The Vista April 12, 2012

MIAA

Where’s Waldo?

The UCO Bowling Club will be hosting an event to find the red-and-white clad Waldos around campus. Proceeds will benefit Make-a-Wish.

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Vista Sports continues to preview future MIAA opponents, this week examining Missouri teams Lindenwood and Missouri Southern State.

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MOBILE APPS TO SURVIVE

THE END OF THE SEMESTER

By Cody Bromley / Editor-in-Chief

The end of the semester is closer than you might think. To prepare for impending stress, here are six mobile apps to ease your suffering.

1. PAGES $9.99 - iOS DEVICES Imagine this scenario: Your car breaks down on the side of the road the night before your paper is due. Like many college students, you probably haven’t started your paper yet. Enter “Pages,” one of the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use text editing apps available for Apple devices.

Those who find themselves with an uncanny ability to type out text messages quickly will be right at home using either the vertical or horizontal orientation keyboards. Just make sure to proof your work for autocorrected errors.

“I swear professor! I typed the word books, not butts.”

2 . PANDORA

FREE - iOS DEVICES & ANDROID Studying is hard, but sometimes finding the right music to study to is even harder.

If you’ve haven’t been hiding under a rock since 2005, you’ve heard about Pandora and its magical radio stations that tune themselves to your favorite songs and artists.

If everyone already knows about Pandora, why are we reccomending it? It’s simple, really. Studies show that students who study while listening to classical music retain the knowledge better than those who study without music or who listen to other contemporary music.

Do yourself a favor, and Strauss out before you stress out.

4. QUIZLET.COM APPS

VARIES - iOS DEVICES & ANDROID

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6. STARBUCKS

FREE - iOS DEVICES & ANDROID Now while this app can’t grant you free coffee, nor can you pour a virtual cup of the magical wake-up juice, it can help you find what Starbucks locations are still open and which ones have a drive-thru and WiFi. Have a Starbucks gift card?

The app will let you register it and use your phone to pay, instead of the plastic.

A word of warning to the late night study crowd, the Starbucks in the Nigh Center closes at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The two closest drive-thru stores in Edmond close at 11 p.m. If you need a caffeine pick-up, plan ahead.

Whether it’s language learning or tough vocabulary terms, flash cards are one of the quickest and easiest ways to nail down the info.

Free website Quizlet.com gives you all the tools required to build digital flash card sets and then push them to one of many compatible iOS or Android apps.

Quizlet allows for all sorts of flash cards and even lets you upload images for your cards and share your sets with friends.

In our experience, we found A+ FlashCards Pro for the iPhone and QuizYourBrain for Android to work well. Both are free.

5. WOLFRAM|ALPHA

$2.99 - iOS DEVICES & ANDROID

Just about every phone comes with a calculator app, but how many calculator apps can tell you the amount of riboflabin in a Wendy’s Frosty? The answer, according to Wolfram|Alpha is 50 percent of the reccomended daily value.

What else can you ask Wolfram|Alpha? Try “words that rhyme with demand,” or maybe “Edmond, OK Native American population.”

Whether you have some bigtime computational needs, or just enjoy being the smartest person in the room, Wolfram|Alpha can solve complex mathematics or basic trivia.

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Has this ever happened to you? Your alarm starts buzzing but in a hazy, sleepy trance, you turn it off and go back to sleep. If only there was a way to outsmart your sleepy self!

Well, for Android owners, it turns out there is. Morning Routine requires more than a simple tap to dismiss its sleep disrupting tones: instead, you have to scan a barcode to end the noise.

Not enough light to scan? You have to turn on your lights. Don’t have any barcodes in your bedroom? Then you definitely have to get out of bed.

For heavy sleepers and those who always fall back asleep, this app is a must-have.

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RICK SANTORUM ONLY BELIEVES IN PULLING OUT Goodbye Mr. Sweatervest.

