The Vista Oct. 2, 2012

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ABOVE: New U.S. citizens give an oath of allegiance to their new country in Constitution Hall on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. BELOW: Abdul Qurechi applies for social security after the ceremony. Photos by Aliki Dyer, The Vista

Central welcomes new batch of Americans • BEN LUSCHEN, Managing Editor •

A lively and collective murmur filled the walls of the impromptu courthouse. The shrieking cries of newborn infants were audible, but make no mistake, this was a joyous occasion. Children played in the aisles. Relatives, now reunited, reminisced on old times but kept their eyes on the future. The guests of honor made nervous chatter, their sights on the present. A melting pot of sound.

125 new U.S. citizens were naturalized inside the aptly named Constitution Hall on Friday, Sept. 28.

The ceremony, traditionally conducted in a courtroom, was held at

UCO as part of the school’s observance of Constitution Week.

“It is really our only day when everyone leaves the courtroom happy, so this is really a special day,” said Chief U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LeGrange, who presided over the ceremony.

A number of speakers had a chance to address the new class of Americans, including UCO president Don Betz. Betz brought up the histories of Oklahoma and UCO and outlined the connection between good citizenship and education, which he called ‘one of the great emblematic characteristics of

America.’

“Education is at the very root of the possibilities of a democracy,” Betz said, “not just to exist today, but to exist far into the future; richer, stronger, more resilient, but it’s based on the quality of the people.

We’re so pleased that you soon-tobe fellow citizens will be joining us to make this nation and state richer, stronger, more resilient and just better.”

After a few minutes of formalities, the new citizens were asked to stand up and pledge allegiance to their new residence, promising to uphold their civic duties to the best of their abilities. After the creed, Judge LeGrange granted the fresh Americans access to their dreams.

“Ladies and gentleman, having just taken the oath of allegiance, I have signed the order designating citizenship and granting the name changes requested. You are all now citizens of the United States of America.”

A noise not unlike those heard at a sporting event erupted in the hall.

The freshly pronounced Americans cheered and waved flags for a good 30 seconds.

“It’s a joyous moment,” Abdul Qurechi, one of those naturalized, formerly of Pakistan, said, “a little bit sad leaving the old roots behind, but it’s really joyous. I worked really hard for it for almost like 20 years.”

Mexico was the most prominent birthplace among the group of new citizens, but 33 different nations were represented at the naturalization ceremony, ranging from Argentina to Vietnam.

Following the granting of their new citizenship, the new Americans were presented with a prerecorded welcome from President Obama and several more speeches, including those from citizens naturalized within the last few years.

After the ceremony, the new citizens were dismissed from the assembly. They then made a line outside Constitution Hall where officials helped them register to vote, get their social security cards and make official any name changes.

For Qurechi, who was trained as a physician in his home country before moving to the U.S. 19 years ago for more career opportunities, his ascension to citizenship is good

news for the future of his family and his children.

“What I hope for them is freedom and opportunities which I didn’t have when I was a kid growing up, to be part of a free society,” he said.

Francisco Zatarain, a 25-year-old native Mexican who has been in the U.S. since he was 10, says becoming a citizen greatly increased his desire to participate in civic duties, like voting.

Though he said the process of becoming a citizen took countless hours of hard work over a span of many years, the end is result has become a monumental step in his life journey.

“It’s worth it man,” Zatarain said. “You know, it’s a progression in your life. I’ve got seven brothers, four sisters – I’m right in the middle. Where we grew up, all the things you got right here we didn’t have. Where I come from for example, you only get water for like half a day, and then the rest of the day they turn it off. It just means you’re progressing and your kids are going to have what you didn’t have growing up.”

Campus Activities

Zombies walk campus,

have fun playing games!

• ALEX CIFUENTES, Contributing Writer •

Zombies took hold of the University of Central Oklahoma, for their first win in the university’s second annual game of Humans versus Zombies (HvZ).

The game is essentially a university-wide game of tag in which the uninfected humans try to fight of the zombies. The 5-day long game runs 24 hours a day, and this year had over 200 registered players for the game.

The rules are fairly simple for playing the game. Unlike the walking undead of Hollywood, zombies are marked by wearing a bandana around their head. The humans then wear a bandana around their arm, to signify that they have not yet been infected.

If you are a human, you fend off the zombies by tagging them with a Nerf blaster, or rolled up socks. By tagging a zombie with ei-

ther of these methods, it freezes them for 15 minutes and they must wear their bandana around their neck to signify they have been frozen. The goal for the humans is to stay alive for the duration of the game.

“If you’re a human stay alive, if you’re a zombie kill.” said UCO Public Relations major, Alex Baker If you are a zombie, you infect humans by simply tagging them with your hands. Zombies must change a human once every 24 hours, or they will starve.

The rules also prevent humans or zombies from playing inside buildings, off campus, climbing trees or building, or in parking lots and streets.

The game begins just like any zombie infection would, all the humans are unsuspect-

ing as the original zombie lurks in their midst unmarked for the first 24 hours of the game.

Then, the humans’ only goal is to stay alive.

This year’s game of HvZ also included missions for the humans to complete. The first of the missions occurred Friday night, and required the humans to transport a kit from the Commons Clubhouse to the blue tent at Broncho Lake, and then back.

