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Breaux crowned Miss Black UCO LUCO improves by Jana Davis Staff Writer Raychelle Breaux was crowned the winner of the 24th annual Miss Black UCO Pageant last Saturday in Mitchell Hall. "I was excited, I was shocked," Breaux said after she had won. Breaux, a junior finance major, won a $1,800 UCO tuition waiver scholarship, an official crown, sash, plaque and gift basket. Breaux will also get to participate in the Miss Black Oklahoma Pageant this summer. "I was getting a little nervous," Breaux said about her name not being called until late. "I felt like I did really well." Each of the eight contestants participated in swimwear, talent, eveningwear and an on-stage question. "The girls work so hard," said Meshawn Conley, the director of Multicultural Student Services. Conley said it is Breaux's task to implement her platform and make different appearances around campus. Breaux plans to set up different workshops around campus to help educate students on her platform, the importance Of self-discipline and development. One, she hopes, will be called "Discovery," which will help students discover who they are. "I don't only want to do different stuff on campus. I want to get out in the community," Breaux said. Breaux said she came to support her platform of selfdevelopment after competing in the pageant last year and not placing. She said it gave her insight about herself and the things she needed to improve. "If you don't [develop yourself], you get caught up and pulled in different directions," Breaux said. "It's so easy to lose yourself with everything that's going on in your life," Breaux

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Raychelle Breaux is crowned Miss Black UCO 2008 Saturday night at Mitchell Theater. said during her on-stage interview. Nikki Webber, a junior early childhood development major, was the first runnerup and won a $1,600 UCO tuition waiver scholarship and an official plaque. "I was really anxious and she's my best friend," Webber said about Breaux. "I knew it

was going to be hard." bunch of young kids," Johnny "Raychelle will be won- Watley, fitness coordinator derful. She's very intelligent, for the Wellness Center and a friendly and outgoing. She judge for the pageant said. will represent this university This year's sponsors were well," Conley said. the Black Student Association Miss UCO 2007, Brittany and the Multicultural Student Carradine, returned to crown Services. Breaux and sing two songs during the contest. Jana Davis can be reached at "This is a good, talented jdavis@thevistaonline.com .

A new program on campus is helping to improve the leadership abilities of selected UCO faculty and staff. Leadership UCO is designed to help identify, develop and support the leadership skills of selected UCO faculty and staff members, according to Leadership Central Web site. The program is separate from another program under the leadership umbrella, the Educators' Leadership Academy, according to Williams. "While ELA is a statewide program, Leadership UCO focuses specifically on this university," Williams said. LUCO focuses on developing 360-degree leaders who are knowledgeable regarding what is happening at UCO in order to create a larger pool of candidates to fill open positions and leadership assignments, according to their Web site. There is no fee to be in LUCO. All full-time faculty and staff of UCO are eligible to submit an application for participation in LUCO, Williams said. Each year, the LUCO program offers a structured but flexible development opportunity for selected high potential faculty and staff to further prepare them to provide significant leadership at the university, according to their official Web site. Program sessions include topics such as communicating with influence, leaders' challenges and opportunities, the principles of 360-degree leaders and self-leadership. Program participants complete the Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorÂŽ (MBTIÂŽ) personality inventory and a 360-degree assessment prior

to the class and receive a customized report outlining personal strengths and areas for improvement, according to a description of the program from Williams. Participants grasp the meaning of the term "360degree Leader" in the course of the program. This is taken from "The 360-degree Leader, Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization" by John Maxwell, according to a description of the program from Williams. Maxwell asserts in the book that "99 percent of all leadership in most organizations takes place in the middle. People who desire to lead from the middle of organizations face unique challenges." At the end of this program, participants are taught how to increase their influence from wherever they are. They are shown how to overcome challenges and are taught the skills needed to become a 360-degree leader, such as how to lead down as they manage their team, how to lead across with their organizational peers and how to lead upward to whom they report. "Applications for 'he 2008/09 LUCO class will begin soon. An announcement will be made soon," Williams said. Applications are available online at www.ucok.edu/ leadershipcentral/staff fact. shtml and in the Leadership Central office, located in the Administration building. All completed applications will be reviewed by the LUCO committee. For more information, contact Williams at 974-5561. Nelson Solomon can be reached at nsolomon@thevistaonline.com.

