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UCO sophomore Lauren Nelson crowned Miss America

by Abha Eli Phoboo Staff Writer

AP Photo by Jae C. Hong

Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Nelson, walks in a swimsuit on the stage during a rehearsal for the 2007 Miss America Pageant at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 25.

There was a buzz around campus the morning after Lauren Nelson, UCO music theatre major, was crowned Miss America on January 29 in Las Vegas. The thrill of having a national beauty queen in their midst was especially strong in the Music Theatre Department.

Natalie Syring, adjunct professor of Theory and Aural Skills, printed out a quote by Nelson to hand out to students.

“I always have the mindset that you prepare before you come.

You prepare and you do all you can to get ready beforehand so once you get here, you go let all that hard work show…” it said.

“It’s something I strongly believe in. I had Lauren in my class last year and she blended in with the other students. We were all watching her on T.V. last night and she did a great job,” said Syring.

Lauren Nelson is a natural on stage, according to her theater professors, and her voice has carried her from Oklahoma’s stage to winning the Miss America 2007 title.

“Nelson is a very focused, energetic and incredibly talented girl. UCO recruits 10 people every fall for the Music Theater program, five girls and five boys and she was one of them,” Greg White, director of Music Theater Department said. “It’s a very competitive area and we are thrilled that she chose us. And what bet-

ter year to win for Oklahoma than it’s centennial year!”

Nelson’s friends had started campaigning for her long before she started working for the Miss America pageant. Soon after she won the Miss Oklahoma crown, her friends were holding fundraising events and cheering for her. A Facebook group was formed, and now the group has received a facelift with the name changing from ‘I Am Friends with Miss Oklahoma 2006’ to ‘I Am Friends with Miss America’.

“She is a very genuine and kind-hearted person. We made the groups to bring people who knew her together,” said Danielle Flesher, music theater sophomore and Nelson’s friend who started both groups.

Flesher also held a watch party at her apartment and invited close friends. “Lauren was blown away and excited that people at home were supporting her. She is so humble and young but she proved that she is capable,” added Flesher.

Nelson, daughter of Mark and Sherrell Nelson of Lawton, AP Photo by Isaac Brekken has participated in several musical productions at UCO Jazz Lab and Mitchell Hall Miss Oklahoma Lauren Nelson waves to the crowd after being Theater. She was one of the crowned Miss America 2007 at the Miss America Pageant at the two freshmen selected to per- Aladdin Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 29. form in “Pajama Game”, and Claunch, music theatre major. “I about it. We’ve missed her also appeared in UCO’s pro- saw her crowned Miss Oklahoma very much and hope that she duction of “Hot N’ Cole: A in person and it was incredible.” intends to return to UCO to Cole Porter Celebration.”

According to Claunch, finish her degree,” he added.

“We did some shows togeth- Lauren is busy with press conNelson graduated from er. Lauren has a heart of gold ferences and has been travel- Macarthur High School, and helped me through some ing extensively across countimes that I couldn’t have gone try this year. “We’ve seen her through without her,” said Kelly a couple of times but that’s see NELSON, page 3

Funnyman Martin has house laughing Y Chapel of Song

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer

Demetri Martin

“Part of the problem with kiddie porn is that it sounds so cute,” said comedian Demetri Martin to a sold-out Mitchell Hall Theater Jan 30.

Sporting a plain white Tshirt, jeans and a Beatle-mop haircut, the tools of this Conan

O’Brien and “Daily Show” veteran’s trade are a stool, an easel, various musical instruments and anything else he can find in the room to make jokes about.

Martin has been doing standup for almost 10 years, but this was his first show in Oklahoma, which he seemed excited about.

Some of his first jokes were about the crowning of UCO

student Lauren Nelson as Miss America the night before.

Introduced by a charmingly crude paper animation projected onto a screen, the crowd was instantly warm to the unassuming funnyman, who started conversations with individual members of the audience and

remains the same

see Martin, page 3

Super Sunday made for commercials

by Lyndsay Gillum Staff Writer Just like all the previous Super Bowls, this Sunday’s showdown will feature tough, padded linemen; a halftime extravaganza; the best of the best commercials; and millions of television viewers cheering for the teams lucky enough to make it to NFL’s biggest day.

Super Bowl XLI kicks off Sunday, Feb. 4, at Dolphins Stadium in South Florida. It should be a fresh look for this year’s game, with the Colts battling the Bears. Kickoff is at 6:25 p.m. ET on CBS. Along side the match-up, many viewers anxiously await the infamous commercials that will air Super Bowl Sunday.

For when it comes to television advertising, there is no bigger stage than the Super Bowl.

National brands make bigbudget spots [$2.6 million for a 30-second spot], just hoping to capture the attention of the estimated 90 million viewers.

Not only that, they wish to capture the attention of the viewers post game, to hear the con-

versations of which ads were the funniest, or most creative.

“I am in advertising and I love football, so I especially love the Super Bowl because I get the best of both worlds,” Lauren Jones, advertising senior, said. “The advertisers work so hard to produce effective and entertaining advertisements, I look forward to it every year!”

Melaney Hamilton, general studies senior, thinks back on her favorite commercial from last year. “It was one of the Budweiser commercials, ‘The Streaker,’ Hamilton said. “It showed the horses lining up to play football and then all of a

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sudden this sheep, who had been stripped of all its wool, comes running through the horses and dances in front of them… then at the end it shows two cowboys and one of them shakes his head and says, streakers!”

Prince, one of the most electrifying performers, is set to perform in the Pepsi Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show.

Grammy-award winning performer Billy Joel will sing the National Anthem during the Pregame Show. Joel will be the first performer to sing the National Anthem twice in the Super Bowl, which was in 1989.

Many viewers find Super

Bowl Sunday to be a day full of celebration and excitement.

Some will tune in to watch the Colts battle the Bears, others will sit mesmerized at the million dollar commercials and the electrifying performances and others will be there just for the excitement of it all.

“I still watch the game because I enjoy the sport,” Matthew Nuttle, journalism junior, said. “The commercial side is something new that also keeps me glued to my seat during the game.”

Nuttle too loves the food served at Super Bowl parties.

“BBQ, chips and queso… all combined with an atmosphere of family and friends, what could be better?”

“When Super Bowl Sunday rolls around, I look forward to the game, the halftime show, which is going to be great this year, and of course, the food,” T.J. Graham, kinesiology junior said. “This is going to be a great Super Bowl and if it were up to me, school would be closed the Monday after the big game.”

