The Vista March 1, 2012

MARCH 1, 2012

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UCO baseball team ended their 3-game losing streak by defeating MACU Tuesday.

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The UCO Chess and Clubs game is now accepting applicants for their annual design competition.

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THE RACE FOR LAST PLACE According to the United Health Foundation, an organization who monitors the health of the U.S., Oklahoma ranks near the bottom in an alarming number of categories. For example, in the past year the rate of children living in poverty rose from 20.3% to 25%. Also, in the last 10 years, obesity jumped from 19.7% to 31.3% of adults.

STATE HEALTH INDICATORS Fruit and vegetable consumption:

Current smoking prevalence:

United States - 23.4% Oklahoma - 14.6 %

United States - 17.9 % Oklahoma - 25.5 %

No physical activity:

No health insurance coverage:

United States - 23.8 % Oklahoma - 31.4 %

United States -14.3 % Oklahoma - 19.8 %

Obesity: Poverty: United States - 26.9 % Oklahoma - 32 %

United States -13.2 % Oklahoma - 15.7 %

Preventable hospitalizations (per 100,000): United States - 1,762.6 Oklahoma - 2,120.9

Adult dental visits: United States -71.3 % Oklahoma - 57.9 %

Source: 2011 State of the State Health Report

Graphic by Cody Bromley, Research by Adam Holt, Source: http://www.americashealthrankings.org

International

LIBERAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM

QURAN BURNING INCITES UNREST IN MIDDLE EAST

Liberal Arts Symposium banner is shown outside of the Liberal Arts building, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

Pakistani protesters burn tires to condemn the reported burning of Qurans in Afghanistan by U.S. troops, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Banner reads “The desecration of Quran by NATO and US forces is an open war against Islam.” (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

On Feb. 20, 2012, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) destroyed materials from a detainee center inside of Bagram Airforce Base that were believed to have contained extremist inscriptions.

Among the materials incinerated were believed to have been copies of the Muslim holy book, the Quran and other religious documents.

Word of the religious materials being seized and destroyed prompted ISAF General John Allen to issue a statement describing that steps were being taken to prevent such an incident from occurring again, and his apology to the Afghanistan government and its people.

Despite the apology, protesters soon started gathering outside of the military base, which soon began escalating into violence.

By Wednesday, Feb. 22, seven people were dead after protesters skirmished with security forces. The following day President Obama issued a formal apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which failed to stem the violence as two American officers were shot dead

inside the heavily guarded Interior Ministry building in Kabul. The violence prompted NATO to withdraw its advisers from all Afghan ministries.

After Obama sent his apology to Karzai, he was criticized for doing so by two Republican presidential candidates. Former Senator Rick Santorum stated that Obama’s apology seemingly showed a sign of weakness, while former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich added that Obama is consistently apologizing to those who do not deserve an apology.

For Fakhrildeen Albahadily, UCO Chemistry professor and advisor to the Muslim Student Association, Obama’s apology was to be expected. However, how it would be received depended upon which groups of people were listening in Afghanistan.

“The first are those who sincerely believe in the United States’ mission to help the Afghani people and view America as a friend and ally.

Hamid Karzai and the government elite in Afghanistan feel the sincerity of the President’s apology,” he said. “The second group is the

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Dr. Stephen Law, Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Deanna Tucker, President of Medieval Society, and Daniel Gillman, a member, prepare the trebuchet for launch outside the Liberal Arts Building during Symposium, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

WEATHER

By Josh Wallace / Contributing Writer

TODAY H 70° L 41°

TOMORROW H 79° L 48°

DID YOU KNOW? According to legend, comic book super hero Superman was born on Feb. 29 on the planet Krypton.

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“I think college Algebra, because you’ve done that for like four years, time to move on to something like Calculus.”

“Health. It’s all common sense anyway.”

“Probably Humanities, because I sucked at it.”

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“I don’t see a problem with any of them.”

“I’ll say a foreign language.

I think it’s dumb you have to take two semesters.”

“That dumb health class.

That was the dumbest freaking class I’ve ever had.”

SENATE’S PERSONHOOD BILL IS POISONOUS On Tuesday, over 200 people gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol to protest State Senate Bill SB 1433. The bill would grant “personhood” rights to embryos, effectively making abortion into murder and making in vitro fertilization (IVF) into a legal nightmare.

