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Fountain of News STEM Students Visit Arkansas State Capitol More than 90 undergraduate students from 14 Arkansas universities and colleges present posters featuring original research from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Feb. 6. at the Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda in Little Rock.

Sixty-two posters from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students included data and photographs.

Tickets for Crystal Bridges Trip Available UCA’s Division of International Engagement is selling tickets for a trip to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Tickets are on sale for $10 at the Carol Adcock International House. The museum features works from American artists such as Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol. For more information, visit uca.edu/ international.

Jabberwock Week Focuses on African American Community Appreciation Delta Sigma Theta sorority’s Jabberwock week began at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 with a “This is Why I Dance” program in the Student Center Ballroom. The week-long event focuses on African American community appreciation at the local and national level. A talent show and Greek Swap are scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight in Doyne Auditorium. The week continues with a lip sync event at 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 in Doyne Auditorium and concludes with a gas pump at Bears Den Gas Station at 4 p.m.

Feb. 8. Events are free and open to the public. Donations are accepted.

The Fountain Turns Three Years Old UCA’s daily online news source, The Fountain, turns three years old Feb. 8. Upcoming projects for the publication include new columns, online features and the new Instagram feature.

Weekly Columns Give Insight Into Style, Health The Fountain’s junior Tyler Scott began a weekly style column Feb. 4 with a feature on cardigans for guys. Each article will feature cost-effective tips for people looking to improve their wardrobe. Senior Kathy Kelly, Fountain writer, began a weekly column on health and fitness Jan. 31. The column discusses ways students can get fit and offers alternatives for people who are fearful of certain workout techniques.

View More Stories at MyFountainOnline.com Stories featured include articles written by Fountain writers.

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Former President Allen Meadors, who received a misdemeanor charge for violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act and a $250 fine on Jan. 15, was found out to have viewed enough online pornography, while still university president, to cost the university almost $1,000 in data usage in one week, according to an Arkansas DemocratGazette article.

Meadors used up almost $1,000 in UCA-paid data plans on a university iPad in one week while overseas. While president, Meadors made three trips to China and one to Mexico.

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At the time, AT&T data plans cost $199 a month for 200 megabytes. Meadors used fives times that much in one week.

According to the article, UCA Director of Web Development Brent Passmore said “e-mail and ‘regular surfing of the web’ would not consume that many megabytes” and that Meadors’s browsing history Allen Meadors included visits to Mr. Skin, a website for celebrity photos and videos.

“And during one of the trips, [Meadors] had used - he was gone for a weeek and

had used four or five data plans,” Passmore said in the article. “And when you’re traveling, I mean, if AT&T thinks you’re going to use 200 [megabytes] a month and you use five of those in a week, the question became, okay, what’s happening, what’s he doing, what’s he, you know, viewing, if you will.”

Passmore declined to comment to The Echo on Feb. 4 regarding the matter.

UCA spokesman Fredricka Sharkey sent an email to the Democrat-Gazette on Feb. 1 that said Meadors is not reimbursing the university.

Meadors was interviewed in March 2012 by Rick Newton, a senior special agent with the state police. Passmore told Newton that he learned of Meadors’

pornography viewing when he began looking into why Meadors was using several international plans’ worth of data.

Meadors was asked about “male techniques of masturbation” Google searches found on his computer, which he justified as something he did while his wife Barbara was in North Carolina.

According to the article, Meadors said: “Probably once or twice a week, I look at some porn.”

Meadors said he likes to check up on a former brunette student who became a porn star and who graduated from the

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WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT

by Marisa Hicks Associate Editor

UCA has decided to award the university’s beverage services contract to the Coca-Cola Refreshment Company.

Pepsi was awarded the contract 10 years ago, and its contract was up for renewal this year. However, the evaluation committee awarded the contract to Coca-Cola.The current contract with Pepsi runs through May 30.

Vice President of University and Government Relations Jeff Pitchford said new negotiations with Coca-Cola should be set in place by May 31.

He said possible changes to the Pepsi Center have not been discussed yet.

“The Pepsi Center facility will remain on campus,” Pitchford said. “However, any changes concerning the name of the facility has not been decided on at this point.”

The contract with Coca-Cola will bring in about $2.2 million.

In the past, the athletic department has received funding from Pepsi.

However, academic faculty are standing up, saying academic departments are overdue for more funding and that the money could go toward scholarships.

Marketing professor Don Bradley III said at the Jan. 24 Faculty Senate meeting, “In my opinion, in the past we [academic departments] haven’t gotten things because we haven’t asked for them.”

Student Government Association President senior Spencer Sims said she is excited about the switch because it better represents student opinion.

“After we polled the students informally, it was obvious that they were ready to make the switch to Coke,” Sims said. “Decisions like this are never simple, though, and I am thankful for the hard work that the [evaluation] committee put into the process to ensure that the ultimate decision will be best for the students of UCA.” Contract negotiations will begin at 2 p.m. Feb. 11 in Wingo Hall 210.

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Senior Ben Hyunh, sophomore Jennie Le and junior Linh Tran draw ideas for the semester at a Vietnamese Student Association meeting Jan. 28 in the Student Center. At the event, upcoming events were discussed and members participated in ice breakers.

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Speakers talk freedom at liberty summit Linn fired after refusing to resign

by Stephen Reynolds Entertainment Editor

The UCA chapter of Young Americans for Liberty explained the components of libertarianism Feb. 2 by hosting the second annual Arkansas Liberty Summit.

There were six guest speakers and YAL co-founder, Britney Logan closed out the speaker portion of the summit.

The speakers included Dugan King, a former investment banker and former president of the Little Rock Downtown Neighborhood Association; Curtis Coleman, Chairman of the Institute for

Constitution Policy in Little Rock and host of the “Coleman Commentary” radio show; Frank Gilbert, former mayor of Tull and the first Libertarian to be elected to partisan office in Arkansas; Dan Greenburg, attorney and President of the Advance Arkansas Institute; Elizabeth Norkleby, founder of Central Baptist College’s College Republican chapter and self-proclaimed “professional student” and Brian Gwatney, former combat engineer for the United States Army and BNSF Railway locomotive

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Above average university employee pay shows salary discrepancies

by Peyton Olsen Staff Writer

The president and five vice presidents of the University of Central Arkansas are paid above the state allowed maximum, while the remaining 1,352 benefits-eligible employees are paid an average 35.7 percent below appropriated maximums.

President Tom Courtway, Vice President for Enrollment Management Robert Parrent, Vice President of Student Services Ronald Williams, interim Provost and Vice President

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of Academic Affairs Steve Runge, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Shelley Mehl and Vice President of Finance and Administration Diane Newton make on average 6.7 percent more than the line item maximum salary listed in the 2013 UCA appropriation bill. Newton, whose salary is $174,625, is at 14.1 percent above the state maximum.

Courtway said state law gives UCA the authority to exceed the maximum by 25 percent for 10 percent of its benefits-eligible employees.

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The statute states university positions eligible to be paid above the maximum are president, chancellor, academic dean, division head or chair, department chair, distinguished professor, university professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor.

Vice President for University and Government Relations Jeff Pitchford said

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Following an internal audit report, Andrew Linn, assistant director of scholarships, was fired by UCA President Tom Courtway.

According to an Arkansas DemocratGazette article, Linn was informed of his termination via an email from Courtway at 7:01 p.m. Jan. 28.

UCA records show Linn acted irresponsibly by authorizing financial aid for former student Cameron Stark, a key witness in the Jack Gillean case.

Gillean, former chief of staff, resigned June 15 after allegations surfaced that he gave Stark, 24, two UCA keys and his university ID to access buildings on campus. Days prior to Gillean’s resignation, Linn reported that someone had stolen four potentially addictive pills from Linn’s desk at UCA. Linn refused to resign, saying in an email to Courtway that he had not done anything wrong in relation to his work at UCA. According to the article, Courtway sent an email to Linn that the two had met in the president’s office at 11:15 a.m.

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Police Beat The following reports and arrests are from the UCAPD docket. UCAPD reports any tickets issued as arrests, according to ucapd.com.

Accident damages car in gravel lot east of Bear Village Student Tanner Williams, 19, contacted UCAPD and informed dispatch at 10:03 p.m. Jan. 27 that he had been involved in a parking lot accident in the gravel lot east of Bear Village.

When UCAPD arrived, they made contact with the owner of the parked vehicle, student Kaleb Knight, 21.

Knight was not present when his vehicle was hit.

Williams told UCAPD that he was backing out of a parking spot in his white 1997 Ford Ranger when his foot slipped off the brake pedal, causing him to hit a red 2003 Chevorlet Blazer parked behind him. There were small amounts of paint transferred onto Knight’s vehicle, but there was no noticeable damage to either vehicle.

Estimated damages for both vehicles was $50.

Student cited for DUI, possession of controlled substance Student Jace Alexander, Jr., 19, was issued citations for driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and speeding at 1:16 a.m. Jan. 27.

UCAPD watched Alexander’s brown Toyota Prius traveling at 44 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone.

UCAPD pulled Alexander over at Four Winds Church on 2005 Dave Ward Drive. Alexander said he was heading to Little Rock. Alexander’s speech was slurred and he had a dazed look on his face. Alexander informed UCAPD that drank J&J Whiskey 30 minutes before the stop, his vehicle smelled of marijuana.

Alexander was placed in the back of the patrol car after completing a sobriety test.

UCAPD asked dispatch to notify Pro-Auto to tow the vehicle. Before the vehicle was towed, UCAPD discovered a small amount of marijuana and a pipe in the glove box. Alexander said the marijuana belonged to him but the car was his friends.

After arriving at the UCA Police Department, Alexander agreed to take a breath test. Alexander blew a 0.07 in the breathalyzer.

Alexander was not charged of drug paraphernalia and the pipe was destroyed.

Marijuana found in Conway Hall; students issued warnings Students Gregory Meadows, 18, Damien Morris, 19, and Miracle Morris, 21, were issued warnings for drug violation at 2:10 p.m. Jan. 30.

UCAPD could smell marijuana while conducting a security check of Conway Hall. UCAPD followed the smell to room 107. UCAPD knocked on the door and resident, Gregory Meadows opened the door.

