ve never been that great at
time management,” she said. “It’s really trying to find a bal-ance of what I have to give the most attention to, what’s the most pressing matter. If I have a big paper due the next day or if I have a lot of homework or rehearsal, then I have to, unfor-tunately, spend less time with my son.”
As a mother, her biggest fear is that she’s not doing a good job, that she’s doing something wrong.
“I know inevitably I will do something wrong, so probably the hardest thing is when I have to make a judgment call to do something that isn’t pleasur-able at the time but beneficial in the long run.”
Balancing that has been hard, but she has a different way of looking at it.
“I tell myself that there’s not too much on my plate. It may seem like a lot, but it’s not any-thing that I can’t handle. It’s a matter of taking a step back, taking a deep breath and tack-ling each project one at a time, one day at a time.”
She is thankful that her life is the way it is because it has made her more resilient.
She knows, without a shadow of a doubt, that life can throw al-most anything at her and she’ll be able to tackle it.
Dumas joined the Army sole-ly for the financial benefits. She was only interested in paying for school.
Then she noticed that not only did her training as a theatre student help her get through basic training, but her military training helped her become a better leader in her roles in the department.
“Theatre students, whether a lot of people realize it or not, are very disciplined in our craft,” Dumas said. “It’s very time consuming. Sometimes you don’t want to do the work, but you have to. Spending three hours in rehearsal, knowing when to be quiet, knowing how
to do your part and be focused: All of that helped in basic train-ing. I knew when to keep my mouth shut when I needed to.”
Dumas is currently a senior theatre major with a focus on stage management. She hopes to get an MFA in dance pro-duction, stage management or lighting design.
Her dream would be to move to New York, have an office in a professional dance studio, working for a professional company where she is excited
to wake up and come to work every day. She believes “dance” and “life” are synonymous. Dance is life and life is dance, and as long as she and her son is happy, everything is OK.
So after a long day of classes and rehearsal, she comes home to her son, they go through their daily/nightly routine of fist bumps, secret handshakes and Eskimo kisses, she lays him down for bed and she falls asleep knowing that she has done her best.
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Daphne WillisStaff Writer
News BriefsThere will be a women’s
self defense class tonight in the martial arts studio at 6 p.m. The class will also be on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and Wednesday, Nov. 13.
There will be more stu-dents on campus tomorrow than usual. Tuesday, Nov. 12 is Reddie for Henderson Day. Plan your lunches accord-ingly.
The volleyball team has a game against Arkansas Tech on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in Rus-selville. The game will start at 6 p.m.
Student support services will be busy during the lunch hour tomorrow. There is a financial literacy meeting in the Ross Room at 12:15 p.m. The non-traditional student meeting will be held in the Cabe Room at the same time. The tutor training meeting is also at 12:15 p.m. in the Gal-loway Room.
Staff senate will have a meeting in the Wilson Room on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m.
The Lecture Hall will play two movies on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The first one on the list is “Paranoia,” which will play at 6:30 p.m. Immediately following, “The Wolverine” will play at 8:30 p.m. The movies will replay on Friday, Nov. 15, at the same times in the Lecture Hall.
The women’s basketball team will travel to Kansas to play Pittsburg State Univer-sity. The game will be at 5:30 p.m.
The volleyball Battle of the Ravine will be Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Wells Gym.
Student Support Services will hold another financial lit-eracy meeting on Thursday, Nov. 14 in the Ross Room. The meeting will start at noon.
Henderson will host a guest speaker on substance abuse on Thursday, Nov. 14. Guest speaker Franc Hud-speth will be in the Banquet Room at 12:30 p.m.
The time of year has come to start thinking about the Miss HSU pageant. There will be an informational in the Lecture Hall on Thurs-day, Nov. 14.
There is a show in the plan-etarium scheduled for Thurs-day, Nov. 14. “Mars Quest” will begin at 7 p.m. No late entries will be allowed.
The Redwave has a swim meet on Friday, Nov. 15 against Delta State Univer-sity. The meet will be at the Wells Gym.
Corey Barta and Abbie Brown will play their senior recital on Friday, Nov. 15. The recital will be held in the Harwood Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
The Reddie football team will take on the rivals across the street this Saturday, Nov. 16, in the annual Battle of the Ravine game. The game will start at 2 p.m. and will be held across the street this year.
