Issue 25, Volume 113, Publication Date--April 17, 2019

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I N T E R N AT I O N A L Notre Dame Cathedral catches fire in Paris The famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, caught fire April 15. The blaze engulfed and destroyed the roof and spire before the fire was controlled. The first foundations of the cathedral were lain in 1163

by Pope Alexander III and served as an architectural, political and religious symbol, making it an integral part of French history. The tragedy has led many to band together in solidarity and prepare to restore the cathedral, with French billionaire François Pinault having already pledged $113 million to its reconstruction.

N AT I O N A L Successful flight for Stratolaunch plane The world’s largest airplane, a twin-fuselage plane called the Stratolaunch, flew its first test flight in a two-and-a-half-hour journey over southern California’s Mojave Desert April 13. The plane, with a wingspan longer than a football field, was created with parts from two dated Boeing jetliners and was designed to launch satellites into space from the air. Microsoft’s Paul G. Allen funded Stratolaunch, first announcing the plans for its construction in 2011.

The company declined to comment on the project’s cost.

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[Left] Junior Will Teeter and sophomore Jamaal Lockings appear happy and relieved after hearing they ran successful campaigns for executive vice president and vice president of operations respectively.

[Right] Junior Rose McGarrity reacts to hearing she won the SGA’s top position, executive president, at an announcement of the election results in senate chambers April 12.

Large voter turnout recorded in SGA election polls

by Lauren McCabe News Editor

The Student Government Association recieved an impressive number of votes casted for the 2019-2020 general election and held a meeting April 12 to announce new board members and amendment changes, Students elected to the SGA executive board are: • Junior Rose McGarrity who was elected as executive president with a vote of 1021 against junior KaRon Marbley’s 647.

• Sophomore Will Teeter who was elected as executive vice president with a vote of 847 against junior Spencer Burton’s 821.

• Sophomore Jamaal Lockings

who was elected as the vice president of operations with a vote of 869 against junior Karlie Galarza’s 799.

• Sophomore Jennifer Cale who was elected as the vice president of finance with a vote of 861 against sophomore Ashlyn Sander’s 807.

McGarrity was overwhelmed with emotion as the room clapped and cheered during the announcement that she won the race.

“I’ve wanted this for the entire year so I started crying,” McGarrity said. “It was very much of a relief because I didn’t know it was going to happen. I campaigned so much for this — I spent nine hours yesterday campaigning.”

McGarrity, now the 2018-2019 executive vice president of SGA, spoke of

what she hopes to make some of her first initiatives as president.

“First thing I would like to do is survey the student body and see what they would like to see from SGA,” McGarrity said. “I would also like to get a gazebo implemented [next semester], promote more mental health programs [and] try to get childcare on campus.

Some of the senators worked on [childcare] this semester [and] I want to continue to help them work on that, moving the project forward.”

Teeter was also humbled and gracious for the opportunity to serve as the executive vice president of SGA next year.

“I’m very proud of my friends and those who have helped me,” Teeter said. “The

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Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, was arrested for allegedly pushing or throwing a 5-year-old boy 40 feet from the third floor of Minnesota’s Mall of America on April 12.

The child sustained life-threatening injuries.

The mall banned Aranda in the past.

Man’s body identified The human remains that a student discovered behind Riverview High School in Searcy were confirmed to be Larry Don Madden, who was reported missing at age 26 in 1999 out of Louisiana.

He was staying with a friend and working in the area when he vanished.

The cause of death is still under investigation and it is unclear how long the remains were there.

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IN OUR NEXT ISSUE A first look into a mysterious book: “Mystery’s” by Will Sly

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An Arkansas post office mural painted by Piggott, Arkansas, artist Daniel Rhodes is depicted on a new forever stamp unveiled by the United States Postal Service on April 10. The Piggott Post Office was one of five locations across the nation selected to feature in the 10-stamp series of these government-commissioned postal office artworks during the ‘30s and ‘40s.

Piggott murals honored in official stamps

by Lisa Sullins Staff Writer

There have been five government-commissioned post office lobby artworks (also known as lobby murals) throughout the country to become commemorative stamps, and Piggott, Arkansas, was officially unveiled as one of the five honored April 10.

Several United States Postal Service officials and others were in attendance, including: • Senior director Patrick Mondonca from the Office of

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“We are using #Muralstamps on Twitter for all those interested in reading about it,” Hernandez said.

The event was free and open to the public. The murals

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elected. “[To] the people who voted for me or against me, I just want to say thank you – I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Teeter said.

Other members who were elected into SGA positions are as follows: • Garrett Spears as sophomore class president • Madison Perry as sophomore class vice president • Amber DiPersia as junior class president • Javier Hernandez as junior class vice president • Bassam Abdoulaye-Traore as senior class vice president A run-off election between Colby Little, Shivam Patel and Steven Powell for the senior class president will take place April 17 and 18.

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guy who sits in front of the chapel all the time handing out free prayers — hey, they work.”

This school year, Teeter has served as the sophomore class vice president and expressed that he is ready to take on his next chapter in SGA. “The first thing I’m going to work on as executive vice president is to move forward with the e-scooter initiative,” Teeter said. “I’m also going to work with Rose and work hard to make sure that every single student gets their midterm grades reported … How are students supposed to succeed if they don’t know what their [grades] are?”

Before leaving the SGA chambers, Teeter had a message to give to all of those who played a part in his being

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were hand-painted to bring a special light and beauty during the Great Depression of the 1930s and 1940s.

According to panels.com, on May 6, 1935, the Works Progress Administration was created to help provide economic relief to citizens of the United States who suffered through the horrible economic times of the first decade and a half of the 20th Century.

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The Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center was filled with UCA spirit and pride as Conway mayor Bart Castleberry proclaimed April 12 as UCA Outreach and Community Engagement Day. This proclamation was made in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the UCA Outreach program which fosters services like the Arkansas Coding Academy, the Women’s Leadership Network, volunteer opportunities and more.

The mayor’s announcement wasn’t the only exciting news of the day as the Outreach Center had an announcement of its own. Assistant vice president of UCA Amy Whitehead presented the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce with the Tom Courtway Community Engagement Award.

The award recognizes an individual or organization whose contributions to the Outreach Center’s efforts have elevated and cultivated community impact and participation.

Chamber president Brad Lacy accepted the award

and offered kind words to former UCA president Tom Courtway, who was also in attendance.

“Partnerships are everything in economic development and community building,” Lacy said. “We love partnering with UCA Outreach, and it means a lot to me, and people in our building, to receive an award named after Tom. There’s no finer person than Tom Courtway.”

The Center for Outreach and Community Engagement began in 1919 when UCA was known as the Arkansas State Normal School. The idea came from then professor Frank Harrin, the namesake of Harrin Hall, who taught extension courses at the University of Arkansas.

The main goal was for students to take classes without needing to be on campus, developing the notion of a “college without walls.” “[County and state lines] don’t really exist in our world when it comes to meeting people where they are serving the way we need to,” UCA President Houston Davis said.

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by Assistant News Editor Lauren McLemore and Opinion Editor Ryan Bradford

Student attacked in assault by slur Three assailants, two males and a female, wearing all black clothing and masks robbed and physically assaulted a UCA student around 4 a.m. April 1. The assailants yelled anti-LGBTQ slurs during the assault outside the Erbach Street Apartments.

The victim was later taken to the Conway Regional Medical Center for injuries. The assailants stole the victim’s iPhone and wallet. Officer Kelsey Dale was the reporting officer on the incident.

Student finds key scratch on vehicle Student Nathaniel Burden told officer Justin Bishop on April 10 that he noticed a long scratch along the side of

his vehicle. The vehicle was parked north of New Hall when the damage occurred between 5:08 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. He said he didn’t have any issues with anyone to cause them to key his vehicle.

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Officer Quincy Tims arrived at State Hall just before midnight March 31 where student Hailey Schenkel told him that her and her roommates’ beds looked like they had been slept in over the weekend. Her roommate, student Alexandra Bauerlein, said she had not been in the residence hall since Friday. Nothing of hers appeared to be missing, but her robe was dripping wet and there was a sports bra, socks and a shoe that did not belong to any of them. Tims

confirmed all of these things.

Students fuming after car accident Officer Christopher Turner found two vehicles April 10 that hit each other in handicapped spaces on the southeast corner of parking lot 105 near the Farris Center.

The first driver, student Jasmin Cotoco, said she was stopped in the middle of a traffic lane in the east area of the lot and saw the second driver, student Kaleigh Cloud, coming toward her before Cloud hit the front left corner of her vehicle. Cloud said she was also stopped and waiting for the other car to turn. While talking to Turner, Cotoco became irritated and, when asked if she would complete a statement, said, “Yes, I’m going to write a damn statement.”

Damages to each vehicle were estimated at $500.

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New dining hours, plans for low daycare costs

by Lauren McLemore Assistant News Editor

The weekly SGA meeting began with presentations from Aramark general manager Jim Nabors and director of campus recreation Richard Hammond, who both served as representatives for campus projects that are proposed to be finished by the fall semester.

Nabors previously announced the new dining hours — Starbucks closing at midnight and the cafeteria closing at 11 p.m. — and also said renovations would take place on the south side of the cafeteria. The renovations will implement different seating options, like barstools and sofas, to create more of a study lounge atmosphere for the late night hours. The seating in the pit area will be diminished from 80 to about 50.