The second mission required the humans to collect supplies for “the cure” and bring them back to the laboratory at Coyner Health Services. The final mission had the humans deliver food from Coyner Health Services to the University Suites. Sunday concluded the game with a final stand at Plunkett Park.

The game originated in 2005 at Goucher College. Today, the game is played at over

650 universities, and the numbers are continuously growing. The game provides students a break from their day-to-day activities, and to forge new friendships all in the name of survival.

“One of my closest friends this semester, I met during Humans vs. Zombies last year,” Baker said.

The media’s focus on all things undead has also created a lot of attention for games like HvZ. With the growing number of HvZ games, and the growing number of people interested in playing the game, the Housing Activities Council has already planned to play HvZ again in the spring.

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October 2, 2012 Editorial

Home is where the car is

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Illegal immigrants could soon be eligible to get drivers’ licenses in the state of California.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law Sunday that would allow immigrants to potentially receive a license from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

According to a story recently published by the Associated Press, the bill “will let the Department of Motor Vehicles issue licenses to illegal immigrants eligible for work permits.”

Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, representing Los Angeles, complimented Governor Brown for choosing “public safety over politics.”

Should illegal immigrants be allowed to have drivers’ licenses?

As someone who has recently experienced a situation in which this law pertains, I found this law to be rather interesting.

Early Sunday morning, a drunk driver, driving illegally, without a license, crashed his SUV into the corner of my house. After unsuccessfully trying to reverse his car and make a run for it, the driver stumbled out of his car and stood in the middle of the street. When Edmond Police arrived, the man was unidentifiable.

His incoherent sentences and comments solidified that the man was drunk. He was also without a license.

When the police questioned the man about what had occurred and the sizable damage to my house, the man replied, “It’s ok. It’s fine.”

Obviously my house was not fine. I’m not even sure if the man knew where he was or what had happened, making it that much harder to identify the man.

To top it all off, police officers speculated that the man could be an illegal immigrant.

Could this situation have been helped if the driver of the out-of-control SUV had a driver’s license?

Well, he would have, at the very least, been more easily identifiable.

On one hand, this new law allows illegal immigrants to get to work without breaking the law. However, this does not mean that they will necessarily abide by the law.

Already, almost 1 in 7 drivers is uninsured. That means approximately 45.7 Americans are driving without insurance.

If these statistics were applied to the nearly 11.5 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S., this would add about 1.6 million more uninsured driv-

ers, if the law were to affect the whole nation. But, the law has only be signed in California.

Of course, not all of the illegal immigrants would be eligible for a driver’s license. However, the number of uninsured drivers would still grow significantly.

With so many drivers already driving out of control, including one who happened to drive into my house, it seems unsafe to add a significantly larger amount of drivers into the legal driving population.

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“I think it is because they raise a lot of money that way. They get a lot of food and they donate.”

“Yeah. Everyone walks by that thing. Everyone goes by it at some point today. If they go to school here, they see it.”

“I do feel it’s efficient. A lot of the homeless people are getting money.”

“Oh yeah, most definately. It is a great thing to see, I’m surprised that I saw it. I might contribute to it next year.”

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False reports of a bacon shortage full of ‘baloney’

Opinion

outsider

• JIM SUHR, Associated Press •

DISPATCHES

By

Trevor Hu lt ne r

Which Side Are You On?

This June, 28, 2012, file photo shows hogs at a farm in Buckhart, Ill. U.S. agricultural economists say that a global shortage of bacon because of this year’s drought will not pan out.

Their consensus is that consumers will still find their ever-ubiquitous bacon at the supermarket, but they should just expect to pay more for it. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bacon lovers can relax. They’ll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take a hit.

The economics of the current drought are likely to nose up prices for bacon and other pork products next year, by as much as 10 percent.

But U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage that lent sizzle to headlines and Twitter feeds last week. Simply put, the talk of scarcity is hogwash.

“Use of the word ‘shortage’ caused visions of (1970s-style) gasoline lines in a lot of people’s heads, and that’s not the case,” said Steve Meyer, president of Iowa-based Paragon Economics and a consultant to the National Pork Producers Council and National Pork Board.

“If the definition of shortage is that you can’t find it on the shelves, then no, the concern is not valid. If the concern is higher cost for it, then yes.”

Fears about a scarcity of bacon swept across social and mainstream media in recent weeks after Britain’s National Pig Association said a bacon shortage was “unavoidable,” citing a sharp decline in the continent’s pig herd and droughtinflated feed costs. The report caused much consternation over a product that used to be merely a breakfast staple, but nowadays flavors everything from brownies to vodka.

The alarm was quickly dismissed by the American Farm Bureau Federation as “baloney.”

“Pork supplies will decrease slightly as we go into 2013,” Farm Bureau economist John Anderson said. “But the idea that there’ll be widespread shortages, that we’ll run out of pork, that’s really overblown.”

On Monday, a spokesman for the British pork trade group maintained its position that “there will be a significant tightening in the global pigmeat supply” in the second half of next year, because “the vast majority of pig producers around the world are losing money on every pig they sell.”

