Henderson State University - Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - Volume 108, Issue 16

RAVINE BLOWOUTLady Reddies beat the stripes off the Tigers P.14

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Scott McKinnon

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Illuminating the Dark Knight

Drag Ball to return this weekend

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

7COURTESY OF BRETT CULP PICTURES

PHOTO BY KRITINE MOOREGRAPHIC BY HOUSTON FRYERPHOTO BY JEFFER P. GILLMORE

Digging up gems in an indie game review11 Red Wave blows compe-

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Students have access to ten safety phones 24 hours a day, seven days a week with the blue light phone system on campus. Henderson or-dered these phones in August 2012. They were purchased to increase student safety. In March 2013, they were finally installed and operating.

“It took some time to get somebody to make a decision where they were going to go,” Tim Jones, director of purchasing, said.

The total cost was $38,310. Some phones are attached to brick walls, and some required stanchions (posts made of thick metal), so they can be free standing units, causing an increase in the total cost.

Installing the phones was the costliest part of the project, rounding out at around $29,000 for all ten phones. Connecting the phones to the telephone system and electrical sources cost around $5,800, while the phones them-selves only cost $3,510, Jones said.

So, how does this system work? It is real-ly quite simple. If someone needs help, sees a crime in progress, or has an emergency, he or she pushes the big red button and the system automatically calls 911.

The operator will stay on the line with the caller until help arrives. As soon as someone presses the emergency button, the blue light on top starts to strobe so it is more visible.

“They go to the 911 system, but our cells ring too.” Johnny Campbell, chief of campus police, said.

Each phone on campus has its own num-ber so that responders can locate the caller when help is requested. This is not the only safety measure on campus. The Rave alert still

contacts students and parents through text and email if there is inclement weather and the campus is closed or if there is a breach of se-curity and the school is locked down.

This system has been in place to ensure the safety of everyone at all hours of the day or night. All of the phones on this campus are monitored through computer and communi-cation services.

“My cell rings one or two times a month,” David Epperhart, director of computer and communication services, said.

When the campus is closed, the system calls both 911 and the campus officer that is on duty. It also calls Epperhart’s cell to assure him that the system is working properly.

These phones not only add security to campus, but they may also deter people with bad intentions. Many campuses in Arkansas have either this or a similar system.

Nobody could say how many calls have been made from these phones since they were installed or how many have been false alarms or pranks.

Since these phones all have different num-bers, it should be rather simple to determine how many calls have been made through these phones, but no campus police officials dis-closed that information.

Henderson showed that student safety is a priority by implementing systems for faster response times from campus police.

Students should remember these calls go to the 911 systems, and it is against the law to signal a false alarm.

Blue lights help ensure safety for all across campus

STORY & PHOTO BY CARMIN WILLS

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

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This year has been a new experience for students trying to find parking spots on cam-pus due to the recent construction.There are plenty of parking spots, but most aren’t what students would call convenient for getting to class. Places such as the Captain Henderson House and the International House parking tend to always have parking spots.

“I have yet to park in the Henderson House parking lot and have it to be full,” Dan Mabery, assistant vice president of student af-fairs and residence life, said.

“Before the construction began the school performed a study on parking and found that there were at least 130 open spots at the bus-iest times of the day, Chad Fielding, assistant vice president and dean of students, said.

Many students that stay in East and Stur-gis don’t have parking spots made for the res-idence halls.

“As an East hall resident we don’t have

parking spots and it’s very inconvenient,” said James Harris, sophomore business major.

The school will be paving the gravel park-ing lot on Wilson Street and removing the home on the corner to extend parking for the new residence hall, along with a new parking lot. The BCM parking lot, which is closed so it can be used for construction storage, will also reopen with the completion of the new resi-dence hall.

The new apartments that will be on the intramural fields will also have new parking spots that will not interfere with Wells parking.As of this year, the school has been on the hunt for new places to create parking on the main campus.

For now there is always one spot within five to seven minutes of walking distance to your designated location on the main campus. according to Pamela Shepard, vice president of corporate development.

