The Vista Nov. 15, 2011

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The Bronchos end their season with a 2-9 record. Relive the last game with photos on page 5.

Game recap on page 7

The Bronchos shut out The University of Buffalo 3-0 on Friday and 4-0 on Saturday.

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF BALLROOM DANCING On Sunday Nov. 13, UCO hosted its first ever “Stomp Dance,” a traditional Native American ceremony held in marathon sessions for religious and social purposes. The event was part of Native American Heritage Month.

By Trevor Hultner / Staff Writer For Native American Heritage Month 2011, Native American Student Association President Courtney Peyketewa wanted to do something different.

Pow-wows had been around on campus for years. They were easily identifiable. It was time to change things up.

So, with the help of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, she decided to bring a seldom-seen tradition, “Opvnkv Haco,” or Stomp Dance, to campus.

“I was raised around Stomp Dance growing up, and so that’s what I’d done since I was really little,” she said. “Basically, I just wanted to bring this side of the culture to UCO’s campus so that they could see it.”

The Stomp Dance’s origins are unknown, but it is religiously and culturally significant among several tribes in Oklahoma, including the Muscogee Creek, Cherokee and Choctaw nations.

“Different tribes have the special dances, like Green Corn, Arbor Dance and Soup Dance,” Audrey McCall, a member of the Creek, Yuchi and Kiowa nations, said. “They did have a back-to-school dance that they’re trying to bring back for the younger kids.”

According to Peyketewa, the Green Corn dance is the biggest dance of the year among certain tribes, signifying the harvest, as well

Sherman Tiger leads a group in a stomp during the UCO’s Native American Student Association’s Stomp Dance in the University Center Ballrooms, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

as the Stomp Dance community’s new year.

UCO’s first taste of Stomp Dance culture involved an abridged demonstration of the dances themselves, free food provided by members of the community, a raffle and an explanation of the history of the tradition from elder Sam Proctor, a

medicine man and preacher from the Creek Nation.

Proctor explained that the tradition of the Stomp Dance was “as old as the hills,” and that it was a markedly spiritual experience.

“That’s the way it is about every Stomp Dance,” Proctor said. “You can holler, you can move your

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hands any way you want to. But in all of that time, even the leaders are praising the creator, giving them the strength to do this.”

During the dances themselves, people from the community circled around a stand-in bonfire, sang traditional songs and encouraged spectators to join in.

Some of the women, including Peyketewa and her mother, Paula, wore what are known as “shackles,” which traditionally were turtle shells filled with pebbles but are now milk or tomato cans filled with the same.

“A really good dance has four rings, and people are standing on the outside, trying to get in,” Peyketewa said. “There’s a leader, which is the guy, and it’s an call-answer kind of thing, and then there’s a first woman, she’s a shell shaker, and she starts it for all the other women behind her and basically sets the tempo of the dance while the guys do call-answer.”

McCall explained that an actual Stomp Dance ran typically from midnight to sunrise, and many of the participants took a kind of herbal medicine to help “purify” them during the dance.

“It’s just like church. How you go to church, that’s what we call church,” she said. “I mean, you’re doing the same thing, but there’s just different ways that we look at things. You just really have to look into it. Outdoors, it’s more – there’s more to it. It’s something to experience.”

Native American Heritage Month runs through Nov. 28 and includes a lecture over “truth about Thanksgiving” on Nov. 15 and a Native American language workshop on the Monday after Thanksgiving break.

Campus

UCO ACADEMIC TEAM ‘REACH’ FOR THE PRIZE MAKES FINAL ROUND

By Brittany McMillin / Contributing Writer

A group of UCO students will have the chance to prove they are among the brightest Oklahoma’s state colleges have to offer.

UCO’s Bronze Team has advanced to the finals of the KSBI’s “Mind Games,” a show that allows several state colleges and universities to compete in a single-elimination quiz bowl tournament. UCO has the chance to take home both the fall title if they can defeat Redlands Community College in the final, which will air Wednesday at 8 pm.

“It’s great,” Brandon Lehman, the team’s adviser, said, “I mean, it’s one of those things where a lot of people put in a lot of work in the early stages to get the team together and get them the things t h e y n e e d ed like the equipment and the practices.”

