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WANTLAND WANTS YOUR TRASH UCO is one of 41 universities with football programs participating in the EPA’s “Game Day Challenge,” a competition to promote recycling. By Ryan Costello / Senior Staff Writer There’s going to be a lot of garbage at Wantland Field come the Bronchos’ final home matchup against Texas A&MCommerce October 30. It won’t be the teams on the field, but rather the hundreds if not thousands of pounds of trash that attendees will bring in to be recycled as a part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s, “Game Day Challenge.” “The concept is this: The EPA has put out what they call their ‘Game Day Challenge’, and the object of the game is to compete with other universities who have football teams to collect the most solid waste,” said Alternative Transportation Coordinator Tim Tillman, a volunteer coordinator for the university’s part in the recycling program. “It’s on a per person basis. In sheer pounds of recyclables collected, we can’t compete with [larger universities], but
per attendee, absolutely.” The materials included in the competition are paper, beverage containers, corrugated cardboard, organic materials for compost, and mixed recyclables. Tillman first heard of the event when Bob Ault, an administrative assistant to UCO Executive Vice President Steve Kreidler, unearthed it last month. “It’s really a short-fused project. We found out about it about a week and a half ago, and the game’s on the thirtieth,” Tillman said. UCO is working alongside a handful of both university and municipal groups for the project, including the City of Edmond, the UCO Athletics Department, Students In Free Enterprise (S.I.F.E.), and the UCO Physical Plant. “Adam Rogers, with the Physical Plant and the Recycling program [at UCO], those guys are all over this thing,” Tillman said.
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UCO Alternative Transportation Coordinator Tim Tillman, a voluteer for the university’s part in the EPA’s “Game Day Challenge,” is one of several students and faculty on the recycling competition.
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“I try to recycle and it’s just “I use the recycling centers mostly like plastics.” around campus. The central learning center has ones for plastic bottles, aluminum cans, as well as paper.”
“I put plastics in the recycle bins, I do use the ones on campus and I recycle paper.”
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ATTACK THE ISSUES, NOT EACH OTHER By Jack Chancey / Staff Writer “I’m not a witch. I’m nothing you’ve heard…I’m you.” The now infamous ad from Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell is a microcosm of political ad campaigns. Vague and ambiguous remarks are the standard in a media environment that values fifteen second sound bites. This fosters the worst kind of “he said/she said” drama that helps no one in making an informed voting decision on Election Day. The earliest attack ad on TV is linked to the Lyndon B. Johnson-Barry Goldwater presidential campaign of 1964. The ad was used by Johnson and depicted a young girl picking flower petals from a daisy with a man’s voice in the background counting down to zero. The camera then zoomed into the eye of the girl and flashed to a nuclear mushroom cloud. At the time, the video was considered a success at portraying Goldwater as too tough and dangerous to deal with Communism, the major threat at the time. Attack ads have only got more vicious since then. This midterm election cycle is no different. John McCain, Greg Paladino, Harry Reid and many other candidates are using attack ads at a staggering rate. According to CNN, more than half of all commercials have been attack ads, and almost 70 percent of all commercials for the Senate have been negative. These ads do nothing for the average citizen who is already woefully uninformed on issues. Campaign ads have gone from what a candidate will do once in office to what their opponent will do once there. This climate of hatred and disrespect has not occurred overnight. The country has always been divided on wedge issues such as welfare, gay marriage and defense spending but anger among citizens has reached a new height. CNN reports, “Voters are angry at Washington and incumbents; this is fueling an environment where office holders and office seekers are tapping into this anger with ads painting opponents as part of the problems in government.” As Republicans scramble to gain as many seats in Congress this mid-term election cycle, attack ads have become the norm, not the exception. While most of the worst ads have come and gone, the lasting impact of this new political environment of mudslinging and callous accusations will continue to make itself felt for years to come. Vicious attacks have no place in a democracy that thrives on civil discussions of tough and complex issues. If the only way of getting your point across is by yelling louder than your opponent then maybe we do not deserve this government handed down to us.
“I reuse some of my things “Well, I take all of my pathat are [recyclable] like pers I print out for research my bottle of water.” or anything I research online back to the computer lab and put them in recycle bins.”
“After I finish a soda, I throw the can into a recycle bin, and whenever I finish a water bottle, I reuse it for more water.”
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UCO SAILS TO THIRD WITH RECYCLE REVIVED SAILING TEAM The club sport went from zero students to third place winners in less than three weeks. The sport runs year-round, and sailing season is just getting warmed up. PHOTO BY GLEDE HOLMAN
After four years, UCO once again has a sailing team. The team was originally formed during the 2006-2007 school year, but when team members had to prioritize their commitments the team ceased to be. Renewed interested, generous donations and partnerships have revived the club sport for the year. The sailing team, not to be confused with Central’s rowing team, is helmed by coach David Bass. When he is not out coaching his team, Bass is teaching biology at UCO. Also on the coaching staff is his assistant coach and wife, Donna Bass. As far as qualifications go, Bass has been racing sailboats for more than 40 years, and Donna has been racing sailboats for more than 35 years. Plus, he said that if he wants to see her during the week, she would have to be out on the water with the team.