“We made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over — for me — and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting,” Santorum said at a campaign event Tuesday in Gettysburg, Pa. The move, largely viewed as a strategy to preserve both Santorum’s reputation with the Republican establishment and the Republican war chest, is effectively a sign to Obama that the general election starts now and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee to beat.

Somehow in all the news of the once second-place frontrunner dropping out, the campaigns of Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrinch and Texas Congressman Ron Paul are being lost.

Despite being in a significant delegate deficit, Gingrich has continued campaigning, even posting new ads on his website which declare him the “last conservative standing.”

The Paul campaign has always been after the long game as well as the long-shot game. The emergence of Paul as a candidate is more a platform for him to present his ideas than to be elected. While his existence and his ideas do serve a needed and useful service to both campaigning and the electoral process, the fact that Paul has not left the race should be of no concern to Romney, though Paul still has a decent amount of money left in his reserves.

Santorum, on the other hand, might not. Speaking of how the Santorum campaign viewed the upcoming primary battles in New England, John Brabender, chief strategist for the Santorum campaign, told ABC News “we did feel, we felt pretty darn confident about winning Pennsylvania.”

But Pennsylvania wouldn’t be enough for the former Pennsylvania senator on its own.

“We didn’t have the money to play in multiple battles…we just couldn’t compete in Delaware, Connecticut, and New York at the same time as Pennsylvania,” Brabender said.

This is probably the last we’ll ever see of Santorum in national politics, and almost definitely the last time we see him make a significant bid for the office of president. If Obama wins in November, many of the Republican Party’s “best and brightest” are expected to step up to bat then, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Both of them will be coming in fresh, without all the negative dirt dished up in these primaries.

In conclusion, it’s been fun, Rick. Thanks for all the laughs.

“It’s good. I hope more people will be with Ron Paul.”

“I don’t know about him.”

“Well, it’s very sad that he dropped out. I think it’s probably for the best.”

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NEWS

APRIL 5, 2012 Events

Opinion

KITE FLYING EVENT TOMORROW

By Mervyn Chua / Staff Writer

There will be a kite flying and kite fighting event Friday from 3.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. at the East field, opposite of Buddy’s. Participants will each be given a kite and strings.

There will be performances by other student organizations, kite flying opportunities, a demonstration of kite fighting, refreshments and even a deejay.

The proper way to fly a kite will also be demonstrated. As kites distributed will not be attached with string, attenders will learn the special techniques of tying the kite. Admission is free.

Sahil Patel, actuarial science junior and event organizing chairperson, said this event is held to welcome the coming of the spring season.

“Kite fighting and kite flying in south eastern countries are very popular,” Patel said. “It is when the spring weather is perfect and the strong wind blows that people bring out the kites and the fight begins. Some countries even consider kite flying a sport while others see it as more of a hobby.”

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Fighter kites are flown with string coated with glass particles. The two most common types of cutting are release cutting or pull cutting. To release cut, once the lines are in contact, both parties start to play out line until one line is cut. In pull cutting, the flier quickly retrieves line until the opponent’s line is cut. Among winning factors include the size of the kite, the quality of the kite, the quality of the line, and the skill of the person flying the kite. Some cultures rule that the person who succeeds in cutting the opponent’s kite wins it for himself.

This event was initially an effort by three student organizations – the Indonesian Student Association, Malaysian Student Association, and the Pakistani Student Association intended for the intermingling of these countries celebrating the kite festival. However, the planning of the event was expanded after realizing the interest of other international students. The committee has also invited elementary and high school students.

“People seem to be really excited

about the event. That was one reason we chose to have it on a Friday evening, because leans towards the weekend and we are trying to include the Edmond community,” Patel said. “Most UCO events are targeted towards university students.

However, this event is different. It is going to be family oriented. People from all walks of life can be there and enjoy themselves.”

