Issue 4, Volume 114, Publication Date--September 18, 2019

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I N T E R N AT I O N A L Iran accused of drone strikes, denies claims Iran rejected U.S. Secretary of State Mark Pompeo’s accusation that it was responsible for drone attacks that devastated two major Saudi Arabian oil installations Saturday.

The attack resulted in the suspension of the production of 5.7 million barrels of crude, which represents 6 percent of global oil supply. It is unclear when production will continue.

In Washington D.C., the Department of Energy said the U.S. is prepared to tap emergency oil reserves if necessary to address disruptions in supply.

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Law requires national motto to be displayed inside UCA classrooms

by Lauren Mclemore Associate Editor

Framed copies of the U.S. national motto, “In God We Trust” are required by Arkansas Act 604, as of March, to be hung in each classroom at UCA, along with every other public educational institution in the state.

According to the law, the motto must be “easily readable on a poster or framed copy of at least eleven inches (11’) by fourteen inches (14’)” and be displayed with the U.S. and Arkansas flags.

These added details were included as a means of clarification of a previous law, Arkansas Act 911 from 2017.

No university money will go toward the purchasing of these materials. According to the

law, the copies will be donated or purchased with voluntary contributions to “local school boards, local building governing entity, or the Building Authority Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.”

“It’s all voluntary, people who just want to see our motto - kinda like our state flag - displayed in our public buildings, they donate the materials,” Representative Jim Dotson said. Dotson was the lead sponsor of the bill and Senator Bob Ballinger was the cosponsor.

UCA received the signs a few weeks ago. UCA president Houston Davis said that UCA is the first university to receive the signs, but not the first college.

The university is currently in the process of conducting an inventory of all classrooms to find

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out where any legally required signage needs to be installed.

Each of the 217 classrooms at UCA are required to have a building emergency plan and the national motto sign and some classrooms are required to have an occupancy sign. “[Hanging signs] will begin in the coming days,” Davis said.

Dotson suggests that individuals who are interested in helping to contribute the signs to their local institutions should reach out to local non-profits, churches, or other community organizations to partner with.

Dotson said that the approximate cost of one printed copy and frame is about $2.

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N AT I O N A L Eddie Money, 70, dies from stage 4 cancer

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American rock singer and songwriter Eddie Money died Friday morning in Los Angeles due to health complications.

The 70-year-old announced his diagnosis of stage 4 esophageal cancer last month. Money is known for his numerous Top 40 hits produced in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Bahamas native junior Chelsea Tynes protects her candle from the wind while at the candlelight vigil. The candlelight vigil took place Sept. 9 in the UCA Amphitheater

Students light candles for Bahamian students

by Lola Simmons Staff Writer

Minnesota man charged with arson

119-year-old Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth was photo by Rose McGarrity destroyed in a fire Monday morning. Minnesota police Attendees take pictures as university officials break ground for the second phase of Greek Village. The cermony took place arrested suspect Matthew on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m.

James Amiot, 36, with a first-degree arson charge.

Amiot is set to appear before St. Louis County court Monday.

by Rose McGarrity UCA’s Director of Annual Giving predecessor, Tom Courtway, Staff Writer “She was able to make [phase stressed the urgency for finishing II] a reality,” Williams said. the project, so Davis initially S TAT E UCA’s Greek Village Phase After Williams spoke, two assumed the project was only a II groundbreaking took place at representatives from fraternity couple of years old.

Unsafe wooden 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, life at UCA--Senior and However, after taking office, Interfraternity Council President Davis discovered how long the bridge to be replaced near the sites of construction.

During phase II, a house Colton Rowe and Kappa Alpha Greek Village project had been in for the National Pan-Hellenic Psi Fraternity, Inc. President and the works.

A nearly 100-year-old Council (NPHC) fraternities Junior Jarrett Counts--spoke at “I [found] a file that.. wooden bridge off of West to share will be built, and the event. chronicle[d] the 17 or 18 years 14th Street in North Little three Interfraternity Council “Since 1915, greek worth of conversations that have Rock is set to be replaced fraternities will receive houses. organizations at UCA have been led to this day,” Davis said. after a two year closure At the end of the event, Board The groundbreaking an integral part of campus life. following it being deemed ceremony took place in front of Trustee members, Davis, Generations of work, leadership, unsafe for both vehicle and of the NPHC sorority house on Williams, and other distinguished and dedication have laid the pedestrian traffic. campus, which is in between the people attended this event. Many groundwork that we are seeing An Arkansas Department construction sites. students and members of the today,” Rowe said. of Transportation grant will The ceremony consisted of community attended the event. allow the new bridge to be for Rowe said Greek Village several speeches from staff and The groundbreaking is the pedestrian traffic only. It is student leaders on campus. One Phase II seemed like a dream start of contstruction on the expected to benefit the safety of the first speeches at the event three years ago, and he’s excited new houses in the greek village of children in the community was from UCA’s Vice President to see the completion of the expansion. Members of the who currently must cross of Student Services Ronnie project next Fall.

UCA and Conway community the railroad tracks that lie Williams.

Counts spoke at the event are excited for phase II to be beneath the bridge to access “[Greek Village phase II] is a as a representative of NPHC. completed. the local Boys and Girls Club. fulfillment by this administration Counts said Phase II will cultivate “Today symbolizes the next to allow us to create a learning an environment where “lifelong 100 years of greek life at UCA,” and living community that will relationships, brotherhoods, and Rowe said.

Before the construction allow us to engage in learning in sisterhoods are formed.”

The expansion of greek of Phase II began, Phase II was WHAT’S AHEAD ways never seen before on this village has been in the works for completed--which consisted of campus,” Williams said.

IN OUR NEXT ISSUE five houses for the Panhellenic Williams also recognized many years.

Bass clarinetist comes to UCA UCA President Houston Council sororities and one house the Director of Development on for performance and lecture.

Phase II--Haley Fowler, who is Davis said his immediate for the NPHC sororities.

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Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 storm, hit the Bahamas on Saturday, Aug. 24, and it has devastated many of the Islands, such as Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama.

With many homes destroyed by the flooding and many Bahamians missing, the inhabitants are struggling to find places to live and locate their families.

In order to honor those impacted by the tropical storm, UCA’s Caribbean Student Association held the Hurricane Dorian Candlelight Vigil on Sept. 9. Because of UCA’s multitude of Bahamian students, UCA is working on sending aid to the Bahamas.

Junior Chelsea Tynes moved from the Bahamas to attend UCA in her freshman year, but her family still resides in both New Providence and Grand Bahama.

“People have lost everything, from their houses to their cars, clothes, food, everything,” Tynes said.”This is a time of grieving for those living in the Bahamas, and it is especially difficult for the students attending UCA, who are waiting to hear from their families after the storm.

We are one country, one commonwealth. If one person hurts, we all hurt.”

Senior Antone Evans also has family living in the Bahamas, specifically Grand Bahama — an area greatly affected by Hurricane Dorian. While he has been notified that his family is

okay, he has not been in direct contact with his grandmother.

“Power in some parts of the Island is still down, so a lot of people are still unaccounted for,” Evans said. “Of course you want to be safe, but you also want to be with your family.”

Because of the Bahamians’ tight-knit community, the UCA Bahamian students desire to be with their families during this time. However, school takes precedence as the students are, at the very least, aware of their family’s whereabouts.

Both Tynes and Evans have financial support from their families for school. Tynes is unsure of the affect that this will have on her ability to attend UCA. Because Evans’ family’s house has been destroyed by the flooding, and the expenses will be great to rebuild, he will need a graduate assistantship if he desires to attend graduate school at UCA. Evans will be graduating with a degree in computer science in December and he hopes to stay in the United States for graduate school, as he believes he will have more job opportunities than he would have had the Bahamas.

Hurricane Dorian’s effect on the Bahamian students of UCA has been devastating, not only emotionally, but financially as well. Though these students specifically have not suffered a loss of loved ones themselves, the commonwealth as a whole has experienced great loss of friends, neighbors, and family members. UCA is doing everything in its power to assist these students and their home in the Bahamas.

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Police Beat

The following information is compiled from UCAPD incident reports

by Assistant News Editor Hannah White

Students quarrel Traffic stop reveals over calculator student’s warrant Officer Quincy Tims was dispatched to a fight in the lobby of Conway Hall Sept.

9th. He made contact with students Jackson Landers and Kavarciay Rhone, who were engaged in a verbal altercation concerning the ownership of a TI 84 Plus calculator.

Rhone informed Tims that Landers had accused him of stealing his calculator. Rhone maintained that it was lent to him by another friend. Tims told Rhone he was banned from Conway Hall for being disruptive. The calculator was later returned to Landers after it was identified as his in a photograph provided to Tims.

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On Sept. 3, Officer Kaitlyn Weber was conducting a patrol of Bear Village when she observed the driver of a black Chevy Spark fail to stop for a stop sign. Weber requested the driver, student Kelsie McQueen’s, license, registration and insurance.

Dispatch advised Weber that McQueen had a possible warrant.

After dispatch confirmed that McQueen had a Vilonia warrant out for her arrest for Failure to Appear for speeding, Weber placed McQueen in custody and transported her to Unit 2, per Vilonia Police Department’s request.

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Tony Hawk bag stolen from cart Officer Phillip Boyd was dispatched to the UCA police department lobby for a report stolen property Sept. 11.

