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The Yellow JacketMarch 2, 2017 Howard Payne University. Brownwood, TX Volume 107, Issue 10
Theatre production reveals ‘real life’
It seems I always get the best views of Howard Payne Uni-versity Theatre productions.
On or offstage, or just sit-ting in the audience, it is a privilege to be able to share the powerful production “Salted with Fire” with our commu-nity. Though the relaxing at-mosphere of the show may be a comfy, country setting, it contrasts with its deep provo-cations of the role of faith during the harshest of trials.
As part of the fieldhand ensemble, I have the abil-ity to be present throughout the show. As we quietly wait backstage for the next scene change, I am drawn by the thoughtful questions posed by the characters. Each char-acter serves as a different role in answering the question. Through the eyes of these characters, we can obtain a unique and inspiring answer.
Senior theatre major Gabby McWhirter, who plays the role of Ruth, of-fers one such answer.
“To me, this show is about real life. This show gives ex-amples of the real hardships people face, but that with God’s love and understanding, you can always find peace and happiness,” McWhirter said.
Other characters in the cast have arrived to the same con-clusion: What is most interest-ing about these similar themes is that “Salted with Fire” does not directly spell out concepts of forgiveness and loneliness. Each character, rather, serves like pieces to a theologi-cal puzzle that the audience can put together in different ways, seeing questions of faith that all eventually lead to the same comforting pic-ture – that we are not alone.
Shannon Parish, a ju-nior theatre major playing the role of Mary, agrees.
“As Mark and Nathan end up pointing out, faith is not strictly words and penance. It’s a faith you live by walk-ing,” Parish said. “There is
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InsIde thIs
edItIon Patience Required..........2Sometimes we have to wait
on the Lord’s promises.
Spring Sing......................3Because of scheduling
conflicts, only four groups are entered this year.
Paddle boarding..............4New class is popular with
HPU students.
Roommate........................7Tips for being a better
college roommate.
Passion Discovered........8Professors help HPU student discover his passion for English.
Senior musicians...........12HPU musicians prepare
senior recitals.
Apartment fire................13HPU accepting dona-
tions for items lost by three students during a fire at
Camelot apartments.
All-ASC Hoops..........15-16All-conference teams for
men’s and women’s basketball are announced.
Insulin Kid......................17HPU baseball player Josh
Gerig has returned to baseball while battling
diabetes.
Photos by Dillon WesleyCassia Rose and Bryce McWhirter perform during a dress rehearsal of “Salted With Fire.”
Salted With FireHPU Theatre Department Production
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. SundayHPU Theatre Building
$5 for students, $8 for adultsFree to HPU students, faculty and staff
More photos on Pages 9-10.Theatre → Page 8
Christopher Freeland
staff writer
Gabby McWhirter (top) and Katie Cravey in “Salted With Fire.”
When the trials of life come, it can be easy to for-get the blessings. Even the disciples, having just seen Jesus feed over 5,000 people from a lunchbox, felt forsaken and hope-less when the storm came.
Sometimes, when it feels like prayers are going unan-swered and trouble is a con-stant companion, we forget God’s promises to love and keep us. We forget that He’s taken us through many mess-es before and can do it again.
When you feel like God is distant or your prayers are hitting the ceiling, I want to encourage you to remember His promises and that some answers won’t come over-night. Oftentimes, God is preparing us, strengthening us, to hold the things He has promised. There is a process.
In the gospels, Mary was visited by an angel who, though Mary was a virgin, told her she would give birth to the Messiah. The thing is, she didn’t give birth to Jesus that night, or the next night, or a week later. She was preg-nant for nine months before
that promise came to pass.Just like Mary, you may
be holding a promise in your heart that isn’t “showing” yet. Just because the answer to your prayers isn’t visible yet doesn’t mean it isn’t coming.
In times like this in my own life, I have learned a few things. First, even though Mary couldn’t see her promise showing yet, she surrounded herself with someone whose promise was already visible – her cousin, Elizabeth, who was further along in her preg-nancy with John the Baptist.
When you don’t feel like your blessings are coming, talk to someone who is ex-periencing answered prayer.
Rather than giving in to self-ish jealousy at their circum-stance, celebrate with them and be encouraged. They will probably tell you how long it took for their own promises and be there to lean on as you wait for yours.
Luke 1:45 says, “Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfill-ment of what the Lord spoke to her.” Sometimes you have to just wait and trust.
Beyond the pregnancy analogy, I have secondly learned that many times the awesome part of the prom-ise actually comes out of the process. As the old ad-age goes, “Life is a jour-ney, not a destination.”
Many of the blessings I’ve gotten in life have actually come from the preparation, the growing, the becoming who God has called me to be, rather than the end result. Maybe it’s what you learn about God or about your-self along the way, or the friends you make, or the new experiences you get to try.
God prepares us to even be able to handle all the great stuff he has for us. Some-times we have to grow up before we will be good stew-ards of what He has to give, and that takes time. Growth happens little by little, and promises take process. How-ever, waiting on God’s prom-ises will always be worth it.
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Opinion & NewsNews Briefs
Campus“Living WELL Aware: What is Healthy?” a lecture by Dr. Patricia J. Sulak, M.D., is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. today [March 2] in the Ma-bee University Center Bul-lion Suites. Sulak will give a 75-minute workshop focus-ing on nutrition as well as other aspects of health and happiness including stress management, spiritual health, exercise, and giving and forgiving with a Q&A and book sale/signing after.
CampusThe annual HPU Health Fair is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday along the Wilson Walk-way. This year’s event will include some famil-iar themes as well as some new attractions. The event is free and open to stu-dents, faculty and staff.
stateA group of Democratic state representatives this week called for financial sanctions and a criminal investigation into how Bay-lor handled widespread al-legations of rape against football players and other students in recent years.
Rep. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, appealed to Gov. Greg Abbott for a “siz-able reduction” in the $10 million in annual grants the state sends Baylor until a thorough investigation is completed. A private school, Baylor is mostly immune to state oversight, but it does receive $10 million per year in state grants for stu-dents with financial need.
lydia heinrichs
Editor In Chief
What’s the Buzz?To submit items and events to this HPU campus calendar, email [email protected].
March 2: Living Well Aware: What is Healthy?, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Mabee Uni-versity Center, Bullion SuitesMarch 3: “Why Are Beets Red?”, 10 a.m Friday, Winebrenner 121March 2-5: Spring Theater Production, 7:30 p.m. Thursday -Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Theatre BuildingMarch 7: HPU Health Fair, 10:30 a.m.March 1o: Residence Halls close, 6 p.m.March 13-17: Spring BreakMarch 19: Residence Halls open, 1 p.m.
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Schedule conflicts cause fewer Spring Sing entries M A R C H 2 , 2 0 1 7 P A G E 3
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Howard Payne is known for its continuous traditions. One of the most anticipated events of the spring semes-ter is Spring Sing, a singing and dance exhibition fea-ture groups and organiza-tions from around campus.
However, this year’s event will only feature four of the nine HPU Greek organizations.
Spring Sing will open its doors at 7 p.m. – with show time at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 24-25, in Mims Auditorium.
