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Diplomats feel uneasy after Kim Jong Nam dies North Korean officials arrived in Malaysia to retrieve Kim Jong Nam’s body after his assassination. The two women who allegedly killed Kim Jong Nam are charged with murder. The diplomats between Malaysia and North Korea hoped to develop friendly relations, but have both been expelled from their posts by the respective governments since the assassination. Photo by Jordan Johnson
Conway Mayor Bart Castleberry and Faulkner County NAACP President Charles Holloway, Jr. discuss dimensions of diversity at Conway Conversations on March 1 at UCA Downtown. The event was sponsored by UCA’s Office of Outreach and Community Engagement.
Volcano erupts in Sicily, predicted to last weeks
Volcanic Mount Etna has erupted in Sicily, Italy. The volcano’s eruption began on Feb. 27 and is predicted to last days or weeks. Authorities reported no damage to surrounding towns.
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Two-year-old left in hot car for five hours, dies A toddler died after his sister left him in a hot car for five hours. The 2-year-old, Jacob Manchego, was found unconscious in the locked SUV at a shopping mall in Brandon, Florida. He was rushed to a hospital where he later died. The boy’s half-sister, Fiorella Vanessa Silva-Tello, 21, left the child in the car to go to her workplace in the mall. Silva-Tello returned from work and found the unconscious boy. No charges have yet been filed.
Community shares diversity issues by Jordan Johnson Editor
Members of the Conway community shared their personal experiences and opinions on diversity issues at Conway Conversations on March 1 at UCA Downtown. High-profile guests included Conway Mayor Bart Castleberry, Faulkner County NAACP President Charles Holloway, Jr. and City of Hope Outreach Founder and Executive Director Phillip Fletcher. The event, which was a collaboration between Outreach and Community Engagement and Student Leadership, focused on diversity and how personal traits and characteristics affect members of the Conway community. Associate Professor of Institutional Diversity Angela Webster, who presided over most of the event, said changes in the nation and the state
have made an impact on local communities as well. “Conway Conversations offers the Conway community a rich opportunity to learn about one another,” Webster said. “It offers us the chance to listen to the experiences of others and is an occasion to share our personal narratives with one another.” The event included several group discussions and activities led by student leaders. First, group members were asked to circle on an illustration the five physical, environmental, organizational and personality traits they most identified with. Student leaders led each group in a discussion about how those traits affect people’s in Conway. Acting Chair of the UCA Department of Philosophy and Religion Clayton Crockett said his personality affects him as a professor. “I’m more introverted than
extroverted, but I’m a teacher so I kind of have to put on a performance,” Crockett said. Groups also shared experiences when they were misrepresented or misunderstood because of a physical characteristic or personal trait. “I know that as a white male, I’ve experienced other white males sort of including me in the kind of racist and sexist comments because they think, ‘You’re one of us,’” Crockett said. “Do I say ‘Look, that’s not cool’ and risk confrontation or do I not say anything and just avoid it?” Webster also shared her experience as a black woman in the community. “I can go in Walmart dressed just like this and somebody would ask me ‘Do you know where the soap is?’”
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Professor wins award from Deliver Hope
Police find crime scene, searching for suspects
by Cody Macomber Staff Writer
Police are looking for two Pine Bluff residents after they discovered a crime scene inside thier home. Officers were conducting a welfare check in the area when they found the front door open and large amounts of blood, but no victims. Residents in the area reported an argument in the house. Police are unsure if the blood came from the victims or someone else. On March 5, Stephanie Turntine’s body was found in a well located on the south side of Benton. Her husband, Molten Olgesby was charged with capital murder.
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IN OUR NEXT ISSUE Holocaust survivor Susan Warsinger visited UCA on March 6 in the Student Center Ballroom.
UCA professor Neil Rutman was presented with the Dare to Dream Award on Jan. 28 for teaching 13 - to 18-year-old boys about probation discipline and responsibility through boxing. He was given the award by Deliver Hope at the organization’s second annual Dare to Dream banquet, held at the Conway Church of Nazarene. Rutman showed his gratitude for the award, but said it isn’t his main motivation to continue. He is motivated by having the opportunity to change these young men’s lives. “This is getting out there and rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty, and I wanted to do that,” Rutman said. When young men are put on probation for theft, possession, violence, truancy or other similar crimes, Faulkner County Circuit Judge Troy Braswell chooses whether they will fit
into Rutman’s boxing club. When the young men start in the program, they are taught amateur-style boxing. The focus is on male role models in the program, and the young men are mentored throughout the program. This helps them to change their behavior paths. Within the boxing club, Rutman has an Achiever’s Club where the young men get rewarded if they raise their grade in a specific class by 10 points. If they raise their grade by 10 points in two classes, they get rewarded and have an article written about them in the Log Cabin Democrat. Rutman has helped at least 200 young men since the program started in 2009. “The success of the boxing program is directly linked to coach Rutman’s hard work and dedication,” Braswell said. “Some of the young men enter the boxing program lacking self-esteem and discipline, but after a few sessions with coach Rutman, they develop skills
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necessary to succeed in life.” Thirty to 60 days before the banquet, Deliver Hope received nominations for the award from the community for the award. A board of directors then chose who was most deserving of the award. “We wanted to find those hidden heroes that give hope to kids across the community, and Rutman was definitely a fit for that,” Operations Director Monte Jones said. Many young men continue in the club even after their probation has been lifted, Rutman said. Several boxers from UCA come to the boxing sessions to help and mentor the young men as well. “Anyone can volunteer with the juvenile court, and it will probably change the volunteer’s life for the better,” Rutman said. Deliver Hope is a non-profit organization in Faulkner County with a mission to deliver hope to youth who are underserved in the area.
SGA voted unanimously to approve the SGA Graduate organization and voted to state their opposition to HB 1249 during their meeting on March 8. The vote for an SGA graduate organization not only passed with a full majority, but with a standing ovation. Graduate Representative Ethan Clement cried tears of joy. The majority of Senators also voted in favor of a resolution stating SGA’s opposition to HB 1249. The resolution passed with 36 yesses and two abstentions. “As a group, we should be able to make [this] vote for all the diverse groups on campus,” Clement said. Senior Class Representative Emilia Barrick also voted in favor of the resolution. “This is how we feel and this is how the university feels,” Barrick said. Junior Class Representative Blake Bryant abstained from the vote. He said that the price a licensed concealed carry permit holder spends on a gun is expensive and he doubts that licensed concealed gun owners will cause a shoot-out with UCA police.
Later, coordinator of Leadership and Engagement Cindy Lea spoke to SGA about gender inclusive language. “I’ve seen more and more [people who identify as transgender] being treated like they have no humanity,” Lea said. “We need to treat them with autonomy and respect.” SGA also unanimously voted to allocate $1,000 from SAFA funding for UCA’s Day of Giving, which would match the donations given by students. “We want to be absolutely fair, we have the money for it,” Vice President of Finance and senior Ryan Pfaff said. “As much as we can be involved, we should be involved.” SGA also voted to allocate around $8,000 from SAFA funding for Judah Chorale to help them pay their musicians and compile performers. The $8,000 was only a portion of the funds requested by Judah Chorale. “More money [for Judah Chorale] would be unfair for other organizations,” College of Business Representative Dave Beale said. SGA will have another “Lunch with a Senator” on March 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the cafeteria and will have their Alumni Cookout on April 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. A location has not yet been chosen.
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UCA students, faculty attend Day at Capitol by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer
UCA students, faculty, Student Government Association members, President’s Leadership Fellows and IDEAL traveled to Little Rock on March 2 for the fourth annual Day at the Capitol to speak about the importance of increased funding for higher education. The event was sponsered by the Arkansas Association of Students. Students from UCA, Arkansas Tech and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock attended the event. UCA’s SGA passes a resolution each year in favor of increasing higher education funding, and student leaders present it to lawmakers on the steps of the Capitol. When presenting the resolution to lawmakers, the goal is to express what efforts and accomplishments they would like to see for their individual institutions. Student leaders from each school spoke to lawmakers on the Capitol steps about the recently adopted and updated resolution in favor of increasing funding for higher education. After student leaders spoke, they were greeted by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Rep. David Meeks. Students then took a tour of the Capitol Gallery to observe legislative sessions. “It was an awesome
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experience,” senior Arin Natzke said. “It was nice to hear about our state’s history and learn about how the Capitol building came into action. It was amazing to hear the speakers preach about the importance of higher education and how we as a nation need to stride in that direction together.” SGA president, senior Kelsey Broaddrick, said Day at the Capitol is a great opportunity for students because it is open to any UCA student and is the perfect chance for students to gain experience lobbying. Assistant Director of Student Leadership Steven Shook said the Day at the Capitol was very successful. “It is incredible to see students from all over the state so passionate about fighting for increased higher education funding and being aware and passionate about the increased needs that institutions of higher education are facing. I can’t wait to see the success of this event in years to come,” Shook said. Day at the Capitol maintains the theme of increased funding for higher education every year because it is so important for colleges to receive it. Shook said the Day at the Capitol started four years ago thanks to the help of Sens. Kaitlyn Thompson and Stephanie Daigle, and has grown every year since then. Every UCA student is encouraged to attend next year’s Day at the Capitol.
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UCA lecturer preparing 11th volunteer project by Des’ree Dallmann Online Editor
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Azida Walker, Associate Professor of Physics, and Kristin Riddle speak to professors and students at the chemistry discussion for the Day of Celebration of Women in STEM on March 3 in the Lewis Science Center. Riddle is the director of Conway Compounds, a pharmacy that uses biochemistry to create medicine for local patients.
