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Lack of food, assistance leaves Syrians stranded Due to a reduction of allowed Syrian refugees in Jordan, 75,000 people have been left in the desert without aid or assistance for months. Because of the lack of space in the camps and surrounding areas, it has not been possible to receive an exact number of people or deaths.

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The College of Liberal Arts kicks off its “Exploring Our World” series Sept. 14 at UCA Downtown with a panel discussing “Crime and Violence in America.”

Killer clown threats put schools on lockdown

Faculty discuss crime, violence, race in lecture series

Schools in Flomaton, Alabama were placed under temporary lockdown after receiving threats from a Facebook page involving clowns and guns on Sept. 15. The Facebook page titled “Flomo Klown” posted that there were clowns at the school with gun emoticons. The schools kept the doors locked while officers investigated the areas, but no clowns were seen on any of the properties.

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Arrest made in Conway roadside homicide Sammie Thomas Jr. was arrested for the Sept. 9 murder of Robert Lee Givens of Conway. Givens was shot after helping his daughter with a flat tire on Sept. 14. Officers found Thomas at Holiday Inn Express on Sanders Street, after being called to the hotel about a domestic problem.

Thomas’ involvement in the fatal shooting was not discovered until after police had arrested and taken him into custody.

McCrory officer killed after car struck deer Officer Robert Aaron Baker of McCrory was killed Sept. 15 after his patrol car hit a deer. The officer was driving on Highway 71 in response to a call, when his vehicle struck the deer. Baker was taken to the Searcy hospital where he died from injuries sustained in the crash.

Buffalo park services donate to Ozark schools The Ozark Mountain School District received 33 computers from the Buffalo National River park services. The computers allowed the schools to build two virtual classroom labs, replace outdated computers in the elementary school and will allow students to take online college courses.

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IN OUR NEXT ISSUE UCA was ranked in the top 25 public universities in the nation by U.S. Daily News.

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Students and community members gathered on Sept. 14 for UCA’s College of Liberal Arts’ series “Exploring Our World” to learn about the history of violence by listening to a panel on race, crime and justice.

Four UCA professors — English Professor Michael Schaefer, Associate Spanish Professor Alana Reid, Assistant History Professor Story Matkin-Rawn and Assistant History Professor Kristen Epps — made up the program’s panel in this season’s first seminar titled “Crime and Violence: An Exploration of History, Literature, and Culture.”

According to an email announcing the seminar, the goal of the lecture series was to “explore a history of violence and criminality in the United States with a focus on criminality throughout the decades in the south.”

The professors contributed to achieving

that goal by bringing their expertise and experiences to the audience.

Matkin-Rawn, who according to UCA’s website focuses on Southern and African American history in the 20th century, said the evening “ended up coalescing around the issue of race.”

Epps said that in 1861 there were four million slaves in the United States and “violence was a mechanism to control black bodies” and that lynching was a “warning to other slaves.”

Matkin-Rawn said that during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras, African Americans had to first fight for the establishment of the rule of law in the South before they could begin to fight for political or equal rights.

She spoke of a lynching in Camden, Arkansas after which the body was left out to rot for all to see for two days.

She also noted that the town of Harrison used to have an African American population of 10 percent before they were forced to

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Pub Board budget reported Political science professor publishes book

by Darian Whitmore and Brent Wilson

Assistant News Editor and Staff Writer Community Engagement Committee Chair junior Carly Jo Riggins announced the Student Publication Board’s approved budgets for campus publications to the Student Government Association senators on Sept. 19.

The fall semester budgets for the student publications are $25,000 for The Echo, $14,00 for The Scroll, and $10,000 for The Vortex. All of the funding for the student publications comes from the student publication fee and not from Student Activity Fund Allocation (SAFA).

“This all comes out of the publications fee, so we’re not giving them money. They have their own money,” Riggins said.

Captain Chris Bentley and Major John Merguie of UCAPD also spoke with SGA about

campus safety and Brake for Bears. Brake for Bears will be held in four places on campus on Sept. 21: the Farris Center, the Lewis Science Center and the intersections of Bruce Street and Augusta Avenue and Donaghey Avenue and Bruce Street. Merguie told SGA not to wait around about supplying new ideas for projects concerning student safety.

Senior Class Vice President Haley Harp discussed her concerns about how dark Augusta Avenue is at night with UCAPD. Merguie informed the senators that UCAPD has found several dead street lights on campus and that they are informing Conway Corporation in order to have them repaired.

“My daughter is going to school here now,” Merguie said. “I’m always looking out for her safety. I’m always looking out for yall’s [sic] as well.”

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movement “is not a zero sum game,” meaning that if justice and equality are acknowledged and extended to African Americans it doesn’t withhold or negate the justice and equality that would be given to others.

Reid, who is teaching a course at UCA called “The Outlaw in Latin America,” said that Black Lives Matter has a chapter in Little Rock that has set up think tanks in order to work on legislative solutions that will address their grievances.

Reid said the Black Lives Matter chapter in Little Rock has had a meeting with the Little Rock Police Department to begin dialogue with each other.

Jake Cupples, a Conway citizen, asked the panel what we as individuals can do to combat violence and racism in our society.

Schaefer said we need to realize that “we are all capable of violence.”

Epps said we should begin by “[listening] to black people about their experiences.”

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flee from white supremacist violence.

Matkin-Rawn discussed a wealthy plantation and country store owner that resided “in the area where [her] grandfather lived,” who not only shot and killed his neighbor, but went on to kill two other men.

Matkin-Rawn said that the man in question, William Banks, “for [the] last killing did finally go to trial.” However, she said she doesn’t believe he was convicted and went to serve as the mayor of Palestine, Arkansas.

Matkin-Rawn said organizations like the Southern Tenant Farmers Union worked to end segregation.

She said the NAACP won its “first major judicial victory” in a case that originated in Helena, Arkansas and ended at the US Supreme Court.

Matkin-Rawn said she sees a link in past movements seeking equality and justice with that of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Matkin-Rawn said this

UCA’s fall 2016 semester brings with it higher retention rates and a higher average ACT score.

According to an article on the UCA website, the average ACT score in both 2014 and 2015 was a 23 and the incoming average this year is 24.

This increase could be a result of higher admission standards. According to the same article on UCA’s website, in fall 2015 the university raised the minimum GPA requirement to 2.75 and the minimum ACT score to 21.

Since that change in the application process, the average incoming students’ GPAs have steadily increased.

“Our admissions standards have increased over the last two years based on research regarding test scores [and] grade point averages and retention, persistence [and] graduation rates,” Director of Admissions Courtney Bryant said. “I would associate our increase in ACT scores and GPA to these increased standards.”

UCA’s retention rate has also increased in recent years, with a steady rise from 69.9 percent in 2013-2014 to 72.9 percent in 2015-2016, according to an article on UCA’s website.

The retention rate is the percentage of students coming back to UCA from school year to school year, and from the fall semester of 2015 to the fall semester of 2016, 72.9 percent of those undergraduate students have come back to UCA for another school year.

Another steady increase

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UCA Assistant Political Science Professor Heather Yates wrote and published The Politics of Emotions, Candidates and Choices with Palgrave Macmillan.

The book provides a statistical analysis of how political moods impact voters’ opinions, primarily in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections.

Readers can apply these ideas to the current election in 2016.

Yates’ book focuses on four key emotions present throughout the past three election cycles and analyzes how those emotions play into the political landscape.

“The four emotions I researched, which were available through the ANES survey, were pride and hope, anger and fear,” Yates said.

“My primary task was taking a

look at how voters rely on their emotional responses toward candidates to formulate their opinions about the campaign issues.”

Yates came to a series of conclusions based on her research.

First, she discovered that the way voters feel about specific candidates regarding these four emotions reflects their Heather Yates opinions about political agendas.

“The voters transfer this response they have toward a candidate onto an opinion about a campaign issue, which is a fascinating relationship,” she said.

Yates gave the example of the 2012 election and Barack Obama.

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Yates said pride and hope encompassed the mood of that election year because there was potential for the first African American president.

“Because [the Democrats in 2012] are so excited about Barack Obama being the candidate, they take that excitement that they’re feeling and they apply it to campaign issues ,” Yates said.

Yates said she also discovered a relationship between the positive dimensions, such as pride and hope and negative dimensions, such as anger and fear, and retrospective angles — looking back — and prospective angles — looking forward.

“Positive emotions are correlated with prospective angles of analysis, or

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Newspapers from Sept. 11, 2001 are displayed in the 9/11 exhibit in the UCA Archives. The archives displayed a portion of their entire 9/11 collection Sept. 6 through Sept. 14.

Archives display newspapers, student essays from 9/11

by Cody Macomber

Staff Writer

From Sept. 6 to Sept. 14, the UCA Archives set up a special memorial presentation for the events of 9/11.

The presentation was set up in the main lobby of the UCA Archives center in the Torreyson Library.

The presentation included a slide show of pictures, newspapers from around the country printed on that day, statements from various politicians such as Arkansas’ state governor and letters from elementary and high school students discussing the impact the event had on them at the time.

“Seeing the letters that were written and what [the kids affected by the event] went through is very eye-opening and gives a new perspective to students,” sophomore Madi Rich said.

“A lot of college students, like myself, were young when this happened, so archives like this preserve documents to let us see what really happened.”

