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385,000 acres of Chile wildfires kill 10 people Wildfires have been burning in Chile since November and have killed 10 people. The flames, caused by high temperatures and drought, have consumed the town of Santa Olga as of Jan. 26. The flames destroyed a post office, a preschool and approximately 1,000 homes 220 miles South of Chile’s capitol.

The blaze has also burned around 385,000 acres of forest.

Trump announces new plans for building wall The Jan. 24 meeting between Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and President Donald Trump to discuss the border wall was canceled, creating tension between Mexico and the U.S. Trump claimed the cancellation was a mutual decision and Mexico, an important ally of the U.S., declined responsibility to fund the wall.

Trump has announced that a 20 percent tax on imported goods from Mexico will pay for the wall instead.

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Public harasses Muslim woman over photo post Linda Sarsour, a Muslim-American activist who attended the Women’s March on Washington, was harassed online with false claims that she supports the Islamic State.

She is on record saying that she views the Islamic State as a “global cancer.” Critics shared a photo of her giving an “ISIS one-fingered salute.”

Sarsour believes the post was created by conservative media outlets intent on intimidating or silencing her.

Two off-campus students have been infected with cases of the mumps.

Arkansas Department of Health Public Relations Officer Meg Mirivel said the mumps spreads through person-to-person contact and does not last long on hard surfaces.

“If you were to sneeze on your hand and touch a doorknob, then the virus will not stay long,” Mirivel said.

Mirivel said it is still possible for vaccinated individuals to contract the mumps.

“The vaccine is the best thing we have for the mumps, but it’s not perfect, about 88 percent effective,” Mirivel said.

UCA President Houston Davis said there are MMR measles, mumps and Rubella vaccines available for $60 per dose in the Student Health Clinic. He said the most important thing is to make sure students are vaccinated and quickly diagnosed.

“The Student Health Clinic has been addressing both of these issues on a daily basis and remains in close contact with the experts at the Arkansas Department of Health to ensure we are doing the [best] we can for our campus,” Davis said.

Mirivel said symptoms do take a while to appear. A person can have the mumps and not show any signs for weeks.

“There are no treatments for the mumps. You can take Tylenol for the headaches, drink fluids, and get rest. Do anything

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A bill providing $13 million in tax relief for retired veterans in Arkansas was approved during a voice vote by the House Revenue and Taxation Committee. The bill will end a sales tax on computer software and digital products., which previously aided veterans.

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IN OUR NEXT ISSUE A public meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 in Doyne to discuss the upcoming concealed carry bill.

by Mia Moulden Staff Writer

The University of Central Arkansas Baum Art Gallery held its annual reception to display new exhibitions on Jan. 26.

The on-campus art gallery held the reception to showcase three collections, “Tripletta: A Show of Miniature Works by 46 Artists,” “Magdalena Solé: Mississippi Delta Series” and “Holly Laws: Bellwether.”

The purpose of the event, which was free and open to the public, was to introduce the first three spring 2017 art collections showing at the gallery.

The reception was attended by students, staff and visitors to the college.

The collection “Tripletta” consists of miniature works in media like paint,

UCA is currently on a spending hold primarily because of a decline in enrollment.

The freeze is for spending during the remainder of the school year.

“We have asked departments to hold spending as much as possible for the remainder of the fiscal year,” Vice President of Finance and Administration Diane Newton said.

“The enrollment decline is the driver for the spending hold,” Newton said.

Student tuition and fees account for almost half of UCA’s revenue, approximately 44 percent.

Newton said the fall 2016 headcount enrollment was 11,487 and the full-time equivalent was 9,695.

Full-time equivalency is the estimated amount of full-time students taking credit hours, which generates the expected amount of credited hours.

“This compares to fall 2015 enrollment of 11,754 and FTE of 9,959. The tuition increase built into the budget helped offset

some of the loss in enrollment.

However, there are expenses built in the budget based on flat enrollment plus the revenue provided by the tuition increase.

We are still obligated for the expenses added to the budget which would have been covered by the tuition increase,” Newton said.

She said UCA’s state appropriation did not change based upon the drop in enrollment in the current fiscal year. She said the current drop in enrollment would have impacted the existing state funding model in the fiscal year 2018-2019.

Associate Vice President for Communications, Public Relations and Marketing Christina Madsen said former President Tom Courtway’s state-funded salary was $247,248 and President Houston Davis’ state fund salary is $307,330.

This was the maximum both could be paid out of state funds.

“The latter amount was budgeted for the new president before the opening for the position was ever advertised,” Madsen said.

Madsen said this increase was an effort to align closer with UCA’s peer institutions.

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photography, drawings, paper and mixed media.

The “Mississippi Delta Series” is a photography series that captures real-life moments; it includes pieces titled “Abandoned House, Crowder,” “Blackbirds, Highway 1” and “Cigarette Machine, Clarksdale.” The “Bellwether” exhibit is a mixed-media collection using materials such as artificial sinew, fragments of a crystal chandelier, hand stitched rawhide, steel hardware, vinyl tubing and sound.

The “Tripletta” collection features miniature portraits, story books, collages and paintings on different subjects created by 46 artists.

The “Mississippi Delta Series” features a variety of subjects, including people, animals, buildings and natural landmarks of the Mississippi Delta region that

the collection focuses on.

Associate professor of art Holly Laws said the event attracted art students and the art department faculty, but she saw people from all across campus.

“For art students, they gain inspiration, and for anyone else, they can gain insight into different minds, lives and perspectives. They can just have something nice to look at, so I think this reception is just a really good experience for everyone,” junior Christen Danner said.

She attended the event to speak about the “Bellwether” collection.

“My favorite part, but also the most frustrating, was to work with non-traditional materials. I loved getting to form crystals on the cardboard [‘Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1957’] houses with copper sulfate; each house took like an hour,

even after we had looked at images from Google Maps,” Laws said.

Laws said she worked with a sound designer and a playwright for the pieces and other older soundbytes.

These exhibitions took up three rooms of the gallery during the reception. The collections will all be on view for the public from Jan. 26 to Feb. 22.

The Baum Gallery will hold artists’ lectures on two of the collections in McCastlain Hall in February. Laws will discuss her collection at 1:40 p.m. on Feb. 16 and the “Mississippi Delta” lecture will be held at 1:40 p.m. on Feb. 7.

The Baum Gallery will hold two more receptions on March 2 for the annual Student Art Competitive and April 6 for the BA/BFA Juried Senior Art Exhibition.

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Senior Sylvia Hardin views the photographs of Magdalena Solé at the opening reception for the Baum Gallery’s first exhibit of 2017 on Jan. 26. Besides Solé, the exhibit included a collaborative project of miniature pieces created by 46 artists and works by Holly Laws.

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The board of trustees made the decision to supplement Davis’ salary with the private funds, which was also approved prior to Davis’ arrival.

Newton said football coach Steve Campbell received a pay increase from private funds.

“The UCA Purple Circle is the official support organization for UCA Athletics, providing an avenue for alumni, businesses, family and friends to invest in UCA student-athletes,” Madsen said.

The Purple Circle’s private funds allowed UCA to give Campbell a $15,587 raise. allowing Campbell to get paid around $200,000 a year.

The members of the Purple Circle contribute $300,000 to be used by UCA’s 17 varsity sports teams. “These funds cover over-and-above expenditures and are critical to the success of the UCA Athletics Department,” Madsen said.

According to the UCA registrar’s office, on Jan. 30, approximately 9,600 undergraduate students are currently enrolled and 1,871 graduate students are enrolled.

That makes the total for both graduate and undergraduate students about 11,471.

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The Student Government Association met Jan. 30 to discuss student evaluations, network drives and various committee reports.

SGA president, senior Kelsey Broaddrick, stressed the importance of student evaluations and urged the senators to talk with students and help them fill out the evaluations, which can give students a voice.

“Students need to take this seriously,” Broaddrick said. “[Senators] need to be active and talk to them about issues on campus.”

Through the surveys, SGA and President Houston Davis aim to learn what students like and dislike about UCA. During the meeting, Vice President for Information Systems and Technology Chris Davis spoke with SGA about the decision to take away individual student networks on campus computers.

“Only about 1-3 percent of the ‘O’ drive is used, and this percentage is mostly old data from students who aren’t here anymore,” Davis said. “We have to keep it up-to-date constantly

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and it’s quite costly.”

Davis said these “O” drives could easily be discarded and students could use flash drives or the cloud instead.

Davis said the extra storage the drives require costs between $50,000 to $60,000.

Later, the vice president of finance, senior Ryan Pfaff, discussed ideas for spending the $302,000 SGA budget.

“We want to spend it on students and for students,” Pfaff said.

The Campus Safety Committee discussed hosting a “safety service of the week” event on OrgSync to inform students about the various safety services on campus.

The University Committee reported the proposal of two new graduate programs: sports management and athletic training. They also discussed the idea of gender-inclusive language across campus.

SGA also introduced eight new senators.

“I’m involved with other organizations on campus and I wanted to work for an organization who unites and who is working towards one goal,” Freshman Representative Spencer Burton said.

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Two phishing emails sent to faculty, students

by Emily Gist Staff Writer

Two phishing scams, one sent to students and the other to faculty, have circulated campus in an attempt to obtain recipients’ email account usernames and passwords.

The student-targeted scam with the subject line “New notification message from your faculty admin” falsely told students they had notifications from Blackboard and provided an active link. The email sent to staff was reportedly an IST [Information Systems and Technology] Service Alert that said faculty accounts would be deactivated if recipients did not fill out an attachment.

The IST help desk sent out cautionary emails after each phishing scam was detected.

