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Around Campus: Bootcamp During x-period Sept. 16 the Counseling Center will be hosting C.A.L.M. (Coping with Anxiety and Life Management) in the Student Health Center room 307. Come to learn how to improve your skills at staying cool, calm and composed in the midst of a busy schedule, weighty responsibilities and increasing social commitments.

Gallery Opening The Baum Gallery of Fine Art’s fall exhibition season will open with a reception Sept. 16, from 4-6 p.m. A second reception is scheduled Sept. 19, from 2-4 p.m. All gallery exhibits are free and open to the public.

Greek Info Night UCA’s 19 Greek Organizations will present information on their individual organization in the Student Center Ballroom on Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. Attendance is mandatory for students considering joining an NPHC organization. Questions can be directed to NPHC Adviser, Wendy Holbrook at wendyh@ uca.edu or in the Student Center room 207A.

Distinguished Lecture Deborah Norville, a two-time Emmy Award-willing journalist will lecture in Reynolds Performance Hall on Sept. 17.

Norville is the anchor of Inside Edition. Tickets are free to UCA students.

Mudstock AFA is hosting Mudstock on Oct. 8, a mud volleyball tournament. Entry forms are now available at the Student Center Information Desk and the deadline to turn it in is Sept.

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Minority Student Services Speaker During x-period Sept. 21, Dr. Moses Kelley III, cardiologist and UCA Alumni, will speak as a part of the Minority Student Services’ “Tuesday with a Professional” speaker series. It will be held in Student Center rooms 223 and 224.

Refreshments will be provided.

Black Box At 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30, the Black Box student gallery in Schichtl Studio Art will be presenting When Words Aren’t Enough, juried art show that focuses on poetic aspect of artworks. For more information visit uca.edu/ art/blackbox.

Pre-Law Society Organizational Meeting The Pre-Law Society will have an organizational meeting Sept.

21 at 1:30 p.m. in Irby Hall room 216. They will discuss plans for the year and have officer elections.

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Campus Life:

Soccer: Bears beat Tulsa Golden Hurricanes 1-0

Event: Beatles tribute band leaves Reynolds crowd dancing

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Policy focuses on preventing file sharing

by Mary DeLoney Associate News Editor

With weekly notifications of illegal file sharing on campus, the administration is taking action to decrease the number of peer-to-peer downloads with packet shaping technology.

Peer-to-peer, commonly referred to as P2P, is the illegal downloading and sharing of music and movie files.

Lately, it has been something that the movie and music industries have been trying to stop by asking Congress to increase regulations and punishments Through the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008, universities nationwide have been specifically asked

to “combat” the act of illegal downloading and sharing of these files. Also, universities are required to inform students about these laws, resulting in the UCA General Counsel’s office producing the “Combating Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Materials: Compliance with HEOA Provisions” document.

Listed first under “Plans” in the document is the information about technology updates. The document states that UCA “employs packet shaping technology to restrict and/or control bandwidth utilization on the campus Internet connection. The technology allows the university to identify various types of traffic and apply shaping policies based on that identification.”

Interim Director of Information Technology Terry Brewer described packet shaping as “a means of managing your network traffic flow in and out of network portals, which allows improved efficiency of the network. You can think of a packet shaping device sort of like a traffic cop for the network.”

The document also explains the procedures for handling violators. Anyone caught violating the copyright law on campus can be suspended or expelled from UCA or it can result in the termination of employment of faculty and staff.

Associate Provost Jonathan Glenn said: “The college demographic makes college a place of file sharing, particularly in the residence halls with a broadband

connection. Digital sharing is the same concept as stealing someone’s property– it’s the same point.”

The third point reviews the “effectiveness of plans.” It states that “Annual staff review monitors the regulatory environment, relevant technologies, and best practices to evaluate the effectiveness” of the plans previously stated.

Companies in the movies and music industries notify UCA when they notice the illegal downloading of their products.

These notifications come through the office of UCA General Counsel Tom Courtway,

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Physical Plant renovates several campus buildings

by Jeanette Anderton Staff Writer

By combining stimulus money, bond money and Physical Plant funds, UCA was able to put $20 million toward renovations and repairs during the 2009-2010 academic year.

While many of the projects are still underway, several have already been completed by the Physical Plant, Director Larry Lawerence said.

The interior of Burdick Hall underwent a $750,000 renovation, Lawrence said.

“Given the money allocated, they’ve done a very good job. We are still trying to make improvements, but overall a significant improvement. We were able to provide a significant number of general classrooms for a broad range of fields such as Anthropology and Physical Science. We were also able to provide Liberal Arts with an Auxiliary office suite on the 2nd floor for Speech and Language Pathology research space,” Neil W. Hattlestad, dean of the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, said.

Lawrence said renovations are complete in both Arkansas Hall and the university

guest house, located at 1951 South Boulevard.

The tennis court lights have been removed due to safety issues. The Farris Center court lights and spectator areas have all been replaced.

A remodeling of the men’s and women’s basketball areas in Farris Center is still ongoing.

A new roof at the Athletic Administration offices and the Baseball House is about to start, Lawrence said.

He said even the signs on campus are being improved. The signposts themselves have been cleaned and painted. The work on the building identification signs is almost complete.

This includes cleaning and painting the signposts, as well as replacing the Plexiglas covers.

Lawrence said renovations to the Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation and Counseling Center are complete. A new hot water system to College Square is almost complete.

Students can enjoy new sidewalks at Alumni Circle, Snow Fine Arts, Bruce Street and the east side front of Arkansas Hall.

An asphalt sealer has been added on the parking lot south of Wingo.

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The Physical Plant recently updated the university guest house at 1951 South Boulevard as part of more than $20 million in renovations.

This is to prevent water from soaking through, which will extend the life of the asphalt. Lawrence hopes to do more of this in the future, he said.

The formerly gravel parking lots on Donaghey Avenue, Bruce Street and east of

Lewis Science Center have now been paved.

“Several students asked me last semester when the gravel lots were going to be paved. At the time I could only tell

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Legislation creates new textbook Senators support History Day requirements for book publishers

by Brandon Norwood Staff Writer

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Associate Editor & Opinion Editor Federal legislation from 2008 went into effect this summer, creating new requirements for textbook publishers, university bookstores and university professors.

A provision of the Higher Education Opportunties Act of 2008 mandates that, effective July 1, 2010, textbook publishers are required to release certain information about textbooks to professors and university bookstores. This includes basic information such as the ISBN number, edition number and price. It also requires publishers to note what changes, if any, have been made in the book from the previous edition.

Rick Burton, manager of the UCA Student Bookstore, said the goal of the HEOA was to increase transparency about textbooks from the publishing level to the student level.

The act put requirements in place for university bookstores as well, but Burton said the UCA Student Bookstore has been fulfilling the requirements for the past several years.

“We’re supposed to make information more available about the books on the bookstore website,” Burton said.

“Here, students have the ability to go in there, input their student ID and class information. The website shows the book

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information, including the author, title, edition number, ISBN and price.”

Although the bookstore has had this available for several years, this was the first semester that students could access their textbook information from the Self-Service tab of their MyUCA portal.

“The other thing that’s different now is that you can print the book list, and take it to shop elsewhere,” Burton said.

The HEOA also made it a requirement for university professors to submit their book lists to the campus bookstore by a certain deadline. The bookstore then shares the list with off-campus bookstores, such as Textbook Brokers.

“In the past that’s only been a contractual thing with the bookstore, not a federal act,” Burton said.

Previously, Burton said, the publishing industry could do whatever they wanted.

“For example, they could package a book, workbook and code in one package, and only sell it together,” he said.

Now, publishing industries must make individual pieces available for sale, he said.

Susan Aspey, a spokesperson from Pearson Publishing, one of the major textbook publishers gave a statement regarding Pearson’s compliance with the HEOA. Aspey said: “Pearson is in full

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U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, along with U.S. Representatives Marion Berry, Vic Snyder and Mike Ross recently announced a $97,620 grant funded by the National We the People Program to help fund History Day in Arkansas, hosted by the University of Central Arkansas.

History Day in Arkansas is supported by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

It is sponsored by UCA and the Arkansas Association of College History Teachers.

“This grant money will help go towards printing, travel, equipment and the state competition,” Pat Ramsey, state coordinator, said.

History Day in Arkansas has been held at UCA since 1994. It is a year-long educational program that ends in a national contest at the end of the year.

The program helps grade school students learn research processes used by professional historians, develop communication skills, meet new people and gain expert knowledge in historical subjects, according to the National History Day website.

“There is a different theme every year. This year’s theme is Debate and Diplomacy,” Ramsey said.

There are two divisions. The junior division is grades 6-8. The senior

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division is grades 9-12.

Students can join individually or work in groups of up to five.

The students then choose between a performance, presentation, research paper or creating a website.

There are 18 categories from which students can choose.

The top two students or teams in each category will get to go the national competition in Washington, D.C. to compete, Ramsey said.

She said: “We took 51 students to Nationals last year. This year we expect around 420 students to compete in the state competition in 2011 with about 100 teachers and many others involved.”

UCA students will not be able to attend or watch the competition, but they are allowed to help.

They can be room facilitators, judges and hall monitors.

“This is great for UCA because anyone can help. Also many students that did this in grade school come back to help and also come to UCA when they graduate because they remember the time they spent here and enjoyed it,” Ramsey said.

Although the state competition isn’t until April, the high school students are currently working on their projects.

Ken Barnes, chair of the History Department, said: “History Day in Arkansas is one of the most important events for the history department

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The following reports and arrests are from the UCAPD docket. UCAPD reports any tickets issued as arrests, according to ucapd.com.

Students receive drug violations, one arrested

Students Christopher D. Perez, 18, and Steven J Franklin, 18, were issued drug violations Sept. 9 at 10:24 p.m.

An officer on foot patrol in the parking lot east of the HPER Center approached a green Chevy Silverado and noticed two individuals smoking inside.

Perez pulled a pipe from his mouth and pretended not to see the officer when approached. When he tapped on the window, Perez rolled the window down and said, “Please officer, I’ll give you the weed if you just let us go.�

Perez then handed the officer a white tray from the center console. It contained two small bags of marijuana, one small pipe and one large pipe. The officer could see and smell the smoke of burnt marijuana in the vehicle.

Perez was transported to the Faulkner County Detention Center Unit II for processing. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession or use of drug paraphernalia.

Smoke machine causes false fire alarm

Student Aaron B. Tucker, 18, caused a false alarm leading to the evacuation of Bernard Hall at 7:55 p.m. on Sept. 6.

An officer was met in Bernard Hall by Resident Coordinator LaVel Heintz in the RA office while responding to a fire alarm call from the building.

Heintz told the officer that the smoke detector in room 216 had been set off. When the officer went up to the room, he noticed a smoke machine sitting on the floor still emitting smoke.

Tucker’s property was stored in a box and transported to UCAPD and he was notified to retrieve it there. When Tucker arrived to do so, the officer spoke with him about the seriousness of his actions and elected not to write a citation, but advised him that should it occur again there would be no leniency.

Police arrest non-student for public intoxication

Non-student Kimberly E. Pollard, 20, was arrested Sept. 6 at 5:50 a.m. for public intoxication and careless driving.

An officer noticed a blue, two-door car on Donaghey Avenue speeding.

The officer pulled him over and smelled alcohol coming from the vehicle.

After conducting an investigation, the officer took Pollard into custody and transported her back to UCAPD for processing. She was later released to her parents.

Police arrest non-student with marijuana parapernalia

Non-student Robert Stephen Russell, 19, was arrested Sept. 3 at 12:08 a.m. for possession or use of drug paraphernalia, purchase, possession of intoxicating liquor by a minor and a towed vehicle.

An officer initiated a traffic stop for speeding. He detected alcohol and administered a field sobriety test.

He then identified a glass pipe commonly used for smoking marijuana.

The officer placed Russell under arrest and began an investigation.

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compliance with the new federal HEOA requirements. For example, our retail prices have always been available at our website, and now instructors are able to access at our website net or wholesale prices, as well. Our money-saving bundled product packages are already available for sale as individual components.

