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P. 2 • Student loans are difficult to find P. 3 Celtics-Lakers renew rivalry P. 6 • Liz Vermilyea retires after 20 years of planning P.3

Dare to 'Endeavor'

Student faces trial in threat case

Edmond native aims for archery title

By CARRIE CRONK Staff Writer

A UCO student will go to trial on July 14 in connection with a false bomb threat that occurred on campus on April 22. On May 8 a federal grand jury indicted Jason Ray Shandy on charges of providing false information about a bomb and giving false statements to federal law enforcement, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. Information was not available as to whether or not Shandy had an attorney. According to an article in the May 9 issue of the Edmond Sun, Shandy is believed to have called 911 and falsely reported overhearing 3 Middle Eastern students making plans to detonate a bomb on the UCO campus. After 14 hours of searching, UCO Police and numerous other law enforcement authorities were unable to find any evidence of an explosive device on campus. According to the article, Shandy was interviewed several times before he admitted his report was false. According to the indictment, he told a friend he made up the story so he could get out of school. Shandy faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of all charges.

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By JORDAN RICHISON Staff Writer T.J. Pemberton may not be Robin Hood, but the Edmond native sure could give him a run for his money, even with only one leg. Pemberton, the 6th ranked Paralympic archer in the world, will be competing this weekend at UCO in the annual Endeavor Games. Pemberton said this is • his third year competing in the Endeavor Games. He said the participation rate in outdoor archery competition at the Games has grown rapidly the past couple of years. "My first year I was the only outdoor archer who competed, and this year there are going to be 30 to 40 participants in the competition," Pemberton said. Pemberton lost the use of his right leg six years ago when he was deer hunting in Southeast Oklahoma. He was driving his All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) back to camp when the lights went out by Vista photographer Chanel Henry just as the road curved to the TJ Pemberton, the 6th ranked Paralympic archer in the world, prepares right, causing him to miss the turn. Pemberton and the ATV for the annual Endeavor Gaines this weekend.

Endeavor Games * What: The University of Central Oklahoma is one host of the ninth annual Endeavor Games, which began in 2000. The Games are a multi-sport competition open to physically disabled athletes of all ages and abilities. * When: June 5-8, 2008 * Where: Various locations, including the UCO campus, Edmond North High School, and Cheyenne Middle School. * Notes: The Games will have a Beijing flavor.

careened 442 feet down the mountainside. He said the accident severed the nerve in his right leg next to his femur. He also suffered a broken femur and clavicle, three broken ribs and three broken vertebrates. He bruised both lungs, his heart and suffered severe nerve damage to his back as well as a traumatic brain injury. "The doctors didn't think I would survive the night, but two days after the accident I see ARCHERY, page 5

Advances lift paralympians By JORDAN RICHISON Staff Writer

In an age of steroids and performance enhancing drugs in sports, the one performance enhancer that often goes unnoticed is the rapidly improving technological,advantage for Paralympic athletes. In the last five years, technology in prosthesis has improved so much that Associated Press Paralympic athletes who were once Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius catches considered disadvantaged may now his breath after competing in the 400 meters of have the advantage over their ablethe Dutch Open Paralympics event in Emmeloord, bodied competition. One of the most recent advances in Netherlands, Sunday June 1, 2008. prosthetic technology is developing

limbs that rely on Bluetooth technology to "know" how to move. Scientists are even looking into a way where they could wire artificial legs and arms into the nervous system and make them part of the body itself. "These limbs are designed so people can walk and do things without any problems just like any able-bodied person can do," said Bert Herman, business manager at Oklahoma Orthotic and Prosthetics Services. Prior to chip technology, for an amputee to go down the stairs, they would have to take one step at a time. But chip technology, an amputee see PARALYMPIANS, page 5

