Opinion

Shouldn’t They Care About Us?

Part of our ongoing series "WTF HSU"
Anonymous Staff MemberApril 8, 2019

  I am a student at Henderson State University. I live in a certain apartment complex on campus, which I pay an exuberant cost to do so.      There is no security. I was promised a gated and...

Momo is a Meme

Momo is a Meme

Thoughts from the Oracle's Resident Meme Lord
Paris Dugan, Photo EditorMarch 13, 2019

If you use any or all social media, then it’s safe to assume that you know or have heard about Momo. Perhaps not, seeing how at this point it resides in the meme cemetery next to Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar...

ICE Decoy University

Jae-Kur Lockhart, Opinions Writer/ EditorMarch 13, 2019

The year of 2019 has been quite the debacle. Continued investigations on celebrity sex cults, fabricated stories on hate crimes, fragile masculinity becoming even more fragile, and even President Trump’s...

First Amendment’s Right

Leigha Lynch, Features EditorMarch 13, 2019

We exercise our first amendment rights on a daily basis. We learned the basics in grade school. The first amendment essentially states that our freedom of religion, expression, peaceful assembly, and to...

Was It All a Hoax?

The Jussie Smollett Story
Jae-Kur Lockhart, Opinions Writer/ EditorMarch 8, 2019

As reported on January 29 of this year, Empire actor, Jussie Smollett, was assaulted earlier that morning in Chicago. It was believed that the crime was motivated by racism and homophobia. Smollett...

interviewing the swim team

Cortez Akins, Sports EditorDecember 13, 2018

This story was very interesting. I knew NOTHING about swim coming into this meeting. The players helped me a great amount and now i understand the sport more than i previously did. The coach was very open...

The Battle of the Ravine Volleyball game

Cortez Akins, Sports EditorDecember 12, 2018

This game was the most intense volleyball game of the season. The gym had more students than it had the entire season. The reddies one in an intense five set match. after the game the coach was very open...

End of the Volleyball Season story

Cortez Akins, Sports EditorDecember 12, 2018

This story was a sad one for me. I knew the season would come to an end eventually, but I personally wanted to cover a team that won a championship. The Volleyball team made it to the GAC championship...

The Battle of the Ravine

Cortez Akins, Sports EditorDecember 12, 2018

The Battle of the Ravine or BOTR was an event that I have experienced before and even been apart of for the school across the street. The Reddies lost but i did find a new respect for the work that people...

G.L.O.W.

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

The fashion show was one of the most entertaining events I’ve been to as a reporter. Everyone was genuinely excited to raise awareness for G.L.O.W. or Girls Living on Wings. The DJ for the event, Archie...

Theater Festival

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

It was difficult to find people to interview at the festival. Most of the attendees were in classes, or having their plays reviewed. I was able to talk to a few people, but I wasn’t able to write the...

Board of Trustees Meeting

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

I was very nervous about writing this article, because I had to interview several members of the board of trustees. Writing this article taught me the importance of interviewing multiple people. You end...

Tailgates and Traditions

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

I enjoyed attending the homecoming presentation, because I was able to see all the participants. However, it was stressful trying to get quotes. Candidates and their family members where all in the same...

Margin of Excellence

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

Interviewing my sources helped me realize how important it is to have good interview questions. Thankfully my questions allowed my sources to talk about things at length. This got me no one word responses...

Homecoming

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

I really enjoyed asking athletes what No Mere Beast meant to them. It was kind of difficult to find someone from every sport but I managed to get almost all of them. I was even able to interview someone...

E-Sports

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

I enjoyed writing this article, because of all the good information I got doing the interview. John Price, the director of E-sports was very passionate about what the hobby means for Henderson. In addition...

Arkansas General Election

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

This was a relatively easy article to write. A lot of information was online regarding voting in Clark County. Not only did these sources make it easier to write the article, it also gave me great resources...

Sports Glass Ceiling

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorDecember 10, 2018

The illustration of Serena Williams, at the U.S. open generated a lot of response, from tweets to think pieces. It was a lot of information to go through. However, it was worth it when I came across a...

interviewing a player

December 6, 2018

I had to interview volleyball player, Courtney Bolf on her recent HERO award. It was exciting and it felt like a professional interview. In order to talk to her I had to get permission from a couple of...

My First Story

December 6, 2018

My first story was a bit scary. I had to talk to coaches for the first time and watch a sport that I didn't know much about. Interviewing the coach after the game was not hard though, he made himself easy...

Carol of Lights

Carol of Lights

Keylee Harrell, Student ReporterDecember 3, 2018

This week for the practicum I went to the Carol of Lights concert in Arkansas Hall. As I approached the building there was paths of lights lining the sidewalk. I didn't expect to see all of the lights....

minimum wage increase story blog

minimum wage increase story blog

Keylee Harrell, Student ReporterDecember 1, 2018

This week in the practicum I did a story on the minimum wage increase that voters passed during the midterm elections and how it will affect jobs on campus. I talked to the director of financial aid to...