Women as well as men had signs, both clever and crude, to tell lawmakers just how they felt and the emotions were running very high.

“What if the fetus you save is gay? Will you still fight for its rights?”

“If I wanted the government in my utersus I’d **** a senator.”

State House Rep. Brian Renegar, (D) District 17, spoke to the crowd and told them just how much he felt the bill was working against Oklahomans.

“There are certain days that I come up to this Capitol that I’m not very proud to be a legislator and this week is one of those,” Renegar said.

He also went on to say that in his six years as a representative he has never found a bill to be more anti-family, anti-life and anti-woman.

Perhaps worse than being all of those things, this bill is antiprogress. The authors of this bill are basing it on a Mississippi law from 1986. Oklahomans are better than out of state ideas from a generation ago.

The problem with this bill is that it takes the legally protected medical act of abortion and then criminalizes it. A woman should not be made into a criminal because she chose to make a decision about her body. If the lawmakers who wrote this bill could see outside their own moral boundaries they might even see how much women have progressed since 1986.

Luckily, March is Women’s History Month. Perhaps the bill’s author, Senator Brian Crain, could use an invitation to one of the many events taking place on campus this month.

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STATE SENATE BILL TARGETS EDUCATION OF EVOLUTION

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By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer One Oklahoma Senate bill seeks to alter how science is taught in public classrooms.

The bill, filed by Republican state Senator Josh Brecheen, has already sparked a great deal of criticism from Oklahoma’s scientific community. Brecheen’s SB 1742, according to the senator, will create an “academic freedom” in the classroom.

Breechen entered a nearly identical bill into the hopper on Jan. 19, 2011.

When Congress failed to reach a decision in the last congressional session, Breechen contended that the bill would pass, given more time.

The bill would mandate secondary science teachers explain that many aspects of existence are outside the bounds of science. SB 1742 would enforce the State Board of Education’s new “standards and curricula,” the first of which is to “know the definition of science and understand it has limitations.”

The first tier continues to reinforce the notion in its conclusion: “Students should know that some questions are outside the realm of science because they deal with phenomena that are not scientifically testable.”

Brecheen’s proposal also protects educators’ views of creationism to be taught in the classroom. Which brings up the question: whose take on creationism will Oklahoman’s adhere to?

MeShawn Conley, UCO’s director of

the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, has concerns about the bill’s implications.

“In my personal belief, certain things should be discussed outside of education. I fear forcing views upon impressionable minds that might be in opposition of what they are getting at home is not good for the child,” she said.

Relating to having specific “standards and curricula,” Conley said, “The beautiful thing of our multicultural society is we get to celebrate individuality. If we force one idea, we become one group.”

Senator Brecheen claims the bill will simply open and encourage the creationism versus evolution argument in the classroom.

In an interview with the Durant Daily Democrat, Brecheen said, “I have introduced legislation requiring every publically funded Oklahoma school to teach the debate of creation vs. evolution using the known science, even that which conflicts with Darwin’s religion”.

Mike Fuller, the president of Oklahoma’s chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU), does not see the bill as a vehicle for discussion.

Fuller contends, “The word ‘scientific’ is used numerous times throughout the bill in an obvious attempt to place “creationism” on the same scientific level as evolution. This is ludicrous. Creationism is most definitely not science or scientifically based.”

Like Conley, Fuller believes religious minorities’ freedom will be trespassed.

“Furthermore, since our public schools have students from extremely diverse religious backgrounds, this bill would surely encroach on the religious liberty of those students that do not subscribe to the religious dogma which would become part of science education because of this bill,” he said.

Fuller is not only a strong proponent of separating religion and state, but was previously a high school science teacher.

“From an education perspective, this bill requires the state board of education to adopt ‘standards and curricula’ which, for the most part, were adopted in Texas in 2009,” Fuller said.

The passing of the similar Texas bill resulted in over 50 scientific and educational organizations coming together in opposition. Our state’s ranking in science studies lulls toward the end of the nation’s list, and according to Fuller, “This would significantly erode our already low ranking in science education as well as the recruitment of scientists and high tech businesses to our State, thus having a very negative economic impact.”

Similar legislation has been presented 40 times within 12 different states, according to Victor Hutchison, president of Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education, “The [federal] courts ruled that intelligent design was not science.”

Hutchison thinks the law would be quickly overturned due to the 2005 ruling in Dover, Pa.