UCO selects Oklahoma native as athletic director By NELSON SOLOMON

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Former Oklahoma State University Associate Athletic Director Joe Muller was named as the new head of UCO's athletic program at a press conference Wednesday, May 28, at Wantland Stadium. Muller said he is "committed to growing this program to be a model college athletic program." "The reason we're all here is for the studentathletes," he said. "My hope is that we recruit the best and the brightest in the state of Oklahoma." "Once we recru i tstuden tathletes to UCO, I think it should be the mission of

the athletic department to coach, mentor, train, educate, graduate and develop these young people into future leaders in this community, in this state, and in the world," he said. "If we do that, we'll be successful." Former UCO athletic director Bill Farley moved into the UCO Foundation's development department April 23. He has served as the A.D. since June 9, 2003. While in Stillwater, Muller provided leadership, marketing, management and organizational expertise to OSU POSSE, ticket opera Lions, marketing /

promotions and athletic development to the university, according to a provided biography. At OSU, he led an effort to raise more than $90 million in gifts and pledges for a football capital campaign and increased annual fund revenues by 168 percent in three years. He was also responsible for football ticket revenue increases of more than $6 million over three years. From 2002 to 2004, football season ticket sales increased from 31,056 to 38, 636, setting new attendance records. AfterservingatOSUfrom 2002 to 2006, Muller went to Purdue University to serve as a Senior Associate

Athletic Director, in charge of external affairs. At Purdue, he led revenue development and external affairs initiatives for the department with $53 million in annual revenues. He coordinated the firstever "Former StudentAthlete Campaign" tied to Mackey Arena renovation. He helped garner more than $750,000 in contributions, with $2 million pending, during the first six months. President Roger Webb introduced the Stillwater native after detailing the history of the university's athletic program, dating back to 1896, when a "ragtag football team went

Photo Services New UCO athletic director Joe Muller speaks May 28 to the media after President Webb formally announced his hiring. to play another ragtag film from OSU in 1981 team in Stillwater." and his master's in mass Muller received his communications in 1993. bachelor's in radio-TV

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June 5, 2008

IT staff keeps tabs on Internet security By NELSON SOLOMON

breach involving personal information of said. students, faculty and staff. "Every day, someone who is Until four years ago, there was no "The only issue since I've been here responsible for a particular system will one on the Information Technology was by human action rather than from a review the logs at least once during the department staff whose primary security breach," she said. day and determine if there is any unusual focus was server security, according Rolfe pointed out that "in today's activity," Rolfe said. to Dr. Cynthia Rolfe, vice president of world of privacy and security and The department uses firewalls and Information Technology. confidentiality, most of your problems are scans the server and network frequently, "There was network security, but not still going to come from human error." she said. server security" she said. Rolfe described a case in which an "Relative to viruses, trojans and worms Today, the department has three people employee who had high-level access that are known, we do three levels of who constantly watch for unusual shared their password with a temporary error checking. We check at the firewall, activity on the servers. employee. When the temporary employee at the server and the desktop," she said. "They know what's going on with left, they didn't change their password. "Most of that kind of activity is caught at each of their servers and if they see As a result, the temporary employee one of those levels." something, that'll raise a red flag and could get in and "do some things." However, Rolfe said there are they'll investigate," she said. "The way we combat that now is really individuals who "sit in their rooms "We are required by federal law to through education. We use October, somewhere and all day, figure out how educate our employees about security which is National Cyber Security to break into other systems." and privacy policies of the university" Awareness Month, to do our education," "The best we can do is put in our own she said. she said. preventative measures and then watch The issue came to the forefront when Rolfe said that for students who wonder for it. If we see unusual activity on the an Oklahoma State University parking about the safety of their records, "your network or on the server, then we'll server breach was disclosed on May 15 records are as safe as they can be." usually stop whatever we're doing and in The Daily O'Collegian, which affected "I will never be one to say, 100 percent investigate that activity," she said. 70,000 students, faculty and staff who there's no way, because that's just Rolfe mentioned an example of the purchased a parking pass between July unrealistic. We take every precaution department's actions when a problem is 2002 and March 2008. we can and we constantly monitor the seen on a server. The illegal access was limited to the systems in an effort to keep all data safe "On our last internal scan, we found parking and transit server, which housed and secure," she said. a server that appeared to have some a database that contained confidential The Gramm-Leach Bliley Act of passwords that were in clear text. The information including names, addresses 1999 is what requires this education of server did not appear to be compromised, and social security numbers of OSU employees, Rolfe said. but we still took it offline until we could students, faculty and staff, according to "The only truly secure computer is one investigate," she said. the May 15 web story. that is not connected to a domain or to "We don't want to get into the situation University officials said in a statement the Internet or turned off," Rolfe said. if we can at all avoid it." that they believe "the intruder's "What you do in an IT department is, She said the department spoke with purpose and only action was to use the to the best of your ability, lock down your the server's administrator and worked OSU server for storage capacity and servers to secure the system to keep your the situation out, cleaning that server. bandwidth to upload and distribute data private," she said. "That's our process. If we see something, illegal and inappropriate content," but There are a number of ways data is kept we deal with it immediately" their investigators are unsure, the story private, including using applications that Rolfe said a number of times what said„ encrypt information that is considered seems to be an issue "is nothing. But we In the 11 years since Rolfe has been at confidential and running logs on the don't know that until we investigate." UCO there has not been a major security server as a mitigating measure, Rolfe Regarding how long the university Copy Editor