Boyd spoke with Thomas Kaufman, who stated that his Tony Hawk- brand backpack was stolen from his university golf cart while he was in the restroom at the softball complex. The backpack’s contents included mostly work items, as well as a Bible and nicotine gum. Kaufman estimated the bag and its contents to be worth $50.

There are no surveillance cameras angled in the vicinity where the theft occurred.

There are no suspects at this time.

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“An overwhelming majority of people are extremely supportive of this and enthusiastic about it,” Dotson said. “It’s more of a matter of getting people aware that they can help get these [signs] up.”

This ultimately means that donated signs can come from a number of different places.

“We don’t know specifically what citizen or citizens provided the money to print the signs [for UCA] or have them produced, nor do we know where the money came from to have them framed,” Davis said.

Dotson said that some donors have partnered with Hobby Lobby, who offered

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“really good prices” on frames.

The American History and Heritage Foundation has also helped provide the materials.

According to their website, through July of 2019, they have “assisted various groups with the production and display of over 18,000 national motto posters in Arkansas public school classrooms and also displays in the states of Alabama and Louisiana.”

Davis said that in the event that one of the new signs is tampered with, it will be treated like any other state property that has been damaged, and will be replaced accordingly. He said that he encourages any student

who feels negatively about the signage to reach out to their senators and representatives and exercise their rights.

“I would hope that our students, our staff, our faculty, our community here at UCA would not see the values and priorities of the university in a sign,” Davis said. “I hope that what they would see are the values and priorities of the university in our daily walks, our daily deeds and the quality of teaching and learning and the relationships that are built here - that’s where someone needs to draw conclusions about UCA’s priorities.”

BUDGETING

New retention records announced in campus talk

by Rose McGarrity Staff Writer

UCA president Houston Davis addressed the campus community during the semester’s first Campus Talk Sept. 12 during X-Period in the Student Center Ballroom.

Many faculty and staff members attended the event.

About one or two Campus Talks happen each semester, and the theme of this Campus Talk was the budget.

“We’re maximizing every dollar we can from the state,” Davis said.

Davis started the talk by discussing freshman-tosophomore retention rates.

“Freshman-to-sophomore retention rates is one of our leading variables…[they] are much lower for the [other] two year schools [in Arkansas],” Davis said.

He said 74 percent of freshmen from the last academic year returned to UCA as sophomores. Davis said this was the highest freshman to sophomore retention rate the

university has seen since 1973.

Universities can’t make money unless they have students, and Davis recognized that the more students UCA has, the more money it can make.

Enrollment can be unpredictable. The presentation slide during the talk read that there is a forecasted decline of high school students in the coming decades.

“An 18 year must be born 18 years ago...you cannot conjure up 18 year olds to appear on a college campus,” Davis said, causing laughter to erupt from the audience.

Davis also said UCA cannot expect significant additional resources from the state. He said “we have to take proactive measures...positioning [UCA] for that very uncertain future is very important.”

Another topic Davis discussed at the talk was a new retirement benefit offer, which, if passed, would be open for 45 days. “[UCA] want[s] it to be an attractive opportunity for some of [its] employees,” read the

powerpoint slide at the talk.

Before the retirement benefits can be approved, the Board of Trustees would have to approve it during its meeting on October 11, and eligible employees will receive communication following board action.

In other business, Davis said “Donaghey Hall Phase II is rapidly becoming a great success story.”

“We were positioning everything on the Donaghey side to offer things the students needed,” Davis said.

The space that was Uncle T’s is now the Donaghey Hall Welcome Center. As photos of the welcome center were shown at the talk, many employees marveled at its looks.

Other changes on campus include the construction of the Integrated Health Sciences building, which will allow UCA to accept more students into the science programs that will be housed in the building.

“It will be the source of a lot of mud over the next coming months,” Davis said.

Banners lined up in the Torreyson Library detail events and notable people in Arkansas’ territorial history. The exhibit, titled ‘Territorial Arkansas: The Wild West Frontier’ is on display until Sept. 28.

Traveling exhibit featuring territorial Arkansas history comes to Torreyson

by Lauren McCabe Editor

Over 100 years of Arkansas history sits within 15 poster panels inside the Torreyson Library as a part of a traveling exhibit, detailing the settlements, politics and homestead life that flourished or perished during the creation of the territory, and now state, of Arkansas.

“Territorial Arkansas: The Wild Western Frontier” is currently on display at the UCA Torreyson Library from Sept. 5 through Sept. 28. The traveling exhibit consists of 15 panels that explore the history of Arkansas Territory through the collections of the Arkansas State Archives and their branch archives, the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives in Powhatan, Arkansas, and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives in Washington, Arkansas.

UCA history professor and coordinator of the exhibit, Dr. Buck Foster, had presented an Arkansas Civil War exhibit for the university a couple of years ago, but was ready to take on another set of panels made to allow students and faculty to learn about events and people who shaped Arkansas’ past.

“My role as coordinator was contacting the archives to reserve

[the] exhibit...there was so much interest that the archives had to create another set of panels,” Foster said. “Dean Covington and the library have been a great help with getting these exhibits on campus.”

Covington, the director of the Torreyson Library, agreed to have UCA sign up with the Arkansas State Archieves to reserve a spot to display the panels. “[The Territorial Arkansas] exhibit is going to be touring the state, and so we signed up for the month of September,” Covington said. “It’s the 200th anniversary of Arkansas territory.”

According to the Arkansas State Archieves, in March of 1819, President James Monroe signed a congressional act that established Arkansas Territory from the southern portion of Missouri Territory. Territorial and county governments were set up, businesses started to open and workers of various trades moved to the territory to help it flourish and grow. Initially, Arkansas Territory included what is now Oklahoma, but through changes in boundary lines and the relocation of Native Americans further west, the territory’s land was reduced to its present size in 1828. After 17 years as a territory, Arkansas was

admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state.

Former Arkansas State Archives director, Dr. Wendy Richter, introduced the banner-style exhibit to the public in March of this year, and is available for reservation at no cost.

“I’m very grateful that I had the opportunity to lead the effort in protecting and preserving Arkansas’s past,” Ritcher wrote in an in an Aug. 22 column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

“The Archives staff and I take very seriously the responsibility to ensure that Arkansas history is not lost.”

As for the presentation being shown at UCA, Covington hopes that whoever stops to read and view the banners gains knowledge of just how Arkansas came to be what it is today.

“There’s a lot of information that I think people just aren’t aware of — back at the beginning of Arkansas’ history,” Covington said. “It’s here to help people better appreciate what libraries do and how libraries make this kind of information.”

The exhibit was produced in part by a grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, funded by the Arkansas Real Estate Transfer Tax and is available to view in the Torreyson Library until Sept. 28.

TRANSITION

Fiegel accepts CCED director position by matt Smothers Campus Life Editor

UCA recently named Shelby Fiegel director of the Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED). As the former managing director and assistant director for CCED, Fiegel will transition to her new position with experience working for the CCED. Fiegel will now be the lead for all training and technical assistance programs through the CCED and the Community Development Institute training program, which has been at UCA for the past 34 years. She will also be the lead on all communication and marketing efforts.

“I was extremely excited to hear I was chosen as the director for the Center for Community and Economic Development.

I have served as project coordinator, assistant director and managing director over the past five years so I feel like I am very prepared for this new role.

I look forward to continuing to support leaders, our partners and other stakeholders in whatever ways possible,” Fiegel said.

She is also looking forward to the new responsibilities that the director of CCED has.

“I look forward to creating new programs and services that will create positive change in Arkansas communities,” Fiegel said. “Our staff is always searching for new ways to streamline our work, innovate and develop partnerships with other organizations to maximize our impact and pool our resources.”

Shaneil Ealy, associate vice president of the Division of Outreach and Community Engagement said she is delighted to work with Fiegel. “[Fiegel] has been a strong advocate for community development and an asset to our team for over five years. Shelby has the knowledge, passion, credentials and respect in her field, and I know she will work hard to ensure that UCA remains a key source for community and economic development training in the state,” Ealy said.

The CCED has a wide range of people they work with including community developers, economic developers, elected officials, city planners, non-profit leaders and board members, chamber officials, faith-based leaders, community leaders, citizen leaders and UCA students.

According to the CCED’s website, its mission is to have a

positive impact on communities by equipping leaders with economic tools and resources, building consensus to achieve community goals and bringing UCA resources and communities together.

Some of the services the CCED provides for communities are a business retention and expansion program, benchmarking tour, community assessment, community survey development, economic and demographic data analysis, first impressions driving tour, community convening, scenario planning simulation and student service projects.

As the director for CCED, Fiegel will also oversee the Community Development Institute (CDI). According to its website, the CDI is the goto resource for community and economic development training.

The CDI has a curriculum for elected officials, city planners, chamber directors, economic development professionals and non-profit leaders, which focuses on real world application and strategies that can immediately be put to use in a community or organizational setting.

To learn more about CCED, go to uca.edu/cced and, to learn more about the CDI, go to uca. edu/cdi, or call 501-450-3460 to reach either department.

Campus Life September 11, 2019

Around Campus:

Spoken Word Artist From 7 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, spoken word artist Shane Romero will perform in the Student Center Ballroom.

Climate Strike

On Friday, Sept. 20, at the Student Center there will be a climate strike with signmaking, button-making, postcard-writing, post-it note brainstorming, voter registration and a line of UCA climate strikers stretching from the Student Center to Wingo Hall.