Based on the IST emails, the first scam targeting students was sent on Jan. 18 and the one targeting faculty was sent

almost a week later on Jan. 26.

“We felt that the email posed enough of a threat because of how it presented itself as a ‘faculty’ email that a notice needed to be sent to the faculty, staff and students,” Vice President for Information Systems and Technology Christopher Davis said.

Students, faculty and IST staff can identify fake emails; often, the sender asks for private information, such as usernames and passwords.

These can be requested through forms or by asking recipients to log into foreign accounts.

“Never share your username or password with anyone,” Davis said. “Also remember that UCA IST will never ask you for your password. So if you receive an email asking for that information, it is not from us.”

Students and faculty who received the phishing email were advised by the help desk to delete the email immediately.

Recipients who clicked on links

or attachments were advised to change their passwords.

Davis said despite the proximity of time, the two emails were not related. “Phishing seems to come and go in waves,” Davis said. “Sometimes we will not receive a phishing email for several months. Then it seems that we will get several at once.”

Phishing is as easy as going onto a computer, creating a false email and sending it to an individual or group. Davis said phishing is the most common hacking technique. It is also dangerous because it’s possible to go to jail for trying to get information through phishing.

“A man was just sentenced to nine months in prison for using this same technique to steal the usernames and passwords for email accounts of famous celebrities,”Davis said.

“He then accessed their email accounts and downloaded nude photos and videos and posted them to the Internet.”

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Instructor Kim Ha Ram shares his trilingual history during a conversational Korean class on Nov. 16th in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom. Conversational Korean was added to the Community Language School two years ago.

Korean language shared with UCA students

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The UCA Community Language School’s free conversational Korean class entered its fourth semester on Jan. 26.

Junior Ha Ram Kim, who helped start the class two years ago, teaches students the fundamentals of Korean language over a 10-week period.

“When I first got to UCA, I was genuinely surprised about the general interest in Korean culture and the lack of opportunities to learn it,” Kim said. “I did personally think it to be important to try to at least provide a small window of opportunity to those interested.”

Although CLS members had expressed interest in offering Korean language classes, it wasn’t until Kim approached CLS Director Sera Streiff-Vena that Korean classes became a part of the CLS curriculum.

“With the development of UCA’s Asian Studies our great Japanese language courses and, in particular, the arrival

of the Confucius Institute to our campus, UCA has seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in the study of Asian languages,” Streiff-Vena said. “Mr. Kim’s idea came at exactly the right time. He and I have worked closely together to develop the conversational Korean class and I admire his creativity and hard work as a language teacher.

He is to be commended for his extraordinary initiative and his willingness to share his time and energy to help others learn this important language.”

Kim, who is fluent in English, Spanish and Korean, grew up in Argentina in a trilingual household. His love of language inspired him to share Korean with UCA students.

“As a trilingual person, I enjoy the nature of languages,” Kim said. “They are simply fun … I think a lot of people would be very surprised at how approachable Korean is and [at] the many similarities it shares with English and Spanish or other languages as well. I enjoy showing others the similarities and differences of different languages, as well as showing

how culture is very much impregnated into them.”

2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of CLS by Maurice A. Lee, dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

CLS strives to provide foreign language education to the Central Arkansas community. “[Lee] believed that the Department of Languages and Linguistics should use its resources, professional expertise and talent to help fill a need for more foreign language education in the Central Arkansas area,” Streiff-Vena said.

CLS spring 2017 course offerings include children’s’ classes in Chinese and Spanish and adult classes in conversational Spanish, intermediate Italian, Japanese for beginners and traditional Chinese brush painting, all of which are tuition-free. All adult classes are held on campus except for intermediate Italian, which is held in Little Rock.

Korean language classes are held Thursdays at 6 p.m. in Torreyson West until April 6.

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New UCA dietitian welcomed last December

by John Anderson Staff Writer

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UCA students (Zoe Allison, Laura Craig, Hannah Hanshaw, Stevie Massey, Keely Smith, Alexandria Tatem, Madison Temples, Riley Tribble, Clayton Vaught and Jessica Wilson) attend inauguration in Washington D.C. Students also attended an acadmic seminar.

Ten students attend Washington D.C. seminar

by Brody Arnold Staff Writer

University of Central Arkansas students (junior Rachel “Zoe” Allison, senior Laura Craig, junior Stevie Massey, sophomore Keely Smith, sophomore Alexandria Tatem, senior Madison Temples, sophomore Riley Tribble, senior Jessa Wilson, junior Hannah Hanshaw and senior Clayton Vaught) attended the 45th Presidential inauguration ceremony and an academic seminar.

The seminar lasted from Jan. 8 to Jan. 21.

Ten students from UCA were chosen to attend the seminar.

Tribble said he was nominated by faculty to attend the event. Students attended different activities, including lectures and Q and A’s.

They also attended many of the museums and memorials around the city. Tribble said out of the planned activities, two stood out as his favorites.

“I would probably say the Holocaust museum,” he said.

“As far as memorials go, the Lincoln Memorial is just so humbling. I almost felt a tear being near it.”

Tribble said the planned

activities were very rigid, but the students were free to do what they wanted to afterward.

Tribble said there were a few reasons he went.

“At the most superficial, I’d never been to D.C.,” he said. “I’m a history major, and there’s so much history and so much culture to be found, not just in the museums, but just walking around looking at the architecture and talking to people.”

While he skipped the inauguration, Tribble was thankful for the opportunity.

“To have an opportunity like that, I was honored to have it,” he said. “I don’t like Trump. My ethics and moral compass aside, it was rainy all day and cold.”

Tribble said he didn’t feel like getting in line at 5 a.m. and standing for hours for someone he doesn’t like.

Junior Zoe Allison had been to D.C. before.

“I love D.C. It’s one of my favorite cities, so I was excited to be back,” she said.

Allison said she knew this would be a historic event.

“This was the first presidential election that I was old enough to vote in, regardless of party affiliation, and at that point when I decided to go

we didn’t know who had won the election yet, so I decided it would be a really cool historic opportunity,” Allison said.

Allison attended the inauguration and got very close to the White House.

“I was toward the front,” she said. “We were all kind of packed in because they had people sectioned off so they wouldn’t stampede.”

Allison also attended the Women’s March in D.C. the day after the inauguration.

“The Women’s March was really wonderful,” she said. “I was really impressed with how kind everyone was. The energy in the air was just so different from what I experienced at the inauguration the day before.”

Allison said despite different goals, everyone came together.

“Everyone was super uplifting,” she said. “Not everyone was there for the same reasons. We may not believe the same things, but I’m not going to stand by while people mess with you.”

Tribble said there was an initial $200 deposit for the trip and seminar, and the total costs were about $2,100.

Students had to provide their own transportation.

Lauren Allinson wanted to become a dietitian quickly and recently became UCA’s campus dietitian.

“I basically applied, got interviewed and got hired. I started in December. I work for Aramark and we are contracted with the university,” Allinson said.

Allinson does free consultations for UCA students and staff.

General Manager of Aramark Jim Nabors said individuals interested in the job had to apply online. Fourteen people applied online and he interviewed five. He said he chose Allinson because she was the best fit for the job.

“If you haven’t taken the [Registered Dietitian] exam then you are not getting hired,” Nabors said.

Nabors said applicants must have also done some

consulting work.

“Lauren has not only done some consulting work, but has done clinical dietitian where she worked with people who [were] ill. She would help them with their feeding and help them understand what they can and cannot do,” Nabors said.

Allinson said she decided to go to UCA to take nutrition and dietetics classes.

“Basically I just needed the courses to apply for a dietetic internship since I already had a Bachelor of Science degree,” Allinson said.

Allinson earned her first degree from Arkansas Tech University, and she earned her nutrition degree from UCA. She did her dietetic internship program in Colorado Springs at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services.

“After I completed the program, I took the exam and I became a registered dietitian, and a licensed dietitian in Arkansas,” Allinson said.

Her first job dealt with

home enteral nutrition.

This was a dream job for Allinson. She wanted to work in a setting where she could counsel people about diets and help people with different medical needs.

“I am alumni [at UCA]. So, it was exciting for me to be back on campus,” Allinson said.

Allinson said it takes most people four to six years to complete the program.

“It also depends if you get accepted into the program. It took me five years to get my degree,” Allinson said.

Allinson took 21 credit hours and had a 4.0 GPA when she was in school.

“I wanted to get everything done fast and it was not the best recommendation. I took every summer session when I was at UCA. I wanted to get into a dietetic internship and become a dietitian fast. I did the maximum number I was allowed because I wanted to get my career started. I was basically a nerd,” Allinson said.

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Mirivel said students and staff members at UCA need to make sure they are up-to-date on their vaccination.

Students should make sure they are washing their hands regularly, and if they feel ill, stay home.

“If they do think they might have mump symptoms then they need to call ahead of time to their provider or health center, so the providers can

have a room ready for them just to make sure if they do have the mumps, they [won’t] be affecting anybody,” Mirivel said.

Davis said 2,595 cases of the mumps have been reported in Arkansas, while UCA has had two cases this semester.

“I believe this is proof that our efforts to protect our students and the campus [have] been very effective,” Davis said Davis wants parents to know the health of his students are a priority.

“Issues like this are a top priority for our Student Health Clinic and our campus and we will continue to follow this statewide outbreak closely until it resolves,” Davis said.

The cases of the mumps reported on campus are discussed with experts at the Arkansas Department of Health.

The moment the department is notified, they notify the infected person and start an extensive review of all the people they came in contact with.

Police Beat The following information is compiled from UCAPD incident reports

by Assistant News Editor Caroline Bivens.

