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Sonic donates $3 million to UCO “As far as we can remember back, this is the single largest unrestricted gift.”

-Adrienne D. Nobles

by Aaron Wright Staff Writer UCO recently received an unrestricted gift of $3 million from Troy and Dollie Smith.

“As far as we can remember back, this is the single largest unrestricted gift,” said Adrienne D. Nobles, director of Public Relations and Marketing for the UCO Foundation. She said most people generally give to a specific cause, and at this time the university has not decided how to use the money.

“The generous gift will play a critical role in the future of the university, and we will take great care in selecting the best use of these funds,” said President Roger Webb. The Executive Committee is currently working on a plan that will designate how the money can be used as part of a strategy for UCO. As long-time residents of Edmond, the couple believes UCO is an intricate part of the community and want to

see more support behind it, according to a Feb. 15 press release about the donation.

Mr. Smith is the founder of Sonic restaurant chain. He donated the value in shares of Sonic Corporation stock. This is not the Smiths' first philanthropic endeavor to benefit the university. Ten years ago, individual Sonic restaurants raised money for the Troy Smith Lecture Hall in the Business Administration Building.

Since Nobles began in October 2006, she has seen the support from private donors increase. Changes have been made inside the university to help obtain outside funding.

The Foundation staff has added new staff members. Every college also has its own development office to help raise funds for individual programs as well.

Photo illustration by Vista photographer Travis Marak and Alex Gambill

Aaron Wright can be reached at awright@thevistaonline.com.

Troy and Dollie Smith, owners of Sonic restaurant, donates a hefty sum of money to UCO, the single largest unrestricted gift in the university's history.

Students volunteer to save neglected horses

by Travis Marak Staff Writer

by Vista photographer Travis Marak

FNL cast members Logan Reynolds, Kristin Wilson and Sam Rohr preform in Constitution Hall Feb. 16.

Skits entertain crowd with 'Friday Night Live'

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer The “Friday Night Live” crew put on its best show in years Feb. 16. The student-produced sketch comedy show started out strong in 2004, but rushed productions, the loss of strong cast members hit-and-miss sketches and controversy have left many installments with much to be desired.

But all that has changed, with the alchemy of veteran Jed Williams’ direction, returning cast members Jason Hines and Chancen Flick and talented new additions creating comedy gold. It could be argued that the show’s improvement over recent installments qualifies it as the best “Friday Night Live” ever.

Guest host Lacy Cooley, women’s soccer star and unofficial face of UCONNECT, was competent and professional.

The first non-Greek guest host,

her stage presence during her monologue placed her with great guest hosts of ages past, and it was nice to see a packed house without the obligation of some sorority or fraternity to come support one of their own.

Less than three seconds into the show, it was obvious the parody of Edmond’s new Social Host Ordinance was going to be a recurring theme, as the opening sketch depicted a city council’s attempt to ban fun in the town of “Ed-Mond.”

Timely and tasteful, the cast was able to satirize the controversial underage drinking law throughout the night without crossing the line or becoming mean-spirited. Sadly, much of the dialogue during that chaotic opening sketch and some in later sketches was inaudible because of poor sound. It was often hard

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Beneath a blanket of battleship gray clouds, on a tiny five-acre farm, pressed against a forgotten cemetery that overlooks Lake Arcadia, Cheri White Owl receives an unexpected phone call.

The Oklahoma City Division of Animal Welfare has confiscated two terribly neglected horses from a nearby owner.

One in such poor condition it has to be put down immediately, the other is just healthy enough to be rescued.

On this bleak, blustery early February day, Marita, the rescued mare, is transported back to White Owl’s farm east of Edmond where it is treated for starvation, viral and bacterial infections.

“If she’s not out there doing this, there are a whole lot of animals that are going to die because people give up on them.” Cindy Gray, executive assistant of Alumni Relations at UCO and volunteer, said.

Sadly, liberating starving

by Vista photographer Travis Marak

Kayla Blomberg, nursing freshman, brushes a horse while volunteering at Horse Feathers Equine Rescue near Lake Arcadia Feb. 17. and neglected horses is a regularly occurring scenario for Cheri White Owl, founder and CEO of Horse Feathers Equine Rescue Inc., a non-profit horse rescue organization that oper-

ates primarily with the help of donations and volunteers, to rehabilitate neglected horses and prepare them for adoption.

UCO nursing freshman Kayla Blomberg says helping

with neglected animals is a unique experience from other volunteer programs on campus.

“The reason I came out here

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Former UCO president Godfrey dies at 97

by Aaron Wright Staff Writer

Garland Godfrey

Dr. Garland Godfrey, former UCO president, died Feb. 14 in Dallas, TX. He was 97 years old.

Godfrey was born on Nov. 5, 1909 in Magazine, Ark. While attending Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now OSU), he met his current wife Jocille, who was also a student there.

Together, they had four children.

"The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values."

- Dean William Inge

He received a bachelor’s degree in history, a master’s degree in English, and a doctorate degree of education in school administration from OSU. He began his teaching career in Kansas, Okla. The next year, he was principal of the school.