As Meadows opened the door, the smell became stronger. Damien Morris and Miracle Morris were also in the room. UCAPD asked them for their IDs. After receiving their IDs, UCAPD explained to them why they had entered and asked if there was anything to hide that UCAPD should be aware of.

All suspects said there was not and that they were not smoking. Meadows said he had not smoked recently.

Meadows was asked for his consent on a search for the room and declined.

Alcohol violations issued for eight students Students Blue Davis, 18, Kaleb Hadley, 18, Zuleima Reyes, 18, Cierra Hughes, 18, Rayshaun Griffin, 18, Brent Rolen, 18, John Parker, 25, and Sharena Parker, 18, were issued judicial board citations for alcohol violations at 11:46 p.m. Jan. 31.

UCAPD was dispatched to Bear Hall room 155 in reference to an alcohol violation. UCAPD was told by the hall’s Resident Assistant the students in the room were having a small party. As UCAPD approached the room, they could hear glass bottles clinking and people talking about liquor.

Davis opened the door after UCAPD knocked.

UCAPD asked Davis and Hughes to step outside of the room. UCAPD asked residents if any alcohol was present and they said there was. Davis and Hughes allowed UCAPD to enter the room.

After entering, UCAPD noticed two bottles of Burnett’s Vodka on a table in the common area of the room. Davis said she bought the liquor. UCAPD told Davis pour the alcohol down the sink.

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this bump in pay, like a careerservice bonus, is given to “wellqualified,” academic personnel.

UCA pays department chairs an average salary of $101,756, which is 25.6 percent below the appropriated maximum.

Academic deans make 11.1 percent less than the maximum, with an average salary of $129,929.62.

Professors make an average salary of $81,828, which is 39.2 percent below the appropriated maximum.

Associate professors fall 44.7 percent under the maximum of $125,181; assistant professors are 47.8 percent below maximum of $106,472 and instructors finish with 46.2 percent below maximum of $87,525.

UCA does not currently employ anyone with a distinguished or university professor title, according the 2013 fiscal year budget.

The statute said coaches and athletic directors are not considered in the exception.

The athletic director’s, coaches’ and assistant coaches’ salaries average 27.6 percent below maximum.

Graham Gillis, associate vice president for human resources and risk management, said employees are recommended to Courtway to be reviewed as one of the 10 percent of over-the maximum paid employees.

Courtway said, “I set those

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salaries; or rather I recommend them to the board [of trustees] and then it is on the personal list just like any other salary.”

“The principle that salary levels of administrators and coaching staff need to be set high enough to attract and retain excellent leaders should apply to all employees of the university.” ­— Kevin Browne, faculty senate president

Kevin Browne, faculty senate president, said at the Sept. 7, 2012 board of trustees meeting that it is “demoralizing” that faculty is going a sixth year without a costof-living increase.

The stagnant salaries have caused some UCA professors to look elsewhere for employment, he said.

Browne said that he believes

the administration is supportive of the faculty but that the lack of a salary adjustment is the source of practical, moral and morale issues on campus.

“The principle that salary levels of administrators and coaching staff need to be set high enough to attract and retain excellent leaders should apply to all employees of the university,” Browne said. “The high quality of instruction at this institution is its most valuable asset.”

Browne said he is hopeful that the budgeting for the next fiscal year will include salary adjustments that can assure “equity” that UCA urgently needs.

Courtway said he is confident a cost-of-living adjustment will be factored into the 2014 operating budget, but the level of that adjustment has not been decided.

“We’re going to do anything we can to put [a faculty and staff raise] in place,” Courtway said. “It is overdue and it’s needed.”

UCA’s newest administrative hire, Executive Assistant to the President Gilbert Baker started in January making $132,000, 13.7 percent below the appropriated salary for the position.

Prior to his election to the Arkansas Senate in 2000, Baker worked at UCA as a music instructor.

Baker also acted as sponsor for the 2013 appropriation bill in the 2012 legislative session.

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UCA Student Government Association Executive President senior Spencer Sims and Executive Vice President senior Jovana Ilic speak at the Feb. 4 meeting. SGA members discussed food service problems and solutions.

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University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where Meadors used to work. The former brunette student’s stage name is Carmen Hart.

Hart received an Adult Video News award for Best Actress in 2009 and Best Group Sex Scene in a film in 2007.

On Jan. 15, Meadors pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, a

destroy a letter from food vendor Aramark regarding a letter from Aramark saying the food vendor would donate $700,000 to renovate the president’s home in exchange for a contract renewal with UCA. Meadors resigned from presidency Sept. 2, 2011, after the board of trustees voted to buy out Meadors’ $563,312 contract, $225,325 of which was publicly funded.

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Jan. 28 with Associate Provost Laura Young and Interim General Counsel Katie Henry to discuss Linn’s employment.

Prior to his termination, Linn emailed Courtway at 3:53 p.m., saying: “After much thought and discussion with my attorney, I will not resign my position as I have violated no federal, state, institutional, or office policies.”

Courtway responded in an email that Linn was terminated from his position “effective immediately.”

Linn’s personnel file, obtained

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Class C misdemeanor.

Originally Meadors was charged for tampering with a public document, a Class A misdemeanor on Aug. 29, 2012. Meadors is the second consecutive UCA president to plead guilty to criminal charges.

He was charged with tampering with a public document for asking Vice President of Finance and Administration Diane Newton to

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Freedom of Information Act, references several conversations via text messages.

On May 3, 2011, Stark texted Linn saying, “Was going to see if you had any medicine. I found some though. I’m done w/my exams now though.”

Additional text messages referenced student loans and increasing Stark’s budget for summer classes.

On March 7, 2011, Stark asked Linn, “That’s how much excess aid I have without loans?”

According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette article,

Stark was offered $30,887.50 in presidential scholarship funds, $28,485 for room and board, $13,795 for transportation, $28,003 for tuition and fees, $13,000 in Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarships, $21,968 in federal Pell Grant funds and other forms of financial assistance.

Linn’s personnel file references Stark as a “personal acquaintance.” According to the Democrat-Gazette article, Linn told UCA administrators that he and Stark were aquaintances but were not personal friends.

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Professor’s book highlights experiences during civil rights movement Webster-Smith alludes to work of Martin Luther King, Jr., describes influence ‘In the Presence of a King’ has on everyone

by Spencer Griffin Campus Life Editor

“In the Presence of a King” highlights author Angela WebsterSmith’s experiences as a seven year old during the civil rights movement.

Webster-Smith, leadership studies associate professor, said the title alludes to the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the historic work he did to forward the civil rights movement.

Webster-Smith’s daughter Jerica Webster Mitchell illustrated the book.

Webster-Smith said she relied heavily on memories of overheard conversations between her parents and grandparents about the movement when she was a child in Memphis. WebsterSmith said that at an early age she understood enough to realize that people were not treated equally and that not everyone had the opportunity to reach their full potential.

“It was interesting to me because, as a child, I believed I had hope for my future, so it was interesting that the adults felt that they didn’t have hope,” she said.

Webster-Smith said her grandfather was a sanitation worker and that because of segregation he did not have a place to wash up after work.

She said he would have to get on the bus to go back home smelling of the day’s job.

Webster-Smith said the “higher intention” for the book is for children to dream and identify the ways they are special.

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“In the Presence of a King” features the artwork of Jerica Webster Mitchell, Webster-Smith’s daughter. The book meant for readers of all ages is available for purchase on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.

She said adults have come up to her and told her they realize, through the book, that “there are things inside of me that I need to unwrap.”

The book references this concept, which is where WebsterSmith said readers get their inspiration.

“We need to unwrap the gifts inside of us,” she said.

Webster-Smith said part of her inspiration comes from the song “One Night with the King”

by Jeannie Tenney, which she said is the biblical representation of her book.

The lyrics to the song, as Webster-Smith repeated, are “One night with the king changes everything. One day in his courts, did forever change my course.

One moment in his presence and I have never been the same.”

Webster-Smith said the civil rights movement helped shape her future.

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engineer.

BNSF Railway is the current name for the company. It was formerly known as Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.

Logan co-founded the UCA chapter of YAL and the UCA chapter of Youth for Ron Paul along with senior Zak Kubin.

She is also an intern working on the annual Faulkner County Economic Report.

“I think it’s important to have these events in order to get likeminded people under the same roof,” Logan said. “It makes a big difference, when people can get together and agree. We’re uniting people instead of dividing them.”

King opened the summit by introducing the concept of freedom, as he said he understood it.

He talked about the importance of freedom and what the “founding fathers” had in mind when they wrote the Declaration of Independence and

the Constitution.

King said he claimed Thomas Jefferson was the first libertarian.

King said the Federal Reserve was a “crooked deal and now is the monopolized banking system it is.”

“We have to end the Federal Reserve, to stop them from creating money out of thin air,” King said.

Coleman said issues that impact the people of Arkansas, include Arkansas being the second most regulated state in the region.

Arkansas is fifth in the nation in education, but 45th in preparing high school graduates for their futures.

Arkansas has 587 failing schools.

“We have to stop telling our children that their only future is in college,” Coleman said. “There is dignity in working and building and fixing with your hands.”

On the gun control reform,

Coleman said foreign countries are wrong in how they handle gun rights.

“If you execute gun control, the laws are counter-productive - just look at Great Britain, more gun control equals more criminal gun violence,” he said.

Gilbert swung the ax at partisan politics.

Being the first Libertarian elected to partisan office certainly has its advantages, he said.

He argued that while there is a system of checks and balances, it doesn’t work anymore.

“The real evil is, there are no checks and balances, only Democans and Republicrats,” Gilbert said.

YAL and Youth for Ron Paul groups were joined at the summit by the Arkansas Free and Equal organization and the Arkansas Initiative for Marriage Equality organization.

SGA, Dining Services work on healthy eating options Assistant News Editor

The Student Government Association (SGA) met Feb. 4 to discuss the meal exchange and the diversity committee.

Senior Food Service Director Jim Nabors met with SGA last year to discuss the meals.

Nabors met with SGA again on Monday to discuss the meal exchange.

