11/18/13 Issue

Every fall, Henderson State University and OBU come to-gether in a battle royale called Battle of the Ravine.

The rivalry has thrived as one of the most unique in col-lege football for 118 years. The only thing standing between these two schools is Arkansas Highway 7. The game this past Saturday marked the 87th an-niversary of the first battle. Ouachita Baptist won that con-test 8-0 against Arkansas Meth-odist College (Henderson’s moniker at the time).

Students knew it was battle week when they ventured out and saw all the campus signs wrapped in plastic. Over the years, campus pranks have

taught each school that they must protect what is theirs.

At HSU, the Showband of Arkansas’ honorary fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, volunteers to guard the Centurium, front fountain and football field. They take shifts from 7 p.m. until midnight, and a second shift to 5 a.m.

“OBU watch is always a ton of fun,” Kaitlin Roll, senior, said. “It’s cold and the broth-ers hardly get any sleep, but we all bond over it. Nothing re-ally that bad went down during the week. Had some bottles of rocks thrown at us and count-less amounts of threats and sketchy drive-bys, but nothing too bad. It was a pretty good Battle of the Ravine week.”

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Henderson announced the new scholarship structure for incoming freshmen to faculty and staff last Monday.

The scholarships were re-vamped to help families afford higher education for their chil-dren and to also compete with surrounding institutions who offer similar awards.

Lewis Shepherd, vice presi-dent of student and external affairs, says that there is no budget cut or adjustment at this time.

However, over time there may need to be a budget adjust-ment, Shepherd said.

In 2009, scholarships were just a flat rate, never moving up or down.

Since 2009, the tuition has been raised four times, Shep-herd said, including fees, hous-ing and meal plan fees. Some of the fees were absorbed by

the scholarship, but some of the fees were passed on to the students.

“Scholarships stayed the same,” Shepherd said, “but the cost and fees rose, which led to the decrease in value of the scholarship.”

Currently, the average cost for an incoming freshman at Henderson is $13,458 per year, Shepherd said. Not only did cost and fees rise, but there was also the recent cuts made to the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship, which makes it even more dif-ficult for students and families to afford higher education.

Henderson created the HSU Challenge, which added $1,000 for students who had the Lot-tery and close to a 3.0 GPA. Shepherd said that the HSU Challenge Scholarship was cre-ated to get rid of the sticker-shock to parents and students.

This year, the top high school students who earned a 30-36 on their ACT were eligible to

receive $11,000 per year for the Distinguished Freshman Award.

Eighteen scholarships were awarded, but only 12 students enrolled to receive the schol-arship. Also, this year, the uni-versity Centurion Scholarship awarded 184 scholarships, but only 105 students enrolled.

Where are all the other stu-dents going?

Eighty-six percent of Hender-son’s students are from Arkan-sas. Sixty-three percent of the students live within a 100-mile radius of Henderson, Shepherd said.

Henderson’s toughest com-petitor is Arkansas State Uni-versity-Jonesboro, with their highest scholarship awarding $14,000 per year.

“We cannot out-price the other schools,” Shepherd said. “But we will provide a more competitive scholarship pack-age.”

The reason that Henderson

was able to revamp and provide more awards was because so many students declined schol-arships that were awarded in 2013.

There were a total of 514 scholarships in 2013. Hender-son over-awarded 614 scholar-ships and only 365 students showed up, Shepherd said. The new proposed academic schol-arships are set to have freshmen that meet the requirements for the Distinguished Freshman Scholarship to receive $14,000 per year, the same amount as the competitor.

Henderson has also re-vamped the Henderson Presidential Scholarship, the Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship, the Red and Gray Leadership Scholarship and the Community College Transfer Scholarship.

The Valedictorian/Salutato-rian Scholarship was added to the Henderson scholarships, awarding 20 students with

$5,000 per year. The Red and Gray Leader-

ship Scholarship is the scholar-ship with the most anticipated success.

“This scholarship is to help get students out of conditional admission,” Shepherd said. “It will get students to strive.”

Students would have to have earned a 19-23 on their ACT and a 2.75 GPA to receive the award of $2,500 per year.

Scholarships are limited and awards are on a first-come, first-serve basis. The priority deadline for scholarship appli-cation is Feb. 1, 2014.

Shepherd encourages the faculty and staff to share this in-formation so that students can take advantage of the scholar-ship application before the pri-ority deadline.

To see a full list of the re-vamped scholarships and crite-ria, visit hsu.edu/scholarships.

“I feel good about these scholarships,” Shepherd said.

The hunt for Henderson’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs has ad-vanced another step forward. Last Wednesday, Henderson announced it had narrowed its search and selected three can-didates as finalists.

Since January of this year, Henderson has been actively looking for the right individual to fill the spot. Dr. Risa Dickson was chosen for the position, but later declined to fulfill her obli-gation to the university.

According to the Hender-son’s academic resource web-page, the provost is “the senior academic officer” and its duties include “administering rein-forcement and overlooking all academic and academic sup-ported programs.”

The provost is second high-est position at Henderson, di-rectly under the president.

Now, after careful consid-eration to all applicants, Hen-derson has chosen Dr. Diane

Boothe, dean of the college of education of Boise State Univer-sity, Dr. Patrick Hughes, associ-ate vice provost of Texas Tech University and Dr. Stephen Ad-kison, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs of Eastern Oregon University, to participate in a public inter-view forum held in the Garri-son Lecture Hall this week.

Adkison is the first of the three to address the public. According to a press release in 1986, Adkison received his bachelor’s degree in English and teaching from Montana State University.

He completed his master’s degree and in 2000, his Ph.D. in English and rhetoric and composition at the University of Nevada in Reno.

Before serving as provost to his current university, Adkison served as associate provost and associate vice president for academic programming and review, interim director for the center for teaching and learn-ing and faculty coordinator for assessment and program re-

view for academic affairs and office of institutional research at Idaho State University. Ad-kison is scheduled to speak on Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. Hughes is next on the list of candidates scheduled to appear.

