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Immigrants seek refuge, cross border to Canada A growing number of immigrants from Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Latin America are crossing the U.S. border into Canada to seek refuge. The number of legal and illegal refugees has tripled since 2016. In January 2017 alone , 452 refugees claimed asylum in Canada, compared to the 137 claims in January 2016.

Canadian police are now seeing around 19 immigrants crossing per day. Canadian officials said the surge is due to the recent presidential election in the U.S.

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Seven teens fall through Central Park ice, rescued Two male models saved the lives of seven teenagers who fell through ice into a Central Park pond. Ethan Turnbull, 24, and Bennett Jonas, 23, were skateboarding through the park and stopped to take a picture of the sunset when they noticed the group of teens playing on the ice.

Turnbull and Jonas rushed to the scene to pull the boys, ages 13-17, from the water.

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Greek events suspended after alleged rape at ASU Arkansas State University at Jonesboro has suspended all fraternity and sorority events until April 1 after a student allegedly raped a woman at a fraternity party.

The university will hold mandatory programs to reduce risks during March for all sorority and fraternity members. If 100% of members do not attend, consequences be incurred. The suspension includes all date nights, formals, semiformals and drop-ins.

House Bill 1249, which would allow faculty, staff and anyone 25 years or older to conceal carry on campus, was sent back to the Senate Judiciary Committee by the Arkansas Senate on Feb. 27. The bill cannot become law until the Senate approves it and the governor signs it.

The bill, proposed by Rep. Charlie Collins, would still require that anyone concealing on public campuses go through a 16-hour training course, which will be given by state police.

“A trained person, regardless of whether they are a faculty, staff member or student, will be allowed to carry on campus if they are 25 years of age or older,” Collins said.

The process to get a concealed carry license includes background checks, and if applicants have been in a mental institution, they will be denied a concealed carry license.

HB 1249 would prevent universities from being able to opt out of allowing people to carry concealed firearms on campus.

Collins said the bill is meant to protect people’s loved ones on college campuses.

“There was a type of killer who was profiled by the secret service about 10 years ago and I believe as this person plots and plans he is going to wreak havoc by murdering our loved ones. What we can do to stop these killers from choosing an Arkansas campus is to allow people with concealed carry licenses to carry on campus,” Collins said.

Collins said he thinks the concealed-carry holders are responsible people and that they can be trusted to carry guns on campus.

“We are not seeing newspaper headlines or

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Bill proposes citizenship test be taken by students A bill was proposed by lawmakers that would require all Arkansas students to pass a portion of the citizenship test before receiving a high school diploma. The test would be similar to the civics portion of the naturalization test administered to immigrants applying for citizenship.

Students are allowed to take the test as many times necessary to pass with a 60 percent.. If the bill passes, it would begin during the 2018-2019 school year.

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Edna Delgado Solórzano, assistant professor of Spanish at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, speaks at a forum with Managing Director at National College Planning Richard Yada and Hendrix College President William Tsutsui on Feb. 22 in the Mills Center at Hendrix. Solórzano spoke about the Mexican Repatriation Act and Executive Order 9066, which issued the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and its historical impact on today’s society.

UCA, Hendrix recognize Japanese internment camps

by Lauren Swaim Staff Writer

UCA, UALR and Hendrix College joined together last week to host events commemorating the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066.

The order resulted in the incarceration of Japanese-Americans in 10 different internment camps across the United States.

Two of these camps, Rohwer (Desha County) and Jerome (Chicot/Drew County), were located in southeastern Arkansas.

The main event was a lecture titled “WWII Internment and Conway: Lessons for Today,” on Feb. 22 at Hendrix’s Mills Center. The lecture featured Rohwer camp survivor Richard Yada, Hendrix College President William Tsutsui and Professor of Spanish at UALR Edna Delgado Solórzano.

The main topic of discussion was what American citizens can learn from the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and how they can affect the future of the country.

Tsutsui, who is of Japanese descent, said the executive order and the internment are not only a part of his history, but also of the history of American citizens.

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of history at Hendrix Michael Sprunger talked about Henry Sugimoto, an artist who was imprisoned in the Jerome camp.

In the fall of 1943, Hendrix art faculty gained access to the camps and encouraged artists to create artwork based on the camps. They also convinced the War Relocation Authority to allow an exhibition of 10 of Sugimoto’s paintings at Hendrix in 1944, Sprunger said.

Before the lecture on Feb. 22, Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator for Hendrix Aya Murata hosted an activity where the audience members folded origami cranes.

Murata said that she hopes to bring everyone together to fold 1,000 origami cranes.

In Japanese culture, if a person folds 1,000 cranes, his dreams will come true, Murata said. She held similar crane folding activities at UCA and Hendrix on Feb. 20.

UCA hosted a screening of the documentary “Relocation, Arkansas: Aftermath of Incarceration” on Feb. 21, which 700 to 800 middle school school students from Conway schools attended, Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at UCA Gayle Seymour said.

Afterward, the students ate lunch at the Christian Cafeteria,

where the menu was based on the menu at the Rohwer camp.

Hendrix also screened the documentary on Feb. 22 at the Student Life and Technology Center. The director of the film was Vivienne Schiffer, daughter of McGehee, Arkansas mayor Rosalie Gould.

Also a part of the week-long commemoration, selections of artwork from the Rosalie Santine Gould-Mabel Jamison Vogel collection were lent from Little Rock’s Butler Center for American Studies to UCA and were set on display in the Fireplace Room in McCastlain Hall.

The artwork was created by the prisoners of Rohwer and Jerome while they were incarcerated.

There was also a sculptural exhibit Feb. 21 to Feb. 27 that was shown at Hendrix, titled “Life Interrupted: 10 Internment Camps” by Nancy Chikaraishi.

The sculpture was created to be a representation of the 120,000 people of Japanese descent who were imprisoned at the internment camps.

The exhibit also included photographs of the Rohwer camp by Paul Faris, a professor of English and photography at Hendrix at the time of the Japanese-American incarceration.

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SGA discusses safety walk, Retired veteran, UCA art professor dies upcoming program ideas by Brandon Jones

by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor

SGA further discussed the possibility of a graduate student government body and discussed this semester’s Operation Safety Walk at their weekly meeting on Feb. 27.

SGA-Grad aims to provide representation for graduate students, public relations assistance SAFA funding for professional development and aid in Graduate Interdisciplinary Exchange.

According to an information sheet, the SGA-Grad organization said UCA’s SGAGrad would have 44 delegates and four coordinators. The organization would meet monthly and would have Finance, SAFA, Student Life and Public Relations Committees.

SGA-Grad would update SGA

monthly.

SGA will vote on this issue at their March 6 meeting.

SGA also discussed the upcoming operation safety walk.

Two representatives from UCAPD, Captain Chris Bentley and Interim Chief John Merguie, spoke to SGA about safety concerns on campus.

The purpose of Operation Safety Walk is to find any dangers on campus. The most common dangers are lighting outages and dark areas on campus.

The Physical Plant takes note of the requests and suggestions and fix what they can based on immediate importance and money allocation.

During the fall 2016 Operation Safety Walk, the Physical Plant received 160

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He said he was amazed at the number of people who didn’t know about the internment camps in Arkansas.

He said it was probably a passive ignorance that caused the widespread historical illiteracy on the subject.

“It is much prettier to think that we Americans teamed up with Star Fleet and the Jedi to beat the bad guys and make the world safe for the Kardashians, Twitter and Naked Chicken Chalupas,” Tsutsui said.

Tsutsui emphasized that the lessons Americans can learn from the Japanese-American internment have never been more relevant than today and urged the audience to take action.

“This is not a time when we can overlook our history, or assume that, somehow, history speaks for itself, or allow our history to be distorted and denied under a torrent of alternative facts and ‘fake news,’ or to sit by as other religious, racial, ethnic and national groups in America are scapegoated and subjected to injustice that the Japanese-American community regrettably knows so well,” Tsutsui said.

Conway’s involvement in the camps was also spoken about at the lecture. Professor

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Former UCA art professor Gene Hatfield died Saturday, Feb. 18 after a short illness, but his energy and art are remembered by Conway residents.

A decorated army veteran, Hatfield was drafted at 18 in 1944 to serve in World War II as a sharpshooter, his daughter M a t h i l d a Hatfield, UCA’s Gene Hatfield a s s i s t a n t director for assessment initiatives, said.

Hatfield was sent to France and given the responsibility of manning the Browning Automatic Rifle.

In the AETN film “Men and Women of Distinction: Gene

Hatfield,” Hatfield said he and some other men were walking toward Berlin when a grenade went off near him, sending shrapnel under his left eye.

Hatfield was saved and later awarded the Purple Heart and a bronze star for his service.

Though Mathilda said he was a gentle soul and didn’t speak much about his experiences, they stuck in his mind decades later.

“I always felt the same way about war,” Mathilda Hatfield said. “War is so stupid.”

According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette website, Hatfield graduated from UCA in 1948, where he went on to be an art professor until 1985. Hatfield was named Professor Emeritus in 1995.

Hatfield helped to lay the foundation for the UCA art program, Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications Terry Wright said.

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“Gene was a character, that’s all I can say,” Wright said.

“I always found him kind. He was very kind.”

Hatfield would drive up with his pickup truck filled with paintings made by him and his students, all of which he knew the history of, Wright said.

Occasionally, Wright would be told a painting was missing or had been replaced, and discovered that Hatfield would come in to further work on them.

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Wright was associate dean of the UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication when he met Hatfield, and said Hatfield was in the process of donating some pieces that are known as the Hatfield Collection.

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UCA’s dietitian lauren Allison discusses with students the importance of taking care of your body with healthier foods because certain foods can affect your mood. Allison discussed caffeine affects, alcohol affects and whole food affects on Feb. 23 in the Student Center Health Center room 307.

Food, alcohol have direct impact on mood, wellness

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UCA Dietitian Lauren Allison discussed how food can affect your everyday life and mood on Feb. 23 in Student Health Center room 307.

Allison said the main purpose of this was to collaborate with the Student Health Center. Allison said she wanted to help people know what food is fuel for your body.

