The Vista April 10, 2012

UCO releases 2012-2013 football schedule as they prepare to move to the MIAA conference.

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UCO nursing students hope their cell phone drive will help to provide medical supplies in Africa.

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By Treva Yarbrough/ / Contributing Writer The 12th-annual Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held April 13-15 in the library basement.

April 13 is the Friends Only Pre-sale, held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On April 14, the times are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the last day is from 12 p.m.to 6 p.m.

If you are interested in becoming a Friend of the Library, new members can join the same day of the Pre-sale to get this exclusive offer. There are different levels of enrollment prices, but students can register for $5, and faculty for $25.

The sale will contain approximately 14,000 items, including popular novels, nonfiction, DVDs, textbooks, and curriculum materials.

“The price range is 50-cents to $2,” University Archivist Nicole Willard said. “There will be a collectors’ table that will be at a higher price.We usually raise at least $3,000 each year.”

The money is used to purchase new books and media for the library. The Friends also sponsor speakers, film screenings and discussion events, contests, and grants for students and faculty.

The sale contains approximately 14,000 items, including popular novels, nonfiction, DVDs, textbooks, and curriculum materials. The annual sale is a fun community event that raises approximately $4,000 to $7,000 each year. Hard backs are $2 and paperbacks are $.50.

The money raised from the book sale and contributions to the Friends is then used to purchase new books and media the library otherwise would not have been able to purchase. The Friends also sponsor speakers, film and discussion events, contests, and faculty grants.

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Jordan Domeck, a public relation freshman, chalks the sidewalk near Broncho Lake for Press Freedom Week, Monday, April 9, 2012. Press Freedom Week is meant to raise awareness for certain countries who do not have a free press. The theme for Press Freedom Week is “Media has the power to transform societies.” Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer April 9-13 marks the University of Central Oklahoma’s first Press Freedom Week hosted by Instructor Yvette Walker and students enrolled in her Press Freedom course. The United Nations-sponsored World Press Freedom Day takes place on May 3.

“Because that’s part of finals week, we thought we’d host a UCO Press Freedom Week,” Walker said.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has hosted World Press Freedom day since 1993. Each year, UNESCO awards an UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to honor a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defense of press freedom. UNESCO also establishes themes for each year. 2012’s themes include: Media Freedom has the Power to Transform Societies, Difficulty in the Access to Quality Information Undermines Media Freedom, and Challenges to Media in a New Environment.

“Some journalists are being imprisoned and even

killed. Our Press Freedom Week is just putting awareness out there. We want to let people know what’s going on so journalists can do their jobs without being injured or killed,” Walker said.

UCO’s Press Freedom Week begins with informational booths in the Nigh University Center and will conclude with a speech from Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol on Friday, April 13 at 9 a.m in Pegasus Theater. Akyol’s speech is sponsored by the nonprofit Raindrop Turkish House of Oklahoma City. Akyol operates a blog entitled The White Path and is also the author of the book “Islam Without Extremes”.

On April 11, students enrolled in Walker’s course will be in the Nigh University Center with an information station from 11 a.m.–1p.m. The booth will explore the themes of World Press Freedom Day 2012 as well as provide information on nations with limited rights for press.

Following the information station, a screening of a film created by Invisible Children will be shown.

Joshua Lim explained why his group thought show-

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ing the documentary was important to them. “Kony 2012 had received a lot of controversy especially surrounding the distribution of funds with the donation, the timeliness of the event and the recent arrest of Kony filmmaker, Jason Russell,” Lim said.

“In class we learned about how certain countries lack the right to expose the injustice that occurs in their government and are often punished for doing so. We wanted to speak up for the children in Uganda and the press in the country who may be repressed by Kony and the LRA,” Lim said.

“In our class projects, be it the screening, the video documentary, the articles and the social media tools, they are all efforts we are putting out to expose Kony and give the children in Uganda a voice by standing up for them.”

For more information on Press Freedom Week, read Walker’s blog “The Dilemma”, which will be blacked out on April 11 in support of Press Freedom awareness, on the blog portion of UCO’s website.

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“Hopefully. Vet school is competitive.”

“Yeah, but not necessarily “In my field, not a chance. in my field.”

I’ve got to get two more degrees.”

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KILLING THE DEATH PENALTY Connecticut may very soon join a growing club, states who have abolished capital punishment. If a current bill is brought into law, the state will be the 17th in the United States to end the death penalty.

