The Vista Sept. 11, 2012

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Vista Sports outlines a busy week for Broncho athletes • Page 7

TUESDAY • September 11, 2012

Noor Al-Gallaf takes photos of flags by Broncho Lake, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in memory of the 9/11 attacks. The flags are part of the 9/11 Service Project put on by the Volunteer Student Learning Center. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

UCO remembers

9/11 Josh Wallace

Staff Writer Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the 9/11 attacks that targeted New York, the Pentagon, and the failed attempt to attack Washington D.C. from United Flight 93. In the aftermath, thousands of innocent lives were lost, and the official death toll from the attacks stands at 2,975.

In remembrance of those lost, and to honor those who served our country during our trying times and who continue to pro-

tect and serve, UCO’s Volunteer and Service Learning Center is carrying out a service project today.

In the early hours of the morning, around 25 students from the President Leadership Class came together to start bringing breakfast to the various fire stations around Oklahoma City. By 5:00 a.m., the volunteers split up around the city, offering orange juice and donuts provided by Daylight Donuts to the firefighters who risk their lives to protect us every day.

Along with the breakfast, the students delivered posters from the student group the volunteering activities council (VAC) which

had a table outside the food court in the UC, on Monday, for students to sign personalized messages of thanks and gratitude.

At 9:00 a.m., there will be a moment of recognition and prayer at the blue tent next to Broncho Lake. Afterward hundreds of volunteers, including UCO faculty, staff members, and students from Lessons in Leadership, will begin the planting of around 3,000 American flags around the lake.

Lyndsay Holder, Assistant Director of UCO Volunteer Services, describes the process, adding, “It’s very low key, we just ask everyone to grab a bundle of flags and plant them, and as they’re planting them, just remember why we’re doing this. Once that whole area fills up with the 3,000 flags, it’s visually very stunning and a reminder to people passing by, because you know you can get caught up in just the business of your day, and you walk by Broncho Lake and you see 3,000 American flags and you think ‘oh, that’s today.’”

Although they have plenty of volunteers, Holder adds that any student who wants to participate can come by for the flag planting.

Later in the evening, around 6:00 p.m., Volunteer Services (VS) is hosting its first 9/11 Remembrance Barbecue in Plunkett Park. VS has invited Oklahoma City and Edmond fire and police departments, the National Guard, as well as veterans to attend

the barbecue held as a thank you for their service.

“It’s just a celebration and a thank you to those who protect and serve us on a daily basis...We want people who’ve never been on UCO’s campus to come and meet with us and have their kids play, there will be all sorts of inflatables for the kids, it’s just going to be a really good time and just a way to thank the service men and women,” Holder said.

The event is being sponsored by Farmer’s Help Point, a division of Farmer’s Insurance, who will be providing volunteers alongside volunteers from the Oklahoma National Guard. The food is being provided and catered by Earl’s Rib Palace.

Projects like today’s rely upon volunteer support, and Holder encourages anyone interested in volunteering their time for future projects to stop by the Volunteer and Service Learning Center, Nigh University Center room 212.

“We have a computer up on the front desk and they just put their name and email into a database and we’ll send them volunteer opportunities via email. Another great way to get involved with volunteering is to get involved with the VAC, they’re on Facebook, and their whole focus is volunteerism, in many different forms, they make different service projects all the time,” Holder said.

$156,239,021

FY2013 Budget

The Budget Explained: Trevor Hultner

Staff Writer Every fiscal year UCO releases its prospective budget for public review. This budget includes every expense the university expects to make over the course of the next year as well as long-term budget priorities.

Priorities of note in the FY2013 budget include increasing the hourly pay rate for all full- and part-time permanent employees to $10 an hour; increasing scholarship funding through an increase in tuition waivers and donor funding; and adding full-time faculty and staff positions to catch up to rapid growth in student enrollment.

The full 196-page budget can be found at UCO.edu.

Primary

Secondary

$153,177,007

$3,062,014

This is the primary budget, and it accounts for 98 percent of the total allocated funding for FY2013. Over $100 million are labeled as “revolving funds;” the other $53 million are state appropriated funds for operations and grants.

UCO only allocates half of a percentage point - $762,273 - for research purposes. For a complete breakdown of the primary budget, see page 4.

This secondary budget, known as the “sponsored budget,” includes money donated by federal agencies, other universities and the National Science Foundation. Percentage-wise, more of this budget goes toward research and student services than the primary budget does. For a complete breakdown of the sponsored budget, see page 4.

Opinion

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September 11, 2012 Editorial

Marriage matters for everyone

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The Oklahoman ran an editorial entitled “These numbers don’t lie, and make it clear: marriage matters” in their Sept. 9 issue that focused on the value of heterosexual marriage, the pitfalls of raising a child as a single parent, and how “marriage equality” debases the United States.

I try to avoid writing editorials that respond to another writer’s opinion, but the Oklahoman’s article read less like reasonable analysis and more like unwarranted hate speech.

While the article makes many fair points about abounding divorce rates and disadvantages single mothers face, the author presented no evidence as to why same-sex couples are contributing to America’s decline in marital stability.

Within a paragraph discussing the Democratic Party’s platforms, including “keeping government out of the bedroom” (Republicans want the government in the bedroom?