Day celebrates empowering women in STEM field by Sophia Ordaz Entertainment Editor
Female professionals spoke to UCA students about the benefits and challenges of a STEM career as part of the first ever Day of Celebration of Women in STEM on March 3. Associate Professor of Physics Azida Walker organized the Day of Celebration with grants from UCA’s Women’s Giving Circle. The day-long event consisted of conversations with six female STEM professionals, a panel discussion and a presentation about the history of women in science conducted by Sethanne Howard, an astronomer with the U.S. Naval Observatory and the first female physics graduate from the University of California, Davis. “It is important for us to have these discussions,” Walker said. “We’ve come a long way from nobody wanting to be in Dr. Howard’s lab group because she was a woman to where we are now, but there is still some ways to go.” During the panel, female professionals representing the fields of astronomy, engineering, optometry,
dermatology, audiology and computer science answered student questions about the challenges they face in their careers because of their genders and their roles as mothers. “My fellow students … didn’t want to share labs with me,” Howard said. “I had only one real problem with a professor, and he said ‘I guess we can let you major in physics because it’s not a total waste. You can at least teach your children math,’ and I just ignored him.” Unlike their male counterparts, female STEM professionals often have to accommodate motherhood with their career goals. Conway optometrist Dr. Leigh Cox described how motherhood influenced her career path and impacts the relationship between her career and her family. “Part of the reason why I have my own [optometry clinic] is because I wanted that flexibility to choose when I’d be off and when I’d work, so I can take off for a school program or a soccer practice,” Cox said. “I do have to put in more administrative time than I would if I was just an employee ... and that’s not obviously what
I went into the profession to do … There’s times that you’re guilty that you’re not spending enough time with your kids, and there’s times that you’re guilty that you’re not putting in enough hours at the office like you should. It’s a constant battle.” Female STEM professionals can face sexual harassment in the workplace. Civil engineer Lindsay Jenkins advised students on how to deal with unwanted sexual advances. “Unfortunately, in almost every position I’ve [held] I’ve encountered a sexual harassment issue,” Jenkins said. “You’re probably going to unfortunately come across a time when you feel uncomfortable because of your gender and where you are going to feel harassed in some way. You should not feel that that is your fault, and you should tell your manager and document it immediately ... Don’t let it keep you down.” UCA’s annual Girl Power in STEM program has brought hundreds of eighth grade Arkansas girls to UCA to learn about STEM career fields. Programs and events like Girl Power in STEM and A Day
of Celebration of Women in STEM can help expose girls and women to opportunities in STEM areas and lead to a better representation of women in the field. “[Better representation of women in STEM] goes back to role models,” Stephen Addison, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, said. “Back in the early 2000, when I became the chair of physics there was only a small number of women physics graduates. There was a single woman faculty member. I grew the program so that a third to a half of the graduates every year were women. What was the major change I made? I hired more women faculty.” Although the female STEM professionals who spoke during the Day of Celebration panel represented different backgrounds and experiences, they could all agree on one thing: their love for STEM. “I have met people across my life who have said, ‘Oh, you’re just too smart,’” audiologist Donna Smiley said. “I have had men say, ‘Oh, you’re a science major.’ I’m just me. I like to learn, and I like science.”
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UCA students participate in Recyclemania contest
by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor
UCA has been competing against other colleges across the nation for the past three weeks in the Recyclemania contest. The competition takes place over an eight-week period and is divided into two groups: the benchmark group and the competition group. This is UCA’s fourth year in the competition, which began on Feb. 5 and ends on April 1. UCA participates in the benchmark division of the competition with College of the Ozarks. Those in the benchmark division do not compete directly with other schools but they do keep track of their recycling data. The University of Arkansas
at Fayetteville is the only competing school in the state. Recycling and Custodial Services Manager Adam Hensley said UCA doesn’t have the high percentage of recyclables that competing schools do. “The competitive schools have more organic wastes; they recycle more everything,” Hensley said. “The rules are too specific, we just can’t provide that data.” The recycling is weighed in pounds. In 2016, UCA recycled a total of 61,682 pounds by the end of the competition. The weights are calculated weekly and entered into the competition’s database. “I’m noticing that our amount of overall waste continues to go down,” Hensley
said. “Our recycling is not as strong as it has been the previous three years.” In the first week of the competition in 2016, UCA recycled 5,120 pounds. This year it only recycled 4,080 pounds. Recyclemania Program Director Alec Cooley said the program began with two rival colleges in Ohio. The schools decided to tap into a sports rivalry by holding a recycling competition. The competition proved successful and more schools got involved. Today there are 315 colleges involved in the program. “We’ve found that the way to get people to recycle is to communicate to them and learn their values; that’s how you
motivate,” Cooley said. The school that wins receives a national award and bragging rights. “Our focus is more about education, not about hyper competition,” Cooley said. UCA recycles plastic, metal, paper and Styrofoam in specifically labeled bins around campus. Hensley said UCA processes its recyclables through Conway Sanitation, which sells them for use in manufactured products. Paper products become other paper products, plastics are converted into a more useable form and some cardboard is turned into tar paper for roofs. To stay updated on UCA’s progress in the competition visit www. recyclemaniacs.org/scoreboard.
Marketing and Management Department Lecturer Doug Isanhart just signed up for his 11th volunteer project doing international training after recently completing his 10th project in Senegal, Africa. Isanhart was recruited by Winrock International in Little Rock to volunteer for a project funded by the United States Agency for Doug Isanhart International Developments. USAID is a division of the U.S. State Department that works with non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations bid to get funding from USAID to fund their projects. Isanhart said he is for funding by the farmer-to-farmer division. “The premise is this: if people can feed themselves, there will be less war and less famine,” Isanhart said. Isanhart said his 11th project, if confirmed, will take place this summer in Mali and will last 17 days. He said he turned down two other opportunities earlier this year. “This one, they wanted 22 days,” Isanhart said. “I said no, that I’d do it in 16. We’ve agreed on 17 because this one, it takes two days to get there.” Isanhart said he requires his projects to last no more than 16 days from the time he leaves his house to when he returns. For his 10th volunteer experience, Isanhart said he went to Senegal, Africa to train the equivalent of county agents from 20 different regions across Africa. “It was a nice duty because we weren’t out in the villages or in poor conditions,” Isanhart said. “We had a nice classroom. There weren’t any air conditioners in the classroom, but we had a computer and a
projector.” He said they also did site visits; he went out to their businesses and taught them business planning. Isanhart first got involved with USAID in 1992 when he was managing a food processing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He said Winrock International contacted him and asked if the plant would host some European farmers, which they did for two weeks. Isanhart said his first project was in 1996, which took him to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. “I consider myself a pretty good student of geography, but I had never heard of it, Isanhart said. “Also it was a former Soviet republic, so I got to see first hand what the Soviet Union was like. It was fascinating.” Isanhart said Winrock International covers all of his expenses through USAID funding, including physicals, malaria medications, vaccinations, a passport, air fair, meals, lodging and even the mileage he travels from his home to Little Rock Airport and back, but he is not paid. According to 501 Life Magazine, since his first project in Bishkek, Kyrgyzsan, Isanhart has done two more projects in Bishkek in 2002 and 2005. He also volunteered in Kazakhstan, Ghana, Mali twice and El Salvador. Marketing and Management Department Chair Michael Rubach spoke about his colleague’s accomplishments. “I think it is great the he provides his knowledge and experience to people overseas,” Rubach said. “It is a benefit to the community and to the university the he goes to other countries and helps.” Isanhart said his favorite thing about his volunteer experiences was the people. “But the best part of all is the people you meet from all walks of life, all colors of the rainbow, many different religious beliefs,” Isanhart said. “I’ve made lasting friendships that I continue to have for all of these years.”
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Conway looks at how traits affect individuals in community 4 Continued from page 1 Senior Sergio Leal, one of the student leaders, also said he had been recently discriminated against for being Hispanic “I’ve had strangers … ask me my immigration status … just because I look Hispanic,” Leal said. “They just came up to me randomly, and I didn’t think that would happen. That happened recently with the election stuff.” Participants were also asked to mark on a chart how much each trait affected how people in the community are treated by others. A large version of the chart was used to represent those traits — marked with purple stickers — which most affected people’s treatment. Race, sexual orientation and gender were among the categories with the most stickers. Fletcher said LGBTQ rights have gained more acceptance in recent years than African American issues. “As soon as you bring up black and white issues, we don’t want to talk about it,” Fletcher said. “If we’re going to be progressive, then let’s do it. Across the board.” Groups were then asked to
brainstorm solutions to two of the problems identified in the previous activity. A common observation among groups was that meetings like these need to include people who have completely different views on issues like diversity and sexism. Holloway said that for meetings like this to be successful, they must be strategic. “I know that you might be ready, but is Conway ready for this great endeavor?” Holloway asked. “We need to be serious about what we want to do, and move toward a common goal. We can’t cure the world and do it all at one time.” Service-Learning Program Coordinator Lesley Graybeal coordinated the event with Assistant Director for Student Leadership Steven Shook and his student leaders. Graybeal said she wanted to coordinate more events that involved students because most people who work in outreach don’t interact with students regularly. She said she plans to coordinate events like this in the future to allow Conway residents to connect with each other.
Police Beat The following information is compiled from UCAPD incident reports by Assistant News Editor Caroline Bivens.
Student reports awkward Police stop car with three encounter with male student students, marijuana found Student Des’ree Dallman reported an uncomfortable encounter with an unknown black male student in the Student Center on Feb. 23. Dallman said that the male said, “You aren’t going to hug me? So you’re going to be like that?” The man then tried to kiss her.
Students Samantha Hill, Julia Ellis and Brittanie Bertrand were found with marijuana in Hill’s car and in Ellis’ dorm room. Police stopped the car for a speeding violation when they smelled marijuana in the car. Police found a bong, pipe and marijuana.
Student reports stolen bike near dorm hall worth $200
Two students’ cars collide, one vehicle receives damage
Student Andrew Knopp’s bicycle was stolen from the bicycle rack near Conway Hall on Feb. 26. Knopp said the bicycle was not locked to the rack. The bike is described as an Ozone 500 men’s Westcliff, valued at $200.