Allison said health and wellness are critical because our body is an energy generator, and the food we eat is the fuel.

Allison said premium fuel is whole foods.

Whole foods can be divided into several categories: fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and grains.

Unleaded fuel includes processed and refined foods, which negatively impact the body’s regulation and promote inflammation and oxidative stress.

Just like a car, premium food costs more but is much better than unleaded gas.

She then talked about caffeine, which is big among college students.

According to the Huffington Post website, 78 percent of college freshmen consume above the recommended amount of caffeine per day.

“Caffeine may exacerbate depression in people with a sensitivity. Too much caffeine at night can keep you awake too long and affect your mood negatively,” Allison said A lot of people also enjoy drinking alcohol, though it is a depressant and interferes with

the brain’s communication pathway and can affect the way the brain looks and works.

While she went in depth about alcohol, some students asked her if wine is healthy and if one glass of wine is as healthy as a day in the gym.

Allison said one glass of wine doesn’t compare to a day in the gym, but then she allowed Wellness Coordinator Lindsey Green to discuss the healthy components of wine.

“Red wine has a component in it called resveratrol and it has been showing in research to help lower inflammation and have healthy properties, but resveratrol is also found in grapes. So we have to be careful with what we read,” Green said.

The last topic Allison went over was anxiety, which can be caused by hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.

“Not enough glucose is reaching the brain and this causes the brain an amount of stress, which leads to nervousness and anxiety,” Allison said.

Allison said she plans to have more presentations throughout the semester.

Green said she encourges students to attend. “I didn’t know about hypoglycemia and its relationship to anxiety.

I really encourage people to come out and listen to Lauren’s presentations.

I think it blends scientific research with hands-on applicable information that you can take away,” Green said.

Allison has been the campus dietitian since December 2016.

Prior to working at UCA, Allison worked at Lanecare, where she helped patients at home with tube feeding.

VOLUNTEER

The Big Event encourages Conway community involvement

by Brody Arnold Staff Writer

The Big Event, a volunteer day for the UCA community, will take place on March 11 in Conway.

Every spring, staff, faculty and students come together to volunteer around the city of Conway.

“The Big Event is one big day of saying one big thanks to our community,” Director of The Big Event Lauren Dempsey, senior, said.

Junior Deion Everhart, job recruiter for The Big Event, said that the event is more than just community service.

“This is a time when UCA students, faculty, staff and alumni can build connections within the Conway community and within the UCA itself. It provides the opportunity to meet new people who share that same passion for community service you do,” Everhart said.

Dempsey said volunteers do a vast array of jobs. These jobs include, but are not limited to, moving things, yard work, and painting. “It’s just anything we can help with,” she said.

While registration has already passed, Dempsey said people can show up on the day of the event and register to help.

Everhart said he believes

The Big Event is important to Conway.

Everhart said the vast majority of the things they do are things that citizens could no longer do, whether physically or financially.

Everhart said he believes this year is shaping up to be great.

“There has been a lot of work and planning put in early on in the school year and things appear to be coming together a lot earlier than they have in the past, which is a lot less stressful and gives us time to fine tune little things that may have been overlooked in the past.”

The Big Event, entering its

fourth year at UCA, started at Texas A&M in 1982, according to UCA’s website.

Everhart has been with The Big Event for a three years.

“I originally got involved with this organization because community service and volunteering was something that I have been passionate about since high school and I felt this organization would provide me the opportunity to fulfill that passion,” he said. Everhart said that seeing the impact that The Big Event has on the community is a big part of why he has stayed with the event for the past few years.

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television news shows talking about the repeated bad behavior of concealed carry holders,” Collins said.

Collins said he is worried about those who don’t follow the law and who bring guns on purpose intending to murder people. Collins believes the people who bring guns on campus with the intention to murder or hurt someone will not come onto campuses where people are able to shoot back.

Collins said he has a lot of confidence in campus police training.

UCAPD Public Relations and Information Officer Michael Hopper said every new officer who comes to work for the department undergoes 40 hours of active shooter training and UCAPD does a yearly refresher course that is no less than 16 hours.

“It covers different [situations] that we may face. It covers building searches, threat assessments, shoot no shoot, and shoot don’t shoot type of scenarios,” Hopper said.

UCA President Houston Davis said the university employs 28 full-time police officers who all have rapid response training.

“This is a specialized, integrated training on police response in emergency events.

We value the right as a university to determine what is best when it comes to the safety of our campus,” Davis said. The safety of the faculty, staff, students and visitors are of Davis’ primary concern.

If the bill is signed into law, faculty and staff members will be allowed to carry on Sept. 1, 2017.

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“He found it important, especially at UCA, for students, as part of their education, to be surrounded by original art, and not posters,” Mathilda said.

Though some may know Hatfield just for his paintings or the strange sculptures in his front yard at his home, Wright said he dabbled in everything from painting to dancing.

“He was a Renaissance man,” Wright said. “He explored every art form you can think of.”

Having lived through the Great Depression, Hatfield developed a habit of collecting and using things other people had thrown out.

In the AETN video, Hatfield talks about his yard, which drew complaints from some Conway residents who felt that his sculptures were trash cluttering the area. However, Hatfield refused to change them, saying he had used the objects for a purpose.

“Oh, oh no, found objects,” Hatfield said in the AETN video. “Not trash; they’re found objects.”

To Hatfield, nothing was ever just discarded, because it could be used to make something, Wright said.

“The world was his canvas,” Wright said. “Everything in the world had the potential to be art.”

Hatfield was truthful and could be blunt, and was always

full of energy.

“You couldn’t have a close encounter with him and not know it,” Wright said. “He was so full of life.”

Hatfield enjoyed telling stories and was good at wordplay, often naming his paintings with plays on words, Mathilda said.

“It was totally in his blood and makeup; his spirit really, that he had to create,” Mathilda said. “He was indeed very prolific.”

Hatfield’s love for art and wordplay influenced Mathilda and her siblings to grow up and appreciate it as well.

“As a father, he influenced us, but as an artist he definitely influenced us to appreciate the shape of clouds, or the color or the sunset, or to stop and look at the root systems of a tree,” Mathilda said. “He always saw potential in the mundane, and he taught us to appreciate that.”

Former Gov. Mike Beebe presented Hatfield the Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts in 2010, and in the AETN video, Mathilda said he was now included among the men and women of distinction.

“If distinction means different and noticeable, I suppose I could be considered a distinctive personality,” Hatfield said in the AETN video after laughing. “But I just hope they remember me as being a good person.”

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A Germantown apartment building on South German Lane in Conway burned at 4 a.m. on Feb. 27. Two residents were injured and one dog died in the fire, and seventeen people have been displaced. Tenant David Hartsell, 50, was charged with arson and first degree battery for the fire.

requests for maintenance and 110 suggestions.

“Each year we are getting less and less [suggestions]; this is a very successful program,” Bentley said. “We are still trying to combat issues.”

Later, Physical Plant Director Larry Lawrence introduced the idea of adding a shuttle route to Donaghey Hall.

“We are trying to accommodate these wishes as best we can,” Lawrence said.

UCAPD also proposed the idea of creating a safety app that would allow students to text a dispatcher instead of call them if the student was in a situation where he couldn’t speak.

Later, the Academic Affairs Committee proposed the idea of changing summer study abroad fees. The committee

said students studying abroad should not pay for fees such as the HPER fee if they don’t have access to it. If this idea is approved, it would lower the cost for study abroad students to $300 per class.

SGA also discussed their day at the capitol on March 2, where they will propose bills to Arkansas legislatures. Around 90 students from UCA will attend.

“We’re very excited, we have such a diverse group,” Junior Class Representative Carly Jo Riggins said. “We have a really good representation of our student body.”

SGA discussed the addition of Computer Engineering to the undergraduate degree program.

A new class, Social Justice and Teaching, was added in the College of Business.

Police Beat The following information is compiled from UCAPD incident reports

by Assistant News Editor Caroline Bivens.

Student arrested in Bernard Hall, possesses marijuana

Calculator valued at $200 stolen in Alumni Circle

Student’s Mazda 3 damaged, Two students in car wreck, hit near physical plant lot both vehicles damaged

Student Robinson Barnes was arrested on Feb. 16 in Bernard Hall for marijuana possession. Barnes had marijuana wax, two smoking pipes and a vaporizer.

Student Tayla Dedrick reported her calculator was stolen on Feb. 17 at Alumni Circle. The black Texas Instruments Inspire was valued at $200.

Conner Mason reported that his car had been hit in the parking lot east of the Physical Plant. Mason’s 2014 Mazda 3 was damaged.

Chandler Mercer and Victoria Amadi were involved in a wreck on Feb. 21 in the north overflow parking lot on Bruce Street. Both vehicles were damaged.

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Around Campus: Wellness Week UCA Student Services will host “Reach Your Peak: Dimensions of Wellness Week” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 1 on the Student Center lawn. The event will include activities like basketball, a photo booth and free smoothies from Smoothie King for those participating.

For more information contact Jenna Davidson at 501-450-3133.

Spring Queen Pageant Kappa Sigma fraternity will host The Spring Queen Pageant at 6:30 p.m. on March 2 in the Ida Waldron Auditorium.

The pageant will feature acts and dances from various sororities on campus. For more information contact Kappa Sigma President Wilson Marseilles at

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Poet Oscar De La Paz speaks to students at the College of Business and reads from his poetry and answers questions from students and faculty. De La Paz said that his writing career began out of spite for a teacher he disliked.

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Renowned poet Oliver de la Paz shares political poetry with students

Percussion Festival

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The UCA Music Department will host the Percussion Festival at 12 p.m. on March 4 in the Snow Fine Arts Center. The festival will feature Florida State University Professor of Percussion John Parks and Interlochen Arts Academy Director of Percussion Studies Keith Aleo. This event is free.

For more information contact Dr. Blake Tyson at 501-450-5236.

‘The Doo Wop Project’ The five-man broadway vocal group “The Doo Wop Project” will premiere at 7:30p.m. on March 4 at Reynolds Performance Hall. The group features broadway musical stars from “Jersey Boys” and “Motown: The Musical.” Tickets are $30 to $40 for the general public and free for UCA students. For more information contact the Director of Reynolds Performance Hall Amanda Horton at 501-450-3682.

