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Event brings light to human trafficking • MERVYN CHUA, Staff Wrtier •
The Edmond City Council approved the construction of a three-story apartment/retail building on the northwest corner of Jackson and Campbell. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
BROOKS NICKELL, Staff Writer Students at the University of Central Oklahoma looking for close off-campus housing opportunities could soon find new options available. Members of the Edmond City Council approved a site plan for a three-story apartment and retail building on the northwest corner of Jackson and Campbell streets. The new 44,797-square-foot building will have 30 apartment units on the top two floors while the bottom floor will have 7 spaces open for retailers. Jan Fees, City Planner and Urban Planning Board Staff Leader for Edmond said that the multi-use project, being built by Turner and Co., is what city officials are looking for in the Central Edmond Urban District. “The mixed use of this urban design is great. In Edmond we tend to segregate our uses. The retail and residential can’t mix. This complex will be nice. Someone can leave
their apartment and go downstairs to a coffee shop.” Edmond’s central urban district runs north and south from Danforth to 9th Street and east and west from Fretz to Kelly Street. While city officials may be excited about the upcoming project and what it might bring to the Edmond urban area, not everyone shares the same enthusiasm. In an interview with Diana Baldwin for NewsOk.com, Brenda Miller of 217 E Edwards St. said that parking in the area is already atrocious. “I can’t even get in my driveway. I have lived there 20 years and the last year it has been miserable.” Turner and Co. originally came to the Edmond urban planning board proposing 42 apartment units. The amount of parking needed is figured by the capacity of each unit plus the amount of spaces needed for the retail areas on the bottom floor. The first layout of the new
complex brought up the same concern with board members that Miller had, there wouldn’t be enough space for efficient parking. “One of the unique things about the urban district is the ability to come forward with a pre-application request. If it’s not development in the urban district you just present your plans and the project is voted on,” Fees said. “The concept plan within the urban area allows applicants to revise their building plans before the board votes.” Turner and Co. came back for their final presentation to the urban board with new floor plans allowing for the necessary amount of parking. “The board really felt that Turner and Co. had listened to the concerns about parking,” Fees said. “The concept plan really helped this apartment complex to Continued Page 4
The UCO Institute of Hope hosted a presentation on domestic human trafficking last Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pegasus Theater of the College of Liberal Arts. Lieutenant Marc Evans, an 18-year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was invited to give the presentation. The event was free and open to the public. Members of the Oklahoma City and Edmond law enforcement present for the course received Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) certification. The goal of the presentation was to assist the public in understanding the differences of smuggling or trafficking, victimology, forms of recruitment and surveillance techniques used by human traffickers. This course was administrated via videos, photographs, discussion, study groups, case studies, reviews and lecture. The workshop examined the issue of sex trafficking in the U.S. and offered a brief overview of international human trafficking and a more in-depth study and comprehension of sex trafficking in the U.S., as well as role of gangs as they gravitate towards this crime. This presentation helped the public understand the graphic nature and violent behavior of those engaged in this crime. The workshop also studied how vulnerable women and girls are compelled to participate in this crime. As an undercover investigator for LAPD’s Premier Vice Unit, Lieut. Evans has conducted more than 3,000 prostitution-related investigations and handled a variety of human trafficking related investigations as the lead investigator for Internal Affairs. He has also conducted LAPD’s Field Training Services Unit, which develops LAPD’s training curriculum. Dr. Brenda Chappell, the director of UCO’s Institute of Hope and the chair of the department of Sociology and Substance Abuse Studies thinks that this workshop is vital in raising awareness. “Sex trafficking is one of the issues that we don’t talk about, that we don’t think happens in the U.S. but it is a multi-billion industry and as long as there is surplus, there is going to be money made from this. And if we do nothing, there is going to be so many lives that are lost and destroyed.” Jeanetta Sims, a family and childhood education sophomore, agrees. “I think that it is so scary that human trafficking is still happening today. In fact, I heard on the radio the other day that statistics show that there are more slaves today than there ever were before. Continued Page 4