Lehman credits the team’s successes to the knowledge of his players over any coaching ability he may have. According to Lehman, his role on the team is strictly to handle the logistical elements of organizing tournament and team information. He also does his best to encourage his players.

Though he may not have a direct effect on his team’s performance, Lehman does appear to be a good judge of talent.

“After our first game, I knew we had a really good team,” he said. “We beat the first team by like 400 points, so I knew at that point there was a good chance we could make it all the way.”

While Lehman may have realized the team’s potential after their first game, Bronze Team member Dan Beshear knew they had a top competitor after the first team meeting. Beshear is also confident in his team’s chances to win it all.

“Redlands is a good team. Every time we’ve had a taping they were in the taping right before us, so we’ve watched them all three times. They’re a pretty good team but I think we can beat them,” Beshear said.

Though Beshear is unsure whether there is any prize for winning the tournament other than the prestigious title of champion, he also says the bragging rights will be as fulfilling as any reward.

“It doesn’t matter what it is as long as you’re the best at it.

I mean, it could be Bingo and Tiddly Winks,” he said.

Though this game will decide the fall tournament champion, if UCO were to win they would be given the opportunity to play the winner of the spring tournament to determine the Mind Games season winner.

According to Lehman, the decision is a nobrainer.

“Our team would say, ‘yes, we want to do it.’”

Who? The UCO Bronze Team What?

The final episode of Mind Games When?

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WEATHER

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer

Students will have the opportunity to play Halo: Reach in the first campus-hosted videogame tournament at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 Halo: Reach, dubbed Best Multiplayer Game of the Year in Spike’s 2010 Video Game Awards, is the newest installment in the Halo franchise.

The game makes its way to UCO to bring college students together for some competitive gaming. This tournament will feature a four-on-four competition, and each team must have three of four members enrolled in college to register.

“We wanted the focus to be on competitive video gaming, but also students staying in school,” Cami Magnuson, a sophomore majoring in public relations, said.

Hardcore LAN Center will supply 16 Xbox 360 game consoles for this tournament, but all competitors must supply their own Xbox controller. Red Bull will donate prizes to winners of the tournament.

The winning team will receive a cash prize and an online gaming session with Dave Walsh, a professional competitive gamer sponsored by Red Bull. The second and third placing teams will also receive a cash prize. Mini-prizes will be awarded to individuals through out the tournament for specific achievements in the game.

A female free-for-all will also be featured in the tournament, allowing all UCO female gamers to compete against each other.

“The female free-for-all will be very laidback

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and provides a way for girls to not be afraid to get their butts kicked by a guy,” Magnuson said. “It also will help encourage female gamers on campus to come out and play.”

The tournament will be held in the Center for Transformative Learning. Registration for the tournament will start at 5 p.m., and the tournament will begin at 6 p.m. and continue till 2 a.m.

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KEYSTONE FIGHT Last week the Obama administration announced it was going to delay making a decision regarding the Keystone XL pipeline for “about 12 to 18 months,” according to the New York Times.

This is a conscious decision to deflect one of the biggest issues coming from the progressive caucus – a group Obama needs desperately if he has any hope for a second term – until after the election season has passed.

This issue – this pipeline – must not be allowed to disappear from the public consciousness.

The proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline would run 1,700 miles from the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada, to Houston, Texas. The route would cross over 2,000 rivers and streams, including the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, as well as the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest freshwater aquifers in the world.

The Keystone pipeline system is owned and operated by TransCanada, a major energy company based in Calgary, Alberta. The original Keystone pipeline runs from Athabasca to Patoka, Ill. and Cushing, Okla.

Environmental activists, including journalist Bill McKibben and the Natural Resources Defense Council, as well as 10,000 protesters who surrounded the White House last week, have denounced the planned pipeline, citing the highly dirty nature of oil sands relative to lighter forms of crude oil.

Speaking to Democracy Now! hosts Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez in July, NRDC policy analyst Anthony Swift said, “The pipeline you just mentioned, Keystone XL, would carry 830,000 barrels of oil a day, a type of oil that’s very corrosive and has some new risks that conventional oil does not.”

The Keystone pipelines also threaten labor forces in both Canada and the United States.