Descriptions of substantial changes made to new editions are displayed on our website, as well as listed at the front of new editions. We have implemented this requirement for our 2010 copyright books, and the majority of our 2009 copyrights now

contain this information in the print versions. And, all new titles have this information posted at our website. Copyright history for previous editions now appears on the copyright page of all publications.�

Two professors declined to comment, but said they didn’t know much about the act.

Burton said one of the biggest benefits was that it was mandatory for professors to have their book lists turned in by a certain date. “For fall and spring, it’s April 1,� Burton said.

He said it put professors at

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them that I hoped they would be complete by the end of the summer. I am happy to report that they are complete,� Lawrence said.

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Lawrence said the Physical Plant has applied for a grant through the Arkansas Transportation Enhancement Program that could provide up to

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We the People, a government program, is a funding grant that encourages and strengthens the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture across the United States, according the National Endowment for the Humanities website.

The Arkansas Humanity Council has a five-year contract with UCA that ends in 2013. a disadvantage because they’re forced to plan early, sometimes without having thoroughly researched book options. “They could adopt a new book without seeing it, or just adopt an older book,� he said.

Despite increasing transparency, Burton said there was no difference in how quickly the price of books increases. “Every year the price of a book goes up,� he said. “Students are starting to affect that though, as they’re just not buying books.�

He said the bookstore is currently looking into textbook rental programs, which aim to save students money on textbooks. “The textbook industry is also starting to digitize,� he said. “Its less expensive for publishers and much less expensive for students.�

The bookstore has over 500 titles that are available for electronic downloa that can be downloaded to Macs or PCs. $621,500.

The grant, if received, would be used to address the sitting areas, lighting and the trails around Stone Dam Creek.

A portion would also be used to promote biological life and help control flooding around the creek.

The Physical Plant should receive notification on whether or not they get the grant by December.

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Board of trustees recognizes alumnus

by Simon Gable Staff Writer

UCA graduate Tom Bonner has been selected to receive the UCA Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2010.

Bonner’s accomplishments during his collegiate and professional career have more than qualified him for the award.

Vice President of University and Government Relations Jeff Pitchford said: “The individual selected to receive the award shall meet one or more of the following criteria: An alumnus of UCA, an outstanding contribution to the university, home community, state and or society in general, outstanding achievements in a particular field or endeavor, or perceived in such a way that enhances the reputation of the university and serves as an example to students.�

An alumnus of the university nominates a potential recipient, and then a selection committee chooses a winner. However, the UCA Board of Trustees votes on the final approval.

The selection committee is composed of multiple deans, two former UCA students and the president of the UCA Foundation.

Member of the selection committee and Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication Rollin Potter, said, “Tom is a standout choice for the award. Not only is he one of UCA’s most distinguishable alumni, he is one of Arkansas’

most respected and recognized voices.�

Bonner was born in Memphis but was raised in Blackton, Ark. In 1955, when Bonner was 17, he began his college career at UCA, then called Arkansas State Teachers College Bonner said: “When the time came for me to go to college, there weren’t many places in Arkansas to pursue higher education. Also, the interstate highway system was practically non-existent. Going to an outof-state university was out of the question. UCA was the most logical choice.�

He said he wanted to earn a degree in broadcasting but that was not an option at the time. “Broadcasting was always my dream, but there was no department for that. I did what I felt like would help me pursue my dreams and got my degree in speech and drama,� Bonner said.

Bonner graduated in 1959 with a major in speech and drama and a minor in sociology.

In 1961 he fulfilled his dreams of broadcasting when he joined KARK-TV in Little Rock.

Over the next few years, his onair skills and demeanor propelled him to the position of the station’s executive vice president and station manager.

In 1997, he took his talents to Arkansas Children’s Hospital as the director of public affairs.

Bonner said: “I continue to contribute to the hospital as the senior vice president of administration.�

Bonner will receive his award during UCA’s Homecoming Week,

Oct. 24-30. He will watch the game vs. Southeastern Louisiana from the president’s box.

Bonner said: “President [Allen] Meadors extended an invitation to me and my family to view the game with him. I am really looking forward to spending time with Meadors and getting to know him.�

Bonner will be the 25th recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus award that began in 1986.

Pitchford said: “While the award has been given out most years since 1986, it was not awarded in 2002, 2006, or 2009.

However two awards were given in 2004 and 2008.�

Bonner said he has been able to stay in touch with the university through its Regional Advisory Committee. He has been a member since the committee was started in 2005.

Potter, who is also on the advisory committee, said: “The committee meets twice a year on campus, for a few days at a time. This has allowed me to get to know Tom, and find out what a truly great person he is.�

Bonner said he enjoys his opportunities to get back on campus.

He said: “Although the campus has expanded since I was here, the core of it remains the same. It really makes me feel like I’m back in the ‘50s. They were some of the happiest years of my life. Being immersed in a kind and supportive environment allowed me to develop into the person I am today.�

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Debt rating remains stable this year

by Lisa Burnett Staff Writer

UCA’s debt rating is stable, according to a recent report by Moody’s Investor’s Service.

The rating has improved from Baa1, a rating with a negative outlook, to the stable rating of A3.

UCA kept its A3 rating.

This stable outlook shows that because the funding has improved, if the management continues to budget this money wisely, there will be continued support from the state. “This is good news for the students and the campus. Our outlook is now better than it was two years ago, and this is probably the best shape we’ve been in four years,� Jeff Pitchford, vice president of university and government relations, said. “Our overall finances have improved and we have been able to make improvements.�

Diane Newton, vice president for finance and administration, said that a debt rating is, “a financial indicator to potential investors of our credit worthiness. It is simple to your personal credit rating.�

In a debt rating, the bond credit rating is much like a credit score. When you have a good credit score, you spend less than the amount of money that you have, making the outcome positive. That’s what UCA wants to continue to do with its debt rating, Newton said.

When UCA ended fiscal year 2008, the ending cash balance was negative $4.3 million. Fiscal year 2009 improved to $3.2 million with no money based on credit. UCA’s operating cash flow improved in 2010 by 16.2 percent. This is an improvement from an average of 9.3 percent over the past five years, a UCA press release stated.

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. assigns bond credit ratings of

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who estimated that these notifications come two to three times a week. “When I get these notifications I notify the IT Department so they are aware,�

Courtway said.

While the violations are serious and UCA has put in the effort of producing this document and enforcing a strict computer use policy, “the technology to determine exactly where the violations are occurring just isn’t there,�

Courtway said. “We have

made efforts, like controlling bandwidth and the technology exists elsewhere. We just don’t have it here.�

Most recently, Courtway received a notification from Sony Pictures Entertainment writing on behalf of Columbia Pictures Industries on Sept. 9 that there had been “Unauthorized Distribution of the Copyrighted Motion Picture Entitled ‘The Other Guys.’�

In this notification he was specifically asked to “Stop downloading or uploading

Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C, with WR and NR which stand for withdrawn and not rated.

Newton said: “The lowest UCA debt rating was Baa1 with a negative outlook, in the fall of 2008. UCA was upgraded twice in the spring of 2010, first in February to Baa1 with a stable rating, and in May, Moody’s recalibrated their ratings which moved UCA to A3, which is stable. The negative rating to stable is significant.�

The staff at UCA wants to continue this improvement.

Newton said: “The transition team ... did the really hard work of turning the ship around. Then [President Allen] Meadors came on board in July of 2009 with his conservative philosophy of ‘you don’t spend what you don’t have.’ ... Meadors has created a committee for cost containment, which will involve the entire campus community, as it will combine not only cutting costs, but also sustainable practices.�

without authorization any motion pictures or TV shows owned or distributed by Columbia Pictures; and permanently delete from your computer(s) all unauthorized copies you may have already made of these movies and TV shows.�

Glenn said he believes that “the Federal Government wants to make sure that we’re not in the business of saying digital content isn’t good or helpful but that we should be supporting it in accordance with the law.�

The entire Compliance with HEOA Provisions document can be found at www.uca.edu/ legal/heoa_copyright.php. The document is also available upon request by the Office of General Counsel, by calling 450-3170 or by e-mailing legal@uca.edu.

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There are many obstacles waiting to befall something that ticks us off and makes us want to the unsuspecting nontraditional student at UCA. scream.

We walk on campus assuming we know more My particular situation is of no relevance; than those pesky 18-year-olds, just to realize just know I had a conflict that almost ruined we are all in the same boat, the same classes, a friendship, and quite a few professional with the same teachers; we are all trying to see relationships. through the same goal.

What is of consequence is that the people As a 27-year-old, I have this view that I’ve involved, including me, stepped up to the “lived” more than most students on campus and occasion and faced the problem head-on. I think in truth, I’ve probably had a life some 40-yearit’s a small example of what we are all learning olds would never dream of in college and something having, but regardless of we will continue to learn life experiences, I realize throughout our lives. A that whether we are lesson many on campus

by Rachel McAdams students, faculty or staff, need to relearn.

News Editor we are all just people trying You can’t escape to get by in this strange problems. It doesn’t matter world. whether those problems We bring our own gifts are in Wingo Hall, or the to the table, and we learn classrooms in Irby; on the to appreciate and respect the different gifts that theater stage, or on the football field. others bring as well.

Problems will arise, and we have the I spent six proud years serving my country in choice as to how to deal with them. We can go the military, and for the last two years have been everywhere except the source, and assume the a member of the Arkansas Air National Guard. problem will go away with time, or we can make I have watched friends leave for war and never the time to conquer it once and for all. come back; I’ve seen friends leave to make their In the news, UCA has been the brunt of many own lives and come back all too soon. attacks for not handling problems as they arise.

I have been all over this beautiful country, We must stop with the arrogance. We must and had relationships and friendships that have stop blaming others when things don’t work out molded me and made me the proud, confident as they should. person I am today.

It isn’t just a problem with co-workers, I have succeeded at things I set my mind friends, family and organizations; we even see to, and failed at things I thought would come problems within the administration of UCA. naturally.

We can blame the media, our teachers, our I had an experience not too long ago that parents, our boss, but when it comes down to humbled me and reminded me that we are all it, we have no one to blame but ourselves for people, regardless of race, creed, age, sex, title allowing the situation to exist in the first place, or whatever life we live when we aren’t on this and escalate out of control. campus.

We, as a university, all the way from the None of us are immune to conflict, and how president to the pesky 18-year-olds, must learn we handle conflict really says a lot about us. to take on conflict, and take on responsibility for Conflict is a part of life. No matter where we that conflict. Blaming others only prolongs the live, work or play, we will experience someone or madness.

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With all the media coverage of the ninth the key into the ignition. It took me another few anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, I have been minutes to put the car into reverse, and so forth. thinking back to that fateful day.

When I finally got to the gas station, my cell I was on my way to work in Little Rock when phone rang, startling me more than it should the radio announcer said that a plane had flown have. It was my boss telling me to go home. Gov. into the World Trade Center Towers. I thought Mike Huckabee was in the process of evacuating to myself, “What a terrible joke.” I put in a CD all of downtown Little Rock as a precaution. instead and sang all the I had mixed feelings way to my exit, blissfully about leaving. On one unaware. hand, I could not wait When I walked into to get home and see my the lobby, I noticed all of family, or to just fall apart

by Jeanette my co-workers standing in private if I wanted. On Anderton in front of the television. the other hand, I didn’t Staff Writer My first thought was how want to drive anywhere. funny it was going to be I was having a difficult when the boss walked time focusing, and knew in and they all tried to I shouldn’t be driving 70 scramble to look busy. It mph on a busy interstate finally occurred to me that something big must for the 45-mile commute to my house. have happened.

I finally made it home. My house was I remember hearing that little voice in the empty, as the rest of my family was still at work back of my head saying, “The Trade Center! or school. I remember alternating between It wasn’t a joke.” With each step closer to the standing in front of the television in the living television, the level of anxiety in my chest room and sitting outside looking up in the sky. I steadily rose. suppose I was watching for airplanes, an activity It certainly was no joke. That Tuesday I hadn’t done much of since I was five years old. morning at 9:03 a.m., I watched in horror as a I remember feeling a little like a five-year-old second plane flew into the South Tower. I could that day. I felt helpless and scared. I wanted my no longer hope that the first plane was a terrible mommy, but she had to work. accident.

