(Mostly) up to date news from here and beyond the Henderson campus! All entries are written by the webmaster (i.e. me.) Have any news events you like to share with The Pulse? Send them to kswh@hsu.edu with "News" in the subject line.

Our lovely young sister station, Henderson TV (HTV), has finally gotten its very own website! It just went up today so it still doesn't have too much information on it. We also created a new logo as the HTV station branches outward and into the public. The new logo includes a penguin because after extensive research the HTV scientists have discovered that people dig penguins. Seriously, have you ever met someone who viciously hates penguins? If you thought anything other then the answer "no," you're wrong and just lying to get attention. What's wrong with you?

Our unofficial band correspondent, Leah Joiner, writes about her day with the band Barefoot Bride! Her article and more on the Events page!

They also sent us a letter to post on our site:

You guys are very welcome and we hope to see you again soon!

You can find Barefoot Bride and their CD at www.barefootbrideband.com.

A new sponsorship package is available! KSWH The Pulse 99.9 is the Reddie Sports network for Reddie & Lady Reddie Basketball in the 2004-2005 seasons. The Reddies are three in four Gulf South Champions and defending West Division Champs. The Lady Reddies are defending Gulf South Champs and went all the way in 2004 Division II final four!

To celeberate are kick ass teams, we are offering a seasonal sponsorship package during the basketball season. We will be offering thirty second spots for you and your business and will play them during the Reddie & Lady Reddie Basketball Season. Games will be broadcasted online. To find out more about this special offer, visit the Sponsors page.

LA Invasion?

Friends of Barefoot Bride and also from Los Angeles, CA, Jupiter Sunrise is coming to Thrio's Wednesday November 3rd at 7:30 p.m. This is there second time in Arkadelphia so there definately is something here that's worth coming back to. Unoffical band correspondent, Leah Joiner, hopefully will be there for some nice pictures and maybe even some footage. I'm also expecting another article, LEAH.

You can check out Jupiter Sunrise and grab their CD at their own website at www.jupitersunrise.net.

October 28, 2004

Candy! ...And Barefoot Bride

Last Wednesday, much to our surprise, a band from Los Angeles showed up in our office! That's not really an every day occurence, so naturally we were totally stoked. They had heard about Arkadelphia, AR, from another band from LA called Jupiter Sunrise who had previously preformed here and told them that Arkadelphia was a cool little town to visit.

Cool bands dig the pink.

Barefoot Bride was hanging around campus that day passing out fliers to advertise for their show at Thrio's that night. Have you noticed yet that I am really bad at the whole "news" thing? Anyway, to help them out we quickly grabbed a CD they had brought for us, played it on air, and had the band themselves go on air for a short interview.

I wasn't able to attend their show that night (though I heard it was beyond stellar,) but our unofficial band correspondent, Leah Joiner, went and grabbed plenty of pictures and some nice footage as well. The pictures along with an article written by Leah will be up shortly!

If you missed their show this time, no worries. From the sound of it, Barefoot Bride liked Arkadelphia so much that it wouldn't be a surprise to see them here again. Jupiter Sunrise is also planning a return visit to Arkadelphia this November 3rd at Thrio's. If Arkadelphia continues to make such a good impression on LA bands, more of them will come! Well, we can dream, can't we?

In other, far more important news, the annual Henderson Halloween will be held tonight at 5:30 pm in on campus in the Garrison Center. Henderson Halloween is a safe and fun atmosphere for the whole community to bring their children for trick or treating. The quality and quantity of the candy (plus the short time it takes to acquire it) makes it one of the best places to go trick or treating.

Okay, I'm about a good week or two late, but if you didn't already know I'm happy to announce that the Live Broadcast is up and working! Now you can listen to us whenever, wherever, granted that you have access online.

We're not sure if he won out of pity or not.

Also, last Thursday we had six promising students compete on campus in the Battle of the Young Broadcasters competition hosted by 103.7 The Buzz. Each student was interviewed by Justin and Nathan on-air (The Zonewith Justin and Nathan, 6 - 10am weekdays on 103.7 The Buzz) and had to read a one-minute sportcast they had written themselves. After that, one contestant would be chosen to represent the university in the finals.

The battle was feirce causing at least $60,000 worth of damage. 12 people were killed and at least 300 injured. Despite all of this, Derrell "Headband" Young came out on top with a furious sportcast rap with background music by Snoop Dog (seriously, this time I'm not joking.)

On October 29th through November 2nd, you will be able to vote online at The Buzz's site for your favorite broadcaster. (Here's a hint, you'll be voting for Derrell.) If selected, Derrell will win an appearance on the morning show, a professional demo tape, $200 for books, and food at Wendy's!

To learn more about the competition, see pictures of the contestants, and hear the winning broadcasts, visit 103.7 The Buzz.