He moved to Pryor in 1935 to become principal as well as superintendent. Before coming to UCO as president, he served eight years as superintendent of Durant schools.

Godfrey was 16th president of UCO. He served the university from 1960 to 1975. At that time, it was the longest any president had held the position.

The only other president holding office longer than him was Dr. Bill Lillard from 1975-1992.

During his time at UCO, enrollment grew from 3,968 to almost 12,000 students, according to UCO Archives. The cam-

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Opinion

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Letters to the Editor I am definitely not a person to complain with what topics are published in the paper. I have always thought the whole point of journalism was to get the news across to the readers and to keep it tasteful. After reading the article on the new City Law and seeing that pictures were published of the students, I was extremely disappointed. I have no idea why the mug shots had to be put on the front page.

I know it’s a journalistic right to publish anything you want and the pictures are public records where it can be easily accessed. This however just isolates these students who are leaders on campus and outgoing. It also states in the article that this was the fourth arrest made in Edmond due to the new law. Why haven’t I seen the mug shots of the other students who attend UCO that have been arrested published? Why this particular group and why now? The law has been in affect for a few weeks now and I know numerous people who have been arrested because of it. Just because one of the recently arrested happened

to be a well-known student who has done a great deal for our University do you feel the need to publish it? I respect the Vista very much and have no complaints with what it decides to publish. I would like to point out that this particular story should have been done a long time ago so student would be aware of it not wait to let us know about the new law after we get arrested for it.

Trang Cao

I am disgusted by your promotion of lascivious lifestyles and skin diseases.

By telling people to use condoms, you are promoting the end of western civilization, and worse. Telling people to use condoms makes children over (and under) the age of ten think that they should have sex with each other. You should be telling people that sex is wrong. Without sex, the world would be a better place, and there would be world peace. No one needs

to have sex because it drains the essence, and therefore reduces productivity. No one can get anything done if they're thinking about sex, and if they have condoms they will be thinking about it all the time. That's a scientific fact.

This is why we should also not promote the vaccination of young girls against the human papillomavirus, which everyone knows really comes from condoms (this is how men pass it to women). Giving girls this vaccine makes them think that they should start having sex with each other. Girls should not have sex because it makes them stop doing their homework.

I strongly urge everyone who reads this to stop having sex, thinking about sex, or knowing about sex.

Sex is bad, and doing sexy things is a vote for the terrorists. Condoms is just the first step.

Go Bronchos!

Michael Robertson

Controversy is key. As a newspaper, especially for a university, you must spark an interest. With an edgy photo on the front page or clever headline you can accomplish this... and have.

Others, as an individual in the community, feel empowered when "anything" comes along in a public venue for them to complain about.

The Vista will always be a prime target and for that they will continue to gain attention through positive and negative feedback. It is the nature of the beast.

The Vista provides the same subject matter you would find in the Oklahoman, but since it appears on the front page instead of buried perhaps in the art section, people complain. I believe the last two issues of The Vista are exactly what UCO students want to see from "Their" newspaper.

Anonymous

Wow! The headline really jives with the story. I'd only maybe, just maybe, change it a little, to better match the story. Here's some: "Meningitis threatens certain death at UCO" "UCO meningitis terror worst in a decade" "Meningitis: Death sentence for all" Just Dont you all have other a thought. things to do rather than find all the negatives in something? Why dont you just Anonymous let this die?

Anonymous

Oh poor Woolard. There is a lot more to the college experience than drinking. You are really showing your immaturity by being angered at people trying to enforce the laws. Just because others have gotten away with it doesn't mean that the law doesn't apply. Grow up. Life will provide many more serious obstacles. This is the most ridiculous rant I've seen in a long time.

Anonymous

CAMPUS QUOTES: Compiled and photographed by Alex Gambill and Ivo Lupov

"How do you think UCO should use the $3 million donation from Sonic Corporation?"

"More parking, because there are times when I go to school and I have to park outside campus."

"The university is lacking a building for students, like bowling alley or a game center where students can relax."

"I guess invest the money in fundraising to get the community together or give it to charity."

"I am a photo major and they do not have very many cameras."

Deni Napier

Philip Thomas

Stephanie Smith

Loni Garis

Undecided

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News FNL from page 1 to hear over audience laughter, which isn’t exactly a bad thing.

The level at which the “FNL” crew was able to handle such a touchy issue speaks volumes of its creative ability, and political humor in general seems to have a way of propelling overall quality into the upper echelons.

The intro video was one of the best yet, featuring new cast members Jayme Petete in a garbage can and Kristen Jackson shaking off at a urinal with the boys. The monologue was funny, featuring a wound-up Hines in a swimmer’s cap and not much else, and Williams’ prance down the steps to the stage in badminton garb was a nice touch.

Highlights of the night came mostly from the first half of the show, but they were bright enough to make up for the sketches that dragged and lesser rehashes of things we’ve seen before.

The guyPod, a singing companion that follows its owner around, had a welcome return early on. The under-used Logan Reynolds pitched the new guyPod Mano and guyHomeStereo, and then ensuing duets and quartets between Matt Grassmyer, Kellen Hodgeson, Logan Pennington and Mike Shellabarger had the crowd rolling in the aisles.

