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UCO’s Department of history is “Uncorking our Potential,” to raise funds and taste wine April 26.

Wednesday was the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon’s explosion that led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

The Bronchos pushed their win streak to four games with a 7-2 victory over Oklahoma Christian Tuesday night.

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NO JOKE IS TOO OFFENSIVE Brandon Barnes loves hecklers, drunks and making people laugh. In the process, if a few people get their feelings hurt, Barnes would consider that a bonus.

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Brandon Barnes, journalism major and comedian, will be performing at the Loony Bin Comedy club this Thursday through Saturday. Barnes, who performs as Brandon Patrick, does not mind telling jokes others consider offensive.

By Cody Bromley / Senior Staff Writer Abortion, rape, and racism. These tough topics are just some of the things that Brandon Barnes loves to joke about.

“They’re not offensive to me or my friends, but the general public tends to frown on abortion jokes.”

Barnes is a fifth year, “going on sixth,” journalism senior who has been performing stand-up comedy since 2009 under the stage name “Brandon Patrick.”

Before comedy and majoring in journalism, Barnes had previously been studying music.

“I hated everything about music for a good year after I left music school. I think I was practicing music upwards of six hours a day,” an amount of time

Barnes now says is too much.

After years of practicing and playing, Barnes found that he was enjoying listening to music more than playing it. In spring 2008, he decided it was time to move on to something else.

The next semester he moved to the Kansas City area where he enrolled at the University of Kansas. Barnes dropped out two weeks later after receiving his $18,000 tuition bill. Instead, he attended a community college in Missouri.

While in Kansas City, Barnes started writing for a local publication and used his column as a platform to be funny.

The format was new to Barnes, who admits to having been interested in comedy from an early age.

“Chris Rock was at the height of his

power when I was 10 and that was really big for me,” Barnes said.

Barnes remembers being able to even recite Chris Rock’s comedy album “Bigger and Blacker” verbatim, which he now says is something a 10-year-old should not be doing.

“I always thought [comedy] was really easy. I thought you just went up there and talked. I figured- I honestly thought this- that I would just become a standup comedian. Someone would just see me at a party that had connections, and they’d be like, ‘Oh yeah! You want to be on Comedy Central?’ I really thought that’s how it worked.”

So Barnes got business cards made, and distributed them to the Improv comedy theatre in Kansas City before

BOOK SALE SELLS

By Christopher Howell / Contributing Writer Despite inclement weather on the first day, the 11th annual Friends of the Library book sale raised over $2,700 for the Chambers Library.

Gwen Dobbs, director of Assessment for the Chambers Library, estimated that the sale moved about a quarter of the 14,000 items on sale. The sale was held in one of the basement rooms of the library.

“Generally, our first day is the busiest of all three days for attendance and purchases. However, I think the weather was working against us on Friday. We had fewer visitors and purchases,” Dobbs said.

For comparison, the 2010 book sale earned $3,600, which Dobbs stated was around average, and the 2009 sale raised nearly $7,000.

The first day of the sale is open exclusively for Friends of the Library, patrons who have donated $5 or more to the library.

The organization is dedicated to enriching the services the library provides to students and the community.

“We had 70 new or renewing FOL supporters this past weekend. Which is actually an increase from 42 [in] last year’s sale,” Dobbs said.

The reactions from patrons at the sale were generally positive.

“There are a lot of books, and a variety in the kinds of books, and they’re all very cheap,” one customer said.

Since the materials in the book sale are things that the library no longer wants or needs, other customers found the selections outdated.

“I love supporting the library and everything, but there’s a reason it’s down here. If it was still relevant, it wouldn’t be down here,” The sale was not just about the money, according to Dobbs.

“Regardless of the total raised, it takes a lot of staff time and volunteerism to put on the book sale each year and, despite Friday’s weather, it ran very smoothly. We are profoundly grateful to all of our UCO Library supporters and book sale shoppers. Mostly, we just hope everyone had a good time and found some great books to read,” Dobbs said.

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DID YOU KNOW? Between 1912 and 1948, art competitions were a part of the Olympics.

Medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting and sculpture.

UCO will host the 12th annual UCO Endeavor Games June 9-12 for athletes with physical disabilities. The event will feature 11 sport competitions and five sport clinics for athletes of all ages and classifications.

The Endeavor Games is a nationally recognized competition that allows physically disabled athletes to participate in a multi-sport event. U.S. Paralympics, National Disability Sports Alliance, Disabled Sports USA, Unit-

ed States Association of Blind Athletes, USA Track and Field and Wheelchair Sports USA endorse the games, and the Wheelchair and Ambulatory Sports USA sanctions the event as a level three competition.

