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RE-THINKING CAMPUS NUTRITION UCO Healthy Campus to launch campaign for National Nutrition Month
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LINDSEY RICKARDS, Staf f Writer UCO Healthy Campus as well as other collaborators will begin their campaign for National Nutrition Month (NNM) on March 4, 2013. Several programs and activities will take place throughout the month to encourage UCO students, faculty, and staff to live a healthy lifestyle through nutrition. “NNM happens annually through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic (AND), the goal is to celebrate healthy eating,” Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Management major Olive Siew said. “They have different themes and this years theme is, ‘Eat Right, Your Way, Everyday,’” Siew said. Collaborators hosting NNM at UCO include UCO Healthy Campus in partnership with Mercy Clinic at UCO, the Wellness Center, UCO Peer Health Leaders, Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics, Housing and Dining, and Oklahoma City-County Health Department. According to Brittney Criswell, Coordinator of Health Promotion at UCO, UCO is celebrating NNM by putting on different programs and events that specifically focus on promoting fruit and vegetable consumption among students.
“Only 1.7 percent of UCO students eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day,” Siew said. This statistic was derived from the National College of Health Assessment Data from UCO. “That’s very indicative of Oklahoma in general,” Criswell said, “Oklahoma is 50th among all the states in fruit and vegetable consumption, so its not just UCO students, its all of Oklahoma in general.” The scheduled events begin with Supermarket Smarts on March 4th at 4:30 p.m. and March 14th and 28th at 1:00 p.m. at Homeland on Danforth and Bryant. “It’s been a very positive experience with Homeland,” Criswell said. According to Criswell, Sarah Shipley, a Dietetic Senior, will take participants on an hour-long tour of the supermarket and guide them toward the foods that are important to consume within the sections, as well as clear up confusion about the types of foods that should be purchased and what brands are best. “The feedback we’ve received from the supermarket tours, has been that 100 percent of students walk away having learned helpful
“Only 1.7 percent of UCO students eat 5 servings of fruits and ve g et a b l e s p e r d ay. ” information that they can apply later in their life,” Criswell said. Tour space is limited. To reserve a spot, email grocerytour@gmail.com. Ask A Dietetics Student will take place every Wednesday in March from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at a booth in the Nigh University Center (NUC) by the food court. Free resources will be available to those who stop by, as well as advice from UCO Dietetic Students. “I encourage people to eat a balanced diet,” Siew said. Spots are also limited for Campus Cook, which is a program that will teach participants how to create tasty and nutritious meals. Campus Cook consists of “Just (Healthy) Desserts” on March 8th from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., “Indian Cuisine” on March 11th from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
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TEXTING AND DRIVING LAW BROOKS NICKELL,Staf f Writer Texting while driving has become a frequent problem on U.S. roadways. From ATT’s stop texting and driving pledge to state laws, citizens, companies and state officials are taking measures to prevent accidents on the road. The Oklahoma House of Representatives is proposing harsher penalties for those caught texting and driving by introducing legislation that would
allow police to ticket citizens caught in the act. House Bill 1503 calls for a fine of up to $500 for people caught using a cell phone to write, send or read a text message, instant message or email while driving. HB 1503 includes an exception for emergency response operators, medical officials, ambulance drivers, firefighters and law enforcement.
