The Vista July 11, 2012

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Campus

UCO’s tuition rates increase by 7.8 percent UCO students taking 30 hours of college credit in the 2012-2013 school year will pay $373 more than last year.

Josh Wallace

Staff Writer On June 21, 2012 the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education voted in favor to approve tuition increases for public universities across the state. Some of the larger universities saw increases at around three percent, with Oklahoma State University raising tuition by 2.8 percent and Oklahoma University at an even three percent, while UCO’s tuition will be going up by 7.8 percent.

UCO’s increase is the largest of all the public universities in the state and has some students concerned.

Andrew Hadded, a sophomore actuarial science major, wasn’t aware of the recent decision, “There’s a tuition increase? I’m very upset, it’s expensive as it is,” he said. Hadded added that he works while going to school and only makes minimum wage at his job.

Richard Basile, an accounting major, heard of the increase and expressed feeling shocked at the percentage, calling it excessive. Basile added, “I’m glad I only have a year left to go.”

state funding the university receives as part of its budget. According to Betz, around 10 years ago 60 percent of UCO’s budget came from state funding, today it comes in at around 30 percent of the total budget, he also added that the college has done what it can to cut costs and raise money other ways, but the increase is a necessity.

The increased revenues will allow the university to rectify a deficit from last year as well as a pay increase to faculty and staff. Betz added, “This will be the fifth year that our faculty and our staff have received no increase in compensation at all, they’ve not received any raise, so we’ve authorized a modest increase of three percent for faculty and staff that are full time.”

Undecided Incoming Freshman Kelsey Freeman, front, enrolls in fall classes with her mother, Penni. UCO Students will also see a direct students will see a 7.8% tuition increase, the highest UCO could impose. Photo by Bryan Trude, The Vista benefit from the revenues, as the Although the percentage of in- we’re actually going up about the amount, students taking 30 hours university will be hiring more full crease is higher than other uni- same amount. Their percentage over the school year, 15 hours a time faculty members. With the versities, UCO President Don Betz is on a higher figure, for example, semester, will pay $373 more than continually increasing numbers of added that those numbers could be tuition and mandatory fees at OSU they would have last year. Betz new students coming to UCO, more misleading to students. are $7,400 a year and at UCO are would like students to look at it in a full-time professors are needed, and “You have to put it in perspec- $5,091 a year, it looks like theirs more manageable way, breaking the with the added revenues, UCO will tive. They start out with a bigger has gone up just a little bit but increase down as an extra $1.02 a be creating 10 new positions.

Despite the benefits that might number than we do, so if they’re its actually gone up more than it day that students will pay. going up three to four percent and looks.”

Among the reasons for the tuition come with the increase, students we’re going up five to six percent, To break it down to the dollar hike is the decreasing amount of Continued on page 5

LibertyFest

LibertyFest draws crowd of over 50,000 Alex Cifuentes

Staff Writer The city of Edmond was brimming with excitement as Edmond celebrated its 40th annual LibertyFest. The weeklong celebration finished with a bang, as UCO hosted the annual LibertyFest parade and fireworks display.

The day’s festivities began with a parade at 9 a.m., with over 50,000 people in attendance. Families lined the streets of downtown Edmond, to enjoy marching bands, Shriners, clowns, car clubs, Boy Scouts, and to honor those serving our country.

Over $1,500 in cash prizes were awarded to those with the biggest, best, and most entertaining entries of the day.

One group, the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, were awarded, not with cash prizes, but instead, with cheers and applause from the crowd.

“I think the troops get a lot of support, but the people who support us don’t get thanked enough,” said Army

Corporal Earl Reed .

A sense of pride was clear as the crowds showed endless support for the troops as they marched along.

“From serving in the military, I learned to have a respect for those who have served for me, and for those who will serve after me,” said Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Jason Salonis.

That same respect was clear to all those who stood and watched the many troops take place in the LibertyFest parade.

As a prelude to the fireworks show, about 6,000 people arrived on campus to enjoy the annual ParkFest celebration.

The event had everything from face painting, to a live DJ playing patriotic tunes.

The night ended with the metro’s largest fireworks show, right on the UCO campus.

The show has been boasted to be one of the top ten shows in the nation, according to CNN and USA Today, and this year was no let down.

Thousands of fireworks burst through the sky with a full moon backdrop, as the show

Fireworks erupt over UCO to conclude LibertyFest, July 4, 2012. Photo by Trevor Hultner, The Vista

began. The fireworks were synchronized to music, allowing those watching to enjoy sights and sounds during the show. Edmond’s 40th LibertyFest proved to be, yet again, a spectacular celebration of our nation.