“Given the huge amount of interest in the United States created by our earlier press release maybe more producers will now hang on in production, in the hope of recovering their losses next year and in 2014,” Digby Scott told The Associated Press in an email. “We agree with the view of some economists in the (United) States that supplies will tighten and prices will rise BUT maybe you won’t see ‘standing-in-line’ shortages in supermarkets. Time will tell.”

The stubborn drought in the U.S., the world’s biggest supplier of feed grains, undeniably will

affect pig production. The Corn Belt’s lack of moisture twice has prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to slash its forecast for this year’s corn output. The government now expects U.S. production of the grain to amount to 10.8 billion bushels, the least since 2006.

Those lowered expectations sent prices of corn — also used in ethanol, further squeezing supply — to record highs through much of the summer. Feed generally makes up about 60 percent of the expense of raising a pig. Rather than absorb the higher costs, swine and beef producers often have culled their animals by sending them to slaughter.

As of Sept. 1, the nation’s inventory of hogs numbered 67.5 million head, up slightly from a year earlier, the USDA reported Friday. But the USDA suggested that pork supplies will tighten next year as the nation’s breeding stock and intended farrowings — birthings of litters of pigs — likely will drop due to high feed costs.

“I think we’re going to (still) see pretty substantial liquidations” of livestock, Meyer said, guessing that 3 percent of the nation’s breeding pigs could be sent to slaughter by next March.

“And by my estimation, that’s a big move.”

The USDA said the breeding inventory of sows and boars stands at 5.79 million head, down slightly from last year and off 1 percent from the previous quarter.

Such liquidations could mean a temporary glut of pork on the U.S. market, depressing pork prices before the oversupply eases and the volume of pork drops again next year, causing hog prices to rebound, said Ron Plain, an agricultural economics professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Consequently, he estimates, the higher costs will be passed along to consumers, who could end up paying 10 percent more for their bacon.

As of Friday, the USDA said, a pound of sliced bacon cost an average of $4.05 at the nation’s supermarkets, down 22 cents from a week earlier.

Pig producer Phil Borgic is banking on high prices. With 3,400 sows near Nokomis in central Illinois, Borgic figures he’s had to spend $2 million more this year for the 600,000 bushels of corn he feeds his pigs.

Rather than sell off animals on the spot market, the 56-year-old farmer is hedging his bets by contracting them out for slaughter over a staggered period — what he sees only as a breakeven proposition.

“The previous couple of years have been good to us,” he said. “Then the drought changed the ballgame on a worldwide level.”

Campus Cook - Scrambled Salad Makes 1 serving

Ingredients: •

1 egg

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3 sprinkles of light cheese

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2 egg whites

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Optional: chilled glass with half grape-

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1 handful of arugala

fruit, half tangerine juice with three

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Chopped onions and celery

splashes of sparkling water.

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5 sliced cherry tomatoes

Directions:

On low simmering heat, add onions and celery to a non-stick pan. Let this sit for a couple of minutes. Scramble eggs and sliced cherry tomatoes. Add egg mix to onions and celery in pan. Add tomatoes. Right as the eggs are about done, mix in arugula and light cheese. Mix up. Place on a plate; salt and pepper to taste.

Microwave Option: Scramble eggs in a bowl. In that bowl, add all ingredients besides arugula and light cheese. Microwave for a minute to a minute and a half. Stop microwave and add arugula and cheese. Place back in microwave for 40-60 seconds. Time may vary depending on your microwave. When done chop up concoction with a knife. Salt and pepper to taste.

by Lauryn Evarts

There’s an old labor tune that you’ve probably heard before. It’s been sung by dock workers, folk singers and punk bands since it was written by the wife of a mine worker in 1931. It’s kind of slow, almost a funeral dirge, and it asks a fundamental question of any and all who may be riding the fence in the struggle between workers and bosses. This song asks: which side are you on?

Two labor disputes in the news recently – the Chicago teacher strike and NFL referee lockout – showed that many in this country don’t seem ready to answer that question.

The teacher strike generated massive amounts of negative press on the national level, including in these pages. Vista copy editor Sarah Neese, in a Sept. 18 editorial, asserted that “While the teachers are free to their complaints and concerns, they seem to have forgotten their primary purpose as teachers – to teach.”

This attitude, mirrored by similarly sensible-sounding editorials that day, seemed to suggest that teachers have a bigger responsibility than worrying about their rights as workers – that their work takes precedence over whether they’re being treated fairly.

Interestingly, the Chicago strike was not about wages, at least not completely. While they were legally bound to say that pay was what they were striking for, the real targets of the week-long strike were the evaluation systems and standardized testing – highly contentious issues which have been the subject of debate in the edu-

cation world for some time now.

The strike, which was supported by many Chicago parents, ended on Sept. 19, with a few of the teachers’ demands met.

The NFL referee lockout, on the other hand, was almost unanimously condemned by football fans, and the scab referees were decried as dangerous, incompetent and unfit to officiate at the professional level. People put pressure on the league to meet the union referees’ demands, end the lockout and return their football to normal after only a couple of poorlyofficiated games.