Pultizer-winning composer to hold workshop, concert at UCO OLANREWAJU SULEIMAN, Contributing Writer
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The UCO college of Fine Arts and Design is hosting a threeday workshop called The Colgrass Experience. The event was put together by UCO’s Director of Bands Dr. Brian Lamb. Lamb has been planning it for more than a year and it was brought to UCO by a grant he organized. “The entire project has been mine, and I have been working on it for over a year,” he said. “The grant was through the UCO Office of Research and Grants. The goal was to bring a Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer, Michael Colgrass, to our campus.” With the grant, the UCO Wind Symphony will record a CD of some of his works for bands and chamber ensembles. The event is open to all people who are part of the university community. “Colgrass is one of the world’s leading authorities on Neuro-
Linguistic Programming, and his workshops are truly transformative learning experiences,” Lamb said. “Students and faculty from every discipline will be challenged to think and discover ideas in new ways.” The Colgrass Experience has three distinct workshops for each day. They are Creativity, Excellence in Performance, and The Key to Creativity: How to Think Like a Kid. The first workshop is Tuesday, Mar. 5 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the NUC ballrooms. The second is Wednesday, Mar. 6 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and is also in the NUC ballrooms. The last workshop, Key to Creativity, is on Thursday, Mar. 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Constitution Hall in NUC. The Colgrass Experience is not only made up of workshops, it has three concerts as well. The first concert is Mar. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Hall Theater. The last two take place
on Mar. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Center for Transformative Learning, and 7:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Hall Theater. “I hope that Mitchell Hall is filled to capacity at each concert, and that people find themselves inspired by his amazing music,” Lamb said. Tickets are $4 for Central students, $6 for faculty and staff, and $8 for the general public. Lamb believes that each person who attends will gain valuable skills on how to use critical thinking with creativity. “In the entire history of the university, there has never been a Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer in residency on our campus,” he said. “I want people to be able to access their thoughts and emotions in a new and different way that helps to promote critical thinking skills, excellence in applied skills, and most importantly, creativity.
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There’s a phrase that people pass around, saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Well, after spending a week away from Oklahoma, a week well spent in the windy city, I have found that the phrase rings with some truth. Chicago, although nicknamed “the windy city” for its early political antics, is now thought as the literal windy city. However, I’m here to bust that myth. Although Chicago has quite a gust of wind here and there, intensified by the number of tall buildings grouped together, it has nothing on Oklahoma’s wind sweeping down the plains. One would expect a city to be noisy, filled with the sounds of the hustle and bustle of all of those living there. The words “hustle” and “bustle” imply a kind, cheery flow of streaming people, so maybe those words are inappropriate for describing Chicago. The overwhelming blaring of car horns is unavoidable. With every irritation, Chicagoans seem
to want to solve the problem by mashing down their horn, for as long as they please. Buildings soar beyond the reach of the lake-influenced fog, but there’s no grass and only a handful of sad looking trees. The lake, though expanding farther than the eye can see, is cold and unwelcoming. The people are rude, at best, a sea of diversity, brought together by cold, selfishness. They sport countless pieces of team-supporting items, but are divided on which teams matter the most. Don’t get me wrong, Chicago is an exciting city, full of things to see and people to watch. But, at the end of the week, I was more than happy to land on Sooner ground. Oklahoma, often labeled as quaint, boring or even siding toward the hillbilly, is a breath of fresh air compared to Chicago, quite literally. The buildings, fall short of Chicago’s skyscrapers, but are surrounded by grass, trees, parks and
the Oklahoma breeze. The lakes of Oklahoma, though smaller and shallower than Lake Michigan, are dens of memories, outlining the beauty of Oklahoma and the sweetness of summer nights. And last but not least, Oklahomans. Though not everyone is all peaches and cream, the general good nature of Oklahomans is something not to be taken for granted. Not to mention, the Thunder are the true pride of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma in general, serving as a unifying trend among Oklahomans. It’s good to venture and experience what the world has to offer beyond these red dirt borders, but there’s nothing like coming back home and knowing it’s where you belong.
