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‘STATUS’ MAY DETERMINE EMPLOYABLITY Potential employers are increasingly using social networking sites to do cheap and easy background checks, so students may want to think twice before posting those party pictures from their summer vacation.
Amid the usual back-to-school to-do list of buying books and getting dorm rooms ready, it might be a good idea to check those Facebook p a g e s and remove any s u m m e r “clutter.”
employee-really is? These various profiles can be a part of the all-important “firstimpressions” phenomenon. Once the first-impressions card has been played, it cannot be played again. A January 2009 Evansville Courier Press online article concluded that yes, these profiles really do give employers
behavior, as you may only get one chance with this employer,” Mertons said. He added, “I have read articles stating anywhere from 40 percent t o 50 percent o f potential employers
In ever-increasing n u m bers, the appropriateness and conversely inappropriateness of a social networking profile can secure students a fabulous internship, or prove to be a ticket out the door of a potential or current job because employers can and do use them to make hiring decisions. With more and more employers hitting up Facebook, Myspace and Twitter profiles, can they be depended upon to be a true testament to who a student –and potential
insight into the personality and intelligence of potential candidates (is this Legal? See below). Dan Mertons is a business maagement professor in the UCO business department and has some helpful pointers for students. “Remember that companies are hiring polished college graduates, not college students who are having a great time. Especially in this tough economy, I tell my students to remove all traces of inappropriate
search potential employees online. Regardless of the actual percentage (which is increasing every year), the point is that employers are trying to limit the ‘guesswork’ in hiring and are trying to get as much information on recruits as possible.” Mertons listed several main reasons employers eliminate candidates after searching social networks. They are as follows:
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Inappropriate photographs or information (posted by the student or someone else) Drinking or drug use content (pictures or written) Bad mouthing previous employers,
tools have been cast in a negative light, but their ability to help mold your image is being undersold. Imagine a recruiter looking at your page and seeing pictures of you interning, volunteering, or reading.
co-workers or clients • Poor communication skills • Discriminatory comments • Lying about qualifications Okay, okay, so social networks’ damaging powers are evident. What about their power for good? Mertons said that he suggest to his students “to go a step further and utilize their social networks in a positive fashion. These powerful
“Have tweets, wall comments, and blogs on the positive, careerbuilding activities you have undertaken or accomplished, rather than complaints or negative portrayals of life challenges. The stark contrast between individuals who manage their ‘web presence’ versus those that don’t makes the hiring decisions easy for recruiters,” Merton said.
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According to Wolters Kluwer, a law and business consulting firm, it is not against the law for employers to conduct background checks through social networking sites. But companies should be wary: “No law actually prohibits employers from searching social networking sites on the Internet to conduct their own background checks of current employees or job applicants. However, employers need to be aware of potential federal and state discrimination claims and invasion
of privacy claims. For example, if an employer finds information on a site like MySpace that identifies an applicant’s disability or medical condition, the employer could be slapped with a discrimination lawsuit if the employer bases its decision not to hire him/her on that information.”
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During a time of layoffs, downsizing and pay cuts, many find it hard to love what they do. Salaries have been trimmed, people have been laid off and hiring has been frozen at many colleges and universities. With the lingering effects of the recession, many institutions have resorted to large budget cuts, thus creating an unsatisfactory environment at the workplace. But perhaps the same cannot be said about the University of Central Oklahoma. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For 2010 survey ranked UCO among one of the top institutions nationwide. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education website, the responses were based on more than 43,000 people at 275 institutions. Of those, only 97 colleges’ employee ratings won them recognition as great places to work. The survey specifically recognized Central for its “high quality teaching environment” and
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The Chronicles of Higher Education names UCO as one of the best places to work among 275 institutes.
its “tenure clarity and process.” “The overall environment of the University is so friendly and warm and the campus is beautiful,” Susan Miller said, professor for the Fashion Marketing
department. “I especially like the student- to-faculty ratio for a university of this size.” The survey found that colleges on the list continue to do well at “creating work that
makes a difference, providing jobs that fit the individual and fostering a high degree of institutional pride.” Continued on page 16
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“Maybe they should take a poll from the families that were affected. Ask the families directly if it was disrespectful to them.” ASHLEY NEELY
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“It would be disrepectful if they didn’t ask the families. I know if my family was affected, I would want to be asked of what I thought.”
“I can understand why it would be controversial, if it were their intention to cause contraversy then I think it would be disrespectful.”
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‘EM SEPARATED By A.J Black / Staff Writer Religion and politics have the power to bring people together or tear them apart. The recent controversy over Islam and the sacred status of the Ground Zero memorial has raised substantial debate over the separation of church and state. The issue is over whether or not a cultural center, meant to educate and advocate religious tolerance, should be built near the site dedicated to the victims of 9/11. The polarizing issue has created a politically charged atmosphere and raised questions over the line between the freedom of religion and what is to be considered socially appropriate. The animated arguments from both sides have seen extensive coverage by the mainstream media, but no peaceful resolution can yet be seen upon the horizon. Many who are publicly opposed to the center have used the Founding Fathers as a voice piece, claiming that it is against the principles of a nation, established upon the bedrock of Christianity, to embrace religious tolerance. This rhetoric seemingly disregards the significance of the First Amendment, which the American Revolutionaries felt necessary to place at the top of the Bill of Rights, ensuring protection against tyranny and religious persecution. The maxim of America is the freedom to choose. There is no doubt that the proposed religious center has the ‘right,’ through the separation of church and state, to be built anywhere that is legally zoned for a religious center, so the only unanswered issue is whether or not it is within good taste. It is unfair to paint any organization as diverse as Christianity or Islam with a broad brush. Uncouth acts have been carried out in the name of many gods throughout history. The fact that the terrorist attacks were allegedly carried out by Islamic extremists should be of little consequence to the nation of Islam as a whole. The recent level of intolerance being displayed has the potential to take away part of what makes America what it is. If the extremists that terrorized a symbol of freedom by destroying the Twin Towers goals were to undermine American ideals, then they win. If we disregard our obligation to the protection of everything we have fought for since our inception, then the idea of what makes the United States of America the greatest empire in the history of mankind is a piece of the past. Freedom of expression is the real foundation of this great nation, and if that means that the placement of a building, dedicated to education and religious tolerance, infringes upon some Americans’ perspective of good taste, then that is a small price to pay for retaining the rights of the individual to create their own path and pursuit of property and happiness.
“I don’t they should be able to. It’s kinda disrespectful. Even though they are not responsible, it is still weird that they would want to.”
“I don’t think its wrong for them to build a mosque there. I believe they are being sensitive to the victims. It’s a way for NYC to learn about a different culture.”
“Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. They have their rights to build whatever they want as long as they bought the property.”
By Pakriti Adhikari / Cartoonist
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Buddy, Pom and Cheer
in their division, winning a “bronze University of Central Oklahoma’s paid bid” or one-third of their expensCheerleading and spirit teams brought es paid toward nationals. Yannerell, home awards from the National along with UCO Cheer and Pom athCheerleading Association and Nation- letes Jonathan Polk, Brent Steele and al Dance Association Summer Camp Lauren Pettus, won an All-American July 23-25 at the Southern Methodist award, which were awarded to cheerleaders and dancers displaying qualiUniversity in Dallas, Texas. Both the Cheerleading and Pom ties of collegiate spirit, leadership, Squad took home awards, as well as showmanship and technique. “We were nominated Buddy Broncho, UCO’s and we had to learn a mascot. “This year we have twenty-second dance in Central’s cheer squads won “Most Collegiate,” a lot of new, young twenty minutes,” Yan“Best Game Day Routine” people. This camp nerell said, explaining and “Best Rally Routine” really helps every- how she had to direct her Pom Squad to win at the camp. body come together the award. UCO’s small co-ed as a team.” Yannerell talked about cheerleading squad won other awards the Pom first place in their diviSquad had won throughsion, earning a “gold place bid,” meaning their trip to the out the week. “As a team we got a NDA Spirit NCA championships at the Band Shell/Ocean Center on April 2011 will Stick,” Yannerell said. “We got recogbe an all-expenses paid trip. Last year nized the first night we were there.” Yannerell also discussed how imat the NCA championships, the squad portant the camp is to bring the Pom 13_02b_ok003.indd _r01 placed second. The large co-ed cheerleading squad Squad closer together as a team. “The camp is our first time to meet placed second in their division, winas a team,” Yannerell said. “This year ning a “silver paid bid,” meaning half of their expenses are paid for the we have a lot of new, young people. national championships. Last year, This camp really helps everybody UCO’s large co-ed squad won their come together as a team.” Competing among 22 other univerfourth consecutive national title at the sities and colleges, Caleb Everett, or NCA championships. Gina Yannerell, UCO pom squad Buddy Broncho, was named the “Most leader and senior Marketing major- Collegiate Mascot,” the highest honor ing, placed third along with her team awarded for Mascots. By Ethan Larsh / Staff Writer
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DEGREE NO GUARANTEE FOR GOOD PAY By Ryan Costello / Staff Writer College graduates, there is good news, and there is bad news. The jobless rate among college graduates 25 and under has reclaimed five of the 20 percent drop in employment since last year, but the numbers are not entirely reassuring. Fresh graduates still faced an eight percent unemployment mark in April, and pay for new workers with a bachelor’s in hand dropped 1.7 percent from the same mark in 2009, to an average of $47,673. But for some, the thought of earning a paycheck that does not merit a mansion and Mercedes is anything but a deal-breaker. In a CNN Money article this month, Blake Ellis used a payscale.com study to find the nation’s nine lowest-paying degrees among popular majors (see table below) and approached one individual that was working in the field
of their degree. For each, the song was the same. Money is not everything, especially when you are doing what you love.
