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SHACKING UP FOR AWARENESS
By Trevor Hultner / Staff Writer This week, UCO students will highlight and combat poverty via Shack-a-Thon, a weeklong event that has participants taking up residence in makeshift cardboard abodes and panhandling for charity. Shack-a-Thon’s impoverished condition may be staged, with students “living” in the shacks in shifts, and seen using their laptops and iPhones. For young people, however, poverty sits close to home. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in September the national unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent, despite a small uptick in new hires. However, youth and student unemployment reached 52 percent in July, the highest youth unemployment rate since the BLS began recording in 1948. “I think that young people are really having a hard time recalibrating their lives and expectations to the new American economy,” Kate Tay-
lor, a financial blogger living in New York City, said via Skype interview. “The middle class was encouraged to live beyond its means for so long that most everyone has debt; the debt load among young people, via student loans and credit cards, is higher than it’s ever been, and due to the economy our earning potential is less, for now.” Taylor, who graduated from the New School for Social Research with a MA in political science in 2009, has been documenting her struggle with credit card and student loan debt, as well as offering tips for readers to avoid financial insolvency, since late August under the moniker of “Broke Gal in NYC.” “I specifically used the term broke and not poor because poverty implies that I was born into marginalized economic circumstances, which I wasn’t,” Taylor said. “I am middle class and very privileged, but I’m broke because of my debt
load.” The UCO Institute of Hope, a new class program running out of the department of Sociology and facilitated by Dr. Amanda Miller, set up a booth near the student-made shacks. Known among its participants as “iHope,” the organization provided information on poverty and welfare to participants and passersby. “We set up right next to Shacka-Thon to have kind of a statisticsbased point of view on what poverty is, and what it means to students.” Sam Wargin, a sociology and human services senior involved with iHope, said. “There are a lot of stereotypes that surround poverty, public assistance and things of that nature, so we have a couple of informative pamphlets based off of the Census Bureau’s Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage report from 2010 that came out in the middle of September.”
According to that report, the 2010 national poverty rate was 15.1 percent, and the poverty rate for people aged 18-64, considered to be of working age, rose by 0.8 percentage points from 12.9 percent. The Institute of Hope also handed out information which separates poverty and welfare truths from fiction, and “free money” with facts on taxes. According to the former, “In Oklahoma, only a minority of welfare recipients receive any cash aid at all. Those who do receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) payments were paid a maximum of $292 for a family of three.” Some participants in Shack-aThon had personal reasons for taking part in the event.
Continued on page 4 Photo: Students walk past shacks during Shack-a-Thon, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
Poverty in Oklahoma • 616,610 Oklahomans, one out of every six (16.9 percent), lived in poverty in 2010. • The poverty rate for children (24.5 percent) is higher than that of working-age adults (15.5 percent) or seniors (9.3 percent). • Among Oklahoma families with children, families headed by single mothers are four and a half times more likely to be in poverty than families headed by married couples. Source: OKPolicy.org
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MEDIA PROFESSIONALS COMING FOR ETHICS CONFERENCE
By Courtney Landsberger / Contributing Writer by Margaret Holt, a standards editor at The Chicago Tribune, who works closely with reOn Wednesday and Thursday, UCO will be porters and editors about issues of accuracy, hosting “Media Ethics: the Ethics of Coverfairness and ethics. ing News” in the Nigh University Center. The Other speakers include Joe Hight of The conference, led by E.K. Gaylord Ethics Chair Oklahoman and NewsOK.com; AP Special Yvette Walker, is carrying on a tradition of Correspondent and Chief Congressional Corethics conferences not seen in recent years. respondent David Espo; and Jacqui Banaszyn“The media ethics conference is a way to ski, a newspaper reporter and editor with talk about what really should happen,” Walker over 30 years of experience and winner of the said. “It’s a joke that media doesn’t use ethics 1998 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. when they cover stories, but of course we’re “We have so many other people coming. supposed to and we do. Just what does that Alex Cameron of News 9 is coming, we have mean, though, and what does that look like a lot of great speakers coming from The Oklawhen you’re talking about a particular story?” homan and from the Tulsa World,” Walker The two-day event will feature a keynote said. “It’s going to be a really great conferluncheon on Wednesday with a presentation ence.”