The proposal passed through the House Transportation Committee with a 12-2 vote and is now available for consideration by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Oklahoma driving while distracted laws are already in effect but HB 1503 sponsor Rep. Curtis McDaniel expressed, in an interview with Tulsa World reporter Wayne Greene, that he feels the lack of a specific mention
and “Mexican Cuisine” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Each will be held in the kitchen of the Human and Environmental Sciences building. “The participants will see how to make it and also taste a little bit of what they’re cooking,” Criswell said. To reserve a spot, contact Criswell at bcriswell@uco. edu Broncho Bites and Re-think Your Drink will take place March 25th and 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. by the clock tower at Broncho Lake. The events will take place in the NUC by the food court if the weather does not permit. “The whole campus is invited to come taste fruits and vegetables,” said Criswell, Criswell stated that they were aiming to have a variety from classics to exotic types of proto texting while driving leads to many drivers assuming it’s OK to do so. Dr. Louis Furmanski of the University of Central Oklahoma’s political science department expressed the importance of trying to detour the amount of accidents caused by texting and driving. “I think distracted driving is increasingly causing accidents. It may not be quite the epidemic that drunk driving is, but it is dangerous. When your trying to text and drive at the same time its just an invitation for something to go wrong.” There is sufficient evidence to support the dangers of texting and driving. In a 2011 study by the Texas Transportation Institute, findings showed that driver’s who are distracted by texting, reaction time doubles. While driving undistracted, reaction times to a flashing light on the driving course were between 1 and 2 seconds. Introducing texting into the equation changed the recorded reaction time to between 3 and 4 seconds. While it is widely accepted
duce. “When I first came here I was not really familiar with the fruits and vegetables here,” Siew said. According to Siew Broncho Bites is a good way to introduce a combination of different types of fruits and vegetables to local and international college students. A pledge card will be available to participants as well as a taste of fruit infused water at the Re-think Your Drink station. “We’re asking the campus to go sugary drink-free for one week,” Criswell said. Criswell and Siew are hoping that what they call the “Bite Me Campaign” will motivate others to get proper nutrition. “Nutrition is a huge component of what we think constitutes a healthy life style,” Criswell said. as a problem, one question posed to those attempting to curb distracted driving is just how strictly the law can be enforced. “I think it has become a normal occurrence and hopefully the $500 fine will help as far as cutting down on accidents and safety on the road, but I think people will find a way around it,” Tonya Perry a freshman at UCO said. “People just do it and a lot of them try to keep it hidden.” As of December 2012, 10 states plus the District of Columbia have instituted a handheld cell phone ban for all drivers. All but two of these states have made it a primary offense. While there is a strong argument against texting and driving, evidence shows that the laws may not be enough. Research conducted by the Institute for Highway Safety allowed that the first generation of all-driver cell phone ban laws in America was generally effective at reducing use of hand-held cell phones while driving but not at reducing crashes.
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Whether you read it online, saw it on the news, or your professor went on a rant about it, you have likely heard that Washington has an accountability problem. Our nation’s leaders -- in Congress and in the White House -- are often focused more on partisan politics than doing what’s right for our country. They’re focused on scoring points instead of solving problems -- and the upcoming sequester is just one more example of it. On March 1, our nation is set to hit automatic, across-the-board spending cuts -- cuts that were never supposed to happen. So how did we get here? In July of 2011, Republicans and Democrats were in a standoff on the debt ceiling. Democrats wanted to raise our nation’s spending limit with no restrictions, and Republicans wanted to cut spending to offset raising the ceiling. It came down to the wire -- and at the last minute, President Barack Obama and Congress agreed to a deal: they would raise the debt ceiling, and create a Super Committee charged with finding $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by December 23, 2011. But here’s the catch: If the Super Committee didn’t agree on the cuts, the sequester would go into effect on January 1, 2013 -- automatic, acrossthe-board spending cuts split between defense and nondefense discretionary
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spending. At the time, the sequester seemed almost laughable. Everyone “knew” it wasn’t going to happen; everyone “knew” Washington would find another way to reduce spending. But as we came to the end of 2012, our leaders didn’t have time to deal with the sequester -so they kicked the can down the road a few more months to give themselves the opportunity to deal with it. But here we are -- just a few days away from the deadline, and lawmakers haven’t dealt with it. Leaders haven’t even met to talk about the cuts. Instead, they’re spending all their time blaming the other party, making sure they come out on top politically when the dust settles. While leaders play political games, they’re not looking out for the best interest of the country. They’re not doing the jobs they were elected to do. In this case, they’re politicians first and lawmakers second. This isn’t how our government is supposed to work. The sequester was merely created as a penalty, something for Congress and the president to keep in the back of their minds when they were coming up with a better plan. Decisions shouldn’t be made like that -- they should be made by careful deliberation
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between our lawmakers. That’s what NoLabels.org, a grassroots movement of hundreds of thousands of Republicans, Democrats and everything in between, is calling for. No Labels is pushing lawmakers to sit down with one another, meet across the aisle, and find solutions to our country’s biggest problems. We’ve already seen huge success with the passage of No Budget, No Pay, a bill we proposed in December of 2011 that was enacted this month and will withhold pay if either chamber of Congress doesn’t pass a budget on time. These are the kind of common-sense reforms our government needs -- so that the process leads to problem solving, not more penalties for the American people. No one thought the sequester was going to happen. But now we’re just a few days away from the cuts -- and lawmakers are more concerned with how the cuts play out politically than what happens to the country. We need a process that works; we need a plan, not a penalty. Join the movement at NoLabels. org to stand up for problem solving, not political point scoring. Bill Galston No Labels Co-Founder, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former policy advisor to President Clinton.