Kinky.), the author writes, “Too many in the Democratic Party see traditional marriage as so 1950s — they’re far more concerned with the issue of gay marriage. Last week, the

party endorsed ‘marriage equality’ in its convention platform.”

The writer supports this statement by providing the following analysis, “Yet the data in the Heritage report are sobering: 37 percent of all single-parent families in the United States were poor in 2009, compared with 6.8 percent of married couples with children.”

No statistics are provided concerning the divorce rate of homosexual couples, instead the author leads the reader to believe that any homosexual rearing a child is single.

If this was not the author’s intent, then there was absolutely no merit in bringing gay marriage into the conversation in the first place.

Why was there no clear evidence as to why same-sex couples are crippling marriage?

The divorce rate amongst samesex couples currently is half that of heterosexual couples according to the Williams Institute located at the University of Los Angeles.

The study headed by researchers Lee Badgett and Jody Herman found that one percent of homosexual

couples undergo divorce each year, versus two percent of heterosexual couples (Yes, eventually nearly 50 percent of heterosexual marriages and 25 percent of homosexual marriages end in divorce.)

I agree that marriage matters. But healthy marriages, marriages that are conducive for a child’s development, are not limited to traditional union. Marriage is important – not because of who marries whom – but because it provides greater income, balance and rest for each parent, and more care for the child.

Josh Hutton Editor-in-Chief jhutton6@uco.edu

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What do you think of Russell Westbrook being chosen as UCO Homecoming Grand Marshal?

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“I saw that. I thought it was pretty cool.”

“Yeah, I heard that. I think the whole community is going to be there. It’s good PR for the school.”

“Having Westbrook is more awesome than a leprechaun winning a high jump competition.”

“I didn’t know that but now I do! I think it’s pretty good because a lot of people know him and look up to him. It’ll make a lot of people come out to the game!”

Life

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Fire erupts in UCO Commons

Opinion

outsider

DISPATCHES

By A campus police officer instructs residents of the UCO Commons after a fire broke out last Thursday afternoon. Photos by Aliki Dyer, The Vista

Album Review

BOB ‘Tempest’ DYLAN’S

by Josh Hutton, Editor-in-Chief

Bob Dylan’s 35th proper LP begins with a train whistle going off in the writer’s mind.

“Duquesne Whistle” kick starts the album with a combination of jaunty piano and rambling steel guitar. Dylan’s gravely baritone fits cozily atop the mix – riding each note with precision. But don’t be deceived: “Tempest” is not an uplifting affair. The opening track is a tease from folk music’s sacred trickster.

According to Dylan, “Tempest” began as a gospel record, but after the 71-year-old songwriter grew frustrated with the confines of one style, he penned the darkest album of his 50-year career. The sinking Titanic, the loss of John Lennon, and women “death has washed his hands of,” are all included in the record.

Dylan’s previous three efforts channeled ‘50s rockabilly and utilized simple songcraft, leaving plenty of room for wordplay. While the songs remain simple, the folk singer has more styles in his arsenal this time around. The somber waltz of “Soon After Midnight”, the

chugging guitars of “Narrow Way”, and the Gaelic ballad “Tin Angel” create a dynamic change of pace for listeners.

“I pay in blood, but not my own,” Dylan sings on “Pay in Blood.” His snarl sounds more wicked than ever, his stability out the window, and he spares few characters from poetic death.

The strongest tracks on the disc are rooted in fact, but delightfully distorted.

In the 14-minute long title track (“Tempest”), Dylan describes the Titanic’s decent into its watery grave in a 45-verse epic that wastes no time with a chorus. He makes use of an old, Irish melody. Dylan describes the small, the poor, and the rich as they commit crimes as well as acts of kindness, but in the end – they’re all equally doomed. Never afraid to change the past, film actor Leonardo DiCaprio even gets a nod in the song.

“Roll On, John,” the closing song, was written for a man who struggled with the fame as much as Dylan has. “I heard the news today, oh, boy,” he sings,

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referring to Lennon’s murder and a Beatles lyric coated in survivor’s guilt. Dylan’s vocal delivery may sound worldwearier than ever, but there is an ascending beauty when he closes the album. “I pray the lord my soul to keep in that forest of the night. Cover him over and let him sleep. Shine your light, move it on, you burn so bright, roll on, John.”

Release Date Sept. 11, 2011

Label Columbia

Score

9.7 -The Cheaper Side of Good Lasagna

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients: •

Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes

12 oz bag of frozen chopped spinach

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½ cup chopped fresh basil

thawed and drained

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1 egg, beaten

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3 medium onions chopped

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12 oz no cook lasagna noodles (15

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2 14 oz cans of no salt added tomato sauce

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½ cup water

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Pinch of salt and pepper

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1 15 oz container of skim milk Ricotta

noodles) •

2 cups of 8 oz shredded part skim Mozzarella cheese

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1/3 cup of grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Sauté onions with pepper. Add tomato sauce, water, and salt to the onions once they are tender.

Heat to simmering over medium high heat. Combine the Ricotta, Parmigiano Reggiano, thawed spinach, basil, and pepper in a large bowl and mix well. Stir in the egg.

Spread a thin layer of the tomato mixture over the bottom of a deep 13 x 9 baking pan and cover with 4 noodles, it is okay to break in order to ft.