Lyndsay Gillum can be reached at

lgillum@thevistaonline.com.

by Vista photographer Laehyung Lee

Looking north out of the Y Chapel. The chapel was built in the 1940s by students and faculty.

by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer In a region where churches sometimes resemble state-ofthe-art concert halls, UCO’s Y Chapel of Song stands as a reminder of a less-grandiose past.

Many UCO students pass by the small building everyday, but aren’t aware of its unique history.

Junior psychology major Ron

Griffin said he was surprised to learn that the building is still in use.

“I’ve walked by it probably hundreds of times, but I’d never seen anyone go in or come out,” Griffin said.

Built by students, staff and faculty during the 1940s, the chapel officially opened in April of 1949 after nearly 10 years of

see Chapel, page 3

"The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw."

- Havelock Ellis

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Opinion

February 1, 2007

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Super Bowl Sunday, worth it or not?

Ah, Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us. It’s America’s most prominent religious ceremony where families and friends congregate and stuff their faces with nachos and drown their stomachs with watered down camel urine, err…or beer, however you wish to interpret it.

Football has always been the sport for American citizens. Despite the fact the NFL has stolen the name from the international game of soccer and assembled every aspect of rugby into its little league, it has turned a simple championship game into a fanatical ritual of drunken hooligans and crazy spectators.

Some people may think the Super Bowl has nothing to do with the sport since those who don’t even know what a first down is watch it alongside their companions. American football has always been associated with brute force, masculine competition and large men patting each other on the butt to commend their performances.

So if the Super Bowl

is made for the millions of dollars invested into advertising and celebrity performances, what’s the point of even having the game? Why not just show the so-called hilarious and innovative commercials on regular television, instead of waiting for that one day out of the year to indulge in its senseless marketing gimmicks?

There’s no doubt people enjoy the casual afternoon football game, watching their favorite team raze the pretty green grass with their 300-lb. bodies. But when the Super Bowl comes along, it usually involves two teams the majority of the nation doesn’t care about.

It’s just the nature of the game. Right?

Honestly, who really bothers about the importance of two cities that are thousands of miles away from every direction, battling each other for a simple gold ring that every NFL player has probably already

purchased a hundred times before? Why not invest your time doing more sophisticated activi-

NFL football is more attractive to the common civilian.

Of course, t h e Super Bowl

ties, will like go to never a museum go away and indulge in the as long as people wonders of hiscontinue to devote tory? That would their lives to the obviously be too sight of crushing much to ask for since heads and steroidthe mindless barbarism of induced bodies. Such a

In Tuesday Jan. 30 paper we stated that the heath insurance rate had changed from $155 to $249 for the Spring semester. The $249 rate covers both the Spring and Summer.

shame, really. A nation that prides itself being a superior world power much rather spends its energy in derivative sports and gluttonous ambitions.

The last Sunday of the NFL season has blessed us 41 times and counting, on the finest stage in modern sports, with the Super Bowl. It is American as apple pie, being a Texas Rangers fan and cold watermelon on the fourth of July. Aside from the over hyped commercials and whoever has been dug up to perform at halftime or whoever falls victim to a “wardrobe malfunction”, football fans alike are treated to a great game about every 1 in 3 years. Remember the Titans against the Rams? How about the Patriots and the Panthers?

Or any of the 49ers and

Bengals or Cowboys and Steelers great match-ups?

This Sunday is meant for placing something out on the grill and several somethings into an ice chest. Inviting some of the people you call friends over and some of the ones you don’t. It has grown past the time of actually caring who is in the Super Bowl, it only matters that it is the Super Bowl.

Let’s just be glad that we don’t have to depend on the like of soccer or hockey or lacrosse for our entertainment fun.

Perhaps the pre-game coverage is a bit overdone and maybe too much is made out of the off the field stories but we can still fill good about this game.

Relax and do your best to enjoy one of the great American traditions left. Go Bears, go Colts, it doesn’t matter, just enjoy a good football game and start counting down to next years game.

In the Jan. 25 issue, it was stated that UCO now offers a graduate piano performance and pedagogy degree, but as of right now, there currently is no master’s degree in this program.

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"My dad came in my room while I was having sex with my girlfriend."

"On my very first date we had a wreck in my car."

"I was playing in a symphony when the conductor stopped the concert and blamed me."

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news Distinguished series begins today

by Lyndsay Gillum Staff Writer

UCO’s first annual Educator’s Distinguished Lecture Series will feature a presentation by nationally recognized attorney, author and educator Dr. Crystal Kuykendall Feb. 1.

According to Cheryl Steele, executive director for Leadership Central, a partnership was established between the College of Education and Professional Studies and the office of Leadership Central a year ago.

“The goal of our partnership was to offer professional development opportunities to Oklahoma teachers… many of whom are our very own UCO graduates,” Steele said.

Along with Steele, Dr. Kathy Brown, associate professor, put together an advisory group of metro area educators to gather ideas about how they could help these teachers. From this meeting, the Educator’s Distinguished Lecture Series developed.

Teachers on the advisory board selected Dr. Kuykendall

as the first speaker. According to Brown, Kuykendall’s presentation, “Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in All Students,” will offer insight into the complexities of the classroom and provide faculty and staff with tools they can use to help students become successful.

“Dr. Crystal Kuykendall is a very dynamic and motivating speaker,” Brown said.

“The steering committee for this event felt she would be an excellent speaker for our inaugural debut of the Distinguished Educators’ Lecture Series.”

Kuykendall also has written the best-selling book, “From Rage to Hope,” which focuses on the subject of her presentation.

“We believe that the University of Central Oklahoma and the College of Education and Professional Studies is a wonderful resource for teachers in this area,” Brown said. “Because we are centrally located, and are neighbors to many school districts, the university is able to offer events such as these at an affordable price with the hope

NELSON from page 1 Lawton in 2005, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and a three-year recipient of the Renaissance Academic Award. She was an active member of church and school choir.

As the high school’s honor choir member, Nelson performed in many different places including Missouri and New York.

Beauty pageants aren’t new to Nelson either. She was Miss Teen Oklahoma in 2004, and took home the Miss Oklahoma crown as Miss Oklahoma State Fair. As Miss Oklahoma, she also won the preliminary swimsuit and talent awards.

In the talent round for Miss America, she sang Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be in My Heart.”

As the new Miss America, Nelson will work as the official

National Goodwill Ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network, raising funds and awareness.

Her personal platform as outlined by the Miss America Organization’s Public Relations Department is “Be Netsmart – Protecting Kids Online.” Nelson won $50,000 with her new title.