As soon as the 9/11 attack began to occurred, Archives Director Jimmy Bryant said he and the archives staff knew that this would be a tragic and crucial event in American history, and that documents needed to be preserved.

Immediately, efforts were made to collect as much information as possible about this event, from what happened to the impact that it had on those directly affected by the events.

“We knew that this information would be valuable for those who experienced what happened, but it will be even more valuable to those who live fifty years from now, because they will get to witness the event for themselves,” Bryant said.

Over time, the archives

staff gathered 700 newspaper issues, including newspapers such as the LA Times, The New York Times and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Many of the papers were collected on a week-to-week basis to see immediate effects and the effects that would come over time.

Directives from the governor of New York and from UCA were gathered, showing what was instructed of them during that crucial time.

Student essays of the impact the events had on their lives were collected as well.

The essays ranged from local students here in Greenbrier and Conway to students closer to the event, like those in Queens, New York, who suffered losses personally.

The archives collected the statements of Arkansas state senators Tim Hutchinson and Gilbert Baker that were made to the president.

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Many of the pictures received by the archives were sent in anonymously. These pictures showed many aspects of the crash, such as the Twin Towers at the moment of the crash, people who were injured from the crash and firefighters and police officers who risked their lives for the people of that event.

The archives staff continues to add information about 9/11, such as the lingering effects and discoveries that continue to be found in New York.

The presentation of the events of 9/11 is laid out every year in the main lobby of the archives, around the beginning of September. The presentation stays up for a few weeks, but the archives for this event are accessible year-round.

The archives are open from 8-5 p.m. Monday through Friday each week.

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Senior Hayley Heacox speaks to students about her internship with NASA at the Chalk Talk Sept. 15 in Arkansas Hall. The purpose of the Chalk Talk program is to help STEM majors build important public speaking skills.

Undergraduate students present research

by Waid Rainey

Staff Writer

Marking its 20th year this year at UCA, Chalk Talks returned to the science department Sept.

16. Chalk Talks are a series of presentations held every semester in which science students, and occasionally math students, get chances to talk about certain research that they have conducted while at school.

Chalk Talks were started

by Chair and Professor of Chemistry Patrick Desrochers out of a need for students to develop public speaking skills to be able to convey their research to the masses.

“This year marks 20 years of Chalk Talks in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics,” lecturer

Faith Yarberry said. “Chalk Talks are excellent occasions for students to discover research occurring within CNSM and encourage them to take advantage of these opportunities.”

Yarberry also said Chalk Talks are held three times a semester, and are attended by many faculty, graduate and undergraduate students.

“The ultimate result to audience members is [to] broaden horizons,” Yarberry said.

The duration of a Chalk Talk is usually an hour, allowing for three to four students to speak about their work.

Thursday, speaker Jessica Deyoung, a senior majoring in chemistry, spoke about using her research in analytical chemistry to determine answers to archeological questions. Deyoung’s research

with Associate Chemistry Professor Karen Steelman involves examining carbon-12 and carbon-14 to calculate the ages of sites through half-lives.

Deyoung said “UCA is actually one of the best undergraduate institutions for natural sciences and mathematics in Arkansas.

She said that because UCA is a smaller school, students have lots of opportunities for “hands-on research.”

Deyoung said that Chalk Talks and other seminars provide opportunities for undergrads to get a better idea of the work involved in research and may help them find an academic passion to pursue.

“To be able to provide an opportunity to establish this drive at a younger time in their collegiate experiences is unbelievably important,” Deyoung said.

was in the two-year retention rates. The biggest cause of increased retention rates may be a larger variety of degree programs.

The College of Business was recently ranked one of the best online business schools for its value, and UCA was recently ranked as one of the best graduate schools for its value.

The retention rates are important to the administration as well as the average student because of the effect that retention rates have on the student body.

“The bottom line is that in the future more students will earn high quality credentials and our graduation rates will climb as well,” Executive Vice President and Provost Steven Runge said.

Runge said the retention rate impact is significant for faculty as well.

“The impact on the faculty will be more students succeeding in their lower-division courses followed by a greater percentage of those students matriculating through the upper-division curriculum,” Runge said.

Runge said higher retention rates may mean that the class sizes will also increase.

While the UCA is looking for a new Title IX Coordinator, Vice President for Human Resources Graham Gillis will serve as interim coordinator.

When UCA is looking for someone to hire for a certain job, the university has to get it approved by a council.

The university placed the job online and it will remain there until the position is filled.

“We advertise all of the positions through our tracking system” Gillis said.

According to UCA’s Human Resources site, “The coordinator for Title IX will be responsible for the University’s compliance with laws, regulations and guidelines related to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and immigration law.”

The person picked for the job will be required to research and respond to any questions and concerns about Title IX. They will also be required to research other laws and regulations as they apply to students, faculty and staff.

According to UCA’s Human Resources site, the coordinator

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will also be “responsible for the complaints of discrimination” and will work to develop “policies and training programs” that conform with state and federal law.

“They have to have training on what the Title IX requirements are, training on how to conduct investigations, training on programs and services we have available so they can assist victims. It is a very comprehensive training,” General Counsel Warren Readnour said.

According to UCA’s HR site, the applicant selected for the job is required to have a Juris Doctor, or law, degree.

He must also be licensed to practice law in Arkansas, or eligible to do so within 12 months of hire.

He must also have experience with compliance investigations.

“Title IX does not require a lawyer, but we thinks it is best to have a lawyer for Title IX,” Gillis said.

The university will have a committee that will assist in the interview and the viewing application process.

The president of UCA will hire the coordinator for Title IX.

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Yates said she continued to see this relationship regarding the current election.

“The Republicans are wanting voters to analyze the last eight years, they’re wanting to be very retrospective,” Yates said. “Whereas the Democrats are wanting voters to continue looking forward and being very hopeful about the policy agenda.”

Yates said she gained inspiration to write the book through her graduate studies.

She was researching scholars tackling the dynamic change of public opinion over different elections.

However, she said that in her view the scholars failed to account for fluctuating political issues and the emotional nature of politics.

“I thought scholars were ignoring a really important piece of the puzzle,” Yates said. “As much as I respect the previous research, it was a missing piece.”

In order to conduct research for her book, Yates said she utilized the American National Election Surveys (ANES).

She processed raw data using an independent variable, four emotional responses, and a dependent variable, and voter attitudes towards certain policy issues.

Yates was looking for a relationship of 95 percent confidence interval or higher so she could determine whether the correlations she discovered were happenstance or trends.

Yates’ book was published through Palgrave Macmillan,

an academic publisher.

Chair of the Political Science Department Clay Arnold said the publication is “a very reputable academic press.”

The publication goes through a blind evaluation process.

During this process, works are scrutinized for their strengths and weaknesses by experts.

“The fact that [Yates’ manuscript] was accepted for publication is a mark of the quality of her research involved in that project,” Arnold said.

Yates is conducting further research for the election in 2016.

She is using the trends recognized in the past to identify trends among the current candidates.

In 2016, “the emotive mood is pivoting around that negative dimension. It’s the ‘lesser of two evils’ election,” Yates said.

“Democrats are focusing on the fear of Trump and the Republicans are capitalizing on the anger toward Clinton.”

Arnold said the research that Yates has done for her manuscript will be academically advantageous to students.

“A department whose faculty is successful in publishing is a faculty that will often incorporate those research interests and findings into a number of their classes and make for a richer learning experience for students,” Arnold said. “We’re all delighted that Dr. Yates has already been able to add to that list of publications in the department. And being a young faculty member, I’m sure she’s got many more to come in the future years.”

Police Beat The following information is compiled from UCAPD incident reports

by Assistant News Editor Darian Whitmore.

Student arrested after drunken fight breaks out

Student reported keying damage to car on campus

Nonstudent arrested after Marijuana found in Bear traffic stop on arrest warrant Hall during security check

Student Thomas Daniel was arrested Sept. 11 for public intoxication after UCAPD witnessed Daniel arguing with a group on Donaghey Avenue. Daniel told officers that him and a member of the group got into a fight after Daniel yelled expletives about the police. Officers reported that Daniel had cuts on his face that Daniel said were a result of him falling.

Student Alexis Dewese reported her car was keyed on Sept. 8 in the north overflow parking lot. Dewese told UCAPD she believes a male and female driving a black SUV were responsible for the damage. Dewese said that when she parked her car that morning the pair became angry she took the spot and the female cursed at her. Officers looked at the surveillance tapes, but where unable to clearly see Dewese’s car.

Officers arrested nonstudent Frederick Payne Sept. 9 after a traffic violation revealed an existing warrant.

UCAPD saw Payne speeding on Dave Ward Drive and turning into oncoming traffic on Donaghey Avenue. After pulling Payne over, officers found that Payne was driving with a suspended license and had an active child support warrant for his arrest.

UCAPD found marijuana in students James Henderson and John Armstrong’s room on Sept. 11 after a security check in Bear Hall.

After smelling the marijuana, officers asked the students if they could enter the room and were allowed access. Once in the room Armstrong admitted to previously smoking and gave the remaining drugs, pipe, vaporizer and grinder to the officers. The items were taken to the police department and destroyed.

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Around Campus: Campus Election Engagement Project The Campus Election Engagement Project will be hosting a Rock the Vote day on Sept. 21. From 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. students will be in the amphitheater registering students to vote for the upcoming election.

Once the Musical Tony award winning “Once the Musical” is coming to Reynolds Performance Hall on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are now on sale in the Reynolds Box Office.