In 2007, when the original Keystone pipeline was being discussed, Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada president Dave Cole said, “The Keystone pipeline will exclusively serve US markets, create permanent employment for very few Canadians, reduce our energy security, and hinder investment and job creation in the Canadian energy sector.”

Groups like the Labor Network For Sustainability are making similar statements in the US. For an administration that apparently is committed to “[ending] the tyranny of oil,” the Keystone XL pipeline would be nothing but a black stain on its already war-torn, impoverished image – regardless of which side of the 2012 election cycle it lands on.

While the planned pipeline has been pushed further down the pipeline, progressives and environmentalists must not let Keystone XL out of their sight.

“They need to do better next year.”

“They did great but they need improvement. We are on our way to change.”

“I’ve never been to a game.”

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UCO AMONG TOP PRODUCERS OF FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS

By Josh Hutton Green War

UCO has been recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Chris Howell / Staff Writer The Chronicle of Higher Education recognized UCO as one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars in the United States.

The distinction makes UCO the only master’s level institution in Oklahoma to receive the honor.

The Fulbright program is an international educational exchange program sponsored mainly by the State Department.

The program boasts 308,000 participants in 155 countries worldwide, according to the guide provided by the program.

“It is a very prestigious program, probably the second most prestigious in the United States,” Dr. Siegfried Heit, professor of humanities and philosophy, said. Heit is also a former recipient of the Fulbright scholarship.

He explained the most prestigious would be the Rhodes scholarship.

“Only about 34 candidates a year are selected for the Rhodes,” he said. “If the Rhodes is the Rolls Royce [of scholarships], then the Fulbright is the Mercedes.”

Senator J. William Fulbright introduced the legislation that produced the program in 1946. The purpose of the program is to promote cultural interaction and mutual understanding, in

daily and professional life. “[Fulbright] was a Rhodes scholar himself and he saw the advantage of bringing American students overseas, bringing international student to the United States, because we have an appreciation of the other culture,” Heit said. “He believed at the end of WW2 that this is the best thing our country could do. So, with all the military surplus material, he said, let’s sell it, and use it to start the fund. There are many other aspects to it, and it has expanded over the years.”

There are two levels to the program, one for college students who are working or researching towards their master’s or English teaching, and another level for faculty to conduct research in foreign countries.

“We have had nine student Fulbrighters, which is not bad, considering we are a regional, metropolitan university. There is no other regional university in Oklahoma that comes anywhere close,” Heit said.

UCO has sent students on Fulbright scholarships to six countries: Australia, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, France and Spain.

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Campus Events

LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE HOSTED STUDENTS WORKING WITH WORDS

By Mervyn Chua / Staff Writer UCO hosted college students from around the world presenting research on language-related topics at the Language and Linguistic Student Conference on Saturday, Nov. 12.

At the conference, which lasted from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the Nigh University Center, students were given approximately 15 minutes each to present their paper. Afterward, the moderator would open the floor for discussions and questions.

Every year, abstracts of the papers are taken and put together based on how they are related in the subfields of linguistics.

This year, among the topics researched were linguistics, aspects of a single lan-

guage, American Literature, popular culture and language preservation.

“This conference is a place where it is all about the students,” Corey Hamilton, president of the UCO Language Society, said. “It is student-led from start to finish. This conference gives the opportunity to the students to present in the academic setting, and also to listen.”

Even students from China will participate in the conference, with international universities also presenting research.

Some of the participating international universities include Ewha Woman’s University in Korea and North East Normal University in China.

“The student-driven conference was originally conceived of as a small, regional conference, and we have enjoyed

national and international student participation since our first conference,” Dr. Amy Carrell, director of graduate studies and organizer of the conference, said.

Carrell is also a professor of English at UCO. “Students presenting the papers make it fun and relaxing, they are at an academic setting but with peers,” Hamilton said. “There is just something about this setting that helps you grow.”

The conference sessions were open to the public and free, but registration was required for attendance. There was a fee for the luncheon, held from 12:50 to 2:10 p.m. in the Will Rogers Room.

Participants who paid $50 could attend lunch and received a conference T-shirt, tote bag, and other conference materials.

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“What’s your addiction? Is it money? Is it girls? Is it weed?”