“I’ve gone from zero to 60 in no time flat.�
Isaac Niles, a newly hired sixth-grade English teacher at Central Middle School in Edmond, echoed the same sentiments as those interviewed in the CNN article. “I’m just thrilled to have found work,� he said. The 24-year-old graduate of Oklahoma
Degree SOCIAL WORK ATHLETIC TRAINING RECREATION & LEISURE ART INTERIOR DESIGN RELIGIOUS STUDIES HORTICULTURE EDUCATION CULINARY ARTS
State University had applied to a few different schools, but had yet to field a job offer. But when success came, it came quickly. Niles applied for the position Friday, Aug. 6, and received the good news just five hours later. His hiring was followed quickly by paperwork, orientation and all the small, exhilarating steps that come with a new career. “I’ve gone from zero to 60 in no time flat,� Niles said. The only thing more exciting to Niles than getting the new job may well be doing it. “My job is not only to teach them to read and write, but to promote their mental growth,� he said. “It’s just amazing to me to think that they’re going to know more when they leave my classroom.� Of course, teachers are not the best compensated members of the American work-
force. Payscale.com’s study put educators as the eighth worst paid of the top nine. Niles, who stands to make in the neighborhood of $33,500, said that the reputation of low teacher salaries serves as a buffer for the uncommitted. “Nobody gets into teaching because they think it pays well. It’s a hell of a job, and if you don’t want to do it, you won’t do it,� he said. Again the theme appeared: Happiness trumps money. “I guess it depends on the person. Some are happy with just the money,� Niles said. He recalled a recent conversation with a friend in which it was proposed, for example, if teachers and professional football players traded salaries. “There wouldn’t be as many football players,� he said.
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$44,900 $45,700 $53,200 $54,800 $56,600 $54,400 $50,800 $54,900 $50,600
Source: CNN Money and Payscale.com
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Nine UCO students receive scholarships on behalf of the Liberal Arts Department By Elizabeth Hillin / Staff Writer Nine University of Central Oklahoma students recently received scholarships and awards from the Liberal Arts Department. Spencer Alkire, junior humanities major, was awarded $500 for the Vivian Lanier Humanities Scholarship. Ryan Berrigan, junior public relations major, received $500 for the Nathaniel Martinez Scholarship. Jenna Colvert, sophomore philosophy major, was awarded two scholarships. The first, a $125 for Outstanding Leadership in Philosophy and the second, a $200 Outstanding Academic Achievement in Philosophy. Ryan Croft, senior journalism major, received the distinguished $350 Joe Hight Award. Blair Goforth, currently pursuing her second bachelor’s degree in photographic arts, received the Outstanding Photography Award. Brett Middleton, senior interpersonal communication major, received the Outstanding Interpersonal Communication Award. Sam Ozor, senior broadcasting major, received the Outstanding Broadcast News Award. M. Stephen Schaben, senior philosophy major, was awarded the $200 Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy Scholarship.  Aaron Wilkerson, political science and public administration major was given $200 for the Political Science Paper Award. Blair Goforth and Sam Ozor, who received awards in their fields of study, both agreed that the awards would be very beneficial in finding a job. The Outstanding Achievement award nominations are chosen by professors in each department.  “It will definitely help and be something I
can put on my resume, and it speaks highly that the people who taught me about photography were the ones who nominated me,� Goforth said. “I was so happy and proud that my professors invested that interest in me, it gave me confidence to know I can do this in real life,� Ozor said. Deadlines are just around the corner for two scholarships given by the Liberal Arts Department. The deadline for the Barnes & Noble Book Scholarships is rapidly approaching. Applications will be accepted the week of August 23-27, 2010 in the Liberal Arts Dean’s Office.   Three Barnes & Noble Book Scholarships, worth $250 each, will be awarded to students in the College of Liberal Arts. Students must provide an official transcript, a schedule of classes and a statement explaining why they need a book scholarship, in addition to the completed scholarship application which can be found at the College of Liberal Art’s website. The UCO Institute of Hope was created by three UCO Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse Studies alumnae to fight prejudice, poverty and abuse through educational programming and flexible student financial aid.  Amounts of awards may vary based on demonstrated need and the number of awards at any given time is subject to the availability of funds.  A total of 11 scholarship applications can be found on the college of Liberal Arts’ website. All requirements and deadlines can be found at the website also. “If they have the requirements, fill out as many as you can. It’s worth the time,� Berrigan said.
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CREDIT COMPANIES CASH IN ON STUDENTS While banks may not explicitly tell employees to single out students for credit cards, the typical college student fits the criteria for the perfect cardholder. By Ryan Costello / Senior Staff Writer
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“A lot of what they tell us to look for is students.” A senior teller at Arvest bank, who wished to remain anonymous, was discussing how bank brass advises employees to look for prospective credit card applicants. Given the increases of college costs (see below), and the shrinking availability of lucrative student jobs, offering students a supplement for income is not a scam or a ploy. It may simply be good business. The average college student carried more than four credit cards in 2008, according to research recently released by financial juggernaut Sallie Mae. Students carried $3,173 in debt during school on those cards combined. Those graduating brought with them more than $4,100 in red ink from credit cards. Those debts were primarily incurred paying for school expenses. In 2008, 92 percent of students that held credit cards used their plas-
tic to pay for books, paper, and other school fees, compared to 85 percent in 2004. Thirty percent of those students paid for their entire tuition with credit. “The message is clear,” Edmund Mierzwinski said, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in a USA Today article. “Students are carrying more debt on credit cards, and more students are paying for education on credit cards.” One way or another, most students will amass debt in college, whether it translates to a credit card bill or a student loan statement. Americans actually own more debt from student loans than plastic in 2010. Research released in June by the Federal Reserve said that the national debt from credit cards is around $826.5 billion. Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, puts student loans at approximately $829.785 billion. But credit cards tend to get overspending students in trouble. The senior teller compares inexperienced credit cardholders to immature, overdraft-
prone youngsters. What seems to be common sense, like not overspending a credit limit or paying a bill late, are lost when a student is used to a certain lifestyle while living under their parents’ roof and supervision. The bank is not trying to convince cardholders to overspend, but that does not mean they do not benefit from late and overdraft fees. “We don’t tell them anything that’s not true, but there are things we don’t tell them,” the bank rep said. “Nobody tells you to give out warnings, unless they specifically ask, but when I first got a credit card, I didn’t know about the fine print.” That same fine print is what experienced cardholders know discusses the interest rate increases after the introductory period expires, and about finance charges and additional fees. The stance taken by financial institutions is of a hard line, but is hard to deny; regardless of the font size, banks are not violating any laws. A bank is a business, not a life coach or
a stand-in for a parent. Still, there is federal support for card users. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, or CARD, comes fully in effect this month and offers protection from some debt piling practices. Credit card applicants under 21 will have to have a cosigner at least 21 years of age to even apply for a card, late fees will no longer be able to be larger than the minimum payment due, and creditors will no longer be able to raise interest rates unless a payment is at least 60 days overdue. In addition to these changes, many of the fine print pitfalls for credit beginners will be brought to the forefront, and companies are already prohibited from offering alluring promotional items in exchange for applying for credit. With a bevy of new protections and considerations in their favor, the ball now rests in the courts of young credit applicants to be responsible.
Credit cards and the student body
82% of students carry a credit card balance month-to-month 17% of students pay it off each month 1% of students have it paid by a parent/loved one.
The average student carried more than four credit cards in 2008, according to research done by financial juggernaut Sallie Mae.
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Register online at www.uco.edu/greek IFC fraternities include Acacia, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu, Sigma Tau Gamma and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
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Atrell Woods, a senior, is ready to play football for UCO after recovering from a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. The former OSU player and student has transferred to UCO to play.
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PLAYER WALKS ON AFTER SPINAL INJURY While playing football for OSU, an accident left Artrell Woods a quadriplegic, three years later he is suiting up to play for UCO. By Cody Bromley/ Staff Writer In 2006, Artrell Woods had it all lined up. The then 18-year-old Bryan, Texas athlete was making waves during his freshman season at Oklahoma State and attracting the attention of the coaches during spring training. But after a successful first year, tragedy struck in the summer of 2007. On Friday, July 13, Woods was hospitalized following an accident while exercising. At the hospital, Woods was unable to move his legs or wiggle his toes, by definition he was now a quadriplegic. Being confined to a hospital room at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City did not bother the Texas native as much as being stuck in a bed did. When asked about his recovery, Woods said, “It really didn’t matter at the time where I was. I just wanted to recover.” After further inspection and examination, doctors said Woods had a spinal cord injury consisting of fractured dislocated vertebrae. While being able to move his arms was thought likely, OSU head trainer Rob Hunt kept his goals for Wood’s recovery at bladder control and limited movement. Luckily, emergency surgery, hydrotherapy, and physical therapy had amazing results. Woods was able to walk, run, and potentially play
football. After his recovery, Woods was optimistic about being able to play again. Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy told media at the time that he expected Woods to make a return to the game, and in 2008, Woods in fact did return to stand alongside his team on the sidelines of the Cowboys.
“That’s all I ever dream of. As long as I got hands and feet, that’s the goal.”
“It’s a different feeling. You appreciate it more. And, man I don’t know, it’s just the best feeling in the world.” Unfortunately, those sidelines were where most of his 2008 season would take place. Woods said that he felt it too. “I guess it was in their best interests, it just wasn’t a good feeling.” In February 2009, after a season of being on the bench, Woods announced his plans to transfer to a different school. Woods said, “Leaving was my choice. Everything I know about receiver, and everything I know about the game today came from
OSU since I played running back in high school. Definitely no love lost and I still love them all to death.” And OSU loves him right back. Gavin Lang with Oklahoma State Media Relations said, “Artie has been through a lot during his time in college and everyone at Oklahoma State wishes him the best.” UCO has welcomed Woods with open arms. UCO Head Coach Tracy Holland said, “Artrell is not only a great football player, but an exceptional young man. Anytime you get that combination it is going to make an impact on your team. We are excited to see him back on the football field.’’ Now a senior, Woods will be going after a general studies degree, but is still unsure as to when exactly he will graduate. “I fell kind of behind after that injury.” Speaking on his future plans, Woods has not ruled out the possibility of playing professionally. “That’s all I ever dream of. As long as I got hands and feet, that’s the goal.” Tack that goal onto this year’s goal of taking a state championship for the Bronchos. Coming from a guy who has beat impossible odds once, these goals seem within easy reach.