Check out photos from LibertyFest on Page 4

Opinion

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July 11, 2012 Editorial

Longwinded rally cries and little white lies

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“Government is too big and unresponsive, corporations have too much power and the burden of national health care legislation passed in 2010 will be borne by hardworking taxpayers who don’t want it.”

So began The Oklahoman’s coverage of last Saturday’s capitol protest of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Page 6A in the July 8 issue. After I read the first sentence, I double-checked to make sure I was still in the news section of the paper.

Unfortunately, yes.

I read the second sentence: “That was the resounding rally cry of several hundred people who gathered Saturday outside the Oklahoma Capitol to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to uphold the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” Two things: looking at the article’s photo spread, the attendees making a “resounding” anything would shock me. They appeared to be waiting for the M.C. to wrap it up so they could carpool to Western Sizzlin.

Secondly, rally cry? “Government is too big and unresponsive, corpora-

tions have too much power…” is the longest rally cry in human history.

(Imagine William Wallace, with unwavering troops at his back, yelling that as the Scotts charged the British.)

The writer’s obvious tailoring to ultra-conservatives continued throughout the article. Under “gray clouds” a tea party member spoke against the health care mandate. Essentially saying, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act creates a dark and foreboding veil over the nation.

The Oklahoman’s coverage proceeded to call the Bible the “original law of the land.” I’m no history expert, but I’m pretty sure the closest thing to the original would be 17th century English law in this land.

The article also included a bulleted list of what the speakers claimed were necessary advancements to impede the implementation of the act. The final step: “Ensure Barack Obama is a one-term president.”

Yes, that socialist, tyrant Obama is at fault – despite the healthcare legislation being passed by the legislative branch, signed by the executive, and its constitutionality upheld by the ju-

dicial.

The clear slant of the article and the smorgasbord of republican, tea party, and Baptist ideologies were unacceptable.

The article’s author wrote with skill, I’m not denying that. The author even boasted some literary merit, but reporters are not in the business of creative writing. The author wrote what I’m sure he believed to be an appeasing story to the majority of Oklahoman subscribers, but reporters are not in the business of customer satisfaction. They are in the business of truth.

Esteemed journalist Bob Woodward claimed, “Journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.”

When writing standard news, journalists have a responsibility for the facts, not flash. Flash leads to fiction.

Fictitious news leads to a blind society.

Josh Hutton Editor-In-Chief jhutton6@uco.edu

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How do you feel about UCO raising its tuition rates?

SAMUEL HEINITZ

Aerospace Engineering - Incoming Freshman

“If it means I have to spend more money, then that’s a bad thing, because I’m paying for college myself.”

WHITNEY SWAIN

GARRETT BAKER

KALENA PATE

Nursing - Sophomore

Kinesiology - Freshman

Pre-Dental - Senior

“I didn’t know there was an increase at all. I think it’s stupid. We pay so much for other fees as it is.”

“Not a big fan of it. Nobody likes increases when it comes to paying.”

“That kinda sucks. More loan debt isn’t fun. Makes it harder to take more classes.”

Life

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Food

Coffee shop ‘Evokes’ college-town feel

Made-to-order coffee and tea introduces something ‘new and vibrant’ to downtown Edmond

Bryan Trude

Senior Staff Writer Dim lights, earthy tones and soft jazz; while the mental image of a college-town coffee bar are as varied as the personalities who populate them, a few images are often shared amongst a large group.

It is these preconceptions that Jason and Jenni Duncan, owners of Café Evoke Coffee and Wine Bar, 103 S. Broadway Ave. in downtown Edmond, hope to turn on its ear.

Originally established as a coffee catering service in 2005, with offices in the OKC Plaza District, Evoke opened the doors on their Edmond shop, their first brick and mortar location, back in early May. Since then, the

concept has been simple: an ever-changing selection of coffees, teas and beverages, made by hand and made to order.

“We take a lot of pride in the quality of everything we put out,” Jenni Duncan said.

“From coffee, to food, to our wine and beer, we really want to focus on the quality of our products.”

With a coffee selection provided by roasters from around the country, including OKC’s own Elemental Coffee Roasters, each brew is chosen for their quality. A cup of Café Americano goes for $2.50 at Evoke. However, it also comes with the experience of watching it brewed by hand, not by a machine. The difference is noticeable, as the taste was smooth and warm, with a bitterness that was noticeable but not overpowering, like machine-

Campus Crime Log Crime

Date

Location

July 4, 2012

Parking Lot 10

June 29, 2012

Commons 2000

Larceny

June 29, 2012

Commons 3000

Larceny

June 28, 2012

Nigh Univ. Center

Simple Assault

June 27, 2012

Parking Lot 6

June 26, 2012

Parking Lot 1

Larceny

June 22, 2012

West Hall

Vandalism

June 18, 2012

Parking Lot 6

Harassment, Stalking

June 17, 2012

Commons 2000

Burglary

June 16, 2012

MCS Building

Simple Assault Possession of CDS

Sex Offense, No Force

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WEEKEND LINEUP WEEKEND LINEUP July 13-15

LIVE on the Plaza - July 13, 7 p.m.