Several issues were brought up throughout the meeting, such as healthier food choices and late at night food availability in the cafeteria and Student Center.

SGA senators voiced their opinions on the food choices.

The main topic SGA members brought up was the fruits and vegetables in the cafeteria.

Because a lot of the fruits and vegetables are not in season, they are not going to be as fresh as they will be toward the end of the semester.

“Until the weather starts getting warmer the fruits and vegetables will be hit or miss,” Nabors said.

Freshman President Kaitlyn Thompson said she tried to buy a pineapple, a burger and a

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them to dream and be successful.

She said the book gives her the opportunity to go into K-12 schools and share the story, especially to children who live in poverty like she did as a child.

Webster-Smith said King was such a powerful figure that people can still get inspiration from him by reading his words. She said people can still be with him in that sense.

“His words changed the trajectory of a nation,” she said.

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changed my life forever,” she said. “I realized that one person can make a difference. One person could give hope to many.

I learned that it’s OK to be who you are and it’s not about where you start, but where you finish and you can get anywhere from anywhere.”

She said she learned many lessons from King and that she hopes people, especially children, can get the same lesson out of the book; she hopes it can motivate

“[They] changed the speed at which a nation, determined in its heart, changed.”

Nancy Gallavan, professor of teacher education, said she was impressed with the authenticity of the book. She said it has a reflective perspective in that she could account for the details at such a young age. She said Webster-Smith’s accomplishments have spoken volumes about UCA. “[UCA has] wisely allowed her to express her experience and expertise in which we are all most grateful,” she said. “It’s not just another facet [of her], but it’s who she is.”

Gallavan said the book helps the two ladies, especially with the timing of the book being released, in upcoming events to showcase the school’s and Webster-Smith’s talents.

“Angela and I are members of the Association of Teacher Educators and I am the president elect, so I will be hosting a conference in Washington D.C. in August and we’re hoping she will be a featured session because that is the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘I have a dream’ speech,” she said. “The convergence of all of these events is quite special and spectacular.”

“In the Presence of a King” is geared toward children in the third through eighth grade, but Gallavan said adults could enjoy it as well.

Webster-Smith said she plans to continue her travels with the publication by speaking to different schools and social groups about the book.

drink, but could not buy a drink because of the $8 limit in the cafeteria.

Nabors said UCA Dining Services are working on changing the policies.

They will give students choices of items so they will be able to see what they can get without exceeding the limit.

UCA Dining Services have made strides by putting nutritional information on food availabe in the Student Center and the cafeteria.

Nabors said meal equivalency could not be used on Einstein’s Brothers or the food truck.

UCA Dining Services are working to have more choices in the Student Center open at night.

As of now, Chick-fil-A and Einstein’s Brothers are the only places open in the Student Center late at night.

SGA senators said they want to see healthier options available.

Chairman of the Diversity Committee Jason Phillips spoke to SGA about international students.

Phillips said international students are having trouble with transportation.

“Some international students

have had to walk to Wal-Mart because of transportation,” Phillips said.

The committee is working on a deal to make bikes with baskets more accessible to students in the residence halls, instead of only in the HPER Center. The committee said it has contacted David Dennis, director of the HPER Center.

Phillips said he has met with the owner of The Ride and said the owner is fully supportive of the bikes.

Phillips said the committee is working to put more pictures of diverse students in the Student Center and cafeteria.

Catherine Swift of Minton Commuter College spoke to Phillips about student veterans.

He is working with Swift to set up protocols for students and faculty when dealing with veterans.

Swift said she hopes to take over the basement of Main Hall for the veterans because the basement is empty now that the Academic Success Center moved to the library.

Swift also said she wants to set up a program for veterans to make the transition easier on them.

UCA President Tom Courtway said increased parking options on campus are one priority for the university at a Jan. 29 Campus Talk in the Student Center Ballroom.

The north overflow lot across from Thompson Hall will be extended down Augusta Avenue and a small lot will be created in the center of campus next to Bear Hall. Project completion is set for August.

“We’re still in the design phase of the parking lot [next to Bear Hall],” Courtway said.

He said the goal is to make the parking lot near the residence hall as “green” as possible.

The parking space will be half green space and half parking.

Courtway discussed ongoing efforts to improve crosswalk safety. Signs around campus will be increased to encourage safe crosswalk use. He said UCAPD does a great job with its Brake for Bears program.

“We’ll increase that signage as we go ahead,” Courtway said.

He said lighted crosswalks are another project he would like to tackle in the near future to reduce pedestrian crosswalk dangers.

In a legislative session update, Courtway said funding is the most critical topic for the university.

“It’s been flat and we hope and pray that it stays flat,” he said.

Kevin Browne, faculty senate president, said the Strategic Planning and Resource Council

will host forums throughout March to discuss objectives and goals for strategic planning.

Browne gave an update on the progress of general education changes. He said that though the faculty senate had concerns about the timetable for implementation, senators were “persuaded” by the end of discussions.

The UCA Core general education changes will go to the board of trustees Feb. 22 for final approval. Implementation is expected to begin in fall 2013.

Student Government Association President senior Spencer Sims said SGA is working on replacing seating in the Student Center across from the bookstore, adding seating for the amphitheater and improving landscaping around campus.

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‘Drumline LIVE’ exceeds expectations, strikes big

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The UCA Theater Program will host a production of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Anderson, adapted

by Liz Parker at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 and 10 a.m. Feb. 9 in Reynolds Performance Hall.

Black History Month The Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall will host “Our Voice” at 6 p.m. Feb. 10.

The event features “A Celebration of Black Women in Music” and is free and open to the public.

Reading Aloud The Arakatext Student Reading will be hosted from 1 to 3 p.m.

Feb. 11 in the Thompson Hall Foyer and will be free and open to the public. The event showcases undergraduate writing students’ abilities in prose, poetry and hybrid works. The readings by the faculty will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 12.

Are you ready for some football?

Reynolds Performance Hall will host former National Football League Head Coach and current ESPN analyst Herm Edwards for its Distinguished Lecture series at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12. The event is sponsored by 103.7 The Buzz.

Old School Celebration “Musical Timewarp” continues the Black History Month events at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall. This event is free and will feature various artists, including Fonzworth Bentley.

Miss Essence Pageant The annual Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Ida Waldran Auditorium . The event charges $5 admission but is free to students with a current ID.

The sold-out crowd at Reynolds was electric Saturday night watching Drumline LIVE perform.

The event was an energetic kickoff to Black History Month.

The audience seemed impressed by the instrumental prowess of the band as it was exposed to a learning experience about Historically Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs, as the host called them.

The group performed a variety of genres from the past few decades, including tributes to Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson.

Drumline LIVE came out with full force and included several different instruments, including brass and woodwinds.

The athletic and energetic cast executed the performance to near perfection. The crowd was involved in the show as well.

The cast had the crowd stand up at certain parts of the show and clap along to the beat of the songs. At one point, the group pulled an audience member on stage for a short singing and dancing routine.

The event was not only a display of instrumental and dancing skills, but it was also a light display. At one point, the stage was pitch black and the group members were wearing suits that showed an LED outline of a stick figure. The dancers, as well as the crowd, enjoyed seeing the “stick figures” dance around to modern music.

Short film segments were shown to avoid a lull while performers changed costumes and the crew changed the set.

These segments showed the importance of the people that emerged from these institutions.

They showed where American soul music derived from and some of the more popular old-school artists and producers.

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The cast of “Drumline LIVE” showcases its skills with the drum major leading the way in his traditional attire at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 in Reynolds Performance Hall.

The event seemed to surpass expectations of the audience.

Senior Gabriel Rhynes said he enjoyed the show.

“It was awesome,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting that at all. The best part was the Motown gig and the ending drum battle.”

He said he thought it

would be similar to the movie, “Drumline,” but that to his surprise it was not.

He said the show taught him about some things he took for granted.

“I take a better appreciation for the historically black colleges and universities,” he said.

The colorful display of outfits and props seemed to amaze the audience.

Public Appearances Director Jerry Biebesheimer said he is proud to have Drumline LIVE come to the university and that there were more props than he imagined.

“We want [the audience] to know that to put on a show like this to [them] is why we do this,” he said. “The day before yesterday we started moving our stuff out and their stuff in.

There are about seven million costumes, I swear.”

Sophomore Stephanie McCoy said she was stunned by the performance.

She said her favorite part was the light display.

“I liked when the guys were on stage dancing around looking like stick figures,” she said. “That made me laugh really hard and those guys have some moves too.”

She said the show was even better than she expected.

“I thought, probably like everyone else, that it was just going to be a recreation of the ‘Drumline’ movie, but boy was I wrong,” she said. “I was extremely impressed with all the musicians and dancers on one stage together. The drumming part at the end was amazing because I have never seen anything like that in my life. The drummers were doing things with their drumsticks that I had never seen before, like playing the drum with one drumstick on his head. It is hard to describe; you really just had to be there.”

Drumline LIVE showed pride in itself with its mix of sounds from hip hop, R&B, gospel and Motown.

The production was created

by Don Roberts, who studied at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Jacksonville State University, which are both historically black universities. Roberts was the Executive Band Consultant for the movie ‘Drumline’ and was responsible for training the actors, writing the drills and rehearsing the band.

Roberts was credited with the precision and skill set shown in the movie.

Drumline LIVE was a spectacle.

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Pride In Poetry In continuation of Black History Month, the Unity Poetry Slam will be hosted at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 in Student Center 205 and is free and open to the public. The poetry slam will feature Def Poet Dana Gilmore, Foreign Tongues and other amateur artists.

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Reynolds proud to host ex football coach Herm Edwards

by Hunter Brooks Assistant Sports Editor

UCA Public Appearances will continue its Distinguished Lecture Series with an appearance by Herman Edwards at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in Reynolds Performance Hall.

Edwards is a former National Football League head coach. He coached the New York Jets from 2001 to 2005 and the Kansas City Chiefs from 2006 to 2008.

He is one of only five coaches in NFL history to take two different teams to the playoffs in his first season coaching them. His head coaching record is 54-74.

Ashley Love, director of

Sophomore Haleigh Clark “I think they need to have a separate building for high schoolers, so when they come here for tours, they have their own place to eat and chill.”