We as a human race are social creatures, blessed with the gift of speech, and I relish my ability to use my mind and my mouth to articulate the thoughts circling through my brain. I never waste an opportunity to strike up an interesting conversation with a person, even a total stranger. I had such an opportunity the other day as I walked the UCO campus. I was enjoying the outdoors, slowly and meticulously smoking one of the last hand-rolled cigarettes I could ‘legally’ smoke before the anti-tobacco policy went into effect. As I strolled around, I came across a vender unloading several cases of soda from the back of a big red truck. The commercial vehicle had a familiar and fancy white cursive logo on both sides. The vendor beside the truck was in the process of stockpiling the fifty or so Coca-Cola machines sprawled across our beautiful campus. I asked the young man what UCO had to gain by allowing so many machines to be conveniently located in every building. He told me Coke had a contract with the school and that his company provided the machines and the product and any money beyond the base pay for the soda was split between the corporation and the university. He wasn’t certain, but he thought the amount was somewhere around sixty cents. Meaning, anything over sixty cents is evenly divvied up. Not bad I thought; that’s around thirty three cents to the UCO for every soda sold. Maybe I should tell you that I had just finished reading an article before my walk about how Oklahoma had received an ‘F’ for fat, making it one of the unhealthiest and overweight states in the Union. The combination of the new information and the idea of a non-smoking policy touted as a health concern for students struck me as odd. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand that most college students are merely kids and may not have the brain capacity or level of maturity to make sound decisions, so it is only natural that an entity like UCO should provide a policy supporting a healthy lifestyle, and monetarily punish those who do not comply, but the scene and the idea left me with a few unanswered questions. Now only a small minority of students, employees and faculty make the decision to use tobacco products, but according to the new study on health, around one in three people on campus are either overweight or morbidly obese. In addition, a recent study out of Columbia University revealed, “The prevalence of smoking [in] the US [has] declined 18.5% from 1993 to 2008, with most of the loss occurring in the past six years; during the same period, the proportion of obese people (body-mass index >30 kg/m2) rose by a steady 85%.” I know what you’re thinking – so what? The “so what” is answered by the fact that the food choices on campus, especially those found in vending machines, are contributing to the growing number of fat people. I eagerly anticipate the sound decision to remove soda and candy vending machines on campus, since obesity recently surpassed smoking as a cause of death and disability. While obesity issues may not be as ‘in-your-face’ as some people find smoking to be, it nonetheless impacts us all significantly by raising insurance and medical costs. I have faith that UCO is as anxious to remedy this problem as they were to curtail smoking on campus, and I remain confident in the fact that UCO making money off the vending machines, as they never did with smoking, is not a reason to compromise steps toward good health. - Light it up. AJ
Summer Break
SCHOOLS TALK OF GIVING SUMMER A BREAK By Jack Chancey / Staff Writer For many, summer can be remembered as a hot and sunny vacation from the entrapment of school and the responsibilities that come along with it. Summer camps, swimming pools, and vacations to the Grand Canyon replace the time usually spent learning. This sort of healthy stimulation of the mind is great and often times of no real detriment to the retention of a student’s education, that is, if one can afford such luxuries. David von Drehle said in a Times article, “Dull summers take a steep toll. Deprived of healthy stimulation, millions of low-income kids lose a significant amount of what they learn during the school year.” Harris Cooper, a leading summer-learning expert at Duke University, concluded from a century’s worth of academic studies that because of summer, students lose, on average, a month of math skills. The study shows even worse results for low-income students, who lose as much as three months of reading comprehension as compared to their middleincome counterparts. A Johns Hopkins study similarly revealed that most all students made similar progress through the school year but,
better-off students retained more of their education than lower-income students through the summer months. “By the end of grammar school, low-income students had fallen nearly three grades behind, and summer was the biggest culprit. By ninth grade, summer learning loss could be blamed for roughly two-thirds of the achievement gap separating incomes,” von Drehle said. The issue is not just about education. For the 30 million students nationwide who receive reduced-priced or free lunches from their schools, summer can leave children in poverty without a consistent meal. These same students rarely attend summer programs or participate in activities that could prevent the education gap from widening. America’s children cannot keep falling behind the rest of the world in education. A recent study by Karl L. Alexander of Johns Hopkins University shows that while American children spend more total hours in school than the rest of world, math scores fall below nearly every other industrialized country. The US has been witnessing a slow and steady decline in its primary education prowess that crosses all gender and racial
lines. Higher education in the US still remains the best in the world, but American students are now arriving to college less prepared than their international counterparts. With students around the world spending as much as four more weeks a year in school, the American way of three months of unencumbered freedom and liberty may need a fresh look. Year round school is a fairly new experiment which attempts to combat what education experts call the “summer-slide”, or the loss of learned materials from too long a summer break. Dr. Judith Jones, the Horace Mann Elementary Principle, said, “The traditional school calendar is an outdated legacy from the farming era that does damage to kids that can least afford it.” Horace Mann, now in its fifteenth year of continuous education learning, and seven other Oklahoma City Public Schools have opted to change to what is called a continuous learning calendar. This is quite different from the traditional calendar in that it provides students with a more consistent learning regimen. “The primary driving force behind a con-
tinuous learning schedule is to keep kids from being out of school for an extended amount of time,” said Jones. Jones said she has heard nothing but accolades from the teachers and parents of yearround school. “Parents and staff say it’s a much more improved delivery method that is better at keeping in line with the parents work schedules.” said Jones Dr. Wetsel, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Development at UCO, says, “When done well, year round schools have certain advantages over a traditional schedule, but in the same sense when traditional school is done well it has several advantages as well.” Some of the advantages articulated by Dr. Wetsel are greater consistency of free or lowpriced lunches for low-income students and greater consistency of class time. The pattern here becomes quite clear. Students, much like an athlete or musician, begin to lose what they have learned during the long summers. Thus, it is important to take a closer look at how the year-round schools in Oklahoma City adapt to this new method.
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AUG 23, 2010 News With a Flash
Flood survivors jostle for position as they try to reach for relief goods in flood hit Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Weeks after massive downpours first battered northern Pakistan, submerging tens of thousands of square miles, killing near 1,500 people and leaving millions homeless, those floodwaters are still sweeping down river and through the south, adding one more layer of misery to people long accustomed to hardship. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Giorgia Boscolo smiles beside her gondola, background, in Venice’s Grand Canal, Italy, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. After nine hundred years of male dominance in the profession, Venice is going to have its first official female gondolier. Her name is Giorgia Boscolo and she has passed the practical exam on Aug. 13. Boscolo is the first woman to pass this test, considered the most difficult step in the long road to become a gondolier. She must now pass one further exam in November before joining the guild of official gondoliers. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
An employee sorts seeds of Phalaroides Arundinacea grass in the Pavlovsk Agricultural Station in Pavlovsk, near St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. The world’s first seed bank survived World War II thanks to 12 Russian scientists who chose to starve to death rather than eat the grain they were saving for future generations. Now the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry’s seed bank is in danger again, this time because of court-approved plans to rip up its vast fields of genetically diverse plants and build fancy homes on the prime real estate they occupy near St. Petersburg.(AP Photo/ Dmitry Lovetsky)
In this Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 photo, Fordson High School football players huddle at football practice after 11 p.m., in Dearborn, Mich. For Muslim teammates who make up a majority of the Fordson squad in the large Arab community it’s a way for the players to practice football and their faith _ namely, the daytime fasting ritual that accompanies the 30-day holy month of Ramadan that started last week. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Pedestrians give a thumbs-up as they walk by Julia Lundy, second from right, and Matt Sky, right, as they hold signs in front of the site of a proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Going Green
EVERYDAY PRODUCTS MADE TO GO GREEN By Chantal Robatteux / Staff Writer Going Green – the new mission of businesses and schools around the world. A lot of countries have had to recycle for lots of years; in America it is not mandatory everywhere. However, it is mandatory for the Earth to conserve natural resources and to keep it clean. Some may say recycling is a hassle, that there is no time for that. But that is not true. There are many ways to recycle just on UCO’s campus. There are recycle bins all around campus, which are emptied Monday through Thursday, depending on the zones for the buildings. Students can visit UCO’s Web site, ucorecycling.com for recycling zones located throughout campus Also, there are other ways to Go Green besides recycling. There are several economyfriendly stores and businesses that make being eco-friendly easier for all of us. The Barnes & Noble bookstore offers a variety of eco-friendly school supplies. Some of these supplies include pens from the company Pilot Pen Corporation of America. This company offers various pens made of recyclables. The newest addition to their pens is the “Bottle-To-Pen” (B2P), which will launch in the college market in the fall of 2010. Robert Silberman, Vice President of Marketing of the Pilot Pen Corporation of America, said, “The B2P is an important milestone in Pilot Pen’s history. We’ve taken an environmental liability – the water bottle – and turned it into an affordable, usable asset – a pen.” According to the press release from Pilot Pen, the B2P is the first of its kind and approximately two B2Ps can be made from one
plastic bottle. Shelly Richardson, a public relation representative, said, “The writing quality of the B2P meets the same high performance standards found in all of Pilot Pen’s products.” The B2P is made from 89.9 percent postconsumer recycled content. This pen is retractable and refillable with the same ink refill as the well-known Pilot G2, America’s No. 1 selling gel pen. Silberman continues saying, “the pens look great, write well, and have a benefit unlike any other in that we’ve used something disposable and given it another life.” The B2P is the tenth green product introduced by Pilot Pen in America. They offer gel pens, ballpoint pens, rolling ball pens, mechanical pencils, whiteboard markers and permanent markers. All of these in the BeGreeN line are “made from at least 70 percent recycled content, are packaged in recycled materials, and meet or exceed ISO 14001 and 14021 requirements for environmentally responsible production,” according to the press release. The retail price for a B2P pen is suggested at $2.29, according to Richardson. There are also other products one can buy to be eco-friendly. It is not that difficult to be eco-friendly; it is not going to take any longer to buy these items, since these are located by the others. Let us try to do our part to keep this world -our world – healthy and clean for the next generations to come. Some of those ecofriendly products might be more expensive than the regular ones, but how much is the Earth worth to you?