Spread 1/3 of the spinach mixture on top of the noodles and sprinkle with ½ cup of mozzarella. Repeat twice more, ending with the remaining mozzarella on top.

Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until the noodles are cooked and the lasagna is bubbling, about 20 minutes. Let set for 15 minutes before cutting (it will fall apart). Bon appetite.

by Emily Leahey

Trevor Hu lt ne r

Hey Guys: Let’s Make Our Own Sandwiches For a Change, Yeah?

As of late it seems that a lot more men are coming to the same conclusions feminists came to years ago: our behavior around and treatment of women is unacceptable and we need to change it if we are to evolve in any capacity as a society.

That’s all well and good, but there’s a problem – we have spent so much time pushing back against that conclusion in particular, and even fighting to reinforce some of the worst aspects of patriarchy, that the people we should be listening to – the women we’ve oppressed for years through our actions and our words – want nothing to do with us. And rightfully so.

Feminism, as many other people have pointed out, is not about replacing patriarchy with matriarchy and calling it a day. This is not a new idea, but it is one that us dudes are only now starting to realize the veracity of.

Feminism, fully realized, would actually benefit everyone by eliminating a major oppressive hierarchical structure. The fact that guys are only just now starting to get this – in 20-freaking-12 – would definitely be a little infuriating, especially for the people who have invested so much time and energy into the feminist struggle.

No, feminism is not about hating men. But we kind of have to admit to ourselves that we give people a lot of reasons to hate us. We should not be surprised when we are met with distrust. Yes, guys can be feminist but we need to understand that we are coming to the party very late and with a pretty massive bundle of social iniquity behind us.

And so, what are we going to do?

One thing we should not do is drop the feminist moniker and call ourselves “equalists,” or any other skirt-around-the-issue names. Feminism works just fine, as long as we are able to remind ourselves that we are not, strictly speaking, operating

on the same playing field. We’ve got a lot of catch-up to do, or, to use a sports analogy: you wouldn’t want start on the varsity football team if you were a freshman with no knowledge of the game.

Speaking of that, a big thing that we can do is educate ourselves and educate each other on relevant feminist issues. You will notice that there isn’t a lot of dude-oriented feminist literature out there. That’s because we haven’t really written it yet. The responsibility falls on us – and us alone – to learn our stuff and pass it on.

With Google, this is stunningly easy.

Action-wise, something that we can do right now is vow to create safe spaces wherever we are – places with spoken or written policies against victim- or slut-shaming and which keeps creepers away. We can choose not to laugh at our friends’ “make me a sandwich” jokes (which, really, were never funny to begin with). We can call out bastards who clog video game chats with sexist BS. We can question the logic behind putting a girl in a bikini in that one beer commercial. We can do all of this and it takes relatively little brainpower.

But mostly, we can accept responsibility for our actions and hope that, going forward, we don’t make the same mistakes again.

ENDNOTES: 1. Letter-writing department: send any extensive inquiry about this column or any future column to thultner10@gmail.com.

2. Music review department: Propagandhi’s new album with Epitaph Records, Failed States, is fantastic.

Get it if you like metal, punk, or Canada.

3. Someone should show President Betz Gangnam Style. It would be very interesting to see the reaccreditation people react to a Betz-led Gangnam Style flash mob.

Letter to the editor The Vista encourages letters to the editor. Letters should address issues and ideas, not personalities. Letters must be typed, double-spaced, with a maximum of 150 words, and must include the author’s printed name, title, major, classification and phone number. Exceptions on size may be granted as space allows. Letters are subject to editing for libel, clarity and space, or to eliminate statements of questionable taste. The Vista reserves the right not to publish submitted letters.

Address letters to: Editor, The Vista, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, OK 73034-5209, or deliver in person to the editor in the Communications Building, Room 131. Letters can also be e-mailed to vistauco@gmail.com.

September 8, 2012 - A response to last Thursday’s letter to the editor As I opened up the Vista last Friday, thought I would be reading what I have come to appreciate as a very good university paper. Particularly, always interested in reading perspectives and opinions of our wonderful students. And yes, I’m a fan of “Campus Quotes”. Thought maybe I’d be reading outrage about the cash amount of $170 million dollars raised by the Democrats and Republicans to stage their campaigns.

No, but I did read comment in Letter to the Editor by “A disgruntled female student”. I felt ashamed and disgusted that the editor and staff of Vista would permit & publish such a personal attack on one of our students and member of the Vista staff.

First, the column referenced by “A disgruntled female student” (shall refer to as ADFS), is one of “opinion”. The last time I checked, an opinion is one’s view, a judgment, and not necessarily based on facts or knowledge.

Second. If ADFS wished to argue or voice her own opinion on the issues, then I would not be writing this to the editor. Instead, I’d already be outdoors throwing a football on this wonderful Saturday morning. But ADFS wrote a full frontal assault, attacking the character and ability of a staff writer to express her own opinion.

Third, I’m proud that we have students such as the young woman who makes the time and has the courage to write a weekly column containing her opinion. You need not agree with her opinion, that’s the whole point, voice your own.

But to degrade and personally attack someone, it’s just wrong.

Fourth (and last), very disappointed in Vista’s leadership to allow such a published personal attack.