Student reports stolen $400 textbooks, $150 backpack

1.7 grams of marijuana found during cause search

Student loses license, wallet in Baridon Hall, $25 value

Bear card reported stolen, student says card worth $25

Krisuantha Gibbs reported a stolen Jansport backpack with eight textbooks worth $400 in Stanley Russ Hall on Jan. 21. The backpack has a stolen value of $150.

Nicholas Murray was arrested with marijuana on Jan. 22. The 1.7 grams of marijuana in a plastic bag was seized after police conducted a probable cause search.

William Headrick reported a lost black and red wallet with a value of $25 in Baridon Hall on Jan. 22. The wallet contained Headrick’s debit card and license.

Student Micaela Norment reported a theft of a UCA Bear Card Jan. 24.

The purple and gray student ID has a stolen value of $25.

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Around Campus: Pie a Delta The sisters of the Lambda Upsilon chapter of Delta Sigma Theta invite students to Pie a Delta on Feb. 2 at 3:30 p.m. The event will take place at 1115 Parkway Street, Conway, Arkansas.

John Garst Visiting lecturer John Garst will perform a recital on Feb. 5 from 7:30 p.m to 8:30p.m. in the Snow Fine Arts Center recital hall. All students and staff are welcome.

photos by Anna Suarez

[Left] Freshman Carter Albers donates blood on Jan. 24, 2017 in the Student Center. [Top Right] A nurse puts away a test tube of donated blood. [Bottom Right] Freshman Hailey Jorgenson donates blood. Omega Psi Phi and the American Red Cross organized the drive.

Blood drive held during ‘We Challenge You’ week

by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer

Symphonic Band UCA’s Symphonic Band will hold a concert on Feb. 8 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m in Reynolds Performance Hall. For questions or ticket prices, contact the Reynolds Performance Hall box office.

Omega Psi Phi and the American Red Cross held a blood drive in the Student Center Jan. 24 and 25 hoping to benefit the victims of sickle cell anemia.

A Charles Drew Blood Drive is held to encourage African-Americans to donate blood in attempt to find matches to sickle cell patients.

“At some point in our lives we all will know someone who needs blood, or will be the

recipient of blood – it could be a family member, it could be a friend – and it’s medicine for those people to live, and without it, those people can’t live,” Red Cross Account Manager Sharon Hawkins said.

“Some people are under the impression that blood can be manufactured, or blood can be bought online, but it’s not that way. It only comes from precious human resources, it’s a precious commodity, and without human blood, we couldn’t save other people, so you can see just how important

it is.”

The drive was during the “We Challenge You” week, which challenged young people to give blood by offering free T-shirts as an incentive to anyone who donated.

The American Red Cross comes to UCA four times each year – January, April, the summer, and the fall – and it’s typically a two-day drive.

Although the blood drive always takes place on campus, it is always open to the general public. UCA is one of the biggest accounts in Arkansas

for blood donations.

The American Red Cross set a goal of 60 units of blood for each day they were on campus, because one unit of blood has the potential to save three lives.

“I love working for Red Cross, it’s a great environment, and we work here because we know what it feels like to take care of families, to give their loved ones another day, another year, we’ve all been on that side of things. We just know how important it is, so we just do it from the heart, every

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time we do it,” Red Cross Team Supervisor Tiffany Brown said.

To donate blood, students can go online to make an appointment, which allows them to choose a time that works best for them, ensuring a faster donation experience.

However, they also accept walk-ins.

Anyone can give blood as long as they are healthy enough.

Individuals must have a good iron reading and a good blood pressure reading. Donors can’t be on a lot of medications and must be at least 17 years old.

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Conway Symphony Orchestra performs

Fraternity plays Frisbee to recruit

The Conway Symphony Orchestra will perform on Feb. 11 from 7:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m in Reynolds Performance Hall. This performance will feature the music of Danny Elfman, who is most famous for his music in Tim Burton movies.

by Brandon Jones Staff Writer

Jerry Young UCA’s music department will host guest performer Jerry Young, who will perform on his tuba. This performance will be from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 in Snow Fine Arts Center recital hall.

photos by Paden Moore

Bleed Purple The Student Services office will hold the Bleed Purple blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14 in the Student Center Ballroom. For more information contact Brandon Price at bprice@uca.edu.

New Language courses released The UCA Community Language School recently released their spring course schedule. Languages offered through this school include Spanish, intermediate Italian, Korean and Japanese.

For questions or more information contact Sera Streiff-Vena at serav@uca. edu.

[Top] Tony-award winning actor Paul Sand teaches improvisational acting techniques on Thursday, Jan. 26 in the Bridges/Larson Theater in Snow Fine Arts. [Bottom] Graduate student Michael Shay Stout (left) and junior Baylie Brown (right) perform an acting exercise with Sand.

Tony award-winning actor leads masterclass at UCA

by Harry Glaeser Opinion Editor

UCA’s Digital Filmmaking program held an improv performance and directing masterclass featuring Tony-award winning actor Paul Sand in Bridges/Larson Theater on Jan. 26.

The masterclass featured a workshop of scenes from film scripts written by UCA students Rachael Asherman and Cecil Dowle, and Sand offered acting and directing critiques.

Sand focused his lecture primarily on the improvisational aspect of acting and how it plays a role in the vision of a director.

Sand also provided anecdotes of his experiences as an actor and tips on how to make acting and directing seem more natural.

“You have to say very little,” Sand said in regards to directing. “You just have to guide your actors.”

Sand has worked in theater since the age of 11 and has been preoccupied with it ever since. He is now 81 years old.

He has been cast countless

times in theater, television and film, taking roles in notable television shows such as “Magnum P.I.,” “The X-Files” and “The Twilight Zone,” as well as roles in films such as “Teen Wolf Too” and “Zoo.” He is also an alumnus of the popular improvisational comedy troupe “The Second City,” which led to him winning a Tony award in 1971.

“Paul has a fantastic acting resume that includes a Tony Award for his work with Second City, and he’s also worked as a director and writer in television and on stage,” UCA Assistant Professor of Digital Filmmaking Stephen Stanley said. “So for us, he represented a way to mentor our students in several phases of the process. And because through Second City he’s been a great figure in improvisational performance, he also is a great link to a style of acting that has gained incredible currency in the last few decades.”

The masterclass was intended to give professional remarks on the direction of Asherman and Dowle’s films, projects that will serve as the students’ senior theses.

“I learned more about my script and learned how to focus on the instincts of my actors,” Asherman said. “His critique helped me with directing a lot.”

Asherman’s film “Matriarchs” depicts two elderly women mourning over the loss of a mutual friend and the budding friendship that results. Dowle’s film, titled “Loving Someone,” is a classic boy-and-a-girl story highlighting the tension that can exist within relationships.

Both films are still in development.

“When looking at Visiting Artists we try to bring in people that will supplement our own department’s courses, but then also offer interest to the community as a whole,” Stanley said. “In this case, for Paul Sand, we’re offering a Directing Actors course this semester and also have a full slate of production courses and another directing course where students could benefit from learning about how to work better with actors.

Directing actors is a key part of the process of storytelling on film, but also it’s difficult on a practical level for students to get as much experience working with professionals,” Stanley said.

Members of Alpha Sigma Phi met Jan. 25 at the Farris Softball Complex to play ultimate Frisbee and plan for their upcoming dinner.

As they waited and tossed Frisbees, Alpha Sigma Phi president, senior Zach Davis, set up a grill and got started on food for the night.

Once more people arrived and introduced themselves, many of the Alpha Sigma Phi members went out with a supply of Frisbees and faced off in teams of two.

Some people stayed on the sides or tossed remaining Frisbees in smaller groups while a full game took place on the far side of the field.

After the first game, the members took a break and rested around the grill before heading out to play.

Alpha Sigma Phi was founded last semester and planned the ultimate Frisbee event as part of rush week, Davis said.

After a previous event that involved games like poker, Frisbee was chosen because it is popular right now. Davis hoped

this would get new members to participate.

“We wanted people to come out and get associated with us,” Recruiting Director, freshman Levi Shockley, said.

Davis hopes the fraternity will become better known with time and the members can make a difference.

“We want to better not just ourselves, but better the community as well,” Davis said.

The fraternity hopes to find new members who want to help further their goal of bettering mankind.

Davis was the only person at the event who hadn’t been recently initiated.

The fraternity was at a disadvantage with their event because they are not well-known, Shockley said.

The fraternity members have six mixers planned for the future, and will participate in UCA’s yearly “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event that raises awareness about sexual assault.

Alpha Sigma Phi is involved with five philanthropy groups: Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the Humane Society, Homes for Troops, Aware, Awake, Alive and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

EXHIBIT

Latino Art Project holds reception

by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer

The Latino Art Project held an opening reception for its newest exhibit, “Eye of the Beholder,” on Jan. 20 at Core Brewery on 411 Main Street in North Little Rock.

The Latino Art Project is comprised of numerous artists that honor Latino heritage with their art. Eye of the Beholder is an exhibit that showcases painted images that focus on human eyes.

“It’s said that the eyes can be the windows to one’s soul,” Latino Art Project Coordinator Will Hogg said. “It’s one of the few parts of the anatomy that can project a wide range of emotions, from love to fear to anger to happiness. Art can also elicit a wide range of emotions.

We’re hopeful that the ‘Eye of the Beholder’ show can do

exactly that.”

The participating artists include Toni Arnone, Luis Atilano, Michael Benson, Becky Botos, Susana Casillas, Vickie Hendrix-Siebenmorgen, Hannah Hinojosa, Martin Flores, Chris James, Carlos Ramos, Luis Saldaña and Matt Teravest.