Capital punishment is supposed to be the ultimate deterrent to heinous crime, but studies show that it does not have it’s intended effect.

In a study done by the Death Penalty Information Center at www.deathpenaltyinfo.org, states who do not have capital punishment have posted significantly lower murder rates than those with the death penalty, and the rate has only gone higher.

In 1990, the difference between the two sides was 4%, in 2010 it was 25%, and was as high as 46% in 2005.

In a time where we need to be more economical sound than ever, this another area which we see waste. Death penalty cases are notoriously more expensive than non-death penalty cases.

The Urban Institute, nonpartisan, economic and social policy research center out of Washington, D.C., reports that capital punishment cases in Maryland cost up to three times the amount of money than non-capital punishment cases. These cases averaged around $3 million a case.

According to the California Commission for the Fair Administration for Justice, California’s current legal system costs $137 million per year, where a system without the death penalty is estimated to cost $11.5 million per year.

The United States, along with Japan, are the only Western countries to still invoke the death penalty. For a country who touts it’s differences with countries often seen by our leaders as “radical”, we share this barbaric form of punishment with much of the Middle East.

The practice is rarely seen in Europe, Latin and Central America, Canada, Russia, or Australia. For a state and country who seems to be afraid of “Sharia law”, we seem to agree more with the “axis of evil” than one of the Ten Commandments, “thall shall not kill.”

Most importantly, we most likely have executed an innocent person. Though no case has been completely verified, there are cases that questions have been raised about it’s verdict. Also, every year more and more convicted murderers and rapists are exonerated due to DNA testing and evolving technology.

Since 1973, 140 death row inmates have been exonerated, including ten in our own state, and since 1976, our country has executed 1,289 people. Those are scary numbers and both will continue to grow.

It is time for our country to step forward and leave our most barbaric practice behind. There are too many situations where our verdict of death has been and will continue to be shrouded with doubt. There is no excuse for executing the innocent.

“Yes, because I’m going into nursing.”

“Yes. I see America rising and creating more jobs.”

‘Yeah, pretty easily. I’m an accounting major, there’s lots of those out there.”

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Employment

JOB MARKET SHOWS POSITIVE PROSPECTS

The National Association of Colleges and Employers released new data which indicates that college graduate hiring in 2012 is up 10.2 percent, more than was expected in September of last year. Photo illustration by Garett Fisbeck.

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer A recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers indicates that college graduate hiring in 2012 is up 10.2 percent. Projections made by NACE in September predicted only a 9.5 percent increase.

Times are especially good for those graduating with business degrees. The number of undergraduate business majors reporting a job offering is up 10 percent.

Data collected by Reuters in a recent article found that the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill has seen a 7.4 percent increase in the number of student job interviews by hiring companies. They also found that the number of potential hirers seeking to recruit for full-time jobs is up over 9 percent.

The current unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.2 percent. During the height of the recession, that number had climbed as high as 5 percent, causing some to voice dis-

approval with an average national tuition rate that is steadily on the rise.

Still, the job market for college graduates still may not have fully recovered. Da’Mon Smith, Employer Relations Coordinator in UCO’s Career Services Department, hasn’t seen a dramatic increase in the number of college hirings.

Though Smith does say the overall national job markets has improved, he calls the market for graduates a “mixed bag.”

“As for college graduates, I would have to say that the job market is tough for them right now,” Smith said. “Many students are encountering a job market that is leisurely in its hiring or is seemingly unwilling to take a risk on a recent graduate.”

Smith indicates a number of factors that could influence how a certain student views the job market. There may be jobs available to the graduate that do not meet his or her ex-

pectations in the areas of pay and job quality.

The market is not the same for all students, Smith says, and he agrees with the study that business majors seem to have the easiest time finding employment, with some experiencing even more success.

“Of the business majors, a specialization in accounting seems to be highly beneficial,” he said. “I encounter more organizations seeking an accounting major than any of the other specialization in business.”

Smith says he has also noticed an increase in hirings in the fields of engineering, computer science, nursing and teaching fields.

The most important factors in job availability, Smith says, are the applicant’s geographic location and industry of choice in addition to their personal skills, attitude and level of preparation.