The women’s basketball team will play the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on Saturday, Nov. 16. The game will be held in the Wells Gym and will start at 7 p.m.
On Sunday, Nov. 17, the the-atre production, “Scrooge,” will play for the first time in the Arkansas Hall studio the-atre. The show will start at 2:30 p.m.
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University suspends fraternity over alleged hazing
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SUGAR AND SPICE? Britni Dumas, a senior theatre major, is no ordinary student. When she is not sitting in a classroom or working backstage, she dou-bles as a soldier and mother.
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I would describe myself as a well-rounded person. I like to shop, spend time with family and friends, watch sports and sometimes read a little.
I truly believe in treating people the way I would want to be treated, which in my mind is the golden rule.
There are very few occasions where I have been in situations that have provoked me to act an absurd way.
I wonder how many times a person has been put in those types of circumstances, espe-cially dealing with someone who may have the upper hand.
Rude encounters are some-thing that people deal with ev-eryday.
There is always someone who has a bad attitude due to a bad day or waking up on the wrong side of the bed.
Imagine having to deal with that person inside your doctor’s office, workplace or even class-room.
Let’s start with the basics by defining rudeness.
Some people may define rudeness as being on a cell phone while the teacher is giv-ing a lecture.
Others may define being rude as a teacher pin pointing a student out for being late to class. Wikipedia says that rude-
ness is being disrespectful in a nonchalant way towards your peers or social class.
Nevertheless, rudeness real-ly lies in the eye of the receiver, simply because it is up to them
to interpret the message in their own way.
Normally, it is not what you say, it is how you say it. In my opinion, in the classroom, it is very important to have a profes-
sional student/teacher relation-ship.
It is essential for the student to get to know the teacher’s personality and how he or she operates in the classroom, and
it’s also important for the teach-er to know the students person-ality in a learning environment.
If this step is not established, then it leaves room for error be-tween the student and teacher.
For example, I wrote a paper for a class, turned it in for a grade and got the paper back a few days later.
The teacher made a large number of comments on my paper, which were very infor-mative.
But, there was one particular comment that I thought was quite degrading as a student, and actually quite rude.
“How dumb is this line,” my professor wrote.
I will be honest and say my paper was marked in red ink from beginning to end, but those five words stuck out to me.
At that point in time, I felt like that was the only thing he wrote on my paper. I did not say any-thing to him in the classroom.
So, I went home and called a few friends to get their opinions about the incident.
I wanted to make sure I was not taking his comment out of context.
The next day, I was on cam-pus and I talked to a student who has taken a class with my professor before and is well aware of his personality.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said. “It is just how he talks. His personality is very funny, sarcastic and nonchalant. He didn’t mean it like that.”
That same evening, I at-tended an awards banquet, and my instructor was there. He offered some ideas on how to
write my next paper better.He said this with a very pleas-
ant and acceptable tone, with a smile on his face.
From that point on I realized I took his comment wrong. It was all in how I, the recipient, comprehended his corrections.
This was just my single en-counter in the classroom, and I am sure others have stories just like this one.
Some people may have some-thing called a natural attitude. Which means nothing they say is in a nice tone, but they truly do not mean any harm in their words.
If a professor or student acts in this manner, it could auto-matically cause tension inside the classroom.
Not to mention, it can be bad not only for the student, but also the peers in the classroom.
It is unbelievable that some-thing as small as words or tone can affect how a person acts or thinks around you.
I would advise any teacher or student to watch their tone and the words they say to each other due to the levels of mis-understanding that could take place.
It not only can be bad for the professional relationship held between the student and teach-er, but also for the university as a whole.
I have learned my lesson and it is something that I will be able to take into my career.
Rude misunderstanding: a teacher-student interaction
Why walk, when riding is more fun? Since the birth of the scooter, people have enjoyed puttering around on them. Students at Henderson are no exception. When the weather is favorable, riders can be seen
journeying across campus al-most regularly, zipping from one destination to the next, with pristine parking waiting on either end.
The cost of operating a scoot-er can be easy on the pock-etbook. Taking a defensive driving and common sense ap-proach out on the road will help
keep scooter drivers safe. Most important is the level of fun that scooter riders get a kick out of.
