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Around Campus: Kris Allen American Idol winner Kris Allen will give a benefit concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at Reyonlds Performance Hall. Tickets are $25 and all proceeds go to Blackbird Academy of Arts.

Flu Shot Campaign The Student Health Clinic Annual Flu Shot Campaign for students is from 1-4:30 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 at the Sudent Health Clinic. The vaccines are free and will be given on a first come, first served basis. Staff and faculty will be eligible for a flu shot in the Student Health Clinic after Nov. 1.

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Event: Dave Barry graces audience with jokes, witty stories

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The 2010 Clery Annual Security and Fire Safety Report was released by the UCA Police Department last month, making public numbers of crimes committed on campus and arrests made. The report, which totals 32 pages, contains statistics entailing what types of

crimes were committed most and what safety issues the department saw in 2009. The report also provides tips, policies and procedures of the department. Between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2009, the department saw one residential fire, which took place in Elizabeth Place Apartments on Nov. 14. The cause of the fire was an electrical malfunction in the resident’s oven. Of the 11 residential halls on campus, only Arkansas, Farris and New Halls have sprinkler systems installed. Physical Plant Director Larry Lawrence said this is because many of the residencial halls were built before the university had access to

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Kappa Sigma Haunted House The haunting will be from 8-11 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 at the Kappa Sigma House on Western Avenue. Admission is $5.

Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Tau Haunted House Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Tau are co-hosting a haunted house 8:30-11 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 and 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m. Oct. 29. Admission is $5. Taylor Lowery photo

Junior Cameron White debates his chess play against sophomore Nathan Martin at UCA Chess Club’s second meeting Oct. 13. The club is one of campus’s newest registered student organizations and meets weekly in the Sudent Center.

The Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures is offering two scholarships to native speakers of Chinese and French for Spring 2011. Applicants must be fulltime undergraduate students and will be expected to work eight hours a week. Applications are due Nov. 5 and can be found in Irby 209 or at uca.edu/wlan.

Occupational Therapy Open House The Occupational Therapy Open House is Nov. 9 during x-period in Doyne Health Sciences Center 309. There will be refreshments and door prizes.

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The University of Central Arkansas released a new license plate during the UCA Foundation scholarship reception, Oct. 7 in McCastlain Hall. Shelley Mehl, vice president for advancement, said the license plate was redesigned because, “athletics changed the Bears’ logo and the old license plate needed to be changed according to the new logo.” The previous UCA license plate resembled the old Arkansas license plates. The top of the plate was red, and the characters were in blue type. It also had the former UCA bear logo on the left side of the plate, and “Go Bears!” at the bottom, written in purple. UCA’s publication and creative services came up with the new design, Haley Fowler, assistant director of the UCA Alumni Association, said. The new license plates have the new Bears logo on the left side, and have purple on the top and bottom of the plate, where it says University of Central Arkansas. The four characters on the plate are in black type. Fowler said, “It’s really neat that so many people want to support the university, and this is an easy and simple way for them to do so.” Each new license plate costs $60. UCA receives $25 for each license plate purchased. This money goes to the Alumni Association to fund the UCA License Plate

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Program Scholarship. According to the UCA Alumni Services Endowed Scholarships website, the UCA License Plate Scholarship is given to students who apply with a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and is a child or grandchild of a UCA graduate, along with an essay presenting their major. There are several more guidelines for the scholarship, all of which can be found at uca.edu/alumni/scholarships. “This all comes back to the students coming first, which is one of UCA’s mottos,” Fowler said. “Show your Bear pride on your ride” has been the catch phrase to promote the new plates. Fowler said all of the UCA alumni were contacted with the new plate information in August. Purchasers aren’t limited to alumni, anyone who drives an automobile in the state of Arkansas can get a new UCA license plate. Both Mehl and Fowler said their favorite part of this whole process is the scholarships given. According to the UCA website, 14 recipients were awarded this scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year. According to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration website, 104 revenue offices in the state are selling the new license plates Arkansas drivers can purchase one of the license plates at their local revenue office.

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law arrests, 127 liquor law violations that were referred for disciplinary actions, 16 drug arrests, 21 drug violations forwarded to disciplinary action, five illegal weapons possession arrest and eight illegal weapons possession violations forwarded to disciplinary action. The biggest differences from 2008 came from its 30 on-campus liquor arrests, 196 liquor law violations forwarded to disciplinary action, 50 drug law arrests and 45 drug law violations forwarded to disciplinary action.

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The Health Career Fair is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 in the Student Center Ballroom. Students who attend are expected to bring resumes and dress business professional.

The Townsend and Toms: Style your Sole event will be from 1:152:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Student Center. Student can come paint their TOMS shoes while listening to the band Townsend. If interested in ordering white TOMS to paint e-mail Josh at jwhitehurst2@cub.uca.edu.

these systems. “The newer residential halls, they’ve got them,” Lawrence said. Lawrence said sprinkler systems were installed in Arkansas Hall when it was renovated over the summer. “Over time ... [we’ll] increase the number of residencial halls that have sprinkler systems in them,” Lawrence said. As for crime statistics, 2009 saw a decrease in most criminal activity from 2008 and 2007. The report shows the following crimes were committed on campus: One forcible sex offense, two aggravated assaults, one motor vehicle theft, 40 burglaries, 15 liquor

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Three of the four men charged with the murders of UCA students Chavares Block and Ryan Henderson will enter a plea to the county judge Nov. 5 at 8 a.m., a decision their lawyers said will lessen their judicial sentences. Faulkner County Circuit Judge Charles Clawson agreed to the hearings during a preliminary hearing Oct. 20. Mario Lavelle Toney, Kawin Jerod Brockman and Brandon Wade have said that they were not involved in the shooting of Block and Henderson, but they were passengers in the car during the drive-by shooting. Defense Attorney Michael Sutterfield is representing Brockman and represented Toney at the Oct. 20 hearing, as Toney’s attorney Denise Fletcher was not in attendance at the hearing. Defense Attorney Frank Shaw is representing Wade. “It’s a complicated plea,” Shaw said. “There are multiple charges against multiple defendants and that makes it more complex,” he said.

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The fourth man in the shooting and the alleged gunman, Kelsey Sharay Perry, was said to be too psychologically unfit to stand trial at this time. Faulkner County Prosecuting Attorney Marcus Vaden, who seeks re-election this November, is prosecuting the four men. All four were arrested the night of Oct. 27, 2008, after eight shots were fired outside Arkansas Hall. Block, 19, and Henderson, 18, were killed and nonstudent Martrevis Norman was wounded in the shooting. Shaw said that because neither Brockman, Wade nor Toney fired the gun that was used to kill Block and Henderson, that they should not be sentenced to death or life in prison. “By pleading, they will be pleading to a lesser sentence,” he said. “We’ll do our best to have everything ready.” The trial for the four accused men had originally been set for June 14. However, due to questions of Perry’s mental stability, the trial was pushed back to Oct. 12. Questions still lingered over Perry’s mental health and the trial was recently pushed back again and is now scheduled for Dec. 6.

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The chapter of Lambda Pi Eta at UCA hosted their Fall Public Forum on Oct. 18 in honor of National Freedom of Speech Week with guest speaker Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine. Trickey discussed several topics throughout the night, and made it clear she was expressing her own opinions and was proud of them. She said she did not take her freedom of speech for granted since at one time in her life she had that right taken away. “There was a part of my life where free speech did not exist for me,” she said. “Free speech was for some and none at all for others.” Trickey related the right of speech to what she said she is truly worried about and that is true speech. She said the health care situation has stirred up so much controversy and there are so many people spouting off lies about it.

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“I have heard a congressman, someone whom I should respect, say we have the best health care in the entire world. He is not even close. We are more like number 37,” she said. “When Canada was ranked 30th it was front page news. When the U.S. was ranked 37th, was it front page news? No, of course it wasn’t.” She said the fact that the U.S. and the media will not acknowledge these problems is one of the main reasons why it is a problem. If they took notice and people talked about then things would start happening and it would get fixed, she said. Trickey also talked about the removal of many ethnic histories from textbooks made in Texas, the largest textbook publisher in the nation. She said it was a terrible decision and shameful because when you boil it down, we are all ethnic in one way or another.

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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.

Nonstudents banned from campus after dumpster diving

Student’s car gets broken into while changing shoes

Nonstudents Larry Williams, 59, and Jonathan Rogers, 43, were banned from campus Oct. 16 after police found them digging through the dumpsters at Bear Village apartments. Williams had a suspended drivers license, but told police that he was the driver of the Buick LeSabre parked next to the dumpsters. Williams was ticketed for driving on a suspended license and police waited with the two while a licensed driver came to drive the car.

Student Latasha Stokes’, 22, car was broken into Oct. 18 when she went to her upstairs apartment in Stadium Park Apartments to change her shoes. Stokes said that she was in the apartment for about 10 minutes before going back to her car. She saw the dome light on in her car and that the drivers side mirror was broken. Missing from her car was her Coach purse, wallet, credit card, debit card, checkbook, Social Security card, necklace, $85, keys to her dad’s house and a water bottle. The tags on her car were registered to nonstudent Joshua Escusa, who was the previous owner of the car. Police removed the tags from the car and did not return them to Stokes.

Nonstudent searching for bicycle arrested for public intoxication, possession of controlled substance Nonstudent William Brooks, 39, was arrested for public intoxication Oct. 19 while on a search for his bicycle. Brooks approached student Karen Watts’, 22, apartment window at College View Apartments. He asked her about his bicycle and said that it had been stolen. Police confronted Brooks and could smell alcohol coming from him. Brooks said that he put his bike down somewhere. He was also confused about where he was. While being searched during his arrest, police found a small bag of marijuana in Brooks’ pocket. Brooks was also charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Student’s iPhone stolen from HPER Center bench Student Jake Bunch, 19, reported that his iPhone was stolen in the HPER Center on Oct. 18. Bunch said that he went to play basketball at the HPER Center at about 2:30 p.m. He sat his watch, keyless entry for his truck and black iPhone with a thin rubber cover on the bench closest to the exit in the courtyard room. Bunch checked on his items about every 30 minutes. At about 4:15 p.m. he went to check on his items again and noticed that his iPhone was missing, but everything else was there. The total estimated value is $100.

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Crime, arrests down since improvements made after 2008 shooting 4 Continued from page 1 Of the liquor law violations, DWI and Public Drunkenness charges are not included on the report. The violations the report refers to are: unknowingly furnishing liquor to a minor, first offense of selling alcohol to a minor, the purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor, the allowing of a minor to handle alcoholic beverages, the selling or possession of liquor without a license, the possession or procuring orders of illegal sale, furnishing liquor to an intoxicated person, selling alcohol on Sunday or early weekday mornings, selling

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liquor on Christmas, violating a manufacturer/seller relationship, possessing or selling untaxed liquor, possessing in a dry territory, an over-possession of beer in a dry county, possessing alcohol for sale in a dry county, procuring liquor for another dry area and soliciting orders in a dry territory. UCAPD Public Information Officer Arch Jones attributed the change in last year’s statistics to a number of safety precautions taken since the shootings of October 2008 that left two students dead. “After the tragic events in

October of 2008, certain security initiatives were implemented that we feel have impacted these numbers, such as the nightly closing of perimeter gates,” Jones said. “Also, the students, faculty and staff in our campus community have partnered with us to help increase the safety and security of the campus by being aware of and quickly reporting any suspicious persons or circumstances as well as security and safety violations.” No hate crimes have been committed in the years 2007, 2008 or 2009. The report can be viewed online through ucapd.com. “We encourage all students, faculty and staff to read and become familiar with not only the statistics but all the information such as crime prevention tips, safety programs and services, and how to report crimes on campus,” Jones said.