“This is a dream I never thought would come true. I watched Miss America as a little girl, since I was two years old, and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be Miss America,” said Nelson in her interview to Luxe Life.

With Lauren Nelson taking the national pageant crown this year, Oklahoma is the most title winning state with six Miss America winners in more than 80 years. Jennifer Berry, Miss

of impacting many teachers.”

“A nationally recognized expert on topics relevant to Oklahoma teachers will be brought in each year so that teachers can learn from these experts,” Steele said. “These experts often speak at national conventions, but many teachers never have the opportunity to attend such events.”

The two-hour event will be held at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Constitution Hall.

Kuykendall will be selling her books after each presentation.

UCO’s Leadership Central and CEPS intend to bring one nationally recognized speaker to the lecture series each year, offering sessions with the person at minimal costs for the teachers.

“I am so proud that UCO is sponsoring and supporting this event,” Brown said. “It shows the university’s commitment to the teaching profession.”

Lyndsay Gillum can be reached at lgillum@thevistaonline.com.

"This is a dream I never thought would come true."

-Lauren Nelson America before Nelson, was also Miss Oklahoma. The backto-back beauty queens from Oklahoma mark only the third time in the pageant’s history that contestants have won from the same state in consecutive years.

Miss Texas Shilah Phillips was declared first runner-up and Miss Georgia Amanda Kozak second runner-up in this year’s pageant.

Abha Eli Phoboo can be reached at aphoboo@thevistaonline.com.

TAs

WANTED

THE UCO ENGLISH DEPARTMENT is looking for Teaching Assistants for the Fall 2007 semester.

To learn more about gaining real classroom experience visit the website below.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MARCH 1, 2007 QUESTIONS? Come to the Information Day in Room 211 in the Liberal Arts building from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on February 20 and 21 or contact Lexi Stuckey at lexi.stuckey@gmail.com or Julie Clanton at jjordan@ucok.edu.

www.libarts.ucok.edu/english/ta

February 1, 2007

MARTIN from page 1 compared the color scheme of the venue to a “dirty twinkie.”

“I don’t really do well with dirty jokes. I don’t think people really want that from me,” he said at meet-and-greet after the show. Though most of his jokes weren’t sexual, his was still an R-rated routine.

Flexing his improv muscles between his A-material, Martin’s tangents brought peals of laughter from the crowd.

Martin told mostly short jokes based on observations of everyday things and questions no one seems to ask, like “I wonder when they first discovered that rabbits were susceptible to magic?” A stylistic cue he admittedly takes from comedian Steven Wright, whom Martin saw while in high school. He said Wright has been a major influence on his shtick, and that the two have met a couple times since then.

Martin also cited a lesser influence in the late Mitch Hedberg, who played UCO in 2004.

“I love to give pompoms as a gift because you can tell how excited the person is right away,” he said.

Martin accused mannequins of being cocky and the letter Q of being needy, and “just an O with a dick.”

“Every time I see a Q, I’m like ‘let me guess who’s coming next.

U?’” Martin said, with a response of uproarious laughter. His deadpan delivery and unpretentious stage presence drew chuckles

and heaving guffaws for nearly everything he said, and it wasn’t long before he had his audience hanging on his every word.

“I think drowning would be a horrible experience, unless you were really thirsty right before it,” he said.

From New York, Martin likes indie music and British humor, and it shows. He organizes the jokes he plans tell into columns in a spiral notebook, which he sits on a stool and glances at as he paces from the microphone, to a grand piano, then to his guitar and his sketchpad and back again.

The jokes in the far right column are the ones he has the least faith in, but he said several of those jokes worked that night.

“The other day, I saw an ugly pregnant lady and I just thought, ‘good for you,’” he said.

He showed the crowd several rough sketches of inventions and ideas he has, such as a baby silencer that included a funnel placed over its mouth, attached to headphones that would give the baby a taste of its own medicine if it decides to cry. He also showed the audience how to keep adding letters to a tattoo of a girlfriend’s name to keep it updated in the event of a breakup, a makeup, infidelity, etc.

“I like video games,” Martin said. “But they’re really violent.

I want to play a game where you take care of all the people who were shot in other games.”

With his humble appear-

CHAPEL from page 1 fundraising and construction setbacks caused by World War II. The Y Chapel is the concept of a student group of the time called the Young Women’s Christian Association, which made a motion during an April 1941 meeting to set aside $1,500 for the construction of a chapel on campus.

The university then received a Work Progress Administration grant and started the grueling task of raising money in a country involved in global conflict.

The project was massive at the time, costing more than $30,000 (that’s about $400,000 in today’s money) to complete, according to the chapel’s website.

Students and staff also donated hundreds of hours of service to see the project through the end.

In July of 2001, the chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places to serve as "a memorial to the hundreds involved in its creation,

and honors its artistic and architectural uniqueness,” according to the chapel’s website.

The Y Chapel of Song is hardly a relic. In fact, the chapel is still used in the manner its founders intended.

Religious student groups like the Campus Crusaders for Christ and other organizations - including fraternities and sororities – still use the chapel to hold meetings.

UCO junior Ocen Oceng said his group Impact, an international faith-based organization, sometimes uses the chapel to conduct bible study. He also steps into the chapel from time to time to get a break.

“The chapel is a place where I can relax and be by myself for a while, away from all the crowds,” Oceng said.

And while the Y Chapel isn’t short on charm, Oceng said his favorite part of the church is the west-facing windows featuring Jesus and the words “I

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ance, one might never guess that Martin is an accomplished comedy writer and performer, a film actor, and Emmy nominee, or that he completed his undergraduate degree at Yale and that he had a full ride scholarship to NYU School of Law, which he walked away from after two years. He said that it makes no sense that he dropped out before he finished, but that it makes for a better story.

“I got into standup right after I got out of college.

There was a comedy club across the street. I was like, ‘I like fart jokes,’” he said.

Martin did appeared on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” in 2000, and then came on board as a writer for the show in 2003.

He said when he got the job, his mother watched Conan’s show and didn’t under stand said, “This is weird. You’re going to work on this?”

One of his favorite segments of the show is the “Masturbating Bear” character. He got to write one of the sketches during the time when illusionist David Blaine locked himself in a glass box for 44 days, which Martin parodied by putting the bear in a glass box.

“We were going to have the Masturbating Bear go 44 seconds without beating off,” he said.

In recent years, Martin has become a regular on “The Daily Show,” which he will return to.