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THE NE X T DAY DAVID BOWIE
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Last week, I was reminded of something. Reminded that life guarantees nothing. Reminded that while congressmen squabble about spending or foreign oil, our most precious resource lives with us in our homes. Our children are the greatest national treasure. Usually word of two teenage girls dying in a car crash outside of Stillwater wouldn’t have had a great effect on my stasis. Upon hearing the news I’d shake my head and express a watered down version of pity. Then I’d continue on with my routine. Sad world, I’d say. But this incident hit closer to home. Those girls went to the same high school I attended only a handful of years ago. The same high school my siblings attend now. One of the victims was a cousin to a dear friend of mine. I didn’t know the girls personally. Truthfully, I didn’t know them at all. Though we no doubt walked the same halls at some point, I couldn’t recognize their faces. I didn’t know those girls, but I do have a sister. She’s not old enough to drive, but I’d like to see the day she is. I want to see her graduate high school and find a great job and get married. I want to watch her future daughter, my niece, grow up the same way. I want to chuckle at how much she resembles her mother. I couldn’t imagine having
these things taken away from me. From my parents. From her. No seventeen-year-old girl deserves to die, damn it. And yet they still do. Everyday they do. Everyday some parent somewhere is burying their own child. The circumstances are always different but the verdict is always the same. Too soon, too soon. These girls from my high school had their whole lives ahead of them, and yet seemed to make the most of the little time they had. I never spoke to either of them, but if the level of outcry and grief from the school community is any indicator of the kind of impact they had on the lives of others, then I have no doubt the world has lost two bright and magnetic people. In times like this, people try to rationalize things. Why were they leaving Stillwater at such a late hour? On a school night no less. Why were they doing it? Because it’s life. Because that’s what seventeen-year-olds do, they have fun. I remember a time when I was 18, right after graduating high school, I was part of a group that drove for near-24 hours (we had some stops and wrong turns) across four or five states to Madison, Wis. I hadn’t even had my license for a full year at that point. Part of me is almost surprised I wasn’t in an accident then.
But ask me if I regret that trip. Ask me if I ever once thought about the experience as a dangerous misstep and not a lifelong memory. Truth is, there’s probably nothing I would trade for those few days. Those girls were in the same scenario. They were creating lifelong memories. How can I possibly blame them for that? People will ask what lessons are to be learned from such a sad day. I’m not sure there are any. In a TV show, there might be one. In TV shows, all actions have repercussions. Conflicts end in personal growth. But this isn’t TV, and I’m not sure there is any lesson to be learned here. Real life doesn’t always try to teach us a lesson. If anything, the lesson is that life is fleeting. No one has their future promised to them. This “lesson” doesn’t help us much in terms of avoiding future tragedy. We can’t prevent death. We can only hug a little tighter. Forgive a little faster. Smile with more frequency. We can live life. Just like those girls were doing. Just like we’ve all done. Fear of death should not outweigh the love of living. Our time is too short. Life’s preciousness too fragile to clutch tightly against your chest.
JOSH LEWIS, Staf f Writer “You know so much, it’s making you cry.” David Bowie is back. Ten years have passed since the British musician last released an album. Much about the music industry has changed during his hiatus, thanks in large part to social media. Pop stars maintain a constant presence with their fans through Twitter and Instagram, inundating the world with news about their personal lives backstage antics, changes in hair style and what they had for breakfast. In typical Bowie fashion, the artist disregarded the hype-machine afforded to him by social media and instead stealthily announced a new album on January 13, 2013, his 66th birthday. And then the world waited. “The Next Day” opens with a burst of energy from the title track. Each song feels reminiscent of past work, but infused with a different energy we haven’t seen during Bowie’s four decades of making music. Lyrically, this is one of Bowie’s more accessible releases. The one-two punch
of ““The Stars (Are Out Tonight) and “The Love Is Lost” beckons you to turn your stereo up to eleven. “The Another standout track, “If You Can See Me,” is manic and experimental, illustrating the variety of the tracks on “The Next Day.” But do not be mistaken- this is a rock album. It’s powerful, inspirational, a mission statement that David Bowie abilities have only strengthened in his absence. His contemporaries may be satisfied churning out the hits at benefits and sporting events, relying on past glories to maintain relevance, but Bowie has never been sated with former accomplishments. Throughout his career, he has pushed his music forward and beyond expectation, every reinvention of himself a rebirth, a reincarnation. “The Next Day” brings to the world yet another David Bowie- older, reflective, but still fueled with the need to create. “The Next Day” comes out on March 13, but is available to stream through iTunes.
