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Faulkner County Sheriff candidates speak to College Republicans UCA College Republicans met Monday, Feb. 10 and listened to two Republican candidates speak about their desire to take the Faulkner County Sheriff position.

Current Sheriff Andy Shock talked about how he fell “head over heels” for law enforcement and his opponent Administration Major Joe Taylor described the Faulkner County Sheriff department as “one big family.”

The Republican Primary will be May 20.

Guest artists to speak at Baum Gallery Visual artists Kristen Kindler and Dusty Mitchell will each give a talk at UCA’s Baum Gallery this month, with Kindler’s speech beginning at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. Kindler’s exhibit, “Paper Construction” is currently on display and will remain the gallery until tomorrow. Mitchell, from Bravo’s reality TV show, “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist”, will give a lecture about his work at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in McCastlain 143. Both talks are free and open to the public.

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Assistant Campus Life Editor Responses to recent criticisms regarding university hires and construction projects were provided at the Feb. 13 Campus Talk during x-period in the Student Center Ballroom.

“Are we a state institution or are we part of the Conway [Area] Chamber of Commerce?” was one of many anonymous questions submitted in advance for President Tom Courtway to answer at the event. This and three other similar questions referenced appointments of former Conway Chamber of Commerce executive vice president T.J. Johnston to the newly created position of director of special university projects/ community affairs position, along with former Arkansas state senator Gilbert Baker’s executive assistant to the president position.

Baker began working for UCA in January 2013. Johnston’s first day in his position will be Feb. 24.

“Mr. Johnston was a necessary hire to oversee fundamentally the Donaghey [Corridor] project and to have a more effective outreach into the Conway business community,” Courtway said. “I felt his salary was one I could defend and justify and that’s what I’m doing.

Johnston has an annual salary of $105,000, according to a UCA personnel action form.

“Obviously, someone’s not happy about the pay raises that were given,” Courtway said. “We can’t ever do exactly all we want to.

We have a finite amount of money and we have to do the best we can.

Others can have opinions and someone has to make a decision.”

Another anonymous question posed to Courtway was about Baker working as a political

fundraiser after a recent blog post in regard to the subject appeared on the Arkansas Times website.

Courtway explained university employees are free to politically support whomever they want when they’re on their own time.

“I make no bones about it – I gave [U.S. Sen.] Mark Pryor money,” Courtway said.

Mentions of the Donaghey Corridor project were in reference to the current plan for a mixeduse development across the street from Harding Centennial Plaza. The proposed project will tentatively include retail stores and restaurants on the first floor with student housing on the upper floors, according to a survey emailed to the student body.

“Donaghey [Avenue] is going to change at some point,” Courtway said. “We have to be a part of that development.

Someone is going to own the east side of Donaghey [Avenue] and

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Student Activities Board brings ‘Bear Mill’ back

Faculty senators consider Greenbrier degree option

by Laura Landers Staff Writer

Bear Mill was held from 11 a.m.

- 3 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Student Center. The free “build-a-bear” event was hosted by the Student Activities Board and brought in several students and allowed them to be creative and make an animal they could take home free. Hundreds of animals were available for the students to choose from and the event lasted until supplies ran out.

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Young Democrats of Arkansas Stonewall Caucus chair Colby Sansom, junior, speaks about the political situations concerning women and the LGBT community at the kickoff party for the YDAR caucuses Feb. 15 at The Locals, a coffee shop in Conway.

SAFETY

University, UCAPD aware of traffic congestion on Bruce Street; conversation ongoing with city

by Austin DuVall News Editor

UCAPD and UCA are aware of Bruce Street traffic concerns regarding both the large number of pedestrians who cross the street during school hours, as well as vehicles attempting to cross Donaghey Avenue and Farris Road.

Senior Emily Gilley sent a tweet to the UCAPD Twitter account Feb. 5, requesting that a traffic regulator be present at the crosswalk in front of the Lewis Science Center.

“Pedestrians don’t stop,” Gilley said in her tweet. “They keep coming for 10-15 [minutes] straight. I left 20 minutes early from Salem [Road].”

UCAPD responded four minutes later, saying that it was an issue and the “University is aware and is working on a solution.

Hopefully it will be in the near future.”

“I literally sat there for 10 [minutes] without one car getting the chance to go,” Gilley said.

“It’s like no one considers that the people in the cars are fellow students trying to get to class too.

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I feel sorry for the cars waiting and now I’m much more aware of it. I’m one to stop for the cars now instead of the cars stopping for me. I think that if we had a police officer regulating that area to give the cars and pedestrians their time to go, things would run more smoothly—the mornings, especially.”

Gilley said she sometimes sees a UCAPD patrol officer parked by the Lewis Science Center on Bruce Street, but not every morning. She also mentioned that the officer is not out of the car and regulating traffic, which she believes would help traffic.

UCAPD Project Manager Arch Jones said the issue of congestion on Bruce Street during class changes has been an issue since it has existed.

“Bruce Street is a city street, as is Donaghey Avenue,” Jones said.

“The Twitter response referred to an ongoing conversation with the city of Conway in this regard.”

In response to faculty complaints about the congestion, Jones said “in order to avoid such inconvenience, we need to plan accordingly and be aware of the time of day as best we can.”

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only has $4 million in general improvement funds available.

Assistant professor and art department chair Jeff Young said part of the issues people could have with the suggested improvement projects include the order in which they were being proposed. “[We’re working on] the Greek Village, the Donaghey Corridor and then now [we’re] talking today about Lewis Science Center,” Young said. “It might create the perspective that academics is coming lower on the priority list than other activities. I just think that, as a university, academics should be first and foremost.

The more focus on academic programs, the more that strengthens our university.”

Two more Campus Talks are scheduled for this semester March 12 and April 9 in the Student Center Ballroom. Times have yet to be announced.

