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By Bryan Trude / Sports Editor A UCO student was struck by a vehicle for the second time in a week at University and Ayers around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. A student crossing North University Drive heading east was hit by a vehicle turning off of East Ayers Street, according to Officer James Hamm, public information officer for the Edmond Police Department. The student, whose identity was not released, was treated at the scene for minor injuries. The vehicle remained at the scene and was not cited. This is the second accident involving students hit by vehicles in the area. Thursday, March 29, two UCO students were transported to an area hospital after being struck in a hit-and-run accident by a minivan on Ayers, north of Max Chambers Library.

TURKISH JOURNALIST TO SPEAK AT UCO Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol will speak on Friday, April 13 at 9 a.m. at the Pegasus Theatre in the Liberal Arts building. It is free and open to all. Akyol’s talk is part of Press Freedom Week at at the University of Central Oklahoma, the week of April 9-13, several weeks ahead of International Press Freedom Day on May 3. It’s an effort to spread the awareness of hardships of journalists to report the news around the world. To learn more about Press Freedom Week and the hardships journalists endure to do their jobs, look for #pressfreedom on Twitter and @pressfreedom on Facebook, or read “The Dilemma,” Walker’s blog for her Press Freedom and Media Ethics classes.

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Chef Tuang Nang prepares sushi at the Nigh University Center, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Garett Fisbeck / Photo Editor In the early hours of the morning, just after sunrise, the weathered, glistening hands of the laughing Burmese man in the white apron and hat are busy rolling layers of dried seaweed, rice, crab and avocado. He makes dozens of rolls, running his blade through, slicing them in to three-quarter inch bitesized pieces as he goes. “My heart is for the Lord, that is my target. My purpose is serving the Lord,” Chef Tuang Nang said. Chef Tuang Nang and his wife Chantana are the muscle and brains behind the Nigh University Center food court sushi stand. Although they are two people that most UCO students might know of, they are two people that few have had the chance to get

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be easy, Chef Nang relied on his faith as guidance. “How do I get here? I said, ‘you pray,’” Nang said. Nang stayed in political asylum before he could take an exam in Baltimore that would allow him to live in the United States. Once Nang passed his exam, he moved to Miami and was able to move his wife and children to the United States with him. He enrolled in English as Second Language classes at Miami Community College, where he took classes two nights a week for two years. In 2005, Chef Nang and his family moved to Oklahoma, when friend and former UCO sushi chef told him about a job opening. Moving from Miami to Oklahoma proved to be a

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to know. The Nang’s business is located under the “Chef Yan Can Cook” Chinese food sign; however, though they share the space, they are not affiliated with them. Chef Tuang and his wife started working at UCO six years ago after a friend told them about the opening. “We worked at the Church of God World Mission, a local church,” Chef Tuang Nang said. Chef Tuang Nang first arrived in the United States in October 1998 when he came to hear Rev. Billy Graham speak at a Christian conference. Chef Nang decided that he wanted to stay in the United States to learn the English language and study the Bible. “It’s the land of opportunity,” he said. Although going to the United States and leaving his wife and children behind in Thailand would not

A study conducted by the American Journal of Medicine (AJM) in Florida has concluded that patrons leaving hookah bars were exposed to three times the level of carbon monoxide versus cigarette smokers leaving traditional bars. Smoking the sweet tobacco known as shisha from hookah pipes, also known as water pipes, has become a staple of college culture. Users inhale through a mouthpiece connected by a hose to the pipe. The pipe contains a reservoir of water at the base. As a user inhales, smoke pulls from the burning tobacco, bubbles through the water, and comes to the users mouth. The shisha is sweetened with glycerine. Glycerine makes the shisha damp, so charcoal is needed to perpetuate the burning. Users then take in the nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and tar contained in charcoal. The World Health Organization conducted a study that found more than 20 percent of college students have smoking from a hookah. There are 14 hookah bars in the Oklahoma City metro area. Kush Lounge is the closest to UCO, located at 12124 N Pennsylvania Ave. “I see a lot of kids from UCO at Kush,” Mark McCall, a psychology major and sophomore,