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Do you think there should be a law or fine in place to prevent texting and driving? GLEN GARCIA
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“As a pedestrian student, I see alot of distracted drivers, and any law that would encourage people to put their phones’ away and drive safer would be to everyone’s advantage.”
“I don’t think there should be a fine because it would be too hard to regulate.”
“There should be. There are way too many people dying.”
“Yes, so maybe they’ll think twice before doing it.”
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BEeN JAMmIN
LIBERAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM
Rooney Rules, Vol. 1
by Ben Luschen Follow me @okluschen ...seriously
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Pants Pants Revolution The whole world wears blue pants. I mean, look around you. Yes, right now. I’m serious. Look at all these pants. All denim. Let’s continue to laugh at the inaccuracies of 1984 while we all unquestionably wear the very same pair of pants every single day! I’ve actually been an advocate of a pants revolution for a while. I’m waiting for the day when slacks break the casual-wear wall again. I mean, why not? They look great, come in a variety of colors and are a lot more comfortable than jeans.
Good Enough for Oxford, Good Enough for Me Despite the very likely scenario in which my copy editor punches me in the face or I get excommunicated by AP Style Nazis in the Mass Comm Building, I must profess my love for the Oxford comma. For my non-English-inclined ‘Chos out there, the Oxford comma is the term for putting a comma in a list before the word “and.” Is it a little redundant? Probably. But is it necessary? You’re darn right! Here’s the only proof I need (courtesy of the World Wide Web): “Bring in the strippers, JFK, and Stalin” vs “Bring in the strippers, JFK and Stalin.” Let that sink in for a while. (Dear
Yo Momma, a Factual Fallacy “Yo momma’s so dumb she got locked in grocery store and starved to death.” This momma is not dumb. This joke is. First of all, maybe the momma isn’t dumb for not eating the store’s food. Maybe she was just, oh I don’t know, an honest person! It doesn’t surprise me that the generation which now spends hours on the Internet getting their music, news and entertainment for FREE came up with the joke that openly ridicules integrity! But let’s forget about the degradation of modern American society. Even the logistics of this joke don’t add up. How long could she possibly have been locked in that store? Six hours? Eight? Heck, let’s just say a whole day! You can’t starve to death in just one day! Was there no fire exit available? What happened to the employees who were there during closing time? They must have failed severely in their closing procedures. How did a store so dangerous and inept remain open? I think its more likely that she died of boredom than died of hunger. And a lot of stores are open 24 hours these days. How could she get locked in a store at all? She definitely wasn’t shopping at Wal-Mart.
