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LIFE

Judge Wendell Griffen encourages students to know their rights STORY BY CARMIN WILLS — PHOTOS BY MOE SKINNER

What is viewed as the most im-portant document in the history of the United States? This document protects people from each other and provides citizens protection from the government. It affects every citizen, everyday of their lives, and outlines the rights citizens have in this coun-try. This is of course the U.S. Consti-tution. “We the people,” have been protected and guided by the Consti-tution since the late 1700’s.

Thursday Sept. 24, was the twelfth annual Constitution day for this campus. Formally known as citizen-ship day, in 2004, Senator Robert Byrd, of W. Va., successfully pushed for legislation that makes Sept. 17, Constitution Day. Every school that receives any type of federal funding is mandated around this day to teach students about the U.S. Constitu-tion. Although constitution day is set for Sept. 17, the honorable Judge Wendell Griffen could not make it to campus until Thursday.

John Graves, professor of Amer-ican history, recommended Griffen as speaker for this year’s Constitution day event.

“I know the guy is brilliant,” Graves said.

Larry Monette, associate professor of political science and chair, said Griffen is a prominent jurist in Ar.

“He has national respect,” Mon-ette said.

An estimated 450 people filled Arkansas Hall to hear Griffen speak about the Constitution. Griffen is a trial judge for the fifth division of the sixth circuit in the Ark. Judiciary. He is also a preacher for the New Millennium Church in Little Rock. President Glen Jones took the stage to introduce Griffen.

“Champion for the poor, cham-pion for the oppressed, champion for civil rights and a champion for equality,” Jones said. “He is one of the most respected people in our state, mainly because of the principle stances he is willing to take.”

Griffen has ties to Henderson. He is an alumnus. He also has paternal aunts and uncles that are alumni.

“In 1968, which must seem like the year before the flood to some of you, I was a very very young summer student on this campus,” Griffen said.

As he spoke, he pointed out to students how the Constitution shapes and sets the stage for most of our living. How society enjoys the ability to have conversations about different views. This is made possible by the Constitution. The ability to think and live differently is one of the many advantages of having a Constitution.

Griffen then asked about some of the headline stories in the news lately. The Black lives matters movement, Planned Parenthood and Kim Davis, the Ky. county clerk that was recent-ly jailed for refusing to issue mar-riage licenses, and then released. He pointed out that all of these issues have something in common. Each of these issues involves rights guaran-teed by the Constitution.

“All too often we get caught up in the personalities, without understand-ing the principles,” Griffen said.

He encourages students to not just believe what the news says about issues but to take that information and investigate it. Learn more about the matters. The U.S. Constitution is there to protect our freedoms, beliefs and rights by law.

“Read the Constitution, un-derstand it and live its freedoms,” Griffen said.

After his speech he answered questions from the students. Ques-tions asked were, topics such as gun control, same sex marriage and religion in which he answered using amendments from the Constitution.

Alexis Dixsen, sophomore psy-chology major, stepped up to the microphones that were set up to ask her question.

“Do you feel that the black lives

matter movement can be as effective as the civil rights movement for this generation?”

Griffen said the simple answer is yes. Then he elaborated on the ques-tion by stating that the civil rights movement of the 50’s and 60’s was a movement of young people. The young people of the movement are in good tradition.

“Movements often times are driv-en by the energies of young and the wisdom of the elders,” Griffen said.

“What we need are young people that have the passion, who have a physical capacity to put their bod-ies in the street and to do the stuff right.”

Dixsen enjoyed listening to Griffen she said he was a wonderful speaker. She hopes he comes back to speak again.

“Informed a lot of people on the issues that we as a generation face today,” Dixsen said.

Graves also thought he Griffen did a great job of informing students of the Constitution.

“Fabulous event, spoke with clarity and precision,” Graves said.

Griffen encourages all students to read the constitution.

“Understand it and live its free-doms,” Griffen said.

LIBERTYLEGACY OFFICERS OF THE LAW — Judge Wendell Griffen and Johnny Campbell

Chief of campus police pose for pictures after the book signing.

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THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION

Saturday was a fair, hot day with wispy clouds and a temperature of 85 degrees when Military Appreciation Day kicked off alongside Family Day in front of Wells gym.

The day was made possible through collabora-tion of the alumni, athletics, student services and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps departments.