The NFL complied. No one questioned the union’s motives. No one asked if unionized refs were “bad for America.” Not even Republicans. Wis. Governor Scott Walker, who came under fire in 2011 for his controversial gutting “reforms” to collective bargaining laws in his state, lamented the Green Bay Packers loss on Sept. 12 and followed it with the hashtag “return the real refs.”

It’s interesting – or rather, unsettling – that we can react so positively to a situation involving labor when it concerns entertainment and so negatively to a similar situation when it concerns something serious, like the education system. What would be the difference between a scab referee – who we can all agree puts players in jeopardy and makes games less fun to watch – and a scab teacher, who would be responsible for educating your child?

We need to figure out which side we’re on.

Album Review

Flying Lotus ‘Until the Quiet Comes’

by Josh Hutton, Editor-in-Chief Steven Ellison (the man behind the moniker Flying Lotus) had no easy task ahead of him when he went into studio last year to record the follow-up to a seemingly career-defining album, 2010’s “Cosmogramma.” “Cosmogramma” was described by Ellison as a “space opera.”

Blending post-dubstep, hip-hop, and free jazz, the record blurred past experimentalism and reached a cerebral nirvana.

Needless to say, expectations are high for his latest “Until the Quiet Comes.”

Shifting away from the cosmos, Flying Lotus sinks fans into a collage of ethereal dreamscapes that soothe as well as challenge the listener.

While the synths and delicate jazz guitar work are a far cry from the barrage of noise on Flying Lotus’s last effort, “Until the Quiet Comes” comes across as a subdued, subsequent movement in Ellison’s suite. Perhaps not as challenging, but certainly a complex, ambitious use of space and musical arrangements permeate the album.

On “Getting There,” Flying Lotus blends the percussive guns of rap without the rhymes. Instead guest vocalist Niki Randa hums along angelically.

Erykah Badu makes an appearance on the tribal drum-driven and cymbal

crashing “See Thru to U.” Badu moans over the feverous trace creating a celestial effect.

Ellison introduces an eclectic mix of styles throughout the album. The sunny breakbeat of “Nightcrawler” hustles along, “Putty Boy Strut” sounds like the soundtrack to a 16-bit videogame, and “Phantasm” shatters the mold with a disjointed jaunt of strings, electric keys, plucked bass, and Laura Darlington’s breathy vocals.

“Only if You Wanna” features a lavish baseline and rushing synths that are reminiscent of John Coltrane’s avantgarde album “A Love Supreme.”

Even Tom Yorke, of Radiohead fame, drops in for a restrained spot on “Electric Candyman.”

The outcome is something greater than a journey through the cosmos.

“Until the Quiet Comes” explores the scattershot dimensions of the human mind in a way that not only makes the listener feel richly connected with himself, but also proves that Ellison may just be the king of the territory.

Release Date Oct. 2, 2012

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Recent polls put Obama ahead in

c a m p a i g n • JOSH WALLACE, Staff Writer •

In these Sept. 26, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaign in the battleground state of Ohio.

(AP Photos)

With the 2012 presidential election just over a month away, and both party’s conventions over with, speculation on which candidate is up or down is at a fever pitch. Recent polling results give some insight into where the nation is leaning.

According to a Gallup poll released Sept.

27, President Obama’s current approval rating has jumped to just above 51 percent, after hovering in the low 40 percent range where he was at the end of last month. An incumbent President’s approval rating is often looked at as an indicator of their chances of winning.

From 1964 to 2012, only three incumbent presidents were not elected to serve a second term and they all shared one common trait, low approval ratings. They include Gerald Ford at 32 percent, Jimmy Carter at 32 percent, and George H.W. Bush at 37 percent.

The president with the lowest approval rating to gain re-election was George. W. Bush in 2004 at 49 percent.

Also in the release from Gallup are the latest numbers on who voters are most likely to choose. After both candidates coming in virtually in a dead heat from polling a few weeks ago, Obama has taken a six-point lead over Romney, with 50 percent choosing Obama to Romney’s 44 percent.

Polling data from RealClearPolitics.com essentially echoes Gallup’s findings, put-

ting Obama ahead at around 49 percent and Romney down at 44 percent, projecting 265 electoral votes for the President, and 191 for Romney, with 82 up for grabs. Several factors over the past month have played into where the numbers are today.

Gallup found that the recent Republican National Convention had little to no effect for the Romney campaign, while the Democratic National Convention had the opposite effect, giving the president a slight boost in his approval rating and voter support.

After his boost, protests and violence in the Middle East, in response to an inflammatory film, erupted, and the slight increase Obama had seen, dropped, and brought Romney back up, putting them in a dead heat. Then, things started to slide for the Romney campaign, after a video from a fundraiser held earlier in the year showed the candidate making controversial comments, including the statement, “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”

After the video leak, the Romney campaign has been on the defensive, trying to shift

focus back towards policy and away from the controversy. Both candidates will have a chance to sway voters with the first of the 2012 Presidential Debates taking place on Oct. 3 at 8:00 p.m.

While the country might be leaning towards Obama at the moment, the tide could change at any moment, except for in Oklahoma.