In 1994, Hughes obtained his bachelor of arts in speech com-munication from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill.

Two years later, Hughes re-ceived his Master of Science degree in communication re-search from Illinois State Uni-versity.

In 2000, he received his Ph.D. in philosophy and human com-munication research from the University of Denver. Hughes was the former department chair and later associate dean for academic affairs before ac-cepting his current position of associate vice provost at Texas Tech University.

Hughes elaborated on his mission to assist the faculty and President Jones in offering the most innovative, engaging un-dergraduate and graduate edu-cation available in the region.

“There are many conceptual-izations of what engaged learn-ing is,” Hughes said. “I define it as active learning, which en-tails significant undergraduate research, graduate research and service learning opportuni-ties.”

Hughes is scheduled to speak on Nov. 20 at 3:30 p.m.

Boothe will wrap up the pub-lic forums with her proposal. Boothe attended California State University and obtained her bachelor of arts in English degree in 1974. She continued her education at California State University and gradu-ated in 1979 with a Master of Science in school administra-tion degree. In 1991, Boothe received her Ph.D. in public administration from the Uni-versity of Southern California, School of Policy, planning and development.

Boothe was previously the department chair and associate professor for University of West Georgia before accepting the position as dean at Boise State University in 2005.

Boothe said she was im-pressed and attracted to Hen-derson because “the compre-hensive, captivating liberal arts foundation and President Jones’ remarkable vision.”

She elaborated on her strat-egy for Henderson: “I am en-thusiastic about providing col-laborative academic leadership that will empower students to excel and create a predictable pathway to graduation.”

Boothe concluded the inter-view with a message for the students.

“This is a time of intense excitement and high-stakes opportunities as you tackle in-creasingly complex educational endeavors,” Boothe said. “I’m willing to tackle challenges and am sensitive to the needs of students and their educational goals.”

Boothe is scheduled to speak on Nov. 25 at 3:30 p.m. All stu-dents are encouraged to attend the public forums and express their opinions of the candidates to the search committee at Henderson.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 16, ISSUE 13

Scholarship overhaul gives prospective students more options

Final three provost candidates set to visit campus

News: page 2 | Features: page 4 | Opinions: page 3 | Sports: page 5 & 6

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INDEX

Moe SkinnerStaff Writer

Photo by Ryan Klare

Raven LockhartStaff Writer

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Rivals of the RavineCoach Maxfieldcelebrates his perfect season and a Battle of the Ravine victory. See photos on page 6.

Heath SimsStaff Writer

Reddies win ‘Battle’ in triple OT nailbiter

Flu season is upon us, and Henderson’s Student Health and Counseling Center wants to make students aware of what they can do to prevent getting influenza.

“I think the influenza vac-cine is a great opportunity to reduce your risk of acquiring the flu,” Tami Arnold, RN at the Henderson Student Health and Counseling Center, said.

On February 24, 2010, in order to expand protection against the flu to more people, the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice voted for “universal” flu vaccination in the United States.

The CDC ACIP recommends that this season everyone at least six months of age should get the flu vaccine.

A flu shot clinic was set up on Henderson’s campus on Nov. 6 and 7 for faculty, staff and stu-dents.

Students who were not able to receive their shots during

this time may contact the Clark County Health Department, which still has the vaccine in stock to administer to the pub-lic.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice, certain people should make an extra ef-fort to get the flu vaccine.

These people include those who are at high risk of having complications if they do get the flu, those with certain medical conditions such as chronic lung disease, asthma and diabetes, women who are pregnant and those who are younger than five years old or older than 65 years old.

There are two versions of the vaccine: the notorious shot and a nasal spray. Of the two, the shot is more popular.

According to the CDC ACIP, the intranasal influenza vaccine is administered through the nose. It is a live vaccine.

People ages two to 49 years, who are not pregnant, are given the option of swapping the shot for the nasal vaccine.

The CDC ACIP suggests that

those who care for people who require a protected environ-ment because of their weak-ened immune system should get the inactivated vaccine, which is found in the form of a shot.

The shot, however, is admin-istered into the muscle and is not a live vaccine.

The CDC ACIP states that those who have chronic medi-cal conditions should not take the intranasal vaccine.

Most students are uneducat-ed about the flu vaccine.

“It seems to be something we should do if the campus health center recommends it,” Stepha-nie Alvarado, sophomore early childhood education major, said. “The vaccine is offered for free and conveniently on cam-pus. I think it is worth a shot to avoid the flu.”

However, multiple students have attached a negative stigma to the flu vaccine.

“Most times people get a flu shot and get the flu right after it,” Kenneth Ibarra, sopho-more, said. “I usually do not get the flu, so I do not ever get the flu shot.”

Some students have never re-ceived a flu shot.

“I have never had a flu shot and have yet to get the flu,” Twila Gaines, senior business finance major, said. “I just don’t want to risk getting sick by get-ting the flu shot.”

Then there are those stu-dents whose fear of the shot itself is much more terrifying than their fear of getting sick with the flu.

“I just hate needles,” Will Powell, junior physical educa-tion major, said.

No matter one’s take on the flu vaccine, there are other methods that can help students avoid the flu this season.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Com-mittee on Immunization Prac-tice recommend washing your hands often with soap and wa-ter.

Another simple way to avoid the flue is to avoid the spread of germs by not touching your eyes, nose, and mouth and cleaning and disinfecting sur-faces and objects as often as possible to keep guests and oth-ers in the home safe.

Henderson announced Thursday that Christi Batts had been chosen as Director of Henderson’s Hot Springs Aca-demic Initiative.

Batts will officially start the position Nov. 18, and will begin laying the groundwork for the expansion.

The new facility will serve students from the Hot Springs area interested in completing bachelor and masters degrees.

Students from Hot Springs and surrounding areas will have more educational oppor-tunities in the near future as Batts heads the new Hender-son facility in Hot Springs.

Batts is a native of Hot Springs. She is an alumnus of Henderson and credits her successful career to the excel-lent teachers that Henderson furnishes. She in turn is eager to provide potential Henderson students with more educational opportunities in the near fu-ture.