CONCURRENT CREDIT

Faculty quintet to perform in Snow Fine Arts Center Pinnacle Brass, UCA’s resident faculty quintet, will perform during x-period Feb. 25, playing music from their recent tour in the People’s Republic of China.

The event it free and open to the public. The group is composed of UCA brass faculty members Larry Jones, Brent Shires, Justin Cook and Christian Carichner, along with student Eric Liu. The concert’s program includes works from such artists as Bai Lin, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa and Duke Ellington.

it may as well be us as we move ahead. We’re landlocked. Let’s face it. Where do we have to go if we go?

We go east.”

Other questions raised were concerned with new nursing building and the expansion and renovation project planned for the Lewis Science Center.

“The nursing building is behind the expansion of the Lewis Science Center on the academic priority list,” Courtway said. “It was going to be done with private money and through a collaborative agreement with Conway Regional [Medical Center], but that didn’t happen. Next Friday, a plan will be presented to the board of trustees for the funding and expansion of Lewis Science Center for a threestory building primarily with complex labs. If that’s approved, the project will move forward with a target move-in date of spring semester of 2017.”

Courtway said the university

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Administrative specialist Jennie Welter’s office is in Lewis Science Center.

“Normally on my lunch break around 1 p.m., I’ll head over to the HPER Center, [where] I have to cross all the pedestrian lanes,” Welter said. “It is a problem if it’s a Monday, Wednesday or Friday and you’re leaving at 1 p.m. and you have all the students crossing. It’s really hazardous when you have so many students crossing right there and you’re trying to drive and it’s congested. It really is.”

Welter said it usually takes her around 15 minutes to drive to the HPER during her break, longer than it would take without the Bruce Street traffic congestion.

Assistant physics professor Balraj Menon said he gets to his office in Lewis around 6:30 a.m. and has learned not to venture out onto Bruce Street during times when pedestrian and traffic levels are high.

“We have focused on enforcement and crosswalk safety awareness,” Jones said. “Our Brake for Bears event that occurs

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The Greenbrier School District is seeking a new partnership with UCA on an associate degree program, a move that would bring the school district back to previous ties with the university.

Provost Steve Runge made the announcement Feb. 11 during a UCA Faculty Senate meeting.

The school district has expressed interest in allowing students to receive concurrent credit through UCA, giving high school students the ability to obtain the hours required to earn an associate degree. Greenbrier is in a concurrent credit partnership with the University of Arkansas — Little Rock.

Greenbrier students are able to take a variety of history, mathematics, science, English, Spanish, business, health and music classes that add up to 60 university hours available for UALR credit, according to the district’s website.

A 60 credit hour minimum is in place for UCA students to receive an associate degree in

general education. Students must also have a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Changes to the course schedule structure and teaching guidelines would be part of the proposed UCA partnership.

“We are now collecting information from [Greenbrier] and we will be distributing requests for concurrent class partnerships to the academic departments for review,” Runge said.

Runge also said this type of program is becoming more and more popular across the country.

“The first school in the area to do this was the Academic Plus Charter School in Maumelle,” he said.

Runge said the degree will have the same level of difficulty as the degree earned by the students at UCA. According to stage rules and regulations, the courses must be taught by someone with a master’s degree and 18 hours within the discipline.

Senators expressed concerns about UCA’s benefit in this partnership. The price of

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MEETING

Staff examine senate committees, discuss new student partnerships

by Jessica Seastrom Staff Writer

UCA’s Staff Senate examined concerns about dormant committees and encouraged staff to partner with students for learning opportunities at its Feb. 12 meeting.

The meeting began at 1 p.m. in Wingo Hall 315.

Staff Senate President Lindsey Osborne acknowledged discussions about the president’s meeting and continuing funds brainstorming.

The staff senators are preparing for senate elections.

Senators’ terms are ending which will allow for elections and reelections.

Senators addressed the need to discuss dormant committees.

Several committees remain open

and recognized but they have been inactive recently. Discussion and conclusions will be presented in future meetings.

A professional development session on Microsoft Excel program will be held at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the College of Business Auditorium.

Staff senate approved a professional development application form. A copy was presented to all of the senate members. After discussion, senators vote were unanimously in support of the form.

A committee is working on employee of the year applications Employee of the quarter applications are available for the fourth quarter.

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

Student cited for drug violation in Hughes Hall UCAPD cited student Osiris Shabazz-Stephenson, 19, for a drug violation at approximately 12:50 p.m. Feb. 15 after being dispatched to Hughes Hall.

When police arrived, officers met with Resident Assistant Devin Lephere, who said that when he walked into the building from the south entrance he could smell a strong odor of marijuana. Lephere also told UCAPD they couldn’t smell it well because someone sprayed cologne.

Officers traced the smell down the hallway and

heard a radio playing from an open door at the end of the hallway. When they arrived, officers could smell marijuana coming from room 128.

After asking if they could enter, ShabazzStephenson said “yes.” Students Andres Vega, 20, and Micheal Moore, 19, were also in the room, though they did not live there.

UCAPD talked to Shabazz-Stephenson about Lephere’s report and noticed his eyes were bloodshot and he was lethargic. Shabazz-Stephenson gave officers consent to search his room, but they were unable to locate any marijuana.

Shabazz-Stephenson was given a judicial board citation for drug violation.

PROPOSALS

SGA listens to five ‘Speak Up’ presentations at meeting

by Audrey Baumer Assistant News Editor

Five “Speak Up” program presentations were given to UCA’s Student Government Association on Feb. 10 and Feb. 17.

“Speak Up” is a program that allows students and faculty to present ideas they believe will benefit the campus and student body.

President Senior Adam Price said, “The program is unique because it offers the students the opportunity to submit their own ideas to receive funding. The ideas must be beneficial for the UCA student body and not exceed $50,000.”