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Imagine you were given a group of college students and they were wanting to play ice hockey, and compete against other college ice hockey teams, but they didn’t know how to skate. That’s where we were with the sailing team” During Stampede Week, the team had a table set up by Broncho Lake where students who were interested in joining could put down their information. Bass said that by the end, there were 50-60 students who had expressed interest in the team. The group was a large mixture of all ages, the largest section being freshmen. “Out of all the people that signed up for the sailing team, there was really only one person who had a lot of experience racing sailboats,” Bass said. “There were a couple of people who had limited experience racing sailboats, and a few people who had been on a sailboat. The rest of the people had never been on a sailboat.” The next step was to give the students a chance to see if they were truly interested in the team. Bass set up a few different days for students to come see what it was like. “About 25 people came out. Some individuals liked it, most of them really liked it and some thought it just was not right for them or did not have time and dropped out.” After a week of testing the waters, the team solidified into a far more final version of the group. However, the team only had two weeks to prepare for their first regatta. Bass used a sports analogy to explain the challenge he had with his team. “Imagine you were given a group of college students and they were wanting to play ice hockey, and compete against other college ice
hockey teams, but they didn’t know how to skate. That’s where we were with the sailing team,” he said. Bass said that the students on the team worked hard to get ready for the regatta. Practices were two to three days a week for two to three hours in the afternoon. The team practices at the Oklahoma City Boat Club at Lake Hefner. Bass said that he has been a member of the boat club as long as he has lived in Oklahoma, for the last 25 or so years. His relationship with the organization runs deep, and he says that the boat club wants to sponsor collegiate opportunities. The venue partnered with UCO in 2006-2007 to be the team’s home, and the facilities are now shared with the sailing team for Oklahoma City University. “Now, we’re working with the Oklahoma City group, and training together. The students are interacting. It’s really great. Their coach and I get along very well, and coach each other’s kids trying to make everyone better,” Bass said. One of the first things the students had to learn was how to recover from capsizing. Bass said that capsizing can occur as quick as ten seconds after getting into a boat, so before the students could get too far, they had to learn that and other basic points of sailing. Two weekends ago, the team got to put their best to the test with the Blackwell Blowout Regatta at Lake Carl Blackwell, near Stillwater. Seven of the team’s brightest, and lightest since speed is important, navigated their way to third place in the competition after only two weeks of training. The team is a member of the Southeastern Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association. The organization sets the standards and rules for the college league and one rule is a ban on scholarships. Bass said that the cost that students have to contribute each year is currently a $10 dues payment, which he said could go up to $20 next spring. Bass also said students will also want to purchase their own sailing clothes, known as a foul weather suit, for when the weather begins to get a little colder since sailing is a yearround sport. These suits can run the students anywhere between $200 and $250 dollars. Bass said that these items will last them a long time, and that he has had his for ten years. With all the stresses of learning proper sailing technique, Bass maintains that sailing is always secondary to schoolwork. He said that if students have to miss a practice to work on a test or a paper, that it is okay since academics are the priority. Students involved with the team are documented as being student athletes and follow the regular student athlete rules of eligibility. Bass said he is glad to see the students taking such an interest in a program that was able to start back up as quickly as it did. He says there is no more room for people new to sailing on the team this year, but experienced sailors may still apply.
Rogers, who is in charge of landscaping and recycling on campus, could only speculate on the amount of trash that would be processed in the event. “I would like to say that with a thousand people, maybe 25-hundred or three thousand pounds’ worth of recyclable materials,” Rogers said. The effects of that amount of recycled is difficult to quantify, Rogers says. “When you start to look at the numbers of how much a ton of paper saves in terms of fuel costs or oil costs, kilowatt hours, water, how much that actually saves, not just in being able to recycle the paper, but in other ways, that’s where the impact starts to hit you,” Rogers said. Included in the equipment that will be available at the sta-
dium for recycling are a large scale document shredder, and several rolling dumpsters. Recycling bins and stations manned by volunteers will line the stadium’s entrances. UCO is one of 41 schools participating in the nationwide event, the winner of which receives little more than notoriety from the EPA. But it’s the educational experience for students and members of the community Rogers and Tillman are after. “I want them to have a changed attitude towards how we use things in our environment, a changed attitude toward packaging, towards being wasteful, and an understanding that we don’t live in a world with never ending resources,” Tillman said. Results for the contest will be publicized in mid-November on the EPA’s website.
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University of Central Oklahoma Sailing Team athletes (left to right) Tyler Young and Courtney Bass sail during the team’s first competition since re-forming this fall, the Blackwell Blowout Regatta, Oct. 2 at Lake Carl Blackwell near Stillwater. Central’s Sailing Team placed third out of five universities that competed in the regatta.
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David Macey Jr., chairman of the Department of English, displays “Growing Up Stories” by Theodore Haynes. The department of English will be a hosting a public reading and book signing by Haynes at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14 in Pegasus Theater in the Liberal Arts Building.
By Chantal Robatteux / Staff Writer Author Theodore Haynes will visit UCO for a public reading and book signing of “Growing Up Stories” at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14 in the Pegasus Theater in the Liberal Arts Building. Haynes is a native of Ponca City and a graduate of Langston University and the Oklahoma City University Law School. He is a retired administrative law judge and the former chief judge of the Social Security Administration. “Growing Up Stories” was edited by the award-winning poet Joyce Carol Thomas and illustrated by Denis Proulx. The collection of short stories, which provides a fictionalized account of Haynes childhood, explores aspects of life in Oklahoma’s rural and semi-rural African American communities during the 1930s and 1940s. David Macey, Jr., chairman of the Department of English has been working at UCO from 1999-2001, and then again since 2004. Macey said Haynes first contacted Dr. Kole Kleeman, a professor in Mass Communications, to review his book “Growing Up Stories.” “[…] Kleeman invited me to offer a review as well, which I gladly did. The idea of a campus visit, reading and book signing grew out of the discussions with Mr. Haynes that followed from those favorable reviews of ‘Growing Up Stories,’” Macey said. Any department, unit or organization at the university may invite speakers to the campus.
Macey said he extended a formal invitation to Haynes by email. “Mr. Haynes’ visit will be sponsored by the Department of English, in the College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Pamela Kuzminski, in the College of Education and Professional Studies’ Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has also invited Mr. Haynes to speak to her children’s literature class on Oct. 13, and Mr. Haynes will also be speaking to one of Dr. Kleeman’s class that evening.” Haynes will not be paid for speaking at UCO, but copies of his book will be for sale at his reading. He added that Haynes’ reading will be of special interest to students who are working in the field of early childhood education and are interested in teaching; and this should also be valuable for the students who are interested in pursuing careers in writing. “In addition to reading from his book, [he] will discuss various aspects of writing for children, as well as his own experiences as an author. This reading will also be of great interest to everyone interested in Oklahoma’s history and, in particular, of the history of Oklahoma’s African American communities during the 1930s and 1940s, as “Growing Up Stories” is set in and, from a child’s perspective, provides important insights into this period,” Macey said. This event will be free of charge and open to the general public. Light refreshments will be available, also at no charge, following the reading.