As my family started to arrive home, we just I remember feeling an uncanny sense of embraced each other. We tried to talk about the urgency. As though everything that I did or meaning of the day’s events, but we were baffled. said that day was of the utmost importance, We attempted to lighten the mood and pulled which was ridiculous because I could not speak out a board game. We quickly decided this was intelligently nor do anything productively. I was useless. We couldn’t keep up with whose turn it very indecisive. My boss gave each of us the was, much less try to keep score. option to go to the gas station next door to fill We did what most American families did up on gas. I remember sitting in my car looking that evening. We watched the news coverage. at the gas gauge and debating for what must When it was time for bed, we were sure to say have been several minutes before finally putting “Goodnight,” and “I love you.”

The University of Central Arkansas has implemented the necessary technology to battle illegal downloading and put in place reasonable punishment, but this was done without going over the top.

The Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008 requires all universities to “combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials by users of the institution’s network,” according to uca.edu/legal/heoa_copyright.

The UCA administration took the best possible route for battling illegal downloading by inhibiting downloading on the network.

Interim Director of Information Technology Terry Brewer said the university has employed packet-shaping technology, which provides “a means of managing [the] network traffic flow in and out of certain portals, which allows improved efficiency of the network.”

Essentially, the IT department has made it impossible to complete a download, unless the user wants to wait for days.

All file sharing will not be cut, however, because not all of it is illegal. For example, faculty members legally share information in collaboration with each other.

The Higher Education Opportunities Act, which became law in 2008 but wasn’t enforced until July 1, doesn’t require universities to locate and punish students who illegally download, but requires universities to have a system in place for punishing students, and UCA has done so.

According to UCA Board Policy No. 412, students who illegally download something may face expulsion, as well as face copyright infringement laws that can result in up to five years in prison and fines as high as $250,000.

The only catch: UCA doesn’t have the technology to determine which students are illegally downloading.

A May 9, 2008, Log Cabin Democrat article reported that UCA was the “No. 1 recipient of Digital Millennium Copyright Act notifications in the entire country.”

Not a pretty title for UCA to win.

The article also reported that, while UCA was aware of the notifications, there was simply no way to determine which students were taking part in downloading because the technology required to identify students would cost the university several hundreds of thousands of dollars, and UCA didn’t have the money to purchase that technology.

UCA’s Internet system also made it hard to identify particular students because, according to the Log Cabin article, the system assigned computers a different IP address each time a student logged on to the network.

Although the university should enforce any new policy to its full ability, this is one instance where true enforcement would be too harsh and would not be fiscally responsible for UCA. In this case, simply inhibiting students from downloading is a better decision. Spending several hundred thousand dollars would be a huge expense for the university, and it would probably result in the expulsion of hundreds, if not thousands, of students. It is likely other universities will use similar tactics, and the new technology will surely decrease the amount of illegal downloading on campus.

This is one instance where enforcement would result in the expulsion of hundreds, if not thousands, of students.

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‘1964-The Tribute’ rocks Reynolds for evening

by Julian Spivey Campus Life Editor

“1964-The Tribute” thrilled a packed Reynolds Performance Hall audience on Friday, Sept. 10, proving why the fab four is the ultimate Beatles tribute band.

The group includes Mark Benson as John Lennon, Todd Rainey as Paul McCartney, Tom Work as George Harrison and Terry Manfredi as Ringo Starr.

The tribute Fab Four, which have been together for 27 years, about three times longer than the actual Beatles were together played around 30 early Beatles tunes as the crowd sang, clapped and danced along. “1964-The Tribute” tries to recreate the buzz surrounding the Beatles British invasion in 1964 and during the next few years while the foursome toured, before becoming a studio group in the late ‘60s.

“1964-The Tribute” opened the almost two hour concert with “I Saw Her Standing There” from the Beatles debut album “Please, Please Me” from 1963. The song featured Rainey on lead vocals as McCartney and got the show off to a nice rocking start.

The tribute group followed with hit after hit, including the number one tune “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “From Me to You,” “Please Please Me,” “Act Naturally,” “Eight Days a Week,” “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” among others.

Midway through the show the group took a 10minute intermission before returning to the stage for the second half.

When the second half of the show kicked off with the Beatles 1963 hit “Twist & Shout” the entire

Reynolds crowd leapt to their feet. This performance was likely the crowd favorite of the night.

The second half of the concert continued with hits like “Ticket to Ride,” “I Feel Fine,” “In My Life,” “Yesterday,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Nowhere Man,” “Help!” and “Day Tripper.”

The band finished off their set with “She Loves You,” one of the Beatles 27 number one hits.

However, after the crowd desperately cheered for more “1964-The Tribute” returned to the stage for an encore including “Rock & Roll Music,” “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Long Tall Sally.”

Among the best performances of the evening were “Yesterday,” “I Feel Fine,” “Nowhere Man,” “Ticket to Ride” and “I Saw Her Standing There,” with “In My Life” perhaps being the very best performance of the show.

Another great aspect of “1964-The Tribute” was the onstage banter between the four, especially Work as Harrison before announcing some of the songs.

You could generally tell that the foursome loves what they do for a career.

Evreryone in the crowd seemed to have their own special favorite moment of the show.

Conway resident Daniel Bates, who has been a Beatles fan for about nine years, said he enjoyed the performance of “Yellow Submarine,” with Manfredi on lead vocals as Ringo. “‘Yellow Submarine’ was pretty good. It got everyone into it,” Bates said.

Freshman Austin Kiker’s favorite performance from “1964-The Tribute” was when Work performed “Taxman” as Harrison. “‘Taxman’ is the first song from my favorite album ‘Revolver.’ That’s why I dig it,” Kiker said.

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“1964-The Tribute” performs at Reynolds Performance Hall on Friday, Sept. 10. The tribute band performed many of the Beatles earlier classics like “Yesterday,” “In My Life” and “She Loves You.” Freshman Skylar Robins enjoyed singing along to the tribute group on the song “Help!” “[I liked] all of it, the drum solo and [the band] inciting the crowd to get up and dance. I liked screaming ‘please’ on ‘Help!’ when they incited me

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Professor’s book focuses on religious group

by Preston Tolliver Entertainment Editor

Sociology professor Gordon Shepherd, along with his twin brother Gary, released a book this past June entitled “Talking with the Children of God: Prophecy and Transformation in a Radical Religious Group,” which is a study and analysis of the Family International, a reclusive religious group that totals about 10,000 members worldwide.

Gordon’s interest in the group, he said, came about through his brother, who in the early 1990s was invited by one of the Family International’s representatives to perform standardized tests on some of their children.

The Family International, formerly called the “Children of God,” has faced accusations of heresy, deviance and child abuse, Gordon said.

Through inviting academic sociologists such as Gary, group leaders hoped to gain an objective and fair analysis. Through studying and staying with the group, Gordon said they found the accusations of child abuse to be false.

Since, the Shepherd brothers have kept contact with members of the group and have written articles for social science magazines.

Gordon said his primary interest as an academic sociologist was in the sustainability of new religions through much opposition from the media and other, established religions.

“Oftentimes, religions don’t make it past the first stage,” he said. “This did.”

Members of the Family International consider themselves to be Christians, however they maintain a very different lifestyle.

They live communally, do not pursue secular jobs or careers and they believe in “sexual sharing,” Gordon said. In their communal homes will sometimes be 20 to 30 people, he said.

“They typically rent or lease homes,” he said. “They’re mobile.

They will oftentimes change the locations of their homes.”

Without the members pursuing secular jobs, Gordon said, members depend on monetary donations from those who learn about the religion and would like to support it. Additionally, they distribute literature and other products, but do not sell them, preferring take donations for them.

The group, Gordon said, is not monogamous and believes in what they refer to as “sexual sharing.” He said adult members have

Freshman Kinzey Traphagan “I like my roommate, the campus and the fact that we have a Chick-fil-A. I also like that I have my own bathroom in my dorm.”

Freshman Olivia Ruple “I like all the international students, I love learning about other cultures. Secondly I enjoy the ice cream in the cafeteria.”

Sophomore Ryan Yan “My favorite thing is that the people here are nice. Also I enjoy all of the activities, there is always something to do.”

“sexual access to one another based on sexual consent.”

“They have a pretty radical view of human sexuality,” he said.

He said the media dwells on members, encouraging members to engage in sexual behavior at a young age.

Another issue that most evangelical Christians frown upon is that the members believe that have the ability to receive messages from God. Gordon said the group Nick Hillemann photo also encourages marriage ProfessorGordon Shepherd and strongly emphasizes childcare.

In 2005, the Shepherd brothers were invited to Family International’s headquarters, World Services, where they spent four days interviewing the entire staff.

World Services’ location, Gordon said, is kept a secret from even members of Family International, as to protect the headquarters from protesters and the media.

“It’s a good case study of a heretical new religion that has managed to survive and persist and shows signs of prospering in the years to come.”

The book was published by the University of Illinois. ”Dr. Shepherd’s work on the Family is a fascinating academic study of a truly interesting religious phenomenon, while also being a genuinely good read,” religion professor Julia Winden Fey said.

As for future works, Gordon said Family International is currently undergoing a major transition in changing their core requirements.

“They’ll become more and more similar to other evangelical Christian groups,” he said. “That’s what we’ll be following.”

Gordon obtained his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of New York at Stony Brook in 1977. Gary Shepherd earned his Bachelor’s degree in sociology from Michigan State University.

Gordon has been teaching at UCA since 1980.

to,” Robins said.

“1964-The Tribute” celebrated the opening of the 10th season of Reynolds Performance Hall.

Reynolds opened up 10 years ago with an inaugural performance by the legendary Ray Charles.

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Juniors Austin Hall, left, and Destiny Davis listen to music and study Sept.

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Sophomore Kimberly Arevalo “I like that it’s small and you run into your friends and classmates more often on campus.”

“What do you like most about UCA?” Freshman Hannah Culwell “I love theater here and the campus is beautiful. I also value the friendships I have been making here at UCA.”

Junior Darius Jackson “The atmosphere is great here. It is easy to meet nice people. I’m a transfer student from another school and I feel that the teachers actually take interest in you here. Lastly, I like the clubs, activities and of course the parties!”

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Freshman Charlotte White “I like the freedom I get to experience here. The food is good, the people are nice, and I like the activities that are always going on.”

Junior Jarrod Santiago “I love the undie run, and I love chicks and I love chicks at the undie run. Also I love my Phi Sigs and my Tri Sigs.”

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AETN offers trivia contest for baseball fans

by Julian Spivey Campus Life Editor

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Comedian Kevin Shea leaves the crowd in hysterics Sept. 8 in the Student Center Ballroom.

Shea fills Student Center Ballroom with laughter

by Taylor Lowery

Associate Editor & Opinion Editor The Student Activities Board started the year off with a laugh Sept. 8 with Kevin Shea, the first comedy act of the year in the Student Center Ballroom.

Shea, a native of Los Angeles, has been featured on HBO’s “Down and Dirty� and Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0.�

Shea’s stand-up was completely hilarious, and showed that the adopted Korean doesn’t hold back, no matter the subject.

Shea first spoke of moving from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, and said everyone in L.A. assumed he would be a Republican. “‘I bet you’re a homophobe too,’ they said, and I was like ‘What are you talking about?

I love my house! But there’s a bunch of homos next door, probably knocking down my property values,’� he said.

Other topics included sex, marijuana, racial jokes and technology, but every joke had the packed ballroom laughing riotously. “Did anyone vote for Obama? I did, because it was trendy and everyone else was doing it,� he said. “Besides, Obama wanted free health care, and I’m going to need that when I test positive for ... bad decisions.�

Shea was big on audience interaction as well, asking questions and getting students involved. At one point, Shea pointed to a freshman girl in the front row, and said “You’re going to have to cover those up because I can see everything.�

He asked the girl how old she was, and when she said she was 18, and yelled, “Your dad lets you go to college with that shirt?�

Shea talked about Black History Month, and said May was actually Asian History Month. “I actually didn’t know about this until a couple months ago,� Shea said, “when I got the origami memo.�

Shea said he celebrates Asian History Month by standing on a stool outside of the city hall of whatever city he’s in, and attracting a crowd. “I stand up on my stool, and

I shine a flashlight in everyone’s face, so they know what it’s like to be short and squint for a while,� Shea said.