The sport competitions will span June 1012 and will include indoor and outdoor archery, cycling, powerlifting, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, track and field and wheelchair basketball three-on-three in adult and junior divisions.

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‘PANIC’ ON CAMPUS

By Ibrahim Albeeti / Contributing Writer The UCO Catholic student center will present the movie “Panic Nation” at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 21 in the Pegasus Theatre in the Liberal Arts Building.

This movie is free for faculty and students and for the community, tickets are $10 at the door George Adams, producer/director of “Panic,” said, “The point is to get people to see the film, so that they have a broader picture of who is behind the passage of these state sponsored immigration a law.”

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By Brittany Dalton / Staff Writer This week won’t exactly go down as the best in American history. The week from April 16-23, in just the past 20 years, boasts two of the worst school shootings to that point or since, and one event that was initially reported as the “worst environmental catastrophe” in history.

First is the Virginia Tech shooting of 2007, which left 33 dead in its wake when Seung-Hui Cho opened fire twice in a matter of hours. To that point, the worst campus shooting in history had been in 1966, merely a relic of our grandparents’ time.

April 19, 1993, marks the double anniversary of the siege on David Koresh’s Branch Davidian Waco compound by the FBI. The siege, which had begun 50 days earlier, came to an end on this day when the compound was engulfed in flames. The casualties numbered 76, including Koresh himself, who had allegedly stockpiled illegal weapons in the compound.

Outraged at the government’s actions, Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City two years later to the day. He called it a “retaliatory strike” in a letter to Fox correspondent Rita Cosby. McVeigh believed his actions comparable to that of government officials bombing a foreign nation, arguing an agenda of vigilante dissent with government. Though McVeigh had the forethought to address a letter to the media outlining each concern he anticipated from the public, he apparently found the system so broken that no other means were an adequate forum for his opinion to be heard.

Proving the malleability of the human mind, along came Columbine. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold spent the last two years of their lives planning a massacre that they thought would outdo even McVeigh in scale. Harris’ diary outlined his plans to kill, in one page proclaiming, “Class of 98: top of the ‘should have died’ list.”

Media speculation ran rampant in the wake of the April 20, 1999 shooting at the small Colorado school that left 12 dead.

Rumors swirled that the boys had chosen the date because it was Hitler’s birthday; however, Harris explained in his journal that they had planned it for the anniversary of the Murrah bombing. Only the poor time management of their ammo supplier kept them from their goal.

And now, the most recent in history, the Deepwater Horizon gulf oil spill of April 20, 2010, where millions of barrels’ worth of oil gushed into the area. In the year since, experts have come out saying, “Well, maybe the spill wasn’t as bad as we thought.”

I don’t know about you, but I’ll feel better once it’s May.

“Earth Day is really important because this is the only Earth we have and we have to keep it clean.”

“Earth Day is a good day to really pay attention to the environment and realize that we need to recycle more often.”

“Probably 75 percent important. I understand we need to support the Earth more. It has to be everyone helping.”

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APR. 21, 2011 Fundraiser

By Sharon Burgess / Contributing Writer The University of Central Oklahoma Department of History and Geography will host an educational wine tasting and scholarship fundraising event 7 – 10 p.m. April 26 at the UCO Jazz Lab. With the theme “Uncorking Our Potential,” the event will raise money for the Dr. David Webb Scholarship that is awarded to students who are History or Geography majors that show academic promise and financial need.

“We raised over $1,400 last year which allowed us to award this scholarship to three students,” Michael Springer, Ph.D., assistant professor of History and Geography said. “Last year, we focused on one particular wine maker from California. This year will be bigger because we will show case multiple wine and beer makers.”

Wine educator and Central alumna Amie Ledlow-Hendrickson will discuss wines and beers from around the world throughout the event.

“When Amie brought this idea to us, we thought that this would be a great way to raise money for scholarships,” Springer said. “Also, she mentioned that wine making is truly influenced by the history and geography of the wine maker making the idea really connect with our department.”

Tickets for the event are $10 per person and all guests must be 21-years-old with a valid photo ID to enter. Due to limited seating, ordering tickets in advance is recommended. Those interested should contact Springer at 405-9745453 or mspringer@uco.edu.

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Local sponsors include Republic National Distributing Company, the Edmond Wine Shop on 15th and Boulevard and Hideaway Pizza, who will cater the event. There will be live music by UCO students throughout the night, and a silent auction and a raffle will be conducted for gift certificates from local restaurants and shops.

Also, a “wine pull” will offer guests the opportunity to choose from a variety of wines valued between $10-$50. Tickets for the wine pull are $15 and can be purchased at the event.

“The different bottles of wine will be wrapped up so you really won’t know what you are getting,” Springer said.

“Participants will have the chance to try something new.”