“I am excited that we are bringing our culture here and mixing it up. UCO offers the perfect platform to share cultures and things close to home,” Omer Akhtar, a sophomore in industrial safety and president of the Pakistani Student Association, said.

Sadi Haque, a psychology sophomore from Pakistan and organizing committee member said this.

“I hope to see people coming and enjoying themselves. It is exciting getting the community together, to have diversity everywhere,” Haque said. “This brings a good opportunity for the Edmond community to understand other cultures.”

Global

REPORT OUTLINES WATER SHORTAGE RISKS

By Josh Wallace / Contributing Writer Report Outlines the Risks of Global Water Shortage In the U.S. most people don’t give much thought when going for a glass of water, but a recent report by the intelligence community shows a distressing future for the much of the world’s water supplies.

The Global Water Security report was compiled at the request of the Sate Department, and offers answers to the question of how water issues will affect U.S. interests around the world over the next few decades.

The report outlines that within the next 10 years, it is likely that water problems will play a large contributing factor to the destabilization of countries across the globe. Water issues ranging from shortages to poor water quality can bring about more turbulent conditions in countries already facing issues such as poverty and political instability.

Poorer countries would be most significantly affected, as they would not be able to afford costly changes to their current infrastructure or might lack the technical ability altogether. The report goes on to state, “In addition, some states are further stressed by a heavy dependency on river water controlled by upstream nations with unresolved water-sharing issues.”

The issue of water rights becomes more of an issue as the report looks further ahead to beyond the 10-year mark. The assessment finds that the idea of using water as a form of a weapon is likely to increase within the next few decades.

The fear is that a nation along a shared water source will cutoff the flow of water to those countries downstream, in order to preserve their own water interests. The effects could be catastrophic, bringing about famine, increasing the rate of disease, and ultimately leading to a large decrease in the affected country’s population. It also likely that countries will selectively cut off water to put pressure on sections of its own population, such as separatists.

Another concern outlined by the report, is that as the world’s population continues to grow and water supplies shrink, the more likely that dams and reservoirs would become popular as targets by terrorist organizations.

“Even if an attack is less than fully successful, the fear of mas-

sive floods or loss of water resources would alarm the public and cause governments to take costly measures to protect the water infrastructure,” the report said.

According to the report, the greatest chance to alleviate the problems associated with water shortages, is to develop technologies that can reduce the amount of water needed for agriculture.

Currently, 70 percent of the world’s fresh water is used for agricultural purposes.

While this assessment focuses on water issues on a global scale, another report released April 5 looks at water resources in the U.S. The Natural Resources Defense Council released a state-bystate analysis on whether states were taking steps to protect water resources to offset the effects of climate change and other factors and ranked states in differing levels of preparedness.

The report ranks Oklahoma among several other states as category 3, adding that our state ranks poorly compared to others among being prepared for climate change. It goes on to describe how average temperatures have risen in the state 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1970’s, with a future projected increase of 4-8 degrees by 2100.

Along with the increase in temperatures, the expectation for drought throughout the state is will continue to grow in “frequency and severity.” It is expected that southern sections of the Great Plains overall will become drier, while the northern sections will become wetter.

The 2012 Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan outlines several ways the state is looking to decrease the impact of climate change, including expanding conservation and new reservoir development.

The report adds that these steps are in the right direction, but adds, “The state should assess vulnerabilities to climate change, reduce demand for energy, and invest in renewable energy technologies like solar and wind. The state also should develop a comprehensive adaptation plan that not only builds upon strategies identified in the 2012 OCWP to address water supply risks, but also identifies strategies (such as green infrastructure) to reduce future flood risks as well as strategies for protecting aquatic species.”

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SQUIRRLIN AROUND

Out of Context By Brittany Dalton The Home Stretch On the home stretch of my final semester, I am faced with questions that burn hot to the touch.

What is my purpose after May 5, when I am no longer bogged down with research papers and group projects? Will I graduate without the blemish of another C on my transcript?