“In the year’s past, we have
typically had about six or sev-en sororities and fraternities participate,” said Josh Snow, HPU’s new Student Activities Director. “Unfortunately this year’s dates conflicted with a few organizations, leav-ing us with only four acts. Even though it’s brought up a few challenges, all four of these groups are prov-ing to be great competitors.”
Scheduling conflicts caused to groups to skip Spring Sing this year.
“This year, our district convention falls on the same weekend as spring sing so we [both Kappa & Tau Beta Sigma] are not able to par-ticipate,” said Kappa Kappa Psi President Aaron Walling. “Although us missing Spring
Sing takes a great deal off of our plate, including stress, it always added hours of bond-ing, excitement and creativ-ity. Many of our members thin of our absence as bittersweet, however, hopefully we will be able to return next year.”
A crowded springtime agenda – including the Christian University The-atre Festival March 6-8 in Plainview – caused Al-pha Psi Omega to drop out of Spring Sing this year.
“Right after we premiere ‘Salted with Fire’ here on campus [this weekend], we immediately start traveling for our spring festival and then right after begin senior directed plays. We literally have no time for Spring Sing,
unfortunately,” said Al-pha Psi Omega mem-ber Christopher Freeland.
Sigma Theta Phi, which won the Spring Sing first-place prize last year, will be the only fraternity competing this year. Local sororities en-tered in Spring Sing include Delta Chi Rho, Chi Alpha Omega, and Pi Theta Chi.
“I think this is a good group of individuals, and I know they’ve all been work-ing very hard for their per-formances,” said Snow.
“In the fall semester, our Spring Sing Student Com-mittee voted not to have a Spring Sing theme in order to provide these organizations with plenty of leeway in re-gards to their performances.
However, we did decide to continue the 10-minute limit performance time simply be-cause most of these groups have been working on their productions for a while now.”
Snow went on to say that there would still only be prizes for the top three performances, which include a variety of prize money sponsored from SGA, The Alumni Association, as well as Student Activities.
A total of six judges [three per night] will determine this year’s Spring Sing winners based on their performances and creativity. Spring Sing be-gan in 1996 and has continued every year since. Tickets go on sale Wednesday [March 8]. Reserved seats are $10 a ticket and general admission is $5.
Eighty-six percent of peo-ple say we have a leadership problem in our world today.
Eighty-six percent of com-panies say they are concerned about their leadership pipelines.
Ninety-seven percent of em-ployers think that leadership development should start by the time a person reaches age 21.
Forty-two. That is the aver-age age that most people first ex-perience a leadership position.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the reason we’re having a leadership prob-lem is that we don’t have people learning how to lead.
On Feb. 23-25, the Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference was conducted at the University of Texas at Aus-tin. I, along with five other HPU students receiving the Sumners Scholarship – Joel Justice, Carrie Leach, Sydney Spencer,
Isaac Sommers, and Rachel White – traveled to Austin for the weekend in order to attend as representatives of the Guy D. Newman Honors Academy
It was an amazing week-end, and I not only learned a lot about leadership, I also made several new friends, in-cluding Americo and Sari, two students from Mexico; Tre, a student from West Point; and Sneha, an interna-tional student from Nepal who was studying in New York.
At the beginning of the conference, we were divid-ed up into groups of about a dozen students from different schools. These were the teams with which we would work to build our leadership skills. We attended lectures and work-shop activities to build our understanding of what leader-ship truly is and to sharpen our own particular skills. I took so many notes that my fountain pen ran out of ink the morn-ing of the third day. Here are a few things that I learned:
Everyone has leadership skills. There are many dif-ferent types of leader, so there is no particular box into which “leadership” can fit.
There are, according to Gallup’s Strength Finder as-sessment test, over 30 differ-ent skills that can be used to lead, and only 0.0008 per-cent of people have abso-lutely none of those skills.
Each participant in the con-ference took the Strength Find-er skill assessment in order to learn what their particular skills were and how to use them. For example, some of my skills are empathy (relating to people at an emotional level) and woo (wanting to befriend everyone).
These are great for build-ing relationships, understand-ing people, and building trust. Other people had skills such as responsibility, competi-tion, positivity, and learning. That didn’t mean I didn’t have those skills, they just weren’t in the top five list I was given at the end of the assessment.
You don’t even have to take the assessment to find out the best way to lead. Play to your strengths. Are you a good lis-tener? People love a leader who will listen to their ideas and concerns. Are you more of a talker? That’s still great, having a way with words is another good leadership skill.
There were five myths about leadership that one of the con-ference speakers, Dr. Barry Pos-ner from Santa Clara Universi-ty, addressed during his lecture:
(1) Leadership is not a talent. Anyone can learn to be a leader; everyone is born with leadership skills.
(2) You don’t have to be in an authority position to be a leader. You can be a leader even if you’re just the lowly intern at work, or if you just sit in the back of the class-room of most of your classes. If you work with a team of people, either in an academic sense or at a job, everyone can be a leader. The best teams are the ones where people of
all kinds of leadership skills work together and contribute.
(3) Leaders don’t have to only focus on their strengths. Growth requires new experi-ences and challenges. Focus-ing on your skills is an es-sential part of leadership, but acknowledging and overcom-ing your weaknesses is another.
(4) Leader’s don’t have to stand alone. The ability to ac-cept help is another mark of a good leader No one can handle everything on their own, and true leaders can rely on oth-ers to contribute to problems.
(5) Leadership doesn’t come naturally to some people as compared to others. Those who are the best at something are almost always the people who work the hardest, just as musicians don’t get to be the best at playing their instru-ment if they do not practice.
The hardest part to becom-ing a leader is believing you can be one. Once you real-ize that, anyone can be a leader with enough practice.
Aimee Orozco
staff writer
Conference reveals startling facts about leadershipRACHEL hUGHES
Assistant Editor
Stand up for paddle boardingNew kinesiology class is a hit with students and its teachers
A Standup Paddle Board-ing class was introduced on the Howard Payne Univer-sity campus this semester.
The class is taught by Dr. Kevin Kelley, Assistant Pro-fessor of Organizational Psy-chology, and Lori Kelley, J.D., Assistant Professor of Gov-ernment. The duo were intro-duced to the idea of heading this physical fitness course by Dr. Rick Beelby, Associ-ate Professor of Kinesiology.
The couple was very excit-ed to start teaching the course about a sport they really love.
“We love paddle boarding, and Dr. Beelby brought up the idea of sharing our passion with students here at HPU. We now have the privilege of doing so,” said Kevin Kelley.
The Kelleys learned to standup paddle board at Lady Bird Lake in Austin. They later took an instructing class in Dallas so that they would be able to become instructors.
“We took up paddle board-ing while we were still dating. When we moved to Brown-wood, we did not leave our hobby behind. The continued to paddle board on the pad-dling trails at Riverside Park and other parts of Brown-wood,” Kevin Kelley said.
Standup paddle boarding is a spin-off sport of surfing that first originated in Hawaii. Ac-cording to the Standup Jour-nal, the sport has only been around for less than a decade in its current form. Like surf-ing, paddle boarding is done
on a surfboard. But where you only need a board, a life jacket, wetsuit and a leash to connect you to your board while you surf, you will need a paddle to paddle board.
As you can imagine, you stand on the board and pad-dle on water trails to practice the sport. Though it sounds simple, it’s not as easy as it seems. Paddle boarding is a good way to stay fit. Good balance plays a key role in this sport as well.
