The Echo | April 12, 2017

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Girl found in India forest lives, acts like monkey A girl was found in the forests of India living with a group of monkeys.

The girl is believed to be 10 or 12 and is unable to speak; she was found naked and emaciated and was taken to a hospital. Medical staff said she behaved like an animal, ran on all four legs and ate off the floor with her mouth. After treatment, she began behaving normally and eating with her hands. The girl was spotted by woodcutters who were chased away by the monkeys when they tried to rescue her. Police are determined to find the girl’s parents and determine how she ended up in the forest.

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After gas attack in Syria, U.S. launches airstrike

Lecturer II and assistant chair of the biology department Leah Horton completed her Ph.D. in interdisciplinary leadership. Horton’s dissertation is titled “Toward Capabilities-Based Environmental Leadership; A Case Study from Kanembwe, Rwanda.”

The U.S. has officially launched a military airstrike on an airbase in Syria. The airstrike consisted of 50 tomahawk missiles that were fired at Shayrat Air Base in Homs Province, Syria. The strike was prompted by a sarin gas attack by Syrian leaders that killed at least 86 civilians, including 30 children and 20 women. President Donald Trump said “something should happen” to overthrow Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

46-year-old man accuses mayor of rape, molesting

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has been accused of sexually molesting a teenage high-school dropout in the 1980s. Murray denied the allegations presented by a 46-year-old man, who accused Murray of raping and molesting him over several years. The man said he came forward as part of a healing process.

S TAT E

Little Rock Zoo welcomes new female rhino Andazi The Little Rock Zoo welcomed a new female rhino named Andazi. She will join the exhibit’s male rhino, Johari, this week. Andazi is a 10-year-old, eastern black rhino that was transferred from Zoo Atlanta to be a part of the breeding program.

There are only 5,000 black rhinos that exist in the wild today and the breeding program is critical for their survival.

Assistant chair of biology works to improve Rwanda

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Leah Horton, lecturer II and assistant chair of the biology cepartment, recently attained her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Leadership, capping off her doctorate with her dissertation, “Toward Capabilities-Based Environmental Leadership: A Case Study from Kanembwe, Rwanda.”

The dissertation emerged from the intersection between an economic theory called the capability approach and The Gusangira Project, an annual UCA service-learning trip to Rwanda that Horton and Director of Learning Communities Jayme Millsap Stone began in 2012.

“The Gusangira Project team and I were very taken with how nice the people [in Rwanda] were but also just the complete poverty that we saw around us,” Horton said. “We were really filled with this desire . . . to do something to work with the people to try to make their lives better. So it was really important for us that we find a project that the people there wanted to do,

UCA welcomes the first Latina sorority on campus, Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc.

SGA voted to approve a resolution that would extend the 2020 academic school year and to start the year on a Monday, instead of a Thursday.

Executive Vice President and Provost Steven Runge said the proposed calendar would allow more lab and studio times for students, and would add three more days of classes to each semester.

“We have a lot of broken weeks in the fall semester and

it makes it difficult for lab and studio classes,” Runge said. “We really need a full week to have all classes.”

Runge said the calendar would also help with retention rates because Welcome Week would be a full week, causing the often skipped “syllabus days” to fall on a Monday and Tuesday.

“Students most often skip the first Thursday and Friday of the semester,” Runge said.

“We think this is really going to improve learning on campus.”

Runge said that waiting until

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Although Kanembwe’s leadership acknowledged the importance of rocket stoves, the workers who helped install the rocket stoves were, at first, primarily interested in a paying job rather than the benefits that could come from the stoves, Horton said.

At the end of her 2016 trip, Horton observed that many of the villagers were recognizing the benefits of the rocket stoves and were motivated to share their knowledge with other communities.

Horton sees the work that went into her dissertation as a first step in gathering data that can help improve Kanembwe and communities like it. She hopes to further quantify the benefits of rocket stoves to strengthen the case for funding future projects in Kanembwe.

“We know from what the people tell us qualitatively in their interviews that the rocket stoves are cleaner and they make less smoke, but we want to measure that because from a public health perspective, smoke exposure from cooking over open fires is one of the leading causes of respirator and

eye disease in the developing world,” Horton said. “The more data that we can get that show the benefit of the stove, the better case we’re going to be able to make for funding for additional projects in the future that can continue to benefit the village.”

The interdisciplinary leadership program’s goal to promote the common good first inspired Horton to pursue her doctorate. Now that she has completed the program, Horton emphasized the importance of using the skills she gained through her dissertation research to influence local and national environmental policy.

“There’s no reason that we have to go to Rwanda to do these kinds of studies, especially with the current political climate,” Horton said. “An environmental leadership perspective that uses the capabilities approach is even more valuable now because if we’re going to be able to convince policy makers to make environmental policy that is good for the environment, we also are going to have to make a really strong case and show how it benefits the people.”

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“From my Ph.D. program, I was introduced to a body of literature called the capability approach, which is interested in answering the question, ‘What is every individual able to do and to be?’” Horton said. “Typically, capabilities are another way of investigating quality of life that’s not just looking at economic markers like GDP.” Horton found that rocket stoves improved the lives of villagers with limited resources, widening their respective capabilities to better their quality of life with the time saved from collecting firewood.

“The capability approach literature tends to be pretty abstract and philosophical . . . with a need for the theory to be operationalized and to be supported with more empirical study,” Peter Mehl, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and a member of Horton’s dissertation committee said.

“Leah’s dissertation research does just this . . . she extends the empirical support for the theory through her experiments with the rocket stoves and her extensive interviews with the people she lived and worked with.”

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[instead of ] coming in, saying, ‘We think this is what you need to do to make your lives better.’”

Over the past five years, Horton has focused on improving Kanembwe, a village in Western Rwanda, through environmental leadership. The group taught the villagers how to build rocket stoves, a more environmentally friendly and time-saving cooking appliance.

“We came up with the idea of building rocket stoves in the village to help reduce how much firewood [the villagers] were burning while they were cooking because firewood is the main source of energy,” Horton said. “Our students had collected some data about firewood collection habits, and what we were finding was that when the people didn’t have money to buy firewood, they were spending upwards of five hours a day gathering it.”

In her dissertation, Horton analyzed the Gusangira Project’s effects with the language of the capability approach, a method of outlining human rights and describing quality of life by taking into account what an individual is capable of achieving.

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2020 would allow plenty of time to debate and plan in advance.

There has been no discussion of the extra days adding extra tuition fees.

The proposed calendar would also make the winter break shorter, causing students to leave for the break on Saturday, Dec. 19 and return on Monday, Jan. 11.

“It’s easier to schedule and it allows for more experience for students for the entire semester,” Runge said. “Having a complete week makes a difference.”

Sophomore Class President Kelli Collins was in favor of the proposal, but expressed concern about the six extra days a year.

“I’m already meeting my requirements now, so it just means I have to come three more days a semester,” Collins said. “I just don’t feel like I’ll be getting anything out of it.”

Freshman Class President Cortney Banning was against the proposal because she believes winter break is essential for students recovering from the semester.

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I get my life together, and there will be weeks taken off,” Banning said. “I just don’t think freshman would like that.”

Junior Class Vice President Lauren Reding was also against the proposal, saying she didn’t believe that extending Welcome Week would increase retention rates or get students more involved on campus.

“I think that’s just wishful thinking, students aren’t going to do that,” Reding said. “I know I would rather work . . . during that time than play games.”

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BOOKING IT TO THE LIBRARY

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Freshman biology major Erin Golden looks through the shelves in Torreyson Library. Students will begin gathering in the library in the next few weeks for finals.

P U B L I C D E B AT E

Debate, forensic team places third at championship

by Brody Arnold Staff Writer

UCA’s Debate and Forensic team finished the season by placing third at the International Public Debate Association National Championship event held at Arkansas Tech University last month.

Junior Dalton Cook won the IPDA Championship in the varsity division, while junior Debate and Forensics Union President Leia Smith ranked eighth overall at the tournament. Smith is also recognized as the third-ranked debater and top speaker in the professional division for the season.

Despite thinking this year would be a rebuilding year, Assistant Professor of Business Law and Director of Forensics

Anthony McMullen said he is proud of the team.

“The team is young,” he said. “For more than half, this was their first year competing on the collegiate level. But they were very talented, and they put in the work.”

McMullen said that while debate has a long history at UCA, it went away sometime in the ‘90s.

“In 2007, a communication adjunct instructor and I revived the program and started competing in IPDA debate,” he said.

IPDA is a form of debate done without preparation, and can be about any topic.

“I often say that, in my 17 years associated with IPDA, if you can think of a topic, I have debated it myself, prepared a student on the topic or judged a round about it,” McMullen said.

Competitors are given a sheet with five topics before each round, which they narrow it down to just one. “They then have 30 minutes to do whatever necessary to prepare their case.

To be successful, you have to be able to think on your feet and, in some cases, quickly educate yourself on current events and other topics,” McMullen said.

