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In this Feb. 9 file photo, a supporter takes a cellphone photo of Rick Santorum speaking during the Rick Santorum rally at the Magnuson Hotel Convention Center in Oklahoma City. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
By Josh Wallace / Contributing Writer On March 4, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum flew to Oklahoma for a campaign rally on the steps of the Capitol building. The campaign stop was part of Santorum’s final push ahead of the multistate primaries, known as Super Tuesday, on March 6. The stop is well timed to as Oklahoma voters go to the polls today to vote for their candidate of choice until 7 p.m. tonight. According to the latest Gallup
polls, Santorum is trailing fellow candidate Mitt Romney nationally with 22 percent of GOP support to Romney’s 36 percent. In Oklahoma the numbers are basically reversed, with Santorum at 37 percent and Romney with 26 percent, according to a March 2 poll released by American Research Group. After a slight delay, the candidate was introduced and took to the Capitol’s steps to address the crowd of his cheering supporters. Santorum thanked the crowd, proclaiming, “It’s
great to be here in Oklahoma, we’re going to have a big win in Oklahoma Tuesday, how about that.” Immediately after, a small group of protesters drowned out Santorum with their chanting interrupting the event. Santorum made note of the group, adding, “So we have some audience participation here, great.” For a short period of time Santorum stood silently while the audience’s attention was drawn away. The protester’s cries of “get your hate out of our state” and “women’s rights”
were met with the candidate’s supporters encircling the group yelling their own pro-Santorum slogans. Santorum struggled to maintain the focus of the crowd while the protest continued, managing to start up his campaign speech after a few minutes. Throughout the interruptions, the candidate continued to speak to the distracted crowd, transitioning from the protests to his policies. The cries of the protesters, one of whom identified himself as being with “Occupy Wallstreet, my friend,” continued to draw the attention for around a third of the candidate’s speech. With a final volley of shouts, the group separated from the crowd and exited the event to the cheering of Santorum supporters. Recapturing the audience’s full attention, Santorum went on to outline his policies, including his stance on energy. “We’re going to have a president that understands the word yes. Yes to opening up drilling in ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Yes to opening up drilling offshore. Yes to open up drilling in deep-water. Yes to drilling in federal lands. Yes to the Keystone Pipeline for everybody in Oklahoma,” he said. The candidate continued with his energy policy, describing the U.S. as resource-rich in coal and that the country had enough oil to last for over a century. He went on to contrast his energy stance to President Obama’s policies, before transitioning to the economy and national defense. Santorum criticized Obama’s cuts
on defense spending, commenting that the defense budget was already too low, at 17 percent of the federal budget. On the prospect of the President continuing to cut defense spending, Santorum added, “Someone needs to go do some remedial math teaching at the White House.” The candidate transitioned into a call to repeal “Obamacare,” saying that it was the central issue in the race, adding that it was about “economic freedom, freedom of religion” and ending an expanding government. Santorum went on to attack the policies of other programs, including Medicaid and food stamps, adding that food stamps are at the highest level of use ever. He then proposed a plan to place time limits on individuals who receive food stamps, and adding work requirements for Medicaid. “We need to tell people dependency is not a way of life, we believe in you to take care of yourselves and your families,” he said. Santorum ended the event taking jabs at his fellow Republican candidates, stating the country doesn’t need an establishment candidate or a candidate with billionaire backers supporting them through Super PACs (Political Action Committees). He closed the rally saying, “You go out and give us a win, and I guarantee you, we will go on past Super Tuesday. We will go on to Alabama and Mississippi and win there, and this race will turn around and we will be the nominee.”