UCO’s Department of History and Geography will host an educational wine tasting and scholarship fundraising event on April 26.

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‘PANIC’ He also said, “The documentary ‘Panic Nation’ is a multiaward winning film taking home the Best Documentary Award from the Broadway International Festival in Los Angeles, a Top Ten Audience Favorite at Docutah. The film’s producer/ director George Adams was also honored with a Certificate of Celebration by the City of Los Angeles for his contribution to the arts, and Noches de Oklahoma recognized Mr. Adams for his contribution to the Latino community here in Oklahoma City.”

After presenting the movie, there will be a discussion with the filmmaker and special guests Father Don Wolf, Fmr. Oklahoma House Rep. Shane Jett and immigration attorney Steven Langer.

For more information about the “Panic Nation,” visit this website www.panicnationmovie.combroader picture of who is behind the passage of these state sponsored immigration a law.” He also say ‘The documentary Panic Nation is a multi-award winning film taking home the Best Documentary Award from the Broadway International Festival in Los Angeles, a Top Ten Audience Favorite at Docutah, the film’s producer/director George Adams was also honored with a Certificate of Celebration by the City of Los Angeles for his contribution to the arts, and Noches de Oklahoma, recognized Mr. Adams for his contribution to the Latino community here in Oklahoma City.” After presenting this movie, we will have discussion with filmmaker and special guests Father Don Wolf, Fmr. Oklahoma House Rep. Shane Jett and immigration attorney Steven Langer. For more information about the Panic Nation you can visit this website www.panicnationmovie.com

“B” Your Best “Citizen Kane,” “On The Waterfront” and “Slumdog Millionaire” are all fantastic, generation-defining films. This column, however, is not about any of them. Today’s focus lies on the seedy underbelly of cinema: the B-movie.

“Hey Josh, what are B-movies?”

So glad you asked! B-movies essentially are lowbudget efforts that utilize absurd names to snare consumers. Titles such as “Werewolves on Wheels,” (1971) “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” (1978) and “Killer Clowns from Outer Space” (1988) come to mind.

These film oddities made sense at their beginning.

In the Golden Age of cinema, when the double feature was common, B-films acted as contrasts to the headlining movie. The low-budget productions were quickly made, and convinced audience members the headlining film kicked major fanny. Double features went out with the Nickelodeon, yet B-films continue to be made. Why? Simple: to serve the demographic that enjoys gathering around a television set and heckling the screen (much like the hit series “Mystery Science Theater 3000”).

So if you are still uncertain what you are viewing is A-or-B-worthy, ask a few questions. Do the actors seem like they are all from a suburb of Salt Lake City?

Does the script seem to be written by a fifth grader?

Could you personally afford a higher production value? If you answer “yes” to any of those, lean toward B-film.

The arthouse critics forgive the B-ness if the director shamelessly boasts a B-movie. Recently this has been done for the film “Piranha 3D,” and Quentin Tarantino’s grindhouse bit, “Death Proof.” Skewing the line between art and crap is an American pastime.

The Simpsons crack jokes about classic literature and Chuck Berry alluded to Beethoven, leaving high art and low art difficult to discern under critical evaluations. Which viewers confuse what precisely garners artistic merit.

I would argue the sense of community birthed by bad film amends most wrong. After a B-movie reaches “cult status,” it might as well go in the Congressional Library. Nothing can be done to erase the images of burning UFOs held up by a string on “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” and it will take some hard psychiatric drugs to wash the popcorn seduction scene from “Troll 2” out of the mind.

Don’t know what I’m talking about? Are you assuming I’m a meth baby from Prague, Okla.? Then gather up your best buddies, find a copy of “Troll 2” and let your perceptions of film and fun to be shaken to the core. But more importantly, unconventional films grant unconventional wisdom. There’s a whole subterranean realm of life guidance at the helm of “Troll 2.” Lessons like vegetarians are evil, corn on the cob makes a marvelous aphrodisiac, and sometimes the only way to save your family is to urinate on the meal some goblins left for you.

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ENDEAVOR GAMES All activities will be held in Edmond on the campuses of UCO and Edmond North High School and at the Lake Arcadia Outdoor Adventure Recreation Center. Athletes placing first, second or third in each event will receive Olympic-style medals in gold, silver or bronze.

Athlete entry fees for the Endeavor Games are $25 for one sport, $30 for two sports and $35 for three or more sports.

Fees include a participant T-shirt, an athlete goodie bag, two meals and participation in the opening ceremony.

The U.S. Paralympics will present five different sport clinics June 9 for all athletes, classifiers and coaches. The clinics will provide a chance for participants to try a new sport or to learn a new skill in archery, ambulatory field, ambulatory track, cycling, powerlifting and rowing. The $15 entry fee will include

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lunch and access to all sport clinics.