“I think a lot of the pieces are interesting,” observer Chris Davidson said. “They are done how you would do a human portrait, but it is zoomed in so close, concentrating on the eyes, so it throws off your perspective.”

The exhibit will remain on display through Sunday, March 12 at Core Brewery.

For more information, visit thelatinoartproject.com. Artists interested in participating in future shows by the Latino Art Project should contact Hogg at willmo501@gmail.com.

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[Left] Senior Nik Henderson holds a dodgeball in the HPER Center. Phi Sigma Kappa held dodgeball games in the HPER as a part of the fraternity recruitment week. [Right] Henderson (center) dodges balls thrown by senior Nik Bosworth and freshman Christian Ewing.

Multiple fraternities take part in recruitment week

by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

Fraternities at UCA hosted various events to recruit new members during the spring 2017 “Greek Week” from Jan 23-27.

Fraternities of the Interfraternity Council and Independent Greek Council at UCA held “meet and greet” events starting Jan. 23.

Each fraternity then held formal events to get to know potential members.

“The events give a great opportunity for all of the current members to come out and have fun, and make potential members interested, with the fun and interaction that we freely engage in,” Phi Gamma Delta President Matt Thompson said.

Fewer students applied for the spring fraternity bidding

than for fall 2016’s bidding, but fraternities still put forth effort to attract recruits to their chapters.

“The spring recruitment is a lot different from the fall recruitment, because there are a lot less new members joining fraternities in the spring,” sophomore president of Pi Kappa Alpha Mathew Stelting said. “The idea is still the same, though. We want to get to know the recruits by meeting up and talking with them so that they can see what we’re like, and hopefully get them to want to join us.”

Fraternities of the IFC decided on meeting places and events with new recruits amongst themselves and then finalized the plans with the IFC committee.

Fraternities chose events on campus, such as game nights in the Hall of Fame room and football on the Old Main lawn.

They also chose off-campus events, eating at places such as Eat My Catfish and Fat Daddy’s Barbecue, going to the Fieldhouse for batting practice and holding bonfires at the homes of fraternity presidents.

“We had dodgeball at the HPER, but we also had a bonfire at our president’s house,” new member inductor Dusty Nichols of Phi Sigma Kappa said. “Both give us an opportunity to enjoy ourselves as a close setting of brothers. On-campus events are better, because of the convenience of the potential members to not have to drive or find a ride to the event.”

While IFC/IGC fraternities held their events, National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities also recruited members through the NPHC Go Greek Night in Ida Waldron on Jan. 25.

During the fixed-schedule events of “Greek Week,” the UCA intramural sports program had its own fixed schedule, presenting an issue for the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

“The players representing Pi Kappa Alpha in the basketball game came to play, but everyone else went to the scheduled event,” Stelting said. “The recruitment of potential members is more important, so the rest of the fraternity is out at our bonfire with them.”

Drew Estes, vice president of recruitment for IFC, said as of Jan. 26, 36 individuals were signed up to join fraternities in the spring semester.

The fraternities held their Bid Acceptance Ceremony on the front steps of Old Main on Jan. 27, followed by multiple Bid Day parties later that night.

Freshman Courtney Clark

Freshman Yesenia Escobar

“Just any reading. I feel like I accomplish more when I have an actual assignment to do.”

“Math. I just get really frustrated when I don’t get something right.”

Freshman Cagney Kilgroe

Freshman Kev Walker

“Basically homework where I have to answer questions from the back of the book because it seems pointless to me.”

“I really hate science homework it’s not interesting at all.”

Senior Leslie Peters

Junior Connor Wilson

“I would say when I’m forced to read something.”

“Homework that’s due at midnight.”

POLITICS

Students send letters and make calls to government representatives

by Brent Wilson Campus Life Editor

UCA students, faculty, staff members and Conway residents met on the third floor forum in McAlister on Jan. 28 to write letters and make phone calls to government representatives.

Junior Zoe Allison rallied the group together with a Facebook post she made on Jan. 22 inviting students and community members to join her in writing letters and making calls.

Allison said she was inspired after spending time in Washington, D.C. during President Donald Trump’s inauguration and attending the Women’s March on Washington the following day. She said she has always been politically active and was active in the election, and said afterwards she couldn’t go a day without thinking about the political direction of the country.

She said she decided a good way to do something was to talk to friends and like-minded people about getting together

in a group to talk about issues and stand together politically.

Allison said the goals of the meeting were to gather information, such as scripts for phone calls to representatives concerning issues such as healthcare and education, and to write letters using either templates or long-hand writing and to leave messages for representatives.

Messages had to be left on the voice mails of representatives because they were off for the weekend.

She also felt the day would test the waters and show people that they weren’t alone in their grievances over the political directions of the federal and local governments.

Allison said she hopes to continue meeting with the group every weekend and that the group will grow and she hopes to eventually have “regular attendance” at these meetings.

Retired Conway residents Elaine and Donald Walizer, 69 and 75, attended the meeting and discussed their opinions on healthcare and education.

The couple’s first child was born in 1980 with a heart defect, and Elaine said it was difficult getting the right healthcare on a teacher’s low income. When their daughter got older, Elaine worried about how she would ever be able to get a job.

Elaine said her daughter is currently employed and independent, but she still feels that current drug costs and health insurance are big issues.

She said she was happy when “Obamacare” passed, but is unhappy with the way it was “gutted.” She said insurance and medical help need to be available for people with disabilities.

Elaine also described the recent U.S. presidential election as a “national embarrassment.”

She discussed Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer and his confrontations with the press.

“A free press is not the same as a PR firm and shouldn’t be,” Elaine said.

Elaine’s husband Donald, who has spent most of his career working for major corporations as a business psychologist, said he had always been able to get

along with Republicans before now. He described the election as very polarizing, and said he has lost friends as a result of it.

The couple has a son and a daughter, and Elaine described them both as being politically active.

Junior Kameron Morton, who attended the meeting with her boyfriend, sophomore Augustine Ngyuen, said she was distraught after the election.

Morton said she attended a very diverse high school – Northside in Fort Smith – and that many of her friends and classmates had been the children of immigrants. She said when she heard Trump using what she called “racist rhetoric,” it upset her. She said it was frustrating not knowing how to help, although she wanted to. She also said she was concerned for herself because she is a minority as a bisexual female.

Morton said her main goal with the group was to “fight hate,” and that it was important for people to be heard.

Allison said she would hold another meeting in the same place on the morning of Feb. 4.

SPOTLIGHT

PEOPLE OF UCA Abigail Galicia-Romero

by Cassidy Kendall Staff Writer

photo by Lauren Swaim

Sophomore Abigail Galicia-Romero is a biology major who says she loves running. She is currently preparing for Fayetteville’s Hogeye Marathon in April.

Abigail Galicia-Romero is a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Central Arkansas who is majoring in biology and plans to go into microbiology research.

“When I was younger, I saw a documentary about rabies in developing countries and it discussed how it has grown out of control and how people are affected, and I want to be able to help solve that problem,” Galicia-Romero said.

Galicia-Romero has been a dedicated vegan for almost five years. A vegan is someone who doesn’t eat or use any animal products or byproducts.

“I went vegan because I was researching a persuasive paper for my English class in high school about animal rights and the research for the paper led me to how animals are treated in slaughterhouses,” Galicia-Romero said. “I was really interested so I watched a bunch of documentaries about veganism, and ‘Get Vegucated’ was the one that helped me decide to go vegan.”

Galicia-Romero is from Berryville, Arkansas and has four older sisters and one younger brother.

In the fifth grade she moved to Arkansas from North Hollywood, California. She chose UCA because of the numerous opportunities it provided, and she said it felt like home.

She went to Mexico over the summer for the first time and met a lot of family she has never met before.

When she grows up she plans to buy a house in her mother’s hometown in Mexico so she can visit family.

She enjoys running in her free time, and is currently training for the “Hogeye” half marathon in Fayetteville this spring.

She is also involved in an on-campus organization called “Sisters in Action,” which is a group of women who promote diversity and solidarity.

Galicia-Romero loves to talk about feminism, and thinks everyone should be a feminist.

She believes that though feminism can be interpreted in a lot of ways, she sticks to the simple definition of feminism as the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.

“It’s something that benefits both men and women,” Galicia-Romero said. “With it, we can get rid of gender roles and can be who we want to be – whether it be a guy who paints his nails, or a woman who kicks butt as a CEO.”

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Why President Donald Trump should not be in office It seems apparent to me that President Donald J. Trump should not be running our country.

The man has no political background.

I just don’t understand how a man with no experience was appointed the presidency.

Trump has not hidden the fact that he is racist. While he was campaigning, he called Mexicans everything from killers and criminals to drug dealers and convicts. He tried to dig himself out of these statements by saying “I am close friends with many Mexican people” in his June 2015 campaign announcemet speech.

Trump does not acknowledge that immigrants founded this country though most Americans are descendants of immigrants.

On June 5, 2013, Trump tweeted, “Sadly, the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our major cities is committed by blacks and Hispanics; a tough subject must be discussed.”

I don’t think he had a change of heart since he made the comment about Mexicans.

He needs to realize that not everyone’s parents have papers to get into this country as it is not easy to get them.

Trump is also not the business guru everyone thinks he is.

This man has had 13 failed businesses, evidence that he has obviously made bad choices when it came to running them. How can he run our country?

He talks about the Affordable Care Act not working, but recently, during a CNNhosted town hall meeting with Republican

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, a Republican man swallowed his pride and spoke to Ryan about how “Obamacare” saved his life when he was not able to recieve health insurance.