The class was approved last fall semester, and Beelby was able to sup-ply boards for the start of the course this spring. The class is held at 3:30 p.m. on
Tuesday afternoons at the Lake Brownwood or at Riverside Park in town. Eight students took the class this semester.
“I love this class so far. It’s such a cool way to get out-side and on the water. Also, it’s a good way to meet new people,” said Jessica Har-ris, senior business major.
Augusta Johnson, a ju-nior Academy, Global Stud-ies and History major, said: “The class has been fantas-tic. The professors make sure that everyone is on the same page and having fun.”
Patrick Welsh, se-nior psychology ma-jor, also loves the course.
“I have learned so much
about paddle boarding the first few weeks of this class. The professors make sure that we are comfortable with do-ing certain things and they are great teachers,” said Welsh.
Isaac Sommers, junior Academy and Prelaw major, said, “I have really enjoyed getting to go to this paddle boarding class. The teach-ers are great and it’s a great way to stay in shape and fit.”
Not only do the students enjoy taking the class, the professors also enjoy teach-ing them the sport and see-ing their students succeed.
“I feel like the students are learning and having fun. It really makes me excited
to see them do so well so quickly,” said Kevin Kelley.
Though Lori Kelley spe-cializes in teaching pre-law classes on campus, and Kevin Kelley is a profes-sor in the psychology and business departments, they don’t feel like the paddle boarding class is extra work.
“I feel like this isn’t work anymore. This is truly just a way to have fun with students and to pass along lifelong skills,” said Kevin Kelley.
The duo are hoping to have their course open to students every spring, but they may decide to change it to the fall semesters because of the warmer water temperatures.
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Courtesy PhotoStudents in the new paddle boarding class at HPU.
lazhay winn
staff writer
Former San Sabasuperintendent is
HPU’s new registrar
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By HPU Media Relations
Howard Payne University re-cently named Leigh Ann Glaze, for-mer public school administrator, as the university’s registrar. Glaze be-gan her new role in January and fol-lows the recently retired Lana Wagner.
Glaze spent 26 years in public edu-cation, most recently serving nine years as superintendent at San Saba Independent School District. In addi-tion, she served as assistant superinten-dent and school counselor in San Saba and taught English at Jim Ned Con-solidated Independent School District.
She spoke of her decision to start a new career in higher educa-tion so quickly following her re-tirement from public education.
“I know myself too well,” she said. “I would go stir crazy if I actually retired.”
As HPU registrar, Glaze handles academic records and has varied other responsibilities, many of which over-lap with her public school administra-tor roles. Additionally, she oversees the operations and staff of the Office of the Registrar, including Bobbie Price, certi-fication coordinator and graduation as-sistant; Martha Fothergill, coordinator of records and reports; and Kelly Franke, co-ordinator of transfer credits and records.
“These ladies have been great at helping me get settled into the job,” Glaze said. “Everyone at HPU has been so kind and helpful.”
Dr. Mark Tew, provost and chief academic officer, expressed his de-light in Glaze’s appointment.
“We’re blessed to have found some-one like Leigh Ann to fill the void af-ter Lana’s retirement,” he said. “Her experience and skill set, comple-mented by her warmth and friendli-ness, make her a perfect fit at HPU.”
Leigh Ann Glaze
It’s Time to File Financial AidApplications for 2017-2018
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for 2017-2018 can be completed at www.fafsa.gov.
The HPU Financial Aid application is available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 109 of the Packer Administration Building.
If you need with your Financial Aid application, contact the Financial Aid Office at 325/649-8015 or go by the Financial Aid Office.
Student Activities Director has HPU pedigree
This semester a new director of Student Ac-tivities was introduced at Howard Payne University. Though he retained a new title, Josh Snow is a famil-iar face to the HPU campus.
Snow transferred from Dallas Baptist University in 2010 and graduated from HPU in 2013 with a Bach-elor of Applied Arts and Sci-ences degree. He has been working here ever since July 2013, when he began his first full-time position as an Admission Counselor for the Southeast Texas area. He worked in the Admission’s office until July 1, 2015.
It was then that he moved into the Taylor Residence Hall and worked as the Resi-dent Director for Taylor Hall and Campus Apartments and Duplexes. He was cho-sen to take the position as the new director of Student Activities and began his du-ties in January of this year.
Snow really loved his experience as a student at HPU and wants to help stu-dents looking for a good college to feel the same.
“I decided to apply to work at HPU because I wanted to meet students and tell them about HPU and how wonder-ful it was. I had an incred-ible time as a student and wanted to share that with incoming students,” he said.
Snow is only one of the many individuals in his family to graduate from HPU. James McEachern, Snow’s grandfa-ther, was the first of the fam-ily to go to HPU. McEach-ern graduated from Howard Payne in 1962. He then high-
ly encouraged each one of his children and grandchildren to attend HPU because he loved it and wanted his fam-ily to have the same self-de-fining experience as he had.
“HPU greatly influ-enced my grandfather and he wanted us to see how special it was,” said Snow.
Josh’s brother, Jonny Snow, and his wife, Candace Haynie Snow, both gradu-ated from HPU in December of 2006. His other brother, Robert Snow, transferred from HPU after a year and a half and graduated from Dal-las Baptist, where Josh went before transferring to HPU.
Josh’s wife, Taylor Snow,
graduated in 2014 from HPU. His younger brother, James Snow, graduated from HPU in 2014. The last of his brothers, Michael Snow graduated in 2015 from HPU.
“I guess you could say it was a tradition. We just all loved the size of HPU and all of the things that it had to offer,” Josh said of his family’s tradition at HPU.
Josh Snow has two months as the director of Student Ac-tivities under his belt and has loved every moment of it.
“My favorite part as the Director of Student Activi-ties is getting to plan events with the Student Activities Council for the student body,”
Snow said. “My goal is to have a few events each year that would potentially inter-est each student. I want the student body to enjoy being on campus, so I enjoy trying to help achieve those things.”
Snow definitely plans on being at HPU for years to come. His family recently bought a house here in Brown-wood to stay close to campus. Snow wants to continue to be in the lives of HPU students.
“I would love to continue to pour into student lives for many more years,” he said. “I feel like I can connect well with everyone and want God to use me while I am in this position. God has blessed me
with the opportunity to work at HPU. The least I can do is give it all I’ve got while, hopefully, glorifying Him.”
The thing he enjoys the most about working at HPU are his ability to connect with so many students and to be able to make their col-lege experiences even better.
“College is a crucial time for people, so I love that I have an opportunity to walk alongside them while they are at HPU,” Snow said. “I also really enjoy getting to work in a Christian at-mosphere. I wake up every day excited about going to work because I love it. That makes work very enjoyable.”
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Lazhay Winn
Staff Writer
Courtesy photoJosh Snow, new director of student activities, poses for a selfie with some HPU students.
It’s More Than Just Living TogetherBeing a good roommate requires working at it
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Whether you’re moving into the dorms with a complete stranger or leasing your first apartment with your best friend of 10 years, living with anoth-er person can be challenging.
Here are some things to know about how to be a better roommate.
Passive aggression leads to being past roommates
We all know someone who avoids confrontation by making not-so-subtle com-ments about what’s bother-ing them, purposely walks around mumbling under their breath while stomping with the force of an elephant, or re-plies with a chilling “nothing” when asked what is wrong.