said. “I don’t think people know how bad it is for you. I know I didn’t. I think it’s because the smoke is so light and flavorful.” Researchers at AJM concluded that the increased levels of carbon monoxide for hookah smokers was tied to the extended smoke time and use of charcoal in the smoking process. “Instead of taking 8-12 puffs of a single cigarette a person is inhaling 50-200 puffs in a session. This, in effect, makes it more like chain smoking,” Claudia Hammond, a health analyst for BBC News, wrote in her “Medical Myths” column. “In an hour-long session a person can inhale the equivalent of 100 to 200 times the smoke from a single cigarette, which may come as a surprise to most people.” “I think the mouthpieces and the long tubing of a hookah probably cut down on a great deal of your contact with carcinogens,” McCall said. Many hookah mouthpieces contain cotton filters or a plastic mesh. These alternations make the smoke bubbles smaller. The World Health Organization has not found the mouthpieces to reduce the potential harm. The study is incomplete on the long-term effects of water-pipe smoking. Many researchers believe the use of hookah could lead to nicotine dependence, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

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Love it or hate it, media giants live on sensationalized stories. The talk of race and bigotry plus the hype being given to the Trayvon Martin shooting is no exception. What happened to Martin is tragic. This is something all points of view will agree on. What’s left to determine is the fate of George Zimmerman, self-appointed neighborhood watch captain and the shooter in the Martin incident. Zimmerman has been described in media as a bigot, a racist and worse names, but is he himself to blame for these labels or does the media take the fall? One organization that can take some blame is NBC News. They had both investigated and played the 911 calls from the incident but they have now come forward admitting they edited the tapes. The tape originally has Zimmerman saying, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.” The dispatcher responds to Zimmerman asking, “OK, and this guy – is he black, white or Hispanic?” Zimmerman replies, “He looks black.” This is not the way NBC News portrayed the clip. In the version they aired, they removed the context and Zimmerman is only heard saying, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.” NBC News now says the edit was “a production gaffe.” According to a statement sent to the Hollywood Reporter, NBC News “will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers” Perhaps the biggest apology is due to Zimmerman. In America, we operate under the idea that a person is innocent until proven guilty. Innocent or not, some of the things being purported in media are undermining Zimmerman by dehumanizing him. Will a jury sympathize with a “bigot?” Zimmerman could still face a decent legal battle ahead of him if federal investigators find reason to charge him of any wrongdoing yet he has still not been charged. Yesterday Craig Sonner, Zimmerman’s attorney, told Reuters that should he come under charges Zimmerman is ready to surrender. “If he’s charged, he will be arrested and he will turn himself in. However it goes, he’s not hiding from the authorities. If he is asked, he will turn himself in. There’s not going to be a manhunt or anything like that.” By Evan Oldham / Cartoonist

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EDMOND SAFETY COMMITTEE AIMS TO RAISE SEAT BELT AWARENESS

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Metro Safety Committee and the Edmond Safety Committee are trying to change current seat belt fines in Oklahoma. Photo illustration by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

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A Metro Safety Committee is hoping to change the current state seat belt fine this year in Edmond and around the state to save more lives. They will do so by letting Oklahoma legislature vote to change the current seat belt fine. The Edmond Safety Committee is planning to help bring new and higher fines to all of Oklahoma and Edmond specifically for not wearing your seat belt. The current fine if pulled over without wearing your seat belt is $20.

But some believe that citizens overlook this and are not afraid to just pay a fine. Chief of Edmond Police Bob Ricks agrees that the increase in the fine would help with compliance to seat belt laws. Usually around 55 percent of the states fatalities are not wearing their seat belts, according to the Edmond Police Department. “I would like to see it on a graduated scale: first offense $20, second offense $75, and subsequent offenses $44,” Ricks said. The safety committee hopes to send

the proposal to the legislature, where they will vote to change the law. As of now there is no timeline on when this new proposal may make it to legislature, so there cannot be a set date when this fine would change. According to Kristen Arndt, a UCO student, she always wears her seat belt so a raise in fines would not affect her; although, she hopes maybe it will influence others to wear their seatbelt more often. Zach Martini, of Edmond, hopes that the fine will raise to help ensure his safety when on the road.