Students can receive two free tickets to this musical with a current student ID which must be claimed in person.

Free tickets are based on seating availability. More information can be found at uca.edu under the Reynolds Performance Hall section.

Communication, Careers and Candy Director of UCA’s Media Relations Fredrika Sharkey will give a lecture titled Communication, Careers and Candy: A Suite Deal on Sept. 22 from 1:40 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. This lecture is sponsored by the ABC Center and will be held in Bernard Hall, room 207.

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The Conway Symphony Orchestra performed on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kris Allen stage. Audience members were chosen from a drawing to conduct some of the songs.

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by Des’ree Dallmann Assistant Online Editor

A 5-year-old boy won the chance to conduct one of the five well-known pieces the Conway Symphony Orchestra presented at their concert Sept. 16 in Simon Park.

Throughout the concert audience members were invited to purchase tickets for a chance to conduct the last song of the concert.

One ticket was purchased for five dollars or three could be purchased for 10 dollars.

The drawing was conducted after the first three songs were played.

After the announcement of the drawing music director Israel Getzov took center stage and prompted the orchestra to play the traditional sounds of

the national anthem signaling the beginning of the concert.

Then Getzov introduced the orchestra’s first piece.

The a l l - t o o - f a m i l i a r Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.” Getzov said this piece was one of Mozart’s most famous works. The title means “a little bit of night music.”

He also said that the piece highlights the “40 strong musicians” in the string section.

The beginning of the piece features a slow harmony that builds over time with short instances of sharp, upbeat tunes mixed into it with the violinists furiously bowing their violins.

Next the orchestra began to play “Mars” from The Planets, which Getzov said sounds like a war.

Korean Classes Conversational Korean classes will be offered this fall semester for the second time. This class will be open to faculty, staff, students and interested people of the community. These classes will be held in Torreyson West 311 on Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information please inquire with Ha Ram Kim at hkim3@ cub.uca.edu.

Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre in conjunction with the Conway ArtsFest will be showing a production of “Twelfth Night” at The Lantern Theatre located in downtown Conway in conjunction with Conway ArtsFest. Performances will be Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased and more information can be found at arkshakes.com.

Food Fight A challenge has been accepted by UCA to a food fight with Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.

Whichever school donates the most food to its campus food pantry will be the winner of bragging rights as well as a food fight trophy to be presented at the UCA vs.

ASU game on Sept. 24.

Jazz Trio The UCA Music Department will host jazz artists the Sullivan Fortner Trio for a concert on Sept. 22 from noon to 1 p.m. For more information, see the Music Department page on OrgSync.

The song began with a low rumbling from the percussion section while blaring sounds from the brass section joined in as if signaling something bad was going to happen.

“My favorite piece of the night was ‘Mars,’” UCA freshman Alex Williams said.

“Although I wish they would have played ‘Jupiter.’”

The third song as a preview for their Christmas concert.

The orchestra played excerpts from “Amahl and the Night Visitors” by Gian Carlo Menotti.

A few minutes into the song, however, a train interrupted the concert causing the orchestra players to put down their instruments.

As if on cue, after the train left the faint but familiar sounds of Gioachino Rossin’s “Overture from William Tell”

started the concert back up again. This piece is yet another classic the orchestra played and is usually featured on television shows and cartoons in morning scenes. As soon as the first few notes were played the audience laughed and applauded with familiarity.

At the completion of “Overture” Getzov introduced the drawing.

At the beginning and throughout the concert tickets could be purchased for five dollars for a chance to conduct the last song of the night.

Getzov drew the ticket number that belonged to 5–and-a-half-year-old Aaron Wagoner.

After joining him on stage Getzov gave Wagoner the “world’s shortest conducting lesson” and left him center

stage to conduct the orchestra through the famous John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” which featured strong participation from the percussion section and an upbeat simultaneous chiming in of all of the other instruments. This piece is recognized as the national march of the United States.

Wagoner spoke about his experience as conductor while holding a paper rocket that he made.

“I thought I was not going to be good but I was good,” Wagoner said.

The orchestra’s next event, Ray Bradbury’s “The Halloween Tree,” will be at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7-8 in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom.

Tickets can be purchased at Reynolds Performance Hall.

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ImprovLittleRock brings workshops for students

by Taylor Fulgham Staff Writer

ImprovLittleRock, a local improvisational comedy troupe, presented three workshops open to all University of Central Arkansas students on Aug. 28, Sept. 11 and Sept. 13.

These workshops were produced in association with the UCA theater department and the department’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theater fraternity.

The workshops were funded by the Student Government Association and focused on teaching students about the craft of improvisational comedy.

“For this series of workshops, we brought in members of ImprovLittleRock to come in and work on some basic principles of improv.

By its nature, improv is super playful and relies heavily in collaboration. So a lot of the workshop was spent with us on our feet, playing games and doing exercises alongside the troupe members,” junior Zoe Allison, president of UCA’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, said.

The fraternity often brings in educational workshops from all facets of theater that the students want to participate in.

Members of the fraternity vote on what types of workshops to bring in based on student requests and input.

The decision to have ImprovLittleRock conduct workshops was highly requested by students in the department.

“We also like to make sure these workshops can help with shows in the future. For example, improv is helping greatly with [UCA’s upcoming

production of ] The Liar, and our puppet workshops last year were great practice for Avenue Q coming up. We are currently deciding on who to bring in next, or at least ask to bring in,” senior Sydney Stoner added.

The workshops focused on having students think on their feet and improvise brief comedic scenes revolving around a variety of topics.

“We played games, learned how to work as a ‘group mind’, quick thinking and just how to have fun. We were letting creativity flow in a safe space, so you couldn’t be scared of saying or doing the wrong thing,” Stoner said. ImprovLittleRock is a organization based in North Little Rock that presents weekly improv performances at The Joint coffee shop.

They take suggestions for material from the audience and perform short comedic scenes based on the material given to

them.

The troupe was recently commissioned by the University of Arkansas to instruct business students on how to conduct themselves and use improv in interviews and meetings.

Stoner said she believes improvisation to be a beneficial skill to learn as a young professional.

“Life is full of improv and most jobs involving human interaction require quick thinking and how to make your partner look good. Which is another thing we were taught in the workshops, it’s all about making your partner look good so that the situation works and grows,” Stoner said.

According to Allison, students and faculty from many different departments attended and participated in the open workshops.

Allison said it was a cool

mix of people who use improv differently in their work.

“It’s also really great for the students to get those chances outside of class to play and learn together. Our work is so collaborative, so it’s important that we have a really strong sense of community and ensemble. I think these workshops really help do that,” Allison continued.

As for future plans in the department, Alpha Psi Omega will be bringing in Rick Lyon, original Broadway cast member of Avenue Q, to teach puppetry workshops to the cast of UCA’s upcoming production of the musical, as well as to lend his own personal puppets from the show to the production.

For more information, visit www.improvlittlerock.org. For information regarding events in the UCA theater department, visit their website at www.uca. edu/theatre.

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UCA Police play Interfraternity Council in softball game

by Waid Rainey Staff Writer

For the second time, an annual softball game between UCA Police Department and members of the Interfraternity Committee (IFC) called Strike Out Hunger was held Monday, Sept. 12.

The event started last year, Strike Out Hunger was designed as a communitybuilding event to help feed students and faculty in need and build good relations between campus police and the people they protect. To enter the event, participants had to donate canned foods or pay a ticket price of $3.

UCA IFC President Corbin Block said, “The food pantry helps students and faculty in need, and it is inspiring to donate towards such a beneficial organization.”

At the beginning of the game, UCAPD took the lead with 2-0 but only holding their place for a period quickly were overtaken by the fraternity boys who held the lead for the remainder of the game ending it with a solid win of 14-2.

“Doing programs such as Strike Out Hunger not only brings awareness for the cause, but it builds the bond between the community and the police department. We want our community to know that we are just regular approachable people that have a job to do. It was also a great time,” Sergeant Brad Moore said.

According to Block, Monday’s event raised $120 and over 100 canned food items for the UCA food pantry.

IFC’s participation included members from the eight recognized UCA Greek fraternities and they were also

joined by three members from fraternities under the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Sororities also competed in mini games in between the periods dispensing a few prizes in the form of gift cards.

“It is important to build trust with the fraternity and police community.” Block said. “And we hope that this event helps celebrate how UCAPD helps the UCA and Greek community.”

Block also said that Strike Out Hunger is just the larger of several events organized by the IFC yearly to build community awareness.

In the spring Walk a Mile in Her Shoes was held for the fifth year to boost awareness of sexual assault victims and involves many fraternity members walking around campus in high heels.

“UCAPD is always really

photo by Waid Rainey

UCAPD played members from IFC Sept. 12 to raise money for the UCA food pantry.

trying to connect with the students and get a positive reputation,” senior Claire Rogers said.

Rogers was representing Alpha Sigma Alpha Monday

night.

“I think they do a great job showing us that we can trust them, especially through fun events like this,” she said.

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Comedian Nick Guerra creates relatable jokes

by Brandon Jones Staff Writer

He may have spilled his coffee, but comedian Nick Guerra didn’t drop the ball during his show at 7 p.m.

Sept. 14 at the Student Center Ballroom.

Guerra walked onstage as the crowd applauded, then spilled his coffee as he tried to set it on the ground.