Don’t be that person.If your roommate does
something that bothers you, honesty is always the answer.
Nothing will ever get solved by giving the cold shoulder, and it may only make things worse. Communication is key, and more importantly, proactive communication can be what makes or breaks a roommate relationship.
Veda Hodge Hall Resident Director Kelly Eason says, “Proactively communicating means if you can tell ahead of time that something is go-ing to be an issue – sleep-ing or bathroom schedules, personality differences, or personal space problems – go ahead and have that
conversation. The sooner you talk about the issue the quicker and easier it can be resolved.”
Differences are good
No matter how similar you and your roommate(s) may be, no two peo-ple are exactly the same.
HPU student Ashley McK-ay shared that “last semester my roommate and I learned that I like sleeping with the lamp on, and she liked to sleep with the room com-pletely pitch black, but we met in the middle and got some dimly-lit twinkle lights to hang around the room.”
You are going to disagree on some things and that is OK as long as you both at-tempt to look at things from each other’s perspective and compromise to find a solution.
Also, when roommates are polar opposites, it might be easy to fall into the habit of trying to parent your room-mate, and we have to remem-ber that we are all adults here.
Mutual respect and em-bracing each other’s differ-ences will only enhance your experience as roommates.
Make courtesy common
Especially if you’re liv-ing and sleeping in the same room as someone else, it is especially important to be courteous. For example: If it’s 2 a.m. and your roommate is fast asleep, now is probably not the time to have a six-person party in your room.
You are absolutely al-lowed and entitled to a so-cial life, just make sure the timing is appropriate.
The general rule of thumb is if you wouldn’t want to be put into a particular situation your-self, do not put your roommate in that situation. You wouldn’t want them to do it to you.
Sharing is caring but …
You don’t want to be the person who is constantly com-plained about because you ate
an entire box of your room-mate’s food, used all of the hand soap in the bathroom, or the whole bottle of laundry detergent without replacing it.
The first way to avoid these problems is to always ask if you can use/borrow some-thing. And if you do happen to use the last of someone else’s goods, or something the entire room/ suite/ apartment shares, make sure to replace it. It’s just the right thing to do.
Be each other’s safe place
At the end of the day, life
can be downright stressful.Few things are better than
going home to your room-mate, downing a sleeve of Oreo’s while you two share your complaints of the day and laugh at the movie
playing in the background. Support each other on
the bad days. Praise each other on the good days.
Whether you like it or not, you’re stuck breathing the same air and living in the same space as this person.
You might as well make the most of it.
Gabriella Diazdeleon
staff writer
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Life is full of unexpect-ed moments. Fred Zava-la, junior English major at Howard Payne, can relate.
“I always had a passion for English [language arts] since a young age, but at the same time, it bored me because the pace of the class was too slow, making me lose inter-est,” Zavala said recently.
But now that he’s in col-lege, Zavala dreams of be-coming an English professor.
“It’s ironic, really, because coming in to Howard Payne, I honestly just picked my major because I was good at it,” said Zavala, who attended high school in McKinney. “As a
child I wanted to be an author, but quickly realized as I got old-er how challenging that could be to make a living. I had no clear vision or idea of where I wanted to go with my degree.”
Zavala explains that while in grade school English/Language Arts courses would boring.
“Everything was so slow paced, it made me lose interest, so instead I would just sleep through class,” Zavala said. “When I finally got into high school I began doing more Pre-AP and AP (advanced place-ment) courses, I felt more in my element. I’ve always loved literature, and now, I was now able to express myself as op-posed to my younger years.”
Dr. Millard Kimery, head of the English Department and Dean of Humanities at HPU, has not only ad-vised but also taught Zavala since his time in college.
“Fred is such a quiet guy, very peculiar and interest-ing – which is great,” said Kimery. “[Most] Teachers are introverted. They need
quiet time for grading and whatnot. I’m really confident to see what the future has in store for Fred. I know for sure he’ll be a great teacher.”
“If it wasn’t for Dr. Kimery I still wouldn’t know what to do with my life,” said Zavala. “I owe him for making me re-alize how much of a change I can make in others by going into the teaching field. I hear people say how much they hate English all the time. I want to prove them wrong. Everyone learns differently. It’s a matter of perspective and finding something to connect and engage with.”
English professor Kathy Hagood has also taught Zavala at HPU.
“You know, what’s amaz-ing about Fred is that when he says something, he will completely blow you away.
He’s just so insightful, it’s just amazing,” Hagood said.
“My test to students has always been if you can give me chills, then that is suc-cess. Nearly every time Fred manages to do just that.”
During the spring semes-ter of 2015 – Zavala’s fresh-man year at HPU – he was academically recognized by the English Department for his highly distinguished suc-cess within the classroom.
“Fred has grown so much since I met him,” Hagood said. “I remember how quiet and reserved he was at first. Now I see how much his con-fidence has grown – it’s big-ger and stronger. He never sits at the surface of anything.
“Fred is just so driven, and has this willingness to learn. That’s just some-thing very admirable.”
HPU professors ignite Fred Zavala’s passion for teaching English
Fred Zavala
Aimee Orozco
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not a moment we are alone. If we accept the consequenc-es of our actions, reach out to lighten the load on others’ shoulders, and do our best to seek God in all things, we will have a faith beyond words.”
“Salted with Fire” was writ-ten by Matthew Rutkowski, the HPU alumnus and current admission counselor for the university’s El Paso Center. It centers around a discovery that leads Maggie and Mark on a thoughtful voyage to learn of its circumstances. When a baby is found alone in the woods, Maggie finds herself obsessively taking care of it, questioning how anyone could leave such innocence alone.
Dr. Nancy Jo Humfeld, di-rector of theatre at HPU, has
expressed much joy in work-ing with this show. During rehearsal, we often get caught up in discussion on the show’s powerful themes. As she put it, “In the storms and trials of life, God is walking with us. Even when the baby was abandoned, the baby was not alone.”
Tanner Crow, freshman psy-chology and theatre major, sums up the show with a motto to live by: “Our mistakes are not what causes the turmoil in our lives. It is the way we decide to respond to the mistakes.”
This quotation has pro-vided a deeper insight into the title of the show itself. It is through our own trials, our mistakes, and how we bear the weight of the world on our shoulders. Our mistakes can crush us or we can turn them on their points and grow in character, and in our faith.
“Salted with Fire” is a
phrase found in Mark 9:49: “For every one shall be salt-ed with fire, and every sacri-fice shall be salted with salt.”
What would be free will without the freedom to choose our response to hardship? We cannot have free will with-out difficult points in our lives, and it can be said of this show that the hardships are what provide meaning to the relationships we share with each other and with God.
“What can be learned
in a perfect world?” asked Ashleigh Moss, a theatre student who plays in the Churchwomen ensemble.
And I believe the company has come to recognize the hopeful message of this show, which inspires us to continue on through hard times knowing God is walking alongside us.
I have been amazed by the ability of this show to so effec-tively express themes of for-giveness and faith in a manner so simply fitting. “Salted with
Fire” is a show that exploits the questions that sit at the root our hearts. When bad things hap-pen to good people, there must be some justification behind the act. I think the audience, along with these lively char-acters, discover the answer to this question with confidence.