Shea also took a stab at fans of the “Twilight� movies, asking if they knew what happened at the end. “Did you know that Voldemort comes back and kills Edward?� he said.

Shea said he suffers from bad allergies, which included being allergic to vodka. “So my friends try to get me to smoke weed, but I don’t,� he said. “I don’t find it necessary to have a four-hour conversation about egg rolls, and why they’re so crispy and delicious.�

Shea also showed that he can be clever, when he joked about his new hobby. “I’ve got this new hobby,� he said. “It’s called judging people. I’m so good at it, I bought a high-horse. So when I feel bad about myself, I leave my glass house, get on my high-horse and go down to my friend’s house and judge ... his girlfriend.�

Shea also made some jokes about rape whistles and how the term “sexual assault� sounds like a video game. “But I could never be a rapist, because I like to cuddle, and how awkward would that be?� he said.

SAB Comedy Chair and junior Reed Strickland said there was close to 200 people who came out to see Shea. “It was one of the best turnouts for the smaller comedy events we’ve had,� he said. “Hopefully we can keep the turnout high in the future.�

Strickland said some SAB representatives saw Shea at the National Association for Campus Activities Conference, and suggested him to Strickland, who was unable to attend. “I went on YouTube and saw some stuff and thought he’d be a really good fit for UCA,� she said.

Based on the size and enthusiasm of the crowd, he certainly was a good fit.

For more information on Kevin Shea, students can visit his website, www.kevinshea.tv.

SAB’s next comedian will be Arvin Mitchell, who will perform in the Student Center Ballroom at 7 p.m. on Oct. 13.

If you know that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing was the guy who gave up Hank Aaron’s 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth’s all time home run record or that Frank Chance was the manager of the Chicago Cubs the last time they won the World Series in 1908, then AETN has a trivia contest for you.

AETN has a baseball trivia contest on their website at aetn.org in conjunction with Ken Burns’ new baseball documentary “The Tenth Inning� that will air on AETN on Tuesday, Sept. 28 and Wednesday, Sept. 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The original “Baseball� documentary was a nine-part series that garnered more than 43 million viewers and was the most watched program in PBS history, according to AETN’s website.

The documentary essentially picks up where Burns’ last baseball photo courtesy of PBS.org documentary, “Baseball,� left off in 1994. Burns and his co-director Lynn Novick highlight the 1994 strike, the increasing dominance of Ken Burns’ new baseball documentary “The Tenth Inning�will Latin and Asian ballplayers, interleague play, the rise of the New York premiere on AETN on Tuesday, Sept. 28. AETN is holding a baseball Yankees dynasty, the Boston Red Sox World Series win in 2004 and trivia contest as part of the film on aetn.org. steroid use in baseball, according to AETN’s website “[Burns] ended [‘Baseball’] about the time of the strike, so it picks now Burns has another baseball documentary. up with Cal Ripken, Greg Maddux and the Braves, Ichiro [Suzuki], Joe Sophomore Alex Harvey said he is excited for the chance to see both Torre, there’s a lot on the steroids, [Mark] McGwire and [Sammy] Sosa Burns’ documentary and entering in the trivia contest. and Barry Bonds,� AETN Executive Director Allen Weatherly said. “I know a lot of baseball trivia. I would consider myself very The trivia contest includes eight baseball questions. Some of the knowledgeable on baseball, and a sports junky, especially on the Red questions are easy for baseball fans like: “In what position did Babe Sox,� Harvey said.

Ruth successfully start his career?� Other questions are harder like: “In Harvey said he is also excited about seeing the portion on the their first three seasons in Northwest Arkansas, the Naturals have made documentary dedicated to the Red Sox. the Texas League playoffs [how many times]?� “I’m a diehard Red Sox fan, so definitely the part on the Red Sox [is All correct entries will be placed into a random drawing on Oct. 31. what I want to see]. But, I’ve written papers on all of those topics and Prizes for the baseball trivia contest include an autographed baseball researched all the topics,� Harvey said.

by Burns, a copy of the “Baseball� companion book from the original UCA alumnus Eric Fulton is also excited to see Burns’ documentary. series and jerseys from both the Arkansas Travelers and the Northwest “I would watch Burns’ documentary because he portrays the stories Arkansas Naturals. well and he is a great filmmaker. I remember watching “Baseball� when Weatherly said they decided to do the trivia contest as a fun thing it first aired in the mid-’90s as a kid, and I loved it,� Fulton said. “I loved with Burns’ documentary. Weatherly also said that the documentary watching the whole thing. I think people should get an in-depth look at itself is really good. what happened since 1994. A lot has happened and people should look “I’m a big baseball fan, so I liked it all. But, the part on Ichiro was at it as how far things have changed for better and worse in baseball good and [I] enjoyed the whole role of steroids. Barry Bonds is a figure since the original documentary.� throughout the whole thing,� Weatherly said.

Graduate student Kudo Naoki said he is thrilled that the Weatherly told a great story that he heard about Novick telling Burns documentary will delve a litle into the Atlanta Braves dynasty of the ‘90s, that they would have to do another baseball documentary in the future. because that is his favorite team. “When he finished the first one, his co-director Lynn Novick told “[‘The Tenth Inning’] sounds interesting because for me [the] him they’d have to do another one and he said, ‘We’ll do it when the Red MLB [of the] ‘90s are golden times. I expect that this documentary will Sox win the World Series,’� Weatherly said. include so many parts about the Atlanta Braves. For MLB history itself, The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 and again in 2007 and the feat by Braves in ‘90s was so outstanding,� Noaki said.

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Theater department thrills with ‘Curse of Starving Class’

by Julian Spivey Campus Life Editor

Intense would be the one word to sum up senior theater student Bradley Mancil’s production of legendary playwright Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the Starving Class.� “Curse of the Starving Class� premiered Wednesday, Sept. 8 in the Studio Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center. The play showed again on Friday, Sept. 10 and will show again tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

The script by Shepard is the powerful story of the Tate family, a family struggling to survive in their rundown house and avocado orchard.

The Tate family includes: Wesley, the son who refuses to give up on his family, land and the old way of life; Weston, the alcoholic father who is rarely around and is trouble when he is; Ella, the mother who is trying to be the commanding figure of the family and wants a better life for her kids; and Emma, the rebellious teen who is dealing with her first period and desperately wants out of the life she’s living in.

There were three true standouts of the cast: alumnus Tom McLeod as Weston, senior Cameron Backus as Wesley and junior Haley Tynes as Emma.

The brother and sister duo played Backus and Tynes was one of the most interesting aspects of the performance. Wesley wants things to remain the way they always have been and Emma wants to break free and live a life of her own.

The two are particularly interesting in their scenes

together because at times they are at odds, especially during first act when Wesley urinates on Emma’s posters for a school project, essentially calling them a waste of time. But it’s obvious that Wesley truly adores his sister from the little things, like the way he smirks when she does something mischievous like riding through a local club on horseback with guns blazing.

The other interesting aspect of the performance was the relationship between the father and son duo of Weston and Wesley. It’s a tumultuous relationship that ultimately leads to the son becoming the father. The performances from Backus as Wesley and McLeod as Weston are the most intense and best performances of the play.

It’s definitely an intensity that is needed from the two with all of the screaming, fist-pounding and refrigerator-door-slamming that the script has to offer.

The other main character of the story, Ella, was played by junior Ashli Brown and while the performance was good, the character seemed to fade in comparison to those of Weston, Wesley and Emma. Whether this was the fault of Shepard or Brown couldn’t be determined.

The rest of the cast was filled out by senior Brady Ness, junior Jason Elkins, junior Jake Whisenant, junior Seth Kenney and junior Tyler Gunther; with

Ness having the biggest role of the supporting cast as Taylor, who is scheming to obtain the Tate’s land.

The play does an excellent job at delving into the struggles of the Tate clan and ends with a shocking bang.

The only awkward thing about the play is that Weston, who is an alcoholic and a deadbeat father, completely makes a turn between the second and third acts, which equals one night in the play. At the beginning of the third act he has sobered up and seemingly turned his life around as quickly as you could snap your fingers. This, however, is true to the Shepard script.

Sophomore Isaiah Ozuna said he enjoyed “Curse of the Starving Class� because of the moral of the story. “I thought it was interesting about the home life, how [Weston] was a sloppy drunk but then decided to change his life, but it was too late,� Ozuna said.

Some viewers might need to be warned that the play is meant for mature audiences and includes adult language and brief nudity.

As good as the play was itself, the experience is one that could prove to be uncomfortable for many viewers. The Studio Theatre is a cramped and generally uncomfortable venue for a play, but is used to create a more intimate feel for the play.

Backs may ache throughout the two-hour play, which includes a 10-minute intermission between the second and third acts, but it’s worth it.

Senior Cassie Garvey agreed that the use of the Studio Theatre added both a positive and negative effect to the play. “It was less comfortable so it was harder to pay attention.

Although, it was more intense and real because it was in a tighter area,� Garvey said.

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‘Oleanna’ keeps audience on edge of seats

by Crosby Dunn

Assistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor

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The interior design class helped re-design the Bernard Hall lobby during the 2010 spring semester.

Interior design program gives students blueprints for future

by Katrina Ragsdale Staff Writer

The UCA interior design program offers students the opportunity to gain necessary experience while also allowing them to travel abroad.

Over the summer, 11 interior design students, two art students and three business students studied abroad in Florence, Italy for a month.

Living in apartments, the students toured and attended classes to learn the history of the city. Weekend trips included visiting Pisa, Siena, Montepulciano, Cinque Terre and a couple of students went to Rome on their free weekend. “It was amazing,� senior Cortney Bloodsworth said. “Everyone was definitely out of their comfort zone. It was a culture shock, something I would suggest everyone to experience; to get out of the state and really open their mind.�

The interior design program consists of three full-time professors and 10 to 12 adjunct professors, 23 classes, a study abroad program and numerous internship opportunities.

Students not only learn the fundamentals of being an interior designer, but also the opportunity to gain muchneeded experience, instructor Ann Bryan said.

Senior Jessica Payne said, “

In one of my classes, we had to draw items from a hat as inspiration to design a few pieces of furniture. I designed a table, chair and lamp for Lady Gaga. That was a lot of fun.�

Senior Jessica Wallace, an art and interior design double major, said students in the program not only receive hands-on experience in the classroom, but also through outside sources. “This lady who owned a house on Oak Street had us come up with design plans to turn the room above the garage into an apartment for someone to actually live in for a short while,� Wallace said.

Split into teams, each group competed to come up with the best design to be used as the original or incorporated in a similar but different arrangement. “The team I was on won and we were put in Women’s Inc. [Magazine] which also did an ad for the lady’s bed and breakfast,�

Wallace said. “It was really cool.�

After the introductory classes are complete, interior design students progress through the program with a lot of drawing and rendering of different kinds of architecture and furniture. During their senior year, they put it all together and design a restaurant. They plan the space, carpet, wallpaper, paint, fixings, dishware and artwork on the walls, Bryan said.

t r e c n o c n i LeAnn Rimes has 16 CDs, 2 Grammys, and Academy of Country Music awards for Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Top New Female Vocalist. She is one of the hottest country artists in the world.

Set to release a new, acoustic CD, LeAnn will perform songs from that CD at Reynolds Performance Hall.

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By Crosby Dunn

We are human and we all make mistakes. Trying to get in shape is a complete lifestyle change, and going from black to white is huge feat.

That being said, don’t beat yourself up if you cave in and eat Taco Bell. It’s hard not to at times.

It’s 3 a.m., you’ve been doing homework all night and you want some food.

Before I was exercising, I was a huge eater. I ate all the time.