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Bottle-To-Pen 2-Pack:$2.99
Paper Mate Retractable Gel Pens, Black, 2-Pack: $4.00
Boots Botanics Organic Facial Cleanser - 8.4 fl. oz.: $7.99
Aveeno Positively Radiant Make-up Removing Cleanser $6.49
Eco Tools 5-pc. Brush Set $10.99
Sonia Kashuk® Double Duty Brush Set $21.99
Rethink. Reinvent. Notebook - Olive (5.1x3.6) $9.99
Notebook - Aqua (5.1x3.6) $6.98
Atchison By BIC® Eco Friendly TranSport It Tote Item # 771665 : $11.99
i.e.™ Fashion Laptop Tote, Purple Croc Item # 108783: $31.49
Companies like Pilot Pen Corporation of America are making efforts to go green, such as making pens out 89.9% recycled consumer product.
Music
By Ethan Larsh / Staff Writer Edmond Celtic-Punk band the Righs put on an electrifying live concert. If a fight were to break out between two drunken men in an Irish pub, the Righs would be the soundtrack. Violins, mandolins, banjos, and loud, raucous guitars are played at breakneck speed as Nate Williams, 22, and Jack Smith, 22, provide shout-a-long choruses. In the living room of the house where they practice, the band discusses their influences, the local music scene and Reel Big Fish. The band, which has been together since the summer of 2005, is starting to gain a following and see success. In July, they opened up for Reel Big Fish, a famous California Ska Punk band, at the Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City. “The Conservatory recommended us for that show,” Smith said. Smith is a vocalist, lead guitar and banjo player for the band. “Reel Big Fish was definitely one of our favorite shows to play.” The Righs’ concert at the Diamond Ballroom drew in large crowds. “There were about 700 people at the show,” Williams said, who is a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the group. “It’s definitely pushed us to get bigger shows.” The Righs, although inspired by Irish-Punk bands, do not want to be labeled as just another Flogging Molly. “When people think of Celtic rock they think of Dropkick Murphy’s or Flogging Molly,” Williams said. “We try to take all of our varying differences and put them together, and then we write what comes to mind.” “We have a diverse sound,” Ronnie Meyer said, a senior majoring in Broadcasting at
UCO, and drummer for the Righs. “Like Jian [the violin player] likes gypsy music.” “I really like Tom Waits,” Omid Nowrouzi said, 21, mandolin player for the Righs and 2006 UCO Alum. “I think we all really like Tom Waits actually.” The Righs also support and are fans of fellow local bands. The group discussed how they were big fans of local bands Red City Radion and Big Whiskey Blackout among others.
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“We play for the fans more then we play for ourselves.”
“There’s a band called Dirty Mugs that are good friends of ours,” Smith said. “The Last Slice,” John Slawson said, bassist for the Righs as he simply pointed to his Last Slice T-shirt. The Righs released their second album at the beginning of the year called “Roses,” an album which the Celtic-Punk review site Paddyrock.com calls “some of the best original material to go along with the raw energy that is pumped into your ears with every track.” The Righs write good songs, but at the end of the day, it is all about the audience. “We play for the fans more then we play for ourselves,” Meyer said. Smith agrees that the experience live with fans is important. “That’s the best feeling in the world; having a badass show,” Smith said. Edmond Celtic-punk band, The Righs are taking the stage and notice of fans throughout the metro. The Righs recently released their second album titles, Roses this year.
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Health
HEALTHY HABITS SLIM FAT CHANCES By Brittany Dalton / Staff Writer August marks the beginning of a new year, and a new start for incoming freshmen. These students contend not only with adjustment to college life, but an additional worry: the fear of the “Freshman Fifteen.” The weight that many students reportedly gain their first year of college. Recent studies contend the actual weight gain is an average of seven pounds. There is more to staying healthy than staying thin, however. The health habits formed during the freshman year often are the habits retained throughout college, and in some instances, the years to come. “Students have a lot to juggle, between school, work and family,” Danielle Dill, assistant director of health services at UCO, said. The main causes of the Freshman Fifteen to be “physical inactivity and poor nutrition habits,” Dill said. College schedules are much less structured than their high school counterparts. Many students enjoy the freedom this allows, but an inconsistent schedule can lead to unhealthy eating habits. When rushed for time, it may seem like a good idea to skip meals, but skipping meals can lead to overeating at the next one. Maintain consistency by working in three meals a day, with two or three balanced snacks. For instance, peanut butter toast or a piece of fruit can provide a nice substitute if a student misses breakfast.
It can be tempting to snack on high-fat or high-calorie foods, or eat fast food for most meals. Avoid the temptation of unhealthy junk foods by stocking healthy foods in your dorm. Drinking water is also essential, as water can increase the body’s metabolism. College schedules also allow less time for physical activity. Johnny Watley, fitness coordinator at the Wellness Center, emphasizes the importance of staying active. “For every hour of exercise that you do, you gain one hour of life. It’s like putting money in the bank; exercise is your body’s bank account.” There are many ways to work physical activity into a college student’s schedule. The Wellness Center offers a range of equipment, as well as various group exercise classes. These programs can be a great way to get fit, while interacting with fellow students. “We are open from 4:45 a.m. to 11 p.m., so our hours can accommodate any schedule,” Watley said. “You will be greeted by friendly
staff, and we will work with you to set up an exercise plan.” Watley also advises students to “Start slow, then build momentum.” Many students try to achieve instant results, overworking their bodies and becoming discouraged. One way to work exercise into each day is to take the stairs instead of the elevator. UCO also offers the Bum-aBike program,
allowing students to cycle to class. “Your heart is a muscle. It requires work to function at its highest level. You need regular rhythmic exercise,” Watley says. Watley believes it is important that students’ emphasis not just be on losing weight, but on maintaining physical and mental fitness as well. “A good balance of nutrition, exercise, and good sleep will make you more successful.”
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EMPLOYMENT
Server Positions Available
Hefner Grill, Hiring all positions. Apply within.
Shogun’s Steak House Of Japan
Hiring for waitstaff, busers, dishwashers, host, bar tender. Apply in person at Northpark Mall (NW 127nd N. May) after 5:30 pm. 749-0120
Teacher Needed Immediately For Edmond Day care
FT/PT experience preferred. Competitive wages. Apply in person @ 24 NW 146th or call Camelot CDC @ 749-2262
Part-Time Jobs
Senior Services of Oklahoma is looking for students to fill part time positions. Several from 9a.m.-1p.m. shifts and1:30p.m.-5:30p.m. shifts are available for Monday- Friday. We pay $10.00 per hour for energetic phone work educating senior citizens on healthcare issues. No experience is needed; We will train. Business is located at 1417 N.W. 150th St. in Edmond. Call 8791888 to set up interview. Ask for Megan Parris.
Help Wanted
Handy student P/T. Lawn and property maintenance, carpentry, painting. Near UCO. Must be self motivated trustworthy, able to work unsupervised. Call 405641-0712.
Tutoring Needed Tutoring needed for 4 year -old. Early childhood major preferred. Approximately 5 hours per week. 919-8019
Baby sitter/nanny needed Babysitter/ nanny needed. Must speak Mandarin. Approximately 10 hours per week. 919-8019
Part-Time Jobs
Job Description – Part Time Graphics Designer DM Mailing Services, Inc. is taking applications for a part time Graphic Designer and is looking for a candidate who can plan, analyze and create visual marketing and branding solutions for our clients. Duties Include: • Develop and refine logos, taglines and graphics. • Assist team members with on going projects utilizing Adobe InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, PhotoShop CS2, PageMaker and Microsoft Software. Job Requirements: • 2 to 5 years of design experience or actively pursuing a degree in design, marketing or related field. • Outstanding communication and organizational skills with a strong attention to detail. Demonstrated experience with Adobe Creative Suite. Please send your cover letter and resume to: DM Mailing Services, Inc. 237 South Coltrane, Edmond, OK 73034. Or fax: 405.348.8966 attention to detail. Demonstrated experience with Adobe Creative Suite. Please send your cover letter and resume to: DM Mailing Services, Inc. 237 South Coltrane, Edmond, OK 73034. Or fax: 405.348.8966
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Part-Time Job
DM Mailing Services, Inc. is taking applications for a seasonal / part time Mailing Machine Operator. This is a perfect job for someone who would like to make a supplementalincome while attending school. The position requires the ability to be able to work as needed to cover peak business demands. The hours of work will normally be from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM (M-F); flexible work schedule.Job Requirements: 2 years basic computer skills.Customer service skills.Oral and written communicationsskills. High school diploma or GED. Lift 30 - 50 pounds.Please send your cover letter and resume to: DM Mailing Services, Inc. 237 South Coltrane, Edmond, OK 73034. Or fax: 405.348.8966
Fun Job
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Work part-time at Edmond’s newest gourmet food store, the Beef Jerkey Emporium at Danforth and Kelley. Fun job with flexible hours. Retail experience helpful. Call Mark at (405) 255-2185
FOR RENT Seeking female students. Large house. Beautiful setting. $275.00 permonth. Available immediatly. Three rooms left. 478-7979 OKLAHOMA FUN FACTS NEXRAD (Next generation weather radar) was invented by a pair of professors on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma’s School of Meteorology. The Operational Support Facility for the NEXRAD program is located at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, on the campus of the University of Oklahoma.
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tion for practice 41. “I ___ you one” 42. Feudal lord 45. Rounded oak galls 48. Bend low 51. Bring down 52. Dickens’s ___ Heep 54. “___ me!” 55. Analogous organs 59. Arc lamp gas 62. Prefix with phone 63. Winged 65. “Soap” family name 66. Blocks 67. Celebrate 68. Bypass 69. Brightly colored fish 70. Abbr. after many a general’s name 71. Medical advice, often
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While passing another vehicle in Yukon, it is mandatory to honk your horn. It is against the law to bring an elephant into Tulsa’s downtown area. Oklahoma has more miles of the original Route 66 than any other state. A frontier house of logs in Akins, Oklahoma, called Sequoyah’s Cabin, was occupied from 1829-1844 by Sequoyah, also called George Gist. Sequoyah, a teacher, invented the Cherokee written language in 1821 For more fun facts about Oklahoma, go to www. legendsofamerica.com/OK-Facts2.html
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News of the Strange
ODDITIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) — A Texas teenager who broke curfew is headed for a reluctant adventure in baby-sitting. Robert Rausch placed an advertisement offering his daughter’s free baby-sitting services in the community newspaper in Southlake, a wealthy suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth that is home to business leaders and professional athletes. The advertisement names Rausch’s 16-yearold-daughter and says, “Want a FREE BABYSITTER for a night out?” It explains that she is in trouble for missing her curfew and offers 30 hours of free baby-sitting. Rausch says he wanted to discipline his daughter and help others at the same time. And it appears his daughter has already learned a lesson. She says she won’t violate curfew again or throw any more late-night parties.