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4 servings (serving size: 3 pierogies and 2 tablespoons sauce) Ingredients •1 (16-ounce) package frozen potato and onion pierogies •Cooking spray •2 center-cut bacon slices, chopped •2 garlic cloves, minced •1/3 cup (3 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese •1/2 cup fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth •1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese •1/4 cup thinly diagonally sliced green onions •1/4 cup chopped seeded plum tomato •1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 400°. 2. Arrange the pierogies in an 11 x 7-inch glass baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cook bacon in a saucepan over medium heat until crisp; remove from pan. Set aside. 3. Add garlic to drippings in pan, and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Add 1/3 cup cream cheese to pan, and cook for 1 minute or until cream cheese begins to melt, stirring frequently. Gradually add chicken broth to pan, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Pour the cream cheese mixture evenly over pierogies. Top evenly with 1/2 cup cheddar cheese. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until bubbly and thoroughly heated. Remove from oven, and sprinkle with bacon, green onions, tomato, and pepper. *Pierogis are potato-filled dumplings that can be purchased in the freezer section of most major supermarkets.
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Amount per serving: Calories: 303 Fat: 12.8g Saturated fat: 6g Monounsaturated fat: 4.3g Polyunsaturated fat: 0.4g Protein: 12.1g Carbohydrate: 36.4g Fiber: 2.2g Cholesterol: 38mg Iron: 0.4mg Sodium: 646mg Calcium: 141mg
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the apartment would provide another close place for students to live. Fees added that the possibility of drawing mainly from students could assist in easing the parking burden as well, projecting that not every tenant would have a car. “This will be a great place for someone who might not have a car,” Fees said “Being right down the street from UCO you can bike to campus and even cut out worrying about having a close parking spot.”
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KETCHUP CRASH SNARLS TRAFFIC IN NEVADA RENO, NEV., Associated Press
They didn’t need any ambulances, but they could’ve used some fries. What looked like a potentially grim mess Thursday on U.S. Interstate 80 in Reno, Nev., was just the aftermath of a wreck involving a semi-trailer truck hauling thousands of bottles of Heinz ketchup.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports no one was hurt when the truck driver swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit a bridge in the median on the west edge of town. The crash ripped open the trailer, dumping the load and snarling traffic more than an hour. Nevada Patrol Sgt. Janay Sherven said there
was “red everywhere.” She told the newspaper, “No bodies, no people, just ketchup.” State transportation crews used snowplows to help clear the highway connecting Reno to Lake Tahoe. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
POLICE DOG FIRES GUN LAWRENCE, MASS., Associated Press Police say a dog searching for a gun in a snowbank accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw, firing the weapon. The episode started at about 2 a.m. Sunday when an officer on patrol heard three gunshots. When the officer went to investigate, he saw a vehicle speed away.
When the car pulled over, police saw a man leap out and bury something in the snow. Ivan, a dog handled by the Essex County Sheriff’s Department, was called to the scene to find whatever was buried in the snow. Police say he started digging furiously and fired the gun.
MAD WORLD Bizarre news from across the globe
‘BATMAN’ HANDS SUSPECT OVER TO UK POLICE
POCKET DIALING CALLS POLICE TO OREGON DRUG DEAL LONDON, Associated Press
A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England. West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not know the identity of the man who appeared in “a full Batman outfit” and turned in a 27-year-old suspect to police in Bradford, England. CCTV images released by police show a caped crusader — fully
clad with the comic hero’s boots, gloves and logo across his chest — standing alongside a man in a red hooded sweatshirt. Police said the handover occurred on February 25 and the suspect will appear in court on March 8 charged with handling stolen goods and fraud-related offenses.
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Police in the Oregon town of Molalla say a dispatcher received a cellphone call and overheard a drug deal taking place. A phone in the woman’s pocket inadvertently dialed 911 early Tuesday and dispatchers heard a conversation with a man about drugs. KGW-TV reports police tracked the GPS signal to a car in an alley about a block away. An officer who arrived at the scene could be heard over the phone by dispatchers. The officer found methamphetamine and arrested a 25-year-old man on multiple drug charges. The 25-year-old woman was cited for possessing marijuana — and hung up her phone.