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SGA continues work on class projects by Mary DeLoney Assistant News Editor

SGA is beginning to make progress on its projects and goals set for the semester. The junior class has been working on changing the tailgating policies, but has run into some trouble making their project a reality. After the junior class had a tailgating time extension for the Homecoming game tailgating, an e-mail was sent to Bearmail accounts from Darrell Walsh, instructor in the Athletic Department, saying that organizations can leave their tailgates up until the end of the game, then they’ll have to be broken down. “That is not what we had agreed to,” junior class president Jack Phillips said. “I went to a pre-game operations meeting and Brad Teague said we could stay out there as long as we had everything cleaned up two hours after the game was over.” Phillips said Monday he would attended the pre-game operations meeting Tuesday in hopes of clearing up the confusion. “A few years ago people could tailgate the night before, now it’s only six hours before. If you see tailgating at any other D1 school, it’s not the same. There’s been a drop in attendance of football

games and we’re trying to make it a more fun atmosphere,” Phillips said. They have also had trouble setting up a meeting with the UCA Police Department. “At first they told us no. Now we’re trying to set up a meeting time to sit down and talk. President Meadors said he supports us no matter what as long as the UCAPD does, as well. We may not be able to get anything done this football season, but we will next football season for sure,” Phillips said. The senior class is working on research for Green Week and a safe ride program. The senators at large are working on having Christmas lights put up around campus and improving Bearmail. The graduate senators are working on getting a student organization started for the geography department. The Budget Advisory Committee met and reviewed the SGA finances. They discussed fees and made sure that the money is going where it’s actually supposed to go. SGA passed a motion that will change how organizations can spend SAFA money. Instead of an organization being granted SAFA money for only one in-state and one out-of-state event each year, they will be allowed to use the

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Little Rock Nine member discusses opinions on diversity, education of youth 4 Continued from page 1 “No one is going to have a full understanding of different people’s history,” she said. “Texas produces the most textbooks in the country so I guess your generation is just going to be dumb and your kids will be too.” Senior Hayley Himstedt, president of Lambda Pi Eta, said the chapter was able to get in touch with Trickey and schedule her for the forum through a former member of the chapter. “It was one of those friend of a friend things,” she said. Himstedt said she was excited and happy to hear that Trickey

would be speaking at UCA because she is currently working on a research paper which features Trickey for a class. “I couldn’t believe it when our adviser told us she was going to be here,” she said. “I have been working on a directive study for one of my classes and it really meant a lot to get to talk to someone who I am currently studying and researching.” Himstedt said she thought Trickey’s speech was great and said she had never thought about many of the things Trickey talked about, but she was glad to listen

money for either in-state or outof-state, whichever they choose. This will go into effect with the 2011 SAFA packets. SGA granted $840 out of the reserve account to the Veteran’s Day Committee to help fund a Veteran’s Day celebration. SGA also discussed helping fund the Brake for Bears campaign. To encourage members to vote for the funding of the event, Vice President Austin Hall said: “UCAPD moved the date back a week to make sure we could help out and that shows that they’re appreciative of SGA support.” Senator at large Ty Bittle added that he saw a biker get hit by a car on campus and although no one was seriously hurt, awareness should be raised to the issue. SGA voted unanimously to give $1000 out of the reserve account to UCAPD to fund the event being held on Nov. 10. At the SGA meeting held Oct. 18, in a debate that lasted more than two hours, SGA denied a motion by a vote of 14-20 that would have would have made it one of UCA Athletics’ corporate sponsors. President Meghan Thompson said, “This was the best debate in SGA history.” Rachel McAdams contributed to this article.

and learned a lot from the forum. “I never really think about how diluted we can be,” she said. “Sometimes there are things in our past that we don’t want to remember but it is important to learn from past mistakes.” Himstedt said it was great to hear from a direct source who went through so many obstacles during her life. Trickey was one of the nine African American students who, in 1957, were the frontrunners of desegregation. Under the protection of federal troops, the nine attended school at Little Rock Central High School. Trickey has received many awards for her lifelong works in peacemaking and social justice including the Lifetime Achievement Tribute by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.

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Writer appreciates tough hike up Pinnacle Mountain On a breezy Sunday afternoon, I put on my Unlike many others, I wasn’t concerned about reaching sneakers and set off for Pinnacle Mountain with my the peak of the mountain before sunset. I was just cousin and her husband. They decided it was a good concerned about reaching the peak in one piece. time to do some hiking as autumn was spreading its I panted all the way to the top. Even then, I just splendor across the state; the leaves were turning planted myself on one of the boulders and refused to a warm color and the summer sun was fading in inch to the edge of the mountain, insisting that the presence. The weather view was good enough from here. seemed perfect for a Eventually, I stepped closer to the edge good hike. We arrived at to get a clearer view. The vision was the foot of the mountain breathtakingly beautiful. I could see and started our climb. the shape of Lake Maumelle, outlined I was told that the by trees. I looked upward to the vast by Carissa Gan mountain was about blue sky and saw eagles soaring freely Staff Writer 1,000 feet high. For across the horizon. I savored the view those who have climbed for what seemed like a good half hour, higher mountains, pleased at my perseverance for getting Pinnacle Mountain me here. would seem like a Climbing a mountain was no stroll little hill. My cousin’s husband insisted that Pinnacle in the woods for me. But I learned something important Mountain was a baby mountain. He made it sound so that day. I learned not to get ahead of myself as I was easy. He must have forgotten that he was talking to a climbing; it helped to be slow and steady. The trick is to girl who had never climbed a single hill or mountain in take one step at a time, choose your steps wisely and to her life. keep your head up high. Glancing backward every five The steep climb seemed to take forever. I trudged minutes isn’t going to boost your confidence. It’ll only on even though my legs threatened to fail me. I would make the climb more intimidating than it actually is. like to add that I have always been afraid of heights. Put I guess the same concept of climbing a mountain me on the roof of a 10-foot building without support can be applied to life. When life gives you a mountain, and I’d start trembling all over. I had horrible images of climb it. Fear may cause a distraction, but if you can falling backward and injuring myself against the sharp ignore its taunting voice and focus on your ultimate jagged edges of the boulders, or just falling right off the goal, you’ll see that you’re able to reach greater heights. mountain itself. If I could have a nickel for every time When you address the mountains that you’re facing I glanced behind my shoulder and cringed, I would be with confidence and perseverance, you’ll be on top in rich by the time I made it to the mountain top. no time. It didn’t help to see people running up and down Take pleasure in getting there and acknowledge the mountain around me. They were probably frequent your accomplishments at every level. I think that life hikers. With advanced agility and dexterity, they is more enjoyable when you can learn to be happy on hopped off boulders without missing a step. I felt like a your journey, and not just when you have reached your snail in comparison to their cheetah-like movements. destination.

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It seems I’m constantly having those: “I can’t believe isn’t any more stoppage time or time when nothing is these people” moments. Things always seem to happen occurring. This is going to sound either funny, stupid that just don’t make much sense to me and I honestly or too philosophical to some, but each sport has action don’t see how they make sense to rational people either. except for when there isn’t any. These moments often revolve around sports fans. What I mean by this is that the action in baseball The most recent of these “I can’t believe these starts with the pitch, which means there is constant people” moments has to do with television ratings of action once the pitch is made, even if the ball isn’t a regular season, meaningless NFL week six blowout batted into play. The action in a football game begins game versus those of a huge, primetime and big time with the snap of the football. The time between the playoff matchup that turned into pitch in baseball and the snap one of the greatest postseason in football is what I’m referring pitching performances in to as stoppage time and the baseball history. amount of time in between According to the two is roughly the same. In by Julian Spivey tvbythenumbers.com, 9.6 million between the pitch and the snap Campus Life Editor people watched the Tennessee are mind games being played Titans trump the Jacksonville between the pitcher/catcher Jaguars 30-3 on ESPN’s Monday and batter in baseball and the Night Football on Oct. 18, while offense and defense in football, only 8.2 million people watched which leads to a different action. TBS’s telecast of game three of the American League If any argument could be made as far as having Championship Series playoff baseball game between less action, it could be made that there is actually less the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees that same constant action in a football game, because in football night and time. you have halftime, which is roughly 20 minutes long, as Now, I know that football is the most-watched opposed to the mere two to three minutes in between sport in this country and that is obvious and has baseball innings. been for some time, but it is still a head-scratcher to Some fans also make the argument that baseball me that more people would want to watch a regular games are longer than football games and that baseball season, nothing at stake NFL game between honestly doesn’t fit into the increasingly small attention span of two uninteresting teams than a thrilling pitcher’s most Americans. duel matchup between Benton’s own Cliff Lee, of the Sure, a baseball game doesn’t have a game clock Rangers, and Yankees star Andy Pettitte. and could essentially last all day long if it had too, but in On top of all of that, Lee’s performance against the most cases a baseball game is three hours long, which is Yankees, while allowing only two hits and striking out also roughly the same length of a football game with the an incredible 13 batters, who aren’t slobs by the way, halftime, timeouts and commercial breaks thrown in. while shutting them out might be one of the 10 greatest This probably seems like a lot to think about and postseason pitching performances in baseball history. many sports fans don’t want a whole lot of thinking I’ve always wondered why a regular season NFL thrown into their sports. However, these reasons seem game would draw more viewers than a tight, postseason better to me than the ignorantly cliché “football is just Major League Baseball broadcast or even more better” statement. preposterous why a televised NFL preseason game When it comes down to it the two sports are similar would out draw a regular season MLB game. in the amount of action that actually occurs during the The answers that sports fans have always given me timeframe of the event. This brings back the question: have never seemed fulfilling. The answer is usually as why do more people prefer meaningless, regular season simple as: “football is just better.” Every now and then, football games over important, postseason baseball I’ll receive the more elaborate: “football is more exciting games? and just has more action than baseball” or “there is too The answer would seem to be a subjective one: the much stoppage time in baseball or time when nothing majority of sports fans just prefer football over baseball. is happening.” Each fan will have their reasons why or why not, but Well, the facts are that football honestly doesn’t one thing is certain in my mind: “just because” just have any more or less action then baseball. There also doesn’t cut it.