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Blue States? Red States? No, it is the United States I am not an expert in politics or Compared to most people, I have it economics. I tend to get lost in the pretty good. I can't imagine having middle of debates and then find a large vehicle that costs $100 or myself getting consumed with more every time I stopped at the numbers and statistics, economically pump. I even heard rumors that by speaking. The price of oil barrels, the end of the summer, gas prices gas prices, Sen. Obama, Sen. Clinton are supposed to hit $7. and who stands for what? The I am not so much upset that gas political arena can be a maze. And is expensive as I am that everyone sometimes I feel like a lost mouse uses it as an excuse to raise other just trying to squeak by. product prices. But I will say this, I try immensely I called Cox Communications last to stay involved. I read and keep week and asked them why my Cox myself informed about what is bill increased $4 over a one-month going on in our world, even if I don't span. I explained I hadn't changed always understand it completely. anything on my account, but the It is important to do so if we are representative said increasing gas going to raise a generation of well- prices caused the Internet change educated human beings. increase. I was baffled that this Some questions that I would like excuse had poured over to the answered are: What does the energy way I use the Internet and watch crisis really mean for us and what television. are we doing to fix it? My Cox bill is not the only thing I What steps are being taken to noticed going up. I bought milk the ensure that our economy won't fall other day and as I checked out, my into a deep despair of poverty and jaw dropped. I looked to the lady economical frenzy? next to me and I said, "They want I drove to Dallas last weekend and an arm and a leg for this milk, don't spent $60 for my small Mustang. they?"

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keeps parking records and other files, the state of Oklahoma has a Records Retention Act. "Each entity that owns data has to tell us to store the data for the amount of time that the state involves," she said. "And that's different in different cases." Even though the process of preventing breaches sounds simple, Rolfe said there are many complications. "There are so many different kinds of attacks that you could get, and there are so many people attacking for different reasons," she said. The reasons for attacking a server include people who just want to see if they can get in, for the challenge involved. Rolfe mentioned the vulnerability of universities to programmers interested in hacking. "Universities are targeted at a higher level than other servers because universities have more open systems just by the nature of our business," she said. Students are on the campus to learn, so the systems are mostly open for them to do coursework. "However, in a corporate environment, everything would be locked down. You wouldn't be able to load things onto your own machine. You'd have to make a request to load something," she said. "We don't block the Internet like corporations do, so that makes us a lot more vulnerable," she said. Rolfe said a lot of hackers and crackers will try to get on a university system and just use the server to do other work, "because there's a higher bandwidth than a corporation server." She mentioned that "people need to understand that when you put information out there, there's always a risk."