Silent Auction The UCA Office of Diversity and Community will host “Encouragement for the Soul,” a women’s tea and silent auction event, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 4 in the Brewer Hegeman Conference Center. The auction will benefit Conway Cradle Care and the A.S.C.E.N.D Program. For more information contact Angela Jackson at 501-450-3135.

Miss Blue and White

Phi Beta Sigma fraternity will host the Miss Blue and White Pageant at 5 p.m. on March 5 in the Ida Waldron Auditorium.

For more information contact Phi Beta Sigma President Timothy Johnson at tjohnson20@cub.uca.edu.

Self-defense classes UCAPD will host three selfdefense classes from 8 to 9 p.m on March 7, 8 and 9 in the HPER Center medium studio. These classes are free and each class will cover the same material.

For more information contact UCAPD at 501-450-3111.

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De la Paz shared anecdotes about his beginning as a writer during a Feb. 23 public reading as part of the UCA Artist in Residence program.

He said he began writing out of spite for a particular teacher he had. “Her name was Sister Mary Anne, but we called her Sister Mary Elephant. She was kind of racist. She took one look at me and assumed that I would be some kind of math savant because I was Asian.

I was terrible at math … so I took it upon myself to show her … that writing was kind of my thing.,” De la Paz said.

De la Paz read from a wide selection of his works,

including poetry written in 2007 and more recent poems about his son Lucas, who has an autism spectrum disorder.

De la Paz said it was a long time before he felt comfortable writing about his son, and it was only after getting his son’s permission that he felt ready to write poetry about his experiences as the parent of a child on the autism spectrum.

“One of the challenges that I faced with writing about [Lucas] was trying to find ways to do him the honor of [acknowledging that] he is in a process,” de la Paz said.

“It’s so often that [scientific studies] posit that folks on the spectrum have difficulty reading social cues, but I feel like it’s the opposite. [People on the autistic spectrum] feel things so immensely and

tremendously that they have to keep away from it. It’s too overwhelming.”

When de la Paz was a young boy, his family fled the Philippines because of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship and moved to Ontario, Oregon.

De la Paz’s life growing up as a child of immigrants in a small rural town would later be the subject of many of his poems.

“My mother was placed in Ontario because she was a physician, and at the time, right around the early ‘70s, there was a shortage of doctors,” de la Paz said. “Our family occupied this higher end of socio-economic class, but we were also kind of strange in the community.

It was lonely, and I spent my time reading in that town. I had a very active imagination.

I was an only child, so that was

another complication.”

Sandy Longhorn, asssistant professor of creative writing and faculty sponsor of the Artist in Residence program, spoke about de la Paz’s background.

“Born in the Philippines and raised in Oregon, de la Paz’s voice adds a layer of diversity to UCA’s Artist in Residence program,” Longhorn said. “[He] is a young poet, but with four books of poetry, an anthology and service to both Kundiman and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, he is emerging as a national force in poetry.”

De la Paz’s collection “Dear Empire” was the most overtly political work he shared in his reading.

Although de la Paz started writing the poems starting

in 2007, he said they are still telling of his political attitudes today.

De la Paz maintained that nearly all of his poetry is political, even if it may not be overtly so.

“I can’t stop writing political poetry,” de la Paz said. “Even when I’m writing about my son, I’m writing a particular type of political poem. Anytime I’m talking about an affirmation of selfhood as a writer of color I’m writing a political poem.”

De la Paz is the recipient of a fellowship award from the New York Foundation of the Arts and a GAP grant from Artist Trust.

His work has been published in literary journals like “Tin House” and “Virginia Quarterly Review.”

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Musical duo plays classical, original songs; talks to audience about experiences

by Brody Arnold Staff Writer

Guitar duo Larry Hammett and Iakovos Kolanian told the story of the origin of their collaberations at the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall on Feb. 20 after playing as a part of their United States tour.

Hammett and Kolanian, who have been touring together for a few years, are currently on a tour of the United States.

The duo played at

UCA because of Hammett’s relationship with UCA Instructor of Guitar Smokey Emerson.

Hammett said Emerson was a graduate student of his at Oklahoma State University, and had invited the duo to play at UCA. “It makes me very happy to see a former student doing what they love to do. That’s the best you can hope for,” Hammett said.

“Smokey is a great friend and now a professional colleague and I look forward to working with him and all my students in similar

positions until I am gone.”

Hammett said guitar has always been a part of his life. “I can’t remember exactly when I actually fell in love with the guitar, but I carried a little plastic guitar everywhere from about age five,” he said. “It was my most fascinating toy. Eventually my mom took notice and got me some lessons around age nine. I think the first thing I learned was the theme to ‘Bonanza.’”

Hammett and Kolanian met by chance on a plane, Hammett said. They had a conversation

and exchanged business card. A year later a teacher canceled his involvement in a music festival Hammett was playing in Greece.

Hammett said while they were trying to find a replacement, he remembered the card Iakovas had given him. Iakovas then came to help Hammett teach guitar in Greece.

Hammett said he doesn’t necessarily look for shows at universities to be a part of, but that at universities it is easy to find musicians interested in the type of music he and Kolanian

play. He also said at universities there are liberal arts communities that usually appreciate his kind of music.

Hammett talked about the challenges of touring.

“Touring is fun because of the people you meet and moving about can be refreshing,” he said. “The hard part is stepping out of a car, plane, whatever, running to the venue without rest, and putting your game face on immediately. There is no perfect world for that on the road and it can be challenging.”

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ENDGAME

Quick-witted play baffles house Artist in Residence David Cutler lectures on art, provides advice for financial success in artistry

by Des’ree Dallmann Online Editor

“Endgame” by Samuel Beckett had the Black Box Theatre’s audience mystified, confused and amused on Feb. 23.

The showing of the one-act play, directed by UCA theatre professor Kevin T. Browne, was the first of four.

“You have to keep in mind it features a small cast of four from various class levels,” Browne said. “Two of them are freshmen, which I think this is probably extremely challenging material.

They have all been courageous and valiant and have worked extremely hard.”

Half of the main cast was comprised of the characters Hamm and Clov. Hamm is a boisterous, talkative blind man who can not stand, played by senior Cody Charles Douell, and Clov is Hamm’s intense and witty servant who could not sit, portrayed by freshman Ethan Dilday. The other two characters were Nagg and Nell. Nagg is an old man in a tin can, played by freshman Micah Patterson, and Nell is a disoriented old woman in a tin can, always dreaming of “yesterday,” portrayed by senior Michal Petrarca.

According to the program, the play takes place after some

sort of catastrophe, and these four are the only people left.

The entire play had one scene, and featured much of Clov and Hamm’s quick-witted banter.

The play was originally written in 1957 by Beckett, an Irish playwright.

According to the director’s notes on the brochure, “Beckett’s images — two men on a road by a tree, a woman buried in sand, two old people trapped in ash cans — are accompanied by pointless business, and often nonsensical dialogue and a lack of narrative that drives many a spectator to the point of frustration.”

One of the audience members, junior theater student Levi Smith, said he enjoyed the play.

“This kind of theater you think, ‘What is going on? What are they doing?’” Smith said. “They did a really good job of making sense of the dialogue.”

The play has two more showings at 2 p.m. on March 1 and 2.

Another directing professor and a guest director must direct the other two plays, Browne said.

UCA Theatre’s next play, “Avenue Q,” will show in April.

For more information on UCA Theatre visit Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @UCA_ Theatre.

by Taylor Fulgham Assistant Online Editor

Associate Professor of Music at University of South Carolina David Cutler explored entrepreneurship in the arts and offered advice to aspiring artists during his lecture on Feb. 21 in the Snow Fine Arts recital hall.

Cutler, who was hired by the University of Central David Cutler Arkansas Music Department as its Artist in Residence for the spring 2017 semester, calls himself “The Savvy Musician” and offers a variety of workshops and lectures designed to help students better prepare themselves to tackle the business side of their artistic career choices.

Cutler said a common concern among those seeking careers in the arts is whether they will have enough money to support the life and career they have chosen. Cutler offered his definition of what makes an artist “savvy,” providing some insight.

“A savvy artist is a relevant, creative problem-solver possessing a variety of ‘success skills’ business, financial, innovation, community or collaborative,” Cutler said. “They are able to pave a personally fulfilling career path that reaches their financial goals while making a positive impact on society.”

Cutler said his passion is to help young artists find ways to be financially successful and develop creatively after graduating college with a music degree.

“Originally I was just trying to figure out my own life. I went to all the best schools and got great accolades. But upon graduation, I had not idea what to do with my life, and saw few opportunities professionally. While that was a difficult period, I emerged from it determined to solve my life,” Cutler said.

Cutler said that he noticed that many of his friends, teachers, students and colleagues were facing the same problems as him.

This sharing became the basis of writing a book, running workshops and leading an experiential arts entrepreneurship camp among other things, Cutler said.

Stefanie Dickinson, assistant professor of music theory and

faculty sponsor of Cutler’s residency, said this was a unique seminar.“Traditionally, college and university music programs emphasize performance, music history, music theory, and music education. There is not enough time to cover business-related topics that would be helpful for future performers,” Dickinson said. “Dr. Cutler draws ideas from forward-looking authors in business and related fields. Arts entrepreneurship covers these areas, but a lot more.”

Dickinson said Cutler’s residency at UCA was timely, with reports giving indications that the National Endowment of the Arts, public funding for arts education, may be defunded.

Cutler said defunding the arts education system would be detrimental to students.

“Arts education, at its best, engages students directly with allowing them to express their personal voice. It stresses that pursuit of excellence, while providing a framework for developing many 21st century skills like creativity, communication, critical thinking and collaboration. Music sharing can build community and add meaning and quality to life,” Cutler said.

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[Left] UCA senior Benjamin Gerber speaks to a representative from Shelby County School District at the Teacher’s Fair on Feb. 24 in the Student Center Ballroom. [Right] UCA senior Teresa Rios speaks to a representative from Longview Independent School District.