WHAT’S SO ‘SUPER’ ABOUT ‘SUPER TUESDAY?’ By Connie Cass / Associated Press
Super Tuesday is super expensive: A week’s worth of heavy advertising in all 10 states would cost a candidate about $5 million. That’s a lot even for Romney’s well-financed campaign, prompting him to make a plea for donations amid his Michigan victory speech. Gingrich is getting another multimillion-dollar boost from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who donated the money to a special type of political action committee, known as a super PAC, that will run advertising in key states. Ohio, Ohio, Ohio: It’s the race to watch. Political junkies get all misty-eyed over this Rust Belt swing state, and not just because of the 63 delegates. No Republican nominee has ever become president without winning the state. That makes it a powerful proving ground for the
Oklahoma is one of nine states voting today, other states include Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. Additionally, Alaska will start its two-week-long caucuses. Graphic by The Vista.
men trying to show they can take on President Barack Obama. It’s home to Joe the Plumber and tens of thousands of auto workers, but Ohio’s not all blue-collar. It’s also the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, high-tech science, medical and energy workers, suburbanites, soybean farmers and a quarter-million dairy cows (OK, the cows can’t vote). The big issue is the economy, including Obama’s bailout of the auto industry. Santorum and Romney are duking it out in Ohio. Look for the outcome to generate more buzz than any other Super Tuesday contest. Newt’s last stand or Gingrich rises again? Get out the hook for Newt Gingrich if he loses in Georgia, the state he represented in the U.S. House for two decades. Gingrich hopes to win decisively here and pick up enough other delegates to relaunch his up-and-down campaign, which has been mostly down-and-out since he lost Florida in January. He’s got endorsements from Gov. Nathan Deal and Herman Cain, a fellow Georgian. He’s got a new pitch, claiming he can bring the cost of gas down to $2.50 per gallon. Santorum is pushing hard to wrest the state’s Christian conservative and tea party
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Super? Maybe not this time. But it is a Tuesday, one with the biggest payout of the Republican presidential primaries. Super Tuesday, slimmed down to half its 2008 size but still doling out one-third of the delegates needed to win, probably won’t settle much. Sure, it could nudge Newt Gingrich out of the race, or lend Ron Paul more credibility. But it won’t be easy for either Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum to score a decisive advantage, because delegates are handed out by share. A close second in a state can pay off almost as well as first place. Win some big states, especially Ohio, and the symbolism is powerful, of course. Romney might cement the front-runner status that keeps slipping through his fingers. Santorum could prove he’s the real thing. What’s at stake, what’s it mean and what might happen? A Super Tuesday tip sheet: Delegates for grabs Tuesday: 419. Delegates already won: 353. Romney, 203; Santorum, 92; Gingrich, 33; Paul, 25. Delegates needed for the nomination: 1,144.
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OKLAHOMA, IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO CHOOSE The last time Oklahoma went “blue,” Lyndon B. Johnson was elected to his first full term following the death of John F. Kennedy. Oklahoma hadn’t even elected JFK, but still we put LBJ into office. Since then Oklahoma has just become darker and darker shades of red. It hasn’t always been this way. From 1908, the first presidential election Oklahomans participated in, to 1948, the first election after the death of Franklin Delano Rooselvelt, Oklahoma elected nine Democratic candidates and only two Republican candidates. Since 1948, it’s been one Democrat (LBJ), one elector who defected from then-Vice President Richard Nixon and instead voted for a conservative Democrat senator named Harry F. Byrd from Virginia, and the rest Republicans. Polling suggests that Oklahoma will stay red for another presidential cycle and that is what makes Super Tuesday such an important day for Oklahomans. Today is the last chance Oklahomans have to pick a candidate. Unfortunately, due to election rules, to be able to vote in today’s primary, you would have had to register with the state election board 24 days ago. Most of the talk so far has been about the Republican primary but the Democratic party is having one too. Sure, Obama is expected to be the party nominee and nobody expects him to lose that status but Oklahoma does have some other candidates who dare to oppose him. One of these people is Jim Rogers, whom you may have seen on the Senate ballot if you voted in 2010. That election, Rogers got 25 percent of the vote. Not for being a candidate with strong opinions on the issues that matter, but because Oklahoma’s “yellow dog Democrats” decided to make their voices heard. Now it’s time for Oklahoma conservatives to make their voices heard. There truly is a difference between the four candidates and polls would argue that some stand a better chance against Obama than others. If you are a registered Republican, vote today! Polls will be open until 7 p.m. and you must go to your designated polling place to vote. If you missed the deadline to register for the primaries, you can always vote in November. Unfortunately, your choices will be a lot slimmer than they once were. By Evan Oldham / Cartoonist