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Walker has not been planning the conference all on her own; the 14 students in her Ethics Conference Planning class have been working this semester to coordinate and prepare for the event. The class has participated in teams doing various tasks such as creating a logo, working on promotions and advertising, tracking registration and making sure the speakers will be comfortable and have what they need. “When you come to the conference and you see how wonderful it is, it’s really up to [the students] as much as it is up to me,” Walker said. The conference will also feature a special reception for UCO Alumni on Wednesday evening. “Its going to be a great way for alumni to come back and mingle a little bit and also mingle with the speakers and be able to talk a little bit more one on one,” Walker said. While the conference and luncheon are free to UCO students, faculty and staff, the event is also open to the whole community and to students from any school for a $25 fee.
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TRY OCCUPYING AN EDUCATION INSTEAD It’s been hailed by some as the biggest social movement since the Civil Rights Era; by others, it’s just another fad to be tweeted about. Either way, the “Occupy Wall Street” movement is demanding Americans’ collective attention. The research of G. William Domhoff at UC-Santa Cruz has found that the richest one percent of Americans control 35 percent of the nation’s net wealth, not a surprise to many, especially those who have taken to the streets. The news media’s response has been to swiftly dismiss the movement, branding it as nothing more than the disorganized rambling and criticism by an ungrateful, spoiled generation. But one needs only perform a cursory Facebook or Google search for a listing of the hundred-plus cities that have organized offshoot “Occupy” movements. Just logging on is enough to be inundated with the stories of thousands impacted by the movement, statistics about our nation’s thousands of dollars of debt, and protest signs from those “betrayed by the American Dream.” “Dear 1 percent: we fell asleep for awhile, just woke up. Sincerely, the 99 percent,” one sign reads. “Where is the urgency to change? ‘Land of the free, only if you are willing to conform,” another says. There is no denying that the distribution of wealth in this country doesn’t add up. By the numbers, a disproportionately small number of Americans control an unfairly large amount of the money and “the 99 percent’s” tax dollars keeps pouring into corporations’ pockets with an unemployment rate that sits stagnant at its most recently reported rate, 9.1 percent. But what changes does “the 99 percent” propose? Once their testimonies are posted and they get their few minutes of fame on the evening news, what’s the next step? What traction does the movement hope to gain with no clear end goal in mind? If the protesters feel their voices have been silenced, what has changed? Well, since the protests of the 60’s and 70’s, not much. It is undeniable that some of these younger protestors may just be seeking the companionship found in their perceived shared struggle to make ends meet in a corporate-controlled, struggling economy. Perhaps if the hipsters and English majors that are “occupying” our nation cared to spend more than their required time in government classes, they’d know how to actively respond to their frustrations. Instead we’ll be left with pandering politicians and trashed public parks.
“We’re here to raise money for the city rescue mission by having someone attend the shack at all times, sitting outside or sleeping in.”
“I’m representing the homeless veterans association, trying to support them and their cause.”
“To raise money for awareness of poverty.”
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SPAGHETTI BENEFIT FOR DIABETES RESEARCH By Josh Hutton Shacking Spirit
Crowds gathered for Alpha Gamma Delta’s annual Oodles of Noodles fall philanthropy event Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Photo by Bryan Trude, The Vista
By Bryan Trude / Staff Writer UCO’s Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, Epsilon Nu chapter, held their 12th annual “Oodles of Noodles” fundraising event Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the AGD house, 425 N. Jackson St. The fundraiser, the sorority’s traditional “fall philanthropy” event, according to AGD Philanthropy Coordinator Amy Watkins, raised money for diabetes research and various AGD grant and scholarship programs on behalf of AGD International’s Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation. “Oodles of Noodles is the biggest spaghetti dinner ever,” Watkins said. “Every Alpha Gam chapter raises money for the foundation, but Oodles of Noodles is unique to this chapter and to UCO.” Tickets to the event were sold by AGD members throughout the week leading up to the dinner for $5 each. Watkins said that they estimated between 700 and 1,000 tickets were sold. Oodles of Noodles raised $5,000 for AGD last year, according to Watkins. Attendees were served a spaghetti and meatball dinner, as well as Red Bull provided by a Red Bull DJ truck at the event. Other entertainment provided by Alpha Gam were several musical acts associated with ACM@UCO, including Scott Hartman, Chateau, and Kyle Earhart and the Lower 40. “My friend Amy is in this sorority and we both go to the ACM,” Earhart, a senior in the ACM’s vocal performance pro-
gram, said. “She asked us to come out, and we love any chance to perform and help people.” Watkins said, “It just works out. Everyone likes spaghetti. It’s a really good way to get everyone to come and it’s fairly easy to make, making food for 700 to 1,000 people would be really difficult otherwise.” Diabetes is a metabolic disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or absorb the hormone insulin, which regulates glucose in the body. People with diabetes often display increased hunger and thirst, and urinate more frequently than normal, according to the American Diabetes Association. There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 is marked by a decrease in production of insulin; Type 2 is marked by the body’s inability to use insulin. Alpha Gamma Delta is an international fraternity for women that exists to provide opportunities for personal development through the spirit of sisterhood, according to the AGD International website. Founded in 1904 at Syracuse University, AGD has 185 collegiate chapters worldwide. UCO’s chapter, Epsilon Nu, was founded in 1961. Since then, AGD has held a major philanthropy, or fundraising event, once a semester. While Oodles of Noodles is the chapter’s traditional fall philanthropy, the spring philanthropy varies and has not been decided on for spring 2012.