Scooter technology and performance has dramatically improved over the previous de-cades.
Now they’re pro-duced with electronic computerized fuel in-jection motors, high quality modern disc brakes and an even more likeable feature, the remarkable gas mileage it provides.
Some scooters also come equipped with a built in cell phone charger.
Students who ride scooters are not re-quired to purchase a parking pass, unlike automobile drivers, and there are plenty of scooter parking spots located throughout the campus. Another sav-
ings passed down to the scooter operator is at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
“If you pay less than $4,000 for a scooter, you do not have to pay sales tax,” Lita Long, cus-tomer service representative at the Arkadelphia branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles, said, “and you only have to reg-ister it if it is above 50cc’s.”
Driving a scooter through traffic is relatively easy. It fits in a smaller space on the road, allowing the driver more op-portunities to shuffle around in transit.
Keeping a safe distance from other cars and making sure the other drivers on the street see the scooter is priority when gliding through traffic.
A scooter ride, unlike being trapped in an automobile, can introduce the rider to a new field of vision, amplified scents and an increase of alertness of natural sounds.
Take away the windshields, the car hoods, cell phones and all the other distractions and the ride becomes surreal.
Dr. Maralyn Sommer, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, is a former scooter owner.
She enjoyed traveling back and forth from home to school and back on her scooter. She prefers riding scooters to riding motorcycles.
On a scooter, the driver does
not have to learn how to oper-ate a clutch, unlike most motor-cycles.
“I like being able to hop on and go,” Sommer said. “I could also wear a skirt while riding it.”
The scooter’s step-through frame allows an ease of access to the rider, a feature that is only found on a scooter.
Bethany Weed, sophomore theatre education major, can be seen cruising along the streets by Henderson campus on her blue 50cc scooter.
Weed has been riding her Renegade scooter for over a year. Snow is the only factor that will stop Weed from riding her scooter.
Weed has logged over 2,000 kilometers, which is the equiva-lent to over 1,200 miles. She admitted she left it at home her first semester at Henderson and totally regretted it. Weed loves the outrageous gas mile-age her scooter gets.
“I put $4 in the tank,” Weed said, with a huge grin on her face, “and ride for a month.”
Weed enjoys how easy it is to maneuver from one side of the campus to the other and appreciates the abundance of parking spots available for two-wheelers.
Scooters may be an unortho-dox way to travel, but the fun factor makes them a big hit among drivers.
Moe SkinnerGuest Columnist
Fuel prices drive students to alternative transportation
Allegra ParkerGuest Columnist
Photo by Moe Skinner
Illustration by Houston Fryer
The Henderson State Univer-sity Reddies defeated Southern Arkansas University Mulerid-ers 66 to 24 on Nov. 9 at Carpen-ter-Haygood Stadium.
A sea of red HSU fans filed into Carpenter-Haygood Sta-dium to watch as the Reddies, ranked fourth, took a victory against SAU.
The Muleriders started the game with a kick-off to the HSU-9. Israel Valentine returned the ball 22 yards to the HSU-31 for their first down. Daniel McCoy for the Reddies rushed the ball up the middle four yards.
With six yards needed for an-other first down, Kevin Rogers threw a deep pass to Darius Da-vis falling incomplete.
Christian Latoof kicked a 45-yard punt to the SAU-17, where Jack Brown received.
Brown returned no yards when Joseph Snapp of the Red-dies took him down. The Mul-erider’s drive started at 13:50.
After two attempts to gain yards, the Muleriders remained on the SAU-17 at third and 10.
Tyler Sykora’s crossing pass was complete to Chris Terry for 10 yards to the SAU-27, giv-ing them a first down.
After 13 plays, the Reddies held the Muleriders at the
HSU-7. Austin Shoemaker started the score with a field goal making the score 3-0 SAU.
The Reddies started their drive at the HSU-35.
Rodgers completed a pass to Davis for 45 yards at the SAU-20. Reddies lost three yards with a shallow slant pass to Val-entine.
Kevin Nichols rushed up the middle to recover two yards, being stopped at the SAU-21.
Rodgers’ crossing pass to Co-rey Chappell gained the Red-dies 10 yards leaving the ball at the SAU-11.