Vista has the right to not publish submitted letters; I do hope you publish this one.

-Joe Tripodi Adjunct Professor Political Science

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How the primary budget is divided: $88,699,665 Instruction

57.9 percent

$17,991,125 Physical Plant

11.7 percent

How the sponsored budget is divided: $1,916,913 Student Services

62.6 percent

$558,057 Research

18.2 percent

$482,852 Public Service

15.8 percent

$13,938,789 Student Services

9.1 percent

$11,961,603 Academic Support

7.8 percent

$61,665 Instruction

2.0 percent

$11,407,630 Institutional Support

7.4 percent

$28,735 Scholarships and Fellowships

0.9 percent

$7,059,645 Scholarships and Fellowships

4.6 percent

$13,792 Academic Support

0.5 percent

$1,355,977 Public Service

0.9 percent

$762,273 Research

0.5 percent

$101,602,699 Total Personnel Services

66.3 percent

$38,213,907 Teaching Salaries

24.9 percent

$24,363,482 Fringe Benefits

15.9 percent

$22,282,563 Professional Salaries

14.5 percent

$13,211,266 Other Salaries/ Wages $3,531,481 Professional Services

8.6 percent 2.3 percent

$1,508,573 Department of Education $655,044 National Science Foundation

21.4 percent

$438,824 Other Universities and Colleges

14.3 percent

$137,550 Department of Health and Human Services

4.5 percent

$94,311 Department of Transportation

3.1 percent

$77,184 Department of Justice

2.5 percent

$69,103 Department of Defense

2.3 percent

$50,162 State of Oklahoma

1.6 percent

$31,263 Other Federal Agencies

1.0 percent

$29,674,387 Supplies/Operating Expenses

19.4 percent

$7,987,957 Property, Furniture, etc.

5.2 percent

$7,059,645 Scholarships/Other

4.6 percent

$3,457,962 Utilities

2.3 percent President Don Betz

$1,640,888 Library Books/ Periodicals $1,503,469 Travel

1.1 percent 1.0 percent

$250,000 Transfer/Other Disbursements $100,010,950 Revolving Funds $52,794,661 State Appropriated Funds - Operations $371,273 State Appropriated Funds - Grants, etc.

0.2 percent 65.3 percent 34.5 percent

49.3 percent

Salaries: Chief Administrative Positions Exec. Vice President Provost/VP, Academic Affairs VP, Gov’t Relations VP, Info Technology VP, Student Affairs VP, Enrollment Management VP, Development VP, University Relations

$230,000 $151,789 $140,865

$0 (increase)* $4,421 $4,103

$123,600 $118,874 $104,707 $105,017

$3,600 $3,462 $3,050 $3,059

$100,237 $98,880

$2,920 $2,880

*These numbers represent a dollar increase in salary totals compared to FY2012. For FY2013, everyone got a 3 percent 0.2 percent increase, except for President Don Betz, who declined the raise.

Paralympics

UCO paralympians return from London with medals

UCO Student’s life as a Thunder Girl

UCO sophomore Ashley poses by Broncho Lake. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista

Alex Cifuentes Former United States Naval officer Bradley Snyder, at centre holds the national flag of the United Staes during the closing ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics games,

Bryan Trude

Staff Writer Several athletes with UCO ties recently represented the United States at the 2012 Paralympics in London, culminating with a men’s athletics gold and a women’s sitting volleyball silver for the Americans, September 7.

UCO resident athlete Jeremy Campbell took gold in the Men’s Discus Throw – F44, beating out silver medalist Dan Greaves of Great Britain and bronze medalist Farzad Sepahvand of Iran.

The American sitting volleyball women, who train at UCO, fell to the defending gold medalists in China 3-1. Ukraine secured the bronze, defeating the Netherlands 3-0.

“China is a great team – very steady,” said Team USA’s Kari Miller, in an article published on the London 2012 Paralympics web site. “It’s great to have the opportunity to battle great teams – it helps us to grow.”

UCO resident athletes also competing were Russell Wolfe (Archery), along with Ahmed Shafik and Mary Stack (Powerlifting).

Stack placed fourth in the Women’s +82.50 kg category, while results for Shafik in the Men’s -82.50 kg were not available.

Wolfe fell 6-0 to eventual gold medalist

Oscar de Pellegrin of Italy in the Men’s Individual Recurve.

Members of the women’s sitting volleyball team include UCO resident athletes Michelle Gerlosky, Katie Holloway, Heather Erickson, Ardmore native Monique Burkland, and Nichole Millage. Other members include Miller, Lora Webster, Brenda Maymon-Jensen, Allison Aldrich, OKC native Kaleo Kanahele and Kendra Lancaster.

The team is coached by Bill Hamiter of Bethany, and assisted by Cara Lang. Edmond native Elliot Blake is the team statistician.

Team USA finished the 2012 Paralympics ranked fourth in total medal count with 98, trailing Russia (102), Great Britain (120) and the People’s Republic of China (231). Including sitting volleyball’s silver, Team USA racked up 31 gold, 29 silver and 38 bronze.

Beginning as an informal contest between World War II veterans left maimed by the conflict, the modern Paralympics were officially introduced in 1960 in Rome, marking the first time the contest was not restricted to only war veterans. It was not until 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul that the Paralympics adopted its current title, marking the first time that the Paralympics shared facilities and took place directly after the Summer Olympics.