He is currently writing an original film script for DreamWorks.

Nathan Winfrey can be reached at nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com.

am the vine; ye are the branches,” taken from Scripture.

Aside from hosting student organization meetings, the Y Chapel also serves as a venue for traditional ceremonies like weddings and funerals.

Active student organization meetings and funerals are free, while weddings cost $200. Non-university community gatherings can also be held for a fee of $25 and reservations for all chapel events must be made well in advance.

For more information, call 974-2361 or visit www.ucok. edu/ychapel. The Y Chapel’s website has reservation forms and procedures, hours of operation and a detailed history of the chapel itself, including an explanation of the building’s numerous stained-glass windows.

An interesting bit of Y Chapel of Song trivia: Because the stained glass windows were finished years before construction started, the structure was actually built around the windows themselves.

Andrew Knittle can be reached at aknittle@thevistaonline.com.

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News

February 1 2007

news in brief

Pour me another doughnut CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) A Clinton man was charged with drunken driving after officials say he drove his vehicle onto the ice-covered Mississippi River near Sabula.

Steven A. Parker, 51, is accused of driving his sports utility vehicle off a boat ramp to do "doughnuts" on Sunday when the ice broke and his vehicle sank in 4 feet of water, about 30 feet from shore, said officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Parker and his son, Steven A. Parker, Jr., 28, of Waynesville, N.C., made it safely back to land.Parker is charged with third-offense drunken driving and driving with a revoked license.

Messy bathroom situation

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) A man accidentally discharged a new pistol he was unfamiliar with, firing a bullet that nicked his arm and eventually struck a man using the bathroom in another building, police said.

However, since the bullet traveled through two walls, across a courtyard and ricocheted off a shower wall, it left only a small bruise on the chest of the man it hit, and he did not require treatment, police said.

"It's one of those freak happenings," police Sgt. Mark Trimble said Monday.

The incident occurred about noon Sunday.

Trimble said Erick Hovermale of Casper was cited for misdemeanor discharging a firearm in city limits.

Running in the buff

SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) Who was that undressed man?

That's the question startled hikers, bikers and horseback riders are asking about a jogger seen streaking through an open space preserve wearing nothing but sneakers, glasses and a black tam hat.

"He passed me and said `Good evening,'" said Sue Bowdoin, who spotted the naked man - middle-aged and sporting a pale paunch - while riding her horse on a trail in Fremont Older Open Space Preserve last summer. "I thought: Ugh!" Although numerous park users have reported seeing the exhibitionist over the last year and a half, rangers have been unable to identify and arrest him for exposing himself, said Gordon Baillie of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.

By most accounts, the man is polite and does nothing other than run in the buff.

A woman who saw him said he looked scared and backed away after she cornered him with her horse and told him he was offending people.

People who use the park regularly have not reported recent sightings in the cold weather, theorizing he may be unrecognizable because he is clothed. With dark hair, sweaty red skin and lack of body hair, he wouldn't be hard to spot, Bowdoin said.

This Date in History Today is Thursday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2007. There are 333 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members.

On

this

date:

In 1861, Texas voted to secede from the Union.

In 1896, Puccini’s opera “La Boheme” premiered in Turin.

In 1920, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came into existence.

In 1943, one of America’s most highly decorated military units of World War II, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost entirely of JapaneseAmericans, was authorized.

In 1946, Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

In 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they’d been refused service.

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, Saigon’s police chief (Nguyen Ngoc Loan) executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams and NBC News.

In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

In 1982, 25 years ago, “Late Night with David

Letterman” premiered on NBC.

Campus BRIEFS

Meatless Monday meals

Chartwells, UCO’s campus dining service, will be providing meatless options each Monday in various UCO dining locations. Veggie wraps, fresh salad bars, rice bowls, veggie pizza and more will be offered.

Meatless Monday is a national public health campaign to help Americans prevent heart disease, stroke and cancer. The goal of the campaign is to reduce the consumption of saturated fat in Ten years ago: Peruvian Americans by at least 15 percent by 2010.

President Alberto Fujimori said For more information on Meatless Monday, visit www.meatlesshe would open a “preliminary monday.com. dialogue” with rebels holding 72 hostages in Lima, but again rejected their main demand that the government release their jailed comrades. Pulitzer Prize- The Technology Resource Center is offering a WebCT/Blackboard CE6 trainwinning columnist Herb Caen ing session for students. died in San Francisco at age 80. The 50-minute sessions will cover how to log in, navigate and find class materials in WebCT; how to create and store files using the Five years ago: President HTML Editor and My Files; how to create home pages; how to Bush responded to the collapse submit assignments to the assignment drop box and Turnitin.com; of Enron by proposing regula- and how to take on-line quizzes. tion reforms of 401(k) retire- To register, go to http://blue.ucok.edu:8080/training/registrament plans. Justice Department tion.asp. Space is limited. For more information, call 974-5595. investigators directed President Bush’s staff to preserve the paper trail of any contact with Enron. Actress Winona Ryder was charged with four felony UCO will celebrate Black History Month at 2 p.m. Feb. 1 with a counts stemming from her shop- reception in the Heritage Room in the Nigh University Center lifting arrest at a Saks Fifth Dr. George Henderson, author and professor emeritus from the Avenue store in Beverly Hills, University of Oklahoma, will be the guest speaker.

Calif. (Ryder was later convict- UCO’s Ebony Gospel Choir will perform and a new African ed of felony grand theft and American mural will be unveiled. vandalism, and received three For more information, call 974-3588 or visit http://www.ucok.edu/ years’ probation.) The NCAA campus_life/BlackHistory/ for a list of events. placed Alabama on five years’ probation, jolting the program with a two-year bowl ban and heavy scholarship reductions.

The UCO School of Music will host the UCO student jazz One year ago: In his first ensembles in concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at the UCO Jazz case on the Supreme Court, new Lab Justice SamuelAlito split with the The ensembles will perform a wide variety of works court’s conservatives, refusing including “Back in Blue Orleans” and “Miles Back” by to let Missouri execute a death- Les Hooper, and “A Time for Love” by Johnny Mandel, row inmate contesting lethal arranged by Sammy Nestico.. injection. French and German The ensembles are directed by Lee Rucker, Brian Gorrell newspapers republished carica- and Jeff Kidwell.. tures of the Prophet Muhammad Reservations for the concert are recommended. Tickets in what they called a defense of cost $7. freedom of expression, spark- For more information or tickets, call the Jazz Lab at 359ing fresh anger from Muslims. 7989 or visit the Jazz Lab Web site at www.ucojazzlab.com United Airlines left bankruptcy for a list of events. after a painful restructuring that lasted more than three years.