Despite what may be a job market that has seen better days, Smith still maintains that the

chances of getting a job with a college degree is much better than finding one with a high school education or less.

“Students and the general public alike need to remember that our current circumstances are not permanent, circumstances do change – and so will the health of job market,” Smith said.

In addition to seeking help from UCO’s Office of Career Services, the best pieces of advice Smith can give to graduating students looking for a job are resilience and persistence.

“Most importantly, don’t give up,” he said.

“Countless people are having the same experiences. Many people are facing similar challenges and getting similar outcomes despite all of their hard work.”

“The job market is very competitive but not unbeatable. It is possible to beat the odds if you have the right tools and mindset.”

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I rent a house on the corner of Baumann and Ayers with a couple of long-time friends.

Before signing that lease, I’d spent my college career living in a claustrophobic apartment complex. Now, renting a house has it’s obvious perks: no drug dealers next door, no screaming Asian cat lady upstairs, and perhaps most important no responsibility for general upkeep.

If battling bugs, discovering inept ductwork, broken doors, and a small porch fire weren’t enough to deal with in the last ten months at my rent house, I’ve still got to mow my lawn.

I know, I know. It’s a lawn, Josh. Put on some tunes, man. It takes like thirty minutes.

I get it. The problem is, I don’t own a mower.

My roommates and I borrow here and there, but the ambitious grass finds a way of looking like the wetlands of Florida between each opportunity with a mower.

Last week, I got a letter from the city of Edmond addressed to “Joshua Jermone Hutton”.

First off, Jermone is not my middle name – it’s Jerome. Secondly, Jermone is not a name.

The tall grass gets the City of Edmond’s code office in a tizzy every other month. I get notices with sinisterly vague warnings. After I read the letters, I’m not sure if it’s a Class B offense or if I will be tarred and feathered, then

taken to jail, and subsequently sentenced to death by firing squad in the town square much to the delight of my neighborhood. My money is on the latter.

I became curious at what length my grass most be kept to be within the city’s limits. So, I hit the City of Edmond’s Frequently Asked Questions webpage. I scanned and scanned for “how tall be before it’s required to be cut”.

I couldn’t find an answer.

Then I saw it: “How tall can my neighbor’s grass grow before they have to mow?”

How perfect. In the idyllic, Plasticine city of light pollution and perfect children, a person would not search Edmond’s site out of their own personal responsibility, but out of snooty disdain for the person next door. So, I click to see the answer.

It lists why grass needs to be cut – ticks, mosquitoes, and pesky vermin.

Then to my delight I see the height restriction: “Grass or weeds cannot be above 12’ in height.” I couldn’t believe it. 12 feet? I can grow a rainforest, sunbathe upon its canopy, and wave at the city manager when he walks by, if it’s 11 feet tall? Fantastic.

So, while the City of Edmond wastes its time chasing down some hooligan named Jermone, I intend to really see how “great” of a place it is to “grow”.

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UCOSA Elections

UCOSA ELECTIONS START TONIGHT Starting tonight at 7 p.m., students can vote for one of the five presidential candidates running for UCOSA president. Voting will take place through UCONNECT and will go until Wednesday night.

This is the last in a series of articles detailing the 2012 UCOSA presidential candidates.

By Trevor Hultner / Staff Writer “It actually gives people an incentive to go [to sporting and other events],” Brain Communication/Advertising junior Alex Braden, the fifth candidate in the 2012-2013 UCOSA Presidential campaign to be profiled in the Vista, said. He was talking about his flagship campaign promise, a program designed to increase school pride – by incentivizing it – that he’s calling “Broncho Points.”

“It’s kind of like a lottery-type program,” Braden said. Here’s how it would work: students take their UCO ID cards to games and other events on campus and scan them

“Right now, I feel like UCOSA is run by a small group of people, and the everyday person doesnt know what’s going on.”

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through a machine that would award them a certain amount of points per event towards a monthly drawing.

“So every month, we’ll have a drawing for a prize,” he said. “These prizes vary – other schools that do this, their prizes vary from iPads to computers to UCO clothing or, like, some schools do a free semester of books.”

At the end of the year? A chance to win a tobe-determined “grand prize;” the more points you collect, the better chances you have at winning in the annual drawing.

As a bonus for the more sociologically inclined, he said, the information collected could be used to draw up demographic data showing who goes to which event.