Tucked between the fact-filled pages of a newspaper lies a page dedicated to something journalists are often forced to abandon: the expression of opinion. In The Echo, this page is simply called “Opinion” and typically falls after the News section. Other newspapers have different names for the opinion section, but it is a staple of any newspaper. There are several significant parts of the opinion page: the editorial, columns, letters to the editor and the editorial cartoon. In The Echo, the editorial falls on the right side of the opinion page. Here at The Echo, we follow a very similar process to major newspapers when it comes to writing the editorial. In a weekly meeting, the editorial staff will brainstorm ideas for the editorial. The editorial consists of the editor, associate editor, all section editors and all assistant editors. At the meeting, the editorial staff discusses a number of topics for the week’s editorial, and we eventually settle on one topic. For the next few days, the opinion editor gathers information about the topic, and it is discussed by the entire editorial board. Each person gives their opinion, and the editorial is written from the point of view of the majority of the editorial staff. Then, the opinion editor writes the editorial, representing the majority opinion of the staff. This is why the editorial has no writer’s name attached — like major newspapers, the editorial is intended to be seen as the opinion of many people, not just one. Along with the editorial is the editorial cartoon. While it often presents an opinion consistent with the editorial, the cartoonist has the freedom to express her own opinion about any topic. Continuing along the page, there are columns. They are written by anyone on the newspaper staff on any topic that he or she chooses. In the column, the writer can express whatever opinion he or she has on any topic. The writer’s name is always attached to the column, and each column is intended to represent only the opinion of that writer. Letters to the editor can be written by anyone and are often about content in the paper, events going on locally, or in the state or country, or can be a way for people to express whatever opinion one has on a topic. Many newspapers receive hundreds of letters a day, but at The Echo we receive only a few every few weeks. The opinion page is important in a newspaper because it gives writers the freedom to express opinions, which doesn’t happen elsewhere in the paper, with the exception of entertainment reviews and event reviews, all of which are aptly named. The majority of the work newspaper writers do requires an unbiased telling of facts and events, which can often be stifling to individuals. The opinion page also serves the purpose of creating a forum for the public, where anyone can write in about any topic, whether in agreement or disagreement with the newspaper content. The opinion page is important, but only if people recognize it for what it is: everything on the page is the opinion of one person or a group of people. Though the facts will be correct, it should not be seen as unbiased journalism. Opinions and editorials are staples in any newspaper, and should not be viewed as poor journalism, but as an outlet for journalists. In many cases, this is the only place for journalists to speak their minds.

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Barry keeps audience in hysterics with stories about Miami, dead whale by Taylor Lowery

Associate Editor & Opinion Editor Syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry, formerly of the Miami Herald, entertained students, faculty and the community in a hilarious lecture that bordered on stand-up comedy Oct. 19 at Reynolds Performance Hall. David Keith, lecturer in journalism, introduced Barry, quoting his signature phrase, “I am not making this up.” Barry discussed several topics throughout his lecture, and proved that he can be as funny speaking as he can in his writing. “Before I came to Arkansas, I did a little poking around on the Internet,” Barry said at the beginning of his lecture, “and you know what I found? There’s a lot of pornography. You should check it out.” Barry spent the first part of his lecture talking about his hometown of Miami, and the impression that many outsiders have of the Florida city. “It’s the only place I’ve really ever lived in where the driver’s manual shows you how to give the finger,” Barry said. Barry said tourists often see a bad side of Miami and get a worse image of the city than how it really is. “We’ve got a new tourist slogan in Miami: ‘Come back to Miami, we weren’t shooting at you,’” Barry said. Barry spoke of being a better columnist than true journalist, and told funny stories of the brief time when he was reporting hard news. One story involved a run-in with former First Lady Barbara Bush, when, Barry said, of all the things he could have said, he opened with, “I shop at the same supermarket as Jeb [Bush].” “And she goes, ‘Well who gives a shit,’” he said, “with her eyes. She actually said, ‘Oh, we just

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Humorist and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Dave Barry entertains the Reynolds Performance Hall audience Oct. 19 with a jovial lecture about Miami, his run-in with Barbara Bush and dead whales. celebrated Jeb’s 39th birthday,’ and I said ‘he’s very tall,’” Barry said. Barry said the other journalists in the room just looked at him in shock, as if he was the dumbest person in the world for the conversation with the first lady. “They say there’s this phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion, where humans

just burst into flame for no reason,” Barry said, “and scientists don’t know why it happens. I know why. Sometimes it’s your best option.” Barry spoke about being a parent, and talked about his methods of parenting. “I’ve discovered that I like parenting by embarrassing,” Barry said. There’s a very sure way to get your kids to listen to you: start singing, out loud

in public.” Barry, who is 63 years old, also spoke about growing older and the things that come along with it. One thing he’s currently involved in is a band with some other writers, including horror novelist Stephen King. “No matter how old and senile and drooling and incontinent we get, we still think we’re cool,” Barry said. The story that received the loudest laughs was Barry’s story about a storm in Oregon which washed a 43-foot, eight ton whale up on shore, too far for it to be moved back into the ocean. As the dead whale began to rot and stink, the Oregon Highway Department was called in to take care of the problem. Barry said they decided to blow up the whale with dynamite, assuming birds and other animals would take care of the smaller pieces. The Oregon Highway Department placed boxes of dynamite under the whale. When detonated, however, Barry said onlookers were pelted with falling pieces of whale blubber, cars were destroyed and a huge portion of the whale was still sitting on the beach, which later had to be buried. Barry said the news video of the event could be found on youtube.com. Barry concluded his lecture by reading one of his column about men and women. “Why is it hard for women and men to maintain good, long-term relationships?” Barry said. “I’ve figured out the problem. Women are better than men at everything.” Senior writing major Robert Downing said he came to see Dave Barry because he had always been a fan of Barry’s writing style. “There was just something about his style,” Downing said. “He isn’t as hilarious as he was tonight, but he had a quick wit that really resonated. I enjoyed it. It was an evening I needed after the long midterm week.”

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Writing professor dons zombie garb for reading ‘Bacchae’ opens Thursday by Crosby Dunn

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Robin Becker, writing professor and published zombie novelist, gave a book reading at the Faulkner County Library on Oct. 21 where she read her book “Brains: A Zombie Memoir,” a book she said she worked on for two and a half years. Her book follows a zombie that has the ability to perform cognitive processes. Becker said over 10,000 copies have been sold so far. Jeanetta Darley, who works in adult services at the library, said: “[UCA professor] Mark Spitzer came last spring to talk about a book he was writing. He told me that his wife was writing a zombie book. I heard Becker on NPR and I e-mailed her and asked her to come in October to read her book.” She said she chose October because of Halloween. “I thought the reading was great, too. Seeing people dressed up really got people involved in the reading. I loved the audience participation, too,” Darley said. At the reading, free drinks and cookies were available to the attendees. Spitzer said: “It was ‘zom-tastic.’ It was a good reading. The costumes were a little unexpected.” Midway through the reading, Becker said she wanted to have some audience participation. Pencils and paper were passed out to the 45 people attending the reading and each was asked to write a zombie haiku. Anyone who wanted to read his or hers aloud was encouraged to do so and was rewarded with a bloody severed finger. While people worked on their haikus, Becker took the time to answer questions from the audience. After everyone finished their haikus, Becker chose the top three. Those who were selected received a free copy of her book. “It was cool and funny. I wasn’t a fan of zombie novels before coming. There was a TV show I liked though,” freshman John Kline said. Kline said he came to the reading because he was offered bonus points for attending. “I liked it anyway,” Kline said. Some of the people at the reading dressed up like zombies. “I thought it was a fun event to go to. My creative writing

UCA Theatre will present the Greek tragedy “The Bacchae” by Euripides on Oct. 28 and 29 and Nov. 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bridges/Larson Theatre of the Snow Fine Arts Center. The play is about Dionysus, the god of wine, who returns to his birthplace in Thebes to clear his mother’s name and to seek revenge on the king, Pentheus, for not worshipping him properly or even acknowledging him as a deity. Pentheus also happens to be his cousin. This ancient Greek production has been updated with contemporary music, dance and multimedia. The play is directed by Shauna C. Meador, associate professor of theater, with choreography by junior Duy Nguyen. The lighting and costume designers are seniors Megan Myers and Eriko Terao. Freshman Trey Woodruff is the sound designer. Set design and projections are done by assistant professor of digital film, Scott Meador, with the help of sophomore Josh Anderson. Some of the music that will be used in the play is from the band Science of Sleep, formed by students at UCA. Meador said there are 23 people involved in the cast. “The structure of a Greek play is to have dialogue between the main characters followed by a response/ recap/reaction from the chorus,” Meador said. “We have cut a lot of

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Writing professor Robin Becker reads from her book “Brains: A Zombie Memoir” at the Faulkner County Library on Oct. 21. Becker donned zombie garb for the event. teacher told me about it,” senior Jenny McPeek said. McPeek was one of the attendees who dressed up like a zombie with bloody, torn clothes and face paint. “I thought the face paint would be a fun idea,” McPeek said. “I liked ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ but that’s about it when it comes to zombies. I like the more humorous zombie movies and books. I liked the reading.” Becker was also dressed up in zombie garb. “It was fun and I had a great time,” Becker said. She said the reason people dressed up like zombies was because the ads for the reading said zombie attire was encouraged, but not required. After the reading, Becker offered to autograph her books for anyone who had one or purchased one at the reading. Becker said, “Zombies are forever.”

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description and are showing the action on stage through movement, choreography and projections. Our society has evolved into one that communicates much more through visual information than the spoken word of the ancient Greeks. I am trying to incorporate a more modern visual style into the production.” The play has many scenes. The chorus is called the ‘Asian Bacchae’ and will be performed by four Japanese students. Meador said the language doesn’t affect the overall content of the dialogue, but instead adds another layer to the sound of the play. She added that she loves the sound of Japanese language. “There are many themes in the play, but the one I chose to focus on is balance. Dionysus represents the release of the pains of life through the pursuit of pleasure. We need to find balance in our lives in order to really enjoy it,” Meador said. UCA Theatre’s Production Manager Liz Parker said, “The play will be responded to by a member of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region VI committee and could receive a nomination to be considered for participation in the Region VI festival to be held in February 2011 in Amarillo, Texas.” Tickets are $10 for the public and two tickets are free to each student with a current UCA ID. Tickets can be obtained through UCA Ticket Central, in the Reynolds Performance Hall box office or by calling 450-3265.

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Archibald “Moonlight” Graham has become a baseball legend over the years in literature and film, even though his stat line is filled with zeroes and he only played a half-inning of defense for the New York Giants in 1905. This is one of the factors that interested Bob Reising, evening supervisor of the Academic Success Center, and his co-author Brett Friedlander in writing “Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams’ Doc Graham,” a biography. The book is titled “Chasing Moonlight” because Reising and Friedlander literally hunted for Moonlight’s life timeline. “We literally chased Moonlight, starting in North Carolina where he was born,” Reising said. “What we were trying to do was nail down the facts of Graham’s life.” Reising said following his ball playing career, Graham moved to Minnesota and only intended on staying for a short time, but remained for rest of his life. Graham moved to Chisholm, Minn. because he caught a bad cough and others told him the air up there was the freshest in the country and it would be better for him. He lived there from 1909 until his death in 1965, Reising said. Few people knew Graham’s life until he appeared in W.P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe.” Even more people discovered Graham in Phil Alden Robinson’s 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” based off of Kinsella’s novel. “Lots of people didn’t believe there was a real person of Moonlight Graham,” Reising said. Reising said Kinsella thumbed through a baseball encyclopedia and was intrigued by Graham’s

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“Chasing Moonlight” by Bob Reising and Brett Friedlander traces legendary baseball player and doctor Archibald “Moonlight” Graham’s life from his childhood to his death. name and stats and included him in the novel. However, the Graham that is portrayed in the film and the book isn’t exactly like the real life Graham, as Hollywood tends to do, Reising said. “Kinsella makes no bones about the book being a work of fiction. Kinsella only made a quick trip to Chisholm, and if he couldn’t find something, he made it up,” Reising said. Academy Award-winning actor Burt Lancaster, in his final film role, played Graham in “Field of Dreams.” Reising said Lancaster’s portrayal of Graham was accurate. “Lancaster captured the compassion, the concern and the personality of Graham,” he said. Reising said Graham was a very compassionate and eccentric physician. He said Graham was the first doctor to test children’s blood pressure and that he was called crazy for it at the time, but later became famous for it.