During the Republican primary, Oklahoma chose Rick Santorum over Romney, 34 percent for Santorum to Romney’s 28 percent, and despite Santorum dropping out and Romney gaining the party’s nomination, it looks like the Sooner state will have no problem voting for Romney. According to the latest polling from SoonerPoll.com, 57 percent of Oklahoman voters would vote Romney, with only 29 percent backing the President, and 13 percent undecided.

An example of our state’s disdain for the current president is embodied by the recent local media coverage of a microbrewer’s new product, “Nobama Brew.” The beer, created by the Huebert Brewing Company, is the idea of owner Rick Huebert, who told KFOR-TV, “I’ve never been a fan of Obama.” He also added that the support and demand for the beer and the message behind it have left him struggling to brew as much as he can.

Shack-a-thon to benefit Central Pantry • MERVYN CHUA, Staff Writer •

UCO is raising awareness of poverty with their sixth annual shack-a-thon food drive this week. Clubs and organizations built their shacks on Sunday 2 p.m. on the sidewalks by Broncho Lake and will be living there until Thursday. Among the organizations involved are the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), President’s Leadership Council (PLC), PIKE and Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT).

“The shack-a-thon is a simulation of poverty for students. I understand that it is not exactly poverty because poverty is a much more complex matter. However, this gives the opportunity for students to live another way for a few days,” Rachel Winters, assistant director of the Volunteer and Service Learning Center (VSLC) said.

These organizations will be urging students to donate money for UCO’s Central Pantry, UCO’s kitchen to help the hungry in the Edmond community.

Hygiene items as well as non-perishable goods will be collected throughout this week for Central Pantry and accepted in one of the ten yellow bins marked “Central Pantry Collection,” placed throughout the campus or at the Volunteer and Service Learning Center (VSLC). Their office is located at the NUC,

Members of Sig Tau Gamma sit by their shack, Oct. 1. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista

Room 212. The Central Pantry will open in November, just before Thanksgiving.

Oklahoma is ranked eighth nationally in dealing with hunger and nearly one-third of Oklahoma’s population struggle with hunger daily.

Cody Johnson, a journalism junior and a member of PLC, thinks this is a good idea.

“It addresses a need that might not be noticed by Oklahomans. There are no necessarily poor neighborhoods, so people might not realize it. I am proud to be from a school that is stepping up and helping out in the com-

munity.”

Jeff Owen II, a senior in organizational communication has not been directly involved but finds this effective.

“I think it is very eye opening and I brings awareness. Even if you don’t know what is going on, you still have to look at it because it catches your attention. The more you see it, the more it makes you think about what is going on in the world.”

Alvin Varghese, a freshman majoring in biology and a member of Sigma Tau Gamma, has been shacking since Sunday.

“This display is good for people walking around and for us living in here too. For me personally, it gives me the feel of people who might not be as fortunate. It has made me realize how wealthy I am living. I hope that people will be more grateful and they can be more appreciative of what is happening.

When they see someone at the side of the road, the won’t just pass them and not realize that they are struggling.”

In view of Poverty Awareness Week, there will also be a hunger simulation provided by the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank at the Cherokee Room, room 213 of the NUC on Oct. 4 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There will be hunger simulation activities and also the learning of how to apply for food stamps and the procedure of government forms. Winters hopes that this will bread down some of the prejudices of those who apply for the food stamps.

“Even though this shack-a-thon only takes place just a couple of days, students that were involved know that they have helped stop food hunger and it makes them feel good. It makes them their brother’s keeper. We can stop food hunger one step at a time if we all work together,” Winters said.

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‘Always Central’ campaign closing in on $40 million goal • Adam Holt, Staff Writer •

UCO brings the “Always Central” fundraising campaign to the public to help reach its goal of $40 million.

The “Always Central” program is set up to help supplement the government funding UCO receives.

Currently, UCO only collects 33 percent of their funding from the state of Oklahoma.

The fundraiser began in 2008.

The initial push was towards alumni, friends, and businesses and how they can make an impact at the university.

UCO has decided to open up a pool of potential donors to the public.

UCO has received $30.4 million in donations since the beginning of the program. Alumni, faculty, staff, and students may donate to help reach UCO’s $40 million goal to help the university continue to grow.

In an email interview, Anne Holzberlein, Vice President for Devel-

opment & Executive Director UCO Foundation, described the structure of the campaign and where the donations will be used.

“We have five pillars of the campaign,” she said. “The pillars include funding to support students, teaching, facilities, programs and planned giving. Specific examples of types of support within these pillars could include student scholarships, endowed professorships and the interior renovation of Old North Tower.”

Sarah Johnson, a senior broadcasting major, has an idea on where she would like to see some of the donations be applied.

“I would like to see a parking garage,” she said. “There really aren’t many places left to park.”

This year’s campaign kicked off Tuesday night in the Nigh University Center Ballrooms. Over 350 university donors, alumni, faculty, and staff attended.

The event included student

UCO President Don Betz joins the the university band on stage during the “Always Central” fundraising campaign launch event, Sept. 25, 2012. The university has raised over $30,000,000 of its $40,000,000 goal.

dance and musical performances and a presentation by President Betz.

According to a Wednesday press release, Betz spoke of the importance of the campaign.