WARSAW, Ohio (AP) — Feuding Ohio strippers and churchgoers who have been protesting each other have agreed to meet and discuss their differences. Foxhole strip club owner Tommy George says churchgoers with bullhorns have bothered his patrons. New Beginnings Ministries pastor Bill Dunfee calls the strip club a nuisance. They say they’ll negotiate for the first time Wednesday. The decision came after two women from ministries that evangelize to adult-entertain-
ment industry workers spoke during Sunday’s sermon at the church in Warsaw, 60 miles northeast of Columbus. San Diego resident Sheri Brown and Grand Rapids, Mich., resident Anny Donewald say the congregation should just love the strippers and “let the Holy Spirit draw them out.” The Columbus Dispatch newspaper says women who attended the church service apologized to strippers who had traveled from nearby Newcastle to protest outside.
In this Aug. 10, 2010 photo, Southlake, Texas resident Kirstin Rauch, 16, shows an ad she placed in The Southlake Journal offering free babysitting as a punishment for missing her curfew. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Adrian McCandless)
New Beginnings Church members leave after services while Foxhole strip club dancers protest in front of the New Beginnings Church in Warsaw, Ohio, Aug. 8, 2010. A central Ohio strip club owner who grew tired of a church’s protests outside his club is leading his own protests of the church with the help of some of his club’s bikini-clad dancers. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Kyle Robertson)
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — A 78-yearold man rode a Pittsburgh-area roller coaster 90 times in one day — bringing his lifetime total to 4,000 rides. Vic Kleman spent about five hours on the Jack Rabbit roller coaster at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. The wooden coaster is no spring chicken, either. It’s celebrating its 90th anniversary — This photo provided by Picsolve/Kennywood shows Vic Kleman taking his 4,000th ride on Kennywood’s Jack Rabbit roller coaster, Aug. 15, 2010 in West Mifflin, Pa. The the number that prompted Kleman’s mara-
thon riding session on Sunday. The Jack Rabbit has an 85-foot, double-dip drop. Kleman says he’s been going on it since 1959, and usually rides it about 20 times a visit. Kleman, who lives in nearby Knoxville, Pa., is a member of the American Coaster Enthusiasts.
78-year-old man rode the roller coaster 90 times in one day _ bringing his lifetime total to 4,000 rides. (AP Photo/Picsolve/Kennywood)
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“I love working here. I commute from the Moore area daily and wake up looking forward to coming to work each day,” Miller said. “UCO provides an excellent teaching environment with “state of art” technology and teaching tools to work with.” Additionally, it is not just the where you work, but who you work with. “The people make it a great place to work,” Liz Crowell said, Center for Professional and Distance Education staff employee. “Everyone I’ve talked to loves working here and genuinely wants to make UCO a great place for students.”
“Everyone I’ve talked to loves working here and genuinely wants to make UCO a great place for students.” Indeed, campus satisfaction does not just extend to faculty and staff but also to student workers. “They let me make my own schedule so I can base it around school,” Carolyn Smith said, a junior and Administrative building assistant. “It’s great.” With an abundance of technological resources and a helpful faculty, many students would agree that the teaching environment at UCO is high quality. “I have heard enough horror stories from bigger colleges like OU and OSU to know that the environment at UCO is less corporate and more helpful. The professors are a lot more willing to set aside time to help you,” Smith said. Over all, the survey results showed that many people like to work in higher education. The highestscoring statements in the survey were “I have a good relationship with my supervisor/department chair,” “I am given the responsibility and freedom to do my job,” and “I am proud to be part of this institution.” The benefits of working at a college were also highly praised. The five items that stood out included: vacation time, retirement plans, medical insurance, tuition reimbursement for employees, and life insurance.
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Letters from... PRESIDENT W. ROGER WEBB Welcome to the University of Central Oklahoma! I hope you’ve had a chance this first week to get acquainted with our beautiful campus, our excellent faculty and staff, and some of your fellow students, many who are attending Central for the first time. I am honored and grateful to be a part of this great institution and know that you are coming here at a time when the university is thriving with learning and culture, with growth and activities, with friendship and community. As a student, you will be challenged and supported by a talented faculty and staff who are—first and foremost—dedicated to providing you with an excellent education. I would like to challenge you to take that education beyond the classroom and out into the campus community where you can have fun and get involved with one of more than 200 student organizations, student government, and a myriad of musical, cultural, spiritual and athletic events that go on throughout the year— Homecoming, theater, outdoor concerts, Greek life, Broncho sporting events, and WinterGlow, just to name a few. You will find that we are rich with opportunities here at Central, but if you can’t find an organization that suits your interest, start one. Go hear one of the many speakers who are either visiting or perhaps teach here. Find some spots on campus where you like to hang out with your friends or for some solitude--a favorite bench, the basketball or volleyball courts, Broncho Lake, Starbucks, one of the food courts,
Buddy’s, the UCO Jazz Lab and Hideaway Pizza, or Plunkett Park. Volunteer for a cause you believe in. Student activities and events are the heart of campus life and will result in memories that last a lifetime, that will be an integral part of how you Live Central. You are making a smart investment in your future. Our world is waiting for talented men and women like you to enrich our society and offer new ideas, to lead us and make our communities better places to live. All of us at Central will do all we can to help transform your lives to make that possible. I hope that as you make this journey you will be fueled by your own personal goals and dreams and that we, as a university, motivate you and move you closer to those visions of personal and ultimately professional success. As your president, I am excited for you! See you on campus!
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PROVOST WILLIAM RADKE Welcome to the University of Central Oklahoma. For those of you who are returning welcome back. What a great choice you have made for your education. UCO has a talented and caring faculty, small classes, and big opportunities. UCO faculty members are engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning and are committed, along with the staff of Student Affairs, Administration, Office of Information Technology, Enrollment Management, Leadership Central and the UCO Foundation, to providing transformative experience for you. We know that you are likely to change careers several times during your working life so we want to be sure that in addition to an excellent experience in your subject that you will leave us with leadership and problem solving skills, connections to your community and your world and an understanding of health and wellness. These skills will serve you regardless of the career path on which you find yourself. UCO calls this Transformative Learning or “the Central Six.” You will have a stellar undergraduate experience at UCO and I want you to be aware that the great faculty members you will have for your undergraduate program are the same ones who teach in our graduate programs. We have 900 talented, engaged and caring faculty members ready to change lives and
they are waiting for you. Our mission at UCO is helping students learn by providing transformative experiences so that they may become productive, creative, ethical, engaged citizens and leaders contributing to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities they serve. Welcome to your University. Welcome to UCO. William Radke Provost and Vice President Academic Affairs
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION JEFF HARP Welcome message from Jeffrey Harp, Executive Director of Safety and Transportation Services With fall enrollment expected to be approximately 17,000 for the first time in our institution’s 119-year history, we hope you share our excitement as we begin another great year on campus. Nearly 50 full and part-time staff of UCO Safety and Transportation Services, as well as numerous other campus offices, will work diligently this year to help ensure that you are safe, that your property is secure and that you can get to, from and around campus as easily and safely as possible. Parking availability is a frequent topic of discussion on campus. This fall’s record enrollment will place additional burdens on our parking availability during peak times. I encourage you to seek parking in parking lots located in the northern part of campus. Parking lots located east of Wantland Stadium are only a ten minute walk (or less) to the Nigh University Center and nearly always have available parking spaces. If you feel uncomfortable walking between these parking lots and other campus buildings, we encourage you to use our Safe Walk program by calling Police Services at 9742345, or contact us via one of the Safe Walk intercom phones located in academic buildings campus wide, or our outdoor emergency phones. To help with transportation needs, we have partnered with the City of Edmond’s CityLink bus system that serves the Central community via our free BronchoLink bus route. You may also borrow a bike for free via our innovative Bum-A-Bike program, rent a car by the hour with our Connect by Hertz program or get preferred parking when you share a ride in our High Occupancy Vehicle parking area, just south of the new Center for Transformational Learning facility. Emergency preparedness is taken seriously at Central. The university is developing a nationwide reputation for emergency preparedness and will continue to work hard so that if
a crisis does occur, losses will be minimized and the campus will be restored to normal operations as quickly as possible. Every student, faculty and staff member is encouraged to sign up for Central Alert. This system will allow UCO officials to communicate directly to you via text messaging, e-mail and voice message in the event of an emergency. You can also optin to receive weather notices that impact campus such as ice or snow-related closures. Log on to UCONNECT and click on the “My Central Alert” link to enter your information. UCO Police Services is here to serve you around the clock. While you are on campus, Police Services is your police department. Police staff are certified, commissioned and trained to standards that exceed those required by many other departments in Oklahoma. Do not hesitate to call 911 in an emergency or our non-emergency number, 974-2345 if you have questions or need assistance. You are also served by UCO’s Environmental Health and Safety unit. These professional staff persons make sure that your campus environment is safe from occupational and environmental hazards. They manage our campus fire systems, chemical disposal and a host of other safety activities. If you have concerns about our safety environment, you can reach them by calling 974-2216. If you have questions about safety or security activities on our campus please call us at 974-2345, or visit our Website at www.uco.edu. You can access the current edition of our Annual Security Report which provides details on all campus safety services on the main UCO Website (search for “Annual Security Report” in the search box). The new issue of this report will be available October 1. Remember, safety and security is everyone’s business at Central. Please do not hesitate to call us if you need assistance or information. Have a great year!
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Art and Design Building UCOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Student Union was built in April 1952. It overwent renovations and became the Art Department in 1967. The Student Union had a beauty salon, like the Art building does today, and it also had bowling alleys, a student lounge, a ballroom, and a bookstore.
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Mass Communications The Max Chambers Library, now north of the Eductation buidling, was in 1957 located in what is currently the Mass Communications building. The library has had five different locations, including the second floor of the Old North building, the Old South building, and the Great Hall of the Evans Building.