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Dr. Bobby Brown, who played baseball for the New York Yankees from 1946-1954, wrote the forward for the book. Brown and Graham both were similar in that they were ballplayers and physicians at the same time. Not only does the book talk about Graham the ballplayer and Graham the physician, but it also talks about how he gained his interesting nickname “Moonlight.” Reising said Graham’s nickname had three theories: he could run as fast as moonlight, his teammates would often see him walking alone at night or that it was because he was moonlighting between medical school and baseball. Reising said the third theory is the correct one. In fact, it was Graham’s moonlighting between doctor and baseball player that likely resulted in him only seeing a half inning in the field in his major league career. Graham played minor league ball from 1901 until 1908. Reising said Giants manager John McGraw didn’t feel that anyone who didn’t make baseball top priority didn’t deserve to play. Graham’s top priority in life was to be a doctor. Reising said that there are 10 copies of his book in the UCA bookstore and that both libraries in town have a couple of copies. The price listed on the book in the UCA bookstore is $19.98. “[UCA employees] send a request to us saying they want the book in the bookstore,” UCA bookstore employee Tina Tarpley said. “They pretty much [sell well].” Preston Tolliver contributed to this article.

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Students of UCA are preparing for the Halloween season with haunted houses and parties for other students on campus. Carmichael Hall is kicking off Halloween by celebrating with a party for students Oct. 31 from 7-9 p.m. in the Carmichael Hall courtyard. Admission will be $1 and all students are welcome. Refreshments will be served to all students and Carmichael is sponsoring a costume contest for anyone who wants to participate with the first place winner receiving a prize. Resident Coordinator Whitney Meyer said the Monster Bash is the first of many events Carmichael Hall will host in hopes to raise money for kitchen renovations. “We’re hoping to do a lot of things like this to renovate our kitchen and this is the first step,” Meyer said. “It’s the 31st and it’s only $1 to get in and we’re hoping a lot of people will come and hang out.” Also joining in on the Halloween celebrations is the Music Department with a tuba oriented performance called Octubafest, which will stretch out over three days leading up to Octubaween. Octubafest will be performed Oct. 25, 27 and 29 and will end Oct. 31 with Octubaween. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. each night and will be in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is free, and for any additional information Nancy Nigh can be contacted at 450-5751 and information on the performance can be found at uca.edu. Fraternities and sororities on campus are preparing to entertain students as well. The Kappa Sigma fraternity will host a haunted house on Oct. 27 and 28 from 8-11:30 p.m. at the Kappa Sigma house on 430 Western St., just off campus. Admission is $5 and senior Kappa Sigma member Landon Fisher said there will be a big crowd. “We’re working hard to get ready and I am definitely expecting a lot of people to come,” Fisher, who is in charge of getting the haunted house ready, said. “I’m pretty sure the house is already haunted so it’s not hard making it even

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JJ’s Grill livens up bar scene with affordable burgers, dozens of delicious beer choices by Ben Keller Sports Editor

Conway’s newest restaurant, JJ’s Grill, has a fun and friendly pub and sports bar style to it that is complemented by its large menu filled with delicious items and a few strange, but just as tasty, items. JJ’s is situated adjacent to Old Chicago Pizza, the same building that was once Doe’s Eat Place, on Main Street in downtown Conway. The building has undergone a major facelift on the inside and now has a larger and more open dinning floor, a longer bar and a small stage for live music. The menu is what someone would expect from a sports bar, plenty of sandwiches, finger foods and burgers, lots and lots of burgers. The staple of JJ’s is their list of burgers, many of which have a unique twist that you do not see at every burger joint. Some notable burgers were the Marisa Hicks photo guacamole burger, five-alarm burger, cheddar fries JJ’s Restuarant on Main Street in downtown burger and the fried egg burger. Conway offers a wide array of burgers and beer. JJ’s fried egg burger was by far the highlight of the restaurant’s menu. For anyone that does not know exactly what a fried egg burger is, well it is on tap and by the bottle. what it sounds like. It is a cheeseburger with all JJ’s has some great specials all day long and the works and a fried over-easy egg placed on top. every day of the week. During their happy hour, It sounds simple enough to make, but it is hard to which lasts from 3-6 p.m., they have what they make that kind of burger perfect and JJ’s very much call power minutes where an additional discount succeeded. The burger came out piping hot and is offered. During the times of 3-3:20 p.m., 4:20fresh, but the egg was still perfectly over-easy and 4:40 p.m. and 5:40-6 p.m. all domestic bottle beers the yolk had not turned over-medium. Not only was are only one dollar or “100 cents� as they like to the burger delicious, but it was massive and more than enough to fill your stomach and have leftovers advertise. for a reasonable price. JJ’s burger prices range from Conway resident Grant Hegarty said he really $6.99 to $8.99. enjoyed his double cheeseburger and was impressed Besides burgers, JJ’s also has plenty of other with all the specials JJ’s offered. menu items to choose from, including club “I couldn’t believe how much food they gave sandwiches, wraps and dinner platters. Their list me,� he said. “I think I will definitely come back of appetizers is also impressive and delicious. here again for their happy hour specials and some The fried mushrooms and jalapeno cheese fries appetizers.� were excellent and were the perfect way to start a Hegarty also tried the cheese fries appetizer and meal. Their side items are also delicious with their said they were OK, but wished the fries were crispier homemade potato chips and deep fried jalapenos rather than thicker steak fries. coming through as the perfect side items for any Seniors Michael Switzer and AJ Antonez meal. said they both enjoyed their burgers and fried To go along with all the food, JJ’s has an equally mushrooms and would go back for another visit. impressive and staggering amount of beer choices. “The guacamole burger was really good and JJ’s bar has over 20 different types of beer on tap and had a lot of flavor packed in with such a big burger,� then even more added to that list by the bottle. Even Switzer said. “I wish I could eat all of it, but I have to better, JJ’s was supporting central Arkansas’s own micro-brewery, Diamond Bear, by having their beers get a to-go box and save the rest.�

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The Academy of St. Martins in the Fields will be accompanied by Jonathan Biss for their appearance at Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

‘Academy’ plays Arkansas for first time by Simon Gable Staff Writer

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, a chamber orchestra that will be accompanied by Jonathan Biss, will perform at Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields has been a performing orchestra for over 50 years. Director of Reynolds Performance Hall Jerry Biebesheimer said: “They [the Academy] originally started as a freelance group of musicians in London. They formed to play a concert at a church named St. Martins in the Fields. They dubbed themselves the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, and some version of them has been performing ever since. The Academy is well known for their renditions of music from the classical period, but they also play a lot fine contemporary music.� Biebesheimer said that Biss is an amazing concert pianist and that he is known for his Mozart. He added that Biss is teaming up with the Academy for an all-Mozart show. “UCA just finished becoming an all Steinway School,� he said. “Steinways are top of the line pianos that cost upwards of $100,000. Biss will be the first artist to perform the Steinway since its been refurbished.� New classes will be offered for instruments at UCA. Biebesheimer said: “Biss is also part of our Artist in Residence program. Today he will be giving a Master Class for all of the piano majors. Also, on Friday four members of the Assembly of St. Martin

in the Field will be giving master classes for oboe, horn, violin and cello.� According to the program, the show will consist of Mozart’s Symphony in D major, his Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, his Divertimento in D major, and his Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major. “The concert should be over by 9:30, depending on how long the intermission is,� Biebesheimer said. “Intermission will be in between the second and third of the four pieces.� This will be the first time that the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields has played in Arkansas. “When I first saw that there was a chance to book this performance, I knew I had to bring them to Arkansas. They will be playing in Fayetteville the night after they play here, so we are really excited about being the first location in Arkansas to host the Academy,� Biebesheimer said. Senior guitar major Shawn Hartley said, “I expect it to be one of the best performances of the year.� The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields has been played on the radio. “I’ve heard a lot of their music on NPR and other stations that offer classical music. I’m really excited about seeing them perform live,� Hartley said. Ticket prices range from $30-$40, with discounts offered to faculty, staff and senior citizens. However, tickets are free for UCA students, Biebesheimer said. Biebesheimer said there are still tickets for sale. “We encourage anybody with affinity to Mozart, or classical music in general, to come see this great performance,� he said.

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Kris Allen performs benefit show tonight By Lisa Burnett Staff Writer

“American Idol� winner Kris Allen will perform a benefit concert 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Reynolds Performance Hall. The concert is to raise money for the Blackbird Academy of the Arts, Inc. Jennie Strange, UCA alumni, founder and executive director of Blackbird Academy of the Arts described the foundation as “a nonprofit organization that provides dance, music, theater, creative writing and visual arts classes for all Conway residents as a way for them to get involved in the arts community.� Strange was friends with Allen when they were both students at UCA. “We were both in Chi Alpha, and he performed in my Honors College thesis production entitled, ‘Blackbird’ when Kris was still a student at UCA. He offered to help me raise money for my foundation,� Strange said. Tickets for this event range from $25 to $120 for a VIP ticket, which includes a meet and greet with Allen, a dinner, a concert ticket and a live, acoustic set by Allen. “We’re hoping to make this a sold out event. The 200 VIP tickets are almost gone, we only have 15 left [as of Oct. 21],� Strange said. Students are also excited about the upcoming event. Freshman Kaitlin Hussey is planning on attending the concert.

“I’ve been a big supporter because he’s from Arkansas and everything. I work at Reynolds, so when I found out he was performing, I immediately wanted to work the event,� Hussey said. Hussey gets to work before and after the concert at Reynolds. This concert isn’t the only fundraiser that Strange has planned to raise money for her foundation. “We’re having a masquerade ball fundraiser in February, and donations are always welcome, small or large,� Strange said. “I thought being a student would let us get a bigger discount on the tickets, but it’s Kris Allen, and he’s a big deal,� Hussey said. Allen, a former UCA student, was encouraged to audition for “American Idol� by his brother Daniel in Louisville, Ky. Allen made it to the top 36 contestants on the show. Week after week of voting, Allen made it to the top two contestants. Allen received the “American Idol� title in 2009, the show’s eighth season. Allen used to lead worship at New Life Church in Conway, and at Chi Alpha, one of UCA’s campus ministries. Allen’s first single from his self titled debut album, “Live Like We’re Dying� has sold over 1.5 million copies, according to the artist’s website. He has also had multiple songs on the Billboard top 100 music charts. Allen received praise for his performance of songs such as “Ain’t No Sunshine,� by Bill Withers, and “Man in the Mirror,� by Michael Jackson while on ‘Idol.’ Allen is now currently on tour with the band Lifehouse.