Smith said UCA has had at least one national champion for the past three years based on season rank. “I just think that’s something that is really fantastic,” she said. “I think it reflects really well on the department and on the program itself.”

Smith said she participated in forensics all throughout high school, and came to UCA partially because of the debate team. She started debating her freshman year.

“I had no previous experience in debate whatsoever,” she said. “I strictly did forensics.”

McMullen said the team will attend the James Madison cup in mid-April, where they will face several schools on the East coast.

“After that, we start thinking about next year. While we have a number of challenges, our biggest challenge is finding a way to the 2018 IPDA National Championship,” he said.

While the tournament was held in Arkansas this year, next year’s event will be at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. McMullen said their budget does not allow for travel out of the region, and that they will have to find funding elsewhere, or possibly not attend.

SOUNDSCAPES

UCA Music Department hosts evening of musical artistry

by Harry Glaeser Opinion Editor

The UCA Music Department organized a concert titled “Soundscapes: An Evening of Musical Artistry” on April 6 at Reynolds Performance Hall.

The concert functioned as a fundraiser for the UCA Music Department and promoted UCA’s Friends of Music Organization, a group of regular donors for the department.

The concert featured performances from various ensembles of the music department, with music performed by faculty and students of the department.

Among the ensembles that performed at the event were UCA’s Natural Slides Trombone Choir, the Percussion Ensemble, the String Quartet, and a solo performance by UCA Artist in Residence Neil Rutman.

The concert featured repertoire from a wide array of composers from various time periods, such as romantic composers Richard Strauss and Frédéric Chopin and modern Hungarian composer Aurél Holló.

The concert functioned as the first “Soundscapes” concert that the department has ever hosted, and the department plans on continuing the event annually. “‘Soundscapes’ is going to be an annual thing that we will do every year, so hopefully we’ll refine the formula for it,” UCA Professor of Percussion and member of the Soundscapes Planning Committee Blake Tyson said. “There’s a lot of planning, programming and logistics to take care of as far as staging and all that stuff. I think it went okay tonight, especially for the first Soundscapes.”

The role that the event played in fundraising for the music department and promoting Friends of Music was emphasized throughout the concert. Speakers such as UCA President Houston Davis remarked on the importance of the department and its funding.

“The financial support that Friends of Music provides is certainly important,” Tyson said. “I think that just as important, or even more important, is the fact that the community is coming together in order to support the department. The idea behind Friends of Music is to spread the word that students are doing great things musically here at UCA. The idea is to get the whole community, eventually, behind what we’re doing here.”

Friends of Music supports the Conway Symphony Orchestra and assists the UCA

Music Department in its efforts to become an All-Steinway school­­—a highly expensive measure that will replace the pianos that currently exist in the department with 43 brand new Steinway pianos. The support that the organization gives the department is paramount to the department’s advancement. “‘Soundscapes’ has been great in showing off the Music Department to those outside of it,” sophomore music department student Molly Guzman said. “This shows people that we are great performers and that we work hard, and hopefully donors will see that and want to give us money for new equipment and maybe even a new building.”

The UCA Music Department will continue to host events featuring its members and faculty throughout the rest of the semester.

Torreyson Library Overnight Supervisor Daniel Klotz was recently awarded the James L. Foster and Billy W. Beason Award by the Arkansas Historical Association for his paper titled “State Power and School Reform in Faulkner County, 1873-1931.”

The award is given annually by the Arkansas Historical Association to a postgraduate student with the best master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation addressing an aspect of Arkansas history.

The award consists of $250, a framed certificate and an invitation to the association’s annual banquet on April 21 in Pocahontas, Arkansas.

Klotz’s paper explored the early history of the Arkansas public education system at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the implications this development had on Arkansas youth and their parents.

“I studied school reform in Faulkner County between 1873 and 1931,” Klotz said.

“During the period my thesis covers, the Arkansas state government and local parents struggled for control over education. In 1873, Arkansas had the beginnings of a public education system, and parents had a tremendous amount of control over education. By 1931, the state clearly had control over what was taught. Parents accepted the loss of control over their local schools because they believed that better educational opportunities would lead to better economic opportunities for their children.”

Klotz believes this period was paramount in establishing public education in Arkansas.

“Arkansans have always had a national image as uneducated ‘hillbillies,’ and

historians have also generally portrayed rural Arkansans as ambivalent to education,” Klotz said. “My research shows that parents, even in remote locations, strongly supported giving their children the best education they possibly could, even if it meant losing control over their local school and the eventual abandonment of their communities.”

Thesis adviser, director and UCA Associate Professor of Histroy Matkin-Rawn assisted Klotz in his thesis arrangement.

“It’s really cool that Daniel won against P.h.D. dissertations regarding Arkansas history, with some of those writers having been in school for eight years or more,” Matkin-Rawn said. “I was super impressed, especially after seeing the huge stack of dissertations and theses I saw at the AHA. With his thesis, Daniel did the quality work about Arkansas history that will be read by people who don’t necessarily want to know about Arkansas because it was so insightful about education and painted a great picture of the history of public education.”

Klotz was excited and surprised by his win.

“Matkin-Rawn told me she was going to submit the thesis, but I certainly wasn’t expecting to win,” Klotz said.

Klotz believes winning the award will have strong implications for the prestige of the UCA History Department because the award is highly sought after by postgraduate students across Arkansas.

“I think most past winners of this award have been P.h.D. students at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, so it makes our history department look really good,” Klotz said.

“If Daniel is interested, this win really opens the doors to P.h.D. graduate programs for him,” Matkin-Rawn said.

CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE

Coordinator analyzes ethics

by Brody Arnold Staff Writer

The UCA Confucius Institute Program Coordinator Malcolm North held a lecture April 4 in the College of Business, discussing value ethics, a way people assign values to things and how it applies to leadership.

North said he created this theory.

“It’s original with me,” he said. “It’s based on an old, but ignored, theory on how value is perceived.”

North said a value ethic is based on value theory, in which a value is not necessarily something that someone desires, but its meaning.

“How do we get to that meaning?” North said. “We create that with our judgment.”

He said that this approach uses value judgement as its basis.

North’s system is made up of different categories that can be used to determine the value placed on any given thing.

The three value categories are intrinsic, extrinsic and systemic.

North said these categories were developed by Robert Hartman.

“Since then, no one has been able to come up with any other thing that fits in a fourth category,” he said. People relate to intrinsic, objects relate to extrinsic, and ideas and concepts relate to systemic.

North said that while value is meaning, value judgment is assigning meaning to one of the three categories in his system.

“Since judgment is a core capacity of leadership, then the

point of a value leader ethic is to actually add value to those three categories,” he said.

According to North, people look for certain properties in a person or thing when determining its value. If the properties are present, then we perceive it or them as a good thing.

“If only some of them are there, it’s not as good as the good thing,” he said. “If it doesn’t have any of the properties, perhaps they lack integrity, inspiration, then that leader probably won’t have as high of a value to you as the ones that do.”

North also has what he calls E.T.H.I.C.S. E is for equality: Is it fair?

T is for truth: is it accurate?

H is for hurt or help: Who gets hurt? Who is helped?

I is for information.

C is for connections.

S is for significance.

Associate Provost for Instructional Support Kurt Boniecki asked North to distinguish between truth and information.

“Truth can be defined as more of a static concept of ‘what is, what is not,’” North said.

“Information can be properties of truth in that I may not have all of the information to come to that truth, I may only have partial.”

North said that information is the building block of truth. He also said that truth is naturally unbiased, because it is what is, but that we may perceive information differently based on our biases.

Police Beat

The following information is compiled from UCAPD incident reports

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Non-student drives under influence, has BrAC .145

Non-student cited for public Student’s iPad goes missing, intoxication near dorm hall reports tablet is worth $400

Non-student Helen Oates was arrested on April 1 for drinking and driving after police noticed she was driving at night without her lights on. Police pulled her over and smelled alcohol from the car. She was also driving with an expired license. Oates refused at first to take a breathalyzer test, but when she finally agreed she was found to have a BrAC of .145. Oates continued to be verbally aggressive.

Non-student Robert Bell was cited for public intoxication near Carmichael Hall on April 2.

Police said Bell flagged down an officer as he was patrolling the area and asked for a ride.

The officer smelled alcohol on Bell and noticed black X’s on his hands, a sign that bars give to underage people to stop them from buying alcohol. Bell admitted that he had been at Bears Den Pizza with a friend that night.

Student Justice Dear reported her iPad missing on April 3. Dear said her iPad has a gray case that covers the front and back of the iPad. Dear said she last saw her iPad on March 29 in her dorm room in Hughes Hall.

She said that she didn’t have anyone in the room with her other than her roommate. The iPad is valued at $400.

Student’s vehicle damaged after wind blows car door Student Danielle Peterson reported that her car had been damaged in the parking lot on Bruce Street on April 5.

At the time she noticed another car parked next to her that belonged to student Katie Beck. Beck said it was windy when she opened her car door that morning and it was possible that it hit Peterson’s car.