Freshman Kennedy Brown “I’d put more computers in the library because they are always taken.”

Freshman Paul Curran “I’d make it a wet [alcoholic] campus.”

finance and marketing, spoke highly of Edward’s character and said she was excited to have a person of Edwards’ stature for the lecture series.

“This is the fourth season we [Public Appearances] have had high-profile lecturers,” Love said.

“Edwards will be our first speaker from the athletic community.

We wanted to bring in a highly motivational coach to discuss the successes of their careers and the characteristics of a great leader.”

Edwards played professional football from 1977 to 1986, spending his first nine seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.

As a player, he is best known for his fumble recovery and touchdown against the New York

Giants during the 1978 season.

The play, dubbed “The Miracle in the Meadowlands” is one of the most popular in NFL history.

He also played for the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams.

Edwards is currently a studio analyst for ESPN. UCA junior quarterback Wynrick Smothers said he is thrilled about Edwards coming to Conway.

“The team has been talking about it a lot,” Smothers said.

“I think it’s awesome that UCA can get such a big sports figure to come here and speak. I’m definitely looking forward to it.”

Edwards is also known for

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his motivational speaking. His personal motivation book, “You Play to Win the Game,” was named after his infamous postgame press conference during the 2002 season in which he went on a tirade to a reporter who asked a question Edwards viewed as inadequate.

Edwards gives advice to incoming NFL players on their finances and appeared in the ESPN 30 for 30 film, “Broke.”

“Before each season, Edwards speaks to the rookie NFL players on how to succeed and maintain a humble ego while garnering a lot of attention and adjusting to a different lifestyle,” Love said.

“These lectures opened the door

for businesses and schools to ask Edwards to come speak on leadership to their employees and students.”

Edwards is a supporter of the Boys and Girls Club of America.

In 1985, he founded the Herm Edwards Youth Foundation, an organization that raises funds for the Boys and Girls Club in Seaside, Cali.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students and children, $5 for UCA faculty and staff and available at the UCA Ticket Central Box Office. UCA students get in free with a current student ID. For tickets, call (501) 450-3265 or visit www.uca.edu/reynolds.

Freshman Elizabeth Lyles “I would change the meal plans because they limit us.

They only give us like a pizza or five inches at Quiznos.”

“Aside from parking, what would you change about UCA.” Freshman Jake White “[I’d allow] tobacco products on campus.”

Freshman Diquan Hubbard “[I’d have] better food in the Christian Cafeteria.”

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Freshman Jace Alexander “I would change the food in the cafeteria. It needs better quality and healthier food.”

Freshman Cierra Cheeks “They could make an area where people could go smoke because my friend is always complaining about driving to smoke off campus.”

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Professor Neil Sinhababu from National University of Singapore lectures about emotional perception of morality through his experience and research on Jan. 29 in Main Hall.

Philosophers debate morality perception

by Stephen Reynolds Entertainment Editor

Philosophers and those-tobe debated the origins of moral judgements in the film room of Old Main on Jan. 29.

Guest speaker, Neil Sinhababu from the National University of Singapore gave a lecture over where moral judgements come from in the human brain.

“His speciality is ethics and moral motivation, so we’re very lucky to have him speak,” Benjamin Rider, philosophy professor, said.

Sinhababu presented an emotional perception model, which defined moral judgements as being “beliefs about objective properties of the things we judge, typically caused by motivationally potent emotional responses to those things,” he said.

He said moral judgements are caused by an emotional response to a certain situation; the examples he used were anger caused by being punched and horror caused by seeing murder.

“These negative emotional reactions are filed away in our brains and we make moral judgments that these things are necessarily bad, based on our negative emotions,” Sinhababu said.

He presented Smith’s Moral Problem, which attempts to tie together two of three ideas to explain the process and reasoning behind moral judgements. The first idea is cognitivism, which says that moral judgements are beliefs. The second idea is internalism, which says that moral judgements necessarily produce motivational force.

The third idea is the Humean theory, which says that desires are necessary for producing motivational force and that beliefs alone can’t do it.

Sinhababu said the emotional perception model explains the correlation

between moral judgements and motivation, not by having the moral judgement itself produce motivation, but by making motivational emotions the cause of moral judgement. He said two out of three ideas can be accepted because by accepting all three, moral judgement becomes impossible.

Sinhababu presented the perceptual analogy between morality and color, which draws a parallel between the way people judge color and the way they judge morality. He explained it in terms of a visual experience.

“Color perception works the same way as moral judgement,” Sinhababu said. “If you are impaired in some way, like colorblindness for a color perception, or alcohol use for moral judgement, you’re more likely to be affected by external arguments.”

He said color judgements are hard-wired into our biology, while moral judgements are subjective and absorbed.

He cited experimentation that shows when people are subjected to external forces that change their mood, they’re more likely to judge moral belief through that lens, further, as the force increases, so does the force of the judgement.

Following the lecture was a heated discussion between Sinhababu, Rider and Charles Harvey, chair of the philosophy department, as well as other professors and students.

Harvey said he disagreed with Sinhababu, saying that beliefs come before moral judgements rather than after them and they are the cause of the judgements rather than emotional responses.

Sinhababu was receptive to the disagreement but held his initial point. Most of the students present seemed with the lecture.

“I think it ultimately makes morality subjective. People don’t have objective feelings,” senior Jonathan McDougal said.

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Senior (front) Jasmine William participates in a “Beach body” workout on Jan. 28 in the Student Center. The event included tips on how to eat healthy and proper exercise techniques.

Group educates in attempt to battle obesity, teaches healthy workouts, smart food choices Durrell Green Staff Writer

Multicultural Student Services sponsored “Get Beach Body Ready,” an event designed to combat obesity among college students.

“Get Beach Body Ready,” which was organized by REAL Beauty, tried to whip 31 people into shape during the health improvement program on Jan.28.

Senior Catherine Miller hosted the event. She said obesity is a major problem and that she wishes students would

take advantage of the workout opportunities offered on campus.

“Obesity is at an all-time high among college students,” she said. “The HPER Center is open every day.”

Miller said it’s important for students to be educated about healthy choices to help reduce obesity. She said “Get Beach Body Ready” was focused on educating students about making healthier choices by teaching them exercises and offering them tips on healthy food choices.

As students entered the room they were offered fruit and candy and were given a raffle ticket.

Students who chose fruit and declined the candy were asked to move to one side of the room and candy eaters were asked to remain seated.

Miller said the students who chose fruit were more likely to make healthier choices. She gave students who chose candy the option to put it back.

Miller gave an exercise tutorial that included stretching and jumping jacks.

Senior Keegan Doan gave an abdominal exercise tutorial.

Senior Courtney Simmons gave an upper body and arm workout tutorial. To ease the

students into the workout, he began the tutorial by having the students do push-ups.

After an exercise involving chairs, the physical aspect of “Get Beach Body Ready” concluded with lunges.

Miller said she wanted to stress the importance of making healthy choices.

Students who received door prizes were able to choose from an exercise mat, exercise DVDs and resistance bands.

Simmons said he had a great time teaching and participating with the students.

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‘Real Beauty’ organization gives girls self esteem boost

by Andrew McClain Staff Writer

The student group known as “Real Beauty” showed its helping ways during its first meeting of the semester on Jan. 28.

The group began the meeting by introducing new members and reading the minutes.

President junior Catherine Miller said the group’s mission statement is to specifically cater to young girls to help them when times are tough. “[Our mission is] to provide community services to adolescent girls, ages 9-19, to help increase their self-esteem and educational opportunities, hoping to lower peerharassment in the adolescent female population, through teaching the diversity of beauty and media desensitization,” she said.

Miller said the name “Real Beauty” is a powerful acronym. “[ It stands for] Reaching Every Adolescent Lady, Building & Enhancing Attitudes, Uniting Today’s Youth.”

The group is clearly about community service involving young women and helping boost their self esteem.

This student organization for women has been in existence for several years.

This semester’s first meeting dealt with planning service projects.

The group discussed possible opportunities with the Salvation Army, local elementary schools, high school mentoring programs and a prom dress drive.

More service projects that the group wanted to participate in was a Rwanda initiative, help for the Dyslexia Foundation, helping the Ida Burns Elementary School carnival as well as Marguerite Vann Elementary School.

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Phunky Phresh Modeling with Dancers United during intermission hosts an event for donating to Keep Children Alive organization. The organization helps provide life-saving HIV treatments and provides services to families and children suffering from the virus.

There were many more initiatives and other community service projects the group said it hopes to work on throughout the semester.

Miller said these activities would be beneficial for the community and the specific girls that the group focuses on reaches well beyond the UCA campus.

The group has a wellorganized body of officers working to make the group functional.

Jasmine Williams, programming coordinator, said she has many responsibilities within the group.

“My duties consist of coming up with on-campus programs that coincide with our mission statement, which includes, but is not limited to, building selfesteem, anti-bullying, diversity and health,” she said.

Junior Sharetta Criner, the director of group activities, said she hopes the group can get a lot done and that she looks to take the semester in stride.

“This is a fresh semester for Real Beauty and I am excited about all we will accomplish this year,” she said. “A wise lady once told me, ‘We are only as strong as our weakest member.’”

She said the key for the group is teamwork.

“With that being said, we cannot achieve our goals if we cannot get along with each other,” she said. “I will be planning outings for us to get to know each other better. I encourage you all to shoot me ideas.”

The group is excited about the future of its organization.

The group meets from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays in College of Business 105.

During the meetings, the organization comes up with ideas to help the community and to further their group for the future.

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Students enjoy being drawn

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Artist draws accentuated photos of participants freehand on shirts

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the university.

All the rides and food at the event are Staff Writer free and the SAB said it is one of its most Students popular events every seemed as if they year. were having a The event takes blast while getting place in the large their caricatured parking lot by the faces Jan. 31 on a HPER Center. free T-shirts in the Student Center Freshman Marie Lounge during an DeLourdes, who event sponsored participated in the by the Student caricature T-shirt Activities Board. event, said she The event enjoyed the activity was called “Free and that it was Caricature something unique T-Shirts” and in which she had not students were able partaken before. to come at any “This was time within the my first event [I four-hour period attended] here at to participate.