“Hot Springs is my home-town,” Batts said. “My whole life, I never understood why bachelor degree programs were not being offered here.”

According to an article in the

Sentinel Record Newspaper of Hot Springs, Batts will begin her new job with an assortment of responsibilities.

She will correspond with the Office of the Provost and the vice president for Academic Af-fairs and organize the schedul-ing of classes, confirm faculty for classes on campus as well as classes offered through dis-tance delivery.

Batts will also advise the uni-versity’s offices of admissions, advising student registration for the Hot Springs location. According to the press release, Batts has administered her du-ties as vice president of devel-opment for Levi Hospital since 2002.

Batts also taught classes in speech communications at the College of the Ouachitas and National Park Community Col-lege.

Batts is an enthusiastic advo-cate for higher education in Hot Springs. She admits she would not have left Levi for another university, only Henderson.

Henderson has always been a family-like structure for Batts since her days as a communica-tion major.

Batts claimed that none of this would have been possible for her to achieve if it had not been for the level of quality of teachers that Henderson main-tains. She praised her former professors and teachers at Hen-derson for the excellent educa-tion and wonderful experience she received. Batts paid uncon-ditional homage to Dr. Randy Duncan, professor of commu-nication, communication and theatre arts.

“He was a true inspiration,” Batts said, as she reminisced about attending his classes. “He provided me with the skills I needed to become successful in my career choices.”

“It is all about the options,” Batts said.

Students will have the option to further their education after

attending National Park Com-munity College without the added expense of relocating or commuting to Arkadelphia.

Batts’ ultimate goal is to get students graduated with bach-elor degrees. When the educa-tional boundary is extended, community prosperity will fol-low shortly.

Batts believes if the commu-nity has a higher population of people with bachelors and mas-ters degrees, more companies in the future will invest in the Hot Springs area.

This will provide the commu-nity with greater employment opportunities, bringing about a positive growth to the Hot Springs community.

Batts bragged on the contin-ued success of National Park Community College.

Batts emphasied to the Hot Springs citizens that in no way was Henderson in competition with National Park Community College.

“National Park Community College is a jewel to the Hot Springs community,” Batts said. “This is a perfect partner-ship between two institutions of higher education.”

Details on the new campus location have not been released yet.

Batts to head Hot Springs Academic Initiative

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Moe SkinnerStaff Writer

News BriefsIntramural raquetball is

kicking off today. The cap-tains meeting will be at 3 p.m. later today in the Rec.

At 7:30 p.m. in the Arkan-sas Hall Studio, the theatre department will perform “Scrooge!” for the public. This production will be a mu-sical, and will be performed at the same time throughout the rest of the week.

Student Support Services has a financial literacy meet-ing tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Ross Room.

The brass band will have a concert Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Harwood Recital Hall.

The teachers’ program will have admission interviews Wednesday, Nov. 20 between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Any ques-tions can be directed to TaLi-sha Givan.

There will be a weightlift-ing competition in the Rec Center on Wedneday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Senior showcases for the theatre department will be on Nov. 20, between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Showcases will be held in the Arkansas Hall Studio Theatre.

“Tamales for the Holidays” will be Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Day Gym. Tamales will be available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tamale prices are one for $1.50 and four for $5.00. All proceeds will be donated to charity.

The movie in the Gar-rison this week will be “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.” It will show on Wednesday and Friday in the Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m.

At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, intramural raquet-ball games will begin in the Rec Center.

The plantetarium is host-ing another show this week discussing Mars. The show will be this Thursday, Nov. 21, beginning at 7 p.m. Be sure to show up on time be-cause late entries will not be allowed.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams will travel to Durant, Okla. to play South-eastern Oklahoma State. The women’s game is at 5:30 p.m. and the men will play at 7:30 p.m.

The Chamber Winds con-cert will be Thursday, Nov. 21, in the Harwood Recital Hall. It starts at 7:30 p.m.

The Red Wave will be in Southlake, Texas on Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 for the Trinity Invitiational.

Both basketball teams will be in Ada on Saturday to play East Central University.

This Saturday, Nov. 23, the Wilderness Reddies will go on the Cedar Glades climb-ing bike trip. The trip will start bright and early at 7 a.m.

The President’s Concert auditions will be held in the Harwood Recital Hall from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Satur-day, Nov. 23.

The Henderson band will have their banquet Sunday, Nov. 24 in the Banquet Room in the Garrison. The banquet starts at 7 p.m.

Jonathan Merritt will host his senior recital in the Har-wood Recital Hall this Sun-day, Nov. 24. His recital will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Maegan EstesStaff Writer

Flu shot misunderstood by students on campus

BATTS

BLOOD BATTLE Every year for the last five years, the Henderson Reddies and the Ouachita Tigers battle it out in the Battle of the Ravine blood drive. The goal is to donate the most units of blood. The blood drive was held on Thursday, Nov. 14 in the Day Gym. Above, Katie Blair, a junior mass media major, with a nurse from the American Red Cross, prepares to donate a pint of blood for the Reddie side of the challenge. Over the last four years, the Red Cross has recieved over 1,400 pints of blood during the Battle of the Ravine blood drives. The blood drives are open to the community to come support the school of their choice in the drive.

Blood drive pits HSU against OBU

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In all my years, I’ve never seen anything as dumb as “The Hunger Games.”

Teens are all obsessed and taking their clothes off for some pansy named Peeta and lady-face named Gale.

When I was a kid, Gale was a girls name and Peeta was a bread. Actually, now that I think about it, Gale is still a girl’s name.

What’s happened to society?And don’t get me started on

this Katniss girl.She uses a freaking bow and

arrow. What kind of weapon is a bow

and arrow?You know what I would use?A .44 magnum, the most pow-

erful handgun in world.She’s so whiny. “Waaah, don’t want to go to

the Hunger Games. Waaah, my sister is small and can’t take care of herself. Waaah, two at-tractive guys are in love with me.”