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SUPER TUESDAY voters away from Gingrich. Romney remains a force, even if the state is outside his comfort zone. Georgia boasts the day’s biggest cache of delegates: 76. Elsewhere in the South: Two other Bible Belt states, Tennessee and Oklahoma, are central to Gingrich’s hopes of revival. But Santorum insists he’ll be the big story in both. In Tennessee, a confident-sounding Santorum is trying to walk the footsteps of another outspoken Christian conservative, Mike Huckabee, who won this primary four years ago. Romney boasts the support of popular Gov. Bill Haslam, while Gingrich is getting plugs from one of the state’s most colorful political figures, former senator, movie actor and Law & Order star Fred Thompson. At stake are 55 delegates. Dotted with drilling rigs and cattle ranches, Oklahoma straddles the South and the Great Plains and sits squarely among the reddest of the red states. Santorum tagged it “ground zero of the conservative movement,” and his anti-abortion, pro-family values message attracts enthusiastic crowds here. The other three hopefuls also have dropped in, hoping to
prove their conservative bona fides to the Okies. It offers 40 delegates. Paul’s big night? The anti-war, libertarian-leaning, unorthodox Republican hasn’t won a single state. Super Tuesday could change that. Paul is focusing on the three caucus states — Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska — where a big turnout by his cadre of enthusiastic followers would have the most impact. Even if he doesn’t score a win, he’s likely to pick up delegates to help power him into this summer’s Republican convention with enough clout to promote his ideas. But his rivals won’t make it easy. Idaho’s big Mormon population — about a fourth of its voters — bodes well for Romney, who’s a Mormon. Santorum’s looking to win in North Dakota, and Romney’s trying, too. Paul, a Texas congressman, may be the only one to journey to Alaska, however; he was in the state Sunday. Meanwhile, Alaska’s most famous Republican, Sarah Palin, has been saying some nice things about Gingrich. Together, the three caucuses pay
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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, greets Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, second from left, as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney watch before the start of a Republican presidential debate Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
out 84 delegates (Idaho 32, North Dakota 28, Alaska 24).
no-a-mano with Romney? The fight is over 46 delegates.
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Gingrich would love to compete in this Southern state, but he’s not. Only Romney and Paul landed spots on the ballot, by having early organizations strong enough to collect the required 10,000 signatures. That leaves Virginia mostly a curiosity. What kind of showing can Paul muster going ma-
There’s little drama in the Northeastern races. Romney’s virtually unopposed in his power base of Massachusetts, where he was governor just over five years ago. Delegates: 38. He’s expected to win neighboring Vermont handily, too, although Santorum seeks to peel away some of its
Caucuses and primaries in Kansas, Wyoming, Alabama, Hawaii, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois and Louisiana fill out the busiest month of the nomination season. Three territories — American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico — also get their say in March.
GREEK DISCOVERY DAY HAPPENING NEXT WEEK By Christina Dickins / Contributing Writer UCO will host Greek Discovery Day Saturday, March 10 from 2-4 p.m. at Hamilton Fieldhouse. The day is set aside for current or prospective students interested in getting involved with Greek life on campus. The Greek governing councils on UCO’s campus include the Inter-Fraternity Council
(IFC), National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), and the National Panhellenic Council (NPC). Students involved in these Greek organizations will be present at the event to instruct students on the different aspects of membership. “Greek Discovery Day provides an opportunity for prospective students and their parents,
as well as UCO students to learn more about Fraternity and Sorority Life at Central,” Jenna Lutz, UCO’s coordinator of Parent and Family Programs, a division of Campus Activities, said. “Our councils will be available to answer information about our recruitment and intake procedures and our chapters will share information about the values of their organizations.”
Parents and potential members will be able to listen to presentations about the different organizations and meet current active members of the fraternities and sororities to gather more information about what each entails. “We welcome everyone to attend and get to know our councils, chapters, and community,” Lutz said.