Voter apathy still an issue among Oklahomans, Americans by Jordan Richison Staff Writer On a day known to many as "Super Tuesday" thousands of Oklahomans will head to the polls in hopes of narrowing down the candidates in the race for the White House. Oklahoma is one of 22 states that are holding their presidential primaries on Super Tuesday. Oklahoma's primary will be a closed one that requires registered democrats to vote for the Democratic nominee and registered republicans to vote for the Republican nominee. Each party will vote to see which candidate gets Oklahoma's 38 delegates. Among the 22 states, there are 1,688 delegates available for the taking. With so many delegates up in the air, many

say that Super Tuesday is the make or break day for a presidential nominee. One of the problems America faces is that many people don't even bother to vote. With this being one of the most crucial presidential elections in recent memory, many people are expressing to the masses how important it is to get out and vote. College-age students have become Qne of the key demographic groups the candidates have been trying to reach. They are hoping the majority of the estimated 44 million registered student voters will turn out to the polls and vote in their favor. UCO American Democracy Project Student President Meredith Scott said it is important for students to go out and vote because

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it is a chance for them to help decide who will run for President. "Students going out to vote not only helps in narrowing down the candidates, but it also gives people the opinion of what Oklahoma wants in a president," Scott said. Scott added that she wants students to do their research into the candidates to see the issues that each candidate believes in. She said that last semester ADP created a grid about their presidential candidates' issues to give the students an idea of who they might like to vote for in November. In a recent poll conducted by the Tulsa World, registered voters were asked who they would vote for in the presidential primaries, for-

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& No Lupov This presidential election year the Iraq War and the economy aren't the only big issues. Health care has become just as divisive. For those of you who are conservative and think that Hillary Clinton's plan is too far to the left, don't worry because according to her plan you can keep your existing plan or opt for a plan the members of Congress receive. God forbid we should have socialized medicine and have a No. 1- rated healthcare plan like those in France, because socialized medicine is evil. Sen. Barack Obama's plan is very similar, but mandates that all big businesses will be required to offer health coverage. I see a flaw in this plan in that many of the layoffs at General Motors were caused by the cost of providing health coverage' to its workers. Mitt Romney's plan will be much like the plan he ' implemented as governor of , Massachusetts. According to his official Web site it facili-

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But isn't the problem with our system the fact that there isn't enough regulation and health care isn't affordable for most Americans? In Massachusetts everyone is required to be insured or they will be fined each year. I can't see many libertarians too thrilled about another government mandate. Back in the 1960s, Ronald Reagan was spokesman for the American Medical Association to prevent the passing of Medicare and other socialized medical services, but now the AMA is in favor of universal health care. How times have changed? In fact, America is the only industrialized country that doesn't provide health care as a right of citizenship. Mike Huckabee plans to further curb the amount of money paid out to victims in' medical liability lawsuits. This is the only con-

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crete example of his plan. Unfortunately, that won't be enough. According to John McCain's Web site he wants to "reform the tax code to eliminate the bias toward employer-sponsored health insurance, and provide all individuals with a $2,500 tax credit ($5,000 for families) to increase incentives for insurance coverage." This is great for people who don't have pre-existing conditions, but for those who do McCain's tax credit won't do much for them in the long run. America ranks 23rd in the world in infant mortality, 20th in life expectancy for women and 21st for men. Much of the decline in health is because Americans are less likely to go see doctors for annual physicals and other preventive measures that would increase the life expectancy. Last month my roommate had an extremely severe kidney stone infection and at

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the time the emergency room was the only answer. He was admitted at 6 a.m. The nurse checked his life signs and that was it. For the following six hours he could not bear the pain and tears watered his eyes. I tried to lure a doctor to his room but without success. He spent half the day and no one came to check up on him until a little after noon. The first thing the doctor prescribed was a shot of morphine, but since he was in pain for so long one shot didn't do it. They end up using a triple dose. A supposedly highly sophisticated surgery was performed two months later, but until then my roommate saturated his body with painkillers and was unable to work. The medical intervention was unsuccessful as the doctor said "the machine was not properly working." After two months he was finally stabilized, although he was left with uncountable bills and less than fond memories of how the health care system works.