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Multicultural Events
TUTORING PROGRAM GIVES STUDENTS FOCUS New this fall, UCO’s Office of Multicultural Student Services started offering “Study Focus,” a free tutoring program. The program is aimed at helping students in English and math, as well as helping to improve their overall studying and testing skills. “The office of multicultural student services has three primary goals that we focus on throughout the year,” MeShawn Conley, director of UCO’s Multicultural Student Services, said. “One of those goals is for students to succeed academically.” Conley said last year approximately 3,000 students visited the office. “We know it’s a place that students like to come and feel comfortable,” she said. The office looks more like a living room than a workplace. Just left of the front door are a few couches, a coffee table covered in magazines and a TV. “So we thought why not make the place they feel comfortable at…also a place that offers them a service that can actually help them,” she said. Since the second half of September, the office has held four workshops in its office. Four weeks ago, the office had an English tutor available to help students and three weeks ago they had a math tutor available. The next scheduled session is an “open study focus.” Conley said that the goal of an open study focus is to allow students a chance to work and study with peers who can offer assistance in a peaceful and Facebook-free en-
“We’re just one of many services available on campus,” she said. Conley said the core goal is to bring students into an environment where they feel comfortable to find the help they need. Beyond that, the office tries to direct them toward other tutoring programs on campus to get more help beyond what the office has to offer. “It seems to be a very successful program. We’re excited that so many people are excited about it. We get calls about it all the time,” she said. Tutoring or workshops are available nearly every Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Office of Multicultural Student Services upstairs in the Nigh University Center, Room 211.
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MeShawn Conley, director of UCO’s office of Multicultural Student Services, helped to put together the Study Focus program. The aim of the program is to give students a comfortable study enviroment as well as a place to recieve tutoring.
vironment. More than just tutoring and peer study times, Study Focus is also offering workshops to give students a chance to better their scholarly skills. On Oct. 19, the office will have a speaker from counseling services to talk about effective note taking. The program is still in its first semester, but Conley said she has already seen results. “From what I can see, students who are
using the service seem to really be enjoying them, especially the study skills workshops. They seem to be benefitting from those,” she said. The tutoring portions of Study Focus are currently limited to math and English, but Conley would like to expand. She said she would like to bring in tutors from other core curriculum classes, like biology or humanities.
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English tutoring on Oct. 14 Note taking Workshop on Oct. 19 For more information about the program, students and faculty can contact Multicultural Student Services at (405) 974-3588.
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Hosted by the Student Programming Board (SPB), the kickoff to Homecoming 2010 began with a performance by GirlTalk featuring Kevin Rudolf, which was held Saturday night at Plunkett Park.
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UCO is participating in the “American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition” for the first time since the 1980s. The American Advertising Federation has been doing these competitions for 40 years. Their website stated that it is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and acts as the “Unifying Voice for Advertising.” It is the oldest national advertising trade association, and represents 40,000 professionals in the advertising industry. The AAF said it provides 7,500 advertising students with real-world case studies through its 214 college chapters and through this AAF-National Student Advertising Competition, and about 150,000 people across the nation have jump started their careers and are now advertising professionals. The students will have to write a plans book, develop a full-range of creative executions ranging from print, broadcast and interactive to public relations, sales promotions and store, mall and customer relationship development and communication plans. In addition, they will present in front of corporate and district officials, and they will have an opportunity to meet and talk with a variety of influential industry professionals from around the nation. Sandra Martin, Mass Communications professor, has been teaching for 30 years, three of those at UCO. She will be one of the three faculty advisors to the UCO competition team. The other faculty advisors will be Jill Lambeth and David Bennett. Martin said, “[The students] also develop a national media plan, detail and justify the budget, plan a campaign evaluation process and detail metrics.” The competition is usually divided into 15 districts located in three regions: Eastern, Central and Western. Each of these districts has anywhere from two to 35 college chapters. UCO is in District 10, competing against OSU, the University of Tulsa, and Texas universities such as Texas A&M, University of Texas and the University of Houston. Only one team per university in the district can compete and students from all majors are welcome. Martin said this will help the students’ education and career.
“Students will gain experience researching, strategizing and developing a nation-wide, multi-faceted integrated marketing campaign,” she said. The students will spend a lot of time on this campaign; some will spend more than others, depending on the time they have available. “[…] I would estimate that a student who is fully engaged and working to be on the presentation team, puts in about 150 to 200 hours of work on the campaign. Obviously, this varies by students and there is a role for those with less time, but the drivers of the project usually spend a lot of time…and they usually love it,” Martin said. She added, if the students win the district competition, they will win a trophy, recognition, and usually a gift provided by the competition sponsor, as well as expense paid trips to the national conference and competition. Martin said, “The team that wins Nationals receives a cash award, a lot of recognition and usually full-time job offers from major companies or agencies.” The advertising campaign could be used by the company, and portions of the award winning campaign have been used before. “It is important to note though, that it would be rare for a major advertising firm or team to accept or recommend to their client that student work equals or exceeds the work they produce for that client,” Martin said. She added that the students working on this campaign can enroll in a course next spring to receive credit for some of the time they spend working on this and that this could be a career creating experience. “Major firms look for this on graduates’ resumes. Working on the project not only evidences a real understanding of the process and products that must be developed, but also speaks volumes about the dedication, enthusiasm and goals of the student involved,” Martin said. UCO is participating because it has been a desire among faculty members to participate, and since Martin has worked with a team at Oklahoma City University for 15 years and since UCO has more depth to the advertising/ brand communications faculty, they thought now would be a good time to try. The District Conference this year will be in Dallas, Texas, and the National Conference will be in San Diego.
Study Focus on Oct. 12
CAMPUS NEWS WITH A FLASH
UCO ENDS 30-YEAR AD COMPETITION HIATUS By Chantal Robatteux / Staff Writer
Upcoming events:
Percussion instructor for both UCO and Edmond North’s drumline, Nicholas Steward (left) passes by the Norman North Marching Band as they leave the field during the finals of the UCO Marching Band Festival. The contest took place all day Saturday at Wantland Stadium, and concluded with the UCO Stampede of Sound performing their season’s set.