Memorial

At 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

21, there will be a memorial for Dr. Norb Schedler at the McCastlain Ballroom. He is the founder of the UCA Honors College. The service is open to the entire UCA community.

Movie: John Wick 3

From 7 to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, the Student Activities Board will be showing John Wick 3 in the Student Center Ballroom. There will also be free pizza, popcorn and door prizes.

Singer/Songwriter

From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, singer and songwriter Nelly’s Echo will perform at the Student Center Amphitheater.

Diversity Workshop

From 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, there will be a diversity workshop at Mashburn Hall room 103.

The workshop will feature Angela Webster, the associate vice president for institutional diversity and inclusion at UCA.

Accounting Automation

From 1:40 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, at the College of Business room 206, there will be accountants from Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Little Rock coming to discuss automation and its impact on accountants.

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Makerspace workshop teaches 3D printing basics

by Rose McGarrity Staff Writer

Makerspace hosted a training on Sept. 5, to showcase and explain how to use its resources.

According to the UCA website, “The UCA Makerspace is a place for students and community members to make, design and dream. It is a collaborative, interdisciplinary workspace with tools to prototype concepts, make new things and take ideas to the next level.”

Makerspace opened in 2017 and students have been using it ever since.

“I’ve been to Makerspace probably six or seven times. Most of the time I was going because I had friends who were making things,” senior Joshua EddingerLucero said.

According to Makerspace’s website, “Makerspace is a free, shared space open to people of all ages, from all disciplines.”

Before people can use the equipment at Makerspace without supervision, they must complete one of Makerspace’s training sessions.

At the session last Thursday, led by Jason Huselton, a master maker at Makerspace, about 15 people were in attendance.

Huselton began the session by describing Makerspace’s purpose.

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At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, Jason Huselton, the master maker at Makerspace, gives Makerspace training to several individuals. The trainings are required before people can use the equipment at Makerspace without supervison.

“What we do here is help people build prototypes...we do 3D printing, laser engraving and CNC [computer numerical control] work,” Huselton said.

According to the Makerspace website, “in the workshop, you will meet the

Maker ambassadors, tour the space, learn the rules and regulations of the space and learn how to safely use the equipment.”

During the training, Huselton gave an overview of how to use websites, such as

Cura, Sculpturis and Inkscape, all of which help people design their Makerspace creations.

People can use these websites to create items to print using a 3D printer. Additionally, Huselton said pre-made designs

Award-winning author visits UCA campus

By Olivia Snelson Staff Writer

Award-winning author and professor of black horror and afrofuturism, Tananarive Due, visited the UCA campus Sept. 6, spending a total of two days sharing her expertise with students and staff.

Due is known as a “leading voice in black speculative fiction for more than 20 years”, according to a pamphlet promoting her appearance.

She’s won multiple awards that include an American Book

Award, a British Fantasy Award and an NAACP Image Award.

Due held a lecture in a conference room in Win Thompson Hall, where students aspiring to be prose writers, playwrights, poets and screenwriters filled the room.

Several professors and the dean of the college of liberal arts was also in attendance. Due, with only 50 minutes, managed to provide an abundance of influential information and advice.

Due stressed the importance of the opening line and outlining

a story ahead of time to avoid “writing by the seat of your pants.” She said the outline stage is essential in order to “diagnose issues before you’ve written 200 pages.”

She told the audience that when writing a scene, they should ask themselves, “has every scene earned its real estate in [any] story?” followed by her introduction of the “Oh Crap!” method, which is the introduction of a conflict or challenge in the story. Due made a point of this being not only in the opening scene, but every

scene.

Due kicked off the college of fine arts and communication’s artists-in-residence program as the first artist of the year. She has written several novels and several short stories over the course of her career, as well as some screenplay. She talked about how she had received several calls from producers trying to auction her books and decided that she wanted to be more involved in the process.

Currently, she is about to sell a script written with her husband.

At a reading Due held on

Comedian: Zainab Johnson From 7 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Student Center Ballroom, comedian Zainab Johnson will be performing.

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Nonprofits show ways students can get involved

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Meet the Firms

From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Student Center room 203 and 204 on Wednesday, Sept. 18, UCA will have a sexual health fair. The fair allows students to have access to resources and information that addresses the spectrum of sexual health topics including pregnancy prevention, STI transmission and healthy relationsihps.

campus, she read an excerpt from her book of short stories, “Ghost Summer: Stories.” The story featured video-chatting, something that wasn’t available when the story was written.

She started out as a journalism and creative writing major and spent 10 years at a newspaper before leaving to pursue prose-writing full-time.

In the Q&A that followed, a member of the audience asked

FA L L E V E N T S

From 5 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, the NPHC will host a Go Greek Night at the Student Center. The event is designed as an information session for interested and potential members. The event provides an avenue for potential members to learn about the Greek community and specific chapters, while becoming educated on the membership intake process and requirements of each NPHC Greek letter organization on campus.

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NPHC Go Greek Night

From 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16 at Brewer Hegerman Conference Center, over 20 firms who are interested in hiring UCA accounting students will be at UCA. The requirements for attendance are; junior, senior or MAcc level standing and students must be dressed in professional attire.

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Various objects, such as parts for flutes and phone

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UCA students get sprayed by foam cannons during the foam drop dance party on Friday, Sept. 6. The party was held by the Student Activities Board and is the replacement for the annual paint party.

Foam party starts off SAB activities

by Lola Simmons Staff Writer

The foam drop dance party was held Sept. 10 at the Irby brick pit from 9 p.m. to midnight and featured colorful strobe lights, a DJ booth, glow sticks and lots of foam.

The event was hosted by the Student Activities Board (SAB) as an introductory event for all UCA students to attend.

“SAB’s role on campus is to bring cool, creative, innovative events that bring fun and relaxation to the school community,” senior and SAB Social Media Chair Monika Cunningham said. “We bring

things on campus that are fun for the campus community to be involved in.”

In previous years, the glow party has been the first event on campus hosted by SAB, but this year is the first type of dance party that has featured foam instead. SAB was looking to make the transition from paint to foam in order for the event to be less messy for students and the cleanup crew.

“The foam is more feasible [than] the paint,” Cunningham said.

Students of all classifications showed up to the dance party to get down and dance in the strobe lights while foam rained down on

them.

“I had a great time at the foam party,” freshman Jordyn Lane said. “Since I got soap all over me now I don’t have to go back to Arkansas Hall and use the community showers.”

The DJ played a number of top hits along with some older favorites that were remixed. The DJ booth also came with two large foam cannons, which shot foam into the dancing crowd on time with the beat drop.

SAB is always hosting new events and is always looking for volunteers to create and get involved with these events. Prior to the event, SAB handed out white tank tops featuring the

SAB logo and the foam party event information.

SAB will be putting on more events for students to enjoy and relax throughout the school year.

Some of these include Sunday movie nights where they will be showing everything from “Toy Story 4” to “MIB: International.”

Other upcoming events include spoken word artist Shane Ramero and comedian Zainab Johnson.

To learn more about SAB and to see a calendar of events, visit their website at ucasab.com or sign up for CubConnect at my.uca.edu/tasks/cubconnect.

Booths and students were scattered throughout the Student Center Ballroom from 1-3 p.m. Sept. 3 to learn about what volunteer opportunities UCA and the Conway community has to offer at the annual Volunteer Fair.

UCA’s nonprofit community partners and wcampus volunteer organizations were present with tables set up to convey information to students of all classifications on how to get involved, build their résumé and make a difference through volunteering.

Sierra Fisher, the Community Engagement VISTA for Our House, a nonprofit organization based in Little Rock that serves homeless families in the Central Arkansas area, was excited to talk to students about the many volunteer opportunities available within the organization.

“Obviously, being in Little Rock, we would love to have people come out and volunteer during the summer,” Fisher said. “During the summer, our summer program is going on in our children’s center, so we’re always looking for enthusiastic people to come out and help out the classrooms, come be a tutor, come be a mentor for school age kids — it’s really something exciting that we do in the summer.”

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Philosophy, Religion departments hold meet and greet

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campus.

“We’re hoping to provide an opportunity for the upperclassmen to meet the lowerclassmen and help them form relationships, as well as giving them an opportunity to explore the offices and meet the professors,” Duncan said.

Freshmen were given an outline of their course requirements, while upperclassmen and staff introduced themselves over lemonade and cookies.

There was also a raffle for free books.

Students in the department really enjoy their classes.

“Religion classes are really

The Department of Philosophy and Religion at UCA held a meet and greet Sept. 3 to familiarize incoming students with the department and allow upperclassmen to introduce themselves to new students.

“It’s daunting for freshmen to seek help or figure out where to go we want to let them see that this is a safe place,” said Taine Duncan, chair of the department of philosophy and religion and director of gender studies.

The department is hoping that this opportunity will help freshmen feel more at home on

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my favorite,” senior Elayna Taylor said, “We often ask philosophical questions about religion and how to make it accessable to everyone.”

The philosophy and religion department offers clubs like PhiRe (philosophy and religion).

“The main goal [of PhiRe] is to try to get more students who aren’t philosophy majors into philosophy, although it usually turns into philosophy and religion majors hanging around and turning out ideas,” senior PhiRe president Nicholas Wiench said.

Essentially, PhiRe members want to carry the conversations they develop in class over into

an informal setting and foster different discussions so that religion and philosophy students aren’t in an echo chamber.