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February 5, 2008

Five Times August, Stephen Speaks play UCO

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An estimated 450 people showed up last Wednesday at UCO's Constitution Hall inside the Nigh University Center to see Stephen Speaks and Five Times August concert. Stillwater band Stephen Speaks was the first to take the stage and was greeted with a loud roar by the audience. Shortly after, the band started their show by playing their song about losing friends called "Till We Meet Again." Stephen Speaks lead singer Rockwell Ryan said they had been on the road for two-, weeks and this was their last show before going back into the studio. Ryan added that he felt like he has gone full circle because thier first and last show of the tour was in Oklahoma. After playing their new single "Just a Little Girl," the band went backstage and Ryan stayed on to play acoustic: Watching Ryan perform his songs on stage, you could tell he felt right at home. He

even took his shoes off after the second song and played in his socks the rest of the night. One of the more popular songs Ryan played was a cover of 1995 Oasis hit "Wonderwall." He said he got the idea to cover the song after friends talked about hearing an acoustic version on the popular teen drama "The O.C." He added that on that same night they played a show at The University of San Diego and that halfway through the show, people were leaving to go home and watch "The 0.C." _ "I hate The O.C., they mined a good show," Ryan said. After his solo acoustic set the band came back on stage to close out the show with their song "Disappear." After Stephen Speaks finished its set, Five Times August took the stage to another loud ovation by the audience. FTA lead singer Brad Skistimas opened the show with "Giving it all to you," a song off his new album "The Brighter Side." After the song

Skistimas told the audience he was feeling a little under the weather. "I love playing when I'm sick, I have an excuse if something goes wrong," Skistimas said. After that FTA played its first single of "The Brighter Side" called the "Good Life" followed by a song off his first album called "One Way Road." After playing "One Way Road," Skistimas talked about his next song called "Beautiful Girls," saying he loved the song and thought it was the perfect title. Then he said this summer he heard Sean Kingston's song

"Beautful Girls" and said to himself that is my song. Then before he started playing it, Skitimas joked about the two songs being different. "My song is a lot sweeter, I don't talk about suicide," Skitimas said. Constitution Hall proved to be a great venue for live music. The auditorium had a setup where the audience had close proximity to the stage giving it the concert an intimate feel. Maryann Stewart, a public relations junior, said she came to the concert because she was familiar with the bands and enjoyed their music. She also said She liked the fact it was in the middle of the week because it gave she and her friends something fun to do. Stewart said she liked the way the concert had a laid back feel to it. "I felt like I was at some kind of a behind-the-scenes event more than a concert," Stewart said. For a concert in the middle of the week, the concert attendance was pretty impressive. The crowd consisted of a mix of both high school and college students. No matter what the age, the crowd was pretty enthusiastic the whole night. The Student Programming Board once again did a great job of putting on the concert. Students should feel lucky that they had such a group here at UCO that brings such great events to campus. Overall it was an entertaining night full of great live music of two up and coming bands.

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mer North Carolina Sen. John Edwards had the edge in the Democratic race over frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Among republicans, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was given the edge over front-runners John McCain and Mitt Romney. In total, 11 republicans and seven democrats will be on the ballot in this state. For students who are not registered to vote, there are several places around .town and even on campus that will help them. One of the places they can go, on campus is the Volunteer We0ocated on the seco dâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ftoor inside the Nigh University Center. All they haie to do is walk in and re4uest a form, fill it out and turn it in. By doing this, they will be registered in time to vote in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Scott said there are also several political resources on the Internet that will help students out. Social networking Web sites like Facebook and Myspace are helping out in this year's election by sponsoring interactive debates with the different candidates. Facebook and Myspace have also created a variety of channels on their sites designed to inform young people more about the election and about different issues facing each candidate.

There are also several available opportunities on campus for students who want to get involved with the election. Among the things they can do are volunteer through some of the political clubs on campus like, College Republicans, Young Democrats or the Democratic Socialists and sign up to do things like pass out flyers and putt up yard signs around town. Another thing coming to campus designed to help students with the election is the ADP Regional Conference March 10-11. Scott said ADP is designed to be a non-bias project that seeks to increase the number of undergraduate students who understand and are committed to engage in meaningful civic actions in their community. According to the UCO ADP Web site, UCO is one of 146 public colleges and universities participating in this project. Scott said the conference is basically "Politics 101" designed to tell students about politics. She said the conference would feature a couple of millennial panels that would consist of non-partisan members. Their main focus would be talking about the issues students find important. For more information about ADP visit www.ucok.edu/ ADP or contact UCO ADP coordinator Patti Loughlin at (405) 974-5491 or ploughlin@ucok.edu .