But that’s not all Braden, whose most re-

cent positions in student government included seats on the UCOSA Supreme Court and Campus Improvement Board, had to offer.

“My other point is Broncho Safe Ride,” he said. “OU has a ‘safe ride’ program, and I talked to the people down there that run it and they say that it’s one of the top programs that they have.”

Braden described Broncho Safe Ride as being a “free, anonymous, alternative source of transportation” at night during the weekends, when the regular CityLink transit system isn’t running.

“It’ll keep the community safe, it will keep people off the road that shouldn’t be on the road,” he said. “Let’s say, if you’re out driving and your car breaks down, you could use it as well.”

Apart from the safety aspect, Braden also sees Safe Ride as a potential service opportunity for students around campus.

“You could set it up to where kids sign up for community service hours through the Volunteer and Service Learning Center office and they could drive the van from 10 to 2 each night,” he said.

Braden’s third major campaign point is the creation of a new UCOSA legislative body – the purpose of which would be to, according to him, get more students involved in the process.

“Right now, I feel like UCOSA is run by a small group of people, and the everyday person doesn’t know what’s going on,” he said.

“And even if you did, even if you knew what was going on, you don’t really have much of a voice.”

Braden’s proposed legislative body would consist mainly of commissioners who would ostensibly work in a regulatory, “watchdog” fashion and who would oversee various aspects of student government and report back to the student legislature.

There will be a debate featuring all of the candidates tonight at 7 p.m. in the NUC Constitution Hall, and voting runs from today to Alex Braden promises increased student safety and wants to incentivize school pride.

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Fawnah Bish, Whitney Larriveau, and Jessica Turner, sophomore nursing students, collect cell phones to get medical personnel to rural African villages at the Nigh University Center Monday, April 9, 2012. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Mervyn Chua / Staff Writer The UCO Nursing students will be collecting old cell phones this week from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nigh University Center, where a red telephone booth opposite the food court will stand.

The phones will be recycled and proceeds will go to helping with medical aid in African villages. The students are hoping to collect 500 phones.

In the nursing program, there is a class called Success, where students grouped in twenties are required to do a service project each semester. Two groups decided to merge to work on this project suggested by their advisor.

The nursing students are doing this drive through an organization called Hope Phones.

Each phone recycled through the organization is given a monetary value, from $5 to $80.

Michaela Kohler, nursing sophomore and organizer of the drive, said the drive will be accepting phones in any condition. The

phone does not have to in working condition.

“We talk a lot about healthcare here in the United States but I feel that not many know what is going on in other countries,” Kohler said. “So I think this will help bring awareness. I think it’s a great opportunity to reach out, help other people especially those who are not as fortunate as us and to really make an impact on the world.”

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Memes have been around for years, but as Internet culture continues to flourish, memes, or comicly written image macros, are popping up on social networks and other websites poking fun at the mundane, merry and even menial sides of life. The Vista recently had the opportunity to sit down with the administrator for the UCO Memes Facebook page to ask why UCO students love memes so much.

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer Vista: Meme pages first started popping up at universities within the past year, I guess. Did you see these other pages and what made you think, ‘Hey, I should be the guy that starts the UCO page.’

UCO Memes: I had seen pages like that at other universities like OU and I’ve been on Reddit for a long time. I kept seeing all these posts about how bad university memes were, and I was like, ‘Well, UCO could have one of those.’ We’re smart enough where we could actually make a decent one. And hopefully people can get a laugh out of it.

Vista: So when did you make the page?

UCO Memes: It was probably February. Right around the middle of February.

Vista: How many people are involved in the page? Is it just you?

UCO Memes: Right now its just me. I’m just trying to make sure people don’t post inappropriate stuff or don’t get carried away too much.

Vista: This page has spread almost entirely through word of mouth. How does that make you feel?

UCO Memes: It’s pretty cool that other people find it funny. I wasn’t sure how some people would take it.

Vista: Has it surprised you how popular it has gotten?

UCO Memes: It has surprised me quite a bit. I was expecting maybe just a couple of friends or something.

Vista: A lot of people post memes on your wall. In a way, do you think this page is responsible for bringing the student body closer together because they’re all sharing experiences that they have in common?

UCO Memes: I definitely think its a good thing. It’s kind of a community where we talk about the issues and discuss things about UCO and I think that’s really cool.

forever, so that one is like my life.