Intramurals Director Logan Wile requested a scoreboard be added to the intramural field.

“One of the things that the scoreboard will do is that it will increase the public knowing that these fields are there and that they are being used,” Wile said, “More than 2,000 students participate in intramural sports each year and without a scoreboard, the players and audience have a difficult time keeping up with the time and scoring.”

The scoreboard would have a banner across the top of it saying, “Provided by SGA.” The sign could be seen from anywhere on the field and would let everyone know SGA purchased the sign.

Graduate student Jaclyn Austin said she wants to start a campus food bank. She studied this topic in a class last semester and decided to present it to SGA for funding.

“There are 12,000 students on campus,” Austin said, “who knows what they are going through and what they are dealing with.”

Austin presented the idea to SGA to try and secure funding for

a place to house the food bank.

Many colleges have food banks and Austin said she hopes UCA will soon be included.

The UCA Alumni Association designed a UCA ring it said it hopes all students will consider buying.

Association of Future Alumni member Rachael Hartin said, “In AFA, our biggest value is instilling tradition and one of our favorite things is our official ring.”

At several universities, nearly every student purchases the university ring. Senior Representative Blake Brizzolera and Hartin said they need the funding to purchase a large statue of the ring to place on campus.

They want the statue placed where every student will see it and they said they hope that it will encourage students to buy a ring.

SGA advisor Charlotte Strickland proposed her “Sit on It” project. Strickland said she wants to purchase 20 concrete benches to place around campus. Each bench will have a plaque with an educational quote engraved on it.

“They’re extremely durable and will last 40 to 50 years,” Strickland said, “There’s a lot of longevity to them, they’ll be around forever.”

Strickland said she hopes SGA will take the project and complete it for her.

Faculty member Deborah Pate requested funding for an oncampus consignment shop open August through May. Students would bring in their unwanted clothes and receive commission if the clothes sell. The consignment shop would be located in the the Student Center basement, Bernard Hall basement or the McCastlain Hall basement. The theme of the shop would be “Come to the place down under and see what treasures you’ll

find.”

Pate said she would like to start out accepting only clothes and then would like to accept calculators, furniture and textbooks.

Feminist Union president junior Greer Williams said she wants to bring Sonya Renee Taylor to the University to host the workshop, “The Body is not an Apology.” Williams and Feminist Union members said they want to host “Body Positivity Week” at the beginning of March and the workshop would take place one night during the week-long event.

Taylor has appeared in ten different anthologies of poetry, and has released her own collection of poetry “A Little Truth on Your Shirt,” her poetry has been used in many activists organizations and she has also seen commercial success on MTV, BET, HBO and other networks.

“One of the largest problems that we can see everyday on magazine covers and advertisements is women who are darker skinned being lightened in order to be seen as more acceptable or white friendly,” Williams said, “We also have a massive epidemic in the media of photo shopping.”

Williams said she wants to spread awareness to students by bringing in a well-known speaker to discuss how everyone has a perfect body.

SGA discussed the funding and decided to allocate the requested amount to the food pantry, intramural scoreboard, “The Body is not an Apology” workshop, and the “Sit on it” project. The total of these projects came to around $42,000. The remaining money would stay in the reserve fund and later be used for something that will benefit the students.

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Staff Senate Parliamentarian/ Historian Meghan Thompson led discussion on faculty senate meetings. Senator Mary Jackson, academic affairs representative, and senator Erica Ruble, president’s office/university and government relations representative, gave committee reports.

During university committee reports, Sandra Hooper discussed a public art committee.

Senator Aaron Knight, who represents institutional advancement, mentioned a UCA Student Government Association report about gender neutral bathrooms availability on campus.

SGA is attempting to “identify where those exist and want to bring forth a proposal to

UPDATE

Gillean’s trial draws closer; motion filed

by Brandon Riddle Editor

UCA Chief of Staff Jack Gillean’s attorneys have yet again filed a motion to seal filings, about a month before his trial is set to begin.

In the motion filed Jan. 31, his attorneys – Timothy O. Dudley, Nicki Nicolo and Samuel A. Perroni – said future motions and filings “would likely contain sensitive and potentially inflammatory material and facts.” The state objected to the motion.

Gillean, 57, is charged with five felony counts of commercial burglary, one felony count of fraudulent insurance acts and a misdemeanor charge for issuing a false financial statement.

He was charged in October 2012 and pleaded not guilty in November 2012.

Faulkner County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Troy Braswell disputed allegations made in a similar motion filed Sept. 19, 2013 that asked Judge Charles E. Clawson Jr. to seal all future motions and responses related to Gillean’s case.

The trial, set to begin in early March, will relate to the commercial burglary charges.

Gillean’s attorneys accused in the motion that the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Log

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Cabin Democrat of working against their client and aiding the prosecution.

“There is little doubt that the prosecuting attorney [Cody Hiland] and the press, particularly the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, are in lock step,” the motion states.

Democrat-Gazette articles from Oct. 5, 2013 and Oct. 18, 2013 were attached at the end of the motion as evidence. An Oct. 4, 2013 article in Log Cabin Democrat was also attached.

His attorneys accused local news media of deliberately working against Gillean, a move that contributed to a motion for trial venue change to Van Buren County. Clawson approved the request, citing negative pretrial publicity in Faulkner County.

“The press described the material as providing ‘ a glance at behind the scenes work in the case’,” the motion states.

“As far as the defendant can tell, there was no real justification for this other than to secure another newspaper headline and the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Troy Braswell.”

At the June 11, 2013 pretrial hearing in Conway, Clawson said the media attention provided a negative environment threat that was “too great.”

In section five of the Jan. 31 motion, Gillean’s attorneys questioned the fairness of asking Gillean to be tested for drugs

later following the Oct. 4, 2013 pretrial hearing that day.