This didn’t stop Guerra from continuing his show, as he decided to move on to the comedy rather than stop for the coffee.

As the last few people arrived, Guerra started his routine by making self-deprecating jokes about his height. Having tall friends is a ‘no-no’ because talking to tall people feels like getting a lecture from parents, Guerra said.

Guerra went on to talk about how UCA is a great place to play Pokémon Go because of all the PokéStops on campus, saying that he is a member of Team Mystic.

He then started speaking directly to specific members of the audience, making jokes about people’s names before focusing on a student couple.

Guerra asked the two questions about their relationship, then suggested the girl was too good for her boyfriend.

“You can still return that to Wal-Mart,” Guerra said.

The audience laughed as Guerra picked fun at specific people, even those he was joking about.

One of the people Guerra joked about often would start clapping after Guerra had made one of his comments.

Guerra asked if anyone

in the audience ever wore the same clothes two days in a row because of schedule differences throughout the week.

“I’m the type of person who if I don’t see you tomorrow, I’m gonna wear the same clothes,”

which he said he learned from his mother.

“Your mom is the first criminal in your life, you realize that, right,” Guerra said.

“Everyone experiences ‘Mom Scam #1.’ You go to a Chinese

photo by Paden Moore

Comedian Nick Guerra performs stand-up Sept. 16 in the Student Center Ballroom. Guerra’s topics ranged from having a Mexican president to relationships.

Guerra said.

The problem with doing so is that you have to avoid your favorite places and people from the day before, Guerra said.

As he moved to subjects about himself, Guerra talked about his childhood.

“I lived in a hood where your neighbor had a cat, and it got hit by a car but they still kept it,” Guerra said.

Guerra also talked about being Catholic and how he liked to “accidentally” shoplift,

restaurant where you get the deals for being twelve and under. Your mom stops you outside and goes ‘Today you’re twelve.’”

Guerra also talked about relationships and his own troubles, saying that women have to like specific things to like him.

“Women that like this like Tim Burton and goth guys,” Guerra said.

Guerra advised the audience that when a couple

moves in together, the man should always move in with the woman because it is easier.

“When men move in with you, they bring a bag of clothes, an Xbox and a flag-that’s it,” Guerra said.

In this way it can also be easier to kick out a guy if a relationship fails, because like Beyoncé sang, ‘everything you own is in a box to the left,’ Guerra said.

Guerra also had advice specifically for men when it came to arguments in relationships, as he said men should avoid getting in a car when arguing with women, comparing it to a wrestling cage match.

“When you open that door for your girlfriend, all you’re doing is lifting the rope to help the Undertaker onto the mat,” Guerra said.

Guerra finished with his jokes about arguments and left the stage as the audience clapped, but stayed in the room and let people take pictures or talk to him.

Guerra cited his mother as a source for his style of comedy and sarcasm.

“We would be upset about something and she would go ‘Oh boohoo, nobody loves me, everybody hates me,” Guerra said. “It can be hard sometimes to realize that not everyone has that sense of sarcasm.”

Guerra was satisfied with how the show went, saying that sometimes it can be difficult at colleges where students analyze the jokes, and that didn’t happen at UCA. The Student Activities Board creates a variety of activities for students each week. For more information check out http://www.ucasab. com/.

MUSIC

Ozark Clarinet Trio plays pattern of rhythmic pieces

by Hunter Moore Staff Writer

The UCA Department of Music welcomed the Ozark Clarinet Trio to perform at the Snow Fine Arts recital hall on Sept. 14.

The musical group is made up of three members: Norman Boehm on piano, Felice Farrell on cello and Kelly Johnson on clarinet.

Though the recital was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., doors opened four minutes early to allow the small but eager crowd into the recital hall.

The first piece played by the musicians was titled “Merry Music,” and featured all three artists in a playful mixture of melodies to start off the evening.

Though the group is a trio, the pieces that followed sometimes only involved two or even only one of the members.

The last song played

before intermission was a solo performance on piano by Boehm.

The piano was present in all the compositions presented on stage. It acted as a transport, an immediate deliverer of the ambience further provided by the music.

Within each piece, the focus was slightly shifted between the three artists so that each performer had the opportunity to fill the hall with music of his own personal style.

A notable choice made by the trio was the pattern the musical pieces were performed in.

The group chose to open with an upbeat piece, but trailed with a somber ballad for a dark contrast in moods.

This pattern continued throughout the recital, and the interest and enjoyment was visible throughout the performance hall.

Several members of the

audience could be seen listening the uninhibited music with their eyes closed, slowly nodding along to the tempo of the song, or with a pensive hand placed on a chin.

The quaint yet respectful audience allowed for no background noise or interruptions – just music.

Members of the performance group practice apart from each other before coming together for rehearsal.

In the weeks following an event like the one at Snow Fine Arts, the group often has six group practices.

Farrell practices for approximately two or three hours a day regardless of the circumstance.

Playing her cello has made a big impact on her life.

Students, she says, are the biggest thing she’s gotten out of being a musician. “It’s helped me develop a stronger relationship

with the kids,” she said.

A large amount of the audience members were involved in some kind of music program within the university; this common connection sparked interest with several students.

Chatter about the talent of the trio could be heard murmured during the brief intermission.

Freshman Leah Fredrick was previously interested in attending the recital, but it had slipped her mind until a few minutes before the recital was scheduled to begin. “I happened to be here and saw it, and decided ‘Sure, why not?’” It came as a pleasant surprise to her. “I didn’t really have any expectations coming in, but I enjoyed it quite a bit,” she said.

The clarinet trio performed in Little Rock Sept. 17. For upcoming events in Snow Fine Arts or Reynolds Performance Hall, visit the music department online at uca.edu/cfac/music.

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Because of Roald Dahl’s

100th birthday what Roald

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memory from it?

story by Mary Kate Mansfield photos by Lauren Swaim

Junior Zach Harrington

Senior Donald Brooks

“My favorite memory is when they go into the factory, I really liked how they animated it because when I was a kid it looked so real.”

“I didn’t really read books, I liked the sarcasm a lot.”

Senior Timesha Lewis

Freshman Kendal Donthier

“I haven’t really read the books but I liked the part in the movie where they found the golden ticket.”

“The blueberry girl was great.”

Sophomore Ricco Rainey

Freshman Shivange Satishbhai

“I saw the movie and I think my favorite part was when the kid got the ticket and was running back home.”

“My favorite part was when the girl ate the bubble gum and she blew up.”

SPOTLIGHT

PEOPLE OF UCA Graham Vowell

by Brent Wilson Staff Writer

photo by Lauren Swaim

Senior Graham Vowell is a film major and a theater minor, but is considering a double major in both. Vowell enjoys video games and is a reviewer on YouTube.

Transfer student from Pulaski Technical College Graham Vowell is currently attending his second semester at UCA as a senior.

Vowell is 22 years old, and was born Oct. 1, 1993.

Vowell said he had completed five semesters at Pulaski Tech before transferring to UCA in the fall of 2015. He is currently taking 17 credit hours.

He says that he enjoys most of his classes, but said that he didn’t like his Spanish class, despite liking his teacher. He said Spanish is stressful, but when referring to homework said, “not really homework because I’m not home.”

Vowell said that in comparison, that college can be a lot harder than high school, because so many classes require outside work.

He said that attending UCA was his first experience in having to live away from home.

However, he also said the living environment at Bear Village is “pretty cool” and that he likes the people.

Vowell is majoring in film with a minor in theater but says that he would like to do a double major in both because they were both so fun to him. Vowell said that he is currently working on completing his first official student film for his digital film making class, which has to be a sixty to ninety second movie with no dialogue.

“My parents are very proud of me, yet they worry

since this is my first time living on my own but they are very supportive,” Vowell said.

He works at Hastings, and said that he was looking for a new job in light of Hastings currently closing down.

He said that although he is technically from Benton, he considered himself to be more “from Bryant” because he has “contributed more to the Bryant area.”

Vowell says he’s enjoyed attending UCA because the people are cool and there is “always something to do around campus.” However, he also said he doesn’t often have time to do anything as he is usually at school or at work.

Vowell mentioned that something he had done at UCA last year, and which he found to be very fun, was being a part of the one act play called “Breastmen,” in which his character became attracted to his male counterpart, who was growing breasts as the result of a disease. Meanwhile, the two were traveling in search of Vowell’s character’s wife. “It’s a very silly and stupid play but it was really fun to do it,” he said.

Vowell said that the one act play was really his first time in a big role in front of people and that his involvement in past plays were small and his involvement in films were usually in that of small films.

He said that his involvement in this one act also gave him good “exercise,” which would hopefully help him get bigger roles in bigger plays and films in the near future.

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Retention rates and ACT scores have increased, according to preliminary data. With that comes smarter, bigger classes of UCA students. Even though this is exciting, it also may have a somewhat negative effect on UCA’s faculty and students.

Increasing retention rates are impressive and give UCA a good image. But the fact is that more students means bigger classes and less one-on-one time with professors.

Of course, this may not affect some students, but others value the personalized education they are able to receive at UCA. Each student learns in a slightly different way, whether it is visual, verbal, physical or aural, but it becomes increasingly harder for faculty to meet every student’s needs when they are given larger classes. It becomes easier for them to find one way of teaching and stick to it.

With these higher retention rates, UCA hasn’t necessarily seen higher enrollment rates, though. According to UCA News, UCA President Tom Courtway said, “Although our enrollment is down slightly, it was expected and is primarily a result of our increasing admission standards over the last two years.”