It's true. I could no longer run to the store and buy milk and bread; I had to save up for it, plan for it. So what are we being promised to change this? So far, nothing. We have a lot of nice ideas and theories, but no one has stepped forward and said, "Hey, this could really work!" I don't believe that the Democrats nor the Republicans have really come up with any one, brilliant solution. They won't unless they pull together as one, one nation, one people all residing in the United States of America. We are all facing the same challenges. My democratic neighbors are facing the same struggles as my republican ones. I can't decide if I am more worried about our economic struggles or how little my generation, and the generations leading us, is doing to change it. Let's stay informed, together, as a team. No one person is capable of doing everything alone. We have to put our heads together.

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June 5, 2008

College student loans more difficult to find

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Credit crunch leaves some hanging By JANA DAVIS Editor in Chief -

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Students seeking financial aid will have a more challenging time trying to find a bank to support their school needs, according to Sheila McGill, UCO director of financial aid. Because of the recent credit crunch and mortgage difficulties in the United States, banks are pulling back from lending money to students as frequently. "It's a little disruption for the students," McGill said. "Those who have had the same bank for many years, may have to find a new bank." According to Susan Tompor, from the Free Press, Bank of America, the thirdlargest student lender in the country is no longer offering private student loans. They said they would continue to offer student loans through federal student loan programs, including Stafford and PLUS loans. The House of Representatives passed the HR 5715 bill on April 17 to ensure that students continue to have access to federal student loan programs. "A lot of hope is riding on federal funding. A new student loan bill, signed

into law earlier this month, is designed to head off a collapse in the student loan market. The bill is to increase the amounts students can borrow through federal Stafford loans," Tompor said. McGill said UCO financial programs come through the FFEL program, the Stafford and the Parent PLUS loans and will remain the same; only the lenders will change. An updated list of the banks will be provided at the Financial Aid office, but, according to McGill, the list is changing daily. "It will hopefully be available on the Web site soon, but it is difficult to keep the list accurate," McGill said. The Financial Aid department has sent notices and letters to the banks in hopes of a response in continued participation. McGill wanted to be sure that students understood that there are still several lenders to choose from. Financial aid is still available, just more of a challenge to get a hold of. "Come and visit our service center. We know it is confusing. Speak with one of our representatives to see where you stand," McGill said.

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Liz Vermilyea set to turn out lights, party's over By JESSICA AKERS Contributing Writer

This summer, the light will be turned off in office 315 in UCO's Nigh University Center. The chair will be pushed in, the drawers will be emptied, and the walls will be cleared. After 20 years of planning wedding receptions, campus events, and conferences, Liz Vermilyea is retiring. "I've loved what I have done and the team I work with," says the petite woman looking over her black-rimmed glasses, "It's been a positive experience." Vermilyea works as the coordinator for events at the Nigh University Center at UCO. The events range from educational seminars to weddings to dances. The occasions are various, but the service offered is constant-- serving the client. Of all the events she has coordinated, two in particular stick out in her memory Former president Bill Clinton came to speak following the Murrah Building bombing, and Barbara Bush attended a conference after the Florida chad dispute during the 2000 Presidential Election. "We try to do a good job

LIZ VERMILYEA and make every event special," Vermilyea says, "We are here for the customer." The Events Center helps clients make decisions and plan all events in the University Center. Seating charts, audio/visual equipment, room arrangements, and catering Vermilyea and her team handle it all. "We're the one-stop place to plan events. We ease the stress of planning," she says. A typical day for Vermilyea starts with follow-up phone calls. A large black binder sets on her desk with different colored neon tabs marking active clients. The binder is Vermilyea's 'planning