Braswell asked for the test, but Clawson denied the request and provided no comment, according to the motion.

Gillean resigned from his UCA position June 15, 2012 following a university investigation.

President Tom Courtway questioned him about a grand master key that was lost months prior. UCAPD notified campus officials about a former student, Cameron Stark, stealing prescription medicine.

Stark was granted immunity in the trial. James Santiago, Jared Santiago and Stephanie Paladino were also granted immunity in October 2013.

Paladino and Jared Santiago are former students and James Santiago is a biology major.

The alleged crimes occurred between March 8, 2011 and April 23, 2011.

UCAPD Lt. Preston Grumbles found Gillean’s master key in Stark’s pocket.

When asked how he got the keys, Stark said, “Jack [Gillean] gave them to me.”

Stark said he used the keys about 20 times to steal tests from science and history professors’ offices.

Jury selection for Gillean’s trial is set for March 6-7 at Van Buren County Circuit Court in Clinton. The trial proceedings will start March 10.

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4 Continued from page 1 concurrent credit hours is $10 per hour, cheaper than UCA’s tuition costs.

“On its face, it is a money loser for us, but if we recruit more people with this, we would recuperate some of those costs,” Runge said. “Many of those students are now going to UALR because they have credit hours there.”

The Greenbrier School District wants to implement this program in the next few months, with a fall 2014 start date.

During the 12:45 p.m. meeting in Wingo Hall 315,

President Tom Courtway also talked about the Lewis Science Center renovation project.

“The [UCA Board of Trustees] knows the need exists, there is no question about it,” Courtway said.

Proposed renovation plans include a three-story, 50,000 square foot building that will sit as an expansion, residing in the parking lot east of the current building.

Faculty senators debated an increase in facility fees by $3.50 per credit hour, which would increase the fee from $9.00 to $12.50. This action is designed to

help with the costs of paying for the Lewis Science Center project.

After the completion of the new building, a three-phase renovation of the current Lewis Science Center building would be put into action. Courtway stressed the renovation’s importance.

“What I do not want to do is go through with the expansion of Lewis Science Center and not renovate the rest of it” Courtway said.

The plan is going before the board this month and, if authorized, the prospective move-in date for the building would be January 2017.

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not only make the public more aware of where those may exist but perhaps some signage to indicate certain ones,” Knight said.

A concern regarding university vehicles parking in the Schichtl Hall parking lot that don’t have parking stickers was brought to the senate.

The traffic committee will be contacted for a solution to the matter and solutions will be discussed at the next staff senate meeting.

Staff Senate Treasurer Tracy Spence, university accountant, brought attention to Conversation Partners, an Intensive English Department Program.

She discussed the need for more faculty and staff to be a part of this program. The IEP

department pairs faculty with an exchange students and welcomes them to hold conversations with them as often as possible in order to educate on American customs as well as provide a comfortable environment to talk.

The program needs about 30 members to pair with students.

Spence encouraged the staff to become a student’s partner Spence said staff members would talk to students and help them practice English speaking skills.

“These topics are important because they address Senate representation, campus issues that affect staff, and further our missions to represent, serve and recognize the UCA staff.”

Osborne said.

The next staff senate meeting will be Feb. 26 in Wingo Hall.

each semester has had a very positive impact on safety in our crosswalks, not only on Bruce but campus wide.

The Physical Plant has also installed crosswalk lights at the crosswalks near Lewis Science Center, the Farris Center and Estes Stadium.” Jones also mentioned the Physical Plant installed caution signs near crosswalks on Bruce Street and throughout campus.

Allan Roisen, the

instrumentation technician and lab coordinator for the physics department, said one of the things that causes concern for him is students who don’t bother to use the crosswalks because they don’t line up with the front of building, and because of how the crosswalk lights and sensors were set up.

“They don’t go off until someone’s gone through them,” Roisen said. “Look at how they’re designed.” Roisen said it takes a

full step into the sensor, thereby into traffic, for it to go off. He said this does not give oncoming traffic the full warning they need to be aware of pedestrians.

“Pedestrian safety is everyone’s business and it is a priority at UCA,” Jones said.

“And—perhaps, as an ongoing conversation with the City—there could be an idea that affords a pleasing change as the Donaghey Corridor is developed.”

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I am an American soldier. I am a warrior and a team member. I serve the people of the United States and live by army values.

According to its website, The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a program that “provides college students with the opportunity to combine world-class leadership and management training with their other academic studies.

Upon successful completion of the program and graduation from college, young men and women become Army lieutenants in either the active Army or the reserve components.”

Being an Army cadet sets higher standards in an individual than any other organization could understand. It is one thing to consider your morals and values to excel into your career, but placing yourself before others in selfless service is admirable. A cadet lives by integrity and honor, two Army values that makes up the warrior ethos.

As cadets prepare themselves to be future leaders in the United States Army, they must remember the overall component of a leader is that a leader will never accept defeat; they will never quit or leave a fallen comrade.

The ROTC website also states the program “strengthens the core cadet, while providing Merit-based scholarships for those who qualify, as well as $600 monthly tax-free stipends. Freshmen cadets receive $300, sophomores $350, juniors $450 and seniors $500.”

Receiving the benefits and rewards of serving your country while furthering your education is the opportunity of a lifetime.

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decision-making in a fast-paced environment while building and managing a team, tools that will enhance the success of an individual in both a military and a civilian workforce.

As an Army officer, you will become a team member while maintaining a leadership position and managing and protecting the livelihood of your soldiers. This opportunity separates you from the rest. You belong to a cause that is greater than your own.

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Cadets are instilled with integrity, which means doing the right thing even when no one is watching. When you wear the uniform of a soldier, you will draw attention to yourself.

The community appreciates and respects you volunteering your life to service and the wellbeing of America.

The soldier’s creed states, “I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.”

