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This July Say Goodbye (to Ayers Street)
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BronchoThon Recognized as Visionary
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East Ayers Street will close July 9 and construction work will begin to turn this section of Ayers into a pedestrian walkway with a two-story dining facility that will replace Buddy’s Cafeteria and open in January 2020. “The only section closing is the portion between Buddy’s and Hamilton Field House,” said David Stapleton, director for Architectural and Engineering Services. “There is a stop sign at the east side of West Hall that is the west end of the closure and the wide sidewalk at the east side of Buddy’s is the east end of the closure.” The department of Architectural and Engineering Services oversees the construction project which, that will cost $19 million. According to Stapleton, part of the project includes converting the closed section of Ayers into a pedestrian plaza, which will cost approximately $140,000. “From a housing perspective, we hope that the closure of Ayers will make all students safer as they traverse the campus, as well as bring some quiet to the north side of campus for the residents in these buildings,” said Benjamin Hastings, assistant vice president of Operations in Campus Enterprises. Closing Ayers to create a seamless passthrough that connects campus
Christian Tabak
The 2017-2018 BronchoThon Executive Team is awarded the Children’s Hospital Foundation Visionary Award alongside UCO President Don Betz and campus administrators. (Provided/UCO Student Engagement)
@CaffeineWallace Editor-In-Chief
The University of Central Oklahoma was awarded the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Foundation’s inaugural Visionary Award for having raised more than $97,000 over the last year for sick and injured children through their second annual BronchoThon dance marathon activities. Accompanied by a citation of recognition from the State of Oklahoma, the award recognizes the efforts of its associated dance marathon programs, such as BronchoThon, for positively impacting the community and Oklahoma’s children. “We are grateful for the tremendous passion and energy these UCO
students displayed,” said CHF Executive Director Kathy McCracken. “The growth of BronchoThon these past two years has been incredible and we are excited to know that this program has set a standard for their campus for the years to come.” BronchoThon was founded at UCO in 2016 as part of the international Children’s Miracle Network charity and served as the successor to the university’s annual Spring Sing fundraisers, according to Jacob Tidwell, assistant director of Student Engagement. While Spring Sing focused primarily on the campus’ Greek life organi-
zations, Tidwell said it inspired the campus to become involved with a program that addresses a greater need in the community. “Spring Sing came to a close in favor of creating a larger, more impactful experience for the entire campus community,” Tidwell said. “We saw great success at other institutions in the state and knew our campus could find success and meaning in a similar program.” During its first year, BronchoThon raised more than $68,000 through a series of fundraisers that culminated in an eight-hour long dance marathon. The marathon paid tribute Continued on page 3
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CAMPUS NEWS
Endeavor Games Return to Edmond on pg. 6
BRONCHO SPORTS
Meet MLB’s Newest Broncho
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BronchoThon/Ayers..................................................3 New Bookstore....................................................................4 Pujols Ties Record.................................................................5 Lambright/Endeavor Games .................................................6 Endeavor Games.................................................................7
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Bottom Left: A welcome banner hangs in the Wellness Center for the 2018 Endeavor Games. (Regan Rosson/TheVista)
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Ayers/BronchoThon
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facilities has been a goal of several administrations, Stapleton said. “The opportunity to close this section to allow for a more complete integration of the dining center into campus was [a] very desirable idea in order to both physically and mentally connect the housing north of Ayers and south of Ayers, plus connections to [the] Wellness Center and athletic venues to the academic core of campus,” Stapleton said. Some parking will be lost to the construction of Ayers, but Stapleton said those parking spots will be replaced elsewhere on campus. The new dining facility will be 50,000 square feet and able to seat approximately 570 on the first floor. This floor will house several different food venues, which will include a pizza oven, wok/sauté station and grill, and Tex-Mex, pasta, barbeque, home style, dessert, salad bar and breakfast bar areas. “Of that [50,000 square feet], approximately 35,000 square feet is dining related and the remaining 15,000 square feet is second floor offices,” Stapleton said. “Another aspect of the facility is that it will
include about 2,800 square feet of refuge area for use during severe storms.” The second floor will have offices for UCO’s Campus Enterprises and Human Resources. “The new homes for Human Resources and Campus Enterprises will really help with providing them with quality offices and provide them with, not only better working environments, but gather them all together,” Stapleton said. Many different departments fall under Campus Enterprises, such as Dining Services, Banking Services, Health Care, Campus Housing and others. “Currently, both Human Resources and Campus Enterprises have staff that are spread out across campus,” Hastings said. “By transitioning these offices to the new building, those staff will be brought together, to allow synergies and efficiencies that have been missing in the current structures to develop.” Hastings said the decision of who specifically will or will not be moving has not been made yet, but departments like Campus Card Ser-
A rendering of the new dining hall that will open on campus 2020. The project will partially close of Ayers. (Provided/ADG Architechets, OKC)
vices will probably be staying in the Nigh University Center for customer service and convenience purposes. Once Human Resources moves over into the new dining facility, Stapleton said that he believes there will be renovations happening so that other offices can move into the Lillard Administration building. “The new Dining Center, as noted by President Betz, will provide the bridge between the north and south, housing and athletics and academic
elements of campus that will gain continuity in our campus in both appearance and function,” Stapleton said. Buddy’s will remain open until construction is finished and the new dining facility is open. “My hope is that students will have a wonderful new dining venue that will be inviting, up to date and act as a great meeting spot for campus,” Stapleton said.