Located in Oklahoma City Plaza District, LIVE on the Plaza features local art, live music, local retail shopping, film screenings, performing artists, and much more local talent.

OKC RedHawks - July 14, 7:05 p.m.

The Oklahoma City RedHawks face the New Orleans Zephyrs at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Color Me Rad 5K - July 14, 9 a.m.

Runners will take to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds on July 14 to compete in a 5K with a twist. At various points throughout the race, participants are covered with nontoxic cornstach of different colors. Registration for the race is $45. For more information visit the Color Me Rad 5K website: www.coloremerad.com

Shakespeare in the Park - July 14, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park presents: “The Tempest.” The play is lovted on the Myriad Botanical Gardens Water Stage in dowtown OKC. General admission for the show is $15.

brewed drinks.

Evoke also offers a rotating variety of looseleaf teas, available hot or iced, as well as an assortment of wines, beers and nonalcoholic, non-coffee drinks. The Italian Soda ($2.75) is a perfect selection for fizz-lovers who don’t want the sugar overdose that comes out of a vending machine can.

For those looking for something a little more solid, Evoke’s food menu is a perfect compliment for diners looking for a light lunch or just something to chew on while they study. A small but high quality selection of hot and cold sandwiches, salads and soups are perfect solo. Groups can also pick from a variety of boards including hummus and olive tapenade ($8), as well as selections of cheeses (market price) and chocolates ($12).

Diners looking to sate their sweet tooth can also find what they seek at Evoke. Their milk and cookies plate ($7.50) features a variety perfect for sharing amongst a small group and is a simple, satisfying experience that is, like all the other food options, made on site, The milk and cookies plate served at Café by hand.

The focus on quality and variety also ex- Evoke Coffee and Wine Bar. Photo by Brytends to Evoke’s décor, which features a an Trude, The Vista bright, airy space, dominated by whites and said. “Edmond also is a very affluent commugrays, giving the entire building an open, re- nity, so we knew we could attract a lot of the laxed atmosphere. Jazz wafts from the speak- young professionals who are living here … ers as baristas ring up orders on iPads, brew- We also have a great customer base of older ing cups of java by hand under a massive people who are used to coming to downtown mural by OKC artist Dylan Bradway of DNA Edmond for their salon, their antique store, and they love seeing something fresh and Galleries.

The mural bears Evoke’s slogan, “Sip slow- new and vibrant in the area.”

Evoke is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monly, sip often,” which epitomizes the experience the Duncans want customers of all ages day through Wednesday, 7 a.m. to midnight Thursday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 5 to have.

“We knew that being close to the college p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit students, falling in love while [Jason and I] Evoke’s website at www.cafeevoke.com. were college students ourselves, that was kind of an easy marriage to make,” Duncan

Little Miss Sunshine By

Kara Stewart Those Two Things While most of the world is busy suddenly becoming constitutional scholars, to argue with their neighbors over “Obamacare,” I’m busy preparing myself for a much bigger battle: adulthood.

As you’re busy liking Facebook posts that echo someone else’s opinion, that has absolutely nothing to do with what the healthcare bill actually is, I’ll be busy putting on my big girl panties. Armed with coffee, headphones, and nervous excitement, I’m going to head out into the big, bad, scary world.

No, I’m not quite ready to graduate, nor am I of legal age to consume alcohol, however, living independently at twenty has been a war of itself, and that alone should prepare me for what comes next. Right? Wrong.

While I have learned that the majority of the people I come into contact with are ignorant to some extent, myself included, I haven’t learned how to be a little more forgiving with their lack of knowledge.

You see, in a world where absolutely any piece of searchable information is a click away, I don’t understand why you wouldn’t educate yourself. Sure, plenty of sites out there are biased in their own way, but surely you know better than to consult a blog for information.

Surely?

Sadly, that’s not the case. I see friends glancing through Facebook, watching Fox, and repeating the same mantra their parents put on pickets, but I have yet to come into contact with an individual. Anyone can be a robot repeating unfounded opinions and information, absolutely anyone.