Athletes ages seven to 21 are encouraged to use their Endeavor Games results to qualify for the National Junior Disability Championship (NJDC), the largest multi-sport, multi-disability event for juniors in the United States. The Wheelchair and Ambulatory Sports USA event allows hundreds of physically disabled athletes from all over North America to compete in archery, field, table tennis, track, swimming and weight lifting.

Visit UCOEndeavorGames.com for a schedule of events and registration forms for athletes, coaches and volunteers. For more information about disabilities, sanctioning and classifications of individual sport competition, please contact UCO Sports and Recreation at 405-974-3101.

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DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: ONE YEAR AFTER GULF OIL DISASTER

By Harry R. Weber Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Relatives of some of the 11 men who died aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig are flying over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, back to the epicenter of the worst offshore oil spill in the nation’s history.

Meanwhile, on land, vigils were scheduled in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to mark the spill.

On the night of April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon, a rig owned by Transocean Ltd., burst into flames after drilling a well for BP PLC, killing 11 workers on or near the drilling floor. The rest of the crew evacuated, but two days later the rig toppled into the Gulf and sank to the sea floor. The bodies were never recovered.

Over the next 85 days, 206 million gallons of oil — 19 times more than the Exxon Valdez spilled — spewed from the well. In response, the nation commandeered the largest offshore fleet of vessels since DDay, and BP spent billions of dollars to clean up the mess, saving itself from collapse.

“I can’t believe tomorrow has been one year because it seems like everything just happened,” Courtney Kemp, whose husband Roy Wyatt Kemp was killed on the rig, wrote on her Facebook page Tuesday. “I have learned a lot of things through all of this but the most important is to live each day as if it were your last ... what matters is if you truly live.”

Natalie Roshto, whose husband Shane Roshto also died on the rig, posted a message on Courtney Kemp’s Facebook page on Tuesday evening: “Can’t believe it’s been a year.. It has brought a lot of tears and a great friendship I’m Soooo thankful for.. We are a strong force together!! Love u sista.”

In a statement, President Barack Obama paid tribute to those killed in the blast and thanked the thousands of responders who “worked tirelessly to mitigate the worst impacts” of the oil spill.

“But we also keep a watchful eye on the continuing and important work required to ensure that the Gulf Coast recovers stronger than before,” Obama said in the statement.

The president said significant progress has been made but the work isn’t done.

Transocean invited up to three members of each family to attend the flyover. They were expected to circle the site a few times in a helicopter, though there is no visible marker identifying where their

In this two picture combo, nesting terns and pelicans are seen on Cat Island on May 22, 2010, left, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts the shore of an island in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Lousiana. The island is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills. The second photo taken on April 8, 2011 near the same location, shows the shoreline heavily eroded, and the lush marsh grass and mangrove trees mostly dead or dying. Biologists from the Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife say this is largely because the island was completely overwashed by the oil, and poorly maintained oil booms contributed to the damage as well. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

loved ones perished. At the bottom of the sea, 11 stars were imprinted on the well’s final cap.

Several families said they didn’t want to go on the flyover, and Transocean decided to not allow

posted a message on the company’s website Wednesday that said, in part: “We are committed to meet our obligations to those affected by this tragedy and we will continue our work to strengthen safety and

gotten 100 percent worse.”

She said the couple received about $53,000 from BP early on, but that was just enough money to cover three months of debt. They haven’t received a dime from an ad-

In this Nov. 11, 2010 photo, Courtney Kemp, widow of Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27, who died in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, holds her daugthers Kaylee Kemp, 3, and Madisson Kemp, 9 months, in Jonesville, La. An April 20, 2010 explosion at the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore platform killed 11 men, and the subsequent leak released an estimated 172 million gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico.

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media on the flight or at a private service later in the day in Houston.

Around the world, BP employees were observing a minute of silence Wednesday.

BP chief executive Bob Dudley

This Wednesday, April 21, 2010 file photo shows oil in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. It’s hard to tell that just a year ago BP was reeling from financial havoc and an American public out for blood.

The oil giant at the center of one of the world’s biggest environmental crises is making strong profits again, its stock has largely rebounded, and it is paying dividends to shareholders once more.

It is also pursuing new ventures from the Arctic to India. It is even angling to explore again in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where it holds more leases than any competitor. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

risk management across BP. But most of all today, we remember 11 fellow workers and we deeply regret the loss of their lives.”

The solemn ceremonies marking the disaster underscore the delicate healing that is only now taking shape. Oil still occasionally rolls up on beaches in the form of tar balls, and fishermen face an uncertain future.

Louis and Audrey Neal of Pass Christian, Miss., who make their living from crabbing, said it’s gotten so bad since the spill that they’re contemplating divorce and facing foreclosure as the bills keep piling up.