Oh, and definitely the chair at the library because that was a true story. I was really kind of yelling ‘Jesus take the wheel.’

Vista: Facebook recently forced a lot of pages to adopt the timeline layout. Does that affect you at all?

UCO Memes: Yeah, it’s harder to see what other people post so I don’t like it as much. I’ll try to share the good ones, definitely.

Vista: You need a cover image, too.

UCO Memes: Yeah.

Vista: Do you have a favorite meme character?

UCO Memes: I really love Wonka. I think Wonka’s a really good one.

Vista: Why do you love Wonka?

UCO Memes: Oh, it’s just so much sarcasm. I love it. I absolutely love it.

Vista: Is there a meme that you really like that you feel is under-utilized on your page and you would like to see used more?

UCO Memes: Under-utilized?

Hm. I like the Good Guy Betz. I’ve been experimenting with that a little bit.

Vista: What are some of your favorite memes on your page right now? What’s your personal favorite?

UCO Memes: I like the Edmond one about dog food, that one’s pretty good. I’ve lived in Edmond

Vista: You don’t have one right now.

UCO Memes: I know, I need one.

Vista: Some people on the page have expressed concerns about other people not using memes properly or not fully understanding the meanings of certain memes. Is that a concern you also have or do you think other people take it a little too seriously?

UCO Memes: Some people take it way too seriously, but if it’s really just dumb or bad I’ll delete it. That’s just silly.

Vista: A lot of people know who you are – or who your persona is, anyway. A lot of people really like you, even if they don’t know you.

There’s probably even a lot of people that really hate you.

UCO Memes: Probably.

“Good Guy Betz,” one of the UCO specific memes on the UCO Memes Facebook page comicly comments on UCO President Don Betz’ positive demeanor to students and staff. Photo provided.

Vista: Do you consider yourself a celebrity? A hero? A rebel?

UCO Memes: [Laughs] No. I’m just someone saying things other people already know but they just don’t say out loud.

Vista: These memes have always been there, just not in meme form.

UCO Memes: It’s true.

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I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

- Kahlil Gibran

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MIAA

GETTING TO KNOW THE MIAA: FORT HAYS STATE TIGERS, LINCOLN U. BLUE TIGERS

By Chris Brannick / Contributing Writer

Continued from Page 8

In continuation of the Vista’s look into the opponents UCO will face in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association next fall, we look at Fort Hays State and Lincoln University.

FHSU is in Hays, Kansas. The University was founded in 1902 and joined in the MIAA in 2006.

Kevin Verdugo took over head coaching duties of the football program in FHSU’s final season in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in 2005. Verdugo’s best season came in 2009 when the Tigers went 6-5. Verdugo’s career at FHSU totals a record of 18-47.

FHSU captured its first victory against the Bronchos in their seventh all-time meeting last season, when the Tigers came to Edmond, winning 38-21. The schools will not meet this season in football.

FHSU features a number of professional football players and coaches. The most notable is Mike McCarthy (1987-88), who coached the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl Victory in 2011.

FHSU offers 16 sports for their students.

Unlike UCO, FHSU offers soccer, track and field as well as cross country for the men.

FHSU competes in all sports the Broncho women do with the exception of rowing.

UCO women’s soccer will host FHSU Oct. 5 marking the first trip to Edmond for the Tigers as a conference opponent. UCO’s soccer team is no stranger to the postseason and the MIAA conference tournament will be held in Kansas City, Missouri Nov. 1-3. FHSU soccer program went 6-11-1 in 2011, winning two conference contests.

Lincoln University is in Jefferson City, Missouri. Founded in 1866, the Blue Tigers have been in and out of the MIAA. Joining in 1970, they would forfeit their membership per request in 1999, after it temyear to the profit-oriented Los Angeles-based porarily ended its football program ten years company Mandalay Baseball Properties. Just look how long it took for something locallyinsensitive to happen.

As long as the Redhawks are owned by the Wal-Mart of team ownership, expect to be continually treated like just another number.

Selling to out of state owners never turns out well. Don’t believe me? Ask Howard Schultz.

THE BEN ZONE Still, this was the best option available outside of reversing the sale of stadium naming rights, which was never going to happen. In fact, anyone who is still feeling grouchy about the park’s new name should consider themselves fortunate that the Chickasaw Nation cared enough to change it at all.