I find the same problem when it comes to reading. Somehow, by mistake or simply by accident, I find myself a part of a generation that

no longer reads. We must “typ lik diz” and use elementary vocabulary to communicate with one another. We even have television shows that test an adult’s intelligence against that of a child’s, and we call it entertainment. We’re watching ourselves throw away everything that was once considered holy, and we’re supposed to enjoy it.

Make fun of me if you want to, but I like being able to use words with more than three syllables and actually use them properly. I enjoy reading “The Classics,” not to be pretentious, but to actually read them for their content. I have somehow found myself a part of a new group you like to call a “hipster,” although I have no idea what that means. I don’t do these things to be cool; I actually enjoy learning. But how do I compromise who I am with who the current world requires me to be?

For starters, I’m having cable installed (admittedly, this was in preparation for Shark Week, not because I want to watch Bridezillas or whatever the cool kids do these days).

I have practiced hiding my surprise when a peer asks me how to spell “cinnamon” or what “apathetic” means. I have adapted to going out every weekend, wearing clothes that are “in style,” and listening to (and enjoying, oddly enough) rap music.

There’s just one thing I can’t compromise on: I will not speak on something I don’t know anything about. In a world of smart phones, auto-correct, and instant coffee, I won’t let Facebook speak for me. I refuse to mimic a view I don’t necessarily agree with. I refuse to be uneducated.

But I don’t have a problem with calling up my Daddy when I get sick. Everyone should be able to do that, regardless of age. Imagine that.

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Photo Spread

THEVISTA

LibertyFest is a star-spangled spectacle

Marchers with the Edmond Santa Fe High School marching band performed during Edmond’s LibertyFest parade, July 4, 2012. Photo by Trevor Hultner, the Vista

UCO President Don Betz waves to onlookers during Edmond’s LibertyFest parade, July 4, 2012. Photo by Trevor Hultner, the Vista

A replica Lady Liberty was one of several setpieces on parade floats participating in the LibertyFest parade, July 4, 2012. Photo by Trevor Hultner, the Vista

A group dressed in Revolutionary War era garb marches in the LibertyFest parade.

July 4, 2012. Photo by Josh Wallace, The Vista

Jerry Gray makes some final adjustments to his classic 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner. Photo by Josh Wallace, The Vista A military band performs at LibertyFest, July 4, 2012. Photo by Trevor Hultner, the Vista.

News

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Science

Higgs Boson discovery delights physicists

British physicist Peter Higgs, right, congratulates Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS experiment spokesperson, after her results presentation during a scientific seminar to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 4, 2012.

The head of the world’s biggest atom smasher is claiming discovery of a new particle that he says is consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson known popularly as the “God particle” which is believed to give all matter in the universe size and shape. (AP Photo/Denis Balibouse, Pool)

Trevor Hultner

Staff Writer When particle physicists from around the world gathered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for the 36th International Conference on High Energy Physics last week, the atmosphere felt more appropriate for an excited crowd at a winning high school football team’s championship game than an academic conference.

That’s because scientists from the Switzerland-based European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, were expected to make a possibly game-changing announcement, based off the results from two main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.

That announcement came on July 4 after 40 or so years of theorization and work, billions of dollars spent by various European countries, and the construction and implementation of the largest particle accelerator and collider in the world. Spokespeople Fabiola Gianotti and Joe Incandela (from the ATLAS and CMS experiments,

respectively), smiles on their faces, told the world that they had made a breakthrough discovery: they had found evidence that a “Higgs-like” boson does in fact exist.

“This is indeed a new particle,” Incandela said. “We know it must be a boson and it’s the heaviest boson ever found.”

Gianotti told reporters at a joint CERN press conference that the experiment had gone faster than expected, and it was going very well.

“These last weeks have been extremely intense,” she said. “I’m really amazed by everyone. Everybody was really focused.”

One of the eminent theorists responsible for the search for the boson and its namesake, Peter Higgs, was present for the announcement and made a brief statement at a seminar preceding the press conference.

“I would like to extend my congratulations [to the ATLAS and CMS experiment teams],” Higgs, who just turned 83 in May, said. “It is an incredible thing that it’s happened in my lifetime.”

Higgs and five other scientists theorized the existence of a particle field, which lent mass to other

particles, around 1964, when they published a series of papers called the “PRL symmetry breaking papers.”

In Higgs’ paper, titled “Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons,” he wrote that “The purpose of this present note is to report that, as a consequence of this coupling, the spin-one quanta of some of the gauge fields acquire mass; the longitudinal degrees of freedom of these particles (which would be absent if their mass were zero) go over into the Goldstone bosons when the coupling tends to zero.”