Charles Gonzalves tied the score up 3-3 with a field goal for the Reddies. Gonzalves kicked off 53 yards to the SAU-12 to Zikerious Ware. Lawson Schulz stopped the ball at the SAU-26.
Mark Johnson rushed for the Muleriders and lost seven yards.
Johnson fumbled the ball and HSU Trevon Del Rio recovered it at the SAU-19.
With the turnover, the Red-dies drove the ball 28 yards down the field in seven plays where Rodgers rushed up the middle for a Reddie touchdown.
With the extra point good, the Reddies led 10-3.
The first quarter ended with the Reddies in the lead 17-3.
Second quarter started with the Reddies in control at the
HSU-26 first and 10. Rodgers completed a screen
pass to Corey Chappell for one yard to the HSU-27.
With a penalty flag on the field for an illegal block, the Reddies backed the ball up 13 yards to the HSU-13.
Recovering from the foul, Rodgers completed a deep pass to Davis for 47 yards stopping at the SAU-40 and giving the Reddies a first down. Nichols
rushed right for 17 yards to the SAU-23 for another first down.
Rodgers and Davis connect-ed after two incomplete passes bringing the ball six yards down the field to the SAU-17.
Another penalty against Hen-derson for holding and the ball was brought back 10 yards. Bruce Guillory, losing 7 yards, sacked Rodgers.
SAU took control of the ball on the SAU-40 and obtained a penalty for delay of game, tak-ing the ball back to the SAU-35.
After six plays taking the ball 45 yards down the field, John-son for the Muleriders con-nected a pass to Chris Terry for a Mulerider touchdown.
This brought the score up 17-10 for the Reddies.
The Reddies managed two more touchdowns during the second quarter.
They ended the first half of the game, leading 31-10.
The second half of the game started with a 60-yard kick-off by Gonzalves to the SAU-5.
Ware for the Muleriders re-turned the ball 22 yards, being stopped by Blake Lopez and Schulz at the SAU-27.
After nine plays and 19 yards, the Muleriders turned the ball over to the Reddies on the HSU-48.
McCoy rushed the ball up the middle for 12 yards to the SAU-40 for a first down.
It took the Reddies three more plays to make another touchdown.
With the extra point good, they brought the score up 38-10.
During the third quarter, the Reddies scored three times and started the fourth quarter, leading 52-10.
SAU started the fourth quar-ter with the ball in their posses-sion.
They took the ball six yards down the field in six plays and punted off to the Reddies 38
yards to the HSU-29. Al Lasker brought the ball up
five yards to the HSU-39. After 18 plays, taking the ball
66 yards down the field, the Reddies ran into the end zone.
Gonzalves kicked another good extra point and the Red-dies raised the lead 59-10.
The Muleriders started their drive at the HSU-43 where Deandre Jenkins rushed over right tackle for 14 yards to the HSU-29.
The Muleriders used 10 plays to take the ball 43 yards down the field and into the end zone.
With their extra point good, they brought their score up 17-59.
The Muleriders’ 60-yard kickoff to the HSU-5 was out-of-bounds, leaving the ball on the HSU-35. The Reddies took the ball 65 yards down the field in 12 plays in 2:21.
Jaquan Cole rushed the ball up the middle for one yard and Gonzalves’ kick was approved raising the score for the Red-dies again, 66-17.
The Muleriders were able to use 13 plays during the last of the game to take the ball 63 yards down the field and into the end zone ending the game 66-24 for HSU.
With the victory over SAU, the Reddies remain undefeat-ed, bringing their record up 10-0 overall, 9-0 in the Great American Conference.
They also gained the GAC title for the second season.
This win has guaranteed HSU their spot in either the NCAA Division II Playoffs or a chance to play in the Texarkana United Bowl.
The Reddies will end their season with the traditional Bat-tle of the Ravine game against their biggest rival, the Ouachita Baptist Tigers, Saturday, Nov. 16.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. on A.U. Williams Field.
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Henderson clinches 2nd straight GAC title
Photo by Ryan Klare
I’M COMIN IN Kevin Rodgers rushes for a touchdown against SAU. Hen-derson State’s 66-24 win gave them a 10-0 record for the season, while improving their GAC record to 9-0.
