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TUESDAY • September 13, 2012

APPLE DEBUTS iPHONE 5 The software giant unveiled the new phone Sept. 12, 2012 at a launch event. Consumers may preorder the device for $199 beginning Friday, and the phone will be shipped Sept. 21, 2012.

• By BRYAN TRUDE, Senior Staff Writer •

Introduction

Specs

Yesterday, in front of a crowd of press and industry bloggers, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller revealed the much-anticipated iPhone 5, the latest iteration in the line of devices that kickstarted the smartphone industry.

After briefly discussing the successes of other Apple products, including the recent rollout of the OSX Mountain Lion update, the iPhone 5 rose from the stage floor on a pedestal.

The new A6 processor also ensures that the iPhone outperforms previous versions, doubling the device’s CPU and graphic processing speeds. A tech demonstration of a racing game by EA allowed Apple to show off the increased performance, citing graphics improvements and the ability to bring the iPhone closer to contemporary handheld gaming devices.

The increased power is not expected to have a negative impact on battery life, claiming 8 hours of talk and browsing over 3G and 4G connections.

Improvements to the processor also allowed Apple to increase the capacity of the much-touted camera. Using the same camera from the 4S, the increased power and an added lens cover allows the phone to take better photos in low light, according to Apple, while increasing the camera’s write speed by 40 percent. The power also will allow users to take still photo images while shooting video.

Features . The iPhone 5 was revealed to be 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than previous versions. Featuring a four-inch 326 ppi retina display, the elongated screen now has room for five rows of icons, without increasing the width of the device, as well as increasing the color saturation by 44 percent. Apple has also updated their apps to fit the larger display, with older apps set to run in a letterbox format resembling the screen dimensions of older iPhones.

The iPhone 5 will also incorporate the dynamic antenna introduced with the iPhone 4s, allowing the phone to automatically switch to the strongest connection while in use.

The iPhone will contain a built in LTE wireless spectrum connectivity, supporting 4G wireless internet speeds across all three of the iPhone’s U.S. carriers – Verizon, Sprint and AT&T.

What’s Missing?

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of the iPhone 5 during an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A notable absence from the presentation was the expected inclusion of nearfield communication, or NFC, technology.

A prominent feature of the rival Samsung Galaxy S III, NFC allows users to share data, videos or even perform monetary transactions through the device by touching or bringing it close to another NFCequipped device. Instead, Apple will use an app called “Passbook” to store items like membership cards and digital boarding passes, but not credit card information.

Another change is the redesigned iPhone dock connector. Owners of previous iterations of the iPhone or even iPod will have to purchase new accessories, such as car chargers and alarm clock docks, to connect with the iPhone 5.

Local News

Proposed legislation could ban beer sales at grocery store self-checkouts resentative Scott Inman, D-Del City, believes there might be a new way teens are getting a hold of alcohol, through the self-checkout lane at your local supermarket. Inman is proposing legislation to ban the sale of beer through self-checkout lanes.

According to Valorie Owens, Policy director for the House Democratic Caucus, and who also works directly with Inman, the idea for the legislation came from a UCLA study called “Self-Checkout: is it reliable for selling alcohol,” which was conducted in 2009 over a period of two weeks, where participants ranging in age from 21 to 41 visited local supermarkets with self-checkout lanes and purchased alcohol. The study found that despite there being safeguards in the checkout systems for the sale of alcohol, there were loopholes that allowed the purchase without needing approval.

Owens added, after reading the study, “there really aren’t any steps in place to really check this new avenue for alcohol sales, there’s not any oversight from local law enforcement to ensure that underage people are not purchasing beer, there’s not any oversight from the alcohol beverages commission. So Oklahoma Representative Scott Inman, D-Del City, believes the sale of alochol in self- we decided to use the basis of the study, and the state of California set a precedent by passcheckout lanes should be prohibited. Stock photo most recent data released reveals Oklahoma’s ing the law,” to propose legislation to prevent Josh Wallace rate of past-month alcohol use among those the sale of alcohol through the lanes. “It just aged 12-20 comes in at around 25 percent, makes sense to be more proactive than reacwhen limiting the age range to 18-20, the tive on this issue,” she said.

Staff Writer Not everyone agrees that legislation needs number jumps to over 45 percent.

According to the Substance Abuse and While the means of minors obtaining alco- to be passed, though. Keith Kinnamon, Mental Health Services Administration, hol most likely come from the tried and true Chairman of the Oklahoma Grocer’s AssociaOklahoma, along with the rest of the country, method of getting someone of age to pur- tion (OGA), spoke with the Oklahoman on has a problem with underage drinking. The chase it illegally for them, Oklahoma Rep- the issue, and said that it wasn’t a big prob-

lem for the state, and there are already security measures in place to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors.

He told the Oklahoman, “We do have security measures in place. What we’re seeing in California, I don’t know that we’ve seen it in Oklahoma.” Kinnamon went on to describe that any changes to the law would propose an unnecessary inconvenience to those of age to buy beer.

For Owens, the inconvenience is small compared to the possible impact it could have on preventing minors from attaining alcohol. “We think it’s a common sense, easy approach, that’s not going to cost anybody anything to essentially put up a sign that alcohol sales cannot be made in the self-checkout line, and make sure their staff is trained to not allow that and to monitor for that, and then we’re relying on self reports by other customers who would serve as a deterrent.

It’s cost effective, there’s no real costs associated with it, and we think it’s a common sense measure.”

