The Yellow Jacket september 19, 2018 Howard Payne University . Brownwood, TX Volume 109, Issue 2 HPU to focus on faith-based nursing The Howard Payne School of Nursing is not only teaching its students about sickness, shots and Medicine, but it’s also equipping students to be- come faith-based nurs- es in the medical field. “The university is very excited about its recently approved Bachelor of Sci- ence in Nursing Degree,” said Dr. Mark Tew, provost and chief academic officer. “The preparation and pre- sentation of a BSN propos- al is a lengthy and detailed process, and the university is indebted to the tireless work of Drs. Nina Ouimette and Laci Sutton in present- ing an acceptable proposal to the Board of Nursing.” Dr. Nina Ouimette was the dean of Patty Hanks Shel- ton School of Nursing in Abilene prior to coming to HPU. Ouimette has always dreamed of the opportunity to start up a nursing pro- gram and to use her skill set. “It felt like a call- ing and everything fell in place,” said Ouimette. Sutton has taught nurs- ing education for three years. Being an HPU alum- nus, Sutton has a heart for this campus. Before the program became a real- ity, Sutton decided to join the HPU School of Nurs- ing because she thought, “HPU deserves this.” “Drs. Ouimette and Sutton will be excellent role models in how the compassion of Christ is joined to the professional practice of nursing,”Tew said. HPU currently has seven nursing majors: junior Ash- ley Strong; sophomores Adrien Barrientos and Ka- cie Masters; and freshmen Payton Hackney, Chrissa Manning, Tanner Bai- ley and Megan Jakubisin. The School of Nursing was approved to admit in- coming students declared as nursing majors with the start of the current fall semester. It took HPU about four years to obtain that approval from the Texas Board of Nursing. With the medical field constantly growing, there is an urgent need for more nurses who truly care about their patients. “There is a severe short- age of nurses, so HPU has an opportunity to send faith- based nurses nationally and globally,” said Ouimette. The School of Nurs- ing has decided to put Christ in the midst of its program. Ouimette and Sutton will be teach- ing the students what it means to be a nurse and a Christian in the work field. “In the society today, you can have a Christian or a worldly view, it de- pends on the lens. Situa- tions can be handled differ- ently with your lens. And we are able to witness to our patience,” Sutton said about the difference of be- ing a Christ-centered nurse. “An important aspect of the university’s BSN pro- gram is our intention to join our Christian commitment to the professional compe- tency of our future nursing school graduates,” Tew said. “Being the hands and feet of Christ while caring for those who are hurting emotionally and physically are attributes we covet for our students.” Payton Hackney, a fresh- man pre-nursing major, was inspired to become a nurse after kind nurses showed love to her family. “After my grandpa got sick, I was going in and out of the hospital and I saw how much nurses im- pacted everyone. This made the journey so much easier,” said Hackney. Hackney is excited to ob- tain her degree from HPU and begin influencing oth- ers’ lives. “Since there are such hard times in the hos- pital, keeping your faith is so important. Faith can help you get through the hardest times of your life and this is something you can share with your pa- tience,” Hackney said. InsIde thIs edItIon Every edition of the Yellow Jacket newspaper is available online at www.hputx.edu/yellowjacket. Remembering Hill ............2 Editor-in-Chief Gabi Diazde- leon remembers friend, Hill- ary Jackson. In the Interim......................4 HPU Interim President Dr. Paul Armes talks about his temporary role at HPU. Unique Combination.........5 Diana Torres is combining Social Work with Spanish, which should make her an attractive job candidate. Alpha is OK....................... 6 Movie columnist Seth Rainey writes that “Alpha” is surpris- ingly good. Elimination Game..............7 Keith Baker II wins last week’s Elimination Game. Soccer Saturday ..............13 The HPU men beat Ozarks in their conference opener while the women tied. Jackets Win.....................15 HPU survived a two-hour lightning delay and two overtimes to outlast McMurry 37-31. Tailgate Party ...................16 A photographic look at the HPU football tailgate party. Katie Cravey Staff Writer YJ Photo HPU freshmen nursing majors, from left, Payton Hack- ney, Chrissa Manning, Tanner Bailey and Megan Jakubi- sin in the classroom/lab at the Thompson Academic Complex.
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The Yellow Jacketseptember 19, 2018 Howard Payne University . Brownwood, TX Volume 109, Issue 2
HPU to focus on faith-based nursing
The Howard Payne School of Nursing is not only teaching its students about sickness, shots and
Medicine, but it’s also equipping students to be-come faith-based nurs-es in the medical field.
“The university is very excited about its recently approved Bachelor of Sci-ence in Nursing Degree,” said Dr. Mark Tew, provost and chief academic officer. “The preparation and pre-sentation of a BSN propos-al is a lengthy and detailed process, and the university is indebted to the tireless work of Drs. Nina Ouimette and Laci Sutton in present-ing an acceptable proposal to the Board of Nursing.”
Dr. Nina Ouimette was the dean of Patty Hanks Shel-ton School of Nursing in Abilene prior to coming to
HPU. Ouimette has always dreamed of the opportunity to start up a nursing pro-gram and to use her skill set.
“It felt like a call-ing and everything fell in place,” said Ouimette.
Sutton has taught nurs-ing education for three years. Being an HPU alum-nus, Sutton has a heart for this campus. Before the program became a real-ity, Sutton decided to join the HPU School of Nurs-ing because she thought, “HPU deserves this.”
“Drs. Ouimette and Sutton will be excellent role models in how the compassion of Christ is
joined to the professional practice of nursing,” Tew said.
HPU currently has seven nursing majors: junior Ash-ley Strong; sophomores Adrien Barrientos and Ka-cie Masters; and freshmen Payton Hackney, Chrissa Manning, Tanner Bai-ley and Megan Jakubisin.
The School of Nursing was approved to admit in-coming students declared as nursing majors with the start of the current fall semester. It took HPU about four years
to obtain that approval from the Texas Board of Nursing.
With the medical field constantly growing, there is an urgent need for more nurses who truly care about their patients.
“There is a severe short-age of nurses, so HPU has an opportunity to send faith-based nurses nationally and globally,” said Ouimette.
The School of Nurs-ing has decided to put Christ in the midst of its program. Ouimette and
Sutton will be teach-ing the students what it means to be a nurse and a Christian in the work field.
“In the society today, you can have a Christian or a worldly view, it de-pends on the lens. Situa-tions can be handled differ-ently with your lens. And we are able to witness to our patience,” Sutton said about the difference of be-ing a Christ-centered nurse.