Full service dining will last until 7 p.m. The existing grill and salad bar will be open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and after 9 p.m., some dining will shift to the south end of the cafeteria to offer omelettes, deli options, produce and the salad bar.

Hammond also told SGA about another change coming to campus over the summer — a multi-level rope course with high- and low-level obstacles and challenges.

It will be constructed near the beach volleyball courts.

Construction is set to begin

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in June and the project is predicted to be completed by the start of the fall semester, weather permitting.

Because of the predicted popularity as a team building activity, Hammond described three tiers of pricing — a bare minimum fee for students, a median cost for nonprofit organizations and schools, and a higher corporate price for businesses who may use the facilities.

Afterward, nontraditional student and mother, senator Audrey Scaife, and junior class representative senator Jalen Graham talked about their efforts toward bringing childcare to campus — an initiative that SGA has previously fought for and that faculty and students have supported.

UCA already has the Child Study Center, but it is a public center, and only serves children ages 3 to 5 and has over 250 children on its 2019-2020 waiting list, according to the Child Care Center Initiative, which passed later in the meeting. The current Child Study Center’s prices vary depending on the child’s age, days attended, and payment plan options, but it can run as high as $2,720 annually.

“The concept of having a free daycare is close to impossible, but at least having a lower rate for students is definitely possible because there are a ton of nonprofit organizations who have

childcare who have lower rates,” Scaife said.

The childcare center in discussion may be an extension of this service or an entirely new center in another building on campus. This lack of space is one reason little progress has been made in bringing this program to campus. However, with new facilities coming to campus, the Snow Fine Arts building will soon be vacant, reviving conversations about the childcare program.

Other ideas include making the program a possible work-study for education majors to help them get their hours and provide experience.

In the last meeting, Kappa Sigma Psi fraternity approached SGA after missing the SAFA deadline for submitting their budget and asked for $2,350 for events both mandatory and voluntary. In this week’s meeting, a resolution was proposed that would allocate $1,675 but after over an hour of debate and adjustments, a resolution was passed that allocated $1,330 to the fraternity, which is enough to cover its mandatory events.

In other business, SGA passed a resolution establishing a Kelley L. Erstine Engagement Award to recognize his service as chief of staff and vice president.

Erstine will resign from UCA in August to accept a position as CEO of Independent Insurers of Arkansas.

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mosaics and other works that still exist in public buildings throughout the United States,” Coleman said. “Please look around your town and on your travels and snap a photo.”

There is a pane of 10 stamps. The stamps feature five murals chosen among the U.S. Postal Service locations nationwide. The project’s art director Antonio Alcala designed the series of forever stamps.

Aaron Rhodes — the son of the mural artist, Daniel Rhodes — is an international human rights activist, author and university lecturer, but

also the administrator of a Facebook page “Daniel Rhodes Centennial.” This page influences and impacts other artists, while at the same time highlighting his father’s art.

His mother, Lillyan Jacobs Rhodes, was also a notable painter in the 1930s.

“The 2019 Office Murals issuance celebrates the artwork and beauty of the murals commissioned in the 1930s and ‘40s,” Coleman said. “The works were selected for artistic merit, viability at stamps size, geographic diversity and varied subject matter.”

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Coleman also described the importance of releasing such a collection.

“In addition, the designers also had to make their selection based on existing photography of the original works,” Coleman said.

According to the U.S. Postal Service website, “By bridging physical to digital, the Postal Service remains a very relevant and necessary provider of communications to this nation for more than 240 years after Benjamin Franklin became the first Postmaster General.”

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The University of Central Arkansas welcomed American novelist and short story writer Bonnie Jo Campbell as an artist-in-residence April 9 and 10.

Campbell participated in a trio of events throughout her stay including a masterclass with students in the Arkansas Writer’s MFA Program, a book reading and book signing and a Craft Talk with Q&A. Campbell has written a number of books including “American Savage,” “Mothers,” “Tell Your Daughter: Stories” and “Once Upon A River: A Novel.” “American Savage”’ was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction as well as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction.

Campbell writes about the working-class who are skilled with using their hands as tools, as well as the rural landscape of America.

During her time at UCA, Campbell was very informative and was quick to answer questions that anybody had

about her writing strategies.

Campbell grew up on a farm and credited a lot of the hard work and time spent on the farm with her mother for a good portion of her work.

“There was a lot of work,” Campbell said. “We had to fence pastures. We had to chop wood. We worked really hard.

Writing is just hard work. It’s just like digging post holes.”

She dug into her roots as a writer and explained the many experiences that led her to become the writer she is today.

Campbell discussed writers block and other obstacles that may hinder writers from reaching their full potential.

“Many of you may think that writing is hard now and that it may get easier in the future. It won’t,” Campbell said.

She explained that most, if not all, scenarios are acceptable in fictional writing and also discussed the importance of everything you write, as well as making sure that you genuinely care about what you’re writing about. She made a focal point of doing your best on every piece of

material you write, and that when you’re done, revise it and do better.

“You have to care about what you’re writing about,” Campbell said. “In the writing universe, all types of immoral crimes are acceptable. The worst thing you can be as a writer is boring.”

Campbell continued throughout her time at UCA to educate and inform anyone who wanted to listen. She was well-received during the craft talk with Q&A, as many students asked questions about her strategies and tried to learn as much as they could from the American novelist.

Senior Allison Canty said she was inspired by Campbell’s writing techniques and ideas.

“I learned about how she viewed landscapes as a whole and how it intersected with her work,” Canty said.

“As someone who is in ecopoetics, the environment is important to me. How she manages to deal with it and compartmentalize it was actually very interesting, and I feel like it’s going to help me in my writing in the future when I deal with environment.”

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Food employees served with thanks during cookout

by Ronak Patel Staff Writer

SGA’s Housing and Food Service Committee held a cookout at the Alumni Pavilion on April 12 in appreciation for all the campus food service workers.

In attendance were food workers from the Christian Cafeteria, Student Center and catering services. Food service workers, along with their families and friends, enjoyed hotdogs in the nice weather under the Alumni Pavilion.

Sophomore Jennifer Cale, along with SGA’s Housing and Food Service Committee, started holding the event to let the workers know that their work doesn’t go unnoticed and that they are appreciated.

“This event started for the first time last year under the chair of last year’s committee, which was Rose McGarity who is executive president now,” Cale said. “My committee decided it was a really good thing and we decided to do it again for this year. Hopefully it will take off and become an official, yearly thing.”

Cale and her committee wanted to ensure workers everywhere on campus felt welcome to the event.

“Anyone who works in Starbucks, the caf, the Student Center, Burdick [or] catering services is welcome here,” Cale said.

The biggest goal of the cookout was letting the food service workers know that the school is grateful for the work they do and offer an event to celebrate them.

“We’ve just been calling it the cookout with the food service workers or for the food

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SGA members and food staff workers celebrated the work of the food staff with hotdogs and soda at the Alumni Pavilion April 11. SGA hopes to keep this event going every year to keep showing its appreciation for the food staff.

service workers just because that’s what it is,” Cale said.

She said the Senate signed a thank you card and presented it to the workers to let them know that their hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.

“I’m hoping to expand [the event] and put more into it because right now we have a pretty limited quantity of actual food,” Cale said. “In the future, we are hoping we can have an actual cookout with multiple people grilling at once and dessert options and things like that.”

Besides expanding the variety of food options for future food work appreciation events, Cale said SGA would also like to announce the event earlier in future semesters.

“We’d also like to put it on the calendar at the very beginning of the year so we

can hype it up and prepare for it earlier,” Cale said.

Senior Eby Anet said she has enjoyed her experience working in catering at UCA. “I’m a catering assistant, so we help set up events, serve people food and clean for events on campus,” Anet said. “We organize all kinds of events on campus for athletes, presidents or [other] big events.”

Working for food services has helped Anet learn how to plan events and gain skills that have helped her with her studies as well.

“I’m studying management and [management information systems]. In MIS, there is a lot of organization,” Anet said. “I am taking a class this semester that is all about planning.”

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Culinary coordinator Emily Cooper hands out an informational pamphlet to a curious attendee of the UCA Outreach and Community Development’s 100th Anniversary Celebration at the Brewer-Hegemen Conference Center on April 12 while community education assistant Autumn Ballard aids attendees in decorating cookies. The celebration included community leaders’ speeches and booths representing the many organizations within Outreach and Community Development, including the Arkansas Coding Academy, UCA Downtown and Workforce Development.

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Adjunct instructor in communication Mike McCullars presents the Olive M. Hilliard Speech Showcase Award to sophomore Jennifer Draper at the School of Communications awards ceremony in Stanley Russ Hall during x-period April 11. The award is given annually to an outstanding speaker from the Principles of Communication course and hangs on the wall on the 2nd floor of Win Thompson Hall near the room 204 office suites.

the efforts of the Outreach program to try new things and step out into new spaces.

“We’re not afraid to say things and say, ‘Hey, this might not be a traditional sense of teaching, but we’re going to get involved with that and make it happen,’” Davis said.

UCA historian and director of archives Jimmy Bryant witnessed the strides of the Outreach Center’s ability to

reach people across the state of Arkansas firsthand.

“A lot of times, we look at a department on campus and think, ‘Well, that’s just a local thing,’ but outreach is not,” Bryant said. “They offer so many courses that people can take to better their lives and accomplish things they want to do and the possibilities through outreach are really just endless.”