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Chuck Greene, former hero and “Terror is Reality” contestant, faces zombies yet again in “Dead Rising 2.” Take out the zombie invasion with a wide arsenal of weapons, including a motorcycle, a nailed baseball bat and a katana, to name a few.

Possibilites endless in new ‘Dead Rising’

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intentionally cheesy dialogue to create a zombie-killing experience like no other. The graphics and overall feel for “Dead Rising 2,” like the first, does not disappoint in any way. The gritty and dark style of zombies has only gotten grittier and darker. A psychopath that you may encounter still seems to be just an ordinary person who couldn’t handle the intense pressure and violently snapped. No expense was spared on the audio, blood curdling snarls of approaching zombies prompted a sense of urgency and the feeling that death was around every corner. The melee system has been greatly improved, now you are able to equip weapons such as Mixed Martial Arts and boxing gloves, which allow you to move while hitting and puts a whole new combo set at your fingertips. No longer are uppercuts and round house kicks beyond your reach. However, the problem persists when no weapon is equipped you still cannot move and do basic melee attacks like punching, a major problem in the first “Dead Rising.” A serious flaw in the ranged combat of “Dead Rising” was being forced to choose between movement and accuracy, no longer is this the case. “Dead Rising 2” has the feel of a shooter at times with added mobility while aiming, which is in no way a bad thing. Including this element on a game that uses guns from time to time does nothing but improve gameplay.

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Having enjoyed “Dead Rising,” I anticipated the release of “Dead Rising 2” for some time, wondering whether it would live up to my expectations, and I must say I was not disappointed. As you rev your chainsaw, covered in the dried blood of hundreds of infected, flesh eating zombies, you find yourself fighting tooth and nail in an attempt to survive the massive zombie outbreak of Fortune City. You are Chuck Greene, and you’ve faced the infected before, only now, you’re being held responsible for letting them loose. Before the outbreak, you were a contestant on a sadistic zombie killing game show called “Terror is Reality” and killing zombies was your job — now, you do it to live. In a race against time you must do everything you can to save your daughter, Katey, and clear your tarnished name. “Dead Rising 2” takes almost everything lacking with “Dead Rising” and fixes it. No longer is discontinuity in cut scenes and story, any form of combat or frustratingly incompetent survivors a problem. Many added features contribute to the level of immersion within the game. The creators improved melee and ranged combat, added players the ability to create weapons, and an intense story, all sprinkled with some

Another addition to “Dead Rising 2” is the use of combo cards and weapon creation. Combo cards are cards you receive as you level up which show you different items you can use to create new weapons as you progress through the game. In no way does this limit you to what you’re able to do, but the cards are more of a guideline to help when you’re having problems thinking of possible weapon combinations. You’re able to find combinations on your own that you’ve never even heard of just by attempting to combine items you think might go together, like gasoline and a water gun. Last but not least, one of my personal favorite additions to “Dead Rising 2,” is the multiplayer. Players are now able to join a game as they please, letting you and anyone else stock up on supplies, tape machetes to broom sticks and take down the zombie outbreak back-to-back. Could life get any better than hanging out with friends while wreaking havoc on zombies with weapons you made, like a spiked baseball bat? As an avid video game and zombie enthusiast, I couldn’t think of a better afternoon. So, I would say that for the moment “Dead Rising 2” is the epitome of zombie games, with every element it needs — ­ cheesy dialogue, blatant sexual innuendos and zombies. I definitely recommend it to anyone that loves comedy, action and innovation in the world of zombie killing.

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Riordan finds even more success in ‘Lost Hero’ by Ben Keller Sports Editor

Rick Riordan’s latest book “The Lost Hero” is another huge success and brings many new ideas and characters to the Percy Jackson world. “The Lost Hero” is Riordan’s first book in his new series, The Heroes of Olympus. The story picks up a year after the events in the final book of Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series “The Last Olympian.” For those that do not know about Riordan’s first series, it takes place around a fictional New York City camp that trains and protects sons and daughters of the Greek gods. By the end of the first series, Jackson has fulfilled an ancient prophecy where he prevented the fall of the gods and defeated the Greek Titans. Things are in chaos at Camp Half-Blood now that the gods have shut off Mt. Olympus to the demigods and none of the gods are speaking to any of their children. To top everything off, Jackson has gone missing from camp and no one knows where he is or what happened to him. While many characters from his first series are in the new book, they are not the main focus this time around. Three new characters make up the leading roles of the new book and apparently there will be four more joining the leaders as the series progresses. For now, the story follows Jason Grace, Piper McLean and Leo Valdez, the newest demigods to be discovered and brought to Camp Half-Blood. Grace is the leader of the crew and

has a mysterious past that brings a new twist to the continuation of the series. Grace suffers from amnesia because Hera stole his memories to force him into rescuing the captured queen of the gods. All he has to know about his life is that he is a son of Jupiter, the Roman name for Zeus, a coin that can transform into either a sword or a spear and a tattoo on his arm of an eagle and S.P.Q.R., which stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus or the Senate and People of Rome, for those of you who do not know Latin. Grace brings all the new and interesting legends to the series because it will not only focus on Greek myth but Roman myth as well. While it is very subtle in this book, it is looking like it will be a huge part of the next installment of the series “The Son of Neptune,” which comes out fall 2011. Riordan’s writing style has always been enjoyable and the more he writes, the better he gets. The Percy Jackson series got progressively more mature as the series advanced and Riordan is continuing with that trend with “The Lost Hero.” The book is definitely more serious and ominous than previous entries and it was a great start to what looks to be a very good series. The way he portrays the story is also something he has never done. Riordan takes the idea he had from “The Red Pyramid” and tells the story through the eyes of Grace, McLean and Valdez. Every two chapters the narrator switches and the story is told through the eyes of a new character. This time around he did not write in the first person, something he has not done in any of his other

1. “The Shining” (1980)

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There’s nothing scarier than being completely isolated in a giant, haunted hotel and having the one person you’ve held all your faith in snap and try to kill you. Stanley Kubrick’s landmark film, “The Shining,” boosted Jack Nicholson’s career as he played the psychopathic Jack Torrence who, with the help of those who used to, and still possess the hotel in which he’s staying, snaps and tries to kill his wife and son.

books. So each character has their own narrator that reflects their personality and makes the chapters very enjoyable and interesting. It also gives you three sides to everything that happens in the book and it really allows Riordan to put even more detail into his story, but hopefully by the end of the series he is not going to have seven different characters all trying to tell the story, he should stick with the original three or have different books focus on different characters if he wants this style of storytelling to work. Overall, “The Lost Hero” is a book to read for the fall and the next installment cannot arrive fast enough. Riordan has a huge fan base and it is constantly growing and with this latest book he just solidified it even more.

2. “Psycho” (1960) If one man could be the face of horror, it would easily be Alfred Hitchcock. The director of many other horror films, including “The Birds,” and “Dial M for Murder,” released “Psycho” in 1960, a movie about a woman on the run from a life she doesn’t want who stops for an overnight stay at the Bates Motel, an eerie, secluded place managed by Norman Bates, a crazy, middle-aged man who is dominated by his mother.

Kris Allen, “American Idol” winner and Conway superstar, plays Reynold’s Performance Hall at 8 tonight. In Little Rock, punk legend and former Misfit’s member Danzig will play with the Possessed, Marcluk and Toxic Holocaust as part of the “Blackest of the Black 2010” tour. The show will begin at 6 at the Village in Little Rock tonight. Also playing tonight is the Future Leaders of the World, who will play at 8 at Vino’s in Little Rock. Pop-punk band Rufio will play the Village at 7 p.m. Friday. Playing with them will be punk bands Before Their Eyes and Close to Home. Also playing Friday is pop-punk band Four Year Strong at the New Daisy Theatre in Memphis, TN. They will play with The Wonder Years, American Fangs and Mountain Man. Doors open at 6 p.m. Indie-folk band Elf Power will play the Whitewater Tavern in Little Rock on Nov. 2. Heavy metal band Gwar will play the Village Nov. 3 with Mobile Death Camp, Infernaeon and the Casualties. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. Indie band Joan of Arc will play

Fayetteville’s Dickson Theater on Nov. 4. The show will begin at 8 p.m. Southern rock band Rehab will play Fox and Hound in Little Rock on Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. Acoustic artist Ben Kweller plays at 9 p.m. at Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom in Little Rock on Nov. 9. Playing with Kweller will be Julia Nunes. Tyler Perry’s “Madea’s Big Happy Family” tour will stop by Verizon Arena on Nov. 10 and 11. Tickets can be purchased through Verizon’s website. “The Vince Vaughn and Kevin James Comedy Roadshow” hits Memphis’s Canon Center for Performing Arts on Nov. 12. Performing alongside James and Vaughn will be Richie Minervini, Owen Benjamin and Steve Byrne. The David Allan Coe Band plays Hog’s Breath Grill in Little Rock on Nov. 13. The show begins at 10:30 p.m. Country mega-star Brad Paisley plays Verizon with the “H2O Frozen Over” tour on Nov. 19. Playing with Paisley will be Country stars Darius Rucker and Justin Moore. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available on Verizon’s website. Electro-pop band The Secret Handshake will play Downtown Music in Little Rock on Nov. 18 with A Cursive Memory, the Narrative and Speak. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Relive the classics in 2K Sports’ “NBA 2K11,” the first basketball game in years to feature Michael Jordan, along with several other classic NBA teams.

Jordan soars in latest 2K Sports game by Julian Spivey and Preston Tolliver

Campus Life Editor & Entertainment Editor 2K Sports released their new installment of the annual NBA basketball game “NBA 2K11” on Oct. 5 and the game has already been heralded by gaming experts. IGN editor Hilary Goldstein said ‘2K11’ “wasn’t just the greatest basketball ever; it’s the greatest sports game of this generation.” The greatest thing about ‘2K11’ is that it gives basketball fans the chance to play as the greatest basketball player of all time Michael Jordan, who is on the game’s cover. There are many fans out there who wonder who would win in a one-on-one matchup between Jordan and some of today’s stars like Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. While this of course will never happen in real life, it can happen on ‘2K11’ with the game’s one-on-one option. The game also includes a threeon-three option. These games can be played in outdoor venues like New York’s famed Rucker Park. The game also features the “Michael Jordan Challenge,” which takes the player through 10 of the NBA’s top superstar’s most remarkable games and careermakers. Through the Jordan Challenge, players must recreate and re-achieve Jordan’s accomplishments, a task that proves difficult and extremely frustrating. For example, the first of the challenges offered, entitled “The Arrival,” takes us back to 1986, where it’s Jordan and the Bulls against Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. To pass this grueling test, you must sink a whopping 63 points and shoot at least 50 percent from the field. Another cool option on ‘2K11’ is being able to play with and against 18 classic teams from the ‘80s and ‘90s, including the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls, 1985-1986 Boston Celtics, 1990-1991 Los

3. “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) Thirty years before the zombie fad took hold and before video games like “Resident Evil” introduced youth to the undead, George Romero gave us “Dawn of the Dead,” a haunting flick about flesh-eating zombies and those who can only try to escape them. This movie would become the basis for many of today’s popular horror flicks, including “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Resident Evil” and “Night of the Living Dead.”