“An important aspect of the university’s BSN pro-gram is our intention to join our Christian commitment to the professional compe-tency of our future nursing school graduates,” Tew said. “Being the hands and feet of Christ while caring for those who are hurting emotionally and physically are attributes we covet for our students.”
Payton Hackney, a fresh-man pre-nursing major, was inspired to become a nurse after kind nurses showed love to her family.
“After my grandpa got sick, I was going in and out of the hospital and I saw how much nurses im-pacted everyone. This made the journey so much easier,” said Hackney.
Hackney is excited to ob-tain her degree from HPU and begin influencing oth-ers’ lives. “Since there are such hard times in the hos-pital, keeping your faith is so important. Faith can help you get through the hardest times of your life and this is something you can share with your pa-tience,” Hackney said.
InsIde thIs
edItIonEvery edition of the Yellow
Jacket newspaper is available online at
www.hputx.edu/yellowjacket.
Remembering Hill ............2Editor-in-Chief Gabi Diazde-leon remembers friend, Hill-ary Jackson.
In the Interim......................4HPU Interim President Dr. Paul Armes talks about his
temporary role at HPU.
Unique Combination.........5Diana Torres is combining Social Work with Spanish, which should make her an attractive job candidate.
Alpha is OK....................... 6Movie columnist Seth Rainey writes that “Alpha” is surpris-
ingly good.
Elimination Game..............7Keith Baker II wins last
week’s Elimination Game.
Soccer Saturday..............13The HPU men beat Ozarks in their conference opener
while the women tied.
Jackets Win.....................15HPU survived a two-hour lightning delay and two
overtimes to outlast McMurry 37-31.
Tailgate Party...................16A photographic look at the HPU football tailgate party.
Katie Cravey
Staff Writer
YJ PhotoHPU freshmen nursing majors, from left, Payton Hack-ney, Chrissa Manning, Tanner Bailey and Megan Jakubi-sin in the classroom/lab at the Thompson Academic Complex.
Confusion, anger, sad-ness, and even more an-ger flooded my entire body when I got the news.
After what felt like an eter-nity of frustration and heart-ache, something amazing happened as I walked outside and, through my puffy-eyed gaze, I stared at the darkest sky I had ever seen. A wave of peace came over me. Now, even laughter fills my heart as tears of both grief and joy continue down my cheeks.
I looked up and begged God for the words He wanted me to share with my fellow students during this more-than-difficult time, but all I could hear were those silly hilly words “Hey there, lil mama!” on repeat in my head.
So, I decided I not only needed to share the word of our heavenly Father but also some words of wisdom that our very own HPU an-gel would want us to always remember. The Lord says in Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” I hold onto to this in times of loss, but what has really been getting me through this is the absolute
truth that our little Hill-billy is up with “The Big Man.”
Some might say that How-ard Payne student Hillary Bryanne Jackson, who passed
away Saturday, was taken from this world far too soon, and I can’t say I would dis-agree. But I trust in God’s greater plan. I believe Hill
did too, and that is more than evident in how she lived her beautiful life. Anyone who knew her knows that she lived each and every day with as much love, laughter and as selfless as she could. It really didn’t matter if you knew her for four years or four minutes, she made you feel like family.
I am honored to have been blessed enough to call her friend. Here are just a few of the many lessons she taught me and many others during her precious time with us:
1) When people meet you, they should be meeting Jesus too.
2) Love on everyone every chance you get.
3) Laugh every day4) Be a little awkward and
be a little weird.5) Keep negativity off the
timeline.6) Check and make sure
your friends make it home safe.
7) Cheer on your fellow students.
8) Take your vitamins.9) Tell everyone happy
birthday. Last but not least,10) Forever and always
Sting Em.’We love you, we miss
you. Rest easy Hill.
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News Briefsstate
Faced with a drastic shortage of teachers, one West Texas school district may join a
small but growing group of Texas communities settling for hiring some only avail-able via screens. The Ector County school board, which oversees Odessa, will con-
sider a proposal this week to contract with “virtual teach-ers” through an Austin-based
company, Proximity Learning. As the oil boom has caused
the cost of housing to soar in the area while simultaneously luring teachers away to high-paying energy jobs, Ector’s school board is considering
the remote educators in order to fill some of its 240 vacant
teaching positions.
stateA United States Border
Patrol agent has been ac-cused of going on a nearly
two-week-long “serial killing spree” that came to an end
on Saturday after he was ar-rested in connection with the deaths of four women and the kidnapping of a fifth woman. Webb County-Zapata County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz
said Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, fled from state troopers after the fifth woman escaped and alerted law enforcement. Officials found Ortiz hiding in a truck near a gas station
close to a Laredo hotel and ar-rested him without incident.
nationNorth Carolina Gov. Roy
Cooper confirmed the follow-ing statistics on the impact
of Hurricane Florence on his state: 16 rivers are at major
flood level, 26 people in North Carolina died due to the storm, 1,200 roads are closed,
plus 2,200 people and 578 animals were rescued. Flor-ence hit the Carolina coast
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Earn two Christian Studies degrees in five years S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 8 P A G E 3
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Howard Payne University’s School of Christian Stud-ies offers its majors the op-portunity to complete either a Master of Arts in Youth Ministry or a Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry one year after completing an undergraduate degree.
Students who have com-pleted 75 hours of classes and have a 3.0 GPA are eligible to apply for entry to the ac-celerated master’s program. In the accelerated program, students take 12 hours of graduate classes as a part of their undergraduate studies. These hours also count toward a 42-hour graduate degree.
Anna Lauren Jeffers is a graduate student in the pro-gram set to graduate in Decem-ber 2018. She is currently serv-ing at West University Baptist Church in Houston as the Kid-Stuff preschool ministry direc-
tor. Because of this position, she has been able to see how the program is benefitting her.
“I was able to take advan-tage of the opportunity to work towards my master’s degree while also being sur-rounded and supported by professors who cared about me as a student, a person and a minister,” said Jeffers. “I am able to be a better minister because of this investment.”
The accelerated master’s program was begun in 2012 to allow Christian studies ma-jors to efficiently earn a gradu-ate degree. At HPU, there is financial assistance available to graduate students in the School of Christian Studies.
“We offer a church match scholarship for grad students,” said Dr. Gary Gramling, pro-fessor of Christian studies and director of graduate programs in the School of Christian Stud-ies. “If a church gives $100 per hour, HPU will match that.”
He added that there is an additional benefit for students
of the accelerated program. Typically, graduate courses in the School of Christian Stud-ies will include students who are currently serving as full-time ministers in churches.