Next was the brilliant “Bum Sketch,” where a lecherous hobo in a trash bag poncho (Hines) hit on girls at a fine restaurant.

His catch phrase, “You know what I mean?” made the character a classic, and one can only hope the character will make a return in April. Bright-shining newcomer Levi Garrison flitting about as the mustachioed maitre d’ solidified this sketch as one of the best of the night.

Next, it was back to social ordinance-bashing with a brilliantly satirical birthday party at CiCi’s Pizza, which police busted up for illegal distribu-

tion of soda. Giddy birthday boy Grassmyer is one of the best things going for “FNL” these days, and the exaggerated birthday crown he wore made it impossible to look at him without at least smiling.

The Wal-Mart greeter interview was possibly the weakest sketch of the first half, but it had its moments. The manager’s references to “freaks” playing “Guitar Hero” in the store for “six freaking hours” and how tired he was of hearing “Iron Man” over and over again was a stroke of genius. The sketch gathered more steam with the first interviewee, a disoriented gothic boy (Hodgeson) we saw last semester in the otherwise lacking “Goth School” sketch.

If given the chance, Hodgeson could probably entertain a room that large single-handedly until his microphone batteries went dead. Nearly everything he does on the show is funny, and his recurring goth character is one of the best “FNL” has ever had. Each line was followed by uproarious laughter, no matter how mundane the statement was.

It slowed down after that, as even the cheerleader-on-a-helium-binge Petete couldn’t compete with Hodgeson’s dreary goth. Punk rock musical guest Good to Go were not up to par with the rest of the night, but of the funniest parts of the evening was when an audience member, several seconds after an image of Good to Go appeared on a screen in the classic “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” pose, said sarcastically, “Oh, I get it” with perfect comic timing. That got more laughs than just about anything that night.

Between songs in Good to Go’s set was Hodgeson’s prerecorded “Girls Don’t Poop” public service announcement.

Every second of it was absolutely hilarious, as over-emo-

tional girls in faux-sentimental black and white lamented about their inability to stop pooping.

Hoarse throats and sore solar plexuses were to be found all around the audience following that pre-recorded video sketch.

“There’s a gateway, it’s called ‘farting,’” a distraught Kristin Wilson delivered perfectly. The best part was when Hodgeson opened a stall door to reveal a sobbing girl sitting on the toilet.

After the musical break was recurring segment “Political Cowboys,” which wasn’t quite as funny as it has been in the past, despite Grassmyer in a giant diaper, Cooley as Hillary Clinton, and the addition of perfect Flick, who was arguably playing himself.

Williams’ Nazi-lifeguardwith-a-tragic-past made the “Swimming Pool” sketch funny and slightly disturbing. Highlights were perfect performances from Hines and Christina Barkley as trailer park children, which included Hines wearing a leash, mock-swimming and pooping onstage. Pregnant, white trash mom (Petete) eating the “soggy candy bar” was a bonus.

The final two sketches were funny repeats of “FNL” classics, but shocked parents being told their sons is a heterosexual and understanding family members spitting food into Hines’ mouth were much funnier the first time they did it.

It’s good to see that “FNL” has become established enough to incorporate recurring characters, and the writers are getting better at cutting the fat.

There wasn’t a single segment that completely bombed.

Hodgeson’s goth and PSA were the funniest parts of the night.

The improved cast really beefed up the show’s creative potential.

After this promising installment, I’m counting down the days until “FNL” returns April 6.

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

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by Vista photographer Travis Marak

Viet Nquyen, vice president and treasurer of Horse Feathers Equine Rescue Mission, cleans a stall Feb. 17. ing business, they care about drought. There’s such a shortthe almighty dollar,” she said. age of hay they [animal owners] White Owl has 16 horses can’t afford it and let their anion a minute, five-acre spread mals starve,” Tara McFarland, from page 1 currently being treated for ail- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is because I like being around ments, ranging from starvation at Equine Medical Associates in horses. When I come out here to blindness. It is also caring for Edmond, said. “Anyone who it feels like your helping some- mares preparing to give birth. deals with animals or livestock With so many animals need- has every obligation to make sure thing for real.” But rescuing mistreated and abandoned ing a wide variety of care and the animal is treated humanely.”

White Owl said many horses is only part of the job. medical attention, willing volForty-three states in the unteers are at a premium and neglected horse cases stem from United States ban the sale of welcomed for any amount of poor education by owners sayhorsemeat for human consump- time. Donations of overlooked ing that they need to be as aware tion. However, last year roughly items such as backhoe servic- of equine health as they are of 80,000 horses were slaughtered es, used refrigerators, old rags cats and dogs. “It’s the puppy in in the United States by for- and blankets are also needed. the window syndrome, a lot of “It seems like such a really people get the animals and don’t eign owned processing plants for export to countries such as good cause. If she is doing this realize that it’s a lifetime comFrance, Belgium and Japan. great thing than we want to do mitment to the animal,” she said.