Contributing Writer College student by day and Thunder Girl by night, University of Central Oklahoma sophomore Ashley manages to balance it all.

This year’s Thunder Girls tryouts were not just your typical dancing tryouts. They were more like an auditioning extravaganza. The auditions began with over 100 young women looking to make it onto the 20-person squad.

The auditions consisted of a boot camp, choreographed dancing, and interviews in front of a star studded panel which included, Miss Oklahoma 2012 Alicia Clifton, Thunder Dance Team Manager Paige Carter, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne, Thunder Director of Events & Entertainment John Leach, and Joey and Heather from WILD 104.9 HD among others.

The festivities wrapped on August 2, at the Riverwind Casino where Ashley joined her new teammates in front of a live audience of over 1,000 fans.

Although Ashley was a member of the 2012-13 Thunder Girl squad, returning dancers must still try out each year.

“I feel like it’s harder every year. The first year it’s like ‘I’m so happy I made it,’ and now it’s like ‘I have to keep my spot.’ It was harder for me this year, and I was much more nervous because I was already on the squad and I didn’t want to let it go,” Ashley said.

Not only was Ashley nervous about los-

ing her spot on the squad, but the skill level had reached a new high for the audition process. According to Thunder Basketball Writer Nick Gallo, “Carter came into auditions wanting a squad of 18, but after seeing the large amount of talent at the tryouts, she couldn’t keep it to that small of a number. In her second season with the Thunder, Carter said that despite being in the industry for many years, this was the most difficult selection process she has ever faced.”

Although the bar had been raised, Ashley rose to the occasion and is now in her second year with the Thunder Girls, and is the youngest member of the team.

Ashley’s want to become a member of the Thunder Girl squad was not simply to get her 15 minutes of fame, but because she truly is a Thunder fan.

“I love the Thunder, and I love our city. It was just an awesome thing for OKC to make the NBA Finals, because we haven’t had an NBA team for very long. For us to achieve that much was just so amazing. It was just great to be on the court and dancing for the best team in the NBA,” Ashley said.

While most students struggle to juggle a full social calendar and their coursework, Ashley has managed to balance all that along with a grueling practice schedule to prepare her team for the 2012-13 Thunder basketball season.

“We practice three times a week, and we have a personal trainer that we have to work out with three times a week on our own.

We’re always out in the community, we’re always helping other people, we’re always promoting the Thunder.”

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Women’s Choir

Female music festival seeking more vocalists

Greek Life

Historic sorority opens new UCO chapter, is looking for members Shelby Allen

Contributing Writer Members of the Sooner Sensations Show chorus. Photo provided

Mervyn Chua

Staff Writer The Young Women in Harmony will be having a music festival for women ages 12 to 25 on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Moore, Oklahoma. Registration costs $10, which will include lunch and dinner, and a festival T-shirt. Women interested must register online by Sept. 15.

Women who join this festival will be split into four parts – tenor, baritone, bass and lead, and taught two songs, as well as choreography. This festival will prepare participants to sing acapella, which is group singing without any instruments. They will present the songs that night at a free concert open to the public held at the same venue, which will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Sara Eichenlaub, a UCO Marketing graduate is a member of the Sooner Sensations Show Chorus, the chorus who will be conducting the festival.

“It’s going to be fun and so worth it because ten dollars for a shirt and two meals is a steal of a deal. There are no auditions at all.

It’s very similar to a singing camp, an all-day singing camp where you meet new people who like to sing.”

Participants check in at 8:30 a.m. and will be introduced to the staff. Following, there will be separation into the four parts to learn

the two songs. After lunch, the four parts will learn choreography for the songs and then come together to practice as a chorus. Dinner will be served after and finally the preparation for the performance that night. The songs will be “Swinging on a Star” originally sung by Bing Crosby and “One Fine Day”, by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

“They’re a bit older songs but they’re fun.

The girls will get a chance to feel what it feels like to perform in front of an audience. The adrenaline rush that you get is unexplainable. It’s so much fun”, Eichenlaub said.

The concert will include performances by Myst, the 2012 region 25 Quartet Gold Medal champion, the Young Women in Harmony, and the Sooner Sensations Show Chorus.

Sooner Sensations Show Chorus is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a non-profit organization of approximately 30,000 members in choruses and quartets, worldwide.

The Headquarters is in Tulsa, Okla.

“It’s so hard to say one or two things as to why I urge women to try this out. I want to say that we become a family. It’s physically healthy for you. You get a small workout doing this because there is also a little bit of dancing in there. And it’s just fun to perform.

The adrenaline you get before you go on stage is phenomenal. I wish I could sum it up for you, but I can’t. There are so many things I love about this.”

Women interested can sign up at www. soonersensations.com or contact Dawn Henderson at 405.436.5828 for more information.

After being selected by faculty, staff, and students through an extension process last Fall, Central’s newest Panhellenic sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, is coming home.

Founded in 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia, ADPi is formally recognized as the first secret society for collegiate women. Originally named the Adelphean Society, ADPi currently has 140 active chapters nationally, and is in the process of colonizing 7 new chapters this school year, with Central serving as the . Central’s chapter will be the 2nd in Oklahoma, joining the Alpha Omicron chapter at Oklahoma State University.