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You are admired by many for your personal courage to destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat. Knowing your family is safe is the greatest joy you can have, even if that means making a sacrifice.

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Something I can’t help but noticing is that three mainstream movies released last weekend were remakes of films that ranged from popular to semi-popular. The films were “RoboCop,” “About Last Night” and “Endless Love,” all of which were based on films of the same name released in the 1980s.

As for the originals, the first is an effective sci-fi thriller, the second is a suitable romantic comedy-drama and the third is a trashy romance with only one distinction: the song “Endless Love.” Did they need to be remade for more modern times?

A lot of people on social media complain “Hollywood is unoriginal” and often turns out a bunch of remakes and sequels.

That may not be true, but since a large portion of mainstream films – those that aren’t adaptations of certain popular novels – are remakes and sequels of other famous films, it doesn’t have a lot to back it up either.

So, rather than complain about the “laziness” and “unoriginality” of Hollywood filmmaking, I wonder if we really need remakes.

Sequels are made mainly to cash in on a fad created by its predecessor and bring in more big box office results. Remakes are made to bring in new audiences, bring new touches to the production and hopefully bring in people who were already familiar with the film it’s based on.

But what can a successful remake do to satisfy both those who are and aren’t familiar with the source material?

Audiences who are familiar with the original film the remake is based on seem to be split on what they want themselves. They either want the new film to be faithful to the original while

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taking things in a new direction or they want to see the exact same thing done a second time.

The former is what a remake should do to show it at least respects the original in some sense. It can be sufficiently different in details to make it of interest to those familiar with the earlier endeavor, while also bringing an interest to other viewers who would then probably turn to the original if they liked the current remake.

Some remakes are needed because the originals may be dated. Modern upgrades can come in handy when adapting the story to today’s time period. That’s why I don’t mind the 1986 film “About Last Night” being remade for 2014, because it is interesting to see how these characters react in this day and age because times and attitudes

by Tanner have changed. Redo the Smith setting, pacing and style Staff Writer and there’s a upgraded remake.

On the other hand, you have a quote

by French directorscreenwriter-critic JeanLuc Godard, “The best way to criticize a movie is to make another movie.” If a film with a good premise has bad writing and/or bad execution, one could make a film with roughly the same premise and make it better.

Another reason for remakes is there are stories (in the public domain) that have had many movie remakes done already. The basic examples are classic stories such as “Dracula,” “Frankenstein” and “Sherlock Holmes.”

Remakes will keep coming as time goes by. Rather than complain about their announcements, it’s best to keep an open mind because it could surprise you by being an effective film that won’t replace the original but be its own creation. There’s always a chance that a film will be good, no matter where it comes from.

Everyone does.

Write a letter to the editor at ucaechoeditor@gmail.com Letters to the editor don’t just have to be about Echo content.

If you’ve noticed something on campus that’s positive or negative, we want to hear about it.

Last week’s UCA Faculty Senate meeting included discussion about introducing a new program allowing Greenbrier High School students to attain an associate degree from UCA before they graduate high school.

The program sounds like a good recruitment tool, but will lose UCA money and will not guarantee any additional students.

The plan will make up to 60 hours available for Greenbrier students, which will allow them to receive an associate degree from UCA before they graduate high school.

Classes are $10 per credit hour. Teachers who provide the classes will have at least a master’s degree and some additional training, so the program will actually help Greenbrier students.

While the program is good for high school students, it does not require the students who receive the degree to go to UCA. A UCA associate’s degree is transferable to any public university in Arkansas, which means students can get their general education requirements out of the way on UCA’s dime and then go to another university to spend their tuition. This means UCA will lose money on the program without any guarantee of return on its investment.

Greenbrier students will be taught mostly by high school teachers, meaning they will have little to no contact with any college professors.

The Greenbrier teachers will be trained, but students won’t get a sense of UCA’s culture and atmosphere.

Most students will see it simply as a way to get more credit hours.

The program can be good for UCA. If UCA announced planned trips to campus for students, it might help convince them to attend after high school. However, without anything linking them to campus, UCA’s investment may go to waste.

The Greenbrier teachers will be trained, but students won’t get a sense of UCA’s culture and atmosphere.

LETTER

Monitoring university emails squashes free speech, causes problems with higher learning Mark Spitzer Associate Writing Professor

Holy NSA, Batman, UCA is Big Brothering our emails. Never mind that GroupWise is a technologically lousy system that faculty and students can’t even count on as a reliable tool, but now we have to deal with some disturbing issues of academic freedom.

Here’s what I’m talking about: There are people who’ve tried to contact professors (including me) through their UCA email addresses, but the Novell force field refused to let them through because they wrote from a Yahoo account. So I asked IT what’s up with that. They told me they can’t handle the spam, which is why certain servers get filtered out. “Sorry,” was their basic message, “there’s nothing we can do.”

Add to this the fact that GroupWise blocks important correspondence without our consent.

I recently tried to communicate with colleagues through my UCA email regarding a local environmental concern, but their responses got bounced back due to a certain word in the text.

It isn’t a word that anyone should fear, and it isn’t a word that automatically signals porn; it’s a common word in the English language that educators employ in the language arts where linguistic syntax is studied and applied. For the university to shut down a professional dialogue is indeed a form of censorship that infringes on our First Amendment Rights.

Hence, it’s a scurvy day for UCA, who is in effect reading our emails and making moral judgments about what we should receive. And it’s not enough to blame the Novell system. As members of the UCA community and citizens of the United States, we should demand a system that supports freedom of speech and allows us, as individuals, to choose what we screen. Otherwise, we deserve what we’re settling for.

The Echo is printed weekly at the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway, Ark. Decisions about content are made by the student editors.

The views published are not necessarily those of the University of Central Arkansas. All material is subject to respective copyrights.