Though White Owl’s work While eating horsemeat in the whatever we can to help,” Juliane Morgan, UCO special events may seem overwhelming at United States conjures up imagcoordinator who has also voluntimes, she says the goal she is es of Mr. Ed on your plate for Americans, it is considered a del- teered at Horse Feathers, said. working towards is giving a With a large part of Oklahoma neglected animal hope that was icacy overseas, in a market saturated with American horsemeat. having fallen into its worst once close to death. “When White Owl knows this and drought since the Dust Bowl in I can find an animal a good often battles “kill buyers” or the mid 1930’s, White Owl and home and I can see their joy horse traders at livestock auctions other animal experts are see- and happiness that having an fearing that even healthy horses ing the condition of horses and animal like this brings them. will be sent to slaughterhouses other livestock throughout the It gives me hope that many for zoo meat and dog food. state decline because of the ever other horses can be adopted.”

For information She feels auction owners increasing demand for and lack often ignore the poor condi- of quality hay. Price gauging has on volunteering and a list of tion of horses sent through their become a problem for livestock welcome donations to Horse gates. “I think they turn a blind owners and many are not able Feathers Equine Rescue proeye no matter what’s going on. to pay outrageous feed costs. gram please go to www.horse“We’re seeing a lot more feathersequinerescue.org.

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English students play some D & D

by Abha Eli Phoboo Staff Writer Studying English Composition and Research has become a whole new game this semester – or roleplaying game to be exact.

“Gaming as Comp” substitutes for Eng 1233 Comp & Research Honors, putting the students in the virtual situation of the subjects they must research.

Dr. Wayne Stein, who helped make the course possible, recalls how playing games such as “Dungeons and Dragons” helped make the class fun.

“This is cyber punk, a type of sci-fi, which I think is reality.

Cyberpunk is based on things like Matrix, Neuromancer, projecting a distopian view or false reality,” said Dr. Stein.

The course is like any other, where students must attend regular class and do research on issues of the day. The difference is that, they must create a world of alternate reality in which politics, paranoia, and power play a big role.

“So far, the class is going extremely well, much better than I had anticipated in fact,” said Shiloh Force, Game Master and instructor. “The students are all enthusiastic about what we are doing, and are ‘getting into it’ to a much greater degree than I believed they would.”

The students are given research topics to choose from.

All given topics tackle current “It’s about time that this [the issues such as global warm- course] happened. With an RPG ing, immigration, violence, you are playing a character; if etc. For example, to research you have to write an argumentaon politics and paranoia, the tive essay over something that student can create an alter- you personally don’t care about, nate reality where one of the then you take a strong posicandidates might be an alien. tion for or against it, you are “People become charac- basically lying,” said Corban ters. The students still have to Huckleberry, also taking the class. interact, talk and write assignTeaching students with rolements,” said Dr. Stein. “The playing games by asking them to first three weeks, they learn follow the interest as other charthe rules. Their first assign- acters adds a whole new dimenment is to create a character sion to English Composition who they think has power to and Research classes, accordmake a president or something ing to Stein. The enthusiasm for instance. It’s like regular with which the course has been comp class with gaming.” greeted is encouraging for The role-playing game rules those who helped develop it. are created with adventures, but “This is the first time for open-ended endings. Players this experimental course; I am direct the way the game works. sure that there will be quite a The Game Master oversees. The few things that will need to world is not limited by rules. A be added, changed or deleted player can change or break rules as we go along. All we can to make it more interesting. do now is see what works “We are playing in a world and what doesn’t, and adjust close enough to our own that accordingly,” added Force. we can easily relate to, but we If the course goes well, are playing someone who is Force and Stein are confident not us, and so we can look that it could open up the posat them objectively and sepa- sibility of expanding the conrately,” said Matthew Pearce, cept into other courses such as who is taking the class. Comp. I or history. Plans are The students will be already being made to offer required to give speeches in “Gaming as Comp” in the fall. class and write as their characters. This will encourage them and give them an idea of Abha Eli Phoboo can be reached how to communicate as they at aphoboo@thevistaonline.com. learn to act as their characters in an intensive virtual world.

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News from page 1 Joe C. Jackson in the April 7, 1975 issue of the Edmond Sun. Before retiring, Godfrey expressed his vision for UCO to a reporter of The Vista in a 1975 issue wanting the program and curriculum expanded as well as faculty research.

Godfrey also believed that more funds needed to be added for graduate assistants.

“Not to teach classes, but to aid in research,” said Godfrey.

He also wanted to see more national and international personalities at the university.

“Garland Godfrey’s legacy of leadership and scholarship cast a long shadow that the Central family will never forget,” said President Webb in a Feb. 16 press release.

Wright can be reached at Aaron awright@thevistaonline.com.

Vista news found fit for theft and trash

by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer Although the exact number is unknown, anywhere from 500 to 2,000 copies of The Vista were stolen from news racks around campus Feb. 15, prompting an investigation by the university’s police department.

In the Communications Building, home to The Vista’s offices, a large stack of the Feb. 15 issues were found in a trashcan near the news rack that holds the papers, witnesses said.