In layman’s terms? Fundamental particles like quarks, for example, gain mass thanks to the existence of a Higgs boson field. If it didn’t exist, then there should be no reason for a quark to have a mass.

This theory rose to some prominence in the early 1970s, when Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist Stephen Weinberg utilized the Higgs mechanism in his contribution to the unification of electromagnetic and weak force interactions. This unification, in turn, contributes to the current accepted model of understanding in particle

physics, the Standard Model.

“The Higgs field is the only way for particles to acquire mass,” UCO physics professor Weldon J. Wilson said. “There hasn’t been another plausible theory for why fundamental particles have mass.”

The main problem (until now) has been: how can physicists prove that the Higgs field exists beyond a mathematical theory?

Several particle accelerators, including the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Tevatron in Chicago and the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) outside of Dallas, have either been proposed or built for the purpose of finding the field. The SSC was slated to be the largest particle collider in the world, with a proposed 40 TeV collision energy – three times higher than the current energy used by the LHC. Its budget was scrapped in 1993, effectively cancelling the project.

The LHC, on the other hand, was funded by a consortium of nations and therefore withstood the hefty price tag of $5 billion. Construction on the collider was started in 2000, in the 27-kilometer-long cavern where its predecessor, the Large

Electron-Positron Collider, sat. The LHC began full operation in November 2009.

According to Incandela, approximately 500 trillion collisions have been produced for the purposes of finding the Higgs – and positive results have only numbered in the tens of thousands. “[500 trillion] is enough to where, if it were sand, it would fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool,” he said.

Despite that massive amount of data, and a certainty of over five sigma (99.9767 percent), the spokespeople were only cautiously optimistic.

“We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature. The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics, which will peer down the new particle’s properties, and is likely to shed a light on other mysteries of our universe,” CERN Director General Rolf Heuer said. “As a layman, I would say we have it. As a scientist, I have to ask, what, exactly, have we found?”

Continued from Page 1 Celebrities

Bieber cited for speeding

Authorities say heartthrob singer Bieber has been ticketed for speeding on a Los Angeles freeway after being chased by at least one other vehicle. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Shaya Tayefe Mohajer

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber is used to attracting crowds. But he had at least one follower too many when somebody tailed him on a Los Angeles freeway, and it led to a speeding ticket for the teen idol.

The singer of “Boyfriend” and “Baby” was cited for driving in excess of 65 mph at about 10:45 a.m. Friday, after calls came in com-

plaining of a freeway chase on southbound U.S. Highway 101 near Studio City, said Officer Ming Hsu of the California Highway Patrol.

The 18-year-old crooner told officers he was being chased by paparazzi, and investigators confirmed he was being followed by at least one vehicle, Hsu said.

“The second vehicle left the area and there’s a search to find that driver,” Hsu said.

Hsu did not have a description of the other vehicle.

A call and an email to Bieber’s publicist weren’t immediately returned.

The claim of a chase is backed by an unlikely eyewitness, Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who called authorities after seeing Bieber’s distinctive chrome Fisker Karma being chased by five or six other cars.

On his morning commute to City Hall, Zine, who spent 33 years as a police officer, said he saw Bieber’s sports car drive up behind him and zoom around him, weaving wildly in and out of traffic while five or six other cars gave chase.

Zine estimated the chase exceeded 100 mph as paparazzi engaged in wild maneuvers to keep up with Bieber, including driving on the shoulder and cutting off other vehicles.

Zine said Bieber was breaking the law by driving recklessly and speeding, and the paparazzi were breaking the law by hounding him.

“This was very bizarre, very outrageous and showed a total disregard for life and property,” Zine said.

Tuition

may still find it disheartening and difficult to think about how they’ll manage to pay for their education, especially in an uncertain economy.

“I’m incredibly sensitive to the cost of education, I got through school because I worked and was able to get scholarships, my parents didn’t have funds to send me to school.

There’s probably no one out there that understands the sacrifices you make to be able to go to school. I start from that premise, what is the best way we can proceed, so I’ve really broken it down to what it would cost you every day, what does it really mean to a student, what it means is a $1.02 a day to invest in your future,” Betz said.

He added that, as an average, a student who continues their higher education and graduates from college stands to make $1 million more than those who don’t finish college, and to look at the increase as a small investment to make towards a more prosperous life.

As for future increases, Betz speculates that they will come but will do so incrementally, not dramatically, but are a necessity to run UCO. As an example, if the university were to operate as it did last year with the same faculty, staff and students, with no increase in revenue, it would cost upwards of $2 million more to run the university this year from utility and insurance costs alone.