Campus Life February 19, 2014

Around Campus: ‘Leading from the Heart’ Angela Webster-Smith, associate leadership studies professor, will present an interactive session on “Leading from the Heart: A Reflection of the Self” from 5-6 p.m. Feb. 19 in Student Center 214. Refreshments will be provided and all attendees will receive a free T-shirt. For more information, email leaderdev@uca.edu or visit uca.edu/wellness.

Symphonic band The UCA music department will host a symphonic band concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Reynolds Performance Hall.

The event is free and open to the public. Contact Brantley Douglas at bdouglas@uca.edu for more information.

Billy Currington tickets UCA Concierge Services will give away two tickets to see Billy Currington to one student during x-period Feb. 20. The first student to visit the Student Center info desk dressed in his or her best cowgirl or cowboy outfit will win the tickets. Contact Laura Brinker at (501) 852-0022 for more information.

‘Cousin Jeff’ Jeff “Cousin Jeff” Johnson, a television journalist and motivational speaker, will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 in Ida Waldran Auditorium. The event is free.

For more information, contact Malcolm Luster or Angela Jackson at (501) 450-3135.

Faculty presentation Leah Horton, assistant biology department chair, and Jayme Stone, learning communities in the history department director, will present “Kanembwe Village, Rwanda: Beyond Traditional Dance” at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 in Torreyson Library 215. The event is free and open to the public.

Light refreshments will be served.

Contact Kaye Talley at kayet@uca. edu for more information.

Student exhibition The Baum Gallery of Fine Art will host the 2014 Student Art Competitive exhibition March 2-16. Students from any major are eligible to enter the competition.

The exhibition will begin with a reception from 2-4 p.m.

March 2. For more information, contact Barclay McConnell at barclaym@uca.edu.

Submissions Please submit events for Around Campus in 50 words or fewer to ucaechoeditor@gmail.com.

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Senior sets sights on 2016 Olympics in Rio

by Elise Woods Staff Writer

For one UCA student, an Olympic journey has taken her around the world in hopes of medaling.

Senior Kayle Browning is a contender for the 2016 Summer Olympics team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a sporting clay shooter.

Browning said being a national champion and an Olympic contender has always been a goal of hers.

“It is so surreal seeing the [Sochi] Winter Olympics right now,” she said. “I get emotional watching it. These athletes have worked so hard and knowing I will have that experience that they are having right now, just tell me that this hard work is paying off.”

Browning’s passion for the 2016 Olympics can be seen through the Olympic rings on the gate leading to her house.

Browning recently had a laurel wreath tattooed on her wrist and said she is waiting to fill it in with the rings.

According to her website, Browning’s dad put a gun in her hands when she was just four years old.

He set up coke bottles and let her shoot them with her BB gun in their yard in her hometown, Wooster.

Browning began shooting in

competitions at eight years old.

Her dad is also an avid sporting clay shooter and has been on national and world teams.

Browning started her career when she made the open AllAmerican Team at 12 years old.

She trains for the 2016 Olympics while studying interior design at UCA and is taking one class this semester.

“My morning starts off by practicing at 7:30 a.m. and then while taking breaks I have my online classes,” Browning said.

Browning said being an Olympic contender is harder for a student.

“I have to teach myself the material through my online classes,” she said. “But being a student and training pays off because it is self-discipline with the homework that I have and for the shooting.”

While Browning does her UCA schoolwork, she is building the foundation for a shooting program at UCA. “I think having a shooting team at UCA would be awesome and such a privilege to be a part of a collegiate team and an Olympian team,” Browning said.

Browning has been a part of teams such as the Shotgun Junior Olympic Team, National Championship Team and World Championship Team.

Browning has won a bronze medal at the National Junior

Olympic Championship, is a 2010 National Championship Junior Gold Medalist, 2009 World Championship Team Bronze Medalist, 2012 World Cup London Bronze Medalist and 2011 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist.

Browning was also awarded the New National Record at the 2011 National Championship, crowned the National Champion in Women’s Trap and was an alternate in the 2012 Olympics.

Browning said her family has always been her support system.

“They have always been involved in shooting, but for me, I have taken it to the next level,” she said.

Browning’s family members aren’t the only ones that are excited for her new chapter in life.

Browning’s friend and classmate sophomore Halie Grooms said, “I think it’s amazing that she is in the running to be in the Olympics.

Shooting is a true passion of hers and it is something that she has worked on very hard.”

Browning has traveled all over the world competing and training, including places such as Puerto Rico, Germany, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia and England.

“When going overseas, it is exciting but it is my job and I have to keep it a priority,” she

photo courtesy of kaylebrowning.com

Senior Kayle Browning is a contender for the 2016 Summer Olympics as a sporting clay shooter. said.

Browning and two men have been selected as contenders in the 2016 Olympics. The team

CONCERT

will be announced next year.

More information can be found on her website: kaylebrowning.com.

DRAMA

Ukrainian pianist gets standing ovation Aurora borealis provides setting in ‘Almost, Maine’

by Anastassiya Khvan Staff Writer

Vadym Kholodenko, the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist, played a piano concert at Reynolds Performance Hall on Feb. 11.

Kholodenko played Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467 with the Conway orchestra in the first part and Kholodenko played solo after intermission.

The Van Cliburn competition was held from May 24 to June 9, 2013, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Kholodenko was born in Kiev, Ukraine.

Kholodenko said he rehearsed eight to 10 hours a day in order to prepare for the Van Cliburn competition.

He said music is a job like any other to him. This job provides an opportunity to travel and see the world.

Kholodenko has been to many different countries, some of them more than once. He has visited Japan 15 times.

After the concert, Kholodenko said he felt cheerful, but that his own feelings were not the subject.