Bryant added that the advancement of the Outreach program must be focused in technology and improving programs like the Arkansas Coding Academy.

By continuing to engage the Arkansas community, build new relationships and advance its programs, UCA Outreach is looking to remain consistent and stride toward another 100 years of outreach.

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Around Campus: Next to Normal At 7:30 p.m. April 18 and 19 and at 2 p.m. April 20 in the Bridge-Larson Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center, UCA’s Theatre Department will present “Next to Normal.” The play is about a woman who is trying to overcome her bipolar disorder and hallucinations.

The play was written by Brian Yorkey and the music was composed by Tom Kitt. UCA’s performance of “Next To Normal” is directed by Kevin Brown. To get tickets, call (501) 450-3265.

Smart Recycling At 9 a.m. April 22 in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center, UCA Outreach and Community Engagement will host an informative session.

Conway’s department of sanitation will teach attendants about the recycling industry and Conway’s recycling program. The session will end with a class tour of Conway’s Material Recovery Facility. The class is geared toward Conway residents but is open and free to the public. For more information visit uca.edu/ outreach.

Prevent Child Abuse At 6 p.m. April 22 in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center, UCA Outreach and Community Engagement will present a Stewards of Children Abuse Prevention Training session. Attendants will be given an interactive workbook to help guide them through the hallmark concepts of child abuse prevention.

A DVD presentation will be accompanied by commentary from child sexual abuse survivors and experts in the field. A certificate and two professional development units will be given to those who complete the training. For more information visit uca.edu/outreach.

Wire Sculpting At 5 p.m. April 23 at UCA’s Makerspace, a metal artist will teach wire sculpting. The artist will demonstrate how to use a propane torch to weld brass rods together into a work of art. The technique is often used to create homemade jewelry and armatures for sculptures.

This event is for people 16 or older. To reserve your spot, go to arconductor.org/conductorcalendar.

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[Left] Volunteers in purple sashes update the availability and return times of book titles at the Human Library event held in Torreyson Library during x-period on April 9. [Top Right} Graduate student Erin Weindorf shows before and after pictures of her gender transition during the Human Library event.

[Bottom Right] Residence Coordinator Hayley Thomas listens to a volunteer acting as a book titled “Secular Humanist in The Bible Belt.” Students, staff and faculty of various backgrounds, ethnicities and religions volunteered to be books for this event and were available for attendees to check out for 20 minutes at a time in order to hear about the volunteer’s particular life experience.

Human Library recounts real-life narratives

by Lauren McLemore Assistant News Editor

Students, staff and faculty gathered on the second floor of the Torreyson Library to hear stories from their peers and professors about memorable and transformative life experiences at UCA’s first Human Library event.

The event spanned from 1:40 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 9, where participants could choose a book from the list on a whiteboard and check it out for 20 minutes at a time.

Those telling the stories volunteered at an earlier time to serve as human “books” for the event, choosing titles to go along with their tales.

As people filed in to hear the stories, or rather “read the books” volunteers wearing purple sashes stood by, marking x’s on a whiteboard beside the titles of the available human books each time a reader checked one out or in. Once checked out, books had 20 minutes to tell their stories and answer the readers’ questions.

Readers could choose from stories about people recovering from addiction, serving in the military, being transgender, leaving their religion, finding themselves and many other experiences.

Graduate student Tian Zhang, a volunteer who served as a book, told her story of experiencing culture shock upon moving from Southern China to the United States.

“When I first came here, there were so much ‘I’ — ‘I think, I feel, I believe,’” Zhang said about her first experiences in the United States. “We don’t talk that much about personal feelings in a group like that, so I kind of had to push myself to speak up.”

She said her home culture would consider talking so much about oneself arrogant. The title she had chosen,“The Shot Hits The Bird That Pokes Its Head Out,” she said comes from an Eastern phrase referring to the cultural value of group commonality.

While Zhang experienced a new culture geographically, other

volunteer books, such as graduate student Erin Weindorf, told stories of experiencing a new social culture as a transgender woman.

Weindorf, who previously volunteered under a similar title at the Faulkner County Library’s Human Library in 2018, spoke at UCA’s event under the title “The XX in an XY body.” She showed pictures and told her story of transitioning physically and mentally into the person she is today as she awaits her gender reassignment surgery. Some of her readers showed up with big questions.

“They didn’t know what their friends or family were going through or how to approach being transgender. They wanted information on how to approach it and what to expect,” Weindorf said. “Those are the people I want to touch, the people who aren’t comfortable that can come and we can have a pretty nice, casual conversation, and, hopefully at the end of that conversation, they feel more accepted to people that may live a different life than they

Steak Cooking At 6 p.m. April 23 at UCA Downtown, Chef Brandon Douglas will show attendants how to properly choose, marinate and cook cuts of steak. He will also demonstrate his expertise of cooking potatoes. To sign up for this event and learn some cooking skills, go to uca.edu/outreach.

Light the Night At 5 p.m. April 20, the UCA Cornhole Club is offering volunteer opportunities at UCA’s first Light up the Night 5K Run event. All participants will receive a glow stick, glow paint, a free T-shirt and a goodie bag. Volunteers will set up, break down and run vendor stations during the race. The proceeds from the race will benefit Cystic Fibrosis research.

To volunteer, visit uca.edu/ outreach/volunteer.

The original Human Library intended to inspire this type of dialogue.

The Human Library originated in Copenhagen in 2002, where it was known by its Danish name, “Menneskebibilioteket.” After a friend of theirs was stabbed in the middle of the night and managed to survive, Dany Abergel, Ronni Abergel, Asma Mouna and Christoffer Erichsen founded the youth organization, Stop The Violence. The organization was asked to create an activity for the Roskilde Festival that would “encourage dialogue and help to build positive relations among the festival visitors,” according to humanlibrary.org. Featuring 50 titles, the first Human Library was open for eight hours a day for four days in a row.

The passion for telling stories and challenging stereotypes continued, and when the event arrived at UCA, it was a collective campus effort.

“The event was actually sponsored by the Conway

Conversations committee at UCA,” Angela Webster, associate vice president for institutional diversity and inclusion, said.

“However, the committee included representatives from Outreach and Community Development, Student Services, the College of Education, the College of Fine Arts and Communication, SGA, Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and, of course, the Torreyson Library.”

Webster also volunteered as a book under the title, “In the Presence of a King”, telling her story of attending Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech in her birthplace — Memphis, Tennessee.

“It was exhilarating to speak with students, especially, about my family’s firsthand account of a piece of American history,” Webster said.

The stories will hopefully go on as Webster said the event was a hit among those who attended and hopes to bring it back to campus next year.

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‘Next to Normal’ displays truths of bipolar disorder

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Chain Reactions At 5 p.m. April 22 at UCA’s Makerspace, a workshop on how to create chain reaction machines will be held. The workshop will guide participants in using chain reaction machines to complete simple tasks using the resources and equipment in-house. This event is free and open to people 16 or older.

To RSVP visit arconductor.org/ conductor-calendar.

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Dozens of IFC fraternity members don high heels, walking surprisingly well across campus to raise awareness and funds for Haven House in Conway on April 11. After a couple of years of fundraising, a new women’s shelter is currently under construction next to New Life Church in Conway.

Fraternities raise funds, awareness during Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

by Lauren McCabe News Editor

Walking up to Old Main on April 9, one may have seen a table lined up with fraternity members putting on wedges and stilettos to raise awareness of sexual assault, as well as money for a local organization.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an annual event hosted by UCA, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and the local Haven House — a residential group home for adolescent females that have come into foster care away from abuse or neglect. “[The neglect] can be sexual abuse, physical abuse or not being taken care [of ],” Marti Jones, the executive director of Haven House, said. “We have a home currently right now that holds 12 girls at a time and since we started in 1986. About 3,000 girls have lived in Haven.”

Jones says that UCA reaches out yearly to put on this event, which features fraternity members walking a mile across campus in heels.

Sophomore Marcelius Whitney, a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, described how it felt to participate in his second year of walking.

“Honestly, it’s not the easiest thing to do, but I know it’s for a good cause,” Whitney said. “It’s actually really fun to come out here with everybody.

[Our fraternity] actually donated to this charity last year.”

After the event, Whitney said that he always leaves with a better understanding of what women may go through not only in wearing heels, but how they must feel after something as traumatic as sexual assault.

“There’s actually things

going on in the world that we can’t overlook,” Whitney said.

Jones said he also feels that bringing people together to inform them of situations that they might not realize happen all around them is a good way to start a conversation.

“I think any time you can [get] men involved with anything like this, it’s an amazing thing,” Jones said.

“You’re [reaching out to] a younger demographic that maybe doesn’t think these things are happening or that these things are going on to create awareness in the community.”

Junior and member of Sigma Nu, Colton Rowe, is the president of the IFC executive board and annually participates in Walk A Mile in Her Shoes.

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“Next to Normal” took behind-the-scene interactions of a mother with bipolar and her family and brought them to center stage of the Bridge-Larson Theatre the weekend of April 12.

In the musical, the mother, Diana Goodman, played by junior Mikala Hicks, attempts to live a normal family life while struggling with periods of manic and depressive states along with hallucinations of her dead son Gabe Goodman (Augustine Nguyen.)

At the end of the play Diana leaves her husband, ending the play with a happy song, “There will be light,” and a family without a mother.

“Throughout the entire play, people are making decisions for [Diana],” Hicks said.