Multicultural Institute

ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEKEND

By Courtney Bass/ Contributing Writer The 29th-annual Multicultural Education Institute will take place Friday, March 9 from 5:30-9:30 and Saturday, March 10 from 8:30 until 5:00 p.m. in the Nigh University Center. The College of Education and Professional Studies has planned this event.

“This Multicultural Education Institute provides a venue for teachers, students and other educators to have an opportunity to be exposed to big ideas and nationally-known speakers, as well as engage in skill-building and professional development from local talent and expertise,” April Haulman, founder of the Multicultural Education Institute and coordinator and professor of Bilingual/TESL, said.

This year’s theme for the program is “Multicultural Education: Cultivating a Blended Harvest.”

According to Donna Bass, Bilingual/TESL administrative assistant, “We always have a theme that has to do with multiculturalism. This year we will be screening the film ‘La Cosecha’ or ‘The Harvest.’ It is about migrant farm children. ‘The Harvest’ lent to the theme ‘Cultivating a Blended Harvest.’”

The event will feature keynote speakers and local presenters such as Stephen D. Krashen and Roger Rosenthal. Krashen, a linguistics expert who focuses on theories of language acquisition and literacy development, will be speaking at the banquet on Friday night.

“Under normal circumstances we would not have even dreamed of asking someone of Krashen’s stature to come to speak at our event, Haulman said. “But since he retired he has become an even more outspoken advocate of English language learners across the nation, and is willing to speak for less honorarium in locations where his message needs to be heard.

We are very fortunate.”

Rosenthal will be speaking about Oklahoma laws that pertain to English-language learners and immigration. He is a

lawyer with experience with immigrants and will be speaking during the special session on Saturday.

“When Rosenthal comes to Oklahoma to speak, he will tell school officials, teachers, students, and concerned citizens about the legal actions concerning immigrants who attend the public schools that can and cannot be taken,” Haulman said.

Also, Krashen and Rosenthal will respond to questions in a small group setting on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. hosted by the Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education.

There will also be a luncheon on Saturday that will feature a civil rights panel.

“With the passing of Clara Luper this past year, the Planning Committee thought it would be a good tribute to pay homage to this deeply-respected civil rights leader from the 1960’s,” Haulman said. “The panel will consist of other leaders from the same era who worked alongside Ms. Luper.”

The panelists include Gloria Pollard, Stan Evans, Bruce Fisher and Joyce Henderson, with Michael Korenblit as the moderator.

“We have about 90 UCO students enrolled for credit. We expect a total of about 400 to attend,” Bass said.

The Multicultural Institute will also provide multicultural secondary students with the opportunity to enjoy a Youth Leadership Session on Friday at 5:00 p.m.

“There are students coming from U.S. Grant, Dove Science Academy, Mid-Del, Putnam City West, Mustang, Bishop McGuinness, and Edmond Memorial,” Bass said. There will also be some students traveling from Pauls Valley and Hennessey to attend this event.

There is still time to register for the event.

Registration will be open until Feb. 24 and costs $75 dollars for the public, but only $60 for UCO students. Contact Donna Bass at dbass2@uco.edu for more information.

This week I learned how to be alone.

Too many self-help novels on that back shelf in Barnes and Noble guide you toward the opposite: how to meet your match made in heaven, how to make friends, how to schmooze your future bosses. I haven’t found many that teach you how to be alone, which is a shame because it’s something you’ve got to learn before everything else.

I spend most of my waking hours around people: classrooms full of pen-tapping, gum-smacking college students. Waiting rooms where young mothers smile and nod approvingly as their toddler crashes into the armchairs and pulls leaves from the fake plant in the corner. Crowded concert venues where bodies crush against one another in time to the funk-progressive beat of the latest local “it” band.

I spend much of my time in a crowd of people feeling like a lone fish in a busy, loud swarm. But I don’t spend enough time truly alone.

I used to call “lunch dates” with people so I wouldn’t have to face the stigma of eating alone in a restaurant.

I always wondered: was the lovestruck couple in the booth behind me laughing at me over their sodas and salads? Did the waiter only linger to talk to me because he felt sorry for my sadsack self?

So this week, I focused on being alone. The first test: restaurant dining.

“Good afternoon! How many?” the server asked, to which I mumbled, “Just one.”