I could eat all day and never be full. I loved eating. I still do! So the huge change from being an overeater to having to monitor my diet was a challenge.

I got around it by becoming a vegetarian, which forced me to keep from eating Big Macs and other junk from fast food places.

Eventually, eating at big fast food chains became such hastle that I quit doing it.

It’s not for everyone, and I had to do some research to make sure I was getting enough protein and other nutrients that is in meat, but I would recommend trying it. Give it a week and it may grow on you.

A vegetarian can be as in shape as a meat eater. He can also be as out of shape as one. Twinkies don’t have meat in them.

Whether or not a person is a vegetarian, vegan, fruitatarian or just a regular meat eater, he is still going to need to monitor what he eats. But healthy weight loss cannot be done alone. It takes exercise and hard work too.

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“Oleanna,� the theater department’s current play, is a worthwhile time investment if you are looking for a dark, thought-provoking performance that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The play premiered on Thursday, Sept. 9 and will also show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15 and Friday, Sept. 17. Tickets can be picked up at the UCA box office.

The play only has two characters, played by senior Matt Duncan and sophomore Sarah Oliver, and they both perform impressive portrayals in their roles of a professor and student, respectively.

There is a lot of tension between the two and their dialogue flows naturally. Duncan does an excellent job of playing an arrogant professor and Oliver’s portrayal of a timid college student is just as good.

The play is performed in the Studio Theatre with little seating – only about 75 can fit in for each showing – and people sitting in the back may have a difficult time seeing throughout the show.

At first, it was a nuisance, not being able to see the action really put a damper on the experience.

But, even without being able to see the actors the entire time, it didn’t matter. The dialogue between the two actors in the play was delivered so well that the play could have doubled as a radio show and would have still had the same impact.

The only complaint about the acting is at

times, Oliver is hard to hear. Understandably, the character she is playing was supposed to seem a little timid and Duncan’s character, John, is supposed to talk over her, but even then it was hard to hear her at points.

On the other hand, the lack of volume from Oliver also helps give insight to the character she is playing, and one could argue that it was necessary for her character to go unheard in the beginning.

In the beginning, John is dominant and Oliver’s character, Carol, is submissive. Eventually, the two swap, making Carol the dominant one. Oliver and Duncan do an excellent job at switching between being dominant and submissive, through body language and dialogue. Once the swap starts happening, Oliver becomes much louder and easier to hear.

The ending is violent and explosive, and the actions between the two characters are painful to watch, like a train wreck. If you can’t handle violent, rape-like behavior, do not go see this play. “I thought the play was good. It is scary that those things can happen every day. It is interesting, for sure,� senior Mitchell Allen said.

He said he would definitely recommend this to his friends.

The play is worth seeing, even if you are sitting in the back and can’t see. Seeing really isn’t necessary, because the dialogue is delivered so well.

Senior Greg Antley, who directed the play, said, there were some missed sound effects tonight, and a few technical issues� during the performance.

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photo courtesy of Conway EcoFest Facebook page

Attendees were educated on living green friendly at the second anual EcoFest in Laurel Park on Saturday, Sept. 11. Other educational topics included transportation safety and solar energy.

EcoFest 2010 won’t let rain wash it away

by Crosby Dunn

Assistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor The second annual EcoFest in Conway educated attendees in more than just how to be environmentally friendly on Saturday, Sept. 11, despite delays from the weather.

In a field behind the tennis courts on Prince Street is Laurel Park, where tents were set up, educating people in eco-friendly lifestyles and problems with it in Conway. “It started from a seed I was interested in,�

EcoFest creator Debbie Plopper said.

She said she told people of an idea and people jumped on board with her to help create the first EcoFest, last year. “I planted a seed and everyone helped develop it,� Plopper said.

EcoFest was an open event, although people could sign in at entrances for a chance to win a scooter, books on going green, a refurbished bike or seven days of free pizza.

EcoFest divided Laurel Park into different sections, with each section having a different theme.

The themes at EcoFest were green building, recycling and landfills, food vendors, technology, habitat, natural resources, energy, transportation, education and literacy, health and medicine and agriculture.

UCA had a tent set up at EcoFest in the habitat section, with multiple aquariums and containers with different animals in them.

Richard Walker, a UCA biology graduate student, said: “We have lots of different insects, spiders and aquatic bugs.�

He said all of the creatures that UCA brought to EcoFest could be found in the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve.

One of the bigger attractions at EcoFest was the transportation section, which focused on transportation in Conway.

One tent focused on the safety issues with children who have to walk to school, discussing how it can be dangerous for students because of a lack of sidewalks, traffic and other issues.

There were other attractions set up, including a food service called Green Cart Deli.

Brad Kossover, the owner of Green Cart Deli, said his cart is completely powered by solar energy and propane gas, which he said is “the friendliest of manufactured market gases.� “You’re not going to find a more green-friendly cart in the world,� Kossover said.

Despite how eco-friendly it is, Kossover said he

is unable to do business in the city with his cart due to laws currently in place by the city. “I am currently working with the city in terms of getting more leeway to do business,� Kossover said.

He added the problem is if the Conway Planning Commission lets him do it, they would have to let others do it too.

Kossover said he wants to set up his cart during lunch hours around the city so people can walk to him, instead of driving around the city for food.

He said he has made little progress in getting permission from the city.

The solar panels Kossover was using were from Little Rock-based company Stellar Sun. In addition to the food cart, there were other solar panels set up around Laurel Park.

Bill Ball, the owner of Stellar Sun, said: “Everything except for the Museum of Discovery mobile station and maybe two tents or so is solar powered. I’d say [EcoFest] is 90 percent solar powered.�

Whitney Beckham, who is in charge of press releases for EcoFest, said all of the various tents and attractions at EcoFest were voluntary, except for the Museum of Discovery. “This is a totally volunteer based group. We don’t get paid,� Beckham said.

She said they went and searched for people to come to EcoFest and set up an attraction, but because of the popularity of last year’s EcoFest, many people contacted her and asked if they could be a part of it. “We had to pay a fee for the Museum of Discovery to come, but for the most part everything was donated,� Beckham said.

She said the rain delayed the festival for a few hours. “We had to cover everything and redo the morning work,� Beckham said. She added that there were several hours where they did nothing, waiting for the rain. “The weather was a glitch that hurt us. We lost a lot of good exhibits that were flooded out,� Plopper said. “We still had a lot of cool things that stayed through the delaying weather.�

She said it was the biggest stumbling block to EcoFest.

Plopper said they are planning to have another EcoFest next year. “We’re encouraged to have one next year,�

Plopper said. “We’re encouraged by the attendees and the exhibitors and their positive feedback. We got a lot more encouragement this year than we did last year.�

Entertainment

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September 15, 2010

-NEW RELEASE-

Petty still alive in 12th album

by Julian Spivey Campus Life Editor

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Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black and Sissy Spacek star in “Get Low,” a film about a hermit who has lived alone for 40 years and wants to attend his own funeral party and hear the stories told about him.

Duvall, Murray soar high in ‘Get Low’

by Preston Tolliver Entertainment Editor

Everyone has a story to tell. In Aaron Schneider’s “Get Low,” everyone has a story to tell about one man – a hermit named Felix Bush who’s kept to himself for the past 40 years.

The film, which was released a year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, features an all-star cast including Robert Duvall as the reclusive Felix Bush; Bill Murray as Frank Quinn, a funeral director whose business is quickly taking a turn for the worse in the wake of the Great Depression; Lucas Black as Buddy, Frank’s protégé and business partner; and Sissy Spacek, who shines as Mattie Darrow, a woman with whom Bush shares a mysterious connection.

Felix Bush is a man whom everyone in his small town seems to fear and hate.

He lives alone in the woods and owns hundreds of acres surrounding him to keep it that way. At the start of the movie, the audience is fed rumors by the townsfolk of some of the horrific things Bush has done. One man even makes a remark about how Bush had killed four men in his past.

This leaves the viewer wondering what line seperates legend and truth,

wondering whether or not the used-up looking old man with a beard down to his mid-chest is really as terrible as everyone fears.

Knowing how everyone feels about him, Bush makes a decision to bring these legends public – by throwing his own living-funeral party and inviting everyone with a story about him to attend and tell it.

It’s here where the story begins to take off. As the party approaches, we see Bush begin to crawl, though almost reluctantly, out of the shell in which he’s resided for so many years.

As the story continues, we see the past of Felix Bush begin to unfold, and after run-ins with significant characters from his past and the building of a new relationship with Buddy, a family man who has dedicated his time to nothing more than making this party happen.

And then Bush changes his funeral plans. Instead of coming to his party and hearing all the stories others have heard of him, stories that have been re-told to death and spread amongst every living generation, Bush decides it’s time to tell his story.

Duvall plays the reclusive, eerie old man with finesse and dominates the movie with his acting in the role. His humble appearance and convincing

angry demeanor sell his role, and though he’s a hatable character in the movie, the audience is forced to do nothing else but love him almost immediately.

Backing Duvall is Bill Murray in his more-than-impressive role of Frank Quinn, where Murray takes seeds of his dramatic roles in films such as “Lost in Translation” and “Broken Flowers,” while still keeping his sarcastic demeanor, giving the drama a comedic feel at times.

Lucas Black also performed stunningly, shedding his skin from movies such as “Jarhead” and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” and showing that he’s evolving into a mature, defined role as he supports two of the most recognizable names in the film industry.

It should also be recognized that this is only Schneider’s seconnd film to direct. The first film was 2003’s “Two Soldiers.” Schneider also edited both films.

“Get Low” is rated PG-13 due to brief violence and thematic material and has a runtime of a little more than 100 minutes. The movie can currently be viewed at the Rave in Little Rock.

The cast is a perfect fit for the movie, and vice-versa. Though slow at times, Duvall, Murray and Black never failed to impress at any point of the movie.

-READING-

Riordan impresses with new book, series

by Ben Keller Sports Editor

Author Rick Riordan’s latest mythological book “The Red Pyramid” is a great start to what looks to be another exceptional series about the struggle between good and evil and the fictional battle between gods of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

“The Red Pyramid” is the first book of Riordan’s new series, The Kane Chronicles, which follows the brother and sister duo of Carter and Sadie Kane as they unravel the mysteries behind their mother’s death, their father’s kidnapping and what makes the two of them special in the world of Egyptian magicians.

The background for the story will be familiar to people who have read Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

The Kanes discover that they belong to a long line of ancient Egyptian magicians who fight to control the power of the Egyptian gods that have been sealed away for centuries.

It is a very similar backdrop to how the Percy Jackson series began: A kid finds out he has special powers and figures out he has to save the world. A cookie-cutter situation, but Riordan does shake things up a bit.

Like the Percy Jackson series, Riordan wrote “The Red Pyramid” in the first-person style as a recollection of past events. The new twist on this series is that Riordan has spun a fantasy in that he, as an author, is actually a transcriber of several audio tapes the Kane siblings sent to him to publish as a book.

The book is an absolutely refreshing read because of this one point: not only does Riordan play the story out in this fashion, but he uses both Kanes as narrators for the story. Every two chapters the siblings switch places and tell what happened from their point of view.

It was so enjoyable reading something from a Carter chapter that was being told through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy who grew up traveling around the world and then suddenly switching over to Sadie, who has a heavy English accent that prevails throughout her chapters. It felt like reading two books at once and was an entirely new and exciting experience.

Riordan also includes many references to his Percy Jackson series in short, funny quips during several parts of the story, most of which take place when the Kanes are in Brooklyn for a part of their adventure. Although the Greek mythology from the Percy Jackson series was interesting, it is nice to see that

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Riordan is not banking on that series to be his cash-pony and is going in a different direction with The Kane Chronicles.

For anyone who has learned anything about Egyptian mythology, it can be even more confusing than Greek mythology. Lots of questionable marriages, coup d’etats, betrayals, murders and too many other things to mention happen between the gods of ancient Egypt. Riordan does a great job of watering down the mythology so that anyone can understand it, but still leaves plenty of it intact so that nothing gets lost in his adaptation of the myths.