Everyone knows the weather in our state is a bit temperamental, but runners statewide are gearing up for the Frigid Five, Oklahoma's "coolest" run of the year. The five-mile run, presented by the Edmond Running Club and Edmond Parks and Recreation, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Feb. 9 at Mitch Park. Organizers are even calling this 13th year for this annual event lucky, hoping it will kick off the new running season with a blast. "We're going to have all kinds of cool things at this ypar'3 s event," said 14ce director and UCO student Lissa Wohltmann. These include musical groups spread throughout the course and members of the U.S. Navy providing refreshments midway through the run.

Wohltmann, a commander in the Naval Reserve, said to "feel free to say anchors away mateys as you zoom by!" Local Jazzercisers will be on hand before the race to warm everyone up and share their enthusiasm for fitness. "It's going to be another really fun festival," Wohltmann said. A free one-mile children's run for those ages 10 and under is included, starting at 9:30 a.m. This will count as an official mile in the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Children's Run. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the Frigid Five, whether to participate, be a cheerleader or to just take part in the fun. Wohltmann says she expects this year's Frigid Five to attract approximately 500 people.

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Bush proposes to stimulate nation's economy deficit-financed war spending, more deficit-financed tax cuts tilted to benefit the wealthiest and more borrowing from foreign nations like China and Japan," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D. Bush defended his record, saying it supported a strong defense and, if his policies are followed, will produce a balanced budget by 2012, three years after he leaves office. "Two key principles guid-

by AP Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Bush unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget proposal on Monday that supports a sizable increase in military spending to fight the war on terrorism and protects his signature tax cuts. Bush called the document "a good, solid budget," but Democrats, and even a top Republican, attacked the plan for using budgetary gimmicks to project a budget surplus in four years. The budget proposal, which shows the government spending $3 trillion in a 12-month period for the first time in history, squeezes most of government outside of national security, and also seeks $196 billion in savings over the next five years in the government's giant health care programs — Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for the poor. Even with those savings, Bush projects that the deficits, which had been declining, will soar to near-record levels, hitting $410 billion this year and $407 billion in 2009. The all-time high deficit in current dollar terms was $413 billion in 2004. Democrats called Bush's final spending plan a continuation of this administration's failed policies which wiped out a projected 10year surplus of $5.6 trillion and replaced it with a record buildup in debt. "Today's budget bears all the hallmarks of the Bush legacy — it leads to more deficits, more debt, more tax cuts, more cutbacks in critical services," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt, D-S.C. For his last budget, Bush, as a money-saving measure,

pass quickly to try to combat a threatened recession. Bush projects that the deficit will decline rapidly starting in 2010 and will achieve a $48 billion balance in 2012. But .Democrats said that forecast was based on flawed math that only included $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009 and no money after that and also failed • to include any provisions after this year for keeping the alternative minimum

"To day s budget bears all the hallmarks of the Bush legacy it leads to more deficits, more debt, more tax cuts, more cutbacks in critical services." '

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President Bush speaks on the state of the economy to employees at Hallmark Cards, Inc., Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Kansas City, Mo. Bush wants to cut funding for teaching hospitals and freeze medical research in a $3 trillion budget for 2009 that is still likely to generate a record deficit once war costs are tallied up. The Bush budget to be submitted Monday would cut the budget for the Health and Human Services Department by $2 billion, or 3 percent. By contrast, the Pentagon would get a $35 billion increase to $515 billion for core programs, with war costs additional. stopped the practice of providing 3,000 . paper copies of the budget to members of Congress and the media, instead posting the entire document online at www.budget. gov. Democrats joked that

Bush cut back on the printed copies because he ran out of red ink. "The president proposes more of the same failed policies he has embraced throughout his time in office — more

ed the development of my budget — keeping America safe and ensuring our continued prosperity," Bush said in his budget message to Congress. Reviewing the budget with his Cabinet, Bush said it would keep the economy growing and protect the U.S. militarily. He called it "innovative" because it was dispatched to Congress electronically. Bush's final full budget is for the 2009 fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1. It proposes spending $3.1 trillion, up 6 percent from projected spending of $2.9 trillion in the current budget year. Part of the deficit increase this year and next reflects the cost of a $145 billion stimulus package of tax refunds for individuals and tax cuts for business investment that Bush is urging Congress to