First mistake. I’ve worked as a hostess before, and it was adamantly enforced: never say “just one,” or “only you today?” So I corrected myself, adding, “I’m dining alone today.”

Surprisingly, the restaurant didn’t erupt in the raucous, judgmental laughter I formerly would have expected. I was seated and served, and all was well.

What no one explicitly tells you about dining –or engaging in any other social activity – alone, is that it gives you this incredible sense of freedom.

I am “that” person. When I go to a restaurant with friends, I insist on ordering last. When it’s my turn, I ask three questions about three different entrees, and end up ordering something else entirely. I am “that” person who is last done at the table, or the person who flags down the waiter and asks for extra Caesar dressing for her salad.

Eating alone, you don’t have to wait for someone else to finish the meal. You don’t have to worry about talking with your mouth open because your companion chooses that exact moment to ask how you’re doing in school. The best thing about eating alone was pulling out a copy of the newest book I’d checked out from the library, and having one hour of silence and peace before returning to work.

Next week, I’ll attend a concert by myself. Attending shows around the city is already one of my favorite activities to do in a group, so it only seems appropriate to put that, too, to the “go it alone” test. Gradually, I am becoming more comfortable with reserving that time for myself. And gradually, it gives you that much greater an appreciation for the people around you – and yourself.

Maybe one isn’t the loneliest number after all.

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State

GROUP RALLYS AT CAPITOL AGAINST OKLAHOMA SENATE’S PROPOSED PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION

People cheer at a rally in opposition to the state Senate’s passage of a bill that grants the rights of personhood to fertilized human eggs, at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

By Katie Fretland / Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Protesters placed pairs of shoes on the north steps of the state Capitol on Tuesday in protest against a bill that would grant “personhood” to fertilized human eggs.

The act of walking away barefoot was intended to show that legislators who support the bill want Oklahoma women to be barefoot and pregnant. The empty shoes left on the steps symbolized women injured or killed by politicized women’s health care, said organizer Heather Hall.

The protest, organized by Oklahomans Against the Personhood Act, drew about 200 people. They held signs with messages that included “Keep your laws out of my womb” and “If you can’t trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?”

“It really disturbs me that they care more about fetuses and embryos than women currently living in the state of Oklahoma,” said

Shayna Daitch, 24, of Norman, the national committeewoman for the Young Democrats of Oklahoma.

She stood barefoot, wearing a blue dress, pearls and an apron and said the bill would send the state back to the 1950s.

Tulsa Republican Sen. Brian Crain, who wrote the bill, says the intent isn’t to ban abortions but to send a message that Oklahomans believe life begins at conception.

But critics include doctors and others who say the measure could interfere with in vitro fertilization and outlaw certain forms of birth control.

Mary Francis, 69, a retired reading specialist from Norman, held a rolling pin in her lap as she listened to speakers tell of personal experiences and their opinions atop the wind-whipped steps. She said she was there “because men have no say in what a woman does with her body.”

“I am delighted to see the women of Oklahoma waking up and realizing what this Legislature is trying to

do,” Francis said.

Colleen McCarty, 26, a consultant and restaurant owner from Tulsa, said she would strongly consider taking her two businesses out of the state if the bill moves forward.

Six months pregnant and wearing a T-shirt with the words “a choice” printed over her belly, McCarty said she would not raise her daughter in a state where she would not have control over her medical decisions.

Daniel Burke, 32, of Tulsa, said his wife was working and could not attend the rally. He held a sign reading “pro-wife.”

“My wife is frightened and angry and visibly upset about the proposed legislation,” he said. “She feels dehumanized and degraded.”

Eli Reshef, a reproductive specialist from Oklahoma City, said that only 30 percent of embryos become babies and that, under the proposed law, any that do not survive his lab would be considered a person who died.

“Sen. Crain reassures us that his bill, if enacted into law, will not lim-

it the practice of IVF and is merely a statement extending the definition of life to protect life,” Reshef said.

“But if his personhood bill is literally interpreted and enforced, I may not be able to offer IVF to my patients for fear of criminal prosecution, thus denying a future to deserving Oklahoma couples.”

Crain told The Associated Press on Tuesday the bill, SB 1433, is a policy statement recognizing that the unborn have rights. He says the bill is modeled after a 1986 Missouri law that was later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

“We’ve got 23 years of experience in Missouri on what that bill means,” he said. “It does not deny the right of an abortion. It does not deny birth control. It does not deny in vitro fertilization. It does not deny fertility specialists. This is a statement just as the mother of an unborn child has certain rights, the unborn have rights also.