Voter Registration
UCO TAKES FIRST IN BLUE AT VOTER REGISTRATION CONTEST UCO organizations rallied enough students to register to vote to win the Blue Division of the Oklahoma Campus Compact registration contest.
By M.A. Smith/ Contributing Writer The votes have been counted and the results are in. For the second year in a row, UCO won first place in the Blue division of the Oklahoma Campus Compact’s annual voter registration contest. About five percent of the college’s students, faculty and staff registered to vote in the 2012 election, which equates to 627 students, according to results from Oklahoma Campus Compact. As a joint effort between the UCO Student Association (UCOSA), national
political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha and the local American Democracy Project (ADP) chapter at UCO, the voter’s registration drive was held Sept. 12 through 16 on campus. Mary Carver, mass communications core curriculum coordinator and one of the professors who helped organize the drive, said she was very pleased with this year’s event. “I think that many people on campus became involved with instructors talking to their classes about it, tables in the library, as well as in the [Nigh University Center] and outside,” she said. “The more people talking about voting and registration, the more people we reach.” Although the drive was a success, Carver said it did not come without its share of challenges. “It was not an election year, so there was not a lot of ‘election talk’ in the media and between individuals,” she said. Weather was also a challenge to set-up and location. “The weather went from hot to chilly and rainy. So the last half of the week we did not have outside tables,” she said.
The program holds an Annual Voter’s Registration Contest to increase voting activity through positive competition, Debbie Terlip, assistant director of Oklahoma Campus Compact, said. “Oklahoma Campus Compact sponsors the annual Voter Registration Contest as one of its many activities,” Terlip said. “Campus Compact is a national member group which is dedicated to advancing civic education and community engagement in higher education.” To coincide with Constitution Day and upcoming elections, the competition is scheduled during the fifth week of September. For fairness, according to contest rules, the contest is divided into three categories based on their enrollment. Red is for enrollment between 0 and 3,000; White represents schools with an enrollment between 3,001 and 7,000. Blue is the classification schools with the highest enrollment fall under, representing an enrollment between 7,001 and 30,000. This year, Oklahoma Campus Compact reports that 13 colleges and universities participated in the competition and 1,405 students registered to vote. The winners were Eastern Oklahoma State College for the Red Division with
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This column is for the poor, huddled masses of UCO students wedged between a splintered 2 x 4 and a dank piece of cardboard. Yes, the splendor of Shack-a-Thon has arrived. I personally have had a rich history with Shacka-Thon. From getting lockjaw because of a protruding nail during a game of poker to the time I nearly drowned in my sleep, I can fairly say, Shack-a-Thon changes you. Poverty Awareness Week forces you to become conscious of the suffering of the homeless. So the “awareness” aspect makes sense; unlike Breast Cancer Awareness Week, which does not come with a lump on your chest. Let’s face it; if you have lived more than 18 years on this planet and are unfamiliar with breast cancer, it’s probably not going to stick now. Perhaps the event should be billed as “Breast Cancer Research Week” where the gathered funds go to fighting cancer, and we aren’t just playing volleyball in pink shirts. Shack-a-Thon makes a difference on three planks: character development, team building and local philanthropy. Building a shack is like the instant potatoes of crafting patience. Just add rain, get stirred up by the recoil of a drill, and baby, you got the mushy, buttery patience of a bodhisattva. More importantly, Shack-a-Thon offers you the caliber of stories that you thought only possible to be experienced by your parents in an era that was filled with five-mile walks to school, no air conditioning, and milking goats. I know when I’ve got a toddler in my lap and another upon my wife’s teat, I will incessantly boast my suffering. There is a human connection so sacred it only happens once a year. In the middle of the night, the roof will collapse, and two acquaintances will share a beautiful moment. The decision to spoon someone you barely know, buried under a soaked piece of plywood (instead of attempting to fix the roof) crafts an eternal bond. I would take the Pepsi Challenge against the consummation of marriage with torrential downpour spooning any day of the week. Most importantly the money gathered benefits City Rescue Mission, a local homeless shelter. With the funds raised benefitting a local organization, the impact is tangible. With every $2 raised a meal is provided for those in need. So dig deep into your pockets, bring your spare change, encourage your participating peers, and help the city get those truly suffering from poverty back on their feet. To those in shacks, I doff my cap to you. May your skies be blue, may your change buckets runneth over, and may you have the best darn time of your young, sweet lives.