While the two events were exclusive they ended up meshing together and turning into a joint event for the whole community.

Military Appreciation Day was built around the Vietnam veterans’ memorial scholarship and an alumni presence, who showed up in impressive numbers.

Family day, on the other hand, consisted of alumni and the families of students and faculty.

Of course, this day would not have been possi-ble without the leadership of each department and their cooperation.

Heading the events of Military Appreciation Day was Capt. Correy Retzloff, instructor and recruiter of ROTC. He put his best foot forward and took care of business by getting the word out and gathering a group of veterans, alumni and JROTC students from nine different high schools (Malvern, Beebe, Arkadelphia, Dardanelle, Hot Springs, Camden, Alma, Jacksonville and Hope). The JROTC students marched during the game in honor of our veterans.

“Henderson has one of the top ROTC pro-grams in the state,” Capt. Retzloff said.

Possibly the top in the country, considering 3 of the top 5 cadets on the Order of Merit List (OML) are in this program. He was able to get 1-star brigadier Gen. Bud R. Jameson Jr. of Sher-wood for the coin toss at the football game that afternoon.

“The success of this program is based on the support of the alumni and the efforts of the ca-dets,” said Capt. Retzloff.

Other organizations that showed up were the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Veterans’ associa-

tion and the American Legion and the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial scholarship committee.

The committee awarded Cadet De’Andre Bella-my, sophomore criminal justice major, the ROTC graduate Vietnam memorial scholarship. In honor of the nine ROTC graduates from Henderson, 2nd Lt. Bob Nolen, 1st Lt. Harry Godwin, Capt. Chester Lee, 1st Lt. Thomas Hoover, 1st Lt. Kyle Addair, Capt. Jerry White, 1st Lt. Donald Kingery, 1st Lt. Joseph Poe and 1st Lt. Dexte Florence, who gave their lives for their country in Vietnam.

Cadet Bellamy is originally from De Ridder, La. He received the $1,500 award because of his war-rior ethos, a set of unique traits, which includes perseverance, commitment, professionalism, disci-pline and pride.

“It feels great and it is an honor to be present-ed with this prestigious award and I would like to thank everyone who has supported me,” said Bellamy.

This was only the second year Henderson has had a Military Appreciation Day.

Apart from the influx of alumni and veter-an support it is a huge recruitment opportunity not only for the military but for Henderson as well. The man who assisted Capt. Retzloff, Paul Hankins, started Military Appreciation Day last year. Hankins is the alumni coordinator at Hender-son and former vice president of student services.

Chad Fielding, assistant vice president of student affairs, set up Family Day and brought the student body and faculty together.

Fielding was able to secure activities for the families of both the faculty and staff, as well as the JROTC cadets that arrived for the Military Appre-ciation Day.

Activities included a zip line, bull riding, laser tag, jousting and Build-a-Bear booth. He was also able to get Aramark out to serve lunch for every-one in attendance. Fielding plans to get a larger turnout every year.

Frank Keenan, assistant athletic director for

external affairs, was able to seamlessly blend these two events into this weekend’s football game. Keenan wanted to get the community involved and showcase the school.

“The goal is to have some type of draw and activity for every home game, and to really try to format the events to the community,” Keenan said.

ATTENTION — In memory of graduates killed in Vietnam

Military Appreciation Day and Memorial Scholarship Awards CeremonySTORY BY DOMINICK CELLA — PHOTOS BY KRISTINE MOORE

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Red, blue, yellow and green – those are the colors produced by the light system at this year’s freshmen Greek show.

From the balcony to the walls, students, alumni, sororities and fraternities alike gath-ered for the annual freshman Greek step-show in Arkansas Hall on Thursday evening.

The show began with a medley of urban hip-hop songs to get the crowd going. Then the Omega Psi Phi fraternity “stepped” down the aisle. The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity lined the wall and did their standard chant.

Tiffany Templeton, a sister of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, hosted this year’s show. Templeton was co-hosted with Gary Smit, a brother of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity inc.

The Zeta Phi Beta sorority was the first to take the stage. They were dressed in blue shirts and blue luminescent wrist bands – even their shoes were blue.

“I know they were the first to step for the main event tonight,” Patrick Farrow, freshman business management major said, “but I think

it is already going to be my favorite acts of the night to be honest.”

