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VSLC DAY OF SERVICE HONORS MLK By Trevor Hultner / Staff Writer UCO students gathered at the Regional Food Bank in south Oklahoma City Monday to help pack several tons of food for families in need. The event was part of the Volunteer and Service Learning Center’s observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. “We’re still counting our numbers, but we had at least 50 people sign up for this volunteer site,” Commuter Student Services Coordinator Rachel Parks said. “I know there were 15 over at Infant Crisis Services.” According to Jamie Treadaway from the Food Bank, UCO, along with Americorps, packed 30,774 pounds of food. That amount is equivalent to 23,672 meals. Students were divided up into several groups. Some helped sort and pack snack foods, others loaded canned goods into boxes and still others stuffed hundreds of pounds of spinach into plastic bags for distribution. They were responsible for making sure the towers of Chips Ahoy boxes and pallets of canned corn left the facility safely. Catherine Horton, a freshman English major, was assigned to the spinach-packing section. She packed hundreds of two-pound bags of spinach during her stint. “I don’t know for sure but I think they’re just keeping it for families and I think they send it off to different food banks across the state,” she said. Some students were in attendance to fulfill obligations with their fraternities and sororities. “I’m in Gamma Beta Phi, and we, you know, we have to get so many hours a semester for community

Jeremy Avelar Jr., 10 of Oklahoma City, helps weight bags of spinach at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, Jan. 16, 2012. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista service,” Emily Weeks, senior dance major, said. “Just ever since I was a freshman, I’ve just been doing community service on Martin Luther King service day, and I just try to help out as much as I can for people who are less fortunate.” Weeks was part of the group packing boxed food.

“I think we did three pallets in the first half, and then when we switched over after the break, we did about two or three pallets of crackers,” she said. Beth Adele, director of Career Services at UCO, was also present, packing food alongside students. “This is a day I always look for-

ward to, to be able to give to those who can’t currently help themselves,” Adele said. “It’s wonderful to see UCO exemplify the spirit of Martin Luther King on the national day of service.” The event was put on by the VSLC in conjunction with Commuter Student Services.

According to Parks, the next volunteer opportunity will be the Big Event around the first week of March, and Commuter Student Services will be hosting a two-day alternative spring break at the Infant Crisis Services center in Oklahoma City.

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Elections

POLITICS STILL A PRIORITY FOR STUDENTS With the Republican presidential primaries and caucuses in full gear, it seems you cannot go half an hour without being deluged with political slogans and spin. Some might say this brings about the age-old idea that the youth vote doesn’t care or young voters would rather stare at their iPhones and waste time on Facebook than speak the word “politics.” But does this theory hold any water? Dr. Loren Gatch, professor of political science, disagrees with the supposed complete apathy of the youth vote. “The care about politics when they have to,” Gatch said. Reasons a young potential voter would “have to” pay attention would be due to issues like student loans and other financial aid. Gatch attributes the lower turnout of young voters compared to older voters more to the development of the young adult’s mind, rather than entertainment and technological distractions. “Young people go through a maturation process and tend to become more engaged in politics as they get older,” he said. The young adults of today are not perfect; Gatch believes there are some areas where improvement could be made. “Many of my students know more names of the Kardashians than justices of the Supreme Court,” he said. As for youth voter turnouts continually declining, Gatch disagrees with this idea as well, and there are numbers to prove it. According to civicyouth.org, a website for information and research on civic learning and engagement, the percentage rates for voters aged 18-24 show very little difference between the presidential elections of 1972 -the first year 18-year-olds were allowed to vote- and

2008. In 1972 they percentage was approximately 51 percent, compared to 48.5 percent in 2008. Anna Wilson, a public relations major, says her political interest began in her junior year of high school, during the 2008 election.

cuss. They also hope to hold conferences on leftist views in the future. Corpolongo does have stern words for those young people who do not care for politics. “You may not care about politics, but politics care about you. It can screw you over