“In 23 years in the state of Missouri under the same language,

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I know of no one who has been charged criminally or civilly for any negligence, harm, destruction of embryos.”

Another personhood measure, HJR 1067, that would have placed the issue on the November ballot will not be heard this year in committee, said Rep. Gary Banz, RMidwest City, the chairman of the House Rules Committee.

Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Forest Park, an opponent, said the bill has far-reaching potential when it comes to families and family planning decisions by suggesting people would be criminally liable for harming an embryo.

“I think the broadness and the lack of clarity about what the bill is actually trying to do is intentional, and the women of Oklahoma are not going to be hoodwinked,” Johnson said. “We are not going to be bamboozled by, again, a group of men who have decided to insert themselves into people’s private affairs.”

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UCO CHESS AND GAMES HOST QURAN BURNINGS ANNUAL DESIGN COMPETITION

By Shannon Moham / Contributing Writer The UCO Chess and Games Club is holding its annual game design competition for students, staff and faculty.

Members of the UCO community submit rules and prototypes for games that they have designed. The games are then play tested by members of the UCO Chess and Games club, who vote for their favorites, during the month of April.

Pre-registration forms are due by Friday, March 2nd; final copies of game rules are due by Monday, April 2nd at the latest. All students, staff, alumni and faculty are eligible to apply.

President of the Chess and Games Club Shey Ramsey believes that the annual competition is a great benefit for the club.

“It helps us get the word out about the club,” Ramsey said. “It also is a really good opportunity for the participants in the competition to get playtesting feedback about their game from people that they may not normally.”

Entries can range from board games, card games, role-playing games, outdoor games, or role-playing adventures. The contest results are usually announced just before exam week of spring term. Dr. Mark Silcox is the faculty sponsor for the club. He encourages the UCO community

to contact him regarding the competition.

“The winner will be announced first over a mailing list made up of all entrants’ emails, then subsequently to the Chess & Games Club’s Listserv, and on Centralities,” Silcox said.

Patrick Douglas, an employee of the UCO library, won the competition two years ago and came in second place last year. He encourages the UCO community to participate.

“This is a great opportunity to get involved in a very enjoyable activity on campus and meet people with a common interest,” Douglas said. “Even if you have no intention of participating in the club,

showing off your game or being part of the playtests can be a fun experience. It can also be the best way to get real feedback about your game in a constructive yet friendly atmosphere.”

Douglas had another bit of advice for those thinking of participating in the contest.

“Remember, winning isn’t the only reason to enter. Whether you enter a game or not, participating in the playtests is a lot of fun,“ Douglas said.

For more information on the Chess and Games Club or the design competition, contact Dr. Mark Silcox at msilcox@uco. edu.

Afghanis who are juxtaposed between two competing forces: American aid versus the Taliban threat. This group sees the apology as comforting, but is confused by the action of the Quran burning. The final group is the Taliban and their sympathizers who see America as their ideological enemy. The Quran burning furthered their views against the US.” Attacks continued over the weekend, with a protester injuring several American service members by throwing a grenade inside a NATO base. The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on Monday, Feb. 27, where at least nine people were killed, with a dozen injured from a suicide bombing at an ISAF base located in Jalalabad airport.

Karzai denounced the bombing, calling the act “inhuman and un-Islamic” and adding “the ruthless enemy would earn nothing but growing public hatred and punishment before Allah, the Almighty.” The Taliban vowed to continue their attacks in retaliation for the Quran burning.

As for the how the Afghani people have responded to the incident, Albahadily gives some insight on what the motives behind their thinking and actions may be.

“It’s disheartening to see any person’s faith or belief system being defaced, intentionally or accidental. Quran burning is an unacceptable practice. This is a reminder of the cultural gap between our society and the Afghani society,” he said.

He added, “The Afghani people are like any other people, they have morals, hopes and dreams and wish for a good life for themselves and for their children. However, the backbone of all these hopes and dreams are stemmed from their religious beliefs. When these acts happen, they feel as if the core of their belief is threatened.”

Currently the U.S. has planned to significantly reduce its numbers in Afghanistan by the end of 2013, with a complete end of combat operations by 2014. Afghan forces will assume the security operations of the country once the U.S. has exited.