“We are so excited to be at UCO,” ADPi’s Leadership Consultant Mary Simeoli said.

“Central is like Oklahoma’s best kept secret. The students that go here love this campus and are so passionate about being here. It’s always exciting when you have the opportunity to share your sisterhood with others.”

Simeoli, a founding member of the Theta Theta chapter at Quinnipac University in Hamden, CT, is just one of many who will play a role in ensuring ADPi’s success as a chapter on campus. She will be joined by other Leadership Consultants, National Officers, national volunteers, and active collegiate members to oversee the recruitment process, initiation of new members, and the installation of the chapter and it’s first set of officers.

ADPi is unique in that they are opening their doors to all of Central’s women, no matter their classification. As a new colony,

ADPi is looking to reach a chapter size comparable with the other four existing Panhellenic sororities at Central, which averages at 111.

“I’ve never really looked into sororities before, but I decided to explore ADPi because I’ve heard it was a good way to gain new friendships and build connections,” Natasha Schmid, a junior Psychology Major, said. “I transferred from a community college last year and wasn’t able to be involved. I’ve done service work in the past, and coming here my first year I am looking for a way to help out on campus and in the community.”

Recruitment for ADPi will be taking place September 10-13. Interested women will have the opportunity to have their questions answered and learn more about the organization’s history, values, and philanthropic endeavors at various events throughout the week. Candidates will be selected via an interview process with alumni, and those chosen to become founding members will receive bids on the Friday the 14.

From there, 14 women will have the chance to move into the newly renovated chapter house, and founding members will begin work to establish themselves as a new and powerful presence on Central’s campus.

Alpha Delta Pi will be very active on campus, for they will be participating in this year’s Homecoming and Greek Week events.

By the end of the year, the founding members will be completely self-sufficient in all business, ritual, and social affairs of the sorority.

“Alpha Delta Pi is hoping that by the time I leave as a consultant the women who are here really understand our values and that this is something so much bigger than themselves,” Simeoli said. “That since they are founding members, it is so much a part of them, and they in turn are so much a part of it.”

Westbrook chosen as homecoming Grand Marshal Lindsey Rickards

Contributing Writer Point guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Olympic Gold Medalist Russell Westbrook will be UCO’s 2012 Homecoming Parade Marshal.

The parade will be held Saturday Nov. 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., and Westbrook will be in the first vehicle to lead the parade.

Homecoming Parade Marshal is a title to honor and acknowledge the accomplishments of the Marshal in our community.

In 2010, Miss America Lauren Nelson was UCO’s Homecoming Parade Marshal, and in 2011, Jennifer Davis Rogers who was UCO’s first ever Homecoming Queen was given the title as Homecoming Parade Marshal.

NBA all-star guard Russell Westbrook has been selected as Grand Marshal for UCO’s The Homecoming Activities Board came up homecoming parade. In addition to being a star player for the Oklahoma City Thunder, with the idea to ask Westbrook of becoming Westbrook also won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games for his participation on Marshal in May 2012, when the Thunder was the U.S. men’s national basketball team. Photo provided

doing well in the NBA Playoffs.

The participants will meet in the Math And Computer Science parking lot before the parade.

The parade route will start on University and head toward First Street. The parade will continue down First Street to Broadway.

From Broadway, the parade will take a turn down Campbell, where it will make its final turn on University to conclude the parade.

Those who are interested in being involved in the parade need to submit a parade entry.

The Homecoming Activities Board is accepting parade entries from groups with a purpose, now until Friday, October 19 at 5:00 p.m.

“Those who want to help celebrate homecoming are welcome to come,” Courtney James, Assistant Director of Campus Activities, said.

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Volleyball

Bronchos 3-5 after Arkansas Spikefest Whitt Carter

Staff Writer

UCO Volleyball practice in Hamilton Fieldhouse. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista.

The Bronchos had another tough weekend, losing three of four matches as they wrapped up their second weekend trip of this early season this weekend, taking part in the Arkansas Tech Spikefest in Russellville, Ark. UCO won one of two during their Friday double-header, losing the morning match to McKendree in four sets (25-14, 20-25, 28-26, 25-16) and bouncing back to beat Lindenwood in the minimum three sets in the afternoon (25-23, 26-24, 25-18).

On Saturday, the Bronchos weren’t as successful, as they dropped both contests, losing two tough matches to Arkansas Monticello (21-25, 25-20, 16-25, 25-19, 15-12) and tournament host, Arkansas Tech (25-21, 2225, 20-25, 25-20, 16-14), both in five sets.

The Bronchos were without starting setter Carina Emsermann for the latter three games, as she went down with an injury during the Friday morning match against McKendree.

Senior Morgan Roy had an outstanding weekend for the Bronchos, totaling a near career-high in kills during the sweep of Lindenwood on Friday afternoon. Roy had 21 killsone short from her career high- and added 11 digs and three blocks in the victory. Roy also led the way in the loss to McKendree, scoring a team best 17 kills and 18 digs in the loss.

“I was proud of the way we came back and played in the afternoon after not playing well

in the morning,” UCO head coach Edgar Miraku said. “We didn’t have much energy and our passing was inconsistent in the morning but we came out really focused in our next match and did a much better job passing the ball in the afternoon.”