Hicks described how Diana’s first doctor told her to take medicine and feel nothing, how Dan told her to see another psychologist to do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and how Dan told her to do Electroconvulsive Therapy.

In the play, none of these treatment options worked.

“She finally realizes, ‘I’m going to be my own person; I’m going to make my own decisions,’” Hicks said. “I don’t think that’s a forever goodbye, but for the time being she has to focus on herself.”

Freshmen audience members Will Reed and

Presley Courtney said they felt conflicted about the ending of the play.

“At the end, they talk about a light and they sing about a light, but I didn’t really see any instances of a light. They don’t have a mom anymore,” Reed said. “The end, it was all for nothing. [Diana] abandoned her family.”

When preparing for her role, Hicks said she utilized her knowledge from her psychology minor and studied the play alongside the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual-V used in psychology to identify mental disorders.

“It required research and reading through the play and picking where was she experiencing hypomania and when was it more of a depressive state,” Hicks said.

“It was me being like, ‘Where in the play do these symptoms appear?’”

Both Reed and Courtney said they felt the beginning of the play portrayed bipolar disorder, and mental illness as a whole, well.

“There was a lot at the beginning that I could relate to with myself and with friends that have gone through medication being trial and error and there not being an exact science to it whatsoever and people having their homes wrecked,” Reed said.

Courtney said he felt most compelled at the beginning of the play.

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Freshman Toni Olaoie puts a pie in UCA President Houston Davis’ face to raise money for the City of Hope Outreach at the Worldfest event at Alumni Circle April 9. Students paid a few dollars to interact with cultural artifacts and learn about different cultures from table representatives.

Cultural learning supports City of Hope Outreach

by Lisa Sullins Staff Writer An event called Worldfest came to UCA on April 9 and was sponsored by UCA’s Rotoract to raise funds for the City of Hope Outreach, which offers transitional housing for people in need.

Booths were lined up outside of Old Main to represent different countries and to educate students, faculty and staff. The booths represented the cultures of Bolivia, South Korea, India, the Ivory Coast and the Latino Association, with some featuring colorful clothes for traditional celebrations and popular games played in the culture on display. Each booth

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consisted of students native to their respective cultures.

Senior Samantha Still said the two organizations, Global and Rotoract International, collaborated to make the fundraiser a success. In addition to the fundraiser, Still said the event promoted culture and diversity as participants paid $2 per game, which contributed to the fundraiser, while the India group gave henna tattoos for $2.

Last year the fundraiser raised $300, and this year the group wants to beat that, Still said. Senior Shabnam Rajani of the India group displayed photos of Indian culture, maps of the country and a

beautiful gown.

Junior Alex Segales and other members of the Bolivian group played instruments prominent in Bolivia.

Senior Fougnigue Sefon, president of the Ivorian Association of the Ivory Coast at UCA, said he has not been home to visit his friends and family in a year and is looking forward to visiting soon.

The Ivory Coast booth did not charge a fee. It had free displays and information about the Ivory Coast.

Sophomore Melissa Duong said by 2 p.m., the event already raised $256 for the City of Hope Outreach, and she hoped this year’s fundraiser could beat last

year’s.

UCA President Houston Davis was present and visited all of the booths.

“I am thrilled to be able to join our students in a cause bigger than themselves,” Davis said.

On top of the games, certain people agreed to get a pie thrown in their face for the charity. Davis was one of them.

“If it will help the cause to get a pie thrown in my face, then of course I will do that,” Davis said.

To top it all off, everybody who attended got to enjoy upbeat music playing throughout the culture-dominant event.

Senior Charlotte Grant

Graduate Alyman Outtara

“I definitely think we need more student parking. I can’t even tell you how many days I spent looking for parking and ended up being late to class.”

“I’m an international student so I think UCA [could have] a conference where they explain what to expect when an American does [something] instead of us always explaining how our culture is different from [yours].”

Freshman Gaige Glover

Junior Phillip Haynes

“I would say more collaboration instead of competitiveness. I feel like we should be more collaborative in the classrooms instead of everyone trying to get the best GPA. We could all grow [from] that. There [are] other countries that have collaborative schools instead of competitive and they all say, statistics show, it’s better.”

“I would say more integrated events. You can tell when certain clubs have their certain functions that there’s more of a certain, dominant color that each function has. Whether it’s black or white or Latino or whatever. [I] want events where you wouldn’t already assume the ethnicity that’s going to be there.”

Sophomore Rohan Saxena

Sophomore Tyler Rose

“I personally have had a lot of issues as an international student with the cafeteria. I have done work on that, I’m trying to get more food options so that more international students have a say and it’s not just American food.”

“I would say parking ‘cause there’s never anywhere to park when I’m trying to park — mainly behind the library and in Bear Village.”

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“I think the beginning was really eye-opening. It shows that there’s an issue that needs to be dealt with,” Courtney said. “[Bipolar] goes basically untreated because the treatment is ineffective.”

Hicks said she felt the play portrayed the complicated nature of mental illness well.

“Diana, yes, she has bipolar disorder, but that’s not all she is. She’s her own person,” Hicks said. “You try to give a textbook

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answer to any mental disorder, but at the end of the day, like what Dr. Madden says, ‘It’s a guideline, nothing more.’”

Hicks said the play was a change of pace for her because she was used to performing comedic roles and because the play required a lot of stamina as actors sang most of their lines.

“It’s definitely a music-driven show. There’s maybe 10-15 minutes total of

just spoken dialogue,” Hicks said. “It’s definitely a show that requires a lot of endurance on the actor’s part.”

Courtney said he would have preferred if the play were more dialogue-driven than music-driven but thought the instrumentalists performed well.

“I felt like there were some points they could have not sang and just talked a little bit more,” Courtney said.

Hicks said she thought the message of the play was that it’s okay to live a next to normal life.

“No family is really normal,” Hicks said. “[There’s this] weird societal pressure of trying to appear like everything is fine and normal and dandy when it’s not, and it’s fine that it’s not, and I think that’s the overall message: That you need to be fine with things being messed up.”

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“[Haven house] is more so an organization that doesn’t get much recognition,” Rowe said. “There’s domestic violence every day in our lives and we don’t necessarily shine as much light on it as there should be. We take it upon ourselves to really show that the male side of Greek community cares about this and it’s something that we would like to help put a stop to.”

Despite the foot aches or cramps that come with putting his feet into heels, Rowe said that it’s all worth it in the end.

“The reason we do this is to show just a small sample size of what women go through every day, whereas the pain that we feel in our feet doesn’t even come close to the pain that women feel emotionally, mentally and physically after violence that is taken upon them,” Rowe said.

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Interfraternity Council advisor and IFC fraternity members stand atop the steps of Old Main after presenting Haven House director Marti Jones with a $400 check to kick off this year’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event April 11. “This is one of my favorite events, not only because of the awareness, but because It’s actually just funny to watch,” Jones said.

PEOPLE OF UCA: Bianca Mora-Delgado

by Christine Nichols Assistant Campus Life Editor

photo by Christine Nichols

Junior Bianca Mora-Delgado stands in Stanley Russ Hall April 11 where her film classes take place. She immigrated to America in 2013 and quickly began her college education at UCA.

Bianca Mora-Delgado is a junior at UCA with a double major in sociology and filmmaking and a minor in gender studies. She was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, and moved to Arkansas in 2013 with her family. Her parents applied for green cards while Mora-Delgado was still a child. By the time they received the cards, more than 10 years later, she was an adult and was able to independently decide whether she wanted to move to the United States.

She decided to immigrate to America.

One of the biggest struggles Mora-Delgado has encountered as an American immigrant is deciding to go to college. She is a first-generation college student so she didn’t know what to expect.

“I was frightened about the language, about the difference

in the culture. [But] It was like a dream for me to be part of college. I started studying because I wanted to learn the language. But then, when I was able to communicate better, I enjoyed my classes so much that I wanted to just keep going,” Mora-Delgado said.

She earned an associate degree from East Oak Community College in Forrest City before transferring to UCA. “I remember the day I was notified by UCA with a letter in my mailbox. I was super happy, excited and sad at the same time. It was a bunch of emotions all together. I just didn’t believe it.”

Mora-Delgado loves her double majors and her minor, but she had a difficult time choosing what to study because she was interested in so many things. She read a book about the first female director, Alice Guy, whose husband took the credit for the movies she made and learned

that men are still in charge of the film industry today — it inspired her to study film.

Sociology and gender studies interest Mora-Delgado because the courses teach her new perspectives. She said her culture is traditional, especially regarding gender norms.

“They want women in particular to act and behave in certain ways and whenever I listen to my professors talk about gender inequality or opportunities for women or why it’s so great for women to study, it motivates me,” MoraDelgado said.

Mora-Delgado still speaks Spanish at home with her parents and her two younger brothers even though she is fluent in English. She said her family is very supportive of her decision to attend college, although they do not know she is majoring in film.

On the topic of discrimination, Mora-Delgado said she hasn’t personally experienced much of it at UCA

and, when she has, she tries to ignore it. She does wish UCA hired more diverse professors.

“Having people [at UCA] with different backgrounds, with different perspectives, with different points of view would be beneficial to everyone,” Mora-Delgado said. “[It] would allow other people and students to see that every culture has something that is so beautiful in it. Every culture has something special and beautiful in it.”