“The people I know have been more interested in politics,” she said. “People who are in college tend to be more interested in politics than those who aren’t.” Wilson is right about the influence of education level and the tendency to vote. In 2008, 62.1 percent of 18-to-29 year-olds with some college voted, compared to 35.9 percent with no college experience. Multiple organizations exist on campus to help increase awareness of politics. Two of these are Democratic Socialists and Young Democrats. Matt Corpolongo, president of the Democratic Socialists, likes the use of speakers to spread the word. “We try to hold a lecture series. Professors from the history department,” he said. Tax policy and disparity of wealth are examples the Democratic Socialists like to dis-

if you aren’t paying attention,” Corpolongo said. “You have to advocate for yourself.” Annastacia Langthorn, a sociology and economics double major, is the president of the Young Democrats. Though very young at 19, Langthorn is a prime example of what a single person can accomplish in politics. Since becoming active in politics in 2008, Langthorn has been a staffer or intern for the campaigns of Brittany Novotny, Ed Shadid and Kenneth

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Meador. She is also an intern for Organizing for America and the Oklahoma Democratic Party. When asked of the mindset of the college youth, Langthorn puts forth a different view than others. “I think they have become more aware, but less interested,” she said. The reason she puts forth for the loss of interest is the amount of spun political advertisements Americans are bombarded with. “I think it’s hard to see what’s going on and how it affects their lives,” she said. One of the most important reasons to be involved, according to Langthorn, is the fact that not voting allows others to create laws that will affect individuals in the future. It is easier, she said, to keep unneeded laws off the books in the first place than to try to fix it later. Though the idea that the young people of America today continue to care less and less about politics have been exaggerated, it does not mean things cannot improve. There are many ways to become involved, including UCO organizations, volunteering for campaigns and especially voting. For more information on political organizations on campus, visit www.uco.edu/studentlife.

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“This could keep us from accepting false information for truth, but it could also hide us from knowing what is really happening in the world.”

“I think the government is intruding too much on our lives.”

“I think it’s bringing a lot of awareness. I have like 20 Facebook friends who’ve posted about it.”

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SOPA & PIPA INSULT FIRST AMENDMENT Yesterday was a historic day for the Internet. Large websites decided to symbolically shut themselves off before the U.S. government decided to do it for them. With big reactions, what is this pending legislation threatening to do? The U.S. House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and the U.S. Senate’s Protect-IP Act, or PIPA, are threatening the very nature of the Internet and tech culture by removing the ability to share things that contain copyrights. At face value these names sound harmless and perhaps justifiable, but what the industry calls piracy and sharing copyrighted content, users call YouTube. The two bills have many provisions, some worse than others, and they run the gamut of blocking websites, forcing search engines to hide results and forbidding companies to do business with offending websites. There’s nothing wrong with protecting copyright, but these bills do a poor job of that and an even worse job of preserving freedom of expression and the free dissemination of information that makes the Internet great. The debate over SOPA and PIPA drives to another large problem with American politics: the effect of corporate lobbying. A bill written by billion-dollar corporations sponsored by proudly technophobic congressmen and senators on both sides of the aisle (but with strong opposition from the electorate) still stands a good chance of passing in Congress. But it’s no big deal, right? I mean, should I call my congressman or my senator? It’s only freedom of speech. Wrong. SOPA and PIPA are not just wrong for America, they’re the opposite of what Congress is supposed to be doing: protecting the rights of citizens. Comedian Patton Oswalt has a joke about he used to believe he fell into an alternate universe where bad things like Katrina and 9/11 happened, but he goes on to say how instead he now believes he lives in a crazy universe where Arnold Schwarzenegger is governor of California and healthy foods are poisonous due to foodborne illness. Perhaps Oswalt is onto something about being in the wrong universe. After all, it’s a rather nice thought to believe that only in an alternate universe would America pass a bill curbing the freedom of speech and empowering corporations to further harm the consumer. Contact your representative and senator today. With your help, SOPA and PIPA can be stopped before they ruin the open fabric of the Internet.

“I think we should move all the politicians who are talking about it and send them to North Korea.”

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“I don’t want my internet to be censored. I feel like a lot of students will be working on research papers tonight.”