“We know our story is much more important than a fundraiser,” he said. “We are here to build the future for those who don’t yet know our name, but whose lives will be better by what we did today.

For more information or to give to the “Always Central” campaign, visit www.alwayscentral.org or contact the UCO Foundation at 405974-2770.

Harden visits new Raising Cane’s • CYN SHENG LING, Photographer •

Fans wait in line hoping to get James Harden’s autograph outside Raising Cane’s, Sept. 27, 2012.

Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

James Harden serves drive-thru customers at the window of Raising Cane’s, Sept. 27, 2012. Photo

by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

Carter Hjelmstad, 7, poses with James Harden at Raising Cane’s, Sept. 27, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista Fans react when James Harden gets off from his car at Raising Cane’s, Sept. 27, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

A fan brings a basketball to be autographed by James Harden at Raising Cane’s, Sept. 27, 2012.

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October 2, 2012

Soccer

Bronchos road trip ends without a loss

Whitt Carter

Staff Writer UCO wrapped up their second weekend road trip of the 2012 season this past weekend, as they maintained their solid play in a 1-0 win over Missouri Western on Friday and a 1-1 tie at Northwest Missouri State on Sunday The 18th-ranked Bronchos traveled north to face Missouri Western, the evening before the UCO football team played at the Griffons, and found themselves locked in a battle with an underrated MWSU club.

The Griffons (4-5, 2-3) played the Bronchos about as well as anyone thus far, as the contest was a deadlock until the 67th minute, when senior forward Brittni Walker scored off of a pass from freshman forward Kimberly Linder and gave UCO the 1-0 lead.

The goal was Walker’s 34th career goal, which puts her once goal away from a tie for fourth place behind 2011 graduate Ashton Morris.

“We had lots of chances to score and just didn’t finish like we needed to,” UCO head coach Mike Cook said. “We played great defensively and it’s always good to win on the

road, but we’ve got to do a better job finishing our chances.”

The Bronchos were dominating throughout the game, however, as they outshot the Griffons 26-3 and had 11 corner kicks.

On Sunday, the Bronchos struggled to get going once again, but late-game goals by both UCO and Northwest Missouri knotted the game at 1-1 and that’s how it would stay.

“We’re disappointed with the tie, especially giving up a goal that late in the game,” Cook said. “We’re still not as consistent as we need to be and that’s something we have to

keep working on.”

In the 81st minute, senior midfielder Stephanie Fleig scored her fourth goal of the 2012 season by way of a Walker pass, giving the Bronchos a 1-0 lead with less than ten minutes to play.

But Northwest Missouri would respond only six minutes later, scoring in the 87th minute and forcing overtime, in which neither team could score, forcing the tie.

The Bronchos had 19 shots throughout the game to NWMSU’s 13 and senior goalkeeper Meagan Burke totaled six saves between the posts for UCO.

UCO (9-1-1, 4-0-1) had three shots on goal in the first overtime, but only one in the second, ending the contest in their first tie during this fall season.

Last week, the Bronchos jumped from 25th to 18th in the NSCAA/ Continental Tire NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Poll, after defeating 23rd-ranked Truman State. UCO is the only MIAA team that is ranked.

The Bronchos are back at home this weekend when they host MIAA foes Fort Hays State on Friday at 4 p.m. and Nebraska-Kearney at 1 p.m.

Vista Sports Report: Busy Weekend for Bronchos Chris Brannick

Sports Editor The Bronchos continued their busy fall schedules this weekend, UCO sports in action were women’s volleyball and cross-country.

Volleyball head coach Edgar Miraku and his team welcomed number eight ranked Central Missouri to Hamilton Fieldhouse on Friday night. The Jennies came in as one of the hottest teams in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

The Bronchos fell in three sets 25-8, 25-14, 25-14. It wasn’t UCO’s best match, and facing such a good team in Central Missouri, the errors would have had to been minimal for UCO to have a chance at the upset.

Senior Morgan Roy came into the contest having led the MIAA in kills per set, averaging more than three each frame, 3.60. The senior leader would get nine in the match, but that was half the team’s total output of 18. Sophomore Jordan Jacobs and Freshman Juliette Smith each had four kills.

Junior Tate Hardaker has also led the team this season. The libero has done it with an impressive digs per set average of 5.11, good for third place in all of the MIAA. Hardaker got eleven more Friday night, however, for

the first time this season, that wasn’t tops on the team. Roy grabbed 13 digs. Faith Harmon also got seven.

Harmon is another Broncho who found herself in a top-ten last week. The senior ranks seventh in the MIAA in assists per set with 8.29. Harmon got 16 on Friday.

Central Missouri was led by Bradye Peniston with 13 kills and Carly Sojka added nine.

Peniston is tied for fourth in kills per set with 3.38.

Miraku’s team will be facing most of their competition on the road in the month of October. Starting with a trip to East Central University tonight at 7 p.m.

The Jennies, now 11-3, had 42 kills on 99 attacks, compared to the Bronchos 18 on 90.

Central falls to 5-12 on the season.

Women’s Cross-Country team made the short trip to Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday morning for the Cowboy Jamboree.

The Bronchos haven’t won a race this season but have seen some stellar leadership from their girls, but it was a pair of juniors who paced the way for UCO on this day.