Mora-Delgado is a member of the Feminist Union and the National Student Leadership Society on campus. She currently lives and works as a Resident Assistant in Short Denney Hall. Regarding her future, Mora-Delgado said she would love to get a masters degree in gender studies.

She said, “UCA is a place where you can find thousands of opportunities. I feel like if you want to do something, you can achieve it [here].”

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Upcoming Games Beach Volleyball

10 a.m., April 18 at University of New Orleans Baseball 6 p.m., April 18 vs.

Sam Houston State Tennis 12 p.m., April 19 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Softball 4 p.m., April 19 at Southeastern Louisiana

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Redshirt junior shortstop Christian Brasher throws a McNeese State Cowboy out at first to finish the top of the third during the Bears series-clenching victory at Bear Stadium on April 6. The Bears won the series 2-1, splitting a doubleheader the previous day and defeating the Cowboys 5-1 in their final game.

Baseball continues series win streak against Tennessee Tech

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Dirk Nowitzki and Dwayne Wade pose as they swap jerseys, there’s a total of 35 years of combined NBA experience between the two veterans

Wade, Nowitzki retire as two of NBA’s best of all time

by Daniel Adams Assistant Sports Editor

This past week, two of the all-time greatest NBA players finished their careers.

Guard Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and power forward Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks played their final regular season games of their careers, solidifying spots for themselves to surely be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

For Nowitzki, he ends a 20-year career that saw him stay with the Mavericks for every last second.

In an industry where players will come and go, it’s amazing that Dirk never lost hope in his team.

After all, he won a championship with them in 2011, so perhaps sticking to his loyalty paid off after all.

Nowitzki, originally from Germany, became a rising star after he was originally labeled as someone who wouldn’t have the skills to make it.

Nowitzki finishes his career as the sixth all-time leading NBA scorer, along with one NBA MVP award to his name and the all-time leader in the majority of the Mavericks offensive statistics.

For Wade, he is walking away from basketball as a three-time NBA champion after spending the majority of his career with the Miami Heat, with brief one-year excursions with the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.

While he did win two titles with LeBron James and Chris Bosh as part of the “big three,” Wade still put in one of the best performances of all time in the NBA Finals in 2006.

His player efficiency rating was the highest ever recorded since the NBA and American Basketball Association merged together.

Both of these men were part of a group of players that made up a fantastic all-star class from the ‘90s and early 2000s. With names like Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan all retired; this is a sign that the NBA is truly moving into a new era of players taking the mantle as the league’s best.

I wish these two men the best in retirement, no matter what that may entail.

The UCA Bears baseball team (17-19, 8-7 SLC) kept its series win streak alive with a victory against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (14-19, 3-12 OVC), winning game two of a doubleheader April 12 in extra innings and riding a seven-run ninth inning to victory in Saturday’s final game in Cookeville.

The first game of the doubleheader was less than auspicious. After maintaining the lead for seven innings of play, sophomore first baseman Jason Hinchman of the Golden Eagles finally defeated the Bears with a walk-off homer.

“After having the lead the whole game, and then to get walked off in the bottom of the ninth is tough to bounce back from,” UCA sophomore pitcher Gavin Stone said.

“It took us a couple innings in the second game to calm ourselves down from that. We got down 5-0 early, but Coach Gum just said to keep chipping away and you never know what could happen.”What happened was a late rally for the Bears that began with RBIs from junior outfielder Josh Ragan, junior catcher Beau Orlando and junior outfielder Alonso Bibiano in the sixth, putting the score at 5-3.

The Bears drew even in the eighth inning with 4 runs from

RBIs from junior outfielder Joshmar Doran, junior infielder Cole Fiori and junior catcher Nathaniel Sagdahl.

After a scoreless ninth, the game entered one extra inning.

Stone entered the game in the eighth and kept the Golden Eagles from scoring for the final three innings of the game.

“I just knew I had to stay calm and trust my pitches. My slider was working really well,” Stone said. Head coach Allen Gum said Stone’s pitching was key to finishing the game.

“What we needed was somebody that can make them swing and miss, and that’s what Gavin can do — he can make you swing and miss. He was the right guy at the right

time,” Gum said.

The Bears earned the winning run on Doran’s RBI single up the middle, allowing Bibiano to score. Doran batted at .750 for game two of the doubleheader with two RBIs and soon crossed the plate off of Sagdahl’s fly out RBI, making the final score 9-7.

The final game of the series was another tooth-and-nail fight up until an explosion of offense from UCA in the top of the ninth.

This pushed them to a seven-run lead, which the Golden Eagles answered with only one run for the last inning of play, ending the game at 11-5 and awarding the Bears the series win.

Junior designated hitter Marco Navarro and senior infielder Tyler Smith had big showings at the plate for the second game, with Navarro earning three hits in five at-bats with two RBIs, both from a homer in the ninth, and Smith earning two hits off five at-bats with four RBIs, including a 2-run homer in the third.

The Bears will return to conference play April 18 against Sam Houston State, the number one ranked team in the conference.

“They’re very talented, a very fast team, with strong pitching. It’ll be a challenge, no question,” Gum said. “We’ve just got to play clean ball.”

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Bears shut out in 2 games, Beach volleyball stands tall on senior day suffer sweep by McNeese by Sarah Coleman Staff Writer

by Sarah Coleman Staff Writer

UCA softball (21-23, 7-11 SLC) suffered a 3-0 sweep by the McNeese State Cowgirls (23-22, 14-4 SLC) April 12 and 13 at Joe Miller field.

The Bears had a slow start in the first game of a doubleheader April 12 — this slow start bled into the second game and into an even slower start in the final game April 13.

In the first game, the Bears failed to score at all, while the Cowgirls scored 3 times leaving the end score at 3-0, knocking the Bears to a .500 record. Coming into the games, McNeese and UCA were nearly even in both wins and losses. UCA (21-20) and McNeese (20-22).

The Cowgirls came off strong and, within the first inning, scored twice while UCA failed to catch up.

McNeese State did not score again until the fourth inning while holding UCA scoreless.

In the second game of the night, McNeese scored first in the second inning while UCA didn’t score until the fifth.

The Cowgirls went on to score once in the fourth and twice in the fifth, leaving the score at 4-1. On April 13, McNeese State finished with 10 points while UCA’s offensive

struggles continued as they couldn’t score a run.

UCA’s losses outweigh its wins with a record of 21-23. Junior first baseman Kaylyn Shepard is leading the Bears in putouts with seven, senior third baseman Morgan Phelps is leading in assists with three and junior catcher Cylla Hill is leading in stolen bases with three.

Sophomore pitcher Rio Sanchez pitched 3.1 innings at 50/28 while senior Ellie Reaves pitched and freshman Jordan Johnson pitched the final 0.2 innings. McNeese State pitcher, sophomore Caroline Settle, pitched 5.0 innings at 70/46.

“McNeese is a really aggressive and fast-paced team. We made a few mistakes that they made us pay for,” freshman outfielder Madi Savell said. Savell said the pitchers did their job, but atbat the team really struggled.

“It was definitely a learning experience and gave us some things to practice this week that we can use to be successful in our series against Southeastern Louisiana,” Savell said.

The Bears will continue their season April 19 and 20 in Hammond, Louisiana, against the Southeastern Louisiana University Lions.

Despite dropping their game April 12 against Houston Baptist, the UCA Bears stood tall the following day in a victory over Ottawa University for senior day.

The UCA Beach Bears previously competed against the Huskies at the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Challenge where they were also defeated 3-2.

UCA managed one victory with freshmen Kayla Cook and Hailey Weber, who defeated the No. 6 Houston Baptist University team 21-16 and 15-9.

Junior Mackenzie Dear and sophomore Aly Brinkley struggled most against HBU with a 21-11, 21-19 loss on Friday. Houston Baptist ended the day with a 5-0 win over UCA. Despite tough losses on Friday night, senior Haley Tippett entered the Saturday morning game against Ottawa with confidence.

“I love playing beach volleyball; we get to be outside in the sun every day, and being in pairs we really get to find our rhythm,” Tippett said.

Tippett is part of the number one pairing of the beach volleyball program at UCA with her partner, sophomore Colene Hamilton.

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Junior Kelly Douglas reacts to a serve during the UCA Beach Tournament on April 12. UCA lost to the Houston Baptist Huskies 5-0 on the first day of the tournament, and won 5-0 against the Ottawa University Braves Saturday.

Hamilton and Tippett won over Ottawa with a two set victory, 21-13 and 24-22.

This victory was Tippett’s 39th victory, which is the most victories a single player has ever gotten in the UCA beach volleyball program.

Dear and Brinkley’s luck improved on Saturday morning with a win against Ottawa.

They defeated Ottawa’s No. 2 pairing in a two-set win at 21-10, 21-13.

In a quote to UCA’s assistant sports information director Justin Jefferies, head coach Jenni Jones-Chatman discussed the wins.

“I was pleased to see the team bounce back and get the sweep of Ottawa today,”

Jones-Chatman said.

Seniors Tippett, Jessica Martinez, Kellen Dunn and Elleson Dunagin celebrated their senior season with a senior day Saturday morning.

“Whether being in the program three years or one, each one of our seniors has made a major impact on our program; their drive, passions and personalities have made our time with them fun and exciting,” Jones-Chatman said.

The Bears will close out their season at the Southland Showcase in New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 18 and 19 taking on New Orleans University, Texas A&M CC, Abilene Christian, Houston Baptist and Nicholls State.