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Basketball
Men’s Basketball win season finale, women fall Whitt Carter
Staff Writer The Bronchos avenged last week’s road loss to Missouri Southern on Saturday afternoon, as they outran the Missouri Southern Lions en route to a 67-57 win on senior day at Hamilton Field House in Edmond. UCO (13-13, 11-7) used an 8-0 run to start the second half and forced the Lions in to 21 turnovers, as the Bronchos opened up a double-digit second-half lead that would never get closer than seven. Junior Josh Gibbs- who leads the Bronchos in scoring and rebounding- was his usual self in Saturday’s game, as the candidate for All-MIAA selection poured in a game-high 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Seniors June Carter (12 points, four rebounds, two blocks), Jamell Cormier (15 points, four rebounds, five assists) and Spencer Smith (16 points and seven rebounds) all contributed in a big way in their last home game as a Broncho. “We got off to a bad start, but didn’t panic and came out with a nice win,” UCO coach Terry Evans said. “A lot of guys contributed and it was good to end with a win so we can go into the tournament with some momentum.” UCO was an outstanding 31-of39 (80%) from the free throw line, including a 24-of-29 (83%) in the second half. Smith tied a school record for perfect free throw accuracy on Saturday, as the Sapulpa native was 12-of-12 from the line. Cormier was also very efficient, making 11-of-14 foul shots. The Bronchos didn’t shoot it particularly well- something that has plagued them all season- but were able to make up for it in other areas. UCO shot only 20-of-58 (34%) from the field and 5-of-22 (23%) from three point line, but outscored MSSU 30-20 in the paint and scored
23 points off of the Lions 21 turnovers. It was a back and forth game for the majority of the first half, as MSSU (12-14, 7-11) got out to a hot start, leading 9-3, before the Bronchos went in front 10-9. A few minutes later, the Lions would again hold a wide margin, as they went on a 9-0 run to take an 18-10 lead with 12:08 left. Both teams would continue to trade buckets, before the Bronchos took the lead at 28-27 on a foul shot by Carter. UCO would hold onto the lead for the remainder of the game and led 34-30 at half. Women’s Game: In the last game of what was a tough season for Guy Hardaker’s squad, the Bronchos battled just like they had all year long. However, Missouri Southern would go on an 11-2 in the final 4:36 to hand UCO a 63-59 loss in the Bronchos season and home finale. UCO (9-17, 2-16) held the lead for the majority of the second half and led 57-52 after a layup by freshman Hayley Bryan. But MSSU would score the next nine points, as they continuously got to the rim and the foul line, putting the game away. Poor shooting, a thorn in the side of the Bronchos all season long, plagued UCO again, as Central shot only 20-of-58 (34 percent) from the field and only 1-of-11 (9 percent) from three-point range. The Bronchos also struggled from the freethrow line, making only 18-of-31 (58 percent) in the loss. Seniors Alyssa Fuxa and Savannah Hamilton both ended their careers with solid performances. Fuxa led the Bronchos with 16 points and three rebounds on 6-of-12 shooting. Hamilton, who has struggled with injuries all season, totaled 11 points and eight rebounds. Junior
UCO junior Josh Gibbs tips in a shot against defenders from Pittsburg State on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista
Jill Bryan also played well in the season finale, scoring 12 points and grabbing seven rebounds. The Bronchos fought back, after trailing for the entire first half, to pull within two at halftime at 38-36. MSSU got out to a fast start, leading 17-6 with just under 13:00 to go on a bucket by leading scorer Erin Rice. The Lions would maintain the comfortable lead until around the 5:00 mark, when a run sparked by Hamilton and freshman McKenzie Solberg would pull the Bronchos within four. UCO would continue to play well at the start of the second half, as the Bronchos quickly tied the game up on a Britney Morgan layup. UCO would take their first lead of the game only 1:52 into the second half on a free throw by Hamilton. That was a continuation of what would be 14-1 run, capped off by a layup by Rachel New to put UCO up 46-39 with 12:02 left to play. But the Lions would claw back, making it a two-point game with just over 7:00 to play. The Bronchos would remain in