“Philosophy has a lot of field misconceptions and misconceptions about what happens in the classroom,”Wiench said.

They also host an event called Ethics Bowl, where participants are given 15 cases containing difficult ethical situations to work out.

To learn more about UCA’s philosophy and religion department, and to learn about future events go to uca.edu/ philosophy.

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What restaurant would you want UCA to add to the Student Center?

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Nonprofit organizations host volunteer event in Student Center Ballroom

4 Continued from page 3 Along with Our House, organizations such as the UCA Bear Essentials Food Pantry, The Bethlehem House, Make a Wish and more came out for the afternoon to answer questions and provide brochures for those looking to add to their volunteer hours within their campus organization, or simply wanting to be more involved with the local communities around Conway.

Ezell Breedlove, the volunteer program coordinator for VolunteerAR, told those who stopped at his volunteer table about an online system through which those who volunteer can keep up with their volunteer hours by logging them virtually.

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“Through VolunteerAR, you can create an account and find volunteer opportunities based on whatever your interests [are] or your location is,” Breedlove said.

According to its website, volunteerar.org, the organization works to “engage citizens in meaningful and impactful volunteer opportunities” that allows people to “tackle chronic social issues that keep Arkansans of all ages from living up to their full potential.” “[Volunteering] is a great thing to do because volunteering obviously helps your community,” Breedlove said. “As a college student, you can get some valuable work

experience — and that’s one of the main things jobs look for when you graduate. Even though it’s an unpaid position, [volunteering] can put yourself above someone who doesn’t have that experience.”

Breedlove’s words seem to have rang true for students looking to better their work skills and time dedication.

Junior Mackenzie Hoogshagen said she enjoys volunteering and is always looking for new ways to get involved.

“I like to meet other people in the area and at [UCA],” Hoogshagen said. “I think location is a big thing I look for [in a volunteer job] and what you

get to do, whether it’s something you enjoy doing, or something you’ve never done before.”

For students who are looking to volunteer, but have never done so before, Fisher advises to choose something that sticks out or interests you the most, and isn’t just a one-time thing.

“For yourself, you should feel like you’re contributing well somewhere,” Fisher said. “Start with somewhere that the mission of what they’re doing really speaks to you and somewhere that would be easy for you to get out to multiple times.”

For more information about volunteer opportunities, visit uca.edu/outreach/volunteer.

Freshman Makayla Campbell

Junior Callie Self

“I would put Taco Bell just because it’s my favorite.”

“I would choose Panera Bread because they’re really good and they have healthy options. There’s very few healthy options that don’t take 12 minutes to wait for. They are more expensive, but I’d splurge for it every once in awhile.”

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Sophomore Meredith James

Freshman Brad Reese

“Panda Express. Hands down, it’s probably my favorite restaurant ever and I love Chinese food.”

“Probably Taco Bell, because my friends and I go to Taco Bell every night and it’s a long drive.

It would be better to just walk here and get Taco Bell.”

Sophomore J.T. Thomas

Junior Nsisong Archibong

“I would say some kind of dessert place like Great American Cookies or something like that.”

“I really like Asian foods, so I would say an Asianrelated restaurant.

Maybe something like Fuji or Naruto because I’ve been to both of them and I really like them. So either one of those would work.”

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Author Tananarive Due speaks to creative writing undergrad students and a handful of professors in Win Thompson Hall Room 331 on Sept. 6.

As the first visiting artist in the Artists in Residence Program’s Craft Talk and Q&A series for the 2019-2020 school year, Due discussed craft elements she has found useful when writing speculative fiction.

how Due incorporated supernatural elements into her works. Her response was to use impeccable details as a way to hook the readers. Someone else asked for advice on handling

writers block, to which she declared that she doesn’t believe in writer’s block so much as a disengagement from the story because of emotional issues surrounded by it.

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Her final advice to aspiring writers in the audience was “write your bliss” and make sure what you’re writing is, “something you’re absolutely in love with.”

For a full list of artists-inresidence that will be at UCA this fall semester, go to uca.edu/ cface/artists-in-residence or sign up for CubConnect to see more events at UCA.

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cases can be made with 3D printers, Makerspace has one large 3D printer and a smaller one as well.

“Most of our printers fit on anything that fits on an 8 inch by 8 inch by 8 inch box,” Huselton said.

The equipment at

Makerspace can be reserved for individual use, and 3D printers can be reserved for the day.

Reservations can ban be made on Makerspace’s website.

The wait time varies for each design and type of equiptment used.

Besides using the 3D

printers, people often using the engraving equiptment. People have photographs engraved on wood, but Makerspace does not provide the items to be engraved.

Makerspace is located on the 1st floor of UCA’s Donaghey Hall, and it is open every weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The next Makerspace training is Thursday, Sept. 12 at 5:00 p.m. The trainings are open to anyone who is eight years of age or older, and people can register for the trainings online. Spaces for Makerspace trainings are limited.

PEOPLE OF UCA: Pearl Doiphode

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photo by Ronak Patel

Graduate assistant Pearl Doiphode calls on students during class.

Pearl Doiphode interned at UAMS this summer to help with patients who had hip surgery regain their balance.

Pearl Doiphode is a native of Mumbai, India, and moved to the U.S. in 2018. Doiphode is currently a graduate teaching assistant for the physical therapy program at UCA. Being a graduate teaching assistant can be a difficult task because graduate assistants have the responsibilities of both a student and a teacher at the same time.

In her first two weeks of working as a graduate assistant, Doiphode enjoyed her first experience teaching in a classroom.

“It has been great so far. It doesn’t feel like my first time, my students have been so good and I get to learn from them too,” Doiphode said.

One of the biggest goals

Doiphode has as a teacher is providing students with skills that not only help them pass her class, but will help them in the real world.

“I believe in gaining enough knowledge, so you can put it to good use in your day to day life,” Doiphode said. “I don’t want my students to just come to class and memorize things for the test and then once the test is over, they forget everything.”

The most important lesson Doiphode wants students to walk away with from her class is knowing that there is more to life than just making money in their field of study.

“I would want my students to know it’s very easy to run behind money because there’s this big rat race and that is what everyone has been doing. I want my students to be so good at what they are doing that the success will automatically come

to them, and they will be earning enough. I want them to be the best in whatever they are doing, it doesn’t matter what they do,” Doiphode has enjoyed her experience teaching at UCA and is open to the idea of returning to India and teaching.

“I have walked in here and it has opened so many horizons for me that I didn’t know I’d explore,” Doiphode said. “It has made me very confident about myself and if I were given the chance to teach in my country, I would like to teach there.”

In addition to the work she does with students, Doiphode works with UAMS to conduct her own physical therapy research “I was an intern with UAMS. I worked with soccer players and golfers on their golf swing and these were the patients who [underwent] total hip arthroplasty and knee

arthroplasty,” Doiphode said.

In Doiphode’s research, she wanted to find ways to help these patients regain their balance.

“We worked with them before their surgery and after their surgeory to see how their golf swing has changed and see if it has affected their balance.

We looked at their balance and how we could improve that. We created parameters to see how their overall game had changed,” Doiphode said.

The stress of being a graduate teaching assistant can make it very challenging, but having a great support system has helped Doiphode be successful.

“I have been blessed with so many good people through this journey,” Doiphode said. “They have seen me grow, seen me fall, and helped me get up each time and they celebrate my success.”

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Men’s golf finish sixth in Sam Hall Intercollegiate

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Senior running back Carlos Blackman fights through the defense Sept. 14 against Abilene Christian University.

Blackman finished the game with one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown.

Bears win thriller in home opener

by Marcus McClain Sports Editor

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After being benched in the 2018 National Championship, Hurts lost his starting position. Since transferring to Oklahoma, the prestige he once held has returned in full force.

Hurts dominating through first three games, obvious front-runner to win Heisman trophy

by Marcus McClain Sports Editor

After having his world turned upside down and being replaced as Alabama’s starting quarterback, Jalen Hurts was written off by most of the college football world.

Now, however, he is reminding everyone of who he is and placing himself lightyears ahead of the competition for this year’s Heisman trophy.

Coming into this season, the top two quarterbacks were presumed to be Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Clemson’s Trevor Lawerence.

They deserved to be ranked among the best based on their performances last season, but writing Hurts off is being proven as an obvious mistake.

Now a member of the Oklahoma Sooners, Hurts is setting the college football world on fire. Through his first three games against Houston, South Dakota and UCLA, Hurts has posted legendary numbers.

Hurts has already reached 880 passing yards for the season, an 80 percent completion rate and 373 total rushing yards.

These numbers all outpace former Oklahoma Heisman winners, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray.

But aside from numbers alone, there’s something different about this start to the season for Hurts. The motivation to reach the mountaintop that was once exclusive to him is setting him apart.

The guy that everyone wrote off and believed had already seen his best days has come back with a vengeance and is proving to be better than ever.

Hurts has a story of resilience and perseverance that has become rare in the college game. Most star college players rise to the top and head to the NFL draft before any real turbulence occurs.

But the hardships Hurts endured early, is putting him in a place of power now.

His poise and determination are making him dominant in the college game and will carry him to this year’s Heisman Award and a successful career in the NFL following next season’s draft.

Despite yet another explosive 4th quarter from the Bears (3-0, 1-0 SLC) on Sept.

14, the outcome was placed on the foot of Abilene Christian sophomore Blair Zepeda with just 35 seconds left of the Bears’ home opener.