I think the strongest points of the show are the mono-logues given by the charac-ters. This script is very well written, and was touching just to read. Thought provoking and emotional, “Salted with Fire” is guaranteed to deliver a satisfying enterprise into walking through heated tri-als, not alone, but with God.
The HPU Theatre Depart-ment will take “Salted with Fire” on the road to Wayland Baptist University in Plain-view on Monday-Wednes-day for the annual Christian University Theatre Festival.
Ashleigh Moss (left) and Deejay Moses
Photo by Dillon Wesley
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Watching Netflix has be-come the new great Ameri-can pastime. From comedy stand-up specials to intense dramas, the streaming ser-vice has it all and viewers can take in all available options.
Choosing what to watch from the numerous choices of-fered on Netflix can too often become a diversion all its own. If indecisive, the huge number of movies and television shows can be overwhelming and lead to countless minutes of trying to find what you want to watch.
When next firing up Net-flix on your tablet, phone, computer, or other as-sorted devices, keep some of these picks in mind to save you from suffering.
A perfect show for relaxation viewing, perhaps even falling asleep to, is the “Planet Earth” docuseries created by the BBC, a visually stunning and highly informative depiction of ani-mal and plant life on Earth.
The narration offered by David Attenborough is part of what makes the series well suited for kicking back and casting aside stress. Not to mention the fact that watch-ing innumerable caribou cas-cade over frozen terrain or a pride of lions drink along-side a herd of elephants at a watering hole can grant a renewed perspective of the value and beauty in nature.
When a lighthearted, and si-multaneously thoughtful mov-ie is desired, “Sing Street,” directed by John Carney (Be-gin Again), is an excellent option. Set in 1980’s Ireland, the film depicts a young teen, played by relative newcomer
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, strug-gling to get the girl and lead his fledgling band to success.
The film is truly charming in its depiction of the awkward-ness of the teen years and in-cisive in portraying the oppos-ing characteristics of love and pain found in family life, mak-ing it well worth the watch.
On the end of the spectrum lies the jarring Netflix original documentary “13th.” Directed by Ava Duvernay, the film ex-plores the nature of the justice system in America and how it may be flawed at its very core. The doc combines “talking head” commentary by politi-cians, activists and scholars from both the left and right along with audio and footage to bring to light issues that is all too easily ignored by some.
This film is by no means intended for entertainment,
but instead swiftly sets its mark and eloquently expounds on the proof for its conclu-sions, smoothly drawing the viewer in. This, along with the pure social value makes “13th” what should be re-quired viewing for anyone possessing the ability to see it.
For a completely oddball take on the action and ad-venture genre there is “Troll Hunter.” This Norwegian film directed by André Øvredal is a break from the typical American produced movies which should be refreshing to some Netflix viewers.
The film stars Otto Jespers-en as mysterious bear hunter who a group of college activ-ists, played by Hans Morten Hansen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, and Johanna Morck, suspect may be poaching. Upon further in-
vestigation, the students dis-cover there is far more to the picture than it might appear.
Since all dialogue is spoken in Norwegian, subtitles are necessary, but whoever is able to get past the initial weird-ness of the “Troll Hunter” will be rewarded with a unique and entertaining movie.
Rounding out the list is what is sure to become a classic – the Netflix original series “Strang-er Things.” In what could best be described as an amalgama-tion of “E.T,” “The Twilight Zone,” and “The Goonies,” re-ally culminating in the ultimate homage to films of the 80’s, “Stranger Things” is made to entertain all audiences.
The series stars Finn Wolf-hard as an adolescent who, along with a gang of friends, experiences incredibly strange events, including meeting a very gifted young girl, played by Millie Bobby Brown. Wi-nona Ryder leads the adults of the cast as mother in search of her missing son. Over-all, the series is one of the best shows on Netflix and will undoubtedly create new fans out of those who watch.
Netflix is full of other great shows and movies to watch, but these few picks should appeal to most. As such Net-flix subscribers should seri-ously consider making these staples of their watchlists.
Seth Rainey Movie Columnist
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It’s not every semester that one can look at the university calendar and see a solo re-cital almost every week. This semester, the Howard Payne music department will be pre-senting seven student recitals all performed as a require-ment of the music degrees that the students are earning.
Let’s take a look at each stu-dent:
Alex Atkinson
Alex is a Music Education major from Haslet. He is pri-marily a saxophonist and has played bari-sax in every band available on campus. He has participated in the marching band, symphonic band, jazz band, community band, con-cert choir, and the Zeta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi.
Alex will be graduating in the fall of 2017 after a semes-ter of student teaching, and his recital will be at 6:30 p.m. April 20 in Grace Chapel.
Ryan Contreras
Ryan is a Music Education major from Early. In his time at Howard Payne, he has been ac-tive in the Zeta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, the Yellow Jacket marching, symphonic, and jazz bands; and the con-cert choir. He has also pursued teaching roles as an instruc-tor for the precollege program and as a music theory tutor.
Ryan’s recital will feature him performing on saxophone, and will be at 5:30 p.m. April 21 in Grace Chapel. The re-cital will feature works from Paul Creston and Fernande Decruck. Ryan will be gradu-ating in December after a se-mester of student teaching.
Timothy Emery
Timothy is Church Music major from Brady. Although he is a voice major, Timothy has been very active in instru-mental music. He has been very involved on campus, cur-rently serving as the concert choir president, a member of the Yellow Jacket marching and symphonic bands, a mem-ber of the Delta Upsilon chap-ter of Tau Beta Sigma, and a member of BSM Drama.
Timothy has also been able to put his studies in church mu-sic to use by acting as a Minis-ter of Music at the First Baptist Church of Cherokee. Timothy will be graduating this spring, and his recital will be at 7 p.m. March 28 in Grace Chapel, featuring song selections from Wagner, Mozart, and more.
Angel Hernandez
Angel is a Music Education major from Brownwood. He is a percussionist, and has per-formed with the HPU jazz band for five years, as well as the HPU marching and symphonic bands. He is also a member of the Zeta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, and has marched in the world of Drum Corps International for two years with the Guardians. He also has marched percussion for
two years with Winter Guard International, groups Rhyth-mic Force and Violet Crown.
Angel will be graduat-ing in the fall of 2017 after a semester of student teach-ing, and his recital will be on March 21 in Grace Chapel.
TaShana Hooker
TaShana is a Music Educa-tion major and clarinetist from Carrolton. She has been highly active in her time at Howard Payne, receiving both academ-ic and musical recognition. She is currently the band pres-ident, and has been the drum major of the Yellow Jacket Band for the last three years.
She has also been a member of the Delta Upsilon chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, the HPU symphonic, community, and
marching bands, Gamma Beta Phi, and Kappa Delta Pi. TaShana will be graduating in the fall of 2017 after a semes-ter of student teaching, and her recital will be at 7:30 p.m. March 23 in Grace Chapel.
Josiah Horton
Josiah is Church Music major from Lockhart. He is a tenor, and has been very active in the voice depart-ment at HPU, serving as a concert choir ambassador and performing in several of the campus musicals.
Josiah has also been ac-tive at First Baptist Church of Brownwood, using his knowl-edge of church music to as-sist in leading worship. Josiah will be graduating this spring, and his recital will be on
April 20 in Grace Chapel.