“I don’t see any daylight at the end of this tunnel. I don’t see any hope at all. We thought we’d see hope after a year, but there’s nothing,” Audrey Neal said.

“We ain’t making no money.

There’s no crabs,” said Louis Neal, a lifelong crabber.

“I’m in the worst shape I’ve ever been in my whole damn life. I’m about to lose my whole family,” he said. “I can’t even pay the loans I have out there. That’s how bad it’s gotten.”

His wife said the financial hit was only part of the past year’s toll. “Our lives are forever changed,” she said.

“Our marriage, our children, it’s all

ministrator handing out compensation from a $20 billion fund set up

by BP, they said.

Still, it’s not all so bleak.

Traffic jams on the narrow coastal roads of Alabama, crowded seafood restaurants in Florida and families vacationing along the Louisiana coast attest to the fact that familiar routines are returning, albeit slowly.

“We used to fuss about that,” said Ike Williams, referring to the heavy traffic headed for the water in Gulf Shores, Ala., where he rents chairs and umbrellas to beachgoers. “But it was such a welcome sight.”

Many questions still linger: Will the fishing industry recover? Will the environment bounce back completely? Will an oil-hungry public ever accept more deepwater drilling?

“It seems like it is all gone,” said Tyler Priest, an oil historian at the University of Houston. “People have turned their attention elsewhere.

But it will play out like Exxon Valdez did. There will be 20 years of litigation.”

Most scientists agree the effects “were not as severe as many had predicted,” said Christopher D’Elia, dean at the School of the Coast and Environment at Louisiana State University. “People had said this was an ecological Armageddon, and that

did not come to pass.”

Biologists are concerned about the spill’s long-term effect on marine life.

“There are these cascading effects,” D’Elia said. “It could be accumulation of toxins in the food chain, or changes in the food web.

Some species might dominate.”

Meanwhile, accumulated oil is believed to lie on the bottom of the Gulf, and it still shows up as a thick, gooey black crust along miles of Louisiana’s marshy shoreline. Scientists have begun to notice that the land in many places is eroding.

For example, on Cat Island, a patch of land where pelicans and reddish egrets nest among the black mangroves, Associated Press photographs taken a year ago compared with those taken recently show visible loss of land and a lack of vegetation.

“Last year, those mangroves were healthy, dark green. This year they’re not,” said Todd Baker, a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Land is eroding on sites where the oil has killed vegetation, he said.

On a tour of the wetlands Tuesday, Robert Barham, Louisiana’s wildlife secretary, showed reporters the lingering damage.

Roseau cane is growing again where it was cut away during early cleanup efforts, but Barham said the 3- to 4-foot-high stalks should be a lush green. Instead, they were pale green and brown.

“It’s because of oil in the root system,” Barham said. He put his hand into the dirt and pulled up mud saturated with oil. Tossing the sludge into nearby water, it released a rainbow-colored sheen.

Barham complained that BP had not done enough to clean the area.

“What they’ve done thus far is not working.”

In the remote Louisiana marsh, there’s still yellow boom in places — not to keep oil out but to keep the tides from carrying oil to untouched areas.

Confidence in Louisiana’s seafood is eroding, too.

“Where I’m fishing it all looks pretty much the same,” said Glen Swift, a 62-year-old fisherman in Buras. He’s catching catfish and gar in the lower Mississippi River again.

That’s not the problem.

“I can’t sell my fish,” he said. “The market’s no good.”

But the BP spill has faded from the headlines, overtaken by the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan, unrest in the Middle East and political clashes in Washington.

“Nationally, BP seems like a dim and distant memory,” said Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University historian.

But the accident will have long-lasting influence on environmental history, he said.

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COMEDY ever performing stand-up comedy at an open mic night.

“I was like, ‘You guys should probably book me.’ I gave them a business card and I left.

Still haven’t called.”

Barnes laughs it off three years later, but he would still like to be called.

Meanwhile, Barnes’ writings were getting better.

“I started writing really funny things. Then I started telling people the stories I had written, which were all based in fact, and they were like, ‘Wow that’s funny, you should try stand-up.’ I kept hearing that, and I’d be like ‘Well I did, and they haven’t called.’ I legitimately thought that was trying stand-up: giving them a card.”

When Barnes moved back to Oklahoma in the fall of 2009, he discussed his comedic attempts with a friend who had worked for Oklahoma City comedy club The Loony Bin. “He was like, ‘Oh man. You got to do open mics before you can do comedy for real.’”

So Barnes did. He was supposed to have four minutes of prepared material ready, and when he got up and performed his four minutes, it only took two-and-a half minutes.