Angeles Lakers and 1989-1990 Detroit Pistons. These classic teams give gamers the option of paying with such NBA legends as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Robert Parrish, Karl Malone, John Stockton, George Gervin, Gary Payton, Dominique Wilkins and more. As for improvement of gameplay since “NBA 2K10,” ‘2K11’ is 10 steps ahead. Games take on a more realistic feel and you feel the frustration of not being able to sink the wide-open shots. Where passing all the way down the court in the previous games was simple and so often guaranteed to work, even a 15foot pass can easily be intercepted and snatched away. Now, you’ll often find yourself down by 20 points in the last quarter and shutting off your console to try another day. The game has also significantly improved its graphics. The game looks and feels real and you can even see the sweat drips on the players’ foreheads. The game also includes a hip-hop soundtrack that the game’s website touts as the greatest 2K soundtrack ever. The soundtrack includes tunes from hip-hop stars like Snoop Dogg, who does the “NBA 2K” theme. It also includes Big Boi’s “Shutterbug,” Drake’s “Over” and the laughable “Champion” by Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest. “NBA 2K11” is available on PS3 and PS2, Wii, XBox 360, PC and PSP versions. It’s available at most local electronic retailers for $60.

4. “The Exorcist” (1973) When “The Exorcist” came out in 1973, there were reports of viewers having to be wheeled out of theaters on stretchers because they movie was so scary it caused heart attacks. This, of course, makes sense to anyone who has seen the demonically-possessed Regan’s head spinning around and, of course, the scene where she spider-crawls down a case of stairs. The movie was directed by William Friedkin.

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5. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974) Based loosely on the life of murderer Ed Gein, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” introduced the world to a new monster: Leatherface. When a group of teens ends up stranded in the backwoods, they are pursued by the masked man who dons a chainsaw, killing all but one who is able to escape. Gein is the basis for other films, such as “Psycho” and “Silence of the Lambs.”

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New season of ‘Bones’ includes exciting stories, new characters by Taylor Lowery

Associate Editor & Opinion Editor The sixth season of Fox’s original series “Bones� is well underway, but this is a perfect time for someone to start watching the show with one of the best casts on television. Though the series is in its sixth season, everything about the show is still fresh and exciting. “Bones� stars Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist in the fictional Washington, D.C. Jeffersonian Institute. Brennan, more often called Bones, uses her skills as a forensic anthropologist to solve murders from around the country. Accompanying Bones is FBI Agent Seely Booth, played by the funny and quite attractive David Boreanaz. Bones and Booth make one of the most perfect pairs I have seen on TV. There are several other cast members on “Bones�: Newlyweds Angela Montenegro and Dr. Jack Hodgins (Michaela Conlin and T.J. Thyne), lab supervisor Dr. Camille Soroyan (Tamara Taylor) and psychologist boy-wonder Dr. Lance Sweets. Season five ended with the entire Jeffersonian team heading in different directions. Bones, along with her sometimes-intern Daisy (Carla Gallo) headed into the rainforest to identify ancient remains. Just before leaving, Dr. Sweets proposed to Daisy, and Daisy said she had to choose her career over him. Booth, a former sniper and Army Ranger, was headed to Afghanistan to train the Afghan military in protecting people from insurgents. Despite the past five seasons worth of romance and ignored sexual tension, Bones and Booth still have yet to acknowledge their feelings for each other that most viewers see every week. Angela and Dr. Hodgins, who were recently married after a yearlong separation, were headed to Paris, presumably to live permanently. Sweets and Camille were both left at home in Washington, D.C., and for some time the Jeffersonian was without its crime-solving team. So begins season six. We found

Camille in D.C., about to be fired from her job for being unable to identify the remains of a toddler, who was suspected to be a specific missing child from D.C. Unable to see Camille lose her job, Bones, Booth, Daisy, Angela and Hodgins all return to the Jeffersonian to help solve the case. The body turned out to be that of a child who was accidentally killed by her immigrant parents. The missing boy was later discovered as being kidnapped and kept hidden by his father. Fortunately, everyone decides to stay in D.C., and the team is reunited. Their time apart meant changes for several people: Booth, who most viewers have always expected to end up with Bones, is dating feisty, beautiful American journalist Hannah Burley, who has left her job as a foreign correspondent to live with Booth in D.C. For many Bones/Booth fans such as myself, it was disappointing to see yet another obstacle in the inevitable romance, but Hannah is very hard not to like. It’s created an interesting complication in the story, especially with Hannah’s attempts to be friends with Bones. Angela and Hodgins are expecting a baby, which was received with much excitement by the entire Jeffersonian team. Sweets’ and Daisy’s relationship is still undetermined. This season has already showcased the series’ funny, witty dialogue, exciting and unpredictable plot lines, and has already seen Bones embarrass herself several times. In the second episode of the season, Bones and Booth investigated the murder of a man much akin to the “Jersey Shore� cast. Bones, who has been watching “Jersey Shore� to dissect the subculture of the unusual and sex-crazed New Jersey people, spent most of the time in New Jersey trying to blend in with the crowds. “Bones� airs Thursday nights on Fox. The show is currently on a brief hiatus and will return Thursday, Nov. 14 with new episodes. All four episodes of season six that have aired so far are available for viewing in full on fox.com.

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‘Fallout: New Vegas’ disappoints, just like previous installments by Crosby Dunn

Assistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor “Fallout: New Vegas� was released Oct. 19 and it is decent, which is saying a lot when compared to its first two predecessors, “Fallout 3� and “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.� ‘New Vegas’ is a game set in Nevada after a nuclear war ravaged the Earth. People survived by living in massive vaults and, years later, return to the surface to start life again. It’s a role-playing game, you make a character, talk to people, do quests, get better equipment so you can do harder quests and talk to more people. Or you could make a character and then go on a non-stop murderous rampage through every town in the game, killing every living thing in sight. But methods are viable, as

you might miss out on some of “New Vegas’� superb voice acting and deep story telling. Every character in ‘New Vegas’ looks and sounds the same. There are only about 20 different voice actors (if that) playing the roles of hundreds, if not thousands, of characters. To make it worse, the characters have the same facial expression. It never changes. They may frown when shooting, but that’s it. ‘New Vegas’ has some good in it, which is more than I can say for the other two games. For starters, the graphics are pretty, as they are in every other Bethesda game. Wandering around in a post-apocalyptic desert is very scenic, if you consider a desert with mutated insects and destroyed buildings scenic. But the appeal of it doesn’t last long, because it is the only scenery in the game. Sure, there is New Vegas,

which is only a small part of the game’s large map. New Vegas is very pretty, and can be seen at night from anywhere on the map, a good distraction from the miles of dirt and destroyed roads you will inevitably be staring out for hours on end as you try to get from one town to another. Once you’ve been to a town once, you can fast travel between locations, saving an hour or so of walking from place to place. The two newest features in the game, which were made out to be a huge deal but have been done before in other games and they’ve been done better, are the addition of companions and the ability to use the sights on guns. Companions are little friends that follow you around and fight enemies with you. They all have an optional side story, at least the ones I’ve encountered. This game is huge, there is no telling how many there are. Companions make the game

too easy, though. They plow through the weaker enemies effortlessly and by the time a big fight comes up, I’ve stock piled enough explosives to blow up the Hoover Dam. My biggest complaint about this stupid game is the amount of bugs. My game has frozen multiple times, at least once every two hours. My character has gotten stuck on a door or in between rocks. I don’t understand how it is possible to run in between two rocks, and then not be able to run back out. The game is rated mature for strong language, blood and gore, sexual content, use of drugs and intense violence and is priced at $60. If you liked the first two games, you will love this one, because it is definitely better. Either way, this game is worth checking out, but maybe wait until it is much cheaper.

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From the Shotgun By Ben Keller

2010 World Series looks to be promising, exciting T

his weekend the American League Championship Series and the National League Championship series were decided, and this year’s World Series is looking to be an exciting matchup between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants. While the matchup between the Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies was a battle of modern pitching legends, I was drawn to the ALCS where the Rangers duked it out against the New York Yankees. The Rangers beat the Yankees 6-1 Friday night to clench their first ever trip to the World Series. Not only is this their first trip, but this was also the first year the Rangers ever won their division series that earned them a trip to the ALCS. Those facts just add to how big of a deal this is for the Rangers to be able to play in the World Series. Their biggest obstacle by far though was going against the Yankees. No one would argue that the Yankees are the most successful and winning team in the MLB right now. That being said, they were easily favored to go to the World Series, but the Rangers, despite the odds, were able to pull off some incredible wins and send the Yankees back to New York. While the Rangers are not my favorite team, that always has been and always will be the Red Sox, I do have a soft spot for them since they are the only major league team I have ever seen play in person. It really was great to see them win because not many teams in the MLB can say they defeated the Yankees to win a trip to the World Series. The Yankees have won an impressive 40 AL pennants and 27 World Series, both of those are the most of any team in MLB history, but still the Rangers were able to be successful where so many others have failed. The victory was definitely due to an incredible effort by the entire Rangers team, but you cannot ignore Rangers ace

pitcher Cliff Lee. So far during the 2010 post-season, Lee has 34 strikeouts and only one walk, and 13 of those strikeouts came during game three when the Rangers faced the Yankees in New York where the rangers won 8-0. Lee is by far one of the best pitchers currently playing the game and it is going to be an intense matchup of pitching during the World Series this year when Lee faces the Giants’ young pitcher Tim Lincecum. Lincecum has only been with the Giants since 2007, but the 26-year-old righty already has a big reputation that has earned him nicknames like “The Freak” and “The Franchise.” Lee and Lincecum both have similar stats for the 2010 season with Lee having a slightly better ERA, but Lincecum is known for some nasty two-seam and four-seam fastballs and a curveball that is one of the sharpest breaking pitches in the league. Regardless of who you are rooting for, tonight’s game will hopefully be a memorable opening World Series game. The Rangers catcher Bengie Molina will also be having an exciting and interesting World Series. No matter what happens Molina will be receiving a championship ring no matter who wins. The reason why is because the veteran catcher played with the Giants until July of this year and was then traded to the Rangers. Because of this, the Giants have said they if they win they will award Molina with a ring for his contributions during the first half of the season. That being said, if I were Molina I would accept it if I did lose, but I would be doing everything to make sure I won that ring out right. The game starts at 6:30 p.m. on Fox. The first two games of the series will be played at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., before the series head to Texas to play game 3 on Oct. 30 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Texas.