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JAN. 19, 2012

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Alcohol

BINGE DRINKING STATS CLIMBING By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer After a three-day-weekend, are you ready for this weekend? A recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey may change your mind. According to the CDC about 1 in 6 Americans, or 17 percent of the population, went on at least one drinking binge in a month last year. That 17 percent of the population translates to nearly 38 million people. In 2010, the survey found 15 percent of the population partook in binge drinking. How many drinks constitute a binge? For a woman, it’s four or more at one sitting. For men, it’s five and up. “I know I really indulged over the New Year,” Jake Chesser, a junior art major, said. “I’m well aware how bad drinking is for the body, but for me it really helps my head every now and again. Except when I have a hangover.” A two percent jump in the survey within a year is unprecedented. What’s the reason for the statistical jump? The CDC says the major contributing factor is that the survey methods had to be tweaked to add more cell phone users to the mix. They tend to be younger. But however you ask the questions, it is clear a lot of people are drinking excessively — and quite often. “What we’re talking about is a risky behavior that is quite widespread in the population,” Dr. Robert Brewer, head of the CDC’s alcohol program, said in a media briefing Tuesday. Sarah Braer, a sophomore and biology major, is very concerned for the health of her peers. “I honestly would say a majority of my friends binge drink at least once a week. They don’t realize what alcohol is doing to their body,” Braer said. When alcohol is consumed it is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and courses to all the tissues. “If a person regularly drinks to much, they are going to cause detrimental damage to not only their liver, but also their brain. Just because the drink is an inhibiter doesn’t mean it should be the cornerstone of every social gathering,” Braer said. The CDC analyzed how often people binge and how many drinks they consume when they do. For those who binge, the average number of binges a month is more than four. And during those sessions, the bingers consume nearly eight drinks. Men binge more often than women, and the men drink more during each session. Beer is the most likely beverage to be involved in binges, Brewer said, citing previous research. The prevalence of binge drinking was highest among young people aged 18 to 34, at 28 percent. And they drink the most, too: about nine drinks per session. But, in a bit of surprise, the most frequent bingers were the oldest. Among binge drinkers who were 65 and up, the average number of binges per month is 5.5. As bad as these numbers may look, the reality is worse. “We know this is a substantial underestimate,” Brewer says, because it relies on people’s reports of their own drinking behavior. Another recent study that looked at alcohol showed that approach misses a lot of alcohol consumption. UCO students curious about the health risks or students struggling with alcoholism may visit the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention. The office is located in room 402 of the Nigh University Center.

Out of Context By Brittany Dalton What If? I have a certain Wednesday afternoon routine. After class, I come and sit at my work desk. Don’t let the sticky-notes lining the monitor fool you: a lot gets done here. Namely, a few hours’ worth of agony and the consumption of at least three Big Gulps. I’ve always managed to get my column done in time for print. Perhaps the biggest motivator in getting this done is the big “what if.” What if I don’t finish writing the column before five? What if my flash drive breaks? What if I have nothing to show for this day’s nitpicking and stress? What if? The answer to this question isn’t necessarily one I enjoy hearing, and I’m not sure anyone does. You have to understand where you stop and the world begins. Years ago one night, I was surfing TV channels, hoping to find an uplifting show. “Life After People” was not that show. The show describes how the world would fare after all humans disappear. The Eiffel Tower would last about 200 years before collapsing. At the time, it freaked me out. After a few years, I understood the truth in it all. The things you create outlive you. When we’ve all gone “lashes to ashes, bust to dust,” the great accomplishments you belittle or overlook altogether will still be around. Maybe not for centuries after your passing, but take it on a smaller scale. The other night I was talking to an old friend from my freshman year of high school. After shooting the breeze about how things are abroad, graduation plans and money woes, the subject came full circle to the last thing I’d have mentioned willingly in conversation after six years of conveniently selective memory. “Remember when you used to write poetry all the time?” she asked. “That was pretty cool, did you keep any of them?” Sadly, all 30 notebooks from the three latter years of high school, are buried somewhere in a green chest in my attic. My 13-year-old self never imagined the topic would ever be brought back to life, preferring to leave it on the metaphorical dusty upper shelf. But they’re still there, and will be until the pages either grow brittle and crumble, or in a fit of embarrassment I burn them all. So, back to the column I agonize over every Wednesday, creeping toward the 400-word minimum by twos and threes. Let’s say I wrote a horrible column, or none at all. What happens then? Here’s what happens. The paper would go to print, empty gray box where my words ought to be. There might be whispers in class, there might be stern words from my coworkers, but there would still be a tangible reminder of what I did (or in that case, didn’t) do. Time doesn’t stop for anybody, and neither do newspaper printers.