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SHACK-A-THON “I know what it’s like to sleep on a park bench, and to get kicked out of a home, and have to survive on barely nothing but a penny,” Felicia Villegas, a sophomore doublemajoring in English education and creative studies, said. According to Villegas, a roommate kicked her out of a shared living situation despite her being responsible for the majority of the bills in the agreement. “I worked at Wal-Mart in receiving,” she said. “And I was starting out at minimum wage, and so not only did I have to worry about the bills that he was accumulating, I had to account for myself too.” Even simulated poverty gave participants a taste of homelessness, as students had to build shacks in the midst of heavy showers on Sunday. “Yesterday, when we were building, the rain was coming down really hard,” Amber Walker, a freshman majoring in criminal justice, said. “And it wasn’t a reason for us to stop; we still had to build our home regardless of the weather, so we actually got that experience to know what it’s like to be outside without
shelter.” Even with times being tight, students have had to move to increasingly more resourceful ways to flex their wallets. “I think that if you have debt or don’t want to get into debt you have to take a good look at what your priorities are,” Taylor said. “For example, living at home during college instead of borrowing more to live on your own, or cooking at home instead of eating out, or living collectively with roommates or partners instead of by yourself.” On campus, students have recommended cost-minimizing plans ranging from hanging out with friends, to buying from the value menus at fast food restaurants to taking advantage of various free video game and movie services on the internet. Poverty Awareness runs all week with the Leslie Nation, a journalism junior, peers out from her shack, where she was representcontinuation of Shack-a-Thon and a poverty ing GIVE during Shack-a-Thon, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The luncheon on Thursday at noon in the Nigh Vista University Center.
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DEBT COMES CALLING
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VOTER REGISTRATION 87 registered voters, Rogers State College for the White Division with 112. For the Blue division, UCO won with 627 registered voters. Each college also won their respective divisions last year. In 2008, Terlip, student relations liaison to the State Regents, said the competition set a record with 16 campuses participating and 5,331 students registering to vote. And while this year’s results were less than half of the 2008 total, she said she hopes to do better next year. “We hope to set a new record in 2012, as presidential election years generate the most interest,” she said. “Fewer colleges participate in off-election years.” Plans for helping the students in other voting-related ways are also on the agenda for next year. “We also plan to place more emphasis on voter mobilization and helping students locate their precinct polling site, use early balloting, and so on,” she said. “It doesn’t do much good to register if students don’t follow through and exercise their right to vote.” Students who have not registered still have a chance to. Carver said it is not too late; they can still register to vote and change their party affiliation or voting precinct. “The primaries are coming up this spring.
If you want to have a say about which candidates end up on the final ballot, you have to vote in the primaries,” she said. Registering to vote is not the last step. Carver said students should not forget to vote when election time comes around. “Please don’t forget when Election Day rolls around, and that applies not just to the big elections,” she said. Votes in smaller city elections are just as important, Carver said. “Registering means you can affect your city council, your mayor, your school boards. Turnout for local elections is often low, thus the impact of your vote is even greater.”