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In a Room of Trophies party perspective, and the miles between. Pinned between my lime green wall and my bed frame was a teddy bear given to me by a middle school girlfriend. I remember when we broke up in the seventh grade; I put the bear to my nose and reminisced until it no longer smelled of her perfume. It’s strange. I never could remember my personal histories by the calendar page. I have always marked time by ex-girlfriends, ex-goals, and ex-passing thoughts. Sitting in a room full of my past life – the remnants of success, the remnants of misery – it threw me into an existential sigh-andshrug fest. Where did the neat parental patterns and plans for me go? How did my old abilities turn to vapor? I suppose my past life will always hang in suspension like some dissatisfying watercolor in the corner of a room. Memories are thin lines on canvas. With time the colors age and become unsightly. I can’t erase the people I was, the successes that supersede the present, or the old mistakes – but I don’t wish to. I dip the brush in the paint and add another layer. I will continue to blend the colors until my life holds no clear shape or scheme. I will continue to blend the colors until the deathbed—when I no longer have time to sigh or shrug. I will smirk at the final painting – a meandering kaleidoscope of my chronicle.
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I walked down the hall made of ancient family portraits and creaking wood floorboards. I stared at my mother’s pregnant belly, surrounded by my gaptooth’d siblings and my proud father; wondered what inside jokes I missed out on, which vacations ended in Band-Aids, and what neat plans had been laid down for me. On the door to my old bedroom, torn Dave Matthews Band album leaves clung with tape. I pushed through and I was greeted ambivalently by two baseball caps: one from a Cleveland Indians game I went to when visiting my brother in Ohio and one from my days in little league baseball. Soft yellow light reflected off the star-shaped studs inserted into the cap – each one earned from wins, home runs and standout defensive play. A senior memory book I never filled out sat where my television once lay. Dust blanketed the cover. A collection of graduation cards from family and parents of distant friends filled the cracks of the room. My room looked like a still image taken on my high school graduation day. Lining the top of my cabinet full of dirty dishwater clothes, were medals and plaques of my competitive speech heyday. It’s funny. Now I can’t speak in a small group setting without fidgeting with the buttons on my shirt or hear the cackling echoes of my breaking voice crawl up my spine. Now it’s the printed page, the deadline, the third-
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George Nigh has long been a prominent figure in Oklahoma’s political and educational scenes. Nigh served as governor of Oklahoma from 1979-1987 and as UCO’s 20th president from 1992-1997. Recently, Nigh revisited UCO’s campus to lecture a class on politics in Oklahoma and The Vista’s Ben Luschen sat down with him shortly after. Vista: President Obama recently said in his State of the Union address that he’s looking for the U.S. to produce more college graduates, and he’s asking universities to cut down on tuition costs. He’s saying if you can’t find a way to level off tuition then we might cut off some of your federal aid. What are your thoughts on that? George Nigh: Well, I would say that he’s right in trying to encourage college graduates. I say that he’s right in trying to tell higher education to try and hold the line as much as possible on tuition. I would say that it would be pretty difficult to try and punish a college for raising tuition if otherwise they wouldn’t have enough money to provide a student an education. For example, UCO can’t help it if the legislature doesn’t appropriate enough funds to keep the tuition down. The regents that govern UCO have to take into consideration what money they get from the state government. If the state is in tough times and has to cut appropriations to higher ed, and you have contracts with so many faculty members and students and we’ve told them we’re going to offer these courses, do we eliminate those courses? Why did you come here? We told you that you can get a degree here, so we’re going to eliminate your courses? So I’m saying the message to me should be not to the institution. The message should be to, in my opinion, the legislators. Keep the cost of tuition down by appropriately funding higher education. Vista: Do you have any thoughts on rising tuition in general?