“Obamacare” paid the medical expenses for his treatment. How does it not work if it is helping people? According to a tweet on Donald Trump’s Twitter account from Jan. 3, 2017, “People must remember that ObamaCare just doesn’t work, and it is not affordable according to 116% increases (Arizona). Bill Clinton called it ‘CRAZY.’” He is also incredibly narcissistic. He talks as if he would have had a chance of winning if president Barack Obama was able to run for office again.

“President Obama said that he thinks he would have won

by John against me.

He Anderson should say that but Staff Writer I say NO WAY! - jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc.,” Trump said in a tweet on Dec. 26, 2016.

Not only has he disrepected women, blacks, Latinos and immigrants, he has disrepected veterans as well.

At a rally last year, a man gave Trump his Purple Heart, which Trump repaid by saying in an interview covered by ABC, “Is that, like, the real one or a copy?”

Many people were outraged by this comment for its apparent insensitivity.

I want to conclude by saying the president of the United States should be calculative, measured and respectful. He should have America’s best interests at heart, even before his own.

Trump does not seem to meet these criteria.

This country cannot afford to have a president who does not think before he acts.

Minimalism: simple, gratifying alternative to having things Imagine a life with only the absolute essentials, where less means more.

Less clothing, less living space; less stuff in general.

This is the life of a minimalist.

Americans have adopted the mantra that “more is better” throughout the nation’s history.

The more stuff people buy, the happier they become.

Our present societal system is based on money and greed. Many Americans believe that the more money they have, the happier they will become.

People find themselves getting jobs that they may resent simply because they have the potential to yield more annual income.

Why do people want more money?

Money creates an illusion of power and importance. However, at the end of the day, this gives individuals little to no true happiness. The power and importance that we believe we have is still merely an illusion.

F i n d i n g happiness should be more important than finding a six-figure salary.

If Americans sought purposeful careers rather than those that provide the fattest paychecks, they might find happiness and quit counting meaningless dollar bills.

When many people achieve their desired income, they tend to immediately buy all kinds of material goods to show off their wealth and feel “happiness.”

When this short-lived happiness fades, the only antidote is to buy more things.

For example, most people have too much clothing, when the average person only needs about 30 clothing items.

With 30 items to wear, the average person can last about three months.

After the three months you can take out the clothing you don’t need for the season and add clothing you will need for the upcoming season to your wardrobe.

Technology is also among the things that

people spend far too much money on.

Smartphones rule the world these days, there is no doubt about that.

However, do people really need the newest phone on the market?

The smartphone has become a symbol of a person’s success in the modern world. People wait in huge lines to pay hundreds of dollars for a new phone that will be overtaken by its successor in a mere six months.

Living space also plays a role in human overconsumption.

The amount of space a person needs to adequately live is less than people might think.

Most people use very little of the space available to them.

According to engineeringtoolbox.com, the average person only needs 100 to 400 square feet to live, but the average American home is over 2,500 square feet, according to thinksaveretire.com.

Houses keep getting bigger over time, and this is wasteful.

If someone does not use the living space

by William that they have paid for Middleton then all they’re doing is Staff Writer wasting money heating and cooling the unused space.

So these facts raise the question: what if someone was to uproot his life of mass consumption?

Does life have to be measured by the amount of clothing possessed, the latest tech gear owned and income made?

There are more important things that we should be focusing our attention on than these ephemeral material things.

When a person minimalizes his life, he is able to start saving money he wouldn’t have been able to save before.

With these extra saved funds, people could pay off debts, travel more or assist people that are struggling.

The idea that more is better could not be more false.

When imagining the minimalist life, just imagine a simpler life with no debt, less clutter and the ability to live happier.

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It is understandable that many students begin to see their bodies slip out of shape as the college years go by, as we spend a majority of our time studying.

However, the health of the human body depends on factors other than the amount of exercise it recieves.

Many students could avoid the nightmarish consequences of the “freshman 15” by simply monitoring the foods they are putting into their bodies.

This is why dietitians are our heroes, and UCA just hired a new one last December: Registered Dietitian Lauren Allinson.

Her job, like all dietitians, is to tell you what you should or should not eat if you want to live a healthy lifestyle.

According to nutrition career-oriented website nutritioned.org says dietitians “explain nutrition issues to clients, assess the dietary and health needs of clients, develop meal plans for clients, gauge the effects of these meal plans, promote nutrition through public speaking and community outreach programs, and keep abreast of the latest research in nutritional and food sciences.”

The best part is that Allinson’s services are entirely free to UCA students, eliminating cost as an issue for students who want to recieve dietetic consultation.

The advice of a dietitian is invaluable for students in early adulthood; the science that dietitians expose us to can shape the way we nourish our bodies for the rest of our lives.

So why do most people choose not to visit a dietitian or even attempt to regulate their diets at all?

Mostly for the same reasons that many don’t exercise: it’s easier not to.

It’s extremely easy to avoid less desirable foods like vegetables and fruits and instead consume artificial and processed foods like those that you would find at Taco Bell or McDonald’s, designed solely to taste good to most people.

These processed foods totally disregard what is and is not nourishing for the human body. Food companies choose to focus on what chemical makeups in their foods will make them the most cash.

Not only are these foods extremely bad for you, they are also addicting. They force you to desire more and more of these unhealthy foods.

According to weight-loss website bistromd.com, “processed foods are chemically made to make us crave them, which increases our dependency and consumption.

It can be really difficult to break this cycle, especially when we try to eat healthier.

By this time, our bodies have become so dependent on these processed foods, that the cravings can become overwhelming.”

This should be enough to persuade students to visit Allinson.

Even if someone has no desire to speak to a dietitian, it’s still worth it for him to do some research on the foods he ingests and make some improvements to his diet.

It is inherently difficult for students to balance diet and exercise on top of their busy schedules and the weight of student culture pushing them toward unhealthy decisions.

However, as biological organisms, our health is all we have; all worldly phenomena cease to have meaning once our health deteriorates.

So keep your diet in the back of your mind; buy a bag of apples instead of a bag of Doritos next time you go to the store, or drink a glass of water instead of a can of Coke.

It’s not easy to resist the temptations of processed foods.

If you are finding the challenge unbearably difficult, send Lauren Allinson an e-mail at allinson-lauren@aramark.com and set up an appointment.

The science that dietitians expose us to can shape the way we nourish our bodies for the rest of our lives

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February 3 — Rings (PG-13), directed by Francisco Javier Gutiérrez, starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Laura Wiggins and Aimee Teegarden.

February 3 — ­ The Space Between Us (PG-13), directed by Peter Chelsom, starring Britt Robertson, Asa Butterfield and Janet Montgomery.

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Netflix February 1 — The Blair Witch Project (1999), directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, starring Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard.

February 1 — The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2005), directed by Andrew Adamson, starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell.

February 1 — Corpse Bride (2005), directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

February 1 — Finding Dory (2016), directed by Andrew Stanton, starring Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks and Hayden Rolence.

February 4 — Superbad (2007), directed by Greg Mottola, starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen and Bill Hader.

Video Games February 2 — Fire Emblem Heroes (E), for iOS and Android.

February 3 — Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World (E), for Nintendo 3DS. February 7 — Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book (T), for PC. February 7 — Nights of Azure (T), for PC. February 7 — WWE 2K17 (T), for PC.

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And the 2017 Oscar nominees are ... a few less white people than last year.

Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced on Jan. 24 via live stream. This was a first for the Academy, as they normally hold their nomination ceremony during a press conference at their headquarters in Beverly Hills. But this year is about breaking traditions, and what better way to do that than by starting with the nomination ceremony?

The Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone-led musical comedy “La La Land” predictably garnered the most nominations, a staggering 14, which tied the film with “All About Eve” and “Titanic” for the most Oscar nominations ever.

This isn’t the only reason Oscar nominations are making headlines this year.

According to Time, this is the first Oscar ceremony since 2006 in which seven non-white actors have been nominated in performance categories.

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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (left) in four-time nominated“Fences.” Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (right) in “La La Land,” the film that tied the record for most nominations ever with 14 total nominations.

These seven actors are Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (“Fences”), Ruth Negga (“Loving”), Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”), Dev Patel (“Lion”) and Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures”).

Another huge highlight of the 2017 nomination ceremony was the nomination of four directors of African descent in the Best Documentary Feature

category, a first for any Oscars category.

Considering the Academy’s recent controversy surrounding their shutout of minority actors in the past couple of years — no actors of color were nominated for acting awards at the 2015 or 2016 ceremonies, prompting Twitter users to respond with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite — it comes as no surprise that the Academy responded by

honoring more actors of color.

With a film season this diverse and dynamic, it makes sense that more non-white actors are being honored. Films this year — such as “Hidden Figures,” “Moonlight” and “Fences” — have showcased actors of color in strong, compelling roles.

“It makes me feel good to see such a multifaceted group of people get recognized,”

Barry Jenkins, director of the eight-time nominated film “Moonlight,” said in an interview with the New York Times. “It’s an affirmation that film has the power to erode barriers and reveal what makes us all human.”

At the 70th Annual Tony Awards in 2016, history was made when four black actors — Cynthia Erivo of “The Color Purple” and Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Leslie Odom, Jr. of “Hamilton” — won for their performances in musicals.

Fourteen actors of color were nominated in the Tony’s eight performance categories, a huge advancement for diverse representation in mainstream entertainment.

While the Oscars haven’t quite reached that level of diversity, it seems they are well on their way to becoming a more varied and open community. Young filmmakers of color may see this year’s Oscars and think, “If these people can make great films, so can I.” The Academy Awards will be presented live on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m.