Football Stadium
Broncho Lake The first football games were played on a grass field in front of the Evans Building with no bleachers or seats. Then the field was moved the field to the area where Murdaugh Hall now stands where students could watch the game from wooden bleachers. In 1933, Central Field was built where Broncho Lake stands today.
Faces & Places Plunkett Park
Emma Plunkett Emma Plunkett was the first director of Women’s Education at Central State University, now UCO, and helped to expand the women’s athletic department. She donated a million dollars with her sister Josephine, which went towards construction of Plunkett Park.
Wantland Hall
Coach Wantland Charles Wantland was a coach and Athletic Director at Central State University from 1912 to 1931. In 1916, under Wantland’s coaching, Central State beat Oklahoma Methodist, now Oklahoma City University, 183-0. Wantland Hall, is named after Coach Wantland.
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Charles Evans Charles Evans was the eighth president of UCO during 1911 to 1916. It was under Evans’ administration where the first daily school newspaper was established in the state. Enrollment increased during his time Evans Hall was built for the purpose of having a library.
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Monday, August 23, 7pm NUC Ballrooms Arvin Mitchell has hit the comedy scene running since his debut on BET’s Coming to the Stage in 2003. His clean comedic style along with his hilarious impressions has made him a hit for the college circuit! Just how funny is comedian and actress Loni Love? Ask both Variety and Comedy Central, both of which have named her among their Top 10 Comics to Watch, or Campus Activities Magazine, which honored her as its Hot Comic for 2009. Currently Loni is a regular panelist on E!s hit show “Chelsea Lately” and TruTV’s “The Smoking Gun Presents: The World’s Dumbest.” Loni taped her first one hour special for Comedy Central “America’s Sister,” which premiered this summer.
C.L. Lindsay “Social Media & the Law” Wednesday, August 25, 7pm NUC Constitution Hall
This program teaches students everything they need to know about their online lives in a fun, humorous way: What their rights are; how the laws operate; what potential liabilities await them. And, most importantly, they’ll leave knowing how to protect themselves both legally and personally when they log on. C.L. has been named Speaker of the Year numerous times for a reason- he is engaging and informative!
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ld North, the oldest higher education structure in Oklahoma, was built in 1893. The clock tower was dedicated as a National Historic Site on Nov. 9, 1972. Old North was closed in 2000 due to impending needs for renovations. The makeover process is still in the preparation phase, but plans for interior renovation, a new east wing and an outdoor amphitheater opening into Plunkett Park are in place once funding approved. Old North is located next to the Lillard Adminstration building and south of the Max Chambers Library.
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rganized in 1894, UCO’s library is the oldest academic library in the state of Oklahoma. The Max Chambers Library, the actual structure, was first built in 1968, and includes an addition built in a campus-wide renovation in 1997. The library is home to nearly a million searchable volumes, more than 100 public computers, 140 databases containing millions of articles, and hundreds of online reference works. The library is located just East of Police Services and south of the University Commons.
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he Nigh University Center, located at the heart of the campus adjacent to Broncho Lake, is a central hub for UCO students. Built in 1967 and dedicated to former UCO President George Nigh following a $15 million dollar expansion to the building in 1997, the Nigh Center houses most of the university’s administrative offices, including student financial services, admissions, and the Transportation and Parking Services office. The Nigh Center is also home to the Barnes & Noble bookstore, a food court, Starbucks and Legends, a gourmet campus restaurant.
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CO’s newest structure, the Center for Transformative Learning, prepares to begin its maiden semester on campus this fall. The $10 million, 70,000 square-foot structure was completed this past June. As a symbol of UCO’s progressive efforts in transformative learning, the Center for Transformative Learning boasts a host of modern amenities for the student of the 21st century, including several high-definition flat screen televisions and charging docks for laptops and iPods throughout the building’s corridors and classrooms. The building contains 11 classrooms, office space, a recital hall, several student lounge areas, and even an outdoor auditorium.
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ne of the newest buildings on campus, the Forensic Science Institute opened for students in January. The cuttingedge structure contains all the features expected of the Oklahoma’s premier forensic sciences department. In addition to classrooms and faculty offices, the Forensic building houses a 165-seat auditorioum, an evidence gathering training bay and the AT&T Digital Evidence and Cyber-Security Lab. The new structure is just off Second Street, south of the Nigh University Center.
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Vista Fall Sports Preview Inside: Page 26- UCO Volleyball and Cross Country Page 27- UCO Soccer Page 28- UCO Men’s Basketball Page 29- UCO Women’s Basketball Page 30- UCO Hockey Page 31- UCO Football Page 32- UCO Wrestling
In depth sport-by-sport breakdown with player Q&As, season predictions, schedules and players to watch. Exclusive Q&As with Zuela Adom Julia Crocker Samantha Rusk Dauntae Williams Ashley Beckley Jonathan Cannizzo Josh Birmingham Jarrett Edison
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PLAYING WITH AUTHORITY Q&A With Zuela Adom
Tue September 14- Dallas Baptist 7:00 PM Thur September 23- Eastern New Mexico 7:00 PM Sat September 25- West Texas A&M 2:00 PM Thur October 14- Texas A&M Commerce 7:00 PM Fri October 15- Texas Woman’s 7:00 PM Thur October 21- Tarleton State 7:00 PM Thur November 4- Southeastern Oklahoma State 7:00 PM Sat November 6- East Central 2:00 PM All UCO home games are played at Hamilton Field House on campus.
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“Our goal for this season is just stay positive, do better than we did last season and just stay motivated, and push through tough times.”
Who are some players to watch for on the 2010-2011 Lady Bronchos squad?
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“Kristen Wilson, our captain. Our seniors Courtney Whitlow, Sarah Niles, and myself of course. We’ve got some freshmen that came in and looked really good. We’re excited and ready to get the season going.”
Q&A With Cross Country Senior Julia Crocker
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What do you expect out of this season?
“This year everyone’s back fresh. Their legs are ready. We are ranked third, higher than we were last year. So we’re ready to give it all we’ve got and do the best we can.”
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By Michael Collins / Sports Writer The Broncho’s soccer team was one of the few teams on campus last year that actually performed up to expectations. The team was led by Alli Miller, who finished up her eligibility with a trip to the National Playoffs. Miller will be one of the few players that Coach Mike Cook will have to replace this year. After losing only a few players due to graduation, the Bronchos field a very experienced team. This season, Coach Cook will run out
a team that hosts no seniors, yet at the same time will have tons of playing experience. Out of the 22-player roster, 17 of the girls will be underclassmen. Of those 17 girls, nine of them played majors roles last season. The soccer team will have a chance to add to the level of the growing popularity of the sport following the FIFA World Cup, which the United States had a particularly strong showing this summer. Since in Oklahoma, winning is the key to everything, the Broncho’s soccer team
should be gaining fans left and right, with all the other key sports struggling at the moment, this will be a keen time to reel in some new fans. Following last year’s playoff run, this year’s team should look to make a deep run in the playoffs. Staying healthy and focused will be key, but getting Ashton Morris back, who sat out last season due to injury, should only add fuel to the already burning flame to win this season.
Q&A With Samantha Rusk
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How good will the 2010 Lady Bronchos be this year? “We have a really talented team. We can definitely win conference, and make it far into the NCAA championship.”
How close are you and your teammates? “The team is a really great bunch of girls. We’re really supportive of eachother. We help push eachother and we really get along.”
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Sports Writer Michael Collins Prediction:
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Key Players to Watch Brittni Walker
This sophomore is one of the best forwards in the Lone Star Conference. She showed flashes of greatness during her true freshman season before a knee injury sidelined her. If she is able to regain her quickness and speed this season, she could be a key factor in how many wins they end up with this season.
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One of a handful of juniors on this squad, Kashwer will be a vital leader and scorer for this team. She has the talent to be a premier player in the Lone Star Conference, and has showed very good durability during her time her at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Samantha Rusk
Another vocal leader who will look to provide stability to a position that has only one upperclassman listed on the roster. With Rusk being the only really experienced goal keeper, she should get first shot to crack the starting lineup. If she does falter however, it will be two freshman goal keepers to take her place.
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UCO Men’s Basketball Preview
TAKING THE NEXT STEP Dauntae Williams
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Key Players to Watch Dauntae Williams
Returning leading scorer in his senior year is a no-brainer for a key player list. Williams wears the number zero on his chest, but he is the No. 1 guy on the court, and that shouldn’t change. While basketball is a team sport and the Bronchos play that card well, Williams is a playmaker and can change the flow of a game. It is imperative that Dauntae continues his success at UCO. If he stays healthy like he did last season, UCO is in good shape.
Shane Carroll
Expect Carroll to see an even bigger roll in the Bronchos’ offense this season. Carroll was the go-to guy at the threepoint line last season. Shane earned the nickname over the airways, “The Assassin,” because of his deadly accurate shot. As a junior coming off a solid sophomore season, Carroll needs to put together the same, if not better numbers this year. We expect he will.
Tyler Phillips
Phillips stands tall at 6-foot-5. But, he plays even taller than that. Tyler Phillips was just a sophomore last season out of Oklahoma Christian. In his sophomore year, Phillips put up 306 points, averaging 11.7 per game. Phillips also had 8 blocks, 33 steals and 38 assists. Phillips rebounded the ball 131 times, 90 of them on the defensive side of the court. He should factor in more defensively this season; however, he can shoot the ball very well. Phillips connected on over 38% of his three-point shots.
Honorable Mention: Brent Friday, Victor Driver, Chris McCleary, Carl Curry
2010/2011 Season Home Games Thur November 16- Southern Nazarene 7:00 PM Fri November 26- OK Panhandle State 7:00 PM Sat November 27- Missouri Western State 4:00 PM Sat December 11- Angelo State 4:00 PM Mon December 13- Abilene Christian 8:00 PM Thur December 30- Arkansas-Fort Smith 8:00 PM Thur January 6- Tarleton State 8:00 PM Sat January 8- Midwestern State 4:00 PM Sat January 15- Cameron 8:00 PM Wed January 19- Texas A&M-Commerce 8:00 PM Sat January 22- Southeastern OK State 8:00 PM Sat January 29- East Central 8:00 PM Wed February 2- Northeastern State 8:00 PM Wed February 23 Southwestern OK State 8:00 PM All UCO home games are played at Hamilton Field House on the UCO campus.