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Nigh: It depends on what you’re offering. If, for example, the student body wants the best possible faculty, to hire the best faculty member in the region you have to be competitive in your salary. If you want the fantastic political science professor, to me, it’s just like hiring a football coach. They don’t make as much, of course, but the only way to get the best football coach is by offering them the best salary you can. If you’re a student and you want to
lecture, but how do you look back at your time here at UCO? Nigh: I loved it, I really loved it. It was so good. There were questions about whether or not as a politician I should be the president, but student government leaders went on record endorsing me to be president, they said, ‘we need somebody that can bring some attention to UCO.’ I think that’s mostly what I can say that I did of which I’m most proud is that I think the image of UCO was greatly raised. I think UCO’s image is great and I’m proud to have been – well, I hope I’ve been a part of it. Vista: In what direction have you seen UCO go in since you left and where do you see UCO in the next, like, five to 10 years?
George Nigh, former Oklahoma Governor and former UCO President, speaks to students at Pegasus Theatre, Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
come take a class here, you want the best possible classroom that you can get. What I’m saying is that tuition is a part of it. I wish they didn’t have to raise it. The real kicker in Oklahoma is that although we’re raising our tuition, it’s still about the lowest in the nation. Even though you raise your tuition and people complain about it, you’re still getting the best bang for your buck at an Oklahoma college than you can get almost anywhere in the country. Vista: Another thing I wanted to touch on was Mary Fallin pushing Oklahoma – and a number of other states are doing this, too – into a “Complete College America” program. She hopes to increase the amount of new college degrees in Oklahoma by about 20,000 by 2023. How important do you think it is for the future of Oklahoma to increase its number of college graduates? Nigh: It’s critical, that’s how important is is. It’s critical. Every state, every community, needs jobs coming to them. We’ve had a lot of in-
dustries and professions that have had problems in the past coming to Oklahoma because they can’t find the skills here and the people from where they’re coming with the skills don’t want to move. They say, ‘if we leave Michigan, those people aren’t going to go with us and if we go to Oklahoma we can’t find anyone to hire,’ so we need the college graduates trained in the areas, particularly, that businesses can find employees in. One of the reasons rural towns are having trouble existing is medical care. As our population gets older, if I live way out in the country and my doctor is 100 miles from me, I’m scared. But if I live on 15th Street in Edmond, I’m not worried about being on medical care. So one of the things the state tries to do is to get medical care into rural areas so that those communities don’t dry up, it’s not just so that you have a doctor, it’s so you can save the town. That’s the way it is with Governor Fallin’s point. If you want to be serious, and we’ve been pretty successful in recent years, you have to focus on image. Think of what the Thunder and Bricktown and the canal have done to Oklahoma City’s image. Just think about that, a bas-
ketball team. We’re on national television. Can you remember the days when something from Oklahoma was a national television story? What I’m saying is, image is important. Just like the Thunder is important, people with college degrees are important, and I would tell a student who’s thinking, ‘gosh, I’m 20, I know enough about this I can just go get a job and quit school,’ that 10 years from now your life is going to be different most of the time. Your life will be different and better with a college degree, whether or not you’re any smarter, than without one. With the fact that you have that degree, you’ll have a better opportunity in life than if you quit high school as a junior and get out and get a good paying job and buy a car and ten years from now you’re married with kids and have the same job you had when you quit school. Now, it can be different, but one of the reasons you want to encourage people to go to college is that when you get that degree you have a better chance for a better life. So Governor Fallin is right. Vista: You touched on this in your
Nigh: I think what most people don’t understand about UCO is that under Oklahoma rules, this has nothing to do with UCO, we can’t offer doctoral programs. The comprehensive universities can: OU, OSU offer doctoral programs. The only exceptions are Northeastern can offer a doctoral in optometry and Southeastern can offer a doctoral in pharmacy because they are given special permission, but most public universities in Oklahoma are prohibited from running doctoral programs. Therefore, most people who go on professionally, their degree says OU or OSU and that’s what they hang up – not that they got two years at Eastern Central or two years at UCO. So, what I see is what people don’t realize is that if you put out the doctoral programs from OU and OSU – that student body – and you take that out, then you compare UCO in enrollment, its as big or bigger than OU or OSU. So in what we do, we’re bigger than they are. Nobody think that, but we are.