BronchoThon Recognized as Visionary Continued From Page 1 the continuous struggle faced by Oklahoma’s sick children and the nurses tending to them. In this first year BronchoThon distinguished itself within the Children’s Miracle Network for having raised more than any other first-year program within the network. This accomplishment motivated them to expand the program as it moved into its second year, according to Bron-
choThon’s 2018 Executive Director Charles Spells. “BronchoThon really connected us in a different way, brought the cause to the front and we ended up raising more than we ever had raised on our campus for a cause like this,” Spells said. For its second year, the program expanded its scope to include more events held in collaboration with
Attendees cheer at the announcement of BronchoThon having raised more than $97,000 at the 2018 Dance Marathon. (Provided/UCO Student Engagement)
other campus organizations. This also included off-campus events such as restaurant benefit nights, where a certain percentage of the profits raised would be awarded to BronchoThon. The program also saw an increased involvement from areas of campus life outside of the university’s Greek organizations, particularly from on-campus residents and non-traditional students, according to Spells. “A lot of times it seems in media that we as college students don’t give back a lot, but I think that’s the complete opposite of what it is that we’re doing here on campus,” Spells said. “We’re really mobilizing a force to do something bigger than ourselves.” The organization experienced this firsthand during their annual 14k in a Day fundraiser, when the campus community exceeded expectations and donated almost $20,000 over the course of 24 hours. Outside of the dance marathon and the 14k in a Day, Spells said that the majority of the program’s individual donations came from peer-topeer fundraising campaigns. These campaigns are shared online through
social media, which brought in donations not only from Oklahoma but also from around the country. “It’s really interesting the way that it sets up and allows us to really spread our reach and get the message that we really want to help these children get the right care that they need,” Spells said. Founded in Salt Lake City in 1983, the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a non-profit charity that focuses on raising funds for children’s hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children’s health issues. Oklahoma’s Miracle Network affiliate, the Children’s Hospital Foundation, raises more than $7 million annually for pediatric research, said Liz Kornfeld, CHF’s dance marathon assistant. Annual dance marathons hosted at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, UCO and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma are responsible for $1.2 million of that funding, according to Kornfeld.