Student Graylin Clayton was in the parking lot east of Donaghey Hall when he backed out of a parking space when he began to drive forward, student Logan German hit Clayton’s vehicle. Clayton’s car was damaged.
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Adam Trent Adam Trent, a Broadway and television star and magician, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on March 9 at Reynolds Performance Hall. Known as “The Futurist,” Trent will perform a magic show complete with technology and music. For more information contact Reynolds Performance Hall Director of Marketing Julia Morgan at 501-852-7889.
Visiting Puppeteer Puppeteer and Artist in Residence Rick Lyon will give a public performance and lecture at 3 p.m. on March 9 in the Bridges Larson Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center. Lyon is a cast member of the Tony-winning play “Avenue Q” and will work with students on their performance of the show this April. For more information contact College of Fine Arts and Communication Dean Terry Wright at 501-450-3293.
Reading at the Lantern Creative writing faculty and graduate students will host a reading from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on March 10 at the Lantern Theatre in downtown Conway as part of the Arkatext Festival happening March 6 through 10. Associate Professor of Creative Writing Garry Craig Powell and members of the MFA creative writing class, will read. For more information contact Associate Professor of Creative Writing John Vanderslice, at johnv@uca.edu.
Bench Pressing Competition UCA Campus Recreation will host the 2017 Bench Press Competition on on March 11 in the HPER Center. The event will last all day and feature team and individual competitions. For more information contact Assistant Director of the Fitness Center Arian Story at 501-852-2575.
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[Left] Freshman Alpha Sigma Tau member Zoe Hall, answers a random question from senior Jordan Hawthorne out of a bucket on stage at the Spring Queen pageant. [Right] Freshman Alpha Sigma Tau member Katie Wells and her dancers parody ‘The Lizzie Mcguire Movie’ during their performance.
Alpha Sigma Alpha freshman Bailey Graves wins Spring Queen pageant by Amanda Nettles News Editor
Alpha Sigma Alpha freshman Bailey Graves took home the win at Kappa Sigma’s Spring Queen event with her Little Mermaid theme on March 2 in Ida Waldran. Graves said she was excited to win, especially after not being called for any of the other winning titles like the formal round and people’s choice. “Me and my Greek family brainstormed all night for a theme and then finally decided on Little Mermaid because of my red hair and because it would be an easily recognizable theme,” Graves said. She said the most challenging part of the process
was having to lead a group of people she wasn’t very close with. “My favorite part of this experience would have to be getting to make new friends. In a situation like this you’re almost forced to have to spend time with each other, like during practices, but we all enjoyed the time together, which made practices more fun,” Graves said. During her introduction round she opened with the scene from “The Little Mermaid” when Ariel’s sisters are singing and Ariel is nowhere to be found. She performed a dance during the personality round. During the formal round she said she was the first in her
family to go to college and transition well. Freshman Zoe Hall won the swimsuit and letter round. The people’s choice award went to Alpha Sigma Tau freshman Katie Wells. Freshman Cortney Banning won the formal round and freshman Vail Mathis won the personality round. Other themes included “Bridesmaids,” “Wizard of Oz” and “Mulan.” Freshman Mason Willett and Alpha Sigma Alpha junior Sarah Barakat were the emcee’s for the evening. Willett pulled a Steve Harvey and announced Banning as the winner of the personality round, when she actually won the formal round and Mathis won the
personality round. Alpha Sigma Tau won the strut competition with their baseball-themed dance. The event was hosted by Kappa Sigma, but fundraising chair senior Jordan Hawthorn was the man behind the scenes for the event. “The most challenging part of the event was staying organized. I have really had to break myself of the mentality of ‘do it when it’s due,’ but by making deadlines for myself, it helped tremendously,” Hawthorn said. He said the women who participated were also great about making deadlines. He also said he had difficulty making the best of bad situations.
“Another challenging part for me was just going with the flow and making the best of unfortunate obstacles. The sound was a big issue,” Hawthorn said. He said Kappa Sigma usually brings their own speakers, but blew theirs a couple of days before the event. “Even though I wanted things to go perfect and just how I envisioned in my head and that didn’t happen, it was still so rewarding seeing the smiling faces of all the contestants and the end and all the positive feedback I received from them, several friends in the audience and my chapter,” he said. He said it was rewarding to see all the hard work the organizations put into the event to support Kappa Sigma.
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Ke$ha set to perform at UCA Farris Center; ticket sales open on March 27 by Cody Macomber Staff Writer
Ke$ha and The Creepies will perform at the Farris Center at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, as announced by UCA’s Student Activities Board. The board began the search process for a spring concert artist in mid-December of last year. SAB took student opinions at UCA into account in their search. To get the largest census of student opinions, SAB sent out an e-mail survey to each UCA student asking which genres and types of singers they
preferred. From the 2016 surveys, SAB concluded that UCA students preferred pop music. The board then gave this information and their budget to a middling agent, who matched up available dates and the price range with different possible artists and groups. According to SAB representatives, the choice was narrowed down to Ke$ha and DNCE. “We tried our best to accommodate to the interests of the students from the survey,” sophomore SAB Music Chair Chelsea Shivers said. “We really wanted to put on something
that they’d enjoy. We’re really excited about the show.” The board found out that Ke$ha’s bid had been accepted two weeks ago. According to SAB, no outrageous demands were made by Ke$ha and her group. SAB had a manageable range of $100,000 to $125,000 for the artist. The bid for Ke$ha was $100,000. “We’re very fortunate to have the spending structure that we have. Not every school has that,” senior SAB President Emilia Barrick said. “Since Ke$ha’s bidding cost was at the lower end of our spending range, we have more
wiggle room to work with the production cost for the concert so that we can put on the best show possible.” The production cost will include the stage, lights, speakers and transportation of other equipment needed that Ke$ha’s production crew will not have available upon arrival. A smaller rock band, Nightly, will be the show’s starting act; the board felt that the group would bring “good vibes” and complement Ke$ha’s act. SAB will continue to search for future performers. “Throughout the year, we try to keep our ears on the ground and listen for
comedians and musicians that are on a roll and getting a lot of public attention,” Barrick said. “From there, we begin the process with our middling agent, and try to get them to come in a sweet spot of their success.” According to SAB, the response from students has been positive on Twitter and other social media accounts. Ticket sales will begin March 27 for UCA students at $15 and March 29 for the general public audience at $25. The announcement of Ke$ha’s concert at the Farris Center was unintentionally announced on Ke$ha’s birthday.
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Issues in the Public Square The UCA Schedler Honors College will present Issues in the Public Square from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on March 11 on the seocnd floor of the Student Center. The theme is “Building Diverse and Inclusive Communities” and will include keynote speaker Rev. Irene Monroe, who will speak on faith, race and sexual orientation. For more information contact Assistant Dean of the Schedler Honors College Patricia Smith at psmith@uca.edu.
Jane Elliot visits Jane Elliot, an internationally known teacher and creator of the “Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Exercise,” will speak and share her thoughts on current issues at 6 p.m. on March 14 in the College of Business Auditorium. Elliot is sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Community. For more information contact Director of the Office of Diversity and Community Angela Jackson at 501-450-3135.
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The performers of “42nd Street” dance their way through the show numbers. The show came to UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall as a part of their tour. According to their website, “42nd Street” will perform through May 18 and travel to 24 more cities.
One-night performance of Broadway show ‘42nd Street’ met with positive feedback by Taylor Fulgham Assistant Online Editor
The glitz and glamour of 1930s Broadway tapped its way into Reynolds Performance Hall on Feb. 28 when the national tour of “42nd Street” performed a one-night engagement to a packed house. The musical follows young chorus girl Peggy Sawyer as she aspires to make a name for herself as a leading lady. It harkens back to the golden age of movie musicals, with showgirls, gangsters and tap dancing galore. With classic tunes such as “We’re In The Money,” “Keep Young and Beautiful” and the titular “42nd Street,” the musical score kept the audience’s toes
tapping long after the curtain fell. Thirty-one cast members all performed intense and aweinspiring choreography. It seemed as though the stage might have been too cramped for the tour’s magnitude, with performers sometimes getting lost in the wings. The choreography, recreated from the original Broadway production by Randy Skinner, left the audience stunned multiple times throughout the performance. The audience frequently broke into applause mid-number, filling the theater with thunderous cheers. Cast member Andrew Winans, who played multiple parts in the musical’s ensemble, said he began performing around
13 years ago and fell in love with it from day one. He said he performed in many plays in high school and later pursued a degree in theater at the Boston Conservatory. He said his degree in theater helped prepare him for auditioning for jobs outside of college. “The training program I went to was really great about preparing us for everything that came our way,” Winans said. “So all the tools that were given to help us be ready for anything really helped.” Much like the heroine of “42nd Street,” Winans was cast as an understudy for one of the leading roles in the show and found out he would be performing the role with very little rehearsal.
The situation might sound like a nightmare to those not affiliated with show business, but Winans said he wasn’t worried. “I had to very quickly learn the entire thing in a day, and I feel like my preparation from college really helped me with that,” Winans said. Director of Reynolds Performance Hall Amanda Horton said she believes having a diverse series of national tours, lectures, and other public events at Reynolds is a definite benefit for students. “Nowhere else can the students see such quality events at this low or no cost rate. Our series introduces and broadens the knowledge of performing arts, cultural awareness and creative diversity to our student body,”
Horton said. Horton said the audience went wild for the show, with 1,038 tickets sold. “The reaction was wonderful with positive feedback given to us in person, via Facebook and emails. People were amazed at the talent of the actors, the amazing dance skills and the amount of costume changes in the show,” Horton said. The musical is based on a 1933 film of the same name and had its Broadway premiere in 1980. According to the website for “42nd Street,” the tour will play through May 18 and travel to 24 more cities, playing other engagements in each city. For more information, visit www.42ndstmusical.com.