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BASEBALL NOTCHES WIN OVER RAMS SAN ANGELO, Texas (March 3) – Edgar Lopez went the distance on the mound and the top of the batting order sparked the offense to carry Central Oklahoma to a 7-1 first-game victory over No. 18-ranked Angelo State here Saturday. The Rams came back to take the second game of the doubleheader 7-4 and improve to 16-4 on the season. The Bronchos are now 10-7. Lopez scattered six hits in the opener, giving up the one unearned run while walking just two and striking out four in the seven-inning complete-game performance in improving to 4-1 on the year. Tucker Brown, Keegan Morrow and Kevin Blue – the first three batters in the lineup – combined for seven of UCO’s 11 hits and scored five runs. Brown went 2-for-4 with a run scored and run batted in, Morrow 3-for-4 with three runs scored and Blue 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored. Morrow scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning when he doubled, went to third on a ground out and scored on Austin Rycroft’s single. ASU used a hit and error to score its lone run in the second and tie it, but the Bronchos answered back with three in the top of the third to take the lead for good. Brown and Morrow led off that inning with back-to-back singles before both came home on Blue’s triple to right field and Rycroft plated him with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1. Brown had an RBI single and Cameron Mavroulis scored on a wild pitch after reaching on a base hit early in the inning to push UCO’s lead to 6-1 in the fourth and the Bronchos got an insurance run in the seventh when Morrow doubled and scored on Blue’s single through the right side. UCO had a chance to complete the double-
Sophomore Mike Boyle (26) fields a ball during a game against Newman University Tuesday, Feb. 21. Photo provided.
header sweep after taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth inning, but the Rams rallied with four runs in their next two at bats to earn the split. The Bronchos broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning when Mike Boyle singled, went to third on J.P. Maples’ double and scored on
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HOCKEY the first intermission with a manageable 3-1 deficit. Sophomore Donald Geary cut the Lions’ lead to 3-2 in the second, snapping an extended scoring slump that had echoed the scoring problems the Bronchos had fought since the winter break. However, three goals late in the third, including two by junior Neeco Belanger, stuck the knife in the Bronchos heart. The move put the game out of reach and brought UCO’s season to a close. “We had a few unlucky bounces, but we played really well and we really did have a chance to win it,” McAlister said.
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THE BEN ZONE more) electric than your stadium ever could be? Also, one cannot ignore the fact that compelling, winning basketball simply isn’t being played in the state right now. I grew up cheering for OU athletics and I hope UCO purists will forgive me when I say they’re still my college team of choice. The Sooners, however, have struggled mightily this season, as have the Cowboys. Ultimately, these schools don’t have anyone to blame on attendance but themselves.
added another run in the eighth to seal the win. Maples had three of UCO’s seven hits in the game. The Bronchos return home to host Southwestern Oklahoma for a single nine-inning contest at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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shot it and it went in.” However, the road came to an abrupt end Sunday against Lindenwood, who UCO is 0-5 against this season. “As you go further deep inside the tournament, it hits you even harder,” McAlister said. “If you lose after the first game, it’s a disappointment, but after you get further in, the harder it is when you exit.” Lindenwood looked to dominate early, taking advantage of early defensive breakdowns to beat Caldwell and jump to a 3-0 lead in the first period. However, a late goal by freshman Shane Khalaf allowed the Bronchos to go to
an error, but ASU came back with three runs in its next at bat to go in front 3-1. UCO used a three-run sixth to take a 4-3 lead, getting an RBI double from Maples and a sacrifice fly from Tucker Brown. The Rams tied it with a run in the bottom of the sixth, went ahead with two more in the seventh and
They’re the ones who need to improve the games entertainment value outside of basketball. They’re the ones who need to promote the team to the students. They’re the ones who need to build a better team. You can’t blame fans for a lack of support when you fail to produce a team worth cheering for. In the era of major league sports in Oklahoma, wearing an OU or OSU logo is no longer enough to guarantee you a following.