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‘Avenue Q’ opening UCA Theatre will present “Avenue Q,” an adult-themed puppeteer musical, at 7:30 p.m. on April 13 and 14 and at 2 p.m. on April 15 in the Bridges/ Larson Theatre in Snow Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $10 for the general public, but the UCA staff, faculty and students can get two free tickets with a UCA I.D. For more information, contact UCA Theatre Business Manager Melissa Pearson at 501-450-5092.

‘One World Week’ As part of “One World Week,” the Social Justice League will tear down its “Wall of Hate” during x-period on April 13 on the Arkansas Hall lawn. Students were encouraged earlier in the week to paint words that were used against them on cinder blocks in order to reclaim negative language. For more information, contact SJL President Marisa Hahn at mbader1@cub.uca.edu.

Faculty book reading Creative writing faculty — including Assistant Professor of Writing Jennie Case, Professor of English Jim Fowler and Assistant Professor of Writing Sandy Longhorn — will present a faculty reading of their creative works at 3 p.m. on April 13 in Irby 312. For more information, contact Case at jcase@uca.edu.

Red Cross blood drive There will be an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 13 in Student Center room 213 and on April 14 in Student Center room 223 and 224. For more information on Red Cross, visit their website redcrossblood.org.

Russian Ballet The Russian National Ballet Theatre will perform the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” at 7:30 p.m. on April 18 in Reynolds Performance Hall. Tickets range from $30 to $40 for the general public and $10 for UCA students and children.

For more information, contact Director of Marketing and Finance Julia Dossett Morgan at 501-852-7889.

Academic Workshop The Office of Student Services will present an Academic Success Workshop during x-period on April 18 in Doyne Health Science Center room 141. The workshop will cover financial awareness and will be taught by Assistant Director of Financial Aid Leslie Knox. For more information, contact Director of Student Success Julia Winden-Fey at juliawin@uca.edu.

Trombone concerts The UCA Department of Music will present a Bear Bones and Natural Slides concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 18 in the Snow Fine Arts Center Rehearsal Hall.

The Bear Bones is a trombone choir at UCA, and the Natural Slides is a trombone octet. For more information, contact Chair of the Music Department Paige

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UCA President Houston Davis talks about Act 562 with students during the Campus Talk on April 4 in Wingo Hall. Act 562 permits the possession of concealed handguns at public universities with a concealed carry license aand some additional training.

President Davis discusses gun bill

by Taylor Fulgham Assistant Online Editor

UCA President Houston Davis spoke about the recently passed Act 562, formerly HB 1249, permitting the possession of concealed handguns at public universities, at his most recent Campus Talk on April 4 in Wingo Hall.

Davis said the major question concerning the implementation of the act at UCA is how to maintain campus safety.

“I think it’s important to stress that this does not mean that immediately just anyone can carry a gun on campus,” Davis said. “There’s still the requirement of them having to go through the concealed-carry licensing process and there is additional training that has yet to be approved by Arkansas State Police.”

The act, which was recently signed into law by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, will be implemented on Sept. 1 of this year.

Davis said he anticipates that more information will become available in the coming weeks as Arkansas police determine new training processes required by the act.

Act 562, which was recently amended to ban concealed handguns at public university athletic events, requires those over 21 years old with concealed-carry licenses to attend eight additional hours of training in order to carry concealed handguns on campus.

Davis told the audience that the gun bill will not affect UCAPD’s involvement in deterring crime on campus.

“Whether you’re for or against this particular law, know this: Our campus police are always, every day and every hour, making efforts to keep us safe,” Davis said. “So I don’t think that anything is going to change from how they both proactively and reactively work with our campus and the community.”

Davis said he intends to build a frequently asked questions page about the bill on UCA’s website and plans to hold a campus-wide forum for any curious or concerned individuals.

Davis opened the floor for questions from the audience, but no one responded with any questions at that time.

Following the discussion of Act 562, Davis updated the audience on potential changes to

the wellness program on campus.

Davis said the university is shifting to make the program a strictly consent-based program, meaning that individuals who choose to participate in the program will have access to discounted rates.

More information about the program will be available later.

SGA President Kelsey Broaddrick also spoke about upcoming student government elections at UCA, encouraging students to vote when polls open April 12-13.

Other speakers included Staff Senate President Kevin Carter, Faculty Senate President Kaye McKinzie and Strategic Planning and Resource Council Chair Tammy Rogers, each presenting matters ranging from upcoming elections to budget reports.

Associate Vice President for Communications, Public Relations and Marketing Christina Madsen said the next campus talk is planned for fall 2017.

Campus Talks provide students, faculty and staff a platform to express opinions and concerns they may have about various issues directly to the president.

UCA has implemented its emergency plan for tornados in recent months, raising the question of what students should do in the event of other emergencies.

Each building has its own emergency plan created by the building administrators and emergency teams that make up the University Safety Committee.

According to the safety committee website, this plan is used to combat the “big three:” fires, tornados and active shooters.

Director of Housing and Residence Life Stephanie McBrayer said UCAPD trains housing staff for every emergency procedure.

According to the Building Emergency Plan for evacuation drills, occupants normally use the building exits they are most familiar with during fire drills, allowing for a more successful evacuation.

Occupants are also encouraged to take note of all exits in a building.

Drills for classrooms and administrative buildings are conducted once a year.

For residence halls, one is randomly conducted each semester.

McBrayer said all students are required to evacuate during a drill.

If a student doesn’t evacuate he could be documented.

“We want to keep them safe and if there was a real, full-blown fire we’d want them to evacuate,” McBrayer said.

According to the BEP for tornados, each residence hall has its own plan for tornado safety.

The safest places in the residence halls are the stairways and bottom-floor hallways.

“We have to follow the procedures every time we go into a warning but since I’ve been

here we’ve never had damage to the extent of relocating or rehousing students,” McBrayer said.

Public Relations and Information Officer Michael Hopper said there are four designated tornado shelters on campus, located in the basements of Burdick Hall, the Student Center, Old Main and Lewis Science Center.

These areas can be unlocked and staffed by UCAPD and housing staff.

Hopper also said the UCA alert system is always activated when the area is placed under a tornado warning.

For active shooters or bomb threats, UCAPD is appointed to assess the situation before any course of action is taken.

According to the BEP for bomb threats, the threats can be transmitted in a number of ways — including text messages, email, face-to-face interaction, and social media.

“I think we always take action into any situation and social media has had a big influence on our program and procedures,” McBrayer said.

According to the BEP for bomb threats, it’s rare to have a real bombing, but every threat must be investigated.

According to the BEP, “bomb threats continue to be a problem on campuses across the nation and occasionally at UCA. The incidents of today require that every threat be treated as actual and real until proven otherwise.”

According to the BEP, for winter weather, President Davis is in charge of changing school hours according to the severity of inclement weather.

The Physical Plant will clear any sidewalks or streets on campus.

They will also open warming centers for those on campus if necessary.

The Building Emergency Plans can be found at http://uca.edu/mysafety/.

SHAKESPEARE

Guest Artist Recital features Hendrix professor playing music about Romeo and Juliet

by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor

UCA’s Guest Artist Recital featured many tuba and euphonium players, who filled the room with their loud and melodic tunes on April 5 at Snow Fine Arts Hall.

The concert featured Hendrix College Assistant Professor of Music Gretchen Renshaw, who played both the tuba and euphonium during the performance.

The performance opened with Renshaw on tuba and Hendrix Associate Professor of Music John Krebs on piano playing Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1, Op. 64.”

The music walked the audience through Shakespeare’s famous play. The music was

light and cheery during the songs “The City Awakes” and “Public Merry-Making,” but turned foreboding during “Montagues and Capulets” and “The Death of Tybalt.” The music then became sorrowful during “Romeo and Juliet at Parting” and “Juliet’s Death and Funeral.”

After the intermission, Renshaw and her fiancé Hendrix Adjunct Trumpet Instructor Stephen James, played a trumpet and tuba duet to Steven Verhelst’s “Devil’s Waltz.”

Renshaw played a three-part euphonium duet called “A New Day” by Franz Cibulka with UCA Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium Gail Robertson.

Renshaw chose all the music in the performance,

which featured the entire UCA tuba and euphonium studio, composed of 11 euphonium majors.

“You don’t often find this many euphoniums at one school,” Renshaw said.

Robertson called the ensemble “unique” and said she has one of the largest euphonium ensembles in the state.

The Euphonium Choir and Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble performed “Short Meditation”

by Anthony Plog and “Souvenir de Porto Rico” by Louis Moreau Gottsehalk, which was conducted and arranged by Renshaw.

Robertson said she thinks the concert went extremely well.

Renshaw was invited to perform by Robertson. The

two attended Michigan State University together and met when they were both graduate students.

“It’s important to feature outstanding musicians, especially local talent and good friends,” Robertson said.