In between step performances Kaylee Gra-ham, junior accounting major, decided to ac-cept the challenge to “Hit The Quan”, a new urban dance craze.

Rickey Miller, senior mass media major and member of Alpha Phi Alpha, also participated and even took a selfie while showing off his dance moves.

Next up were the brothers of Phi Beta Sig-ma. The crowd responded in an uproar as the fraternity began to stepping.

“They were dressed like they were about to go to prom or maybe like those male waiters that bring your food to you” Antoinette John-son, freshman pre-pharmacy major, said. “Ei-ther way, they were cute.”

Alpha Phi Alpha was next up to preform. They wore black and gold shirts, black shorts and black combat boots. All you could hear were whistles, yelling and cheering. They even brought in some of the “old heads” as they

called them to assist in the step. “With all those whistles blowing and all

of that stomping they were doing, you could very well tell that they were the Alphas,” Malik Thrower, freshman undecided, said,

Before the next sorority or fraternity could take the stage, they had a “small” battle of the sexes showdown.

Soon after, the beat dropped to another song and the fraternities and sororities all began to stroll in unison respectively with their own fra-ternaties and sororities.

The sisters of Delta Sigma Theta were up next. They were dressed in denim jean short and a black, white and red shirt with the delta symbol on the front.

“The Deltas killed it. Like absolutely. Enough said,” said Johnson.

The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity gave the crowd a small sample of their skills and the Omega Psi Phi fraternity followed after.

NPHC Greeks have a step show for the freshmenSTORY BY JAE-KUR LOCKHART — PHOTO BY KRISTINE MOORE

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ZZZZZZ PHHIIII — The ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Poses during one of their transitions on stage.

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Students enjoy two favorite pass times combined in oneSTORY BY DEE MCKISSICK — PHOTO BY DYLAN MCNIEL

To encourage good and fun social interaction, residence life chose this semester’s big activity to be slip-n-slide kickball. Teams came to-gether to play hard, win prizes and most of all have fun.

Slip-n-slide Kickball is a game that has become very popular through social media. It is used to get people interact with each other and have fun. It is also a good way to cool down on a hot day.

A victory and the grand prize went to the team Dippin’ Dots. The lay out for the game was set up on the quad. Three small in-

flatable pools made up the traditional bases. A slightly larger inflatable pool was home. The runway between bases was clear pre-moistened tarp. And to make the game extra difficult the tarp was coated with baby oil and soap.

The rules were the same as kickball, three outs and the teams switched from outfield to kicking. If the ball was caught or the kicker was tagged with the ball then that player was out. The kicker who was running to a base must have at least one body part in the pool for it to count as being safe.

Katelyn Blanas and Ricki Rebollar, residence life area coordinators put together this fun event. Prizes totaling $150 were donated to the event from the Reddie Bookstore. The Dunn recreational center also donated red rubber balls for this event.

Teams were made up of eight to ten players. Each player had to be at least 18 years old and sign a waiver to participate. Blanas and Rebol-lar took precautions just in case someone was hurt.

Teams that participated were Reddie and Willing, Dippin’ Dots, Dryer Sheets, Buts Tough, Zebra Stripped Penguins, and Team Hobbs. One of the first teams to Play was team Dippin’ Dots. Larry-Curtis Wyatt Wilson was one of the players who had fun despite the difficulty of the game.

“I had fun, the hardest part was running on the tarps because of the baby oil,” Wilson said.

Other players experienced the same difficulties that Wilson had.Christopher Hayes and his team Dryer sheets were among those

with nervous thought. “I’m nervous because I might fall and bust something’” Hayes said.

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YOU BE THE JUDGE — Students slide into “home plate.”

IN THEWATER

SEPT 28, 2015

Basketball isn’t just a sport for Dulincia Keener, senior sports management major, but a way of life. Born and raised in Texarkana, Ark., Keener is cur-rently No. 15 for the Reddie women’s basketball team and plays both post and guard position.

Keener started playing basketball at only 3-years-old. She was coached by her dad, Herschel Keener, at a local Boys and Girls Club, but she was too young to play on the teams there but she would always beg her dad to let her play, she would even cry when he wouldn’t let her.

“I would only play for two minutes a game,” Keener said.“And I was satisfied with just running up and down the floor with the other kids.”