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Imagine you are out having fun with your friends when a debt collector calls your cell phone. Talk about a buzz kill. In an attempt to increase collections made on debts owed the government, including students loans, President Obama is trying to make it easier for debt collectors to call cell phones. Though debt-collecting agencies have long been using automated dialers to reach homes, many households are now dropping their landlines in favor of cell phones. However, some are debating exactly to what extent “robo-calling” on cell phones would have on the debt collection process. “Enabling robo-calls (to cell phones) is just going to lead to more harassment and abuse, and it’s not going to help the government collect more money,” Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center said, in an interview with the Associated Press. “People aren’t paying their student loans because they can’t find a job.” Though many Americans may be as annoyed by debt-collecting agencies as they are by telemarketers, the two should not be confused. A telemarketer, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission, is someone who makes calls to “induce purchases of goods or services,” while debt collectors make calls to claim money already owed to another. Calls from telemarketers can be stopped by joining the National ‘Do Not Call’ Registry. But according to Susan Prater, director of Student Financial Services at UCO, calls from
debt collectors are a result of a mutual agreement most borrowers enter into with their bank or other lenders. “Students that have received student loans sign a Promissory Note to repay the loan and their signature certifies the student understands that the loan must be repaid according to the terms of the loans and that they will maintain correct contact information to the lender,” Prater said. “The only time it would be necessary to contact the student borrower or references is for returned mail or if the student is in a delinquent payment status.” Usually, students should not receive calls from debt collectors if they have been making prompt payments. According to Prater, if a student is receiving a call from a collector, it can actually be an advantage. “It is beneficial to the student to be contacted by the lender, servicer or collection agency to notify the student of deferment or forbearance options that could keep the loan from escalating to a default status,” she said. Prater says a defaulted loan would negatively affect the student’s credit status and prevent him or her from receiving financial aid in the future, in addition to other potentially negative results. UCO has attempted to educate its students on finances and the consequences of financial irresponsibility in a number of ways. “UCO provides information on managing student loans and college debt through a Success Central course UNIV 1012 that includes a segment of Personal Finances,” Prater said. “Scholarship opportunities are available for students completing this course to take the Personal Finance Course.”
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CENTRAL DROPS TWO OF THREE By Bryan Trude / Sports Writer The 15th-ranked UCO Bronchos hockey team was in action this weekend at the 2011 ACHA Men’s Division I Showcase at the Nelson Center, Springfield, Ill. as Central and 15 other teams showcased the best of the best of ACHA Division I hockey. UCO began the first of three showcase matches against the fifthranked Adrian Bulldogs. Despite the underdog status, the Bronchos opened the showcase on a winning note, upsetting the Bulldogs 2-1. UCO went up early on the first period goal by Patrick “Patty” Biron, tipping in a shot by teammate Patrick Love. Adrian answered in the second, on a goal by Bulldogs forward Spencer Bonomo against freshman netminder Tory Caldwell.
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However, Biron’s twin brother, forward J.M. Biron, put the Bronchos ahead for good on the Shane Khalaf pass as the second period wound down. Caldwell, locked in a battle for the primary starting spot with fellow freshman Brett Patchett, made a solid statement, turning away 41 Bulldogs shots. There was a scare during the first period when Broncho forward
Josh Harris hit the boards headfirst. The Edmond native’s initial X-rays turned out negative, but he was held out the remainder of the showcase with pain and stiffness. Head coach Craig McAlister, said Harris will receive another evaluation this week. The young Bronchos were flying high coming off the upset of Adrian; they were brought crashing back to earth, though, by the Seawolves of Stony Brook University, notching their first loss of the season in a 5-2 steamrolling. Beginning with a short-handed Seawolves goal by Mike Cacciotti, Stony Brook scored four unanswered points until UCO’s Derek Mussey was able to put Central on the board in the 13th minute of the third period. UCO forward Donald “Showtime” Geary followed up with another goal at the three-minute mark, cutting the Stony Brook lead in half. The score would have been tied. But two previous goals by Geary and J.M. Biron were disallowed by the officials; one because the official did not see the puck cross the goal line, and one because the net was dislodged during the play. A two-minute trip to the penalty box for freshman forward Nolan Grauer for cross checking set up a powerplay goal by Seawolves senior Chris Ryan on Patchett, putting the game out of reach. “We played disciplined in our victory over Adrian, but our passion for the game was missing against Stony Brook,” McAlister said. “We acted as if we should have walked over the number 17 team just because we defeated the number five.” Central is looking to rebound in
UCO’s Tyler Benson (7) shoots the puck past Texas A&M’s Nick Xenakis (6) during a game between UCO and Texas A&M at Arctic Edge in Edmond, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
their final match, played Sunday against Kent State. However, a dominating performance by the Bronchos to open the game fell short, as the Golden Flashes scored four unanswered goals to defeat UCO 4-3. “We totally dominated the first period, outshooting Kent State 12-5 and taking a 2-0 lead into the first intermission,” McAlister said. Two first period goals by Geary and Corey Brennon were followed up by a Patrick Biron goal in the second. However, after Cody Thompson put the Golden Flashes on the board midway through the second
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off a rebound shot, things began to fall apart for the Bronchos. “We started to get out of our game,” McAlister said. “We allowed Kent State to pressure us in our zone and they had another rebound goal to make it 3-2 going into the third.” Despite the Bronchos gaining momentum back early in the final period, penalty trouble allowed Kent State to pull ahead 4-3 on a pair of powerplay goals, including one earned when UCO defender Nick Novak earned a five-minute penalty for a headshot and a 10-minute game misconduct penalty with five
minutes left in the third. The Bronchos committed eight penalties in the third period against the Golden Flashes for 27 minutes. UCO returns to home action at Artic Edge Ice Arena 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 14 in the second game of a home-and-home series against the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Student and faculty admission is $5, regular adult admission is $7. Children under five or youth hockey members in their jerseys get in free.