If there’s anyone to blame for the naming fiasco, its the team’s lack of local ownership.

Local owner Bob Funk sold the team just last

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RHODES TAKES HIGH JUMP TITLE AT SPRING CLASSIC DENTON, Texas (April 7) -- Lacey Rhodes won yet another high jump title to highlight Central Oklahoma’s trip to the North Texas Spring Classic here Saturday.

Rhodes has enjoyed a stellar year both indoor and outdoor in the high jump and won the Division I-dominated meet with a 5’ 5” effort, while teammate Erin Funderburgh came in seventh at 4’ 8 1/2”.

Erika Guerrero came in sixth in the pole vault at 10’ 3 1/4” and UCO also had seventhplace showings in the 800-meter run, the long

jump and the 1,600-meter relay.

Alina Istrate finished the 800 in 2:22.16, Audrey Price went 17’ 8” in the long jump and the 1,600-meter unit of Istrate, Madison Berryman, Alayna McGee and Kayla Randall ran a 4:07.36.

Katie Kerns finished with a school-record 4:55.79 clocking in finishing ninth in the 1,500-meter run.

The Bronchos will be in action again this weekend at the Emporia State Relays in Emporia, Kan.

Find more UCO Athletics results and updates at

Bronchosports.com Softball

TIMMERMANS EARNS POTW HONORS

By Rachel Steverson / Contributing Writer The National Fastpitch Coaches Association named the University of Central Oklahoma’s catcher, Nathalie Timmermans as Louisville Slugger Division II National Player of the Week, for games played March 28 - April 4, announced Wednesday.

This is the second time this season a player on UCO’s softball team has been recognized by the NFCA. Timmermans helped the No. 4 ranked Bronchos keep their winning streak of 29 alive by winning four home games. The senior catcher went 7-for-11 with 12 runs bat-

ted in, 10 runs, four walks, three home runs, a double and a stolen base.

“Getting the Player of the Week award is an honor. It shows something I accomplished, it is like all my hard work is paying off,” Timmermans said.

Members of the Broncho softball team said they are proud to be having such a great season this year, and that having hitters like Nathalie helps produce runs.

“I think our season has been great so far. We have a lot of potential,” Timmermans said, “I believe that we can make it really far as a team after our regular season.”

earlier.

Lincoln resumed football in 1999 but had already become a member of the Central States Football League. The Blue Tigers would rejoin the MIAA in 2010 after spending some time competing as an independent school.

Lincoln will host UCO in football for its Senior Day festivities Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. That game will mark the inaugural meeting between the two schools.

Mike Jones enters his second season as Head Coach at Lincoln. Last year the Blue Tigers went 1-9, winning its final contest of the season against Avila University.

Jones is famously known for making “The Tackle” during the Super Bowl in 1999. With the Tennessee Titans marching as time ran off the clock in the fourth quarter, needing a touchdown to prolong the game, Jones, who played for the St. Louis Rams, made a tackle on the one yard line saving the game for the Rams and preserving the Super Bowl Championship.

Lincoln offers eleven sports for their students, five for the men and six for the women.

They do not have a wrestling program nor do they have women’s soccer or volleyball to compete with UCO. The Blue Tigers basketball programs saw better times than last winter. The men’s and women’s teams combined for a total of seven wins.

UCO men’s basketball team won 15 games last year including the 82-67 victory against Lincoln Nov. 12 2011, in the SWOSU Alumni Classic. That marked the only meeting between the two schools.

Currently no schedules have been released other than football for matchups between Lincoln and UCO. The “Get to Know” series will continue next issue, when the Vista sports staff takes a look at Lindenwood University and Missouri Southern University.

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APRIL 10, 2012 Football

Opinion

THE BEN ZONE

By Ben Luschen

2012 UCO FOOTBALL SCHEDULE RELEASED

Vista Columnist

UPROAR OVER NEW NAME FOR BALLPARK WELL FOUNDED I think it was Shakespeare who once asked what was in a name.

A whole heck of a lot, apparently.

An announcement last Wednesday concerning the TripleA Oklahoma City Redhawks and its Bricktown ballpark hit the metropolitan area like a ton of, well, bricks. The Houston Astros-affiliate would be changing their stadium’s name from the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark to Newcastle Field at Bricktown, a reference to new naming rights-holder Newcastle Casino and the Chickasaw Nation.