Kanye West asked on his 2005 disc “Late Registration.” At the time, he was having trouble with “not one, not two, but all three.”

His plight does not stray far from that of many Americans.

Presently, marijuana, an illegal substance, ranks as the number one cash crop in the United States and every 19 seconds an American is arrested for violating a drug law, according to Uniform Crime Reports.

Many pass the blame on inadequate border protection. As though the Mexican drug cartel lazily waltzes across the boundary and targets weak, huddled masses of Americans down on their luck.

Blame rests with no sole entity, but yet, America’s love affair with illegal substances and Mexico’s wherewithal to supply partake in a mutually parasitic relationship.

The 2010 UN World Drug Report estimates one in five Americans use marijuana annually. Seemingly, the U.S. has entered a second prohibition with 12 states trying to pass legislation in order to allow cannabis residence in a halfway home of legality.

On a federal level, government spends nearly $500 per second on the War on Drugs. In 2010, over 1.6 million people were arrested due to drug law violations.

The biggest reason states across the union are pushing for more lax drug laws is the unsavory fact that the justice system is struggling to handle the load.

Couple America’s lust for illegal drugs with the estimated $30 billion cartels rake in on an annual basis. The steady supply of drugs crawling up from the south comes at a devastating cost for the Mexican people.

Since Felipe Calderón took the office of president in 2006, over 45,000 Mexicans have been killed. Calderón’s crackdown on the cartels, instead of the deal cutting his predecessors practiced, led to a war where public servants (police officers, senators, judges, etc.) become primary targets. America’s incessant need for supply comes at a crippling demand on the Mexican people.

The solution? The most substantial argument stands to “decriminalize” marijuana.

Freeing up the justice system, lessening the amount of tax dollars going toward prisoners serving drug use-related sentences and gutting the demand for the Mexican cartel’s product would be a push in the right direction.

America would follow the standard set by Portugal who decriminalized all illegal substances. Since Portugal decriminalized illegal substances in 2001, the number of drug-related deaths and infectious diseases has dropped tremendously. With the use of illegal substance in Portugal regarded as a public health issue, panels decide if a drug user outside of the law should be fined or sent to treatment.

Providing proper treatment versus imprisonment has allowed a decline in drug usage.

America does not need a blanket decriminalization of all illegal drugs, as many substances have substantial health risks.

The current stance on marijuana must be reevaluated and reconfigured to ensure greater harmony for the nation of Mexico, a lighter load for the court system, and a lesser amount of tax dollars going to provide for prisoners.

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Administration

NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS NAMED

By Bryan Trude / Staff Writer UCO has hired Mark Kinders, to fill the new Vice President for Government Relations position, effective Jan. 3.

Kinders is currently the vice president of university relations at Northeastern State University.

According to Charlie Johnson, UCO vice president for university relations, Kinders will serve as a liaison between the university and government institutions at the local, state, federal and tribal levels, as well as work to bring in resources from government entities, including grants and other benefit programs.

“We needed this role to be played because most resources depend on your relationship with government at all levels,” UCO President Don Betz said. “That kind of expertise, which will be needed more as time goes by, is not here at this point.”

For Kinders, the new role will be a continuation of a longtime association with Betz.

Kinders has known Betz six years, having worked with him both at NSU and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

“With his familiarity with the state of Oklahoma and the legislative process, and appreciation for UCO and what the

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needs are to tell the university’s story well to legislators and members of Congress, he contacted me to see if I was interested in carving out a position at UCO in which those issues can be addressed,” Kinders said of Betz.

Before going to NSU in 2008, Kinders was Director of Public Affairs at UWRF for 23 years.

At NSU, Kinders is credited with building a comprehensive government relations program for Northeastern and the state and federal government, complementing the university’s existing grants and directed federal funding procurement programs.

“He’s done the work,” Betz said. “He has provided more input for [NSU] than any other regional institutions in order to prepare them to work effectively with our legislature and individual legislators and senators. He has a long background of doing this kind of work.”

A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois, Kinders also holds two masters’ degrees; one in history from UWRF and one in public affairs from the University of Minnesota.

Entering academic service following a ten-year career in print journalism,

Kinders is actively engaged with the regional planning group for Northeast Oklahoma and American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Betz’s goal in creating the position is to help ease financial burden on UCO students.