“The Red Pyramid” was published May 4 and Riordan has already said a sequel will be coming out in May 2011 and the final book in the trilogy will come out in May 2012. He has also said that the trilogy will advance year-to-year within the story, making the Kanes a year older and a year stronger with each new book.

1. “Now and Then” (1995)

2. “Pretty Woman” (1990)

This story of four childhood friends growing up is something women of all ages could love. It includes the typical stereotypes of young teenage girls becoming different people as adults, which makes it easy for women to relate to because they were either one of those girls or had a friend that was one of those girls. The allstar cast also helped make it a commercial success.

Who doesn’t love a romantic comedy about a prostitute and a high-end businessman? While it originally got bad reviews, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere racked up several nominations and awards for their roles played in this movie. They made the fantasy plot come alive. It gave women hope that they too would be able to find love where they least expect it.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are at their usual greatness with their 12th studio album “Mojo,” released during the summer on Reprise Records.

The album is Petty’s first with the Heartbreakers in eight years and is essentially the group’s first blues album.

Petty told Rolling Stone Magazine: “It’s blues-based. Some of the tunes are longer, more jammy kind of music.”

I’d sum the entire album up as a “great road album,” which a lot of Petty’s music tends to be. It’s a record that you can put in your CD player in your car and enjoy on a long road trip.

There isn’t a single bad track on “Mojo.”

“Mojo” contains 15 tracks, which were all written by Petty (or co-written along with guitarist Mike Campbell).

While Petty’s lyrics on the entire album are gold as usual, the true star of the album is Campbell and his wonderful guitar skills, especially on such tracks as “I Should Have Known It” and “U.S. 41.”

The best song lyrically on the album is “High in the Morning,” which warns about the evils of excess, whether it’s alcohol or women. Petty’s twangy Southern voice is made perfectly for the chorus when he sings: “Well, it hurts my heart to see a young man fall/ Hurt

me to my bones/ To see him high in the morning/ And by evenin’ see him gone.”

The bluesiest song on the album is without a doubt “U.S. 41,” which makes Petty sound as if he’s an old time blues man who been through the hard rigors of life. Believe me life doesn’t sound as hard anymore after hearing about “working U.S. 41 with a sling blade after running outside of the law.”

Another highlight of “Mojo” is the reggae infused “Don’t Pull Me Over,” which some critics see as an anti-immigration law song and others see as a pro-legalization of marijuana song. The lyrics seem to suggest that it’s probably more of a song about marijuana than immigration.

If you’re a fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers than this should definitely be in your record collection.

- I N T H E AT E R S -

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Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer give us ‘Vampires Suck,’ a spoof movie that takes on the ‘Twilight’ saga, which is popular among tweens worldwide.

Vampires might suck, movie doesn’t

by Jeanette Anderton Staff Writer

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer team up once again, and this time they are going after vampires. More specifically, vampire love stories.

The writing and directing duo decided to take a stab at making fun of the vampire craze. What better vampire story to focus on than the epic love story of Edward and Bella?

The creators of such parodies as “Epic Movie,” “Meet the Spartans” and the “Scary Movie” franchise take on the monumental task of making fun of “Twilight,” while still appealing to “Twilight” fans.

The entire cast of “Vampires Suck” remarkably resembles their “Twilight” counterparts. It is uncanny how well the casting director did at finding nearly identical people.

Newcomer Jenn Proske portrays Becca Crane, an obvious play on the name Bella Swan. She not only looks like Kristen Stewart, she is able to perfectly adapt the timid, somewhat aloof look Bella wears in “Twilight.”

The directors portray her as an angstfilled teenager whose father still sees her as a little girl. The over-the-top scenes with father and daughter are funny, up to a point. When she is strapped to him in a baby carrier coming out of the house, it comes off as more ridiculous than funny.

The role of Edward Sullen is played

by Matt Lanter. Unfortunately, Friedberg and Seltzer did not do an effective job of spoofing Edward Cullen. A huge comic opportunity was missed when the directors failed to focus in on Edward’s borderline stalking behavior. Instead, Sullen’s character is unlikable, and many of his scenes seem rushed. The directors tried to squeeze too much information into the 85-minute movie. Perhaps a little more time should have been spent on Lanter’s lines and a little less time on his

3. “A League of Their Own” (1992) This movie inspired women to prove exactly what they are capable of achieving. And, it’s fairly historically accurate.

There’s a little bit of everything included: romance, fighting, comedy and dancing. Not to mention, Madonna has one of the lead roles. This movie reminded women everywhere that it doesn’t always have to be a man’s world.

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Chris Riggi as Jacob White had the breakout performance of the movie.

The directors epitomized the term “comic genius” when writing Riggi’s lines. The dialogue between Riggi and Proske is hilarious. At one point he even begins scratching behind his ears and complaining about fleas. The audience was laughing hysterically every time he was on screen.

Friedberg and Seltzer did an excellent job of recreating the cinematography as well. The meadow, wilderness and basically the entire town of Sporks is almost identical to Twilight’s Forks. The prom has been decorated to look just like the Italy scenes in “Twilight: New Moon,” complete with Alice and Becca arriving via yellow Porsche.

The marketing for this movie was terrible. The entire movie was leaked online before its release date. Aside from that, it falls into the predictable pattern of showing all of the movie’s funniest scenes in the previews.

The biggest laughs came when Jacob transforms into a chihuahua, and when Edward orders Chinese food, only to throw the Chinese delivery driver to his blood-thirsty family. Both of these scenes were in every trailer released for the movie.

Overall, this parody does its job.

It effectively makes fun of “Twilight,” while making the diehard “Twilight” fans wistfully remember the original.

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4. “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” (1997) Hilarious is the best word to describe this movie. When their 10 year high school reunion comes up Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) realize that they haven’t done anything worth bragging about in their lives since leaving high school and make up pseudo lives. This tale of clueless “dumb blondes” who end up making good in the end can lift everyone’s spirits.

5. “Little Women” (1994) This movie is based off of the well-loved novel written by Louisa May Alcott following four sisters as they experience life from adolescence all the way into adulthood. It sticks fairly close to the book, having certain specifics cut out, but nothing that affects the beauty and honesty portrayed in the film. And, yet another allstar cast makes this story really come alive.

Sports

8

September 15, 2010

From the Shotgun

By Ben Keller

Tennis has troubles; Sugar Bears volleyball need campus support

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t the start of this semester I heard that the tennis courts were going to receive an overdue renovation they desperately needed. Last semester I covered almost every home match for the tennis team and I witnessed firsthand the poor state of the tennis courts.

The courts are cracked from overuse, mold had to be removed from the courts after a player was injured because she slipped on it and the light poles around the court area are far too close to the play areas and have the potential to obstruct play or even cause an injury.

These were all problems that need to be fixed, but unfortunately the only thing being fixed are the light poles and a hitting wall for practices. While it is a start, the tennis team could use more help and support from UCA. You cannot expect a team to perform well if they are having to practice on a less-than-par court and it is embarrassing when the team hosts other schools on our campus and they play on shoddy courts.

Another problem that needs to be corrected is the lack of players on the tennis team. Right now the tennis team currently has six players, one of whom is injured.

If they cannot get more members and have back-ups in case of emergencies, the team is going to be forced to forfeit points before each match. This could potentially be a tennis team killer if things do not turn around.

• Tomorrow night will begin a long series of home games for the Sugar Bears volleyball team.

The Sugar Bears have already been working hard and winning games since the start of the semester and after talking with players and Coach Steven McRoberts, they are all excited to be back and playing in Conway.

The Sugar Bears are ready and willing to play, and now it is in the hands of the students to show up and support one of our strongest athletic teams on campus.

If you have never been to a volleyball game in the Prince Center I highly recommend going to the

conference opener tomorrow at 7 p.m. Not only are Sugar Bears volleyball games exciting, but the atmosphere of all the people crammed into the Prince Center bleachers cheering on the team is one of the most intense experiences you can have here at UCA. So whether you are a freshman on campus or this is your last year here, get out to the Prince Center and cheer on your Sugar Bears.

They are going to need it this year if they are aspiring to get to the NCAA Tournament and the campus has to give them the home field advantage that helped them be a tough team last season.

• The 2010-2011 NFL season kicked off last week and it was fairly boring, with a few exceptions.

One thing that stood out was the call that ruined the Detroit Lions’ chances of defeating the Chicago Bears in the final seconds of their game on Sunday.

Lions wide reciever Calvin Johnson caught what would have been the game-winning touchdown, but officials said the one-handed catch was incomplete.

A video review confirmed the officials call and the Lions did not recieve the touchdown.

This controversial call brought up the age old question. When is a catch a catch?

Well here’s the official rule from the NFL. “If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.”

Whether or not you like it, the call was correct, but it brings to question how long is long enough to have control over the ball. If it was my decision I would have said Johnson had control of the ball long enough to warrant a complete pass, touchdown and a victory for the Lions.

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Men’s soccer team prepares to face Pac-10 Oregon State in invitational

by Nathan Noble Staff Writer

The UCA men’s soccer team is set to make their first appearance at the Oregon State Hensor/ Zaher Nike Classic Tournament in Corvallis, Ore., on Sept. 17 through Sept. 19.

“This is the first time our guys will be in that part,” Coach Chad Flanders said. “It’s exciting to play good teams from conferences like the Pac-10.”

The Bears will be entering the tournament off a 2-1 loss from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis this past Friday and will try to regain composure against their first matchup, Seattle University.

“Seattle is a lot like us moving up from Division II and they’ve had great success,” Flanders said. “It’ll be great to play them.”

Flanders said he hasn’t quite yet drawn up a game plan for Seattle yet but he said that they will be a great defensive team who stay well organized and solid.

Senior forward Alex Parker said the team is going to have to be prepared going into the game and have confidence in themselves.

“We respect teams too much,” Parker said. “We come out like we’re an underdog and we have to stop doing that.”

Seattle may be very difficult to deal with offensively as well with a team who are direct on defense

and tend to play a lot of long balls.

However, this is not something that has not been seen by the Bears.

“University of Missouri-Kansas City played a lot like that and I felt we handled them very well defensively,” Flanders said.

Sept. 19 the Bears will face off against their Pac-10 conference challenger Oregon State.

“It would be great to get an upset over them,” Parker said. “It would be like our football team beating someone like Hawaii.”

Flanders said the team is going to have to be ready to play this weekend, and if they can do that they can be a force to be reckoned with.

“If we come out sharp there is no doubt we can play with anyone in the country,” Flanders said.

“When we’re on we are tough to deal with.”

The Bears ability to control the game and the forwards holding onto the ball and finishing are a few things that Flanders said are going to be vital to their success.

“We know Oregon State will be a very athletic and have great team speed,” Flanders said. “We are going to have to play a full game and we’ll be good no matter who we play if we focus.”

The Bears will start off 4 p.m. on Friday against Seattle University and continue at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday against Oregon State. Regular play will continue at home at 4 p.m. on Sept. 25 against Missouri State

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Freshman defender Alexa Herbers heads the ball away from Tulsa Golden Hurricanes forwards freshman Bradi Hinch and sophomore Rebecca Handley during their game on Sept. 12 in Conway. The Bears beat the Golden Hurricanes 1-0.

Women’s soccer beats Tulsa 1-0

by Brandon Norwood Staff Writer

The women’s soccer team freshman midfielder Abigail Hodgson scored late in the second half to beat the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes 1-0 on Sept. 12 in Conway.

There were over 200 people at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex to see the Bears (3-3-1) play the Golden Hurricanes (5-3). The Bears went into the game with a 4-0 victory against Prairie View A&M and the Hurricanes were playing off of a 1-0 loss against Arkansas State University.

“We knew Tulsa was going to be a tough opponent. They are well coached and extremely talented. I’m proud of all of our girls, it took a full team effort to come away with the win,” Coach Tina Banham said.

This victory also marks Coach Banham’s 100th win at UCA. Neither team could get going offensively in the first half. The Bears recorded only two

shots to the Hurricanes’ five shots. Both teams recorded zero corner kicks. The Bears sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Gochnauer had two saves.

She also had two more saves in the second half, giving the Bears their fourth shutout this season.