Hey, Katniss, you want some cheese with that whine?

Let’s just stop and think about the plot of the books and movies for a second.

A bunch of pretty teenagers have to fight to the death for nothing but food and fame.

That sounds a little familiar. Here for you now is the synop-

sis for the Japanese book and movie “Battle Royale”:

Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: wel-come to “Battle Royale.”

A group of ninth-grade stu-dents from a Japanese high school have been forced by leg-

islation to compete in a Battle Royale.

The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-

barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other un-til one survives - or they all die.

That sounds a lot like “The Hunger Games,” except “Battle Royale” came out in 1999, nine

years before Suzanne Collins released “The Hunger Games.”

It sounds like someone is a copycat, and her name is Su-zanne Collins.

Now that I’ve harped on the book and it’s stupidity, let’s take

a look at the movies.The first movie was mediocre

at best.The camera work was shaky,

the writing was okay and some of the acting was equal with “Twilight.”

I love Jennifer Lawrence.

She’s awesome in “Silver Lin-ings Playbook” and “X-Men: First Class,” but she is so much better than a teeny blockbuster.

Academy Award winners de-serve better than things like “The Hunger Games” or “Twi-

light.”Another big problem with the

franchise is how obvious it is that it’s all about the money.

Lionsgate took a page out of the “Harry Potter,” “Twilight” and “Hobbit” books and de-cided to split the final book into two movies.

They are splitting a book that is only 390 pages into two movies that are over two hours long.

If that isn’t a cash grab, then I don’t know what is.

Why can’t people make mov-ies based on books because the books are actually good?

Where is a “Huckleberry Finn” movie or “Catcher in the Rye?”

Why must all the book adap-tations be young adult novels? Let’s see some classics on the big screen already.

“The Hunger Games” is a lazy re-imagining of something done not that long ago, further proving that Hollywood has lost originality.

Maybe in a few years, some-one will rip-off “The Hunger Games,” and they will make bil-lions of dollars off it and all will be well in the world.

So as the inevitable “Hunger Games” sequel draws closer, think about skipping it before you ruin your appetite.

After all, Thanksgiving is get-ting close, and if you are that hungry maybe make yourself a sandwich.

The Hunger Lames: A movie that sucks eggs, hard

Are you broke? Do moths fly out of your wallet when you open it? Do you not have time for a work-study position, or do you not get paid enough at your job?

There are ways to help save you money, things you can do to cut

back on spending.If your bank account is dwin-

dling because of gas prices, try other modes of transportation. Luckily everything on Hender-son’s campus is reasonably close, so walking isn’t out of the ques-tion.

Many people chose to ride bikes or scooters to class. Reddie

Rides are also available for students. According to hsunews.com, Resi-dence Life purchased two golf carts to trans-port students to any campus location Sunday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Student workers and off-duty police officers drive the carts.

“Not only will the carts be a benefit to students looking for a secure ride across cam-pus,” Dan Mabery, di-rector of Residence Life, said, “but they will also aid in the visual pres-ence of campus police officers.”

If filling your tank isn’t what’s putting a dent in your budget, then maybe buying food and eating out is the prob-lem. If you live on cam-pus, you are required to have a meal plan.

Choosing the right meal plan is important in order for you to not spend money unnecessarily.

The most important consider-ation should be the fact you can always increase the amount of meals you have chosen, but can-not decrease them during the se-mester.

You have the option of hav-ing all access five or seven days a week with declining cash bal-ances (DCB) of $50 to $175, or a block plan which provides you with 175 meals for the semester and $200 DCB.

Declining cash balances can be used at Starbucks, Grill Works or Chick-fil-A on campus.

Living off campus and having money for food can be a bit trick-ier. Heath Sims, a senior graphic design major, says his trick for not breaking the bank when buy-ing food is budget, budget, bud-get.

“I have set a certain amount of money to be spent on groceries and nothing else,” Sims said. “I also try not to shop for food when I’m hungry because then I tend to buy everything.” If you’re in a rush and fast food is what you need, many chains and restau-rants offer a student discount for anyone with a Henderson or OBU I.D.

Now for an issue that is on ev-eryone’s mind and budget: books.

We all need books for classes,

but buying all those books can get overwhelming.

Some options to save money when it comes to textbooks are: rent the book for a lower price, share the book with a friend in the class, go to a used bookstore or shop online.

You could also see if you know someone who has taken a specific class already and would be will-ing to sell the book to you.

Some people may even be nice enough to lend the book to you for free.

And last but certainly not least: entertainment. College students don’t want to stay in their rooms and study all day. They want to go out and have fun, but of course many don’t have the money.

Luckily there are many oppor-tunities for free fun.

The Mirage offers karaoke ev-ery Thursday night, which is open to everyone. SAB, the Student Activities Board, offers two mov-ies a week in the Lecture Hall of the Garrison.

Also, Foster Hall, the technolo-

gy center, offers students a chance to reserve rooms and have access to big screen TV and Netflix.

You can also check out tab-lets and gaming systems to play some of the newest, hottest video games.

Did I mention Foster Hall is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and you can even have food delivered to you?

“When I get bored, you can often find me in Foster,” Joshua Jasper, senior engineering major, said. “I just sit in there and play Xbox for hours.”

The Henderson Theatre and Dance department have perfor-mances going on. Plays, musicals and dance concerts are available at no cost to students.

And of course you can’t forget about Reddie Sports. Any and all sporting events are free to stu-dents and are a great way to get together, have fun and cheer on those Reddies.

There are even ways to make money on campus. The life draw-ing classes always need models for their students, and they pay $8 an hour for clothed and $10 an hour for nude models. For more information, contact Jon Shannon Rogers at [email protected].

Don’t forget to check out and participate in the various contests that happen throughout the year.

You don’t have to be both bored and broke.

Daphne WillisGuest Columnist

Broke doesn’t mean bored: Livin’ on a prayer

JD RobertsGuest Columnist

Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Films

All you’re going to be eating .