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In this photo made Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Chicago, Andreas Linninger, University of Illinois-Chicago professor of bioengineering, chemical engineering and computer science, left, adjusts his 3D glasses as brain surgeon Ali Alaraj talks about viewing the brain inside CAVE2. CAVE2 is a system of 72 stereoscopic liquid crystal display panels that encircles the viewer 320 degrees and creates a 3D environment that can take you to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, a flyover of the planet Mars, or through the blood vessels of the brain. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Scientists hope to pioneer a map of an area still mysterious to modern scholars: the human brain
•JOSH WALLACE, Staff Writer • A new scientific endeavor sought by the Obama administration is seeking to create a map of the human brain. In a story unveiled by the New York Times on Feb. 18, details emerged that the project, dubbed the Brain Activity Map (BAM), will aim to create a better understanding of how the mind functions and the possibilities from the knowledge gained could lead anywhere from medical advancements to artificial intelligence. The project is being compared to the Human Genome Project (HGP) in terms of its scale and level of importance. In his State of The Union address on Feb. 12, Obama spoke of the HGP and even alluded to the BAM, saying, “Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy, every dollar. Today our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s.”
Despite that the plan hasn’t been officially announced in specifics by the administration, one government agency has, in a sense, confirmed the project. Director of the National Institute of Health, Francis S. Collins, posted on Twitter during Obama’s speech, saying, “Obama mentions the #NIH Brain Activity Map in #SOTU.” While the work of neuroscience has been ongoing for over a century, with Santiago Ramon y Cajal laying the foundation for modern neuroscience in the late 1800s, discoveries are often made in small steps over time. UCO Psychology Professor, Dr. Caleb Lack believes the project could bring the efforts of many together, adding, “I think one of the immediate impacts that it will have is that you’ll have people working together in a very coordinated way, with very good funding. Right now when we try to examine the activity of this or that area of the brain
in one lab, in one university with this little dollop of funding. Hopefully it’ll be this coordinated effort to really look at everything at the same time, it’s a lot like the human genome project, prior to that people were just sequencing very small bits of the genome.” Lack can see the benefits related to his field, but thinks the greatest impact will pertain to certain illnesses, adding, “It will allow us, I think, to understand what different areas of the brain are involved in. I think it’s probably going to be more useful to things like organic problems, things that are much more biological based, autism, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder.” Lack doesn’t think it will have the same applications to other illnesses like depression or anxiety, due to previous research that shows that activity in the brain shows up all over the place. Despite the possible benefits of the project, there could be negative connotations as well.
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The possibility of unlocking specific information about individuals that could reveal predispositions to diseases like Alzheimer’s could raise issues when it comes to insurance coverage, which Lack says could happen, but isn’t likely under legislation passed by the Obama administration. Instead, Lack’s concerns are other ways information could be used, saying, “My large concern would be the issues of, would people be using the information inappropriately? For example make a decision that someone is schizophrenic or autistic based off that information alone, rather than other information that we already have established as being very good diagnostic tools.” He added that as a society, we tend to throw out the old, and trade it in for the new, and instead we should look more towards incorporating the preexisting tools with what new information comes out of this project.
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In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, photo, Pakistani Shiite Muslim children hold candles and banners next to photographs of people, who were killed by a bomb blast in market on Saturday, February 16, 2013, in Quetta, Pakistan. Terrorized by ferocious attacks that have killed nearly 400 ethnic Hazaras in the past 18 months, with almost half of those deaths occurring in the first two months of this year, Shiite leaders blamed the inaction of Pakistan’s security service for the rising violence against them in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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A new display of animal wildlife is now located in the Howell Hall Atrium and is expected to help broaden education at UCO. “It allows and offers a stand point for people to see the different variation in species,” said William Unsell, Biology Lab Manager. These animals, donated by Alexander Nick, came from Africa, Asia, Europe and Sudan. Looking at the animals lets you see the wildlife without traveling. The amount of animals present in Nick’s donated collection came as a surprise to many in the department. The collection has been placed on the wall of the atrium in an effort to offer students a better look into taxonomy and taxidermy, which are both taught through classes at UCO. There are over 50 different types of species on the wall and on the ground level of the atrium. Some of the species consist of a white rhino, waterbuck, puku, duiker, impala, buffalo, kob, elk, multiple sheep and gazelles. A wet lab is expected to accompany the collection in the coming weeks. The wet lab will allow visitors to learn more about a wide variety of animals. The Biology Department would like to open this full lab after Spring Break. Tours will be available to the public as well. This also is open to the public for observation and education. Tours are available right now. The department will have pamphlets on all of the species, in order to educate observers of how the animals normally live and eat in their natural habitat. For more information on tours call the Biology Department at 974-5017 to set everything up.