Can I park in the Starbucks lot without employees creepin’ on my car? Should I tell that cheesy joke about when oxygen went on a date with a potassium?

Even in the face of major life events like college graduation, even while life demands my attention on important things, my mind zeroes in on trifles. And so it goes.

All you hear, and increasingly more so as your time in college winds to an end, is “you should take this seriously!” But there are certain things that can’t and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

It isn’t disrespect, and it isn’t disregard.

It’s perspective.

Do you think the finely-printed diploma you’ll one day mount on an office wall will ask you, “Are you taking this seriously enough?” Do you think it will guarantee you a house with a smiling wife and 2.5 kids? Because it won’t.

And when you’re stuck in a day-in, day-out job at the bean counting factory, your diploma won’t give you a hug to cheer you up and make you feel any better.

And if you lose the ability to laugh at yourself or to laugh at this great life, your diploma can’t track that down and bring it back to you.

I spent at least one day a week away from my classmates and coworkers, choosing instead to spend my time usefully. See, as work piles on me and my stress level skyrockets, it’s not that I get away once a week because I “want” to.

I have to.

So tell dumb jokes to your friends, and when the opportunity arises to take a few hours off, take it.

Don’t you have all the working hours of the rest of your life, to be serious and tight-lipped?

One afternoon, I took a few hours off from work to work on school projects. By work on a project, I mean I got it done in an hour’s time and spent the rest of our time talking. Telling jokes. Taking silly pictures where I danced with David Bowie.

How many more times in my life will I ever get to say that I completely and wholly loved each day I was alife, that I actually did something I enjoyed?

We have the rest of our lives to be serious, so many days and occasions to be grim.

But we can never, and should never, forget to laugh at ourselves and at life. To do at least one thing each day that relaxes us and renews our perspective.

So, about that date oxygen took potassium on?

It went OK.

Comment on this column on UCO360.com Follow Brittany on Twitter @lttlbrd

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NEWS

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Oddities

NEWS OF THE WEIRD From snakes on planes to toothpaste thieves, you just can’t make this stuff up.

PILOT TURNS BACK AFTER SNAKE POPS OUT OF DASHBOARD

By Rod McGuirk / Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian pilot said he was forced to make a harrowing landing reminiscent of a Hollywood thriller after a snake popped out from behind his dashboard and slithered across his leg during a solo cargo flight.

Braden Blennerhassett — unsure whether the snake was venomous — said Thursday that his heart raced as he tried to keep his hands still while maneuvering the plane back to the northern city of Darwin. The snake popped its head out from behind the instrument panel several times, Blennerhassett said, and then the ordeal worsened when the animal crawled across his leg during the approach to the airport.

“I’ve seen it on a movie once, but never in an airplane,” Blennerhassett told Australian Broadcasting Corp., referring to the 2006 movie “Snakes on a Plane,” in which deadly snakes are deliberately released in an airliner as part of a murder plot.

The 26-year-old Air Frontier pilot was alone in a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron G58 and had just left Darwin airport on a cargo run to a remote Outback Aboriginal settlement when he saw the snake on Tuesday.

Air Frontier director Geoff Hunt described Blennerhassett as a “cool character” who radioed air traffic control to report: “I’m going to have to return to Darwin. I’ve got a snake on board the plane.”

But Blennerhassett admits he was shaken, telling Nine Network television that his blood pressure and hear rate were “a bit elevated.”

“You’re trying to be as still as you possibly can and when you’ve got your hands on the power levers,” he told ABC. “You’re kind of worried about the snake taking that as a threat and biting you.”

“As the plane was landing, the snake was crawling down my leg, which was frightening,” he told Nine.

Once the plane had landed, a firefighter spotted the snake but authorities were not immediately able to catch it, Air Frontier official Michael Ellen said. A trap baited with a mouse failed to catch the snake by Thursday, and the plane remained grounded.