It took 14 years to come to fruition, but “The Best Man Holiday,” writer-director Mal-colm D. Lee’s sequel to his 1999 hit “The Best Man,” opened Fri-day. Lee told me the other day that Universal executives were “hesitant” initially about the se-quel, which takes Taye Diggs, Regina Hall and company in a more dramatic direction than the first film.

“Too depressing,” Lee heard from the money. Too much of a “departure.” So Lee and his ac-tors did what they do in theater all the time but rarely in the movies: They conducted a table read of the script to convince the money to back the movie. The money came away con-vinced. Says Lee, “I remember one of the executives saying: ‘Listening to Terrence Howard deliver dialogue live, out loud, can really turn people around.’”

Would this film, a follow-up to a proven, tightly budgeted hit, have gotten serious green-light consideration a few years ago, in the years (roughly 2008-2011 in Lee’s estimation) the director refers to as “a black movie desert”? In recent years, he says, “I’ve had many, many people declare that black mov-ies are dead. Except for Tyler Perry movies.” Now, he says, “we’re seeing a gaggle of ‘em.”

Numbers never tell an entire story. But check this account-ing, according to Box Office Mojo (boxofficemojo.com), of a random sample of African-American-driven ensemble pic-tures spanning the first “Best Man” to the recent “Think Like a Man.” ”The Best Man”

cost about $9 million to make. It grossed nearly $35 million. Solid hit.

”Barbershop” cost $12 mil-lion. It grossed $77 million. Big hit.

”Jumping the Broom” cost $6.6 million and grossed $37 million. Modest success.

”Think Like a Man” the se-quel arrives next year cost $12 million and grossed $96 mil-lion. Big hit.

In Hollywood, success breeds encouragement, at least until the underperformers and disappointments and belly flops (“Just Wright,” “Soul Men,” “Miracle at St. Anna”) arrive, and suddenly the greenlights turn red.

“You can’t just put African-American faces in a film and expect people to come,” says producer Will Packer, who has four films due for 2014 release: “Ride Along” with Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and Tika Sumpter; “About Last Night” with Hart, Joy Bryant, Regina Hall and Paula Patton; “Think Like a Man Too”; and “No Good Deed.”

There was a time, Packer says, “when there was such a dearth, audiences just ate it up, whatever ‘it’ was, whatever the quality.” Now it’s different. He’s looking at a hearteningly full slate, but he knows he’s stat-ing the obvious when he says the film business “is fueled by tent poles and grand slams, not singles and doubles. ... Tent poles want to be all things to all people. That’s not currently the business I’m in. And America is such a diverse marketplace, you can’t effectively run a full-service Hollywood studio right now without having content

that appeals to that diversity.”Los Angeles Times film re-

porter Steve Zeitchik put it to me this way: “The tent pole mindset, in general among many Hollywood executives, has caused the middle ground to erode. And there’s a percep-tion, often incorrect, among some executives that a film aimed at a specific audience can’t break out in a wider way.”

But look at the numbers for “Think Like a Man.” Consider the results for “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” which cost around $30 million to make and has grossed around $140 million. The audience is there, and the audience, really, is plural, though in the subgenre of Af-rican-American ensemble proj-ects, both hits and misses are analyzed unduly, because there aren’t enough of them.

For Packer, the question is this: “Is there room for all of us to grow? And is there a ceiling? I need my films to work well in the domestic theatrical arena.That’s the bottom line. Studios will often ‘zero out’ the foreign distribution on these movies.” Until an exception rewrites the rules, the rule of thumb in Hol-lywood is this: Black movies do not travel.

“If enough of these films coming out this year and next perform well, you’ll see more,” Packer says. He adds: “It’s a tough business economically right now. It’s tough to get any movie made.”

And yet for now, at least for a while, we’re out of the black movie desert. “I think we’re past the period when people would say, ‘These movies don’t work anymore. They’re not needed,’” Lee said.

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Michael PhillipsChicago Tribune

Movies with black casts make a green argument

SCROOGED Henderson’s latest musical “Scrooge!” opened last night to a sold out showing. The Sunday showing was sold out before tickets went on sale. The musical was written by Leslie Bricusse in 1992.

Photo courtesy of Henderson Theatre

LOS ANGELES _ The color wasn’t finished. The visual effects were not complete. The score, temporary. Yet those details seemed to be of little consequence to director Francis Law-rence, who chose a fine summer day to open up his edit bay and show off his work in progress, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”

While other filmmakers might be stressed over the work to be done on such an eagerly awaited film _ let alone the inherent pressure of tak-ing over a beloved franchise _ the 42-year-old Austrian director gleefully cued up scene after scene of heroine Katniss Everdeen facing the reper-cussions of having manipulated a government-sanctioned death match in the first film.

Dressed casually in a blue button-down shirt, jeans and sneakers, Law-rence is relaxed, even a little excited by the footage _ a fanboy given the keys to the kingdom.

“I really latched on to the themes of the books overall, and I was excited to grow and create this world and cast new people,” Lawrence said.

But condensing a 143-page script into a 2-hour, 15-minute movie is go-ing to call for hard decisions. “It’s a real challenge to keep everything in,” Lawrence acknowledged. “There are a few scenes that didn’t make it.”

His sanguine disposition is a far cry from April 2012, when he was wait-ing to hear whether he had landed the coveted job of replacing “Hunger Games” director Gary Ross as the helmer of the series. Ross had abrupt-ly dropped out of the sequel, citing un-realistic time constraints from Lions-gate, even as the first film was reaping its box-office coin (it went on to gross more than $400 million domestically).

Lawrence, best known for his work on the Will Smith starrer “I Am Leg-end” and the recent “Water for El-ephants,” was keyed up for the job. The second film in the series was a chance to expand on a world that already meant so many things to so many people, and Lawrence specifi-cally connected to author Suzanne

Collins’ overall themes about the con-sequences of war. (Lawrence is also on board to direct the next two films, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” Parts 1 and 2.)