If you had told me this three days earlier, I might have thought you were fooling me. If you had told me this 16 days later, I might have thought you were high. Unfortunately, the announcement came April 4, so I had nothing to do but drop my jaw in disbelief.

I’m convinced that this was one of the worst stadium name changes in the history of sports. First of all, there’s the issue of christening a stadium in the heart of a city’s downtownarea with the name of a suburb.

In any scenario, this alone would be a little awkward.

However, this wasn’t just any random stadium built by a random company or billionaire. This was a stadium built by the cumulative effort of taxpayer money as part of the city’s original MAPS initiative, a project still dear to many citizen’s hearts.

This is comparable to a student who works hard to finally write an A-quality research paper only to sign a random acquaintance’s name at the top.

Furthermore, by naming its stadium after a casino, the team is drawing a direct connection between themselves and gambling. I’m not trying to rail against gambling here, but baseball is a sport that has long tried to cut any and all ties with any kind of wagering.

Pete Rose and ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson aren’t allowed into the Hall of Fame for gambling-related reasons. Is it not the ultimate hypocrisy for a team to then name its park after a casino?

After word spread of the park’s new name, a public uproar ensued. Fans eventually made enough commotion that team officials announced a new name change just a day later. The new name? Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

This name is a definite step up from the misplaced Newcastle Field, but is still very weird. Can you think of any stadium named for a tribe or group of people? I think it gives the average Joe the wrong impression that the park was either actually commissioned by the tribe or was named in tribute to the state’s Native American heritage.

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Joshua Birmingham (21) runs a play during a Spring practice at Wantland Stadium, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Photo

by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Blake Colston / Contributing Writer After taking the reins of the University of Central Oklahoma football program on Jan. 4, Nick Bobeck finally knows exactly what he’ll face in his first season.

UCO released its 2012 schedule on Thursday. All ten of the Bronchos contests will be conference affairs inside the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and UCO will face four teams that made the Division II playoffs last season. Next season will also mark UCO’s inaugural season in the MIAA. Central will open the season in Edmond at Wantland Stadium against Missouri Southern on Thursday, August 30 with kickoff set for 7 p.m. Missouri Southern finished 3-7 in 2011.

Each of the Bronchos next nine games will be on Saturdays, with an open date on Oct. 27.

UCO’s other home games will be Sept.

22 against Washburn, Oct. 6 against Northwest Missouri, Nov. 3 against Southwest Baptist and the season finale against Northeastern State on Nov. 13.

Washburn and NWMSU put together impressive seasons in 2011. Both schools

made the Division II playoffs with Washburn finishing at 10-3 while the Bearcats of NWMSU went 11-3 after winning a national championship in 2009. NSU (6-4) and SBU (6-5) both had winning records in 2011.

The Bronchos will make road trips to defending national champion Pittsburg State (Sept. 8), Emporia State (Sept. 15), Missouri Western (Sept. 29), Central Missouri (Oct. 13) and Lincoln (Oct. 27).

Pitt State put together a 13-1 record en route to winning the national title last year, beating Washburn and Northwest Missouri in the playoffs. MWSU went 9-3 in making the playoffs last season, while UCM was 8-4.

UCO competed as a Division II independent last season and finished with a 2-9 record.

Last Monday, the Bronchos added three players to their 2012 signing class with the addition of one high school player and two junior college transfers.

Defensive back Nico Hogan (5-11, 168) a Norman High School product was an All-District, All-Conference and

Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State selection at Norman last fall after making 31 tackles with five interceptions and seven pass break-ups. He added 26 catches for 383 yards and three touchdowns as a receiver.

Running back Delans Griffin who originally signed with Texas Tech out of high school will join the Bronchos after playing two seasons at NEO. Griffin rushed for 3,712 yards and 57 touchdowns at Clinton High School.

Rylan Widener from Hutchison Community College in Kansas will provide some depth along the Bronchos defensive line. The 6’1 300 pound Widener was an All-District and Oklahoman AllBig City pick as a senior at Southmoore High School after collecting 85 tackles with six forced fumbles and two sacks.

Widener played one season at Northern Colorado before transferring to Hutchison.

Central is currently in the midst of spring workouts. The Bronchos are allowed 15 practices during the spring with the final practice scheduled for April 21.