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Sports
THEVISTA
Page 7
February 28, 2013
Basketball
Senior night this Saturday for Bronchos Three girls, four guys to play final game at Hamilton Whitt Carter
Staff Writer The Bronchos Men’s team (1212, 10-6) currently sit in a tie for fourth place with Lindenwood and Northwest Missouri State, and are one game back of Washburn and Fort Hays State, with all five trailing MIAA leader Central Missouri. UCO has one conference game left before heading to the MIAA Post-season Tournament next weekend in Kansas City, MO. The top four teams will receive a first round bye. The Bronchos will host Missouri Southern on Saturday, their final test before post-season play. UCO has won nine of their last 13 games and 11 of the last 17, after starting the season 1-6. “We have really come together as a team,” said sophomore guard Seth Heckart, who is second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage (38.1) and first in steals (29). “We’ve been able to distribute the ball well, and everyone has come into their role really well.” Junior Josh Gibbs has led the Bronchos all season long, leading the team in scoring (17.5) and re-
bounding (6.0). UCO has also benefitted from the emergence of several role players, such as senior Jamell Cormier, junior Christian Huffman and freshman Cal Andrews. Andrews has been hot as of late, jumping up to fourth on the team in scoring and leading the team in 3-point field goal percentage (40.2). “We’ve had a lot of people step up lately,” said Andrews. “We’ve known all year that we have talent from top to bottom. The difference in our play lately is playing together, finding mismatches and swinging the ball on offense to find the open guy.” The Bronchos are familiar with Missouri Southern, as this past Saturday; UCO fell to MSSU, 85-77, ending a six-game winning streak that got them back into the hunt in the MIAA. Cormier led the Bronchos with 19 points and three assists, while Gibbs and Huffman had 11, and senior Spencer Smith, who has been impressively consistent all year, chipped in 10 points. UCO shot only 38 percent from the field and 29 percent from three point range in a contest that featured a whopping 58 fouls. MSSU cashed in from the line, making 33of-50 from the charity stripe.
UCO junior Nic Combs goes up for a layup against Pittsburg State on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Photo by Aliki Dyer
But regardless, the Bronchos have put themselves in a position to go deep in the conference tournament and also maybe garner a spot in the national tournament. “We’re playing a lot harder and better,” said Andrews. “We have been around each other longer now,
and we are continuing to learn how to play with each other.” However, if the Bronchos want to achieve those goals, it starts on the defensive end, which will help out the talented squad that UCO puts on the floor. “We have to start focusing on
defense,” said Heckart. “That starts with getting more stops on the defensive end. If we do that and take each possession one at a time, we’ll be able to capitalize on every opportunity.” Saturday’s tipoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Hamilton Field House.