“I think it’s important for our students to know that this $169 a credit hour they’ll be paying now with the new fee is still less than students pay at several universities in the state, obviously OU and OSU, but they’re also paying less than Panhandle State, they’re paying less than USAO in Chickasha, and they’re paying less than at Southeastern State in Durant. I know the quality of education in all of these institutions and I know the quality of education here, this remains one of the bargains for anyone seeking a higher education in Oklahoma,” Betz said.

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Sports

THEVISTA

Page 7

July 11, 2012

Football

25 things to know about the 2012 Broncho Football season, numbers ten through six

Steven Daniels (28) holds up the good luck sign as the UCO Bronchos take the field during a college football game between UCO and Lindenwood at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

The Vista Sports countdown of 25 things to know about Broncho Football has almost reached its final 25. Release of new clothing in the bookstores 24. Tailgating and the game day atmosphere 23. Herbert Byrd and Sam Moses 22. Amped up coverage of UCO Football from the Vista 21. A change in offensive philosophy Whitt Carter

Staff Writer The Vista’s countdown returns and we are only one week away from the number one reason you should be ready for some football.

This week we look at numbers 10-6 with an all around look at the football program from offense to defense, to uniforms and television.

10. New Uniforms. I don’t know about anyone else, but I love this.

I wanted to rank this higher.

In just over a month, Broncho fans will see royal blue and white pants at home, similar to the looks of dominant SEC power, LSU. In the 1990’s, the Bronchos sported this look and it turned into a 7534-1 record, finishing as conference champs three times.

In 2010, UCO put their fashion style on rewind, and displayed a look similar to the uniforms to be unveiled next fall.

White helmets with a royal blue

20. The foot of Chris Robbs 19. Free game day give aways 18. Transfer Delans Griffin 17. OU/OSU football games only fall on two of UCO home games 16. Christian Hood and Tucker Holland

and bronze stripe down the middle and a bucking broncho on both sides: beautiful.

This is the best look possible for UCO. Let’s hope it stays around.

8. Adrian Nelson. This has potential to be the most exciting storyline in the 2012 season. Think of this situation as similar to Cam Newton’s.

9. Wantland Stadium. Maybe it’s just me. But I think we, as a university, take advantage of one of the nicest facilities around.

Heck, they even come from the same JC conference.

The 6-foot-4-inch, 230-pound gunslinger will enter the fall with total command of the starting job.

Rightfully so, after he threw for 3,754 yards and 33 touchdowns last season at Navarro JC. Not only did Nelson put up staggering numbers while quarterbacking the Bulldogs, but he won, too.

Nelson guided Navarro to a 21-3 record during his two years at the helm of the offense, which included a NJCAA National Championship in 2010.

Nelson has played under new head coach Nick Bobeck for two years already and knows the system like no one else.

The run-pass threat has the ability to make plays with his feet, on the ground and through the air, outside

Granted, there are surely nicer ones at higher levels, and some even in Division-II. However, with new turf being played on for the first time last season, a state of the art press box/suite level and a jumbotron scoreboard, we somewhat have it made.

Go look at the other Division-II schools in the state and compare their stadium facilities to ours. Not a close comparison, really.

Yes, our other facilities can improve. But as far as game day facilities and a football stadium goes, UCO has done it right. Wantland Stadium is top-of-the-line.

15. A more disciplined football team 14. Homecoming 2012: All you need is Central 13. Traveling to Pittsburgh State 12. Improved Attendance at UCO games 11. The return of 16 seniors

of the pocket.

Let’s hope this story ends similar to Cam Newton’s.

7. Two UCO games to be televised. The games- one away and one home- will be featured as a part of the eleven-game series on the MIAA Television Network.

This speaks volumes of the perception of UCO Football and the program’s history. Entering the first year of one of the most prestigious conferences in all of Division-II, and we get two TV games? That’s big-time.

The September 8 game at Pitts-

burg State and a home contest against Washburn two weeks later.

Although they are slated to be televised, the MIAA is working on branching out to a regional station near Oklahoma that would broadcast the game, helping fans avoid having to stream the game from their online website.

6. Change to the 4-3 defense. It all starts with defense.

Something had to change, and it has.

In the last four years, UCO has given up an average of 412 yards and 33 points per game to the opponent.

As Bobeck and his staff arrived, this was one of the first changes that they made. Defense was a staple under Bobeck at Navarro and he will hope to continue that trend in his return to UCO. A good amount of solid players return on the defensive side of the ball for the Bronchos, which will help ease the transition.

Associated Press

Football season is coming. There are only six weeks to go!