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Football team getting ready for Homecoming game against SELA by Ben Keller Sports Editor

The Bears will take on the Southeastern Louisiana Lions Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. in Conway at Estes Stadium for the UCA Homecoming game. The Bears will be going into the game off of a huge victory against the Nicholls State Colonels, who the Bears defeated this past Saturday 31-7 in Thibodaux, La. Coach Clint Conque said the team’s victory is going to be a huge morale boost for the team going into the Homecoming game. Conque said playing in such a tough environment like Nicholls should help the team in the long run and help them be more prepared going into the game against the Lions. “Hopefully they will have a lot of confidence from this game and they will use that to have a good week of preparation and help us play well on Saturday,” he said. Conque said the team is going to be working hard on their fundamentals to help augment the success they had this past weekend and be as successful on Saturday. “We will do a little bit of scheme work for your opponent each week, but it is still all about blocking and tackling,” he said. “We have got to knock folks off the ball and stay engaged in our

blocks for the run game. We have to give our quarterback time to throw the football. Defensively it is all about getting lined up and tackling. When you are playing against excellent athletes you have got to get them on the ground. We cannot give up the big plays.” Conque said the team’s defense is going to have to keep the pressure up and shutdown the Lions offense that is highlighted by sophomore running back Zeke Jones and their transfer quarterback from Baylor University senior Tyler Beatty “They have a huge runningback in Jones and we have to make sure we get him on the gournd and then we have to contain Beatty,” he said. “They also have three or four excellent wide receivers to choose from so we have to continue doing a good job of keeping pressure at the line of scrimmage. We just have to do a good job of breaking on the football and creating turnover opportunities which means we have to tackle well.” Conque said the team also did a good job on kicking against the Colonels and they will have to build upon that going into the game against the Lions. “We cannot take a step backwards there,” he said. “With their speed we have to protect our punter when he is kicking and give him cover because they have excellent team speed.”

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Bears sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Gochnauer jumps up to make a save in front of the Bears goal during their game against the Lamar Lady Cardinals on Oct. 24. The Bears beat the Lady Cardinals 1-0 for the Bears’ Senior Day.

Women’s soccer shoots down Lady Cards 1-0 By Lisa Burnett Staff Writer

The Bears women’s soccer team beat the Lamar Lady Cardinals 1-0 on Oct. 24 in Conway at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex to give their six seniors a final home game win on Senior Day. It was the last home game for the six senior members: midfielder Randi Condley, midfielder/defender Kari Mars, forward Brittney Warren, defender Aly Murray, centerback Amanda Jocz and forward Cori Kaplinger. In the first period of the game, both the Lady Cardinals and the Bears played a tough defensive game. At the end of the first period, the Lady Cardinals had one save, while the Bears had three. Lamar attempted 12 shots during the first period, while the Bears only had two attempted shots. At the half, the score was 0-0, with one shot on goal for the Bears, and three for the Lady Cardinals. Lamar had four corner kicks for the first period. Coach Tina Banham said she was proud of the Bears’ performances in the past few games including this one.

“We’ve gone into double overtimes in the past two games, and we’ve been able to play longer and communicated better, and that’s what we’ve been working on. It’s nice to see it pay off,” Banham said. During the second period of the game, the Lady Cardinals attempted seven shots, and the Bears attempted two. Both teams attempted one corner kick in the second period. The Cardinals had had one save in the second period, and the Bears had two saves. Sophomore defender/midfielder Brittany Kemper of the Bears and sophomore defender Grace Bowman of the Lady Cardinals were yellow-carded in the 73rd minute of the second period. Bears freshman midfielder Kristen Pollard was also yellow-carded in the 87th minute of the second period. The women’s soccer game went into two overtime periods. In the first overtime, both the Lady Cardinals and Bears attempted one shot. There were no saves by either team. In the second overtime, four shots were attempted. The Lady Cardinals attempted one shot, and the Bears attempted three. The Bears attempted one corner kick in the second overtime. The Cardinals had two saves during this overtime.

The second overtime period ended in the 105th minute of the game, when Bears junior defender Julie Foerster scored a goal with assists from sophomore midfielder Carrissa Rossi and Pollard. The goal was scored by a rebound off of the corner and Lady Cardinals junior goalkeeper Jennifer Gibbs failed to block the shot by Foerster. The Lady Cardinals had eight fouls at the end of the game, while the Bears had 17. Two of Lamar’s eight fouls were in the first period, and six were in the second period. The Bears’ fouls consisted of seven in the first period, seven in the second, two in the first overtime, and one in the last overtime. Senior defender Amanda Jocz said: “We really stepped it up at halftime, and we all pushed to win as one. We’ve been working on possession, transition and getting up the field together. For our next game, we’re just going to try to build on what we did today.” Banham said the team has to keep working on being the best they can be because of the tough competition within the conference. “Southeastern conference teams are much harder competition, and we have to work on being tougher. We’re striving to become conference champions,” she said.

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Bears beat Colonels 31-7 in first conference win by Rachel McAdams News Editor

The Bears football team broke its threegame losing streak against the Nicholls State Colonels, winning 31-7 at Nicholls State’s Homecoming at John L. Guidry Stadium on Oct. 23. With a score in the first 13 seconds of the game and a 98-yard interception, the Bears showed the Colonels they are a threat not to be taken lightly after their first win in Thibodaux. Currently, the Bears are 4-3 for the 2010 season and 1-2 in the Southland Conference. The Colonels are now 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the conference. The Bears scored quickly in the first 13 seconds of the game after junior defensive end Jermayne Lett sacked the Colonels sophomore quarterback LaQuintin Caston on their own nine-yard line, and Bears sophomore defensive back Seth Allison ran it to the end zone for a touchdown. Nicholls’ followed with a 40-yard drive down the field, including 32 yards of rushing for Colonels running back Jesse Turner, before the Bears forced another turnover. This continued through the first quarter

and into the second quarter until freshman defensive back Jestin love intercepted the ball off of a pass from Caston for a touchback. The Bears lost the ball to a fumble, but the Colonels failed to attain a first down on a fourth and three to go. The Bears, in the last two minutes of the second quarter, pounded the ball down the field to another touchdown. Bears junior quarterback Nathan Dick completed a 15-yard pass to senior wide receiver Kenneth Robey to round out the first half of the game, bringing the score to 14-0. At the top of the third quarter, after a 48-yard drive, senior kicker Eddie Carmona scored a 27-yard field goal, putting the Bears even further ahead of Colonels, 17-0. In the following drive, Love intercepted a pass from Caston at the Bears two yard line, returning it for a 98-yard touchdown, making the Bears near untouchable at 24-0 after the extra point. Nicholls’ headed further downhill after Caston fumbled and senior defensive end Markell Carter recovered the ball, leading to another touchdown. Dick passed a 20-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Dominique Croom, then sophomore running back Jackie Hinton rushed for two yards for another touchdown.

This was Hinton’s third rushing touchdown of the season, and successfully brought the score to 31-0 after the extra point by Carmona. At the end of the third quarter, the Colonels were putting forth better effort, despite having an injured quarterback and substituting freshman quarterback Landry Klann for him. Colonels defensive back Bobby Felder intercepted Dick’s pass and Klann proceeded to lead his team to its only touchdown, after a 59-yard passing play from Klann to Turner. Coach Clint Conque said the team prepared really well during the week and that went a long way to grabbing a victory for the Bears. “We understood the challenge of going on the road and what that was going to take,” he said. “The first play of the game was a forced fumble that resulted in a touchdown and that really ignited us as a team.” Conque said the team needs the confidence to build on all the good things they did during the game in all three phases of play. The Bears next game is this Saturday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. in Conway where the Bears will take on the Southeastern Louisana Lions during UCA’s Homecoming game.

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Bear Stadium outfitted with new infield, student section by Allison Hartman Assistant Sports Editor

The baseball team has played two seasons in the their new stadium, which was completed in 2009, but with the new renovations almost complete to the field, coach Allen Gum said the atmosphere of UCA baseball games will be taken to a more exciting level. Gum said they added a synthetic turf to the infield, which will allow the coaching staff to spend less time working on field maintenance and more time working with their players and recruiting. Gum said a turf field plays the same way as a well-grown grass field, so they won’t have to worry about getting used to playing on a field that plays differently. “The advantage of a turf field is it can rain for four of five straight hours and we can go out there and play on the field five minutes later,” Gum said.

Gum said having a turf field also has a lot of residual benefits because the baseball team will be able to have tournaments and games on the field without worrying about wearing it out. One of the elements Gum said he is most excited about is the addition of a student section down the left field line and a family zone down the right field line. Gum said they’ve added a wall down both lines to close in the stadium, which creates a better atmosphere for the fans and brings them closer to the action. Gum said the idea is to start a student section behind left field where there is a deck and a place for tailgating. “Our whole idea is to open it up and create a better atmosphere with surround seating and getting the fans closer. We’re trying to create an atmosphere where that can happen,” Gum said. Athletic Director Brad Teague said having a facility that is attractive helps build the image of the program and a fan base of

people who want to come and watch games. “It’s about the appearance of the whole facility, more than just the stands or field itself. When you have a family friendly area and student area, it attracts people who want to come and watch a ballgame,” Teague said. “That’s what we are trying to do. Give our stadium that traditional ballpark feel.” Gum and Teague both said having an updated facility will help in the recruiting process because athletes want to go to a school that has an attractive facility and strong fan base. Gum said: “Athletes are driven by facilities and our stadium already looked awesome and now we have the field and everything to match. It’s really going to help our recruiting as far as getting high level athletes.” Teague said the athletic department was able to add the turf field, which cost $300,000, and the family and student areas as well as the brick walls, which totaled $30,000, through donors and private funds.

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Sugar Bears prepare for tough competetors in 2010 season, want to continue success from 2009 by Allison Hartman Assistant Sports Editor

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Bear Stadium is sporting a new look with a new state-of-the-art artificial infield that is made of GeoGreen artificial grass. The stadium also has a new student section deck on the left field wall.