“When you are in this ac-celerated program, you are in classes with our other grad students, so you begin to build this great network of fellow students,” said Dr. Gramling. “If you can make some life-long friends in ministry, they will be a wonderful network of encouragement and support to you in the days to come.”
Another important feature is the focus of the Christian stud-ies faculty, staff and students.
“This is the part in the jour-ney where students get to come and be prepared for what it is God is calling them to do,” said Dr. Gramling. “We do not want you to major in Christian studies unless you sense God has put it in your heart to do that. That is a great thing for us though because we get to welcome in men and women
who feel called by God to a certain ministry vocation.”
Jeffers noted the ways her classes in the acceler-ated program have taught her and encouraged growth.
“I learned valuable lessons in the classroom that chal-lenged me to think deeper
and grow in knowledge,” she said. “I also learned equal-ly important lessons out of the classroom about serving and loving people by watch-ing the professors at HPU embody their teaching.”
What’s the Buzz?To submit items and events to this HPU campus calendar, email [email protected].
Through Nov. 2: Contemporary Vanitas Art Exhibit, Doakie Day Art Center.Sept. 20: Blood Drive, Wilson Walkway, 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m.Sept. 20: Student-Led Worship, 9 p.m., Grace Chapel.Sept. 21: BSM Campout at Lake Brownwood, 3 p.m.Sept. 22: BSM Campout at Lake Brownwood, ends at 1 p.m.Sept. 24: University Singers rehearsal, DMC Choral Hall, 6:30-8 p.m.Sept. 24: FCA Huddle Night, 9 p.m., Grace Chapel.Sept. 25: Free lunch at The Hub, 11:30 a.m.Sept. 28-29: Family Weekend.Sept. 29: FCA Sand Volleyball Tournament, Sand Court, 6 p.m.Oct. 1: HPU Food & Essentials Pantry, Physical Plant, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Oct. 1: University Singers rehearsal, DMC Choral Hall, 6:30-8 p.m.Oct. 1: SGA meeting, FLLC Room 221, 7 p.m.Oct. 2: Free lunch at The Hub, 11:30 a.m.Oct. 5-6: Pancakes and Prayers, The Hub, 6 p.m.-6 a.m.Oct. 5: An Evening of Theater, HPU Theater, 7:30 p.m.
In a list released last week, by U.S. News & World Re-port, Howard Payne was named a 2019 “Best Value School” in the “Best Re-gional Colleges West” cat-egory. HPU was in sixth place among the ranked universities.
The rankings are based on three variables: ratio of qual-ity to price (determined by the institution’s overall score in the Best Colleges rankings); percentage of all undergradu-ates receiving need-based scholarships or grants dur-ing the 2017-2018 academic year; and the percentage of an institution’s total costs
for the 2017-2018 academic year covered by the aver-age need-based scholarship or grant to undergraduates.
“HPU is proud to offer a quality education with a dis-tinctively Christian worldview at a great value,” said Dr. Paul W. Armes, interim president. “We strive to make the cost of an HPU education even more affordable through a variety of scholarships and other fi-nancial aid opportunities.”
HPU was additionally ranked 14th in the “Best Regional Colleges West” category and ninth in the “Best Colleges for Veter-ans” category for the region.
HPU is now enrolling for the spring 2019 semester.
HPU named ‘Best Value School’ by U.S. News & World ReportBy HPU Media
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By HPU Media Relations
YJ PhotoUndergraduate students at HPU have the opportunity to take graduate courses through the accelerated Christian Studies program.
Temporary Term
Dr. Paul Armes took the position as interim
president at Howard Payne this past summer and will remain in that role until the Presiden-tial Search committee finds a new, permanent president.
Dr. Bill Ellis, HPU’s presi-dent since 2009, announced his retirement as president effective May 31. Ellis now works as chancellor of HPU. His duties include working with major donors to develop HPU’s extension centers in El Paso and New Braunfels.
Armes, a graduate of Bay-lor University and the South-western Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, has had a lengthy career spanning over several decades – includ-ing the presidency at another Baptist university in Texas.
“I was president 15 years at Wayland Baptist in Plain-view,” Armes said, “I was also president for five years at San Marcos Baptist Academy.”
Armes was contacted by Rev. Ray Still, chair of HPU’s Board of Trustees, about taking the position of interim president.
“The board chair called and talked to me and visited about the possibility, as he and Dr. Ellis had been visit-ing about transitioning. As for how long, my guess is 10 to 12 months,” Armes said about how long his stay as HPU’s interim president might be. He already in his fourth month as interim president.
As far as the interim presi-dency, Armes says that many of the responsibilities are the same as that of the nor-mal president. This extends to most of the duties and re-
sponsibilities as far as man-aging the school and staff.
“The main thing,” Armes said, “is to meet with the ad-min council, continue the excellent work they do and support them in their efforts, as well as attend meetings on behalf of the university – be it Baptist life or other organiza-tions when need be. Also, to help with fundraising and re-sources in the interim period.”
Armes is enjoying his time at HPU, noting the school’s format of learning and fellowship above all else.
“Love the beauty of the campus. Love the people I’ve met and their commit-ment to the life of the school,” Armes said. “I loved faith-based education, and I think HPU is one of the best.”
As far as the future, Armes doesn’t know what will come, but he has faith that his work will help pave the
way for the next president.“I see my job as prepara-
tion for the next president, so to speak.” Armes said.
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Features
HPU’s interim chief sees his role as preparation for the next president
Dr. Paul Armes• President at Wayland Baptist Univer-sity for 15 years.• President of San Marcos Baptist Acad-emy for five years.• Pastor of five Baptist churches.• Professor at the graduate and under-graduate levels.• Enjoys photography and woodwork-ing.• Named “Plainview Man of the Year” 2013.• Holds degrees from Baylor and South-western Baptist Theological Seminary.
YJ PhotosDr. Paul Armes, Howard Payne’s interim president, address the HPU faculty and staff in August.
*The Oct. 31 edition will be the annual Homecoming edi-tion, previewing the week-
end’s activities.**The Nov. 7 edition will feature photos and articles from Homecoming weekend.
A Better Understanding S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 8 P A G E 5
Features
Diana Torres, a Social Work major, has stirred up a “unique” combina-tion by adding a Spanish minor to her degree plan.
Torres is currently the only student at Howard Payne to do so, but her unique academ-ic combination has caught the attention of Rachel Der-rington, first-year director of the HPU Social Work pro-gram, and Dr. Danny Bru-nette-Lopez, chair and as-sociate professor of Spanish.
“I guarantee that Diana will have some sort of con-tact with someone with lim-ited English,” Brunette-Lo-pez said. “I am so grateful Mrs. Derrington has reached out to the department of for-eign languages. I believe it will be a great and unique opportunity for students.”