Her love for basketball started when she was a little girl, because it’s what she grew up around. She watched her dad coach at the Boys and Girls Club all the time. Keener said she’s a huge daddy’s girl and worked hard to prove to him that she was serious about the sport.

Her father said that he had coached her since the age of three, and she would often try to walk on the court during the older kid’s games.

“As her coach and parent, it has been amaz-

ing coaching her and watching her grow with the sport,” Herschel said. “She has truly done amazing things on and off the court.”

When she was seven, she was finally old enough to play. Her dad saw that she was truly serious about the sport and decided to put together an AAU basketball team. They traveled to Louisana and Texas to compete in tournaments against other girls.

When she got to Arkansas High School her team brought home two conference champion-ships. She lettered all four years and was also a three-time all-conference selection, with the nick-name “The Beast” by her teammates.

“We have a lot of new faces but with great talent,” Keener said.

Keener said she has a bigger role to play this year, because of her experience, but she said she’s more than ready to take on the challenge. Keener said the coaching staff has done a great job pre-paring them for this the upcoming year.

Jill Thomas, head women’s basketball coach, is very proud of Keener and how far she has come. Thomas also said she has always believed that Keener is one of the best post players in their league. Thomas is excited for Keener’s senior season and everything she will accomplish along the way.

“Dulincia is working harder than ever and has been a tremendous leader for her team,” Thomas said.

Women’s basketball games are changing this year and games will now be playedx in 4 quarters instead of 2 20-minute halves. Keener said the coaching staff has prepared their bodies both physically and mentally for the season ahead.

“I am a senior on the court and in the class-room, “Keener said.

She is majoring in sports management. Af-ter she graduates she plans to get her masters

in sports administration. After she gets all her degrees out of the way, she says the final goal is to become a head women’s basketball coach for a university at a Division II level school.

“I want to help young women move forward with their lives and become stronger women,” Keener said. “I also want to show them that it is not all about playing the game, but it’s about what you accomplish on and off the floor.”

It’s nothing but net for senior Dulinicia KeenerSTORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN MCNIEL

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FREE THROW — Stand tall, talk small, play ball.

IN IT TO WIN IT — Preparation for the coming season has Keener fired up.

HUSTLE AND HEART

As the people from the community gathered in Arkansas Hall on Tuesday evening, most had a small piece of history tucked safely under their arms. The eve drew close to 7 p.m. when Talisha Givan, assistant professor curric-ulum and instruction, took to the stage and called upon the crowd to silence their cell phones for the event of a lifetime.

As Givan introduced the guests for the evening, she read reviews of their work from President Bill Clinton and others. As Givan got closer to an-nouncing the names of the guests for the evening, the crowd began to clap together and stand as one.

As Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, co-author and Nate Powell, illustrator, creators of the graphic novels, “March,” came from behind the curtains, the crowd continued to stand, honoring them as they walked across the stage.

Lewis started the night with accounts of growing up as the son of a sharecropper near Troy, Ala. Lewis, now in his 70s, spoke about caring for his chickens —his congregation he preached to as a small child— his passion for school and speaking alongside his friend, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lewis grew up in the heart of segregation. He saw signs that read: white men, colored men, white women, colored women, white waiting and colored waiting. After coming home from the movies one day, Lewis asked his family why all the black children had to go upstairs to the balcony. They answered: That’s the way it is, don’t get in the way and don’t get into trouble. Lewis was inspired by the actions from Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Little Rock Nine.

“They inspired me to find a way to get in the way,” Lewis said. “I got in the way and I got in trouble…good trouble…necessary trouble.”

Adyin followed Lewis’ speech and shared the story of the creation of “March.” Aydin was serving as the congressman’s press secretary in the summer of hope and change as President Barack Obama was sweeping the democratic primaries. As Lewis’ campaign was winding down, they had a dis-cussion on what their plans were for afterwards. Some said they were going to beach, others to their parents—Aydin admitted he was going to a comic book convention. Almost all laughed at him, all but Lewis.

Aydin described hearing a deep voice coming from the back of the room. “Don’t laugh,” Lewis said. “There was a comic book during the civil rights

movement.”Aydin described the moment as being incredibly influential and life changing. Lewis told them about the comic, “Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story.” It was a 16-page comic book published in 1957 by the Fellowship of the Reconciliation organization. Aydin did his graduate thesis on the comic book and learned that King had edited the comic. While doing his research, Aydin read letters written during the creation of the comic and found one King had written in Sept.1957.

