the VISTA Her Saving Grace ucentralmedia.com vistanews1903 @thevista1903 @thevista1903 The Vista
Volume 115, Issue 6
“Our Words, Your Voice.”
Tuesday, September 26 , 2017
Faith Kelly
@TheVista1903 Reporter
“I really just wish everyone would enjoy life," Grace Shin, a University of Central Oklahoma student, said. Shin is majoring in kinesiology, a part of UCO’s golf team and a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She grew up in Tulsa and is a 2015 graduate of Union High School. Shin was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in April. She said she began to have back spasms in February, and saw numerous back specialists. See “Grace” continued on page 6.
(Provided/ Grace Shin)
Vandal Leaves Their Mark Kateleigh Mills @kateleighsuz
Online Editor
A gray patch can be seen on the northeast side of the Pi Kappa Alpha house where members of the fraternity painted over an obscene word which was spray painted on the house early on the morning of Friday, Sept. 22 (Ryan Naeve/ The Vista)
An act of vandalism to the Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) house on Sept. 19 prompted the chapter's president, Alan Beck, to release a statement on Twitter last Friday. "These reoccurring incidents at Central do not just impact our individual chapter houses, but reflect poorly on our community as a whole," Beck said in the statement. Beck said the vandalism last Tuesday was spray paint on the front of the house, which was thought to have happened overnight. When asked for what the spray paint depicted, Beck declined to comment. He also said he thought it was best not to release a photo of the vandalism. After the members saw the vandalism, Beck said they got in contact with both UCO and Edmond Police to report the incident. Beck, now a senior, said there have been several incidents since he has been at the University of Central Oklahoma. When asked to describe
a couple of the incidents, Beck declined to comment, stating he couldn't release details since the information belonged to other groups. "I have seen incidents over the last few years and I wanted to voice out my opinion," Beck said. "Something needs to change." Assistant Vice President for University Communications, Adrienne Nobles, told The Vista when vandalism happens to a Greek house they should follow the policies and procedures of their organization's housing corporation and the national and international headquarters. "We also encourage them to contact the Edmond Police to report the incident," Nobles told The Vista. UCO offers the Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) Office as a resource to the Greek organizations. The FSL staff serve as counsel for the chapter leadership in how to appropriately report the incidents and how to manage reactions within the chapter. See “Vandal” continued on page 3.