Torres decided on becom-ing a Spanish minor after listening to one of Der-rington’s lectures about cul-tural norms; however, so-cial work has always been in the back of her mind as a chosen field of study.
“I was going to do pre-law, but two weeks before I came to Howard Payne, I decided on social work,” Torres said. “I’m already flu-ent in Spanish, but I chose it
as a minor because I will be able to communicate with a larger amount of the popula-tion. I want to be able to un-derstand the culture better.”
On the business side, ob-taining a fluency in Spanish can elevate an applicant when applying for a job. It may also increase their pay, especially in other states because Span-ish speaking is so rare, but the importance of the skill runs much deeper than money.
“Part of social works mis-sion is to help the vulner-able and the oppressed,” Derrington said. “It is hard to get to some core issues without being able to relate to people. It (speaking Span-ish) is imperative for any health professional really. It helps with the communica-tion and figuring out where their clients are mentally.”
The Spanish program also integrated with the HPU Criminal Justice pro-gram a few years back, but they do not want to stop there. They’re hoping to expand across campus and find a variety of combina-tions to offer to students.
“It is important with how many Hispanics and Latinos there are in not only Texas, but all across the United States,” Brunette-Lopez said. “The more you know about the culture and the language, the more the person wants to open up and give more infor-
mation, especially when it comes to important issues.”
Minoring in Spanish gives a new perspective to the cul-ture and ethnicity. Other than bringing comfort to clients, this skill also helps with quick and efficient communi-cation. There is a significant lack of interpreters in Texas, which produces a need for more bilingual employees.
“It is imperative for a so-cial worker to be able to communicate with non-English speaking clients and not have to wait for an in-terpreter,” Derrington said.
“Especially, in an emergen-cy, which is why we want to expand the social work/Spanish combination. I think what Diana is doing is great.”
Social workers are sup-posed to be able to commu-nicate and understand the cultural norms and values as well to advocate for the community. Brunette-Lopez wants to offer a special class on interviewing and connect-ing with Spanish-speaking clients – even if that en-tails hiring someone else.
“Students need to have the knowledge of not only
the language but culture as well and what better place to do this than in the social work department,” Brunette-Lopez said. “The Spanish program is looking to com-bine with other majors and make the experience here at HPU a unique experience. It will also help with reach-ing out to the community. Our students here at Howard Payne, we’re known for that – to reach out to everyone.”
HPU student’s Spanish minor could make her a better social worker
Cara Ivy
Staff WRiter
Photo by Cara IvyDiana Torres (center) is combining her Social Work major with a Spanish minor, something that could improve her job qualifications after college. Torres is pictured with Rachel Derrington (left), director of the HPU Social Work program, and Dr. Danny Brunette-Lopez (right), chair and as-sociate professor of Spanish.
Story of survival is surprisingly solid P A G E 6 S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 8
Entertainment
There is a reason dogs are known as one of the human race’s best animal friends. Their curiosity, concern, constant joy and patient loy-alty make them one of the best companions on earth.
Through the years, people have domesticated dogs both for companionship and surviv-al, building an indelible bond between the two. In an explo-ration of this millennia-long relationship between human and beast, the film “Alpha” also studies another ancient relationship – every creature’s struggle against mortality.
Set in prehistoric Europe, “Alpha” tells the story of the young son of a tribal leader, who, due to a terrible acci-dent, faces imminent death far
from home. The son, Kena, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Road”), finds safety through an unlikely friendship with a deadly animal, a wolf he eventually dubs Alpha.
Smit-McPhee excellently portrays the desperation of a young man suddenly thrust into a dangerous scenario with limited hope of survival. The bond between Kena and Alpha is not only a core element of the plot, it also should evoke more than a few moments of remi-niscence for dog owners, or anyone else who has had a pet.
Director Albert Hughes (“The Book of Eli”) is an ex-perienced Hollywood film-maker and his ability shows throughout the runtime of “Al-pha.” With some exceptions, he crafts a subtle and simulta-neously pointed examination of the nature of survival be-fore such luxuries as air-con-ditioning, organized govern-
ment, consistent sources of food and even reliable shelter.
Few stories are as consum-ing as ones of basic survival, and “Alpha” is no excep-tion. Here, in this struggle for existence, is where the strengths of the film lie.
The camera unflinchingly focuses on the faces of char-acters, human and canine, as they go about their daily lives in the harshest of environs, forcing the audience to take on their perspective. Through this perspective, viewers will feel the joy of finding sustenance, the chill of freezing wind and the comforting warm of a fire.
The visual style of the movie elevates the strengths of the story and makes “Al-pha” a much more interesting film. Cinematographer Martin Gschlacht (“Lourdes”) is a dif-ference maker for the movie. Gorgeous shots of landscapes filled with prehistoric crea-
tures litter the screen. Shots of characters silhouetted against the horizon emphasize the bar-ren, lonely world they live in.
“Alpha” does have its flaws. Visual effects are vital to the films plot, as numerous ex-tinct animals make appear-ances on screen. However, the effects are very inconsis-tent throughout the runtime, waffling between believable and distractingly unrealistic.
Choices regarding certain aspects of story structure and style detract from what is oth-erwise a solid movie. An odd sequence of events at the be-ginning of the movie seems unnecessary by the conclusion of the film. Additionally, the film steers away from being too hard-hitting, with an end-ing that feels a bit too quaint given the weight of the plot.
Both Kena and Alpha are presented with insurmountable odds throughout the runtime
of the movie, yet still manage to survive. While it is a com-forting trope to see protago-nists consistently overcome overwhelming circumstance, the extremity of some situa-tions risks throwing any sense of realism out the window.
Though there are more than a few problems with “Alpha,” these faults do not define the film. This is more than a tale of survival. It is about power of familial connection and in-herent need of all life to coop-erate. Interwoven throughout the story of Kena and Alpha are truly powerful concepts applicable to any era of life.
When the movie stays small, focusing on these ideas, its characters and the world they live in, it finds its stride. A strong rapport between the two leads, one human and the other animal, and the fantastic pho-tography help make “Alpha” a surprisingly solid movie.
The Pittsburgh native Malcolm James Mc-Cormick, known profession-ally as Mac Miller, sadly passed away on Sept. 7. Mill-er was an American rapper, singer, and record producer.
In 2010, he signed a re-cord deal with Pittsburgh-based Indie record label Ros-trum Records. Mac Miller released five studio albums, two extended plays, one live album, 12 mix-tapes, 31 singles, one promotional single and 41 music videos.