In 1991, 34 people were killed when a U.S. Air jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Jazz ensembles to perform

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Stuart Whitman is 79. Former Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin is 76. Singer Don Everly is 70. Actor Garrett Morris is 70.

Singer Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) is 70.

Actor Sherman Hemsley is 69.

Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 68. Jazz musician Joe Sample is 68. Comedian Terry Jones is 65. Actor-writer-producer Bill Mumy is 53. Rock musician Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 53.

Rock singer Exene Cervenka is 51. Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 42. Country musician Dwayne Dupuy (Ricochet) is 42. Actress Sherilyn Fenn is 42. Lisa Marie Presley is 39. Comedian and actor Pauly Shore is 39. Actor Brian Krause is 38. Jazz musician Joshua Redman is 38. Rock musician Patrick Wilson (Weezer) is 38.

Actor Michael C. Hall is 36.

Rock musician Ron Welty is 36.

Rapper Big Boi (Outkast) is 32.

Country singer Julie Roberts is 28. Actor Jarrett Lennon is 25.

Thought for Today: “It isn’t what they say about you, it’s what they whisper.” _ Errol Flynn, American actor (1909-1959).

Police Briefs The following are highlights from UCO’s DPS Incident Report files, available at the university’s police station. The incidents are all from last week, Jan. 21-26:

On Jan. 24 a UCO contract employee reported damage to university property near The Suites, a report by Officer Maloy said.

Officer Morales took report of stolen items Jan. 25 from the Hamilton Field House football locker room.

On Jan. 21, officer Brian Maloy took a report of a missing photograph from UCO’s Jazz Lab. A bicycle stolen from Administration rack Jan. 22, police report.

Also on Thursday, Officer Maloy responded to a slip and fall at lot 21.

was reported the Business Building’s bike according to a

In the wee hours of Jan. 26, Officers Julius Adkins and Jeremy Biggs responded to a medical call in West Hall where a female student was apparently having difficulty breathing. According to the police report, the woman was transported to the Edmond Medical Center shortly after 4 a.m.

Also on Monday, officer Jon Peoples responded to a slip and fall at the University Center’s pay lot.

Officer Kyle Medcalf and Officer Peoples responded Jan. 23 to a possible threat made to a student in parking lot five. Police couldn’t comment on the nature of the threat or any parties involved because the investigation is ongoing.

Although ice remained last week from the Jan. 13-14 winter storm, reported incidents of slips and falls fell sharply as condition slowly returned to normal.

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Unearth's hard work and dedication beginning to pay off BM: Some of my friends, they don’t understand the situation. A lot of my closest friends are not really in heavy metal so they don’t really understand what happens with it‌they say, “Oh, you quit your job, that’s cool.â€?

NW: did you

And when quit your job?

BM: Three years ago. Used to be a janitor for the Lynn school department. Good job.

City job. Bad benefits, good pay.

NW: So do and the guys have any pre-show rituals?

BM: Probably drink. We have a few drinks and stretch out and that’s pretty much it, no goofy sÊances or anything like that.

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Unearth will play with Slayer at the Bricktown Events Center Feb. 2. at 8 p.m.

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer Formed in 1998, Massachusetts metalcore fivesome Unearth trawled the underground scene for years, pummeling fans with their aggressive riffs, merciless breakdowns and hardcore sound. Relentless touring and dedication paid off, and Unearth’s popularity began to soar around the release of second album “The Oncoming Storm� in 2004.

Their dues paid, Unearth captured the adoration of fans and respect from the music industry.

With their third album “III: In the Eyes of Fire� peaking at No. 35 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 2 on the Top Independent Albums chart, Unearth are quickly rising through the upper echelons of hard music. After touring almost nonstop for the last two years with bands including Killswitch Engage, Shadows

Fall, Lamb of God, Slipknot, Norma Jean, GWAR and All that Remains, Unearth have their sights on Oklahoma.

Guitarist Buz McGrath discussed their success, their future and reminisced about the past in a phone interview from his home in Lynn at the end of a rare sabbatical, two days before he was scheduled to leave for Kentucky with the rest of his band to begin their tour with legendary metal band Slayer.

Nathan Winfrey: So what have you been up to?

Buz McGrath: We’ve got some time off from the last tour so we’ve been relaxin’, doing human things.

NW: Well you guys certainly deserve it. You’ve been touring like crazy the last couple years.

BM: That’s heavy metal for ya, you gotta get out there and put it in people’s faces.

NW: And when do you start your tour with Slayer?

BM: We leave on Wednesday and that starts on Thursday in Kentucky.

NW: Are you looking forward to it or are you sad to see your break end?

BM: I would say that I’m giddy about it. It’s been kind of a dream to play with Slayer. They’re still around, they’re sill putting out music, and they’re still relevant, so God bless them, you know.

NW: do in

What do you the off-season?

BM: Hang out at home with my dog and cats and my wife, see old friends and kind of reconnect with them.

NW: What do your friends think of your success?

NW: And what is your drink of choice?

BM: For me I like beer, preferably Old English 800.

NW: Are you all beer guys?

BM: I’m kind of the only one.

The other guys are pretty much in to whiskey. Vodka and whiskey, you’ll see a lot of that around.

NW: What’s the best thing about playing a hardcore show?

BM: Being up on stage and seeing people react to the music you created. What started out as a riff that you played in your bedroom transformed into this song that people are beating each other up to.

NW: standard

What is your concert attire?

BM: What I call the ‘business suit’ is a pair of shorts and a Tshirt. Maybe a shirt with cutoff sleeves if I’m feeling randy‌if the ‘guns’ are looking good that day, which usually they are not.

NW: of gear

What do you

kind use?

BM: I use a Pv6505 [amp]. A VHT, the model of the amp is the ‘Deliverance.’

NW: A lot of bands I talk to say that Oklahoma concerts have surprisingly high energy. Do you agree?

NW: What’s the craziest thing that’s ever happened to you guys in between shows?

BM: Oklahoma was one of the better shows of the tours‌the time I’m picturing in my mind was when we came through with Dillinger Escape Plan (in October).

BM: Well there’s a lot I can’t talk about for legal reasons (laughs).

NW: Is there anyone who would be a dream come true for you to collaborate with?

NW: I understand that.

BM: Gene Hogan from Strapping Young Lad‌I’d like to jam with him‌he’s an excellent drummer.