Aaron Walling
Aaron is Biology major with an emphasis in pre-phys-ical therapy and a minor in music from Georgetown. He has been an active member of the Yellow Jacket Band, serving as the drum major for one semester and as the trumpet section leader.
He has also been active in the BSM leadership team for two years, the vice president of Beta Beta Beta, and the presi-dent of the Zeta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. Despite not being music major, Aaron has elected to perform a trum-pet recital this semester, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 30 in Grace Chapel. Aaron will graduate in May.
A look at HPU’s senior musiciansCarissa Cromer
Music columnist
Alex AtkinsonTimothy Emery
TaShana Hooker
Ryan Contreras
Photo by Carissa CromerJosiah Horton
Angel Hernandez
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SWELL student plans self-defense class March 11
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Stephanie Ivey wanted to stage an event that was “out-side the box” as her project for the Event Implementa-tion class, a part of Ivey’s re-quirements for the Master of Education in Sport and Well-ness Leadership, or SWELL.
So the Howard Payne grad-uate student came up with a self-defense class that is open the public and will benefit the Brownwood Public Library. The event is scheduled from 1-3 p.m. March 11 at the Wellness Center on the HPU campus.
Anyone age 12 or above may participate in the self-defense class. The cost is $15 for spec-tators and $20 for participants.
“Last semester I took the
Event Planning class. The Event Implementation class is kind of like Part Two of those classes,” Ivey said.
“Our event has to benefit a nonprofit organization. I chose the Brownwood Public Li-brary before I chose an event. I just feel like the library gets overlooked. They don’t have
a lot of public fundraisers.”Ivey met with Becky Is-
bell, director at the Brown-wood Public Library.
“I think most of the stu-dents did their fundrais-ers for big national or-ganizations,” Isbell said. “Stephanie approached me, and we are excited to have these local community partnerships.
“We’ve been growing here at the library and hav-ing more people check out items. We’re seeking to de-velop new partnerships, and not just fundraisers. The more we can partner with commu-nity groups and students, the move everyone can benefit.”
After receiving Is-bell’s approval, Ivey next had to pick an event.
“I came up with self-defense. I wanted to do something out-side the box,” she said. “There
are a lot of basketball tourna-ments and softball tourna-ments and 5k runs. I wanted to do something different.”
She asked around for a self-defense teacher who could lead the class and came up with Robert Spratt, a retired police officer who currently teaches a self-defense class twice a week at Brownwood Fitness Center.
Spratt volunteered to teach the class, suggesting it be scheduled for a Saturday. Is-bell suggested having it dur-ing Spring Break – even though that meant HPU stu-dents wouldn’t be around – since there’s not as much going on since local kids are also out of school. March 11 is actually the Saturday lead-ing into Spring Break week.
Spratt has been teaching a self-defense class at Brown-wood Fitness Center since 2013
after retiring from a 33-year career as a U.S. Federal Gov-ernment capital police officer.
“This is the first time I’ve done an event like this,” Spratt said. “I’m open to doing semi-nars for civic and community service. It helps get the word out on what I do and that I exist.”
Although not a Brown-wood native, Ivey has lived here since 2002. She earned a bachelor’s degree from HPU in Exercise Sports Science (ESS) in 2005. Ivey plans to complete her SWELL master’s degree requirements in May. The self-defense class proj-ect and a research paper are among her final requirements.
For more information on the self-defense class, contact Ivey at 325-200-9794, Spratt at 325-200-1022 or Isbell at the library at 325-646-5800.
Stephanie Ivey
Mike Lee
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Last weekend three Howard Payne students’ apartment at Camelot Apartments were af-fected by a grease fire that oc-curred in a nearby apartment.
These students are Alex Atkinson, Josiah Hor-ton, and Timothy Emery. Lots of their personal items were harmed by the fire and smoke. They have since been moved to temporary housing.
Dr. Magen Bunyard, HPU’s dean of students, said “on Sat-urday and Sunday, administra-tion was in contact with them to ensure they had housing and immediate needs met,” and “on Monday, all fac-ulty and staff were informed
about specific ways to help.”The specific needs of
the students as record-ed by administration are:
Prayer for the students during this difficult time.
Donation of physical goods.
A list of needed items was provided to faculty and staff.
Donation of funds to the How-ard Payne University Emer-gency/Disaster Relief Fund.
Bunyard reported that items the students lost in the fire in-
cluded four couches, three beds (mattresses and box springs with the frames), pots and pans, silverware, cooking utensils, textbooks, a desktop computer, chairs for the din-ing room, a recliner, bedding
(sheets, pillows, comforter), a large coffee table, toiletries, towels, and writing utensils.
A webpage was made to explain the purpose of the fund and to process online donations. All Donations are being delivered to the De-velopment Office, which is located at the Harrison House, 803 Center Ave., for processing.
Bunyard also said “indi-viduals desiring to provide physical goods are contact-ing Student Life to pre-vent duplication of items.”
Bunyard also expressed thanks to all who have sup-ported these students with prayers, resources, kind words, and encouragement. It truly takes a village, and Howard Payne University is a village of support and love.
emily selman
Staff Writer
Donations being accepted for displaced studentsThree students lost multiple items in Camelot Apartment fire
Photo by Derrick Stuckly/Brownwood BulletinBrownwood firefighters fight the blaze Saturday at Camelot Apartments.
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The following is an excerpt from FOR HOW-
ARD PAYNE MY ALL: 125 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN
HIGHER EDUCATION AND SERVICE 1889-2015, AN EN-CYLCOPEDIA, by Dr. Robert
G. Mangrum.
In a previous column we detailed the early life of Thomas H. Taylor, How-ard Payne’s 12th president. In 1907 upon his graduation from Baylor and subsequent marriage to childhood sweet-heart Myrtle Evans, Taylor returned to the Howard Payne campus as a member of the faculty, teaching natural sci-ence and shorthand writing.
While working at HPC at the monthly salary of $75, he and his wife began sav-ing so he could obtain his master’s degree from Baylor, which was finally conferred in 1920. The marriage, as was the association with HPC, was long-term and five children blessed the Taylor’s home.
After several rental homes, Taylor purchased a house on the corner of Coggin and Third; on March 1, 1919 the family moved to 1014 Fisk, which today is across the street from the Packer Administration Building. The Taylors lived there for the next 42 years.
Dr. Taylor often said that he taught every discipline of-fered by the college except home economics and German. This certainly is borne out by the college catalogs. In 1907-08 he taught English, during 1908-10 Latin and Greek, 1909-10 history and civics, in 1910-11 science, in 1912-13 it was history and civics again, and in 1916 economics was
added to his teaching load. He also served as secretary of the faculty 1908-13, registrar 1913-1916, and as dean of the faculty beginning in 1916.
In September 1929, Dr. Godbold resigned as the col-lege’s president. At the same meeting, the trustees elected Taylor president. In Taylor’s autobiography he jokingly said the college couldn’t af-ford a president so they gave him the job for nothing. Tay-lor combined in his person the offices of registrar, dean of the faculty, and president – thus saving the college the entire expense of the president’s of-fice. In addition, he kept the same ratio of salaries in use in September 1929. The Great Depression began during his second month as president.