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LONGTIME PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSOR RETIRING IN MAY By Monica Johnson / Contributing Writer “Always learn to get along with women. Women generally outlive their husbands,” she said, with a mischievous smile. Jill Kelsey, who is retiring this year after 17 years of teaching public relations at UCO, has long been noted for practical advice. And after a successful career spanning over four decades, why shouldn’t she be? She started her career in a time where her profession was largely dominated by males. “I was going into journalism and my mother said, ‘Why not get a teaching degree,’ ” Kelsey said. “I said, ‘I’m not going to do anything that all the other women do.’ ” Though many professors’ offices are cluttered with papers and books, hers is not. Kelsey’s office is a mirror reflection of who she is - organized and efficient. Only a few pictures line the walls, along with a picture of a small child wearing a red coat, walking down a brick road, reflective of her childhood in Ponca City. Kelsey graduated from OU with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 1968, and soon after began her career at the Oklahoma State Department of Health as a Public Information Officer. “I was almost the only woman there,” she said. “It was so cool. There was a woman in charge of nursing and there was a woman in personnel. The only other women there were secretaries.” Kelsey has worked several jobs, including as a freelance writer and also the Community Relations Director of AmCare Emergency Medical Service, before deciding to start her teaching career at West Mid High in 1991. “I wanted to go home at the end of the day and say that I did something that I feel good about, that I had made a difference somewhere,” Kelsey said of teaching. But it wasn’t long after she started teaching at the high school, however, that she began to miss her former profession. “I really missed putting the skills to use in public relations and journalism,” she said. “So I decided that I would not teach after that year, but I would try to get on as an adjunct at a university.” Kelsey came to UCO in the spring of 1993 as an adjunct, and after two years was hired as a full time professor. Since then, she has played an integral role in the Journalism and Mass Communication Department, known for her role in public relations and journalism, as well as her work with PRSSA and the extensive internship program. Kelsey grew up in a time when life was simpler and people had the luxury of slowing down to enjoy it. She remembers her childhood as a happy one, full of fond memories. Kelsey experienced the traditional home life of the timeher father was a doctor, while her mother stayed at home to

“I can’t go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.” After she’d tumbled down the rabbit hole, had tea with a nut in a hat and a queen with a definite personality disorder, Alice stumbled across what seems like common sense to some and a load of garbage to others. Every day I wake up a little different than the day before. Not because I wear a red dress instead of purple, and not because I pull my hair back in a ponytail rather than clip the bangs back and go. Nobody’s the same day to day, and nobody should want to be. Occasionally I receive a text from an estranged exacquaintance, asking for money, a job, or my opinion on his newest song. “Three months ago” me would respond, typing something evasive but permissive, something like “sorry, I’ve been busy! I will soon though!” Day to day I find that circumstances mold us just another step closer to who we’re supposed to be. Day to day I delete one or two more numbers from exfriends. Who you associate with shouldn’t – but does – reflect on you. With April comes tornadoes, a crippling attack of senioritis, and a fair amount of spring cleaning everything from the bookshelf to the address book. Senioritis doesn’t scare me, as academics have never instilled me with fear. Because the thing is: not only are you a different person from who you were yesterday – so is everyone else. Making things an interesting Russian roulette of acquaintances. Invariably, someone reading this will take it to heart, to which I’d say: if you’re a once-acquaintance that’s found your way out the door, don’t let it smack you in the ankle. Prior experience has taught me that tends to hurt. In the process, sometimes you find yourself in a limbo state, where up turns to down and left to right. Here’s just some friendly advice. Weed your gardens. Weed them well. He who angers you masters you, and those who hurt you control you. There’s limited time in a day, certainly not enough to waste texting a person you haven’t seen in a year. Certainly not enough to go on a second or third date with someone who doesn’t make your heart sing a joyous note, but rather a note akin to nails raking a chalkboard. Trying to push things towards resolution with friends that have fallen from favor, is forcing yourself to stay tethered to a person you don’t know anymore. Make that two people you don’t know anymore. Delete their number – if circumstances get that rough, change the number entirely. Surround yourself with the people who make you happy. Maybe they won’t tomorrow. But tomorrow’s just another day.