2012-13 Seniors
Women’s Courtney Harper Alyssa Fuxa Savannah Hamilton
Men’s Josh Davis Spencer Smith June Carter UCO senior Savannah Hamilton looks for a shot against Pittsburg State on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista
Jamell Cormier
Opinion
Full Timeout: Understanding Journalism and Theatrics
Chris Brannick
Sports Editor
Timeout. Theatre and Journalism are two different things. Though sometimes it appears the sports journalist’s we see on television spent their college years majoring in theatre or some other sort of showmanship. We have arrived at a time in television, when the lack of theatrics could quickly result the end of your show and possibly the end of your career in television. Thus, arriving at the debate on whether or not to implant some off-the-wall comments about a certain topic with the sole intention of provoking the audience. How hard of a decision is it to make that the objective, straight forward journalism, which calls for a simple account of the facts isn’t going to be enough and we now need to change our entire style and delivery just to get the audience to come back to you. A journalist wants to be read and wants their audience to continue to read them. There is a need to provoke the audience, a need to get the reader talking and to spark a conversation. But to make a statement strictly for the sake of readership or viewership actually needs to stop right now. “First Take is intentionally designed to showcase the opinions of Skip [Bayless] and
Stephen A. [Smith]—both of whom present their arguments in a colorful, energetic way—and the ratings and social engagement indicate that we have a growing, diverse audience that really connects with this show,” said Jamie Horowitz, ESPN’s vice president of original programming and production. The show on ESPN had prior reviews of changing its name from First Take to Biggest Mistake. That was until Stephen A. Smith joined widely known outrageous Skip Bayless on the show. Ratings climbed last year with a 21 percent year-over-year increase. All of this sparked by a comment Stephen A. said on ESPN about how Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doug Collins having zero responsibility for the recent struggles of his team. Philly is 11 games below .500 and is currently riding a six-game losing streak. How can you say the coach has zero responsibility for something like that? Could it be that the two are former colleagues? This is where we run into trouble talking about journalists and their theatrics. You have made a living by saying outlandish things on television and suddenly your objective opinion about actual journalism has become cloudy. The trouble is that you bowed out to the ratings in the first place. Now there is no going back. Even if you were being completely objective, this becomes the boy who cried wolf. Why should anyone believe you are truly observing the sport rather than picking absurdity first? I love a good debate about sports just as much as the next guy but if you cannot come up with a straight forward argument not for the sake of ratings but rather for the sake of debate then you shouldn’t be debating in the first place.
UCO junior forward Josh Gibbs goes up for a dunk against Pittsburg State on Saturday Feb. 23, 2013. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista
Sports
THEVISTA
Page 8
February 28, 2013
Softball
No. 9 Bronchos off to good start Sam Philbeck
Contributing Writer Central Oklahoma’s ninth-ranked squad may not be quite on the same level as last year’s record setting team, but have been impressive none the less so far in this early season. The Bronchos (9-3), opened the season ranked 16th in Division II after being two outs away from the championship game in last year’s College World Series. Now, the winners of five straight and now ranked ninth in the country have already matched the same record at this point in the season as last year’s team, but have succeeded in their own style with six returning players and a slew of new faces, who have shown off their potential. Leading the way for the Bronchos this season is the reigning Division II Player of the Year, Kacie Edwards. The senior and all-time UCO home run queen leads the team in average (.435), home runs (5) and RBI’s (13). Her five home runs this season give her 39 for her career. Edwards, coming off off-season knee surgery was tied for the lead with Alley Roberts at 34 home runs, but set the record in her first at-bat of the season against Eastern New Mexico University. Edwards is only one of six returning starters – senior Ashley Noles, juniors Amanda McClelland, Hannah Justus and sophomores Kaylee Brunson and Devyn Frazier have returned and contributed both on offense and defense so far this season. Transfers Kalynn Schrock, Nicole Workman and Hayley Hudson have put in major work so far this season
as well, with Schrock, a TU transfer, leading the way for the pitching staff with a 6-2 record, 1.36 earned run average and 74 strkieouts. “When your team hits the ball and backs you up like mine have, then you can relax and do your job,” Schrock said about her early success this season. Workman, an NEO transfer, ranks in the top five of nine offensive categories for the Bronchos, leading in runs scored (11) and doubles (4). Hudson, who transferred from Arkansas Tech, has gotten off to a slow start this season, but has caught fire as of late including a 3-4 game against Cameron this past weekend. Hudson came up big when it counted with her first home run of the season giving the Bronchos their first lead of the game and completing their rally against the Aggies. “I was just more relaxed and comfortable this weekend and yeah I’ve had a pretty slow start, but now I’m feeling a lot better so hopefully this will get me back on track,” Hayley Hudson said about solid play this past weekend. The biggest and most pleasant surprise this season for UCO has been the early play of their freshman – Ally Dziadula, Tori Collet, Sam Cool and Brooke Zuckerman. Each girl ranks in the top seven in batting average on the team with Dziadula leading the way at .400. Zuckerman (.375), Cool (.360) and Collet (.330) each follow. Dziadula and Collet are the only two of the four to lead UCO in offensive categories with Dziadula leading in hits and Collet triples, but all four rank in the top five in eleven offensive categories so far this season. This year’s version of the Bron-
UCO junior pitcher Amanda McClelland throws in a game last season. The Vista Archives
chos has scored 5.4 runs per game through twelve games this season, which is one less than last year’s UCO team through twelve, but have allowed two less runs per game this season compared to last year’s team. The best thing about this team so far this season is that they have achieved all this success on the road so far. The Bronchos haven’t had their home debut so far this season and will probably have to wait till next Tuesday before they play their first games at home. “Our goal is to defend our home field to the best of our ability,” said Edwards about playing at home.