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MUSIC

XII Boar video keeps with sludge metal genre

by Brent Wilson Campus Life Editor

Blues-inspired heavy metal band XII Boar — pronounced “twelve boar” — released a music video on YouTube for their song “Black and Blues” on Jan. 20.

After watching the new music video, I can only imagine that the band’s popularity will surge. The English group is heavily influenced by American genres like country and blues.

The heavy sounds associated with these two genres are commonly referred to as “sludge metal.”

The video shows all three band members playing their instruments and singing while wearing Halloween-style face paint. In the metal community, face paint, which is usually black and white but can sometimes be brighter colors, is referred to as “corpse paint.” Notable music acts that incorporate face paint include iconic rock band KISS and shock rockers like Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie.

The style of makeup used

in the video is reminiscent of the style used by modern death metal and black metal bands.

The performance makeup of lead vocalist-guitarist Tommy Hardrocks and bassist-backing vocalist Adam “Bad-Dog” Thomas is skull-like and somewhat similar to the sugar skull makeup and decorations of the Latin American holiday, Day of the Dead. Drummer David Wilbraham’s makeup is more jester-like, though all of the band members’ makeup designs differ slightly.

The entire music video is shot in black and white, and clips from old horror movies are spliced into the video, making for a style of music video very similar to the videos of Rob Zombie and Ghost B.C. The overall tone of “Black and Blues” resembles Rob Zombie’s style because of the blues and country influence, low, dirty-sounding tones and gravelly, growling vocals.

XII Boar is still a relatively unknown band and has yet to achieve any real popularity, but judging from this video, I have the feeling that will change.

The band was formed in 2010 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England.

“Black and Blues” is a song from their most recent album, “Beyond the Valley of the Triclops,” which was released in 2016 as their second full-length studio album.

“Black and Blues,” simply put, is a good song with a heavy rhythm and sound. By no means is this my favorite song of all time, but it’s still enjoyable for those who like southern-style heavy metal and artistic videos.

XII Boar is certainly not for everyone, though, and I don’t think many would enjoy the group at all. XII Boar’s music is definitely for a niche audience.

When I close my eyes while listening to it, I imagine the music being played in a dive bar in the middle of a Georgia swamp, next to a gravel road with Harley-Davidson motorcycles lined up in front.

For people like myself who enjoy this gritty sound, not to mention the video’s horror movie influences, the “Black and Blues” music video is something to add to your YouTube playlist.

FILM

‘Split’ marks successful Shyamalan revival

by Brandon Jones Staff Writer

M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie “Split” has a weak start, but performances from James McAvoy and Betty Buckley redeem the film.

For years, Shyamalan was the butt of jokes after critical flops like “Lady in the Water,” “The Happening” and “The Last Airbender.”

“The Visit” became a comeback hit for Shyamalan, and now “Split” is continuing the upward trend.

At the film’s start, teenagers Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) leave a building with Claire’s father (Neal Huff ) when he is attacked by “Dennis,” one of Kevin’s (McAvoy) 24 personalities.

Kevin is a man suffering from severe dissociative identity disorder. He abducts the girls and keeps them captive in a cellar.

In many of the early scenes, the dialogue suffers from Shyamalan’s awkward, clunky 1. Ace Tee Although German hip-hop artist Ace Tee, stage name for Tarin Wilda, has only one song on iTunes, she is poised for success.

Her first single “Bist du down?” (“Are you down?”) is a sleek, bouncy groove featuring a gritty, animated verse from German rapper Kwam.e. In the “Bist du down?” music video, which has accumulated over 1 million views since its release in December 2016, Wilda and friends are decked out in 90s streetwear and dance in the graffiti world under Hamburg’s train tracks à la TLC in their video for “What About Your Friends.”

style. The film is unintentionally comedic early on because Richardson and Sula’s average performances fail to make up for the laughable dialogue.

The three girls soon learn of Kevin’s personality disorder when they meet “Patricia” and “Hedwig,” another two of Kevin’s personalities.

McAvoy switches between Kevin’s personalities effortlessly. Simple changes in McAvoy’s demeanor and mannerisms notify which personality is in charge without McAvoy having to say a word.

While “Dennis” is a strict, hardened personality, “Patricia” is eloquent in speech and action. When McAvoy portrays “Hedwig,” the personality of a 9-year-old boy, he lisps and adopts a childish, sporadic train of thought that causes him to go off on strange tangents.

Taylor-Joy plays Casey well, especially when she tries to formulate escape plans. We learn more about Casey through flashbacks.

The same can’t be said about Richardson and Sula’s 2. Makiza Makiza, the Native Tongues of Chilean hip-hop, got their name from the “maquisards,” the rural guerilla fighters of the French Resistance, and rose to fame after signing with Sony Music in 1999.

MCs Seo2 and Ana Tijoux, both children of Chilean exiles, criticize political and social tensions. In “La Rosa de Los Vientos,” the two tackle themes of borders, exile, displacement and indigenous pride with lyrics like: “And if I was foreign-born/ I’m proud, and if I have indigenous blood/ Good because it’s beautiful” and “I’m a citizen of planet Earth/ A human being who doesn’t believe in borders.”

performances. Their characters, Claire and Marcia, have little depth.

As the girls try to escape, Kevin assumes another personality, “Barry,” and visits his psychiatrist Karen Fletcher (Buckley) to explain the emails “Barry” has been sending requesting help.

Kevin and Fletcher are caught in a game of wits.

Fletcher is sent emails each night, and Kevin has to come up with excuses when she analyzes him.

As Kevin tries to avoid Fletcher’s suspicion, the girls attempt to escape their captivity. The girls learn Kevin has some sort of plan involving them and a personality he calls “The Beast.”

In typical Shyamalan fashion, the end of the movie has a surprise reveal for the viewers.

“Split” is entertaining and suspenseful, and its second half overshadows the initial silliness.

“Split” is rated PG-13 and is showing in theaters now.

3. Rejjie Snow In June 2014, Dublin-born rapper Rejjie Snow topped the iTunes hip-hop chart with his first EP “Rejovich,” beating major artists like J. Cole and Kanye West. “Rejovich” was explosive and declaratory; the album art depicted a blind KKK member embracing a blind black man. In Snow’s early work, his imposing voice resembled Tyler the Creator’s, but in recent releases, Snow is more tender and introspective. His latest single, the booming, bass-heavy “Crooked Cops,” deftly lampoons police brutality and is the first release from his debut full-length album which is slated for an early 2017 release.

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The CW’s newest teen drama “Riverdale” is based on Archie Comics’ characters but is more inspired by mystery dramas like “Twin Peaks.”

Archie Comics’ chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote “Riverdale.”

‘Riverdale’ strays from original Archie comics

by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor

The CW’s new series “Riverdale” delivered, well, less excitement than expected.

The series’ creator, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, preserves the small-town setting of Archie Comics’ Riverdale but adds the drama of a murder, a romance between Archie and his music teacher and complicated relationships between characters.

Archie Andrews (K.J. Apa) is a sophomore football player at Riverdale High School with his friends Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), a longtime friend of Archie’s who’s been holding back her true feelings for him, Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), a rich new girl from New York and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), Archie’s shy and brooding friend who also doubles as the show’s narrator.

The show begins with the suspicious death of a classmate, Jason Blossom, whose twin sister Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) knows more than she’s letting on. The tranquil town’s once-pleasant facade is now steeped in suspicion.

The plot of “Riverdale” is rather cliché and reminiscent of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” and the Duffer Brothers’ “Stranger Things,” but is disappointingly executed.

It’s also hard to visualize the cast as high school sophomores, considering most of them are in their early twenties.

The acting is underwhelming because of the cast’s performances and weak and often cringe-worthy dialogue. For example, Josie 4. Shing02 While many are familiar with the legendary Japanese chill-hop producer Nujabes, few people know of Shing02, real name Shingo Annen, the rapper featured in “Luv(sic),” Nujabes’ epic six-song composition. Annen “[addresses] important issues from Japanese ethnicity to sexual exploitation to the education system,” journalist Patrick Neat said in his book “Where You’re At.” Because Annen is fluent in both English and Japanese, he works in both languages. His music blends traditional Japanese influences with jazz to create a distinctive style of chill-hop.

McCoy (Ashleigh Murray) seriously calls Archie “Justin Gingerlake” in reference to Archie’s iconic red hair.

Sprouse, the best-known actor for the show’s target teenage audience, is perhaps one of the biggest draws for viewers, but the first episode only gives him six minutes of screen time.

Archie Comics were happy and simple. They told the story of innocent kids drinking milkshakes at their favorite diner.

The dark, dramatic and suspenseful theme of “Riverdale” departs from the original comics and fits better among The CW’s more popular shows like “The Vampire Diaries” and “Supernatural.”

“Riverdale” does give a few subtle nods to the comic. In the comic, Jughead always wears a crown; in the series, he wears a beanie with a crown-like brim.

Both Apa and Sprouse dyed their hair to match their characters.

The only elements that stay true to the original comics are the characters’ names, the town’s name and Pop’s Diner, the choice hangout spot for Archie and his friends.

The series’ soundtrack features many lesser-known indie and pop songs, all of which seem to play one after the other at uncomfortable times throughout the first episode.

Ultimately, “Riverdale” lacks the dialogue and plot needed to excite fans of the Archie Comics or fans of more powerful crime dramas. However, the audience of The CW’s other shows might find this new drama gripping and exciting.