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[Left] Brandon Pickens from Winrock International talks with juniors Ashley Lyra and Christina Cunningham (left to right) at the Spring Job Fair on March 1 in the Student Center Ballroom. Eighty companies attended the event in search of UCA students to hire. [Right] Enterprise Talent Acquisition Manager Dustin Laroux and manager-in-training Blake Landers talk with junior Brooke Campbell.
Mixed bag of companies attend job fair, hire students by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer
Eighty companies attended the 2017 Spring Job Fair on March 1 in the Student Center Ballroom in search of future employees. The Spring Job Fair concludes the series of five job fairs that UCA holds every academic year. The series includes the STEM Fair, the Health Fair and the Fall Career Fair held each fall and the Teacher’s Fair and Spring Job Fair held each spring. The Spring Job Fair is open to any UCA student, and students of every classification and major are encouraged to attend. Associate Director of Career Services Marie Smallwood said the 80 companies at the spring fair were looking to offer seniors full-time positions for
after they graduate, and about 75 companies were interested in all majors. Half of the companies at the job fair had a purple balloon attached to their tables, which served as an indication that they were also offering internships, which would be available to students of any classification. “I was able to get an internship because I gave out my resume at a career fair, so they had my resume on file, and they called me to apply for a position,” senior Katie Walker said. “So just handing out your resume to these companies that come year after year helps a lot.” The Spring Job Fair had companies from Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma. Some companies offered jobs globally. Smallwood said it is
important for students to start attending job fairs as soon as possible. Even if a job or internship is not in your present plans, it is good to go for the exposure. She said participants gain the networking skills they need to have successful experiences at future job fairs. With over 1,000 students coming through to meet with companies, it is important to know how to “sell” yourself to companies in under 60 seconds in a way that will make you stand out from everyone else. Senior Roberto Rojo, who has attended job fairs since he was a sophomore, said it is good to mention possible common connections to a company when speaking with them. Rojo also said that it is helpful to have a few resumes and a binder to keep all of the handouts you receive when at
the job fair. Smallwood said that “dressing to impress” is also essential when attending a job fair. “A lot of students take advantage of what’s called our WOW Closet,” Smallwood said. “It’s like a consignment shop, but you don’t pay anything — it’s free for students. You can get one free outfit in the academic year.” The WOW Closet is located on the fourth floor of Bernard Hall, and is open Monday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The next job fair will not be held until the fall, but graduating seniors can sign up to participate in the Career 911 program, which includes a success workshop and interviews, by emailing Smallwood at msmallwood@ uca.edu or calling 501-4503134 before March 27.
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50 Shades of finances: Students seek to learn about budgeting by Emily Gist Staff Writer
System Vice President and Mortgage Production Manager Vince Miller talked about the mortgage crisis that began in 2008 on Feb. 27 in Student Center room 213. The event, which was part of Alpha Theta Psi’s Fifty Shades of Gold week, stressed the importance of being financially aware. Miller said that because so many people bought homes in 2008 that they couldn’t afford, thus market values dropped. This caused people to build fewer houses because builders weren’t getting paid enough and caused people to buy less, which made the market drop further. “It starts an economic cycle,” Miller said. “It’s a domino effect. It affects us all.” Because of this overarching
effect, people need to be aware about how credit cards work. This means budgeting properly. “If you don’t know how to budget, you’re just going to spend recklessly, and that can lead to bankruptcy,” junior Grekeem Cartwright said. In addition to budgeting, Miller said keeping credit card charges below 50 percent of the max can help maintain money and keeping credit card scores low, because the card will always be within financial means and excess debt and interest won’t accumulate. Loans can also cause problems for college students. As loans are deferred, they accumulate interest, meaning that the longer it takes to pay them off, more money is owed. Miller offered two ways to alleviate the debt: pay the loans as early and as fast as you can and offset the interest with a good credit score. “Don’t waste money,”
Miller said. “If you get a student loan and you have extra money left over, put that money in the bank.” As far as having a good credit score, banks often look at finances on an individual basis. This means that a good credit score can offset the loans and give students better luck when looking to buy cars, houses or apartments. “It offsets the negative impact that the student loan has because you’re showing that you’re utilizing your credit in a smart way,” Miller said. His speech offered some new insights for the audience. He said the topics covered were especially beneficial for students who recently graduated and are trying to pay off loans. “The portion about the student loans [was] very very very beneficial,” UCA alumnus and Alpha Theta Psi Co-adviser
Anreckez Daniels said. “With me being new a graduate at the university and having student loans, what he said was very insightful.” Daniels said he hadn’t known that interest accumulated in loans and said he was going to watch his credit score and get a secured loan, so he could be better equipped to pay it back. Secure loans involve a person putting in money as collateral so they can pay the loans back. During Fifty Shades of Gold week, the Alphas sponsor events to meet one of three goals: manly deeds, scholarship and love for mankind. The finance speech fit under manly deeds as it offered service to the central Arkansas community. The week started Feb. 26 and continued until March 4; most events were in the Student Center.
Junior Frank Rodriguez
Freshman Dajohn Thomas
“No, I don’t like Ke$ha. She hasn’t been popular in a while now. I didn’t like her when I was a kid and I don’t like her now.”
“Yeah I’m excited. She had some popular songs. If she brings some females I’ll be excited. I hope she performs her old popular songs.”
Freshman Jared Casebier
Freshman Hannah Crass
“Oh my God yes. I’m excited cause it’s Ke$ha. Why wouldn’t I be excited? She’s like my childhood star. I hope she sings ‘Take It Off.’ ”
“Yes, I’m super excited. We keep getting a whole bunch of good bands coming to campus. I really don’t wanna hear ‘Tik Tok’ because it got so overplayed. I hope she plays ‘Blow’ I love that one so much.”
Freshman Lyric Baker
Sophomore Marli Van Heerden
“I’m excited because she was a big part of my early teenage years and she’s a big inspiration to me. I’m excited because it’ll be a lot of nostalgia. I hope she sings ‘Tik Tok’ and ‘Your Love is My Drug.’ ”
“I didn’t know she was coming to campus, but that is pretty cool. I’m a student athlete, I play tennis, so I probably won’t be able to go, but I think that’s a really cool opportunity for other students to go and see.”
SPOTLIGHT
PEOPLE OF UCA Rodrigo Rivas Muñoz by Emily Gist Staff Writer
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Junior Rodrigo Rivas-Munoz is a business marketing major who said he loves playing golf. Rivas-Munoz came to the United States from Chile so that he could get a good education as well as play golf because he could not do both while in his home country.
A passion for golf brought junior Rodrigo Rivas Muñoz from Santiago, Chile to UCA. Santiago, home to 7 million people, is a city filled with narrow, crowded streets and buildings everywhere. Rivas sought open spaces where he could pursue his passion and continue his studies. However, in Santiago, a person cannot practice sports and study at the same time. It’s either one or the other, and Rivas wanted both. “Being able to practice and play golf at the same time while studying and getting my degree, that was an excellent opportunity,” Rivas said. “I knew I could do it here so that’s why I [sought] getting a scholarship in the U.S.” Rivas left his home town in pursuit of golf. With a club in his hand, Rivas has more than the hole in mind. He has just a few minutes to consider everything. The weather, wind and rain are factors, but even subtler natural aspects play into his shot as well. Rivas said he has to consider the types of grass and sand on the course. Even the temperature affects the ball in subtle ways that can make the difference between success and defeat. So, with all of these stimuli, Rivas has to simultaneously take it all in and focus on the task at hand. “First of all I think you need to gather information from the wind, where the hole is
located on the course, and after that it’s just visualize the shot you want to execute and then before you hit it just go with it,” he said. “Get your shot, visualize it and just hit the ball. It sounds easy but sometimes it’s not.” For Rivas, it’s these details and challenges as well as being outside that contribute to his love of the sport as a whole. “It’s not a nine-to-five job but it involves a lot of work, a lot of commitment and it’s not an office job, which is a lot better, I think, for me,” Rivas said. “You’re in the outside all day, you’re surrounded by nature which is awesome, you get to play courses that are absolutely beautiful.” The concept of being out in nature and in the open space allows Rivas to relax. “It’s completely different from work, numbers,” he said. “You’re just walking out there, nature is with you at all times, it’s very fun it’s very relaxing. It’s a way for me of just having a great time.” Because of his love for golf, Rivas sought out scholarships and schools. He was looking for a place with open space that wasn’t cold so he could play golf all year long. He crossed out the top half of the United States and marked out the big cities. He said he emailed hundreds of coaches, and former men’s golf coach Ryke Dismuk made his decision clear. “[Dismuk] got the UCA golf program into, like, top 80 in the country so that was really good,” Rivas said. “That was mainly why I came here.”
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Hobbies should be practiced alongside careers I am 21 years old, and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. As a journalism major and theatre minor, I should have my priorities all straightened out, right? Well, not so much. Obviously, I enjoy both journalism and theatre, but they’re not the extent of my interests. When someone asks me what I want to do after college, my mind fills with dozens of answers. I want to be a hard-hitting political newspaper reporter, I want to be a novelist, I want to be an actor and hey, I also want to be a rock star-astronaut-billionaire on top of it all. I have always had trouble deciding precisely what I want to do with my life and I feel that I’m not the only one. Many people don’t realize that they don’t know what they want to do until junior year of college, and I can certainly empathize with that. This is called the quarter-life crisis. It is the heartbreaking moment of realization that you may be stuck on a career path you don’t actually want to be on. So what is the answer? This is why the human race developed a lovely thing called the hobby. Everyone has hobbies, right? Some people collect stamps, others collect beer cans and some play a little guitar. Hobbies typically allow us to keep our sanity intact. Even if you are currently majoring in some field that you absolutely adore and are unquestionably attached to the idea of being in
that field every day for the rest of your life, it can still become tiresome. Having other interests to explore can help keep you from punching that one annoying co-worker in the face in a fit of routine-induced mania. Sometimes, being too engaged in one subject that you love for too long can cause you to hate it, as it becomes nothing but a job and no longer a passion. It is important to take a break from the monotony every once in awhile. If you simply hate your job or major but feel it’s too late to switch to something else, try using a hobby to expand your knowledge and experience in a different field. I can’t promise a miracle, by Brent but sometimes a Wilson hobby can become a Campus career. Life Editor Gene Simmons spent some time as a teacher before starting the band KISS, Stephen King was also a teacher before he made it big as a horror author and Johnny Depp was a musician before he conquered the entertainment world as an actor. Just because something is, does not mean that it always must be. Things can change. Just ask my brother, who has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and currently works at Belk … well, that’s not exactly a super happy story, but you get the point. Keep your eyes and mind open and constantly explore the things you are interested in, as well as possible career goals. The working-class world is massive. Chances are, you will find a comfortable place in it somewhere.