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Local school officials attend Teacher’s Fair, meet students

by Des’ree Dallmann Online Editor

UCA’s annual teacher’s fair brought representatives from school districts across the country to meet with participating students on Feb. 24 in the Student Center Ballroom.

Schools from surrounding districts like Conway, Pine Bluff and Rodgers attending the fair as well as schools from Texas, Florida and across the country.

Participants were required to dress in formal attire and were given name tags with ribbons indicating what year in school they were or if they had already graduated.

The fair allowed participants the opportunity to meet with different school districts and discuss areas of interest in teaching. If a student met a certain need, some schools scheduled interviews.

A representative for Pine Bluff School District, Dexter Lee, said

he talked to a young lady who had graduated and she was able to meet specific teaching needs in filling a position his school district had.

Senior Melissa Beltran was attending the teacher’s fair for the second time.

“I think it is a great way for students to interact with people across the nation,” Beltran said.

“It is a great way to get your name out there.”

Beltran said while at the teacher’s fair she got a

same-day interview at 11:30 p.m.

DeSoto Independent School District from DeSoto, Texas attended the Teacher’s Fair.

DeSoto Special Education Director and alumna Akweta Hickman said they chose to attend because she felt the students coming out of UCA were well prepared.

“I graduated from here and I felt I was very prepared after graduating,” Hickman said.

JAZZ

MVP Oxford American Quartet plays improvised songs

by Mia Moulden Staff Writer

The MVP Oxford American Quartet performed improvisational jazz for UCA music students during their visit to campus on Feb. 23 in the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall.

The quartet was led by the former professor of jazz studies at the University of Missouri Bobby Watson, on saxophone.

It also included University of Tennessee Associate Professor of Jazz Piano Donald Brown, piano, two-time master resident of Stanford Jazz Workshop Ray Drummond, bass, and former member of the New York Jazz Quartet Marvin “Smitty” Smith, drums.

The quartet played an improvisational piece titled “I Hear a Rhapsody,” then hosted

a question-and-answer session with music students.

“It is a really good thing because I am still learning how to play the drums and I get to see someone like Marvin Smith play and it teaches me so much,” freshman Cameron Thompson said.

The quartet spoke about soloing in jazz music and the importance of melody, listening and musical composition.

“The core issue of the music is imagination. You have to check yourself out to see if you have imagination,” Watson said.

According to the Dakota Music Club, where the MVP Quartet performed Feb. 20, the quartet is “a powerhouse collective.” The music club’s website said they did not begin as a group. Brown and Watson

played for the same ensemble when they were starting out and joined together with Drummond and Smith later in the group members’ individual music careers.

The quartet also spoke about their experiences learning to play jazz music growing up, and how they had to overcome their fixation on technical aspects of the music and view it as a whole. They compared the experience to focusing on a sentence as a complete thought, rather than focusing on the individual words.

They later answered audience questions about their experiences in music education, along with other topics.

According to the Dakota Music Club website, Watson first started performing as the

musical director of Art Blakely’s Jazz Messengers, created in 1955 and has been contributing to the jazz music lexicon for 30 years. He also taught music at the University of Missouri in their jazz studies department.

According to the site, Brown is a pianist, composer, teacher, band leader and arranger.

Drummond is a band leader, side man and bassist who worked in music in San Francisco and New York for over 30 years, according to the Dakota Music Club.

Smith is a former member of the Ron Carter Quartet, the New York Jazz Quartet and the Art Farmer/ Benny Golson Jazztet.

The group has been performing across Arkansas and surrounding areas during the 2016-2017 season.

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Sophomore Dallas Davis

Freshman Mariah Robinson

Junior Jeremiah Griffin

“I don’t know much about that. As long as they don’t shoot me I’m OK with it. I guess it can bring us more safety in some cases, like if a student is being reckless.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea. That can be dangerous if they aren’t mentally stable. You never know what could happen. I don’t think it’s a good thing.”

“No. Personally, I think the compromise is worse. I’m not comfortable being in a room where I don’t know if someone has a gun or not. Anyone can snap.”

“I don’t mind it. I don’t really care about it. Laws won’t stop people who want to bring guns on campus from bringing guns. If they want to bring a gun they’ll bring one.”

Elementary school students come to campus to see dinosaurs

by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo featured 10 different dinosaurs and a child who willingly put his head into a T-rex’s mouth as part of Reynolds Performance Hall’s Main Stage EdUCAtion series for elementary school children.

“With these school trips we connect curriculum ... so they come and learn something,” Director of Reynolds Performance Hall Amanda Horton said. “They’re being educated and entertained at the same time.”

The performance told the story of prehistoric Australia through life-like dinosaur puppets. The program’s host, Australian native Miles Portek, told the children about the habitat, diet and lifestyle of each dinosaur.

Children were brought up on stage to interact with the dinosaurs and were allowed to pet, feed and kiss them.

“Kids generally know more about dinosaurs than any grown-ups I know, so the show being about dinosaurs is a big misdirection. It’s about empowering kids and giving [them] the confidence to do things like go up on stage,” Portek said.

The dinosaurs were introduced from smallest to largest. The smallest were three baby dinosaurs, which followed by two giant prehistoric dragonflies called meganeura, two Leaellynasaura with big personalities, a large bellowing triceratops, a menacing T-rex and the largest, a docile Titanosaur.

“Kids getting to see their imaginations, in real life and in front of them, freaks a lot of them out. Then we show them

that it’s OK,” Portek said.

Portek said the puppets are made in Australia, where a frame is constructed from a lightweight metal and piping and covered in hand-painted parachute material. The puppets are then wired with electronics that allow the operator to control the sounds the animal makes.

Erth was created in 1990 in Australia to teach Australian children about the dinosaurs native to their country. “Erth” stands for Environmentally Recycled Theatre because the company makes the puppets from recycled material.

“Personally, this show has been such a great thing to me.

That and it’s lifting these 100 pound puppets which is so cool. It’s something you put your whole body into and it’s a workout,” Triceratops and T-Rex puppeteer Eryn Malafronte said. “Just to be able

to do that and do the show is such a gift. I love it.”

Erth is currently touring in five countries and is creating another show tilted “Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium,” which teaches kids about prehistoric ocean dwellers. “[We] are committed to doing children’s theatre and performance unlike any other you’re going to see,” Portek said. “It treats children the way they should be treated, like they’re little humans. They know so much and they can do so many things if you stop assuming things about them.”

Portek said they’re always trying to find ways to get more kids involved in the show.

This Reynolds show is just one of 42 shows Erth will do in the next six months.

For more information on Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo, visit dinosaurzoolive.us.

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Freshman Morgan Ross

“I don’t like that. I think it will bring more danger than safety. It will target the teachers and what if a teacher goes crazy. There are a lot of downfalls to it.”

“I think it’s a bad idea for students to have them.

It’s already bad enough that faculty have them.

It’s not just a danger to us, it’s a danger to other people.”

SPOTLIGHT

by Des’ree Dallmann

PEOPLE OF UCA Kelsey Broaddrick

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photos by Hunter Moore

Student Government Association President Kelsey Broaddrick sits in her office at her desk, complete with a mug that says ‘BOSS.’ Broaddrick is the director of student organization LEAD.

Senior Kelsey Broaddrick finds littel personal time being president of Student Government Association, director of the student organization LEAD Team, a Writing Center tutor and an Alpha Sigma Alpha member.

Broaddrick was sworn in as SGA president last April where she acts as a representative for the student body.

“I already knew I was interested in the public service aspect of it,” Broaddrick said.

She chairs the senate meetings as a non-voting member when one of the three other executive members is not available.

“It is a cool role to play because I get to do the parliamentary procedure, facilitate the meeting and listen to the debate, but I don’t actually vote,” Broaddrick said.

Between classes and SGA meetings and duties, Broaddrick said she spends about 18 hours per week tutoring at the Writing Center.

“Honestly, I’m an introvert so when I do have free time I like to just sit and be quiet and still and kind of enjoy my time with myself,” Broaddrick said. “I love movies, you know, I’ll watch a movie or read or just kind of chill since I do have so little free time.”

Broaddrick is also director LEAD, an RSO that helps get leadership training for organizations. She

said she helped start the group two years ago.

Broaddrick also is involved in Greek Life, and joined Alpha Sigma Alpha her freshman year on campus.

“I’ve enjoyed getting to kind of have the Greek Life support system and also get involved in different roles within my sorority,” she said.

On top of her many extra curricular activities Broaddrick is a political science and English double major.

“I went to my advising appointment and I knew I wanted to do English because I love reading; I love literature,” Broaddrick said. “I love writing [too]. Then I was trying to think of what I wanted to do as a minor and they asked what I wanted to do after I graduated, and I said law school. They were like why don’t you look into political science and so I just went ahead and declared the double major.”

Broaddrick said she wants to go to law school to practice family law.

“Specifically, divorces and adoptions is what I want to do,” Broaddrick said. “My dad is a lawyer [who] does tax law. My mom’s mom is a lawyer as well, and she does family law. So I’ve been exposed to a lot of the law world for a long time.”

She said she wants to work with adoptions because she was adopted.

Broaddrick said she likes the public service aspect of law and also likes to be vocal about people’s rights, especially in today’s political climate.

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We should be aware of what fees are included in our tuition UCA received a total of $79,416,860 in tuition and fees from students for the 2016-2017 school year. As the students paying that money, we should know what we’re paying for and where that money is going.

If you look at your student account, you will see a breakdown of your tuition and fees and where that money goes.

You’ll notice many fees, including a library fee, student activity board fee and an athletics fee.

Wait, an athletics fee? Last time I checked, I wasn’t involved in any sport on campus. I rarely even attend the games.

So why am I paying a fee for something I’m not using or something I’m not a part of ?

It’s not specifically the athletics fee that bothers me; I would be upset with the library fee if I didn’t use the library.

It’s the thought of paying for something I have no contact with that bothers me.

You’re probably thinking that perhaps the students involved in the athletic programs should be the only ones to pay the athletic fee.

“I’m involved in student publications; therefore I should be the one to pay the student publication fee and not the athletic department.”