5. Shadia Mansour Shadia Mansour, or “the first lady of Arabic hip-hop,” as she is often called, performs her volatile style of hip hop wearing a traditional Palestinian thawb. Her first single, “Al Kufiya Arabiya” (or “The Kufiya is Arab”), featured Dead Prez member M-1. In the song, Mansour confronts people who disrespect the kufiya, the traditional headdress worn by many Middle Eastern people: “They imitating us in what we wear, wear/ This land is not enough for them/ What else do you want?” In a 2010 interview with BBC, Mansour called her music “non-violent resistance.”

Sports

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Editor’s Take

Superbowl brings more than just football to fans

By Zach Keast

Assistant Sports Editor Super Bowl Sunday: the time of year when it’s perfectly acceptable to eat nothing but dips, drink massive quantities of cheap beer, watch a band that was popular 10 years ago play 30 second increments of their greatest hits, rent a 70-inch television and watch commercials that have a higher budget than all of the Best Picture nominees combined.

There is an actual football game on in between all of this, but most people don’t remember who even plays in the Super Bowl.

I’ll catch you up on who it is this year; the Atlanta Falcons will be going to their third Super Bowl (they have yet to go home with a trophy) off of quarterback Matt Ryan’s fantastic season.

The New England Patriots, on the other hand, will be going to their ninth Super Bowl (after winning four since 2001) off of quarterback Tom Brady’s fantastic season.

Both of these teams are offensive powerhouses, and will most likely take it to the end zone more times than you’ll see Bud Light commercials throughout the nearly five-hour game.

Both teams also have a creative rushing playbook, and won’t have to rely on the quarterbacks arms.

But this Super Bowl will most likely be remembered as the season when Brady missed the first five games of the season because of “deflategate.”

If the Patriots win, the Vince Lombardi trophy will be handed to one of the most controversial (and greatest) quarterbacks in history again.

The Patriots are favored to win by three points, but I wouldn’t put it past the Falcons to make it a closer game than the critics are saying.

Either way, I will enjoy watching it while stuffing my face with nachos and mostly paying attention to the commercials.

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Senior guard Briana Mullins runs the offensive play during the sugar Bears’ game against the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals Jan. 28 at the Farris Center. The Sugar Bears got their sixth-straight consecutive win overall and fourth consecutive win against Incarnate Word with a score of 63-50.

Sugar Bears come back to win basketball game

by Malachi Thornton Staff Writer

The University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team routed a strong fourth-quarter comeback against Incarnate Word on the way to their sixth consecutive win (63-50), improving to 4-0 all-time against the Cardinals.

The Sugar Bears (15-4, 7-2 SLC) held their own against a second-half onslaught by the Cardinals (5-15, 3-6 SLC), during which the Sugar Bears

outscored the Cardinals 24-8.

During the first half, the Sugar Bears dominated the Cardinals and shot 40.7 percent from the field.

However, despite a 13-point lead, it looked as though the Cardinals were gaining momentum as they ended the half on a three-point shot with the score 34-21.

UIW came out of the locker room playing more aggressively in the second half.

UIW was led by freshman guard Imani Robinson, who scored 14 points and continued

to get to the foul line converting 4-4 on her attempts.

The Sugar Bears were behind 45-42 going into the fourth quarter.

During the fourth quarter, junior center Kierrah Jordan took over the game.

The Sugar Bears continued to find her in the low post where she was able to score 11 points on six attempts while also crashing the boards for five rebounds.

UCA finished out the fourth outscoring their opponents 21-5 and grabbing nine more

rebounds to secure the victory.

“Once UIW started coming back we just really came together and figured out a way to get the win. Toward the end we were really trying to get the ball into [Jordan] in the post and we were able to get some big stops down the stretch to solidify the win,” senior guard Maggie Proffitt said.

Jordan and Proffitt — who shot a perfect 3-3 from deep — tied as leading scorers for the Sugar Bears with 13 points each.

Senior guard Brianna Mullins scored nine points with

a season-high 11 rebounds aand four assists.

Junior Taylor Baudoin also had four assists along with eight points, seven rebounds and two blocks.

Head women’s coach Sandra Rushing celebrated coaching her 800th game with a win, making it her 496th win with Central Arkansas as head coach.

The Sugar Bears are looking to improve on their winning streak as they travel to face McNeese State on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m.

D E F E AT

Upcoming Games

Bears basketball loses another close-scoring game

Men’s Basketball

by Amanda Nettles News Editor

7 p.m. Feb. 2 vs.

Northwestern State University in the Farris Center Women’s Basketball

2 p.m. Feb. 4 vs.

Mcneese State University in the Farris Center Men’s Track and Field

Feb. 3 - Feb. 4 vs.

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois Tennis

9 a.m. Feb. 11 vs.

Southern Illinois University in Murry, Kentucky

photo by Zach Keast

UCA junior guard Jordan Howard defends his side of the court against the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals on Jan. 28 in the Farris Center. The Bears lost 81-80.

Despite leading by 15 points at the end of the first half, the UCA Bears basketball team lost to the Incarnate Word Cardinals with a final score of 81-80.

A foul was called on UCA sophomore Tanner Schmit with 2.4 seconds left in the game and the Cardinals scored a single free throw, sending the team to victory.

Junior guard Mathieu Kamba, junior point guard Jordan Howard and senior guard Derreck Brooks played throughout most of the game.

Howard played for 37 minutes out of 40 minutes.

During the first half of the game, the Bears were up by 15

points. With 59.7 seconds left in the first half, the Bears were in the lead at 50-35.

During the second half of the game, the Bears were up 57 to 42 with 16 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game.

“He told us to not get complacent and to watch for their run and to play with the same effort,” Howard said.

As the second half progressed, the Cardinals made several three-pointers and gained several rebounds.

With 12 minutes and 17 seconds left in the game, UCA was up with 59 points and the Cardinals drew closer with 48 points.

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RUN

UCA men and women’s track team break school records

by Des’ree Dallmann Online Editor

The UCA men and women’s track team set several school records, according to UCAsports, at a meet hosted by the Kansas University Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kansas on Jan. 27.

In the early 600-yard run, senior Samantha Gibson placed first with a time of 1:27.16.

Sophomore Victoria Campfield placed second with a time of 1:30.87 and junior Samantha Ellis placed third with a time of 1:31.37.

According to ucasports all three broke the school record.

In the early men’s 600 yard run, junior Daniel Lawson placed first with a time of

1:14.45, which according to ucasports also broke a school record.

The meet started with the one-mile run.

Sophomore Alejandra Ruiz took fourth place with a time of 5:16.97.

With a time of 4:27.30, junior Brant Cook placed fifth and freshman Jaron Hamilton followed closely behind, placing sixth with a time of 4:29.01.

Next was the men and women’s 1000-meter run.

Ruiz placed seventh with a time of 3:10.45, which according to ucasports.com was the second-best time in school history.

During the men’s 1000-meter run, freshman Alex Hanson placed third with a time

of 2:29.75.

Afterward, the men participated in the 60-meter hurdles.

Freshman Marcel Keeton placed fifth with a time of 8.24.

According to ucasports.com this was also the second-best time in school history.

Senior James Lassiter came in seventh with a time of 8.26.

Coach Athur Iggy spoke about the records set by the team this week.

“It is just super exciting to see the athletes go out there and take care of business,” Iggy said. “The 600-yard is a race that we don’t see very often in competition so we really only had this opportunity to rewrite the books.”

Iggy said coach Ryan Budd is doing a great job with the combined event athletes and praised the team for bouncing back with a better performance this week than last.

In the men’s 60-meter dash, freshman Zachary Jewell took fifth place with a time of 6.91.

Both the men and women participated in the 800-meter run.

Junior Brittney Bryan finished in eighth place with a time of 2:38.23.

Men’s Hamilton placed third with a time of 2:01.92.

Next was the 200-meter Dash. Senior Sharad Mackey took second place with a time of 22.19.

The men also participated

in the 3000-meter Dash, in which senior Grant Williams placed eighth with a time of 9:02.18.

In the final events Hamilton, Lassiter, Hanson and Cook ran in the Distance Medley.

They placed third with a time of 10:36.12.

Johnson spoke about this week’s experience at Kansas.

“This week’s track meet was a different experience for all of us. We raced against schools that aren’t in our conference and they challenge us to improve on our performance and team effort,” Johnson said.

He said they are looking forward to breaking a couple more records next week at Southern Illinois University.

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SPORTS

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UCA STATS CORNER

SPORT

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Sophomore outside hitter Haley Tippet prepares for a serve in the Prince Center against Abilene Christian on Oct. 29. Tippet is practicing for the upcoming beach volleyball season, which will be the first in school history.

Player’s experience helps new team

by William Middleton Staff Writer

Though this is the Sugar Bears’ first season of beach volleyball, this isn’t sophomore Haley Tippett’s first time in the sand.

Tippett was born in San Antonio, Texas but grew up around Dallas-Fort Worth and graduated from Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, Texas.

Tippett said that she enjoyed living in Fort Worth because there was always something fun to do with her family.

Tippett started playing volleyball at the age of eight and has has been playing beach volleyball for about four years.

“Haley brings a high level of intensity and focus. She always goes all out during games,” freshman player Abbie Harry said.

Tippett said she placed fifth

in the USA Volleyball Beach Nationals, and 12th in the USA Volleyball Indoor Open Nationals.

“Haley is a tough competitor who truly loves to win. She brings a big voice to our team and is a very consistent passer,” freshman outside hitter Kellen Denn said.

Tippett competed in both indoor and beach volleyball at Stetson University in Deland, Florida. Tippett said she transferred to UCA because she wanted a fresh start and wanted to be closer to her family. Tippett also played on the UCA indoor volleyball team last semester.