The second half was much like the first for the Bears. The Bears were mostly playing defense. They only had two shots, but with an assist from sophomore midfielder Elizabeth Brady, Hodgson was able to sink in a goal on the Golden Hurricanes sophomore goalkeeper Katie Bykowski in the 81st minute.

“We had been playing defensively the entire game. We had a shot and we took it,” Brady said.

The play didn’t seem like it was planned when it was executed, but Banham said differently.

“We’ve been working on set pieces all week,” she said. “We called it and it worked. It is amazing when you do things right and it works. It makes you feel good about it and the players believe in it that way. Hodgens made the correct run, we played the ball right and she sunk it in the net. It

was slow in developing, but Elizabeth did a good job of recovering and getting a good second touch and playing it across.”

The Hurricanes would have a total of seven shots in the second half with three corner kicks.

The Bears had two corner kicks.

The game had a total of 29 fouls for both teams. The Bears recorded eight fouls in the first half and nine in the second. The Golden Hurricanes had five in the first and seven in the second. Only one yellow card was issued in the game and it went to the Golden Hurricanes freshman midfielder Bradi Hinch.

This was the Bears’ second consecutive win.

Barnham said: “We’re playing a lot of young players and we are starting to figure things out.

We played a good defensive game today and came away with the win but we can’t be satisfied with just winning today. We are expecting to get a lot more offensive chances in our next game.”

The Bears play their next game against University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions at home at 4 p.m. on Sept. 17.

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Bears trounce Panthers 37-7 in first away game

by Allison Hartman Assistant Sports Editor

The Bears destroyed the Eastern Illinois University Panthers 37-7 in their home opener in Charleston, Ill. on Sept. 11 to make their record 2-0.

The Panthers (0-2) are a top 25 ranked team and lost to number nine ranked Iowa last week by the same deficit.

The game began with a series of turnovers by the Panthers which allowed the Bears to take control early and gain momentum.

After the Bears’ first possession included a loss of yards and failure to convert the first down, senior kicker Eddie Carmona took the field and punted the ball which bounced off of a Panther player and was caught in the air by sophomore defensive back Desmond Wilcox to give the Bears control of the ball deep in Panthers territory.

On the first play of their second drive, junior quarterback Nathan Dick under threw a pass to junior wide receiver Willie Landers that was picked off by the Panthers on their 11-yard line, but they failed to convert.

After sophomore wide receiver Derek Owens made a return the Bears took over on the 34-yard line but couldn’t convert a first down. Carmona came on to punt again and for the second time in a row, the Panthers turned over the ball on a fumble.

The Bears recovered and took over the ball on the 12-yard line where they missed the opportunity for a touchdown and Carmona came on the field to kick a 21-yard field goal and put

the first points of the game on the board for the Bears with 9:30 left in the first quarter.

The Panthers turned the ball over again, but the Bears didn’t miss the opportunity to put a touchdown on the board this time. With 5:50 left in the first quarter, Dick handed the ball off to sophomore runningback Terence Bobo who ran it straight into the end zone for a touchdown.

Carmona kicked the extra point to put the Bears up 10-0.

The Panthers answered right back with a touchdown pass from redshirt sophomore quarterback Brandon Large to redshirt sophomore tight end Von Vise which put the Panthers’ only points of the game on the score board.

At the end of the first quarter, Large threw an interception to Bears sophomore defensive back Radarius Winston who ran the ball back to the Eastern Illinois 28-yard line as time expired in the first quarter.

In the beginning of the second quarter, Bears’ redshirt freshman quarterback Wynric Smothers came in and ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. Carmona kicked the extra point and the Bears went up 17-7.

Smothers scored two touchdowns and rushed for 76 yards in the game. He and Dick rotated in and out throughout the game. “ The great thing about Nathan and Wynric is that they are each other’s number one fan and they are a team,” Coach Clint Conque said.

The Bears began a drive on the Panthers’ 48yard line and drove the ball down the field before ending it with a 39-yard field goal from Carmona

to put the Bears up 20-7 ending the half.

The Bears picked up right where they left off in the second half. During their first possession of the half they drove the ball all the way down the field where Dick handed the ball off to Bobo who made it into the end zone for the second time.

The Bears took the lead 27-7.

With 4:57 left in the third quarter, the Panthers punted to Owens who fumbled the ball on the Bears’ 44-yard line. The Bears held the Panthers to fourth down but the Panthers decided to go for it. Large attempted to make a first down pass and sophomore defensive back Seth Allison picked it off.

After the interception the Bears were able to add another three points to the board off of a 20-yard field goal from Carmona, to make the score 30-7.

The Bears made the decision to go for the first down with 11:40 left to play in the game. At 4th down and one yard to go on the Panthers 15 yard-line, Smothers came back into the game to pass the ball for the first down. The risk proved to be worth the reward as Smothers ran into the end zone for the second time to make the final score 37-7.

The Bears lost a few players to injuries during the game, including Winston and junior linebacker Frank Newsome.

“We lost some guys to injuries, which is a concern. We weren’t always artistic today, but the team played very hard and our defense played great,” Conque said Saturday.

The Bears will be back in action at 6 p.m. on Saturday against Murray State at Estes Stadium.

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Smith breaks university career number of kills record with 1,308

by Ben Keller Sports Editor

Senior right side hitter Chloe Smith broke the career number of kills record for UCA volleyball during the Sugar Bears match against the Oklahoma Sooners on Sept. 1.

Smith had 10 kills against the Sooners that propelled her career number of kills to 1,308, overtaking Roberta Bewen’s record of 1,304 that has stood since 1993. However, the Sugar Bears lost their match against the Sooners 4-1.

Coach Steven McRoberts said he knew she was getting close but didn’t realize she had broken the record until after it had happened.

“Our sports information director sent me a text asking if I wanted to give any quotes for Chloe breaking the kill record and I said ‘Well yeah, sure, didn’t even know that it happened,’” he said. “Chloe has had a great career here though.

To break the kill record just five matches into her senior year and still has around 30 more matches to go is really impressive. By the time it is all said

and done she is going to have set the bar really high for the next person to come in and try and top it.”

Smith also said that she had forgotten she was close to beating the record and did not find out until after it happened.

“I knew that I was close to beating it at the end of last season and midway through last season I made it a goal to try and beat the record because I thought it would be cool to beat it in my junior year, but it just didn’t quite happen for me by the end of last season,” she said. “At the start of this season I had completely forgotten that I was close to beating the kill record. I was entirely focused on winning and when I read the article on UCAsports.com I realized that I had done it.”

Smith said she wants to work next on raising her hitting percentage because it not only helps her stats, but it helps the team as a whole.

“It all goes back to us cutting down on our errors,” she said. “If we all have a high hitting percentage than we are probably going to win

that game. The awards aren’t really what I focus on, I want the jewelry that goes with winning a championship and that is a team effort.”

McRoberts said Smith has been a solid player throughout her career at UCA and expects her to have another great year.

McRoberts said the next big thing for Smith is to make the NCAA Tournament.

“That is really the only thing left on the list to check off and we only have one shot for her to get there and that is this year,” he said. “Her legacy has been set pretty much. She could quit right now and stat-wise she would technically be the best player that has ever played here. The way she is really going to leave her mark is by winning more games, hopefully winning another conference championship, win the conference tournament and go on to make the NCAA Tournament.”

McRoberts said he has seen a side of Smith as a senior where it seems she is more directed at the team than at herself in order to accomplish these goals.

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Sugar Bears ready for conference opener

by Ben Keller Sports Editor

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Bears sophomore midfielder Brittany Kemper takes aim for the Prarie View A&M Panther’s goal during their game Sept. 10 in Conway. The Bears defeated the Panthers 4-0.

Bears shut out Panthers 4-0 with second half goals

by Crosby Dunn

Assistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor The Bear’s viciously mauled the Panthers of Prairie View A&M in soccer with a complete shutout victory of 4-0 on Friday, with one of the goals being from a penalty kick caused by the Panther’s goalie.

Coach Tina Bodham said, “Everyone is excited about this victory.�

The first half of the gamewas uneventful with the score at half time at 0-0.

As soon as the next half began, within three minutes of starting, senior Randi Condley scored the first goal of the game.

Condley is currently ranked fifth in Bear history with 114 shots and 52 shots on goal. She received honorable mention in the 2009 AllSouthland Conference.

Following her goal, within 10 minutes, the Bears scored again. This time, Condley ended up assisting freshman Kristin Pollard, who got a header in over the goalie.

Pollard played for Broken Arrow High School before coming to UCA.

She received All-State honorable mention there and was also the leading goal scorer. This was Pollard’s first collegiate goal.

With 15:43 left on the clock, senior midfielder Allyson Campbell scored the third goal.

This is the second year Campbell has started as a midfielder for the Bears. She has started in 27 games.

With only 3:36 minutes left on the clock Bears freshman Callie Bishop made a run at the goal. She made the shot, but the Panther’s freshman goalkeeper Valerie Villalobos managed to block it. Both of the players fell to the ground and ball was no longer in Villalobos’ possession.

As Bishop was trying to stand up in order to finalize the goal, Villalobos reached out and grabbed her foot and held her down.

The referee saw this happen and gave Villalobos a yellow card.

Senior Aly Murray took the penalty kick and scored the last goal of the game.

It was Murray’s first goal of the year. “I was going to the goal, one on

one with their goalie, when I shot and fell. She grabbed my foot and held me so I couldn’t get back up,�

Bishop said.

In high school, Bishop played for Midlothain High School in Texas.

Midlothain is a four-time district champion school in women’s soccer.

She has made it to the semi-finals and quarter-finals twice.

Villalobos is a freshman at Prairie View A&M and has received district 6-5A honorable mentions.

Bodham said: “In the first half, I think we did the right things except for the final shots. In the second half, the flood gates opened and we finally came together as a team.�

She said this year the team is very young. “We have 12 new freshmen on the team. We are going to be working with them and get them up to speed with everyone else,�

Bodham said.

Bishop said: “I think we worked well as a team. Hopefully, this is the start of our winning streak.�

The Bear Den was at the soccer game giving out free body paintings, hot dogs, hamburgers, water and cookies.

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Tennis courts receive updates for practice, safety

by Allison Hartman and Carissa Gan Assistant Sports Editor & Staff Writer

Improvements to the UCA tennis facility are underway with the removal of the light poles in the middle of the courts.

The light poles posed problems for the Sugar Bear tennis team and its opponents last year when several people ran into them during matches.

Jordan Short, who graduated in the spring of 2010, ran into one of the poles last season and eventually got a staph infection in the wound that resulted from the incident.

Coach Rebecca Miller said the Physical Plant has already taken out the lights and the plan is to move from five courts in the back, down to four courts. “The five courts we have in the back right now aren’t regulation size and are too close together. They are planning to make four regulation sized courts,� Miller said.

Miller said the UCA tennis facility was created for intramural tennis, not for a Division I tennis team.

Improvements began during the spring 2010 season when a

better viewing environment was created for spectators. Many people complained when they attended tennis matches that they couldn’t see and had to stand for the whole match, thus resulting in the removal of a windscreen and the addition of bleachers, Miller said.

Miller said the plans are currently up in the air due to budget constraints, but she is happy they removed the lights since they presented potential harm for the players. “The surface of the courts isn’t good. There are a lot of dips in them that creates a problem with standing water. I’d really like to have a new surface that is more even,� Miller said.

Miller said she feels great about the fact that the athletic department removed the lights from the back courts because she feels the safety of the players should be the number one priority. “It made me feel a lot better that they took the lights out and are wanting to redo the court surface to create a safer playing environment for the team,� Miller said. “I’m glad they took action on it and Dr. Teague has been so great in working with me.�

Athletic Director Brad Teague said the main reason they removed the lights was because people were running into them and he was concerned for the safety of the players.

Teague said improving the tennis facility will enhance safety as well as the overall image and help the recruiting process. “I hope to have a brand new, privately-funded facility in the future,� Teague said.

Miller said she is grateful for the current improvements but hopes to have a locker room in the future. “Most of the schools we visit have locker rooms and I think it would be a great addition to our facility,� she said.