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NEW WET LAB TO BRING STORAGE UP TO CODE Howell Hall’s Natural History Museum will now house a new additional wet laboratory, used to store thousands of specimens and provide a safe environment for students. “What is that building going to be?” “I hope it’s going to be bathrooms.” This is the conversation Lynda Loucks, Collections Manager of the Natural History Museum at UCO, heard as two students walked by the construction site of the new addition to UCO’s Natural History Museum. “They’re probably going to be disappointed when they find out what it is,” Loucks said. The Natural History Museum consists of several rooms and display cases in Howell Hall that houses collections of plants, fungi, birds, mammals, herbarium and invertebrates for teaching, research and outreach purposes. It began with the biology department collecting specimens in the 1970s with each professor curating their own collection. When Howell Hall was built in 1997, a special room for the invertebrate collection and herbarium were included. Students can view some specimens in glass display cases located throughout the first floor hallway of Howell Hall. To view collections, students must make a request and schedule an appointment with Loucks, the collection manager, or one of the curators. There is a curator for each collection. The new addition to the museum will be the home of a wet laboratory. It will be used to store thousands of alcohol specimens and provide a safe environment for both students and specimens, Loucks said. The storage of these specimens is currently not in compliance with fire safety codes. Construction began summer of 2010 and they told us it should be completed around Christmas break, Loucks said. Hopefully it will be done by the time students come back in January. The addition is approximately 1,100 square feet and protruding from the top of it is a safety stack. The safety stack was built in case of
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Howells Hall Natural Museum’s additional wet lab is expected to be completed around Christmas break.
an explosion, which is not expected to happen, Loucks said. According to the Environment Engineering Dictionary, “a safety stack is a quick opening, counter-balanced safety device to allow release of rapidly expanding gases (explosion), and pressure relief thereby preventing serious equipment damage.” The supplies used to preserve and prevent deterioration of the specimens consist of ethanol, isopropyl alcohol and formalin, several highly flammable materials. These supplies are currently being stored beneath a fume hood in a classroom located in Howell Hall. “Safety has become a bigger concern over the past few years,” Loucks said. “Now when buildings are added or built on campus there are more guidelines than ever before.” Right now, it is a dangerous environment for the students she said. The new wet lab will
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FAMED HARVARD PROF TO SPEAK ON CAMPUS By Emily Davis / Contributing Writer “He’s a sociological rock star,” Amanda Miller, assistant professor of sociology at UCO said about Dr. William Julius Wilson, author and Harvard professor. Wilson will be visiting campus this week to discuss his new book titled, “More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City.” According to Publishers Weekly, in his book Wilson tries to restructure current debates between poverty and race. Wilson sites different views, such as social force, like segregation and the flight of middle class black residents from urban centers in his book. “He (Wilson) looks at structural factors such as the loss of manufacturing jobs, employment moving to the suburbs, where those without adequate transportation have difficulty accessing that employment…social policies and procedures, like policies that relate to the criminal justice system, the war on poverty, that impact all low income persons, but in particular low-income African Americans,” Miller said. While Wilson is an author, he is also a Harvard University sociologist. According to his profile on the Harvard Kennedy School webpage, Wilson has received 44 honorary degrees, and one of only 20 university professors, this being the highest professional distinction for a Harvard faculty member. Getting Wilson to come to UCO was in part due to Dr. David Ford, department chair for sociology. “Dr. Ford is very good about selecting sociologists who make a very valuable contribution to the field as a whole, but also whose topics really relate to what were experiencing in Oklahoma…and which are really relevant to current events,” Miller said. Miller uses many of Wilson’s works in her classrooms currently. A seminar class is currently taking place in which a select group of students are reading different works from Wilson and discussing the material. Different activities take place in the seminar to see if they would also work in a typical classroom setting. A lot of Wilson’s research deals with inner city, low income, African Americans.
“Dr. Wilson has been studying the experience of inner-city black Americans who are low income for years. Some of his work is very instrumental in informing what we know in sociology, in particular in stratification or inequality. What he looks at are the experiences of both structural and cultural factors that combine to explain, or at least in part, why low-income African Americans have such a hard time getting ahead, when other individuals have a slightly easier time,” Miller said.
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r. William Julius Wilson, author, Harvard professor, and “sociological rockstar”, is set to speak at UCO on Oct. 14. Miller also noted, that while nobody has an easy time getting ahead, Wilson is not blaming the individuals for their situations. Miller enjoys Wilson’s works for a couple of different reasons. “Over the years, many people have tried to explain this same phenomenon of why do we see these low income inner city African Americans who are having such a hard time, and there’s been this fight in the field between is it structural factors or is it this culture that people adopt, and Wilson is the one who combines these ideas. So instead of saying it has to be one or the other, he says it’s probably both, and let’s look how both can coexist together, Miller said. Two events happening on Oct. 14 will be open to the public. The first at 10 a.m. in the Nigh University Heritage Room, the Multicultural Student Services will be hosting a reception with Wilson, where students will be reading excerpts from his work. Later that evening, Wilson will be presenting his keynote address in Constitution Hall at 7 p.m. Attendees have been asked to arrive early to ensure that they get a seat. After the presentation, Wilson will be doing a book signing and his new book will be for sale on site.