Opinion
Whitt-ness This: The Big House Awaits
Whitt Carter
Staff Writer The Big House. It’s where dreams are made, crushed or invented. It’s where hometown heroes become statewide legends. It’s the place where time stops, and history begins. I’m referring to the OSSAA High School State Championships, which will take place this weekend at the Jim Norick State Fair Arena. Never heard the madness that is known as “The Big House?” Think Allen Fieldhouse for high school basketball. It’s been the Mecca of Oklahoma high school basketball since the 1960s. It’s seen players like Rotnei Clarke, Mark Price and Sherri Coale. Large schools don’t understand it, and that’s fine. It’s definitely more of a small town experience. You grow up knowing everyone in your hometown, they come to your every game, are with you every way and heck, most of them are probably family. And when a young kid arrives, it has to be the ultimate culmination of a young adult’s sports dream. Just think, to play where all the small school greats, just like the ones that preceded every 2A or 3A hooper, wearing your school colors? It doesn’t get any sweeter than that. Some people are fortunate enough to be a part of it, and some aren’t. For those that are, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s one of the greatest moments of their lives. Think I’m exaggerating it, do you? Ask some UCO basketball players. Plenty of them, men and women, have been a part of history in The Big House. Seth Heckart, an all-state legend in his hometown of Woodward, had his moments in the State Fair Arena. Heckart made two ap-
pearances there, his second the most memorable. The sharpshooter poured in 32 points against powerhouse Douglass, who hadn’t lost in a year. Woodward wouldn’t make it past the 4A quarterfinals, losing to Douglass by two, but Heckart made play after play. It was one of the best games, and performances I’ve ever seen in the state tournament. How about senior Savannah Hamilton, who recently played her last game as a Broncho? She played her high school ball at Preston, a small school machine during her days. Hamilton led Preston to an 86-5 record in her three years, was a state all-tournament selection three times, and won one state championship. Yeah, I’d say she was fond of The Big House. Another state tournament star? Britney Morgan. The pride of Pawnee, Morgan was a do-it-all point guard who led the Tigers to a Class 2A State Championship in 2009-2010 after averaging 24 points, four assists, four rebounds and three steals a game. Morgan was also the state tournament MVP. There are more UCO ties, like Josh Davis, another senior, who led 4A Star Spencer to a state championship in his junior year, averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds. Even head coach Terry Evans, before his popular days under Billy Tubbs at OU, was a State Fair Arena star. Evans led Millwood to three state championships from 1985-1988. There have been a number of legendary moments recorded inside the old, worn-in arena. The seats are wooden and the cheers echo from one side to the other. Entire towns shut down and grandmothers fight for seats on the lower level, every time a game starts and finishes. It’s more than just a basketball game. It’s everything to some. If you get a chance this week, go catch a game. Heck, if you’re like me, you’ll go sit there all day, and watch teams from towns you couldn’t point in the direction of. Who knows, maybe you’ll spot UCO’s next standout basketball star. Because when it comes down to it, you’re seeing one of Oklahoma’s best sporting events. And you might just be witnessing history in the process.
front until the 4:00 mark, when MSSU made its game-deciding run. Rice led MSSU pouring in 18 points on 8-of-17 shooting and
grabbed five rebounds. Nicole Hartzog also played big for the Lions, scoring 10 points and pulling in nine rebounds.