Something like that, right?

I understand that if everyone pays the publication fee it means we have funding for the iMac labs and camera equipment, which everyone in the program is grateful for.

However, I believe we should change the amount we pay. Student athletes should pay

a larger athletics fee and a smaller student publications fee.

This would not eliminate these fees from what we pay, it would just make them proportional to what we utilize.

I know I would be happy to pay less for athletics and more for something I’m passionate about and that will directly affect me.

These fees increase based on certain factors, including the number of credit hours you’re taking, if you’re an undergraduate or a graduate student and when you’re taking classes.

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If you’re taking 15 hours, you’re paying $136.80. If you

by Caroline Bivens choose to take more than 15 hours, an Assistant News extra $9.12 is added to Editor every hour, according to the UCA 2016-2017 annual budget.

I thought if I took more hours, I’d only be paying for the extra classes, but I’m actually paying more for services, whether or not I use them.

Students should be aware of this. The school is choosing to spend your money in ways that may not benefit you directly. Don’t let this information slip right under your nose.

Knowing the way your tuition is spent is important and eye-opening.

If you’re unhappy with the way the school is spending your money, there is no reason you shouldn’t take advantage of this information and become proactive in addressing the UCA budget.

To view the UCA budget for this school year and years prior, visit www.uca.edu.

Sexual assault prevention does not advocate victim blaming Teaching proper sexual assault prevention techniques is not victim blaming, but is really a measure to prevent sexual assault scenarios in the first place.

When people offer tips such as: “Be aware of your drink when going to parties,” “Be careful when walking out alone at night” and “Carry pepper spray,” they are not meant to blame the victim, but rather to offer advice to help prevent possible assaults.

That being said, there are other ways to help prevent assault.

One way is through better education regarding consent. This would educate the people who may perpetrate sexual assault without realizing it.

This can occur if the perpetrator was given consent while one or both parties were drunk or if the victim gave social cues that the perpetrator assumed constituted consent.

These are not excuses for sexual assault and could be prevented with better education regarding what it means to give consent.

Another way to help prevent assault is to highlight the idea that no one is entitled to sex.

If the idea that people aren’t entitled to sex could be highlighted and emphasized in educational and social spheres, then it might help prevent future assaults.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world.

Even if we teach people about consent, there are still those who will outright ignore it. These are the people who will assault others without regard to the laws against it.

No amount of teaching them against assaulting others is going to convince them to do otherwise.

In these cases, it’s never a bad idea to offer people further tips to minimize the possibility of assault.

A person has no control over whether or not someone else is going to assault them.

Obviously, nobody would wish that sort of misfortune upon themselves, so it is up to the

perpetrator to choose whether to assault the victim or not.

However, there are some things that people can control which could prevent the likelihood of assault.

These techniques include carrying protection like pepper spray, keeping an eye on your drink so that it’s less likely to be drugged and staying in larger groups, as attacks are less likely to happen in these scenarios.

By choosing to follow these tips, a person actively takes part in his own safety.

That being said, if a person who has not taken these sorts of precautions is assaulted, he or she is not to blame.

Rather, the blame is on the perpetrator who acted without consent or worked around these prevention techniques.

There is a big difference between saying, “If you had brought pepper spray, you wouldn’t have been assaulted” and “Be sure to bring pepper spray.”

Likewise, the advice to “dress more modestly” is not advice at all.

Both of these cases

by Emily Gist are victim blaming, as Staff Writer they either assume the failure to bring pepper spray led to assault or the person’s clothing choices led to assault.

Assault is dictated by actions, not a victim’s precautions or lack thereof.

Typically, when a person offers techniques such as the ones listed above, they are not trying to blame the victim.

Often, all that person is trying to do is offer the other person advice that he or she can actively take to decrease the likelihood of being attacked or hurt.

Sexual assault is an incredibly serious topic that occurs constantly on a global scale, especially in places like college campuses.

Communities need to take as many actions as possible to educate the public about the preventative measures that we can all take to effectively prevent the looming dangers of sexual assault. This does not imply “victim blaming” but rather raises awareness of what we can all do to increase our chances of staying safe in dangerous encounters.

Many aspiring artists with the desire to make a career out of their art feel the constant weight of society bearing down on the value of their abilities and the things they create.

Artists shouldn’t feel like they have to turn their backs on their dreams.

Most feel that it is an unrealistic goal to make a living out of what they most love doing, hence the widely-used term “starving artist.” This includes visual artists, creative writers, musicians, producers, filmmakers and all the other people out there who classify themselves as artists.

This begs the question: What about all the people out there who already make money solely by making art?

Though many don’t believe it, there are actually tons of people out there who make a living within various industries tied to the arts. It is a rather difficult task that requires time, effort and connections, but it can and has been done.

Some people make a ton of money practicing their art, including famous actors and incredibly popular musicians.

Of course, this often takes a great deal of talent or luck (or both), so we’ll avoid this often dream-like scenario. Instead, we’ll stick to a simple make-a-living scenario.

The artists who make a living with their art are just like anyone else in the working class.

Artists produce a product or provide a service on which others place value, generating capital for them to survive on.

For a visual artist, this includes paintings and commissions; for a musician, commissions and paid gigs; and so on for other types of artists and the services they can provide for entertainmentstarved consumers.

However, many people don’t seem to revere those who live these types of lifestyles. They don’t understand that artists create important work which impacts the lives of everyone who consumes entertainment. Even just walking around town exposes the average individual to the work of many of those in the art industry.

Humans will never grow tired of aestheticism and entertainment. Artists are necessary for the aesthetic imprint that leaves a lasting effect on all those who exist within a culture.

Advertisements, television shows, commercials, product packaging, films, clothing, company logos and aesthetic events such as weddings are all things that we experience on a day-to-day basis that are partly or entirely produced by different types of artists. So what’s the key to being among those who generate demand for their art, artistic services and artistic thought?

Expectations of lavish incomes and high-class standards of living will not get you there. You have to be willing to live relatively cheaply.

However, this lifestyle seems to be native to many different fields that a person can enter in today’s world.

Art is all about connections with other artists, clients and art-seekers who may have use for the services of an artist.

The artist should be incredibly fervent about making friends, reaching out to people and being on people’s good sides.

With this in mind, any musician can find steady gigs around the country (or even the world); any artist can find outlets to utilize their skills or sell pieces of art; a filmmaker can find a steady job on a set; and so on for all artists with sufficient skill and faith in what they do. Most artists can always fall back on teaching, a good opportunity to continually utilize their skills and inspire others with their passions. Artists shouldn’t lose faith at the rate that they often do. It just takes hard work, skill and connectivity for an artist to find work and, thus, success.

The artists who make a living with their art are just like anyone else in the working class

CORRECTIONS In the Campus Talk article in Issue 18, The Echo misrepresented President Houston Davis’ remarks. He did not imply that the advising staff was to blame for low enrollment numbers, but stated that the advising staff is responsible for following through with applicants to UCA. The Echo is printed weekly by the Jacksonville Patriot in Jacksonville, Ark. Decisions about content are made by the student editors.

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Hat Trick festival stars budding underground artists

Movies

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March 3 — Before I Fall (PG-13), directed by Ry Russo-Young, starring Zoey Deutch, Liv Hewson and Logan Miller.

March 3 — Logan (R), directed

by James Mangold, starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Dafne Keen.

March 3­— The Shack (PG-13), directed by Stuart Hazeldine, starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spence and Tim McGraw.

Music March 3 — Listen With(out) Piano - Alexis Taylor March 3 — World Eater - Blanck Mass March 3 — Can You Deal? Bleached March 3 — ÷ - Ed Sheeran March 3 — Last Place - Grandaddy March 3 — Paradise - Jenn Grant March 3 — Reproduction - Knife in the Water March 3 — Everything Is Forgotten - Methyl Ethel March 3 — VOIDS - Minus the Bear March 3 — Preservation - Nadia Reid March 3 — Triumph - Ronald Bruner, Jr. March 3 — English Tapas - Sleaford Mods March 3 — Volcano - Temples March 3 — Light Country - The Kernal March 3 — No Resolution - Tim Kasher March 3 — Moh Lhean - WHY? March 7 — Care - David Bazan

Netflix March 1 — Jurrasic Park (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough.

March 1 — Kung Fu Panda (2008), directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, starring Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman.

March 1 — Midnight in Paris (2011), directed by Woody Allen, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller and Mimi Kennedy.

March 1 — Nacho Libre (2006), directed by Jared Hess, starring Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera and Hector Jimenez.

March 1 — The Craft (1996), directed by Andrew Fleming, starring Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney and Neve Campbell.

Video Games March 3 — Snipperclips (E), for Nintendo Switch.

March 3 — Super Bomberman R (E), for Nintendo Switch.

March 3 — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (E), for Nintendo Switch and Wii U. March 7 — Lego Worlds (E), for PS4 and Xbox One.

Top Five Underrated Fantasy and Thriller Authors List compiled by Mia Moulden

Entertainment Editor

Despite technical difficulties, Ivy Sole, Tut and Maps & Atlases electrified Conway’s Kings Live Music venue on Feb. 25 during Hendrix radio station KHDX’s fourth annual Hat Trick music festival.

North Carolina-born, Philadelphia-based hip-hop artist Ivy Sole and her DJ and producer Ethan Tomás commenced the night’s music with an intimate, brooding set distinguished by melodious vocals and nimble flows in the same vein as Noname and Rapsody. Sole immediately bonded with the audience, joking that she had been especially excited to visit Arkansas when she discovered that Little Rock’s Clinton International Airport was abbreviated “LIT” on her boarding pass.

Sole energetically launched into new material off of her February EP “East.” Although many were unfamiliar with her new music, the audience swayed in time to atmospheric, mesmerizing love songs like “deep” and “Life."

“Malika,” a track from Sole's 2016 album “Eden,” was

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Hip-hop artist Ivy Sole (left), frontman Dave Davison (center) of indie band Maps & Atlases and southern rapper Tut (right) perform at Kings Live Music for Hendrix radio station KHDX's 2017 Hat Trick music festival. This is KHDX's fourth annual Hat Trick festival.

undeniably the crowd's favorite.