Q&A With Dauntae Williams
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
What was disappointing about last season’s finish?
“Last season we didn’t go as far as I wanted to. We went to the first round of the national tournament and lost. I wanted to go farther and experience the Elite 8 and all the stuff you get from the Elite 8.”
What are your thoughts on bedlam hockey this season? “I have never seen myself as a vocal leader. I always lead by example. I am ... a quiet person on the court.”
How good of a coach is head coach Terry Evans? “He is a pretty good coach. He is a good coach actually. He can coach Division I. He played at (University of Oklahoma), so I think he can coach at the Division I level.”
By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor The University of Central Oklahoma Men’s Basketball team is consistently one of the top teams in the conference. Nearly unstoppable at home and formidable on the road, the Bronchos dominate year after year under head coach Terry Evans. This season should be no different. Last season the Bronchos went 22-7, winning 11 out of 12 home games and going 11-1 in conference. UCO is the three-time defending Lone Star Conference North Division champion. The Bronchos bolstered their already talented team this offseason by adding four new players. Larry Cunningham of Carl Albert High School, June Carter of Murray State College, Jarrod McDaniel of Seminole State College and Tony Ross of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M join UCO this season. “All four of these guys are great athletes who can defend and rebound,” UCO head coach Terry Evans said. “They will really give us a boost next
year and we’re excited to have them join the program.” Adding talent this season became the No. 1 priority after losing four seniors to graduation. Chris Rhymes, one of the Bronchos’ offensive leaders, is now gone. Eric Cazenave, an absolute star and leader for UCO is also gone. 6-foot8 235 pound Blake Livingston’s size and skill in the paint won’t be around anymore. Cunningham is a 6-foot-6, All-State forward who averaged over 17 points and 7.7 rebounds per game as a senior. He also shot a solid 40% from behind the 3-point line. Carter was also an All-State player. He played on two state championship Millwood High School teams. He’s played two years at Murray State, and averaged 13 points and 10.7 rebounds a game last season. The other two will also help give the Bronchos depth come November. UCO has six lettermen, including three starters and three redshirts return-
Sports Editor Chris Wescott Season Prediction:
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ing from last season’s successful squad. The Bronchos won their third straight LSC North title and went to the NCAA Division II national tournament for the third straight time. Dauntae Williams will return as the team’s leading scorer. The senior-to-be averaged 31.3 minutes per-game. Over the course of the season, he scored 576 points. That’s an impressive 19.9 per game. Williams also tallied 71 steals, 21 blocks and 158 assists. His leadership on the court will go a long way to helping the Bronchos repeat their success. Another player that UCO is happy to get back is junior-to-be Shane Carroll. Carroll was deadly accurate from beyond the arc, scoring on 43% of his 3-point tries. Carroll scored 340 points for the 2009 Bronchos and had 29 steals. UCO has a tough schedule ahead of them. The Bronchos will compete against seven returning national tournament teams in 2010-2011.
Sports Writer Michael Collins Prediction:
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AUG 23, 2010
UCO Women’s Basketball Preview
By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor The Lady Bronchos have enjoyed consistent winning outings under head coach Guy Hardaker. The 2009 season saw a 22-8 record, including an 8-2 home stand and a 12-2 conference record. The Lady Bronchos of 2009 were led by soon-to-be senior Ashley Beckley. Beckley is a very talented player who averaged over 16 points a game in her junior season. She also added a total of 39 steals, 10 blocks and 35 assists. Beckley showed a knack for getting to the basket and snatching the rebound. The Broncho standout snagged 172 total rebounds, 113 of them were defensive, which showed her range on the court. UCO lost five seniors to graduation this year. But as it is with every collegiate sport, those losses are planned for and addressed accordingly. There is one loss the Bronchos experienced that they did not plan for. Kasey Tweed, who was coming off a junior season, experienced her third serious knee injury. Tweed, an outstanding guard for UCO, will redshirt the 2010 season so that she can return in 2011. It shows the heart and determination of a player to want to come back after a serious injury. But this will be the third rehab process for Tweed, and she still wants to play again. “People say I’m crazy, but oh well,” Tweed told the Vista back in July. “I don’t want to quit playing while I
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LADY BRONCHO STAMPEDE still have a chance to.” While this is an amazing story, and one that deserves admiration, the fact remains that Kasey Tweed will not play basketball this year. So it is up to other players to replace what she brings to the table. Jordan Stark is entering her senior season. Stark played in 30 games last season and started 29 of them. Jordan shot the ball well connecting on over 35 percent of her three- point shots. She also scored 357 points for an average of 11.9 per game. She could be that player to step up this season and
build off of her 2009 success. The former senior that might be the hardest to replace this season is Cristina Yarbrough. Yarbrough was electric on the hardwood as a senior. She started and played in all 30 games. She averaged 10.7 points per-
game, but her role was more in the support variety. Yarbrough tallied an amazing 169 assists last season. She also had 77 steals to lead the defense. Replacing her will be difficult. UCO was busy in the offseason, signing four players to their already stacked roster. Brittney Morgan of Pawnee High School, Midwest City High School stars Tarrington Oakes and Autumn Huffman, and Weatherford High School’s outstanding guard Tiffany Harper. Harper is 5-foot-9, quick and decisive. She was picked for the All-State team after averaging 10 points and 5.6 assists a game as a senior. She led the Weatherford Lady Eagles to a 24-2 record and a Class 4A state semifinals appearance. Morgan of Pawnee put up insane numbers as a senior. She averaged 23.5 points, 4.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 3.4 steals a game. She, along with Harper and the Midwest City girls, is sure to see some playtime and contribute. UCO is coming off a third straight 20-win season, and a third straight NCAA Division II national tournament appearance. Their first exhibition game is against Southern Nazarene University in Edmond on Nov. 2. They begin regular season play at the Texas Women’s Classic on Nov. 19.
Q&A With Senior Forward Ashley Beckley #21
Q. A.
What is your role with the new freshmen? “We are going to be young and we have a lot of freshmen coming in. I’m going to have to take on the role as a leader and help guide them. We need the freshmen to step up and take on the role of a sophomore and not come in as a typical freshman.”
Key Players to Watch Ashley Beckley
Beckley must be a leader of this team. Whether it’s the senior syndrome or leading by example, Beckley has to show that “it” factor. She has already shown it in the past, and the team can rely on her when the game is on the line. But with players like Yarbrough and Tweed gone this season, Beckley must take up even more responsibility on her shoulders. Her stats were impressive last year, but it would be a good guess that while she will put up numbers, her role will be expanded to much more than that this season.
Jill Bryan
As a freshman last season Jill played in 30 games, starting in one. She averaged just 2.8 points in just 11.1 minutes per game. With the seniors leaving and Tweed’s injury, it is very important for young players like Jill Bryan to develop into reliable starters or bench contributors. Bryan struggled to hit the threepoint shot, shooting just 22 percent from behind the arc. But, she did have five blocks and 10 steals, with 19 assists. She has skills, and this could be a big year for the sophomore.
Rachel New
Over the summer, The Vista put together a list of players to watch for a break-out season. Rachel New was one of those players. New is small, standing at just 5-foot-1. But she plays big. New is fundamentally sound, and if you watch her and the team in warm-ups, she
Q. A.
Do you have a message for the fans? “I would like the students to come support us because we’ve been struggling to fill the gym. It would be awesome to have my senior year full of a crowd.”
has probably the best touch on her shot. She was just a freshman last year, and played very little. But in her time on the court, fans got a glimpse of her quickness and willingness to pass. In just over five minutes per game she played, she totaled 11 assists and 4 steals. Her point total of 15 isn’t gaudy, but that should go up as she adjusts to the speed of the college game. Expect her role to increase.
Honorable Mention: Savannah Hamilton, Jordan Stark, Alyssa Fuxa, Courtney Allen
2010/2011 Season Home Games Tue November 23- Pittsburg State 7:00 PM Sat December 11- Angelo State 2:00 PM Mon December 13- Abilene Christian 6:00 PM Thur December 30- University of Arkansas-Fort Smith 6:00 PM Thur January 6- Tarleton State University 6:00 PM Sat January 8- Midwestern State 2:00 PM Sat January 15-Cameron University 6:00 PM Wed January 19- Texas A&M University-Commerce 6:00 PM Sat January 22- Southeastern Oklahoma State 6:00 PM Sat January 29- East Central University 6:00 PM Wed February 2- Northeastern State 2:00 PM Wed February 16- Texas Woman’s 7:00 PM Wed February 23- Southwestern Oklahoma State 6:00 PM
Sports Editor Chris Wescott Season Prediction:
19-7
Sports Writer Michael Collins Season Prediction:
16-10
All UCO home games are played at Hamilton Field House on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma
SPORTS
AUG 23, 2010
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UCO Hockey Preview
CAN THEY REPEAT?
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Jonathan Cannizzo
Senior Forward
#18 2010/2011 Season Home Games Fri September 17- Oklahoma Sooners 7:30 PM Fri October 1- Lindenwood 7:30 PM Sat October 2- Lindenwood 7:30 PM Fri October 29- Davenport 7:30 PM Sat October 30- Davenport 7:30 PM Fri November 5- Missouri State 7:30 PM Sat November 6- Missouri State 7:30 PM Fri November 19- Liberty University 7:30 PM Sat November 20- Iowa State 7:30 PM Fri December 3- Oklahoma Sooners 7:30 PM Thur January 13- Arizona State 7:30 PM Fri January 14- Arizona State 7:30 PM Sat January 15- US Naval Academy 7:30 PM Sun January 16-US Naval Academy 2:30PM Fri January 28-Colorado 7:30 PM Sat January 29-Colorado 7:30 PM Thur February 3- Oakland 7:30 PM Fri February 4- Eastern Washington 7:30 PM Sat February 5- Eastern Washington 7:30 PM Sat February 19- Oklahoma Sooners 7:30 PM All UCO home games are played at Arctic Edge Arena in Edmond, OK
Key Players to Watch Whoever starts in net
Goaltender is the most important position in hockey. If you can’t keep the puck out of the net, you are going to lose. Whoever is the starting goalie come September is going to have a trial by fire. Their first game in net is against the high flying Sooner attack. With as many games against highly ranked opponents as the Bronchos have, it is safe to say the season will hinge on this player. Whoever they may be.