UCO junior Jill Bryan holds the ball in a game against Missouri Southern on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
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Baseball
Baseball gets three on homestand Bats get going for Central against NW Missouri Cody Johnson
Contributing Writer The University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos defeated the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in their three game series this weekend. On Saturday UCO defeated NWMS 6-1. The Bronchos continued winning Sunday when they defeated the bearcats again in a doubleheader. The Bronchos won the first game Sunday 18-8 and went into the eleventh inning of the second game to defeat the Bearcats 10-8. “Our starting pitcher went out and threw a lot of strikes. We didn’t give out a lot of free bases. That starting pitcher is key to the game,” said Coach Dax Leone. This weekend the Bronchos had 42 hits and 34 runs scored between the three games. Saturday, the Bronchos scored first in the top of the second inning, which went unanswered by the Bearcats in the bottom of the second inning. In the top of the third inning, Tyler Crabtree, a junior for the Bronchos, bunted onto first base. Matt Johnson, a junior for the Bronchos, walked onto first base sending Crabtree to second base. The two Bronchos then stole second and third base when the catcher failed to catch the pitch. Jared Wright, a senior for the Bronchos hit a homerun scoring three runs for UCO. The Bearcats scored their first and only run for the game in the bottom of the third inning. Then the game went un-scored for the fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh innings. In the top of the eighth inning, Cameron Mavroulis, senior for the Bronchos, hit a double play. Tyler Crabtree then walked onto first base. Matt Maloy, a junior for the Bronchos, hit a ball to center field sending Crabtree and Mavroulis home. This put the game at its final score of 6-1. Sunday the series continued with the Bronchos scoring an unanswered run in the top of the first inning and another unanswered run in the top of the second inning. No runs were scored in the third inning. In the top of the fourth inning, when senior Eric Garza’s ball was caught by the Bearcat’s centerfielder, Matt Maloy tagged up and scored a run for the Bronchos. Next Cameron Mavroulis’s single sent junior Robbie Hoffman and junior Cesar Wong home. Mavroulis then stole second when Tyler Crabtree came up to bat. Crabtree hit a ground ball down the third base line sending Mavroulis to home base. The Bearcats responded with a homerun in the bottom of the fourth inning. No runs were scored in the fifth inning. In the top of the sixth inning, junior Ross Rose walked onto first base and was sent to second by Cesar Wong. Eric Garza then hit a double play sending Rose to home base. This started an eleven run inning for the Bronchos. The Bearcats scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. In the seventh inning the Bronchos senior Jordan Mullin hit in redshirt freshman Dilon Argo. The
UCO senior pitcher Ryan Miller in a game against Missouri Southern on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Photo by Kyle Schwab, The Vista
bearcats scored four more runs putting the score at 18-8. After a thirty-minute break the Bronchos and Bearcats continued the series with the final game of the weekend. The first two innings of the third game had no runs scored. The first two runs came to the Bearcats in the bottom of the third inning. In the top of the fourth inning, Jared Wright stole home base when the catcher missed a bad pitch. Ross
Rose then hit a triple play sending Cesar Wong to home base. The bearcats hit a homerun in the bottom of the fourth. In the top of the fifth inning, Matt Johnson hit a double play sending Robbie Hoffman to home base. In the top of the sixth, the Bronchos scored two more runs. The Bearcats came back in the bottom of the seventh with two runs. In the top of the eighth inning, junior Corbin Crockett stole home
base when the catcher missed the pitch. The bearcats came back with a run in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game. The Bronchos finally took the lead in the eleventh inning when Jared Wright hit a homerun also sending Matt Johnson and Jordan Mullin whom were on base home. The Bearcats responded with two runs in the bottom of the eleventh inning ending the game 10-8 for the Bronchos.
Softball
Bronchos sweep weekend series Sam Philbeck
Contributing Writer No. 9-ranked Central Oklahoma made their long awaited home debut this weekend with doubleheaders against the University of Illinois-Springfield and Newman University. UCO (12-4), took three of the four games this weekend splitting their doubleheader against Springfield on Saturday and sweeping Newman on Sunday. “Overall, it was fine,” Central Oklahoma Genny Stidham said of her team’s weekend performance. “It didn’t look pretty at times, but in my opinion if it doesn’t look pretty and you still come out with a win then something’s going right,” Stidham said. The Bronchos opened things up with an 11-3 beatdown of Springfield on Saturday in which the team slugged three home runs in the game. UCO jumped on the Prairie Stars quick with a seven run first inning. Sophomore Nicole Workman led the charge with a grand slam to left her third home run of the season. Freshman Ally Dziadula and junior Hannah Justus later came up and added RBI singles in the first. Workman, not only provided offensive firepower, but pitched four solid innings only