Sole seized the audience’s attention, jumping across the small stage and fervidly shouting her lyrics to the song’s ethereal vocal sample and contagious beat. The track was such a crowd pleaser that Sole performed it as her encore.

After Sole's performance, Chattanooga rapper Tut took the stage with nonchalant confidence. Tut tirelessly tore through the highlights of his 2015

debut album “Preacher’s Son.” His gospel-influenced instrumentals and booming voice filled the small venue with explosive, uproarious sound.

Tut’s beat-heavy music and passionate aggression energized the crowd, but apparently not enough for Tut. At one point, he playfully asked the audience if they had ever heard of crowd surfing. Moments later, an audience member obliged his request, bravely leaping into the

frenzy of swinging arms.

Tut’s ceaseless flow could not be deterred, even when a speaker seemed to short circuit in the middle of a song. Although the music was significantly quieter, he didn’t miss a beat and finished the song without any further problems. Tut planned to perform new material for his encore, but because of the broken speaker, he instead freestyled an impressive verse a cappella.

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‘Cure for Wellness’ delirious with sick suspense

by Julia Kramer Photo Editor

As the credits started rolling and the theater lights turned back on, I relaxed my grip on the arm of my chair and felt my heartbeat return to a normal pace.

“A Cure for Wellness,” directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Dane DeHaan, was two hours and forty-three minutes of anxiety, discomfort and intrigue — exactly what a psychological thriller should be.

New York City corporate shark Lockhart (DeHaan) travels to a remote treatment center in the Swiss Alps to retrieve Richard Pembroke (Harry Groener), the former corporate head at Lockhart’s financial firm.

In a vague letter sent to the firm's board, Pembroke declares he is never to return because he is not well. He claims that he is searching for "the cure" and that the recipients of his letter are much sicker than he is. After writing something along the lines of “A man cannot close his eyes to the truth as much as one cannot be unborn,” Pembroke concludes his letter with a demand to never be contacted again.

Lockhart, a ghastly, uptight

businessman in his late 20s who looks like he hasn’t slept in 10 years, believes he will be able to enter the treatment center, retrieve Pembroke and leave that same night on a red-eye flight back to New York. When the taxi driver warns him that no one ever leaves the center, it doesn’t phase him.

Lockhart arrives at the treatment center, which was built on the ruins of a castle. The ruin’s barren streets, dismal colors and low-quality living are a stark contrast to the nearby village’s lush greenery, fine food and drink, leisure activities and the viilager's bright white clothing.

The treatment center appears to be a haven for elderly ex-corporate heads.

Lockhart is not allowed to see Pembroke because he is “not well,” according to the treatment center’s workers, so he decides to return to the village and come back in the morning.

Lockhart wakes up in the treatment center with a cast on his leg after getting in a car accident on his trip back to the village. Dr. Heinrich Volmer (Jason Isaacs), the head doctor, tells Lockhart that they have contacted his office and that his main concern should be to heal.

As Lockhart’s spends more time in the treatment center,

he learns of the castle ruins’ history, the land it sits on and the treatment center’s secrets. His paranoia increases, as does his sedation, and he finds himself trapped. After spending time with fellow patients, Lockhart starts hallucinating and is soon diagnosed with the same illness that keeps everyone at the treatment center.

Like the 2010 psychological thriller “Shutter Island,” “A Cure for Wellness” forces viewers to feel uncomfortable and uncertain. Every time you think you have something figured out, you’re usually wrong, and if your skin isn’t crawling or your mind isn’t racing, your jaw has dropped, and you are petrified.

For anyone paying attention, the underlying theme Verbinski and screenwriter Justin Haythe make clear in “A Cure for Wellness” is that being absorbed in the corporate world makes you sick, but so does being blissfully ignorant to what is happening around you. The only way to feel okay is to pay attention, involve yourself and break out of the social constructs holding you back. In order to be well, one must take control of his life.

“A Cure For Wellness” is rated R and is now playing at Cinemark in Conway

HIP-HOP

Jidenna abandons commercial sound on influential album

by Malachi Thornton Staff Writer

Jidenna, better known as the “Classic Man,” dropped one of music’s most anticipated 2017 debuts with his first full-length album “The Chief.”

Many have been eagerly waiting to discover what a body of work would look like from Jidenna, an artist who epitomizes musical variety.

Those who are fans of Jidenna are familiar with his love of fashion and his avant-garde approach to R&B and hip-hop.

Rather than blowing up their speakers, Jidenna’s music gives listeners a relaxing, leisurely experience. Jidenna’s laid-back style on “The Chief” stays true to the sound he established with his first single, “Classic Man,” which was released in 2015 and featured R&B singer Roman GianArthur.

Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on 1. V. E. Schwab V. E. Schwab broke into the literary scene with her superhero, revenge thriller “Vicious,” but her Shades of Magic series, which consists of “A Darker Shade of Magic,” “A Gathering of Shadows” and “A Conjuring of Light,” is the latest obsession of any fantasy reader. Schwab’s fast-paced, witty style pulls readers into the adventures and worlds she creates.

a remix of “Classic Man” made the song even more popular, and the certified platinum single was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Rap/Sung Performance.

With the release of “The Chief,” Jidenna doesn’t hold anything back from his personal life and world experience, subject matters that many artists usually reserve for later albums.

“The Chief” is a confession of Jidenna’s experiences as a biracial man and a commentary on what being multiracial means both in the U.S. and around the world. As the son of a Nigerian academic, Jidenna’s music is influenced by his roots and their impact on his identity.

“Long Live the Chief,” which debuted on the Netflix original series “Luke Cage,” shows Jidenna's more gaudy, flamboyant side while “Bambi” exploits his sensitivities as an artist and man seeking affection.

2. Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson is the unrecognized queen of modern thriller and horror literature. Her short story, “The Lottery,” secured her place among the classics in American classrooms, but her novels often go unnoticed in the horror genre. In novels like “Hangsaman," Jackson offers an especially twisted take on the thriller genre, entrancing readers with each unexpected turn.

Unfortunately, some who listen to “The Chief” may not enjoy it because it doesn’t rely on catchy, radio-friendly songs. Only a handful of songs from the album will likely be played on the radio. With his debut album, Jidenna aimed to create influential, rather than commercial music. Much of the material in “The Chief” has a deeper meaning and touches on current and generational issues within the U.S., subject matters that Jidenna has never hesitated to speak about.

“The Chief” competes against early 2017 releases from industry juggernauts like Big Sean, Future and Migos.

Jidenna’s “The Chief” is making waves in the hip-hop and R&B world but won't likely live on as a classic.

"The Chief" is available for purchase on Google Play and iTunes and is now streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.

3.Joseph Delaney Although Joseph Delaney’s The Last Apprentice series appeals to young adult readers with its supernatural scares, the intricacy and thrills of each installment will interest fantasy lovers of all ages. Delaney’s writing is a fearless confrontation of the weird and visceral, and his terrifying, intriguing imagery is virtually unmatched in young adult literature.

Maps & Atlases followed Tut after a sound technician fixed the malfunctioning speaker.

The seasoned group has been together for over 10 years, and this experience was evident in the group's polished performance.

Frontman Dave Davison's reedy voice was thin but distinctive, and his jangly guitar recalled the music of bands like Vampire Weekend and The Drums. Bassist Shiraz Dada playfully spun on stage as his fingers effortlessly danced up and down the bass neck. Drummer Chris Hainey succinctly unified the band's sound with balanced, refined percussion.

Although Maps & Atlases' latest studio album, "Beware And Be Grateful," was released in 2012, the math rock trio still managed to captivate the audience with its set list.

The 2017 Hat Trick music festival brought quality underground artists to Conway for an unforgettable night of live music at an inexpensive cost — free for Hendrix students and $5 for the public. The Hat Trick music festival proves that exciting things can happen in your own backyard, even if your backyard is little, old Conway, Arkansas.

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"Love" is the first single from indie pop songstress Lana Del Rey's upcoming fifth studio album. "Love" marks a return to Del Rey's style on her debut album "Born to Die."

Majestic Lana Del Rey single, music video embody romance

by Brent Wilson Campus Life Editor

Lana Del Rey released a music video addressing young love and relationships with trippy imagery and a hauntingly beautiful tone for her song “Love” on Feb. 17.

Del Rey is well known for her synth-heavy tunes, and “Love” certainly won’t disappoint fans of her usual style.

The “Love” video presents Del Rey singing with a band backing her and images of young couples traveling the universe in an old pickup truck. The video’s color palette consists of subdued, chilly blues and bright, acid-trip colors.

The music video and Del Rey’s attire recall the 1970s.

Del Rey sings in a flowy dress with flowers in her hair, and the bassist in the video plays a bass very similar to Paul McCartney’s Höfner violin bass. The outer space visuals and old pickup truck give the video a classic Americana feeling. The video’s Americana influences are romantic in a wondrous, expansive way.

Although the video is visually stunning and enjoyable, what is most compelling and touching about this release is the song itself. “Love” is reminiscent of music by Of Monsters and Men and Fleetwood Mac. The song’s electronica sound is similar to music by the Sleep Party People.

“Love” is fantastically gorgeous, and a majesty of 4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is by no means underrated. Detective Sherlock Holmes, Doyle’s most famous character, is one of the most iconic characters of literature.

However, Doyle’s thriller and fantasy works live in the enormous shadow of the famed detective. His novel “Vampire Stories” is a collection of fictional accounts that explore vampire legends throughout history in a creative, diverse style.

a song. A simple bass line sets the musical stage. Del Rey’s powerful vocals soar against the bass, and a large, mystical electronic overture gives listeners a feeling of breathlessness and awe.

Listening to the electronic overture feels like looking up at the stars on a dark, quiet night or gazing at a mountain range.

The striking music of this song brings to mind arresting images like springtime dew drops on green grass, meteor showers and snowfall.

Although the juxtaposition of Del Rey’s honeyed voice with dull, electronic pulses of music might seem disarming, the two elements mix in a lovely way. With a simple change in pitch, a different key and some changed lyrics, “Love” could easily be the soundtrack to a sci-fi-horror movie from the late 1980s.