tax, originally aimed at the wealthy, from ensnaring millions of middle-class taxpayers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that fixing the AMT in 2012 would cost $118 billion, more than double the surplus Bush is projecting for that year. White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters that the war effort in 2009 wold "certainly" cost more than the $70 billion included in the budget. Even some Republicans faulted Bush's budget sleight of hand to project a balanced budget in 2012. "They've obviously played an inordinate number of games to try to make it look better," Sen. Judd Gregg, the top Republican on the Budget Committee, said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Let's face it. This budget

is done with the understanding that nobody's going to be taking a long, hard look at it," said Gregg, R-N.H. Bush's spending blueprint sets the stage for what will probably be epic battles in the president's last year in office, as both parties seek to gain advantages with voters heading into the November elections. The 6 percent overall increase in spending for 2009 reflects a continued surge in spending on the government's huge benefit programs for the elderly — Social Security and Medicare, even with the projected five-year savings of $196 billion over -five years. Those savings are achieved by freezing payments to hospitals and other health care providers. A much-smaller effort by Bush in this area last year went nowhere in Congress. While Bush projects that total security funding in the areas of the budget controlled by annual appropriations will go up by 8.2 percent, he projects only a 0.3 percent increase in discretionary spending for the rest of government. To achieve such a small boost, Bush would hold hundreds of programs well beyond what is needed to keep up with inflation. He also seeks to eliminate or sharply slash 151 programs he considers unnecessary. Bush targeted many of the same programs last year but Congress rejected the effort. The largest number of program terminations — 47 — are in education including elimination of programs to encourage arts in schools, bring low-income students on trips to Washington and provide Mental health services.

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Stallone adds to his career body count in new 'Rambo' flick thing. There's no psychological development or any exploration of the angst of a "Rambo," the latest in the war veteran, just Stalone and series of 80s revival movies friends killing bad guys. This from the past couple of years, isn't a bad thing though. In is really a Saturday morning fact, it's kind of refreshing cartoon written as an R-rated to see an action movie that movie. Sylvester Stallone as doesn't really pretend to be the title character kills bad anything more than an ultra guys with improbable effi- violent episode of G.I. Joe. "Rambo" is a movie that ciency and completely over appeals on a very basic level. the top violence. There's no grey to be found "Rambo" is the fourth in anywhere in this film. The the series of movies based on the novel "First Blood," action goes for visceral thrills chronicling the exploits of rather than psychological John Rambo, a Vietnam vet and, here, it really works. who can't seem to adjust to Predictably, the bad guys get civilian life after spending what's coming to them, and years killing the Vietcong in when it's their guts on the the jungle. This particular jungle floor, it's extremely entry finds Rambo as a snake satisfying. On the other hand, this farmer in Thailand. While simplicity makes the movie working, he is approached by more cartoon-like than it reala group of doctors and misly should be. The bad guys sionaries operating out of a are simply bad people withpan-Asian church located in Colorado who wish to go to out any real justification for Burma, a war zone, to tend to what they're doing. They're all savage, brutal murdering the sick and wounded. After some initial hesita- rapists. Every single act they tion, and a few arguments commit, even training new about whether anything mat- soldiers, is reprehensible and ters with the pretty blonde sickening. Heck, the church lead Sarah, Rambo takes people are captured just to be them to a village in Burma. murdered and tortured, even Unsurprisingly, almost imme- though several of them are diately after Rambo leaves, trained doctors and are carrythe village is attacked, the ing medicine. The leader of this villagers are all murdered and the church workers are movie's Team Evil actually captured. Several days later, manages to be worse than his the church leader approaches men. In addition to ordering Rambo and implores him to his followers to machine gun transport a group of mercenar- civilians, risk international ies up river so they can save censure by capturing social everyone. After slaying three workers and letting his solor four people with a bow and diers act as if they stepped arrow, Rambo teams up with right out the anti-Japanese the mercs, all of whom really propaganda from World War have hearts of gold despite a II, he also has sex with underfew rough edges, and goes in age boys. Yep, apparently ordering to rescue the captured missionaries.' From there, the your soldiers to kill and rape everyone isn't evil enough; violence ensues. he also has to take a page out That's it, that's the whole by Justin Langston Senior Staff Writer

of the Michael Jackson playbook. Further, just in case being a vile pedophile isn't enough to showcase his evil, he also smokes cigarettes con-

stantly and glares at the camera through dark sunglasses. He conjures up an amalgamation of Fidel Castro, Hitler and Cobra Commander, and