allowing four hits and giving up three runs over those four, while filling in for junior Kalynn Schrock who was out Saturday with an illness. “She’s brought a great deal to the team. She’s hitting the ball well and playing lights out at third base,” Stidham said of the sophomore transfer. After Springfield closed the gap to 7-3, the Bronchos finished them off with a four run fourth inning including back-to-back home runs by freshman Brooke Zuckerman and junior first baseman Haley Hudson. The Bronchos finished the game with ten hits with Dziadula and Workman each provided multihit games. The late afternoon game saw the Bronchos come up just short in a 3-2 loss to UIS. UCO had eight hits in the game with senior Kacie Edwards, Dziadula and Workman each coming up with two hit games, but couldn’t answer the Prairie Stars late three run sixth inning and were handed their fourth loss of the season and snapping their six game winning streak. Junior Amanda McClelland pitched solid going all seven innings and striking out ten, but gave up seven walks in the process. UCO bounced back on Sunday afternoon, picking up wins 11 and 12 in a doubleheader sweep of Newman University. Game one saw the return of Bronchos ace Kalynn Schrock, who was out the day before with illness. Schrock went all seven innings for her seventh win of the season. She gave up two earned runs, while allowing only seven hits and struck out eight. Dziadula and Zuckerman scored the first two
UCO sophomore pitcher Nicole Workman in a game against University of Illinois-Springfield on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
runs in the first inning on a Newman error and added another run in the fourth on a Tori Collet RBI single and with the game close going into the fifth at 3-1 the Bronchos opened the game up with a four run fifth inning separating themselves from Newman for good. Justus led the charge with a huge two-run single to push the lead to 7-1. Workman opened the inning with an RBI double and Zuckerman added a sac fly before Justus came up and pushed the lead to six with her second hit of the game. The Bronchos finished with nine hits in the game including two hit games from sophomore Devyn Frazier, Collet and Justus. The weekend finale saw the Bronchos score seven again in a 7-3 victory. The Bronchos jumped out early with a two-run first inning, but delivered their biggest blow with a five run third inning. Hudson sparked the inning with a three-run double to right center with Dziadula and Frazier each adding RBI singles of their own. Frazier finished with a huge Sunday performance going 4-7 on the day with two RBI’s, but her biggest contribution was stepping up making things happen in the two hole of the lineup. “She decide to come through for us in that spot
today and did a great job,” Stidham said of the sophomore infielder. “She took a two spot we’ve been struggling with all year and she just stepped up today and really impressed me in that two hole spot,” Stidham said. The Jets (2-12), added two runs late, but it just wasn’t enough. McClelland picked up her first win of the weekend and third of the season, going seven innings allowing only six hits and three runs, while striking out five. The Bronchos tallied eleven hits in the game with Dziadula leading the way with three, while freshman outfielder Sam Cool and Frazier each had two hit games of their own. While the Bronchos did go 3-1 over the weekend and improved to 12-4 on the season, the ninth ranked team in the land still has some work to do. “It was sloppy at times, many times very inconsistent. We still have issues baserunning, but I think we need to spend more time on game smarts as well,” Stidham said of her team’s shortcomings so far this season. “We still have a lot to work on to be where we want to be,” Stidham said. The Bronchos are back home again today in a doubleheader against Southern Nazarene beginning at 2:00 p.m. at Broncho Field.
Women’s Tennis wins fifth straight The UCO Women’s Tennis team opened the season with four straight wins and on Saturday stretched their streak to five wins with a victory over Southern Nazarene University. “We played well in doubles and I was happy to see such determinations and competitiveness from my team in singles,” Natalya Nikitina-Helvey said. The UCO head coach said the team works everyday on elevating their game higher than the competition. The win did not come easy for the undefeated Bronchos. Central lost their first two matches of the afternoon. Senior’s Rose Cabato and Antonella Rossini teamed up as the number one doubles team and fell eight to six. Petra Pesic and Alina Gorina dropped match number two 9-8 before Laura Klingert and RacikaRacko notched the first win of the day for UCO. “We played good doubles matches and both no. 1 and no. 2 were really close, but Southern Nazarene was just better in those two spots,” Nikitina-Helvey said. The Bronchos fell behind 2-1 after three doubles matches but stormed back in singles play with six straight victories to finish the day. Led by Rossini at the number one singles, the senior evened the score with a win over Crimson Storm sophomore Masha Andrianova. Pesic defeated Natalia Moreno to give the Bronchos a 3-2 lead and four more victories from Gorina, Cabato, Klingert and Racika-Racko sealed the victory for the Bronchos. The Bronchos travel to Tahlequah, Okla. for a match with in-state conference rival Northeastern on Thursday, and will play three matches in as many days. Emporia State and Washburn visit Edmond on Friday and Saturday respectively.