“I’ve read the script, and I have a few suggestions.” Aydin quoted from King’s letter.

Aydin was tortured by the concept that King, who was about to enter the civil rights movement a month after the birth of his first child, sat down and read over a comic book script.

“It changed my perception of the man completely,” Aydin said.The 10-cent comic was published with King’s edits and was distributed

throughout the South with more than 250,000 copies printed. It was used by

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An in-depth look into why MARCH, the trilogy, was necessary STORY AND PHOTOS BY MOE SKINNER

DEEP DISCUSSION — Authors of the graphic novel MARCH, take time to answer questions from the audience.

SIGNING COPIES — John Lewis and fellow authors autograph copies of MARCH for the audience.

SEPT 28, 2015 9 NEWS VIEWS SPA CITY HUMOR SPORTSthe F.O.R. to inspire some of the earliest acts of civil disobedience. After listening to Lewis talk about the role the comic played, Aydin had a question for him.

“John Lewis, why don’t you write a comic book?” Aydin asked. “I was 24 years old and I was young enough to not know any better.”

Lewis replied with a maybe. In the last few weeks of Lewis’ campaign, they were struggling with some questions: How do we reach young people and teach them how to use non-violence, the importance of voting and their history?

“I was there with one answer,” Aydin said, “Write a comic book.” Lewis finally said, let’s do it but only if you write it with me. “That was the moment the rest of my life changed,” Aydin said.Almost seven years later, “March: Book Two” sits on the shelves alongside

“March: Book One.”

Powell, the illustrator for the book, was the last to speak before the open Q&A. Powell, a native to Ark., was born in 1978. As a kid with parents who grew up in white, moderate, liberal, middle-class environment at the end of Jim Crow laws, Powell learned a basic working knowledge of the civil rights movement. It wasn’t until he started getting responses back from Book One that he realized how much he took for granted that other kids, like him as a child, were just exposed to a small amount of information on the civil rights movement.

“A lot of the stories and history I received from my family would always be kind of peppered or punctuated with, ‘but it was a different time,’” Powell said.

As a five-year-old, Powell would ask himself, what does that even mean? On a family trip headed to Anniston, Ala., they stopped in a small town and Powell witnessed a fully costumed Ku Klux Klan circle in the town square at lunchtime with a giant cross. Powell asked his parents what it was. He watched as his parents looked at each other before they tried to explain.

“That look sort of imparted the loss of their child’s window,” Powell said.Powell has been working on “March” for almost four years. He said they

are about half way through the process of creating, drawing, editing, re-work-ing, touring, scheduling and speaking.

In an earlier press conference Powell said, that he brought some new inked pages for Book Three that the three discussed prior to arriving on campus.

The trio ending the evening with a book signing for all who were willing to wait. The line stretched from in front of the bay window across from the the-ater ticket booth, down the halls, all the way back to the auditorium entrance.

“Congressman Lewis’ life of service stands as an example to us all of the best to which we ourselves aspire as members of our own community and larger society,” Steve Adkison, provost, said. “It was rare gift to have on campus.”

The graphic novels, “March,” written by Lewis, Aydin and Powell, are the Reddie Reads feature this fall at the Huie library. Lea Ann Alexander, asso-ciate librarian, wanted to thank all that were involved with coordinating this event.

ALL ONE LOVE — Erma Johnson, title, and Nate Powell, graphic novelist, embraced each other’s company during the book signing.

TICKLED — Andrew Aydin, author, laughs as someone makes a reference com-paring him to Clark Kent, AKA: Superman.

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The Warriors is one of the most inter-esting cult classic films with one of the most dedicated followings. The original actors recently got together to recreate the final scene of the film.

Watching the actors reunite was so great for me because The Warriors is one of my favorite films to this day.

The film was orginally released in 1979, but thanks to the magic of HBO forgetting to end our subscription for so long, I was able to see it.

I probably enjoy this film so much be-cause I saw it around the time I started wanting to see films that were different. As an awful teenager, I began getting tired of seeing the same thing, so The Warriors was the breathe of fresh air I wanted.

The story of the film isn’t special on paper, but everything about the movie to-gether makes it so special.