UCA,” she said. “It’s The event was very nice because organized by SAB you get to meet new member, Haley people. I’m from Yonkers.

Photo by Lisa Ference Mexico and we The shirts don’t have these were paid for Artist Jeff Mandell creates a one-of-a-kind T-shirt for events there. It’s by the Student freshman Edwin Saez Jan. 31 in the Student Center different.”

Activities fee that Lounge.

She said she is the students pay disappointed that every semester. students proudly wearing their UCA does not offer The artist had the students hand-crafted shirts, showcasing a lot of diverse events but she sit in a chair and be as still as themselves, or in some cases, hopes to see them in the future. they could so he could draw their significant others.

“This is a very good event, them.

SAB novelty chair, senior but I would like to see more He accentuated certain Destiny Schlinker, said the event cultural events and music events. features of the students. was somewhat of a continuation That would be fun,” she said.

For example, if a student and that it was a success.

Events that can be expected has distinct dimples or a “It’s something we took from throughout the semester for distinct jawline, the artist would one of last year’s events and took students include performances make sure that aspect of the it a little bit further,” she said. “It from various comedic talents as photograph was embellished. seems to be going really well and well as the movie nights that the The artist could also choose people are starting to ask about board hosts on Sunday nights. to add a background to the the Spring Fling.”

Most of the events hosted by the photo.

She said she was excited with board are free for students.

Some backgrounds included the event’s turnout and that she SAB will hold its next general a person jumping off a diving expects the event to coninue to board, driving a car or relaxing meeting on Feb. 7 in Student be successful and full of fun. on the couch.

Center 223 where the group is It wouldn’t be surprising The Spring Fling is an event open to any ideas by students over the next few days to see in which carnival rides arrive at and faculty.

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Feb. 11 ­— The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead Feb. 11 — The Dinner by Herman Koch Feb. 11 — The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook by Barbara Damrosch, Eliot Coleman

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“Kitty” is an Internet sensation with a unique style turned rapper, gaining fame after releasing a video called “Okay Cupid.”

‘Kitty’ turns heads with style

Feb. 11 — The Night Ranger by Alex Berenson Feb. 11 — The Aztec Diet: Get Skinny Fast and Unlock the Power of Chia, the Original Superfood by Bob Arnot

“Warm Bodies” is a paranormal romance film directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Isaac Marion.

Feb. 11 — Hit Me by Lawrence Block

‘Bodies’ rehashes tired romance genre

Feb. 11 —Coolidge by Amity Shlaes Feb. 11 — Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World by Phillip C. McGraw

Movies Feb. 8 — Identity Thief, directed

by Seth Gordon, starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy Feb. 8 ­— Side Effects, directed

by Steven Soderbergh, starring Channing Tatum, Jude Law

Music Feb. 11 — Holy Fire - Foals Feb. 12 ­— Broke With Expensive Taste - Azella Banks Feb. 12 — White Paint Hollerado Feb. 12 — Blackfeet Braves Blackfeet Braves Feb. 12 — Colorado - Unifier Feb. 12 — Temper Temper - Bullet For My Valentine

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The next paranormal romantic comedy following films and television series like “Ghost,” “Moonlight,” “Twilight,” “True Blood,” “Being Human” and “Vampire Diaries,” sets itself apart by introducing zombies to the genre. As the zombie phenomenon is in full swing (thanks to Robert Kirkman/AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” among others) I knew it wouldn’t be long until someone made a film about a zombie falling in love.

“Warm Bodies” is directed by Jonathan Levine, is based on the novel by Isaac Marion.

Much like “Twilight,” the novel and film distort the lore surrounding their respective paranormal creatures. In this case, some zombies are capable of thought and emotion, while others are completely lifeless.

A zombie called “R,” played

by Nicholas Hoult is milling about doing zombie things with his friend “M,” played by Rob Corddry, as they spy a group of humans scavenging for medical supplies.

Feb. 12 ­— Authentic Hip Hop - LL Cool J Feb. 12 — Variable Millionyoung Feb. 12 — Small Fires - The Stone Foxes Feb. 12 — Music for Film - The March Divide Feb. 12 — The Orchestrion - Pat Metheny

Video Games Feb. 5 — Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, PlayStation: Vita, PlayStation 3 Feb. 12 — ­ Aliens: Colonial Marines, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Feb. 12 ­— Omerta: City of Gangsters, Xbox 360

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Last summer, the music blogging world latched on to a video by a Daytona Beach, Florida teenager who called herself “Kitty Pryde” - a skinny redheaded girl who rapped in a unique, conversational style over a spaced-out beat by (A$AP Rocky producer) Beautiful Lou. The video, called “Okay Cupid” got a lot of attention and instantly made Kitty a divisive subject in the fringes of the hiphop world.

Derisively called “Tumblr rap,” hip-hop nerds objected to her presence, but others embraced her style, which delicately acknowledges that she’s a young, white rapper, without relying on it as a gimmick. Her lyricism is airtight, constantly goofy and she has an ear for good instrumentals.

After receiving a cease-anddesist order from Marvel Comics, (Kitty Pryde is one of the X-Men) she now records as “Kitty,” stylized on her new mixtape with hearts on each side.

The new mixtape, “D.A.I.S.Y. Rage” was released Jan. 31. It features lush production from Hot Sugar (Kitty’s boyfriend and Roots collaborator) and Mike Finito (of Das Racist). One of Finito’s beats appeared on Himanshu’s “Nehru Jackets” mixtape.

The rich “cloud rap” production is a prominent feature of “D.A.I.S.Y. Rage,” and it’s one of the finest releases in the subgenre from a single

artist. The laid-back, spaced-out sound stands in stark contrast to the trapped-out Lex Luger production that currently dominates rap music.

Always self-effacing, much of Kitty’s lyricism deals with comically portraying herself as an obsessed girl stalking a guy she likes (she jokingly refers to herself in one track as “rap game Taylor Swift”). She plays with expectation by rapping about her anxiety-induced rash on “R.R.E.A.M.” which stands for “Rash Rules Everything Around Me,” a play on Wu-Tang Clan’s “Cash Rules Everything Around Me.” One track jokingly claims to feature Travie McCoy and the AllAmerican Rejects, which reads as a halfway-diss towards that random pair of artists. Kitty has a strong Tumblr presence, where she fields all kinds of disturbing and mean-spirited questions from her growing number of fans and haters alike. From this platform, Kitty has tried to start a publicized beef with kid-friendly rapper Hopsin.

She’s a divisive character and certainly not for everyone, but it’s safe to say that she has a keen understanding of who she is and how she functions on the fringes of hip-hop.

Also from the Das Racist crew is Lakutis, whose guest spot on “ay shawty 3.0” is one of his personal best. Kitty also trades bars with guest feature Antwon, a tough-sounding rapper who talks about having drugs, while Kitty anxiously insists that he doesn’t because she doesn’t want to get in trouble.

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‘30 Rock’ signs off with flourish, stuns fans ‘Mara’ only for die hard fans

by Brandon Riddle

For one NBC comedy staple, the end has come in a way that seems appropriate. “30 Rock,” created by actress and comedian Tina Fey, follows the production of sketch comedy series “TGS.” Jenna Maroney, played by Jane Krakowski, chooses to sing “Rural Juror” as her final performance on “TGS” and endures a journey throughout the finale to find a reason for true emotion.

The Emmy-winning series ran for 138 episodes in seven seasons.

“30 Rock” got its name from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, home to the NBC Studios.

With Kenneth Parcell in a new role as network executive at the National Broadcasting Company, Jack Donaghy must find his place after landing a job as chief executive officer at Kabletown. Jack, played by Alec Baldwin, spent each season as a politically conservative, slick businessman. Kenneth, played

by Jack McBrayer, is a quirky, cheerful Southern-born character who loves television.

As a final bow to the show, each character emotionally presented their final thoughts and each comedic personality said goodbye to seven seasons of laughs and banter.

The cast of “TGS” reunited for one last episode after a contractual obligation was

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Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” which also heavily influenced the novel. I don’t think anyone reads the last act of the play because everything based on the play ends happily. Spolier: the play does not.

“R’s” name is meant to be Romeo and Julie is a shortened version of Juliet. “M’s” name is an homage to Mercutio, Romeo’s friend.

While the film’s premise sickened me, due to my love for true zombie lore, and true paranormal anything lore, I admit it was a unique spin on a heavliy repeated genre of film. Romance films are the same at their core, so with every new one released, the director has to find a new way to spin it.

The acting was good and the graphic “zombie violence,” whatever that means, was also well done for a PG-13 film. With the release of this film however, filmmakers are running out of original ideas and are simply rehashing genres with interesting spins (or adapting novels for teenagers who refuse to read).

“Warm Bodies” runs at 97 minutes, is rated PG-13 and is playing at the Cinemark Towne Center in Conway.

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The zombies attack the group and after eating the brains of Julie’s, played by Teresa Palmer, boyfriend, “R” absorbs the love the boyfriend had for Julie.

One can already see where the film is headed. The two begin a relationship that causes “R” to become more lifelike. Eventually, as in every romance movie, they have a fight that causes them to split. This fight is different. Julie finds out “R” is the one who ate her boyfriend.

The two meet up again when “R” leads “M” and other humanlike zombies to the human camp. There they meet Nora (a friend for “M”), played by Analeigh Tipton and Julie’s father General Grigio, played by John Malkovich, who is the leader of the human group.

The climax of the film occurs when the human camp is attacked by “bonies,” which are true undead zombies unlike “R” and “M” who have been turned to humans by love. The “bonies” are killed off by the now united humans and ex-zombies and everyone lives happily ever after.

The film is dripping with references to William

by Andrew McClain

This song, by Irish piano rock band The Script, is the lead single from its third studio album “#3.” From the catchy piano-led chorus to the powerhouse electric guitar, this is a strong, anthemic gem about gaining self respect.

It’s the kind of song I think about when I feel good about something and that’s why it’s my favorite song of the past year. The song is about following your dreams and making an impact on the world around you.

overlooked that required one more episode.