“The chief benefit will be that [Kinders] will help us identify resources we would not otherwise have,” Betz said. “By doing so, that should help us meet the financial obligations we have as a university.”

Betz also said Kinders will help identify resources to help hold tuition to a reasonable level, rather than the university relying on tuition as a source of revenue.

For Kinders, the move from NSU to UCO does not mean an end of his relationship with his former university.

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to be here at NSU, to work with a lot of folks on the campus and within the community, we’ve accomplished an awful lot together,” Kinders said. “At the same time, there have been long standing relationships between Northeastern and Central. The consequence to both my and President Betz’s connection to both campuses will, I think, create more opportunities for us to collaborate between the two universities, whether it’s on the state or federal level.”

Career Services

CAREER SERVICES TEACHING HOW TO EAT LIKE A PROFESSIONAL

By Brittany McMillan / Contributing Writer UCO’s Career Services will be teaching dining etiquette for $10 at Legends on Thursday, Nov. 17.

These lessons in proper dining etiquette will be taught by Beth Adele, director of Career Services.

Legends will serve a formal three course meal and Adele will go over how to profes-

sionally arrive, order, eat, exit, and deal with situations involving alcohol. The event will last an hour and a half, and is held in conjunction with UCO Dining Services, who supplied materials.

Adele was taught by etiquette trainers on interviews, job hunts and conventions; she now passes along that experience to the students, faculty, and staff of UCO. Adele has been at UCO for five years and

said the Dining Etiquette has become her favorite thing to do.

“I have a lot of people thanking me for it,” Adele said.

Career Services Administrative Assistant Barby Osborn said that it is very beneficial, and that if someone thinks they know how to properly dine that she would advise them to go to this session.

RSVP is required and the deadline is No-

vember 11. A small fee of $10, flex dollars can also be used, will be charged at the counter in Legends.

Career Services will also host a How and What to Eat and Wear event in the spring.

The event will be sponsored by Maurices and Men’s Wearhouse and will teach attendees about the proper attire to wear to certain places.

Scholarships

FULBRIGHT UCO also has several former Fulbright scholars in faculty, including two professors currently on the Fulbright scholarship: David Hartmann, who is teaching business decision science at the College of Business Administration in Saudi Arabia; and Wei Chen, who is teaching biomedical engineering at the National Yang Ming University in Taiwan.

Dr. Don Betz, president of UCO, has also been sponsored on a Fulbright scholarship, but could not be

reached for comment.

“My experience with Fulbright has been great, both academically and culturally. I have learned a lot during the first two months in Taiwan with the program,” Chen said.

Dr. Chen is researching treatment for late-stage breast cancer and melanoma that has already metastasized, or spread throughout the body. The treatment uses laser immunotherapy to create a modified nanosystem and has shown promising results for the patients, who

have limited options.

The selection process for the scholarship is unbiased, according to Dr. Heit.

The selection process is mostly conducted by a committee in the country a prospective Fulbrighter wants to visit, who do not even get a photo until the very final stages.

“There are a good numbers of African countries, that are former British colonies, that have slots too.

People tend to forget that English has remained the official language

in these countries,” Heit said. “Also in India, and Pakistan, English is used. If you want to do research in science, in mathematics, the Scandinavian countries will not require you to know their language, because they do all their research in English.

There are some universities in Belgium or Holland where you can do your studies in English, as well.”

For more information about Fulbright scholarships, scan this barcode:

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Football

UCO FOOTBALL FINISHES 2-9 The Bronchos finished their season with a 2-9 record wearing their throwback blue jerseys. They will compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2012. In four games against future MIAA opponents, UCO went 0-4.

Photos by Garett Fisbeck / Photo Editor

Lindenwood’s David Ortega (2) is taken down by UCO’s Aaron James (51) during a game between UCO and Lindenwood at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Saturday.

Steven Daniels (28) holds up the good luck sign as the UCO Bronchos take the field during a college football game between UCO and Lindenwood at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Saturday.

UCO’s Bryce Davis (85) dodges Lindenwood’s Christian Golder (18) during a Saturday.

UCO’s Dante’ Lipscomb (3) runs the ball during a game Saturday.