NEWS
OCT. 11, 2011
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Fashion
FASHION MARKETING STUDENTS TAKE ‘A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE’ By Christie Southern / Managing Editor UCO fashion marketing students will be hosting the annual fashion show for Spring Creek Plaza Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. The show will take place in the lot next to Talbot’s on 15th and Bryant. Panera Bread and Ozarka water will provide food. Admission is free but donations are accepted. The proceeds from the event will go to the Fashion Marketing program at UCO. In addition, the students will be donating a portion of the money to the Free to Live Animal Sanctuary, an animal shelter that does not euthanize pets. Door prizes will be given away during the show’s intermission. These include a dress shirt and tie from Joes A. Banks, the winner will also have a free custom fitting. Goodie bags will also be given out prior to the show. The Fashion Advertising and Promotion class puts on the fashion show every year in order to gain experience and provide publicity to the Plaza’s stores. While the show is paid for by the Plaza, the entirety of the work, planning, and creativity can be credited
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to the class. In order to pull together the fashion show the class split into committee groups, each in charge of a different aspect of the production. The committees include promotion, merchandise, models, staging, and music, photography, videography and commentary. The show is headed by two co-chairpersons- senior fashion marketing majors Anthony Stravlo and Rebecca Nakanishi. “I’ve learned how to bring a team together and pay attention to the little details,” Nakanishi said. Stravlo agrees the class is a lesson of teamwork, prioritizing, budgeting, and fashion show production. This year, the name of the show changed from Peacock Walk to Fall Into Fashion, a name that Stravlo said was better suited because of its neutrality. This year’s theme is “A Walk on the Wild Side”, which will feature fall pieces with animal prints on the runway. “We wanted to show something a little different in multiple ways from the traditional,” Stravlo said. Participating stores include Artwear, The Loft, Baskin-Robbins, Coldwater Creek, Chico’s, Francesca’s, Jos A. Bank, Lil’ Dudes and Divas, New Balance, Optique Vision,
Fashion Advertising and Promotion students gather at the empty lot at Spring Creek Plaza on Oct. 4 to discuss the planning of the upcoming fashion show Thursday night. Photo by Liz Boyer, The Vista
Panera Bread, Pendleton, Pickles and Ice Cream, Salon and Spa at Spring Creek, Talbot’s and White House Black Market. “I think that having students produce the entire fashion show is
a great way to gain real life experiences and learn how to apply what they learn in class in the professional world,” Dr. Susan Miller, fashion marketing professor said. The Fashion Advertising and Pro-
motion class will also be putting together another show as part of the Passport to France series. The educational fashion show will take place Nov. 3 in Constitution Hall at 12 pm.
NEW SORORITY JOINS GREEK LIFE AT UCO By Chris Howell / Staff Writer Alpha Delta Pi will bring a new option to Greek life for the fall 2012 semester at UCO. The growing participation in the existing sororities prompted UCO’s Panhellenic Council, which governs over these sororities, to vote to open for an extension last April. “UCO has experienced trends of growth in each of our existing chapters and the four current chapters were all growing and thriving,” Cole Stanley, assistant vice president for student affairs at UCO, said. “Once it was announced that UCO was interested in adding a new organization we began to receive interest from other national organizations.” Many organizations sent interest packets, visited the campus and talked to staff. In the end, UCO chose three organizations to officially present: Sigma Sigma Sigma, Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Delta Pi. After formal presentations, the UCO Panhellenic Extension Committee voted on the top choice, based on specific criteria. They considered leadership programming, philanthropy, opportunities for growth, campus involvement, alumnae in the area and other collegiate chapters in the area. “In the end, UCO felt that Alpha Delta Pi met all criteria that UCO was looking for in a new organization,” Stanley continued.