The Vista’s publication coordinator Mark Zimmerman confirmed that similar incidents occurred the same day in the Business, Education and Liberal Arts Buildings.

“Students just started noticing that all the papers were missing and came in and told us,” Zimmerman said.

Witnesses also stated that most of the papers in the Nigh University Center Food Court were also missing on Feb. 15.

As of press time, campus police wouldn’t comment on the thefts because the investigation is ongoing, a police spokeswoman said.

A similar theft of The Vista happened back in 2002, following a story about two UCO football players who posted sexual explicit photos of a UCO

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Bangladesh students celebrate organization

GODFREY pus also increased by 200 acres.

Under his leadership, West and East Halls opened in 1963.

The Max Chambers Library was also completed in 1967.

The University Center was dedicated in 1967 as well. The Lillard Administration Building, Central Cafeteria, and Wantland Stadium were built under his term. Old North was dedicated as a National Historic Site in 1971.

Godfrey was also president when Governor David Hall signed legislation changing Central State College to Central State University on April 13, 1971.

“We might still be a small liberal arts college educating a few teachers if Dr. Godfrey had not provided the type of educational climate to encourage faculty to work,” said Dr.

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student online. Campus police were unable to classify the incident as a crime five years ago, because the papers were free.

Since then The Vista, which is still free, charges $1 for each subsequent copy, specifically to combat these kinds of thefts and attempts at censorship.

Zimmerman said studentrun newspapers across the nation have to deal with similar cases and expects The Vista will probably be the target of another theft in the future, given

enough time.

“Since the papers are out there, since they’re free, it’s just easy access,” Zimmerman said.

“People can just grab a whole stack if they want and throw them away or do whatever.”

An additional 2,000 copies were printed and distributed Feb. 16, adding to the cost of the thefts, Zimmerman said.

by Abha Eli Phoboo Staff Writer On Feb. 9 at the Food Court, a group of international students were celebrating the revival of the Bangladesh Student Organization. The organization had been defunct for two semesters and will be officially recognized in the International Student Coucil from this week.

Mohammed Kabir, graduate student of engineering physics, was elected president.

“Without a student organization, we had no voice in the university,” said Kabir.

“After the previous Bangladesh Student Organization was dissolved, we had no say and little or no participation in what

went on in the university.”

UCO has only 15 students from Bangladesh. The organization welcomes participation from students of other nationalities to help them with their plans and objectives.

“We want to organize film, cultural shows and other events that tell people about Bangladesh.

We want to have a strong representation in the International Student Council,” said Imtiaz Ahmed, an officer in the newly reinstated organization.

The adviser for the Bangladesh Student Organization is Yasmin Jahir, UCO graduate who works as web developer in the Engineering and Physics department.

“One of our concerns is for new Bangladeshi Students who come to UCO. We want to be able to help them adjust and learn,” said Jahir.

With Munawar Ahmad also as an adviser, the Bangladeshi Student Organization is planning to be more active in the international community.

At present, a caretaker government headed by Iajuddin Ahmed governs the country. They promise to conduct free and fair elections soon.

Even though political analysts think the democracy of Bangladesh is being threatened since the caretaker government is not an elected body, the students at UCO think otherwise.

“If I could run to my country, I would run. The plane takes two days,” said Kabir. “The government right now is not democratic but it is constitutional.”

The UCO students are hopeful that the people of Bangladesh will be more wary and act as watchdog for whichever government comes into power. They are also excited about Bangladeshi economist Mohammed Yunus winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006.

“Things are looking better for Bangladesh, hopefully, it’ll continue to improve,” said Ahmed.

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

Fraternity wins all conference awards

by Aaron Wright Staff Writer When eight members of the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity attended their regional conference in Dallas, TX from Feb. 9 through Feb. 11 they won every award presented at the conference.

The fraternity received the Hembree Leadership Award, the Ellis Chapter Scholarship Award, the Jones Charitable Projects Award, the Webb Most Improved Chapter Award, and the Best Chapter in Region Award. They said it was the first time they have seen one chapter sweep the awards ceremony.

C.J. Sager, former president of the chapter and current adviser, said that it’s a safe bet it hasn’t been done in the past 10 years.

“We were shaking,” he said, referring to the moment they began calling out the names of recipients.

The awards are determined based on a rating system called McCune Metrics that evaluates and ranks a chapter based on leadership, academics, campus involvement, sports, programs, and finance. The Sigma Tau Gamma website says the system is there to “measure the ‘products and services’ of our organization that nurture brotherhood.” “Usually chapters that win make around a 74-78,” said Sager. Their score was an 82.

There have been many changes made over the past several years that allowed the chap-

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

Eight members of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity received every award offered at the regional conference in Dallas, TX, Feb 9. through Feb. 11. ter to receive the most improved chapter award. In 2002, there were only eight members in the chapter. They now have 30 members and 8 associate members, or new members.

Since then, they have improved their grade point average and become more involved on campus, accord-

ing to Jeff Massie, current president of the chapter.

“Over the past couple years, we’ve set goals for ourselves and implemented strategies to reach them,” said Massie.