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Bookstore
Bookstore Plants New Roots Savannah Melher @annamelher_ Reporter
Nappy Roots bookstore is the only one of its kind opening in Oklahoma City. The black-owned bookstore on the east side of OKC features mainly black authors and will host tutoring sessions for youth in the community. Black bookstores are limited in America, with only 110 recorded in the databases curated by the African American Literature Book Club. Nappy Roots is the only blackowned bookstore in Oklahoma. Camille Landry, Nappy Roots co-owner alongside her husband Banbose Shango, said there was a black bookstore 15 years ago, but that it did not last long. “Since then, there hasn’t been one until we opened one up,” Landry said. “I think that’s unfortunate because it means there isn’t a place for what we need to do.” What the community needs to do is create a nexus of culture, dialogue and community, Landry said. She believes there needs to be a space for people to gather to confront and solve problems, consider big ideas and learn from the great minds of the past and present. Larry Smith, an Oklahoma City resident and entrepreneur, said he wasn’t even sure a bookstore like ‘Nappy Roots’ existed. “I felt like it was swept under the rug,” Smith said. “It should have had more publicity and advertisements.” Smith said the bookstore is a big stepping stone towards a more positive image for the black community. “Especially for young writers, it will hopefully give them a positive influence to keep going and pursue being an author one day,” Smith said. Owning a bookstore, according Landry, is something that has always been kind of a dream. However, it wasn’t one that she thought she would be able to actualize in any kind of way, because she didn’t have the money for supplies and a building. After she opened her bookstore in the black marketplace, its first location, Landry said they put their things in storage. According to Landry, when the shop was at its first location, she wanted to have literacy tutoring for youth on the east side of Oklahoma City, but the space was too small. Landry is hoping to later start those sessions again with students from
universities helping tutor kids in the area. “We’re actually a 501(c)(3),” Landry said. “We’re working under the umbrella of an organization called Youth Uplift, which is ran by my brother.” Landry said she wanted to focus on literacy while utilizing the techniques of Youth Uplift when it comes to mentoring. Tobie Mitchell, Black Student Association president at UCO, said she has wanted to get members involved in the community and the bookstore would provide them with an opportunity to do so. “It is critical for children that are African American to see college students that look like them so they are aware that college is an option and is obtainable,” Mitchell said. “BSA has a lot of members that are active in the community outside of BSA, but the bookstore would be perfect for us to volunteer and act as a mirror for students who may not see college as possible.” Mitchell said a bookstore with all black or African American authors is essential for Americans today, including for herself. “As an African American female, I
didn't grow up reading black authors in school,” Mitchell said. “Honestly, it wasn't until I was old enough to venture out and search for specific books that I realized there is a network of black authors that go unrecognized and unread.” Mitchell said she believes the store will allow for those individuals to get the credit they deserve, as well as be an inspiration to aspiring writers everywhere. The bookstore has not opened yet but is expected to open June 16. However, the owners said it is uncertain if they have everything they need to open. Landry said the book shipment had to be delayed because the provider had an incident which made them unable to send several orders of books. The owners are asking that everyone, especially college students, donate their gently used books to their new location on NE 36th Street and N. Kelley Avenue. “I want NRB to be a resource for black literature, history, [and] info related to black people here and throughout the diaspora,” Landry said. “Second, I want to encourage reading, improve literacy and create a love of books and reading in our
community.” Landry said she wants it to be a space where people can learn and grow. “This will be a place for serious discussion about serious subjects,” Landry said.
“Especially for young writers, it will hopefully give them a positive influence to keep going and pursue being an author one day,” Smith said.
Camille Landry, co-owner of Nappy Roots bookstore, speaks about the prospects of the upcoming store and the books that are needed for the opening. (Savannah Melher/The Vista
MLB
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Pujols ties MLB record in win
Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout dives safely back to first base on a pickoff attempt by Minnesota Twins pitcher Kyle Gibson in the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 9, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Albert Pujols met Hall of Famer Stan Musial during his time with the St. Louis Cardinals and grew to appreciate Musial and his legacy. For now, the pair is sharing a place in baseball’s record books. Pujols hit his 623rd career homer and tied Musial for seventh on the career RBI list with 1,951, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 after a fourhour rain delay Saturday. Pujols’ solo home run in the sixth proved to be the difference as Tyler Skaggs (5-4) allowed one run in seven innings and matched a season best with eight strikeouts. The team announced Pujols is sending the ball he hit, his jersey and bat from Saturday’s game to the family of Musial, who died in 2013. “I know those two had a chance to spend a lot of time together when he was in St. Louis and he respects him, respects his legacy tremendously,” Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said. “For him to be in the same sentence with Stan Musial I know is a nice feeling for Albert.” Ian Kinsler had a solo home run, his sixth in the past 11 games, for the Angels. Blake Parker recorded his seventh save as Los Angeles won for the seventh time in its past eight games. Kyle Gibson (1-4) allowed both