UCO already hosts four Panhellenic sororities on campus: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Zeta and Sigma Kappa. They
While Alpha Delta Pi will introduce themselves on the first day of formal recruitment, they will not recruit for their first member class until the other Panhellenic chapters finish. “I know that Alpha Delta Pi is very excited about the opportunity and also will be working with our existing Greek
ganization, and in 1909 Alpha Delta Pi joined the National Panhellenic Conference. Alpha Delta Pi’s motto is, “We live for each other.” In 1979, Alpha Delta Pi began donating to the Ronald McDonald House charities, and has donated more than five million dollars since then, according to the Alpha Delta Pi website.
also host six other sororities from two differing organizations, according to the UCO website. “The average campus size of each of our chapters is approximately 117 women,” Stanley said. Stanley said these numbers are exciting; however, the large sizes of each also began to pose challenges for the organization, such as where to meet for events, programs and dinners.
groups and other student organizations to help identify potential new members for their organization,” Stanley said. “The women who chose to associate with ADPi during the first year will have a very unique opportunity to be in on the ground floor of building and developing this organization on campus.” Alpha Delta Pi was created as the Adelphean Society at the Wesleyan Female College in 1851. The sorority changed its name in 1905 to Alpha Delta Pi once it became a national or-
“Alpha Delta Pi looks forward to joining the Greek community at the University of Central Oklahoma,” Tammie Pinkston, the sorority international president for Alpha Delta Pi, said. The average combined initiation and badge fee for the Panhellenic sororities is $191, with average monthly fees of $134, according to the Greek Life section of the UCO website.
Finance
GET MONEY SMART AT FINANCIAL SANITY SEMINAR By M. A. Smith / Contributing Writer In the U.S., citizens are facing higher costs and lower incomes. Bills are piling up faster than money is being deposited in the bank. UCOmmute, an office that offers services to commuter students at UCO and UCOIN, UCO’s financial literacy service, are co-hosting a seminar to help students clean up their financial habits and put some of that money back into their pockets. Guest speaker Jason Shepherd from Citizens bank of Edmond will give a presentation on the types of bank accounts available to students and how to manage resources. He will also offer tips on how to plan for the unexpected. “He will touch on the importance of preparing for emergencies,” Amy Rothbaum, UCOIN and Financial Literacy Initiative coordinator at UCO, said. “He will also discuss how being short-sighted
about one’s needs is detrimental to a person’s financial health.” Rothbaum said the seminar will help students strengthen the skills they learned from their parents and build new ones. “Adults, for the most part, learned money management habits from observing their parents over the years. The Financial Sanity Seminar is an opportunity for students to either strengthen the skills they were taught growing up or to start reworking them to fit their own needs,” Rothbaum said. Matthew Yarborough, a prospective UCO student visiting the campus, said he plans on attending the seminar. “It’s hard to manage money when you have a small paycheck and more bills than you make,” he said. “Maybe it will help. After all, you never know unless you try.” Rothbaum agrees the seminar will be beneficial. “The students who show up to the Financial Sanity Seminar, or any of the UCOIN events, or contacts UCOIN with
questions, or follows UCOIN on Facebook, will be the ones who are pro-active about handling their finances,” she said. “They want to make good choices about their money and educate themselves about how to do so.” UCOIN will host four other financial seminars throughout the academic year. Rothbaum said topics will include, but are not limited to, developing personal spending plans, managing student loan and consumer debt, and understanding credit cards and credit histories. Speakers will be experts from Citizens Bank of Edmond and Tinker Federal Credit Union. The Financial Sanity Seminar will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 12 in room 312 of the Nigh University Center. Pizza, drinks and other refreshments will be provided during the lecture. Attendance is free and open to anyone who wants to learn how to better manage their finances. No reservation is required. However, seating is limited to 40 and is available on a first come, first served basis.