Wildlife ranger Sally Heaton said the snake was suspected to be a golden tree snake, a non-venomous species that can

MASS. POLICE PUT THE SQUEEZE ON TOOTHPASTE THIEF

By The Assocaiated Press EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Police using surveillance video have put the squeeze on a man suspected of trying to steal a shopping cart full of toothpaste from a western Massachusetts grocery store.

Police arrested 23-year old Timmy John Laflamme on Monday after spotting him sitting in a car across the street from the Stop & Shop supermarket in East Longmeadow he was accused of trying to rob last week.

Laflamme, of Chicopee, pleaded not guilty to shoplifting and was ordered held without bail because of pending cases in Springfield.

Police tell The Republican (http://bit.ly/HYpr8d) that Laflamme tried leaving the store with the toothpaste on April 4 but fled when he was stopped by store employees.

Police say shoplifting toothpaste and other toiletries is common. Thieves try to resell the items to small convenience stores.

ALA. JUDGE ORDERS MAN TO JAIL FOR SAGGING PANTS

By The Assocaiated Press PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A central Alabama judge ordered a man to serve three days in jail for contempt of court for wearing so-called saggy pants.

Twenty-year-old LaMarcus D. Ramsey was in Autauga County Circuit Court on Tuesday to enter a plea on a charge of receiving stolen property.

Circuit Judge John Bush told Ramsey his blue jeans were It sounds just like the plot of the 2006 movie “Snakes sagging too low and gave him the three-day stint. The judge on a Plane” but it’s just another day in Australia for pilot told Ramsey to buy pants that fit or a belt when he gets out of Braden Blennerhasset. Image by New Line Cinema the county jail.

The judge says he finds it disrespectful and a disruption grow up to 1.5 meters (5 feet). when people wear pants below their waistline in his chambers.

Blennerhassett was back in the air Thursday and could not “To me it’s not any different than if someone stood up in be immediately contacted for comment. court and started cussing everybody out,” Bush said. “It’s disHunt said he was not aware of a snake being found in a respectful conduct and I think as judges we’re expected to at plane before in Australia, but that he had heard of a young least have some degree of control and respect for the courtchicken being found alive under the floor of a plane and of room the people have given us charge of.” an escaped juvenile crocodile crawling under a pilot’s rudCalls to Ramsey’ s public defender were not immediately reder pedal. turned.

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THERE’S WALDO! Next week, UCO’s Bowling Team will host a live-action ‘Where’s Waldo’ event to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. 13 Waldos will hide all over campus and the first contestant to find all of them will win a prize.

Todd Hannagon, dressed as Waldo, poses for a photo at the Nigh University Center Monday, April, 9, 2012.

The UCO Bowling Club will be having a Where’s Waldo competition to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation April 16-20. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer A campuswide contest scheduled to take place next week may have many of its participants seeing red.

Red and white stripes, to be specific.

The UCO Bowling club will be hosting a live action “Where’s Waldo” event in order to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. Club members wearing the distinctive stripped garb will be scattered across campus, and may be seen at any time or any place.

“For each Waldo you find, you get a stamp,” Todd Hannagan a senior member of the Bowling Club who will be one of 13 hidden Waldos on campus next week, said. “If you find all the Waldos, well, you basically

win.”

First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded: a $100 Barnes And Noble, $50 iTunes and $20 Starbucks card, respectively. Only those who have paid a $10 contest registration fee may be eligible to win a prize, however.

Bowling club members will be registering new contestants until Wednesday, April 18. Those wishing to enter the contest can visit the group’s booth, which is set up in the Nigh University Center across from the cafeteria.

This is the first year the Bowling Club has hosted an event like this.

Hayley Nath, club secretary, says the idea originated from their club’s president, who would occasionally dress

as Waldo for certain public events, such as the Medieval Fair in Norman.

“Originally we wanted to benefit breast cancer,” Nath said. “We’ve always wanted to do something for breast cancer, but there’s already Big Pink Volleyball and other sorority events like that, so we decided to go with something else.”