The question is: will this be something we need to watch for in the future? Will students have to jeopardize their learning experience in order for the school to grow in attendance?

According to UCA News, Executive Vice President and Provost Steven Runge said “This year, we are expanding several student programs identified as critical initiatives in our strategic plan and expect to see continued growth in retention and graduation rates.”

Some programs are already expanding, which can be good and bad.

It is not a negative thing for UCA to grow; it is amazing that high school students are taking school seriously and working hard to get into college. But shouldn’t the school hire more people to take such large loads off of the other professors?

UCA’s current student to faculty ratio is 17:1.

It would be great to expand the students as well as the faculty so that UCA can continue to provide a personalized learning experience for all of its students.

Quantity is not better than quality; a higher number of students does not mean a better education, though it does not mean a worse one either.

Unfortunately, it could possibly decrease the quality and UCA shouldn’t let that happen just so it can increase its name and size.

A credible education and well-earned degree should be UCA’s focus.

Although the school may benefit from higher numbers of enrollment, the individual student does not necessarily benefit. Whether or not students get jobs after college will not have anything to do with the number of students that attended the school they graduated from.

Getting a job will have more to do with the quality of education students received and the way they present themselves.

Incoming and prospective students are always welcomed and celebrated at UCA, but they should be able to have the experience older students have had through one-on-one learning.

No one wants to attend classes where the professor doesn’t know his name or even notice if he doesn’t show up for class.

One of the reasons UCA is a great place is due to the professors knowing the students, talking to them individually and treating them as people they know well. That is a positive aspect of this school and it shouldn’t be compromised for higher attendance numbers.

In order for students to have respect for faculty members, they need to feel recognized and important in the classroom.

Otherwise they won’t show up because they know it doesn’t matter if they do. This might result in a higher dropout rate.

The bottom line is that students and faculty need to grow together in order to achieve a better UCA that doesn’t jeopardize students’ learning experiences in the future.

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Leaving printers on slows down campus Wi-Fi Typically, I’m not one to get much sleep, whether it’s due to an all-night frenzy to finish a 1,200 word paper or staying up solely for the sake of staying up. I haven’t slept a full eight hours since the long-gone days of summer.

It goes without saying that I don’t have the time in the mornings to stop by Torreyson Library and wait in line to print papers before class.

That is why I have invested in a wireless printer. No more waiting in line half-asleep in the library and almost being late to class. I skip the library’s five cent per page fee and enjoy the ease of printing my papers.

No matter how exhausted I am when I finish printing my papers, I always remember to turn my wireless printer off. I know the struggle of slow Wi-Fi due to wireless printers all too well.

As I am writing this at 1 a.m. (I’m getting things done early tonight, I know), my phone is picking up the signals of three wireless printers in my building.

Luckily, not too many people are using the school Wi-Fi so late at night, so I can still peruse Instagram, load Snapchats and be notified if Beyoncé decides to drop a surprise album. But on many occasions during the day, I struggle to connect my phone to the Internet.

I learned long ago that in order to overcome UCA’s already flighty Wi-Fi, an ethernet cord for your laptop is essential.

Even though I can complete my homework assignments and surf the internet on my laptop, wireless printers ruin the Wi-Fi connection on my phone. My precious social life is compromised. With so many wireless printers

carelessly left on, I can’t open Snapchats, like my friends’ Instagram photos or check out grandma’s latest Facebook post on my phone.

The problem is made all the more frustrating when I think of how easily it could be fixed. Surely the wireless printers that are left on 24/7 shouldn’t be. It only takes a few minutes to print, and after the print job, the printer should be turned off. It is not a huge sacrifice to be considerate and help the users of UCA’s Wi-Fi out. All it takes is the push of the ‘off’ button on your wireless printer.

Last week my roommate and I went on a wireless printer manhunt. We stormed the upperclassman floors of our dorm. Phone in hand, I searched for where the wireless printer signals were the strongest.

by Sophia Ordaz My roommate had Staff Writer her laptop ready to connect to the nearest printer. On a Google Document, we had saved a photo of a particularly upset-looking Nicholas Cage and cleverly captioned it: “Nicholas Cage doesn’t like wireless printers.”

We were planning to locate a printer, connect to it through the laptop, and print off a good 10 copies of our creation to playfully remind others to turn off their wireless printers.

We must have been looking for 15 minutes when I finally located an especially strong signal.

I excitedly gestured my roommate over and pointed to the door that was the only thing separating us from that godforsaken wireless printer. My roommate eagerly selected the Print option on Google Docs, and the two of us waited expectantly. Nothing seemed to happen.

The Wi-Fi was so terrible, thanks to the wireless printers, that her laptop wasn’t even able to print from Google Docs.

Investing provides efficient way for students to gain wealth College students are always stressed with the choices of life. Students are constantly stressed with exams, homework and other conditions in life. The last thing college students think about is investing.

Students are already making an investment in their education, but they need to invest in monetary assets as well.

This can be difficult for students: they don’t have much money, they don’t know how to invest or just don’t care. Investing young has many advantages, though.

The main advantage of investing at a young age is that you have time to learn. If a student starts investing in his 20s he has time to take risks, learn what works and what does not work.

A student who starts investing at a young age will be financially ahead of his peers. This works in two ways.

The first is that students get their spending and budgeting habits under control quicker when they have to set aside part of their paycheck to invest.

The second advantage is that, if invested wisely, financial freedom comes much faster to a student that starts young compared to an investor who starts later in life.

A survey from MoneyRates.com says that people who start saving for retirement in their 20s are 66 percent more likely to retire by age 60 compared to people who wait until their 30s.

Investing can seem hard and complicated, but investing is as complex as the person makes it. A student who has just started investing needs to keep things simple.

There are many ways to invest money. One of the best ways for students is to invest in “high-risk” stocks.

The best time to do this is when someone is

young because if he loses out then it is easier to start over.

“High-risk” stocks have the potential to yield huge returns. Then, a person can take the return and reinvest. This is the most efficient way to invest money.

Students who do not want to take the risk with “high-risk” stock can invest in “low-risk” stock. These do not pay out big most of the time, but you are almost guaranteed a return.

If that still is too risky then invest in bank CDs. Bank CDs are 100 percent safe — you will lose no money.

These are more about saving than investing because they have minimal return and you have to wait for an extensive amount of time.

by William The key to Middleton investing at a young Staff Writer age is putting all the money you earn from your assets back into more assets.

Compounding your wealth is the most efficient way to gaining more wealth faster.

Students are always busy and have enough things to worry about such as class, exams and trying to finish that paper. The last thing on their mind is investing, but if a student takes the time and the money to start investing today, the payoff can be significant.

The best way to go about this process is to read some books or go online and do some research. The jargon involved with investing can be intimidating and confusing, but if you educate yourself briefly before starting the process you’ll be fine.

Other than a big future payoff, investing young has many perks and provides a great learning experience for students before we graduate.

For more information about investing as a young adult or advice on money issues, go to www.moneyunder30.com.

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New This Week Movies

September 23 — The Magnificent Seven (PG-13), directed by Antione Fuqua, starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke.

September 23 — ­ Storks (PG), directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland, starring Andy Samburg, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Kelsey Grammer, KeeganMichael Key and Jordan Peele.

September 23 — I.T. , directed by John Moore, starring Anna Friel, Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Scott.

September 23 ­— The Dressmaker, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, starring Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook and Judy Davis.

September 23 ­— Queen of Katwe (PG), directed by Mira Nair, starring Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o and Martin Kabanza.

September 23 ­— End of a Gun (R), directed by Keoni Waxman, starring Steven Seagal, Florin Piersic Jr., Jade Ewen and Jacob Grodnik.

September 23 ­— Dirty 30, directed

by Andrew Bush, starring Mamrie Hart, Adam Lustick, Joselyn Hughes, Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart.

Music September 23 — Melt - Boxed In September 23 — Chapter and Verse - Bruce Springsteen September 23 — Low Teens - Every Time I Die September 23 — Physicalist Forma September 23 — Idina. - Idina Menzel September 23 — The Art of Elegance - Kristin Chenoweth September 23 — A Corpse Wired for Sound - Merchandise September 23 — The Healing Component - Mick Jenkins September 23 — Fires Within Fires - Neurosis September 23 — Young As The Morning Old As The Sea - Passenger September 23 — Heads UpWarpaint

Netflix September 23 — Audrie & Daisy (2016), directed by Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen, starring Daisy Coleman, Delaney Henderson and Jim Fall.

September 24 — Portlandia: Season 6 (2016), createed by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.

September 24 — River (2015), created by Abi Morgan, starring Stellan Skarsgard and Nicola Walker.

September 24 — The Imitation Game (2014), directed by Morten Tyldum, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightly and Matthew Goode.

Eastwood’s new film honors pilot hero

by Zach Keast Sports Editor

Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” soars over expectations and lands into the thin waters of good movies made this year, above a sea of action movie flubs. Unlike Clint Eastwood’s last film, 2014’s overrated “American Sniper,” this true to life tale actually works.

“Sully” is the story of the aftermath of the infamous US Airwaves Flight 1549.

The captain of this flight, Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, was forced to land the aircraft in the Hudson River in 2009 after a flock of geese destroyed both of the plane’s engine during takeoff.