Even with his short set, Barnes got the first big laugh of the night. He was the sixth person to perform and the previous five had not received any laughs. Barnes said it was at that point that he knew that his comedy might turn into something.

In person, Barnes is very self-deprecating with his humor, but when he goes onstage Barnes turns into “Brandon Patrick.” Barnes describe Patrick as “a smarter-than-you-character” who tells mostly offensive jokes.

“My closer is an abortion joke, which you don’t do. You don’t close on the abortion material,” Barnes said.

To Barnes, it’s not about the topic but the quality of the joke, and he currently thinks that joke is some of his best material. Barnes said that his jokes come from his frustrations in life.

“A lot of it comes from my anger in situations,” Barnes said. One such situation is when he broke up with a girl the day her grandmother died.

“She still hasn’t forgiven me.”

Of his many past and present influences, Barnes said he continues to be inspired by comedians Daniel Tosh, Louis C.K., Hannibal Burris and Anthony Jeselnik.

“And Steve Martin. I don’t know why I list him last, but Steve Martin is my biggest influence.”

Martin quit performing stand-up comedy in 1983, and in more recent years has been touring the country with the bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers. In 2009, Martin won a Grammy award for his bluegrass album “The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo.”

While Barnes said Martin influences him, he doesn’t imagine himself returning to music in the way Martin has.

“I think I’m addicted to laughter now,”

Barnes said But his addiction is costing him. Barnes said that the reason he stays in school is that he’s not ready to start paying back his student loans. Currently his comedy career isn’t bringing enough to leave school, and Barnes jokingly said his net income from comedy is about $8.

Looking into the near future, Barnes plans to record a CD, do bigger shows and is planning a move to Los Angeles, all of which he hopes will convince his parents that he is serious about his comedy.

Barnes will be opening for the headline and feature acts at The Loony Bin Comedy Club in Oklahoma City tonight through Saturday night. Tickets are $7 tonight, and $10 Friday and Saturday. The Loony Bin is a 21-and-over venue. For tickets, call 405-239-4242, or visit LoonyBinComedy.com. For more information about Barnes visit his website www.BrandonComedy.com.

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UCO Baseball

FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK

By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer Josh Rolan and Jake Tuck held UCO’s crosstown rival Oklahoma Christian University Eagles, to three earned runs and led the Bronchos to a four run victory Tuesday at Dobson Field in Oklahoma City.

Rolan started the game for the Bronchos and pitched five strong innings in earning the victory. He gave up three earned runs off of four hits and stuck out two. Tuck earned the save after throwing four innings of shutout ball while allowing one hit and striking out six.

“The game is much easier when you get great performances out of your pitchers,” head coach Dax Leone said. “They came out and worked fast and effective. It really took a lot of pressure off of the batters, me and the rest of the coaching staff.”

Kade Kauk led the Central offense with a four hit explosion. He went four for five with a double and two RBIs. First baseman Tyler Hancock and center fielder Keegan Morrow

UCO second baseman Tucker Brown leaps for a catch during a game earlier this season. The Bronchos have won four straight contests.

each went three for five including a double from Morrow. Tucker Brown and Arrow Cunningham had two hits apiece as well.

“Our lineup really backed up the pitching staff well tonight,” Leone said. “It’s always nice to watch our rotation put forth a great effort and get rewarded by our offense. When we put it all together, we are a dangerous team.

The Bronchos finished the game with 18 hits including six for extra bases. Three players finished with multiple RBIs and the entire lineup only struck out twice.

UCO is riding a four-game winning streak and has improved their record to 18-22. The Bronchos play host to Panhandle State University on Thursday at 1 p.m. before resuming conference play on Friday against Northeastern State. The will travel to Tahlequah for a three-game series over the weekend.

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FUTURE OF THE LSC

By Michael Collins / Sports Writer With the 2010-11 school year coming to an end, UCO will officially say good-bye to the Lone Star Conference. UCO rival Northeastern State is also heading up north to the MIAA with the Bronchos.

Even though we are saying good-bye, there is not any bad blood between UCO and the LSC, so I thought it would be worth a look as to what the future holds for the conference, or even if there is one at all.

Three in-state universities have already made their intentions known about making the jump from the NAIA ranks to Division II ball; Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Langston University and Southern Nazarene University. All three schools currently play in the Central States Football League along with a few schools from Texas and Pan Handle State University.

Of the three, NWOSU would have the best chance of competing right away in the LSC. They have a proven track record of winning titles and getting quality players. While the school would be by far one of the smallest in terms of total enrollment, the football and basketball teams could for sure compete at the Division II level.

If we’re just talking football, Langston University could scare the daylights out of almost any team in the LSC. The little town just

northeast of Guthrie somehow manages every year to draw players from all over the country.