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mention of ethnic cleansing or anything that would give any depth to the villains of the movie. There is simply a civil war in Burma and the government goes from town to town, recruiting new soldiers from the able bodied bays (who immediately become indoctrinated) and killing and raping everyone else. There are World War II movies where Nazis get better justifications than "they're evil." Everything is completely over the top in this movie. The bad guys are vile and the good guys are Big Damn Heroes. Still, the moral polarity of the movie has nothing on its violence. There's blood, guts and dismemberment galore, especially since no one uses regular weapons in this movie. Instead, everyone uses huge anti-tank guns and high caliber bullets, leaving people who are still in a single piece with huge gaping wounds. Even the more mundane weapons, like Rambo's compound bows and the assault rifles, spray out blood like a mid-90s first person shooter. It's pretty gross, actually. Maybe that's the point, but it's ironically lost amid the orgy of violence. The movie really isn't exactly good. It's simple and dumb. That's not really a bad thing either. It's entertaining and that's about it. There's no substance here, but it's fun to watch Rambo save the day with an M-60. This is one of the few movies where it's OK that it's dumb, since dumb is all it really strives for.

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UCO Rifle Team takes sixth

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but this year they are eligible for 12, according to him. York said the team shot in three different positions — standing, kneeling and proned. Christian Johnson, team advisor, said winning sixth place was a let-down, as the team placed third the previous year. "The kids had fun, and in the end that's all that matters," he said. York said the chance to get on the rifle team is available to anyone who is enrolled in a Reserve Officer Training Corps class. • "If you're not enrolled in an ROTC class, then you won't be eligible to receive the scholarship," he said. Many students take military science as a physical education course and are then qualified to join the team, according to York. The UCO team has been active for four years, but York started with the team in its second year of existence.

The Rifle Team is an organization that works through the ROTC and attends different competitions. The team uses rifles with actual bullets, air rifles and pellets among other types at their competitions. "We do competitions with the other schools, with the Army, just whoever we can compete with," York said. UCO's ROTC, otherwise known as the Dept. of Military Science, was started in 1967, according to York. The ROTC program focuses on attracting top quality Scholar-Athlete-Leaders from high schools, partnership schools and on campus, according to their Web site. Their goal is to develop students to become the future leaders of the United States Army by instilling a Warrior and Physical Fitness Ethos. Nelson Solomon can be reached at nsolomon@thevistaonline.com.

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UCO Hockey Club splits pair against second-ranked foe by Justin Langston Senior Staff Writer

This past weekend at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena, the UCO Hockey team hosted the number 2 ranked Lindenwood, suffering a crushing 11-3 defeat in the first game on Friday night, but rallied back on Saturday with the Bronchos emerging with a 6-2 victory. "We came together last night as a team and corrected a lot of the mistakes," head coach Craig McAlister said. "We packed our D-Zone in pretty tight. It was an amazing victory for us to take down the number three team." Friday night opened with a completely silent first period that simply flew by. Almost immediately after the intermission, the Bronchos took a quick lead when forward AJ Alfrey, with assists from forward Jonathon Canizzo and defenseman Mike Glowa, knocked one into the net. The UCO lead was to be short lived, however, as Lindenwood tied up the game just two minutes later. Then, literally eight seconds after their first goal, the Lions scored again and began their domination that would last for the rest of the game. Before the period was over, Lindenwood would score four more times. When the third period started, it looked like more of the same. In the first ten minutes, the Lions scored two points. Looking at an 8-1 deficit, UCO refused to back down and defenseman Greg Masters put another point on the board, scoring the goal shorthanded. TlaeUCO rebelliorimas to 1* short lived, as Lindenwood responded with two more goals. Late in the game

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Jason Thibodeau slides the puck down the rink during the UCO hockey match against Lindenwood Friday night at the Artic Edge ice skating rink. The Bronchos lost the match 11-3, but then regained themselves against Lindenwood the next night winning 6-2. Shawn Steggles, which was followed up by a goal from forward Jake Roadhouse. Lindenwbod dropped one past goalie Justin Sgro, but it would be the only one for the entire period. Late in the period, forward Matt Cohn 131:0004o.atc...kcciakotA btought up UCO's advantage Of tii64.04-0ii:thg niet; iivte with another point, and in the came out the gate with a final minute, forward Jason quick goal from forward Thibodeau knocked one in defenseman Brian Thompson made another goal, with an assist from Masters, but the Lions simply responded with a final goal of their own, quashing any dreams of UCO taking back the game. On Saturday night, the

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with an assist from Thompson on the power play. In the second period, UCO continued to dominate, when Roadhouse had his second goal of the night thanks to an assist from Steggles. In the third period, the Bronchos made the team's final goal with a man in the penalty box when Steggles gave an assist to forward Erik Jansen.