Katie Kerns and Jacquelynn Skocik were the lone bright spots for the Bronchos. Kerns finished the race 20th and Skocik 29th.The two finished just nine seconds apart, Kerns in 19:49 and Skocik, 19:58.

Opinion

UCO Senior Setter Faith Harmon works on a return in practice earlier this fall. Photo

by Aliki Dyer

Seniors Emily Leahey and Bailey Hawkins had been the usual top finishers for UCO but were unable to find their rhythm on Saturday.

The Ardmore native, Leahey, finished in 48th place and Hawkins, from Oklahoma City, finished in 66th place. Hawkins had finished 10th and 19th in the Bronchos first two meets

this season.

This marked the last in-state meet for the Bronchos this season. UCO heads to Wichita Falls, Texas on Oct. 6 to compete in the Midwestern State University meet.

Whitt-ness This: Meltdown in Medinah

Whitt Carter

Staff Writer Ah, Chicago.

The city of Michael Jordan. The home of the “Super Bowl Shuffle.”

Where “The Curse of the Billy Goat” has haunted Cub fans for 67 years.

The Windy City is no stranger to unforgettable sports episodes.

Sunday afternoon might just be the most memorable of them all, but

for all the wrong reasons.

The United States led the 39th Ryder Cup, 10-6, after Saturday’s play, needing to only win four and tie once, with twelve matches to go.

The U.S. had been in complete control throughout the first two days, beating the Europeans eight out of ten times before the match even reached the 18th hole.

They were playing at Medinah Country Club, a course on United States’ turf and where this guy, named Tiger Woods, had won two PGA Championships.

Seemingly, all they had to do was show up, right?

Wrong.

What happened was one of the more miraculous comebacks in golf (and maybe sports) history, as the Europeans absolutely stole from the Americans, winning 8 ½ out of 12 matches and retaining the Ryder Cup in dramatic fashion.

To say the comeback was unprec-

edented would be wrong. In 1999, the Americans faced the same deficit, down 10-6, and also clawed back to win when no one believed they could.

José María Olazábal, a long-time European golf legend and captain of the 2012 Euro team, was in attendance at the ’99 Ryder Cup. In fact, he had a great seat for the gutwrenching action. Olazábal missed a putt in one of the final matches, which handed the victory to the U.S. and capped off the unbelievable comeback.

This time, Olazábal was on the other side. On Sunday, “Ollie” as they call him, got his revenge.

And in this Ryder Cup, Olazábal did it by outcoaching U.S. captain Davis Love III. Part of the United States captain’s duty is to select four players outside of the top-eight to round out the 12man Ryder Cup roster.

Love III picked Steve Stricker, Jim

Furyk, Brandt Snedeker and Dustin Johnson around a month ago, stirring some controversy with selecting older players who had struggled as of late (Stricker and Furyk).

Stricker lost all four matches this weekend and Furyk went 1-2. Furyk led by one going into the last two holes, before giving away his match to Sergio Garcia. Stricker missed a substantial amount of opportunities to close and lost the deciding match to Martin Kaymer.

Furyk’s career record going into this year’s cup was 8-15-4 and he had displayed horrible closing power this PGA Tour season, blowing the U.S. Open and WGC Bridgestone Classic.

I only have two questions for Davis Love III. Why was Furyk picked?

Why were these two guys playing when the pressure was on the line?

I understand that the Europeans won the first five matches on Sun-

day. I understand that these are two veteran golfers that had seen almost every situation.

But after Furyk’s late-round performances in the last few months and with the way Stricker had played on Friday and Saturday, why put them in a position where they have to win?

They should have played early in the morning, with a comfortable lead and no pressure. If they lose, you’re still at a point to possibly recover.

Because I’m sure, and you’re sure that when the Europeans won the first five matches and Love III still had Furyk and Stricker left to finish, he was wishing he would have gotten the weary old men off the course and let the fearless youngsters grip and rip late into the Medinah sunset for the win.

Maybe, I’m wrong. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered.

But sports are about matchups.

And mulligans aren’t allowed.

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Hockey

Bronchos upset no. 1 ranked Lindenwood

UCO Sophomore Goalie Tory Caldwell protects the net last weekend against Lindenwood University. Photo provided by Mike George

Chris Brannick

Sports Editor UCO Hockey pulled off, not one huge upset this weekend, but two, clearing a hovering dark cloud over the Bronchos.

On a trip to the outskirts of St. Louis, Mo., the Bronchos knocked off top ranked Lindenwood University in overtime to end a 16-match losing streak. The series had never seen a Broncho victory, including the quarterfinal matchup of the ACHA Playoffs last season, when the Lions eliminated UCO. Anthony Knuth got the festivities started halfway through the first period when the sophomore scored on a power play goal to put UCO up 1-0. Junior Donald Geary would do the same just three minutes later for the Bronchos and Lindenwood found themselves in trouble early.

The Lions would respond in the second however, netting two goals of their own to make the score even. Grant Gorczyca and Tim Hennessey scored the two goals.

Gorczyca scored on a power play goal 13 minutes in and Hennessey

scored just a minute later.