Being an HBCU (Historic Black College and University), Langston is able to offer different types of scholarships and grants to players at other schools might not be able to get. Current NFL player/soccer whiz Chad Ochocinco actually attended Langston for a semester, before getting kicked out.

SNU is the only school out of the three that is a private school. That could definitely hinder their ability to compete at the next level since tuition is so high. They may not be able to get the same type of players other schools can because middle-income families simply can’t afford it. Here at UCO, we saw our men’s basketball team take on and defeat SNU early this past basketball season. With that said, it was a close game, and with players like for Kansas Jayhawk C.J. Henry, they could definitely compete.

Here are just three of the many options the LSC could have if they decide to replace the teams that are leaving the conference. While these three schools may not be the ideal choice, I think it could add some interesting instate rivalries. Just imagine UCO vs. Langston in football for one of the schools’ homecomings. It would be the battle of UCO Greeks vs. Langston’s Band, and then we would see a great game.

Just something to think about.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

THE STUDENT HAS BECOME THE TEACHER

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl shakes Thunder coach Scott Brooks’ hand before a meeting in Denver earlier this season. The Thunder defeated the Nuggets three times during the regular season and the teams are matched up in the first round of this season’s playoffs. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

By JEFF LATZKE/AP Writer As he walked down a hallway in the Oklahoma City Arena, Thunder coach Scott Brooks came across Denver’s George Karl seated and giving pregame interviews to a group of reporters.

He couldn’t help but give his mentor trouble.

“You’re sitting down? What’s going on here?” asked Brooks, who always stands up for his pregame session.

“You’re allowed,” Karl responded.

“After you win 1,000 games, you’re allowed to sit down.”

“I’ll be standing up for a while,” said Brooks, just finishing up his second full season as an NBA coach.

If not for Karl giving Brooks a chance to grow as an assistant, who knows if the two friends would be coaching against each other when the Nuggets and Thunder start their first-round playoff series Sunday in Oklahoma City?

Brooks was halfway through his

second season as an NBA assistant when Karl was hired in January 2005 to take over the Nuggets. It didn’t take long for Karl to recognize Brooks’ skills and aspirations.

The two would have different clashes than others on the Denver staff, and Karl sensed Brooks wanted to be the one “to pull the trigger.”

“From very early in my relationship, I knew Scotty wanted to be a head coach and he had the personality of a head coach,” Karl said.

“Assistant coaches, some assistants want to be assistants. Some assistants want to be head coaches.

“Scotty definitely wanted to be a head coach.”

So, Karl let Brooks give it a try — to a certain extent. Instead of requiring him to keep stats on how many passes were deflected and how many shots were challenged, Karl offered Brooks the chance to look at the game as though he was the head coach.

“He did also say that I don’t want to hear about it every timeout ei-

ther,” Brooks said after the Thunder’s practice Friday. “Keep them to yourself, keep your suggestions to yourself, but look at the game as if you’re coaching it. You would call a timeout, you would call this play, you would do this defensive scheme. That gave me an opportunity to really focus on taking advantage of those 48 minutes. When you’re an assistant, you have other things that you have to worry about.

“He gave me freedom just to look at the game through a head coach’s eyes, even though I didn’t have the stress and the pressure he had at the time.”

Brooks, who previously coached a season in the ABA, also got his first chance to take the reins in the NBA because of Karl. He filled in as Denver’s coach when Karl served a pair of two-game suspensions during the 2005-06 season, their only full season together.

Brooks left Karl’s staff after only 1½ seasons to take a job as Eric Musselman’s top assistant in Sacra-

mento. He saw it as an opportunity to grow as a coach and to be close to his family in central California.

Karl has let him know many times that he didn’t approve.

“That was not my favorite decision of my career in Denver, but I understood,” Karl said. “He’s turned out to be, he’s got to be one of the top young coaches in the NBA today.”

Brooks took with him an appreciation of how Karl handled fighting prostate cancer while still coaching the Nuggets — he’s since dealt with a second cancer diagnosis and his son also beating lymph node cancer — and how his boss could coach different styles of basketball and had an obvious love of being in the gym for practices, shootarounds and games.

“He has a love for the game and a love for his son, for his family,” Brooks said. “He put himself a distant third.”

After just one year in Sacramento, Brooks interviewed for Seattle’s

vacant head coaching position.

He didn’t get it, but landed on the staff and put himself in the mix to replace P.J. Carlesimo when he got fired soon after the team moved to Oklahoma City.

Brooks guided the Thunder to a 27-win improvement last season and won coach of the year. This season, they beat Denver for their first Northwest Division title since the relocation and the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

“Right now, I don’t like Scotty,” Karl said. “Scotty and (Thunder assistant) Rex (Kalamian) are really good coaches that we had here. My first couple years here, they were kind of like family. They helped me through that first year and came back and had a good second year.