However, Bear fans were able to release their loudest roar as the Wildcats’ (1-2, 0-1 SLC) 36 yard attempt went wide, giving UCA the 31-30 victory and its third consecutive fourth quarter comeback.

“We’re just a resilient bunch, man,” sophomore quarterback Breylin Smith said.

“Just fighting to the end, it was a full team effort with offense, defense and special teams. In the end, you just got to want it and I think in every phase of the game we wanted it and we went out and

got it. I’m so happy and proud of those guys; everybody made plays because it took everybody.”

Offensive rhythm was tough to create for both teams in the opening half. The only touchdown of the half was scored

by ACU senior running back Tracy James in the first quarter.

Aside from that, the game played three points at a time.

Bears’ junior kicker Hayden Ray connected on three field goals for UCA during the frame, converting from 21, 23 and 37 yards out. However, a 42 yard kick from Zepeda kept the Wildcats in front, earning ACU a 10-9 lead at the half.

The Wildcats extended their lead to 17-9 late in 3rd quarter on another touchdown from James.

But once the 4th quarter started, the Bears whipped into shape, scoring their first touchdown on a 10 yard pass from Smith to senior running

back Carlos Blackman.

UCA used a reverse with redshirt freshman BesSean McCray to convert a two point conversion, tying the score at 17. However, some nearly backbreaking mistakes from UC, along with a potent offense from ACU, the Bears weren’t in the clear yet.

After a 51 yard field goal from Zepeda gave the Wildcats a 20-17 lead, fumbles from Smith and senior running back D’erek Fernandez would assist ACU in extending its lead.

ACU’s junior quarterback Luke Anthony found sophomore running back Tyrese White for a 20 yard touchdown reception, giving the Wildcats a 27-17 lead with 11 minutes left in the game.

The Bears responded in just 51 seconds on the following drive, finding the

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The UCA’s men’s golf team opened their season on Sept. 9 at the Hattiesburg Country Club, in the Sam Hall Intercollegiate with a sixth place tie with Missouri State University.

Both univeristies finished with a total score of 858 (+6) in the tournament hosted by Southern Mississippi Univesity.

“Southern Miss. went well for us,” head coach Steve Runge said. “We could have finished a little higher but sixth is good.”

After day one, UCA had a score of 281 (-3) and was in third place trailing Sam Houston State who was just one point behind Troy University, whivh led with a 273 (-11) score.

Individually, freshman Blaine Calhoon, who won the Arkansas Junior Amateur Championship in June and the Arkansas Junior Match Play in July, was tied for eighth place after day one with a score of 68 (-3), leading the Bears.

Sophomore Brett Daughdrill and junior Trey DePriest were one shot behind him with a score of 69, tied for 15th.

When the matches ended on day two, Calhoon improved with a 209 (-4) score, tied for tenth place. Daughdrill ended the Sam Hall Intercollegiate with a total score of 215 (+2) finished tied for 26th and DePriest was one point behind him with a final score of 216 (+3), which tied him for 31st place.

Sophomore Spencer Jenkins ended the Sam Hall Intercollegiate tied for 54th place scoring 221 (+8).

After day two, the Bears finished sixth with a total score of 858 (+6). Sam Houston State placed first with a group score

of 819 (-33), led by senior Noah Steele, freshman Ting-Wei Hsieh and senior William Holcomb.

Southern Mississippi and Troy tied for second place with a score of 829 (-23).

Fourth and fifth place wen to New Orleans and Austin Peay State. New Orleans had a score of 851 (-1) and Austin Peay State finished the match with a total score of 854 (+2).

Steele led all golfers individually after two days at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate with a final score of 195 (-18). His fellow bearkat placed second with a total score of 200 (-13).

The Bears will play four more matches in 2019, traveling to Louisiana twice, North Carolina and then to Little Rock on Oct. 21 and 22.

The season will pick back up after the intermission on Feb. 10, at the Cota De Caza Golf and Racquet Club in Cota De Caza, California. After the match in California they will play four more matches in 2020 traveling to Louisiana again, Florida, Alabama and Missouri before the Southland Conference tournament in McKinney, Texas from April 27-29.

UCA has a young men’s golf team that will improve as the season goes on. The Bears only have two upperclassmen on the team, junior Miles Smith and DePriest.

“The team has lofty goals as we begin the season,” said Daughdrill. “With a solid start at Southern Miss. we only look to improve with our ultimate goal being to win a tournament this fall and win the conference championship in the Spring.”

“I feel really good about the team going into Louisiana Tech and the rest of the season,” said Runge.

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Women’s golf struggles in season opener at Southern Methodist

by Daniel Adams Staff Writer

The UCA women’s golf team finished 11th overall at the Southern Methodist University Trinity Forest Invitational Sept. 9 and 10 in Dallas, Texas.

In their first meet of the year, the Bears saw Oklahoma State win the meet with an overall score of 886 (+2) after three rounds in team play, followed by North Texas and a tie between Colorado

and Baylor Universities for third.

The individual play was won by Sophomore Sofia Garcia of Texas Tech, with a score of 206 (-10).

Sophomore Tania Nunez led the team with a three-round total of 226 (+10) while tying for 31st overall. Nunez and sophomore Elin Kumlin tied for the lowestround mark among the team with a score of 74 (+2).

Kumlin ended the meet in a tie for 35th place after jumping eight spots in the final day of

competition.

Sophomore Karley Whittington had plenty of optimism for the team, even if its results might not have been the best.

“I think the team has been very excited since we did so well last year at conference; it was kind of the push we needed,” Whittington said.

The team finished second in the conference tournament last season, losing to eventual

champions Sam Houston State University by only two strokes.

Whittington added that the team was prepared for the travels coming ahead, as the only meet near Conway on its schedule is in Hot Springs in October.

“It would be nice to have more fans watching, but our coach puts us in tournaments that challenge us more than anything,” Whittington said.

Head coach Natasha Vincent had loads of confidence in the

team with their first meet out of the way.

“This team is one of the most cohesive I’ve had since I started coaching,” Vincent said. “The sophomores have been really good leaders to the freshman.”

With the team losing two seniors to graduation, the fact that there was no division between the teammates stood out to Vincent as UCA looks to improve in the

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BEAR ROYALTY

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The UCA Sports Hall of Fame class of 2019 being recognized during pregame Sept. 14 alongside athletic director Brad Teague and president Houston Davis. This class featured athletes from football, track and field and volleyball.

Former athletes honored on the stripes, inducted to Hall of Fame

by Marcus McClain Sports Editor

The UCA Sports Hall of Fame grew seven new members larger Sept. 14 at the Centennial Valley Events Center.

The inductees were also acknowledged on the stripes of Estes Stadium prior to UCA’s battle with Abilene Christian University.

The Hall of Fame class included NAIA All-American track athlete Byron Bailey, threeyear football letterman winner Woodrow Cummings, the single-season leader in tackles for a loss Carl Harris, two-time All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football player Richard McCauley, the most

decorated volleyball player in UCA history Chloe Smith, three year letterwinner in both football and track Jim Tarkington and NAIA All-American in outdoor and indoor track Patrick Woodson.

Along with being an All-American, Bailey was also a four-time All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference award winner and competed in the NAIA National Championship on UCA’s 1,600-meter relay team.

“This is something that doesn’t just happen,” Bailey said.

“It comes through dedication to the craft. It’s unexpected, but it’s a lot of fun man I’ll tell you that.

It’s better than Christmas.”

Inductees into the Hall of Fame are selected by a committee

of 12 current members.

After nominations, players are ranked on a point system that considers the amount of years a player participated, if they graduate, but mostly by the accolades they obtain.

This is the 19th class of Hall of Fame athletes at UCA and is becoming tougher to become apart of.

Each class used to induct 10-12 players each year, but have cut that amount to seven to nine since 2010.

“We have so many great athletes and former player in the history of UCA and the tradition is so vast here,” athletic director Brad Teague said. “It’s amazing each year that we can turn out really great Hall of Fame classes.

We always have great student athletes that keep coming through so there’ll always be a big pool of great UCA Bears.”

One of the standouts in this year’s class was Chloe Smith.

During her time as a Sugar Bear, she was a three-time Southland Conference Player of the Year and also a three-time Southland Student Athlete of the Year.

Smith is the only student athlete in SLC history to hold these titles.

“I started playing volleyball when I was sixteen and everything was kind of a whirlwind,” Smith said. “I was actually a swimmer first and never even thought I’d be a collegiate athlete. Then all of the sudden I’m a freshman and

I’m starting and then I’m getting player of the year.”

Despite the awards she collected throughout her career, Smith found the most satisfaction in the experiences she had with her teammates.

“Every time I got something it was so humbling and I was so grateful for it. I was just excited to be along for the ride with my team,” Smith said.

“My junior year we went 16-0 and I had amazing teammates. Getting the awards and everything doesn’t mean anything without my teammates.

I had some of the best setters and defenders in the league and to be able to play with them for four years is really special and I’ll always appreciate it.”

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The Voice America’s obsession with love has become even more obvious A quick scroll through apps like YouTube, Instagram and Twitter reveals a plethora of couple prank challenges, #relationship goals and cheesy love quotes. It’s safe to say that there is a current obsession with the idea of love.

Longtime YouTube couple De’arra Taylor and Ken Walker post multiple vlogs a week of their daily lives as boyfriend and girlfriend. Their vlog page has 2.3 million subscribers, and their main page has 5.73 million subscribers. What could they be doing as a couple to cause people to want to watch their videos?