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Liberal Arts

SYMPOSIUM SHOWCASES STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AS WELL AS SKILLS

A reflection of the trebuchet on one of the windows of Liberal Arts building during the Liberal Arts Symposium, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The symposium photographs, essays, and other presentations of Liberal Arts students.

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Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

Daniel Gillman, Deanna Tucker, and James Turnbow, members of UCO Medieval Society, work on the Trebuchet for Liberal Arts Symposium yesterday.

Daniel Gillman, Humanities major Senior, places a ball on trebuchet’s launcher outside of the Liberal Arts building during the Liberal Arts Symposium yesterday.

David Gill, Public Affairs officer at ROTC, reads the Liberal Arts Symposium’s program in the Liberal Arts Building yesterday.

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14. Freetown currency unit 15. Change 16. Leaf-stem angle 17. New Orleansstyle musical groups 19. Half-rotten 20. Blue 21. Drawn tight 22. Baby “breakthrough” 24. “___ on Down the Road” 25. Member of the middle class

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48. Flock member

6. Married German women

40. Simultaneously (3 wds)

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7. Advanced

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58. Enrich, in a way

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13. More cunning

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59. A bunch of

39. Doctor Who villainess, with “the”

60. Bind

18. So-called “royal herb”

61. Eye affliction

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62. “For Your ___ Only”

24. Carve in stone

53. A Swiss army knife has lots of them

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SOFTBALL TAKES WINNING RECORD TO MISSOURI FOR WEEKEND TOURNAMENT

Senior Brittany Weaver turns a double play against Emporia State Feb. 19. Photo Provided

By Blake Colston / Contributing Writer The UCO softball team will return to action Friday in Joplin, Mo., at the Teri Zenner Memorial Classic.

The tournament will feature a round-robin format with the Bronchos playing double-headers on Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, UCO will face Truman State and Northwest Missouri State at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.

Fort Hays State University and Washburn will provide the Bronchos’ competition on Saturday.

Head coach Genny Stidham says her team has a goal in mind for the tournament.

“The girls will be disappointed if we don’t go 4-0,” she said.

Pitchers Amanda McClelland and Rachel Steverson will share action in the circle for UCO over the weekend. Steverson is 3-2 on the season, while McClelland is 1-1 with a 4.96 ERA. Stidham says she hopes to see

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some improvement from both Steverson and McClelland.

“We’ll continue to use both of them. We need to work on giving up a few less earned runs,” Stidham said. “But we can also play better defense behind them, we’ve been a little sloppy at times.”

Although Stidham says the Bronchos don’t know much about their opponents this weekend, she’s sure about at least one thing about her club.

“We have a lot of fight, that’s for sure,” she said. “The first game of a doubleheader against Drury we were down late but no one ever thought we would lose.”

The Bronchos’ first-round opponent Truman State enters the tournament at 5-4 on the season and has won three of their last four games.

Bridget Schade leads the Bulldogs offensively, with a .522 batting average and seven RBI’s.

Kelsea Dorsey is 4-0 in the circle, with a 1.96 ERA in 25 innings pitched.

Later that evening UCO will face Northwest Missouri State (5-5).

The Bearcats enter the tournament winners of three straight and five of their last six.

Junior third baseman Kristin Uthe is hitting .429 on the season while first baseman Kayli Schurman leads

Northwest Missouri in homeruns (2) and RBI’s (4).

The Bearcats hit .238 as a team.

UCO defeated Northwest Missouri 8-6 in the Teri Zenner classic last season, and were 3-0 against the Bearcats in 2011.

Jenna Creger, Morgan Brunmeier and Abbie Vitosh will all pitch during the tournament. Creger’s 2.19 ERA leads the Bearcats.

Saturday at noon UCO faces the Fort Hays State Tigers (7-3). The Tigers competed in the Best Western Premier Spring Fling last weekend in Denton, Texas, finishing the tournament with a record of 3-2.

Two-way player Maddie Holub paces the Tigers offense with four home runs to lead the club and also carries a team-best 2.40 ERA. Holub, a junior, has struck out 67 batters in only 43.2 innings of work.

The Bronchos were 0-2 against Fort Hays State last season, losing 1-0 and 10-5.