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Will Heckenkemper, an international business junior, takes a box of food away from a preparing Volunteers fill bags with spinach at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. table at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Monday. Photos by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

Tue Dinh (left), a graphic design senior, Dung Tran (right), an international business ju- Catherine Horton, an English freshman, and Taylor Cook, a math education freshman, nior, and other volunteers fill bags of spinach at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. seal bags of spinach at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Housing

INTERSESSION HOUSING COSTS IRK INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS By Mervyn Chua / Staff Writer Students had to pay $330 in order to live on-campus during the winter intersession break. All students had to vacate with their belongings by noon the Saturday of finals week, or be charged. Many students found it to be highly inconvenient, especially international students. “Paying $330 is not fair because as international students, we have nowhere to go. We have no families to go home to,” Serliara Rumbak, a freshman from Indonesia majoring in business, said. The university establishes the cost to stay on campus daily. The daily rate depends on which of the on-campus buildings you stay at. Utilities and staffing cost are one of the few aspects incorporated into the daily rates. Due

to the fact that a majority of the students living on campus go home for the winter break, the university charges only those living on campus during the winter break. Students who do not want to pay can turn in their key and go home and then come back for the next semester. “Because the numbers of students who stay are so small, it would be better to charge the ones staying. We would get people coming in here saying, “Why are we being charged here, I will be gone these 3 weeks. It’s not fair,” Josh Deacon, associate director of Housing and Dining, said. During the break, some resident assistants work to ensure the security of the living areas. They do rounds for water leaks, fires and illegal activities students living on campus

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might be conducting, such as parties. They do rounds on all five halls twice a day. The front desk at Central Plaza, one of the on-campus living buildings, is open 24 hours. All halls will be open for living but only the Central Plaza front desk will be open. All front desk numbers will automatically be forwarded to Central Plaza’s front desk. “It costs to staff the halls during the holidays. We have staff who would work on Christmas Day who would much rather spend the day with their families. However, we understand that some international students cannot financially afford to go home for the holidays. Therefore, we try and make it as comfortable as we can for the international students,” Deacon said. Buddy’s, one of the dining halls, is open

every day during the break except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Before this was implemented three years ago, students would have to find their own food throughout the holidays. Now, students that have a meal plan with flex dollars on it can use it over the break. Cash can also be paid if students run out of flex dollars. A flat fee of $330 will be charged even if students decide to live on campus for only a week during the break. However, leniency is given to international students who might have a flight any time from Saturday to Monday. Those who are forced to stay till Monday will be charged a daily rate. However, after Monday, the winter break rate will be charged.

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INFORMATION LOCKDOWN By Peter Svensson / Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet’s most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of antipiracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work. “My main concern is that it puts the organization in the role of advocacy, and that’s a slippery slope,” said editor Robert Lawton, a Michigan computer consultant who would prefer that the encyclopedia stick to being a neutral repository of knowledge. “Before we know it, we’re blacked out because we want to save the whales.” Wikipedia’s English-language site shut down at midnight Eastern Standard Time Tuesday and the organization said it would stay down for 24 hours. Instead of encyclopedia articles, visitors to the site saw a stark blackand-white page with the message: “Imagine a world without free knowledge.” It carried a link to information about the two congressional bills and details about how to reach lawmakers. It is the first time the English site

has been blacked out. Wikipedia’s Italian site came down once briefly in protest to an Internet censorship bill put forward by the Berlusconi government. The bill did not advance. The shutdown adds to a growing body of critics who are speaking out against the legislation. But some editors are so uneasy with the move that they have blacked out their own user profile pages or resigned their administrative rights on the site to protest. Some likened the site’s decision to fighting censorship with censorship. One of the site’s own “five pillars” of conduct says that Wikipedia “is written from a neutral point of view.” The site strives to “avoid advocacy, and we characterize information and issues rather than debate them.” Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales argues that the site can maintain neutrality in content even as it takes public positions on issues. “The encyclopedia will always be neutral. The community need not be, not when the encyclopedia is threatened,” he tweeted. The Wikimedia Foundation, which administers the site, an-