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take care of the children. The middle child, with an older and younger brother, Kelsey described herself as a “tomboy.” “I was between brothers and in an all-boy neighborhood, so I lived in trees and on sandlot baseball,” she said. Although she often spent much of her time with her brothers, she was dedicated to her education and other extracurricular activities. Taking dance classes and piano lessons kept her busy. She was especially studious and had a strong work ethic, something she attributes to her strict upbringing. “My parents were parents,” Kelsey said. “They didn’t try to be your best buddy.”

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SUSHI good move, the Nangs said. The housing crash that occurred shortly after their move and they would have received about half the price of their home if they had waited any longer to sell. “I feel blessed because we already sold before the economy crashed,” Chatana Nang said. “It was God’s plan.” The students and staff at UCO are what Chef Nang and his wife say is their favorite part of their job. “The people are so nice, so we always give them free sauce and they keep coming back,” Chantana Nang said. The strong sense of community is what keeps the couple smiling from day to day. “We see many people. We’re so close to some of the students, it makes me happy,“ Chantana Nang said. Chef Tuang Nang says that often students will come to buy sushi and stop to say hello, only referring to him as “Sushi Guy.” The Nangs believe that the one reason students should eat their sushi is because it’s healthy. “We have the fresh food to boost any mood,”

Chantana Nang said. “It’s fresh and healthy, that’s it.” Chef Tuang Nang is taking Bible classes online and making sushi to support his wife and 16 and 14-year-old sons. However, he says that his interest is not in making money. Although his goals for the future are not certain, he says that it depends on God and he is still praying. Chef Nang and his wife are applying for citizenship and are waiting until their sons can provide for themselves before they make the next move in their lives. “I want to go back to Burma, a Buddhist Country, and preach the gospel,” he said. “Whatever he sends me, I’m okay.” Until their next move, the laughing Burmese sushi chef and his wife will be in the University Center providing fresh sushi for UCO students and staff. Although the Nangs are happy with their jobs at UCO, they still think that there should be something to separate them from Chef Yan Can Cook. “We need a sign for sushi that says ‘Best Sushi in University’,” Chatana Nang said.

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PROFESSOR RETIRING In high school, after she took a journalism class, she discovered her love for writing, which later turned out to be the focal point of her career. “That was when I developed a love for feature writing, and I did a lot of features throughout my professional career,” Kelsey said. While at college studying journalism, Kelsey took a class in advertising that changed her perspective on what she wanted out of her career. Advertising let her explore her more creative side, which eventually led her to public relations. “It was just like going into Technicolor after being in black and white,” she said of advertising. “And suddenly I wanted that creative aspect.” Asked what achievements she is most proud of in her career, two awards came to

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mind- the Paul E. Dannelley Harmony Award for Continued Professional Service, and the Society of Professional Journalists’ award for Best Feature Story. “You feel as though your peers have recognized you, even if you’re not really in the field anymore,” Kelsey said. “It just reinforced to me the importance of continuing to keep students involved, because it is important what we do here in education. It isn’t totally set apart from the professional world.” In retirement, Jill Kelsey plans to stay active and busy-- just as she did in her extensive career, planning to travel, spend time with her family, and write. “This has probably been my most rewarding experience,” Kelsey said of her time at UCO. “The most exciting thing for me is to see all the former students that have become working professionals in the community.”

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UCOSA ELECTIONS NEXT WEEK With the UCOSA elections taking place next week, The Vista continues our coverage of the five presidential candidates and their platforms. The elections will take place on Tuesday starting at 9 p.m. and will go until Wednesday at 9 p.m. on UCONNECT. Reporting by Trevor Hultner

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This week, The Vista sat down with UCOSA presidential candidate and current UCOSA Vice President Josh Gonshor to ask about his campaign and his platform. The Vista: Go over your platform. What does your campaign consist of? Josh Gonshor: Okay. Well, my campaign consists of three main points: amending the attendance policies of individual teachers for individual classes, SAF accountability, as well as improved relations with the City of Edmond. Photo provided