Nothing too out of the ordinary.

Besides prank videos and “how we met” videos, the couple travels around the world and vlogs their experiences. The couple recently posted a video in Santorini where Ken finally proposed to De’arra the video received 2 million views in 20 hours.

Other YouTube couples like Jake and Tanna Paul, Queen Bulls and Chris Sails and the MJ family also make YouTube their primary means of income. These couple videos receive so much attention that companies like Coca-Cola, Tesla, Blackberry and Google partner with couples for sponsorships.

It’s not surprising that there is a current obsession with love. According to Eharmony, 44 percent of Americans, use online dating sites and apps to find love. 20 percent of current, committed relationships began online, and dating apps like Tinder are used by 75 percent of Americans in the 18-24 age group to find their potential significant others.

The blame for a love-obsessed generation could be a direct result of reality TV exposure when we were growing up. Reality TV took a major turn when dating shows like “The Flavor of Love”, “Rock of Love”, “Real Chance of Love”, “Next” and “Parental Control”. To be fair, these shows were some of the only interesting programs on Saturday mornings.

YouTube also has a rabbit hole of love songs. Songs by Post Malone, Joyner Lucas, Chrs Brown and Camilla Cabella are all currently trending across the country and all include lyrics about a love interest or heartbreak.

Not surprisingly, divore rates for millennials have an 18 percent divore rate drop compared to earlier generations. This might be due to the fact that millennials witnessed grandparents and parents having the highest divorce rate in recorded American history.

The current obsession with love can be seen on multiple media platforms, but it seems as though millennials are not only watching other couples, but taking notes for their personal use.

Dozens of

citizens were injured Sept. 15 in another night of violence in Hong Kong, as the city marked its 15th consecutive weekend of anti-government protests. Police have responded to protestors with tear gas and water cannons.

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False advocacy on social media is annoying Social media is a powerful tool that can help When many users engage in heated debates bring awareness to social injustice and corruption. online, so much false information is spread. Twitter Before I got rid of my Twitter, I was happy to only allows 140 characters in their tweets; it isn’t see how many people were posting about issues possible to conquer homophobia, racism, and misogyn including misogyny, homophobia, racism and gender in that many characters. Some of the least credible inequality. The more time I spent on Twitter, the sources have verified check marks, and users will take more I realized how inauthentic the advocacy was. anything those users say as fact. Twitter users who want to help must educate themselves to There are people on social media who post about an actually be knowledgable and not just issue just to feel some weird self-righteousness. “woke”. There are many people who I am not villifying everyone who uses social try to tell the stories of marginalized media to engage in politics; I am calling out the groups when they have never even ones whose intentions aren’t pure. There are taken the time to read a book to people that will drag celebrities for issues like learn about them. Personally, as misogyny, racism, or homophobia, but where a minority, I am tired of people is that energy with people in our own lives learning about my culture and and communities? Yes, we should speak out story from people on Twitter. against famous people who engage in these Instead, I would rather acts. However, we should also let our those same people outrage go beyond the screen. We help empower should call out our family members, minorities, women friends, teachers, colleagues and and LQBTQ+

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To people on That’s the way change is brought.

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But the #SurvivingCardiB hype only lasted I question the morality briefly. of condoning this twist on Why is that? Is it possible that society was Robin-Hood-ism. That pole more willing to turn a blind eye on Cardi B’s could easily get slippery. questionable actions because she is a But isn’t that just the woman? Or is it that R. Kelly has had thing? The all-star cast roughly 20 years of alleged sexual of women who took abuse against women, both adults on roles in this film — and minors, that has only recently including respected culminated in jail time because singers J. Lo and of the force of the #MeToo Lizzo — empathetically

by Marley Cash- Powell movement? portrayed these Staff Writer I think it’s a little bit of both, strippers as women but I’m not even really mad about who had been fighting that first part either. to grasp a pole that was Let me tell you why. A double standard is a not only slippery, but more than that, it was straight rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different up slimy! Anyone who knows anything about the art ways to different people or groups. Women have of pole dancing knows that losing your grip can be historically been victims of double standards in more life-threatening. ways than imaginable.

That’s just the thing with Cardi B when she was Companies used to be allowed to legally fire a a real-life stripper. She wasn’t in a position of power. woman when she became pregnant; however, men “These Wall Street guys — you see what they did with families are not only paid more, but are also to this country? They stole from everybody. Hardmore frequently promoted to executive positions. working people lost everything! And not one of these Women’s ideas in business spheres are douchebags went to jail,” the character Ramona (J. frequently glossed over or are deemed incredible, Lo) said in one of the “Hustlers” trailers. “The game until a man says something strikingly similar. Only is rigged, and it does not reward people who play by then is that idea accepted as brilliant or innovative. the rules.”

These are very general examples, but I focused Now, I doubt that the movie portrays these on business instead of the entertainment industry for strippers slipping men roofies, but it does show men

doing drugs and drinking of their own volition, while the strippers purposefully hide their soberness so they can take financial advantage of the men once they’re wasted.

That, to me, is the key thing that needs to be understood about the viral Cardi B video. When she was talking about drugging men, not only was she likely talking about drugging in the sense of encouraging, but she, herself, was being exploited simultaneously.

I don’t care how readily strippers might disagree with that. It is exploitation even if the strippers are willing participants, because most strippers are strippers for need-driven reasons.

The biggest point is that Cardi B admitted that she did things she wasn’t proud of to get to where she is today, that she did those things to succeed because she was on her own, and that she can’t regret them, even if she does wish she could’ve done things differently.

That’s what is called being honest about one’s flaws and past mistakes. It shows personal growth. No one leaked that information; Cardi B was just being real.

Shouldn’t we all be doing the same exact thing?

I’d be inclined to believe almost everyone has done something a little shady. But how willing are you to tell millions of people about it?

Does that mean that I condone women taking advantage of men? Not really. I’m just not ready to be mad about it yet… not when there’s an obvious disparity of power involved with these situations.

If sexuality is the only power women readily have over men, I can’t blame them for using that power when the deck is stacked against them. One day if power dynamics ever gains balance in our society, I’ll feel a little differently. But that’s not today.

In the meantime, let’s watch a movie and let men be on the brunt end of a power dynamic for 90 minutes. Strippers and prostitutes have been a staple in entertainment for centuries, remember? This story’s just framed slightly differently. Don’t be mad, bro.

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New This Week

Apple event brings excitement to tech savvy people

Movies

by Aysha Dixon

September 20 — Rambo: Last Blood, directed by Adrian Grunberg, starring Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega

Apple showcased new, innovative products at the Apple event in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 10 at the Steve Jobs Theater. Excitement surrounding the event was specifically for the rumors of the unveiling of three new iPhone models.

September 20 — Ad Astra, directed by James Gray, starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland

September 20 — Downtown Abbey (2019), directed by Michael Engler, starring Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Cockery, Kevin Doyle

Music September 20 — El Machete — Ani Cordero September 20 — NINE — Blink-182 September 20 — Jaime — Brittany Howard September 20 — Pictures of Pictures — Cones September 20 — Altid Sammen — Efterklang September 20 — All The Feels— Fitz and the Tantrums September 20 — Glimmer — Heather Mae September 20 — Dynasty — Hua Li September 20 — Cause and Effect — Keane September 20 — Why Me? Why Not. — Liam Gallagher September 20 — A Picture of Good Health — LIFE September 20 — Living Wire — Monograms

Netflix September 20 — Between Two Ferns: The Movie - Netflix Film, directed by Scott Aukerman, starring Zach Galifianakis, Ginger Gonzaga, Lauren Lapkus, Mary Scheer

September 20 — Disenchantment: Part 2 Netflix Original, created by Matt Groening starring Abbi Jacobson, Eric Andre, Nat Faxon

September 20 — Criminal Netflix Original, created by George Kay, Jim Field Smith, starring Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley

September 20 — Fastest Car: Season 2 - Netflix Original, created by Scott Weintrob, starring Fabian Arroyo

September 20 — Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates Netflix Documentary, created

by Davis Guggenheim, starring Bill Gates

5 unexpected foods that are better spicy List compiled by Lauren McLemore Associate Editor

Opinion Editor

The App Store was the first innovation introduced at the event. The App Store now has a feature called Apple Arcade.

Game developers like Anna Anthropy, a speaker that took the stage, discussed how games that will be available on any Apple TV, iPad, or iPhone will be available exclusively on these gadgets.

For gamers, this new software seems exciting because it will supposedly be the first of its kind. For non-gamers, iOS 13, the software that the arcade will be available on, will hopefully spark their inner gaming nerd.

Previews of Apple TV+ revealed high-definition shows and a plethora of movies and series for subscribers to watch. Like other streaming services, Apple TV+ will have content exclusively for their subscribers starting Nov. 1.

A notable feature from this

phone’s overall speed.

Battery life on the iPhone 11 will also be one hour longer than that of last year’s iPhone, the iPhone XR, which had the longest battery life of any iPhone series — until now.

Apple guarantees all-day battery life. Water resistance will also be included with the newest series allowing the phone to withstand up to 30 minutes in two meters of liquid submersion.

The price for the iPhone 11 is $699, and it will be released Sept. 20.

Apple also previewed the iPhone 11 Pro, which is similar to the iPhone 11, but it includes photo courtesy of ucatoday.com one extra camera lens for Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers information about new Apple developments in Cupertino, California on Sept. ultra-wide pictures and videos.