Men’s, women’s track excel in UCA Open despite rough weather

by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

The UCA men’s and women’s track teams dominated a spring-opening meet at home that was blessed with ideal weather April 12 and cursed with rain that shortened the meet the next day.

The women’s team earned eight gold medals while the men’s team added six gold medals.

Both teams earned at least 60 more points than their second-place competitors.

The women’s team totaled 152 points and the men finished with 134.

Freshman Luke Anthony said the home environment helped give UCA an edge.

“I love home meets

because it’s a different type of atmosphere and energy,” Anthony said. “When you travel, you are unfamiliar with the track and where everything is. When you compete at home, it’s almost just like practice, but with a lot more energy and adrenaline.”

The men initiated UCA’s success, as freshman Timon Dresselhaus earned a gold in the long jump with a final mark of 6.56 meters. Freshman Thomas Cain won the men’s 5,000-meter run, earning 10 more points for UCA on the opening day of the meet.

UCA’s freshmen women dominated long distance events as freshman Casey Gore won the women’s 10,000-meter run with a time of 39 minutes 33.63 seconds, followed by

three fellow freshman Bears: Kennedy Timmerman, Sarah Meek and Rachel Barnhardt.

Freshman Gracie Hyde won the women’s 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:47.

To the misfortune of second-day competitors, rainy weather plagued all other events.

Freshman Camden Shaw placed sixth in the men’s 5,000-meter run and said the weather was perfect during his event on the first day. He said this wasn’t the case for other runners.

“For those who raced Saturday, the weather was definitely a factor,” Shaw said.

“The rain made for tougher conditions and made it a lot harder to hit the times [each competitor] wanted.”

In second-day field events, senior Hannah Noble finished first in the women’s high jump with a 1.57-meter mark.

Sophomore Grant Southerland won the men’s javelin throw with a mark of 43.73 meters, followed closely by teammate Anthony.

Sophomore Logan Hall placed first in the men’s high jump and sophomore Teshuna Sheppard took the women’s triple jump.

UCA continued its long-distance dominance with wins in both the men’s and women’s 1,500-meter runs.

UCA’s women’s team won three of four individual sprinting competitions and the men’s team dominated the 800-meter run with the top five finishes, led by junior Ryan

Yarde.

This meet helped build UCA’s confidence for future events, but Anthony said there is still room for improvement.

“I was pleased with my performance this weekend, but not satisfied,” Anthony said. “I still haven’t figured out some of the events, but I’m working every day to be better than I was yesterday.”

With the University of Arkansas-Little Rock competing, UCA gained 4 more points toward its total in the Governor’s I-40 Showdown.

UCA now leads the contest 26.5 to 3.5.

After competing at the University of Kansas April 18-20, UCA will be set for the conference indoor championships May 3-5.

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Social media outrage: A growing problem

The Echo Staff

Social media has become a fiery pit of Instagram post. arguments and criticisms. People must be People’s comments on social media can cautious about what they post and how they ruin lives. Accusing someone of child abuse is a comment more than ever before. What may serious statement. Not to mention the couple’s seem like a harmless post or comment can have video wasn’t an important event. widespread repercussions that linger with you This hysteria about the Bryants didn’t just for life. pop up in the comments section of the couple’s Lately, it’s hard for people to have a social video; news organizations like Fox News and media presence and put their lives on display CBS picked up the story. to the public without getting backlash sooner Many important topics such as climate or later. change, poverty, health care and the economy People have become so invested in other should be debated. Yet, there are news stations people’s lives that they have an opinion on picking up a story about accusations of a couple of abusing their child by playing an April Fools’ everything they post — and these opinions Day prank. Where are their priorities? are mostly negative, unsupportive and This isn’t the only situation like this on harmful.

On April 1, YouTubers Cole and the internet. There are some stories a lot more gruesome and even less called for.

Savannah Bryant posted a video on In 2014, the Playboy Playmate social media. The parents told their Dani Mathers posted a nude photo of 6-year-old daughter Everleigh they a woman changing in the women’s were selling the family dog as an locker room at the gym on her April Fools’ Day joke. At first, she was Snapchat with the caption, “If I crying and upset, but by the can’t unsee this, then you can’t end of the video, Everleigh pranked Cole for the joke either.” he played on her.

Because of this social media Soon after the proclamation, Mathers was parents posted the put on probation at her job

by Macy Davis video, the post’s and lost respect from most Staff Writer comments blew up. of her social media followers, People were furious: according to therichest.com.

They claimed the She hasn’t really been seen video demonstrated child abuse and the on social media since the incident. parents should be arrested. Other people sent It’s critical to keep up with what you post the couple death threats. It was intense and and what people will think of your posts. On completely uncalled for. the other hand, you need to consider how your Like many other parents and friends on comment will affect the person who posted.

April Fools’ Day, they played a prank on their Personal social media management is a kid. They didn’t get rid of the dog, they didn’t tricky business; everyone needs to be very physically or emotionally abuse the child and careful with how they want to be seen and the the child wasn’t even upset about it in the end. effects they want to have on people’s lives.

Should they have played this prank on their Be aware of your social media presence daughter? That can be up for debate. But should whether you are the poster or the commenter. people call them child abusers? No. Don’t take offense to things that don’t matter.

People surf the internet seeking things to Ask yourself before your next comment if get upset about. Social media was meant to what you’re about to say is even worth it. Is it spread information, opinions and goals. something you would say in real life? Is what/ Now it has become a collection of heated who you are following on social media worth debates over irrelevant topics such as whether your time? If not, it may be time to rethink your plastic surgery is necessary in the comments section of Kim Kardashian’s most recent priorities on social media.

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Cancel culture has evolved over the past received backlash from celebrities on the music few years, mostly due to social media and the scene like T.I. and R&B singer Tank. Some Kodak fragile feelings of society. According to the Black-inspired art was even pulled from T.I.’s Dorothy Musafir article “How cancel culture Trap Music Museum in Atlanta. attempted to silence Jamelia and Kanye West,” It’s interesting that Kodak’s comments were cancel culture is defined as “a call to boycott the straw that broke the camel’s back. Neither someone – usually a celebrity – who has shared his rape accusation nor even his cringe-worthy a questionable or unpopular opinion on comments about seducing lesbian rapper Young social media.” Cancel culture is not only MA nor his anti-black comments about darkerbecoming increasingly dramatic, but it skinned women caused the backlash that is also misused. his comments regarding London did.

Cancel culture has been used It’s obvious that male celebrities only appropriately with celebrities like see London as Hussle’s property, and Bill Cosby and R. Kelly when they therefore those comments were more were accused of multiple rape disrespectful than the comments allegations, and Jeffree Star who toward Young MA. called fellow makeup guru and My problem with cancel African-American YouTuber culture is not that celebrities Jackie Aina a “gorilla.” are losing money or In these instances, fans credibility due to their immediately withdrew comments, but the fact that from supporting these celebrities are being falsely public figures.

By canceled. The timeline boycotting Star’s reviews between Kevin Hart’s tweets

by Aysha Dixon on YouTube and refusing and his Oscar hosting to buy his makeup Campus Life Editor position were entirely too products, fans took back their power in the form far apart for him to still of pinching at Star’s be “canceled” to the point pocketbook. that the LGBTQ community harassed him.

I’ve noticed a pattern of digging up old Kodak Black’s comments about Young MA were celebrity tweets and using the former words horrifically worse than what he said about against a rising celebrity. An example of this Lauren London, yet he was canceled by other is Kevin Hart’s 2011 tweet where he wrote, “Yo celebrities – and even threatened by T.I. – for a if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my much smaller issue than what those men should daughters doll house I’m going 2 break it over have really been mad about. his head & say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay.’” He Cardi B’s comments about her past also wrote two other homophobic tweets, one encounters with men, when she drugged and in 2009 and another in 2010. stole money from them, didn’t cause nearly as Although the tweets were not in good much backlash as it should have. So, what is humor, they were 8 years old. Hart somewhat “canceling” a celebrity really based on? apologized and withdrew from hosting the 91st Oscars ceremony. Although Hart apologized My question is: What are we actually mad to the LGBTQ community, he referenced his about? Yes, canceling celebrities is certainly tweets as a part of his past. necessary in certain situations, but were we Recently, however, Kodak Black was mad about Kevin Hart tweeting homophobic “canceled” due to his comments on his comments or were we mad that he was offered Instagram Live about giving Nipsey Hussle’s an Oscar hosting position? Were we made about widow Lauren London “a whole year to be Kodak Black offering his friendship to a grieving crying and sh**” and that he would gladly step widow or were we mad about his getting too up to “be the best man [he] can be for her.” close to another man’s property?

Since his comments about London, Black has

Recently sign language has become more mainstream –– with shows like The Walking Dead casting deaf actress Lauren Ridloff to play the role of Connie or with mute characters like Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) from the Shape of Water. Like many real-life people who are mute or deaf, both characters rely on sign language to communicate with others –– a task that becomes fruitless if they are the only ones who know it.

This leads to language deprivation among deaf children, especially for the numerous parents out there who do not teach or learn sign language. Even for those kids who have decent parents, they can still go through life deprived of the ability to communicate with most other people ––– this needs to change.

First and foremost, it is important to understand what sign language is. Sign language is a visual language that relies on hand gestures, body language and facial expressions to convey meaning.

Sign languages do not represent spoken languages but are their own language altogether.