nounced the blackout late Monday, after polling its community of volunteer contributors and editors and getting responses from 1,800 of them. The protest is aimed at the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act under consideration in the Senate. “If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States,” the foundation said. Both bills are designed to crack down on sales of pirated American products overseas, and they have the support of the film and music industry. Among the opponents are many Internet companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, eBay and AOL. They say the bills would hurt the industry and infringe on free-speech rights. Social news website Reddit.com is shutting down for 12 hours on Wednesday, but most companies are staying up. Google Inc.’s home page linked to a petition urging Congress: “Don’t censor the Web.” Dick Costollo, CEO of Twitter, said he opposes the legislation as

well, but shutting down the service was out of the question. “Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish,” Costollo tweeted. Since Wikimedia depends on a small army of volunteers who create and update articles, it’s particularly concerned about a lack of exemptions in the bills for sites where users might contribute copyrighted content. Today, it has no obligation under U.S. law except removing that content if a copyright holder complains. But under the House version of the bill, it could be shut down unless it polices its own pages. The plans for the protest were moving forward even though the bill’s prospects appeared to be dimming. On Saturday, Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, said the bill would not move to the House floor for a vote unless consensus is reached. However, Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, said work on the bill would resume next month. The White House raised concerns over the weekend, pledging to work with Congress to battle piracy and counterfeiting while defending free expression, privacy and innovation

in the Internet. The administration signaled it might use its veto power, if necessary. That the bill seems unlikely to pass is another reason Lawton opposes the blackout. “I think there are far more important things for the organization to focus aside from legislation that isn’t likely to pass anyway,” he said. He’s been contributing to Wikipedia for eight years. Danny Chia, another contributor to the site, said he had mixed feelings about the blackout. The neutrality applies to the content, but a lot of people interpret it as being about the site as a whole, said the Los Altos, Calif., software engineer. In an online discussion, others raised the same point about the blackout: Appearances matter, and if the audience sees Wikipedia taking a stand, it might not believe the articles are objective, either. Wikipedia has seen a small decline in participation, from a peak of 100,000 active editors a year ago to about 90,000 now. Wikimedia Foundation blames this mainly on outdated editing tools, and believes it can get the number growing again with software upgrades.

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SPORTS

JAN. 19, 2012

Football Opinion

WRITER SEES BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BRONCHOS WITH BOBECK AT HELM By Blake Colston / Contributing Writer The numbers say it all: 3-7, 1-8, 4-5, 4-5, 5-4 and 9-3. These are the records for the Navarro College football team from 2002-2007. Prior to the 2008 season, Nick Bobeck was hired as the new head football coach at Navarro. In Bobeck’s first season at the helm of the Navarro program, he guided a resurgent Bulldog program to a 10-1 record and a number one overall ranking for six weeks of the regular season. In 2010 the Bobeck-led Bulldogs, won their first national title since 1989. In four seasons Bobeck compiled an impressive 42-5 record, winning at least 10 games each season.In the same time span, the UCO football program went 15-29. Nick Bobeck was named the head football coach at UCO on Jan. 4. The appointment replaced former head coach Tracy Holland, relieved of his duties following the 2011 season. A native of Beaver, Okla., Bobeck was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at fullback for UCO from 1999-02, earning first-team All-Lone Star Conference North Division honors as a senior. Although the familiar bronze and blue still remains, the conference Bobeck was once a player in, does not. Beginning next season, Bobeck will lead UCO as a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. UCO will call the MIAA home after spending 24 years as a member of the Lone Star Conference. The former Broncho letterman will compete in the MIAA with a roster that will include leading returning rusher Josh Birmingham and leading receiver Christian Hood. Birmingham, a product of Luther, Okla., rushed for 944 yards last season, including a team high seven touchdowns. The versatile Birmingham also registered 334 yards receiving out of the backfield last season, including

UCO’s Preston Paine (77) hugs Joshua Birmingham (21) after a touchdown during a game between UCO and Black Hills State at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

one touchdown. He will represent the top returning offensive threat for UCO next season. As a true freshman, Christian Hood caught 54 passes totaling 530 receiving yards, and a touchdown. The former Tulsa Union Redskin will be joined by returning slot receiver Steve Caldwell, who accumulated 275 yards on 30 catches during the 2011 season. Defensively, second leading tackler Keno Meadows returns along with leading interceptor Creadell Pennon. The senior from Altus picked off five passes last season. Defensive

back Devoris Dozier, the Bronchos third leading tackler in 2011, also returns to lead Bobeck’s first defensive unit. A key role of any coaching staff is developing players. That is especially true at the junior college level. If Bobeck’s time at Navarro is any indication, developing players will not be a problem. This season six Navarro Bulldogs signed letters of intent with Football Championship Series schools. A total of 27 Bulldogs signed letters of intent with FCS schools during his tenure as

head coach. However, in order to develop players, Bobeck will first have to get them on campus. His time spent coaching at the junior college level in Texas allowed him to make connections around the state that will prove to be valuable assets in recruiting. Time will tell, but Bobeck’s track record suggests big things are ahead for the Broncho football program.