Film critic reviews should be taken with grain of salt People shouldn’t think movie critic reviews are absolute and completely objective. People tend to react powerfully to negative reviews of movies from critics. When both “Batman v. Superman” and “Suicide Squad” garnered negative reviews from critics, many disagreeing fans became angry. There was a point after this when people claimed that critics are simply “Marvel fanboys” or just hate DC superheroes. A petition was even started to get rid of the popular movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, due to the poor rating they gave “Suicid Squad.” It feels like people take the opinions of movie critics so seriously that any review that goes against their individual opinions is viewed as a personal attack or just generally wrong. Sometimes, critics hate a film and average moviegoers love it. There are also times when moviegoers hate something and critics love it. This is because reviews are simply opinions. Everybody has an opinion regarding everything, including films. That shouldn’t prevent a person from liking or disliking a certain movie. Usually, critics are looking at more technical aspects of a film, while moviegoers simply watch for entertainment. With these differing motives for watching certain films, some might notice or interpret things as good, while another interprets them as bad. This is just the nature of opinion. You only have to look up the sci-fi classic “Sharknado,” which mustered a measly 33 percent rating from fans but an over 82 percent rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. When you actually read the reviews that critics and typical consumers post online, you can see the reasons some people enjoyed certain films, while others hated it. Sometimes, a movie can work as “so bad, it’s good”; some movies are so poorly put together or produced that they prove entertaining to certain audiences. Staples of this particular type of movie
include the films “Birdemic: Shock and Terror” and “The Room.” This particular type of film is typically ostracized by general audiences because most people don’t try to watch awful movies. Those who enjoy this type of film typically find the humorously bad production and the shock value entertaining. Basically, personal taste is the determining factor for a film opinion. Your views won’t always match a critic’s. This shouldn’t prevent you from having your own opinion on a movie. Everyone has guilty pleasure movies they like, even when most other people hate them, and some people hate movies that many people highly revere. A good critique can point out the good and bad aspects of a movie. It is then up to the moviegoer to decide if they want to adhere to a critic’s opinion about the general aspects of a movie when deciding if they want to see the movie or not. Filmmakers can also be assisted by the by Brandon receptions people give Jones their movies. Staff Writer They can find out how to improve their filmmaking abilities by observing what aspects of their films work and don’t work in the general audience’s opinion. Critics sometimes give a movie negative reviews initially, but later rate them more positively as the movie is further evaluated by the critic and moviegoers. Films like “Psycho,” “The Exorcist” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” all garnered negativity upon their initial releases, yet are regarded as classics by film fans and critics today. Just remember that a critic’s words aren’t the final verdict regarding the quality or likability of a movie. If you are curious about a movie, it’s probably worth it to at least give it a try. At the end of the day, if your opinion doesn’t match up with that of a critic’s, the film world is going to keep spinning. Movies are supposed to be fun, so just go out and see the movie instead of putting all of your thought into the negative movie reviews.
There are few things that instill as much fear in me as the human environmental footprint does. The most physically evident, and easily avoidable, action that humans partake in that jeopardizes the world’s ecosystems is trash pollution. Just driving down I-40, one can see thick blankets of trash decorating the roadside grass — a terrifying local testament to human ignorance. Of course, this problem is easily avoidable. If people simply disposed of their waste, our roadside grassy knolls would look a lot more elegant and our fragile animal habitats would be a lot safer. However, waste has just as much of an impact on the environment when it is thrown in the garbage can. According to the LA Times, Earth’s inhabitants generate approximately 1.3 billion tons of waste annually. The U.S. is currently the world leader in waste, generating approximately 624,500 metric tons of waste every single day, and the trend seems to be on the rise. As U.S. citizens who only pay a flat fee for our trash service, we seem to be completely oblivious to the immense amount of waste we discard on a weekly basis. Most of us live far away from the nearest landfill, preventing us from physically seeing how much waste the average town can produce. So why does our waste production really matter, anyway? That is an extremely easy question to answer from a public safety and environmental standpoint. According to the LA Times, “Pollution runs into rivers and seeps into groundwater. Flooding is caused by garbage clogging drains, and the atmosphere can be poisoned by the toxic discharge from trash. When waste is not collected, the frequency of illness such as diarrhea doubles and acute respiratory infection, linked to the burning of waste, is six times higher.” If this is not at least to some degree unsettling to you, you probably have matters on your mind other than the world around you. However, waste is accompanied by a startling number of financial ramifications as well, making it a true root of all evil. According to the LA Times, “Cities in developing countries spend 20 percent to 50 percent of their budgets dealing with waste management, a hardship for cash-strapped nations. In the U.S., about $200 billion a year is spent on solid waste management and lost energy resources from disposing trash.” Not only are our environment and bodies threatened by waste, but our beautiful, high-quality dollars are as well. What exactly can we do about this? This answer, as complex is it truly is in regards to the scale of the problem at hand, actually has an incredibly simple first step. “The key is ensuring the waste actually gets collected for disposal,” Senior Director for the World Bank Group’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Ijjasz-Vasquez said to the LA Times. “You can’t do anything if you have a fancy landfill and there’s no way to get the waste there.” Aha! So it all goes back to that beautiful trash blanket on the side of I-40. How sinister that must look in this new light. Seriously, fellow humans, if we can just eliminate the human urge to throw trash out the window, we can make massive improvements in the environmental, medical and financial state of our world. The incentives for properly disposing waste are incredibly rewarding on a long-term global scale. You should strive to recycle everything you can, but for things that can’t be recycled, properly throw them away in a trash can so they don’t end up on the ground or in bodies of water. Disposing of your trash is an incredibly easy task, so just do it.
We seem to be completely oblivious to the immense amount of waste we discard on a weekly basis
Corrections In our article “Retired veteran, UCA art professor dies,” Gene Hatfield said the quote “I always feel the same way about war. War is so stupid,” in an AETN documentary. In our article “Food, alcohol have direct impact on mood, wellness,” Dietitian Lauren Allinson’s name was mispelled. She also previously worked at Lincare. The Echo is printed weekly by the Jacksonville Patriot in Jacksonville, Ark. Decisions about content are made by the student editors. The views published are not necessarily those of the University of Central Arkansas. All material is subject to respective copyrights.
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New This Week Movies
March 10 — Kong: Skull Island (PG-13), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson and Jing Tian.
Music March 10 — Watershed - Amelia Curran March 10 — Black and White Rainbows - Bush March 10 — Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams - Cameron Avery March 10 — Fail You Again - Can't Swim March 10 — Different Creatures Circa Waves
'Get out' incorporates horror, comedy, social commentary by Mia Moulden Staff Writer
“Get Out” reinvents common horror tropes like hypnotism, psychopathy and deceit with a unique story that explores modern racism in affluent America, refreshing the horror genre in a captivating and thoroughly entertaining way. A young African-American photographer named Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) visits his girlfriend Rose Armitage’s (Allison Williams) well-to-do parents in their picturesque home, which is conveniently located miles away from any other person. Through the film, Washington’s worries shift from concerns of the Armitage family’s potential racism to much darker threats implied by the increasingly strange behavior of the people at the estate. Jordan Peele, who is well known for his work alongside Keegan-Michael Key in the Comedy Central television series “Key & Peele,” wrote and directed “Get Out.” Although the film’s dark, psychological story takes a large step away from the comedy
March 10 — Bunker Funk Damaged Bug
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Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) meets his girlfriend Roase Armitage's (Allison Williams) parents in "Get Out." The horror-comedy film marks comedian Jordan Peele's directorial debut.
that made Peele famous, Peele manages to inject his otherwise serious film with well-placed humor that disrupts tense or monotonous moments. Effectively combining horror and comedy without clashing
the two genres is an impressive feat. Peele’s sarcastic humor successfully lifts viewers from the dark, shadowy depths of his gruesome horror, but the suspense still manages to keep viewers on edge, anxiously anticipating the
FILM
JAZZ
March 10 — The Electric Man Flagship
'Logan' exposes Wolverine's vulnerability
March 10 — Millport - Greg Graffin
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March 10 — The Navigator - Hurray for the Riff Raff March 10 — Feel Infinite - Jacques Greene. March 10 — Semper Femina - Laura Marling March 10 — Providence - Nathan Fake March 10 — Elektrac - Shobaleader One March 10 — Digging a Tunnel - sir Was March 10 — Yours Conditionally - Tennis March 10 — Heartworms - The Shins
Netflix March 8 — Hands of Stone (2016), directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, starring Édgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Usher and Rubén Blades March 10 — Burning Sands (2017), directed by Gerard McMurray, starring Segun Akande, Sidney Alexandria and Malik Bazille. March 10 — Love, Season 2 (2017), created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin and Paul Rust, starring Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust and Claudia O'Doherty. March 13 — Million Dollar Baby (2004), directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. March 14 — Pete's Dragon (2016), directed by David Lowery, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley and Karl Urban.