There is a level of innocence and youthful passion in the song’s lyrics which will tug at listeners' heartstrings. “Love” is without a doubt a romantic song, perfect for dates and slow dances. The song evokes images of young adults getting high, talking about the wonderful things in life and falling in love.

I recommend this song to three kinds of people: unemotional people in need of a good cry, sensitive people in need of a smile and everyone else.

"Love" is available for purchase on Google Play and iTunes and is now streaming on Apple Music and Spotify.

The music video is on YouTube.

5. Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman, the unsung writer of the novel “Coraline,” is often sidelined in the fantasy world. His works only gain renown when they are adapted into film or television formats. His novels are much less acknowledged.

In his novels “Neverwhere” and “American Gods,” the protagonists face supernatural opponents in a way that is unparalleled by the books’ on-screen counterparts.

Sports

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Editor’s Take

Trading players focuses on outcomes, not people

By Zach Keast

Assistant Sports Editor The NBA trade deadline just passed and dozens of players can now sleep at night knowing they won’t be thrust into a whole new city on a whim.

For those of you who don’t know, the trade deadline is the final day for general managers to trade the players on their teams with other teams, kind of like trading cards, except the cards are actual human beings with feelings and families to take care of.

All of the major league sports in America have a trade deadline.

The trade that made the biggest shockwaves in the basketball world was the Sacramento Kings’ power forward Demarcus Cousins being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans the day after the All-Star Game.

At least he didn’t have to travel far, as the game was actually held in New Orleans.

If I were a general manager, I don’t think I would have the heart to tell these people to pack up their lives and move somewhere else.

The film Moneyball spends about 30 minutes of its runtime discussing how to properly tell someone that they’re being traded just so they can hopefully win a playoff game without them.

But then again, they’re being paid millions of dollars to fulfill their childhood dreams of playing professional sports, so you can’t feel that bad about it, right?

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Junior Kierra Jordan is looking to make a pass in Sugar Bears game against the Stephen F. Austin University defense on Feb. 25 in the Farris Center. The Sugar Bears toppled top-five ranked Southland Conference team Stephen F. Austin 70-58, extending their overall record to 23-4.

Women’s basketball defeats top SLC team

by William Middleton Staff Writer

The UCA women’s basketball team (23-4) claimed a victory against Stephen F. Austin University (21-6) 70-58 during senior night on Feb. 27, the last game in the Farris Center this season.

During the first quarter, the Sugar Bears scored 13 points to SFA’s 11.

Senior guard Maggie Proffitt scored a total of 24 points for the Sugar Bears and shot 100 percent from the free-throw line.

In the second quarter, SFA came back and scored 19 points and held UCA to 12 points, giving SFA a slight five-point lead at the end of the half.

Junior forward Kierra Jordan scored 21 points for the Sugar Bears with a 75 percent

shooting average.

“I feel good about my performance,” Jordan said. ”I’ve struggled in some of the previous games and I really just wanted to play hard for the seniors so that we would win on their night.”

In the third quarter, SFA took a seven-point lead, which was their biggest in the game.

With 9:06 left on the clock, UCA came back to lead at the end of the third quarter 45-42.

In the final quarter, the Sugar Bears scored 25 points to SFA’s 16, ending the game and creating the Sugar Bears’ biggest lead, 70-58.

Senior guard Taylor Ross led SFA in shooting with 19 points and a free throw percentage of 70 percent.

Junior forward Taylor Baudoin had a shooting percentage of 44.45 and scored 13 points for the Sugar Bears.

According to the UCA Sports website, The Sugar Bears had a 41.4 shooting percentage and SFA shot a 37 percent.

“We played good enough to win the game,” Jordan said. “We showed that we can show up and play in big games. We just need to work on staying down on defense because that’s what has gotten us this far.”

SFA only shot 11.1 percent from the three-point line, while the Sugar Bears shot 38.5 percent.

According to the UCA Sports website, Proffitt is the UCA Division I-era record holder in three-point field goals and bumped her career total to 254, which places her fourth in Southland Conference history.

The win gave the Sugar Bears a chance for the number one seed in the Southland tournament in Katy, Texas from March 8 to 12

SERIES

The Sugar Bears are currently 15-2, which beats out their only competition for the number one seed, Lamar University, which is currently 13-3 On Feb. 22 the Sugar Bears played Southeastern Louisiana University and won 78-64.

In the first quarter, Southeastern scored 15 points, while the Sugar Bears doubled that amount, scoring 30 points.

Freshman guard Charliee Dugas scored 19 points for Southeastern and shot 100 percent from the three point line. Junior guard Taylin Underwood was just behind Dugas scoring 16 points and had a 62.5 percent success at the free throw line.

In the second quarter, the Sugar Bears scored 19 points to Southeastern’s five points, giving UCA the lead 49-20.

According to the UCA

D E F E AT

Bears put up fight in overtime battle

by Malachi Thronton Staff Writer

Upcoming Games Men’s Basketball

63 p.m. March 4 at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana Women’s Basketball

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March 3-5 for Southland Bulldog Slamboree in Starkville, Mississippi Baseball

March 7-8 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee

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UCA Junior outfielder Keaton Presley prepares to swing during the Bears’ match against the Eastern Illinois University Panthers on Feb. 25 at Bear Stadium. The Bears beat EIU three out of four times this weekend.

Bears baseball defeats Panthers

by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

The UCA Bears baseball team (5-2) won their second-straight series of the season, beating Eastern Illinois University Panthers (1-6) in three of four games Feb. 24 to 26 at Bear Stadium.

The Bears won on Feb. 24 with a score of 10-6. They also won both games of a double-header on Feb. 25, winning 6-1 and 8-1 respectively.

The Bears closed out the series with a loss on Feb. 26, 4-2.

UCA benefited from early offense in each of their three wins.

In their first game of the series, UCA scored three runs in the first inning with a home-run by sophomore catcher William Hancock.

With another home run from junior left fielder Keaton Presley, four RBIs from junior third-basemen Rico Aguilar, a sacrifice fly from sophomore infielder Josh Somdecerff and another RBI from Hancock, the Bears went into the ninth inning with a 10-1 lead.

The Panthers rallied in the ninth with two home runs and

five RBIs, but the Bears were able to shut down the scoring surge, and won 10-6.

With four RBIs in the game, Aguilar made sure to give credit to his teammates for his personal success.

“My teammates got me into the situations to hit them in, and I just benefited from being in the right place,” Aguilar said.

“It’s a great feeling to benefit the team like that.”

The Bears scored five runs in the first two innings of their first game on Feb. 25, initiated when Presley scored off of a wild pitch in the first inning.

The pitching staff only allowed one run in the third inning off of a fielder’s choice RBI from the Panthers, and UCA won 6-1.

In the second game of the double-header, the Bears scored six runs in the second inning, starting with an RBI single from senior shortstop Brooks Ballisterri. They kept the lead, only allowing three hits and one run, and won 8-1.

Head coach Allen Gum gave credit to the discipline and decision making of the team for their offensive success.

“We want to be a plate-disciplined team. We played the first three games

Sports website, Jordan led the Sugar Bears with 20 points and a shooting percentage of 61.53 percent.

Proffitt scored 17 points for the Sugar Bears and had a shooting percentage of 58.34.

In the third quarter the Sugar Bears and Southeastern both scored 17 points, making the score 66-37.

Southeastern tried for a comeback in the fourth quarter, scoring 27 points to the Sugar Bears’ 12 points, but fell short by 14 points for a final of 78-64.

In the Sugar Bears’ final game of the regular season, they will face off against Northwestern State University on March 3 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

If the Sugar Bears beat Northwestern then they will win their second Southland regular season championship and secure the number one seed.

very well, but were out of our approach in the last game,” Gum said. “We want to control the strike zone at the plate.”

The Panthers scored a run in the first inning and a run in the second inning on Feb. 26, but the Bears matched each run, with an RBI from sophomore first basemen Hunter Strong in the first inning and an RBI double from junior second basemen Eddie Sanchez in the second inning.

The Panthers had the bases loaded with two-outs, and after a pitching change, junior pitcher Will Brand walked in a run and then hit a batter to give the Panthers a two-run lead.

The call was controversial because the batter seemed to lean into the pitch. Gum clearly disagreed with the call.

“When they turn in, they’re not supposed to get the hit-by-pitch call. The umpire missed the call, and we just had different opinions,” Gum said.

The Bears lost the game 2-4 after losing four different pitchers, starting with a pitching change in the fourth inning, to get through the game. Gum mentioned that the loss was

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UCA men’s basketball (8-22) came short against second-ranked Stephen F. Austin University (16-12) in a 90-85 finish on Feb. 25 in the Farris Center. They were coming off a tough game with Southeastern Louisiana University (15-15) on Feb. 22 that resulted in a 87-70 loss.

The game broke their seventh-place tie in the SLC standing as the postseason approaches. The Southland Conference tournament, held in Katy, Texas, will allow the top eight teams to compete. Central Arkansas is now ranked tenth.

The Lions had hopes to avenge their previous loss against UCA, which ended with a last-second three-pointer that put the UCA crowd in a frenzy.

UCA got behind early and couldn’t gain the momentum needed and was outscored 46-29 by halftime. UCA was down by as much as 27 points in the second half and moved to get more minutes out of their reserve.

The Bears’ second lead scorer, senior small forward Derreck Brooks, was scoreless for the first time in his career with UCA. He was able to get five assists and four rebounds.

The Bears shot a low 35.9 percentage, which is just off from their previous 35.6 percentage performance in their loss to New Orleans the prior week. The game’s bright spot was junior point guard Jordan Howard, who broke his own single-season record for three pointers. His record was previously 95. UCA alumni Rodney Dean previously held this record for 17 years. Howard is on pace to push it further with the regular season not yet over.

The Bears shot well from deep, making 50 percent of their attempts from three and actually tying their team record for the single season with 208.

The Lions moved their record at home to 11-3 and will likely be in the tournament.