UCO’s Blue Crew fly the UCO colors before game between UCO and Lindenwood Saturday.

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NOV. 15, 2011

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Central Football

BRONCHOS END SEASON WITH LOSS

By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor The UCO football team dropped their season finale to the Lindenwood Lions 48-14 Saturday at Wantland Stadium in Edmond.

Four of Lindenwood’s scoring drives spanned 50 yards or less and they scored on a 57-yard interception return and a 100-yard kick return as well. The Bronchos scored both of their touchdowns in the second half after already being down 28-0.

UCO looked to have control of the first quarter, forcing the Lions to punt three times and turn the ball over on downs once. However, with 2:22 left in the period, Ethan Sharp threw his second interception and it was returned 57 yards for a touchdown that gave Lindenwood a 7-0 lead.

Sharp was not impressive in the first half.

He completed eight of 15 passes for 63 yards and two interceptions. The offense never got anything going while he was under center, going 0-8 on offensive drives with five punts, the two interceptions and one turnover on downs.

The Lions extended their lead in the second quarter with a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback David Ortega to Thomas Stubbs.

The long pass play gave Lindenwood a 14-0 lead. On their next possession, Lindenwood’s offense used four plays to drive 50 yards and score on a one-yard run by Denodus O’Bryant.

The Lions had a 21-0 lead going into halftime.

After intermission, Lindenwood continued their scoring onslaught with a 26-yard touchUCO’s Landon Greve (5) falls back to throw during a college football game between down pass from Ortega to Alex Robinson. The UCO and Lindenwood at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo Lions took a 28-8 lead after their third scoring

by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista drive of 50 yards or less.

UCO head coach Tracy Holland and his Central Basketball staff decided to put backup quarterback and starting punter Landon Greve under center after falling so far behind. Greve answered the call by leading the Bronchos on their first scoring drive of the game. UCO finished off

BRONCHOS DOWN BULLDOGS FOR SECOND WIN OF SEASON From Bronchosports.com Tucker Phillips sparked a first-half run that gave No. 11-ranked Central Oklahoma the lead for the good and the Bronchos went on to cruise past Lincoln 82-67 here Saturday on the final day of the SWOSU Chamber of Commerce Classic.

The game was tied 14-all when Phillips hit a 3-pointer to ignite a 9-1 scoring spurt that gave UCO a 24-15 lead en route to a 46-36 halftime advantage and the lead never dipped below double digits in the final 20 minutes as the Bronchos moved to 2-0 in the seasonopening weekend event.

“We shot the ball well and played pretty good in spurts,” said head coach Terry Evans, whose team shot 55.6 percent (30-of-54) from the field. “We still made some mistakes, but it was a good opening weekend for us.”

UCO plays the first of just seven home games Tuesday, hosting Southwestern Oklahoma at 8 p.m. in the second game of a doubleheader at Hamilton Field House.

Tyler Phillips led another balanced attack for the Bronchos, hitting four 3-pointers in a 12-point outing. Shane Carroll and Josh Davis scored 11 points apiece, while Johnny Stephene added 10 and Tucker Phillips eight along with a career high-tying five assists.

UCO trailed only once, at 2-0 when Lincoln made the opening bucket of the game, but Tyler Phillips answered with the first of two consecutive 3-pointers that helped the Bronchos jump out to a quick 9-2 lead.

The Blue Tigers came back to draw even at 14-all and that’s when Tucker Phillips hit his tie-breaking trey at the 12:52 mark. Davis followed with a pair of free throws, then Carroll answered a Lincoln foul shot with a three-point play.

Tucker Phillips ended the surge with two free throws at 10:52 to give UCO a 24-15 lead and the Bronchos led by as many as 14 before settling for the 46-36 halftime cushion.

Lincoln never got closer than 12 in the final 20 minutes and UCO’s lead peaked at 20 on a pair of occasions.

a seven-play, 48-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown pass from Greve to Bryce Davis, cutting into the Lions’ lead by seven.

The Bronchos were hit with another backbreaking play when the ensuing kickoff was returned 100-yards for a touchdown by Lindenwood return man Andrew Helmick. The return gave Lindenwood a 35-7 lead.

UCO’s offense answered on the next drive.