Bible.' She and her panel of four make sure to doublecheck every detail as not to leave out any element of an event. When taking on new clients, the planning team records all the information. The event planners organize the room arrangements and table seating, manage the caterers and food, and make sure all audio and visual equipment is functioning and in good condition. Vermilyea says many of the conferences at the Nigh University Center return because of the great service received. She makes sure that every reception and event has the same attention to detail and customer satisfaction as if it were her first. When she is not planning or delegating, Vermilyea enjoys the simple things in life. Taking walks, and visiting estate sales with her husband, and playing the piano take up much of her extra time. "When I retire, I'll be doing some traveling, I hope," she says slightly smiling, "We'll be selling the house, and hopefully visiting our daughter in Ohio."

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Campus Thefts: 06/01 - Two UCO bicycles were returned to the UCO Department of Public Safety. Edmond PD believed the bicycles were stolen 05/30 - A wallet was reported stolen from the Wellness Center. The wallet dissapeared between 4:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Vandalism 06/01- At 1:32 p.m. UCO Police stopped a motorist for speeding. During the stop, officers arrested the motorist for driving under the influence and carrying a firearm 06/28 - A man reported a possible hit-andrun acident to UCO Police.

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awoke with a craving for Continued from Page 1 cheeseburgers," he said. He said it took him a year to recuperate, but almost a year after his accident he tried out and made the U.S. National Paralympic archery team. He added that in 2005 he competed in his first majox competition in Italy and finished 8m overall. Pemberton has competed in competitions all over the United States, as well as around the world. Different places he has been to include Italy, Great Brittan and Korea. "Getting to compete in national competitions has been great because I've gotten the chance to travel and see the world," Pemberton said. This September, Pemberton will be one of eight archers who will compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. According to the U.S. Olympic committee's official Web site, The U.S. Paralympics is a division of the U.S.

Olympic Committee. It is dedicated to becoming the world leader in the Paralympic sports movement and to promoting excellence in the lives of people with physical disabilities. Pemberton does a majority of his training at UCO, one of the two official training sites of the U.S. Paralympic team. His training regime includes going out and shooting arrows four days a week two to six hours a day. He also does weight lifting for one to two hours three days a week and bike rides once or twice a week. Pemberton is also the 12th ranked able-body archer in the United States. He said he is able to compete in the able-body competition because of a special kind brace made just for him by Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics. "They came in and designed a brace that was half carbon fiber and half prosthetic that makes me walk like and do things that a normal human can do," Pemberton said. He added this brace is an original

orthotic device that goes from his hip to his foot. The top portion is like a prosthesis socket and the rest of the brace is slit all the way down to his foot so it can wrap around his leg on titanium hinges. "My goal is that someday I would like to compete in the able-bodied competitions," Pemberton said. Pemberton hasn't let his accident slow him down because with his unique leg brace, he is still able to enjoy his love for the outdoors. He said besides continuing to pursue his love of archery, his brace also allows him to white water kayaks and rock climb. He also still rides ATV's, hunts and fishes. He said he also plans to climb four mountains in excess of 14,000 feet within the next year. Pemberton said whenever he talks to kids at school or meets someone who has recently become an amputee. He always gives them the same advice, "Never stop trying. Never quit, period."

won. He hopes to qualify for the Beijing Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that his racing blades do not give him an unfair advantage. The International Association of Athletics Foundation conducted a study which found the Cheetahs are more efficient than human legs, so Pistorius uses less oxygen than similarly fast able-bodied runners. Herman said such technological advances help a normal amputee as well as an athletic one. He said normal prosthesis limbs last about two to three years, but the new prosthesis limbs are made to last a life time.

According to the National Library of Medicine, there are about 1.2 million amputees in the U.S. However, that number is expected to rise in the next several years because thousands of veterans will return from duty in Iraq without limbs. They will be looking for prosthetic limbs that will help them enjoy the things they love to do. "Our goal is to try to get people back to everyday activity as soon as we can. We hope that the rapid improvement in prosthesis technology will help do that," Herman said.