During the Great Depres-
sion, Taylor administered the college in such a way as to keep the school from clos-ing. In October 1930 at the Texas Baptist convention it was made apparent to Taylor that the BGCT would not be able to continue funding the college and actually had de-cided to close the institution.
Upon his return to Brown-wood, a faculty prayer meet-ing was held during which the decision was reached that HPC would be operated solely with the receipts and endow-ment interest without deficits. [In his 26 years as president, the college had only three years with a deficit.] The col-lege debt totaled $185,000 and was paid without fur-ther deficits being incurred.
Taylor’s favorite motto, which he coined, was “More
and more on less and less.” If ever there was a way to pro-vide a summation of the lon-gest presidential administra-tion in HPU history, that motto certainly would describe the Taylor administration.
In the field of education, Taylor was, in addition to his services to HPC, a di-rector of the Interscholastic League, Texas representative to the Southern Baptist Edu-cation Commission, twice vice president of the BGCT, twice on the Executive Board of Texas Baptists, deacon of Coggin Avenue Baptist Church, director of Brown-wood Chamber of Commerce, president of Rotary Club of Brownwood, district gov-ernor of Rotary, director of the Texas Good Roads Com-mittee, member of the Texas Centennial Campaign Com-mittee, member of the Texas State Board of Public Welfare, and chairman of the Brown
County Democratic Party.Like a later Howard Payne
president, Don Newbury, he was much in demand as a speaker and made thou-sands of speeches throughout the state and nation during his tenure as president. As a result, he was regarded as the “Will Rogers of Texas.”
He retired on July 1, 1955 after 26 years as president and 48 years of total service to the college. His last official act was to deliver the commence-ment address at the 1955 col-lege graduation. Drawing upon shorthand notes of the speech that Dr. J. L. Kesler had made at Taylor’s graduation from HPC in 1905, he gave the same speech 50 years later.
In his retirement he col-lected his papers, wrote his autobiography, and a history of HPC. The Taylor’s contin-ued to live at 1014 Fisk. Dr. Taylor died after an extend-ed illness on Dec. 5, 1961.
Dr. Robert Mangrum
university historian
Courtesy PhotoThomas H. Taylor, Howard Payne’s 12th president, with his wife and childhood sweetheart Myrtle Evans. Southside Village Apartments
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The Howard Payne women’s basketball team had three play-ers – center Sarahi Castillo, for-ward Micah Cisneroz and guard Valerie Matlock – named to the 2016-17 American Southwest Con-ference All-Conference teams.
Also, HPU head coach Meia Net-ter was recognized as the ASC West Division Coach of the Year.
Castillo was named to the over-all All-ASC team, which in-cludes players from East Divi-sion and West Division, as well as the All-West Division first team.
Castillo, a 6-foot senior, led the Lady Jackets in scoring and re-bounding with 16.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game this past sea-son. She pulled down a career-high 21 rebounds – the second-highest single-game total in Lady Jackets’ history – against Sul Ross State. She also scored a career-high 28
points against Mary Hardin-Baylor.Cisneroz was voted All-West Di-
vision first team, plus West Divi-sion All-Defensive Team. The 5-10 graduate student averaged 15.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this past season. She had a career-high 32 points against LeTourneau and also recorded a career-high 13 rebounds against Louisiana College during the first round of the ASC Tournament.
Matlock was voted to the West Division All-Defensive Team. The 5-5 sophomore finished the sea-son with an ASC-best 3.9 steals per
game, good for seventh place nation-ally. She also led HPU in minutes played at 32.6 per game and aver-aged 10.4 points, including a career-high 22 points against Concordia.
Netter received her second ASC-West Division Coach of the Year honor after leading the Lady Jack-ets to a 12-4 conference record and the West Division title. The for-mer NCAA Division III national player of the year for the Lady Jackets has been coaching at HPU since 2013 and has a 65-42 record.
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BaseballRecord: 6-6, 1-2 in ASC
Feb. 24: UT Tyler 12, HPU 11Feb. 25: HPU 3, UT Tyler 0Feb. 25: UT Tyler 13, HPU 6Feb. 28: HPU 2, Austin College 1Feb. 28: HPU 4, Austin College 0March 4: HPU at U. Dallas, 12 p.m.March 5: HPU at U. Dallas, 1 p.m.
Softball Record: 4-10-1, 2-7 in ASC
Feb. 24: Louisiana Coll. 10, HPU 0Feb. 24: Louisiana Coll. 9, HPU 1Feb. 25: Louisiana Coll. 6, HPU 0March 3: HPU at ETBU, 4 p.m.March 4: HPU at ETBU, 12 p.m.March 10: Sul Ross at HPU, 1 p.m.March 11: Sul Ross at HPU, 11 a.m.
Women’s TennisRecord: 0-7, 0-0 in ASC
Feb. 24: Austin College 8, HPU 1Feb. 25: Southwestern (Kan.) 7, HPU 2Feb. 26: Texas Wesleyan 6, HPU 3March 4: HPU at Southwestern, 4 p.m.March 10: LeTourneau at HPU, 2:30 p.m.
Men’s TennisRecord: 0-4, 0-0 in ASC
Feb. 24: Austin College 8, HPU 1Feb. 25: Dallas Baptist 9, HPU 0Feb. 25: Southwestern (Kan.) 9, HPU 0March 4: HPU at Southwestern, 4 p.m.March 10: LeTourneau at HPU, 2:30 p.m.March 11: HPU at TLU, 9 a.m.March 11: Hendrix vs. HPU, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s GolfThe HPU men’s golf team finished nine during the Linda Lowery In-vitational last weekend at Balcones Country Club in Austin. Andrew Err-ico led HPU with a two-round score of 156, good for 26th place among medalists. Colton Horton finished just a few spots behind Errico at 33rd with a 159.
Lady Jackets honored on All-ASC hoops team
Micah Cisneroz Sarahi Castillo Valerie Matlock Meia Netter
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The Howard Payne Lady Jack-ets fell 76-72 to Louisiana Col-lege during the first round of the American Southwest Conference women’s basketball tournament last week in the Brownwood Coliseum.
The West Division champion Lady Jackets finished their sea-son with a 15-11 record overall.
Louisiana College advanced to the tournament championship game, where the Wildcats fell to UT Dal-las, which earned the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA Di-vision III national tournament.
The two sides exchanged leads 18 times and matched each other bucket for bucket before the Wildcats, who entered the tournament with just a 7-16 record, drained two free throws in the final minutes to collect the victory. Howard Payne (15-11) forced 18 turn-overs, which led to 16 points, but was held to 36-percent shooting in the loss.
HPU’s Micah Cisneroz led all players with 24 points while grab-bing a career-high 14 rebounds to
finish with her third double-double of the season. Sarahi Castillo added 22 points and nine rebounds and Valerie Matlock finished with nine
assists, six points, and five steals. Presley McKethan ended the con-test with nine points and four assists.
HPU women upset in conference tournament
Photo by Andria GarzaHPU sophomore forward Alexandria Davis (44) awaits a free throw by Louisi-ana College during last week’s game in the Brownwood Coliseum.
Athletic training students compete at SWATA
Seven Howard Payne stu-dents majoring in athletic training participated in the ninth annual Southwest Ath-letic Trainers’ Association (SWATA) competency work-shop and quiz bowl at the end of January. The event took place at Texas State University in San Marcos.