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Men's basketball wins again Perfect Pats take plunge by Justin Langston Senior Staff Writer

The UCO Men's Basketball team traveled to Durant to take on Southeastern Oklahoma, taking home a 105-71 victory. The Bronchos had a nearly flawless game, hitting nearly 50 percent of all three-point attempts, had 24 assists and beat out Southeastern in rebounds 50-33. "Our offense was really clicking tonight and that's because of the way our guards played," head coach Terry Evans told Broncho Sports. "We did a great job of pushing the ball up the floor and finding the open man and guys ,were knocking down shots.

UCO took an early and permanent lead, with. forward/guard Sam Belt sinking eight points and the team earning 22 points in the first six minutes of the contest. Southeastern tried to close the gap, getting within seven points of UCO about midway through the half. However, UCO broke past and went into intermission with a commanding twenty point lead. In the second half, UCO continued " to dominate, increasing the lead as the game went on. While cruising with a 19-point advantage, a combination of Belt and forward Lance Harper catapulted UCO's advantage to almost 30. A few minutes later, Belt scored nine in a

row to bring UCO's point total to over 80. As time went on, the Bronchos just continued to increase their lead. Belt led the team in goals, scoring 27 points, hitting 812 from the field and scoring perfectly from the free-throw line, making eight. Belt also hit 75 percent of his 3-point attempts, sinking three 3point buckets. Harper had 17 points, scoring 6-9 from the field and hitting 5-6 three pointers. UCO returns home to play at Hamilton Field House at 8 p.m. on Wednesday to take on Southwestern Oklahoma. The Bronchos will spend the next three games on the road, returning home Feb. 23 to take on East Central.

Women's b-ball loses again The UCO Women's team traveled to Durant on Saturday, where they faced a 98-84 loss to Southeastern Oklahoma. The Bronchos were called for 37 fouls and were subjected to more than 50 free throws for Southeastern. Five of UCO's players were ejected from the game. "Fifty-one free throws is awfully hard to overcome and we couldn't do it," head coach Guy Hardaker told Broncho Sports. "We played well in stretches, but we weren't very consistent and didn't do a very good job of taking care of the basketball. And we obviously fouled too much." While UCO out scored the Savage Storm in field goals, with UCO making 26 and Southeastern making 21, UCO couldn't stand up to the overwhelming number of free throws leveled against them and ultimately, they fell. Southeastern took the lead early, with UCO not corn-

ing out ahead until midway through the first half, when guard Christina Yarbrough sank a bucket bringing the score to 13-12. From there, UCO took off for a bit, taking a four-point lead. While UCO was able to hold a lead for a while, the Bronchos were called for 17 fouls and the Savage Storm sank 21 of the 24 free throws, ending, the half with a 38-38 tie. In the second half, fouls were the biggest issue for the team, with forward Lizzie Brenner, guards • Kasey Tweed and Mallory Markus and forwards Cassidy Pillow and Ashley Beckley all fouling out of the game. While UCO came out of intermission to take the lead, the fouls brought on an 11-0 scoring spree for Southeastern. UCO tried to rally back, taking the lead midway through' the half. The Bronchos managed to hold the lead for about three minutes, but Southeastern made

nine buckets in a row and took the lead once again. With three and a half minutes remaining and seven points behind, UCO made one final push, corning within two points of the lead. However, the Bronchos missed two turnovers and watched Southeastern score seven more in a row, making it the final nail in UCO's coffin. Mallory led the team with 18 points, sinking 5-7 from the field and making a perfect 7-7 from the free-throw line. Pillow had 16 points, scoring 5-8 from the field and 4-6 from the free-throw line. UCO returns home on Wednesday to take on Southwestern at Hamilton Field House at 6 p.m. The Bronchos will spend the next three games on the road before returning home on Feb. 23 to take on East Central. Justin Langston can be reached at jlangston@thevistaonline.com.

by AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ The New York Giants' thrilling win over the New England Patriots was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with 97.5 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. The game eclipsed the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million, set when Dallas defeated Pittsburgh in 1996. Only one other show in American broadcast history was watched by more people, the "M-A-S-H" finale in 1983, which drew 106 million viewers. Sunday's game had almost all the ingredients Fox could have hoped for: a tight contest with an exciting finish involving a team that was attempting to make history as the NFL's first unbeaten team AP Photo since 1972. But the Giants ended New England's bid for perfection, New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress (17) cel1 17-14. Throughout the game, ebrates after scoring the winning touchdown in the the teams were never sepa- fourth quarter of the Giants' 17-14 win over the New rated by more than a touchEngland Patriots during the Super Bowl XLII football down. game at University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday, Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who was to appear Feb. 3, 2008 in Glendale, Ariz. on David Letterman's "Late Show" on Monday, also won There were signs even and Cincinnati (49.1 rating, bragging rights over his brother: Last year's win by Peyton before gametime that Fox 73 share). That indicates that Manning's Indianapolis Colts could be headed for a record. a larger percentage of homes was seen by 93.2 million The opportunity for a team with televisions were watchpeople, now the third most to make history with foot- ing the game. But since the ball's first 19-0 record was a American population has popular Super Bowl. Fox, a division of News powerful draw. The Giants increased, along with the Corp., charged $2.7 million and Patriots also had a tight number of people with TVs, for 30 seconds of advertising contest in late December that the actual number of people watching this year was drew strong ratings. time on the game. higher. The Giants' underdog An eye-popping 81 perThe Giants-Patriots game's run had also captivated the cent of all TV sets on in the Boston area Sunday were nation's largest media market, actual rating (43.3 rating, 65 tuned in to the game. In New making up for the only poten- share) was the highest for York, the audience share was tial weakness in the event as any Super Bowl since 1997. a drawing card: the lack of That means 43 percent of the 67 percent. The audience peaked geographical diversity in the nation's TV sets were timed in to the game, and 65 percent of between 9:30 and 10 p.m. ET competing teams. the TV sets that were turned There were past Super — the fourth quarter — with 105.7 million people watch- Bowl games with higher on were watching football. ratings, topped by the 1982 ing, Nielsen said. game between San Francisco -

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UCO takes to the mat and loses to second-ranked Omaha by Jeff Massie Sports Editor Leading after the first five bouts, the Bronchos hit a wall against No. 2 NebraskaOmaha and lost soundly, 269. The two teams had met before at the National Duals, a match the Mavericks won 2513. This rematch at Hamilton Field House on Feb. 1, featured two of the top three teams in Division II, and UCO was only able to win three contests. Nebraska-Omaha's topranked Cody Garcia wrestled his first match after missing much of the season due to injury. He was not slowed down by any lingering ailments and put the visiting team up by four with a 15-2 major decision over UCO's Nick Rice. Tim Elliot, ranked third

After a Colby Robinson loss at 149 pounds, UCO briefly retook the lead when Jason Leavitt won in a tiebreaker. From that point on though, the Bronchos hit a fence and dropped all remaining matches. From 165 pounds on, the Mavericks are a considerably strong team. Each grappler in the upper weights are ranked in the top eight nationally. In fact, Nebraska-Omaha has No. 2 ranked wrestlers at 174 pounds and 197 pounds. They also have third ranked competitors at 165 pounds and 184 pounds, and their heavyweight is ranked eighth. Of the five heaviest weights, UCO only lost one weight by more than a decision. The lone bonus-point loss came at 197 pounds where Jarrett Edison was pinned in sudden victory overtime. The Bronchos also had

Of the five heaviest weights, MO only lost one weight by more than a decision. for the Bronchos, has been a dominant force all season. He continued to his menacing streak and dished up UCO's most lopsided victory of the night, a 9-3 decision. Missing from the lineup was national champion Kyle Evans at 141 pounds. Evans has not lost to a Division II opponent all season and is ranked No. 1 in the country. Filling in for the All-American was Trey Branscum, who performed like a champion. Branscum took full advantage of getting the start and prevailed 8-5.

UCO Wrestling loses to Nebraska-Omaha 26-9 at the National Duals on Feb. 1 in Hamilton Field House.

ranked wrestlers at 184 pounds and heavyweight. No. 4 Heath Jolley at 184 pounds was unable to pull off the upset against third ranked Brent Pankoke, losing 6-1. The tables were turned at heavyweight where UCO had the favored grappler, but it was the same result, a Maverick victory. This time No. 8 Tony Lewis of Nebraska-Omaha fought off No. 5 Dustin Finn for a 5-3 win to make the match score 26-9. Jeff Massie can be reached at jmassie@thevistaonline.com .

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