The Bronchos would’ve had their first home games last weekend while hosting their UCO Softball Classic, but due to inclement weather had to opt for a doubleheader against Cameron in Lawton last weekend. A doubleheader they swept against the Aggies. The Bronchos took game one 4-0 on dominant pitching from junior Kalynn Schrock, who went all seven innings and struck out 16 Aggie batters and timely hitting from sophomore Nicole Workman, who knocked in three of the four Broncho runs. Game two featured offensive fire-
power and some clutch hitting from the Bronchos in a 10-8 rallying victory. UCO had four batters hit home runs in the game – senior Edwards (5), freshman Dziadula (3), freshman Cool (2) and junior Hudson (1) all hit round trippers in the game including three in the final three innings. Cool and Edwards each hit three-run home runs, both tying the game in separate innings and Hudson giving the Bronchos their first lead of the game. The Bronchos finally make their home debut next Tuesday at 2:00 pm at Broncho Field against Southern Nazarene.
Baseball
Baseball team trying to settle into routine Cody Johnson
Contributing Writer
UCO senior pitcher Joe Hollowell throws in a game against Fort Hays State on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Photo provided
The University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos will face the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats Saturday at Wendell Simmons Field in Edmond at 1:30 p.m. The Bronchos will then turn around and play a double header against the Bearcats on Sunday starting at 11:30 a.m. The Bronchos started their season with three away games earlier in February, but the recent weather has thrown their season off schedule. Three of the last five games have been cancelled, leaving the Bronchos with a 2-3 record for the season and in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association conference play. “We need to play, we haven’t had a lot
of games,” Coach Dax Leone said, “baseball is a rhythm game and right now we are kind of hit or miss.” Junior third-baseman Matt Johnson is leading the Bronchos this season with six hits and two doubles. Johnson has eight total bases, four runs scored, and two runs in which he was batted in. Johnson also had two walks out of the eight times he went up to bat. Senior outfielder Jared Wright, senior catcher Eric Garza, and junior infielder Wacey Henderson are tied this season with three hits each for the Bronchos. Henderson has scored two runs and three runs batted in. Junior Tyler Crabtree has scored three runs and a double for this season. The outfielder has been hit by the pitcher three times out of the nine times he has been up to bat. He has one walk and two runs batted in.
The Bronchos had a busy week with a double header last Sunday against Fort Hays State University. They split the first two games and the third game scheduled for Monday was cancelled. The Bronchos also have a doubleheader Thursday at noon at Wendell Simmons Field in Edmond against Missouri Southern State University; a team that is currently 5-2 for the season with their last three games being cancelled. Southwest Missouri State has not had the trouble the Bronchos have with weather this season. The Bearcats will come into town on Saturday with a 2-9 record, having played six more games this season than the Bronchos. The bearcats only wins have been against Northeastern State University and Lindenwood. UCO has not played either team yet this season.