Miller began his career in 2007 as a member of the hip hop group “The Ill Spoken” before deciding to pursue a solo career. Following the re-
lease of several solo mix-tapes, His debut extended play “On and On and Beyond” was re-leased in March 2011, peaking at No. 55 on the United States Billboard 200 albums chart.
Miller’s single “Donald Trump” became his first sin-gles chart entry, peaking at No. 75 on the U.S .Billboard Hot 100 and later earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Associa-tion of America. He subse-quently began recording his debut studio album Blue Slide Park, and released it on Nov. 8, 2011. Blue Slide Park of-fered a lot of fun raps, such as “Party on 5th Ave.” but then he transitioned into more of the feels with “Missed Calls.”
On Oct. 14, Miller an-nounced “Pink Slime” would be released before the end of
2012, and that his second al-bum, “Watching Movies with the Sound Off,” will be re-leased in early 2013. “Watch-ing Movies With the Sound Off” is set to feature guest ap-pearances from Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Earl Sweatshirt, Ty-ler, the Creator, Action Bron-son and Jay Electronica. When speaking of the album, Miller said that it is “very introspec-tive and very personal so it’s kind of throwing it all out there and seeing what happens.”
This album isn’t one of his most recognized, but the true Macadelic fans know and love all the hidden stories behind his lyrics. Miller announced on Jan. 14, 2014, that he was no longer signed to Rostrum Re-cords. On May 11, 2014, Mill-er independently released his 10th solo mix-tape, “Faces.”
On Oct. 21, 2014, it was revealed Miller signed a re-cording contract and a dis-tribution deal for his label REMember Music, with War-ner Bros. Records, for a re-ported $10 million. The sec-ond season to Miller’s MTV2 reality series “Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family” was also released in 2014.
On July 30, 2015, Miller re-vealed that he had completed his third studio album, which will be his major label de-but. On Aug. 5, 2015, Miller revealed his album title to be “GO:OD AM” with a re-lease date of Sept. 18, 2015, and that a music video for the first single “100 Grand-kids” would drop Aug. 6.
Miller announced his fourth album, “The Divine Feminine,” on July 28, 2016,
and debuted its first single, “Dang!” featuring guest vo-cals from Anderson Paak. The album was released on Sept. 16. While he was still sticking to his true fashion and rap, he switched it up a little and gave us a little bit more of an Indie style and knocked it out of the park.
Miller released “Small Worlds,” the first single from his fifth studio album, “Swimming,” on May 30, 2018. The album was an-nounced on July 13 and re-leased on Aug. 3 to positive reviews from critics and fans.
Mac Miller was a legend in the making and his tal-ent will surely be missed by all his beloved fans.
A journey through the discography of Mac MillerSawyer Fisher
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Howard Payne hosted a campus-wide elimination game that lasted from Sept. 10-14. Those who participated had the entire week to team up or go alone, and tag people un-til there was only one left.
My experience in this event was very brief. I was late to register, and as soon as I re-ceived my sock to tag peo-ple, I was tagged out by my friend. What are the odds?
However, I did manage to catch a glimpse here and there of the action. I witnessed peo-ple traveling in groups, their tagging socks at the ready, and some traveling alone and in secret, trying not to be no-ticed by opposing players. It was very thrilling, an am-bush could happen at any mo-ment, and even if you weren’t participating, getting a quick
peek was completely worth it. After the game concluded,
the champion, Keith Baker II, talked about his experience.
“It was like search and de-stroy. We’d hunt down cer-tain people and learn about the locations for supply drops, it was crazy,” said Baker.
During the game, alli-ances were being formed. Baker joined one, but stayed indoors whenever he could.
“I didn’t go to lunch or din-ner,” he said. “I would just go to Fam’s after everyone had left.”
As the week continued, the number of players dwindled, and people began to turn on each other. Alliances started to fall apart, and Baker men-tioned that four people in his alliance took down one of their own – just because they could.
Other competitors began to get creative, bringing bats to hit socks back or shields for block-ing – anything to give them an advantage. However, most of these strategies failed, and
by the end of the week, there were only a select few left.
The remaining players were called to the Jesus statue at the center of campus for a final showdown, where Baker said, “I was hesitant – I was hurt last time. I wanted revenge, but I wanted my friends to win.”
Baker’s alliance stayed to-gether until they were the only ones left. “I brought a shield, my friend missed me, and it was easy pickings from there,” he said.
Baker won the game and was given a $75 gift card. Second place was a $25 Amazon gift card.
“All and all it was a great experience,” he said. “I’ll most likely play next year.”
If any of you are looking for a fun activity to participate in, I highly encourage joining the elimination game next year. Trust me, you’ll have a blast, and if you decide to not join, just keep an eye out for the ac-tion. You won’t want to miss it.
Chase Patterson
Staff Writer
Courtesy PhotoKeith Baker II after winning Elimination standing in front of Wienbrener
Frank Nelson, the new band director at Howard Payne, is one of the recent hires of the university. By recent, we mean he was hired in late June.
Nelson was previously working as a high school band director in Belton, located in Central Texas, for eight years before deciding on a different path and teaching in college.
Nelson is a Howard Payne alumnus, having attended college from 1972-1977. “I crammed four years of my de-gree into five years,” he joked.
He was here when our
school’s name changed from Howard Payne College to Howard Payne University.
Nelson later went on to the University of Colorado to obtain his master’s de-gree. He has two kids as well as three grandkids.
A section of Nelson’s his-tory is quite interesting. After teaching for a few years, he wanted to go into business and became a restaurant man-ager for the Arby’s chain. He travelled all over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, go-ing from place to place and picking up money and trans-ferring it to other places.
One day he stopped at an Arby’s and was doing some paperwork in the back. One
of the workers who was about seven months pregnant came to the back and said, “You’re needed up front real quick.”
Nelson walked up to the front of the restaurant and was held at gunpoint. He said that the man who was rob-bing that Arby’s must have been watching Frank every time he came to the store. As the restaurant manager, he is supposed to take a sum of the money out of the cash register and take it with him, but he hadn’t been doing that lately. So that when the man robbed the store, he had taken a lump sum of cash.
Nelson also said the rob-ber has never been caught. After that rollercoaster, he
decided it would be a good idea to go back into teaching. Since then, he has had 11 dif-ferent jobs in three states as well as taking on odd jobs.
In 1998, Nelson drove for a limousine company and got lucky enough to drive Miss America around. Nelson is currently staying in Jennings Hall until he finds a perma-nent living space. He said the hardest part of getting this job so fast is that there is so much information but so little time. He stills has tons of questions but he loves his job already.
Nelson replaced longtime HPU band director Corey Ash.