As for its origin, scientists have theorized that early man used gestures before spoken language, but there isn’t an easy answer for who created it. According to the Start ASL website, Juan Pablo de Bonet created the first manual alphabet system in 1620. The deaf people living on Martha’s Vineyard created their own sign language because of a common hereditary deafness.

Abbe Charles Michel de L’Epee established the first free public school for the deaf in Paris in 1771 and created a sign language that eventually became the French Sign Language; however these children were already signing at home and brought these signs with them.

Laurent Clerc and Sign language Thomas Hopkins shouldn’t be Gallaudet are credited with learned out of the creation of American Sign convenience Language. Clerc taught French for those who Sign Language. don’t need it to When Gallaudet worked with communicate, Clerc to open the first American but out of school for the deaf, the French compassion Sign Language and the desire combined with signs deaf to help others. children already used at home to create American Sign Language.

Also, there is not a universal sign language. Already mentioned are the American and French sign languages, but according to K-International – an internationalization company that offers translation services – there are between 138-300 different sign languages used throughout the world today. These languages are constantly evolving as well.

Sign language for babies is another form of sign language being taught.

According to the New York Times, baby sign language borrows some terms from American Sign Language, such as “milk,” “more,” “mommy” and “daddy.” This is used as a way for parents to understand what their babies want before they speak.

Sign language is often seen as a useful language to learn for the benefit of being able to “speak” without speaking. It should instead be celebrated for its origin of allowing those who cannot communicate verbally to communicate visually.

While there are scenarios where it would be beneficial to use sign language, such as diving where you can’t speak without the use of a radio, it serves a greater purpose in learning for the benefit of helping others — though either reason the language is learned, the benefit remains.

Sign languages need to be more mainstream in our education systems.

Public schools should offer courses that teach American Sign Language. Colleges should push for more emphasis on those courses –– where offered –– and let them count as a foreign language requirement for students. Sign language shouldn’t be learned out of convenience for those who don’t need it to communicate, but out of compassion and the desire to help others.

Language deprivation shouldn’t be the standard for the hearing impaired, but an uncommon enough rarity such that it’s unknown for most deaf children.

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New This Week Movies

‘Game of Thrones’ sets fans ablaze with reunions, reveals

by Caela Fugate

we also witnessed the Dragonglass forged into weapons against the undead army, Sansa turning cold for the Mother of Dragons, a manhunt lead by Bronn for a previous friend and foreshadowing of a proposed future proposal.

Entertainment Editor

The wait is over.

April 19 — The Curse of La Llorona (R), directed by Michael Chaves, starring Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez April 19 — Breakthrough (PG), directed by Roxann Dawson, starring Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Marcel Ruiz April 19 — Under the Silver Lake (R), directed by David Robert Mitchell, starring Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez

Music April 19 — Social Cues — Cage the Elephant April 19 — Internet Arms — Diane Coffee April 19 — Raw Honey — Drugdealer April 19 — Serfs Up! — Fat White Family April 19 — Invitation — Heather Woods Broderick April 19 — Jade Bird — Jade Bird

The acclaimed HBO TV series “Game of Thrones” resurfaced April 14 from its one year, seven-month and 14-day dormancy for its season eight premiere titled “Winterfell.” Let me tell you, the season premiere brought its viewers numerous plot-driven revelations that exceeded the hype and brought us all back home to the Seven Kingdoms.

Not only was the build-up to this final season intense — Playstation, Dish, Reddit, Buffalo Wild Wings and numerous other companies joined with HBO to advertise the showing through banners of popular sigils and limited-time food deals — but the episode also answered numerous burning questions each GoT fan was left with after the previous season finale — which ended with the infamous Night King smashing The Wall to bits with his newly attained ice dragon, previously known as Viserion.

After rewatching the seventh season, the number of unanswered questions was truly overwhelming, to say the least. How would John come to know his true lineage? Would Daenerys give up her claim to the throne?

Where was Yara? Will Jon be destined to ride the same dragon named after his true father? What will they do now that the Night King has Viserion in his pocket?

“Game of Thrones” fans

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[Left] Jon Snow stands alongside his most recent flame, Daenerys Targaryen as they arrive to a snowy Winterfell in the newest season of “Game of Thrones.” The final season premiere of “Game of Thrones” released April 14.

and die-hard supports will all rejoice to hear that most of these pending questions were answered 10 fold.

As if I wasn’t already pumped with enough sizzling excitement for the return of GoT — mostly from the record-breaking 81 million view trailer — if the viewers watched it live, HBO aired a nostalgia-induced countdown beginning 10 minutes prior to the premiere.

As each minute ticked by, I could feel my heart pumping, knowing they were about to reveal one of the most long-awaited TV series premieres to date. And I was right, the season eight premiere of GoT shattered series records with 17.4 million viewers April 14.

To put this in perspective, the previous seventh season of GoT racked in 10.1 million views, thus making the GoT season eight premiere the biggest

telecast in HBO’s history and the most-watched scripted entertainment program of the year — surpassing the previous record holder, “The Big Bang Theory” with 14.1 million views.

Hidden truths of broken families were revealed in more ways than one with such heartbreaking detail I could barely contain my emotions. To be fair, I was already pretty emotional when the countdown began.

There were also too many reunions to count which brought my heart unlimited joy. Of course, GoT fans suspected the season would be filled with reunions from previous characters who hadn’t seen one another since season two or earlier — and they were right. Between The Hound (Rory McCann) and Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) and Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), and Samwell

THROW BACK

April 19 — Blood — Kelsey Lu April 19 — Cuz I Love You — Lizzo April 19 — Not Waving, But Drowning — Loyle Carner April 19 — Akron, Ohio — Sad Planets April 19 — Life Metal — Sunn O))) April 19 — The Last Word —The O’Jays

Netflix April 19 — A Fortunate Man, directed by Bille August, starring Esben Smed, Katrine Rosenthal, Benjamin Kitter April 19 — Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, starring Brené Brown April 19 — Cuckoo: Season 5, created by Robin French, Kieron Quirke, starring Greg Davies, Taylor Lautner, Andie MacDowell April 19 — Music Teacher, directed by Sarthak Dasgupta, starring Manav Kaul, Amrita Bagchi, Divya Dutta

April 19 — Samantha!: Season 2, created by Felipe Braga, starring Emanuelle Araújo, Douglas Silva, Sabrina Nonata

Top five reasons you won’t read this list List compiled by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

Tarly (John Bradley) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington), the episode practically brought everyone together for a much-needed regrouping.

However, the title for most emotional homecoming definitely goes to Jon and Arya. The two haven’t seen or spoken to one another since eight years prior when Jon gave Arya her trusty sword, Needle. The two have always shared a bond unique from the other siblings. I wasn’t the only one sucking back tears when the two ran to each other for a heartfelt embrace.

However, Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Bran Stark’s (Isaac Hempstead Wright) reunion was quite awkward — considering the last time Jamie saw Bran was when he pushed Bran out of a window, paralyzing him, for witnessing Jamie bang his sister. Yes, quite awkward.

Besides these revelations,

Though the plot of “Game of Thrones” has always held a special place in my heart — George R.R. Martin, the author of the “Game of Thrones” book series, has been called the king of fantasy a time or two for a reason — the fantastic music paired with seamless CGI and stunning cinematography left me in awe of this season premiere.

Though the time spent away from our beloved characters was painful to say the least, it was — without a doubt — well worth the wait.

This premiere was just a mere taste of the intense farewell to come, but I’m already addicted.

After ambiguity was put to rest, the Night King left a shrieking message for the not-so-king-of-the-north and the Mother of Dragons. He’s crossed the wall and headed straight for the duo and their armies. With Viserion under his control, I’m uncertain what future lies ahead for any of our characters. But I am certain that I will be tuning in every Sunday at 8 p.m. on the dot for the final five episodes.

All seven seasons of “Game of Thrones” and the first episode of season eight are available to stream on HBO Now. The show is rated TV-MA.

MURDER

Jonas Brothers’ new single ‘The Act’ reveals Gypsy Rose’s true story ‘Cool’ releases lukewarm by Lauren McCabe

by Rose McGarrity

Jonas Brothers likely knew “Sucker” was a better song, which might be why the band released it first.

News Editor

The song “Cool” isn’t a bad song, but I don’t think it’s as cool as “Sucker.” The

The song “Cool” can be found on Spotify and Apple music.

On the night of June 14, 2015, secrets seeped outside the white door of a pink house just outside Springfield, Missouri.

A seemingly devoted mother lay in the back room stabbed to death in her sleep. Her so-called terminally ill daughter was nowhere to be found.

Now in the year 2019, Hulu has released an original series “The Act” which follows the previously untold — until 2015, that is — true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard (Joey King), and how she was involved in the gruesome murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard (Patricia Arquette).

Before I began the series — which released its fifth episode April 10 — I was already deeply invested in the case. Gypsy, along with her then boyfriend Nick Godejohn (Calum Worthy), were charged with the murder of Dee Dee. However, what became public soon enough is that Gypsy was a victim of Dee Dee’s undiagnosed Munchausen syndrome by proxy –– a condition where one, often a caregiver, makes another, often a child, severely ill, often through overmedicating, in an attempt to draw attention or sympathy.

The series itself is dramatized, yet includes very real facts about the case and Gypsy’s own accounts of the years of abuse she faced at the hands of her mother.