NO PLACE LEFT TO PARKStudents compete for limited parking spaces on campus

STORY BY JARVIS WARREN — PHOTO BY CHRIS SHARP

TAKING SPACE—Construction materials occupy former parking spaces, forcing students to walk further

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A new club, The Reddie Rockets, is reaching for the stars.

Two students on campus have been selected by the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) to participate in building and launching high powered Rockets.

Rick McDaniel, professor and chair of physics, and Shannon Clardy, associate teach-er of physics, have created the new local chap-ter of the National Association of Rocketry.

On Thursday, Jan. 29 at 12:30 p.m., the Reddie Rockets will hold their first meeting in Reynolds, room 131.

This meeting is open to all faculty and students who may be interested in building and watching large rockets soar into the sky – these rockets will do just that.

Thursday McDaniel received pieces of two new rockets in the mail that when assem-bled, will be ready for launch.

One is a small rocket called LOC Precision HI Tech H45, and the larger one called LOC Precision Bruiser.

Once these rockets are assembled, Mc-Daniel said “they will put the Reddie symbol on it, and HSU on it.”

The group will be going to Dallas to shoot off the rockets because there is nowhere around here to safely launch them.

The Reddie Rockets will have to have spe-cial permission to launch since the rockets go so high.

“You have to have FAA approval, they will then get ahold of pilots and tell them not to fly in that area at that time,” said McDaniel.

“You can’t just launch these things any-where, because they can go up to 3,000 ft.,” McDaniel said.

Alex Riddell, junior physics major, and Jessy Green, sophomore physics major, have been selected to participate.

The students’ roles will be to design and build these rockets. Their jobs are clearly out-lined by the National Association of Rocketry (NAR).

There are many activities that the group

must complete before the Reddie Rockets are ready to be launched.

Green and Riddell will perform a literature review of the various designs of the rockets, will also perform the study of flight stability and will simulate the flight and determine the rockets design specifications.

Green will build the rocket and Riddell will build the electronics packages to measure the flight parameters and deploy the parachute. Once all this has been done, each of the stu-dents will conduct a launch at an NAR test facility for certification.

Then they will be allowed to present their findings to the Arkansas Space Grant Consor-tium.

After the students have finished these steps, both students, McDaniel and Clardy will go to the Marshall Flight Space Center in Huntsville, Ala.

These are not normal store-bought model rockets; these are high-powered and are capa-ble of attaining high altitudes.

McDaniel, as president of Reddie Rockets with the support of Clardy as advisor will su-pervise all these projects.

“This is a great way to get area students excited about science,” McDaniel said. “Our hope for this is to get students even as young as grade school involved.”

The group also plans to get students here on campus in the electronic department to build the circuit boards that power these rock-ets. The circuit boards will keep track of all the information during the flights. There are plenty of opportunities for many students to get involved with this project.

Once these rockets are launched they will be retrieved by the use of a GPS system built into the circuit boards. Where the group will be able to confirm the altitude reached against calculations and transmit the flight informa-tion for examination after the flight.

Students interested in getting involved with this group should attend the meeting Thursday at 12:30p.m. Reynolds, room 131.

New chapter of rocketry club on campus soars to new heights with maiden launchSTORY & PHOTO BY CARMIN WILLS

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

HOUSTON, WE DONT HAVE A PROBLEM — Rick McDaniel shows off the size of his rocket.

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Henderson has its fair share of quirky teachers, but one man stands out

from the rest. Travis Langley is not only a pro-fessor of psychology but is also a master of Batman. Langley’s fascination with this hero has resulted in him being featured in a Netflix documentary, “Legends of the Knight.”

Director Brett Culp traveled to Arkadel-phia to interview Langley here on campus. Through social media Culp discovered that Langley teaches a course called “Batman.”

Throughout the course, Langley takes the psychological phenomena he observes in Bat-man’s world, and weaves it into lectures and assignments in the classroom. Langley said that everything Bruce Wayne, his alter-ego Batman and all the villains in Gotham do is relevant to psychology, just as is everything real people do.