10. The Apple products addressed at the event will be available to the public on Sept. 20.

This series includes matte preview is that recent purchases phone is covered in the thickest zoom out or back up. Switching stainless steel and glass instead of apple products like the glass that Apple has used for a back and forth between the two of relying on only glass to iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple phone. This glass also covers cameras will be effortless and as protect the phone.

TV will include a year-long the camera lenses. Colorways simple as the tap of a screen.

The iPhone 11 Pro will subscription of Apple TV for for the phone are purple, white, Other awesome and come in colors like midnight free. yellow, green, black and red. innovative features of the dual green, space gray, silver and New series and functions of products such as the iPad and Apple Watch were also previewed for audiences.

The newest iPhone model, iPhone 11, was previewed with a short clip that showed the phone’s newest design feature, but did not include any commentary.

The outer layer of the new

IPhone 11 will include two separate camera lenses.

The wide camera lens is a 12 megapixel camera with 100 percent focus pixels.

The second lense, the ultra-wide camera, is also a 12 megapixel camera but has a 120-inch field view, making it great for capturing more space in pictures without having to

Malone keeps fans happy by changing music sound News Editor

Post Malone, also known as Austin Richard Post, released his long-awaited album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” Sept. 6. This is the third major album to release in the past week — with four of his songs already proving to be hits.

Post Malone is originally known for his hip-hop style.

However, this album veers from this style somewhat.

“Hollywood’s Bleeding” is authentic in its adoption of a pop-style in most of the songs, but it still manages to be listed as hip-hop and rap on Spotify and Apple Music.

This album has features from hit artists, DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Ozzy Ozbourne, SZA and Young Thug. It is easy to see the complicated dynamic of this album,which only really works for an artist that has an authentic style, through the people featured in “Hollywood’s Bleeding”.

Where else would you see Ozzy Ozbourne and Lil Baby on the same album?

What this Texas-born star has done is truly inspiring and complicated. This album is unlike any other that has been produced under Malone’s name, but it has still been pleasing to his already large and growing fan base.

This album, like others that have been released lately, is more down to earth than the rest of Post Malone’s albums.

“Hollywood”s Bleeding” speaks to the heartbroken, the struggling and the marginalized voices.

In his songs “Die for Me” and “Staring at the 1.Hummus The surprisingly delicious taste of this oddly textured dip made of chickpeas is great on its own. Common flavors include ingredients like red pepper or garlic, but less frequently seen in stores is spicy hummus.

It’s better to add your own twist at home. Adding a dash of sriracha to your favorite hummus will change your life.

Pairing your spicy hummus with out-of-the-oven soft pita bread is quite possibly the best decision you will make in your life.

Performance features of the iPhone 11 will include a new and more advanced bionic chip — A13. This chip will not only advance graphics, but also the

gold. Two different displays will be available — a 5.8 inch display and a 6.5 inch display for the Pro Max.

The iPhone 11 Pro will retail at $999, and the iPhone Pro Max will retail at $1,099 and will be released Sept. 20.

Pre-orders for the new Apple products are available on apple.com.

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by Sarah Coleman

lenses include high-definition and night mode. Recording features include slow motion, time-lapse, cinematic video stabilization and extended dynamic range.

Sun”, Malone sings about a relationship gone wrong. He does this in a way that does not sound whiny, but uses his own heartbreak and relationship fails to connect with his fan base in a new way.

Malone knows how to not only connect with his fans, but understands that in order to stay a top-charting artist in the current time, you need to continually be changing your sound. Unfortunately, this means that albums take time. Since “Beerbongs and Bentleys” was released last fall, his fans have been waiting on this new album to come out.

Malone stated openly in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that he was not seeking to make hit records, and that he just wants to speak his truth in song form. “ I just want to do something weird and funky,” Malone said.

I believe that Malone is one of the most authentic artists of his time. Because of his humble upbringing, he never went seeking fame and fortune. He is one of the best artists not only in the United States but in the world, charting as a number one artist in England.

Malone said to Apple Music that he cares more about helping people by making music than the fans who want pictures with him.

“It means a lot that if somebody is hundreds of thousands of miles away, they can sit and relate to the music,” Malone said to Zane Lowe.

This album is beautifully written, well produced and will go down as one of his greatest creations. If you have not yet listened to his new album, do so immediately.

2. Pretzels Growing up, my mom would make homemade spicy pretzels.

She would throw them into a gallon plastic bag with a variety of spices and some olive oil and shake them up. It only took one touch to the mouth to make you wonder whether it was a magic spell or just the simple combining of spices, oil and pretzels to create such a mouthwatering snack. I’m sure you can find them store bought, but if you like being in control of your spice-level, try a homemade recipe.

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A hand on Frankie Cosmos’ album cover holds four marbles on a looking glass. The band’s new album is now streaming on all music streaming services.

Frankie Cosmos addresses personal accounts of mental illness in album

by Lauren McCabe

I’ve always been in love with music that sounds personable and edgy, and gives me melancholy feelings as I tune out my surroundings and sink into my own little indie world.

Luckily, that’s the way Frankie Cosmos’ new album “Close It Quietly”, released Sept. 6, allowed me to feel at the end of a long and stressful day.

Cosmos, whose real name is Greta Kline, has been a musical favorite of mine for quite some time. Now, on her fourth studio album, the 19-year-old sings about, what I can only imagine as, personal diary entries including topics of growing up, sad realities and even self-destruction.

Compared to past albums of Kline’s that I’ve jammed out to, such as “Next Thing” (2016) and “Zentropy” (2014), this one comes forward as darker — while around her, the lively twang of fuzzy guitars and bopping drums masks the morbidity.

I’ve continuously admired Kline’s sweet, shy and heartfelt voice when she sings, and I’m incredibly happy that she’s kept the same, personable vocals

throughout all of her albums.

But in this new album, with her voice comes worrying conclusions about where she’s going in life, especially in the song “Self-Destruct”, where she says “I wanna stop being in this life”.

As someone who has dealt with mental health issues in the past, and even now, I appreciate that in her songs, especially in this album, she’s able to talk truthfully about how it feels to struggle with feeling like there is no solution or no way out in life.

Another one of Kline’s songs from the new album, “Windows”, shows her grappling with how she should continue to live her life, asking questions like “Do I bounce?” and singing self-reflective statements such as “I don’t know where to go...I do not know what I am for”, both of whichheavily collide with a sugary melody and her signature playful and lo-fi indie pop rock sound.

Kline is also known in her music, which is one reason I believe myself and many other young adults enjoy her songs.

She has signature singular poetic epiphanies twisted within her lyrics. One of my personal

favorite songs on the album has become “A Joke”, in which Kline sings the lines “Flowers don’t grow/In an organized way/Why should I?”.

Compared to her past few albums, I believe this one really takes the cake because of how Kline has taken her private thoughts and feelings and blasted them out into a wealth of indelible imagery that smears together the winsome and the grotesque of what it feels like to simply grow up and find your place in the world.

Every Frankie Cosmos album since her breakout in 2015 has felt like her attempt to take in the palm of her hands what her life has become, with moving meditations on touring, friendships and the alienation of being a public-facing figure keen on safeguarding her private life.

By the end of “Close It Quietly”, Kline reaches a point in which she has been able to find comfort and peace to continue to write and produce her blooming and ever-changing thoughts that go through her head.

“Close It Quietly” is now available on every major music-streaming service.

3. Potatoes When I say potatoes, I mean any and all kinds of potatoes.

Potato chips, french fries, mashed potatoes — all of it is delicious.

And all of it is ten times as good when it’s spicy. This is the one thing that might actually be better when bought pre-made. Whether it’s spicy barbecue potato chips or hot french fries from your favorite greasy fast food joint, nothing beats the addicting taste of potatoes mixed with fiery spices.

4. Pizza We all know the cooling taste of dipping pizza in ranch.

However, one way to make that cooling taste even more refreshing is by throwing something spicy on your pizza. Hot sauce as a topping is a good choice for beginners, but for a real experience, try jalapenos. If you’re really brave, pair your jalapenos with spicy pepperoni. You will quickly become a believer in hot pizza.

5. Hot Chocolate That’s right, I said hot chocolate — and not the kind of hot you’re thinking of. Often called Spanish or Mexican hot chocolate, adding a kick to the traditional winter comfort drink will make you never want to drink it any other way. Take a little risk and try adding a pinch of cayenne or chili powder to your hot chocolate next holiday season to keep yourself warm in a completely new way.

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SPORTS

UCA STATS CORNER

SPORT

OPPONENT

RESULT

RECORD

Football

Abilene Christian

31-30 (W)

(3-0, 1-0)

Women’s Soccer

Memphis

2-0 (L)

(1-5-1)

UALR

3-1 (L)

(4-3)

Houston Baptists

4-0 (W)

(4-1-1)

Volleyball

Men’s Soccer

DOWN THE MIDDLE

photo by Lauren McCabe

Three games into his returm, Smith has thrown for 974 yards to go along with eight touchdowns for the Bears. He has also reached an average completion percentage of 67.5.

Smith returns stronger after injury

by Shyanne Kidd Staff Writer

When thinking of a quarterback, people picture a leader, a player who drives a team to victory and helps when the team is discouraged. He’s also responsible for setting an example athletically and academically for his peers to look up to. “[Breylin] has all the great qualities for a quarterback,” head football coach Nathan Brown said. “He is a perfect ambassador not only on the field, but outside of football as well. He is also a great person on and off the field.