“In 2005, things really started looking up. We really pulled our house together and focused more on campus

involvement, student leadership, and definitely grades,” Sager said. He added the chapter has had top grades on campus for the past five semesters.

Aaron Wright can be reached at awright@thevistaonline.com.

'War of the Races' shows racial diversity Andrew Knittle can be reached at aknittle@thevistaonline.com.

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer Residence Life presented “War of the Races,” a program designed to promote racial diversity among UCO students Feb. 12 in the Murdaugh Hall lobby.

Resident assistants acted out brief scenarios featuring cultural stereotypes, and then engaged the audience in a discussion where students could voice their questions, concerns and feelings.

“The purpose is to show people that, whether we realize it or not, we stereotype others and through some brief discussion hopefully open people’s

eyes to understand that not everyone acts toward a particular stereotype,” said Aramis Douglas, resident assistant.

“I think it’s a great idea.

I think that people will get a better understanding of others, their cultures and others’ backgrounds. It will cause some controversy, but I think it will open up people’s eyes to the outside world,” said Ryan Butler, resident assistant.

Douglas said “War of the Races” revealed how people generalize others into groups, and how judgmental they can be.

“We had a good turnout.

We had around 30-40 people

show up,” Butler said. He said attendees were residents from all over campus, and some commuter students even showed up.

Butler said he played a black boyfriend being introduced to his girlfriend’s white parents. And the white characters were played by black actors.

“I had a shower head hanging around my neck for my bling,” he said.

“Housing is really pushing us to do more diversity programs so we can build relationships with all the students, not just the ones that live on campus,” Butler said.

“It’s amazing how much

people may judge others and not even realize they are doing it,” Douglas said.

Residence Life plans to host the event again next year, with some improvements.

“We will try to pull the chains harder next year. Really get people’s attention,” Butler said.

“This year was really just an ice breaker because we’d never done it before. Next year, we want to be more controversial.”

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

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SPORTS

February 20, 2007

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Bronchos defeat Bulldogs: climb conference rankings

by Justin Langston Sports Writer The UCO Women’s Basketball team came back from a six-point deficit at the half to gain a 15-point victory over Southwestern Oklahoma on Wednesday night. UCO is now 12-11 for the season and is tied for second place in the conference with Southeastern University, both teams at 6-3.

“All the shots were in and outs,” head coach Guy Hardaker said. “So we changed out defense and found something that worked. Then we just kept chipping away at the lead until we took it.”

When the first half opened up, the Bronchos had some difficulty getting started, missing their first eight shots, which allowed Southwestern to capitalize.

Southwestern was able to take a 15-point lead before UCO could manage a single point on the board.

UCO made an attempt to UCO had won the day 65-50. push back, at one point outMarkus led the team in total scoring Southwestern by 8- scores, making 20 points, 7points. However, Southwestern 11 from the field and no free kept itself ahead, ending with throw attempts. With this game, a 33-27 advantage over UCO. Markus surpassed her previUCO opened up the second ous career high of 17 points. half with a three-pointer from On Saturday, UCO hosted guard Mallory Markus. Markus’ Cameron University, beatthree-pointer began a 7-0 scor- ing them out 66-50. This vicing streak for UCO, who took tory, along with Southeastern its first lead of the evening. Oklahoma’s loss to Texas However, Southwestern imme- A&M-Commerce, puts UCO diately shot three consecutive into the definitive 2nd place baskets to pull ahead once more. spot for the conference.

The game went back and Forward Cassidy Pillow led forth for a while, until for- the team in scores, making a ward Lizzie Brenner made a total of 23 points, a career high. jump shot that started a straight She scored 8-12 from the field 10-point scoring streak, giv- and 5-7 from the free throw line. ing UCO an 8-point advanUCO will travel to Durant tage and a lead that would on Wednesday, Feb 21 to last for the rest of the game. play against Southeastern.

Southwestern made a couple of attempts to come back, getby Vista photographer Alex Gambill ting as close to the lead as 6-points on two occasions, Head coach Guy Hardaker plans a strategy with his team during a time out on Feb. 17 at Hamilton but UCO remained in com- Justin Langston can be reached at Field House. mand. At the final buzzer, jlangston@thevistaonline.com.

Student rugby club formed at UCO

by Jeff Massie Sports Writer Chicks dig rugby players.

Whether it’s the ruggedness or the athleticism, rugby is a sport that radiates masculinity and rewards players that inflict pain on their opponents.

“Rugby is football on steroids,” said UCO Rugby Club member Daniel Stockton.

“They [girls] came back every weekend.”

A rugby club has recently been founded at UCO. The team is recruiting from the Student Body and is open to anyone interested. A petition has been started to get the club the same kind of recognition that the hockey club receives.

The objective of the club’s petition is to get the school to formally recognize the club, which will allow the team to compete against other schools.

“I got started in high school. I enjoy the hard hitting and fast pace,” rugby club secretary Trevor Smith said.

Rugby is a game popular

in England, Australia, New Zealand and other places in the world. The sport is kind of a mixture between football and soccer. Like soccer, action does not stop for plays to be called and can be rather chaotic. Football was derived from rugby, but only laterals (backwards passes) are allowed in this game.