Nath says the club went through a list of sorority and fraternity events to find an organization that wasn’t already well represented.

Though the specific times and locations of Waldo appearances are secret, the club did advise participants to look at certain big events that will be taking place on campus next week, like the inauguration of President Betz on April 20.

WALDO FACTS

Perhaps you grew up reading Waldo books, but how much do you really know about the red and white striped world traveller?

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The character of Waldo was originally born as Wally in the U.K. in his first book “Where’s Wally” in 1987. Waldo often has a different name for each language he’s printed in.

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Waldo is often accompanied in the books by other characters such as Wilma, Wally’s friend and later girlfriend, Wenda, Wilma’s sister and Waldo’s current girlfriend, Odlaw, Waldo’s arch-nemesis who wears yellow and black stripes, Woof, Waldo’s dog, Wizard Whitebeard, a friend of Waldo’s who is a wizard, and the Waldo Watchers, a dedicated group of Waldo fans who follow him around.

Todd Hannagon and Kathryn Garland, dressed as Waldo, talk to people about signing up for the Where’s Waldo competition at the Nigh University Center Monday, April, 9, 2012. The UCO Bowling Club will be having a Where’s Waldo competition to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation April 16-20. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

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In 1991-1992 CBS aired a A live-action film based Where’s Waldo animated on “Where’s Waldo” is series. Waldo traveled currently in development through time and space by MGM and Classic Media. going on adventures using his magic walking stick.

In 2011 a group of Since the first book people from Dublin, was released in 1987, Ireland set the worldthere have been seven record of people primary books and several other sticker and dressed as Waldo with 3,872. activity books.

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58. Seed-producing cone of a pine†tree 62. With good†sense 63. Undertaking

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66. Quip, part 3

36. Big Bang maker 37. To call out cooee

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28. Library that provides books for use outside the building

5. Boxing prize

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26. In a satisfactory manner

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24. Discipline applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

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30. “Arabian Nights” menace

21. “Concentration” pronoun

31. Two-year-old sheep

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38. “Help!”

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11. Place into a mutual relationship

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Sports Opinion

VISTA SPORTS PREDICTIONS: NBA WEEK 16 The Coin wins for the first time all semester. UCentral’s Terry Fox is making a charge to challenge Managing Editor Christie Southern’s lead. Continue to follow to see who will be the first to make one hundred correct picks.

NBA Week 16

Bryan Trude Vista Sports Editor

Christie Southern Vista Managing Editor

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Cody Bromley Guest Picker

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Heat @ Bulls

Bulls

Heat

Heat

Bulls

Bulls

Bulls

Heat

Clippers @ Timberwolves

Clippers

Clippers

Clippers

Timberwolves

Clippers

Clippers

Clippers

Grizzlies @ Spurs

Spurs

Spurs

Grizzlies

Spurs

Spurs

Spurs

Spurs

Hawks @ Magic

Magic

Magic

Magic

Hawks

Hawks

Magic

Magic

Jazz @ Hornets

Jazz

Hornets

Jazz

Jazz

Jazz

Jazz

Jazz

Nuggets @ Lakers

Lakers

Lakers

Nuggets

Lakers

Lakers

Lakers

Nuggets

Pacers @ Bucks

Pacers

Pacers

Pacers

Pacers

Pacers

Pacers

Pacers

Suns @ Spurs

Spurs

Suns

Suns

Suns

Spurs

Spurs

Suns

Heat @ Knicks

Heat

Heat

Heat

Heat

Heat

Heat

Heat

Mavericks @ Lakers

Lakers

Lakers

Mavericks

Lakers

Lakers

Lakers

Mavericks

Kings @ Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Thunder

Bulls

Bulls

Bulls

Bulls

Bulls

Bulls

Pistons

6-6

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6-6

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7-5

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83-48

78-53

76-55

82-49

N/A

53-78

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MIAA

GET TO KNOW THE MIAA: MSSU AND LINDENWOOD

By Whitt Carter/ Contributing Writer As we move on through our team-by-team MIAA preview, we now take a look at two schools, Missouri Southern State University and Lindenwood University, that have several similarities. Both hail from Missouri and both consider themselves king of their respective jungles.