Renshaw said she and Robertson have had many opportunities to collaborate in the past, and that she was really appreciative of all the times they had been able to play together.

Renshaw is also the Wind Ensemble Conductor and Low Brass Instructor at Hendrix.

Renshaw said she was introduced to music at the age of five when she began playing violin. A few years later she began playing the piano, and it wasn’t until she was in the fourth grade that Renshaw picked up the euphonium.

She majored in euphonium

performance for her undergraduate degree, during which she was introduced to the tuba.

According to the Hendrix website, Renshaw has won major competitions, including a finalist placement in the Tuba Artist Competition at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference, first place the International Women’s Brass Conference Euphonium Competition and National First Place Winner of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Brass Competition.

“I’ve really enjoyed playing the euphonium and tuba because of the people I’ve encountered,” Renshaw said.

“I’ve always had such a great time in concert band settings and that world feels like a home to me.”

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Iota Pi dodgeball The Iota Pi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will host the Iota Pi Dodge Ball Tournament from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on April 19 at the HPER basketball courts. The cost is $5 for participants, and a $5 or $1 donation for entry to the tournament. For more information, contact Phi Beta Sigma President Timothy Johnson at 870-562-5100.

The Rave Demon dances with anime fans at a rave at AnimeCon Arkansas, held at the Holiday Inn Airport Hotel in Little Rock on April 8. The rave started late due to mechanical failure, but that didn’t stop the people in attendance from dancing.

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HARD KNOCK LIFE

Classic musical ‘Annie’ sells out at Reynolds

by Harry Glaeser Online Editor

UCA Public Appearances hosted a Broadway production of the musical “Annie” on April 4 in Reynolds Performance Hall, constituting part of the Broadway lineup of the Reynolds’ performing arts season.

The production featured the current Broadway touring cast of the musical, starring 11-year-old actress Amanda Swickle as Annie and directed by original director Martin Charnin.

“Annie” is the classic story of an abandoned child who finds herself out of a hopeless situation in a New York orphanage and into the custody of a billionaire named Oliver Warbucks, played by three-year cast member Gilgamesh Taggett. Warbucks grows fond of Annie and strives

to help her find her parents.

The show features multiple well-known musical numbers throughout, including its opening number “Maybe,” “It’s a Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow.” The music for the production was written by American composer Charles Strouse and the lyrics were written by Charnin himself.

The production featured a cast of over 25 performers taking on over 40 roles, including a dog playing the role of Sandy, trained and choreographed by award-winning animal trainer William Berloni.

Though Swickle performed the role of Annie in the UCA production of the show, 11-year-old actor Tori Bates typically takes the stage as Annie and has been regarded as the first bi-racial actor to be cast in the role in the production’s history.

The musical has been well-received by the theatrical community and widely

performed throughout its long history. The original 1977 Broadway production directed

by Charnin ran for 2,377 performances and won a total of seven Tony Awards.

The UCA production was booked by Reynolds Director of Public Appearances Amanda Horton, who spoke at the event. The show was among multiple other Broadway productions that UCA hosts each year. This year’s lineup includes productions of ONCE the Musical, FAME and 42nd Street, which took place earlier this school year.

“Public Appearances has a performing arts season that is held each year that includes a Broadway lineup,” Horton said.

“We typically do four Broadway shows each year. This one was a sold out show of 1,175 attendees.”

The show was well-received by the sold-out audience, composed of viewers from all

ages, from young children to adults and college students.

“The touring Broadway company of Annie made me feel as if I was there on Times Square itself,” UCA freshman Connor Lichtenwalter said.

“The wonderful costumes, phenomenal singing, and heart-warming story brought the joy of this classic musical to all who attended, bringing a message of classicism and love that rings true in today’s society.”

This performance was Charnin’s 20th time to direct the musical since the original New York production in 1977.

The production of “Annie” drew Reynolds’ annual Broadway Series to a close.

Reynolds will hold its last performance of the season on April 18 with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Sleeping Beauty” by the Russian National Ballet Theatre.

DEVELOPMENT

UCA educates students at 19th annual wellness fair

by Denn-Warren Tafah Sprots Editor

UCA’s annual wellness fair educated students about healthy life choices on April 5 in the Student Center Ballroom.

According to The Log Cabin Democrat, Student Wellness and Development Director Jenna Davidson said the overall goal of the fair is to improve the holistic wellness of the UCA community and “contribute to a healthy, balanced lifestyle.”

This is UCA’s 19th year to host the fair and there were 39 booths in attendance.

“Around 600 people are expected to attend the event,” Davidson said, according to The Log Cabin Democrat.

Even students at UCA had booths set up.

Junior Sarah Siler said she had a station set up to educate others about how to eat healthy and other topics regarding nutrition.

“My station was all about nutrition. The main piece I was

educating students about was the healthy snacking board.

My board gave examples of what snacks to stay away from and then some alternatives to choose from. I also had handouts explaining how to keep food safe from the time you buy it, prepare it, eat it and freeze it. I was attending the fair due to the class I am enrolled in, Methods in Family and Consumer Science,” Siler said.

The fair was filled with vendors educating students on health related topics with

hands-on examples and samples.

According to The Log Cabin Democrat, the top issues students face are fitness, nutrition, stress-management and alcohol use, as well as other long-term needs that they need to start thinking about like heart disease and cholesterol.

“My experience at the Wellness fair was very good.

There were tons of people that walked through and came to my booth to inquire about healthy snacking,” Siler said.

SPOTLIGHT

PEOPLE OF UCA Haley Hunter

by Emily Gist Staff Writer

Freshman Haley Hunter’s submission to God led to her command of two foreign languages and her passion for helping Mexican kids achieve their dreams.

In 2014, at the age of 17, Hunter flew to Brazil for a mission trip with Twin Lakes Baptist Church. She tried to communicate with the native people through body language, but couldn’t connect in a meaningful way. After returning home to Mountain Home, Arkansas, she was determined to learn Portuguese, go back and connect with the Brazilian people she met.

“With God’s help, I found my gift of languages, and I learned Portuguese fluently in one year,” Hunter said.

With a better grasp of the language, she returned to Brazil, and her conversations were elevated to a whole new level.

“I got to connect with the people on a very personal level, like heart to heart, and speaking their language,” Hunter said. “I got to get out of my shoes — out of my culture — and connect with them,

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Haley Hunter poses for a picture with children she worked with while on a mission trip to Brazil. Hunter learned Portuguese to better communicate on her trips.

which is a very beautiful thing.”

But in order to learn a new language, she said she had to submit to God. When Hunter was a young girl, she said she had a religious experience. God was calling her to be a missionary.

“When I went to Brazil I was like, ‘Maybe that was a promise, what God showed me,’” Hunter said, “I believe he’s going to use me throughout the world.”

And then, she said, God

called her to learn Spanish.

Hunter said at first she didn’t want to learn Spanish.

She wanted to stick with Portuguese and Brazil. But, after submitting to God once again, she gained a passion for Spanish.

She did research and learned that about one in seven English teachers in Mexico don’t speak English.

In light of her research, and with her passion for God

and gift of language, Hunter said she wants to teach English abroad. She wants to open doors and help Mexican kids reach their full potential.

“In obedience he changes my heart and he gives me a passion for Spanish, gives me a passion for these people and right now I want to love on [Mexican] kids,” Hunter said.

“I love kids’ perspectives. They don’t have any limitations, they just dream and I want to help them achieve their dreams.”

Unfortunately, Hunter said many of these kids grow up with difficult home lives and drop out of school in order to take care of their families. She also said, for these kids who drop out, their lack of education puts them in lower-paying jobs. By helping young Mexican kids learn English, Hunter feels she can provide more opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable.

“Knowing English will open a lot of doors and opportunities, for them,” Hunter said. “And even if they go anywhere else around the world — in Europe or wherever they want — English will open doors regardless. So I just want to help them go after their dreams”

Freshman Christina Dodge

Junior Jordan Sanders

“Just talk to my friends, get whatever is bothering me off my mind. We go out to eat at Slim Chickens to de-stress too.”

“Either I buy myself my favorite meal, probably Slim Chickens or Tacos 4 Life, or I take a bath.

Or I call my niece, ‘cause she’s two and she makes me happy.”

Junior Peighton Taylor

Sophomore Joshua Dunlap

“Usually by watching TV. I watch “Gilmore Girls,” and just laying around. I also hike; I like to go somewhere that is beautiful and remind myself there are bigger things than whatever it is I’m worrying about.”

“I sleep, I sleep a lot.

I slept like 11 hours last night. I have no life, apart from school and studying. It’s my favorite hobby.”

Sophomore Donna Patty

Freshman Acka Bossombian

“I binge watch “Grey’s Anatomy.” They make me feel better about my life because theirs is worse than mine. I watch “One Tree Hill” too, just crappy TV shows like that.”

“I go and play video games, like FIFA Sports, because I want to think about other things to not stress out and change my mind. I play outside sports too, like soccer.”