“The most appealing aspect is that it’s not that popular,” Stockton said. “It combines all aspects of the sports we [Americans] love.”

The primal game begins with what is called a scrum. A scrum is where players from both teams huddle up, hook arms and engage each other. Players battle and fight in an effort to push the opposition backwards with the ultimate goal of kicking the ball backwards, out of the huddle, to one of their free players. The ball is then advanced down the field while the carrier tries to avoid being tackled by the opposition. The ball can be carried or kicked, in a punt-like fashion, to the scoring zone and can be passed back-

wards to teammates in an effort to avoid being stopped by the other team. If a player reaches the “tryline” and has possession of the ball, a try is rewarded. A try is similar to a touchdown in football and is worth five points.

After a team touches the ball down past the tryline, they have the opportunity to kick the ball through the uprights for an additional two points. A conversion kick is also awarded for some penalties. Unlike American football, a conversion attempt has no blockers and the opposing team rushes him to try to block the kick.

A third way to score is to drop kick the ball through the uprights. This maneuver is similar to a field goal in football, but occurs during play. It is worth three points.

“It’s not a sport where you run around people, you run into them,” Smith said.

Rugby is a classic game that takes the toughest of the tough to play. It is extreme competition at its finest. The club plays Mondays, Wednesdays

AP photo by Chris Park

West Indies' Kurt Johnson (5) dives in to help tackle Argentina's Horacio San Martin during their match at the USA Sevens rugby tournament Saturday, Feb. 10, in San Diego. and Fridays at East Hall Field around four or five o’clock.

The field is located by the cafeteria. Practice is open to anyone

that plays rugby, wants to try a new sport, or just increase their toughness and street cred. The club encourages anyone that is

interested to come out and play.

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

Kevin Harvick wins Daytona 500 AP--So focused was Mark Martin on hard-charging Kevin Harvick, he had no inkling of the chaos unfolding behind him.

With less than a mile to go in the Daytona 500, Kyle Busch’s car was spinning. Clint Bowyer’s was upside down and on fire. Five other cars bumped and banged, careening into one another in a smokefilled mass of twisted metal.

With the checkered flag in sight, Martin simply came up

short, a mere length of a car hood in a wild, wreck-filled finish.

Harvick beat the sentimental favorite to win NASCAR’s premier race Sunday, six years to the day after Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap. Just days after his death, it was Harvick who was hired to replace him, and he rewarded Richard Childress with the car owner’s second Daytona 500 victory.

Earnhardt won the other in 1998.

“This had to be the wild-

est Daytona 500 I’ve ever watched,” Childress said. “I kept my eyes shut there for a little while it was so wild.”

It took several moments for NASCAR to declare the winner, finally giving it to Harvick and spoiling what would have been the biggest victory of the 48-year-old Martin’s career.

Harvick did just that, never letting off the gas as he charged from 29th to first in 22 laps.

Finishes like this one

might fix everything.

For at least one night, the talk will be of the victory Martin had in his sight and the way Harvick yanked it from him.

Martin, making his 23rd attempt at a 500 win, could see the checkered flag when Harvick barreled along the outside of him. Just as Harvick pushed into the lead, Busch wiggled behind them and bumped into Matt Kenseth to start a melee.

Kenseth was spinning and Greg Biffle was, too. Bowyer flipped onto his roof and through the grass, flames shooting through the windshield.

But Harvick and Martin continued to race side by side, waiting for NASCAR to call for a caution. When it finally came, Harvick and Martin were at the finish line, and Harvick was just barely ahead. The winning margin was .123 seconds, and NASCAR had to review AP photo by Glenn Smith the tape just to be sure who was going to Victory Lane.

Kevin Harvick edges out Mark Martin at the line to win the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Harvick never Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18. doubted the outcome.

“I got so excited at the end of the race, and I knew we had won,” he said. Martin finished second, followed by Jeff Burton, Harvick’s teammate,

and Mike Wallace, who raced his way into the 500. Fifth place was rookie David Ragan, the kid who replaced Martin when he left Roush Racing this winter after 19 seasons.

Martin left the powerhouse Roush team because he wanted to ease his way into retirement, and he got the opportunity to do it with a partial schedule at Ginn Racing, a second-tier team bought last year by a Florida land developer trying to satisfy his love of NASCAR. The decision was questioned by those who wondered if Bobby Ginn could give the ultra-competitive Martin cars capable of winning.

“I haven’t even seen the finish. It is what it is,” Martin said. “We were inches or feet or whatever. We were short. It was so close, but it was second.”

Martin led 26 laps and was out front when a five-car accident brought racing to a standstill with five laps to go. It made for an agonizing 11 minutes, 39 seconds for Martin, who sat idly in his car trying to plot his strategy during the stoppage.

When racing resumed with two laps to go, Martin seemingly needed only to hold off

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Busch in a sprint to the finish. He weaved high and then low to block Busch’s attempts, which may have briefly distracted him from Harvick.