home runs before completing seven innings. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out five batters as Minnesota fell to 3-13 in one-run games. Gibson threw a career-high 118 pitches. He’s posted six consecutive quality starts without a win. “Offensively when you’re struggling, it’s just tough,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “Especially not taking advantage of some of these really good starts that we’ve been getting.” The four-hour rain delay is the second longest in Target Field history behind a 4:50 delay last June against the Chicago White Sox. Pujols struck in the sixth with a towering homer to the second deck in left field. “They were really spitting out some sliders and some good fastballs away and, unfortunately I just made the wrong pitch at the wrong time, and Albert did what Albert does,” Gibson said. “He did a really good job on that pitch.” Pujols added a single in the eighth for his 3,027th career hit, which ranks 27th on the career list. He’s seventh on the home run list, seven behind Ken Griffey Jr., and his RBI total is 44 behind Lou Gehrig for sixth. “The names that are thrown up next to his are names that all base-
ball fans know and some are names that just people know,” Kinsler said. “He’s passing, I guess you could call them, legends. It’s a lot of fun to watch.” Minnesota’s lone run crossed the plate in the sixth after Max Kepler grounded into a double play, but Robbie Grossman got caught in a rundown before being tagged out, allowing Eddie Rosario to score. ENERGY TO SPARE Skaggs had his second straight strong start. He was coming off six scoreless innings in a win against Texas on June 3. The left-hander retired 11 of the first 13 batters he faced and ended up giving up five hits and one walk in tying his longest outing of the season. “I had like four Red Bulls and a lot of energy drinks,” Skaggs said of how he spent the rain delay. “So, I was ready to go. I woke up early, got here on the first bus because I wanted to wake up for the game. I think it worked out really well.” ANGELS ANNOUNCER CLEARED Los Angeles radio play-by-play announcer Terry Smith was released from a local hospital after an irregular heartbeat forced him to leave Friday’s broadcast. Smith was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center where he underwent tests. The team said Smith was cleared
after the testing and he’ll return to the broadcast on Monday in Seattle. MINNESOTA MOVES The Twins recalled OF Jake Cave from Triple-A Rochester before the game and optioned RHP Tyler Duffey. Cave hit .111 in three games earlier this season, including his first major league hit on a home run. TRAINER’S ROOM Angels: C Martin Maldonado was out of the lineup a day after fouling a ball off his foot. But Scioscia said he planned to start rookie catcher Jose Briceno anyway because of the day game following a night game. Twins: OF Byron Buxton (10-day disabled list) ran on an antigravity treadmill Friday as he tests his broken left great toe. Buxton was likely to advance to hitting off a tee Saturday. UP NEXT Angels: RHP Nick Tropeano (3-3, 4.35 ERA) starts the series finale. Tropeano allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings in his last start against Kansas City. Twins: RHP Fernando Romero (22, 3.96) will take the mound looking to follow-up his two-run, six-inning start last week against Chicago. The rookie has allowed two runs or fewer in five of his career seven starts.
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Lambright/Endeavor
Meet MLB’s Newest Broncho James Jackson
@JamesDJackson15 Sports Reporter
The Kansas City Royals selected University of Central Oklahoma senior pitcher Austin Lambright in the tenth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft on Wednesday. “It’s a dream come true,” Lambright said. “I worked so hard and had to sacrifice a lot in order to be who I am today. So, being drafted confirmed that hard work pays off.” Originally from Friday Harbor, Washington, the 6-foot-3-inch tall, 215-pound left-hander played one year for the Bronchos, appearing in 25 games and making four starts. In Washington’s outings, he posted a 4-1 record with three saves and a 3.32 earned run average. “I knew he had the capability to go and do what he did throughout the year, especially with the work ethic that he put in,” said infielder Jake Dyer. “As a captain and teammate, I am very proud of his accomplishment; well deserved.” Lambright won league MVP honors in his senior year of high school and recorded 16 strikeouts in a postseason game. From there, Lambright played at Abilene Christian College, recording a total of 120 strikeouts in 45 appearances over three seasons. In 2017, coming off of a Tommy John surgery, Lambright had a teamhigh 65 strikeouts. He decided to transfer to UCO as a senior to finish
Former UCO pitcher Austin Hambright {38} throws a pitch during a game at Wendell Simmons Field. Hambright was selected by the Kansas City Royals in this years MLB draft. {Photo provided by BronhoSports}
his collegiate career. “I chose UCO because I felt like it was the best option for me,” Lambright said. “I really like the coaching staff and I really liked how they pushed us to compete at the highest level and made us become a family. It was the best path for me to play professional because my coaches were going to put me in a spot where I could grow and dominate the competition.” Upon signing Lambright, head
baseball coach John Martin said the coaching staff knew he had a chance to get drafted, it was just a matter of him performing well and taking advantage of his opportunity. Throughout the season, Lambright struck out 52 batters in 43 1/2 innings. Kansas City selected Lambright with the 302nd pick, marking the second consecutive year the Royals picked a UCO pitcher. They selected left-hander Holden Capps in the 2017 MLB draft.