be a fireproof room and provide a proper area to store these materials. Another concern is the storage of the specimens, Loucks said. Many of them are being stored on open shelves with too much exposure to light. When these specimens are exposed to a lot of light, it can bleach the color of the specimen and damage it she said. “That will be one good thing for us, they’ll be kept safe,” Loucks said. The new laboratory will be connected to Howell Hall and will also provide an area for processing animals which they have never had before. Usually they process animals, examine and prep them to be preserved, outside of Howell Hall, which aren’t ideal conditions she said. Some of the funding for the new wet laboratory came from a government grant in 2008, which was initially used for the construction
of the Natural History Museum’s invertebrate collection or dry laboratory. The original grant was for $195,346 and was funded by the National Science Foundation Biological Research Collections Program. The dry lab construction actually began in 2007 before they received the grant money because cabinets housing the specimens were falling apart and insects were causing damage. Bugs were feeding on the animal skins, Loucks said. Another factor, again, was storage. They were being stored with mothballs but after a certain amount of time the mothballs become dangerous to people, she said. According to the National Pesticide Information Center website, “Mothballs are pesticides that come in a solid form then volatilize slowly into a gas.” If mothballs are kept in a small area, such as a basement, they can be hazardous to people who inhale the vapor, causing respiratory problems. Due to the small quarters in which the specimens were being stored, the space became dangerous to people. “[The wet lab] is a spin-off of what we had funded by the government,” Loucks said. The grant ended last summer and what was left of it was used for the new wet lab she said. “We currently have a challenge donation of $25,000 that we are seeking an alumnus or friend of the university to match,” Melody Hansen, development manager for the College of Mathematics and Sciences said. The project is now costing close to $1 million, Hansen said. These labs are important because they are used to educate students and document species Loucks said. With these preserved species they can look at patterns of where they have lived, if they are extinct or endangered, and they are very important for records she said. Some of the specimens date back to 1913 and are very valuable.
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OCT. 12, 2010 Associated Press
Opinion
FREE OF MINES, CHILEANS NOW FACE NEW CHALLENGE P H OTO BY N ATACH A PIS A R EN KO
Arturo Zamora, son of trapped miner Victor Zamora, looks at a cake during the celebration of his father’s 34th birthday at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. After more than two months trapped deep in the gold and copper mine, 33 miners are close to being freed but workers first must reinforce the top few hundred feet (almost 100 meters) of the escape tunnel and have begun welding the steel pipes for that purpose.
By Micheal Warren / Associated Press A torrent of emotions awaits the 33 miners when they finally rejoin the outside world. As trying as it has been for them to survive underground for more than two months, their gold and copper mine is familiar territory. Once out of the shaft, they’ll face challenges so bewildering, no amount of coaching can fully prepare them. They’ll be celebrated at first, embraced by their families and pursued by more than 750 journalists who have converged on the mine, competing for interviews and images to feed to a world intensely curious to hear their survival story. They’ve been invited to visit presidential palaces, take all-expense paid vacations and appear on countless TV shows. Contracts for book and movie deals are pending, along with job offers. More money than they could dream of is already awaiting their signature. Right now they are true heroes. Some will become celebrities if they want to. But eventually, a new reality will set in — and for most, it won’t be anything like the life they knew before the mine collapsed above their heads. “Before being heroes, they are victims,” University of Santiago psychologist Sergio Gonzalez told The Associated Press. “These people who are coming out of the bottom of the mine are different people ... and their families are too.” A tentative but secret list has been drafted regarding which miners should come out first when the extraction begins in a rescue capsule, probably on Wednesday. One by one they will take a twisting, 20-minute ride for 2,041 feet (622 meters) up to a rock-strewn desert moonscape and into the embrace of those they love. The capsule is expected to rotate 350 degrees some 10 to 12 times through curves in the 28-inch-wide
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(71-centimeter-wide) escape hole on its way up. Chile’s government has promised each miner at least six months of psychological support. “All of them will have to confront the media and fame, and will encounter families that aren’t the same as when they were trapped,” Health Minister Jaime Manalich said. “All of them will live through very difficult situations of adaptation.” At first they’ll feel besieged, poorly treated by the media and perhaps overwhelmed by even the attention of their own families, predicted Dr. Claus Behn, a University of Chile physiologist with expertise on disorders stemming from surviving extreme situations. Society will “demand to know every minute detail, and they’re going to offer enormous quantities of money and popularity.” The problem with being a hero is that “if you look down from the mountaintop, all you see is the abyss. It would make anyone feel vertigo,” Behn said. The miners have had the support of a team of psychologists while underground, but that was designed mostly to help them endure the extreme conditions. Last week, they also got an hour a day of training in dealing with the media, including practice with “ugly, bad and indiscreet” questions about their time underground, their personal lives and their families, said Alejandro Pino, a former reporter who was part of a support team provided by Chile’s workplace insurance association. “I see them doing extraordinarily well,” Pino said. “They’re ready.” The miners do seem happy in videos they filmed and sent to the surface. Some even joked around as they showed off their underground home. But others have avoided the exposure. And while Manalich insists that the miners are unified, reflecting the disciplined teamwork that helped them survive, all
that could change quickly once they are out. Already, relations within and between their families have become strained as some seem to be getting more money and attention than others. A philanthropic Chilean mining executive, Leonardo Farkas, gave $10,000 checks in the miners’ names to each of the 33 families, and set up a fund to collect donations. Co-workers who weren’t trapped, but were left out of a job — including some who narrowly escaped getting crushed in the collapse — wonder if they’ll be taken care of, too. One miner’s child was invited onto a Chilean TV game show where she earned thousands of dollars, and 27 of the 33 workers have filed a $10 million negligence lawsuit against the mine’s owners. A similar suit against government regulators is planned. And then there are deals for books, movies and personal appearances. The money rush will be intense — and temporary. The government required each miner to designate someone to receive their $1,600 monthly salary, and opened bank accounts for them that only the miners themselves can access. But Behn said the miners need good financial advice as well so that it doesn’t melt away. “If they’re getting now a violent inflow of money, it should be administered so that it can serve them for the rest of their lives. And meanwhile, they should not for any reason give up their regular work habits,” Behn said. What often happens after situations of extreme isolation is that the survivor tells everything all at once, and when there’s nothing left to say, misunderstandings begin. Instead, Behn advises taking things slowly, gradually reuniting with family and friends and trying to contain their expectations. Otherwise, “they’re going to have really emotional storms that won’t do anybody any good.” Manalich said the miners seem incredibly unified. Some of their relatives also expressed hope that the bonds they’ve formed below will enable them to lean on each other in the future. Brandon Fisher doubts that. Fisher, president of Center Rock, Inc., has been closely involved in this rescue — his company’s drill hammers pounded the escape shaft. His hammers also helped save nine men in Pennsylvania in the Quecreek Mine disaster in 2002. They, too, came out of the hole blinking in the glare of TV cameras, and received intense media attention at first. But in some cases, their friendships and family relationships didn’t hold up to the pressure. “They’re in for the surprise of their lives. From here on out, their lives will have changed,” Fisher predicted. “There aren’t too many of those guys who get along because of all the attention, the lawsuits, the movie deals. Once money gets involved it gets ugly.”