The Sugar Bears basketball team is coming off of a successful season last year, and Coach Matt Daniel said they are doing everything they can to prepare for another successful season this year. Last year the Sugar Bears finished with an overall record of 21-8, a Southland Conference record of 11-5 and 10-3 in nonconference play. Daniel was named the 2010 Southland Conference Coach of the Year and has added three new members to his coaching staff this season, including Tiffany Brooks one of his former players at the University of Missouri. He has also hired Terrell Coburn as director of player development/assistant strength coach and Brandon Johnson as film exchange coordinator. The Sugar Bears are playing well known schools this season, including the SEC powerhouse University of Alabama Crimson Tide on Nov. 14 in Tuscaloosa, but Daniel said they aren’t preparing for that game any differently than they prepare for the others. “No game is bigger than any other in our minds, and we don’t change how we prepare. The Nov. 12 game against Hendrix is the one we are focused on,” Daniel said. This season will also be the first time the Sugar Bears will be eligible to compete in the Southland Conference Lisa Burnett photo tournament since UCA has officially transitioned into Sugar Bears sophomore forward Desiree’ Rogers squares up for a shot Division I. during the team’s preseason practice Oct. 6. The Sugar Bears season Daniel said, “Winning starts Nov. 12 against the Hendrix Warriors. the conference tournament and making it to the NCAA “One of the main things wins at home when they went tournament is all we are focused we have been working on is 15-1 in the Farris Center on, so that provides plenty of conditioning so that when other This will be the Sugar Bears motivation.” teams are tired and down, we will first season on the new court, Senior center Megan Moss have the energy to keep going,” which underwent a complete said: “The fact that we will be she said. renovation this summer. The able to compete in conference Daniel said: “We are trying to new court features the new UCA this season will motivate us to play on both ends with reckless logos, new scoreboards and a bust our butts in practice and control. Our philosophy is to video board. show everyone that last year tilt the floor to where we run Last season sophomore wasn’t just luck and that we are a downhill on offense and they forward Megan Herbert shot great team and will be for many run uphill on defense. It’s full tilt 55 percent from the field and seasons to come.” basketball.” Moss said the Sugar Bears’ averaged 14 rebounds per game Moss said the team has also loss to Stephen F. Austin at the and 21.8 points per game, leading changed a lot with the addition of the Sugar Bears to an average buzzer last season motivated new players. them to improve. of 76 points per game and 45 “With us having more girls “We were really upset about rebounds per game. Junior guard on the team we have been able losing that game because the Nakeia Guiden shot 40 percent to pick up momentum. With that winner was the determining from the field and scored 10 has come a lot more competition factor of who won our side of points per game. for each position,” she said. conference,” she said. “We don’t Not only are the Sugar Bears Moss said that even though want to have the should haves or playing their annual game the Sugar Bears had a great what ifs.” against Hendrix, they are also season last year, she thinks the Daniel said, “It’s hard to facing Central Baptist College on upcoming season can be even ensure a successful season, but Dec. 6. better. our preparation will hopefully The Sugar Bears will also play She said: “We have more give us a shot at one.” the University of Arkansas at Pine depth, height, skill and strength. Daniel said the Sugar Bears Bluff Golden Lions in Pine Bluff We also have a lot more maturity have been working hard on on Dec. 18. this year.” picking up the pace of play. The Sugar Bears will kick The Sugar Bears have won “We feel we are pretty deep off the 2010-2011 season in the almost 75 percent of their home and are trying to play into that,” Farris Center against the Hendrix he said. games since first playing in the Warriors on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Moss said the Sugar Bears Farris Center in January 1972, Their first conference game will have been focusing on fitness and last season they had their be Jan. 12 in Conway against the and conditioning in preparation best season at home and set the for the season. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. new program record for most

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Bears Brief • The men’s soccer team lost to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars 4-1 Oct. 20 in Edwardsville, Ill. The Cougars scored two goals in each half to secure the win and improve their record to 8-5-1, while the loss made the Bears record 3-10. The Cougars recorded goals from sophomore midfielder Brian Groark, senior back Mike Jones and two from senior forward Chris Anzalone. The Bears’ goal came from senior Forward Wynne Mason two minutes into the second half. • The men’s soccer team lost their final home game of the season 2-0 against the No. 10 Creighton University Bluejays (11-2) on Senior Day on Oct. 23 in Conway. The Bears record fell to 3-11 with the loss. The Bluejays only took three shots on goal but scored on two of them, giving them their seventh shutout victory of the year. The Bluejays’ goals came from junior forward Ethan Finlay and sophomore midfielder Dion Acoff. The Bears travel to Des Moines, Iowa to face the Drake Bulldogs on Saturday before

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finishing their season in Evansville, Ind. against the University of Evansville Purple Aces. • Football redshirt freshman safety Jestin Love was named Southland Conference defensive player of the week Monday. Love intercepted a pass and returned it 98 yards for a touchdown, the second longest in UCA and Southland Conference history. Love intercepted another pass in the end zone during the second quarter to help the Bears defeat the Nicholls State University Colonels 31-7 on Saturday. • UCA volleyball’s junior outside hitter Jessica Hays was named Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the second time Monday. Hays average 5.17 kills per set to help the Sugar Bears sweep the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions on Oct.19. Hays had 15 kills, three aces and eight digs Saturday against the Texas State University Bobcats. Hays has 63 aces so far this season, leading the Southland Conference and the nation.

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Bears, Cowgirls tie 1-1 off early game goals by Crosby Dunn

Assistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor The Bears women’s soccer team tied the McNeese State University Cowgirls on Oct. 22 with two overtimes, leaving the score at a stagnant 1-1. The Bears’ goal was made by junior defender Julie Foerster on a free kick 20 minutes into the game. Coach Tina Banham said Forrester specializes on free kicks. “This was her second goal this week,” she said. Less than a minute after UCA’s first goal, the Cowgirls came back and tied the game 1-1 with a goal from freshman midfielder Johna Germany. Germany was able to get a breakaway past the keeper on the right side and score. Bears freshman defender Madison Poteet said: “It was a good game. We should have won it, though. We just couldn’t finish.” She said in the upcoming practices they will be working on the areas that they struggled with this game. “We will definitely be working on finishing and getting in crosses. Those are the make or break things we need work on,” Poteet said. The Bears overall win-loss record after this game is 5-7-3 for the season and 1-3-2 in the Southland Conference. Bears freshman forward Alex Barnett said: “I think we should have won this game. At first, we played on their level. Toward the end of the game we started picking it up. We should have finished our chances.” The Bears took 17 shots this game and the Cowgirls took 10. Bears freshman defender Sarah Correll said: “I think we had the opportunities. We didn’t quite get the last pass in. I think we need to use our outside mid and forward more to get the ball moving correctly.” The Bears had a total eight shots on goal while the Cowgirls lagged behind with three. Banham said: “I think we competed hard. We had some great opportunities, but couldn’t take them. We created chances better than we have in the past

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The Bears cross country team has been preparing all season for the Southland Conference Championships tomorrow in Beaumont, Texas at 9 a.m. Coach Richard Martin said the team has been working all season to be prepared for not only every meet they have been to, but also to make sure they were ready to take on the rest of the Southland Conference in the championships. “They have been prepared since the summer,” Martin said. “Each one of my assistant coaches sent the runners summer workouts that they have been doing. We have also been practicing at five in the morning Monday through Thursday.” Martin said he has had the team doing extended runs along with running on the track and running through different neighborhoods around Conway to get the team used to different types of terrain. Sophomore Tony Stewart said leading up to the meet the team has been running longer streatches, but they have been

slowly bringing down their distance in order to make sure they are rested and ready to go. “We’ve been increasing our mileage and doing more training, but now we’ve taken that down a bit to make sure we are ready for the championship,” he said. Martin said he feels the team is running their best right now and thinks many of the runners are going to run their best times so far this season. “We are peaking at the right time,” he said. “Right now we have cut back on the mileage we have had them doing in order to let them rest. Basically, there is nothing we can do right now to get them in shape to run for the conference meet. They ran really well at the Chile Pepper Invitational though.” Martin said the season so far has been a good test of the team. He said even though they are young he feels the team will keep getting better every year and that they will do better every year at the conference meet. “Our team is very young. Most of them are freshmen and sophomores and a few juniors and seniors,” he said. “If that

same group can stay together and they will continue to get better and better. If we keep adding good freshmen to go along with them next year then we should be able to compete for the championship in a few years.” Martin said for this year he wants the team to finish in the top six and in the Southland Conference which is a good standing because it is a competitive cross country conference. Stewart said his hopes and the team’s hopes are to finish in the top six and he thinks they will be able to accomplish that. “We have a real good team this year,” he said. “We had three new guys come in and they have been doing really well. Hopefully we go in and do better than we did last year.” Martin said he expects Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Lamar to be some of the top contenders at this year’s meet. Martin said the team left for Texas yesterday at 9 a.m. so they will have plenty of time to get there and get settled in before the meet starts tomorrow.

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Sugar Bears slay Lady Bobcats 3-0 at home by Marisa Hicks Staff Writer

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Bears freshman midfielder Kristin Pollard kicks the ball away from Cowgirls sophomore defender Megan Rogers during their game on Oct. 22. The Bears tied the Cowgirls 1-1. weeks, which is encouraging.” She said the team needed to work on quicker play and keeping pressure on the other team. Banham said she feels they should have won this game. “I think we had better opportunities,” Banham said. She said Kristin Pollard played a great game. “She is a freshman and has been improving with each game,” Banham said. Pollard had the most shots this game with seven, five of which were on goal. Germany had the highest shots on goal for the Cowgirls with two. Other players Banham mentioned that played exceptionally well were Foerster, sophomore midfielder Carissa Rossi, freshman defender Alexa

Herbers and junior defender Amanda Jocz. Banham said despite the tie this has been a great season. “We’ve had five shutouts this year. Last week we were fourth in defense,” Banham said. “I think we stressed defense over the past two years.” She said this year they have been adding more attack to their team. “Adding attack will take a lot of the pressure of the back,” Banham said. The Bears have three games left for this season. Their three final opponents are Lamar, Southeastern Louisiana and Nicholls. The match against Lamar will be their final home game.

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The Sugar Bears volleyball team dominated the Texas State Lady Bobcats in their 10th conference meet with a 3-0 victory in the Prince Center on Oct. 23. This was the Sugar Bears 15th consecutive win this season and it extended their conference win streak to 32 matches and their home win streak to 26. Coming into the game the Sugar Bears held onto a lead merely a couple points ahead of the Lady Bobcats. The Sugar Bears shot shy of the boundaries, giving the Lady Bobcats a point. Quickly the Sugar Bears made up for this and gained two points, setting the score at 22-19. Both the Sugar Bears and the Lady Bobcats kept hitting shots out of bounds, giving points to each other, but the Sugar Bears had the lead and eventually grabbed the set point and won the first set 25-21. Freshman Sugar Bear setter Marissa Collins served the first hit in the second set as sophomore libero Danielle Sanchou of the Lady Bobcats fought back, giving them the first

point of the game. Sugar Bears junior outside hitter Jessica Hays retaliated and tied the score 1-1; however, the Lady Bobcats took the lead with the next serve. Sugar Bears senior right side hitter Chloe Smith and Collins teamed up for another point for UCA. The two teams battled it out back and forth, continuously tying the score. With each team overtaking the other by one point, Smith got the Sugar Bears a two-point lead, setting the score at 13-11. Sugar Bears freshman outside hitter Megan Elmquist and Hays continued the comeback by scoring more kills. Smith served to the net, giving an unearned point to the Lady Bobcats and setting the score at 21-17. Collins hit the ball right over Lady Bobcats freshman middle blocker Madeline Gaffney and senior outside hitter Mo Middleton for another point. The Lady Bobcats came up shy again, but the Sugar Bears set the game point with a kill from Smith to win the set 25-22. At the start of the third set, the Bears were called out on a foul, and handed over the first point to the Lady Bobcats. Sugar Bears senior defensive specialist

Chloe Evans tied the game with a point for the Sugar Bears. The Lady Bobcats answered back to take the lead away from the Sugar Bears, but the Sugar Bears immediately took control and tied the score back up at 2-2. The Sugar Bears went on a two-point streak until Hays hit into the net, setting the score 4-3. The Lady Bobcats called a time out as the score was set with the Sugar Bears in the lead, 13-3. Coach Steven McRoberts said having a 10-point lead early on in the game was rewarding and relaxing. Nagy struck the ball into the net, giving a point to Texas State. Hays quickly set a recovery as she laid another kill against the Bobcats; however, a foul was called against UCA setting the score 15-9. The Sugar Bears went on to win the set 25-14. Giesler set the game point for the Bears in the third set and UCA won the match against the Lady Bobcats 3-0. “Our last three days of practice really paid off,” said Giesler. She said the team focuses mainly on their third set, because in the past it has been their downfall.

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