“Batman is a superhero because of his psychology,” Langley said.

Langley and his students were the first

people Culp interviewed for the project.“Legends of the Knight” is a documentary

featuring people who embrace their own per-sonal heroism.

The movie explores how Batman inspires people. For example, the film features a man who dresses like Batman and hands out toys to sick children in local hospitals.

Langley contributes to the project through his psychological insight. He analyzes the mo-tives behind the fact that as a young boy, Bruce

Wayne watched his parents be murdered, but as an adult he decides to help people by he-roically fighting crime. “What does it take to bring out the best in people?” Langley said. “What if people could learn not just to be a bystander?”

It encourages the viewers to embrace their inner superhero. The film was generously crowdfunded by 1,100 people. Their shared love for Batman is the catalyst for Langley and Culp’s relationship. “He’s a very nice, sincere person,” Langley said. “He is fascinated with stories to inspire.” Langley was present when Culp was presented his honorary doctorate degree. Langley’s Batman psychology course is an intense, senior-level class that is only avail-able every three years. The course discusses different psychological trauma, three chapters of criminals (insane and flamboyant enemies of Batman), kinds of development, and other phenomena. Langley asks, “How do you grow up thinking fighting crime is the moral thing to do?” as a means of demonstrating how Bat-man’s world relates to American mores.

Culp’s new documentary is not Langley’s first IMDB credit. He also appears in “Comic Book Literacy” and “Necessary Evil” (by DC Comics). Both can be found on Amazon.

Langley said he loves contributing to edu-cational projects that incorporate comics, but thinks “it’s weird” to see himself on television and on film. Langley spent his childhood in Arkadelphia. He graduated from Tulane Uni-versity in New Orleans and has been teaching at Henderson for 21 years. He is the author of the book “Batman and Psychology: a Dark and Stormy Knight” and is currently working on two upcoming books, “Walking Dead: Psy-chology” and “Star Wars: Psychology.” He will collaborate with other psychologists this sum-mer and hopes to finish this year.

Langley said Batman has always been an important part of his life. His mother read him comic books when he was a child, so he literally can’t remember his life before Batman.

“When I knew my mom was mom, and my dad was dad, I knew Batman was Batman,” Langley said. “I always knew Batman.”

Langley actively uses social media to give updates on his projects. Langley’s Twitter ac-count, @superherologist, currently has 66.2 thousand followers. Recently, he offered some creative advice:

“There comes a point when a creator must recognize it will never be perfect, just get it out there and work on the next thing before you die.”

Henderson professor Travis Langley is featured in new a Batman documentary featured on Netflix

STORY BY ELIZABETH LAU — PHOTO COURTESY OF BRETT CULP PICTURES

THE DOC KNIGHT

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“As a gay man, I am often shy and timid. Being Melody and being in drag helped me come out of my shell,” said David Dunavan, also known by his stage name, Melody Brax-ton-Galore.

He said he feels as though drag has done even more for him in life than just making him more outgoing.It has opened him up to new friends and family and taught him to balance fun and reality. Dunavan also said it helped him to “find himself in and out of drag.”

He and seven other professional perform-ers will be attending the Henderson GAIT’s Annual Drag Ball which will be held in Arkan-sas Hall on Jan. 31. The doors open at 7 p.m., but the festivities will not begin until 8. The entry fee is $5.

Dunavan is the community sponsor for GAIT, the queer-straight alliance on campus. He teamed up with William Henshaw, pro-fessor of theatre, about 3 years ago, when the group was looking for more community out-reach.

Henshaw said the function of the drag ball is to help bridge the gap between the gay and straight worlds and to introduce people to the art of opposite gender impersonation.

Dunavan said it also helps raise awareness of the organization. Other clubs on campus are encouraged to come and decorate a table to go along with this year’s theme of “diver-sity.”

Both Henshaw and Dunavan described the ball as being a safe place for people of any age, gender and orientation to come and enjoy.