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A.J. BLACK I have been in the closet now for quite some time, and let me tell you, it is no fun quietly hiding in the dark and holding something in until your insides are about to burst forth. I am not one of the gays or anything, but it is rumored that I have been seen without a shirt on cutting a rug at the Copa or even drinking White Russians from time to time. So, break out your skinny jeans boys, because today officially marks National Coming Out Day, and the present circumstance seemed as good of time as any to fulfill my promise to several of my homosexual friends and finally write the gayest article I could think of. I am somewhat of a flirt and fairly personable, and over the years I have had my share of awkward social experiences. My GADAR has not always been what it is today, and in the past I had even innocently confused obvious pick-up attempts as mere camaraderie. Presently, I have a few gay friends who constantly sexually harass me, and I enjoy the attention, because let’s face it, it feels good to be in demand. Whether we like it or not, homosexual behavior is a naturally occurring phenomenon. It has been observed to some degree in virtually every species on the planet, but as far as I can tell the human race is the only sect of humanity where being gay is still against the law.
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once asked a homosexual why she chose to be a lesbian. She asked me when and why did I decide to be straight. Even God, who created all the gay animals, has a history of smiting the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah for their sinful sexual behavior. It is possible that gays hold the title for the most persecuted people throughout history, but I think it is safe to say that they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, so we might as well get over it. I was thumbing through my albums and bookshelf the other day and couldn’t help but notice how many great contributions to the arts and culture the gay community has made. After all, what would life be like without the Greek civilization, the Da Vinci Code, or the song, “We Are the Champions?” I have five sisters, and believe me, growing up was hell. Don’t feel sorry for me, because I definitely learned a thing or two. For one, I can say that women, even sisters, often have trouble keeping long-lasting relationships with other girls. Jealousy is always a factor and a falling out over a boy is almost inevitable. A gay male friend is the perfect remedy. Not only is it just as satisfying as a night out with the girls, but also you don’t have to worry about going after the same prospective love interest. Your new gay friend will even be an effective tool at weeding out any D-bags that you may miss, because if the boy can’t handle your “bestie” being gay then snap, sugar. I think we can all agree that people should be allowed to be themselves. I once asked a homosexual why she chose to be a lesbian. She asked me when and why did I decide to be straight. Well, fair enough, I thought. I didn’t choose to be straight, I just am, and I guess I couldn’t see it any other way. We may not fully understand what it is to be gay, but there is no scientific or religious argument that can justify limiting the human rights or liberties of a group of people. Policies like “don’t ask don’t tell” and propaganda about the gay agenda reflect our societies draconian homophobic tendencies, but change begins with resistance. So, if you’re gay be proud, and if you’re not, join me in my campaign to hug a gay a day for the rest of October. -Light it Up, A.J. Black
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By Trey Hunter / Contributing Writer The UCO Rugby team fell short of sweeping John Brown University Saturday Oct. 2, in Siloam Springs, Ark. They lost their match in dramatic fashion as JBU scored on the last play of the game to win 31-27. “It was definitely one of the best games I have ever been a part of,” team president Frank Adams said. John Brown started off with a bang, scoring their first two tries in the first five minutes of the match. They missed both of the conversion kicks making the score 10-0. “They got off to a great start and totally wiped out our game plan,” Adams said. “We just had to calm our guys down and get back to what we were trying to do coming into the game.” The Broncos bounced back as Adams and his brother Phil scored two tries to tie it up at 10. The two teams battled for the rest of the first half, and going into the second half, UCO had the momentum. Going into the last five minutes of the game, the Bronchos held a commanding 27-21 lead and were close to sealing their second consecutive victory to start the season. However,
John Brown would not go away that easy. JBU scored twice in the last five minutes, including a last-second try to win the match 31-27. “The second half was a total turnaround,” Adams said. “We had a lot of momentum, but right at the last second they changed it up on us. We made a few costly errors, but hand it to John Brown, they got it done.” UCO eight-man, Mason Ferguson, was named the “Man of the Match” by his teammates. “He supported all day and really did everything well,” Adams said. “He was all over the place and was making a lot of really good tackles.” “I really think that we have a chance to beat Arkansas this year,” Adams said. “We have a really good team and I hope we can get some people to come out and watch us.” The Bronchos’ next match will be on Saturday, Oct. 16 against Pittsburgh State University in Tulsa. The team’s next home match will be on Oct. 30 against the University of Arkansas, who is ranked No. 7 in the nation.
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RUGBY LOSES CLOSE ONE TO JBU
UCO goaltender Nick Holmes makes a save in Friday night’s game against the Lindenwood Lions. Holmes made 39 saves, but the Lions scored six goals enroute to a 6-2 win in the series opener. Lindenwood won the Saturday night game 5-1. UCO travels to Youngstown, OH to participate in the
Oklahoma City Barons
BARONS STRUGGLE, NEED TIME TO GEL “The goals will come,” Barons’ head coach Todd Nelson said. “We’ve got too many guys who have been goal scorers for it not to.” By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor The Oklahoma City Barons began their inaugural season on Saturday night, with a 6-1 loss to the Houston Aeros. They then lost a game 2-1, against the Chicago Wolves on Sunday. It was clear that the team has not had enough time to gel. The majority of the roster had only practiced together for less than a week prior to the season opener. As a result, the passes were not crisp, the chemistry was spotty and the team struggled to put points on the board. That should change soon as the Barons have too much talent to stay win-
less. “The goals will come,” Barons’ head coach Todd Nelson said. “We’ve got too many guys who have been goal scorers for it not to.” Alexandre Giroux headlines a skilled group of forwards. The leftwinger, out of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, finished the 2009 season as the American Hockey League’s leading scorer. Giroux finished the year with 50 goals and 53 assists in 69 games played. Giroux scored 60 goals in the 2008-2009 season as well. Teemu Hatikainen is quickly becoming a fan favorite. The Kuopio,
Finland native has scored the only two goals for the Barons all season, one in each game. Hartikainen is a professional rookie, having only played in the FNL league overseas. But he is off to a great start this year. Players like those two give the Barons hope that the scoring will turn around. Others like Linus Omark and Colin McDonald can also put up points. Something else the Barons have struggled with is the power play. They are 0 for 15 with a man advantage through two games. “The power play is a lot of feel and a lot of chemistry,” Nelson said.