The game on Feb. 25 began with senior night for seniors Derreck Brooks and Jeff Lowery, who were recognized before the game as the audience in the Farris Center celebrated their careers both on the court and on campus. Brooks finished the game with 15 points and seven rebounds. Lowery finished with seven points and a team-leading six assists.

“I love these guys, they are all my brothers. Everybody came to play every single day.

I won’t be satisfied unless we’re at Katy, Texas playing for a ring,” Brooks said.

The Bears led by as much as seven points in the first half and 13 in the second, but it wasn’t enough to stop a second-half SFA comeback.

SFA had a total of five players who scored in double digits and were also able to hold down UCA’s leading scorer, Howard, to 1-10 from deep. The Bears also struggled from the free throw line, only converting 15-32 shooting at 46.9 percent for the entire game.

This hurt them at the end of the game as they missed four consecutive free throws.

The Lumberjacks led in the final minute before Lowery inbounded a pass to junior shooting guard Mathieu Kamba, who scored on an and-one but could not convert his free throw, thus sending the game into overtime. In overtime the Lumberjacks slipped away.

UCA was outscored 16-11 in overtime and struggled more from the foul line, shooting at 28 percent while SFA hit seven of eight free throws.

UCA has one more game to finish the season and their post-season hopes when they face off against Northwestern State University. UCA beat the Demons in their previous meeting, which was a high-scoring affair ending with the final score at 107-97. It would require not only a win against Northwestern State, but also a couple of losses by Nicholls for the Bears to make it into the SLC tournament.

UCA will play their final regular season game against NSU in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

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Men’s golf team ranks second at competition

by Emily Gist Staff Writer

Excessive rain couldn’t stop the men’s golf team on Feb. 20 and 21 as they ranked a close second at the Atchafalaya Intercollegiate competition.

According to the UCA Sports website, University of Monroe managed to earn 853 points, keeping them 20 points above second place and earning them a strong lead.

UCA earned second with 873 points, which was one point under the University of the Incarnate Word (874) and two points below the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (875).

The first two rounds of the tournament took place on Feb. 20. The third and final round was on Feb. 21.

In the first two rounds of the competition, the Bears stayed in second place through moderate rain. After the first two rounds, sophomore Lewis George individually tied for first place with a 65, increasing the overall team score and tying UCA for second.

“Some of the guys that normally played really well for

us struggled a little bit in the first two rounds,” head men’s golf coach Steve Runge said. “So [George’s] score in the second round really helped our team score.”

In the last round of the game, Monroe managed to increase their lead, leaving second, third and fourth place to vie for which team would make it on top.

“It was really close between second, third and fourth and then we just kind of squeaked it out at the end and got to second place,” Runge said.

On Feb. 21, the rain picked up; it was questionable whether there would be delays and whether the teams would be able to get all of their rounds in.

“Overnight before the last round there was a lot of rain and we weren’t sure we were going to even play at all,” Runge said. “But it was good enough to where we could play. We just had to lift the ball-pit to clean it and place the ball within a small cart length and we were able to get the round in.”

By the end of the third round, Monroe had too high of a lead for the Bears to catch up.

While Runge said he wished the

Bears could have caught up, he felt the match was a good start to the season.

“I would have liked to have won and beaten Monroe since they’re ranked ahead of us, but we beat everyone we were supposed to beat so it was a good start to the spring season and I just hope we can build off of it,” Runge said.

UCA won second overall, and individually the Bears had a lot of ties.

George tied for fourth, junior Lewis Tomlinson tied for ninth, sophomore Luis Obiols tied for 15th, senior Ryan Shuttleworth tied for 18th and sophomore Alvaro Carol Estrems and junior Rodrigo Rivas tied for 29th.

Rivas said the most difficult aspect of the course was the greens.

“The greens were quite bumpy in general which made it hard for me to find the hole, even though I would hit the putts where I wanted to,” Rivas said.

The Bears also competed Feb. 20 in the Colin Montgomerie Houston Baptist Invitational, and finished in fifth place.

UCA STATS CORNER

SPORT

RESULT

SCORE

RECORD

W-Bball

W vs. SFA

70-58

(23-4)

M-Bball

L vs. SFA

90-85

(8-22)

Tennis

W vs. CU

4-3

(8-0)

Softball

L vs. HBU

6-5

(4-9)

Baseball

L vs. ELU

4-2

(4-2)

CONFERENCE

Track sets school records at championships

by William Middleton Staff Writer

Men’s track finished in ninth place and women’s track in 12th place at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships Feb. 22 and 23 in Birmingham, Alabama.

According to the UCA Sports website, the men scored a total of 27 points and the women scored 15.5 points.

On the first day, senior Samantha Gibson set a UCA record.

Gibson came in second place on the women’s pentathlon, according to the UCA Sports website.

Junior Eric Moore on the indoor high jump won a Southland Conference title for the second year in a row with a height of 6-10.75 feet.

Senior Brigette Caruthers placed eighth on the first day in the 5,000-meter and placed third-best in UCA’s history at 17:42.32.

Caruthers said she is excited about placing third in UCA

history and that she is glad to see that her hard work is paying off.

The distance medley squad — sophomores Taylor Dunn, Victoria Campfield, Alejandra Ruiz and senior Samantha Gibson — came in seventh in competition and second in UCA history with 12:31.29.

At the end of the first day, the men were in fifth place with 15 points and the women were in eighth with 13 points.

“We put a lot of time and effort into training for this competition,” Caruthers said.

“A lot of us go into indoor conference a little more tired than usual because we have to keep our training intensity high in preparation for outdoor conference as well.”

On the second day, sophomore Logan Morton won second in the women’s triple jump with 11.84 meters.

According to the UCA Sports website, two school records were set on Feb. 23.

The women’s 4x400 meter relay team — sophomores Victoria Campfield and Aliyah

Robinson, senior Samantha Gibson, and junior Jasmine Richard — set a new UCA record at 3:52.19 and came in eighth in the competitions.

The second record came from freshman Marcel Keeton, who ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.21 seconds and came in fifth in the competition.

Freshman Alex Hanson ran an 800-meter in 1:53.62 and came in sixth place and had the fifth best time in UCA history.

“I’m happy to be making progress, it keeps me motivated.

It’s also good to see that the hard work is paying off and hopefully there will be more good races to come,” Hanson said.

Freshman Olivia Groeber, reaching a height of 11-04.50 feet in the women’s pole vault, finished in eighth place.

“UCA as a whole did great we are making good progress all round we broke many school records and lots of personal records,” Hanson said. “It is good to see everyone is passionate and improving themselves and the team, bring on the outdoor season.”

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Junior college transfer Josh SomdeCerff runs bases after hitting walk-off homerun against University of Evansville at Farris Field on Feb. 18. SomdeCerff is a junior infielder.

Baseball infielder sets high goals on, off field

by Brandon Jones Staff Writer

The UCA men’s baseball team started the season with a successful first series with the help of infielder Josh SomdeCerff.

Baseball has been a part of his life since he was young and playing T-ball, SomdeCerff said.

“I think my parents just put me in it in kindergarten to try it out and I’ve just stuck with it ever since,” SomdeCerff said. “My parents and my granny have been my biggest supporters from the very beginning.”

SomdeCerff attended Victory Christian School and said he always says a quick prayer before each game.

“My relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important thing in my life,” SomdeCerff said.

SomdeCerff is a hard worker and his work ethic helps the team, infield coach Jon Ubbenga said.

“Josh is great, he’s one of the hardest workers on the team,” Ubbenga said. “He’ll do anything you ask and do anything to help the team.”

SomdeCerff said he got his work ethic from his father.

“My dad has shown me

how to have a good work ethic and that to become successful in anything you have to work hard,” SomdeCerff said. “I believe that translates over into baseball pretty well, so I’d say my dad is someone I really look up to and inspires me.”

SomdeCerff has been a good example for the rest of the team as one of the hardest workers, Ubbenga said.

“Josh really leads the way not only for the infielders but for the team in general for the standard he sets,” Ubbenga said. “He does a great job of representing the UCA baseball team on and off the field. He’s a great kid, great teammate and great person.”

Ubbenga, who is also the team’s recruiting coordinator, said SomdeCerff was recruited two years ago from a two-year college and is always improving both his defense and offense.

SomdeCerff played shortstop in the first series of the season, when the Bears won two of three games against the University of Evansville from Feb. 17 to 19.

Originally on second base, SomdeCerff was moved to make up for the team’s injured shortstop, Ubbenga said.

SomdeCerff had a great series defensively and

offensively, Ubbenga said, and it was highlighted by a walk-off during the Saturday game.

The coaches have high expectations for the team because they believe the players, with whom they have good relationships, can reach the high standards they set, Ubbenga said.

“It’s definitely a good relationship,” Ubbenga said.

“We spend more time with each other than we do with our families. The players are like family to each other, and then also it’s the same with the coaches.”

The players are able to combine working hard with just having fun, SomdeCerff said.

“It’s just like a family,” SomdeCerff said. “We have fun and joke around with each other but we also know how to work and take care of business.

It’s a lot of fun playing, getting to play with all of these guys.”

Aside from baseball, SomdeCerff enjoys working out and likes to woodwork, making things like desks and tables.

SomdeCerff is majoring in business management and said he hopes to get drafted after college and play baseball as long as he can.

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Junior outfielder Michael Hunn steps up to the plate in UCA’s game against Eastern Illinois University on Feb. 25 at Bear Stadium. Hunn scored once in the game.

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4 Continued from page 7 partly due to still having to figure out the weekday pitching rotation.

“We’re getting close to a solid rotation with [Ty] Tice, [Jacob] Murray, and [Brandon] Hagela,” Gum said. “For our weekday rotation we’re not sure yet. That is what affected

[Sunday]’s game, because normally series only have three games instead of four over the weekend.”

Despite the loss on Feb. 26, the Bears showed success in the series due to the chemistry of the team, Presley said.

“Our success is due to

consistent at-bats and everyone knowing their role,” Presley said.

“The wins so far let us know that when we’re cooperating as a team, we can beat anyone.”

Gum said the bullpen shouldn’t be affected by the usage of pitchers when they play Tennessee Tech on Feb. 28.

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