The legislation was initially proposed in Feb. 2012, and passed initial reviews with the House Subcommittee and went through the Appropriations and Budget committee, where it was passed unanimously, but was abruptly stalled, and denied a hearing on the house floor. Owens attributes possible lobbyist influence from OGA and other retailers for the lost momentum on the legislation.

Owens says that they’re definitely going to pursue getting Inman’s legislation passed this year, but it will require public support to see it through.

Opinion

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September 13, 2012 Editorial

A Tale of Two Parties: A tragic comedy

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There are few things I despise more than America’s two party political system.

Weeks ago, as both parties sang their own praises, I sat idly by watching the same script play out over and over again. Politician gives speech, crowd cheers, party members around the country proclaim x politician’s brilliance while the unsympathetic members of other party poke fun of politician’s alleged insolence.

As this year’s election season kicks into full gear, as we head down stretch toward November, I can bite my tongue no longer. Political parties are stupid.

Yes, that includes your party, too.

Evidence against political parties can be found in simple mathematics.

Supposing all stances on political issues are just as likely to be right as they are to be wrong (they aren’t), what is the statistical probability that any single group of people will take the one correct stance on every single issue? Or, more pointedly, what is the statistical probability that any one party will be comprised entirely of honest politicians?

Furthermore, how do we know truth?

Are there always right and wrong answers? Is it feasible that some solutions are appropriate in some situations and others are more suitable for another sit-

uation? What about the old adage that truth lays in the middle?

For me, political parties’ biggest drawback is the stark contrast it creates between ‘us’ and ‘them.’ In a world where only two schools of thought exist, can we have anything other than absolutely right or absolutely wrong?

Nothing is getting done in the United States right now, not because Democrats control the Executive branch, not because Republicans control Congress, but because both sides are more concerned with holding power than they are with finding solutions the other party doesn’t find outrageous.

The U.S. Constitution protects and establishes many things. Political parties are not one of them. Personally, I’m for the abolition of political parties. Let the people do their own research, draw their own conclusions.

However, I realize this is an unrealistic dream. U.S. infrastructure is developed around the idea of the existence of political parties. The American people are hardwired to support political parties, and frankly, couldn’t be bothered to do the research to reach their own conclusions.

this Republican-Democratic monopoly. Let’s have an ample selection of parties to choose from that can accurately sample the great myriad of ideas in the world. There are so many ideas out there that exist outside of American liberal and American conservative.

If we can’t inject more ideas into the system, by having people draw their own conclusions, then we should at least try to replicate as many philosophies as possible and make sure they have ample coverage to try and soothe political gridlock.

Ben Luschen Managing Editor

Therefore, if we must have political parties, let’s at least tear down

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Do you think you should be able to buy beer in the self-checkout lane?

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“Where I’m from, you’re allowed to buy beer in a self-checkout lane. In Ireland you just scan the bar code on your i.d.”

“It really doesn’t matter because when you scan your beer, a worker still has to come check your i.d.”

“If they had a device that could prove they were of age, I don’t see why not.”

“I don’t because for one, the law is 21 and up, so how will they know?

It’s a slippery slope.”

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September 13, 2012 Opinion

Hoffman, Letterman among Kennedy Center honorees In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 file photo actor Dustin Hoffman poses for a portrait in Pasadena, Calif. Hoffman and David Letterman will soon find themselves in company they never expected in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/ Danny Moloshok)

This undated handout photo provided by the Kennedy Center and CBS News shows David Letterman in New York.The comedian will be one of seven people being honored by the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/John Paul Filo, CBS)

• by BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press • WASHINGTON (AP) — Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation’s capital to share an honor with David Letterman — who appears surprised at how culturally important his Top 10 lists have been.

The actor and comedian are among seven people who will receive the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, the performing arts center announced Wednesday. They join Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy, the surviving members of the rock band Led Zeppelin and ballerina Natalia Makarova.

The award is the nation’s highest honor for those who have influenced American culture through the arts. It comes with a dinner with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and a reception hosted by President Barack Obama.

The honorees will be saluted by fellow artists Dec. 2 in a show to be broadcast Dec. 26 on CBS. Hoffman, now 75, said in an interview that he was last in Washington for Obama’s inauguration in 2009.

“It’s maybe the coldest I’ve been since I was in Calgary, Canada, when it was 70 below for a film,” Hoffman said. “Since I froze my (behind) off watching him be inaugurated, the least he could do is to shake my hand under the circumstances.”

While being honored for his long career as an actor, Hoffman said he’s most proud of his most recent work directing his first film. The film called “Quartet” stars Maggie Smith and follows aging opera singers and musicians who are reunited at a retirement home.

Hoffman said he may have found a new calling as director.

“God willing, I’m happy to do this from here on out,” he said.

Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein called Hoffman “one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors” of any generation. Hoffman has played lead roles ranging from “All the President’s Men” and “Rain Man” to “Tootsie.”

Guy, 76, was a “titan of the blues” who has influenced countless electric guitar players over the past 50 years, Rubenstein said. Eric Clapton has called him the best guitar players alive, “without a doubt.”

Guy, born into a family of sharecroppers with no electricity or running water in Louisiana, said he’s still pinching himself after hearing about the honor. He recalled that as a child, a guitar player would visit his family at Christmas. When all the other kids went to play with their toys, Guy wanted to strum that guitar.

“I just felt like if I could learn to play guitar, like a sore thumb, I would stand out,” said Guy, who visited the White House earlier this year and

persuaded Obama to sing a few lines of “Sweet Home Chicago” with Mick Jagger.

He pioneered the use of distortion and feedback with his electric guitar, a sound British musicians would embrace before mainstream American bands were ready to turn up the amplifiers.

At the time, Guy said he didn’t know what he was doing. He just wanted to turn up the sound so somebody could hear him when he was playing with BB King, Muddy Waters and others.

“I’m hoping this will give the blues a lift,” Guy said of the honor. “That’s what got me started. I just wanted to be something different.”

Makarova’s artistry has “ignited the stages of the world’s greatest ballet companies,” Rubenstein said. The 72-year-old dancer left her native Russia in 1970 and made her debut with the American Ballet Theatre in a production of “Giselle.” She also performed in “Romeo and Juliet” at the Kennedy Center in 1971, days after it opened.

Makarova was the first exiled artist to return to the Soviet Union before its fall, dancing with the Kirov Ballet in 1989.

“What a remarkable twist of fate that I chose to leave my homeland and came to America to start a new life,” she said. “I feel very privileged that through me Kennedy Center honors classical ballet.”

The three surviving members of the Britain’s Led Zeppelin — John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant — are being honored for transforming the sound of rock and roll. They influenced many other bands with their innovative, blues-infused hits such as “Good Times Bad Times,” ‘’Immigrant Song,” ‘’Kashmir” and “Stairway to Heaven.”

The band, which has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, issued a joint statement saying America was the first place to embrace their music.

“We owe a large debt to the vitality and variety of the music of the American people,” they wrote.

In television, Letterman’s unconventional wit and charm has made him “one of the most influential personalities,” Rubenstein said.

Letterman said it was a wonderful honor for his family, his co-workers at CBS’s “Late Night with David Letterman” and for himself. In 1993, Letterman helped honor one of his mentors, Johnny Carson, with the Kennedy Center prize, delivering one of his signature Top 10 lists about the longtime “Tonight Show” host.

“I believe recognition at this prestigious level confirms by belief that there has been a mix-up,” he said in a written statement. “I am still grateful to be included.”

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By Kara Stewart R.I.P. This past Monday was world Suicide Awareness Day. For those of you that have psychology friends as majors, you probably heard all about it.

I have a variety of opinions on this subject, but for one, why just one day? Is one day of wearing ribbons and changing your Facebook status going to make that much of a difference? What, exactly, does that accomplish, other than my knowing that it is a “holiday?”

For the most part, though, I have trouble with how society portrays suicidal people, especially those college students that have the highest statistics.

In my experiences, they have not been these unhappy, self-loathing people. In fact, they were fairly good about not letting you know that anything was wrong at all. They didn’t talk any different, they didn’t suddenly decide to wear dark eyeliner and hang out in cemeteries. Sometimes, they were the happiest people I knew.

Sometimes the movies get it right, and it’s a dramatic end and no one sees it coming.

But what about those people that are literally begging for help?

Sometimes the movies don’t get it right at all. Sometimes, that person is so incredibly overwhelmed they are begging someone for a way out. It’s not always their best friend, or their girlfriends or boyfriends, or even their family. Most of the time it’s just an innocent bystander in their life, and suddenly that person’s entire fate

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is in their hands.

What do you do?

That’s what I wish awareness days would focus on: what to do. How would you handle it if one of your friends comes up to you and says that they just can’t do it anymore?

Would you shrug it off and hope they weren’t serious? Would you stay quiet? Scream?

What do you do?

Sadly, I don’t think there’s a clear answer. I know that sometimes it doesn’t matter what you do, they made up their mind long before they picked up a phone. But sometimes it makes all the difference.

If what I’m saying is too familiar and you’re reading this article praying that somehow I have magical answers to fix your world. I don’t.

Having experienced this myself, I still don’t know any better. The only thing I know to say is to be there, to just be there if and when one of your friends comes to you.

And if it’s you? Please remember that UCO offers free counseling, and it does help. Reach out. I guarantee you that on the third largest university campus in Oklahoma, you are not going through this alone. Someone here has felt how you felt, and they’re okay.

Awareness “day?” Maybe it’s just because of my experiences, but I feel like things like this, with all the power in the world to break your heart, deserve more than just one day of your attention. You truly do not know what you have until its gone.

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September 14 - September 16 Oklahoma State Fair - September 14-16 Enjoy food, music, games, rides, exhibits, and a car show at the Oklahoma State Fair. Located at the Oklahoma State Fair grounds, the fair offers a variety of activities for everyone. Admission is $9 for adults. For more information, visit www. okstatefair.com.

LIVE on the Plaza - September 14 LIVE on the Plaza includes live music, local retail shopping, artist exhibitions, film screenings and more. Admission is free. The Plaza District is located on NW 16th Street between Classen and Penn.

Fort Reno Ghost Tour- Septmeber 15 The Fort Reno Ghost Tour is located in at Fort Reno in El Reno. The ghost tour includes ghost stories, demonstration by paranormal studies groups, guide explanations of the haunted nature of the area and a walk through of historic Fort Reno.

• UCO jazz trio to play Martini Lounge • Luke Loftiss

Contributing Writer A trio of students and faculty from the University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab will be entertaining patrons with a live musical performance at the Martini Lounge, adjacent to the Boulevard Steakhouse located at 505 South Broadway in Edmond, every Thursday in September. The group will play Jazz Standards from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and the performances are free and open to the general public.

The featured performers will consist of composer and Jazz Lab instructor of Classical and Applied Jazz, Michael Geib on bass, and students Jared Cathey, playing saxophone, and Bill Repavich on drums. “All very tal-

ented musicians,” Clint Rohr, manager of the UCO Jazz Lab and professor of Jazz History, said.

The Martini Lounge has partnered with UCO’s Jazz Lab to help raise awareness as well as money for the program. Complimentary appetizers, as well as a special drink known as a Jazz-tini, will be on tap. “A dollar from each Jazz-tini sold will go to the UCO Jazz Studies Division to help students learn,” Rohr said. The money earned from the drinks will be used chiefly to fund student scholarships.

Margaret Holloway, general manager of Boulevard Steakhouse and Martini Lounge, speaking to UCO University Relations, said: “We welcome the opportunity to join forces with UCO. The talent of artists that play at the UCO Jazz Lab and the students is truly exceptional.” She went on to say, “We are

lucky to have UCO so close as most of our employees are students and we welcome the opportunity to support them in any way that we can.”

Jazz has been a part of UCO’s music studies curriculum since the founding of the Jazz Studies Program in 1974. Currently, the program offers an undergraduate minor in jazz studies and a Master of Music in jazz studies as degree options. The master’s program features majors in both Performance and Music Production. The Music Production major within the master’s program is the only degree of its kind in the United States and was conceived as the natural response to student curiosity in regards to the new equipment purchased when the Jazz Lab opened. Both programs are fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Un-

dergraduate courses in the Jazz Studies minor program such as Music Theory, Jazz History and Jazz Theory and Analysis are all open to any UCO students regardless of major or classification.

The Jazz Lab itself, located next to Hideaway Pizza at 100 East 5th street in Edmond was created in 2002 under the direction of Professor Lee Rucker and celebrated its 10th anniversary in March of this year. The Jazz Lab features a state of the art recording studio where students study music technology courses and participate in the recording and production of music CDs. The Jazz Lab also hosts weekly live entertainment called Central Jazz Jams every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

There is no cover charge to attend the Jazz Jams and they are open to the public.

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Q & A of This Land Press Page 4

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with the Editor-in-Chief

Michael Mason is the editor-in-chief of This Land Press, a media company based out of Tulsa, Okla. that produces a twice-monthly newspaper, radio show, website and television show covering the entire state. Mason recently talked with the Vista about his company’s recent push into the Oklahoma City market, Woody Guthrie and the state of the news as he sees it.

Photo by Trevor Hultner, The Vista

• by TREVOR HULTNER, Staff Writer • Vista: What has the response from the Oklahoma City market been so far to THIS LAND? Michael Mason: By all accounts, it’s been extremely positive; you might even say it’s been more enthusiastic than it was at its inception. I think part of this has to do with the fact that the launch was a little bit different in Oklahoma City for the print edition, because we had the television show airing there for about three or four months prior to the launch of the magazine.

There was already a lot of brand familiarity with it. The impression that I got was that there were a lot of people in Oklahoma City hearing buzz about THIS LAND, so it created a sort of mystique, I guess you could say, that they were eager to get in on the new magazine.

Vista: How are you distributing THIS LAND down here? Are you talking to businesses to see if they would like to distribute you, or are they coming to you, asking, “could we distribute your newspaper?”

MM: It’s a little bit of both, and the distribution model is pretty unique, because what we do, is we tell businesses that if they’re a locally-capitalized business, meaning they’re founded in Oklahoma and based here, then they get to keep 100 percent of the profits on the condition that they sell the paper and don’t give it away.

It’s kind of based on the whole Chris Anderson freed markets idea that you have to give something away so, we did that to essentially build our readership and try to convert those newsstand customers into subscribers.

But then you have bigger chains, like Whole Foods, for example, that carry us, and since they’re non-capitalized here in Oklahoma.

We charge them 15 percent. They send us a check every so often, paying us for the issues that we’ve stocked at their stores.

Vista: Woody Guthrie seems to have a very big influence on THIS LAND, can you talk about that?

MM: Yeah. What Woody Guthrie, I think, epitomizes is the individual – the sense of individuality that I think is entrenched in Oklahoma. It’s often thought of as a very red state, but its early roots are more socialistic and also very libertarian at the same time. Those ideas can coexist harmoniously; I mean, look at Noam Chomsky, for example. He’s a libertarian socialist. Basically there is this great support for the individual that came through in Woody Guthrie’s songs, and I think that, um, that’s what we sort of wanted to reclaim – a kind of gritty love for Oklahoma and its people.

Vista: The design of THIS LAND is just visually stunning. What spurred you to go towards lots of bold type, thick lines and bright colors in your approach to designing a newspaper?

MM: When I was first working with our

designer, the image that kept coming to my mind was that of the old railroad posters of the 19th century. You may recall what those look like, in the sense that they look a lot like the font that we use, basically – big black on white typeface.

As far as actually designing a broadsheet to look like a magazine goes, that idea came directly to me from McSweeney’s. A few years ago, they published a broadsheet of their literary journal. It was kind of like a message to the newspaper industry that they could reinvent themselves in a way that’s very appealing if they tried. We were probably the

broadsheet is you can read – in one sitting, or one page – an enormous article that would take you 10 clickthroughs to read. And so, I think that it’s a far more comfortable reading experience for longform journalism, whereas the Internet really excels at shortform and lists. You’ll notice that we don’t have very many lists going out in the paper.

Vista: I want to ask about your motto change from “Relevant Readings Regarding Oklahoma” to “Oklahoma’s First New Media Company.” What spurred that decision to change?

MM: Well, what is currently on the deck

“What Woody Guthrie, I think, epitomizes is the individual – the sense of individuality that I think is entrenched in Oklahoma.” only ones in the country that took them up on that challenge.

And so I actually went out to McSweeney’s, talked with the publisher, and talked about paper size and paper weight and costs of production and things like that, and learned that they were a bit off on their cost projections, and some of their style decisions ultimately we found that our readers didn’t really agree with. We tweaked the design format to something more of what it looks like today – a very high-quality paper, bright white paper that we print on sheet-fed web-press, so the colors are more vibrant than your typical newspaper – and that’s where we kind of started from.

Vista: THIS LAND’s design really stands out where a lot of papers blend in more.

MM: We really care a lot about the design.

It’s very important to us, and one of the liberties that we have is that we don’t feel like we have to jam-pack every square inch of the paper to make money. We’re okay with – basically, what we’re doing is we’re using paper to do what it does best, and letting the Internet do what it does best. So for example, one thing that the Internet cannot do is it cannot deliver the visual impact of a 15 by 24-inch photo, you know? But when you turn to the back of our broadsheet, you see this huge portrait of a person, it creates a connection to you in a way that you can’t get on a monitor.

The other thing that you can do with a

of the flag is “New Media From the Middle of America,” so it’s actually gone through yet another iteration. But the particular change that you’re talking about is that, at first when we began, I began with a different partner, and what we felt was the distinction between what we were doing and everybody else. It’s a little message saying, “We’re not going to publish anything that’s irrelevant.” We felt that newspapers and free press around Oklahoma were packed with the irrelevant. And so this was kind of our little shot at that quality of journalism.

After a certain point we felt that the relevancy kind of spoke for itself, and that we didn’t need to promote the fact that it was relevant. But, what we wanted to convey was that there was a “new media” aspect of it. The reason that we no longer use the term “new media” is because we found it to be basically too academic, and that it took too much explaining to people what new media is and what it does. And so now, what we do is we simply say, “We’re a magazine, a TV show and a radio program and a website, and you can access us a bunch of different ways. You can access us however you want.”

Vista: THIS LAND has covered fracking, the recent water fights and Bradley Manning.

You all took very unique angles with those stories. Is the goal of THIS LAND to put stories into a larger context and then into the public view?

MM: That’s exactly right. We are not in the game of breaking news. We are sort of freed from this constraint of “fast” journalism, and so we get to spend months and months and months developing stories. Those stories have complexity and depth and roundness that you wouldn’t typically see in newspapers. Our stories are so well-crafted and we have the luxury of having a lot of time to spend on them. That’s why they’re different in scope in the community sense.

From an editorial perspective, I kind of feel like we’re not just doing journalism. We are trying to create the literature of our community. We have published fiction and poetry and things like that because we believe that those contain types of truth and portraits of where we are that are just as important as the nonfiction that we are known for.

Vista: A lot of the media and media critics seem to be stuck on questions of paywalls versus free content, arguments for and against blogging and fact-checking, and it doesn’t really seem like these arguments are effecting THIS LAND. What is the media philosophy of THIS LAND and where do you see journalism heading in the future if it is to survive?

MM: We think that if we do our best job at crafting a story, whether it’s nonfiction or fiction, that it will be so good that people outside of Oklahoma will want to read it. We believe that’s been the case. We’ve had international interest in our journalism. Because of the quality of the work that we’re creating, we believe that the community – the business community, basically – will rise up and support it through advertising, and that individuals will file in and support it through subscription. We are wholly dependent on Oklahomans to determine our fate. That’s the business side of it, and kind of the ethos of our editorial position.

Read the full interview at UCO360.com

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Campus News

Students, President Betz honor 9/11 victims Bryan Trude

Senior Staff Writer Members of the UCO community gathered on the north side of Broncho Lake to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Students, faculty and uniformed members of the UCO Army ROTC planted over 3000 American flags in the grass between the lake and the sidewalk. A short ceremony was held with a speed made by UCO President Don Betz.

“This is a day that is unique, not just for the cities that suffered in the attacks, but for all cities and for all people in the United States,” Betz said. “This silent ceremony serves not only to remember that day, but to recommit ourselves to each other.”

On Sept. 11, 2001, Islamic extremists hijacked and crashed two commercial airliners into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and one more into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth hijacked aircraft was brought down outside of Shanks-

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ville, Pa. by hijackers after passengers attempted to regain control of the plane, averting an attack on the U.S. Capitol building.

2,996 people were killed in the attacks, including the 19 hijackers, 55 military personnel at the Pentagon, and 411 emergency workers with the NYC Police Department, NYC Fire Department and the Port Authority Police Department.

A memorial on the WTC site was opened to the public in 2011. A planned museum is currently stalled, but is scheduled to open in 2013.

For Director of Alumni Al Jones, this anniversary also marks the safe return of his son, Jeff, from his third tour in Afghanistan. Jeff enlisted in the U.S. Army in the days following the 9/11 attacks.

“I served in Vietnam,” Jones said. “When my son came to me, I was a little concerned, but I was extremely proud.”

“I am so proud and moved at how the faculty and staff and students have come out to remember not just the victims, but the rescu- UCO President Don Betz, left, and UCO Director of Alumni Al Jones, joined students ers who also lost their lives,” Betz said. and faculty in commemoration of the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Photo by Bryan Trude, The Vista

Economy not affecting pet adoption in Okla. pet ownership,” he said.

One reason McCrory attributes to the local growth of pet ownership is the love people have for their pets.

“People who want to become pet owners do so, no matter how the economy is,” he said.

Another reason pet ownership has stayed well afloat is the inexpensive cost of adopting.

Many shelters are about to give cheap, and in some circumstances free, adoptions to those interested in having a pet. Also, many of these shelters offer a low cost spay or neutering service.

Though most news on the pet adoption UCO Senior Ashley Ellis’s cat, “Smokey”, stares at the camera. More and more people front is positive, there are some negative asin Oklahoma are adopting pets. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista. of all households nationwide own a pet. If pects. McCrory has seen a slight rise in pet Adam Holt the observations of local shelters are correct, surrenders.

“You see some who surrender their pets that statistic is not likely to change. because they are moving, or have too many Mac McCrory, executive director of operaStaff Writer animals, or can’t afford them,” he said. tions at Central Oklahoma Humane Society, Pet adoption rates in the Oklahoma City feels pet adoption has moved in only a posiSome new to pet ownership can be caught metro have resisted the turbulence of the na- tive direction the last four years. by surprise at the cost of veterinarian sertion’s economy.

“I don’t think its [the economy] affecting vice, food, and training and give up on the According to ASPCA.org, about 62 percent endeavor. Research and preparedness is the

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Renowned pianist Cho to play in front of UCO audience Alex Cifuentes

Contributing Writer The University of Central Oklahoma will host professional pianist Young-Hyun Cho, D.M.A., this Thursday at the Radke Fine Arts Theater, located in the Center for Transformative Learning.

Cho will perform at 7:30 p.m. with a solo performance featuring various composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Olivier Messiaen.

“What we will hear is this beautiful music, that has truly stood the test of time,” David Forbat, D.M.A., head of Piano/Keyboard Studies Division at UCO, said.

Cho will also give a master class for UCO students along with the general public. The class will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14 at the Young-Hyunn Cho, an award-winning pianist, Radke Fine Arts Theater. will perform at UCO on Friday, September 14, “The master class is a sort of opportunity for 2012. Photo provided one or two of our students to play for her, and she will critique their performance. It’s also a of Texas at Arlington Orchestra. way for our students to not only get a sense of Cho has been widely recognized for her perhow she performs, but also how she teaches. It formances through awards including the Eastis like learning a lesson from a teacher, and hav- man Concerto Competition, the Harrison Wining an audience eavesdropping on that lesson,” ter Piano Competition, the Music Association of Forbat said.

Korea Competition, the Seoul Arts Center’s OrCho is currently an Assistant Professor of Pia- chestral Festival Soloist Music Competition, and no at the University of Texas at Arlington. Cho the Joong Ang Times Music Competition. received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Alongside Cho’s musical abilities, her teachthe Eastman School of Music of University of ing skills have also been recognized around the Rochester, a Master’s degree and a Graduate Per- world. Cho has been invited to teach at the Berformance Diploma from Peabody Conservatory lin International Music Festival and Academy of Johns Hopkins University. in Germany, and the Texas Music Teachers AsCho’s talents are widely diversified, as she per- sociation. Cho has also given master classes and forms not only as an orchestral soloist but also recitals, much like the one she will offer at UCO, as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. Cho California State University, Oakland University has appeared with many orchestras, such as the in Michigan, Levine School of Music in WashEastman Symphony Orchestra, the International ington D.C., Louisiana State University, McNeese Chamber Ensemble of Rome, the Korean Sym- State University in Louisiana, Henderson State phony Orchestra, the Seoul National Symphony University in Arkansas, Texas State University, Orchestra, the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, West Texas A&M University, and Midwestern the Euro-Asian Philharmonic Orchestra, Hol- State University in Texas. land Symphony Orchestra, and The University

key to a smooth start for a happy life with a pet.

Even with the slight elevation of pet surrenders, the Central Oklahoma Humane Society has found itself growing in many ways, due to more interest in pet ownership.

“We’ve grown in basically everywhere possible. Employees, adoptions, budget,” he said.

The society has recently seen it’s 10,000th pet adoption in the last four years.

Though the success of the Central Oklahoma Humane Society and other pet adoption providers is a definitely a positive, the United States still suffers from pet overpopulation.

ASPCA statistics give the number of animals entering shelters at approximately 5-7 million every year nationwide and of those, 3-4 million are euthanized.

For more information on pet adoption or other ways to help the pet population, visit okhumane.org, call (405) 286-1229 ext 4, or drop by the Central Oklahoma Humane Society at 7500 N. Western Ave. in Oklahoma City or any animal shelter in your area.

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Volleyball

Bronchos gain first conference win Whitt Carter

Staff Writer

UCO head coach Edgar Miraku instructs practice last week in Hamilton Fieldhouse. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista.

Golf

UCO Golf Report Chris Brannick

Sports Editor

Both Men’s and Women’s Golf teams at UCO got their seasons started earlier this week with the Men’s team heading to Pittsburg, KS. and the Women traveling to Springfield, MO. Men’s Golf finished their first tournament of the season on Tuesday with a second place showing in the Pittsburg State Invitational, six strokes behind Washburn University. The Bronchos shot a 597.

All-American Dillon Rust led the way for the Bronchos. Rust also nabbed a second place finish in the individual results after shooting a 75 and 69 in the two rounds and lost a playoff hole to Sam Schulte, also from Washburn.

Right behind Rust was junior Landon Morgan. A fellow Edmond Santa Fe product,

After some tough losses to begin the fall season, UCO made sure their debut MIAA was one to remember, as they swept fellow conference mate Pittsburg State in three sets on Tuesday night.

The Bronchos beat PSU 25-23, 25-23, 25-21, rebounding from a tough weekend at the Arkansas Tech Spikefest, in which head coach Edgar Miraku’s club fell three times in four matches.

UCO (4-5) has had a rough go of it early on this year. The Bronchos have lost four of their five matches in the maximum five sets, as well as seen several key players fall to injury in the first three weeks.

“It was a big win for us,” Miraku said. “We’ve lost some tough matches but our girls have stuck together and we played pretty well tonight.”

Senior Morgan Roy has been rock solid for the Bronchos thus far, as she once again led UCO in kills with 14. Freshman Barbara Jackson, who has stepped up and been a major contributor for UCO in her first month, also

led the way for Central with nine kills, four blocks and two serving aces.

Sophomore middle blocker Jordan Jacobs and junior outside hitter Vanessa Gomes both had matchending kills that propelled the Bronchos to set victories. Jacobs’ kill came in the first set, in which UCO fought back from behind to steal one from the Gorillas. Gomes used her kill to end the second set, putting the Bronchos comfortably in front with a two-set lead.

The Bronchos had starting setter Carina Emsermann fall to injury this weekend in Russellville, Ark. Emsermann is only a sophomore, but played a vital role for UCO last year and had impressed many with her start in 2012.

Regardless, after adversity early in the season, Miraku is happy with how his team has responded.

“To get our first conference win on the road is a big step for us,” Miraku said.

“Hopefully we can build on this.”

The Bronchos will make their 2012 home debut on Friday, as they host conference opponent Fort Hays State at 7 p.m.

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Morgan was very consistent in the tournament shooting a 72 and 73.

Trevor Stafford claimed an eleventh place finish with a 150. The Bronchos head to Tahlequah in two weeks.

Also kicking off the season were the UCO Women’s golfers. The Bronchos traveled to Springfield, MO. on Saturday to begin their season. UCO came home with a third place finish in the Drury Falls Shootout just one stroke behind Augustana College.

Lindsey Bensch led the way for the Bronhcos shooting 79 and 75 in the tournament. The middle of three Bensch sisters on the team, Lindsey Bensch recorded the teams best score for the Bronchos in the tournament with that 75, which helped her to a ninth place finish individually.

Aly Seng was right behind Lindsey Bensch in tenth place after shooting a 78 and 77.

Hockey

2012 Hockey Preview Bryan Trude

Senior Staff Writer The UCO hockey team will open their season this Friday night when they host the Division III Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas, 7 p.m. at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena.

Following a losing season that still saw the Bronchos make the ACHA Division I national tournament, UCO Head Coach Craig McAlister used the offseason to correct the team’s scoring difficulties.

“We’ve addressed that problem with some of the new guys that we brought in,” McAlister said. “They can find the middle of the net. The good thing is that they know where it’s at, they got a hunger for it, and they have a natural talent. If nothing else, we’re going to score more goals than last year.”

Junior forward Donald Geary, UCO’s leading scorer last season with 20 goals and 16 assists in 40 games, will be supported by a deep freshman class of forwards, including newcomers Thierry Martine, Rylan Duley and Brandon Gorges.

While the Bronchos enjoy a newfound depth at the forward positions, defense suffered some hits with graduating seniors last season. Sophomore defenseman Matt Prigge, named UCO team captain, anchors a blue line that saw only one new freshman addition in Chris Miracle, as well as the transfer of sophomore forward Michael Wall to defense.

In goal, sophomore Tory Caldwell will be looked at to build off his breakout freshman season as the Bronchos starting goaltender, end-

ing with a 3.19 GAA and a .91 save percentage. The backup netminder role remains a contest between incumbent sophomore Brett Patchett, sophomore Zdenek Zavadil and freshman newcomer Cole Buckley.

Arkansas, a two-time champion of the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference, was on track for a third straight title when it withdrew from the SECHC playoffs due to a scandal involving allowing academically ineligible players to play. The Razorbacks were also barred from the ACHA Division III tournament, and had to forfeit nine regular season wins.

Returning for the Razorbacks is star forward Martin Sundstedt, who racked up 46 points on 23 goals and 23 assists last season. One player Arkansas will miss, though, is star goaltender Brendan Desjardins. The recent graduate takes a 2.79 GAA and .88 save percentage with him.

Top backup Kevin Sheer had a 1.00 GAA and .78 save percentage in six games last year, despite only facing Freshman forward Thierry Martine during practice Tuesday, Sept. 11. Photo by Bryan Trude, The Vista 27 shots.

For Prigge and assistants Shane Khalaf and Anthony Knuth, the goal Follow UCO hockey on Twitter for the team this week will be to not overlook the Razorbacks.

“We can’t take them lightly,” @chrisbrannick85 @btrudeUCO Khalaf said. “They may be a D-III team, but I know some guys on their team, and they have a good team for the level that they play. If we take them lightly, it can screw up our whole season. They have nothing to lose, and we have everything to lose.”

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Football

Family business goes head-to-head

UCO Defensive Tackle Sam Moses lines up against his brother Josh Moses from Emporia State. Josh Moses will have the assignment of blocking his brother in Saturday’s football game, scheduled for kickoff at 1:00 p.m. Photo Provided

Whitt Carter

Staff Writer This Saturday, Barbara Moses, mother of senior DL Sam Moses, will be in attendance at a football game, as usual.

She will stand and take pictures.

She will cheer on her two boys, just like she does every weekend.

However this time, rooting on her sons will be different.

Sam and older brother, Josh, will both take the field this Saturday; at the same time. Sam for Central Oklahoma and Josh for Emporia State; a rare situation, no doubt.

But not only will they play on opposite sides. They will actually play against each other.

On every snap of the ball.

Sam is a four-year starter at defensive tackle and Josh is a senior left guard for Emporia State. Talk about

an unparalleled matchup.

The last time the two actually competed against each other was in high school. But that was in practice; this is a game.

“I’m excited,” Josh said. “Playing against your brother is a once in a lifetime opportunity. It’s should be lots of fun.”

“It’s going to be crazy, for sure,” Sam said.

Crazy, is how many supporters the two brothers will have this weekend. Over 50 relatives will gather in Emporia, KS on Saturday for a pre-game cookout, just outside of Welch Stadium. There will be black and gold; bronze and blue.

Apparel will feature “Moses” shirts with one Moses on the front and the other on the back.

And about those pictures? Don’t fret; Barbara hired a photographer.

It will be celebration of two, hardworking young men, who have

both achieved their dreams, in part, thanks to each other.

“Samuel (as older brother refers to him) and I have always been close,” Josh said. “We have always pushed each other to be better at everything we do.”

“I’ve learned a lot from Josh. He’s always helped prepare me, whether that be when I was going through the recruiting process or fighting through adversity, he’s always been there,” Sam said.

Josh, who is 23 months older than Sam, graduated from Broken Arrow in 2008. He’s dealt with several knee injuries since playing at ESU, but a medical hardship allowed the levelheaded, older sibling one more year of eligibility.

“I really admire him for what he’s gone through. He fought through it when he could have checked it in,” Sam said. “I’ve never once heard him complain about anything. It’s a

testament to him and our parents.”

The respect flows both ways.

From seeing Sam step onto a college field at age 17 and to now, be the leader of his football team, Josh has realized and is proud in the fact that Sam has grown so much.

“He’s taken a big leadership role and embraced the responsibilities that go with it,” Josh said. “He started his career at such a young age and he’s maintained such a high level of performance every year since.”

As Saturday approaches, there has been some definite trash talk spewed out from the mouth of younger brother.

Sam is the louder one, according to himself, so one can expect some jawing from the two at the line-of-scrimmage throughout the day. Anything goes, except momma jokes, of course.

“We’ve talked quite a bit lately,” Sam said. “His coaches have been

giving him a hard time about going up against me. I told him he’s in trouble.”

This competitive spirit has flowed from one another since they were young boys. Growing up less than two years apart instituted a very tight-knit childhood, which made for some typical sibling stories.

Heck, they even shared a room up until junior high.

“I was always the instigator growing up,” Sam said, with a grin from ear-to-ear. “We were always competitive. I think there are a couple of holes in the wall that our mom doesn’t know about.”

For now, Sam and Josh might be trouble-free. This Saturday, I don’t think mom will be thinking about the holes in the wall.

She’ll be standing, smiling and cheering; praying for overtime.

Bronchos travel to Emporia in search of first win Chris Brannick

Sports Editor UCO football makes its second road trip in as many weeks on Saturday, as the Bronchos travel to Emporia, KS. for a showdown with the high-scoring Hornets.

Head coach Nick Bobeck is still searching for that first win of the season and will have to face a tough test, something Bobeck has quickly gotten used to.

A notable mark in the series between the Hornets and the Bronchos is that the first time Bobeck walked onto the field as a collegiate athlete in 1999, the Bronchos won

28-25 over Emporia. All-time the Bronchos are 9-3-1 against ESU and last played in 2007, a Hornets victory.

Emporia State has found themselves atop the conference with a 2-0 record so far this season. Scoring 41 and 58 points respectively in their first two games always is a plus. The Hornets will look to put that number one rated passing attack to use early and often.

ESU tossed 414 yards in their season opening victory along with two touchdowns, last Saturday, 367 yards including four touchdowns.

The Hornets also have gained 254 yards rushing in two weeks and two touchdowns.

Senior quarterback Tyler Eckenrode has thrown all but one pass this season and in those 80 attempts has only thrown only one interception. Eckenrode leads the MIAA in total yards this season.

Another senior stirring up trouble is linebacker Ben Carlson. Carlson made 13 stops in last week’s victory over Nebraska-Kearney and also had a sack. The Hornet defense is giving up 209 yards per game through the air and has seen their opponents grab six touchdowns.

They have only given up one rushing touchdown though while allowing 130 yards per contest.

The Bronchos have begun their tenure in the Mid-American Inter-

collegiate Athletic Association 0-2 but have also shown signs of what is to come from a team that is resilient to the final whistle.

“We will change the culture and bring UCO back to national prominence. Hard work and perseverance will lead us back to the promise land.” Special Teams Coordinator Tom Howe said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.

In both games this season, UCO has fought hard to the final whistle.

A problem that has left them fighting to win, when winning wasn’t possible, is inconsistent production. UCO’s first drive of the season was exactly what everybody who had seen the Bronchos practice

had imagined. After that they went almost 20 minutes without a first down.

The Bronchos have won the second half of each of their first two games but in each of those games found themselves down too much coming out of the locker room.

“We’ve got to get these kids starting better,” Bobeck said, after the team’s loss to Pittsburg last weekend. After the Bronchos trailed by 17 points in the third and were just yards away from putting the Gorillas in a position they may not find themselves in again this season.

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