OFF THE GROUND A Reddie defender hits Southern Arkansas University’s quarterback Tyler Sykora to halt a drive on Saturday. Henderson is now promised a spot in either the NCAA Division II Playoffs or to compete in the Texarkana United Bowl.
Heath Sims Staff Writer
Redwave swim team hosts annual HSU InvitationalVictoria CulliverStaff Writer
The Redwave Swim Team went into a two-day battle against Southern Illinois University and ravine rivals, Ouachita Baptist University, in the annual HSU Invitational.
The meet was held this past Friday and Saturday at Hender-son’s Wells Center Natatorium, as the Redwave was overall vic-torious.
The consolation and champi-onship meet is arranged so that all heats of swimmers are con-sidered “consolation.”
The final heat, composed of the fastest in that particular event, is considered the “cham-pionship” heat.
Points are awarded to first and second place of the over-all consolation heats, and first through fourth place of cham-pionship.
The first night of the two-day meet began with Redwave de-feat on the men and women’s 200-yard freestyle relays.
Redwave’s first champion-ship victory came from Guy
Bulls, sophomore, in the men’s 400 individual medley with a time of 4:13.50, followed by a close second from teammate and sophomore, Dylan Ander-son.
Bulls later took first in the men’s 200-yard backstroke and the men’s 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:57.31.
Redwave procured a total of 17 championship wins through-out the two-day meet. While many members from Redwave were having amazing swims, some standout performances resulted in victory.
Phoebe Campbell, sopho-more, won the consolation heat of the women’s 200 freestyle with a lifetime best time of 2:06.75.
Colton Laramore, freshman, gained an enormous gap on the competition in the men’s 200-yard freestyle.
Finishing with a time of 1:44.32, Laramore was more than a body’s length ahead of all others competing.
Junior and captain Jeanne Miller won the women’s 100-yard butterfly in a nail-biting
race to the end, resulting in a time of 59.58.
Mary Andrews, junior, fin-ished third with a time of 1:01.73.
Captain and senior Brandon Curley won the men’s 100-yard butterfly, followed closely by teammate and second semester freshman, Bence Greifenstein.
Greifenstein later took first in the men’s 100-yard breast-stroke with a time of 58.90. The two pulled another first and second the following day in the men’s 200-yard butterfly, with the victory going to Greifen-stein.
Senior, Melissa Ralston cap-tured first in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:08.12.
The end of the first day’s races ended in victory for the men’s 400-yard medley relay swam by Bulls, Greifenstein, Curley and junior Aaron Vila-mez.
The men fought neck and neck with Ouachita, pulling away slowly with a winning time of 3:29.02.
The women’s 400-medley
relay, composed of Andrews, Ralston, Miller and junior and captain Lauren Sutton, placed second against Ouachita in a close touch out.
The morning of the second day gave victory once more to the men as the same relay of Bulls, Greifenstein, Curley and Vilamez won over Ouachita in the men’s 200 medley relay.
Laramore again took control of the field in a victory in the men’s 500 freestyle.
Camille Leary took first for the consolation heat of the women’s 200-yard IM as Miller took second against Southern Illinois in the championship heat with a time of 2:15.91.
Victory was all around in the men and women’s 200-yard breaststroke as freshman Jes-sica Miller took first with a time of 2:23.36, followed closely by Ralston.
Freshman Austin Bryant won the men’s consolation heat with a time of 2:15.80, followed by a close second from sophomore Matt Gribble.
Greifenstein was once again victorious in the champion-
ship heat of the men’s 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:10.45, followed by a close second from sophomore Dylan Anderson.
The end of the meets 400-yard freestyle relays concluded in a third place finish on the la-dies side with Andrews, Miller, captain and senior Desi LoBuo-no and Sutton.
The men’s consolation heat finished in a Redwave victory of first and second place while the men’s championship heat finished second.
“Overall, we had a very successful meet,” Michael Duplessie, senior and captain, said.
“We had some ups and downs, but adversity is bound to hit sooner or later. I’m glad we stepped up and overcame it.”
Redwave ended the meet with an overall score of 1,204.50, Southern Illinois 856 and Ouachita 816.50.
Redwave will face off against Delta State University next Friday, Nov. 15th, in the Wells Center Natatorium at 6 p.m.
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