It starts with select members of The Warriors, a street gang from Coney Is-land, going to meet with the other street gangs of New York City to hear the speech of Cyrus, the leader of the biggest gang in the city.

During his speech, Cyrus is shot and killed by another gang leader and the blame is put on The Warriors. They are then forced to escape back to Coney Island as every other gang is out to kill them.

The story, along with the film in gen-eral, is so interesting for a few reasons. One reason is because the story is based on a novel by the same name, but is still quite different from the original work.

Written by Sol Yurick in 1965, The Warriors had many elements that were in-corporated into the film, but not so much that the film wasn’t unique on its own.

Another reason the story is so good is that even though it’s about street gangs, the film isn’t as violent as you would think. There are a lot of fight scenes, but they serve to advance the plot rather than

to create shock value.The focus of the plot isn’t gang mem-

bers attacking each other, it’s a group of people who consider each other family trying to escape danger together.

The various members of The War-riors gang are played by great actors who capture the characters so well.

The main character is Swan, who has a gang name so not scary that it makes you afraid of him, is an amazing leader with a very interesting philosophy on life. The other members, Ajax, Vermin and the rest are also interesting characters despite such strange names.

And I like that you never learn their real names. The most important thing about them is that they’re members of a really tough street gang so no one needs to know who they really are.

I also love the film because while it carries such a strong message, it still gets a little silly at times. One of the most well-known scenes in the film is when The Warriors fight another street gang that are just guys dressed as baseball play-ers with weird face paint.

Why was a street gang that weird in-vited to meet with the rest of the gangs?

Also, the villain in the film, Luthor, is great just because of how much the cre-ators make you hate him. Not only does he frame The Warriors for the murder he committed, not only does he aid the other gangs in finding The Warriors, but he’s also one of the most annoying asses in history.

He puts bottles on his fingers so he can make annoying sounds as he taunts the main characters, telling them to “come out to play.” I’m surpirsed the oth-er members of his gang never killed him.

David Patrick Kelly, the actor who played Luthor, should have won every award possible for his role because he did that good of a job.

And unless Cyrus was using his real

name, Luthor is the only character who goes by their actual name. What kind of person uses their real name as their gang name when no one else does?

The film is not for everyone, howev-er. When it was first released, the film did not get many good reviews and I can see why.

But the film is still worth at least one watch. There’s a good reason many peo-ple enjoy and talk about this film to this day.

It dealt with many interesting issues while having enough adult themes to make it interesting and not go too far.

This was a pretty big accomplishment for a film with such a low budget. But even with a lot of negative reviews, the film still managed to make a large profit

compared to the budget it had.Years after the film’s original release,

The Warriors continued to appear in oth-er forms of media. It had its own com-ic book adaptation and even got a pret-ty good video game which is shocking considering how bad most video games based on movies usually are.

I’m happy that after so many years, The Warriors is still getting attention. The news of the actors getting back together was very well covered.

Many websites and magazines, includ-ing Rolling Stone, covered it and the scene can be watched on Youtube.

The Warriors was, and still is, an inter-esting film that did many things different from most others. It’s definately a film ev-eryone should give a chance.

COME OUT TO PLAYOPINION BY DAX GUILLIAMS — PARODY IMAGE BY JORDAN JONES BASED ON AN IMAGE © PARAMOUNT PICTURES

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5TH ANNUAL HOT WATER HILLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

HOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGSHill Wheatley Plaza, 629 Central Ave.Friday, October 2 from 4 to 11:30 P.M. and Saturday, October 3 from noon to 11:30 P.M.$5 and free for children under 12

The Hot Water Hills Music & Arts Festival is known for a quirky mix of music, art, food, drink, contests and kids activities and is as appealing to hipsters as it is to hippies with or without kids. There is something for just about everyone to enjoy. Music continues to be the main focus of Hot Water Hills but the Art and Retro Rummage Fair with its artisans selling one-of-a-kind paintings, pottery, jewelry and more is also a major attraction along with the Art and Tinker Tent. Hot Water Hills makes it easy to enjoy a good beer, a glass of wine or a tasty assortment of food. For more information, visit hotwaterhills.com or search Facebook for Hot Water Hills Music & Arts Festival.