Central will wrap up play at the Zenner Memorial Classic Saturday at 6 p.m. against the Washburn University Lady Blues.

The Lady Blues are 1-7 on the season.

UCO’s next home game is March 6 at 2 p.m. against Cameron University.

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CENTRAL GOLF SUFFER AT THE BUZZER FIRST LOSS OF SPRING SAN BERNADINO, Calif. (Feb. 28) -- Central Oklahoma’s perfect year came to an end in the opening tournament of the spring season here Tuesday as the Bronchos tied for seventh in the rugged Coyote Classic.

UCO, which won all five of its fall tournaments, had rounds of 298-290-295 for an 883 total in the two-day, 54-hole tournament that was delayed Monday by darkness. Chico State finished at 845 to beat runner-up Grand Canyon by 19 shots in running away with the title in the 17-team event.

Josh Creel led the Bronchos, tying for 10th individually after shooting 70-68-78 for a six-over-par 216 total. UCO also got a 7374-74=221 from Dillon Rust, while Trevor

Going back to my example of the hockey team, the school doesn’t supply an athletic trainer to handle their sprains and dislocated Stafford shot 75-74-73=222, Andrew Green shoulders- they have to bring in their own. If 80-74-72=226 and Baer Aneshansley 80-76they’re lucky, he works on a volunteer basis, 76=232. or at least on the cheap.

Derek Franco carded a 73-78-76=227 playThe sailing team competes in regattas in the ing as an individual medalist. geographical colon of Texas, but I doubt the school bought them a boat, much less a way to get it to College Station. I’m not even sure when men’s soccer and rugby play, because I never hear anything about them.

Not to beat a dead horse, but this all boils down to one thing: These club athletes, who SoCal Intercollegiate support and represent our school and, by proxy, ourselves can only rely on one source Mar. 12-13 of support.

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Hockey exemplifies this most of all. I’ve covered every home game this season, and I can count on one hand the number of times the stands have been less than 75 percent full.

When the Sooners come to town, they have to roll out extra bleachers because the crowds are so massive, even though students have to pay five bucks to get in.

However, there is no reason that all of UCO’s club athletes can’t enjoy similar support from the students and public.

So, hang up a banner cheering the bowling team. Find a UCO sailor and wish them luck at their next contest. Find out when rugby is playing next and set up a towel on the lawn.

Also, if you do find out when the rugby team plays next, let me know.

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AT THE BUZZER

By Bryan Trude

BASEBALL GET HOME WIN WEDNESDAY OVER MACU

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ON THE ROAD TO SELF FINANCING, AGAIN By the time you read this, I will be on a bus.

Well, maybe I’ll be off the bus. Depends on when you pick this up and read it, but I digress.

Vista Photo Editor Garett Fisbeck and I will be en route/ in Cleveland, Ohio, accompanying the UCO Hockey team as they compete in the ACHA national tournament - which you can follow on UCO360, by the way.

Now that the shameless plug is out of the way, it’s been commented before about the amount of coverage that we give the hockey team, a sport club that isn’t supported by the Athletics department.

I’ve certainly written about this before in past articles, and it will likely come up again, but I also think it underscores a very valid point.

UCO is certainly awash in talented athletes. The Bronchos have a top-flight wrestling squad who will be going to nationals themselves next week, basketball has always been an entertaining draw, and the girls’ soccer team set records on their way to a first-round bye in their tournament.

Whether they’re on the baseball team, the football team, or even both – I’m looking at you, Sharp – UCO athletes enjoy a lot of support. Some athletes are able to draw full or partial scholarships, and there is a wide range of support services, from athletic trainers to strength and conditioning.

Club sport athletes get none of that.

While wrestling is off to Pueblo, Colo. in a week, the UCO Bowling Team will be travelling to Euless, Texas for sectionals. They will likely be paying their own way to get there, and there will likely be little fanfare whether they succeed or fail.

Junior Cameron Mavroulis during a game Feb. 28. Photo

By Stuart Dickison / Contributing Writer The Bronchos improved to 9-5 Tuesday afternoon with a 13-10 win over the Mid-America Christian University Evangels.

With three errors in the contest and some shaky pitching late in the game, head coach Dax Leone is still happy with the performance of his team.

“It wasn’t ideal, clean baseball like we love to play,” Leone said. “But the name of the game is to win. We’ll take it.”