“The most important [thing] is when the audience likes the concert,” he said. “No one is interested about my feelings because we should understand

by Laura Landers Staff Writer

photo by Anastassiya Khvan

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner Vadym Kholodenko plays with the Conway Orchestra on Feb. 11. that no matter how you feel before or after the concert ,people paid for their tickets.

People want to hear at least good playing, so I just always have to be inspired.”

Kholodenko said the Conway Orchestra conductor, Geoffrey Robson, made it easy

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Characters learned the meaning of love in UCA’s rendition of play “Almost, Maine” when it opened Feb. 13 at the Snow Fines Arts Center Bridges/Larson Theatre.

Set under the beautiful lights of the aurora borealis (northern lights), “Almost, Maine” is a series of scenes about the people of Almost, the town too lazy to become a town, as they discover, lose and maintain love in their lives.

The actors, garbed in wintry weather costumes, portrayed life in the Pine Tree State as their characters learned the meaning of love.

The play included a series of metaphorical images of love – from bags of love, a literal broken heart kept in a bag, and literally “falling” in love – which added a depth to the production.

Assistant theatre professor Greg Blakely directed the play that features a cast of seven people – senior Chad Fulmer, sophomore Emily Ray, sophomore Frank Hunter, freshman Harrison Trigg, junior Indigo Anderson-Moore, freshman Madison Ellis and junior Jessica Allis.

The cast and crew pulled the production together in a short period of time.

“We are the middle play in the school year, which entails that we have a very short time to get the play together,” Trigg said. “In total, we have been working on this for about one to two months, which is challenging.”

A favorite among audience members was the light design of the aurora borealis, which set the backdrop for the scenes.

Freshman Kimber Fitts said, “The lighting was very neat and really realistic.”

Despite a short production time, the play delivered with beautiful scenes, simplistic but effective scenery, a gorgeous and realistic representation of the northern lights and heartfelt acting that left the audience issuing a round of “awws.”

Fitts said the play was a heartwarming perspective of love.

“I thought it was very neat the way the intricate detail reflected the quality of the show and the quality of the way the playwright wanted it to be performed,” she said.

Senior stage manager

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WORKSHOP

ENVIRONMENT

Organization seeks greener future, gives back

Controversial program gives communication tips

by Brittany Harris

by Austin DuVall

Associate Online Editor

UCA’s Environmental Alliance will travel to Denver, Colo. during spring break to learn how to install solar panels on low-income families’ homes.

UCA Environmental Alliance President junior Kyndal Saverse said, “Not only will these installations reduce the economic burden of high electricity bills, but it will also significantly decrease greenhouse gas emissions, curbing the impacts of global climate change.”

Grid Alternatives, a nonprofit environmental organization, provided the opportunity for UCA’s Environmental Alliance through a Solar Spring Break program.

The group met members of Grid Alternatives during the Powershift 2013 conference in Pittsburgh last year.

Saverse is an environmental science major at UCA. “I’ve always grown up very environmentally conscious,” she said. “After going through an application process full of

interviews and questions, I got accepted into a program with Greenpeace in Washington, D.C.” Greenpeace is the world’s largest independent directaction environmental organization, according to its website.

“Greenpeace left me with a fire that still has not gone out and I’m determined to put it towards good use,” Saverse said. “I found what was left of the Environmental Alliance and dove in.”

Saverse has been UCA’s Environmental Alliance president since last November.

“The group has made me see the importance of uniting people to solve any kind of social or environmental problem,” she said. “Technology has been our best friend, yes, but we cannot forget that our connections to one another are what stimulate any kind of movement. We’ve gotten more done than I ever could have imagined and I have much faith in the people to keep us going.”

Senior Samuel Pettit is one of ten members going to Colorado.

“There we will take classes on how to install, maintain and run

solar panels,” he said. “We hope to bring back this information to Conway to help start implanting these clean energy changes here. I really believe in being the change I wish to see. A cleaner and greener future is that change.

Every bit helps.”

UCA’s Environmental Alliance is trying to raise $5,000 for the trip and supplies it will need.

The group is involved in a lot of fundraising, and is asking the UCA Student Government Association for its sponsorship as well.

The organization has made a website, rally.org/ucaea, for supporters to contribute.

Environmental Alliance Secretary junior Will Thomason attended a conference in Pittsburgh last fall.

“It solidified my ideals that we have to keep our planet clean,” he said. “I was elected secretary in November and I’ve been very active ever since. I love the group. I have found a second family. We would love to

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News Editor

Sixteen women and eight men attended the UCA Counseling Department program “Communicating with Women: A Program for Men” during x-period Feb. 13.

Practicum student and counseling staff member Max DeYoung led the seminar that directed attendees through the beginning and end of both types of relationships.

The program is part of a seminar series that revolves around both platonic and intimate relationships.

DeYoung asked students to take the stereotypes they heard or held about women and forget them.

“Just throw them away,” he said.

DeYoung then went on to explain the best ways to begin romantic relationships, such as getting to know the other person, respecting their boundaries and being sure to communicate intent. DeYoung

referenced several “don’ts” when starting a romantic relationship with someone, telling students to not assume, lie or take rejection to heart.

“When maintaining a romantic relationship, be sure to talk about what you need,” he said. “But also be sure not to ignore what [the other person needs].”

DeYoung said it is important to communicate life goals, but equally important to not be discouraged by disagreement on a variety of subjects.

“Accept their faults and opinions,” he said. “And then finally, the most important thing when maintaining a romantic relationship is to build trust.”

When ending a relationship, DeYoung said “to be respectful and use ‘I’ language.”

“I” language refers to speaking from a personal view and in a non-accusatory manner. DeYoung told students to set boundaries and stick to them, but at the same time respecting the boundaries set by the other person.

After speaking on romantic relationships, DeYoung presented a segment regarding consent in a relationship.

“Rule number one: If there’s not a ‘yes,’ that means ‘no,’” DeYoung said. The next rule in the PowerPoint slideshow was the same rule again, but this time in all caps.