The third would be just as even as the first two periods. Hennessey scored his second goal of the game 12 minutes through to put Lindenwood in position for victory, up 3-2. Nolan Grauer wasn’t going to let the Lions get all the glory so easily on Friday night, as the sophomore scored a goal, just minutes later to even the score once again.

The overtime period began and it seemed the defenses had gotten it together and a shootout might come. That was until sophomore Riley Spraggs got the Lindenwood goalie behind the net, snatched the puck and slid it into goal, sealing a Bronchos victory that had been eluding them for so long. UCO wins 4-3.

UCO improved to 3-2 on the season and Lindenwood 0-1.

On Saturday the two met again.

It was a different game with a different story but the result would remain the same. UCO went to Lindenwood University and swept a team they had never beaten.

This would mark the first time the Lions would ever be swept at

home. And, UCO got the 4-3 victory, again.

Scoring got started in the first period for both teams. Just six minutes in Lindenwood beat sophomore Tory Caldwell on a shot from Cody Barra. Lindenwood would keep the 1-0 lead for ten minutes until Nolan Hopkins netted the first goal of the night for the Bronchos.

Michael Wall and Jordan Bledsoe added two goals in the second period to extend the Bronchos lead to 3-1 and put them in position to play a controlling third period.

Stephen Bopp scored a power play goal in the third period to make it a 3-2 game. And, the teams would alternate two more scores in the final minute. An empty net shot for UCO and then the extra attacker proved helpful for the Lions as they got one more score. But, it was just too late and the Bronchos would hold on to get the 4-3 victory.

Caldwell was in goal again for the Bronchos and stopped 34 of the 36 shots he saw, a .919 save perUCO Freshman Jordan Bledsoe fights for the puck against Lindencentage. wood. Photo provided by Mike George

Football

Loss for football team displays recurring theme

UCO defensive back Brad Harmon (26) takes down Kyle Knox (80) Saturday Sept. 29, 2012. against Missouri Western. Photo provided by Jason Brown, MWSU Photographer.

Chris Brannick

Sports Editor Reeling off of the first win for first year head coach Nick Bobeck, UCO took to Saint Joseph’s, Mo. in search of consecutive upsets of a top ten team.

The momentum would not be enough for the Bronchos on Satur-

day as Missouri Western was just too much and the Bronchos were unable to find any offensive rhythm.

The Griffons came out firing led by their quarterback Travis Patridge.

MWSU would double almost all of UCO’s offensive statistics.

The first quarter was off to an interesting start. After the Bronchos first drive was halted by an Adrian Nelson interception, UCO forced a fumble on the next play and got

the ball back. The Bronchos were then unable to capitalize on the turnover and the drive stalled out.

UCO would turn over the ball back to MWSU on downs.

Patridge would take charge at this point, running his team down the field and with 7:26 to go in the first stanza, Tyron Crockom took the handoff from Patridge and ran 22 yards for the first score of the game and the Grifons were ahead 7-0.

Into the second quarter and just four minutes in, Missouri Western had the ball again. This time Patridge would use his arm to get into the end zone. The senior found Reggie Jordan on a 3-yard pass to cap off an 82-yard scoring drive. The drive spanned 5:56 and took the Griffons 12 plays to find paydirt.

After another stalled out drive for the stagnant UCO offense, Patridge was at it again and heading towards the end zone again. This time on a three play drive in which Patridge would run it in from 17 yards out to give the Griffons a 21-0 first half lead. The teams would go into their locker rooms with this score.

This marked the fifth straight game to start the season that UCO trailed at halftime.

“It is just so frustrating,” Birmingham said regarding the Bronchos having to play from behind so often this season.

As the third quarter began, Patridge put together what might go down as one of the more memorable drives of the season in MIAA football. The senior signal-caller threw three passes, completing them all and moved the chains 27 yards.

Then Patridge ran for 11 yards on a scramble and followed that with a 45-yard touchdown run. This put the Griffons UP 28-0.

UCO’s Joshua Birmingham would be the only bright spot for the Bronchos offense tonight. The junior running back would cap off UCO’s first scoring drive of the game on a

six yard score, his fifth touchdown of the season. That drive was 5 plays, 49 yards.

The Bronchos put up an impressive fight in the fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late. Birmingham scored another touchdown and Nelson threw one, but Nelson would be intercepted with just :02 seconds remaining and the Griffons took that one back for a touchdown.

The final score from Saint Joseph’s would be 45-23, Missouri Western.

Birmingham finished the game with 80 yards on 18 carries. Adrian Nelson was 25-42 for 244 yards but threw only one touchdown and two interceptions.

Marquis Walters led the team with six catches for 58 yards, Birmingham also had six catches for 53 yards.

Patridge finished the game 21-33 for 224 yards with one touchdown, he ran the ball 10 times for 50 yards and two more touchdowns.

UCO falls to 1-4 on the season and Missouri Western remains undefeated at 5-0. The Griffons have also moved up two spots in this weeks Division II Poll to the number five spot.

Up next for the Bronchos is number eight Northwest Missouri State University. The two will kickoff at 1 p.m. Saturday Oct. 6.

The Bearcats come to Edmond averaging 41 points per game and are 4-1 on the season.