An eight-yard pass from Greve to Davis capped off a 12-play, 61-yard drive that cut the score to 35-14. Greve finished the game with 31 completions on 49 attempts for 207 yards and two touchdowns.

Lindenwood scored two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal the game at 4814. The Lions outgained the Bronchos 358 yards to 318. The Bronchos weren’t able to stop the run as Lindenwood rushed 37 times for 250 yards.

Central and Lindenwood will be rivals in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association next season. The matchup Saturday marked the first time the two teams have ever played each other and Lindenwood now owns a 1-0 lead in the series.

The MIAA is known as one of the best football conferences in America. Pittsburgh State (Kan.), Washburn University (Kan.), Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri will represent the conference in this years Divsion II playoffs, Northwest Missouri being the only team not to host a postseason matchup.

The Bronchos finished the season with a record of 2-9. Central competed in their final game as a Division II independent and will play in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association starting in 2012. Central finished 0-4 against teams that will compete in the MIAA next year (Washburn, Fort Hays State, Northeastern and Lindenwood.)

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SPORTS

NOV. 15, 2011

Central Hockey

BRONCHOS SWEEP BUFFALO BULLS

UCO and Buffalo players fight during a game between UCO and Buffalo at Arctic Edge arena in Edmond, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Bryan Trude / Sports Writer The UCO men’s club hockey team overcame a physically aggressive attack by the University of Buffalo to sweep the series, beginning with a 3-0 shutout Friday, Nov. 11 and capping their effort with a 4-0 victory Saturday, Nov. 12 at Arctic Edge Ice Arena.

The #18 Bronchos (10-7) entered the series against the unranked Bulls (6-9-1) following a burial of the Texas Longhorns by a combined score of 33-0.

Central opened the series against the hardhitting Bulls by going up 1-0 midway through the first on a Matt Prigge goal. Tyler Benson added a goal in the second with an assist by Anthony Knuth, and Jean-Marc Biron added an insurance score in the third.

In Saturday’s game, the Bronchos went up 1-0 a few seconds into the first period following a goal by OKC native Corey Brennan, with assists by Mackenzie Thiessen and Michael Wall. Knuth made the score 2-0 towards the end of the first with assists by freshman Shane Khalaf and senior Luke Ward.

The first period also saw Buffalo goaltender Michael Musialowski ejected for unsports-

manlike conduct. Following a scrum in the first, Musialowski protested the lack of a penalty call on a UCO player by throwing his stick across the ice. Musialowski also threw his helmet at a wall as he left the rink.

“Unfortunately, Musialowski allowed his anger to overrule his thought process,” Beau Leaf, UCO undergraduate sports psychology intern, said.

Khalaf added an insurance goal towards the end of the third period, with the assist from junior Kevin Bergquist, who added his own goal two minutes later with assists by Khalaf and Biron.

Musialowski and backup goalie Matthew Bradley turned away 47 of 51 shots for the Bulls. Bronchos freshman Tory Caldwell blocked 25 shots. Caldwell started both games in net for Central after sitting out against Texas, allowing freshman Zdenek Zavadil to get his first starts of the season.

“As a team, we really made a big jump this weekend,” Caldwell said. “We’ve been playing a lot of hockey, having a few days off was really nice for me. It allowed me to refocus and reenergize.”

Out of action for the Bronchos was co-cap-

tain Patrick Biron, who re-aggravated a groin injury suffered prior to UCO’s series against Arizona State University two weeks ago.

UCO will play their next game at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17 against the Arizona University Wildcats. The Bronchos will then play a two game series against the Liberty University Flames beginning Friday, Nov. 18.

The 7-6 Wildcats come into the early Thursday night matchup following a 7-3 smashing of Colorado State, and will try to avoid looking ahead to their two game series against the Oklahoma Sooners this weekend at Blazers Ice Center.

Meanwhile, the 11-7 Flames enter their Oklahoma road trip on a two game losing skid, dropping a series to the University of Delaware. Liberty will have to survive a road trip to visit the Sooners Thursday before taking on the Bronchos.

Admission to all games is $7, $5 for students and faculty with ID, and free for children under 5.

UCO HOCKEY WEEKEND University of Arizona THURS-Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.

Liberty University FRI-Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Liberty University SAT-Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.