For the cast’s final lunch, “TGS” writer J. D. Lutz requests Blimpie and the cast goes to outlandish lengths to avoid eating there.

To prevent Lutz from picking lunch, the cast claims that as a result of the show’s cancelation and brief return, “TGS” is technically in its first episode of season eight.

That would mean Lutz, played

by John Lutz, is ineligible from selecting lunch.

The series finale featured guest appearances from Al Roker, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Belzer, Ice-T, Julianne Moore and Conan O’Brien to commemorate the ending of “TGS.” Pelosi’s appearances followed a tradition of real-life politicians having cameos.

There were memorable quotes, as usual, that will be used in the vernacular of long-time fans for a while to come.

Liz Lemon’s life throughout the seven seasons as head writer for “TGS” was far from conventional, but as a character, she grew more fond of her coworkers by the end.

Most significant is her relationship with Jack that reaches a somewhat somber moment by the final episode when Jack realizes his unhappiness with life and decides to quit his new job at Kabletown. Liz comes to

2. Little Talks (Of Monsters & Men) I’m not quite sure what the bizarre music video is about, but when listening to this song on the radio, I fell in love with it almost instantly. It was unusual, and I don’t think this song was trying to make it on the charts.

It has a simple message of a couple feeling torn apart from each other, but the message reaches further dimensions with its music. It includes brass blasts, hand claps, clattering percussion and some acoustic parts.

the conclusion Jack’s life lessons to her were harmful instead of beneficial.

In one of the more poignant moments from the show, Liz and Jack say goodbye to each other after years of a complicated platonic relationship.

Over the years, the two have shared a tumultuous relationship but remained friends.

As Jack sails away on a boat, Liz and Jack finally express that they love each other.

Tracy Jordan, played by Tracy Morgan, has to endure the realization that his best friend, former NBC page Kenneth, is now unable to carry out his requests and be near him at all times. To sign off, Tracy says “Thank you America. That’s our show. Not a lot of people watched it, but the jokes on you because we got paid anyway.”

The hour-long finale featuring the episodes “Hogcock!” and “Last Lunch” ended the series on a high note, allowing viewers to feel content with what the future holds for the now disbanded NBC show family.

Kenneth’s final appearance in an epilogue alludes to the potential for Liz to return in the plot for an upcoming series that is pitched by her greatgranddaughter.

An estimated 4.8 million viewers tuned in to watch as “30 Rock” aired its finale, according to Nielsen TV Ratings.

3. Skyfall (Adele) I can’t remember the last time I heard a James Bond theme with this much power.

To say it’s soulful and brassy is an understatement. This song should have gotten you hyped for the newest Bond movie. “Skyfall” was released on Oct. 5 as part of “Global James Bond Day,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of “Dr. No,” the first James Bond film. The song has been nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Original Song.

by Brad Smith Opinion Editor

If you have ever opened up a comic book by Brian Wood, you may expect it to be similar to much of his previous work. This is not the case with Wood’s new limited series, “Mara.”

With “Mara,” Wood steers away from violent stories about Vikings and civil wars and instead tells a story about a volleyball player with special abilities.

The series is set in a future where global war is common and sports have become the sole obsession of most people around the world. Athletes in the future are superstars beyond anything imaginable today and are hugely rich due to large corporate sponsorships. Adding to their celebrity is that they are filmed almost around the clock to most households around the world.

The titular character Mara is a volleyball player and the most famous athlete in the world. She is loved around the world until she suddenly appears to develop superhuman abilities during a volleyball match. When she begins to display these abilities, the world starts to believe she has merely been cheating during her career. As her career falls apart and her fans turn against her, she continues to develop more abilities.

The story reads like a biography of a star athlete rather

4. Somebody I Used To Know (Gotye feat. Kimbra) This strange, mid-tempo ballad is like nothing I’ve heard before. At first it seems deplorable, as lead singer Gotye is singing about heartbreak. Then it turns around by having the woman he’s singing about join the track and cut him down by saying he was rough on her too. The way Gotye wails the chorus a second time makes us sympathize with him. I love the production and chorus and I hope success doesn’t go to his head.

than a superhero or science fiction story and so has less action than you might expect a futuristic sci-fi story to have. The story still has potential, though, as it is only on its second issue.

The biggest problem with “Mara” so far is that the main character has not been particularly developed. The way the story is told does not allow the reader to get an inside glimpse into her motives or relationships, which does not allow characters to be as interesting as they could be.

Hopefully Wood will allow his characters to show more personality in the remaining four issues than they have so far. The world he has set up has the potential to be interesting, but has not quite gotten off the ground.

“Mara” does not start off quickly and does not promise to pick up the pace until the end of issue two of six. While devoted fans may be able to hold on until the last few issues of the series, anyone coming in expecting Wood’s more mainstream fare will be disappointed.

“Mara’s” slow pace and lack of character development may turn off many readers expecting something more visceral.

However, “Mara” is a comic worth checking out if only to see Doyle’s art and check out an interesting world which shows promise in the remaining issues.

5. Too Close (Alex Clare) I was never a fan of dubstep, and the dubstep element in this song doesn’t really change my mind, but that’s a small portion in a forceful, driving song. It’s the powerhouse vocals by Londoner Alex Clare that help make this song about relationship confusion more passionate. This song blew me away the first time I heard it.

The track released in the UK on April 15, 2011 and was selected for Microsoft’s advertising campaign in March 2012.

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As February begins, so does the celebration of Black History Month.

During my time at UCA, I have grown to have a great respect for African culture and history through my experiences with diverse people around campus as well as class discussions. I have recently enrolled in an African American Studies class and have found out amazing information about the African society and its beginnings.

Black History Month, while doing a tremendous job of celebrating and remembering great figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Langson Hughes and W.E.B. DuBois, uses an unnecesary mode of specificity with its material.

Reading my African American Studies textbook, I was astounded, and found the information to be agreeable, when the author said the information and ads on Black History Month are typically run in the usual “black” publications in February, which happens to be the shortest month of the calendar year.

This discovery got me to thinking about Black History Month. I began to wonder why the information was only run in these publications and during this time.

The Africans were so influential that they should be celebrated at all times of the year by all types of people. Caucasian, asian, hispanic and any other race should be able to appreciate the technology, philosophy and overall principles the African civilization established for the entire world.

I would love to see strides taken in this by including all types of people in the Black History Month celebrations. I’m not saying that all races are not currently included, but that most people associate Black History Month specifically with African Americans celebrating.

Another step that society could take in extending the Black History Month celebration is to go beyond February. The celebrations should take place at different times during the year.

For example, we could celebrate on the day that Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. In fact, the 50th anniversary of his speech is this August.

by Spencer We could also Griffin celebrate famous Campus Life moments in the civil rights Editor movements such as when Rosa Parks took her stand on the bus.

Africans, especially in ancient Egypt near the Nile Valley, gave us so many forms of technology, mathematics, astrology and astronomy to thrive as well as we do today.

These efforts from the brilliant and inginuitive ancient Africans should be celebrated yearround through different methods and should be focused on by everyone, not just people of African descent.

As Black History Month begins, one should remember to celebrate the lives that allowed them to have the freedom today. Not only the lives that took part in the civil rights movement should be recounted, but the people who we do not even know the names of who supplied us with the knowlege to succeed as a society today.

Routine changes mean exciting life experiences Everyone has a routine that makes them comfortable, but changing up that routine could be very beneficial.

Until recently, I have been doing the same things I have been doing since my first semester at UCA. In between classes I would go to a small room in the basement of Main Hall to hang out and talk to people.

I have met three people who have become my closest friends because of that room, and I hope we will remain as close as we are now. I still see these people on occasion but I don’t feel the need to keep going into the same place every day.

After talking to a couple of my friends, we have decided not to go to the room as much anymore. It’s mainly because we have become too comfortable with going in this room when we don’t have class. It has caused us to not be very involved on campus.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays my friends and I have long breaks between our classes, so we decided to spend that time in the Student Center as opposed to spending it in the same room every day.

I have found this to be enjoyable because it has given me the chance to see what people are like outside of that small room.

Over the past five semesters I have seen pretty much the same people every day. I really enjoy

some of these people and have made some pretty good friends in that room, but I decided it was time to see what was going on outside.

The only time I really know when stuff is going on campus is when I show up to The Echo on Mondays. I have learned a lot about what is going on and have participated in more things since I began writing for The Echo last semester.

Another thing we have decided to do is play basketball at the HPER Center at least once a week. All three of us are active people and we love to play basketball.

The only thing I am keeping constant is going to the campus sporting

by Andy events. I have found Robertson myself going to more Asst. News Editor basketball games and I have attended all but two football game since I have been at UCA. I almost feel like a part of my college career was wasted because I didn’t go out and see what the campus had to offer.

Since we decided to break away from the room I have been able to meet more people, whether it has been in the Student Center, HPER Center or at The Echo.

I encourage people who have been doing the same routine to change it up a little bit to see what they are missing even if it doesn’t have to do with campus. I also want to encourage people to not be too comfortable with the same thing all the time. My advice is to go out and try something new because you never know what it may bring.

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The war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi has been a long and storied one. However, Coke recently came out on top in contract negotiations. Whether you prefer Coke or Pepsi products, the new contract is an opportunity to take the profits in a new direction for the university.

In the past, soft drink money has generally gone to sports to help fund its bloated budget. The costly athletics department has been favored at the expense of academics over the past few years.

Academics has several areas in need of money to help improve the campus. Most professors have not had a raise in several years, including cost-of-living adjustments.

As professors are not generally known to be well-paid even before factoring in raises, if they don’t begin to get raises for the cost of living, the campus may lose several good educators to universities that will offer them decent raises.

In addition to raises for faculty, several buidlings need to be renovated or replaced entirely.

Lewis Science Center is in an unsightly state of disrepair and though there are already plans to build a new science center in the near future, much of the financial burden could be alleviated if money from the new Coke contract was used instead of going to athletics.

Lewis is not the only building on campus in need of renovations.

Snow Fine Arts is another building that would benefit from a redesign.

More money would be a great way to speed up renovating or replacing the building to give students a nicer place to perform.