Missouri Southern, located in Joplin, Mo., is the smaller of the two schools, housing 5,591 students and participating in only 12 sports (six male and six female).

The Lions, of the green and yellow variety, take part in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball.

The Lions haven’t had much national success in many sports, but MSSU has won conference titles in football, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis and cross-country.

The football program at MSSU has had several impressive runs in their program’s history, but the program has taken a gigantic hit in the past few years, both on and off the field.

Following the devastating tornado that struck Joplin in the spring of 2011, several facilities saw significant damage and alongside the school, the entire athletic program was faced with helping rebuild a community.

However, it doesn’t end there.

Seven months later, two MSSU football players were killed in a car accident. Two 19-year-old freshmen, Michael McCrimmons and Deondre Johnson, had their lives cut short after their vehicle ran off Interstate 44.

The Lions, though, haven’t been at their best football-wise, in recent years. MSSU has been held without a winning season since 2002. The Lions will travel to Edmond to play

the Bronchos in the 2012 home opener on August 30.

Now, on to the Lions. The other Lions, that is.

Lindenwood University lists their enrollment at 17,351, close to the enrollment at UCO. Sporting the colors of black and gold, Lindenwood, like UCO, is one of the larger schools in the country to participate in Division II athletics. However, the Division II aspect is different for the program that calls St. Charles, Mo., their home.

Lindenwood boasts 46 sports that partake in competition, one of the largest athletic programs in the country.

The Lions too, are making a new move to the MIAA. Lindenwood will compete fully in the prestigious conference beginning in 20122013, as well.

Lindenwood previously took part in the NAIA (the division in which UCO played under until the 1980’s) until 2010, when they were accepted into the NCAA. Football is one of the Lions’ strong suits, especially as of recent years. Current head coach Patrick Ross has guided LU to a 74-22 record since 2004, taking the program to the NAIA playoffs five out of seven years.

Lindenwood handed UCO its final loss of 2011 at Wantland Stadium last year and will not face UCO in 2012.

Hockey is another sport of prominence for Lindenwood, as they defeated UCO several times en route to a 31-5 record and ACHA DI National Championship Semifinal finish in 2011-2012, following back-to-back National Championships in 2009 and 2010.

The Lions also garner National championships in wrestling, track and field and men’s soccer, all coming post 2002.

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AT THE BUZZER of a gesture to appease a community.

Miami’s new ballpark, essentially a Las Vegas attraction in South Beach, is built squarely in the region of Miami called Little Havana, an enclave of Cuban-American refugees. Those refugees fled Cuba in the wake of Castro’s Cuban revolution.

Many of those refugees hold a lot of sway in the politics of Miami-Dade County, one of the

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major financiers of their new ballpark, and I think it would be safe to say many still hold a grudge against Castro.

In the end, if Guillen is to be punished by the Marlins, let it be for baseball, not for his politics, even if it is to keep the pursestringholders happy.

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APRIL 12, 2012 Softball

Opinion

AT THE BUZZER STREAKING SOFTBALL TEAM SET TO HOST NORTHEASTERN STATE

By Bryan Trude

Vista Sports Editor

GUILLEN PROVIDES BASEBALL WITH EXCITEMENT, AGAIN It’s another case of Ozzie being Ozzie, I suppose.

Despite starting the MLB season in what is possibly the oddest way possible – The Mets started 4-0? – the biggest chunk of news to come out of the young 2012 campaign is Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended by the organization for five games for making remarks in support of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

What?