“I really enjoy the atmosphere that’s in gym and on the beach courts. We all work hard,” Tippett said. “For me what’s most enjoyable is being a part of a program who wants to do great things, have a good reputation and have quality girls, volleyball-wise and as a person. It’s something

new for me this year to get to experience. Being a team is what I enjoy the most.”

Beach volleyball was added as the 18th varsity sport at UCA in October 2016.

“I played on a nationally ranked team last year, and the girls here put in more work and more effort than the other girls I played with,” Tippett said.

“Some of the girls have never played before, but how hard we are working in the weight room during conditioning and during practice I think will really show, and it will build great culture for the rest of the seasons to come.

I think for our first year we will surprise a lot of people with our hustle and attitudes. It’ll be a great first season.”

There are four tournaments during the 2017 season: University of Louisiana at Monroe, Houston Baptist University, Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, finished by a tournament at home.

RESULT

RECORD

W-Bball

W vs. UIW

63-50

(15-4)

M-Bball

L vs. UIW

80-81

(4-18)

Tennis

W vs. SMS

6-1

(3-0)

Sugar Bears hand Ladyjacks loss

by Caroline Bivens Assistant News Editor

The UCA women’s basketball team won their game against Stephen F. Austin University’s Ladyjacks 67-63 Jan. 25 in Nacogdoches, TX. In the beginning of the first quarter, the Ladyjacks (153, 6-1 Southland Conference) held a steady lead, until a three-point shot taken by UCA junior forward Taylor Baudoin with nine seconds left on the clock landed the Sugar Bears (14-4, 6-2 Southland Conference) the lead at 20-18.

The Sugar Bears lost their lead in the second quarter with a score of 35-36 until two good freethrows by senior guard Maggie Proffitt landed them back on top at 41-36.

In the third quarter the Sugar Bears managed an 11-point lead over the Ladyjacks

and they ended the quarter with a 10-point lead at 55-45.

The Sugar Bears held the advantage until the last half of the fourth quarter, when the Ladyjacks slowly crept up on their lead until the score was 61-61.

The Sugar Bears and Ladyjacks tied once more at 63-63 until a layup by junior center Kierra Jordan put UCA back in first.

Baudion scored the winning freethrow with only three seconds left on the clock, resulting in a 67-63 victory for the Sugar Bears.

“I think we all trusted in each other to come down and make big plays when we needed them,” Proffitt said. “We had to just stay aggressive and play to win instead of playing not to lose.”

Proffitt led the team with 19 points scored, Baudoin with 17,

senior guard Brianna Mullins with 14, Jordan with 12, senior center Raquel Logan with three and sophomore guard Olivia McWilliams with two.

“I think overall we really came together and battled,” Proffitt said. “We knew it would be a close-fought game that would come down to the wire, and I think at the end we wanted it more.”

Head coach Sandra Rushing said her team did well and fought with a lot of heart.

“No one prepares to start out slow; we are still a work in progress,” Rushing said. “I don’t really have an answer as to how to fix it, but we’re getting better.”

She said there was an opportunity for the team to “tank” the game, but they kept fighting and claimed the victory.

All statistics came from ucasports.com.

CONFERENCE

Bears lose close contest against SFA

by Brody Arnold Staff Writer

WIN

SCORE

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks men’s basketball team (10-10, 5-3 SLC) beat the struggling University of Central Arkansas Bears (4-17, 3-5 SLC) 78-76 on Jan. 25 at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas.

UCA trailed the Lumberjacks 39-42 after the first half, despite shooting an above-average 60.87 percent from the field, and came up just short in the second half. The Bears had an early eight-point lead, but soon lost it.

UCA junior point guard Jordan Howard led the team with 25 points while going 6-8 from behind the arc. Junior guard Matthieu Kamba also contributed to the scoring effort, putting in 16 points of his own.

SFA’s bench outscored UCA’s 30-21. They also outscored the Bears 36-24 in the paint.

Despite the losing effort, UCA shot 55.8 percent while SFA shot 42.4 percent. UCA shot 60 percent from behind the arc,

knocking in six three-pointers on 10 attempts. The Bears also missed seven free throws during the game, losing points that were much needed in a close game like this.

Howard highlighted the team’s lack of fast break points.

“Playing faster is definitely something we have emphasized more and need to do more as of recently because when we play fast, we are really effective and can score quickly,” he said.

Assistant coach Josh Lowery also feels the team needs to speed things up. “We definitely want to play faster, that’s when we’re at our best. Even though we are leading the league in scoring as a team, we feel we can play faster,” he said.

Despite struggling this season, Howard said the Bears maintain a positive outlook.

“We’re just playing for each other, as a family,” Howard said.

“We know our potential and our goal to play to that potential and the wins will come. We’re all a close-knit group so we don’t have issues staying positive.”

Howard said the team tries to look at the positive aspects

when coming away with a loss. “Coach was proud of our effort and will to never give up,” he said. “Yeah, we were disappointed, but there were stretches of good basketball that we played and positives we can take out of the game, even in a loss.”

Lowery expressed how important Howard is to the team. “Howard can really score,” he said. “Jordan is an unbelievably efficient. We need him to continue to do that for us for sure and continue to be a playmaker for us.”

Lowery said the team is always making progress. “We have a talented group, they’re just now learning how to put it all together,” he said. “Two points away from beating Stephen F. Austin for the first time in school history, on their floor, and we’re one game away from setting the school record for conference wins.

Not an extremely high bar, but nonetheless, coach [Russ] Pennell has our guys moving in the right direction. Even though it hasn’t shown in wins and losses yet, it will.”

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UCA sophomore Qili Ma fends back a serve at the tennis match against Southeast Missouri on Jan. 28. Ma performed in the doubles with her teammate, junior Rada Manataweewat, winning against the Redhawks.

Tennis team ‘sets’ its sights on victory

by Cody Macomber Staff Writer

The UCA women’s tennis team won their match against Southeast Missouri State with a score of 6-1 at the UCA tennis courts on Jan. 28.

The Bears started the match by winning a doubles point. To win the doubles point, a team has to win two of the three doubles matches. Freshman PornPawee Pramethong, junior Amiru Shimoguchi, sophomore Qili Ma and junior Rada Manataweewat won their doubles matches against the Redhawks.

Ma and Manataweewat’s doubles team has won every doubles match that they’ve participated in during the spring tennis season.

“They played together last year, and all of our girls have developed into a family,” graduate assistant coach Stephanie Howard said when discussing the team’s chemistry.

“All of the girls are like sisters.

[Ma and Manataweewat] have had experience and were ranked and did well last year as well.”

Ma and Manataweewat were given second team honors

as a doubles team in third place in the Southland Conference.

Fans came out to support the team despite cold weather, including UCA President Houston Davis.

“I came out to see the women play, and to support the community. I have a lot of respect for all of the student athletes here at UCA,” Davis said.

The match against Arkansas State was canceled due to cold temperatures.

Regulations prohibit teams from playing outside when temperatures are below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

During the match against SEMO, the temperatures stayed around 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Bears did not let this deter them during the competition against Southeast Missouri.

“Instead of complaining about the cold weather and the wind throughout the match, we would instead yell ‘Go Bears,’” sophomore Marli Van Heerden said. “We replaced a negative with a positive and that really helped us.”

All singles matches were won in two sets, except for Manataweewat’s match against Anais Emelie of SEMO.

Manataweewat lost the first set 4-6. She then won the second set 6-2. Both teams agreed at the start of the match to decide third sets with the winner getting 10 points first, winning by at least two points.

Both teams supported their respective player, and the score stayed tight, with Manataweewat leading 9-8.

Manataweewat won the match when Emilie made a double fault serve, giving UCA their fifth win of six singles matches.

After losing their only singles match, Pramethong won her match 7-5, 6-1. Van Heerden won her match 6-3, 6-2. Junior Hee-Jin Oh won her match 6-2, 6-4 before Manataweewat won the last match.

The Bears look to continue their success by keeping things simple, Coach Casey Wharton said.

“We look to continue success by staying healthy and working hard to get chances of winning in every match. We just like to keep it simple,” Wharton said.

The Sugar Bears tennis team is now 3-0 for the spring season, and play their next match against Southern Illinois University in Murray, Kentucky.

photo by Zach Keast

UCA fans cheer for the men’s basketball team on Jan. 28. The student section made their voices clear that the referees’ calls were questionable, and many blamed them for the Cardinals’ comeback.

Basketball:

Despite 15-point lead, Bears lose to

Cardinals; crowd accuses referees of making bad calls, throwing game 4 Continued from page 7 With 10 minutes and 40 seconds left, the Cardinals had reached a score of 57, with the Bears at 61.

By the time the clock reached seven minutes and 40 seconds, the Cardinals had overtakes the Bears’ lead with the score 64-63. For the remainder of the game the score was very close.

The crowd appeared to think that the referees made poor calls throughout the game.

The crowd saw a foul made

by the Cardinals but no referees called it.

“It’s always tough to play through questionable calls but it shouldn’t of gotten to the point where the refs were as much of a factor as they were. We need to hold a big enough lead so calls like that won’t effect us in the game,” Howard said.

The crowd grew upset and began expressing their frustrations to both the referees and the opposing team.

One student in the student

section yelled at the Cardinals player number 23 (redshirt freshman Jorden Kite), “You’re the furthest thing from Michael Jordan, why did they give you number 23?”

According to UCAsports.com, the Bears tied the game at 80 points when Jeff Lowery scored a layup.

A foul was called during the second half on the Bears, and the Incarnate World Cardinals scored one more point to win the game.