HPU students who at-tended the conference were senior Ruth Davis from Ci-bolo, senior Corey Martinez from Bangs, senior Dezeray Tafte from Eastland, se-nior Elizabeth Fargo from Saginaw, senior William Rangel-Alfaro from San Antonio, junior Dustin Ba-chus from Edna and junior Ariana Rehm from Uhland.
This was the first time all HPU athletic training upper-classmen were able to partici-pate in this event. HPU is one of 17 professional athletic
training programs in SWA-TA, which includes graduate and undergraduate programs from Texas and Arkansas.
The workshop is designed to increase the students’ pro-fessional and clinical skills as well as help them prepare
for the certification exam. The quiz bowl is a compe-
tition in the style of a game show made up of teams of
three from accredited schools in SWATA. HPU’s team con-sisted of seniors Davis, Mar-tinez and Tafte. They com-peted with teams from The University of Texas, Texas State, Texas A&M, Hardin-Simmons, Baylor, UT Ar-lington and Texas Lutheran. The winning team from the quiz bowl earns the opportu-nity to compete in a similar competition at the National Athletic Trainers Associa-tion meeting this summer.
“I am really proud of our quiz bowl team,” said Mike Terrill, director of HPU’s Athletic Training Education Program. “They competed very well and represented the quality of education we provide at Howard Payne.”
For more information about the Athletic Training Education Program, con-tact HPU’s School of Edu-cation at 325-649-8203 or visit www.hputx.edu/atep.
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Four Jackets make all-conference in basketball
The Howard Payne men's basketball team landed four players – guards Khyce Ran-dall, Rickey Guillory and De’Marcus Hurd, along with forward J Bailey – on the 2016-17 All-American South-west Conference teams that were announced this week.
Randall, a junior guard, was voted to the All-West Di-vision first team after leading the Yellow Jackets in scoring with an 18.7 per-game aver-age and in 3-point goals with 63. Randall scored over 25 points seven times in 2016-17, with a career-high 32 points at Hardin-Simmons. He was twice named ASC West Di-
vision Player of the Week.Guillory, also a junior
guard, was voted to the All-West Division second team af-ter averaging 14.9 points, 1.9 steals and 1.9 blocked shots per game. Guillory scored 27 points in a game three times this season and recorded seven
block shots at Austin College.Bailey gained three sepa-
rate honors. The junior for-ward was voted to the West Division All-Defensive Team, West Division Sportsman-ship Athlete of the Year, and All-West Division honor-able mention. Bailey led the
Jackets in blocked shots with 49, including a career-high eight this year against Mary Hardin-Baylor. He also pulled down double digit rebounds seven times this season. Bailey also was recognized as a D3 Hero of the Week.
Hurd was voted to the
West Division All-Fresh-man Team after averaging 9.1 points, including a sea-son-high 30 points against Concordia. He played in all 24 of the Jackets’ games.
The Jackets finished 12-12 overall and 8-8 in conference this season.
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Courtesy PhotoHPU students who competed in the Southwest Athletic Trainers’ Association quiz bowl are, from left, are seniors Corey Martinez, Ruth Davis and Dezeray Tafte.
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Shortstop is one of the most active positions in baseball. You have to be well-condi-tioned and not tire easily. It’s not the ideal spot for someone with type 1 diabetes, but don’t tell that to Josh Gerig, Howard Payne’s new starting shortstop.
Gerig, who came to HPU all the way from Lebanon, Oregon, has taken a very uncommon route to becom-ing a college baseball player.
“Out of high school I went to Linn-Benton Community College,” Gerig said of the two-year college in Oregon. “I went there because there was a program called beyond LHS which offered incoming fresh-man a free first year of tuition.”
After joining the baseball team at Linn-Benton, Gerig was in the running to earn a starting spot early on in his first year. Slowly working his way up the depth chart, his confidence was boom-ing. Then his body started acting strange – strange enough to be concerning.
“I knew something was def-initely wrong after losing 30 pounds over a few months,” Gerig said. “I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on Janu-ary 6, 2015, when I first found out I was pretty shocked. I nev-er really had time to process it much because the same day I was diagnosed, I went to a spe-cialist who gave me so much information to think about.”
While this diagnosis led to battles within Gerig’s body and mind, he never turned his frus-tration to being mad at the Lord.
“In all honesty I have
never been mad at God for allowing this to happen,” said Gerig. “But it definitely can be a frustrating thing to deal with. Having diabetes I be-lieve has actually brought me closer to God than I was be-fore. I really have to put my trust in Him every day and know that he is in control.”
Diabetes led to Gerig quit-ting baseball in hopes of be-ing able to adjust to this new lifestyle forced upon him. He took two years off to focus on schooling and just enjoy-ing time with his family. He had no plans or hope to play baseball again until his dad had an idea for him to join up with Athletes in Action.
“I heard about AIA from my dad, and it sounded perfect for me. It had two of things I am passionate about – missions and baseball,” Gerig said. “I was actually supposed to go on the AIA trip the year before, but as I was praying about it
and asking God to open or close a door. I soon found out I had diabetes so that seemed like a closed door for that trip.”
Not playing for a while led to some readjusting for Gerig. Es-pecially since he hadn’t played since being diagnosed. His trip to Panama and Guatemala with AIA was more than just a test of faith from a missions standpoint, it was a test from an athletic standpoint as well.
“I would be lying if I said re-adjusting to playing was easy. My body hasn’t been under this kind of stress ever before,” Gerig said. “But each day I am working on getting better and to a place where I can help the team win games. Like in any sport, the baseball sea-son is a process and I am just trying to build on each day.”
Gerig found success on the playing field down in Central America in both his field-ing ability and at the plate as a hitter. God closed the
door for him a year earlier to travel, but knew exactly what He was doing as the trip Gerig went on the ensuing year led to even more doors opening.
“After our AIA trip, I didn’t have any plans to continue playing baseball,” Gerig said. “Chad Anders (who was also on the AIA missions/baseball trip) told me that there is a possibility to play for the team here at Howard Payne. So once again I started to pray about it, and I talked to my friend and mentor Jeff White about it.
“I realized that this kind of opportunity would probably never present itself in my life again. I knew that I would re-ally miss my family, but I soon realized Howard Payne was the next step God had for me.
“So I filled out all the forms and talked with as-sistant coach Robert Anders over text. Now here I am playing the game I love, hop-ing to inspire not only other
diabetics but everyone around me, and bringing glory to God through it all,” Gerig said.
After earning a starting spot at HPU, Gerig is off to quite a hot start with eight runs bat-ted in after only nine games.
“Josh has brought a good type of quiet leadership to our club,” Robert Anders said. “He gets his work done and has fit into our offensive game plan nicely. While he may not be the prototypical speed threat at the top of our order, he does other things well like working counts, and hitting balls the other way that help our club as a whole.”
Gerig also doesn’t have to worry about insulin shots anymore after getting hooked up with an Omnipod Insu-lin Pump, which injects the right amount of insulin right into his system. It will come in handy for the amount of innings Gerig will be put-ting playing this season.
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Shortstop Josh Gerig returns from diabetes to earn starting role
Photos by Andria GarzaLeft: Josh Gerig is playing shortstop this season for HPU.Right: Gerig batting last weekend against UT Tyler
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