Not all things were bad, as the Bronchos received strong performances from senior Tucker Brown and sophomore

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Brown got things going for the Bronchos early in the first inning, launching a two-run home run to center, giving the Bronchos an early 2-0 lead.

“Tucker sparks this offense,” Leone said of Brown. “He’s probably one of the best players in the country.”

However the biggest blow to the Evangels came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Boyle stepped to the plate and cleared the bases with a double to left-center giving the Bronchos a 12-4 lead. Boyle’s three RBI’s proved crucial in the 13-10 win.

“That was a clutch hit from Mike, “Leone said. “It was a good match up and definitely a big time swing by Boyle.”

The Bronchos also received a strong start on the mound from junior Ryan Miller. Miller improved to 2-0 on the season with giving up only one earned run on four hits in four innings. He recorded four strikeouts.

“He was good,” Leone said. “We probably could’ve extended him through the whole game, but we’re saving his next start.”

Ethan Sharp pitched well with two innings of work in relief, giving up one run on three hits and striking out three.

The Evangels’ bats woke up in the final half inning of the afternoon for six runs. However, their rally fell short as sophomore pitcher Jake Tuck was able to shut them down.

Other standouts from the afternoon included seniors Cory Proctor and Austin Rycroft. Each scored three runs each with two hits, including a long two-run home run to center from Rycroft in the bottom of the third. Senior third baseman Kevin Blue also recorded two hits on the afternoon.

The win snaps a three-game losing streak for UCO. The Bronchos will be looking ahead as they travel to Saint Angelo, Texas, this weekend for a weekend series with Saint Angelo University.

Staff ace Uriah Fisher (1-0) is scheduled to open up the weekend in game one, with Edgar Lopez (3-1) throwing the first of a double-header on Saturday and Ryan Miller (2-0) will take the mound in the night cap.

The Bronchos return to Edmond again on March 6 for a game with Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

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DODGEBALL RAISES MONEY FOR CHARITY

By Whitt Carter/ Contributing Writer Dodge, dip, duck, dive and donate!

That is the one of the yearly mottos of the Pi Kappa Alpha, Lambda Iota Chapter at UCO. A few weeks ago, hundreds of dodgeballers gathered at the UCO Wellness Center for the fifth-annual Dodgeball for the Kids tournament, which donates all money raised during the tournament to Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

“It was a very successful event,” Hunter Duke, the philanthropy chair from within the fraternity, said. “We raised just over $3,000 to give to Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and had around 20 teams participate in the tournament.”

The tournament started in 2008, and has grown every year since. Duke touched on the fact that this year’s get-together, was one of the best, if not the best, in the five-year history.

“This year’s tournament was definitely one of the best that we’ve ever had. We had about 15 sponsors, and a ton of people came out,” Duke said. “It’s always one of our best events, and this year might have been the best.”

The annual event draws not only current members of the fraternity, but also past alumni, UCO students and other people, who simply just want to chuck dodge balls at people.

“We had a really good turnout from our members and alumni. It’s always good to see those guys come back and be able to catch up with them,” Duke said. “It was cool to see people that weren’t tied to PIKE come play, too.”

Alongside the dodgeball tournament, the

UCO Pikes introduced a new philanthropic event this past fall: donating to the Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life foundation.

This organization was created in 2008 for a fallen member of the PIKE chapter in New Hampshire, Taylor Trudeau, who died from Leukemia.

All in all, 58 PIKE Chapters around the United States have picked up the Cycle for Life event, where people donate money to ride stationary bicycles for an allotted time period.

This past fall, the men of the UCO chapter raised more than $3,500 for the foundation.

“We definitely plan on doing Cycle for Life again,” Duke said. “It was a great event in the fall and I think it will only get better each year that we do it.”

The UCO Pikes, who came to UCO in 2000 and were officially a chapter in 2002, are fresh off of their best year as a young fraternity.

This summer, they won a Robert Adger Smythe award, given to the top 20 chapters out of all 250 in the country.

“It’s awesome to have our first Smythe under our belt,” chapter president Bryce Lamer said. “We had a great year last year and have continued that success this year.”

As the PIKES close out this spring semester, their focus is clear: continue to better themselves, as well as others.

“We want to be the best that we can be and help other people out while doing so,” Lamer said. “The dodgeball tournament is a huge part of what we do and we are honored that each year, we can give back to the community that we attend school in.”

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