Video Games March 14 — Styx: Shards of Darkness (M), for PS4 and Xbox One.
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next chilling development in the story of his ill-fated protagonist. “Get Out” also explores the forms of modern racism behind the seemingly harmless facade of the well-off, middle-aged parents Washington is pitted against.
Staff Writer
In “Logan,” Wolverine, a.k.a. James "Logan" Howlett, is bid farewell with a mix of comic brutality and deep emotion, resulting in a perfect end to Hugh Jackman’s time as the iconic Wolverine. “Logan” is inspired by Marvel’s “Old Man Logan” comic. In “Old Man Logan,” Howlett and Hawkeye travel across a ruined, villain-ruled U.S., and Howlett vows to never use his claws. In “Logan,” Howlett keeps using his claws during fights, but he is mentally scarred by his past. In his old age, Howlett’s healing begins to lose its potency. He later becomes ill because of the metal alloy adamantium that coats his skeleton. While past movies were criticized for Howlett’s lack of brutality in combat, “Logan” makes up for this with intense action sequences. Jackman’s damaged, vulnerable portrayal of Howlett perfectly matches the tone of “Logan.” At the film’s start, Howlett wakes up and finds a group of men attempting to steal his car tires. Howlett is at first too drunk and tired to stop them, but quickly rises to fight them. When the men he is fighting
damage his car, Howlett flies into a rage, slicing limbs and stabbing heads. Despite his fervent fighting, one of Howlett’s claws doesn’t come out all the way during the fight. After the fight, Howlett limps all day and is overtaken by fits of coughing. Throughout the film, Howlett teams up with X-Men founder Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), albino mutant Caliban (Stephen Merchant) and the newly introduced mutant clone Laura (Dafne Keen). Howlett spends his time with Caliban and cares for Xavier, who is mentally deteriorating and occasionally has seizures, making his psychic powers uncontrollable. Stewart plays Xavier differently than in his past portrayals of the character. In “Logan,” Xavier is bitter at times and constantly argues with Howlett. Despite this, Stewart manages to portray Xavier as a father figure who deeply cares about Howlett and wants to make him a better man. Eleven-year-old Laura, also known as X-23, is technically Howlett’s daughter because she was created with his blood. She needs his help to evade the cyborg Donald Pierce (Boyd Holbrook). Gabriela (Elizabeth Rodriguez), a nurse for the
Transigen corporation, hires Howlett to escort Laura to North Dakota where she can cross the border into Canada. During the trip, Howlett quickly discovers that Laura is also a mutant and has claws and enhanced senses. Though silent for much of the movie, Keen embodies the raw emotion of a scared child. Like Howlett, Laura savagely defeats enemies throughout the movie in beautifully choreographed fight scenes that show her animalistic nature. “Logan” seamlessly transitions from vicious fight sequences to calmer moments where characters interact on a personal level. Emotional moments are weaved into the unlikely group’s trip to North Dakota. Xavier assumes a grandfatherly role for Laura. He spends time with her and urges Howlett to help her achieve a normal life. The three balance each other in often comedic ways. Howlett is forced to act as a parent to Laura, a wild girl who doesn’t know how the world works, and when Howlett gruffly reprimands Laura, Xavier scolds him. “Logan” is action-packed and interspersed with comedic moments and dark and painful emotional scenes. “Logan” is rated R and is now playing at Cinemark at Conway.
RAP
Future exhausts himself with two full-length albums by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer
Rapper singer, songwriter and producer Future has spread himself too thin with the release of two full-length albums, making for a whopping total of 34 songs within a week. Future released his fifth album “FUTURE,” the first of the two releases, on Feb. 17. This first release is the weaker of the two. Although “FUTURE” consists of 17 unexceptional songs, the album is worth a listen because it isn't terrible. My favorite song is “When I Was Broke” because it's about how Future's girlfriend was there for him even when he was struggling. Since its release, the album has received an average of four out of five stars with over 1,000 ratings on iTunes, but many still criticize Future’s vein of rap music, calling it “mumble rap” because of its incoherent lyrics. It’s safe to say that 1. “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” What can be said about the Zelda series that hasn’t already been said? Well, apparently a lot. Although “Breath of the Wild” departs from the traditional Zelda formula, it seeks to recapture the magic of the original game by dropping players into the middle of an open world where they are free to do as they please. “Breath of the Wild” is the 19th release in the main “The Legend of Zelda” series. By the time this list is printed I’ll be experiencing the adventures of “Breath of the Wild,” and I’m sure I’ll only want more.
“FUTURE” is not life-altering or unique. “FUTURE” is rather disappointing considering that this is the self-titled album of a prevalent rap artist. Future released his sixth full-length album “HNDRXX” on Feb. 24. Although “HNDRXX” isn’t especially strong, it’s better than “FUTURE.” Like “FUTURE,” “HNDRXX” is made up of 17 run-of-the-mill songs. However, "HNDRXX" does have some standout tracks like the relatable “Fresh Air.” In "Fresh Air," Future gets over a breakup by doing his own thing in life. Although "HNDRXX" received four-and-a-half stars on iTunes, the reviews for “HNDRXX” are almost as brutal as the ones for “FUTURE.” Many feel that “HNDRXX” is not enough to redeem the mediocre “FUTURE.” Because of the success Future has attained in recent years, expectations may 2. “Super Mario Odyssey” While Nintendo has released plenty of 3D Mario games since “Super Mario 64,” none of them ever felt like a true sequel to the legendary Nintendo 64 game. Even the masterful Super Mario Galaxy series was incredibly different because of its linear level design. “Super Mario Odyssey” is rumored to feature the best qualities of “Super Mario 64”: huge open areas with a ton of collectibles. Although it’s weird seeing Mario embark on adventures alongside regular humans, the game looks gorgeous.
Peele does not overuse this trope and expertly uses the film’s plot to prove his point in a striking and haunting manner. The technical qualities of “Get Out” bring a new atmosphere to the horror genre. “Get Out” is creepy without relying on the overused night scenes or the archetypal derelict houses of blockbuster horror films. Instead, Peele places Chris in the arms of a welcoming, if slightly overbearing, family and in a comforting, idyllic home that looks like it deserves its own HGTV special. The one major flaw of “Get Out” was its predictable villains. It’s clear who is to be feared early on in the film, which reduces the suspense of jump scares. Despite this, “Get Out” still manages to keep viewers on the edge of their seats and makes up for its obvious villains with its unpredictable plot twists. “Get Out” is both a refreshing take on horror and survival and a powerful message about modern racism in upper-middle-class America. "Get Out" is rated R and is now playing at Cinemark at Conway.
have been set a little high for “FUTURE” and “HNDRXX.” Future has gained a lot of respect as a rapper and has been riding a wave of success ever since the release of “What a Time to Be Alive,” his phenomenal 2015 collaboration album with Drake. It is understandable that fans have expected greatness since then. Although these albums didn’t necessarily live up to the fans' expectations, they were decent and shouldn’t cause Future to lose longtime followers. Give “FUTURE” and “HNDRXX” a listen if you haven’t already and decide for yourself whether Future should have a future in your playlist. These albums follow Future's fourth album “EVOL,” which was released on Feb. 6, 2016. “FUTURE” and "HNDRXX" are available for purchase on Google Play and iTunes and are now streaming on Apple Music and Spotify. 3. Pokémon We don’t know how and we don’t know when, but rumors began circulating last year that an updated version of “Pokémon Sun and Moon” would be released for the Switch. A quintessential Pokémon game would be huge for the Switch because Pokémon games are usually reserved for Nintendo’s strictly handheld systems. Don’t get your hopes too high, though. Nintendo could easily break everyone’s heart by releasing a shovelware Pokémon game instead.
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Stephen Bruner, a.k.a. Thundercat, performs live wearing a wolf skin. Bruner is touring the U.S. and Europe on a 42-date tour.
Thundercat drops intoxicating, genre-bending album 'Drunk' by Sophia Ordaz Entertainment Editor
For jazz fusion bassist Stephen Bruner, a.k.a. Thundercat, creating music has always been a joyful process. Bruner's exuberant joy and lighthearted disposition permeate his third full-length album “Drunk.” “When I’m at home creating music, I always end up laughing,” Bruner said, according to Complex News. “It’s always funny.” The Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus collaborator exposes his wacky sense of humor with a fart joke in “Captain Stupido” and a falsetto chorus of “meows” in “A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suit II),” a surprisingly pensive ode to his pet cat. According to culture news source Los Bangeles, Bruner’s stage name emerged from his obsession with cats and the 1985 television series “ThunderCats.” The bassist’s penchant for oversized cat T-shirts and the “ThunderCats” tattoo on his right hand inspired neo-soul legend Erykah Badu to dub him “Thundercat.” Bruner maintains these rather geeky origins on “Drunk.” In the track “Friend Zone,” Bruner copes with the infamous friend zone by playing videogames “Mortal Kombat” and “Diablo,” and in “Tokyo,” he marvels at a “Dragon Ball Z” slap bracelet and claims that he will “blow all [his] cash on anime.” Bruner doesn’t stray from the contemporaries he’s associated himself with. FlyLo produced 16 of the album’s songs, and Kendrick Lamar's producer Sounwave is credited on three tracks. Lamar himself makes an appearance on “Walk On By,” a trudging, distorted track with a remarkably unhurried Lamar verse. The album’s most surprising track is “Them Changes,” a song originally 4. “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” “Mario Kart 8” was already an amazing game, but the watered down battle mode disappointed longtime fans. Nintendo is finally remedying this with the exciting “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.” Besides the long-awaited battle mode, “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” includes everything from the original game, all the downloadable content released over the past few years for the Wii U version and new tracks, items, vehicles and characters, like Bowser Jr. and King Boo.