Senior Brittany Kanu

Senior Shala David

“I would say I de-stress by playing gospel music and reading inspirational Bible quotes. Mainly because a couple years ago I was not feeling close to God and songs of worship raise my mood. It’s a good way for me to get my spirits up.”

“I like to meditate on the Bible, pray and have my alone time.

When I’m stressed I don’t need to be around a whole bunch of people, because too much stimulation gives me anxiety. I read the Bible because I’m a very spiritual person.”

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Study abroad students shouldn’t have to pay so many fees When it’s more financially feasible to stay on campus than to study abroad and improve one’s cultural awareness, there’s something wrong. College should prioritize educational expansion, not a student’s financial situation.

According to an SGA proposal that aims to waive fees for students in study abroad courses, if a student wants to study abroad and take six credit hours in the summer, he has to pay $403.86 for facilities he can’t even use.

That’s not even including the study abroad fee. Since these fees pay for campus facilities, study abroad students can’t even reap the benefits of what they pay for.

It seems like students are being inadvertently punished for expanding their horizons and cultural awareness.

Due to the unnecessary cost and lack of any return, many students find it more financially feasible to simply stay on campus, and if they do choose to study abroad, they have to pay even more than those staying on campus because of the study abroad fee. This doesn’t even include the excess work that’s involved in traveling outside of the country — getting a passport, paying for flights and packing for a lengthy trip.

It’s understandable that many of these fees go toward improving the campus as a whole and are important, but when those fees become hurdles in the way of opportunity, something needs to be fixed.

Money should not take precedence over education.

Some examples of these excessive fees include the athletic fee ($18 per credit hour), facilities fee ($12.50 per credit hour), the HPER fee ($9.12 per credit hour), a technology fee ($7.50 per credit hour) and a student center and recreation fee ($4.25 per credit hour). And these are just the ones with the highest cost.

Then, there are still other fees per semester which add even more costs to the mix.

A student studying outside of the country obviously wouldn’t be able to reap the benefits of even a single one of these fees.

Yet, these fees only contribute about $125.22 of the $403.86 to the educational costs of that student taking six credit hours abroad over the summer.

These fees are too steep.

This is especially true with the HPER and Facilities fees; if a person is studying abroad, clearly he won’t be using the HPER or any campus facilities while he’s gone.

This is about more than complaining about high fees.

For students who study on campus and pay these

by Emily fees, they can still Gist choose whether or Staff Writer not to access these facilities.

However, unlike students who have access to these facilities and choose not to use them, study-abroad students don’t have access to the facilities in the first place.

Furthermore, colleges should work to reduce the burden for students who choose to take advantage of educational opportunities.

All of this considered, it’s not financially feasible for the college to survive if study abroad students aren’t paying for any fees.

All financial contribution is needed for the college as a whole to run.

However, it is also unjust that study abroad students have to pay just as much, if not more, as traditional students for taking initiative and doing extra work for their education. Therefore, there needs to be a balance.

The fees that contribute solely to facilities students can’t access when studying abroad need to be removed.

Either that or more study-abroad scholarship opportunities need to be offered in order to shift the college’s priorities back to where they need to be.

Cullinary arts should be tought to kids in grade school Cooking is something everyone should learn before being thrust into the adult world that we all must inevitably contribute to. This is something that has proven difficult for most college students, since most of us were not required to take cooking classes in grade school.

Teaching children to cook in grade school would solve many problems for young adults venturing out of their homes and into the adult world.

There are multiple advantages to being able to cook for oneself that many of us don’t think about when we’re sitting in a restaurant booth or a McDonald’s drive-through.

Being able to cook can be a huge advantage to one’s health.

According to the National Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, more than two-thirds of American adults are considered overweight or obese. According to the American Heart Association, obesity affects one in six children.

Today, people would rather go out to eat than cook a meal at home. If children knew how to cook from a young age, this would most likely encourage them to cook and break habits of going out to eat greasy, high-calorie meals.

This would help cut down on the overweight population and create a healthier America, especially if nutrition was included in grade school curriculum.

Teaching kids how to cook in school would also help spark creative thinking.

Schools are always pushing students to pursue math and science in their studies, which does not give students much time to be creative.

Cullinary arts allow kids to use their imaginations through experimentation with the different ingredients, tastes and textural elements that make dishes unique and satisfying.

Cooking classes are not only tailored to those

interested in the arts, for they require students to be logical as well.

Cooking teaches kids how to make measurements, judge proportions and utilize an array of other mathematical skills. Cooking can also be a great tool for teaching students various aspects of chemistry.

Cooking can develop into a hobby and, for some students, perhaps even a career later on in life.

Cooking can also teach children how to be more monetarily responsible and save thrifty individuals some cash, since going out to eat can prove rather pricey in the end.

A lifestyle in which one purchases cooking ingredients is actually much cheaper than a lifestyle filled with fast food and pricey restaurant dishes.

Cooking also

by William increases one’s Middleton independence, since Staff Writer they no longer rely on their parents to cook for them.

Cooking can also teach responsibility, since cooking require one to read and follow directions, clean up messes, use cooking equipment and put away dishes when he is finished with his project.

Teaching children how to cook is also a great way to build their self-confidence. When they realize that they can do tasks on their own, it gives them a sense of self-esteem and hefty amounts of personal gratification.

Cooking also helps develop social skills.

Cooking meals is an activity that often requires multiple people.

This can expose young cooks to more social environments and help them establish stronger relationships with their family members and peers.

After surveying all these wonderful benefits that accompany teaching students cooking in school, it’s astounding that it hasn’t already made its way into manditory curriculum.

I still wish I knew how to cook a quiche.

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Everybody loves a good musical.

The idea of a riveting tale accompanied by hearty show tunes written by elegant composers and witty lyricists is something that everybody seems to be able to get behind.

This goes beyond saying that most people love a piece of entertainment simply because it is mindlessly interesting or innocuously fun.

Fun is a large part of the appeal of Broadway shows, but there is truly something more there that we absorb when our eyes are glued to the action of “Sweeney Todd” or the pleasantries of “Annie.”

Humans are addicted to simple pleasure, something that musicals incite in copious amounts, but pleasure implies something beyond the explicit illusion of “fun” that musicals tend to create with their giddy, dancing ensembles and their heart-stopping climaxes.

Musicals share something with the world that transcends what the unenthused spectator would be able to detect with a passing glance.

As they share their stories with the world, they are also sharing various lessons about the human condition and what it truly is to be a member of society.

Musicals teach us that everyone is a unique individual with unique motives that follows a unique plot; they tell us the story of human desire, failure and potential, even if the delightfulness of their explicit performances seems to push one wayward of this realization.

Everybody is a lead role in their very own Broadway show.

However, the musical of life is told through a different medium than that which musicals on the stage present, substituting the lyrics and the two-hour runtime with a lifetime of actions and more visceral emotions (as well as lacking the immense funding that Broadway theater receives).

Those of us who find ourselves singing songs in our head and reflecting on our immediate emotional lives during our daily travels may already be existing in our very own corporeal musicals.

How are we all any different from the lives portrayed in “West Side Story,” with Tony and Maria struggling against their ethnic boundaries to find a life of love with each other?

Is a modern day “Romeo & Juliet” not a lifestyle that many individuals experience at some point in their lives, whether it be through ethnic, religious or economic constraints imposed by certain antagonists present within their stories?

The only difference between many of our lives and the lives of the characters within “West Side Story” seems to be a script and a strict duration.

How are we any different than Alexander Hamilton in his eponymous production, struggling to find a greater purpose in the world as well as make his impact on the society that he lives in?

The romantic language and enthralling R&B songs seem to be the only difference between his life and one of an enterprising college student with a vision of success and a greater sense of purpose in life.

The message I’m trying to convey is that Broadway musicals are much heavier than a simple arrangement of actors singing on stage.

The stories that they present to us not only give us an indulgent escape from our immediate realities, but also help us reflect on our realities and our personal orientations within society.

After all, the characters in these shows are simply humans as well — or possess human-like qualities, as is the case for “Into the Woods” — with motives, charms, chagrin and obstacles that are unique to every human on Earth.

Don’t let the lengthy monologues and impressive vocal ranges fool you. The musical protagonist is just as human as you.

Musicals teach us that everyone is a unique individual with unique motives that follows a unique plot

Everyone does.

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Entertainment April 12, 2017

New This Week Movies

April 14 — The Fate of the Furious (PG-13), directed by Felix Gary Gray, starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson.

Jason Statham and Michelle Rodriguez.

April 14 — Spark: A Space Tail (PG), directed by Aaron Woodley, starring Jace Norman, Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon and Patrick Stewart.

Music April 14 — AZD - Actress

April 14 — Ladies And Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies And The Persuasions - Barenaked Ladies And The Persuasions

April 14 — DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

April 14 — Love & Murder - Leslie Mendelson

Part two of 'Get Down' develops maturity

by Sophia Ordaz Entertainment Editor

While the first half of season one of “The Get Down” was a radiant, high-spirited portrait of the peak of disco and the birth of hip-hop, darkness encroaches on the series’ South Bronx teenagers during the season’s second half.