The UCA master plan suggests building several new buildings on campus. These changes could come about more quickly if the pool of money for academic improvements was larger.

Athletics has an extremely large budget in comparison to other departments at UCA. While athletics do help to advertise a university and bring a few people in, competitive academics are what keep students here.

The athletics department has already shown its ability to give coaches privately funded raises when no other department could afford raises, so it should also be able to handle a little more of its budget with private money.

Most students enjoy going to sports games. Sports games are a staple of campus life and deserve to be funded, but not at the expense of academics. Focusing on academics is far more important, as providing a quality education should be the main function of a university.

The athletics department has already accepted much of its funding privately and it should continue to do so. The new Coke contract should be negotiated with academics in mind because that is the area in dire need of more funding.

The university has a great opportunity to show it cares about its faculty by adding to the budget for academics. Hopefully it will take the initiative and keep academics in mind as it negotiates the new contract with Coke.

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Week at a glance

Bears go 1-1 without Garner After going 3-1 in four consecutive home games, the UCA men’s basketball takes on Stephen F. Austin tomorrow and Northwestern State on Saturday in a pair of road games. The Bears fell to the Southeastern Louisiana Lions 69-70 on a last-second shot by Lions senior forward Roosevelt Johnson Jan. 31. UCA responded with a 79-76 win over Nicholls State on Feb. 2. Bears senior forward Jarvis Garner was suspended both games for violating team rules.

Sugar Bears fall in standings Before the start of their four game homestand, the Sugar Bears were second in the Southland Conference standings with a 5-1 conference record. The Sugar Bears now sit at fifth with a 6-4 conference record after dropping three of four at the Farris Center.

Southeastern Louisiana downed UCA 64-70 Jan. 31. The Sugar Bears fell to Nicholls State 62-68 Feb. 2.

Tennis road woes continue The UCA tennis team fell to the Texas A&M- Corpus Christi Islanders 6-1 in Dallas Feb. 2, dropping to 1-5 this season.

Runner earns top finish Freshman Corentin Louis earned the UCA track team’s only top finish on Feb. 2 at the Southern Illinois Invitational. Louis claimed first in the 3,000 meter run.

Upcoming games Men’s Basketball Tomorrow vs. Stephen F. Austin. 8 p.m.

Saturday vs.

Northwestern State.

3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tomorrow vs. Stephen F. Austin. 6 p.m.

Saturday vs.

Northwestern State.

1 p.m.

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Robert Crawford, LaQuentin Miles and Daouda Berete celebrate the Bears 79-76 victory over Nicholls State on Saturday at the Farris Center. The Bears rallied from an early deficit to earn the win over the Colonels to improve to 4-6 in Southland Conference play.

Bears fall against Lions, down Colonels to end homestand

by Clark Johnson Sports Editor

In the final two games of their four-game homestand, the Bears fell to the Southeastern Louisiana Lions 70-69 Jan. 31, followed by a 79-76 win over the Nicholls State Colonels Feb. 2.

Southeastern Louisiana 70, UCA 69 After trailing for nearly the entire first half and the first ten minutes of the second half, the Bears (9-11, 4-6) found themselves down 68-66 with 27 seconds remaining in the game.

On the following possession, senior guard LaQuentin Miles missed a jumper to tie the game at 68.

Lions (8-11, 6-3) senior forward Roosevelt Johnson came up with the rebound and was fouled immediately by UCA junior guard DeShone McClure.

Johnson went to the free-throw line with 14 seconds to go in a one-and-one situation. Johnson missed his free throw and the Bears had life in them.

Senior center Anthony Borden grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to freshman guard Daouda Berete. Berete found senior guard Robert Crawford for a long three-point shot over Lions defenders to give the Bears a 69-68 lead with five seconds remaining.

The UCA defense failed to transition back to defense quickly.

However, Miles tracked down Southeastern Louisiana junior guard Dre Evans to block his shot from behind. The ball trailed out of bounds and gave the Lions one last look with 1.2 seconds to go.

On the inbounds pass under his own net, Johnson received the inbounds pass in mid-air and got off a shot to give the Lions the 7069 lead with 0.9 seconds left.

UCA’s half court heave fell short as the Bears saw their threegame winning streak come to an end.

Senior forward Jarvis Garner, the Bears leading scorer, was suspended for both games for a violation of team rules.

UCA Head Coach Corliss Williamson said the absence of Garner was a blow to his team.

“He violated the rules and let his team down,” Williamson said.

“He knows he made a mistake, but we’ll have him back next week.”

Williamson said his team played tough in the final seconds, but couldn’t finish the game.

“Miles made an incredible play hustling on defense and not giving up the easy two-point shot,” Williamson said. “But we couldn’t get it done when we needed to.”

Johnson finished the game with 28 points and 14 rebounds.

The Bears struggled to deal with Johnson’s physical play throughout the game.

Williamson said he praised

Johnson’s effort in the game.

“You could tell it was going to be one of those nights for him,” Williamson said. “I like a big man like him that’s able to pass the basketball. He had a great day.”

The Bears had three players score in double-digits to help offset Garner’s absence. Crawford led the way with 17 points on 5-9 shooting from the field. Crawford went 5-8 from three-point range.

Miles tallied 15 points, but shot 21.7 percent from the field (5-23 shooting). The Lions had a hard time with Borden’s size in the paint as he earned 13 points on the night.

The game was broadcasted on ESPN3 as the Southland Conference game of the week.

Johnson’s game-winning shot made Thursday night’s “SportsCenter Top 10 Plays.”

Southeastern Louisiana Head Coach Jim Yarbrough said he felt his team played a complete game on Thursday.

“We started off strong and continued that pace all night,” Yarbrough said. “I thought we were going to hate ourselves in the morning but it turns out we won it the hard way.”

UCA 79, Nicholls State 76 After the late loss to Southeastern Louisiana, the Bears bounced back to down the

Junior forward Jordan Harks helped the Bears hold on late in the game. Harks hit his first threepoint shot of the season late in the second half.

Harks finished with 13 points and six rebounds on the night.

In Garner’s absence, Williamson has uitlized depth on his bench to get the team through tough games. The Bears tallied 32 points from bench players.

The Bears needed the bench scoring to help deter a 36-point performance from senior guard Fred Hunter.

Williamson said his team is becoming familiar with crucial late-game situations.

“You always worry about getting to that point where you can’t get over the hump or get the lead back,” Williamson said.

“Our guys just kept fighting and fighting.”

Williamson said once his team grabbed the lead late in the second half, they never looked back.

“Once we were able to take the lead, I thought our guys’ confidence continued to build and we got better,” he said.

Every player that took the court for the Bears scored on Saturday. Williamson said he praised his team’s effort to move the ball around.

“I’m proud of our guys because we had a number of guys who stepped up tonight,” Williamson said.

Ravens true leader shines in playoffs

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Tennis Saturday vs. Murray State. Noon.

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Sunday vs. North Alabama. 10 a.m.

By Clark Johnson sports editor

Track & Field Tomorrow at Iowa Classic. 10 a.m.

Softball Belmont Classic Friday vs. Belmont.

6:15 p.m.

Saturday vs. Western Illinois. 11 a.m.

Saturday vs. Jackson State. 1:30 p.m.

Sunday vs. Valparaiso.

9 a.m.

Nicholls State Colonels 79-76 on Saturday at the Farris Center.

UCA got off to a slow start against the Colonels, trailing by as much as 15 points early in the first half. However, the Bears slowly clawed their way back in the first half to go into halftime down 47-43.

The Bears came out with a cleaner offense in the second half.

The Bears, led by Crawford’s 19 points, outscored the Colonels 39-26 in the final 20 minutes to mount an impressive comeback.

UCA gained the lead with just over 10 minutes remaining after freshman forward Terrell Brown tipped in a missed shot to give the Bears a 59-57 lead. After three minutes of lead changes, UCA held on to the lead for good.

The Colonels gave the Bears a scare in the final minutes when Nicholls State freshman guard Amin Torres sank a threepointer with 12.1 seconds to go, narrowing the margin to 78-76.

On the ensuing inbounds pass, Crawford was fouled with 10.6 seconds remaining. Crawford missed his first free throw, but sank the second to give the Bears a three-point lead. Torres’ lastsecond shot was off the mark as the Bears got back to winning ways.

The missed free throw from Crawford was his only missed shot from the line. Crawford went 11-12 at the line, hitting crucial shots down the stretch.

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Honey Bear dancer junior Hope Hagerman performs during a timeout in the Bears game against Nicholls State at the Farris Center on Feb. 2.

Joe Flacco might have earned a pass on the “Fluke-O” jokes after a Super Bowl victory capped off an incredible postseason performance.

In his fifth year in the National Football League, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback led his team throughout the playoffs as the “underdog.” The spotlight was dominated by veteran linebacker Ray Lewis’ impending retirement, which is fine by Flacco.

In his calm demeanor, Flacco has earned the nickname “Joe Cool” by more encouraging fans of the former Delaware quarterback.

In the postseason, Flacco threw 11 touchdowns without tossing an interception, downing Indianapolis, Denver and the defending conference champions, New England.

Those are the numbers. You all know the story by now. The

Ravens did the unexpected and gave Lewis a second Super Bowl ring in his final game. But the respect that Joe Flacco has now is long overdue.

Baltimore is known as being a defensively dominant team. With players like Lewis, Ed Reed, Haloti Ngata and Terrell Suggs, it’s hard not to call them dominant.

However, as the players have aged, that defense has regressed.

I like to call it the “Tom Brady effect.” Tom Brady will likely go down as the greatest quarterback in NFL history, so it’s hard to see him doing anything wrong.

When Brady slid into Reed in the conference championship game with a leg extended out in an effort to spike Reed’s body, many people refused to believe it was intentional.

People still remember the dominant Baltimore defense from years past. Granted, the loss of Lewis and cornerback Lardarius Webb to injury in the regular season didn’t help matters, but the Ravens defense was far from dominant.

Flacco has led the Ravens to the playoffs in every season that he has been with the team but many fans say Flacco only drags his team down. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

He may not make the miraculous plays that make highlights every weekend, but he gets the job done efficiently.

