The Vista Jan. 16, 2018

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Volume 116, Issue 1

the VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”

ucentralmedia.com vistanews1903 @thevista1903 @thevista1903 The Vista

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018

Edmond Kicks UCO Students Off the Streets Katie Standlee @katiestandlee Reporter

The City of Edmond plans to install “No Parking” signs on neighborhood streets around campus, no longer allowing students to clog the streets. Violators of the new regulation will receive tickets from Edmond PD. Photo Illustration. (Ryan Naeve/The Vista)

The University of Central Oklahoma’s community is in for more parking difficulties as the City of Edmond establishes new regulations on the streets around campus. Edmond is initiating a change for the neighborhood streets near campus and plans to install signs on both sides of the streets reading “No Parking, 8:00 a.m. - 4 p.m., Weekdays, School Days Only” to keep UCO students from parking there. This change was prompted by several complaints from the inhabitants of those residential streets. “I’ve been here for over 30 years and we’ve always had this issue come up when the UCO semester starts that the kids are parking in front of [and] in the residential neighborhoods...making the streets narrow, parking in such a way that they block people’s driveways,” said Tom Minnick of the City of Edmond Traffic Planning Department. See “Parking” continued on page 3.

UCO Student Wins Miss Oklahoma USA Peter Agnitsch @peteypete33

Online Editor

University of Central Oklahoma student Cheyene Gorman spent her winter break in a state of, what she called, “relief” after a yearlong journey of hard work and training that turned into her very own Miss Oklahoma USA crown. “I had done something; I had finally done something for myself to prove that I am not as much of an

underdog that people thought I was,” Gorman said. Miss Oklahoma USA 2018, held Dec. 17, was the first time Gorman had competed in a pageant. “It was literally a 360 flip for me,” Gorman said. “ I didn’t even know how to hardly walk in heels.” Since it was her first pageant, Gorman embraced the role of underdog, a role she felt she’d related to her entire life.

“I felt like I’ve always been seen as kind of an underdog,” Gorman said. “No one really recognized the potential I had and no one really took the time to work with me and get me to my full potential.” The pageant gave Gorman the platform to show people the potential she always believed she had. “In doing this, it was kind of me not only proving to myself, but proving to other people I have a lot

See “Miss Oklahoma USA” continued on page 5.

UCO NEWS

Medieval Society Launches 25th Year at UCO

on pg. 8

(Provided/Cheyene Gorman)

BRONCHO SPORTS

Hale Yeah: UCO Lands OSU Transfer on pg. 13


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