UCO's The Vista, Feb. 22, 2022

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Volume 119, Issue 19

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VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”

vistanews1903 @thevista1903 @thevista1903 The Vista ucentralmedia.com Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022

Isaiah Wade named to the Top 50 watch list Brinlee Lenochan Contributing Writer

UCO’s own Isaiah Wade was just named to the Small College Basketball’s Bevo Francis Watch List Top 50, making him among the best 50 players in the country. Wade, a senior forward, is known to be one of the most athletic players in the MIAA. Wade is Central’s leading scorer at 18.9 points per game and he averages a team-high 8.7 rebounds per game to rank him fifth and second in the MIAA. Wade has scored double figures in 20 of 23 games played this season. He’s scored at least 20 points in 10 of the games this season. But when did Wade’s love and determination for the game begin? “Honestly, I played all the time at neighborhood parks,” Wade said. Wade said the first time he ever picked up a basketball was in fourth grade, when he tried out for a youth sports team. But after not making the team, he did not attempt to play team sports again for several years. “I’ve been playing basketball all my

life, but never took it seriously until my junior year of high school,” Wade said. Wade attended East High School in Waterloo, Iowa ,where he had a standout senior season averaging 15.2 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists per game. From there, he attended Iowa Western where he played two seasons and earned All-Region honors averaging 12.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and had 16 double-doubles. After his JUCO experience, Wade made the move to D1 school, Washington State. At WSU, Wade Played in 29 games during the 2018-19 season, two of which he started. He had a career-high of 17 points and 10 rebounds. It would be the next season that Wade found his way to UCO. “It was hard leaving Washington State, but after a change in coaching staff I felt out of place.. so I left without a destination,” Wade said. “I met Coach [Bob] Hoffman on an Continued on Pg. 3

Isaiah Wade (above) played against Fort Hays State at Hamilton Field House on Feb. 5. The Bronchos won 75-68. (The Vista/ Madalyn Nix)

Students majoring in strategic communications will host a drive-thru event on Thursday, in the Liberal Arts building parking lot (above). Students will be giving out “goodie bags” and educational resources for students and faculty to learn about lymphoma. (Provided/ UCO website)

Students to host lymphoma education event for contest Ainsley Martinez Managing Editor

A group of strategic communications students will host a drive-thru event 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, outside the liberal arts building, to promote awareness about the effects of lymphoma. “I think that it’s really fun that we have a lot of creative freedom, and can figure out ways to promote this and get people more informed about what lymphoma is,” said student Cami Audas.

The students are a part of a campaign class on campus that competes in a public relations contest, the Bateman Case Study Competition. This year, the Lymphoma Research Foundation was announced as the client for the competition. “Their goal for us this year was to promote awareness to adolescents and young adults, since they are typically an audience that isn’t aware of the fact that it could be them being diagnosed with lymphoma,” student Suzeth Gallegos said. “Our whole campaign

is centered around promoting awareness and informing them.” The drive-thru event will have “goodie bags” and educational resources for students and faculty to learn about this type of cancer. While doing research on the project, some of the students involved said they discovered unexpected information about the potential risks of lymphoma. “The ideas that people hold toward cancer is they Continued on Pg. 3


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