Within the first 30 minutes of episode one — titled “La Maison du Bon Reve” — the show sets up a timeline of events, ranging from 2009 — the year the Blanchards moved to Missouri — to the night in 2015 when Dee Dee was killed. The performances of its two leads, King and

1. You’re a freshman and there is no free food By this point of the year, you’re not even really a freshman. You’ve got your schedule locked down for when to sneak in a nap before your loud roommate gets back to the dorm, when to pretend you’re studying to avoid certain people and what events to attend to get the free food. Unfortunately for you, there are no refreshments or hors d’oeuvre attached to this issue of The Echo. At this stage of college, free pizza means “I’ll be there in five minutes,” while no food provided means, “Eh, maybe another time.”

2. You’re a sophomore and found an RSO for yourself As a freshman at UCA, you may know two other students who happen to have classes across campus from you. If you commute, forget about really getting to know people that first year. Friends come as scarcely as your gas money.

But sophomore year is when you can really get to know people. You experimented with different clubs and organizations freshman year, and you’ve found the group you’re meant for. Now you’re off collecting aluminum cans to save beluga whales. Nice.

Making a difference and making friends should come first before this list. Carry on.

3. You’re a Junior and Don’t Know How You’ll Survive You have six days, 11 hours and 39 minutes left to write that big essay worth 35% of your grade, and 13 other projects to finish before finals start. Oh yeah, you have to squeeze in some time to study too. Parents are asking when you’ll come visit, and your organizations are asking for your help. If there is one thing you don’t have time for, it’s this silly list. I get it. A friend of mine taught me to keep everything where it’s at.

Don’t bring school’s worries to work, or the stress of work to school, etcetera. You’ll make it through, and when you do, you’ll be stronger for it.

Staff Writer

“Cool” — which released April 5 — is similar to Jonas Brothers’ older music but it doesn’t compare to the band’s previous music. “Cool” is the second song the band released since its comeback earlier this year. I didn’t expect the band’s reunion but I’m glad they decided to reunite. The child inside me is ecstatic.

The first song since the comeback was “Sucker.”

While this song is focused on love, the band’s new song, “Cool,” is focused on self-confidence.

However, “Cool” does include references to the brothers’ individual loved ones.

“Sittin’ that way like it’s Game of Thrones,” Joe Jonas sings, which references his fiance, Sophie Turner, who plays a pivotal role in the television show Game of Thrones as Sansa Stark.

“Cool” doesn’t sound vastly different from the band’s earlier songs. The brothers’ voices sound about the same now as they did before, and the band still has an upbeat vibe; however, “Cool” isn’t as catchy as the band’s older songs — “Burning up” and “Year 3000.”

These two songs are part of my childhood, so they make me nostalgic. “Cool” doesn’t compare to either one of these beloved songs, but it might still get stuck in your head.

“Cool” will be played on the radio for the sole reason that it’s a Jonas Brothers song, but I don’t think it will become a hit. Its newness will wear off soon, and it likely won’t be played on the radio for an extended period of time; however, it does have good attributes — such as its upbeat nature — and it makes me think of summertime.

The band’s music video for “Cool” also fits its summer vibe. In the music video, the brothers dance around on a beach. The music video can be viewed on YouTube.

The lyrics in the song aren’t profound. The only thing truly going for them is that they rhyme.

“Lately I’ve been feelin’ so cool/Top to the bottom just cool/Every little thing that I do/” If you haven’t heard “Cool” yet, I don’t think you’re really missing out. However, if you haven’t heard the Jonas Brothers’ older songs, then you are missing out.

I’m glad the Jonas Brothers decided to make a comeback because it reminded me of how good the band’s old music is. As a result of the comeback, I’ve been listening to a lot of their old music again. I’m hopeful the next few songs the Jonas Brothers release will have good melodies like their older music did.

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[Left] A real image of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother “Dee Dee” Blanchard in comparision to the casting of Hulu’s show “The Act.” The first season of “The Act” released March 20 and the most recent episode released April 10.

Arquette, are extremely convincing, realistic and heart-wrenching in their portrayals of two people who are co-dependent to the point of causing physical and emotional harm.

Just as everybody else who has reviewed ‘The Act’ thus far, I am going to jump on the bandwagon and highly praise Arquette for her perfect portrayal of the character Dee Dee –– even though the real woman never lived to tell her side of the story. Arquette’s acting ability captures both the nurturing and dangerous sides of Dee Dee; each leaves you terrified for Gypsy’s health while also feeling a little sympathetic when it seems Dee Dee’s neighbors — played by Chloë Sevigny and AnnaSophia Robb — are out to expose her and her monstrous treatment of Gypsy.

King is also someone to brag about, as trying to capture a confused and utterly deceived Gypsy is massively difficult. With her shaved head –– that King took on especially for the role, showing true dedication –– and her eyes magnified

by Gypsy’s iconic large rim glasses, King not only looks the part but definitely takes it in for all it’s worth.

With her ability to speak in Gypsy’s famously

high-pitched voice and displaying her childlike innocence, King truly highlights the perception that Dee Dee instigated in claiming that Gypsy was younger than she really was.

Within the past five episodes that have already premiered, this show has a delightful, yet chilling, mix of melodrama and a grisly, toxic mother-daughter relationship.

I will admit, at times, I was afraid that a certain scene or episode would go over-the-top and become too cheesy for a murder story, but I was always pleasantly brought back down to earth by the directors and videography taking visual risks, especially with those cutscenes back and forth between what was going on before and after the murder occurred.

Flashbacks are a big part of this show, so anyone who truly enjoy recaps and time-period changes, then this show might just interest you.

I highly recommend this series and the performances that come with it. Perhaps King and Arquette will convince you to look into your own hidden family relationships.

“The Act” is now streaming exclusively on Hulu and is rated TV-MA.

4. You’re a senior and this is the last thing on your mind We all have this last semester that leaves little time for anything, let alone reading this list. Heck, I’m writing this list and this is still the last thing on my mind.

You have 17 days until you graduate college and enter the world of official adulthood.

Between applications, job opportunities, moving arrangements and figuring out the shoes you’ll wear under your graduation gown, you’ve got more important things to worry about than a list.

As Ariana Grande would say, thank u, next.

5. You may just not know about The Echo One thing I’ve enjoyed as a student journalist has been learning about different events, opportunities and RSOs available for me on campus, such as the WOW closet and random scholarships. It’s taught me to look past my daily routine and have an eye for future opportunity. The Echo may be just another jumble of paper you pass as you walk through academic buildings, and that’s fine. But it could be another opportunity. Life moves fast, so it’s tempting to always move faster. Sometimes, however, life rewards those who slow down.

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SPORTS

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UCA STATS CORNER

SPORT

OPPONENT

RESULT

RECORD (17-19, 8-7)

Tennessee Tech

11-5 (W)

Ouachita Baptist

1-0 (W)

(3-1-0)

Softball

McNeese State

10-0 (L)

(21-23, 7-11)

Tennis

Abilene Christian

6-1 (W)

(16-7, 8-2)

Beach Volleyball

Ottawa University

5-0 (W)

(5-7)

Baseball

Women’s Soccer

photo by Lauren McLemore

Freshman track and field athlete Luke Anthony stands in front of Bernard Hall after track and field practice April 11. Luke has participated in track as a decathlete this year, contributing to UCA’s success in both indoor and outdoor season.

Freshman spreads his wings at UCA

by Sarah Coleman Staff Writer

Freshman Luke Anthony attended UCA on a track and field scholarship in 2018.

Anthony is from Atlanta, Texas, where he spent seven years of his childhood on the track, and sometimes on the field.

Anthony is a decathlete at UCA, meaning he participates in 10 events every meet.

Anthony participates in the 100-yard dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter, 110-hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500-meter.

Coming into UCA, Anthony struggled with seven of these events, considering he only participated in three of the 10 in high school.

Anthony’s favorite events are still 400-meter, high jump and javelin, but he said he’s learned a lot from the other events he has participated in, such as pole vault.

“Coming in, I only knew how to do three out of the 10, but through this I’ve learned a lot about patience and

discipline,” Anthony said.

His favorite part about being a decathlete is he gets to work on a variety of events every day. Originally, Anthony started in track to stay in shape for the other sports he was involved in. Through this, Anthony found his true passion in track, which he says was totally unexpected.

“I was mostly just focusing on staying in shape for other sports,” Anthony said.

Anthony explained that sports are a lot more about beating yourself than winning every event in every meet. If you can learn to improve what you can control, everything gets easier.

He said you can get better by just practicing being better than you were yesterday, because even a small amount of improvement is progress.

“A lot of people get caught up in what everyone else is doing. You are your biggest enemy; just focus on being better and you will get better,” Anthony said.

Throughout the season, Anthony has improved

mostly in outdoor events.

One of Anthony’s greatest accomplishments for this track season was winning in javelin.

Anthony said the biggest adjustment from high school to college in track was going from winning events often to just focusing on getting better.

Another big adjustment for Anthony was actually having to study instead of spending all his free time practicing for events. Anthony’s main goal in college is to do well and to graduate, however, his next goal centers around improving skills in track.

Anthony is a marketing major but sees himself coaching in the future.

“Being involved in sports has taught me so much. Mostly it’s taught me how to overcome obstacles,” Anthony said.

Obstacles are inevitable in life, and Anthony said resilience plays a huge part in being successful. Anthony said he has really enjoyed his freshman year as a decathlete and hopes to continue improving on his events in future years at UCA.