BM: Usually something crazy will happen in like an Ozzfest situation, when you have all these bands drunk in a parking lot. Usually someone gets drunk and steals a golf cart. Me and my bass player got pulled over in a golf cart‌all of a sudden a helicopter came over and put a spotlight on us and a cruiser came over and it was pretty intense.

NW: And what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen during a show?

BM: Probably Hellfest 2004. There were so many people stage diving and jumping over people’s heads that I pretty much just hid behind my amp‌and there’s some guy who always dresses up like Winnie the Pooh. I think he’s in New Jersey, and every time he comes out he wears that outfit.�

NW: What was the deal with (old drummer) Mike Rudberg playing SXSW naked?

BM: That was the coolest thing that he ever did, and that was his swansong‌It was very out of character for Mike to do I think. I’m still in touch with him and we still hang out, he’s a great dude.

NW: What would you do if you weren’t a musician?

BM: I’d probably still be working my janitor job. Partying.

NW: If you weren’t in the band, or doing anything musical, what career would most appeal to you? up

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NW: Give Guitar Center some competition?

BM: I would have to offer something that they didn’t, which is kind of what I’ve been thinking about right now.

NW: Well I would ask what that would be, but I don’t want Guitar Center to read this and steal your ideas.

BM:

Good

thinking.

Unearth will play with Slayer at the Bricktown Events Center Feb. 2. at 8 p.m. before jetting across the Atlantic Ocean for the European leg of their tour.

Nathan Winfrey can be reached at nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com.

Do your best to avoid 'Curse of the Golden Flower'

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer “Gaudy� is the first word I think of when I look back on “Curse of the Golden Flower,� a film about a defunct imperial court of the Tang Dynasty, circa 928 AD, from acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou.

The only thing that really stuck with me was the excessive use of gold and colored blown glass with light shone through it. It was as if a pirate ship ran ashore and onto the set of a big-haired televangelist’s faith-healing show. “Curse of the Golden Flower� follows “Hero�

(2002) and “House of Flying Daggers� (2004) as Yimou’s third major film released in America, and it’s definitely the lesser of the three. “Hero,� which starred Jet Li, is possibly the greatest Chinese movie of all time, easily surpassing

2000’s overrated “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,� so it’s a shame that Yimou plummets so far with this one.

What makes it worse is that “Curse of the Golden Flower� is the most expensive Chinese movie ever made, with a budget of $45 million. It’s impressive that they were able to fully realize ancient China on such a small budget by American standards. **SPOILERS** Evil Emperor Ping (Chow Yun-Fat, “Crouching Tiger�) is slowly poisoning his wife, Empress Phoenix (Gong Li, “Memoirs of a Geisha�) and Crown Prince Xiang is doing his step-mother and his half-sister. The latter surprise comes as quite a shock to Xiang, who is seriously in love with half-sister Chan. Perhaps the greatest part of the movie is where you see in his facial expressions the exact moment he realizes what

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it means if her mother is his mother. **END SPOILERS** The golden flower in question is the chrysanthemum, the symbol for a brewing rebellion against Emperor Ping, and the movie has nothing to do with a curse, so the English translation of “Man cheng jin dai huang jin jai� sounds cool but doesn’t really make sense. And this film is subtitled, so you’re either going to have to brush up on your Cantonese, or just resign to reading text at the bottom of the screen like people from other countries have to do when they watch our movies.

Like most foreign language films, the subtitles are short and it’s easy to forget you’re reading along with the action on screen. Don’t let that deter you from seeing this movie.

Instead, let its suckiness do that.

It’s tempting to pretend to like “Curse of the Golden Flower,� at the risk of seeming uncultured if you don’t. But passing on this overproduced, laughable crap is not a sign that you are incapable of appreciating movies not starring Ashton Kutcher, it just means you aren’t fooled by the flashy colors and distracting sets, and can see through to the mediocre core of this unfortunate train wreck of wasted potential. “Curse of the Golden Flower� has a winding plot that’s intriguing at first, but soon becomes convoluted and unintentionally hilarious. Annoying heralds announce the entrance of nearly each character into almost every

room they enter, but somehow remain invisible throughout the movie. Hunched over and taking the tiniest steps possible, Empress Phoenix’s attendants look like a train of conga dancers with Montezuma’s revenge.

A procession of human clocks announce each hour by banging on pots and reciting poems in high-pitched, intentionally uncoordinated voices. Omnipresent, ninja-like assassins appear out of nowhere, flip out and kill people, and then disappear again.

Don’t let your “sophisticated� friends talk you into seeing this movie, for their sakes.

It’s always awkward to be the guy who vouched for a movie that turns out to be a stinker. If you’re craving Chinese, and a plane ticket to Beijing is out of your price range, order Pei Wei to go and rent “Hero� instead.

2/5 ***** Ditch class and go see it right now. **** Catch it on a boring Tuesday night. *** Rent it and make your friends pay for it. ** Avoid it like a psycho ex. * Worse than a round of rabies shots.

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12. Run easily.

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15. Toward the mouth.

16. Person regarded with blind adoration.

17. Acronym for European Terrestrial Ecosystem Modelling Activity.

18. Inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands.

19. Contaminated with infecting organisms.

22. Objective case of “she.”

23. District in the country of Nauru.

24. Central area of a church.

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31. Various colorful, cultivated forms of the common carp.

32. Stop made by a touring theatrical group to give a performance.

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41. Offensively malodorous.

43. Remove from office.

45. Numerous social insects of the family Formicidae.

46. Extending toward the middle.

48. Contraction of “it would.”

50. Have a distinctive unpleasant odor.

51. Projecting molding on the underside of a ceiling.

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61. Town in Holland.

63. Muted green, used especially in tweed and woolen garments.

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SPORTS

February 1, 2007

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Lindenwood out pucks UCO; Bronchos drop 2 games to Lions

by Justin Langston Sports Writer

AP photo by Sue Ogrocki

New Orleans Hornets guard Devin Brown, center, loses control of the ball as he cuts in between Utah Jazz forward Paul Millsap, left, and center Jarron Collins, right, in the second quarter of a NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Jan. 27.

Jazz fall to Hornets' tune OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Utah coach Jerry Sloan did not think a couple of key injuries were a reason for the Jazz to quit trying.

Without two sidelined starters of their own, the New Orleans Hornets got 21 points from Bobby Jackson and beat Utah 94-83 Saturday night as injuries started to pile up for the Jazz.