Another thing people don’t realize about Flacco is his arm strength.

There’s no question in my mind that Flacco has the strongest arm in the NFL, by far, evidenced by the bomb thrown to Jacoby Jones to send the divisional game

against Denver into overtime.

What I’m trying to preach is this: appreciation for Flacco should have been in place since he came into the league.

Remember, Baltimore was fumbling between Kyle Boller and an aging Steve McNair before Flacco took over. I’d say that was an upgrade.

That “dominant” Baltimore defense didn’t win the Ravens their second Lombardi Trophy.

The infamous locker room and on-field speeches from Lewis didn’t win the Super Bowl. Joe Flacco and a balanced offense did. In the win, Flacco went 22-33 for 287 yards and three touchdowns.

To his credit, Flacco does have a great supporting cast on his offense.

Their offense boasts great depth at running back, starting with Ray Rice. Considered to be one of the best in the game, Rice helps Flacco immensely.

On plays where Flacco needs to stand tall in the pocket and buy time, Flacco often has the option to check down to Rice for a short gain.

The receiving core for the Ravens also had a hand in getting to the Super Bowl. Between Torrie Smith, Anquan Boldin, Jones, Dennis Pitta and Ed Dickson, Flacco has targets.

With his contract expiring with the season’s end, the ball is in Baltimore’s court to reward their calm quarterback with proper compensation. Flacco’s playoff performance has earned himself a handful of zeros at the end of his paychecks.

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Track teams earn top five finishes

by Marisa Hicks Associate Editor

The men’s track team placed second and the women’s team placed fourth overall at the Southern Illinois University Invitational Feb. 2, with freshman Corentin Louis setting the mark for UCA by placing first in the 3,000 meter run and second in the mile.

Louis ran an 8:34.61 to steal first in the 3,000 meter and 4:20.05 to take second in the mile.

Four other runners placed in the top eight in the 3,000 meter; sophomore Connor Ryan ran an 8:47.02 for third, junior Benjamin Gerber ran an 8:47.21 for fourth, freshman Albert Maeder ran an 8:49.40 for fourth and freshman Ryan Davidson ran a 9:00.36 for eighth.

Junior Erika Setzler ran a 10:40.18 to steal ninth place in the 3,000 meter for the women.

Setzler said she ran close to her personal best at the invitational and was hopeful that she could reach or beat that in the Iowa Classic tomorrow.

“I’ve had a little bit of a foot injury the last two weeks but am continuing to work my way

towards my goals of setting personal bests,” Setzler said.

“The next meet is a huge meet and will have great competition to help me achieve those goals.”

Louis said he felt the distance runners performed well at the meet, which could be in correlation to a change in the team’s workouts.

He said the teams have bumped up from three to four weight room workouts and that the quality and tempo of the teams’ workouts have helped members to improve.

Associate head coach Beau Theriot said the teams’ performance in the distance and field events impressed him.

“The distance events and the jump were impressive and unexpected,” Theriot said. “With the weather we had last week, it was hard to train.

He said he was impressed by junior Jasmine Ellis’s performance, who jumped 18-5 for third in the long jump, freshman Alex Dorch, who jumped 18-3 for sixth in the long jump, senior April Martin who jumped 27-1 for fourth in the triple jump, freshman Elvis Stewart, who jumped 23 for third in the long jump, junior Tray Carter, who jumped 22-10 for

fourth in the long jump, junior James Leonard, who ran a 4:21.71 for fourth in the mile, sophomore Chance Tanner, who ran 22.68 for fourth in the 200 meter and for Louis’ and Ryan’s performances.

Theriot said illnesses, not the track, hindered the teams.

The team as a whole showed mixed results. However, several members reached new personal bests.

“Second [place in the men’s division] was a great result for us, we had to leave a few of our team members at home due to illness so I was very pleased with second,” he said. “We are at a big disadvantage compared to other [teams]; we are a young sport at UCA and we don’t have the squad size that a lot of schools have.”

He said the women’s team left a lot of members home because of illnesses as well, but that they should have been able to pull out third overall.

Setzler said she was pleased with both teams’ performances.

“Everybody had a solid meet with a lot of personal records or at least they came very close” she said. “We had at least five girls on the distance team that had personal bests in the [3,000 meter run].”

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Tennis falls to Islanders in Dallas

by Brandon Riddle News Editor photo by Sean Shrewsbury

Senior forward Megan Herbert lines up at the free throw line on Saturday against Nicholls State at the Farris Center. Herbert went 13-17 from the line in the 68-62 loss.

Sugar Bears drop two at home, plummet in conference ranks

by Andy Robertson Assistant News Editor

The Sugar Bears lost consecutive home games this past week for the first time since 2009.

UCA 64, Southeastern Louisiana 70.

The Southeastern Louisiana University Lady Lions (9-12, 2-8 SLC) gave the Sugar Bears (13-8, 6-4 SLC) the first loss 64-70 Jan. 31 in game three of a four game homestand. This marked the first win at the Farris Center for the Lady Lions since 2009.

Lady Lions Head Coach Lori Davis Jones said she was pleased with the effort her team showed in spreading the ball around.

“In the games we have won, which have been very few, we have had a balanced attack,” she said.

The Lady Lions were led by senior forward Brandi Simmons and sophomore guard Elizabeth Styles who each scored 16 points in the six-point victory. Freshman forward Nanna Pool added 12 off the bench.

The Sugar Bears started the game strong, pulling ahead 15-6 at the first timeout. The Lady Lions went on a 14-5 run in four minutes and 40 seconds. The Sugar Bears went into halftime trailing, 31-32. The remainder of the game showed strong pushes from both teams to get the win,

but the Lady Lions held on to upset the Sugar Bears.

Davis Jones’ team knew the game plan was to stop UCA’s ability to control the paint.

“I told the team, if we can stop the post game we have a very good chance of winning this game,” she said.

The Lady Lions didn’t stop the post game as senior forward Megan Herbert and junior center Courtney Duever combined for 53 points, but were able to stop the rest of the team. Only four other Sugar Bears tallied points on the night, combining for 11. Duever had 10 rebounds to add to her double-double performance.

The Lady Lions had the advantage in points in the paint, bench points and points off turnovers. There were five lead changes throughout the game.

The third loss of the homestand came at the hands of the Nicholls State Colonels (13-8, 5-5 SLC,) knocking off UCA 68-62.

UCA 62, Nicholls State 68.

Nicholls State came in as one of the better offensive teams in the conference, ranking first in almost every category, while the Sugar Bears are one of the best defensive teams in the conference.

The Sugar Bears jumped out to a four-point lead in the first two minutes of the game, but were unable to hold onto the ball,

committing 17 first half turnovers.

The Colonels jumped to a 41-29 lead at halftime. The Sugar Bears played better basketball in the second half, tying the game at 60 with 3:58 left in the game.

Herbert led the Sugar Bears with 19 points and 19 rebounds. It was Herbert’s 77th career doubledouble, putting her in a three-way tie for fourth in Division I history.

Herbert shot three of twelve from the field. The majority of Herbert’s points came at the free-throw line, shooting 13 of 17.

Herbert now holds the record for most free throws in school history with 609.

Senior Forward Desiree’ Rogers and Duever both contributed 15 points each in the losing effort.

Junior guard KK Babin scored a career-high 32 points for the Colonels in the win over the Sugar Bears. The Colonels shot 64.3 percent from the three-point line, led by Babin’s six of seven effort.

The Sugar Bears will hit the road for a two game roadtrip to face the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks tomorrow night in Nacogdouches, Texas then head to Natchitoches, La to face the Northwestern State Lady Demons Saturday.

After dropping three of their four games at the Farris Center, the Sugar Bears have dropped in the Southland Conference standings significantly.

Before the homestand, UCA stood at second in the standings, but fell to fifth after the losses to the Lady Lions and the Colonels.

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Despite losing against its first conference opponent of the spring season, one member of the UCA women’s tennis team managed a victory. The Bears lost to the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Islanders 6-1 Feb. 2.

Central Arkansas dropped to 1-5 on the season.

Jeff Borengasser, women’s tennis coach, said the match went “reasonably well” despite many losses and a strong opponent.

Borengasser said he was proud of junior Simona Horsikyan, who provided the team’s only singles play win against Islander senior Doris Kuselj. Horsikyan took down Kuselj 6-0, 5-7, 10-4.

“That’s huge to beat the team’s top player,” he said.

Horsikyan defeated Doris Kuselj in the singles competition 6-1, 5-7, 10-6.

“We played really tough,”

Borgengrasser said. “[Simona] got a really good win.”

Sophomore Allison Murphy said the team tried to defeat the Islanders but could not win against such a tough opponent.

She said the team will work on its singles game and try new pairs in the doubles.

The Bears played in two close singles matches, but could not escape with a win after Horsikyan’s victory.

Borengasser said the team did not have the key elements to win in doubles competition.

“We couldn’t quite get it but we played smart,” he said.

Borengasser said the three doubles matches were closely fought and that the Islanders have one of the most competitive teams in the conference.

“It’s always disappointing to lose,” he said.

Moving forward, Borengasser said the women’s tennis team will work on improving doubles and positioning. He said the team will focus on being aggressive in singles with the

“right shot at the right time.”

In the singles competition, Islander freshman Maider Martin defeated Murphy, 6-2, 6-2. Freshman Krizia Buck lost to Islander junior Sandra Burges, 6-2, 6-1. Sophomore Kristina Horsikyan lost to Islander junior Stefania Nicolae, 6-2, 6-3. Sophomore Stephanie Gonzalez Valero lost to Islander senior Leanne Mascall 6-2, 6-3 at the close of the match. Junior Sasha Ruocco was defeated by freshman Celia Rodriguez Delgado, 6-3, 6-0.

In doubles, Buck and Murphy lost to Kuselj and Nicolae, 8-7.

Horsikyan and Ruocco lost to Islanders Burges and sophomore Chelsea Horan, 8-4. Islanders Martin and senior Mia Matuszak, 9-7.

Borengasser said the game against Murray State will be a good one for the Bears knowing that it was good for the team last year.

UCA will return to conference play at home against Nicholls State Feb. 16.