“It’s called a ‘ball’ instead of a ‘show’ be-cause it has more going on,” said Henshaw.

There will be professional performers, an am-ateur contest and a table decorating competi-tion. The amateur competition is designed for people who want to explore their interest in drag and receive constructive criticism from a panel of judges.

The contest includes all types of drag: drag queens, drag kings, fems and butch. The professional performers include seven drag queens and one drag king. Almost all of the performers hold one or more titles in drag pageants.

Ambrosia Bordeaux, Miss Gay Diamond America and reigning Miss Gay Arkansas

America, will be in attendance. Others appear-ing include Diamond Rose, reigning Miss Gay Arkansas American Vintage National Star, Chloe Jacobs, Miss Gay Little Rock Ameri-ca 2013 and Miss Gay Heart of the Ozarks America, and several others.

Melody Braxton-Galore (Dunavan) was the first alternate in 2014’s Miss Gay Little Rock Arkansas America pageant.

The balls have been well accepted by the Henderson students, faculty and alumni. There have been no hecklers or haters, and two alum-ni have approached Henshaw personally to tell him what a great idea they thought the event was for students.

Arielle Michael, freshman undeclared ma-jor, plans to attend the event. “I think it’s a good thing,” Michael said, “It gives people that fit under that category a chance to feel welcomed and make friends.

It definitely brings a good reputation to HSU in that we are an accepting school, no matter what your sexuality.”

Henderson’s GAIT organization hosts drag ball in Arkansas Hall

STORY BY KATIE SMITH — PHOTOS BY JEFFERY P. GILMORE

FIT FOR A QUEEN

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SHINE ON — Drag queen Diamond Rose performing at last year’s drag show

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MORE THAN JUST A THOUGHTA student organization with a name like

Philosophy Club can seem intimidating, espe-cially if a person hasn’t been exposed to the challenging ideas associated with philosophy.

Steven Todd, professor of philosophy, de-fines philosophy as “the systematic treatment of a subject using the tools of logic in order to reveal hidden commitments and discover truth.”

“Philosophy is intrinsically interesting,” said Todd.

That’s why he encourages students to join Philosophy Club. Todd is the club’s advisor and helps with many activities and events the club sponsors.

Among other activities, the club invites unique and interesting guest speakers to cam-

pus. The club meets once a month in the con-ference room in Sturgis.

One of their more spectacular contribu-tions was inviting guest speaker John Corvino, a gay Moralist.

Corvino’s presence in November 2013 at-tracted not only many students around cam-pus, but also many of Arkadelphia’s residents off campus.

Henderson honored Philosophy Club with an “outstanding contribution” award for bringing such an important speaker to cam-pus. Corvino left the community engaged in a deep, thoughtful debate about topics like gay marriage.

Devin Anderson, former Membership Chairman of Philosophy club and a senior

music composition major says “Philosophy Club is dedicated to uplifting and elevating the kind of thinking used to change the way we, as people, discuss modern issues.”

“Philosophy gave me the opportunity to listen better and understand the other person’s point of view. It trains you to train your own brain. Learn to question everything so you can better yourself ” said Anderson.

The club also meets to have group read-ings and discussions. Last semester they read “The Invisible Gorilla.”

The club meets to discuss more than just literature of course.

“The members of the club get together and talk about many modern issues.” Phi-losophy Club President, Tyler Reaves, senior

business management major, said. “Issues like religion keep the conversation going.”

“I think it’s a great space for those with philosophical questions to come and discuss or debate them with like-minded people,” said Brianna George, senior psychology major and Philosophy Club Treasurer. “When you get in the club, you feel like you have a voice. You have a say in potential academic speakers.”

Students interested in joining Philosophy Club can contact Steven Todd at todds@hsu.edu, Tyler Reaves at treaves@me.com or at-tend the meetings every other Thursday at 6 p.m. in the conference room in Sturgis.

All students are welcome and enrollment in the philosophy program or courses is not required to join.