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06/02 - At 1:30 a.m. UCO Police assisted a juvnile in distress in a campus parking lot.

Fire Alarms 06/01 - At 4:24 a.m. UCO Police responded to a fire alarm in Old North. 5/31 - At 2:35 a.m. UCO Police assisted the Edmond Fire Department with response to a fire alarm in Old North.

Continued from Page 1 can go down the steps one foot after another. "The decision process is taken out of it for the amputee and it's made in the leg itself," Herman said. According to the Associated Press, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius was banned from the Olympics because tests found that his Cheetah FlexFoot legs, give him an advantage over runners with human legs. When Pistorius sprints on carbon prosthetics, he looks to be bounding on springs. Pistorius appealed the decision and

Six UCO students receive first-ever Price scholarships The University of Central Oklahoma Foundation recently awarded six students the first-ever Price scholarships for their academic merit and community involvement. Oklahoma City metro area community leaders Tom and Lisa Price established the scholarships through a gift to the UCO Foundation. Christina Johnson, an Oklahoma City accounting senior, was this year's recipient of the "Tom Price Scholarship in Business" award. She will receive $5,000 for the 2008-09 academic year to assist with educational expenses. Students selected for this scholarship mirror Tom Price's own path to graduation at UCO, as they must have a major within the College of Business Administration, be over 24-years-old, supporting a family, and have at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average. Continuing her efforts to enhance Oklahoma childhood education, Lisa Price developed the "Lisa Price

Scholarship in Child Development." This year's recipients include Noel Legere from Edmond, Rebecca Lins from Tulsa, and Krista Mendoza from Moore. Award recipients for the "Lisa Price Scholarship in Child Development," worth $1,000, must be full-time students majoring in child development and working 20 hours in the child education field while maintaining at least a 3.0 grade point average. Lastly, the Price's created the "Tom and Lisa Price Service Learning Scholarship," worth $2,500, to reward students who actively participate in community service projects. This year's recipients were Albana Gjata and Nevine Tabbara. Both recipients have agreed to volunteer 20 hours a week to assist a local non-profit by designing and implementing a yearlong project to benefit the organization. For more information on scholarships and awards for students at UCO, contact the UCO Foundation at (405) 974-2770 or visit www.ucogiving.org .

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Central Oklahoma junior recognized for leadership University of Central Oklahoma junior Kendra Smith was recently recognized for her exceptional leadership skills when she was selected to participate in the Omicron Delta Kappa annual "Campus Leaders Today, Community Leaders Tomorrow" program in Washington, D.C. Now in its fourth year, the program brings together some of the nation's most accomplished college students to prepare them for service as board members for nonprofit organizations after graduation. Smith, a corporate communications and political science major from Lawton, will travel with other selected students to Washington D.C. this summer for a series of lectures and discussions and will experience meeting with board and staff members of various nonprofit organizations. She also recently received the John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick Student Leadership and Public Service Award from the UCO Presidential Partners Awards Luncheon. Smith also won the John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gold Medal Award, which is an honor awarded to a student selected

by UCO President W. Roger Webb for outstanding leadership performance. A member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Smith is also a charter member of the UCO chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership honor society, the Sigma Alpha Lambda honor society and was an Omicron Delta Kappa National Convention workshop presenter. She is a 2005 graduate of Eisenhower High School in Lawton and the daughter of Ernest and Paula Smith, of Oklahoma City. After graduation she plans to earn a masters degree in organizational leadership and get directly involved in public service. Smith also has ambitions to serve on school boards and councils before pursuing a career in government office. Founded in 1914, Omicron Delta Kappa was the first college honor society of a national scope to give recognition and honor for meritorious leadership and service in extra-curricular activities, as well as to encourage the development of general campus citizenship.

