Henderson Oracle

Arkadelphia hosts Gulf Coast evacuees

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Mandatory evacuations due to Hurricane Gustav all but emptied southern Louisiana Sunday. By Saturday night, all the hotels and motels in Arkadelphia were booked. As they did with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the American Red Cross set up shelters for evacuees.

Board discusses graduation goals, among other things

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When it comes to education in Arkansas, the biggest problem isn't getting students into college; it's getting them to graduate. So, to reach a goal recently established by the Arkansas Task Force on Higher Education Remediation, Retention, and Graduation Rates, new policies will soon be implemented in state education.

Educators prepare for legislative session

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

State representative Johnnie Roebuck visited campus Thursday and gave an update on the 2009 legislative session, which will convene in January.

Roebuck served on the task force that recently completed the "Access to Success" report, available online at www.

Henderson seeks to "go green"

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Soon, Henderson will join the ranks of colleges across the United States and the world creating a sustainability task force.

The sustainability task force will be a committee of faculty, students and staff who will help Henderson become a more green campus.

Wet county petition is subject of forum

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Clark County residents gathered at Park Hill Baptist Church on Monday, Sept. 25 to discuss in an open forum the proposed Arkansas lottery and the wet county petition.

Erby Burgess, the church's pastor, invited Larry Page, executive director of the Arkansas Faith and Ethics Council, to lead the discussion.

Rec Creation

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Reddies drop season opener to UCA

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Reddies added on to an old chapter in school history on Thursday, when they visited the University of Central Arkansas to take on the Bears, who used to be one of their biggest rivals until UCA moved up to Division 1-AA at the beginning of the 2006 season.

Columnist not a fan of the NFL preseason layout

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The National Football League has a four-game preseason for all 32 teams. But is that too long to play in the preseason?

Yes it is, and I will tell you why.

This year alone, there have been numerous key players hurt during one of their respective team's preseason football games.

Intensive workshop refines artists

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

For some Henderson students, summer means a long awaited break; for others, it means working long hours to save for the upcoming school year; but for a handful of students, it meant the opportunity to learn more about the basic artistic medium of drawing.

This summer, the art department offered an intensive two-week drawing workshop, which lasted for five hours each day.

Aptly-named 'Disaster Movie' lacks humor, originality

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If ever it came down to having to choose between being stabbed in the ribs or having to watch "Disaster Movie" again, the choice would be clear.

Pass the knife.

Or better yet - pass the spoon.

"Disaster Movie," the latest installment of so-called spoof comedies, is so atrociously bad that a tablet of cyanide should come free with the purchase of admission.

Land of Confusion

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

For many of you, this is the first election you will be able to participate in. It's my first election, and I couldn't be more excited about it, even though we've had political propaganda shoved down out throats our entire lives, and some of us have given up hope of ever being able to trust the system again.

Take It

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Sometime in the near past, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married. If I read the Us Weekly correctly in the checkout aisle, it was sometime last week. Let me be the first to congratulate the couple.

From what I know of Ellen DeGeneres, which is very little, she has a talk show and happens to be very funny.

Tales from Mars

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Communication is key. It seems everyone has forgotten this phrase, but no one seems to have any qualms about communicating their relationship issues to me.

They explain a long, drawn out problem they have with their significant other, to which I often reply with a simple question: Have you told them that? The answer is almost always a resounding "no.

Letter to the editor

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In the last issue of The Oracle ["Foul Ball," Aug. 25], Josh Briggs expresses his disapproval for the choice of Beijing as the host of the XXIX Olympic Games. While everyone is entitled to his or her viewpoint, I strongly believe that opinions should not be based on sheer ignorance.