National treasure, and Hollywood’s nicest person, Tom Hanks once again reminds us that he is easily one of the greatest actors working right now. He engulfs this character with subtlety and modesty, never accepting the fact that what Sullenberger did was miraculous. He’s called a hero by nearly every person he meets, which seems to irk his principles; he was only doing his job.

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Aaron Eckhart also gives a fantastic performance as Sullenberger’s first officer Jeffery Skiles. A foil to Hanks’ calmness, Eckhart plays a funny, tell-youlike-it-is sidekick.

I’m expecting Hanks and Eckhart to be getting nominations during award season. But what’s the whole reason Eastwood and company made this movie in the first place? The crash.

This film has one of the best disaster scenes in a movie since

Titanic and you get to see it three times, from three different perspectives throughout the film. Once from the passengers point of view, another time from the Coast Guard and NYPD during the rescue and finally in the cockpit. I had goosebumps when the air traffic controller heard “We might end up in the Hudson.”

Eastwood decided to not play a single note of music during these scenes, which only exacerbates the tension. You’re

not saved by heroic or dire music, you just hear the beeping of the plane, and Hanks’ heavy breathing as he tries to save all of the lives on board.

Aside from the impeccably directed crash scenes sprinkled in the middle, this movie doesn’t really have a plot.

Sully is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board for landing a large aircraft in the middle of the Hudson. Insert a few scenes of Tom Hanks jogging around New York and having flashbacks

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Fans, critics love chart-topping project

by Malachi Thornton Staff Writer

One of last year’s top Billboard artists Travi$ Scott released his newest project “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” on Sept. 2, which has appeared at number one on the charts. The album was premiered on his third episode of .wav radio back on Sept. 2 and later was released on iTunes as well as Apple Music On Sept. 11, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and since then has received praise from critics and the hip-hop community.

This album has a variety of artistic collaborations and is packed with a wide range of songs that appeal to various genres. Legends such as Andre 3000 and Kendrick Lamar appear on the album, giving it an infusion of technique

and vivid rhymes. Others that appear on the album are 21 Savage, The Weeknd, Cassie, Kid Cudi, Bryson Tiller and Justin Bieber.

Some would consider this a reach from his former projects and more collaboration heavy.

Scott seems to have found his niche by remaining closer to the center of his endeavors instead of being the dominant sound.

He has become more of the host and DJ, which has given him more opportunity to focus on song production.

He’s the host of the party in this album, combining trap flows with deep saturated tones and symbols spread throughout that add layers onto the already fun sound. It shows Scott’s ability to source from different parts of music today and still turn “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” into the vision he set out for.

Scott has now showed commitment to his signature “Travi$ Scott sound” that is on display in “Birds,” focusing entirely on his style of production. His grandiose but detailed emotion in his music shows in each track as well in the album cover art. The cover art, shot by British photographer Nick Knight, shows Scott as a combination of bird, fallen angel and villain.

Like his mentor Kanye West, Scott seems to be rising quickly through the ranks and forcing his greatest competition to become a part of his creativity opposed to struggling to keep up with it. He is very confident and doesn’t hesitate to mention his position and place in the music world. “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” has proven to be Scott’s best work and he has promised there is even more to be seen in the very near future.

MOVIE

Film offers cliche romance, fails to break the mold

by Sophia Ordaz Staff Writer

In the wake of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” dangerous and even fatal attraction is an ever more popular theme in Hollywood.

“When the Bough Breaks” is just another drop in the seemingly endless ocean of obsessive romance flicks.

John and Laura Taylor (Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall) are unable to bear children and are looking for a surrogate mother. Anna (Jaz Sinclair) seems like the perfect surrogate: eager and selfless. “I’ve never been able to give anyone anything,” she innocently confesses to the couple in an early scene.

Things quickly go awry when Anna’s abusive fiancé assaults her. The Taylors don’t hesitate to take Anna under their wing, giving her full access to their guest house when Anna confesses she has nowhere else to go.

Soon the audience learns of Anna’s obsession with John and of the lengths she will go to have him. Conveniently, Laura, a professional chef, is away on a business trip for much of the film, making it all too easy for mentally unstable Anna to seduce John.

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Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckhart, as Chelsey Sullenberger and Jeffery Skiles, stare at the plane’s landing place on Hudson after their miraculously quick thinking. The film adaptation of their adventure has been rated 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

of the crash, and you have the entire story.

But thanks to Todd Komarnicki’s tight screenplay, these scenes are a lot more entertaining than what I’m describing. However, there’s one scene that will be “Unforgiven.“ (There’s your Clint Eastwood joke of the day.)

During the climax of the movie, we have to sit through six different simulations the NTSB arranged to make Sully look bad.

This sequence took up almost 15 minutes and looked terrible.

I’m pretty sure Eastwood just went to Kennedy Space Center, found two pilots, used a three-camera-setup and made this the climax of his film.

This followed the incredible nearly 20 minute rescue scene.

I have no idea what Eastwood was thinking, but I’m not the one with four Oscars.

While the film drags for the last 15 minutes, “Sully” is used as a showcase of Hanks’ and Eckhart’s acting chops, and Eastwood’s skills behind the camera, all while reminding us that any person can be a hero if he is in the right place at the right time.

“Sully” can be seen at Cinemark Towne Centre and is rated PG-13.

Many fans may disagree, however this song resonates with mass audiences and gives a deep insight into a major character. In this song, Pearl is talking to her dead love through a metaphorical rose.

With lines like “What does it matter it’s already done?” Pearl is questioning her unyielding devotion to something that is in the past, an idea that resonates with many.

Sinclair’s performance is awkward and clumsy. As she falls deeper into her obsession, her acting becomes more and more difficult to believe. Scenes where she spies on John and

jeopardizes his job. His foolish missteps keep the plot going.

And if a film’s plot solely relies on one character’s irrational actions, it makes for a weak and less than compelling story.

Themes that could redeem the film are briefly touched on and then abandoned. For example, Laura talks about her inability to bear a child and describes how it makes her hate her own body. Instead of exploring this vulnerability and emotion, director Jon Cassar never touches this theme again, focusing primarily on John’s struggle not to cheat on his wife.

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“When the Bough Breaks” stars Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall and Jaz Sinclair. It received a 28 percent rating from Metacritic.

Laura are almost comical, instead of suspenseful. Sinclair’s blank gaze and head tilts don’t come off as creepy, but robotic and alien-like. There is a level of disconnect between Sinclair and her character that affects the credibility of the film.

John, a successful lawyer, is ridiculously careless. In one scene, he thoughtlessly opens a message from Anna that he knows is explicit on his work computer, a move that later

2. “Stronger Than You” This catchy song depicts the strength and pride that Garnet possesses about accepting who she is completely, despite the disgust of some. In this moment, she must fight another gem, both literally and figuratively, to defend who she is. It is clear the theme relates beyond the realm of the show itself. It is Garnet’s pride in who she is that gives her confidence and strength during this epic fight scene.

Also, mental illness serves as a plot device. Anna’s mental illness is meant to make her into a threat. Never do characters try to get her professional help; she is demonized by them. Were it not for her mental illness, there would be no plot.

Regardless, if the goal of “When the Bough Breaks” was to make a rather tasteless, large budget Lifetime film, it was successful. “When the Bough Breaks” follows the same tired formula, yet it still managed to fill the filmmakers’ pockets with $15 million on opening weekend, according to Forbes.

The film can be seen at Cinemark Towne Centre and is rated PG-13.

3. “Here Comes a Thought” For anyone who obsesses about the small stuff, this song is a must. In the song, Stevonnie and Garnet react to “all these little things” that consume a person on a daily basis. Butterflies are utilized to represent consuming thoughts.

Thanks to Stevonnie and Garnet, this song provides a meaningful lesson about confronting your crippling thoughts and letting them go.

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M.I.A. takes a moment to address fans on stage. On Sept. 9, her newest, and supposedly final, album was released.

M.I.A. delivers political album

by Sophia Ordaz Staff Writer

M.I.A. is one of contemporary music’s most explosive artists, yet also one of its most unnoticed. Many know the rapper for her infamous performance with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl where she boldly flipped off cameras, later facing a $16.6 million fine from the NFL, according to ESPN. Or they are familiar with her incredibly popular 2007 single, “Paper Planes,” a track that is still emblematic of the 2000s.

With her fifth, and reportedly final, studio album, “AIM,” M.I.A.’s carefree “Paper Planes” days are a distant memory. “AIM,” her most politically charged work to date, grapples with such topics as the refugee crisis, privilege and class differences.

The video for “Borders” features M.I.A. amid boatloads of refugees. She defiantly points out injustices on the track, punctuating each remark with a pointed, “What’s up with that?”

“Borders” is dark and electronic, a powerful political and social statement. Drawing from her perspective as a Sri Lankan refugee, M.I.A. shares a message of unity and of a world with no borders.

The rest of “AIM,” however, is directionless and confused.

The album is made up of 17 songs and comes in at only 54 minutes. It’s no surprise that the songs are half-baked and rushed, seeming more like unfinished projects than thought out music.

On “Bird Song,” M.I.A is tired and flat, relying on lifeless and borderline cheesy lyrics: “I believe like R. Kelly, we can fly / But toucan fly together / Staying rich like an ostrich.”

“Jump Song” is repetitive, dull and possibly the weakest track on “AIM.” The track

4. “Do It for Her” Pearl and Connie throughout the series have one thing in common: their lack of self-assurance. Here, Pearl teaches Connie how to sword fight. Connie’s mindset begins to take on a problematic intent.