Sarahi Wilson, deputy Speaker of the House and a double Spanish and French major, is on a mission. She’s using her run for UCOSA President to act as a springboard for a massive internal restructuring campaign within the student administration; if she wins, she wants to create separate departments for internal and external affairs, a Department of Finance and a Department of Academics, among others. As with the majority of candidates spoken to thus far, Wilson has put student government accountability in the center of her campaign. “I think it’s really important for students to know how their money is spent,” she said. A great example of this, she said, is the GCCA, or General Conference Committee on Appropriations. “The GCCA is part of the House – it’s like our ‘Ways and Means’ committee,” she said. “There are three people handing out over $375,000 to all the student organizations on campus” – which, in her opinion, is the wrong way to go about appropriating money. Wilson wants to restructure UCOSA to increase student organization involvement as well as make UCOSA a hub for students through her myriad of planned departments. “The Department of Interior will be where volunteer work is handled,” she said. “As well as student rights advocacy, health advocacy and internal campus relations.” Her Department of Exterior aims to work with other student governments in Oklahoma and around the nation to share ideas with campus, the Department of Transportation

and Accessibility would try to improve the school’s parking situation, and International Affairs would attempt to provide services to new International students. Two of her biggest planned departments – the Department of Academics and Department of Finance – are aimed at two major university administrative functions: assisting students with scholarships and tuition, and oversee school budget. “The Department of Academics would help students fill out scholarship applications, as well as provide tutoring,” Wilson said. “Whereas the Department of Finance would offer budgetary assistance and oversee tuition and fees.” “Everything needs to be more transparent,” she said. Her other campaign platform point is improve recycling on campus. “I want to make sure that UCO is keeping its word about recycling and that we’re doing what we’re supposed to do,” she said. Wilson wants to implement color-coded recycling receptacles around campus and set up a system of accountability to make sure that recycled materials make it to recycling centers. Wilson said that she is only interested in offering the student body attainable goals. “I realize that I’d only have a year in office,” she said. “So I want to make sure that my platform is something I can accomplish. I’ve given a lot up for this – I quit my job to work on this campaign full-time – and I want to be the ‘voice of the people.’” “My goal is not the title,” she said.

The Vista: Let’s start with amending the attendance policies. How do you plan to do that? Josh Gonshor: What I plan to do is work with Academic Affairs as a whole, but work with professors to learn. A lot of times, professors use attendance policies to get people to class, to where it negatively affects their grade at the end of the semester – they’re deducted points not because of the merit of their work, but merely because they missed absences. My personal belief, and what I would like to push, is that students should be graded on the merit of their work, and not be – and should be encouraged to attend class, but should not get deducted points for when life happens. So, my plan to do that is, we’re part of the Metropolitan University System with about 11 peer institutions, what I want to do is talk with student governments, talk with administrators of different universities, and see what they do besides just penalizing students with attendance policies to get those students to class. The Vista: A lot of teachers do make exceptions for situations like medical problems or family issues. They don’t make exceptions for, say, unexcused absences, so how would you make that distinction? Josh Gonshor: Well, currently in the faculty handbook, there already are excused absences. What this goes for is stuff that isn’t considered excused, but is something that is not necessarily something you can get out of. We’re a commuter school. We have 90 percent of our students living off campus. When you have a single mom who has to take two of her kids to the doctor one

day, or has to do something, or her car breaks down, that’s not considered an excused absence. There are a lot of professors that might only say, “You have one or two absences,” no matter what the case is. And so, this basically gives you a wider range. I’m not encouraging students not to attend class at all. Student should attend class, and if professors want to go that route, they should use things such as bonus. Students should be rewarded for when they attend class. But if for some reason a student is not able to attend a class, it should not hurt them as long as the merit of their work and their assignment is being turned in. The Vista: SAF Accountability: why is that necessary? Josh Gonshor: That’s necessary because as students we need to know where our money is going. Out of all the candidates, I have the most experience in SAF budgeting. In budget committees that I’ve sat on, I’ve sat on all three that students are allowed to sit on, to which I’ve seen where money needs to go. And I want to increase that – what I’m looking for is more meritbased application. So, review programs on results that the programs produce, and that’s how you are judged and awarded applications, and not just for being there, but how well do you make an impact on campus, how many community service hours do you do? So really, review programs: are they doing what their mission is to do? Are they fulfilling what they’re on campus to do? That’s how they should be awarded. The Vista: So for instance, rather than simply saying we’re going to give you x amount of dollars because you exist, it’s going to be a review process. Josh Gonshor: Yeah. If you’ve shown good faith that you’ve worked hard, done everything you can as an organization, we want to reward you for that. But in that same vein, if there are organizations who are not forming, and simply getting money to just exist, we want to cut down on the funding for that because we believe that there are many great programs that need to be funded. Catch the full Q & A session on UCO360.com