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SPORTS Lakers-Celtics renew rivalry June 5, 2008

By JORDAN RICHISON

Staff Writer For the first time in 21 years, the NBA's greatest rivalry will be renewed as the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. This year's matchup is one of the most anticipated finals matchups in recent memory. Many basketball fans are hoping this latest bout between the two historic franchises will, repeat the battles they had against each other in the 1980s when Magic Johnson was running Showtime for the Lakers and Larry Bird was draining three's in the Boston backcourt. This year's version will pit Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant against Boston's "Big Three" of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. Bryant, who is this year's MVP, will lead the Western Conference champions into the finals. The Lakers are riding a wave of momentum into the finals after defeating the reigning NBA Champions the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals after five games. This will be the Lakers' fifth Finals appearance this decade, but their first since 2004. One of the big factors in the Lakers' rise to the top is center Paul Gasol. Gasol, who was traded from Memphis in the middle of the season, is the big man the Lakers have been looking for since they traded Shaquille O'Neal

four years ago. Lakers coach Phil Jackson is no stranger to the NBA Finals, as he will be coaching in his 11m final in his career. Jackson currently has nine NBA titles as a coach and with a Lakers win, he will surpass the legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach with 10 NBA titles as a head coach. The Celtics, who are coming off a six game series win against the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, are making their first appearance in the finals in 21 years. Their turnaround from last year is one of the best in NBA history as they went from an NBA low 24 wins last year to a league best 66 wins this season. The big reason behind this turnaround was the off-season acquisitions of Allen and Garnett. Garnett, who was traded from Minnesota in the offseason, has been the face of the franchise this season helping lead the Celtics to their 42 game around. He finished third in this year's NBA MVP race behind Bryant and New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul. The Celtics entered the playoffs as the team to beat, but their road struggles in the first two rounds of the playoffs have made people question that belief. The Celtics hope to put that belief to bed thanks to their two roads against Detroit in the last round. The Celtics will have home-court advantage in the finals and are hoping

Central Oklahoma's Carroll hit for both Tyler Carroll was named a average and power in 2008 first-team NCAA Division while also possessing great II All-American on the speed on the basepaths for Rawlings/American 36-23 Bronchos. He batted Baseball Coaches .414 with 17 home runs, 16 Association All-America doubles and 62 runs batted team that was released in while also stealing 24 Monday. bases and finished with Carroll, a senior from an impressive .466 on-base Norman, made the percentage.Carroll ranked elite first-team squad at third in the Lone Star designated hitter in voting Conference in stolen bases, of head coaches from fourth in homers and total around the country. He bases (161) and fifth in was selected as a third-team batting average, slugging All-America outfielder on percentage (.725) and hits the Daktronics team that (92). was announced last week. He recorded 24 multiple"Tyler had a great year hit contests this year and for us and he was certainly his 92 hits ranks fifth on deserving of being on UCO's single-season list the All-America team," while he finished his twoAssociated Press UCO coach Wendell year career fifth on the Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) goes up Simmons said. "He was school's all-time home for a shot as Boston Celtics forward James Posey (41) a tremendous offensive run list with 29. guards during the first half of an NBA basketball game weapon this season and could hurt a team in a lot in Los Angeles. of ways." months ago. to improve their already Overall, I think this impressive 12-1 home record during this year's will be a highly contested playoff and ride the series that will live up to momentum of theCeltics all the hype. But when it's fans to the 17th NBA title all said and done, I think the play of Bryant and in franchise history. The Celtics and Lakers Gasol will be too much played each other twice for the Celtics. Bryant has this season with the Celtics been out on a mission all winning both games. year long trying to prove However, the teams last to everyone that he can played in December, win a title without Shaq before the Lakers traded and show everyone once for Gasol, so the Celtics and for all that he is one will be seeing an entirely of the greatest players in different Lakers team NBA history. Prediction: Lakers in 7 than the one they saw six Tyler Carroll delivers a base hit for UCO.

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