Philosophy Club puts thought into action by bringing engaging speakers to campusSTORY BY CALEB WILLIAMS — GRAPHIC BY MEGAN SNODDY

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UNWATCHABLE AND INEDIBLELet me say what we’re all thinking

here: I am so glad that the cafeteria has recently installed several new

televisions. I’m actually super excited that they’ve in-

vested in things that we can read the captions from while we’re eating our mediocre meals. I love having two televisions on Syfy and two on ESPN2 all day. I really feel like my tuition is going to good use there.

Last semester I wrote an article about what was to happen with all the tvs and lounge equipment from Foster Hall. I was worried when, a semester later, none of the things that were promised actually happened.

But I feel like these televisions — new ones, not even the ones from Foster — being put in is a great investment.

Finally I have something to distract me from the bland food they budget to feed us. Now when they run out of food or forks an hour into the meal time, I have a way to oc-cupy myself (Other than actually talking to people...ugh, right?).

Who needs food when you have televi-sion? I can totally eat television.

Honestly, this really soothes the sting of spending well over a thousand dollars for a re-quired meal plan that leaves me worried that I’m getting malnourished.

It’s okay that they run out of or stop serv-ing food in the middle of dinner. It’s fine that they only ration out the tiniest wartime food portions and make us get in line three times to fill our plates.

It’s really cool when all the drink machines malfunction at the same time. It’s not at all disgusting having to fend off gnats when I’m trying to eat.

I don’t even mind the constant leaks in the library and Garrison so much, now that I have television to distract me. I’m fine with the mold and the roaches in the dorms and the lack of parking on campus.

“Long live television,” which really is why I come to the school cafeteria, is what I say. I rest easy knowing that my money is being well spent by rational, competent financial advisers who have my health and well-being foremost in their thoughts.

I mean, really, when we’re looking at things that money could go into, putting televisions in the cafeteria really is the first thing that should come to everyone’s mind.

OPINION BY ASHLEY BLES — GRAPHIC BY MEGAN SNODDY

Maybe it’s the hipster in me, but for the past couple of years, I’ve been playing and loving

many indie games. From platformers with a shovel-wielding hero to fighting games with only two options, some indie games have shown me that it doesn’t take a big budget to entertain when it comes to video games.

Just days ago, I downloaded Shovel Knight onto my 3DS, and I’m loving everything about it. If a knight who fights monsters and evil warriors with a shovel doesn’t excite you, then you need help.

The story follows the hero, named Shovel Knight, coming back into the life of an ad-venturer after The Evil Enchantress and her group, The Order of No Quarter, have spread their evil across the land. Shovel Knight is haunted by the apparent death of his former companion, Shield Knight, which is the rea-son why he secluded himself for so long.

Taking gameplay and graphic elements from retro games, mostly Duck Tales and the old Mega Man games, Shield Knight is a

look into how games used to be while adding a modern gaming style. It’s just so much fun going through a side-scroller that pays tribute to the games that helped shape the genre.

A big part of Shovel Knight is the use of his shovel. The hero uses it to attack enemies and dig through parts of the environment.

Magic also plays a big part as Shov-el Knight finds relics throughout the game which require magic power to use.

For me, the humor of the game helps it stand out. Many of the characters engage in funny dialogue, such as the Troupple King, a man who praises the idea of fish that are half trout and half apple, which actually appear throughout the game and help you.

Two fighting games that I’ve enjoyed in recent years are acclaimed indie games. Both Divekick and Skullgirls are great fighting games with one focusing on simplicity while the other focuses on extreme amounts of de-tail with character designs and attacks.

Divekick holds a special place in my heart because it’s such a fun, simple fighter. In the

world of fighting games, the term “dive-kick” is used to describe a character leaping through the air and using a kick attack. The entire gameplay premise of Divekick is based around only doing this.

Each character only fights by using dive-kicks and they’re all unique. Both characters attempt to hit the opponent with a divekick and if you’re hit once, you lose. Each charac-ter also has access to special moves that help them perform their divekicks.