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28. Aces, sometimes

1. Shoestring

62. Avid

29. Feminine of raja

5. Chowder morsel

63. Vex, with “at”

30. A chip, maybe

9. Carry away, in a way

64. Deteriorate

14. Alternative to Windows

65. Movable articles on a movie set

31. Amount to make do with

15. Bottom

66. Home, informally

33. Decorated, as a cake

16. Doofus

67. “Iliad” warrior

34. Heroin, slangily

17. Collection of criminal pictures

35. Exclusive 36. Dash lengths

20. University in Worcester, Mass.

Down

21. Moving

1. Move forward suddenly

39. Move as if through a sieve

2. American chameleon

40. Georgetown athlete

3. Humidor item

44. Crude dude

26. Debaucher

4. Region beyond the suburbs of a city

45. Banner

28. Face-to-face exam

5. “60 Minutes” network

32. Separate into parts or portions

6. Delay

48. Computer Generated Imagery

7. “By yesterday!”

49. ___ cotta

8. Strain

50. Bring upon oneself

9. Plaintive piece

51. Spoil, with “up”

10. Desolate

52. Bridge positions

11. ___ Minor

53. Musical interval of two semitones

22. U.S. composer and conductor noted for his comic operas 25. Calendar square

37. Absurd 38. Skills 41. Dabbling ducks 42. Examination of tissues to determine the cause of a disease 43. Halftime lead, e.g.

12. Freshman, probably

44. Muscular

13. At one time, at one time

46. Elephant’s weight, maybe

18. Barely get, with “out”

47. Feeling

19. Pinocchio, at times

53. Butterfly blue or pink mist

23. Common request

58. Andrea Doria’s domain

27. Extended family

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24. Old Chinese money

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46. Layers

54. Blacken 55. Cornstarch brand 56. Page 57. Author Rice 60. Neon, e.g. 61. 100 lbs.

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SPORTS

APRIL 5, 2012

Sports Opinion

VISTA SPORTS PREDICTIONS: NBA WEEK 15 A rather even week across the board. Managing Editor Christie Southern’s .665% continues to rank number 1. Copy Editor Brittany Dalton leads off as our first guest picker, replacing UCentral’s Courtney Landsberger

NBA Week 15

Bryan Trude Vista Sports Editor

Christie Southern Vista Managing Editor

Garett Fisbeck Vista Photo Editor

Chris Brannick Vista Sports Writer

Terry Fox UCentral’s “The Huddle”

Brittany Dalton Guest Picker

“The Coin” 1987 Quarter Dollar

Thunder @ Pacers

Thunder

Pacers

Knicks @ Magic

Magic

Knicks

Magic

Knicks

Mavericks @ Grizzlies

Mavericks

Grizzlies

Mavericks

Timberwolves @ Hornets

Timberwolves

Hornets

Timberwolves

Hawks @ Bobcats

Hawks

Jazz @ Spurs

Spurs

Jazz

Spurs

Jazz

Rockets @ Kings

Kings

Rockets

Kings

Rockets

Clippers @ Grizzlies

Clippers

Grizzlies

Clippers

Grizzlies

Clippers

Nuggetts @ Warriors

Warriors

Nuggets

Warriors

Nuggets

Hornets @ Spurs

Spurs

Blazers @ Mavericks

Blazers

Mavericks

Blazers

Bulls

Celtics

Bulls

Celtics

Bulls

6-5

7-4

6-5

N/A

3-8

71-48

78-41

73-46

70-49

76-43

N/A

46-73

Celtics @ Bulls Last Week’s Picks (W-L) Season Picks (W-L)