UCO suffered their third and fourth, five set losses of this young season on Saturday, both matches that could have easily gone the other way.

“We had a chance to win both matches (on Saturday) and we just came up short,” Miraku said. “We played hard all day and had parts in both matches where we played well, but we weren’t consistent enough and that’s something we have to correct.”

Morgan Roy, again, led the Bronchos in both matches, totaling 21 kills in each contest, which earned the Oklahoma City native all-tournament team honors.

Senior Faith Harmon filled in nicely over the weekend for the injured Emsermann, as she averaged almost 45 assists per match and reset her career-high in three of the four contests.

As usual, junior Tate Hardaker was the Bronchos best defender, leading UCO in digs for the entirety of the weekend.

Several other Bronchos who performed well were sophomores Jordan Jacobs and Juliette Smith, freshman Barbara Jackson and Talia Stanley and junior Venessa Gomes.

The Bronchos are now 3-5 as they make their conference debut tonight, when they travel to MIAA foe Pittsburg State.

Vista Sports Report Chris Brannick

Sports Editor There is a lot of activity happening this week with the Bronchos; seven sports are competing in five days.

Women’s Soccer continues this week with two matchups. The Volleyball team opens their home season on Friday and the Football team is traveling to Emporia, KS. on Saturday.

UCO Golf tees off today with the women’s team in Joplin, MO. for the Drury Falls Shootout and the men’s team in Pittsburg for a tournament of their own.

Pat Bates leads the men in his second season. Bates and the Bronchos won all five tournaments they competed in last fall and made a strong showing at the Division II National Tournament last spring.

Landon Morgan will lead the team alongside Dillon Rust. The two Edmond Santa Fe products saw action last year and Rust earned Division II Ping All American honors as a starter.

Michael Bond is heading a women’s team that also saw success last season. Junior

Chaney Uhles recorded the best finish ever in women’s golf history at UCO. Uhles leads a team and is joined by three other returning starters, Taylor Neidy, Tressa Brumley and Lindsey Bensch. The Bronchos have earned a preseason number eight ranking.

The UCO Women’s Cross Country team is off and running this season after competing in the UCO Land Run last Saturday.

Unfortunately the Bronchos could not compete as a team due to injuries. Rules state that a team must have five competitors and UCO could only field four. There was good news for the Bronchos, senior Bailey Hawkins finished the course in 19:25 to take a fifth place finish.

The Bronchos will head to Joplin, MO. this weekend to compete in the Southern Stampede.

Broncho Hockey is making their final preparations for their season opener when Arkansas comes to Edmond on Friday. The Razorbacks will matchup with UCO on Friday and again on Saturday at Arctic Edge Arena in Edmond.

Both games will be at 7:30 p.m.

Brittany King during a game against Newman University, Sunday Sept. 9, 2012. Photo

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Chris Brannick

Sports Editor Timeout. In Pittsburg, KS. there was a football game featuring the defending National Champion and an unranked team, that most members of the media consider, “Bottom of the barrel.”

Announcement: Tonight’s attendance is a new record for Pittsburg State University, 10,754.

I can verify there was half that number of fans that never made it into the stadium.

“This is the atmosphere we need,” UCO head coach Nick Bobeck said after the game.

“It was just awesome,” running back Josh Birmingham said.

What is most interesting about this is that PSU has half the enrollment as UCO. Bobeck knows that we can get to this as a program. I know we can too. There are some who remember the days when Wantland Stadium was standing room only.

UCO gives away free replica jerseys and we put 6,800 fans in seats.

The difference isn’t the records.

True, PSU is the defending National Champion and last week was their home opener, on new turf, with a rather nice looking painted black endzone to match their very tough looking matte black helmets.

It boils down to interest. Interest in being part of something special that happens every Saturday. Interest in knowing the entire town

shuts down because the Bronchos are playing.

Yes, it might be hard to avoid cheering for the Sooners for a few hours each Saturday, but if any person enjoyed eight minutes at Memorial Stadium on the southside, imagine that deafening noise blanketing the campus but with the letters U-C-O. There is a pride in your team that is necessary. If the Broncho football team can get so excited by fans yelling for the other team, imagine what would happen if that kind of support was coming from right here in Edmond.

Maybe it was the kids wearing PSU jerseys knowing, one day when they grow up they would be Gorillas. It could have been the band playing their version of this weeks top ten billboard hits. Call Me Maybe at a football game sure got the students cheering.

Whatever it was it needs to be, it needs to be here in Edmond. Every Saturday without question.

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Soccer

Record Books making room for Walker

UCO Senior forward Brittni Walker (10) tussles for the ball during the UCO vs Newman soccer game at Tom Thompson Field, Sunday Sept. 9, 2012.

Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista

Whitt Carter

Staff Writer The fifteenth-ranked Bronchos continued to roll this weekend, as they defeated Midwestern State and Newman, in their home-opening two games at Tom Thompson Field.

UCO, who was picked second in the MIAA preseason poll, defeated the Mustangs from MSU 3-1 on Friday afternoon and followed that victory with a 7-1 rout of Newman University on Sunday.

In Friday’s contest, which featured winds that reached up to 40 mph, the Bronchos were in control for the majority of the contest.