“The Get Down’s” characters appear to be flourishing like never before in part two’s first episode. The Get Down Brothers, a ragtag hip-hop group formed by four childhood friends and their mentor DJ Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore), are being payed for their performances for the first time. After signing to Marrakesh Records as Mylene Cruz and the Soul Madonnas, Cruz (Herizen F. Guardiola) and her two friends Yolanda Kipling (Stefanée Martin) and Regina (Shyrley Rodriguez) are poised to become the next disco superstars. Pastor Ramon Cruz (Giancarlo Esposito) is seeing his church attendance rise for the first time in months because of his daughter Mylene’s success.

Main character Ezekiel

April 14 — Season High - Little Dragon

April 14 — Waiting a Lifetime Splashh

April 14 — Believe - The String Cheese Incident

Netflix April 14 — Chelsea, Season 2 (2017), created by Rik Reinholdtsen and Blake Websterand, starring Chelsea Handler.

April 14 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return, Season 1, created by Joel Hodgson, starring Jonah Ray, Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn and Rebecaa Hanson.

April 14 — Sandy Wexler (2017), directed by Steven Brill, starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Hudson, Kevin James and Terry Crews.

Video Games April 18 — ATV Renegades (E), for PS4 and Xbox One.

April 18 — The Silver Case (M), for PS4.

April 18 — Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom (E), for Mac, PC and PS4.

April 11 — Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (E), for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One.

Top Five Procrastination Habits and Their Remedies List compiled by William Middleton

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(From left to right) Miles "Boo-Boo" Kipling (T. J. Brown, Jr.), Ezekiel Figuero (Justice Smith), Shaolin Fantastic (Shameik Moore), Marcus "Dizzee" Kipling (Jaden Smith) and Ronald "Ra-Ra" Kipling (Skylan Brooks) make up the Get Down Brothers, a South Bronx hip-hop group from "The Get Down." Part two of season one was released on April 7.

Figuero (Justice Smith) is also enjoying the fruits of success.

Thanks to Francisco “Papa Fuerte” Cruz (Jimmy Smits), a community leader for the Bronx, Figuero has secured a cushy office internship working under businessman Mr. Gunns (Michel Gill). In his spare time, Figuero toils over college application essays and spends time with his girlfriend, Mylene. He moonlights as the Get Down Brothers’ “wordsmith,”

finding refuge in penning lyrics to accompany Shaolin’s mixes.

However, the Get Down Brothers begin realizing that the success they have together may only be a fleeting dream if Figuero is accepted to college.

Although part one tended to romanticize the South Bronx, part two’s first episode demonstrates how the underbelly of the Bronx’s music scene endangers the teenagers and exacerbates their friendships. Unbeknownst to the

rest of the Get Down Brothers, Shaolin deals drugs as a day job.

When their patron, Shaolin’s drug boss, pays Shaolin a larger sum of money, the other members become upset. Shaolin quells their anger by asserting that he deserves more money because MCs act as mere instruments that the DJ conducts.

Mylene continues to be caught at the crossroads of family demands and personal aspirations. Although she is

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pursuing her singing career, she is still under the authority of her conservative father. At her father's prompting, Mylene hesistantly agrees to be the spokesperson of an anti-abortion campaign.

Although part one didn’t sufficiently develop Marcus “Dizzee” Kipling (Jaden Smith), a Get Down Brothers member and a graffiti artist who is coming to terms with his bisexuality, part two better explores Dizzee's character. The first episode of part two features an animated comic book sequence that depicts policemen arresting Thor (Noah Le Gros), Dizzee’s friend and love interest, for spray-painting a boxcar. When Dizzee misses Thor, he imagines folding his comics into paper planes and flying them to Thor’s cell in the juvenile detention center.

With part two of season one, the world of “The Get Down” is no longer rose-tinted. The characters finally face the complexity of the societal dichotomies they belong in, infusing the series with a realistic maturity.

"The Get Down" is now streaming on Netflix.

ANIME

'Ghost' blurs line between human, robot

by Des’ree Dallmann Online Editor

April 14 — Forever and Then Some - Lillie Mae

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The new DreamWorks film “Ghost in the Shell” entertainingly grapples with the casualties of a future where the line between technology and human is crossed.

The sci-fi action film is based on the Japanese manga of the same name, and is directed by Rupert Sanders, the director of “Snow White and the Huntsman.”

The movie is set in a bustling Japanese city sometime in the future. Except for the flying cars, the city resembles the futuristic city from the 1997 film “The Fifth Element.”

“Ghost in the Shell” deals with how technology has changed human life. In the film, machines have taken over human labor, and it’s common for humans to have cybernetic parts improving their vision, intelligence or strength.

Scarlett Johansson portrays Major Mira Killian, the world’s first cyber-enhanced human.

The movie begins with Killian discovering that her body is unrepairable after a horrible accident. Officials from Hanka Robotics, a company that develops augmentative technology, use Killian as a test subject, placing her brain in a new body, or shell, made completely of cybernetics.

After a successful cybernetic surgery, Hanka Robotics begins using Killian to fight terrorism. The plot centers on Killian's battle against crime and corruption and emphasizes the conflict of blurring the line between a human brain and cyborg body.

In an early scene, Killian attends a dinner that is served by robot geishas. The nightmarish robot geishas, who were hacked by villain Hideo Kuze (Michael Pitt), later ambush the guests.

This scene of mass chaos and violence demonstrates that

powerful technology can be dangerous in the hands of corrupt criminals.

Throughout the film, Killian struggles with the possibility of her brain rejecting her cybernetic body and the notion that her body’s creator, Dr. Ouelet (Juliette Binoche), could control her thoughts.

During her hunt for the mysterious Kuze, Killian comes across something about her past that takes the film in an unexpected direction.

Sanders could not have picked a better actress to play the strong, solemn Kiliian.

Johansson's dynamic film history continues with her role as Killian. Throughout the film, we see her jumping off buildings and kicking bad guys' butts.

Also, I’m sure Killian's skin suit will attract several teenage boys to the film.

“Ghost in the Shell” is rated PG-13 and is now playing at Cinemark Towne Centre in Conway.

NETFLIX

Biopic tells story of controversial atheist activist

by Amanda Nettles News Editor

“The Most Hated Woman in America” gives viewers a glimpse into the life of atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair (Melissa Leo).

The Netflix original movie begins with O’Hair being kidnapped with her son Jon Garth Murray (Michael Chernus) and granddaughter Robin Murray O'Hair (Juno Temple).

Because the family disappeared before as a publicity stunt, many — including O’Hair’s oldest son William “Billy” Murray (Vincent Kartheiser) — did not believe they were actually missing.

After the brief kidnapping scene, the movie depicts O’Hair’s early life and background.

O’Hair’s parents were both conservative Presbyterians. Later in her life, she graduated with a law degree and lived with her parents and children. O’Hair was known for being very outspoken, stubborn, intelligent and vulgar.

One morning, O'Hair walked Billy to school and overheard the classroom reciting from the Bible and having a morning devotional.

She stormed into Billy’s classroom and immediately explained that the Constitution’s First Amendment defends freedom of religion.

1. Sleeping Being in college requires daily naps to function properly, but don’t let these get in the way of studying for a big exam or writing that huge paper. If you oversleep, just know that later you’ll have to pull an all-nighter to cram, and you may not end up scoring well.

If you still decide to take that nap when you should be studying, make sure you have someone to wake you up so you can cram for a few minutes.

O’Hair validated this point by asking if there were any Jews in the class. After a young girl raised her hand, she asked the girl if her parents were aware that she was being forced to do a devotional every morning. The teacher told O’Hair to “sue the school” if she strongly disagreed with the devotional, and she did.

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Madalyn Murray O’Hair (Melissa Leo) addresses the media in "The Most Hated Woman in America."

O'Hair's activism led to the banning of offical Bible readings in public schools.

O’Hair helped prevent reading from the Bible in public schools with a lawsuit she took to the Supreme Court in 1963.

She enjoyed every minute of the unending attention she received

2. Social Media Everyone falls victim to social media. You’re on social media all day, trying to keep up with distant acquaintances, figuring out where everyone is on vacation and discovering who is having a baby or getting married. Try using website blockers on your computer and turn off your phone when studying to break the nasty habit of spending hours on social media.

from the lawsuit, keeping all the news clippings with her face on them. Her favorite was a 1964 article from Life magazine that called her “the most hated woman in America.”

Although the attention died down a little bit, O’Hair returned into the public eye when she founded a nonprofit organization called American Atheists.

A man named David Waters (Josh Lucas) began managing American Atheists’ funding.

One night after drinking, O’Hair asked Waters to tell her a dark secret, reminding him that she would confess a dark secret in return. O’Hair discovered that Waters was a convicted felon, and Waters found out that O’Hair had private accounts linked to her nonprofit.