Nelson makes it back to HP as band directorBritni Hays
Staff Writer
Frank Nelson
Five elements lead to good mental health
Everyone wants to have good mental health. Being mostly free of depres-sion, anxiety, stress, anger and a host of other negative emotions and physiological states is what all of us desire.
And, realistically, there are times when we will experi-ence uncomfortable emo-tions as a course of just going through life. For example, experiencing grief, while painful, is to be expected as losses take place throughout the lifespan. But when our emotional states are painful, uncomfortable or even de-bilitating over a longer pe-riod of time than normal, we need to determine what is go-ing on and what can be done to manage those emotions better or eliminate them.
You might think that de-pression is a result of bad feelings due to disappoint-ments or suppressed anger or other factors that cause the emotion to become more or less controlling of our mental state. But this would only be part of the possible reasons for depres-sion. Good mental health has at least five elements that must be working together.
The first – but not neces-sarily the most important – is good physical health. “Sound body … sound mind” is a phrase you may have heard before. There is an obvious truth to this state-ment. If we are not eating in a healthy way, exercising, resting in a restorative way and taking care of illnesses and injuries properly, our mental health can be a risk.
How many of us find ourselves being irritated, grouchy or easily angered if we don’t get a good night’s sleep? If we don’t rest over a period of days depression can set in and all the negative im-pact of the depressed physi-ological state come into play.
Second, our social world effects our mental health. Usually the more isolated we are from people and hu-man interaction, the worse our mental health will be. We were created to be in com-munity. People need people.
Third, and similarly, friends, family, associates, intimate relationships and spiritual brothers and sisters usually have a positive bear-ing upon our mental health. Those that can give us posi-tive reinforcement for our per-sonhood are very important. If we feel no one knows or cares about us, we usually re-spond emotionally with pain.
Fourth, our psychological mindset, or how we think about ourselves, is important to good mental health. We need a degree of self-esteem. Positive personal worth and value benefit our sense of purpose and meaning. We are capable of loving, receiv-ing love and passing love to those who have no one in their lives to help them have hope. Having hope is one of the most important antidotes for depression.
Fifth, the spiritual di-mension is so important for good mental health. It’s not just about going to church or repeating rituals. Spiri-tual health is centered in a relationship with our Cre-ator. He longs to be united with us. He gives us only good things as a way of showing us His love for us.
When we can grasp the
unique relationship of our spirits with His and cen-ter our emotional strength upon His guidance, sup-port and promises, our men-tal health can weather any emotional storm. He of-fers us peace. Good mental health is a mind at peace.
These are just a few ideas about having overall good mental health. Some are de-pendent upon your physical actions. Others are dependent upon your mental actions. Some are dependent upon the actions of others along-side yours. Some are de-pendent upon your faith and spiritual choices and actions.
Good mental health is multifaceted. If I can assist you in any way in your quest for good mental health, let me know and “Let’s Talk.”
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Bush pursues ministry and music at HPU
Kaitlyn Bush has long had a connection to How-ard Payne. The HPU senior, majoring in practical theol-ogy and minoring in mu-sic, said living just a few miles outside of Brown-wood meant the univer-sity was a familiar feature throughout her early years.
She said her youth pastors, HPU alumni Dustin Wright and Seth Pitman, brought their students to the Baptist General Convention of Tex-as’s discipleship camp Super Summer at HPU. These trips were some of her early ex-periences at the university.
“While at Super Summer, I got to meet members of the Christian studies department who were helping,” Bush said. “It seemed like a really encouraging atmosphere.”
This encouraging atmo-sphere and the closeness of the HPU community, found in the relationships of facul-ty, staff and students, is a key part of what makes the uni-versity special in Bush’s eyes.
“I feel like everyone cares about everyone,” she said. “Where else are you going to see that?”
Bush has found the School of Christian Studies to be full of great people with mean-ingful experiences. The fac-ulty’s familiarity with a va-riety of ministries imparts a unique value to the education that they offer their students.
“What our Christian stud-ies faculty are teaching us is important on its own, but also a lot of it comes from their personal experiences,” she
said. “What they have ex-perienced is not going to be very different from what we are going through or will go through as ministers, so their knowledge is very helpful.”
When she first came to HPU, Bush knew God was leading her to pursue a life serving in music ministry.
“I came to HPU to become equipped for music ministry and decided I wanted to fo-cus on the ministry aspect of this and study toward a major in the Christian Stud-ies department,” she said. “However, because music is a part of my calling and also a passion of mine, I chose to minor in music.”
Bush is active in the HPU music department in addition to pursuing a life of ministry. In the fall, she plays the mel-lophone and marching horn while also serving as a drum major. During the spring concert season, she plays in HPU’s Symphonic Band.
Music has played a sig-nificant role in her life. While in high school, Bush said she benefitted from her participation in her high school’s band. In addition to spurring personal growth, music brings her enjoy-ment even when practicing.
“In music, there are com-positions from great com-posers who express feeling through music,” said Bush. “Knowing this and getting to play that expression is meaningful, especially when the expression aligns with your life and experience.”
Thanks to the faculty of HPU’s music department, she has been able to follow God’s leading in an atmo-sphere conducive to learning about a subject she loves.
“The professors in the mu-
sic department are so talent-ed and knowledgeable,” said Bush. “They care about our lives, not just about what we are playing, but what is go-ing on in our personal lives.”
As she nears the final year of her time at HPU, Bush reflected on what the uni-versity has meant to her life.
“Hopefully when you leave these walls you are a reflection of what you are learning and a reflec-tion of the God you serve,” she said. “The person I was when first arriving on cam-pus two years ago is dif-ferent than the person I am now. I am definitely shap-ing and forming as a per-son and it’s because of the people pouring into my life.”
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Courtesy PhotoKaitlyn Bush is a HPU senior majoring in practical theology and minoring in music.
Courtesy PhotoKaitlyn Bush (right) in the HPU Symphonic Band.
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A 9/11 Memorial Flag Garden was set up underneath the Bell Towers from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2018, the 17th
anniversary of the terror attacks on the United States.
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Encounter WeekSaleim Kahleh and the Clay
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The following is an ex-cerpt from FOR HOWARD PAYNE MY ALL: 125 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND SERVICE 1889-2015, AN ENCYLCOPEDIA, by Dr. Robert G. Mangrum.
Several charters of incorporation have been filed on behalf of Howard Payne University. The first charter to be filed with the Secretary of State in Austin was a hand-written document that was presented to the appropriate authorities on July 23, 1891. According to this date, it would appear the college op-erated the first two years with-out a charter. The secretary of the Trustees, Judge John W. Goodwin, wrote this charter.