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SPORTS
OCT. 11, 2011
Central Football
MUSTANGS BUCK BRONCHOS By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor The Central Oklahoma football team held a 25-24 lead in the fourth quarter against Division I Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Cal. Saturday, but a 20-0 scoring steak saw the Mustangs take the lead and hand the Bronchos their fifth road loss of the season. The Bronchos surprised everybody by taking a 19-10 lead into the locker room at halftime thanks to a field goal, a safety and two passing touchdowns, one from Ethan Sharp to Josh Birmingham and one from Birmingham to Bryce Davis. The Mustangs scored their points all in the first quarter on a oneyard touchdown dive from quarterback Andre Broadous and later a 49-yard field goal off of the foot of James Lankford. Cal Poly scored two touchdowns and held the Bronchos scoreless in the third quarter, taking the 24-19 lead going into the final segment of play. Broadous scored on another quarterback dive from the two-yard line with 10:14 left and running back Deonte Williams scored on a 18-yard dash with 23 seconds left. The Bronchos continued to shock the nearly 7,500 fans in attendance when they scored on a 21-yard pass from Sharp to Matt Jackson to take the 25-24 lead. However, the touchdown would be the final points put on the
board by UCO and the team’s defense wasn’t able to hold the lead. Although Central was able to get the ball back without surrendering the lead, Sharp threw an interception to Cal Poly’s Asa Jackson who returned it 52 yards for the score which ultimately decided the game. The Mustangs continued to score in the fourth period. Broadous completed a 34-yard pass to Jarred Houston for Cal Poly’s only passing touchdown and later Broadous racked up his third rushing touchdown from the one-yard line to ice the game at 44-25. The Bronchos, who are still winless on the road, were able to outgain Cal Poly by 159 yards through the air but were grossly outrushed 304-10 on the ground. Sharp completed 30 of 50 pass attempts for 290 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Birmingham was perfect through the air as he completed his only pass for a first quarter touchdown from the two-yard line, however, the Bronchos’ All-American running back was stifled on the ground. He was held to 26 yards on 11 attempts, his worst statistical performance of the season. Keno Meadows led the defense with 11 tackles and Drake Ballew finished the game with 10. Meadows, Ballew, Tyler Newton, Terry Williamson, Tucker Cason and Aaron Fisher combined for five tackles for loss and
UCO’s Ethan Sharp (7) runs for a touchdown during a game between UCO and East Central University, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista
Williamson and Dylan Warner each had a fumble recovery. The Bronchos fell to 1-5 on the season and will travel to Topeka, Kan. Saturday to take on the fifth-ranked Washburn Ichabods at 1 p.m. Washburn is 6-0 on the season and their
smallest margin of victory so far has been 14 points against Emporia State. Central will be back in Edmond next weekend against Fort Hayes State for the start of the four-game home stand to end the season.
Central Soccer
CENTRAL SOCCER KEEPS ON WINNING By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor
UCO’s Summer Grantham (2) takes a shot on goal against Southwest Baptist Bearcats, Sept. 10, 2011. Photo by Liz Boyer, The Vista
Freshman Miranda Thorne scored the first goal of her college career and No. 23-ranked Central Oklahoma stretched its winning streak to eight straight with a 1-0 shutout of Southwestern Oklahoma Sunday afternoon at rainy Wantland Stadium. Poor field conditions at Tom Thompson Field forced the game to be moved to the artificial turf of Wantland Stadium and neither team managed much offense, with Thorne’s early second-half goal the difference as the Bronchos continued their surge from an 0-3 start. UCO, which hadn’t played since a 4-1 rout of Dallas Baptist on Sept. 29, improved to 8-3 with the win. The Bronchos have outscored their last eight opponents 22-3 with five shutouts. “We didn’t do a lot offensively, but Miranda
came through with a big goal for us,” head coach Mike Cook said. “It wasn’t very pretty and you could tell we hadn’t played in awhile, but we got the win and that’s all that really matters at this point.” Thorne broke the scoreless deadlock in the 55th minute when she dribbled in from 30 yards out and then delivered the game-winner from the left wing, drilling a shot from 15 yards away to the back corner of the net. UCO’s defense did the rest and seldom allowed the Bulldogs past midfield, with SWOSU managing just three shots in the contest. All three were on goal, but Brandi Bartley easily handled all three of them to register her fifth shutout between the posts. The Bronchos start a three-game road-swing Tuesday, traveling to Searcy, Ark. to take on Harding at 5 p.m.