As Mike Cook’s club always does, UCO got out to an early lead, scoring twice in the game’s opening 20

minutes.

Senior standout Brittni Walker scored her twenty-ninth career goal just 13 minutes into the contest, moving her into a tie for fifth alltime on the career goals scored list.

Walker didn’t mind the windy day saying afterwards how it played into UCO’s favor becuase of their style of play.

“It’s definitly a game changer but it played to our advantage,” Walker said.

After assisting Walker for the Bronchos’ first goal, Bond scored her own just six minutes later, as she scored on a long shot outside of the penalty box to put UCO in front 2-0.

Both teams went scoreless until just before half, when Midwestern State got on the board by way of an

unassisted score, bringing the Mustangs within one.

But the Bronchos would extend the lead, as freshman Cierra Allen scored her first career goal in the seventy-eighth, icing the game for the Bronchos, who played one of their best defensive games of the early 2012 season.

“We did good. Even though we won last weekend, this was better.”

Cook said.

In Sunday’s action, the Bronchos wasted no time in getting started, as they scored three times in the opening seven minutes to ultimately take the Jets out of the game before it even started.

Walker, senior Summer Grantham and freshman Caitlin Bond all scored in the early frenzy, before senior midfielder Stephanie

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Fleig extended the lead to 4-0 just over four minutes later.

An incredible three more goals were scored by Walker before the twenty-sixth minute in the first period and the Bronchos again added to their lead, making it 7-0 only midway through the first half.

The rest of the afternoon belonged to Broncho youngsters, as they somewhat maintained the lead throughout the second half for UCO. Walker had a memorable day, to say the least. The senior from Midwest City ranks fifth all-time in goals scored and scored four goals (second in single game all-time) and totaled nine points (tied first alltime) during the onslaught.

The Bronchos outshot Midwestern State 19-3 and Newman 19-4

over the weekend, moving their record to 4-0.

“It felt great,” Fleig said. “We did really good and our fans did really good too.”

UCO’s last regular season loss came over a year ago, dating back to September 7 of last year, when the Bronchos were defeated 3-0 by Abilene Christian. That streak now stretches to 369 days.

The Bronchos will take their undefeated start on the road tomorrow, as they face off against Dallas Baptist, who beat UCO in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional last November.

Central returns home on Friday when they make their MIAA debut against Missouri Southern.

All-Time Record

T2. Jeorgia McGinty, 4 goals

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T2. Brittni Walker, 4 goals

Football

Bronchos come up short versus Pittsburg State

Whitt Carter

Staff Writer

The defending national champions showed why they are the top-ranked team in Division II on Saturday night, as #1 Pittsburg State held off a second-half UCO rally and defeated the Bronchos, 3419.

In the first half, UCO was only able to get into an offensive rhythm on one drive, late in the second quarter. The Bronchos had difficulty stopping the Gorillas, who gained 378 yards in the opening half.

“We’ve got to get these kids starting better,” UCO head coach Nick Bobeck said.

However, the second half would be somewhat of a second story.

The Broncho defense forced the Gorillas into a safety midway through the third quarter, and cashed in on a 19-yard Chris Robbs FG with 2:47 to play, making the score 24-12.

The UCO defense owned Pittsburg State in the third quarter. Russ Pickett’s defense forced the Gorillas into UCO Safety Brandon Williams intercepts a pass during Saturday’s game against Pitts- minus-17 yards during the burg State. Photo provided by Carla Wehmeyer, Pittsburg State Photography third quarter, as the Bronchos

stout defensive line racked up four sacks.

However, early in the fourth the 2011 champs would respond. QB Anthony Abenoja led the Gorillas on a 7 play, 81-yard drive that was finished by the sophomore QB’s 17-yard TD run.

But the Bronchos were not going away and would answer with a touchdown drive of their own.

After a called timeout on third and short that extended the drive, Josh Birmingham, who rushed 19 times for 122 yards, scored a 4-yard touchdown run with just over seven minutes to play, which brought UCO within a couple of scores once again.

Despite that, a Pitt State field goal with 2:29 to play would seal the deal, as the Gorillas picked off Adrian Nelson on the ensuing drive, giving the PSU offense the ball back to take a knee.

“We still have work to do but this was better,” Bobeck said after the game.

Pitt State racked up 540 yards of offense (296 passing, 244 rushing), averaging over seven yards per play, but the Broncho defense played solid

up front and gave the PSU offensive line trouble for the majority of the evening.

Abenoja was a thorn in the side of UCO for the entirety of the game. The sophomore was 21-of-32 for 296 yards and scored three touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 passing).

All-American John Brown was no slouch either. Brown had 195 all-purpose yards on only nine touches, giving the PSU offense big-play after big-play during the game.

Bronchos QB Adrian Nelson was 18-of-35 for 191 yards and a touchdown, as the junior continues to be a playmaker for the Bronchos.

Pitt State scored on their first drive, just four minutes into the game, off of an eightyard Abenoja TD pass.

The Gorillas would score the first 17 points of the game, before a quick UCO touchdown drive, that was ended by a miraculous 10 yard Derrick Ingram TD catch.

The Bronchos fall to 0-2 on the year, and travel to Emporia State next weekend, before returning home to play #15 ranked Washburn on September 22.