Speaking of the character, Divekick has an amazing roster. A few of the characters are based on real people, such as S-Kill who is based off of Seth Killian, Capcom’s former community manager. Not only that, it has one of the greatest characters of our generation, The Baz, who delivers sweet electric divekicks across the screen.

This game gets it right by just using the most simple fighting mechanics available, but it’s also very funny. Even the loading screens are funny with game giving you “advice” that may not even make any sense.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Skullgirls, which in my opinion, is the best fighting game out of the West. The level of quality from this game is astounding.

The creators of Skullgirls, Reverge Labs, designed so many frames of animation for each character. It’s amazing just watching the characters in motion.

While Skullgirls was unavailable for down-load for so long, another publisher picked it up and, the game was re-released as Skullgirls Encore, which included more characters.

The gameplay was modeled mostly after the popular fighter Marvel vs Capcom 2. It features similar mechanics such as tag-team combat and character assists.

Skullgirls’ allows the user so much free-dom in the gameplay. You are allowed to pick from one to three fighters where a single char-acter has more health and does more damage.

You can also customize your “character assists” to any move the character is able to perform while in battle.

The game also has a deep and interesting story that takes a long time to read through. Most fighting game fans don’t care about whether or not the game has a story, but I like it when games have good stories.

The characters are just so interesting too. The recent downloadable character, Beowulf, is the character from the famous story, but as a professional wrestler. There’s also Valentine who is a nurse-ninja hybrid who fights with a bonesaw.

The game is just great — and I say that as a fan of fighting games and video games in general.

If you want to get in to fighting games, Skullgirls is a good game to start with.

These three games are just a few of the many great indie games that I’ve enjoyed. There’s also Journey, Super Time Force and many more.

A lot of these games got their funding through Kickstarter, and I like that. It’s in-credible that the community helps fund and create these games.

I think anyone who enjoys video games should support indie developers and give their games a chance. All of the games mentioned can be downloaded for low prices. Skullgirls is even getting ported to the PS4 later this year.

Not only are they fun, but they offer a lot of humor and charm that a lot of mainstream games may not offer.

OPINION BY DAX GUILLIAMS — GRAPHIC BY HOUSTON FRYER

REALLY DIGGING INDIE GAMES

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11TH ANNUAL CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

The Pocket Theatre, 170 Ravine St.Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 7 — 7:30 p.m.Sunday Feb. 8 — 2:30 p.m.$10 at door or online at www.pockettheatre.com

Two difficult, single people, Phyllis and Bradley, both trying to heal from their respective disappointing relationships, get their luggage mixed up at the airport. In trying to sort out this mix-up, they soon discover that baggage comes in many forms and is often not so easily sorted out. Synopsis courtesy of Samuel French

Photo courtesey of the Pocket Theatre

HOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGSEmbasy Suites, 400 Convention Blvd.Friday, Feb. 1 — 1 to 3 p.m.$15 in advance, $20 at door

Enjoy a smorgasbord of chocolate treats from Hot Springs restaurants and shops all while benefitting the Charitable Christian Medical Clinic. The event is also scheduled to host live entertainment and a silent auction.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

THE POCKET THEATRE’S “BAGGAGE”

GALLERY WALKDowntownFriday, Feb. 6 — 5 to 9 p.m.Free

Come mingle with artists and fellow art lovers in beautiful downtown Hot Springs during the 25th anniversary of the popular event. Featured artists are often present to discuss their work during the event.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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RAVINE BLOWOUTLady Reddies take over the Tigers in the Battle of the Ravine

STORY BY ALVIN STUCKEY — PHOTO BY CHRIS SHARP

REBOUND— No. 15, Dulincia Keener fights for a rebound in the Battle of the Ravine game against Ouachita Baptist University on Thursday.

COVER — No. 22, Vanessa Pieper goes for a layup.

Another installment of the Battle of the Ravine took place on a cold and rainy night at the Duke Wells Center on Thursday

Henderson State (6-10 overall, 4-6 Great American Conference) won their second straight game against heated rival Ouachita Baptist 75-46.