MIAA

GETTING TO KNOW THE MIAA: CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES, EMPORIA STATE HORNETS BASEBALL STUDS By Stuart Dickison / Contributing Writer UCO is joining the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) next fall and The Vista is catching up on some of the programs of the other schools. First up, baseball and softball for both Emporia State University and the University of Central Missouri. Emporia State’s baseball program is ranked 22nd in the nation and is currently ranked second in the MIAA, just behind Central Missouri. The Hornets are led by head coach Bob Fornelli. Emporia State will actually be hosting the UCO Bronchos this weekend for a three game series. The two teams last squared off in February of 2010, a game in which the Bronchos won 10-8. The action starts Thursday at 6 p.m. The Mules of Central Missouri sit atop the MIAA standings with a record of 23-15 and stand at 18-4 in the conference. They are also ranked fifth in the nation this year, and continue to put a quality team on the field. They have won the MIAA conference three out of the last four years, including 2010 and 2011. They are coached by Tommy Myers. Myers has led his team to the National Tournament in each of the past two seasons. The Bronchos faced Central Missouri in 2007, a game in which they won 9-3 in Edmond. Emporia State’s softball program is also ranked nationally at 20th in the country. The UCO Lady Bronchos just moved up to fourthranked. Emporia currently holds a 23-7 re-

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cord, while holding down the top spot in the MIAA conference at a perfect 14-0. UCO has given Emporia State two of those seven losses. The two schools played each other on Feb. 19-20, where UCO won both contests 10-6 and 5-4. The will play each other again on April 20 in Edmond. Julie LeMaire is at the helm for the Lady Hornets. Central Missouri’s softball is quite opposite of Emporia State’s. They sit dead last in the MIAA conference standings with a 1-9 record, and 16-23 overall. Unlike their male counterparts, the ladies at Central Missouri go by the Jennies. Head coach Susan Anderson has been at the helm since 2007. Central Missouri is certainly not to be counted out, as their track record shows they finished firstn the conference only three seasons ago. Also, one of their 16 wins is against UCO. They met each other in Durant, Okla., on February 17 for the South Central Regional Tournament. The Lady Bronchos lost to the Jennies 4-2. UCO was able to avenge those losses in a double header with Central Missouri on March 25 with a 5-2 win and a dominant 10-2 performance. The MIAA will be home to 15 schools next fall. That list includes Central Oklahoma, Emporia State, Central Missouri, Fort Hays State, Lincoln, Lindenwood, Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Nebraska Kearney, Northeastern State, Northwest Missouri, Pittsburg State, Southwest Baptist, Truman and Washburn.

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AT THE BUZZER an eye. For comparison, the biggest contract in NFL history was signed last month, when Calvin “Megatron” Johnson signed an extension with the Detroit Lions worth $132 million over eight years. As if to add insult to injury, Pujols’ contract is structured in such a way that he will receive more per year the older he gets, where logic dictates his production will slump off even more. The guy will be in his early 40s by the last year of his contract,

when he’s slated to earn $30 million, as opposed to $12 million this season. Baseball, you enjoy a place in Americana mostly thanks to your old-timey charm and countless boxes of bubblegum with baseball cards in them from back when poodle skirts were cool. You need to get your house in order, or you’re going to find yourself relegated behind Major League Soccer in the pantheon of national prominence.