released on Bruner’s 2015 EP “The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam.” Likely Bruner’s most famous work, its chorus would not be out of place in an Alabama Shakes song, and its funk instrumental is Isley Brothers reinvented. “Them Changes” is a bit of an anomaly for Thundercat; there is no other Thundercat song quite like it. Much of “Drunk” lives up to its title. Songs are steeped in an intoxicated stupor, inundated in molten bass and saturated by hazy synths, bringing to mind Thundercat’s work on Lamar’s explosive 2015 album “To Pimp a Butterfly.” Thundercat’s murky bass arpeggios resemble waves incessantly lapping a shore on “Lava Lamp” and “A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite II).” The bubbly synths of “Friend Zone” carry Thundercat’s grumbling bass and airy falsetto. Bruner’s soft rock influences come to the forefront on “Show You the Way,” a foggy, downtempo song featuring the vocal talents of Kenny Loggins and the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald. At 23 songs, “Drunk” is densely packed, but its musical gems are sparsely distributed. The underdeveloped “The Turn Down” and the tepid “Where I’m Going,” as well as the regrettable Wiz Khalifa feature on “Drink Dat,” are rudimentary sketches that pale in comparison to standout tracks like the dreamlike “Lava Lamp” and the glittering “Friend Zone.” If Bruner had cut down the number of songs on “Drunk” and fleshed out deserving tracks, “Drunk” could easily be the best release of 2017 so far. As the album stands now, “Drunk” is at worst a missed opportunity, and at best a muddled potpourri of superb bass playing, commendable production and labored, lackluster vocals. “Drunk” is available for purchase on Google Play and iTunes and is now streaming on Apple Music and Spotify. 5. “1-2-Switch” I can’t wait for this game to release for one reason: to watch it crash and burn. “1-2-Switch” is a group of lazy, motion-based mini games. The release of “1-2-Switch” shows that Nintendo is still stuck in 2006, clinging to the casual market that made the Wii so successful. What Nintendo doesn’t realize is that casuals have long abandoned consoles and moved to smartphones and tablets. Although “1-2-Switch” will release and sell terribly, Nintendo will most likely make the same mistake again.
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Editor’s Take
Adidas promises private island to record-breaker By Denn-warren Tafah Sports Editor
This year at the National Football League combine, players were promised a private island by Adidas if they broke Arizona Cardinals running back Chris Johnson’s 40-yard-dash record, which is the blazing 4.24 seconds he ran back in 2008. This is added motivation for guys participating in this event. The NFL combine is a week-long showcase that occurs every February at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, where chosen college players, who have entered the draft, come to perform. The players go through physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers and scouts. A receiver from Washington University, John Ross, broke the 40-yard record by running it in 4.22 seconds, which is blazing fast for the combine. Although there is video of players running faster 40 meters than that on the Internet, those are all hand-held times, and when it comes to running, handheld times are different than electronic. Though handheld times produce faster times, electronic times are more accurate. A lot of guys normally run 4.3 seconds, and 4.4 seconds at their school but go to the NFL combine and run 4.5 seconds, 4.6 seconds, and even 4.7 seconds. Ross ran so fast that he hurt himself at the end of the run and had to limp off the field. Guys like Ohio State’s running back Curtis Samuel ran a blazing 4.31 seconds, which is normally the fastest 40, but didn’t receive much hype because of Ross’ 4.22 seconds. Even though the 40-yard record-breaker Ross wasn’t a big factor against Alabama, that incredible 40-yard dash time just rose his draft stock drastically.
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Junior guard Jordan Howard takes a jump shot against the Northwestern State Demons, to whom the Bears lost 97-83 during their March 4 game in Natchitoches, Louisianna. Despite the loss, the men’s basketball team qualified for eighth seed of the Southland Conference on March 8-12 in Katy, Texas based off of a technical error.
Bears qualify for tournament after loss by William Middleton Staff Writer
The University of Central Arkansas men’s basketball team (8-23, 7-11 SLC) lost their final game of the season on March 4 against Northwestern State (1316, 7-11 SLC) 97-83. This makes the fifth game in a row that UCA has lost, though they still claimed the eighth seed in the Southland Conference Tournament March 8 through 12 in Katy, Texas. “There was five way tiebreaker for seventh place; two teams aren’t eligible Incarnate Word and Abilene. Incarnate and Abilene weren’t eligible for
the tournament but the games against them still counts. It game down to us and Nichols and the tiebreaker that helped us, was what you did against the team you played twice. New Orleans was first we both played we both lost, that didn’t settle it. Then Southeastern Louisiana, we both played them twice and lost one and won one ,so that didn’t settle it. However they didn’t do the next team we played twice, they didn’t realize we both played Northwestern. We beat them once and they lost twice,”Associate for Media Relations Steve East said. Unruh said the team could have done a better job executing on both ends of the floor, but
that what matters is that they are in the tournament. According to the UCA Sports website, UCA scored 36 points to Northwestern’s 57 points in the first half. UCA shot 37.1 percent from the field in the first half, while Northwestern came away shooting 58.8 percent from the field. Freshman forward Aaron Weidenaar and junior guard Jordan Howard led the Bears with nine points each in the first half. Weidenaar shot 75 percent, both in the field and behind the three-point line. Senior guard Zeek Woodley led Northwestern in the first half with nine points. Woodley shot 2-6 from the field and 2-6 from
behind the three-point line. In the second half, UCA came back and outscored Northwestern 47-40, but this was not enough to win. During the second half, the Bears shot 50 percent from the field to Northwestern’s 66.7 percent. Junior guard Mathieu Kamba led the Bears with 19 points in the second half. Kamba shot 80 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line. Senior guard Jeff Lowery said that if the Bears had played the first half like they did the second, they could have won the game. He said he appreciates the team for fighting back and
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Softball faces tough teams at Slamboree by Denn-warren Tafah Sports Editor
Upcoming Games Men’s Basketball
5 p.m. March 8 at Sam Houston State in Katy, Texas Women’s Basketball
1 p.m. March 11 at University of Louisiana Monroe in Conway, Arkansas Softball
5 p.m. March 8 at Mississippi Valley State at the Farris Field Baseball
March 10-12 at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana
not giving up, but they need to work on capitalizing on every possession. In total, the Bears shot 43.5 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from behind the threepoint line. Lowery shot 3-8 from the field and scored eight points for the Bears. “I feel very unsatisfied with my performance. My brother always tells me I’m really hard on myself, though so maybe I played better than I think,” Lowery said. UCA will play their first tournament game against No. 5 Sam Houston University on March 8 at 5 p.m. in Katy, Texas.
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Women’s basketball head coach Sandra Rushing cuts the net at the Farris Center on Sunday, March 5. Sugar Bears beat Northwestern State to win the Southland Conference Championship and achieved their 15th consecutive win this season.
Sugar Bears win championship
by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor
On Sunday, March 5, the UCA women’s basketball team (24-4, 16-2 Southland Conference) celebrated winning the Southland Conference championship at the Farris Center with a net-cutting ceremony. Sugar Bear players, coaches and staff went up a ladder one by one to cut a part of the net until it was completely released from the rim. “Can’t say enough about my assistant coaches, even the people behind the scenes that don’t get enough credit like our athletic trainer, sports information, academic advising,” head coach Sandra Rushing said. “There’s a lot that goes into building a program and keeping it there. There are great people around here, I love our fan support and they love the Sugar Bears and they come out and support us.” Net-cutting is what the winning team gets to do after winning a championship. This process takes on more meaning than just cutting down a net on a basketball goal: it represents the one team that stands victorious above all others at the end of the year. The event was an extension of the presentation of the Southland Conference
Championship trophy by the Southland Conference Commissioner Tom Burnett at Prather Coliseum, home of the Northwestern State University Demons. Prather Coliseum was where the Sugar Bears won their 15th consecutive game this season against the Lady Demons (13-16, 7-11 SLC) 62-51 and claimed the Southland Conference Championship on March 4 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Senior guard Maggie Proffitt scored the first points of the game, but the Lady Demons weren’t far behind and tied 2-2. Proffitt and junior forward Taylor Baudoin scored three more times with 6-5. The Lady Demons stole the lead from the Sugar Bears with 6-8, but the Bears were quick to tie again 8-8. “I don’t think we played our best [game], but we played well enough to win and that’s what matters in the end,” junior center Kierra Jordan said. The Sugar Bears kept their lead until the end of the first quarter with a score of 17-10. During the second quarter, the Sugar Bears managed a 10-point lead over the Lady Demons at 23-13. They kept a steady lead and ended the quarter with an eightpoint lead of 30-22. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Sugar Bears had a 14-point lead of 36-22 over the
Lady Demons, who didn’t score again until three minutes into the quarter. The Bears ended the quarter with a lead of 48-36. The Sugar Bears were second to score in the fourth quarter with a score of 50-39, and continued to score with the score 52-41. The Sugar Bears didn’t score again until four minutes were left on the clock with 55-46. The Sugar Bears ended the game with a missed layup by Proffitt and an eleven-point lead of 62-51 over the Lady Demons. Baudoin scored the most with 23 points and Proffitt followed with 20 points. Senior center Raquel Logan scored seven points. Jordan scored six points, freshman guard Taylor Sells scored four points and sophomore guard Olivia McWilliams scored two points. Proffitt believes the team’s success came from the coaches, who she said have done a great job of preparing the Bears for any opposing team they have to play. Proffitt said the team went into the game with the mindset of executing the game plan that they’ve been given. “Our team this year has so much talent,” Proffitt said. “We have a team of players that can step up any night and help this team get a win.” Jordan said she looks forward to getting back on the court with her teammates.