“I saw some more of that (Sunday). We had our chances. We just didn’t get it done. We have some guys that are here to provide that scoring, and they will.” Defenseman Shawn Belle agreed with the coach and thinks the team will improve with more time on the ice together. “The other teams we’ve played have been together for at least a week for the most part.” Belle said. “We haven’t had that kind of time. The next four or five days are going to be big for us.” Barons head coach Todd Nelson decided to give the team the day off
Monday, hoping it would help the team finally settle in to their new home as it has been a whirlwind of a week for most of the roster. “I think the guys need a day off to just get away from the rink. And they need to get settled in. A lot of guys are still trying to move into their places. Once they get settled in, we can come back Tuesday and start fresh and see if we can’t put a string of wins together.” Oklahoma City hosts the Houston Aeros Friday night at 7:05 p.m. at the Cox Convention Center.
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UCO SOCCER: WALKER, GAME WINNER EDMOND (Oct. 10) – Another Lone Star Conference battle with a state rival ended with another dramatic Central Oklahoma triumph Sunday afternoon at Tom Thompson Field as the Bronchos slipped past Northeastern State 1-0. Brittni Walker had the game-winner with just 1:05 remaining, heading in a cross from Ashton Morris to break a scoreless deadlock and give the Bronchos a narrow sweep in their two-game league homestand. UCO, which edged East Central 3-2 Friday on Dominque Dinka’s goal with 20 seconds left to play, improved to 7-5 overall and 3-2 in the league with its 11th straight win over the RiverHawks. “We had a lot of scoring chances and finally got one to go in,” said head coach Mike Cook, whose team outshot NSU
20-7. “We did a great job attacking the goal and getting off some good shots, but just couldn’t put it in the net. It was a tough win and we’re happy to get it.” The Bronchos dominated the first half without scoring, peppering NSU’s goalkeeper with 10 shots – seven on goal – while keeping NSU bottled up. The RiverHawks didn’t get off their first shot until the 53rd minute, but then had several good scoring chances in a 15-minute span. McKenzie Caldwell blocked a shot out of bounds from close range with 31:04 left to play to keep the game scoreless and goalkeeper Samantha Rusk had two saves on an NSU corner kick eight minutes later before she smothered a pointblank header in the 72nd minute to end another threat.
UCO almost broke the drought with 7:23 remaining when NSU’s keeper made a diving save on Morris’ hard shot from 25 feet out and Sherri Collins was wide on a chip shot from 15 feet with five minutes left. But then, just when the game appeared headed for overtime, Walker came through with her team-leading seventh goal of the season. Rusk ended the game with five saves, while Caldwell, Dinka, Jordan Hutchison, Caitlin Phillips and Shayna Kindsvater paced UCO’s defensive efforts. The Bronchos start a three-game conference road swing Friday at Abilene Christian, not returning home until hosting Texas Woman’s on Oct. 24.
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UCO Basketball
By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor The Central Oklahoma Bronchos are ranked nationally once again. The Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 Poll was released on Oct. 5, and tabbed UCO for the No. 18 spot. This is no surprise as, under head coach Terry Evans, the Bronchos have experienced consistent success. UCO finished the 2009-2010 season with a 22-7 record. They boasted an 11-1 conference record as well, and were an outstanding 11-1 on their home court. The Bronchos were so good, that they nearly beat two Division I opponents in the preseason. Losing 86-71 to a good Baylor team, and 89-80 to a solid Oklahoma State team. That season seemed promising, but UCO fell to Fort Hays State University at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional 80-64. This year perhaps, shows even more promise. UCO returns seven lettermen from last year’s squad. A squad that won a third straight Lone Star Conference North Division championship. Those seven players also return to a team attempting to make the NCAA Division II national tournament for the sixth time in seven years. One of the more electric players returning for the Bronchos is Dauntae Williams. The six-foot-four, 200-pound senior guard was named to the NCAA Division II Preseason All-America Team by The Sporting News. Williams is excited for the upcoming season.
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Dauntae Williams (Right) drives the ball in the paint against Oklahoma City University in the 2009-2010 season.
“I think the team will be good this year,” Williams said. “We have more big men to go inside and our guards are good.” UCO signed four players back in April to add to an already talented roster. Larry Cunningham of Carl Albert High School, June
Carter of Murray State College, Jarrod McDaniel of Seminole State and Tony Ross of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The No. 18 Bronchos open up their season with an exhibition game against Oklahoma City University on Nov. 4. They play
their Alumni Game on Nov. 6. They start their regular season schedule at the High Desert/ South Central Challenge in Las Vegas on Nov. 12 and 13.
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BRONCHO ATHLETE Q&A: WAYLON BOTKIN By Michael Collins / Sports Writer
Red-shirt Freshman Wide Receiver
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
What is it like playing college football? Playing college football is very competitive. The transition from high school to college was very difficult because I went from a high school where I did everything in the offense and played almost every position to a college where everyone is at the same talent level as me. So coming to play college football, I’ve had to work my way back up and everyday in practice is a fight for playing time. But overall college football seems more like a business and high school football had much more spirit and meaning to playing for the team.
What is the biggest difference between high school and college football?
The biggest difference between high school and college football is the mentality. College football you have to have much more responsibility and in high school there was more spirit than in college.