Jonathan Cannizzo
The Vista made a list of their Broncho breakout players and senior forward Brent Block is one of them. He needs to have an outstanding season this year, and is poised to do so. However, Jonathan Cannizzo is also a key player. The senior forward from Illinois lead the Bronchos in scoring last season with 43 points. He’ll need a repeat performance or an even better one to help the Bronchos’ offense weather the turnover storm (losing 9+ players in the offseason).
Casey Smith
Smith is poised to have a nice senior season. In his last two years in the Broncho uniform, Smith has scored 19 points. The senior forward out of Carrolton, TX is a bruiser. Listed as 6’1’’ 230 pounds, Smith has the potential to be a powerful piece to the UCO puzzle this year. Casey “Smitty” Smith could be a key player on the ice come September.
Honorable Mention: Patrick Higgins, Nick Novak, Brent Block, Adam Hull
By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor The University of Central Oklahoma hockey team is coming off their most successful season in school history. The ACHA Division I program not only made the playoffs for the second straight year, but made it all the way to the semifinals. The Bronchos earned the tenth seed in the national tournament with a 24-14 record. UCO beat their rivals, the University of Oklahoma Sooners, 5-4 in a thrilling double overtime, first round contest. They then went on to beat No. 2 Penn State 2-1 in overtime in the quarterfinals. The Bronchos ended their season with a 4-0 loss to the eventual national champion Lindenwood Lions in the semi-finals. It was a Cinderella story without the perfect ending. This season, a completely new team will take the ice against the Sooners on opening weekend (Sep. 16-17). The Bronchos lose nine seniors from last year’s miracle squad to graduation, plus a few other players due to personal reasons. They are expecting an influx of rookie talent to offset the turnover. UCO will
play 38 games this year. Twenty will be played on their home ice at Arctic Edge Arena in Edmond. Their schedule consists of six Bedlam games, against their in-state rivals, the Sooners. The Bronchos will play eight ranked opponents including Oklahoma, Iowa State, Lindenwood, Penn State and Arizona State. In fact, they begin their season with six straight games against perennial top 10 teams. Their brutal start to the schedule and high turnover rate this offseason make it imperative for some of their younger players to develop early. Sophomore defenseman Tony Bruno and sophomore forward Kevin Bergquist enter their second years as Bronchos. Both should see more play time and responsibilities. Goaltender is in a state of flux for UCO. They lose senior stand-out Justin Sgro, whose phenomenal play in the national tournament paved the way for Broncho history. Several names come to mind in the race for the starter between the posts. Two of the players to watch will be incumbent back-up to Sgro, sophomore Eric Murbach and soon-to-be rookie,
Nick Holmes. Murbach played admirably in his limited playtime last season in relief of Sgro and will be a factor in the competition. But knowing that Sgro would be difficult to replace, the team brought in four goaltenders to compete. In speaking with head coach Craig McAlister and others, Nick Holmes will be a player to watch as well. Senior forward Jonathan Cannizzo is the returning leading scorer for the Bronchos. He is sure to be an offensive leader this season as well. Brent Block is another senior forward who will be looking to light up the scoreboard come September. Casey Smith and Greg Masters will be tough guys to compete with on the ice. Both players are in excess of 6’1’’, 230 pounds. The team voted junior defenseman and Green Bay, Wis., native Nick Novak, captain this season. Junior forward Patrick Higgins and senior defenseman Hayden Scolaro will man the alternate captain spots. The Bronchos take the ice on September 16 against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Blazers’ Ice Center in Oklahoma City.
Q&A With Jonathan Cannizzo
Q. A. Q. A.
What are the expectations for the team this year? “I think we have a solid group of guys coming back and incoming freshmen. I think we have a solid chance of making the national championship game and hopefully winning it all this year.”
What are your thoughts on bedlam hockey this season? “It’s a pretty big rivalry when we play OU. We don’t like eachother. Obviously. It’s a close rival, an in-state rival. There’s a lot of history with us. The games are good, pretty competitive. We always play them tough. We beat them last year at nationals. So that adds a little more fuel to the fire. We are hoping for good things against them this year.”
Sports Editor Chris Wescott Season Prediction:
26-12
Sports Writer Michael Collins Season Prediction:
22-16
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AUG 23, 2010
UCO Football Preview
BRING ‘EM ON Josh birmingham
#21
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Redshirt freshman rb
2010/2011 Season Home Games
By Michael Collins / Sports Writer Coming off a disappointing season, the Broncho football team will look August 28- Pittsburg State University 7:00 PM to rebound and try to contend for the conference championship. Last season September 11- Tarleton State University 7:00 PM was filled with very high expectations, and ended with dismal outings. Unlike September 18- University of the Incarnate Word 7:00 PM last year where they had a returning senior quarterback in Brandon Noohi, September 25- Midwestern State University 7:00 PM the Bronchos will field an unproven quarterback, and a relatively young October 2- East Central University 7:00 PM offense. The offense may take a few games to get rolling, but they do have October 9- Eastern New Mexico University 3:00 PM the talent to be explosive. With the air October 16- Southeastern Oklahoma State University 2:00 PM attack that the coaches have installed the past few seasons, it will be interesting to see how the season progresses October 23- Northeastern State University 2:00 PM with the young quarterbacks. The strong point for the team this October 30- Texas A&M University-Commerce 2:00 PM season should be the defense. They reNovember 6- Southwestern Oklahoma State University 2:00 PM turn more players on this side of the ball, and played decent last season. Novermber 13- Angelo State University 2:00 PM All the players that gained that valuable experience last season should be that much more improved this season. All UCO home games are played at Wantland Tucker Cason who earned first team Stadium on the campus of Central Oklahoma
All-Lone Star Conference last season should provide leadership and stability to a team that sorely needed it last season. Early match-ups against Pittsburg State University and Tarleton State University will go a long way in determining the outcome of this season. A notoriously slow start team, the Bronchos will need to get out to a fast start to make a run at a championship this season. The coaches added a little bit of spice this offseason when they took chances on Carter Witson and Artrell Woods. Both Seniors will look to add some firepower to the offense this season. Witson who played his first four college seasons at the University of Oklahoma as a wide receiver, will be switching back to quarterback, which he played thoughout his high-school career. Witson has looked very promising thoughout the fall camp, and could challege for playing time right away. Artrell Woods has been though more
Q&A With Josh Birmingham
Q. A. Q. A.
What will be your main roll on this year’s team? “My main role is to do whatever coach asks me to do. Pass protection, getting out in the routes. That’s going to be my main focus this year.”
What’s it like having your brother play at UCO before you?
Q. A.
“It was a good thing that he was here. I have someone to look up to. I looked up to him ever since high school. I lived up to his shoes, and now I have to do it again at the college level. It’s going to be more difficult than in high school.”
What is a team goal for this up-coming season?
things than one would care to admit. After a horrific injury at Oklahoma State University that almost left him paralyzed, Woods has fought back and regained his old form that made him a solid receving prospect just a few years ago. If he can stay healthly and learn the offense, he might just be the go to guy this team has been needing for the last few seasons. One word that has been used to describe this team is “young,” but youth is not always a bad thing. Young legs and quicker recovery times can make for an interesting combination. With the right combination of youth and experience, Coach Holland should expect a substantial improvement over last season. With that said, the improvement may not be felt in the terms of wins and losses, but with more of attitude of the program. The players and coaches are fighting an up-hill battle, it will be fun to see how it turns out.
Key Players to Watch Quarterbacks
With a wide-open attack style offense, the quarterback position will usually go along way in determining the season. Landon Greve and Ethan Sharp have been assumed the front-runners, but do not count out the transfer from the University of Oklahoma, Carter Whitson, and the incoming freshman Brett Maxie.
Josh Birmingham
Super quick running back who will look to play a vital role in this teams success. With defenses looking to stop the pass, Birmingham could have a few field days out there this season. A 1000 yard season could be in the works for this special player.
Tucker Cason
This junior linebacker will look to add to his impressive list of accomplishments this season. Already one of the top defensive players in the conference, he will look to become a nationally recognized player this season.
Don Hawkins
“Be in the top ten on special teams. If you get good field position, our chance of scoring is greater.”
Sports Editor Chris Wescott Season Prediction:
7-4
Sports Writer Michael Collins Prediction:
8-3
Standing at 6-foot-5, Hawkins will try to become a go-to receiver. After spending two years at a JUCO, Hawkins played in nine games last year for the Bronchos, but had very little impact. This season should be a break out year for Hawkins.
Honorable Mention: Waylon Botkin,Turner Troup, Herbert Byrd, Keno Meadows.
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AUG 23, 2010
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UCO Wrestling Preview
By Michael Collins / Sports Writer One of the most successful programs in school history is the University of Central Oklahoma Men’s Wrestling team. Fifteen national titles is no small feat, especially considering the states two largest schools, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, both boast strong national programs. Coming off a sub-par season, the Bronchos will look to rebound with a strong showing
this season. They should be helped by some true freshman, in what mounted to be an extraordinary recruiting class this past year. Between seven signees listed in their recruiting class, they had a combined win total of 267 wins and only 14 losses their senior seasons. The Heavy Weight division will be closely watched as Coach David James has to replace arguably his top wrestler for the past two seasons in Dustin Finn. Last season he became the University of Central Oklahoma’s
first-ever three-time heavy weight AllAmerican. After losing only five senior wrestlers, the Bronchos should look to contend for the national title again. With help from the young veterans and strong leadership, this season could turn out to be a special one for the program.
Q&A With Jarrett Edison
Q. A. Q. A.
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TAKING DOWN THE COMPETITION
What are the team goals for the Bronchos this year? “National championship. We’ve got a history of it and it has been a couple of years since we’ve had one. We got a lot of recruits coming in and a lot of older guys ready to step up and do something.”
What are your personal goals for this season?
Q. A.
“My goal is to win a national championship individually.”
How do you juggle school work with your wrestling schedule? “Time management is a big thing. If you know you have to be out of town Friday, Saturday, Sunday, you have to have everything done by Thursday. The professors work well with us and it has worked out for me.”
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