In “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” Katniss (played by Jennifer Lawrence, no relation to the direc-tor) must contend with her time in the arena, where she was forced to kill other teens or be killed herself. Her rebellious actions, outwitting the masters of the game and the na-tion’s rulers, have now sparked talk of revolution among the oppressed citi-zens of Panem, prompting President Snow (Donald Sutherland) to bring Katniss and past victors of the savage entertainment back into the Hunger Games arena to fight again.

When Lawrence was hired to direct, Lionsgate Studio had a hard start date just 20 weeks out. But he felt the original script, commissioned by Ross for writer Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”), was too far afield from the original “Catching Fire” text. So he and Collins spent a weekend in New York poring over the book, cre-ating an outline of all the moments the duo wanted to hit in the film _ the after-effects of war, including the post-traumatic stress suffered by Katniss, her fellow survivor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and their mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrelson).

With outline in hand, the pair brought in Oscar-winning screenwrit-er Michael Arndt to rework the script and invent new scenes that articulate the machinations between Snow and his new gameskeeper, Plutarch Heav-ensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Coupled with a $140-million budget (far more than the first film’s $80 mil-lion), the result is a film with broader scope and scale that expands on au-thor Collins’ themes and the physical world of Panem.

Lawrence is hopeful audiences will respond.

“I really liked the book, and I really wanted to make the book. I didn’t want to reinvent,” he said. “There is always some true adaptation to be done when you are distilling a 400-page book to a two-hour movie, but I think every-body will be really excited.”

Nicole SperlingLos Angeles Times

Lawrence adapts to Panem life with ‘Hunger Games’ sequel

Another gut-wrenching loss, his team’s fifth in a row, had taken its toll on Gators coach Will Muschamp.

Muschamp’s battered right hand was hard to miss, while his emotions were impossible to hide following Saturday night’s crushing 19-14 loss at then-No. 10 South Carolina.

Muschamp first took out his frustration on a chalkboard in the locker room, leaving a cut on his right pinkie and ban-dages on his ring and middle fingers. During his postgame interview, the 42-year-old coach then took aim at fair-weather UF fans Muschamp believes have unfairly criticized his play-ers and the injury-depleted team’s performance.

“It’s not excuses, it’s real,” Muschamp said.

“It really is. You can say what

you want to say, you can what-ever the hell you want to write. It’s real. It’s frustrating for that locker room.”

“To hell with me. I’m worried about the kids. These kids have fought their butts off. There’s a lot of negativity out there. And some of our fans need to get a grip, they really do. They got a bunch of kids in that locker room fighting their butt off. They can criticize all you want. I’m great with that. They pay me enough money to deal with that.”

Muschamp’s defiant tone stood in stark contract to his dejection in the wake of last week’s stunning 34-17 loss at home to Vanderbilt.

With few outside the Florida locker room giving them a chance, the Gators (4-6, 3-5) put a scare into the No. 10 Game-cocks and a raucous, capacity crowd at Williams-Brice Stadi-um, where South Carolina had

not lost since October 2011. Florida fell behind Vanderbilt

17-0 and trailed Georgia 20-0 a week earlier.

But with their slim bowl hopes on the line, the Gators opened Saturday’s game with purpose.

Beleaguered offensive co-ordinator Brent Pease engi-neered a creative gameplan for Florida’s running game to alle-viate the pressure on redshirt freshman quarterback Skyler Mornhinweg, who was making his first start in place of injured starter Tyler Murphy.

Meanwhile, the Gators’ de-fense played with an edge it had lacked of late. Florida built a 14-6 halftime lead, the Gators’ first since an Oct. 5 win against Arkansas.

But South Carolina (8-2, 6-2) stormed back in the second half. Gamecocks quarterback Connor Shaw completed a 32-yard touchdown on 4th-and-3

when Gators’ defensive back Brian Poole lost the ball in the air; Gators kicker Austin Har-din missed a 32-yard field goal that would have given his team a 17-13 lead; and Florida’s lack of a passing game caught up to the Gators.

Freshman tailback Kelvin Taylor scored on runs of 20 and 29 yards in the first half but managed just 10 yards on eight carries in the second half.

“We just need to make some plays in those situations to win the game,” Muschamp said. “The bottom line is winning. We didn’t do it.”

Trailing 16-14, the Gators failed to convert a fake punt to essentially give the Gamecocks a field goal. Down 19-14, the Gators reached South Caro-lina’s 48-yard line before Morn-hinweg threw an interception with 1:22 remaining.

Sticking with screens and short, safe throws, he finished

10-of-13 passing for 107 yards. “I’ve got to make a better

decision,” Mornhinweg said. “I’ve got to throw the ball away. That’s on me.”

The Gators did well to stick around that long.

“I’m very proud,” Muschamp said. “We continue to fight. There’s a lot of negativity out there. These guys pulled to-gether.”

But moral victories will not extend the nation’s second-longest active bowl streak to 23 years or erase a losing record in SEC play for the second time in Muschamp’s three seasons. With time running out, the Ga-tors just need a win.

“It’s a step in the right direc-tion, considering our circum-stances, but we don’t play off circumstances,” safety Cody Riggs said Saturday night. “Hopefully we can just win next week against Georgia South-ern.”

The Lady Reddies volleyball team played their last game of the season against rivals, Ouachita Baptist University, Thursday night in the Duke Wells Center.

The team celebrated senior night for Cheyenne Derr before the game to honor the four-year letterwinner and her last game to play as a Lady Reddie volley-ball player.

Derr leaves the team with a historic legacy, having a record of 461 digs, being named an all-around player, having 321 kills, 188 blocks and 31 aces while being a member of the Lady Reddies.

HSU (4-24 overall, 0-14 GAC) put up a fight as the game went to five sets with OBU (15-11 overall, 8-6 GAC), coming out with the win.

The first set started off with the OBU Tigers getting four points on the board before Henderson scored with a kill by Sarah Williams.

Henderson fell behind in the game, only being able to reach 12 points against OBU’s 25 to end the first set.

In the second set, Henderson was first to get points with kills by Williams and Jessica Moss before OBU scored with a kill by their Faith Avalos.