She is willing to put Steven’s life above her own. Though devotion is typically viewed as a positive attribute, this song depicts the unhealthy limits to which devotion can take you.

features little and, at times, no instrumentation, bringing M.I.A. to the forefront. But her voice sounds weak and drained, lacking her former energy and passion.

Its only redeemable quality is M.I.A.’s border imagery and immigration commentary. At a time when immigration issues and the European refugee crisis are pressing topics, perspectives like M.I.A.’s are sadly lacking in Western music.

M.I.A. collaborates with former One Direction heartthrob Zayn on “Freedun.”

M.I.A. is rebellious and youthful, as she was in her 2012 single “Bad Girls.”

Zayn’s chorus is soothing and atmospheric, a nice offset to M.I.A.’s bouncy rhythm. The track has all of the ingredients to be a hit single: an upbeat instrumental, a popular guest feature and an energetic performance by M.I.A.. But the track lacks cohesion and sounds unfinished, likely due to the fact that the two artists collabed over WhatsApp. Despite the album’s shortcomings, “AIM” is unique, political and cool, although not always collected.

Its value lies in its inventive samplings, like in the track “Swords” which features the sounds of a sword match, and in its message of unity, cultural exchange and tolerance.

“I’m interested in humanity and human beings. I want to do something positive,” M.I.A. said in a 2016 interview with “Pitchfork” magazine. “My work is born out of ideas coming together and people coming together and cultures coming together and colors coming together and music coming together. You have to tolerate that. That’s the future. Being tolerant is the future.”

The album is available on iTunes for $17.99.

5. “Strong in the Real Way” In this song, Steven has grown obsessed about gaining muscles. Pearl describes how she can teach Steven to be strong “in the real way.” Steven then uses these same lyrics to encourage his friends. This hints at the eventual realization that true strength derives from an individual’s skillset. This song tackles the preconception of strength, combating it with a new perspective.

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September 21, 2016

Editor’s Take

Heisman award race will be tough this year

By Denn-Warren Tafah Assistant Sports Editor

The Heisman is an award that goes to the most outstanding player in college football.

Who I think will win the Heisman are Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, California receiver Chad Hansen, Houston quarterback Greg Ward, Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts and Stanford running back Christian Mccaffrey.

My personal favorite is Hurts, who is a freshman at quarterback for the best team in college football.

His poise and confidence are extremely high for a freshman, especially one playing in front of a home crowd of 100,000 people.

Jackson is high on my list, as well. This guy made it look so easy while attending Boynton Beach high school, and is doing the same in college.

Against number two ranked Florida State, he scored four times in the first half and is second overall in rushing yards in the NCAA with 464 yards.

Next up is Ward, who is continuing his success from last year with the Houston Cougars.

He didn’t play against Lamar, but against the Sooners and the Bearcats he averaged 323.5 passing yards. Stanford running back Mccaffrey, who was a couple touchdowns away from winning last year, is the fan favorite this year.

Finally, California wide receiver Hansen, who has more of a chance of winning the Biletnikoff award (best receiver), is my sleeper pick.

If he was successful at kick and punt returning, or playing another position he would definitely have a chance, since just being a great receiver is not enough to earn Heisman.

Right now he leads the NCAA in receiving yards, with 546 yards, 40 receptions and five touchdowns.

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(Left to right) Juniors Sarah Mayorga, Anna Hughes and sophomore Lauren Mercuri are the goal keepers for the UCA women’s soccer team. They have been essential to the Bears’ winning streak, while breaking school records.

Bears goal keepers break records, hopeful for success

By Brandon Jones Staff Writer

The UCA women’s soccer team currently has three players protecting the goal and helping make this a record breaking season: junior Sarah Mayorga, sophomore Lauren Mercuri and junior Anna Hughes.

Though Mayorga has yet to play a game this season, the goalkeepers are swapped during games, allowing for all of them to play at some point during the season.

According to the goalies, they have all played soccer since they were young: Mayorga since she was eight, Mercuri since she could walk and Hughes since she was three.

Mercuri’s parents wanted to coach her, and she was

eventually thrown into the goal and was able to block the shots very well.

Mercuri’s father is the person who has been the most supportive and a role model for her.

Once a swimmer at North Carolina University, her father always had a competitive mindset, Mercuri said.

This made it easy for him to be supportive of anything she needed to do with soccer.

Mercuri is majoring in business marketing and minoring in management, and said that her father has had marketing jobs and marketing has been her passion since high school.

She hopes to work for some kind of Fortune 500 company and rise through the ranks.

For Mayorga, the people who have been most supportive are her mother and brother, both of whom went to all of her games, motivated her and made sure she got to all her games.

Mayorga is majoring in speech pathology and hopes to get her Master’s degree and work with the elderly.

She plans to move back to Texas for graduate school where she can be close to her family.

Hughes said that her biggest supporters are her parents, who have always told her she was good and never tried to tell her that she should or shouldn’t play soccer.

Hughes is currently in the nursing program, which she sees as an interesting combination with soccer.

She has always been

6:30 p.m. Sept.

22 vs. Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana

By Michelle Moore Staff Writer

Women’s Soccer

7 p.m. Sept. 23 vs.

McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana Men’s Soccer

Football

6 p.m. Sept. 24 vs.

Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkansas

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Senior running back Antwon Wells celebrates as the Bears score a touchdown. Wells had 25 rushes during Saturday’s game, adding 129 yards to his statistics.

Bears football beats Northwestern

By Denn-Warren Tafah Assistant Sports Editor

On Saturday, Sept. 17 the University of Central Arkansas football team won against Northwestern State University at Estes Stadium at UCA, with a score of 24-10.

The Bears came into this game (1-0) in conference and (1-1) overall, after losing to Samford 35-29.

“Explosive plays and turnovers are the difference in ball games, if you don’t turn the football over you have a big chance of winning the game.

Last week that’s what hurt us, so we made a big emphasis on protecting the football,” UCA coach Steve Campbell said.

According to their Twitter

page, Central Arkansas had the number one run stop defense in the country before the game with 2.2 yards per game, ranking over top college football teams like Alabama, Miami and Houston.

Central Arkansas came out playing hard-nose football, they ran the ball out of the I-formation, pro-style and even shotgun.

In the first quarter they ran 17 times with four different running backs for 73 yards while throwing five times for 14 yards. “[The backfield] can do some special things it just a matter of who gets the hot hand,” Campbell said.

Both teams were scoreless by the end of the first quarter, but by the start of the second

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Bears go to Orlando, come home with W’s

Volleyball

2 p.m. Sept. 24 vs. University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana

not scoring, but in reality it is a combination of the goalies and having a good defense that prevents the opposing team from being able to take any shots.

“We’re each other’s biggest fans,” Hughes said. “You don’t succeed as a whole if you don’t succeed internally, and we’re all at a point where we all know each other really well and we all just click and that’s something that not all teams have.”

The soccer coaches are also like an extended family for the teammates.

“If there was one thing I wanted to say I would say that our coaches are amazing,” Mercuri said. “They always push us to do our best, they have

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passionate about nursing and hopes to go to graduate school and become a nurse practitioner.

“I’m from Houston, so I’m planning on going home and going there,” Hughes said. “There are so many opportunities there.

I’ll probably have to take a year off, but anything is possible.”

The team lost two players last year when they graduated, but Mercuri said the current team works has been able to bring in new players and work together, even hanging out outside of practice and games.

“Our team is like a huge family, and we’re like a bunch of sisters together,” Mercuri said.

According to Hughes, goalkeepers often get a lot of the credit for the opposing team

junior quarterback Hayden Hildebrand threw a 49-yard pass to senior receiver Jatavious Wilson for a touchdown.

“I was really keying in on the ball, I just wanted to make a play because we were lacking plays throughout the game. We had a problem finishing and I just felt like if the ball was in the air I could catch it and finish to put my team in a good situation,” Wilson said.

Senior receiver Desmond Smith caught the next touchdown with the clock at 5:52.

By the end of the first half, Antwon Wells seemed to be the go-to running back, averaging

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The Sugar Bears wrapped up their last non-conference play of the season in the Holiday Inn Orlando East/UCF Challenge in Orlando, Florida, bringing home two wins and one loss.

The Sugar Bears opened the tournament with two matches on Sept. 16, playing Central Michigan University (CMU) at 9 a.m. then University of Central Florida (UCF) at 6:30 p.m. and closed the tournament with their game against University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC Asheville) on Sept. 17 at 10 a.m.

Opening with a 4-0 lead in the first set, the Sugar Bears won their first game against CMU in three straight sets with set scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-17, and putting the Bears at an overall 5-6 record, according to ucasports.com.

Although the Chippewas took the lead in both the second and third sets, UCA was able to trade points and gain a 13-12 lead in the second set, then did the same in the third set, trading points before gaining a 19-8 lead and closing the set out for a three straight-set win.

“Our serving was key to this match as well as our mentality,” coach Jeni Jones Chatman said.

Team leaders in the first game consisted of sophomore Hailey Tippett, sophomore Samantha Anderson, sophomore Kellen Dunn and junior Megan Nash.

“Megan [Nash] had a terrific match. Had no attack errors for hitting 0.667 hitting percentage. That is impressive,” Jones said.