As the two continued working together, O’Hair discovered Waters’ dark side and started seeing his true colors He got a little too rowdy at her winter solstice party, O'Hair's Christmastime celebration, and she ended up revealing his criminal past to the party guests when he became too violent and aggressive.

Although the two parted ways, David would crawl his way back into O’Hair’s life.

“The Most Hated Woman in America” is now streaming on Netflix.

3. Netflix Netflix is a lot like sweets; once you’ve had one, you have to finish off the rest. I know you say that you're just going to watch one episode of your favorite series, but who actually does that? The next thing you know, you’ve been binge-watching for five hours, it’s 1 a.m. and you didn't do any studying. Having your roommate change your Netflix password without telling you may help.

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Highschoolers Taki Tachibana (Michael Sinterniklaas) and Mitsuha Miyamizu (Stephanie Sheh) unexplicably switch bodies in the anime film "Your Name."

The English dub was released to a limited number of U.S. theaters on April 7.

Hit Japanese movie debuts in select American theaters

by Lauren Swaim Photo Editor

The English dub of the Japanese anime film “Your Name” is an excellent movie for Americans to watch, especially those who haven’t seen the original Japanese version.

The film’s protagonists are two high school students: Taki Tachibana (Michael Sinterniklass), who lives in urban Tokyo, and Mitsuha Miyamizu (Stephanie Sheh), who lives in Itomori, a small town in western Japan.

Coinciding with a comet’s passage, the two students begin inexplicably switching bodies with each other. At first they believe that the other’s life is just a dream, but they soon realize they are actually switching places.

To keep up with their lives, the two write down the events that occur when they switch bodies. Miyamizu and Tachibana use the notes to communicate and warn one another to avoid suspicion by acting normally while in the other’s body.

The film is perfection. The flawless animation style rivals that of the great Hayao Miyazaki, who directed “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro.” The plot is full of drama, humor, romance and plot twists that will leave viewers bawling.

The English adaptation and the Japanese version are excellent in their own ways, and the English dub was accurate to the original script.

Funimation Productions distributed the English dub in the U.S. The company has done a mediocre job of casting voice actors who will do justice to the original anime in recent anime series and films that the company has distributed.

Surprisingly, the voice actors for the English dub of “Your Name” were good picks

4. YouTube YouTube is extremely addictive. That little suggestion column on the right side of the screen will have you clicking on recommended and related videos for hours, which will be the death of you. Like Netflix, YouTube makes you lose track of time.

Unlike Netflix, YouTube easily guides you to the weird side of the Internet. Use a website blocker to remedy your YouTube addiction.

for their roles. Except for a few awkward pauses when the timing of the English dub didn't match the original Japanese script, the voice actors did a great job of accurately portraying the characters. The actors even spoke in different dialects when portraying people living in rural Itomori.

RADWIMPS, the band that wrote the music for the soundtrack, wrote near perfect English translations of the original lyrics, but by replacing the Japanese lyrics with English, the lyrics did not have the same flow. Although the song lyrics sounded much better in Japanese than in English, the soundtrack for the film is still nice to listen to.

In an interview with Funimation, Makoto Shinkai, the director and writer of “Your Name,” said that he was glad that the script and songs from the movie were being translated to entertain international audiences.

According to Funimation, Shinkai said, “In ‘Your Name,’ songs, lines and the story are in complete harmony. Lyrics represent characters’ cry of the heart. I hope these alternative versions will lead the audience to a better understanding of the world of ‘Your Name.’”

“Your Name” is critically acclaimed, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, it is the first anime film not directed

by Miyazaki to earn more than $100 million at the Japanese box office.

According to Cartoon Brew, the English dub of “Your Name” grossed over $600,000 on its April 7 premier in U.S. theaters.

The film is rated PG and was released to 292 theaters nationwide. The closest showing to Conway is in Memphis, Tennessee. You may want to wait until the film is released on DVD or until an anime otaku illegally releases it online.

5. Eating Taco Bell Whether you’re trying to lose weight or studying for that big exam, food is always a guilty pleasure. What sounds better: biting into a cheesy beef Quesarito or staring at a textbook for hours, wanting to bang your head on the table? To ease those Taco Bell cravings, have a tasty snack by you at all times when studying, but you may have to rely on willpower with this one.

Sports

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April 12, 2017

Editor’s Take

Russell Westbrook is the best 2017 MVP nominee

By Denn-warren Tafah Sports Editor

I am not a big fan of Russell Westbrook, but he is the NBA MVP. In the past, I have debated why Westbrook shouldn’t win NBA MVP, but after his almost half-court game-winning shot against the Denver Nuggets, which took away Denver’s playoff chances this year. I have changed my mind.

He scored 50 points, got 16 rebounds and 10 assist in the game, giving him the 55-year-old triple double record held by Oscar Robertson.

When Robertson played basketball in the ‘60s, people wore Chucks, and if you wear Chucks in the NBA now your ankles will blow up.

No disrespect to one of the pioneers of the game, but the speed, strength and skill level has quadrupled since Robertson won. In addition, Robertson played 44.3 minutes to Westbrook’s 34.8 minutes.

I still dislike Westbrook’s style of play because it doesn’t elevate the guys around him.

Without him, Oklahoma City Thunder wouldn’t have won over 15 games, and I think that’s the best definition of an MVP: someone whose team can’t do without him.

Other candidates, like Lebron James, James Harden and Kawahi Leonard, have a strong supporting cast and their team would still survive without them.

However, in the past, MVP awards have been given to the best player on the best team and OKC is ranked 9th in the NBA. James Harden recently made a comment saying he thought winning was what the MVP race was about. So if that is the case, Steph Curry is the MVP because the Warriors are the best team and he is the best player on the team. If you only watch NBA highlights you know that Curry is not MVP. However, Westbrook was snubbed by Curry in the All Star game starting lineup, so who knows with the NBA?

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Senior wide receiver Jose Moore celebrates with redshirt freshman Joe Hampton after his big catch from redshirt freshman quaterback Breylin Smith. The purple team beat the gray team 42-13 at Estes Stadium on Saturday, April 8.

Bears kickoff spring with purple, gray game

by Denn-Warren Tafah Sports Editor

On April 8, UCA’s football team held its annual purple versus gray spring game at Estes Stadium.

The purple team won 42-13 against the gray team.

Last year, the Bears were second in rushing offense and sixth out of 11 teams in passing offense, with 237.2 passing yards per game.

This sustained them until the second round of playoffs, when the Bears threw for 115 yards.

With an average SLC rank in scoring offense last year, the

Bears are trying to replace the loss of wide receivers Jatavious Wilson and Desmond Smith.

“Receiver-wise, that’s still a work in progress. We’ve had some guys make some plays there, but we need to keep stepping it up. Your all-time leading receiver Desmond Smith is gone and your alltime, all-purpose guy Jatavious Wilson is gone, so we have some big shoes to fill,” head coach Steve Campbell said to the UCA Sports website.

Senior defensive linemen Dawson Hadnot, Terrence Hadnot and Jordan Toliver, who contributed to the Bears’ high-powered defense — which was first in the Southland conference in scoring defense,

total defense, rushing defense and pass defense efficiency — are now gone.

“This year we have faster people; last year we had more heavier inside people, this year we are faster so we can get to the ball a lot faster,” senior outside linebacker George Odum said.

During the game, the first team offense went against the second team defense and vice versa.

According to the UCA Sports website, the Bears finished off seven scoring drives against a defense that was missing a couple of key parts on April 8, including senior outside linebacker Chris Chambers and Odum. Starting senior quarterback Hayden

SLC

Hildebrand, a returning starter from Bossier City, Louisiana completed two touchdown passes.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Breylin Smith threw two touchdowns to redshirt freshman wide receiver Joe Hampton for 32 and 50 yards.

“Sophomore running back Carlos Blackmon, UCA’s top rusher with 616 yards last fall as a true freshman, had a pair of rushing touchdowns from 25 and four yards out.

Other notables on defense were junior defensive end Chris Terrell, senior linebacker Dalvin Simmons, senior linebacker James Graves, sophomore linebacker Roy Sutton and

WIN

Continued success for beach volleyball

Upcoming Games

by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

Baseball

April 13 through 15 vs. Dallas Baptist University at Bear Stadium Beach Volleyball

4 p.m. April 20 vs. University of Tennesse at the Sugar Bears Beach Courts Softball

5 p.m. April 14 at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas Tennis

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Junior infielder Rigo Aguilar bats for the Bears against Houston Baptist University on Sunday April 9. The Bears won the series 2-1 against HBU in Houston, Texas.

Bears can’t stop winning series

by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

11 a.m. April 14 at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana

The UCA baseball team (17-16) won its third straight series and second straight road series, winning two games out of three against Houston Baptist University (14-15) April 7 through 9 in Houston, Texas.

In the rubber match game to determine the winner of the series, the Bears scored one run in the second inning, five runs in the third inning, five runs in the fourth inning and six runs in the sixth inning to beat the Huskies 17-4.