Follow @WhittCarter on Twitter as he awaits our first game

Spain matches US talent in Olympic Basketball MADRID (AP) — Serge Ibaka believes Spain's Olympic basketball team has the talent to match the U.S. squad.

He's confident the 2008 silver medalists can compete with the 2012 gold medal favorites and world champions.

"They are just like us, they also have players with a lot of talent," the Oklahoma City power forward said Saturday in his first full day of training with the Spanish team. "They are a different team to 2008, but their players are still very good."

The 22-year-old Ibaka will make his Olympic debut with Spain, which he helped guide to the European Championship title last summer soon after being nationalized. Ibaka, who is of Congolese origin, turned up at camp early to prepare for the London Olympics.

"There's no time to rest, we have to find our rhythm for the competition already for these

friendly games we have, see how we feel," said Ibaka, who helped lead Oklahoma City to the NBA finals in June before losing to the Miami Heat in five games.

Spain has the bulk of its 2008 team, including Pau and Marc Gasol and Rudy Fernandez — returning, aside from injured point guard Ricky Rubio.

Spain has several exhibitions before opening against China on July 29 in London, including one against the U.S. in Barcelona on July 24. If the pair lives up to their billing as competition favorites, they won't meet again until the Aug. 12 final after being drawn in different groups.

"We should only worry about our own preparations because it's a long road to the final," Ibaka said. "The most important thing is to give our all to get there."

Sports

THEVISTA

Page 8

July 11, 2012

Opinion

Basketball

Full Timeout

Q&A with Coaches: Guy Hardaker

By Chris Brannick Sports Editor

IX to five Timeout. It has been 40 years since America thought it would be a good idea for women to get equal opportunities in sports.

But did you know that Title IX goes beyond sports?

Sports are all you hear about, because admitting women to colleges doesn’t make the news. The fact is that, in the 1970’s, many colleges and universities refused to admit any females.

With this anniversary of Title IX, you might be wondering what it is, how has it changed or is it even relevant?

Maybe you wonder what the effects of Title IX have on your university?

Here at UCO it is simple, you have to have an equal number of sports for women as you do for men and financially, the distribution has to balance out.

Okay, maybe it is not so simple to the viewer’s eye.

Most of the time spent on campus can gain you a glimpse of the massive amenities of Wantland Stadium. Did you know that UCO has a Women’s Track and Field team but we don’t even have a track?

Maybe you’ve never been down the halls of Hamilton Fieldhouse or upstairs in the dark corners, where we shove the coaches for all of these sports. In one office, some makeshift walls separate three coaches.

I’m not at all knocking anything regarding UCO and the athletic department, just laying some groundwork for what I want to tell you.

It has been 40 years since Title IX was signed, and inequality is still showing up on campuses around the country.

Recently a member of the Men’s Track and Field clubteam reached out to me about how their summer was going. They don’t receive any sponsorship from the university so that means they have to be a club team.

Similar sports include Men’s hockey, soccer, rugby and bowling.

I’m not saying that the university should or should not sponsor UCO Bowling, just that we have a Women’s Track and Field team, albeit no track or field, and it is a very successful program. Sponsoring a Men’s team would not take anything away from the female population.

We encourage our students to be active and live healthy lifestyles, but at the same time, we aren’t prepared to offer those who enjoy running the opportunity to compete at that and do so on a national level.

Women’s athletics outnumber the men nine to five at UCO. Four of the five men’s sports are offered for the girls but five of the women’s sports are not offered for the men. Thus, they have to start a club, i.e. The Soccer Club, so they can compete regionally because they want to have fun and play a game they love.

UCO is a steady forward moving university, and in the celebration of the 40th anniversary, it should be known that the support the women at UCO receive is spectacular and more than fair by anyone’s imagination.

We just need to make an effort to move forward with the support of all athletes. The next 40 years need to be more about broadening everyone’s horizons rather than focusing on the division of men versus women and who gets what.

Scan this code to follow Chris on Twitter @chrisbrannick85 for more on Title IX and other sports including all things UCO

Head Coach Guy Hardaker during a game between UCO and Newman in Edmond, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

Chris Brannick

Sports Editor Q&A with the Coaches continues this week with Women’s Basketball head coach Guy Hardaker.

After the toughest schedule in Hardaker’s seven years, the Bronchos finished the season 16-11. Hardaker, who is a member of the UCO Hall of Fame, has built women’s basketball into a force to be reckoned with in Division II. Four straight 20-win seasons and five straight seasons finishing first or second in the conference. Hardaker has led the Bronchos to two Sweet-16 appearances as well.

Hardaker was a three-year star for the Broncho Baseball team in the early 80s, helping them to more than 100 wins during that time. The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Hardaker in 1983 in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball draft and Hardaker spent two years playing in their Minor League farm system.