Already playing without forward Andrei Kirilenko (sprained right ankle), the firstplace Jazz lost leading scorer Carlos Boozer to a bruised left knee in the first quarter.

“Forget about the guys being hurt,” Sloan said. “If we had played hard and played with determination and we lost the game, I could live with that.

I can’t live with what I saw tonight on a consistent basis.”

Without Boozer and Kirilenko, the Jazz lacked the firepower to get close to their 102.6-point average and trailed throughout the game. But Sloan was most displeased with a perceived lack of effort by his team.

“They shouldn’t have any trouble running,” Sloan said.

“They beat us down the court for layups. They got offensive rebounds a couple times when we didn’t know where the ball was.”

Boozer didn’t return after knocking knees with New Orleans’ Tyson Chandler as Chandler went up to catch a lob with 8:11 left in the first quarter.

A team spokesman said X-rays on Boozer’s knee were negative and he would be re-evaluated after the team returned to Utah.

Desmond Mason added 20 points, Devin Brown scored 13 and David West had 11 for the Hornets, who have won their

last five home games. Chandler grabbed 15 rebounds and matched his career high with seven blocks as the Hornets had a season-high 11 blocked shots.

The Hornets, who also won Friday night in New Orleans, continue a five-game, two-city homestand with three more games in Oklahoma City this week. They continue to play without starters Chris Paul (sprained right ankle) and Peja Stojakovic (back surgery).

“We’ve got to come out night in and night out and give great efforts like this,” Chandler said.

Deron Williams led Utah with 27 points. Paul Millsap had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, Derek Fisher scored 14 points and Mehmet Okur had 11.

The Jazz, who are 165 at home, fell to 13-11 on the road and 6-7 when playing away games against Western Conference opponents.

“We just need to take that same intensity on the road,” Williams said. “You use the fans’ energy and things like that to help motivate you at home. We’ve got to find that type of motivation on the road.”

Utah backup center Jarron Collins left in the second quarter to get five stitches on his upper lip, but returned after halftime.

Boozer came out during a run of six straight Utah points, but the Hornets bounced back by scoring eight in a row to take an 18-8 lead on West’s layup off an offensive rebound and nifty pass from Chandler. New Orleans led by as many as 11 before taking a 41-34 lead into halftime.

“We didn’t really start out good anyway with Carlos in there,” Williams said. “He’s

The UCO Men’s Hockey Club lost both its games against number seven-ranked Lindenwood University over the weekend. UCO was hampered by going into the game with six injured players, three of which could not even get on the ice.

“Lindenwood is an awful good team,” team general manager Steve Gordon said. “And they’re especially good in their own arena.”

The first game from Friday night was a tough fight between the two teams, with UCO going into the final period with only a one-point deficit.

Lindenwood opened the third period strong, scoring halfway through the last half. UCO, determined not to be outdone, brought the game to a 4-4 tie.

However, Lindenwood refused to allow a UCO victory, scored three more points for a 7-4 victory.

Saturday’s game seemed a bit closer at the beginning, with the first period ending in a 33 tie. Lindenwood came into

the next period scoring several goals. After the seventh one, head coach Craig McAlister pulled Robbie Mattison out of the goal and put in Justin Sgro.

Unfortunately for UCO, Sgro was unable to stop four more goals, giving Lindenwood an 11-4 triumph over the Bronchos.

UCO will return to Arctic Edge to play at its own rink this weekend and remain there for the rest of the season. From there, UCO will play three series, beginning with Robert Morris University and ending the season against Minot state.

Due to the Weber State game being snowed out, UCO has been on the road since UCO’s split series against OU in December. McAlister has said that the team has had a good deal of success while at home, indicating that the team has only lost once at home this season.

“We’ve had a lot of success there,” McAlister said. “It’s nice to be at our home rink. It’s nice to play in front of our fans.”

The team’s homecoming will not be without some snags. For one, the six injuries will be persisting for a while. Most nota-

bly, AJ Alfrey, who was barely able to play against Lindenwood last weekend, has been suffering from a back injury for some time. Further, the team has a couple of groin injuries, as well as a few rib injuries as well.

“We’ll be gutting it out for the rest of the season,” Gordon said.

However, the game this weekend against Robert Morris will see the return of defensman Joe Bataglia, who had been out with an arm injury.

Previously, Bataglia had broken his arm between the elbow and the bicep, leaving him in constant pain and keeping him off of the ice for several games.

For the upcoming series, McAlister is focusing on keeping the pressure up and having it last for the whole game.

“We need to be able to play complete games,” McAlister said. “We need to establish constant pressure. It’s something we’ve really been lacking lately.”

definitely a big part of our offense. I’m not going to deny that. He’s definitely our one Justin Langston can be reached at really true low-post presence. jlangston@thevistaonline.com.

“We’ve got to find somebody to step up. We don’t know how long he’s going to be out.”

Williams said even if Boozer’s absence affected the offense, “there’s no excuse for it.”

“If you can’t put that out effort (except) only just in big games, there aren’t going to be many big games. We’re not going to be in the playoffs. That’s the bottom line,” Sloan said.

“Every game should be a big game for a professional athlete.”

Utah closed to 46-44 when Millsap finished a 10-3 run with a layup at the right block, but the Hornets charged back with seven straight points _ including five from West.

It was never closer than six after that.

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill A six-point burst, capped by Jackson’s runner in the lane, UCO wrestler Jason Leavitt pummels for position against Danny Grater of Fort Hays State University gave the Hornets a 67-55 lead at the end of the third quarter. Jan. 27 in Hamilton Field House.

The Jazz used a 9-2 run to get within 80-74 on Williams’ driving layup, but Rasual Butler answered with a 3pointer for New Orleans and the lead was back at 11 after Jackson’s 3 with 1:45 left.

Jackson added six more free suffered to a non-Division 1 the University of Nebraskaby Jeff Massie throws down the stretch to keep team. The match was decided in Kearney. Kearney defeated Sports Writer the Hornets easily in control. the upper weights where UCO Nebraska-Omaha to win the After demolishing No. 10 lost four straight matches before National Duals. They have two Fort Hays, the Bronchos will winning the heavyweight bout. wrestlers ranked first, one at 133 head to Nebraska to face the Two of the four losses yielded pounds and the other at heavytop two teams in the nation. bonus points which secured weight. UCO heavyweight UCO fell to the third the win for the Mavericks. Josh LeadingFox is ranked secspot after losing to the No. 2 Jared Hess was pinned at ond and will have a chance University of Nebraska-Omaha 184 pounds and Heath Jolley to earn top honors against at the National Duals. The was defeated 12-3 in the fol- Kearney. The Lopers have team will get a rematch against lowing match. Hess’ oppo- ranked wrestlers in eight of the Nebraska-Omaha Friday, the nent is not ranked, and Jolley’s ten weights, and UCO has six. second match of a two-night opponent is ranked second.