Before the frantic finish, the race was shaping up to be a fight between Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch, who combined to lead 130 of the 200 laps. But they wrecked each other while leading the race with 48 laps to go.

Stewart was leading coming out of the fourth turn when his Chevrolet wiggled just a bit. Busch, closing fast, couldn’t avoid running into Stewart’s bumper, and both cars careened into the outside wall.

Busch, who led 95 laps in his bid to give car owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 win, was heartbroken.

Stewart, who led early but dropped to the back of the field after a pit road miscue, led 35 laps and just had surged back to the front when he wrecked.

It dropped Stewart to 0-for9 in Daytona 500s, a streak he was determined to snap when he reported to Speedweeks intent on adding the race to his impressive resume. After winning the Budweiser Shootout exhibition race and a qualifying event Thursday, Stewart had established himself as the favorite and said he’d trade all 11 of his Daytona victories to just win the 500 once.

It appeared to be his race to lose, and he knew it _ saying on pit road before the start “this is the best chance I’ve ever had, the best car I’ve ever had.”

He was surprisingly calm and collected after wrecking.

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February 20, 2007

Bronchos lose close game to Southwestern

by Justin Langston Sports Writer The UCO Men’s Basketball team lost its game Wednesday night, 80-79, after turnovers led to Southwestern Oklahoma scoring six points in under 20 seconds.

UCO opened up the first half strongly, coming back from a 7-5 deficit early in the game. UCO refused to allow Southwestern to regain its lead.

By halftime, UCO controlled the game with a 45-38 advantage.

As the second half began, UCO pulled ahead even further until four straight turnovers allowed Southwestern to score nine times in a row, and pulled ahead.

The rest of the night was a battle, with the lead changing six more times before the end.

There were times when UCO looked poised to gain a commanding advantage once again, but they were quickly shot down.

In the last thirty seconds of the game, UCO looked like they were going to take a close

victory, ahead by five points.

However, Southwestern was able to capitalize on the next three plays, hitting three in a row in the last 20 seconds and winning the game by a single point.

Forward Anthony Brown led the team in total points, making 22.

On Saturday, the Bronchos hosted Cameron University at the Hamilton Field House, and earned a 95-75 victory. UCO took the lead at the very beginning of the game and remained in charge for the entire game.

Forward/Guard Sam Belt led the team in total points, earning 19. He scored 7-10 from the free throw line and had no free throw attempts.

On Wednesday, UCO will travel to Durant to play Southeastern Oklahoma.

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

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

UCO player Lance Harper guards the ball against a Cameron defender Feb. 17 at Hamilton Field House.

Baseball team loses series to Angelo State The Broncho baseball team has gotten off to a poor start this season, tying in the season opener and dropping three of four to No. 26 Angelo State Feb. 17 and Feb. 18.

No. 15 UCO was outscored the first three games 21-11, but the cards fell its way finally in the last game of the back-to-back doubleheaders. The Bronchos blasted Angelo 15-5 to earn their first win of the season.

In the first of a four-game road trip, UCO couldn’t man-

age any offense, and lost by two. Pitcher Brett Case started and pitched four innings.

He struck out five and walked four. Three runs were scored with Case on the mound, only one of them earned. Case was not credited with the loss.

Derec Norman led the Bronchos with two hits on four appearances. An RBI was also credited to him, along with two strikeouts.

The next game resulted in a one-point loss as the baseball

team dropped both games of Saturday’s doubleheader. The competition started out in favor of the team from Edmond.

All four of UCO’s runs were scored in the first inning.

Slow and steady won the race though. The Rams climbed to the top and took the lead in the seventh and final inning.

With Sunday, came another doubleheader. UCO could not muster much in the first game, losing 10-3. Angelo State pitcher B. Durst pitched

a complete game and struck out four Bronchos and surrendered only four hits.

Third baseman Breck Draper had one of the best games of all the UCO players. Draper had two hits in three appearances at the plate.

He also batted in one runner.

During the final game of the series, the Bronchos finally showed their stuff. They swatted the Rams 15-5. All of UCO’s runs were scored off RBIs and registered eighteen

hits. Designated hitter Bryce Columbus got up to bat five times and got four hits and two RBIs. Tim Sullivan went 2 for 2 and tied for the team lead with three RBIs. He also scored three times himself. Norman also hit in three batters and went 2 for 4.

Twelve of the team’s runs were scored in the second inning.

Pitcher Joe Noyes pitched 6.1 innings and earned the Bronchos’first win of the season.

He struck out six, and gave up 10 hits that resulted in five runs.

UCO faces Emporia State at Broncho Field Tuesday and hosts a four-game series against West Texas A&M this weekend.

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

Broncho Sports Feb. 20:

Baseball vs Emporia State Tennis @ East Central

Feb. 21: Women's Basketball @ Southeastern Men's Basketball @ Southeastern Feb. 23:

Tennis @ Cameron Tennis @ Northeastern State Baseball vs West Texas A&M Softball @ Incarnate World Softball @ Abilene Christian

Feb. 24

Baseball vs West Texas A&M Women's Basketball vs East Central Men's Basketball vs East Central

Feb. 25

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