UPCOMING HOME GAMES Men’s Basketball

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Jan. 28 - Northeastern State

Feb. 2 - Central Missouri

Jan. 20 - Arizona State

Feb. 16 - Lindenwood University

Feb. 4 - Newman University

Feb. 11 - Ouachita Baptist

Jan. 27 & 29 - Minot State

Feb. 22 - Northeastern State

Feb. 16 - Lindenwood University

Feb. 25 - NCAA Division II Super Regional II

Feb. 24 - Univ. of Oklahoma

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JAN. 19, 2012 Track and Field

Opinion

AT THE BUZZER

UCO TRACK READYS FOR START OF 2012 SEASON

By Bryan Trude

Vista Sports Editor

FIRING A COACH IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST IDEA A few days ago, Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Caldwell became the latest victim of the NFL’s annual round of coaching Russian roulette. At face value, the move seems like a sound one. The Colts went 2-14 this season, squeaking by the St. Louis Rams to win the “Suck For Luck” race to earn the first pick in the next NFL draft. Iconic quarterback Peyton Manning sat for the entire season with a neck injury, complicated by a lack of team medical care during the lockout. It still remains to be seen if Manning will even play again, much less play in a Colts uniform. Colts owner Jim Irsay began the offseason by firing long time vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, general manager Chris Polian. It was seen as a move by Irsay to regain control of his organization, dominated by the Polians since Manning was drafted No. 1 in 1998. I cannot disagree with the firing of the Polians. Bill has long been accused of affecting the Colts’ play in the interest of adjusting their draft or playoff position, which became louder as the team continued their slide to the NFL cellar this season. It was time for new blood in the Colts organization. Firing Caldwell, however, was a step too far. After taking over for one of the most iconic coaches in Indy history, Caldwell stepped in and kept the Colts cruising the wave they’ve been riding for a decade, taking the team to the 2009 Super Bowl, and back to the playoffs the following season. Simply put, Caldwell fell on the grenade that was the Colts’ lost season. When a headmaster like Polian builds a team composed of talented but aging players for the express purpose of playing to the talents of one player, taking that central cog out will cause the entire clock to fall apart. We saw it this season, as the Colts floundered like the 0-16 Detroit Lions from 2008. The 2011 season exposed a serious flaw in the Colts team philosophy of “All Manning, All the Time,” and it cost the Polians their jobs. However, Caldwell was a winning coach who two years ago took the Colts to the big show, and was forced to make the best out of an apocalyptic situation. I’m not saying Caldwell doesn’t bear any responsibility for the Colts’ dismal season, however cutting him loose was a shortsighted move by an owner desperate to look like he wants to return the Colts to their winning ways now. Thanks to Irsay, Manning has to try and salvage his career with a new head coach who will likely come in with a new system, while staving off a hungry rookie in Luck, who will likely get drafted by Indy with that first round pick. Meanwhile, one Jim Caldwell has now vaulted to the top of the available coaches’ list, with at least one team in sunny Miami looking for a replacement. Colts fans, brace yourselves, it may not get any better in the near future. As for Irsay, he should consider himself lucky that teams like division-rival Jacksonville had already had a coach hired by the time he let Caldwell go. Otherwise, there may have been nobody left to fire but himself.