Miller said having an improved facility will affect the team in a positive way. “It will not only keep them safer on the court, but it will also increase the team morale to see that care is being put into their sport,� Miller said. “When the team sees that people care enough to make changes, however small they may be, it really makes a difference and motivates them.�

Bears Brief • The men’s soccer team lost their second match last week against the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars 2-1 on Sept. 10.

The Bears scored the first goal of the game in the opening minutes, but were unable to do anything else against the Jaguars. Junior forward Joseph Cervantes scored the Bears’ first and only goal 47 seconds into the start of the first half. It was also Cervantes’ first goal of the 2010 season.

The Jaguars answered back five minutes later into the game to tie the Bears and dealing the finishing goal in the 54th minute of play. • The Sugar Bears volleyball team came away with one victory from this past weekend’s tournament in Bowling Green, Ky. The Bears faced-off against Virginia Tech, who

beat the Sugar Bears 3-1; Tennessee Tech, who the Sugar Bears swept 3-0; Missouri, who swept the Sugar Bears 3-0; and Western Kentucky, who swept the Sugar Bears 3-0.

The Sugar Bears return to Conway this weekend to play three home games starting Sept. 16 and going through Sept. 18. • The Bears cross country team competed in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Invitational on Sept. 10 where several Bears freshman runners placed high in the rankings.

Freshman Erica Setzler finished second in the Women’s 5K race with a time of 19:22.83 and freshman Michael Allen was the Bears’ top runner in the Men’s 5K placing 14th overall, with a time of 16:15.25.

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The Sugar Bears volleyball team will return to the Prince Center tomorrow at 7 p.m. for their home conference opener against the Northwestern State Lady Devils after a long time spent playing on the road.

Coach Steven McRoberts said the team is excited to get back home and play in the Prince Center for a change. “We have had a pretty good record over the past five years here at the Prince Center and with the addition of the new seats in there we will be able to hold even more fans,� he said. “With the opener being such an important one we hope to get a good crowd in there to help us out.�

The Prince Center has recently had some new improvements done to the volleyball court, McRoberts said. A new area of additional bleachers have been added to the volleyball court as well as a new mural depicting the new UCA Bears logo has been painted on the back wall, he said.

McRoberts said he is excited for the fans to come out and see the the remodeling done inside the Prince Center and to have a big crowd cheer on the Sugar Bears. “We have the best fans in the Southland Conference,� he said. “Teams hate coming to play here and we want to keep that going.�

Senior right side hitter Chloe Smith said she and the team are excited about getting back inside the Prince Center to play and are looking forward to a good match. “We are very excited to have a good home crowd cheering for us instead of against,� she said. “I think it will be a good game because it is a conference game so there will be a lot of excitement around it and Northwestern has always been a good team to play against. I’m really confident that the team has grown a lot over the past weeks and I think if we could go back and play some of the matches against teams we lost, like Oklahoma, we would definitely beat them now.�

McRoberts said he and the team started focusing on the match against the Lady Devils on Monday because the Sugar Bears were focusing on the tournament

they played in this past weekend in Bowling Green, Ky. The Sugar Bears played four tough opponents at the Western Kentucky Tournament.

Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky, Virginia Tech and Missouri was the lineup they faced. The Sugar Bears were one for three over the weekend, with their match against Tennesse Tech being there only win. The Bears beat Tech 3-0, but lost 3-1 to Virginia Tech, 3-0 against Missouri and 3-0 against Western Kentucky. “Once we get back in the gym and start working on Monday we will watch some film on Northwestern and take care of that, but we needed to have our full attention on the tournament and those four tough matches,�

McRoberts said.

McRoberts said the team is ready and motivated for the first home game, and they are especially driven since this is the first season they will be eligible for the NCAA tournament. “I know they are motivated to try their best because they want to make it to the NCAA tournament so I’m not to worried about that,� he said. “The chemistry on the court is getting better. We have played some pretty tough competition and we have gotten better each time. That is the reason why we scheduled so tough is so we could raise our level of play up and I believe the girls have done that.�

McRoberts said the team’s level of chemistry on the court was most prevalent when the team overthrew Texas Christian University 3-0 on Sept. 4. “That was probably the best I have had a team play, maybe ever,� he said. �And that is saying a lot with how good last year’s team was.�

Smith also said the team’s chemistry on court has been a big help so far this season. “It’s an easy group of girls to play with,� she said. “We can put anyone on the court and there will still be that chemistry that makes us a really good team. It doesn’t have to be just a certain group of people on the court for us to have a chemistry connection, it can be anyone, and I think that is what makes our team so versatile.�

McRoberts said the team right

now is well-balanced going into the game against the Lady Devils. “Recently, we have been serving really hard and that always goes a long way into helping out defense,� he said. “A key for us this year is going to be how well we pass. Right now we are solid pretty much everywhere. At this point I wouldn’t say we have a strength, but I wouldn’t say at this point we have a strong weakness either. Hopefully, we can start developing some strengths, rely on those and keep our errors down then we are going to be a tough team to beat.�

The Sugar Bears are averaging two aces per set so far this season.

Smith said the team will be working on perfecting their game going into the match against Northwestern to ensure they play their best. “The coaches just want us to eliminate errors,� she said. “The coaches don’t mind if we make aggressive errors but it is just taking out the errors that are the results of mistakes that shouldn’t be made in the game.�

McRoberts said every team the Sugar Bears face this year is going to give them their best game of the year and the team is going to have to be mentally prepared for that.

As of Sept. 11, the Sugar Bears current number of total kills are 496 and they have an attack percantage of .191 percent. They are also averaging 12.4 kills per set.

Including the game against the Lady Devils, the Sugar Bears also have two more matches this week. The Sugar Bears will face off against the memphis Tigers at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17 in the Prince Center. The Bears will turn around on Saturday, Sept. 18 and play the Jackson State Tigers at 1 p.m. in the Prince Center.

The Sugar Bears overall record going into the game is 6-6. The Sugar Bears will be playing there next nine games in Conway at the Prince Center before going on the road again.

There next away game will also be against the Lady Devils on Oct. 10 in Natchitoches, La.

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UCAsports.com recieves professional update

by Allison Hartman Assistant Sports Editor

UCA has launched a new athletic website that is more accessible, fan-friendly and reflective of the athletic program.

Athletic Director Brad Teague said a new UCAsports.com was long overdue.

“With the timing of opening our fall athletic season and our active membership in Division I, it was just time to make a change with our website,” Teague said.

Teague said the SIDEARM Sports designed the new website.

They are one of the top five web design groups popular with college athletic websites and have designed many athletic sites for universities across the country, Teague said.

Teague said SIDEARM brought their price down enough where he had to take advantage of it and Photo courtesy of ucasports.com make the decision to change the athletic website.

The new ucasports.com home page offers several new features and an The new website includes improved interface that is more user friendly. new features to allow sports fans to interact more closely with some tweaks that need to be made. thought it would be cool to have the university athletics and will provide “It’s still a work in progress.

We icons lined up at the top so you can an outlet for people to express their have some tweaks to do here and easily click on them,” Goff said. “I am Bear spirit, Teague said. there and it needs to be tailored a very happy with the way the icons Teague said one of the most little differently so we will continue turned out. I was worried at first important changes to the website is to update it and make it better, ” because some of the icons were hard its appearance.

Teague said. to distinguish.”

“We wanted a nice, sleek and Assistant Sports Information Goff said SIDEARM Sports has an professional site,” he said. “The new Director Josh Goff was heavily impressive list of universities they site enhances our Web presence involved with the production of the have created athletic Web pages for, greatly.” new site, Teague said. which allowed him to go on their Teague said his favorite part of Goff said: “The biggest thing I website and explore what they were the new site is the initial impression did in developing the new site was able to do. it’s first pulled up. conceptualize the design of the Goff said they were working on “It’s our window to the world whole thing and figure out what a tight time frame and being able to so it needs to make a good first needed to go where and how we see what SIDEARM was capable of impression,” Teague said. wanted the design to look.” doing before making goals for the Some of the best features Goff said he helped transfer all of site helped speed up the process. include live stats and a better tie into the information from the old site to The new site is media friendly, sports information, Teague said. the new one. and Goff said it includes easy links The site also links to UCAstore.

“I tried to make sure the to Facebook and Twitter. On top of com, where fans can find every UCA transition was as smooth as possible,” making navigation easier for the T-shirt, sweatshirt and hat design Goff said. people viewing the site, Goff said the available.

One of the most prominent new site makes it much easier for his Teague said the new site also end to update information, allowing includes an “Ask the Athletic Director” aspects of the home page are the icons representing each sport, rather information to be posted faster. feature where fans can submit than a drop down menu. The idea for UCAsports.com is more visually questions. The website also features an improved calendar that allows the icons came from Goff, who said appealing, and is more modern than fans to keep up with events, team he wanted to incorporate a new idea its predecessor, Goff said. schedules and fans can even sign up that he hadn’t seen while exploring “When your website is the to receive text message updates. other school’s websites. world’s first view of you, it is Teague said while the new site is “Instead of having a long list important for it to be impressive,” he a step in the right direction, there are of sports in a drop down menu, I said.

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Bears junior defender Andrew O’Brian fights to take the ball from Centenary Gents junior defender RB Asenime Jr. during their Sept. 4 game. The Bears won the game 2-1.

Bears beat Gents 2-1 for first 2010 home win

by Nathan Noble Staff Writer

The UCA Men’s Soccer team defeated the Centenary Gents 2-1 at the Bill Stephens Track/ Soccer Complex on Sept. 7 after a devastating loss to the University of Missouri at Kansas City Kangaroos in overtime on Sept. 4.

Sophomore midfielder Mickey Segura struck first for the Bears, firing a shot in from 30 yards out past Centenary’s senior goalkeeper Rennie Walker for his first goal of the season, just four minutes into the game.

However, while the Bears scored early, coming out flat and slowing down in the first half seems to be a problem that has been plaguing them so far this season, senior forward Alex Parker said.

“We came out a lot better this game but we got too comfortable after we scored,” he said.

While the Bears slowed down, the Gents attacked in the 35th minute to tie off of a recovery by Centenary’s senior forward Heath Cox after a stop on a strike by junior midfielder Marcoz Rodriguez.

“It was too hectic for awhile and we weren’t very disciplined after

they scored. When halftime came it gave us time to calm down,” Parker said.

The Bears did just that, coming out hot in the second half firing 11 of their total 15 shots and outshooting the Gents 15 to 11.

Senior forward Wynne Mason put the game away for the Bears in the 68th minute off a pass from freshman midfielder Nick Figaro.

“Alex Parker, Nick Figaro, and Taylor Hart did a great job of creating opportunities in the second half out in the wide channel serving balls in and the midfielders did an awesome job of pressuring,” Coach Chad Flanders said. “Wynne had a huge goal coming in and putting it away for us.”

While the Bears put the game away, Flanders said there is still a lot of work to be done.

“We struggle at times to play in the first half and if you struggle in the first half in the conference it’s going to be difficult,” Flanders said. “We’re not coming out the way we can in the first half and staying aggressive, we need everyone to be tuned in and be ready to go from the start.”

The Bears had many misses in the second half when they stepped up the offense, Parker said.

“It should have been 5-1 in the second half,” he said.

However, the Bears came out strong in the beginning of the first half looking much better and were able to put it away in the second and fend off the Gents for the win.

Bears senior goalkeeper Ivan Zarate recorded six saves throughout the game, three in each half of play.

The Gents senior goalkeeper Rennie Walker recorded two saves during the game, with one save in each half of play.

The Bears hosted the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars on Sept. 10 at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex where the Bears lost 1-2.

The Bears next games will be at the Oregon State Hensor/Zaher Nike Classic in Corvallis, Ore., this weekend. The Bears will be playing against the Seattle University Redhawks on Sept. 17 at 4 p.m.

The Bears second match-up for the tournament is against the Oregon State Beavers on Sept. 18 at 8:30 p.m.

The Bears will be back to play their next home game on Sept. 25 at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex at 4 p.m. against the Missouri State Bears.