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MARCH 6, 2012 Hockey
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THE BEN ZONE
END OF THE ROAD
By Ben Luschen Vista Columnist
COLLEGE B-BALL HAS NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES The NCAA Division I Basketball season is just about over. I barely noticed it had begun. I used to love college basketball. Love it. My wintertime Saturdays used to be taken up by hours of college hoops. I used to eagerly anticipate the newest mock brackets that popped up weekly on various sports sites. Some of my fondest memories involve watching college basketball games and practices at Norman’s Lloyd Noble Center or Oklahoma City’s then-named Ford Center. This year I struggle just to name a few star players. This is coming from someone who used to call the Saturday before the announcement of the tournament bracket on CBS “Selection Sunday Eve.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m still anxiously awaiting this year’s version of March Madness and will still spend hours researching for what will surely be another painfully inaccurate bracket. Still, I sense I’m not the only one drifting away from the sport’s regular season. It’s no secret that almost every Division I state school – with the exception of Oral Roberts – is in, as The Tulsa World defined it recently, an attendance “crisis.” Turning the television dial to ESPN routinely reveals half-full basketball arenas. It’s apparent that this isn’t just an Oklahoma thing. Duke, a school known for its insanely crazed basketball fans, recently ran an article in its student newspaper asking the question, “what happened to the Cameron Crazies?” The article reported that only around 650 students had attended every home game that season. Cameron Indoor Stadium’s student section sits about 1,200. According to the article, you could arrive at the arena half an hour before the game and still get tickets for the student section. Keep in mind, this is a school where it was once necessary to camp out a week ahead of time to ensure your seat. Why has this once proud sport reached a point of almost national indifference? I can’t speak for the whole nation. Locally, however, there are a couple of reasons to harp on for declining interest. The Thunder, of course, have made a dent in college attendance. Colleges aren’t just competing with just more talented players, an NBA game is just a plain better show than the college one. In many places where fans have to choose between professional and collegiate sporting events, usually the university’s biggest selling point is its “college atmosphere.” Well, what do you do when the fans of the professional team are as (or
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Travis Reed (6) prepares himself for a game against Kent State in their first game of the ACHA National Championship at the Hoover Arena in Cleveland Ohio, Thursday, March 2, 2012. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
By Bryan Trude / Sports Editor The UCO hockey team traveled over the weekend to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2012 ACHA Division I National Tournament, March 2-7 at Hoover Arena. The Bronchos advanced out of the first round, defeating the Kent State Golden Flashes 2-1 in overtime. However, the road came to an abrupt end against Lindenwood, falling to the Lions 5-2. The Bronchos dominated their opening game March 2, outshooting the Flashes 76-31. However, they were unable to get past freshman netminder Justin Wisniewski until midway through the third period, when UCO freshman Tyler Benson beat the blocker with the assist from sophomore Anthony Knuth. The Bronchos seemed to be on their way to a 1-0 victory when a Bronchos player dislodged the UCO goal with one second left, drawing a whistle for intentional delay of game and an automatic penalty shot opportunity for KSU. The Flashes capitalized on the mistake, with leading scorer Andrew Gazdak beating freshman goalie Tory Caldwell on the blocker side to tie the game 1-1 as regulation expired. “The correct call was the penalty shot,” head coach Craig McAlister said. “All I was thinking was ‘come on Tory, save us again.’ Of course, they put their best shooter out and he makes a great shot, so we go into overtime thinking ‘OK, we’ve been here before, let’s do this again,’ and of course we did.” The 20-minute overtime period played much like the rest of the game did, with UCO getting buckets of shots but unable to
solve Wisniewski until the 15th minute, when freshman Corey Allen shoved in the final score off the assist by senior Patrick Higgins to seal the victory as the clock approached midnight local time. “Our defense, our forwards were forechecking hard, the D had coughed over a couple of pucks but we weren’t able to take advantage of that earlier on in the game,” Allen said. “Then the puck came to me there in the slot and I just turned
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UCO’s Luke Ward (26) moves past Lindenwood’s John O’Connell (20) in a game against Lindenwood during the ACHA National Championship at the Hoover Arena in Cleveland Ohio, Saturday, March 3, 2012. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista