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Attendees of UCO’s Asian Moon Festival watch dacing costume lions during last year’s event. Photo by Ishaia Gonzales, UCO photo services
Event hopes to bring light to the multiple dimensions of Asian culture • MERVYN CHUA, Staff Writer • The annual Asian Moon Festival will be held at Plunkett Park Friday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. This festival is organized by the Asian American Student Association (AASA) and sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). The event’s hosts will be Miss Asian UCO 2008 and Miss Asia Oklahoma 2009, Kim Pham, and Joshua Lim, the entertainment chair for the Asian Moon Festival. Programs for the festival will include cultural performances and a traditional-wear fashion show, as
well as activities like face painting, arts and crafts, lantern decorating contest, and food. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. The Asian Moon Festival, or also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by many Asian countries in September. During this time, a cake-like delicacy called the “moon cake” is enjoyed. The typical moon cake is a pastry made with a red bean paste or lotus seed filling and sometimes filled with salted egg yolk.
For most of the Asian international students, the Asian Moon Festival provides a platform for them to celebrate with friends at UCO. “The Asian Moon Festival is a big deal for my family and I. It is pretty significant to the Asian community to celebrate this mid-autumn festival. I am glad to be able to celebrate it with friends even if I cannot be home,” Sabrina Ngui, a fashion marketing sophomore from Malaysia, said. Kim Do Yeon, an advertising ju-
nior from Korea, is excited for the event. “This is one of my favorite UCO events of the year. This year, some of my friends are dancing. I look forward to seeing them perform and sharing Korean culture with UCO.” Lim explains why he thinks that the Asian Moon Festival helps people learn more about cultures. “I understand that some people might have a particular stereotype about Asians, lumping them together. Our culture is not lumped
into one. It is multi-dimensional. This festival is an easy sugarcoated package to distinct different cultures”. “This is an opportunity for UCO to witness firsthand the diversity that is amongst UCO. There are international students but there are also Asian American students who might identify things a certain way. This allows international students and Asian American students to celebrate their heritage and what it is all about,” Lim said.
UCO named one of the best schools for military • LUKE LOFTISS, Contributing Writer • The University of Central Oklahoma is one of the most military friendly colleges in the United States, according to a new list provided by Victory Media Inc. The 2013 list, which honors only the schools which rank within the top 15 percent, can be found at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com or in various military magazines published by Victory Media Inc. such as G.I. Jobs, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur. The list collects information from more than 1,700 schools nationwide and lists the pros and cons of attending each according to degrees offered, financial aid options, class flexibility, such as online and weekend or evening classes, and military specific support programs. UCO’s high marks are the result of concentrated efforts made by the university to improve the experience of the approximately 610 currently serving military personnel and veterans who attend UCO. These efforts include the opening of the Veteran Education Resources Office (VetHERO) in the spring semester of 2013. UCO also has a number of other resources including the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), campus veteran’s clubs and associations, as well as maintaining a chapter of the Student Veterans of America. UCO also retains an advisor on staff that assists veterans with career placement. Speaking to UCO University Relations,
Beth Adele, director of VetHERO said, “We’ve intentionally worked to enhance the services we offer to veterans and active military pursuing a degree here at Central, recognizing they have specialized needs.” VetHERO, formed through a collaboration of the Veteran Support Alliance (VSA) and multiple other UCO departments, is the first centralized office for on-campus Veteran’s support services in the state. According to militaryfriendlyschools.com, UCO’s VetHERO Office, “provides resources and support to students, faculty, and staff regarding military benefits, accommodations, and information. The cross-divisional team, UCO’s Veteran Support Alliance is comprised of faculty, staff, and students and seeks to provide an environment that helps student veterans and service members achieve their National Guard members stand outside NUC during Stampede Week. Photo by Aliki academic and personal goals. The Disabil- Dyer, The Vista ity Support Services, Student Counseling UCO also offers in-state tuition without resi- ing site for the U.S. men’s and women’s ParaCenter, and the Military Sports Coordinator dency requirements for active-duty military lympic sitting volleyball teams, along with also offer presentations and resources to as- personnel. Many other on-campus programs Paralympic track and archery. According to sist faculty with their knowledge and under- are available for veterans through the Student UCO’s profile on Military Friendly Schools. standing of veteran students.” Counseling Center, such as twice weekly vis- com, “UCO houses Paralympic athletes servUCO’s central Oklahoma location was also its from registered psychologists who provide ing as an advantage in recruiting, connecting, listed as an advantage for military personnel screenings. retaining and graduating disabled veterans.” due to its proximity to three major OklahoNotable among UCO’s plaudits was the reUCO’s VetHERO offices can be found in man military installations: Fort Sill Army comendation as an ideal college for disabled room 147 of the Nigh University Center. Base in Lawton, Vance Air Force Base in Enid veterans due to UCO being an official trainand Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City.
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Hitting close to home
Yesterday morning, there was a shooting at Stillwater Junior High School, where a student committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. News 9 was broadcasting live when a reporter brought on a freshman student to talk about events, when the girl accidentally named the victim live onthe-air. News 9’s anchors were quick to shut her up, concerned about the potential impact of the victim’s family finding out their child killed themselves through a TV broadcast. It just seemed so…off the cuff, for lack of a better description. Everyone was going out of their way to talk about the “tragic shooting,” not touching on the life on the other side of that gun that extinguished itself. That is what hurts me the most. It was four, almost five years ago. I was a 911 operator, working in a small town about a half hour from OKC. At that point, I was not a journalism major nearing graduation, rather I was a college dropout who had attempted, and failed, three different majors. I wasn’t paid a lot, but for a single male living in a tiny OKC apartment, it was certainly earning a livable wage, if you were smart with your money. I wasn’t. At work, I was making stupid, tiny
mistakes in a line of work that tolerated none. I worked long hours, 12-hour shifts, over weekends and holidays, sometimes going 2-3 weeks without a day off. I was lonely. I never really moved on from the break-up with my long-time girlfriend a few years prior. I allowed my pain to fester, like a wound. I was tired. I was tired of dealing with all the pressure and the frustration. I wanted to end my pain. And that’s why I found myself sitting on the edge of my bed with the barrel of a shotgun in my mouth, a 12-gauge shell full of buckshot in the chamber. I just sat there. I stared down the sights of the gun in front of me, and I sat there, and I allowed my brain to think. I thought about what it would feel like to die. I thought about what death would be like. It was then I did feel my pain and stress and frustration fade away, replaced with a fear, a fear of my own mortality. I thought of something my parents had said when I bought the shotgun. That the reason my family never owned guns when I was a child was that they were afraid I would use it to kill myself. I thought that, and there I was. About to prove that their fears were well-
founded. That is why I am alive today. I didn’t have the stones to embrace my end. The following day at work, I told my boss what had happened, and I was sent to get help. I had only told one other person what happened, my father, when I was seeking help for my financial problems. He told me that even though I had gotten help, I should tell my mother.
I never did. I still haven’t. So when a story of someone killing themselves comes across the news, you may feel shock, indifference, or even anger that this person was so “weak” that they couldn’t even face their problems, “taking the easy way out.” Remember, that there was a live soul on the other side of that barrel.
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“I think that the state needs to step up and fund a program that teaches kids to act as brothers and sisters. Oklahoma needs to step it up. ”
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“We should be implementing prosocial behaviors in younger educational and social settings.”
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Bayard Godsave will read from his collection of short stories, “Lesser Apocalypses,” Oct. 2 at 7:15 p.m. Photo provided
Bayard Godsave and George McCormick, two published authors, will read from their fiction at Pegasus Theatre on Oct. 2 at 7:15 p.m. The reading will be free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Godsave will be reading excerpts from his latest collection of short stories “Lesser Apocalypses,” which documents a group of shell-shocked survivors of an apocalypse. The reading will also include a question and answer portion with the two authors. Attending the reading will provide students with the opportunity to listen to published authors and give them a sense of what a published short story
sounds like. “Hopefully they can get a sense of what a story looks like when it’s finally gone through the revision process and all those things we talk about in class. I think often, students look at work from anthologies and things by people like James Joyce, or Flannery O’Connor, serious masters of the craft. And these are good examples, to be sure, but how many of us are going to be a Joyce or O’Connor? I know I never will be. I think the stories in this collection, when they were in their initial drafts, probably looked a lot like the stories that students at UCO are bringing to their workshops; to get those stories to the point that they end up in a book like this, I had to do all the things that I and other creative writing teachers tell their students they need to do,” Godsave said. Godsave’s stories have been published in many periodicals, including Cream City Review, Cimarron Review, Another Chicago Magazine, Confrontation, the Evansville Review, South Dakota Review, and in Plieades, and has an upcoming publication in the Gettysburg Review. Along with Godsave’s publications, he is also an assistant
George McCormick will read from his collection of short stories, “Salton Sea,” Oct. 2 at 7:15 p.m. Photo provided
professor at Cameron University, teaching writing and English literature. McCormick has published short stories in CutBank, Willow Springs, Santa Monica Review, Epoch, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. McCormick also has a collection of short stories, “Salton Sea” which will be published in the fall of 2012. McCormick’s manuscript for “Salton Sea” was named the winner of the 2011 Noemi Book Award for Fiction. Also, his story “The Mexican” recently won a PEN/ O.Henry Prize for 2013. McCormick is also a professor at Cameron University, teaching composition.
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on campus and in the community, and that’s in addition to showing up to class and sorority functions. Lily planners in hand, we’re born to say, “Let me check my schedule.” In spite of all of this, there seems to be some confusion as to what sororities do. I would be lying if I tried to tell you that we didn’t go out to parties, or hang out with fraternity men. However, all of that comes during what precious little free time we actually get. With Homecoming arriving soon, “free time” is a thing of the past for your average sorority girl. Even knowing all of this, I’m betting some of you will still say, “But you pay for your friends.” Well, I surely did not pay enough. I can honestly say I could not imagine life without my sorority, without UCO’s Greek Life. I have been able to witness tragedy befalling UCO’s Greek community, and there’s no comparison to the amazing men and women that step up. College is hard enough without also having cancer, but instead of getting depressed, chapters on campus are stepping up to help Alpha Gamma Delta with Maddy’s Mission. It’s a bond like that, I guess you could say, that I’m paying for. But a bond like that is priceless. So the next time you see Greek letters, try and hold your tongue: maybe at a larger school those girls are below-average, but these girls that I know have too much Oklahoma charm to be anything less than the best.
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A r t Megan Hennessey, Freshman in Nursing, adds the final touch to her sand art at an SPB event, Sept 26, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
You know what’s fun to talk about? Stereotypes. I particularly enjoy talking about this subject because I enjoy pointing out how some stereotypes are deadon, and how others are a gross misrepresentation. For instance, sorority girls, should be, for all intents and purposes, incredibly blonde, skinny, and stupid. Let’s not leave out rich and entirely dependent on their families, either. Now, let me point out how wrong that stereotype is. As a sorority girl myself, I’m going to encourage you to make your own conclusions, but also understand that I happen to be speaking (although with bias) from experience. First, I am not blonde, skinny, or rich, and I’m inclined to believe I’m not stupid. I will be graduating with a dual-degree in three years, and I fully intend on attending graduate school. In fact, this goes for most of the women I’ve had the pleasure of meeting: I would venture to say we work twice as hard as the average student. For instance, there’s study hours: every house has them, every house requires them. It’s an incentive to keep your GPA up, and it also allows you to meet with other sisters that are venturing into the same career field you will be. Sure, we goof off sometimes, but that’s also because we’re keeping our GPA above the campuswide average GPA. There’s also volunteer hours: we can’t just study our buns off and call it good. We also need to be involved
WEEKEND Students work on their sand art at NUC, Sept 26, 2012. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
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F e s t i v a l Beerfest - September 28 Beerfest offers a variety of craft beers, food, and live music by the Jason Young Band. The event takes place at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Must be 21 to enter. Beerfest is from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Oklahoma Regatta Festival - Sept. 28-29 Rowers from across the country gather to compete at the Oklahoma Regatta Festival, a two-day racing event and festival. The festival includes food booths, an art show, live music, children’s infatable area, and a wine garden. The festival is located along the Oklahoma River. The event takes place on Friday, Sept. 28 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and on Saturday, Sept. from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Admission is free. Asian American Students Association members, along with an Office of Diversity and Inclusion staffer, walk around campus to promote Asian Moon Festival. The event will be held at Plunkett Park this Friday. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista
200 Years of Dickens
Max Chambers Library celebrated Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday yesterday with cake. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The VIsta
Edmond Fall Art Crawl - September 29 The Edmond Fall Art Crawl takes place along the streets of downtown Edmond. The art crawl includees artists, trunk shows, wine, food, demonstrations, street performers and music. Free carriage rides will be availalbe from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Ultimate Terrors Haunted House - Sept. 28 The Ultimate Terrors Haunted House features three theed haunted houses and vendors. Ultimate Terrors opens on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. and will remain open on weekend nights until Oct. 31. For directions and specific hours of operation, visit www.ultimateterrors.com.
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Oklahoma ballot initiative seeks to end Affirmative Action in November election • JOSH WALLACE, Staff Writer •
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As the push to the end of the 2012 election cycle comes ever closer to the November vote, most of the attention has been focused on the campaign for who will become our next President, but a voting initiative in our state seeks to end a decades old program. State question 759, otherwise known as the Oklahoma affirmative action ban amendment, was introduced by Republican State Senator Rob Johnson, and Republican Rep. Leslie Osborn, and seeks to alter the state
constitution. The initiative proposes ending affirmative action in our state, as stated directly from the measure: ”The measure deals with three areas of government action. These areas are employment, education and contracting. In these areas, the measure does not allow affirmative action programs. Affirmative action programs give preferred treatment based on race, color or gender. They also give preferred treatment based on ethnicity or national origin. Discrimination on these bases
is also not permitted.” Exceptions included in the proposed amendment are based on when gender “is a bonafide qualification, it is allowed,” when previous court orders require preferential treatment, and when affirmative action is needed to continue receiving federal funds. Johnson has stated, “I think we should judge people purely on their qualifications. I think at one point in time there was a need for affirmative action programs, especially right after the civil rights movement, but I think the time has come now where they’re doing more damage than they are good.” His statement gives the impression that affirmative action has remained the same since its introduction in the 1960’s, but in the period in between the program’s start to today, there have been court decisions that have already limited it. As for what the implications might be for our university, Dr. Brad Morelli, UCO Senior Legal Counsel, believes there will be little to no impact if the initiative goes through. He added, “I don’t really know that it would affect us to a great deal. I don’t think it would affect the students for the same reason, our idea or plan is that all of our student scholarships, the various academic programs are just based on merit.“ He described the affirmative action program at UCO being limited by court cases as to what the university can do, and gave
an example of part of the university’s plan to attract minority employees is through advertising positions in journals that are likely geared toward and read by minorities in fields like psychology. Morelli also talked about how UCO doesn’t have, and hasn’t had for years, anything that resembles a quota for a particular type of student, because of federal court cases, and that whether UCO had a formal affirmative action plan or not, they would still seek out the best quality employee or student based off their merits. UCO encourages diversity, and aims to have a diverse workforce and a diverse student body, but does not give precedent to or discriminate against any person based on their race, color, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin, and instead seeks the most qualified employees and students. Oklahoma Democrats have responded to the initiative, essentially boiling it down to playing politics. Democratic State Senator Andrew Rice described the initiative in a 2011 interview, “It’s just more of a political game. And it will be on the 2012 ballot with an African-American president that is very unpopular in Oklahoma.” As for whether he believes the measure will pass, Morelli said that since it had enough votes to get on the ballot, he sees the measure of having a fairly good chance of passing.
Alumni concert tonight at Jazz Lab • MATTHEW DUEA, Contributing Writer • Four UCO alumni from across the country and four current UCO faculty members will reunite to perform many original works and compositions during the UCO Jazz Lab’s alumni concert tonight at 8 p.m. The lineup includes Vince Norman on saxophone. He is an accomplished composer whose works are played around the world. Norman has also toured the globe with several different bands throughout his career. He performed with the U.S. Army Field
Band’s “Jazz Ambassadors” for 15 years as a saxophonist before they put him on the full-time arranging staff where he still works. Norman also teaches at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and performs extensively in the D.C. and Baltimore areas on saxophone, keyboard, and drums. David Anderson, on drums, currently lives in Los Angeles. He has toured the world with many different groups and made several national television appearances including FOX’s “Melrose Place”
and BET’s “Jazz Central.” He attended UCO for five years on a full scholarship after being discovered by Lee Rucker, Head of Jazz Studies for UCO at the time. According to Clint Rohr, the UCO Jazz Lab manager and jazz history professor, “[Anderson] is as rock solid a drummer as you’ll ever meet. He is one of the more musical drummers that can also kick when needed.” Kris Berg, on bass, is one of the top-selling jazz composers/arrangers in the world and lists 17 albums in his website’s discography. He has recorded with more than two dozen artists including Doc Severinsen, and Berg has been the Director of Jazz Studies at Collin College near Dallas for 20 years. Brian Gorrell, on saxophone, is the current Head of the Jazz Studies Division of UCO’s School of Music. In 1994, he played piano for the Lawrence Welk Orchestra. Gorrell has played saxophone or keyboard with numerous groups, and has produced many albums as well. Lee Rucker, on trumpet, has been teaching at UCO since 1981. Not only did he help David Anderson get a full scholarship at UCO, but he has also inspired countless more musicians throughout his career. “If the measure of a teacher is those whom he has inspired, Lee is one of the finest our program has ever seen,” Rohr said. Jeff Kidwell, on trombone, currently holds several positions
Current and former UCO musicians will play together for an alumni concert at the UCO Jazz Lab. Photo by Bryan Trude, The Vista
in UCO’s School of Music and was recently voted Oklahoma’s Jazz Educator of the Year for 2012 by his peers. He has performed nationally and internationally with several groups as well. Dennis Borycki is the instructor of Applied Jazz Piano at the Jazz Lab and according to Rohr, “[Borycki] is about as versatile a piano player that you will come across. From straight ahead jazz and bebop to classical organ, Dennis is an inspiration to listen to.” Bob Brewer was one of UCO’s first guitar instructors and will be playing guitar in the performance. The UCO Jazz Lab is located at 100 E. Fifth St., just west of Boulevard Street. The Lab hosts over 275 events every year, from stu-
dent performances to renowned, international artists. It was opened in 2002 and was built in collaboration with Hideaway Pizza next door, which provides food and drinks to the patrons in a relaxed, sit-down atmosphere, styled after jazz clubs in New Orleans according to the Jazz Lab’s website. Clint Rohr says, “most concert venues are more formal, while less formal settings do not lend themselves to attentive listening. The Lab is a true blend of the two, it’s a place to unwind and relax, while listening to great art.” Admission for tonight’s concert is $10 and can be reserved by calling 405-359-7989, ext. 1 or can be purchased at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m.
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Lorenzo and Silvia Cook hug after they meet in a Cimarron Plaza in Stillwater, Okla. Wednesday Sept. 26, 2012. A 13-year-old student shot and killed himself in the hallway of Stillwater junior high school on Wednesday. Students were evacuated from the school and later taken to the mall to be reunited with their families. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Jonathan Sutton )
• TIM TALLEY, Associated Press • STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) A 13-year-old student shot and killed himself in a hallway at an Oklahoma junior high school before classes began Wednesday, police said, terrifying teenagers who feared a gunman was on the loose. Staffers quickly locked down the school and evacuated about 700 eighth and ninth graders, along with students from an adjacent elementary school, to a safe location, police Capt. Randy Dickerson said. The eighth grader was found dead in a hallway, Dickerson said. Some students who fled the building said they found out it was a suicide from news reports. Other students who had witnessed the shooting spread word that a classmate had killed himself, police said. Jake Green, 14, said he was among dozens of students who meet to pray every morning who heard the single shot ring out from an adjacent hallway about 10 feet away.
“We heard this loud boom and everyone just got quiet,” Green said. “No one said a word.” A teacher yelled at the students to get out of the building and head to a playground at the elementary
“Everyone didn’t know what was going on, so they were screaming and running as fast as they could to get to the playground.” Police didn’t say what prompted the shooting but said no other students were at risk.
A Stillwater Junior High student hugs a member of the staff as her class is escorted to a waiting bus following the death of a student Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 in Stillwater, Okla. (AP Photo/The News Press,Chase Rheam)
school, Green said. “Everyone was really scared. We didn’t know if the kid shot himself or if there was a shooter outside the school who shot in,” Green said.
“It doesn’t appear that anyone else was in danger or threatened,” Dickerson said. Dickerson said the eighth grader shot himself once in the head with
a handgun. Police wouldn’t say where the weapon came from or how he got it into the school. Superintendent Ann Caine said there aren’t any metal detectors at the school. She expects that there will be discussions about the policy, but said Wednesday that school officials were still trying to deal with the shooting. The teen had been a good student who got along with other kids, and there was no indication he was bullied, Caine said. Green said that students who were already in their classrooms when the shooting happened were locked inside the building for about an hour after that. “It was really scary,” said Green, a ninth grader. “Everyone’s kind of traumatized and doesn’t know how to act or respond.” Counselors will be available for students, Caine said. Kenny Monday told The Associated Press that his son, Kennedy,
heard the gunshot but did not witness the shooting. “It’s so sad that the kid lost his life, but we’re just glad he didn’t shoot anyone else,” Monday said. Stillwater Junior High sent a statement to parents saying there had been a “single shooting incident” at the school and that staff and students had been moved to a safe location. Parents were told to pick up their children at a nearby shopping center. Stillwater is located about 70 miles west of Tulsa. “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of a tragic incident at our (school) this morning,” Caine said in a letter to parents. “At 7:50 a.m. one of our students died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. All other students and staff are safe.” Caine told reporters that the family of the student had been notified. “This is a family who is grieving right now,” Caine said.
STATE CAPITOL CRUMBLING • SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press •
Doug Kellogg, construction maintenance administrator for the state Capitol, displays a rotten drain that was recently replaced during a tour in Oklahoma City, Sept. 25. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Bright yellow barricades that prevent pedestrian traffic in front of Oklahoma’s Capitol are just the most obvious indication that major repairs are needed on the nearly 100-yearold building, the state’s Capitol architect told lawmakers Tuesday. Architect Duane Mass and other state officials took members of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee on a tour of areas of the building outside the public’s view that revealed rotting pipes, crumbling walls and a patchwork of disorganized repairs. Mass estimated the necessary repairs at about $153 million, a price tag that will be difficult to foot with an increasingly conservative Legislature that has shown its distaste for issuing state bonds to pay for projects. A last-minute proposal for a $200 million bond package at the end of last session received just 15 votes in the 101-member House. “I’m really concerned about the future of this building,” said state Rep. Harold Wright, R-Weatherford, who requested Tuesday’s in-
terim study. “It’s a disgrace, quite frankly, for people to come to this building and see that scaffolding out there.” The 400,000-square-foot building was built between 1914 and 1917. A dome added to the Capitol was completed in 2002. Mass said his most pressing concern is repairing the building’s exterior facade, where he said a faulty repair job in the 1970s resulted in cracked limestone panels and falling pieces of rock and mortar. The faulty repair involved sandblasting the limestone, which made it more porous, and the use of the wrong mortar, which didn’t allow the limestone to naturally expand, Mass said. “We’ll probably only have to replace about 5 percent of the stone,” Mass said. “We will be able to make this look like a brand-new penny on the outside.” Falling debris, including some pieces as large as a baseball, prompted state officials to block access to the front of the building and erect scaffolding under which visitors must
walk to enter the Capitol from the south. Dana Webb, a policy analyst for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, said that inside the building, the marble floors, artwork and other things people see are in “wonderful condition.” But she said that behind the walls, there are major problems, including a plumbing system that has never been completely restored, a hodgepodge of electrical arrangements and outdated safety systems. Another problem is that dozens of remodels in recent years haven’t had any standardized oversight, she said. As a result, many of the buildings’ original components have been covered up with dropped ceilings, new walls or paneling. “A unified, comprehensive operations and management structure is imperative for longterm preservation,” she said. Lawmakers also discussed a variety of funding options for the needed repairs. Mark
Tygret, House fiscal director, said lawmakers could consider a pay-as-you-go option, which would require an annual appropriation of about $35 million to $40 million over four years. That money could come from growth revenue, reductions in other expenditures, or some combination of both, Tygret said. Tygret said lawmakers also could tap 25 percent of the state’s rainy day fund with a two-thirds vote from both the House and Senate, which would amount to about $144.4 million. Other options include a bond issue or money from the sale of state assets. Both Gov. Mary Fallin and Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman have indicated that repairing the Capitol building is a top priority. Fallin proposed a $50 million bond issue in her executive budget earlier this year, while Bingman late last session proposed a $20 million appropriation to begin repairs.
A recently repaired water pipe is pictured in a supply closet at the Oklahoma Capitol, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Bronchos sweep weekend of games The Bronchos got two big saves from goalkeeper Meagan Burke at the 17:30 and 16:00 marks before taking the lead with 13:15 left to play on Fleig's third goal of the year. Ciara Mitchell found Fleig open in the middle of the field 20 feet from the goal and the senior midfielder hit it into the right corner of the net for the game-winner. Walker had a chance to increase the lead with 6:35 remaining, but her header off a corner kick caromed off the top post. TSU also had a shot go off the post with 2:47 remaining and UCO held on. Brittany King, Miranda Thorne and Jordan Hutchison led the defensive efforts, while Burke finished with six saves. UCO v. Lindenwood, Sunday– Kimberly Linder scored twice in a four-minute span late in the game to spark Central Oklahoma past stubborn Lindenwood 3-2 Sunday afternoon at Tom Thompson Field. The No. 25-ranked Bronchos UCO Senior Forward Brittni Walker works for possession during a game against Truman on Friday, Sept. thoroughly dominated the Mid21, 2012. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista. America Intercollegiate Athletics Association contest in taking a 1-0 UCO v. Truman, Fridaythe come-from-behind triumph, first 45 minutes and trailed 1-0 at halftime lead, but the Lions got EDMOND (Sept. 21) – Second- improving to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the break, but the Bronchos pushed back in the game with a tying goal half goals by Alyssa Anderson and league play. The Bulldogs fell to 5-2 the attack early and often in the in the 59th minute and it stayed Stephanie Fleig propelled No. and 2-1. second half before finally breaking that way until Linder took over. 25-ranked Central Oklahoma to a “That was a big win for us,” head through against a TSU defense that The freshman forward broke the crucial 2-1 Mid-America Intercol- coach Mike Cook said. “We had had pitched five straight shutouts. 1-1 deadlock at the 75:27 mark legiate Athletics Association victory struggled our last couple of games Anderson got the tying score in and scored again at 78:50, though over No. 23 Truman State Friday and didn't get off to a good start to- the 59th minute, gathering in a perLU pulled close on a goal with 8:40 afternoon at Tom Thompson Field. day, but I thought we came out re- fect lead pass from Brittni Walker remaining. The Bronchos bounced back ally focused in the second half and and knocking a bullet past TruUCO's defense held on the rest of from Sunday's non-conference loss pulled out a game we had to have.” man's goalkeeper for her second the way as the Bronchos improved to Southwestern Oklahoma with UCO was outplayed most of the goal of the season.
to 8-1 on the year and 3-0 in league play. The Lions fell to 3-4-1 and 0-4. “We're inconsistent in our focus and effort,” head coach Mike Cook said. “We didn't finish a lot of the chances we had and made too many mistakes. It's a win, but it's going to be tough to win a championship playing like that.” UCO outshot the Lions 11-0 in the first 45 minutes, but had just a 1-0 lead. Caitlin Bond got the opening goal in the 26th minute with a chip shot from 10 feet out off a nice pass from Shayna Kindsvater. LU attempted its first shot of the game four minutes into the second half and then scored on its second try at the 58:55 mark to make it 1-1. Linder put the Bronchos on top to stay with a header into the right side of the net off a great lead pass from Courtney Cox and her leftfooted shot from 15 yards out made it 3-1 with an assist by Alyssa Anderson. It was the second two-goal game for Linder, whose four scores on the season have came against two teams (Dallas Baptist and LU). The Lions outshot UCO 9-7 in the second half, with Meagan Burke making five saves in goal over the final 35 minutes. The Bronchos resume MIAA play Friday at Missouri Western.
Vista Sports Report: H o c k e y, V o l l e y b a l l , Te n n i s Chris Brannick
Sports Editor The Bronchos had a very busy couple of days again this weekend. Hockey and volleyball were in competition, as well as the women’s tennis team traveling to the USTA/ITA Central Regional. Up first was hockey. The Bronchos were at home again, this time taking on Robert Morris University for a twogame weekend series. UCO came into the series 2-0 but fell into a hole late in the first period, when Robert Morris scored their first goal. Gehrett Sargis put it in for the Eagles. Central battled back though in the second frame, netting goals from Ryan Duley at the 14:30 mark and another from Donald Geary at 10:43 to take a 2-1 lead. Mason Riley would push one through for RMU just three minutes later to even the score heading into the final stanza. The game remained 2-2 all the way through until the 3:34 mark when Sargis connected on a power play goal to seal the deal and the victory for the Eagles.
“What are you going to do, tomorrow’s a new day,” Anthony Knuth said after the game. Saturday was a new day, but unfortunately, for the Bronchos, the result was the same. UCO fell to Robert Morris again. The Bronchos, now 2-2, heads to face Lindenwood University on Friday and Saturday. Lindenwood defeated the Bronchos in the ACHA Playoffs last year, ending their season. Volleyball also had a busy weekend as they traveled to Kansas on Friday to square off with Emporia State. UCO came into the contest having seen some troubles with their new, rugged MIAA oppenents. The Hornets didn’t have any trouble at all from Edgar Miraku’s club Friday night when they swept through the Bronchos in three straight sets. UCO’s closest set was a sixpoint decision in the second. Junior Vanessa Gomes led the way for the Bronchos with nine kills. On Saturday, UCO headed across Kansas to visit Washburn. While the football team was here in Edmond defeating the Ichabods, the girl’s volleyball team was unable to do the same. UCO dropped to 3-10 on the
season after losing to Washburn in three sets including a 25-10 mark in the final set. Sophomore Juliette Smith led the Bronchos with six kills. Natalya Nikitina-Helvey took her tennis team to Bolivar, Mo. on Friday for an individual-scoring tournament. Senior Antonelli Rossini is heading a team with a lot of new faces and she started off her final season in bronze and blue playing like a leader. Rossini swept through the first day with two wins, never dropping more than three sets in a game. Petra Pesic is one of the newcomers on the team and showed up in style on Friday also winning two matches. Rossini and Pesic would join forces for doubles competition this weekend also, winning once on Friday and again Saturday morning before being ousted. Saturday would prove to be a rough day for the Bronchos as later in the day Rossini fell to Southern Nazarene’s Masha Andrianova, who was the fourth seed in the tournament. Pesic would also be bounced in the quarterfinals losing to number one seeded Fanni Varga of Southwest Baptist 6-3, 6-2.
UCO Freshman Shane Khalaf (17) in a game versus Robert Morris University on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista.
UCO Junior Runningback Joshua Birmingham reaches the endzone for the fourth time in as many games on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista.
Full Timeout: Ship sails on Bobeck Era
Chris Brannick
Sports Editor Timeout. If you didn’t get on his boat last week when I told you to, it’s too late. Nick Bobeck has set sail for a premier destination of winning, excitement and just good ol’ football. With one minute to go in Satur-
day’s game against Washburn University I got up from my seat in the press box and headed down to the field. This is my usual routine as I prepare to get the first interview with the coach following whatever outcome happens. I made it to the field as the final horn sounded (in a time I am somewhat proud of), and began stepping closer to Bobeck to capture his first words after the big win. After all the ruckus and celebrating, Bobeck led his team towards the band as our alma mater played to the ever perfect tune. He then gathered his boys and brought them to a knee. Unable to release his smile, the coach told them, this is what we are going to be doing a lot more of. Immediately the entire team
broke out into a chant, started clapping and doing some more cheering, and then, dispersed towards the locker room. This was my chance to get to coach and grab that money quote from the current happiest guy in the world. “I’m going to have to talk to you later,” Bobeck said to me. He then ran around in circles in search of his family and then followed his team up the stairs at Wantland Stadium to the locker room to celebrate. I again found coach amidst shaking hands with a large crowd outside Hamilton Fieldhouse and he directed me to his office to wait for just a few more minutes until we could talk. “You don’t work this hard, every day, not to celebrate like that,” Bo-
beck said. “We’ve got ten games, ten days. People lose sight of the fact that this is a game and if you win you should celebrate.” I didn’t mind the wait at all. I had no place to be. And sitting in that office chatting with a guy who had just won his first game as head coach of the school he owns two degrees from, the school he’s spent a quarter of his life representing, that was a great conversation. Timeout. This is it guys, this is the coach we hired to return the Bronchos to the winning tradition we once knew. He has arrived and the weeks that led up to this game might have been a bit bumpy at times. The losses might have hurt a little and the wonder of, when we will ever win again may have crept up in the back
of your mind? “It feels so good. We just do everything right all the time, for it to pay off feels good,” Turner Troup, linebacker, said. UCO Football had the opportunity on Saturday to show more than just the 2500 fans in attendance what this university is all about. The MIAA Network highlighted us as the Game of the Week and did they get a show. Not just by us showing our class and hospitality, showing a vast viewership what we have to offer at Central, but stepping up to a challenge that was near insurmountable. Defeating the ninth-ranked Ichabods from Washburn can now go down in history as one of UCO’s biggest wins and, Nick Bobeck’s first.
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Bronchos pull off upset; Bobeck gets first win in MIAA Game of the Week
UCO head coach Nick Bobeck awaits the final horn in the fourth quarter of the Bronchos 35-20 win over ninth-ranked Washburn University on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. It was the first win as head coach for the Central Alumnus. Photo by Aliki Dyer, The Vista.
Whitt Carter
Staff Writer For the first three weeks of the 2012 season, UCO showed signs of what was to come. A big run here, a crucial sack there. The Bronchos simply had trouble putting together a complete game. Maybe all they needed was a little inspiration.
With the 1962 and 1982 national champion teams on hand, UCO head coach Nick Bobeck got his first win at the helm of his alma-mater, as the Bronchos upset #9 Washburn, 35-20, Saturday afternoon at Wantland Stadium. "You put in too much work to not feel like that," Bobeck said about being able to celebrate for the first time. "If you don't what's the fun in playing the game."
"We're starting to grow up," said Bobeck. "They're continuing to do the things that we teach and that's a good sign." UCO used big plays, throughout the contest, to ignite an offense that would score 29 unanswered points in the third and fourth quarters. With just over nine minutes left in the third quarter, after an 8 play, 63-yard drive from Washburn that put them up 14-6, UCO junior QB Adrian Nelson hit freshman WR Marquis Walters and let the youngster run. Walters caught the ball near the Broncho sideline and raced 92 yards past several Ichabod defenders for the score. After a failed two-point conversion, UCO trailed Washburn 14-12. But the WU lead would not last long. With 3:12 left in the third quarter, junior UCO DE Colton Byford stepped in front of a screen pass from Washburn QB Mitch Buhler, snagged it out of the air and stumbled 25 yards for the touchdown. The Bronchos added the two-point play and led 20-14. After a couple of Washburn punts, a credit to the outstanding effort by the UCO defense, the Bronchos got the ball back with 10:45 left in the fourth quarter. The Bronchos responded with a 5 play, 83yard scoring drive that was capped off by a 1-yard Christian Bobo TD run. UCO, again, converted a two-point conversion and extended their lead to two scores, 28-14, with 8:33 to play. UCO's defense, as they did all afternoon, made two more stingy stops on 4th-down Washburn attempts, giving the ball back to the Broncho offense. "We tackled so well today," Bobeck said. "We tackled great towards the end of the game, which is paramount when you hold a lead." Central Oklahoma would once again extend the lead with 2:47 to play, as Josh Birmingham capped off an outstanding performance, scoring from 9 yards out and putting the game away, making the score 35-14. "I was really proud of the way we ran the ball at the end of the game" Bobeck said. "The offense took on the mentality of 'we're not putting the defense back on the field'." Washburn would cut into the Broncho lead, shortly after, on a 75-yard TD pass from
Buhler to Hayden Groves. But that wouldn't matter. The Bronchos would get their first victory of the Nick Bobeck era and the 2012 season, while handing the #9 ranked Ichabods their first defeat of the year. Birmingham rushed 21 times for 134 yards and a score, as he moved into sixth all-time on the career all-purpose yards list. "It's almost indescribable," said Birmingham. "It's good to have that feeling back again. We have to keep it up. We can play with the elite." Nelson was 14-of-29 for 218 yards and a touchdown, his best performance in a Broncho uniform. Sophomore WR Christian Hood was the biggest threat catching the ball for UCO, besides Walters, as he caught five passes for 79 yards. The Broncho defense had their best outing of the season, only a week after giving up 580 total yards and 42 points. UCO gave up 414 yards to Washburn, but limited the Ichabods to only 46 yards on the ground, 124 below their season average. The defense forced two turnovers, interceptions by Brad Harmon and Byford, and had three sacks on the afternoon. The Ichabods struggles began early on in the game and weren't able to get anything going until late in the first half, as was the case for UCO. After a scoreless first quarter, the Bronchos struck first with 6:48 left in the first half, on a 25 yard FG by senior K Chris Robbs. The field goal capped a 10-play, 57 yard drive that took 3:55, but saw the Bronchos falter inside of the Washburn 20-yard line, and settle for three points. Shortly after, UCO added another Robbs FG, this one from 28 yards away, ending a 9-play, 43-yard drive that covered 3:49 and put the Bronchos up 6-0 just before the half. However, Washburn would answer the Bronchos and end their lull of stretch in the first half. The Ichabods used only 1:09 to drive 74 yards and take a 7-6 lead, just seconds before intermission. The Bronchos are now 1-3 on the year, and will travel to Missouri Western next week to play their third road game in four weeks.
Broncho Football 2012
August 30
Missouri Southern
L 25-20
September 8
at Pittsburgh State
L 34-19
September 15
at Emporia State
L 42-14
September 22
Washburn
W 35-20
September 29
at Missouri Western State 6 p.m.
October 6
Northwest Missouri State 1 p.m.
October 13
at Central Missouri
1:30 p.m.
October 27
at Lincoln
2 p.m.
November 3
Southwest Baptist
2 p.m.
November 10
Northeastern State
1 p.m.