OBU tied the game up at 3-3 with a kill and broke the tie with an attack error made by Henderson.

HSU tied the game up at 7-7 with a kill by Jami Jackson, but OBU returned with a kill by Tara Wait and took the score up to 10-7.

Henderson took the lead at 16-14 with two attack errors made by Kelley Ballard.

Henderson took a 20-17 lead with a kill by Moss and an at-tack error made by Abby Pick-ett from OBU.

Taylor Thompson made a kill to make Henderson’s lead 22-19, and only let OBU score two

more points in the set. The Lady Reddies won the

second set with a kill made by Williams.

The third set began with a kill by Williams, but OBU retal-iated with a kill made by their Pickett.

Henderson was down 16-5 when Jackson made a kill to gain a point.

The Lady Reddies made the score of the set 20-12 with an at-tack error by Jayme Shell and a bad set by Wait.

Henderson got the score up to 24-16 when OBU took the win with a kill by Avalos.

The fourth set began with the Lady Reddies scoring 2-0 with a kill by Moss and and an attack error by OBU’s Pickett.

Williams made a kill to make the score 3-1, with Henderson in the lead.

Moss made a kill for Hender-son, but OBU returned with a kill by Kelsi Bodine.

Derr made a kill along with Jackson to make the score 6-3 with Henderson in the lead.

HSU went on a streak, and with a kill by Jackson and an attack error made by OBU, the score was taken up to 8-3 with the Lady Reddies in the lead again.

Henderson went on another winning streak with a kill by Jackson. Williams and an attack error by Kelley Ballard to make HSU’s lead 12-5.

The Lady Reddies reached an 18-13 lead over OBU with a kill by Katrina Goulbourne.

OBU tried to make a come back, down two points when the score was 19-17, but with a kill by Williams and an attack er-ror by Pickett, Henderson took

back a comfortable lead. OBU made two more points

in the game with a kill by Avalos and Pickett, and Henderson ended the fourth set with a kill by Goulbourne with a score of 25-19.

The fifth set only went to 15 points, and Henderson took the first three points before OBU would score off of a service er-ror. Derr made a kill to make the score 4-1 with Henderson in the lead, and then made her last kill of the game to make the score 5-1.

Goulbourne made a kill to make the score 8-5 with the Lady Reddies in the lead.

They had a three-point lead with a kill by Moss and a score of 12-9 before OBU would take a timeout and return with a kill by Stephanie Pollnow to make the score 12-10.

With a kill by Pickett and an attack error by Goulbourne, the OBU Lady Tigers tied the game and would not allow the Lady Reddies to score any more.

OBU ended the game 15-12 with a kill by Pickett.

Williams had 22 kills in the game, along with 5 spikes and having the highest number of points in the game out of the two teams.

Taylor Thompson lead the two teams in assists with 49 and had 14 digs and the only ace on the Lady Reddie team.

Derr had 11 digs in the game and 4 kills with 5 blocks.

Goulborne had 10 kills with 2 blocks and 7 digs for the game.

The game ended the volley-ball season for the Lady Red-dies, and they will now start to prepare for their next season.

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 PAGE 5SportsLady Reddies lose in five sets to rival OBU

The Red Wave swim team suffered their first loss of the season this past Friday night against the Delta State Univer-sity Statesmen.

With a final score of 270 to 200, Red Wave fought hard with the majority of losses being from mere touch-out finishes.

“I felt like we swam really tough,” Coak Matthews, head coach, said.

“We swam well. I am still proud of the way the team fought. We lost several really close races, and there were a couple of tactful errors we need to correct in practice. At Con-ference, they’ll be ready to go.”

The meet began in the team’s annual Senior Night as Red Wave recognized seniors Me-

lissa Ralston, Desi LoBouno, Denver Dawson, Brandon Cur-ley, Michael Duplessie and Kyle Douglass, for their long dedica-tion to the Red Wave family.

Matthews recognized each senior, and said a few words about their accomplishments in and out of the water.

“It’s a very exciting and hon-orable feeling for me to make it as far as I have,” Denver Daw-son, senior and business mar-keting major, said. “The road to this point has been tough and full of bumps, but with motiva-tion and great support from my friends and family, I can say I am proud to be a senior.”

The meet began with less than one-second touch-outs on the men and women’s 200-yard Medley Relays.

However, victory was claimed soon after in the men’s

1000-yard Freestyle as fresh-man Colton Laramore came from behind in a win over Delta Statesmen Bryce Anderson with a time of 9:50.12.

Laramore later won the men’s 500-yard Freestyle.

Junior Aaron Vilamez suf-fered a touch-out race in the men’s 200-yard Freestyle, only to come back with a win in the men’s 100-yard freestyle in a time of 47.92.

Other close races came from Erin Beu, Denver Dawson, Colton Holland and Paul Bayl-iss in the men and women’s 50-yard Freestyle.

Sophomore Guy Bulls domi-nated his heat with a victory in the men’s 400 IM, finishing with a time of 4:09.80.

Jeanne Miller, junior and captain, took the first victory for the Lady Red Wave in the

100-yard Butterfly with a time of 58.57.

Both the men and women’s teams were greatly assisted by points given from the perfor-mances of Jessica Jones, Adam Zmijewski, Dalton Walthall and Kyle Meritt on the one and three meter diving boards.

Jones took victory in both one and three meter diving for the women’s team with a point total of 163.95 and 132.70.

Junior captain Lauren Sut-ton suffered a minor touch-out against Delta Lady Statesmen Chloe Bennett with a time dif-ference of .03 of a second.

The men’s 100-yard Breast-stroke ended in victory for the men’s team, as mid-semester freshman Bence Greifenstein took first with a time of 59.05.

Sophomore teammate Matt Gribble closely followed with a

second place finish, and then a fourth place finish came from freshman Sean Bell.

As the meet reached its final event, the women’s 200-yard Freestyle Relay, Lady Red Wave’s A-relay finished second to the Lady Statesmen’s A-relay.