Amongst the various sec-tions, one finds the original
stated purposes of the corpo-ration: “own, build and en-dow a college for the higher education and co-education of males and females, together with such inferior departments of education as the Board of Trustees shall establish.”
The seal of the university was to consist of a star with five points and the words Howard Payne College, Brownwood located in the margin and the word Texas in letters between the points of the star. Collegiate de-grees would be conferred in arts, sciences, and divinity. The first charter was to ex-tend for a period of 50 years.
HPC joined the Texas Sys-tem of Correlated Schools in 1897. At that time the Pe-can Valley Baptist Associa-tion surrendered its right to the BGCT to appoint the 13 trustees and, after 1901, when the class of 1898 had finished their degree courses, no further degrees were to be granted as a senior college.
It appears, from the records,
that the 1891 charter was not changed to reflect these changes until Nov. 25, 1912. Amongst those changes: “ the corporation through the Trust-ees shall elect and maintain a faculty for giving instruc-tion through the sophomore year of the recognized college course and preparation for the junior year of the regular four year college course, but would not ‘at any time’ confer any of the college degrees.”
In 1914 HPC was restored to the senior college level by the BGCT with the req-uisite amendments to the charter “to again provide the ordinary branches of study through the full senior year of the recognized college course, both in the liberal and fine arts, and shall confer de-grees pertaining to the same.”
Until Dr. Godbold be-came president in 1923, most of the13 trustees lived in Brownwood. As a result, the college was considered a Brown County institution and many people throughout
the state even believed HPC was still a junior college. To correct this false impression, Godbold twice asked the BGCT to enlarge the num-ber of members on the board of trustees to include people from throughout the state.
In 1932, a new charter was filed to reflect this increase in board members. In 1934, an-other charter was filed with an amendment restricting the board from borrowing any money nor incurring any in-debtedness that could not be repaid from current funds of the college. The board could not issue bonds or mort-gage property. This seemed a wise and proper thing to do during the Great Depres-sion but after World War II, the college found that this prevented the acquisition of new property and the enlarge-ment of the physical plant.
In 1945, the Homes and Housing Finance Authority began lending money to col-leges to build dorms. In order for HPC to take advantage of
this opportunity, the charter had to be amended again before the school could obtain a loan to build Veda Hodge Dorm.
Now, President Taylor had been operating under the il-lusion that each amended charter mentioned above had been a “new” charter that had extended the corporation’s life 50 years each time a new one had been filed in Aus-tin. Even the IRS had agreed with that interpretation.
However, the Secretary of State suddenly ruled that the HPC charter had expired on July 23, 1941 and had not been renewed. The college imme-diately filed a new charter that was recorded on Jan. 16, 1953. This charter was to date from July 1941 to July 1991.
Since 1953, the college has filed amendments to that charter in 1961, 1967, 1978 and 1985. In 1995, a revised charter was filed to replace the charter that had expired in 1991. The lat-est charter extends the life of the college to perpetuity.
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Educator Preparation ProgramOct. 1 is your paperwork deadline!
The School of Education is accepting applications to the Educator Preparation Program for those students who want to teach/coach/be a band director, etc. after graduation.
To do so, you must be certified, completing a preparation program. It is much easier to do while you are completing your degree than it is to graduate and then complete the
requirements.If you are completing at least 30 cumulative hours this semester, you need to complete
Phase 1 paperwork and set up an interview.If you are completing at least 45 cumulative hours and want to teach Elementary, you
need to complete Phase 2 paperwork.If you are completing at least 60 cumulative hours and want to teach/coach/direct
grades 6-12, you need to complete Phase 2 paperwork. If you are completing all of your coursework by the end of the semester and are ready to
Clinical Teach, you need to complete Clinical Teaching paperwork.Complete this paperwork in Office 106 in the School of Education Suite in Newman Hall.
If you have questions, contact us at 325-649-8144. The deadline for completion of all paperwork is Oct. 1.
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The Howard Payne women’s soc-cer team opened American South-west Conference play Saturday by tying the Ozarks Eagles 0-0 in double-overtime as Lady Jack-ets’ goal keeper Delaney Castor recorded a career-high 15 saves.
Playing all 110 minutes of the match at Citizens National Bank Soccer Field, Castor faced 26 shots, saving 15.
“To see the stat sheet after the game and see that I made 15 saves was in-spiring to me,” Castor said. “I’m just a freshman. Right now, it’s all a learning experience. I know there is still so much more for me to learn and so much room for me to grow. I’m excited to see what this team can accomplish together in the future.”
Kaitlyn Harrison led the Lady Jackets’ offense with four shots and three shots on goal. While more than half of the 18 Lady Jackets who en-tered the match recorded at least one attempted shot, seven recorded
a shot on goal. The Eagles led in shots, 26-20, and in corner kicks, 7-6.
With the tie, HPU is now 0-4-1 overall and 0-0-1 in the ASC. The Lady Jackets travel to Missis-sippi to play Belhaven at 5 p.m. Thursday. HPU also plays at Loui-siana College at 2 p.m. Saturday.
“Next week having two games on the road is going to be a little tough, but
they’re both teams that we feel re-ally good about those matchups. We feel like we can go in and come back home with two victories,” HPU wom-en’s coach Brandon Badgeley said.
In a nonconference last Thursday, the Lady Jackets fell to UT Tyler 3-0.
Yancy Flores
staff Writer
HPU SPORTS UPDATEFootball
Record: 1-1, 1-0 in ASC
Sept. 8: George Fox 35, HPU 3Sept. 15: HPU 37, McMurry 31Sept. 22: HPU at HSU, 1 p.m.Sept. 29: Belhaven at HPU, 1 p.m.
VolleyballRecord: 2-5, 1-1 in ASC
Sept. 7: LeTourneau 3, HPU 0Sept. 7: ETBU 3, HPU 0Sept. 8: Linfield 3, HPU 1Sept. 8: HPU 3, Paul Quinn 2Sept. 11: HPU 3, Sul Ross 0Sept. 14: HSU 3, HPU 0Sept. 18: McMurry at HPU, 7 p.m.ASC Crossover at Belton:Sept. 21: HPU vs. Louisiana Coll., 11 a.m.Sept. 22: HPU vs. UT Dallas, 10 a.m.Sept. 22: HPU vs. Belhaven, 4 p.m.Austin College Tri-Match:Sept. 25: HPU vs. Ouachita Bapt., 5 p.m.Sept. 25: HPU vs. Austin Coll., 7 p.m.Sept. 28: HPU at UMHB, 6 p.m.Sept. 29: HPU at Concordia, 2 p.m.Oct. 2: Sul Ross at HPU, 5 p.m.