Do we need Greek Life Blog

Do we need Greek Life Blog

Keylee Harrell, Student ReporterNovember 27, 2018

For this week on the practicum I did a story on if we need greek life and if it is a bad thing or a good thing. I talked to lots of students and the director of residence life. I learned that a lot of...

Native Americans and Arkansas

Native Americans and Arkansas

By Miranda Diaz, , News EditorNovember 26, 2018

November is National Native American Heritage Month. The purpose of National Native American Heritage Month is to honor Native Americans and all that they contributed to the United States by playing...

Graduation and inundation at HSU Jae-Kur on new ends and old beginnings

Graduation and inundation at HSU Jae-Kur on new ends and old beginnings

By Jae-Kur Lockfart, , Opinions EditorNovember 26, 2018

As we begin to stumble through our last projects, assignments, and presentation, we take need of upcoming milestones for some – graduation. While some are designing graduation caps and picking...

Keylee Harrell Voting Story

Keylee Harrell Voting Story

Keylee Harrell, Student reporterNovember 15, 2018

This week for the practicum we went around garrison and asked people if they voted and which way did they vote. I learned that a lot of people didn't vote because they had to go back to their home town...

Where’s present day Patrick Henry?

Editorial by Editorial StaffNovember 12, 2018

“Give me liberty or give me death,” is how the saying goes.In the infancy of our country, Patrick Henry spouted these famous words to founding fathers and state delegates to achieve what our nation...

Hallo-YOU-ween?

By: Jae-Kur Lockhart, Opinions EditorNovember 12, 2018

Halloween originated as a western Christian celebration and feast referred to once as All Hallows’ Eve. It was established to celebrate and remember the saints, martyrs, and the rest of the departed. At...

Scary Smith Berry Bash

Scary Smith Berry Bash

Keylee Harrell, Student ReporterNovember 3, 2018

On Halloween night, there was a haunted house on the Newberry 8th floor. I was very excited to see it because I know no one lives on the 8th floor so I knew it would be pretty scary. They used a lot of...

Querale Hall

October 28, 2018

This past week HSU had a volley ball game against our rivals OBU and that game was the best so far in my opinion. The atmosphere was crazy from both sides and you could feel the tension from the floor...

Keylee Harrell - family science night

Keylee Harrell – family science night

Keylee Harrell, Student reporterOctober 24, 2018

For this week I went to family science night in the Reynolds science center. I didn't really know what it was so I didn't know what to expect but when I walked in I saw lots of families and lots of kids....

Homecoming Presentation

KaBryn Grayson, Managing EditorOctober 23, 2018

I covered the Homecoming Presentation that happened on Thursday evening in Arkansas Hall.I planned to arrive early and get quotes before the presentation started. However,I arrived late and they were already...

Querale hall story 3

October 21, 2018

This was my first time watching a volleyball game on a live stream and it was very different from actually being there. It was boring honestly but it was still a really good game. I could only imagine ...

Fall Choir Concert Hindsight

Fall Choir Concert Hindsight

Cle'Varus Oney, Staff WriterOctober 17, 2018

I’m glad that I got assigned to do a story over the choir concert because it was fun to watch. A lot of surprising things happened during the performance, even having a whistling soloist. It was also...

Kavanaugh vs. Ford: Is he falsely accused? A subjective look at the trial that everyone is talking about.

Bunky Rainesr, Contributing ReporteOctober 15, 2018

Spit, sweat and tears flew from the faces of senators as the Christine Blasey Ford hearing was held on Thursday, September 17 in Washington D.C. Here’s a look at how this carnivalesque battle of the...

The Rise and Fall of Bill Cosby: Update in regards to the court case of William Henry Cosby Jr

Jae-Kur Lockhart , Opinions Writer/ EditorOctober 15, 2018

William Henry Cosby Jr., more commonly known as Bill Cosby, has been under fire in regards to alleged sexual assault and misuse of debilitating drugs on unsuspecting women. As of Sept. 25, “America’s...

Keylee Harrell - Justin Peter story

Keylee Harrell – Justin Peter story

Keylee Harrell, Student reporterOctober 11, 2018

On Tuesday night there was a Justin Peter concert in the Arkansas hall stage. It was raining hard that night so not a lot of people showed up and there were only about 10 people there. It wasn't very eventful...

Wind Ensemble Hindsight

Wind Ensemble Hindsight

Cle'Varus Oney, Staff WriterOctober 10, 2018

The wind ensemble concert was one that didn’t exactly fall into my interests. I didn’t completely know how to report it. I’d rushed from Little Rock back to Arkadelphia just in time to catch the...

Many stars are born in “A Star is Born”

Pete Tubbs, Editor In Chief, Community EditionOctober 8, 2018

     Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, the fourth adaptation of the classic film “A Star is Born,” was released nationwide last week, and it pretty much blew everyone’s minds. Well, I know...

Keylee Harrell - Amity Road story

Keylee Harrell – Amity Road story

Keylee Harrell, Student ReporterOctober 4, 2018

This week in the practicum I wrote a story about the amity road band that played on the reddie cafe stage Tuesday night. I didn't really know what to expect going into it I just knew I needed to be at...