Who’s your biggest influence or role model? My biggest role models are my three brothers.
Why did you choose UCO to play football at? Ever since I was in middle school, I’ve always wanted to play for UCO, it seems like the small hometown school from where I’ve grown up.
What do you think needs to happen for the team to start winning more games? The team needs to mature a lot, we are really young so we all need to take responsibility and become credible.
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SHOWCASE SWEEP homa) and who knows about Iowa State right now. But who knows? We’ll take it up to Penn State and see what we’ve got.” McAlister was referring to No. 1 Lindenwood, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 5 Iowa State who were responsible for handing UCO their first six losses. The games this weekend at Penn State are a rematch of the 2009-2010 season playoffs, in which the two teams met in the quarter finals. Despite trailing 1-0 for the entire game, the Bronchos scored with lone minute, 29 seconds remaining in the third period to send the game to overtime. UCO then scored the game-winner 1:42 into the extra period to win the game and move on to the semi-finals. Coach McAlister says that Penn State has had this weekend circled on their calendars since that loss in the playoffs, and it will be a challenge on the road in a hostile situation.
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By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor A week ago the young No. 16 Bronchos were still trying to learn how to win. Over the weekend they took a big step in doing just that, sweeping their 2010 ACHA Showcase schedule for the second year in a row. UCO moved to 3-6 on the season with their wins against Slippery Rock, Buffalo and Mercyhurst. Central Oklahoma struggled to beat a confident Slippery Rock team on Thursday night, winning 3-2 in overtime. Senior Casey Lehmann rocketed the game-winner in the extra period to give UCO their first win of the season. Head coach Craig McAlister says that Slippery Rock was able to stay in the game by taking advantage of some 3-on-2’s and oddman rushes. “They had two odd-man rushes and capitalized,” McAlister said. “And sure enough it was 2-2 at the end of regulation.” “Casey Lehmann just put a great shot on net and it went in.” The other two goals were scored by Greg Masters, on a power play, and Casey Smith, Anthony Knuth, J.M. Biron and Mike Haszto all had assists. The second night of the tournament, No. 16 UCO took on No. 23 University of Buffalo. The Bronchos, fresh off their first win of the year, played their first “complete” game according to McAlister. They beat the UB Bulls 5-1. “They are a good team,” McAlister said. “Buffalo is a very good team.” Buffalo had just put together a dominating performance against No. 11 Kent State, in which they cruised to an 8-4 victory. So beating Buffalo was a huge confidence boost for the Bronchos. Senior forward Jonathan Cannizzo had two
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UCO celebrates a goal in their 5-1 win over No. 23 Buffalo in the 2010 ACHA Showcase.
goals and two assists in the game, while freshman Donald Geary also chipped in two goals and an assist. Fellow freshman Nolan Hopkins scored the other goal. The Bronchos took their momentum into game three, and crushed Mercyhurst 7-2. Patrick Higgins scored two goals, while Greg Masters added his second goal of the showcase. Senior Brent Block got on the board, as well as Luke Ward and Mike Haszto. J.M. Biron scored a short-handed goal also. On a team with 17 freshmen, getting those
first few wins was not only tough, but it was important to the turnaround of the season. “Now they’ve experienced (winning),” McAlister said. “Now we can kind of move forward on this. Hopefully we can bring this momentum up to Penn State.” The Bronchos play the Nittany Lions this Friday and Saturday night on the road. Penn State is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation, but McAlister is not fazed. “Quite frankly, I don’t know if they’re as good as Lindenwood or (University of Okla-
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different about this game than some of the others was that it was not just one person that killed them. The Greyhounds had Troy Harris and Tony Valenzuela rush for 81 and 67 yards respectively. And quarterback Wesley Wood added 73 yards on the ground to go with his 194 yards passing. For the Broncho offense, things seemed to click all night until about five minutes to go in the third quarter. Birmingham had another stellar game, as he finished with 148 yards and two scores on the ground. He tacked on another 36 yards receiving for the game. Ethan Sharp threw for 310 yards on 23 of 44 passes, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. His
back up Landon Greve completed his only two passes of the game, albeit to the other team, once of which was returned for a touchdown. Overall the Broncho offense actually out-gained the Greyhounds 451 yards to 423 yards. But untimely turnovers ended up costing them the game. So where do they go from here? The question is valid because sitting at 2-4 on the season has to be driving fans away, and player’s morale seems to have taken a hit. It’s not as if the University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos are the cellar dwellers of the Lone Star Conference, even though their record would suggest that. Even though this was the biggest margin of victory for the opposing team this seaPHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK
After a wild shootout against the Eastern New Mexico Grey Hounds, the Bronchos come up short again to drop their record to 2-4 on the season. The game saw eight lead changes, and 80 total points scored. The game this past Saturday started off just the way the Bronchos wanted. They drove the ball almost 60 yards on their first possession and came away with a field goal that put them up 3-0. That lead was soon erased as the Greyhounds went 82 yards, and scored on a 35 yard pass from Wesley Wood to Jessie Poku, that made the score 7-3. The Bronchos added scores from
Josh Birmingham, Daniel Morrell and Tucker Holland in the first half. The Greyhounds countered with a few scores of their own to make the score 24-21 going in to the half. The first half was very exciting, if you’re an offensive minded guy, but trouble for the Broncho defense was just beginning. The second half saw the Bronchos give up 28 points, while its offense could only muster up seven, so for all the mathematically challenged people out there, the final score ended up 49-31. The defense for the Bronchos was lacking all game, as they surrendered 229 yards rushing on the ground, and gave up close to 200 yards passing. Something that was
son against the Bronchos, they were in the game all the way. Birmingham and Sharp are providing enough offense for the team to get wins, but the defense for whatever reason is just not holding up, whether it is the offense putting them in bad situations, or just blowing assignments, the defense needs to shape up quick if they want any chance of winning the Lone Star North Conference. This Saturday will be Homecoming for the Bronchos as they take on Southeastern Oklahoma State, at 2:00 pm. The Bronchos will look to turn their season around against another 2-4 team.
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