Both teams are currently jocking for posi-tion and a chance to play in the GAC Tourna-ment in March.

The Lady Reddies jumped off to a great start with baskets from Dulincia Keener, Jas-mine Settles, and Aungelique Sledge. Racing out to a 9-0 lead which caused OBU to call a time out early in the first half.

The offensive onslaught continued as HSU pushed out to a 15-0 lead on OBU.

OBU finally got on the board with two free throws by Jasmine Cashaw, making the score 15-2, Henderson.

OBU scored their first field goal with a 3-pointer by Kori Bullard off the assist from Macey Burr, making the score 18-5 Hender-son with 11:37 to go in the first half.

The Lady Reddies & Lady Tigers went back and forth throughout the first half with HSU ending the half with a 28-14 lead.

As the second half got underway, the Lady Reddies picked up right where they left off.

Sledge hit a huge 3-pointer to widen the lead to 31-14, Henderson leading.

Freshman guard, Haleigh Henson, caught fire from beyond the arc in the second half. Hitting a career high six 3-pointers en route to a career high 22 points.

From this point on the Lady Reddies nev-er looked back stretching the lead out to 31 points in one point in the game.

“Running the floor hard and getting tran-sition baskets was the key,” Henderson State head coach Jill Thomas said. “We really stressed having energy and ball movement.”

For the second game in a row, HSU had balanced scoring from Sledge, Keener, and Henson.

Aungelique Sledge lead the way with 24 points. Haleigh Henson scored 22 points. While Dulincia Keener chimed in with 16 points. HSU was 29 of 64 from the field (45.3 percent), while OBU was 14 of 64 from the field (21.9 percent).

The Lady Reddies will take the court on Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Duke Wells center to face Harding University.

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HSU BEAT OBU IN NARROW RAVINE VICTORYThe Reddies pull out a four-point win over Ouachita Baptist University during the Battle of the Ravine game Thursday

STORY BY MARIAH DELAVEGA — PHOTO BY CHRIS SHARP

TIPPING OFF — Senior Reggie Murphy gains the ball at tip-off during the Battle of the Ravine game against Ouachita Baptist University.

The gym was jam packed with fans from both teams for the Battle of the Ravine. Some of the fans had to stand up to watch the game because there wasn’t a place to sit.

The Reddies basketball team took a win against Ouachita Baptist University on Thurs-day. HSU won by four.

The Tigers were up by two points with a layup by David Berete before Kelvin Dixon stole the ball and followed with a layup to tie things up.

The Reddies were in the lead when Kev-in Kozan had a 3-pointer to make the score 9-2. OBU got the ball back and Tirrell Brown made a 3-pointer to make the score 9-4, HSU.

The Tigers caught up with the score being 11-10, Reddies in the lead by one points and 13:49 remaining in the first half. The Reddies didn’t let the Tigers score any more points un-

til a layup by Brown to make the score 21-12, HSU.

The Reddies had a big lead for most of the first half of the game, which ended with the Reddies up by eight points, 40-32.

The second half of the game saw the whole crowd on their feet. It was more intense and the score was always close.

The ball was going back and forth. HSU had the ball when OBU’s Micah Delph stole it and passed it to Justin McCleary. McCleary made a 3-pointer, cutting the Henderson lead to five, 40-35.

The Reddies had an 11-point lead 47-36 with 17:20 left in the game when the Tigers started to catch up.

With 12:29 left in the game, Colt Fason helped the Tigers catch back up to the Reddies and tie the game 47-47.

Aaron Cooper made a layup in the paint to give the Reddies a two-point lead.

With a tip in by OBU, the score was tied again at 49-49.

The Tigers took the lead with 10:34 left in the game. Brown made three shots to put the Tigers 53-49.

OBU was leading for eight minutes of the game with the ball going back and before Kozan made a good 3-pointer to tie the score 63-63.

The Reddies held off the Tigers and took the win 71-67.

The Reddies fans ran on the court to cele-brate the win.

Kozan helped out the Reddies with his three-point shooting performance. Walker’s free throw shots at the end of the second half helped stop the Tigers from coming back.