The University of Central Arkansas softball team (4-10, 0-0 Southland Conference) finished second in the Bulldog Slamboree March 3 through 5 in Starkville, Mississippi. Other schools that participated in the invitational were Mississippi State University (18-3, 0-0 SEC), University of Massachusetts (3-12, 0-0 CAA) and Samford University (6-14, 0-0 Southern Conference). The Bears’ first game was an 11-1 win against the University of Massachusetts on Friday, March 3. The Bears went up 5-0 in the first inning and then 2-0 in the second inning. The first score came from senior outfielder Brianna Whisenhunt after a doubled to left field hit by freshman infield Cyla Hill. The next four scores came from freshman first base/outfielder Kaylyn Shepherd, then Hill, freshman infielder Krissy Fontillas, and freshman catcher Lauren Brooks. According to the UCA sports website, neither team was able to get much going until the bottom of the sixth inning, when UMass finally got to Searcy thanks to a leadoff triple and a sacrifice bunt, but the Bears responded immediately with four runs in the top of the seventh. UCA scored twice in the second inning and four times in the seventh inning. That same day at 12:30 p.m., the Bears lost an eight-inning game to Samford University 2-3. This game started off in Samford’s favor, going up 2-0 in the second inning. The Bears matched those two points in the fourth inning. However, Samford scored one more point in the eighth inning and defeated UCA
softball. The next day the Bears played two games against Mississippi State University and the University of Massachusetts. Against Mississippi State, ranked 37th in the country and in a conference with 10 teams in the top 25, the Bears lost 1-2; against UMass, they won 2-1. According to the UCA sports website, Central Arkansas got another dazzling pitching performance against UMass. Senior pitcher Kayla Gomness (4-5) held the Minutewomen to a single run on seven hits and a walk while striking out four in 11.0 innings. The complete game was her sixth of the season. All the points for both Mississippi State and UCA came in the first two innings. On Sunday, March 5, the Bears rematched Mississippi State, but got shut out 8-0 in only five innings. Six scores came in the second inning and the last two were scored in the fifth inning. UCA finished the tournament with a record of two wins and three losses. “I saw a lot of good things this weekend,” senior outfielder Hannah Stirton said. “Unfortunately we got a little unlucky with a few balls dropping holes where we didn’t have defenders, and that’s a part of the game. We’re improving as a team, every pitch, and I’m confident the wins are going to start coming our way consistently.” UCA plays the University of Louisiana-Monroe at home on March 7 and will play Mississippi Valley State on March 8 for Brain Cancer Awareness night, before their first conference game against McNeese State University on March 10. “Teams have good games and bad games. We weren’t thnking about how much one team beat another. We were thinking about ourselves and what can we do as a team to win. It just didn’t work for out for us,” Stirton said
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Men’s golf places second at invitational by Mia Moulden Staff Writer
The UCA men’s golf team placed second in the Colin Montgomerie Husky Men’s Spring Invitational. Held at The Traditions Course at Cypresswood Golf Club against Houston Baptist University in Spring, Texas on Feb. 26 and 27. The team shot a final round of 289 and finished at 874 overall. Men’s golf coach Steve Runge said the team’s performance in the HBU tournament and the preceding tournament at Nicholls State University in Patterson, Louisiana were similar. “It was another solid tournament and we were close to winning,” he said. Runge said this positive performance in the tournament keeps the morale
and confidence of the team high, encouraging them in subsequent tournaments this season. Runge said the performance was solid overall for the team, and there were no specific days or times that either hurt or especially helped the team to their second-place finish. On the first day of the tournament, Feb. 26, University of Central Arkansas was in fifth place overall after two rounds, with a score of 585. University of Louisiana-Monroe was in first with a score of 578, followed by Stephen F. Austin State University with a score of 582, Bradley with a score of 583 and HBU with a score of 584. On Feb. 26, according to the UCA Sports website, junior Louis Tomlinson tied for fifth place overall, sophomore Alvaro Carol Estrems tied for 16th and sophomore Luis Obiols tied for
44th place with senior Ryan Shuttleworth. Sophomore Lewis George tied for 72nd place. The second day, Feb. 27, UCA finished with the second-lowest score overall. The University of Louisiana-Monroe placed first with a score of 870 overall, and Stephen F. Austin finished third with a score of 875 overall. According to the UCA Sports website, on the final day, Estrems and Tomlinson tied for ninth place overall at 1-over. “I and a lot of my friends follow golf here, so it’s really cool for everyone on campus when they do well like they did this week,” sophomore Jarod Steed said. The men’s golf team is set to compete next at the Oral Roberts Bob Sitton Invitational on March 14 through March 16 at the TPC Four Seasons in Dallas, Texas.
UCA STATS CORNER
SPORT
RESULT
SCORE
RECORD
W-Bball
W vs. NSU
62-51
(24-4)
M-Bball
L vs. NSU
83-97
(8-23)
Tennis
L vs. LaTech
1-4
(9-1)
Softball
L vs. Miss ST
0-8
(6-13)
Baseball
L vs. MSU
0-4
(6-6)
CONFERENCE
UCA baseball loses three in row to MSU by Amanda Nettles News Editor
The UCA Bears baseball team (6-6, 0,0 Southland Conference) lost their three-game series this weekend against the Missouri State Bears (10-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley Conference). On Friday, March 3, the UCA Bears lost with a final score of 5-0. On Saturday, March 4, the Bears lost with a final score of 5-3. At their final game on Sunday, March 5, UCA lost with a final score of 4-0. At the opening game of the series, the UCA Bears had runners on all bases during every inning except for two but never scored, according to the UCA Sports website. During the second game of the series, the Missouri State Bears received three home runs by sophomore third baseman
Jake Burger to put them in the lead, according to the UCA Sports website. The UCA Bears added a run during the third inning of the game, receiving consecutive base hits from sophomore first baseman Hunter Strong and sophomore center fielder William Hancock, according to the UCA Sports website. At their final game for the series, Missouri State received 11 hits and a couple of home runs, putting them in the lead. Before the games this weekend, Strong said he was excited. He said Missouri State is a great program and would be a big challenge for UCA. He said it’s always good to go and compete against the best teams in the country to see where UCA is as a team. “I feel like we are playing good. We have scored a lot of runs already this season and
it looks like we will have that ability to score all year,” Strong said. Hancock said he thinks the feeling everyone had before the games was excitement. “Missouri State has always been a good, solid program and it’ll be a good test for us to see where we are early in the season. It’s also pretty cool to be playing in a minor league park this weekend,” Hancock said. Hancock said UCA has gotten off to a strong start this year but there are still plenty of things the team knows they need to improve on to be the team they want to be by the end of the year. “Our main focus is treating every game like it’s opening day and doing the little things better,” Hancock said. The Bears will play two games, both at 4 p.m., on March 7 and 8 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesse.
BEARS SOCCER WIN SCRIMMAGE GAME
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The University of Central Arkansas’ club baseball team wait in the dugout during a game against the University Of Arkansas baseball club. The Polar Bears swept the series against the Missouri State club baseball team on March 4-5.
Club baseball player also helps run team by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer
Senior Ryan Faulkner is the UCA club baseball team’s catcher on the field and vice president and treasurer off the field. Faulkner has been playing baseball since he was four years old. He is from North Little Rock, Arkansas, and attended Central Arkansas Christian, where he played left field and occasionally pitched for the CAC Mustangs. During his senior year of high school, he helped made the All Conference Team, hit the first home run of the season and his team make it to the State Semifinals. Faulkner chose to attend UCA after seriously considering other Arkansas colleges because he had a great campus tour experience, and he decided that the distance from home was suitable for him. He spends his time at club team practice four days a week. Outside of practice he uses his time to workout and focus on school. Aside from the club baseball team, Faulkner has also played intramural seven-on-seven football,
basketball, volleyball, and softball. He is also an active member of the Accounting Club. After Tucker graduates in May, Faulkner will spend his last year at UCA as president of the club team. After graduation, Faulkner plans to use his accounting degree to begin working in public accounting after taking the CPA exam. The UCA club baseball team, the Polar Bears, is a registered student organization that provides male UCA students who didn’t make the UCA baseball team, or who weren’t able to play for the team, an opportunity to play competitive baseball at a college level. The club team is different from UCA intramurals because it travels to other schools to play games. It is part of the National Club Baseball Association, which maintains an organizational structure similar to that of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team is open to any student who is taking a minimum of 12 credit hours, isn’t on academic probation and has been in college for no more than six years.
The idea for the club team was originally presented to Faulkner by senior and team president Will Tucker in the fall of 2016 after neither made the final cut for pitcher on the UCA baseball team. They wanted to continue to play baseball, so they worked together to create the club team. Faulkner assists Tucker with marketing, recruiting and elaborating on fundraising ideas for the team. He plans to act as starting pitcher for the club team in the near future, as he is currently recovering from a shoulder injury. “Being one of the guys that started this club, I have a leadership role on the field, making sure our guys are playing the right way with sportsmanship, that our guys have a positive attitude, and help make sure everyone is engaged on every pitch,” Faulkner said. He believes that an important part of baseball is how well players are able to respond to adversity. He said the strong and successful teams are the ones capable of recovering from a bad game, and that is the direction that the club team is headed in.
TUITION, FEES, ROOM, AND BOARD BALANCES ARE PAST DUE photo by Ang Sonam Sherpa
UCA junior midfielder Blake Stricker clears the ball across the pitch against the Lyon College Flying Scots on March 3. The Bears won the scrimmage 1-0, with the only goal by sophomore defender Niklas Sandquist.
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If you have not paid your student account bill in full or do not have an approved payment plan, you are subject to administrative withdrawal and meal plan suspension. You have until March 13 to pay in full or make approved payment plan arrangements (60% down). Payments can be made online at uca.edu/studentaccounts/payment-options Approved payment plans must be set up in the Student Accounts office. The Students Accounts office is available to help you, but you must contact them to resolve this matter.
If you have any questions, call Student Accounts at (501) 450-5015 or stop by the office in Bernard Hall 110. Due Date: March 13 142 students were removed from classes for non-payment last semester.