He is dedicated.”

Sophomore quarterback Breylin Smith not only plays football, but is also the president of the Student Athletic Advisor Committee, apart of Chi Alpha, focuses on academics and is involved in a devotional group with the football team.

Coming back from an injury last season, Breylin’s attitude has shifted for the better, something

Brown took notice of.

“Breylin respects the game a lot more,” Brown said. “When he was injured, he sat back and reflected, which made him appreciate the game and that appreciation has become higher and higher.”

Smith’s injury also provided time for him to get things in order.

“During my injury, it put a lot of things into perspective for me,” Smith said. “Everything happens for a reason. God didn’t do this to hurt me, but he had a reason behind it. I was always with my team and at the stadium and I connected with the scripture Jeremiah 29:11.”

Smith’s decision to play football came at a young age and was also rooted in family.

“I thought that football is what I was supposed to do.

I wanted to play as soon as I could,” Smith said.

When fourth grade came, he joined a local pee-wee football team.

Now, as the Bears have

kicked the season off with a 3-0 record, both Smith and Brown feel the same way.

They both are excited and feel as though they can improve on certain things, as well as keep the same energy throughout the whole season.

“We rallied late in both games, but the team showed exactly what they believed in.

There’s more to plan and build off of in the future,” Brown said.

During offseasons, a lot of players workout and prepare for the next season or practice for other sports they’re in.

However, Smith is different —he competes in rodeos. He has competed in rodeos for around eleven years now — a journey that began for the first time at the age of ten. Smith’s competitive fire is what drove him into rodeos.

“I can still compete even if football season is over with,” Smith said. If football or school athletics were not an option, Breylin suggests that rodeo would instead be occupying his time.

UPHILL BATTLE

Bears fight to move past rough start

by Erin Sullivan Staff Writer

The UCA women’s soccer team (1-4-1) suffered a narrow 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Memphis Tigers (6-1) on Sept.

15 at Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex.

The Bears knew they were going into a tough game with the Tigers, but UCA held their own, making it a competitive match.

However, the Memphis Tigers quickly got the upper hand with a goal within the first ten minutes of the game.

The Bears defense held up for the rest of the first half and didn’t allow any more goals.

Freshman midfielder Abby Gibson and junior forward Lauren Hughes both had scoring opportunities in the first half, but both flew off target.

Another scoring chance arose for junior midfielder Hadley Dickinson near the end of the first half, but she also missed

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her target. Thanks to sophomore goalkeeper Reagan McCombs, the Tigers were unable to double their advantage over the Bears.

McCombs was able to shut down a strike headed toward the top corner, ending the first half.

However, during the fiftyfirst minute of the second half, the Bears gave up another point on a shot from Tigers sophomore midfielder Tanya Boychuck, bringing their deficit to two points.

However, it was during the end of the second half that McCombs came to the rescue again. McCombs made a spectacular double save to shut down any extra scoring from the Tigers.

McCombs then completed yet another save when the Tigers tried to score in the right lower corner at the end of the game.

The Bears were able to keep the Tigers at bay with just two points. Unfortunately, the Bears just couldn’t get the perfect

opportunity to score this game.

Head coach Jeremy Bishop was proud of the team for keeping up with the Tigers. In a quick interview with Bishop after the game, he mentioned that he hoped this game “builds confidence in the team, heading into conference play,” Bishop said. He also said the non-conference schedule was exactly what the team needed to show what they need to work on and get better at.

Gibson said the team’s mindset entering the game was focused on effort.

“We were just trying to work hard, maintain, and keep the ball,” Gibson said. “We knew they could shoot it from afar.

They’re a good team, so we were just trying to keep them out of our half. We just wanted to keep a positive attitude and work our hardest.”

The team’s next game will be Sept. 20 in Huntsville, Texas as the Bears take on Sam Houston State University.

Bear welcome tough schedule for this season

4 Continued from page 5 coming meets.

Vincent also commented on another difficulty on the opening tournament. “[It was] a tough course to start out on and maybe the most competitive we’ll see all year.”

The Trinity Forest Golf Club is a 72-par, 6,154-yard course. This year’s schedule also includes three straight weekly meets before a month-long break

in play.

“You take what you can get when you get invitations to events, this September is packed,” Vincent said.

UCA moved onto the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational on Sept. 15 and 16, hosted by Kansas State University, where the team finished in eighth place with a team score of 929 (+5).

Whittington led the bears individually, scoring 224 (+8) The next meet for the team will be the only one not hosted by a university.

Instead, it will be hosted by nationwide golfing magazine, Golfweek.

The Golfweek Conference Challenge will take place at the Red Sky Ranch and Golf Club in Colorado from Sept. 23 to 25.

photo by Marcus McClain

Sophomore right-side hitter Madi Bowles skies for a kill Sept. 14 agaimst Oral Roberts University. Bowles finished the game with 16 kills and is averaging 2.69 kills per set this season.

Sugar Bears sit at .500 after loss to UALR

by Sarah Coleman Staff Writer

The UCA volleyball team split games Sept. 13 and 14 in the Farris Center during the UCA Invitational. The inital game with Ole Miss went to five sets resulting in a 3-2 Rebel victory.

The Sugar Bears came out strong in the first set resulting in a 25-22 win. In set two, the Rebels managed to take and hold the lead, securing a 25-13 set win. This second set resulted in the lowest offensive performance for the entire weekend with a .031 hitting percentage.

UCA regrouped in the third set and came out with a lead of 19-11. This helped the Sugar Bears win the third 25-16, giving them a 2-1 set lead for the match.

In set four, the Rebels regained control of the game with a 25-19 win.

The game progressed to a close fifth set where the Sugar Bears initially had the lead but lost it as Ole Miss tied the score at 8. The Rebals broke the tie, leading to a set victory of 15-12 and winning the game 3-2.

John Newberry, associate head coach, attributed the loss to unstable defense but saw the offense as a positive takeaway.

“Offensively, we saw great production from our attackers

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on outside and right side,’’ Newberry said.

Invitational play continued Sept. 14 against Oral Roberts University, and the day also included a seperate game against the University of Arkansas Little Rock.

The Sugar Bears showed up strong against Oral Roberts.

On average, the Sugar Bears managed 10 or more kills per set.

Senior outside hitter Abby Harry led the team with 22 kills, redshirt junior and outside hitter Amanda Beaton followed with 18 kills, and sophomore Madi Bowles was third with 16 kills.

Senior setter Elizabeth Armstrong had a total of 48 assists and junior defensive specialist Emily Doss led the back row with18 digs.

However, the Golden Eagles started off by winning the first set 25-20.

The second set led to a Sugar Bear win of 25-20. In the third set, both teams fought harder resulting in a Sugar Bear win 26-24 with a winning kill from Harry.

In the fourth set, the Golden Eagles started with an 8-4 lead and ended with a 25-22 win over the Sugar Bears.

In the fifth set, the Sugar Bears started with a 3-1 lead and ended the match with a 15-10 win, securing the victory.

The Sugar Bears took this momentum the University of Arkansas at Little Rock at 7 p.m. that day, but quickly lost it.

The Sugar Bears struggled offensively in this game with a total of 29 attack errors and 13 service errors. However, Beaton had a fairly good night with a season high of 19 kills.

The Sugar Bears were forced to play catch up due to the quick 6-0 lead that the Trojans jumped into in set one.

The first match was extremely close, but resulted in the Trojans winning 25-23.

In set two, the Bears started off behind again but managed to catch up, tying the game at 7.

The Sugar Bears stole the momentum leading to a set win of 25-20. Both teams fought for the third set with a total of 6 ties within the first 24 points.

The Trojans once again stole the momentum leading to another set win. The game then went to a fourth set in which the Trojans yet again started out in a 6-1 lead. The Sugar Bears fought to keep up with the Trojans but came up short, resulting in a UALR victory.

The Sugar Bears will continue their season at the SIU-Edwardsville tournament on Sept. 20 with Presbyterian College being their first opponent.

Patience and stamina powers Bears in the fourth

4 Continued from page 5 endzone in just three plays. This time, it was sophomore receiver Lujuan Winningham crossing the goaline on a 20 yard pass from Smith.

The Wildcats looked to put the Bears away on the following drive, but a defensive stand from the Bears forced ACU to settle for a field goal, bringing the score to 30-24 with just 5:28 left on the game clock.

UCA then put its fourth quarter magic to work, marching downfield and entering the red zone. The nine play, 72 yard game-winning drive was completed on a three yard run

from Blackman to put the Bears in front for good and secure the victory.

The Bears offense was effective through the air but only accounted for 47 yards on the ground, creating another obstacle for UCA to overcome.

“We’ve just been staying patient,” Blackman said.

“Trusting the offensive line, the coaching staff and what they have planned for us. It might not go our way all the time but we just have to keep going and stay patient.”

Offense in the fourth has been consistent for the Bears

as this marks the third straight game UCA has scored multiple touchdowns in the final frame.

“We’re just a fourth quarter team,” Blackman said. “When everybody else is tired out, we still got that gas in the tank.”

UCA was once again led in receiving yards by Winningham who finished with 119 yards, his third straight over 100 yards.

Smith ended the game 36 of 53, to go along with 367 passing yards.

The Bears will look to push their winning streak to four Sept. 21 as they travel to face the University of Hawaii.