Men’s SoccerRecord: 2-2, 1-0 in ASC
Sept. 7: HPU 2, Hendrix 1Sept. 13: UT Tyler 3, HPU 0Sept. 15: HPU 2, Ozarks 1Sept. 20: HPU at Belhaven, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 22: HPU at Louisiana Coll., 4:30 p.m.Sept. 29: UT Dallas at HPU, 4:30 p.m.
Women’s SoccerRecord: 0-4-1, 0-0-1 in ASC
Sept. 8: Univ. of Dallas 4, HPU 1Sept. 10: Hendrix 4, HPU 0Sept. 13: UT Tyler 3, HPU 0Sept. 15: HPU 0, Ozarks 0 (2OT)Sept. 20: HPU at Belhaven, 5 p.m.Sept. 22: HPU at Louisiana Coll., 2 p.m.Sept. 29: UT Dallas at HPU, 2
Jackets rally to win ASC soccer openerYancy Flores
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Howard Payne’s Michael Wester-man and Ricardo Pierce each scored a second-half goal as the Yellow Jack-ets’ soccer team won its American Southwest Conference opener 2-1 over the Ozarks Eagles on Saturday.
HPU improved to 2-2-0 over-all and 1-0-0 in the ASC. The Yel-low Jackets hit the road Thursday for a 7:30 p.m. match at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississip-pi. HPU also will play at Louisi-ana College at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Ozarks scored first Saturday at Citizens National Bank Soccer Field, finding the goal in the first
minute. The Jackets held off the Eagles in a suspenseful fight, with both teams totaling 17 fouls, in-cluding four on HPU. The first half ended with Ozarks leading 1-0.
The Jackets gained the control of the game in the second half when Westerman was fouled in the box and scored on a penalty kick in the 62nd minute to tie the score 1-1. Westerman led the team through-out the game, with five total shots.
Pierce scored the win-ning goal in the 68th minute on an assist from Collin Salyers.
“Scoring the winning goal as a freshman was definitely a wonder-ful experience for me personally. Although I was the one who scored the winning goal, it’s a team effort as always,” Pierce said. “As I’ve
always said, when I score, we all score. We are a team and a family. We win together and lose together, and I’m definitely excited to keep on winning and pushing forward.”
“They are a great bunch of lads who showed great character in be-ing able to come back from being down at the half,” said HPU gradu-ate assistant coach Caolan O’Gorman
The Yellow Jackets led the match in corner kicks 4-2, and tied with the Eagles in to-tal shots 17-17 and in saves 3-3.
In last Thursday’s nonconference match, the Jackets fell to UT Tyler 3-0.
Photo by Genesis ArreolaHPU Defender Kira Teel (18) in action against UT Tyler last week.
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The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets claimed their first home football victory since 2015 with a 37-31 win over the Mc-Murry University Warhawks in double-overtime Saturday at Gordon Wood Stadium.
Though kickoff was at 7 p.m., a two-hour lightning delay with 4:25 left in the second quarter and two over-times meant the game ended early Sunday morning about 20 minutes after midnight. A 22-yard touchdown pass from HPU junior quarterback Gage McClanahan to freshman wide receiver Thomas Wil-liams in the second overtime won the game for the Jackets.
After leads were traded early and McMurry looked to be completing a comeback, the win was example of the Yellow Jackets resilience, according to second-year head coach Braxton Harris.
“Really proud of our kids, how they never gave up. There were moments where we lost some momentum and McMurry gained some back and we kept going to be able to come back,” Har-ris said of his second win at HPU. “That’s what we talked about having grit all week and we did today – that’s why we won the football game.”
The Jackets forced overtime after sophomore defensive end Brady Wade blocked the War-hawks’ game-winning field-goal attempt with two seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.
“It’s up to my tackles to blow through that, so they did all the work for me, I just put my hands up,” said Wade.
After winning the toss, HPU elected to have the ball first at the start of overtime. Two
plays into overtime, the Yellow Jackets scored on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Mc-Clanahan to sophomore wide receiver Jordan Bryant. The Warhawks answered to force a second overtime with a 9-yard touchdown from backup quar-terback Kevin Hurley, Jr., to wide receiver Trevion Harris.
The Warhawks got the ball to start the second overtime and was subsequently held without a first down by the Yellow Jackets defense. A fake field-goal attempt by the Warhawks was also stopped by the Jackets to give the HPU offense the ball and set the
stage for the McClanahan-to-Williams winning touchdown.
The Jackets entered the light-ning delay with a 14-10 lead thanks to a 58-yard touchdown pass from McClanahan to re-ceiver Duntay Gross immedi-ately before play was halted.
HPU exited the break con-tinuing their momentum from their previous scoring drive of the second quar-ter before the stoppage.
At the conclusion of the de-lay, shortly after 10:15 p.m., HPU kicked off to the War-hawks and promptly forced a three-and-out. Starting on the McMurry 46-yardline, the
Jackets put together a scor-ing drive, concluding with 15-yard touchdown pass from McClanahan to Wil-liams with 32 seconds re-maining in the second quarter.
McMurray answered with 7:18 left in the third quarter on a 46-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Xavier Alex-ander to wide receiver Spen-cer Knox to narrow HPU’s lead to 21-17. The Yellow Jackets went up 24-17 with a 39-yard Christian Gonza-lez field-goal at 11:36 in the fourth quarter. An 80-yard touchdown pass from War-hawks quarterback Alexander to wide receiver Knox tied the game up with 10:22 re-maining in the fourth quarter.
McMurry’s Alexander exited the game late in the fourth quarter due to injury and was replaced by Hurley, finishing the game with 339
yards passing, three touch-downs and two interceptions.
HPU senior defensive line-man Collin Wright was rec-ognized over the weekend as the American Southwest Conference Defensive Play-er of the Week after posting 11 tackles, 3.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks against McMurry.
HPU junior quarterback Gage McClanahan finished his second start as a Yellow Jacket 16-of-32 for 265 yards passing, four touchdowns and an interception, along with a rushing touchdown. Sopho-more Kaidrion Latson led HPU in rushing with 139 yards on 26 carries. Junior Duntay-viun Gross led HPU in receiv-ing with five receptions for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Photos by Audrey BinionHPU running back Kaidrion Latson (5) gains yardage against McMurry on Saturday at Gordon Wood Stadium.
Collin Wright (left) and Aaron Alderete combine to stop the Mc-Murry quarterback during Saturday’s home-opening football game. Wright was named the American Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week after making 11 tackles.