“The main thing is we want stretch. On Thursday, UCO will Against Nebraska-Omaha, to wrestle a hard seven minutes face the top ranked team, the Tyler Zuckerman will face and give it everything we got,” University of Nebraska-Kearney. the top-ranked wrestler at his assistant coach Cole Province “[It] will be a big week as we weight. Three other Maverick said. “I think we can come look to avenge our loss against wrestlers are ranked No. 1 away with a win.”

Nebraska-Omaha,” UCO wres- in the nation. UCO has two The two matches will present tler Shane Caruthers said. wrestlers, Kyle Evans and the Bronchos an opportunity to This week will be one of the Jason Leavitt, who have earned regain the top spot nationally. toughest stretches for UCO. The the top spot at their weights.

4-point loss to Nebraska-Omaha The other match is against Jeff Massie can be reached at is the only defeat the team has the No. 1 team in the nation, jmassie@thevistaonline.com.

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SPORTS

February 1, 2007

Offense and defense to clash in Super Bowl

by Jeff Massie Sports Writer If you’re looking for something to do this Sunday, you might consider watching the Super Bowl; in fact, you might even want to plan your whole day around it.

If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a pretty popular sporting event where two teams engage in a football match. This year will be the 41st Super Bowl, and it will feature the league’s top two teams, the Bears of Chicago and the Indianapolis Colts.

The Bears have not played for the championship since 1986 when their dominant defense helped them shuffle their way onto the nation’s biggest stage, and it’s been even longer for the Colts. The last time the Colts had a chance to win it all was 1971, the team played in Baltimore and Johnny Unitas led the Colts to the top.

The Bears, led by all-pro linebackers Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs, again come into the game sporting a dominant defense. Their defense gives

up the third fewest points and is ranked fifth overall. The strength of the defense is their ability to cause havoc and create turnovers. Chicago leads the league in takeaways.

The offense on the other hand is the opposite of consistent. Chicago has the 15th ranked offense, and at times can get nothing going. Because of the huge liability that comes

with having Rex Grossman at quarterback, the team wants to rely on the running game if they have any hope to win.

Grossman will be the key to the Bears’ game. His bipolar performances are enough to win games, or leave his team with no hope. He completed just under 55 percent of his passes and threw 23 touchdowns

and 20 interceptions. His play might single handedly determine the outcome of the game.

The Colts are almost the exact opposite of the Bears.

They are definitely not known for their defense, although it has played better in the playoffs than the regular season.

The Colts’ defense has given up the 23rd most points this season and has the 21st ranked defense in terms of yards.

When it comes to run defense, the Colts have about as many holes as an old pair of underwear.

Indianapolis is ranked last in run defense, giving up an average of 173 yards a game. That amount is 27 yards more than the second to last team gives up.

Indianapolis’ strength is unquestionably their offense, ranked third in the league.

Peyton Manning commands the offense and, like Grossman, will be competing in his first Super Bowl. Unlike Grossman though, Manning is actually good, really good. Manning led the league in touchdown passes with 31, compared to only nine interceptions. He has finally beaten

AP photo by Charlie Neibergall

Chicago Bears runningback Cedric Benson (32) picks up yardage under pressure from New Orleans Saints linebacker Mark Simoneau in the second quarter of the NFC championship football game, in Chicago. his nemesis, the New England Patriots, and looks ready to capture his first Lombardi Trophy.

If Rex Grossman comes to play, the game could be a classic. If lousy-Rex shows up though, it could be a blowout, and Grossman’s career could be extinct. It’s hard to predict a big game like this. Teams, like the Colts, named after baby animals usually don’t fare too well. Just ask the Cubs. Look for a 27-20 win for Indianapolis, they have Mr. Super Bowl himself Adam Vinatieri, and he’ll continue kicking his way into history.

Jeff Massie can be reached at jmassie@thevistaonline.com.

by Vista photographer Laehyung Lee

UCO students Rory Telemeco and David Haynes parry and thrust as they engage in simulated combat at the UCO Fencing Club.

Foils fly at the UCO Fencing Club

by Justin Langston Sports Writer Across the way stands a tall man, his face obscured by a dark protective mask and a thin line of steel protruding from his hand. Appearing like a faceless specter, his movements are sparse and intended to draw his opponent into a trap. Then, there’s a quick flash of movement, with the sound of steel clashing together. In a second that seems like an eternity, the specter finds a length of metal poking into his ribs.q Every week on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:30, the UCO Fencing Club meets at the Health and Physical Education Building where they duel each other and hone their fencing skills.

Fencing is an ancient sport of “physical chess,” as senior David Haynes put it. The basics are simple. Two people line up; salute each other and then try to stab each other with specially tipped swords. Each time a person gets touched by one of the swords they get a point. First to five points wins the bout. After that, things get complicated.

“There’s lots of standing there, trying to fake each other out,” graduate student Rory Telemeco said. “And then it explodes and someone gets a point.”

The “explosion” is something like a clash. The two combatants lunge at each other, attempting to get past the other’s defense and get a touch in. From there all the combatants have are skill, nerve and a bit of luck.

Even a single misstep could

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There are three primary types of competitive fencing. The epee is designed to be a practicing rapier. The rapier was the weapon of choice for the Three Musketeers, as well as many other swashbuckling types from film and prose. The saber, often used as a cavalry sword during wartime, is used as both a slashing and stabbing weapon.

Lastly, there is the foil, which was designed in 17th century France to keep fencers from killing one another in duels.

The equipment the club uses is more comfortable than it looks. There’s a facemask, which obscures the face as well as protects it. Combatants also wear a protective jacket and glove to keep from getting hurt by the swords. The jacket protects rather well, although being poked in the ribs by a piece of metal still hurts.

Actually getting a bout is something to be experienced.

There’s a sense of fear and anticipation until one of the combatants finally lunges at the other.

From there it’s a jumble of confusion. Although things become clearer after the first couple attempts at stabbing the opponent, it looks like it takes a great deal of experience before someone is truly calm with an epee in their hands and a masked man staring them down. It’s nothing like dueling with toy light sabers in the Wal-Mart toy aisle.

Justin Langston can be reached at jlangston@thevistaonline.com.