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SPORTS

APRIL 5, 2012 Men’s Golf

Opinion

AT THE BUZZER ANESHANSLEY TIES FOR FIRST PLACE IN TRUNCATED TOURNEY By Bryan Trude

Vista Sports Editor

BASEBALL ON FAST TRACK TO OBSCURITY There are very few times that I can say someone should learn from the government and actually mean it. Okay, maybe there is just one, and it has to do with how many problems are caused when you throw money at them. Lost somewhere in the aether is the latest iteration of Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. We’ve already had one in the way of the two-game series in Japan between the Oakland As and the Seattle Mariners. Last night, the world champion St. Louis Cardinals took on the new-look Miami Marlins in their brand new, $515 million stadium, the same night 14 teams played summer league games. Finally, we have the real opening night tonight, as the rest of baseball begins the regular season. Now, I may not have followed baseball since before McGwire-Sosa, but I know that opening night is only one night long, not four spread over a week and a half. Despite MLB operating with what appears to be the same marketing acumen as second-tier pro soccer, it just marks the latest in a series of bonehead moves by MLB as they fight for relevancy in the crowded U.S. television market. The Los Angeles Dodgers, long relegated to the secondtier team in an L.A. baseball market dominated by the Angels, finally saw relief from their role as a McCourt bargaining chip when they were sold to an ownership group for a record $2 billion dollars. That’s Billion with a B. Never mind the fact the Dodgers could play until the Sun exploded before turning a profit. I’ll even set aside the fact that the Dodgers play in a dumpy stadium with overpriced, underperforming talent – with the exception of Matt Kemp, maybe – surrounded by an increasingly thuggish, violent fanbase that seems more capable of putting their opponent’s fans in wheelchairs than putting their mediocre team in the postseason. These days, I’d rather walk into Fallujah circa 2007 than Dodger Stadium on game day. One of the new Dodgers owners is Magic Johnson, a man who has nothing to do with baseball! Sunshine and Rainbows! MLB owners don’t just overpay for their teams these days. While baseball has been suffering a steep decline in attendance and television ratings outside of the postseason, teams are shelling out contracts to players that exceeds the GDP of some nations. When Alex Rodriguez signed with the New York Yankees out of Texas for three figures, the talking heads exploded. Nowadays, 32-year-old Albert Pujols signs with the L.A. Angels for 10 years, $240 million and nobody bats

Junior Josh Creel tees off during the rain-shortened UCO Invitational at Gallardia Country Club Monday, April 2. Photo provided.

By Whitt Carter / Contributing Writer Rainy weather in the early part of the week brought the best results of spring 2012 for the UCO Golf team, as the Bronchos captured a third place finish and a first place medalist in the weathershortened UCO Invitational at Gaillardia Country Club. Senior golfer Baer Aneshansley fired an even-par 72 and a three-under 69 on Monday, which was good enough to tie the Clinton, Okla., native for first place after day one. As the rain came on Tuesday, tournament officials decided to cancel day two, leading to a scorecard playoff, which Aneshansley eventually won. The win is the second of Aneshansley’s career, but first since the 2008-2009 season when he won at the Newman Invitational. Aneshansley has 10 career top-10 finishes and last fall, carried a 72.5 scoring average, leading the Bronchos to five first place finishes. Monday, Aneshansley compiled four birdies and one bogey, to shoot three-under, including a chipin birdie on the par-5 18th.

The third place finish is the best of the spring for the Bronchos, after two seventh place finishes and a ninth place finish. The Bronchos finished seventh, twice, in California; once at the Coyote Classic and the SoCal Intercollegiate. UCO followed those two top-10 finishes with a ninth place effort at the Duck Invitational, held at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. After hosting the tournament at Kickingbird Golf Course, the Bronchos home course, the past several years, UCO extended to the Gaillardia Country Club for the first time, which is one of the most prestigious golf courses in the Oklahoma City Metro. UCO (595) finished behind St. Edwards University (587) and Oklahoma Christian (589), for third place, ahead of Colorado State-Pueblo, Washburn and rival, Northeastern State. Aside from Aneshansley, the Bronchos also had another golfer that carded a solid outing in junior Josh Creel. Creel finished the rain-shortened

round by shooting a 79 in the morning round on Monday, but rebounded with a two-under 70 in the afternoon gather himself a 12th place finish. The Bronchos have struggled, somewhat, compared to their slate of tournaments in the fall. UCO, coached by former PGA Professional Pat Bates, played in five tournaments and won them all, climbing to a top-five national ranking. Other Broncho golfers that competed in Monday’s event were Dillon Rust (7883), Trevor Stafford (82-74), and Derek Franco (77-81). The Bronchos are without top golfer Andrew Green, who attended the tournament but did not participate because of a back injury. The Bronchos will finish the regular season by traveling to Dallas to participate in the Dallas Baptist Classic, which takes place on April 9-10. The NCAA Regional Tournament will take place on May 7-9, in Jefferson City, Mo., followed by the NCAA Division II National Championship on May 16-19 in Louisville, Ky.

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