“It’s good to show that we’re able to get talented guys in here at UCO that have the ability to go play at the next level,” Martin said. “At the same time, it shows our location and it helps our guys to get seen to get that opportunity.” Lambright said one of his goals as a Royal is to always outwork the person beside him or the other team and if he gives his 100 percent every pitch, the results will be what he wants them to be.
look at each other because we have something cool to show off,” said Tania Trimborn, a physically disabled athlete. Ten Paralympic sports were featured at the games, including archery, air rifle shooting, cycling, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, track and field, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair softball. Trimborn has participated in the Endeavor Games for five years and these year she is competing in table tennis, weightlifting and track and field. “One of the opportunities that the Endeavor Games has opened to me is the desire to compete, the desire of proving myself that I have so much to offer and accomplish,” Trimborn said.
The swimming competition took place at the YMCA on Covell Street, while the cyclists met at Pops on Route 66. The track events and some other field events were hosted at various Edmond schools, such as Edmond Santa Fe High School and Cheyenne Middle School. In 2000, the Endeavor Games acted as a non-profit organization that offered quality sports programs to athletes with physical disabilities. After four years of the games being held at UCO, the university decided to merge the Endeavor Games personnel into their own staff and allocated them in the newly constructed Wellness Center. Since its conception, the Endeavor Games have taken place in Edmond. However, in 2017 the Endeavor
Games Series was created to add a second location for the event. The Turnstone Endeavor Games is now in its second year in Fort Wayne, Indiana and uses the same marketing and logos as UCO. The Endeavor Games co-founder, Katrina Shaklee, is now the Assistant Vice President of the Wellness Center at UCO. Shaklee’s background is in Sport Management, but when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis she found a different interest in disabled athletes sports and competitions. “The Endeavor Games and UCO are inseparable,” Shaklee said. “It is a wonderful partnership that we couldn’t do anywhere else.”
Endeavor Games Return to Edmond
Alejandro Gonzalez @A_Gonzalez_17 Reporter
More than 250 athletes from across the nation came to the 19th annual Endeavor Games, which took place at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Wellness Center June 7-10. The competition for athletes with disabilities started with a kickoff party Thursday night, featuring an aerialist performance, a DJ and a hip-hop group performing on stage. The UCO wrestling team also made an appearance, performing demonstrations of wrestling techniques and explaining them to the athletes conducting some demonstrations of their sport and explaining them to the athletes. “This kind of events are important for everyone specially for disabled athletes because in this event we are all equal, we don’t look at each other because we are different, we
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(Below) Kids participating in the youth and junior wheelchair basketball games practice on Friday June 8 at the UCO Wellness center (Samantha Karbelk/The Vista).
A group of kids practice for their wheelchair basketball game on June 8 at the UCO Wellness Center as a part of the Endeavor Games (Samantha Karbelk/The Vista).
(Below) On June 8, adults practice on the basketball courts at the UCO Wellness Center for a later game of wheelchair basketball (Samantha Karbelk/The Vista).
(Below) On June 8 outside of the UCO Wellness Center banners are set up to welcome the athletes that are participating in the annual Endeavor Games (Regan Rosson/ The Vista).
A face painter at the welcome party for the Endeavor Games paints a unicorn onto the face of Emma Cavney while her sister Dakota Johnson watches on June 8 at the UCO Wellness Center (Regan Rosson/ The Vista).
At the UCO Wellness Center a group of adults practice for their upcoming game of wheelchair basketball later in the day on June 8 (Samantha Karbelk/The Vista).
On June 7 the University of Central Oklahoma held a welcome party for the 2018 Endeavor Games outside of the UCO Wellness Center. The welcome party included a cookout and activities such as face painting and a rock climbing wall (Regan Rosson/ The Vista).