Rashad Perkins said that they played well and worked as a team to beat OBU.

“I think we played real well tonight and everyone worked together as a team to win,” Perkins said. “I played my role tonight and the rest of my team did as well, and that got us a win.”

Perkins said that he has never experienced a huge rivalry game like The Battle of The Ra-vine before.

“It was my first time to experience The Battle of The Ravine,” Perkins said. “It was a great feeling. I have never played in an envi-ronment like that before.”

The Reddies are 8-8 overall and they are 5-5 in the GAC. The Reddies play their next home game against Harding University Thurs-day, Jan. 29 in the Duke Wells Center.

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RED WAVE PROVES TIGERS CAN’T SWIMHenderson’s Red Wave teams beat the OBU Tiger Sharks in the Battle of the Ravine swim meet on Friday

STORY BY KAITLYN KITCHENS — PHOTO BY KRISTINE MOORE

RED WAVE —Junior Guy Buls represents HSU in a relay during the Battle of the Ravine swim meet at Ouachita Baptist University.

The Henderson State Red Wave swim teams blew Ouachita Baptist University out of the water in their own pond at the swim meet on Friday, Jan. 23.

The women’s swim team brought home a 128-83 win, while the men left with a 154-73 victory from the Tiger Sharks.

“I couldn’t ask for much more, especially from the seniors,” Head coach Coak Matthews said. “I really wasn’t expecting us to swim that well. I’m really pleased with everyone.”

The Lady Red Wave swim team won eight events against the Tiger Sharks.

Maddie Samples, Camille Leary, Mary An-drews and Sarah Medellin competed in the 400m medley relay to start the Lady Red Wave with a win in a time of 4:07.27.

Jeanne Miller won two events, the 200m freestyle (1:58.60) and the 200m butterfly (2:10.93).

Senior, Lauren Sutton also won in two events. She won the 200m individual medley (2:14.88) and the 500m freestyle finishing with a time of 5:19.92.

Jessica Miller won the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:32.86 with Leary right behind her taking second place with a 2:39.69 time.

Rachel Ferguson totaled 176.80 points in the 1m diving event with freshman Kelly Gar-rett taking second place with 121.90 points.

“It feels amazing to be able to compete on such a talented team with these hard working swimmers,” Freshman Zoe Peak said. “This being my first year, I just hope to continue our tradition of being fierce competitors in the battle of the ravine swim meet.”

The Red Wave men’s team won 11 events against the Tiger Sharks beginning with the 400m medley relay team of Guy Buls, Mat-thew Gribble, Max Pohl and Aaron Villemez.

The men completed with a time of 3:28.75. Buls won two individual events, the 200m

individual medley with a time of 1:56.33 and the 200m backstroke (1:54.85).

Sophomore, Colton Laramore, also took two wins in events including the 200m free-style (1:44.40) and the 500m freestyle with a time of 4:47.82.

Austin Bryant won the 50m freestyle with a time of 22.31 and the 100m freestyle with 48.47. Elliot Miller took home the 1000m free-style with a time of 10:19.37.

Max Pohl also brought back a win in the 200m butterfly (1:58.42) and Gribble had a win in the 200m breastroke with a time of 2:13.49.

Sophomore Adam Zmijewski won first in the 1m diving event with 221.02 points.

“We are going to try to increase our speed and change up things in the weight room,”

Matthews said. “It’s a lot more scientific than what most people think.”

Since Christmas break, over a 12-day span, the team has swam over 52 miles and lifted weights on top of that.

“All together it equals 180 miles for a dis-tance runner,” Matthews said.

The team has only had a few half days off and one full day off. They practice at 5:30 ev-ery morning and after class train for two more hours in the afternoon.

“Now it is time for me to back off and let them increase their speed and change what each person does in the weight room to get ready for the conference meet,” Matthews said.

The Red Wave swim team will next trav-el to Cleveland Mississippi on Feb. 18 for the NSISC Championship.

Additional reporting by Troy Mitchell.