It was fun.

“I hope somewhere along the way, our interaction will help us and not them.”

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HISTORY MADE It was Colin McDonald who finally broke him at 8:38 of the third period.

The American Hockey League’s goal-scoring title winner chased down a shot by Brad Moran that bounced past MacIntyre. The puck began to roll towards the goal-line, but McDonald left nothing to chance. The forward leapt over MacIntyre and chopped down on the puck, pushing it past the line and lighting the lamp.

“We talked about that,” McDonald said after the game. “We knew if we were going to score, it was going to be a greasy goal, a deflection off of someone in front or some other type of garbage goal.

“It was probably going in, to be honest, but you can’t take

any chances.”

MacIntyre was nearly unstoppable for most of the game, but the Barons were relentless in harassing him. Hamilton’s netminder faced 46 shots, making 44 saves. The 46 shots do not do justice to the massive amount of blocked shots the Hamilton defenders knocked away.

Oklahoma City also played more physical than their normal reputation. Huge hits abounded by both teams drawing cheers and jeers from the 2,303 in attendance.

Alexandre Giroux sunk the dagger at 15:59 of the third with a highlight reel, acrobatic score.

Giroux tore down the left wing looking for a breakaway when he was checked by Hamilton’s Mathieu Carle in a last ditch effort to stop the Barons’ forward. Giroux fell to his knees after the hit but somehow lunged to his feet, slapping his stick to the ice in frustration.

After rising to his feet, Giroux took two short strides and fired a wrist shot between the legs of MacIntyre.

“We have a bunch of new guys here and we’re trying to fit everything into place,” Barons’ goaltender Martin Gerber said.

“We had to make the game simpler, and it’s starting to work.

The puzzle seems to be falling into place.”

OKC defenseman Richard Petiot pushes a Hamilton skater during their game Tuesday.

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American Hockey League

HISTORY MADE

Collin McDonald dives over the Hamilton goaltender Drew MacIntyre to score the first goal of Tuesday night’s 2-0 playoff win at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City.

By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor The Oklahoma City Barons skated their way into the history books Tuesday evening with a 2-0 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs. The shutout was the franchise’s first playoff win in their short stay in OKC. Prior to the Barons’ game last night, which was played post-print deadline, OKC trailed the best-of-seven series with Hamilton, 2-1.

The Barons’ win on Tuesday guaranteed them a game five in Oklahoma City on Friday night regardless of the outcome of Wednesday’s game.

On Tuesday, the Barons controlled much of the play during the first two periods but struggled to push the puck past Hamilton goaltender Drew MacIntyre who has been phenomenal down the stretch for the ‘Dogs.

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UCO IN FIRST PLACE From Bronchosports UCO struggled down the stretch in shooting a second-round 296 at the 7,172-yard, par-72 Randolph Oaks Golf Club here Tuesday and is at 580 heading into Wednesday’s final round. Defending champion and No. 7 Abilene Christian had a 286 to trim the Bronchos’ 12-shot lead to two.

Cameron is third in the 11-team field with a 587 total, followed by Texas A&M-Commerce (597) and Northeastern State (600).

“We didn’t play very well today and made way too many careless mistakes, but we’re still in good position and everybody’s chasing us,” UCO coach Dax Johnston said. “We have to come out aggressive tomorrow and play like we have all year. One of our top goals this year was to win the conference championship and we want to finish it off.”

The Bronchos, seeking their first league crown since 2003, are playing in their final LSC Tournament. UCO will compete as NCAA Division II independents in all sports next year before joining the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2012-13.

Colby Shrum and Baer Aneshansley led the

Bronchos with even-par 72s. Andrew Green and Josh Creel stumbled down the stretch in shooting identical 76s and Chris Muriana had a 77.

Shrum, the 2009 league champion who led after Monday’s opening-round 67, fell to second in the individual standings at five-under 139. He trails NSU’s Casey Nelson by one stroke.

The two-time All-American birdied Nos. 1 and 5 in shooting a two-under 34 on the front nine and he got to three-under after following a bogey on No. 10 with an eagle on the par-5 11th. But Shrum gave all three strokes back, double bogeying No. 12 and bogeying No. 16.

Aneshansley was one-under through eight holes before bogeying the par-4 ninth in making the turn at even-par 36 and he promptly eagled the par-5 10th to get to two-under.

Three bogeys in a four-hole stretch dropped the Clinton junior to one over, but he birdied No. 17 to get back to even-par for the day.

Creel had a front-nine 36 and was still even-par through 13 holes before making two double bogeys the rest of the way in shooting a closing 40.

Linus Omark breaks in on Hamilton goaltender Drew MacIntyre on Tuesday night.

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