The Sugar Bears played

their second game later that evening, losing to the UCF Knights in four sets with scores of 25-17, 16-25, 23-25, 16-25, putting them at an overall record of 5-7.

The Sugar Bears won the first set with 25-17 points but lost the next three sets with 16-25, 23-25 and 16-25, and ultimately the game, according to ucasports.com.

“I think the main takeaways from the first two games were that we know the power of our team when we play as a whole.

Every one of us showed to be a key in finding our rhythm and success,“ Nash said.

The Sugar Bears wrapped up the tournament on Sept.

17 with a win against UNC Asheville. UCA won the first two sets, 25-11 and 25-23, before losing the third set 21-25 to the Bulldogs.

After trading runs back and forth, the Sugar Bears claimed a 13-6 run to shut out the set with 25-16 points and win the game, according to ucasports.com Along with bringing home two victories, Sugar Bears sophomore Samantha Anderson and freshman Elizabeth Armstrong were named all-tournament.

Tippet led the Bears with 15 kills and four blocks against UNC Asheville.

Anderson wasn’t far behind, with 14 kills and five blocks.

The Sugar Bears will open the Southland Conference on Thursday, Sept. 22 with their game at 6:30 p.m. against Nichols State University at Thibodaux, Louisiana, before heading to Lake Charles, Louisiana to face McNeese State University at 12:30 p.m.

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Football

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24-10

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W-Soccer

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4-1

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2-1

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3-1

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Women’s golf lands in top 10

By Monica Sanders Staff Writer

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Junior defender Jessica Pantuso kicks the ball on the field against Sam Houston State on Sept. 16 at Bill Stephens field. She played 21 minutes in the match.

Women’s soccer continues winning

By Jordan Johnson News Editor

The UCA women’s soccer team beat the Sam Houston State University Bearkats 4-1 in the first game of the Southland Conference Sept.

16 at the Bill Stephens Soccer Complex.

Associate Head Coach Derek Nichols said the Bears (6-3-0) have not beat the Bearkats (0-9-0) in eight seasons.

“That was a team that last year beat us in the conference tournament, and we actually hadn’t beaten them in eight seasons,” Nichols said. “They typically make the top of the conference year in and year out, so it was a big, big win for us.”

Nichols said the team had watched film on the Bearkats’ games, so they knew what to expect going into the game.

Sophomore defender Kristen Ricks said after this win, she was confident going into the Southland Conference.

“I think we have a really good chance of winning, because this team was actually the runner-up last year and we beat them by three goals this time, so I do think we have a really good chance of getting far,” Ricks said. “It really shows how we’re progressing.”

The Bears made a total of 23 shots during the game;

12 were shots on goal (SOG).

The Bearkats made a total of 11 shots and 6 SOG. With 43 minutes left in the first half, Bearkat senior forward Jordan Jarzombek made an attempt at the goal.

At this point, the game had been interrupted twice by a puppy who had escaped his leash and run out to the field.

Both times, the ref halted the game until the puppy was caught.

Sophomore Forward Camille Bassett scored the first of two points 10 minutes into the game. In other games this season, Bassett has made at most five attempts on the goal; she also made more goals in this game than any other this season.

Sophomore midfielder and forward Ashley Smith scored the second goal for the Bears with 26 minutes left in the first half. Junior forward Dayna Mounie assisted.

At four minutes left in the first half, the Bearkats made their first and only goal of the game. The ball was momentarily stopped by junior goalkeeper Anna Hughes before falling into the goal above her fingers.

Mounie made three attempts for the goal in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Her last attempt, at 33 minutes, went into the goal but was determined offsides and wasn’t counted.

At 32 minutes left in the

second half, Bassett made her second of two goals.

Ricks made an attempt at the goal at 26 minutes; the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper. In the last 20 minutes of the second half, the Bearkats made several attempts at the goal, but none were successful.

Freshman midfielder Jordan Slim scored at six minutes left in the game.

Junior midfielder Avery Taylor assisted.

Nichols said the game went well overall, despite some hiccups.

“Once we finally got our foot on the ball we were able to create some chances,” Nichols said. “Should have probably had three, four, five [goals] early in the game, but we got two, and then they kind of got one goal that was kind of one of those shots from a distance, the keeper mishandled it just a little bit.”

In the second half, we came out, did what we needed to do and we put them away.”

Ricks said the Bears’ defense did very well at keeping the ball out of the goal, and that the one goal the Bearkats scored was more of a fluke than anything.

“I think the ref wasn’t making very good calls,” Ricks said. “He called it and it just went over our goalie’s hands, not much else you can do.

That was the only chance they pretty much had.”

The women’s golf team placed eighth overall on Sept. 13 at the Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock, Texas.

Emma Svensson, sophomore, placed 6th at the invitational with 71-72-77 strokes, placing best out of the team.

“I was super excited, it was really fun to start competing again. We’ve been practicing a lot in the summer. I felt like I came back and was feeling ready so it was really fun to just go out and play,” Svensson said.

Cindy Oh, sophomore, also placed high at 10th in the Red Raider Invitational with a score of 72-74-76, according to UCA Sports.

“Cindy Oh played really well and I’m really happy for her. I feel like [our team] becomes better everyday.”

Svensson said.

Women’s golf head coach Natasha Vincent said she was pleased with how the team’s

first invitational went.

“We were leading after 27 holes, and we were up against some good teams,” Vincent said. “Overall we finished middle of the pack. I feel good as far as the start of our the season.”

Junior Fernanda Lira finished 52nd with a score of 79-77-80, YeJi Lim, freshman, placed 61st with a final score of 83-74-83, and senior Brenda Gonzalez finished at 65th with a score of 78-80-84, said UCA Sports.

UCA was preceded in the tournament by New Mexico State, Texas Tech, University of Oregon, Augusta State University, East Tennessee State, Santa Clara University and University of Iowa.

“There were a lot of new teams that we hadn’t played before, really good teams, so it was a good tournament,” Svensson said.

Svensson said even though she finished best of her teammates at the Red Raider Invitational, she plays for UCA. “I always go into the tournament like I’m playing

for my team. But since golf is such an individual sport you still have to get into your own bubble and just focus on what you’re doing … I’m proud of myself for playing well, my game felt good the whole week. I know my team is really good so I’m excited for the next event.” Svensson said.

The women’s golf team heads to the Golfweek Women’s Conference Challenge next in Vail, Colorado. The tournament runs from Sept. 25 to 28.

The team is representing the Southland Conference.

“It’s cool to get exposure to lots of different teams,” Vincent said. “You don’t get invited to it very often, so when you get the chance to go you have to take it.”

“I’ve got a lot of confidence right now on the course so I’m excited,” Svensson said.

“I’ve never been in Colorado before so it’s gonna be fun.”

Vincent felt pride with how she played.

“I am overall very proud of the [Red Raider Invitational], it was a good start to the season,” Vincent said.

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Juniors Sarah Mayorga, Anna Hughes and sophomore Lauren Mercuri are the goalies for the Bears. They play against McNeese State on Sept. 23.

Success:

UCA women’s soccer keeps shutting out opponents

thanks to the Bears’ goalies; teammates look toward NCAA tournament season.

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Sophomore wide receiver Jakari Dillard and junior wide receiver Dwayne Smith look toward the quarterback before the snap.

The Bears offense was able to put 24 points on the board.

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UCA wins with the help of the defense again. The Demons

were only able to score 10 points on 135 passing yards.

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7.2-yards a carry.

“I knew Antwon was due for a break out. He is too good of a football player, I had him for two years of [junior college] and he works hard,” Campbell said.

On the next touchdown, Hildebrand showed off his running ability, scrambling for a 12-yard touchdown.

At the end of the third quarter the Bears were up 24-7.

great ideas, and they listen to us and take care of us. They treat us like family.”

Hughes agreed with her teammate.

“I think they’re really inspiring, how they live their lives. They both have families and are great dads, they are good Christians, and they are not only good for support with soccer but we can go to them with any kind of problem and they’ll always be there.”

The UCA women’s soccer team has won six of nine games and lost only three, according to ucasports.com

The three women said they are happy about how the season is going, where it might go in the future and that records are being broken.

“Our games have been going really well,” Mayorga said. “We got our fourth shutout in a row, and this is the first time this has happened in the history of UCA.” Hughes said the sky is the limit regarding the team’s future.

“This is the best our team has ever been, we keep breaking records, and I’m excited to see how far we can

go.” The three are hopeful that the team can go to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

“I really think that we have a good opportunity to win conference meeting,” Mercuri said. “Every team has a chance, and just because someone has won multiple times in a row doesn’t necessarily mean they have a better chance to win. I think we have a good chance to win NCAA tournament.”

The next game the women’s soccer team will play will be against McNeese State.

University on Friday, Sept. 23.

Live Your Adventure In the fourth quarter, Northwestern had a chance to come back, down 24-10 with 09:50 left but couldn’t capitalize.

Wells finished the game with 25 rushes for 129 yards and overall the Bears rushed 62 times for 227 yards.

“I have been waiting on this moment for a long time, so it felt really good to get that amount of carries but there is always

room for improvement,” Wells said. “I don’t come in expecting that many carries but I guess they wanted to roll with me this game, so I took advantage of it.”

Defensively the Bears held the Demons to 180 rushing yards and 135 passing yards.

The next Bears football game is in Jonesboro, Arkansas against Arkansas State on Sept. 24. The game will be on ESPN 3.

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