In the final race of the night, the men’s 200-yard Freestyle Relay ended in immense victo-ry as Henderson’s A-relay, B-re-lay, C-relay and D-relay finished victorious against Delta State’s B-relay, with a disqualification on Delta’s A-relay.

Henderson’s Red Wave will face off again against Delta State.

They will play on January 17 in Cleveland, Miss.

Red Wave’s next meet will take place at the Trinity Invi-tational in Southlake, Texas on November 22 and 23.

Red Wave loses to Delta State on senior nightVictoria CulliverStaff writer

Photos by Ryan Klare

HUSTLE, HIT, NEVER QUIT The Lady Reddies get ready to block a spike by an OBU player during the Battle of the Ravine game Thursday night, when HSU lost by three points in the fifth set.

Kaitlyn KitchensSports Editor

Muschamp takes out frustration loss on chalkboardEdgar ThompsonOrlando Sentinel

Continued from page 1.The Friday before the game,

the third annual Rally on the Ravine celebration took place.

All year long, the Rally on the Ravine committee planned the different events.

Carnival rides filled the HSU intramural fields. From a zip-line to live music to flag football tournaments, students from both schools as well as the community came together for extreme tailgating fun.

Friday night was college night. Students from both uni-versities came out to enjoy free admittance to the rides.

On Saturday, the game-day festivities started with an 8 a.m. Color Dash 5K run.

Participants came dressed in white to run, jog or walk through flying colored powder.

Inspired by color runs across the nation, the idea of hosting a BOTR color dash was wel-comed by fans and the commu-nity.

At 9 a.m., the Andy Allison Kids Run began and the carni-val was in full swing.

Shari Bales Band took the stage at noon.

At 12:15 p.m., the Reddies made their way across High-way 7 in the traditional Cross-ing of the Ravine.

This year’s battle was hosted on Ouachita’s A.U. Williams Field.

Kickoff was scheduled for 2 p.m.

The Reddies entered the game with a 10-0 record, while the Tigers held a record of 7-3.

The Reddies won the coin toss and chose to receive.

Ouachita kicked off 63 yards to the HSU-2.

Israel Valentine returned the ball 24, and stopped at the HSU-26.

With Ouachita defense on

point, the Reddies carried the ball six yards down the field in three plays.

Christian Latoof punted the ball at the fourth down to the OBU-44.

With the Tigers taking a knee, Ouachita started their drive at the OBU-44.

They took the ball seven yards down the field to the HSU-49 in three plays.

At the fourth down, Clark Gaddis punted the ball back to the Reddies at the HSU-7.

It was back and forth un-til the Reddies finally broke through the line of defense and made the first touchdown of the game.

With 9:45 left in the first quarter, Joseph Snapp received a pass from Kevin Rodgers, tak-ing the ball 50 yards down the field and into the end zone.

The Tigers retaliated with a touchdown of their own. They took the ball 76 yards down the field in nine plays tying the score 7-7 with 5:46 left in the quarter.

After another two scores from each team, the Reddies ended the first quarter, tying the score 14-14.

Second quarter started with the Reddies kicking off to the Tiger.

Austin Warford returned the ball to the HSU-49 for the Ti-gers. Ke’Vontae Pope received a pass for 18 yards, where Chris King for the Reddies forced a fumble.

Christian Love recovered the ball at the HSU-31. Reddies took the ball 20 yards down to the OBU-49 before being backed up 10 yards for a hold-ing penalty and 11 by Ouachita

defense. They recovered 24 yards be-

fore turning the ball over at the HSU-34 to the Tigers.

Ouachita took five plays to take the ball 34 yards down the field and into the end zone, gaining the Tigers the lead 21-14.

Reddies returned with four plays, taking the ball 53 yards down the field, ending with a Reddie touchdown.

With the extra point good, the Reddies tied the game back up 21-21.

The Reddies took the lead with a back-to-back touchdown in the third quarter, bringing the score up 28-21, and then a 31-yard field goal by Gonsalves, raising the score 31-21.

Ouachita got back in the game during the top of the fourth quarter.

After 14 plays, taking the ball 79 yards down the field, the Ti-gers made a touchdown, bring-ing the score up 28-31.

Etauj Allen for the Tigers made a 67-yard punt return, giving the Tigers the lead 35-31.

With 1:08 left in the fourth quarter, Valentin received a 5-yard pass from Rodgers and went into the end zone for a Reddie touchdown, putting the Reddies back in the lead, 38-35.

By the end of the quarter, the Tigers kicked a field goal, tying the score 38-38.

Fans were on the edge of their seats as the game went into overtime.

Cheers from the crowd and spirited music from both bands filled the night air as the teams took to the field to see who would come out champions of the ravine.

In four plays, the Reddies took the ball 25 yards down the field and into the end zone.

The Tigers then replied with six plays and 25 yards, tying the score again, 45-45.

The second overtime left the score tied 52-52.

No one could sit still as the game entered triple overtime.

The Reddies spent four plays and 25 yards fighting to get the ball into the end zone, taking the lead 60-52.

With Ouachita in possession, the Reddies intercepted the ball in the end zone, ending the game 60-52.

“It was a great game played by both teams,” Shelby Mason, sophomore, said.

“There’s nothing better than watching the Reddies take on the Tigers in triple overtime. By the end of the game, I could hardly stand still with anticipa-tion for the outcome. I’m so proud to call myself a Reddie.”

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Reddies hang on to win ‘Battle’ in triple OT

Photos by Ryan Klare

REDDIE TO RUMBLE HSU gets ready to hike the ball in the 87th Battle of the Ravine game against Ouachita Baptist University, where they took the win in triple over time in one of the most intense college football games against OBU.

THROW WHAT YOU KNOW (Above)Quarterback Kev-in Rodgers drops back to pass in the rivalry game against OBU. The game went into overtime when OBU tied the game up at the last second, and the two teams exchanged blows and forced a tri-ple overtime. The Reddies finally sealed the win with an intercep-tion. (Below) Receiver Darius Davis eludes a defender.