The UCO Cross Country team at the UCO Land Run Sep. 10, 2011. Track and Field, another sport that heavily features running, will start with third year coach Martha Brennan at a meet in Norman. Photo provided

By Chris Brannick / Contributing Writer The UCO Track and Field team starts their season this weekend in Norman, Okla. and they are ready to hear the first gun. “You just want to start,” Coach Martha Brennan said. This semester, Brennan begins her third season at UCO and has a holistic outlook on the team. “I don’t want to say anything about one person,” she said, regarding who on the team would be looked at as leaders. “I do feel good about the core groups we have.” Brennan did say there are some key parts to the success of the team and Senior Alina Istrate is one of those parts. Istrate is a distance runner looking to help the Bronchos out. “She’s been great,” Brennan said, about Istrate’s influence on her teammates. Last May, Istrate earned a spot on the All-Lone Star Conference Women’s Track and Field Team. Istrate scored 16 points at the LSC Championships, ensuring a spot on the team. She finished runner-up in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000-meter run. Sophomore Lacey Rhodes will return for the Bronchos with an air of confidence from the experience she gained last spring, which ended with All-American honors. “It feels really good being All-American, something I’m very proud of,” Rhodes said. She also said she was a lot less nervous knowing who is go-

ing to be there competing against her. Rhodes, who also earned All-LSC team, took the high jump title in May’s Conference Championships. She jumped 5-9 ¾ to win one of her three titles on the season earning an invitation to the NCAA Division II Women’s Track and Field Championships. There, Rhodes finished sixth. The championship jump was actually lower than Rhodes’ season best, the LSC Championship winning jump that was also second best in all of Division II. “That’s how it goes,” Brennan said. “You give all you have at the Conference Championship.” Rhodes said that she is more confident this season and the team is ready after having a good offseason. “We’re more prepared than last year,” she said. The Bronchos will travel to Norman this weekend, the first of six meets there. The Indoor Championships will follow the first five meets for the Bronchos Mar. 9 and 10 in Mankato, Minn., and the Outdoor Championships will end the season May 24-26. The Bronchos are competing as independents this season before becoming members of the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Hockey

HOCKEY SET FOR SUN DEVIL REMATCH By Bryan Trude / Sports Editor The UCO Broncho men’s hockey team will look to rebound this weekend as they welcome Arizona State University for one game this Friday, Jan. 20, at Arctic Edge Ice Arena. The #17 Bronchos (14-13) are back home after a road trip to visit #4 Lindenwood, getting stomped by the Lions by a combined score of 9-3 following Central’s shootout upset of #1 Penn State. The #3 Sun Devils will be entering the middle of a five game stretch, playing two home games against #13 Davenport before traveling to face UCO, wrapping up the stretch with two games against #8 Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Central’s losing effort against Lindenwood was characterized by dominant third periods following damaging second periods. “We were all over them in the third period in that first game, closed the gap from a 3-1 game to a 3-2,” Coach Craig McAlister said. “Then that second period in the second game happened, our guys lost focus.” In the second game against Lindenwood, a 6-1 loss, the Lions scored five unanswered goals in the second period. They slipped 4 of 23 shots past starting goaltender Tory Caldwell, as well as 2 of 10 past backup freshman Brett Patchett. Bronchos leading scorer Donald Geary recorded two goals on the weekend, while freshman Corey Allen netted one. Freshman Nolan Grauer recorded two assists to tie Geary for the team lead with 15 on the season.

UCO’s Nolan Grauer (19) and Patrick Higgins (9) during a game between UCO and OU at Arctic Edge arena in Edmond, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Photo by Garett Fisbeck, The Vista

Now the Bronchos face down the Sun Devils, who split an earlier two-game series in October in Tempe, beating Arizona State 4-3 in a shootout before dropping a 7-3 decision the following day. The Sun Devils are led by playmaker and points leader Dan Styrna, whose 17 goals and 15 assists help contribute to his 32 points on the season. Leading goalscorer Colin Hekle (18) and assist leader Kale Dolinski (18) also contribute. Primary goaltender Mark Schacker enters with a 16-3 record on a 2.56 GAA and a .92 save percentage. “Everyone will have to get on the same page and leave the frustration at the door,” Michael Garvie, sophomore forward, said. “They can’t let coach affect how they come to practice and not affect

their game, that’s how we beat Arizona State the first time we were there.” The puck drops at 7:30 at Arctic Edge. Admission is $7, $5 for students and faculty with ID, and free for children under five.

ACHA Division I Standings 1 - Penn State 2 - Delaware 3 - Arizona State 4 - Lindenwood 5 - Ohio 6 - Liberty 7 - Iowa State 8 - Oklahoma

9 - Illinois 10 - Minot St. 11- R. Morris Ill. 12 - Canton 13 - Davenport 14 - Oakland 15 - Adrian 16 - Stony Brook