Half of Miami is up in arms over Guillen who, in an interview with Time Magazine, said “I love Fidel Castro…I respect Fidel Castro. A lot of people wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that (expletive) is still alive.”

Cuban-American advocacy groups are promising to picket Marlins games until Guillen is fired, and a few days ago Ozzie trotted out and gave the standard “what I did was wrong, I’m sorry” apology, likely in an effort to save his job outright.

Meanwhile, media in Cuba and their Latin-American allies are using the incident as a chance to mock the U.S., with one prominent Cuban news anchor blasting the “much-ballyhooed American freedom of expression.”

About the time that apology came out, I was sitting in class, and a classmate of Cuban descent said something that got me thinking.

He said that many Cuban-Americans don’t really care about Castro.

It was an idea that I was mulling around some in the first place, but that comment really brought it to the forefront of my mind: are Ozzie Guillen’s comments regarding Castro really that bad?

For those who say yes, go ahead and fire off your angry emails. I’ll wait.

All done?

The first thing that comes to mind when I consider the question is the Constitutional right to free speech. However, the Constitution only applies to the government, who shall make no law abridging that right. So, that argument is out.

So, in the end, the move seems like the Marlins acting to protect their public image, in the wake of a major restructuring, rebranding and relocation to the brand new Marlins Park. Nobody in their right mind would argue corporations like the Marlins did not have the right to protect their image, so why does this just seem so off?

American society in general revolves around the average person’s ability to say what they want – and their ability to deal with the consequences of their words. However, this seems less like a protection of the Marlins brand and more

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Freshman outfielder Devyn Frazier in a game earlier this season. Photo provided

By Stuart Dickison / Contributing Writer The fourth-ranked UCO Broncho softball team will be taking on Northeastern State University in a double-header on Friday at Broncho Softball Field.

The Bronchos enter the game with a 31-game winning streak, including a 15-0 mark at home. Their 31-game winning streak is currently the longest in the country at any NCAA level.

While they’ve been on a roll, head coach Genny Stidham knows they need to keep on winning to make the regional tournament.

“It’s nice to be nationally ranked,” Stidham said of their ranking. “But the regional rank that comes out this week is a little bigger for us. We don’t get an automatic bid this year since we are independent. We need to be in the top eight, and we need to stay there. I would think we’ll be around fourth.”

Following the double-header on Friday, the Bronchos will get a taste of soon-to-be conference rivals Emporia State and Missouri Western.

“Those two programs are powerhous-

es in the MIAA when it comes to softball,” Stidham said. “They are the teams to beat. We are excited about the opportunity to play them.”

The Bronchos play all their remaining games in the regular season at home, with Emporia State coming to visit on April 20 and Missouri Western following the next day, on April 21. Both days will be double-headers.

But first, they must get past Northeastern State University, where the Bronchos’ winning streak will be tested. The last time the two teams met in Edmond on Feb. 24, the Bronchos just barely edged the Riverhawks in extra innings 5-4.

Junior Kacie Edwards provided the heroics with two clutch hits, including a game-tying two-run home run in the sixth inning. Later in the bottom of the 10th, Edwards walked off in fashion with an RBI single.

Edwards is having quite the season, with 10 homeruns and a .464 clip at the plate.

“We finally scored that winning run in the 10th,” Stidham said. “It was a nail

biter. I expect them (Northeastern) to be ready to play again.”

The Bronchos know that the Riverhawks may be ready to avenge the loss.

“I’m sure they will have a chip on their shoulder,” Stidham said. “It was a tough loss for them. If we don’t come to play, they can give us our first loss in a long time. They are capable of doing that.”

Look for senior catcher Nathalie Timmermans to continue her hot year at the plate, as she hopes to lead the Bronchos to their 32nd and 33rd straight win.

Timmermans, who transferred to UCO from OCU this year, is ranked second nationally in homeruns (with 17) and leads the country in runs scored, at 1.5 per game.

The action begins Friday at 2 p.m.

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