“As a team, we just had more energy knowing we needed to get the momentum early and keep it throughout the game,” junior left fielder Keaton Presley said.

The rally in the third inning started with Houston Baptist’s pitching struggles. Their pitcher walked two batters and hit two batters to bring in the first run for the Bears in the inning.

Junior second baseman Eddy Sanchez hit an RBI single, sophomore catcher William Hancock hit an RBI sacrifice fly and senior shortstop Brooks Balisterri hit a two-RBI single to give the Bears a 6-1 lead in the third inning.

The bats exploded again in the fourth inning as the Bears scored five more runs, starting with a double from Presley.

“Offensively, we let one slip Saturday night, and we weren’t going to let that happen again,” Presley said. “We knew as an offense we needed to be locked in the whole day so we weren’t in the same position.”

junior safety Kirk Baugh.

“From a defensive standpoint everybody was really eating. It was really fun all together. We were playing our basic defensive, we just really wanted our athleticism to show we didn’t really want to do anything fancy. Also the freshman showed out,” Sutton said.

The Bears begin their 2017 season against Big 12 team Kansas State on Sept. 2 in Manhattan, Kansas, then after that against Murray State University. Conference play begins against Southeastern Louisiana University at Estes Stadium on Sept. 16.

The Bears scored six more runs in the sixth inning to take a 17-2 lead, highlighted by a three-RBI homerun from junior third baseman Rigo Aguilar.

“Today for the Sunday game we got challenged to execute as an offense and we took that challenge as a team and had a plan and we stuck to it through seven innings,” Aguilar said. “At the end of the day we knew the guy behind us was going to pick us up.”

The Bears’ pitching staff allowed four runs off of seven hits.

During the game on April 8, the Bears gave up an early run in the first inning, but got a double from junior right fielder Jansen

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UCA’s beach volleyball team (10-3) continued the success of its inaugural season, winning three of five matches in the Houston Baptist Beach Invitational April 7-9 in Houston, Texas.

The Beach Bears dominated in their three wins, winning 4-1 to Houston Baptist University on April 7, 5-0 to Texas A&M – Corpus Christi on Saturday, and 4-1 to Texas A&M University – Kingsville on April 9.

According to the UCA Sports website, their two losses were to nationally-ranked opponents.

They lost to sixteenth-ranked Tulane on April 8 5-0 and to seventh-ranked Louisiana State University 5-0 on April 9.

The Beach Bears opened up Sunday’s games with a 4-1 win over Texas A&M University – Kingsville.

The Beach Bears won their first three matches and exhibition match in two sets each, before sophomore Kristine Hjembo and junior Stephanie Pollnow lost in two sets. The number one match went back and forth for much of the first set before sophomore Megan Nash and sophomore Haley Tippett finished the set losing 28-26, but won the next two sets 21-14 and 15-8.

“We were just trying to stay tough and low on errors to push through the first set, knowing that if we did lose we wouldn’t let the next sets be that close,” Nash said.

The Beach Bears switched rotations for the second match on April 9 against LSU; as Hjembo and Pollnow were partners for the number one slot matchup for the first time.

“We put our pairs in different locations specifically for LSU in ways we thought would best help us be in position to take the match,” head coach Jeni Chatman said.

The Beach Bears lost four

of the six matches in two sets, but took the first set in the number two and number three slot matchups. Senior Heather Schnars and graduate student Kate Elman took the first set in the third matchup 21-17, but lost the final two sets 21-14 and 15-9.

Tippett and Nash took the first set in the number two matchup 21-18, but lost the final two sets 21-18 and 15-11. Despite the loss, Nash and the Beach Bears were encouraged by the competitive performance.

“We were super excited to play LSU,” Nash said. “When you play experienced teams like that with established beach programs, they just push you to be better and stay low on errors.

We went in with high energy and proved we were able to compete at a high level.”

The Beach Bears struggled on Saturday against ranked Tulane Green Wave, losing all five sets. However, they rebounded against Texas A&M – Corpus Christi with a 5-0 match win. The Beach Bears won all matches in two sets except for the number one slot matchup of Nash and Tippett, who won in three sets 21-16, 17-21 and 15-12. The Beach Bears opened play on April 7 against host Houston Baptist, winning the match four games to one. The number five slot match of senior Amy South and freshman Mackenzie Dear lost as a pair on April 7. Every other pair won their matches against the Huskies.

With the team’s success and the different feel to the invitational, the team saw the event as an interesting experience in their inaugural season.

“Houston Baptist put on a great event to get all of the teams that they did,” Chatman said.

“The event was very cool and different. They rented a facility with 12 courts off campus right next to a restaurant. It was all very different and very fun.”

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SPORTS

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SWINGIN’ AGAINST STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

UCA STATS CORNER

SPORT

RESULT

SCORE

RECORD

Baseball

W vs. HBU

17-4

(17-16)

Softball

L vs. SFA

2-5

(15-27)

Tennis

W vs. SLU

7-0

(17-5)

Beach

L vs. LSU

0-5

(10-3)

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UCA freshman softball infielder Cylla Hill swings for the fences against Stephen F. Austin on April. 8 at the Farris Softball Fields. The Bears ended up losing to SFA 5-2, making their current record 17-5.

Bears:

Baseball wins another series, thanks to strong offensive showing 4 Continued from page 7

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Sophomore pitcher Mark Moyer, Jr. returns after receiving a medical redshirt last season after injuring his UCL. Moyer’s father taught him to play baseball.

Sophomore recovers, inspired by his parents

by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer

Sophomore Mark Moyer, Jr. thrives as a right-handed pitcher on the UCA baseball team despite receiving a medical redshirt at the beginning of the 2016 season due to a tear in his right ulnar collateral ligament.

Moyer was pitching in the fourth inning of his first collegiate game with UCA when he tore his UCL. “When I threw the ball I heard my arm just pop. So I went to the doctor and that’s when they told me that I had torn my UCL,” Moyer said.

He was then granted a medical redshirt from UCA, which allowed him to regain the season he lost due to injury at the end of his four years of eligibility as an NCAA athlete.

Luckily, he was back on the field in time to play at the start of the 2017 season.

Moyer said he really enjoys playing for the Bears because of the great coaching staff and the close relationships he formed with the players.

Moyer has played baseball since he was four years old, when he was taught by his dad. He played shortstop and pitched for the Russellville High School Cyclones for four years.

During his time as a Cyclone, he made All-Conference and All-State selection for three years and his team was state champions and he was state MVP. Moyer also played in the Arkansas Activities Association

High School All-Star Game at UCA’s Bear Stadium in June 2015. He has never been interested in participating competitively in any other sport.

Moyer said his favorite thing about baseball is how much of a challenge it is. He said that you rarely ever get the same results when you do something in baseball, which is what makes it such a tough sport.

He aspires to be eligible to get drafted in 2018 as he hails the St. Louis Cardinals — his favorite Major League Baseball team — and Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale, his favorite Major League Baseball team player.

Moyer majors in physical education teacher education (PETE), so whether he is coaching or playing, he is sure that his future will remain in the sports field.

Moyer said that his college experience has been great so far, although baseball tends to be very time-consuming.

“It’s definitely a tough time going through workouts and all that, but I enjoy it because I know it will make me better and help me get closer towards my goal of getting drafted,” he said.

He credits both his mom and dad as his inspiration.

Moyer’s dad served in the Army as an Army Ranger for nearly five years, for which Moyer admires him for his heroism and bravery, as well as his mom, Twila Moyer, who inspires him daily.

McCurdy with the bases loaded in the top of the second inning giving the Bears a 2-1 lead.

After giving up another run, Aguilar hit a triple to start off the third inning and scored off of an RBI groundout by Hancock giving the Bears a 3-2 lead.

The Bears didn’t score for the rest of the game, leaving a total of 12 men on base throughout the game.

Sophomore pitcher Cody Davenport took the loss. He pitched all eight innings for the Bears, giving up eight hits and five runs in those eight innings.

The Bears were down for most of the game on April 7 before rallying with four runs in the eighth inning. The Bears were behind 2-0 in the eighth inning when sophomore Hunter Strong hit a two-RBI homerun to right-center field to tie the game.

Aguilar hit a single to centerfield, followed by a single

by Sanchez. Aguilar advanced to third on Sanchez’s single, and then scored due to a throwing error by Houston Baptist senior rightfielder Brandon Brintz.

Sanchez advanced to second on the throwing error. Balisterri then hit a single to center field, scoring in Sanchez and giving the Bears a 4-2 lead. Junior Ty Tice replaced senior pitcher Brandon Hagerla in the bottom of the eighth inning and gave up one run, but finished the game, getting his third save of the season.

Junior Tyler Gray started the game for the Bears and gave up two runs in six and one third innings pitched. Hagerla pitched two thirds innings and Tice pitched the last two innings for the Bears. Hagerla got the win, giving him a 4-3 record for the season.

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