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FRIDAY MUSIC SCHEDULE:5 P.M. – ASMSA Folk Music Ensemble (folk)6 P.M. – Telegraph Canyon (indie rock)7:30 P.M. – Daniel Romano (alt-country)9 P.M. – Adam Faucett & The Tall Grass (Americana)10:30 P.M. – Ghost Bones (alt-rock)

SATURDAY MUSIC SCHEDULE:4:30 P.M. – The Spa City Youngbloods (blues)5:15 P.M. – Good Graeff (indie rock)6 P.M. – Christian Lee Hutson Band (indie rock)7:30 P.M. – Big Piph & Tomorrow Maybe (hip hop/funk)9 P.M. – Magnolia Sons (motown sound)10:30 P.M. – Sad Daddy (bluegrass/folk)

SATURDAY ART AND TINKER TENT SCHEDULE:Noon – Write your name in Japanese 1 P.M. – Mini (autograph/sketch/journal) books 2 P.M. – Veggie heads 4 P.M. – Tye-dye workshop (bring a shirt)5 P.M. – Face painting 6 P.M. – Upcycled instruments 7 P.M. – Cape making 8 P.M. – Yarn dolls

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MAKING A SPLASHRedwave teams hold practice swim meetSTORY BY MARIAH DELAVEGA — GRAPHIC BY JORDAN JONES

The HSU Red Wave swim team had their first intrasquad meet on Friday, Sept 25.

Even though this meet was against each other this helped the swim team prepare themselves for the season and to see where everyone is at.

The captains for the women’s and men’s team split up and picked teams so they could go against each other and try to win. There was a red team and a grey team.

The captains for the red team were Dylan Anderson, Daniel Mor-gan and Phoebe Campbell. For the grey team the captains were Camille

Leary, Peyton Frunzi, and Guy Buls.Both teams were neck and neck

for a while but the red team won. The men’s red team won by 10 points and the women’s won by 12.

The seniors were surprised by the freshman and the transfer students on their performance on Friday night.

“They all surprised us with their times,” Anderson said.

“There were some surprising fast swims on the red and grey team.

It was a really close meet on both sides,” Anderson said. “Over all, it was a great success and we were very

excited to see what this season has in store for us.”

Anderson has been at HSU for four years and has a good feeling about this upcoming season.

Anderson said that this meet re-ally helped them prepare themselves for the meets in the future and it can help them with their times.

Campbell has also been at Hen-derson for four years and she is very excited to see what this season has to offer them.

She says even though they lost a lot of seniors last year and they have a younger team this year, she feels

that they are stronger than they have ever been since she’s been at Hen-derson.

“We have an awesome group of new comers this year. They are working their tails off and they want to succeed,” Campbell said. “They didn’t treat it like a practice meet, to them every race is the real deal.”

Their next intrasquad meet is Friday Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. at the Duke Wells Center.

The Red Waves first home swim meet is Oct. 23 against OBU at the Duke Wells Center at 6 p.m.

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Lady Reddies come up short in first conference home openerSTORY BY MARIAH DELAVEGA — PHOTO BY KRISTINE MOORE

UNITY IN ADVERSITY

SERVE IT UP — Sam Gardner, freshman, starts the volley against the Lady Muleriders.

The Lady Reddie volleyball team took on Southern Arkansas Universi-ty for the Great American Conference home opener on Thursday Sept 24. The Lady Reddies fell short to SAU and lost in three sets at the Duke Wells Center.

In the first game HSU scored the first point 1-0. SAU received the ball back and scored five points in a row 1-5.

Jessie Jacoby went up for the kill and scored a point for the Lady Reddies with an set assist by Ryleigh Thompson 2-5.

SAU had a big lead on the Lady Reddies 2-9. Kaylie Pyles made a kill and a point for her team with a set assist by Thompson 3-9.

SAU kept the lead the entire first game and didn’t let the Lady Reddies catch up to them.

Southern Arkansas won the first set ended 17-25.

In the second set the Lady Reddies were behind by four points. A mistake by the other team got the Lady Red-dies a point.

HSU struggled to catch back up after SAU scoring nine points in a row 1-9.

The Lady Reddies stayed behind most of the second set with the end-ing score being 14-25.

In the beginning of the last set both teams were neck and neck. Towards the middle of the game SAU got a little bit of a lead on the Lady Reddies.