The Vista: You ended a four-year streak of 20 win seasons last year, what do you take from that?

Coach Hardaker: I think we thought we were going to do it again. We felt like it was our best squad that we’ve had, but so many unfortunate things happened.

What I liked was, they still expected to win every game.

The Vista: After finishing first or second in the Lone Star Conference five years in a row, and spending a season as an independent, how do you feel about moving to the MidAmerican Intercollegiate Athletic Association?

Coach Hardaker: We want to be the best WE can be. I just tell them we want to play hard every possession. If we give it our best then, at the end of the night the girls can look up and know that’s where we want to be.

The Vista: What is your favorite thing about UCO? Coach Hardaker: When I got hired I didn’t realize what a good job this is. I also like to see the growth of the University. I went to school here and first things first, there was no Broncho Lake. When you bring recruits in and there is always some construction going on somewhere, it may not be pretty now, but it’s a good sign and they like that.

The Vista: Speaking of recruiting, how has this year been?

Coach Hardaker: Good, we brought in three new guards and two forwards, they’re a good bunch.

The Vista: Do you recruit years

ahead of time?

Coach Hardaker: No, not really. I think since we’re just sticking people in positions and we don’t really need to. So many things happen, too, in girl’s basketball throughout a career. They might get married or injuries can take so many turns, we just really focus on one day at a time.

The Vista: So what have you done with what time off you had this summer?

Coach Hardaker: Well we had a place at the lake, got to spend time with the kids and the family. Just relax. But, we were back recruiting this weekend.

The Vista: What do you think about this Olympic Team?

Coach Hardaker: Well I think some of those guys could make our team. Anytime you have Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant you are probably going to win some games. But, the international players, so many of them are in the NBA now, they’ll be good too. And, how about Oklahoma? We have the three Thunder players, Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler, they have some Oklahoma ties from the Hornets, and Blake Griffin is from here in Edmond, that’s six on team USA. But it ought to be exciting.

Track & Field

Track & Field runs past Regionals

UCO Men’s Track & Field team poses with their medals after the USATF Southwest Regional in Houston, Texas. From left James Hunter, Andrew Spurgeon, Matt Blubaugh, Jason Daniel, Jordan Ensminger and Josiah Hunter

Chris Brannick

Sports Editor The UCO Men’s Track & Field team has defeated the odds and the competition this season.

The Bronchos recently headed to the USA Track & Field Regional Championships in Houston, June 16.

“It’s pretty exciting,” said Matt Blubaugh, who competes in multiple events for the Bronchos.

The Bronchos headed to Rice University who served as host of the regional and welcomed teams from the Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Gulf area.

Teams from Texas University, Rice, Arkansas, Houston, Sam Houston State, Texas Christian, Texas St. and Abilene Christian all competed in the open regional.

Teams from outside of the region were allowed to compete but were not allowed to score.

UCO faced this same situation on June 10 when they traveled to New York City to compete in the USA Track & Field

East Regional.

“New York was pretty tough,” Blubaugh said. “One-third of the Olympic athletes were at the New York Regional.”

Terence Clark participated in the 100 meter dash preliminaries and lost out early to Jeremy Bascom. Bascom, who competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, would win that preliminary race as well as the final heat. Bascom also won this race at the National meet.

The June 10 meet would end up that way for the Bronchos.

“We went there for the experience,” Blubaugh said. “Some of the guys there had agents and were wearing their country’s uniforms.”

June 16 would be a different story for the bronze and gold. Six Bronchos medaled on the day including Blubaugh, who tallied a silver medal to accompany his six gold medals.

Josiah Hunter also nabbed gold medals in the long jump as well as the discus.

Hunter would pick up a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles too. James Hunt-

er, brother of Josiah, ended up second in the long jump.

Jason Daniel grabbed a first place finish in the 800 meter run and second place finish in the 1500 meter run. Jordan Ensminger was right behind Daniel in the 800 meter run finishing second.

Andrew Spurgean would get a second place finish in the 5,000 meter and a third place finish in the 1,500.

Blubaugh kept the podium full of UCO runners, joining Daniel and Spurgean after a first place finish in the 1500. Blubaugh also collected gold in the shot-put and the 5,000 meter run.

The team finished in first place in three different relay competitions too.

“We were surprised we did that good with the team we took,” said Blubaugh.

He added that some guys couldn’t make it and they spread every out really thin.

The Bronchos train year-round.

“I feel confident that I and the other founders of our club have at least laid down a descent foundation for a future powerhouse in USA Track & Field to be built,” Blubaugh said.