Towards the end of the game HSU was coming back and the game got close but SAU took the win from the Lady Reddies.

Pyles led the team with 9 kills, along with Violet Williams and Gabby Ginnap with 6 kills.

Brea May also led the team with 14 set assist, and Thompson with 11 set assists.

“For that particular game, our offense could have done better. We didn’t provide as many points offen-sively to win the game for us.” Jacoby, junior outside hitter said. “That’s something that we are still working on.”

Jacoby says that one of their biggest strong points is their defense. She mentioned that their Libero, Sydney Skelton is good at reading where the ball is going and not letting anything hit the ground.

“She provides the bulk of our defense and that’s what helps us stay up in games,” Jacoby, junior outside hitter said.

It is still possible for the Lady Red-dies to make it to playoffs. In order for them to make it they have to win as many conference games as they can and fight hard for the rest of the season.

Henderson State will play their next home game against Arkansas Tech University on Tuesday Spet. 29, at the Duke Wells Center with game time set for 6 p.m.

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SUITED UP FOR A SHUT OUTReddie football wins big against SWOSUSTORY BY KATIE SMITH — PHOTO BY KRISTINE MOORE

Last Saturday, the Reddies faced off against the SWOSU Bulldogs, a game in which the defense was the hero. The defensive line forced 5 turnovers on their way to victory, more than half of what they forced all season last year and 4 more than SWOSU has had in their last three games.

It was a defensive battle in the first quarter. Gary Vines, defensive back and previous GAC Player of the Week, had an interception with just under 9 minutes. However, HSU was forced to punt just three downs later after Dallas Hardison was sacked in the back field. After a long 15 minutes of back and forth game play, the score was 0-0 at the horn.

In the second quarter, Grady Ol-lison, defensive end, deflected a pass to bring up a Bulldog fourth down. On the consequent Reddie drive, Jaquan Cole ran for a 72 yard touch-down, breaking tackles along the way.

Houston Ray kicked the extra point, making the score 7-0 HSU.

Just two minutes later, Tavares Garner, defensive back, intercepted a SWOSU pass near the 50 yard line and ran it down to the 33. Later in the drive, Reddies decided to take a gamble on a fourth down and two. It paid off, as the Reddies made it to the red zone. Then Hardison com-pleted a pass to Jaquan Cole for the second touchdown of the game. Ray scored another extra point, putting HSU up 14-0.

Less than a minute passed before Lawson Schultz made the third Red-die interception off a SWOSU tipped pass. Rodney Bryson ran the ball to the 6 yard line. However, they were unable to score a touchdown. So Ray came in and kicked his first field goal of the day, pushing the Reddie lead up to 17.

Southwestern made the final drive of the half. They made it to the 10

yard line, where HSU held them after deflecting two passes. With just one second left on the clock, they called a timeout and decided to attempt a field goal. But the attempt was no good, leaving the half time score 17-0 HSU.

The third quarter started as the defensive teams battled it out.

After over 10 minutes of play, Vines intercepted another SWOSU pass, and brought it to the 34 yard line. During the drive, the Reddies lined up in a wildcat formation and snapped the ball directly to tailback, Ryan McDonald, who moved the ball to the 24. Vines’ interception turned into points as Ray kicked his second field goal. With a 1:36 left on the clock in the third, Reddies led 20-0.

On the last play of the quarter, with no time on the clock, defensive back Kenrick Burns made the fifth Reddie interception, giving them the ball to start the fourth.

HSU chewed up over 5 minutes on the drive after the interception. They converted a fourth down with another direct snap to McDonald. Ray came in for a field goal, and the Reddies capitalized off a turnover for a fourth time. 23-0 HSU.

With four minutes left in the game, Ray scored his fourth field goal, making the score 26-0.

During SWOSU’s drive, a personal foul by one of their offensive line-man pushed them to a 4 and 19. The Bulldogs, forced to punt, gave the Reddies one more chance to score, with just under 3 minutes.

Calen Peters ran for a 6 yard touchdown. Ray came out for the final time to push the score to 33-0.

SWOSU got the ball back with a little over a minute left to play and drove down the field. With 2 seconds remaining, a false start penalty took the rest of the time off the clock and clenched the Reddie win.

TACKLED — Cameron Sonnier, redshirt freshman, takes down an SWOSU receiver