DeYoung strongly warned against engaging in sexual behavior while under the influence of intoxicants.

“With platonic relationships, they don’t always have a clear beginning or an end,” he said, although he did present a few slides of advice to students, which included points such as not being afraid to make the first move, express opinions, spend time with them and strive to be a good friend.

Junior Lori Beth Stroderd said she attended the seminar because she wanted to see if what DeYoung had to say about communicating with women

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FILMMAKER

CAMPUS LIFE

Speed dating provides unique interaction Staff Writer

photo by Jared Holt

Miranda July reads a chapter of her book, “It Chooses You,” before opening up to a Q&A and book signing Feb. 13.

Artist amazes audience

Staff Writer

Filmmaker, writer and artist Miranda July shared her experience of becoming a writer and how it affects her personal life when she visited campus Feb. 13.

July held a question and answer session with students that morning in Win Thompson Hall and a public reading and book signing in the College of Business lobby that evening.

July visited a part of the UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication’s Artists in Residence program.

July inspired the audience with her unique perspective.

“You give in to distraction as if it is a murderer,” she said.

“You lay there, waiting to be killed. Today: fight for your life.”

July said when she has an idea or urgency of wanting to make something such as a short film or story, she goes for it without having a green light.

July said some of the creativity in her stories comes from the past and other people’s personalities.

Once she starts writing a film script or creative work, July said she tends to continue with that project and not start a new one.

She writes a variety of stories from other points of view.

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July said one of her visions is to make a film with nonactors from her neighborhood, which would be something different for viewers.

Professors and students in the audience were amazed at her journey.

July said for her, school prevented her from starting her life.

“I was never academic,” she said. “I fight all conventions until they become useful to me.”

July wrote, directed and starred in her first feature length film, “Me and You and Everyone We Know” in 2005.

July said before she becomes another character in a film story, she has to be able to feel like that character before performing.

July created the participatory website learningtoloveyoumore.com for unknown artists to show their work and talents. The website provides a network for those who want to connect with others and share their work with others.

Senior Taylor Hicks said she had never heard of July before being told she was coming to UCA. “She was delightful and her readings were entertaining, yet so in tune with how people really are,” she said. “I can’t wait to buy and read her new novel.”

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members question real source of love 4 Continued from page 4 Xander Udochi, sophomore light designer Emily Beggs, junior sound designer Sara Sharos, junior scenery designer Erica Craig and senior costume designer Haley Tynes also helped make the production possible.

The production left an impact on audience members, making them question relationships and the real source of love.

Trigg said he hoped the audience took away that love is a very complicated thing.

“It can be one of the best

things in the world, but it can also be one of the worst and most crippling,” he said. “I hope that it not only brings people to love on an emotional level that hurts, but also makes them feel good, so they know that there is hope.”

“Almost, Maine” plays at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21. UCA students with an ID receive two free tickets. General admission is $10.

For reservations, call (501) 450-3265 or visit the Reynolds Performance Hall box office.

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RHA

by Devin Riley

by Jasmyne Daniels

UCA’s Resident Housing Association (RHA) helped students come out of their shell and meet new people at its annual “Speed Dating” in the Student Center on Feb. 12.

“I wanted to meet new people,” junior Solana Hibbard said.

Many other students had the same reason for attending the event, and many said they were shy.

As people entered the event, attendees could feel the nervousness in the air, mostly

Future:

because people didn’t know what to expect.

Senior Lindsey Sehon said she really didn’t know what to expect because she had heard so many negative things about the dating format.

“I thought it would be scary,” she said.

Many people said they came to the event to support a friend.

Participants had three minutes to speak in pairs and when time was up, they switched partners.

Once the event started, people started to come out of their shells and liven up.

The room was filled with

Organization raises money

for trip to help install solar panels 4 Continued from page 4 talk to anyone about becoming a member and answering any questions they might have.”

The UCA Environmental Alliance focuses on keeping the community clean, including the nature trail on campus and rivers and streams.

The organization petitions on campus for healthier food options, greener energy sources and other environmentally friendly things.

Thomason said the big thing the organization is focusing on now is getting UCA to invest in more green energy.

“We are gathering petitions and putting together proposed plans of action the university can implement over 10 years,” he said.

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Pettit said he is working on making vegetable gardens in the backyards of members’ houses.

The group is planting trees with a wetland conservationist in north Conway on Feb. 19.

“All hands, any majors are welcome,” Saverse said.

Saverse said there’s more depth to the environmental movement.

“This is the first step towards a more harmonious global future,” she said. “You don’t have to be a scientist or activist to care about these issues. Climate change affects us all, across every single border. We only have one planet; there is no second shot.

I wholly believe in the power of the people to overcome this corrupt matrix we live in.”

Kholodenko brings an

laughing, talking and smiling faces as students socialized with each other.

RHA workers tried to create a friendly environment, greeting everyone with a smile. There were food and craft service tables and a handout with questions to help participants avoid awkward silences.

RHA adviser Amanda Kuster said the RHA set up the food tables for people who are shy.

RHA made it a point to not force anybody to do anything he or she did not want to do, which helped students feel more comfortable.

By the end of the event,

numbers were exchanged, Facebook friend requests were sent and everyone was huddled up smiling and laughing.

Freshman Rowan Weatherely said she plans on hanging out with some of the people she met at the event.

Sehon also said she would hang with some of the people she met that night.

Junior Nicholas Reznicek said he liked that the event pushed people out of their comfort zones.

Overall participants said they had a good time. Several attendees said they would do it again next year.

STUDENTS SAY

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If you could change one thing about UCA, what would you change?

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story by Ashley Thomas photos by Jared Holt

Senior Stephanie Gray

Junior Zachery Weaver

Junior Tanner Williams

Sophomore Quaneshia Barns

Sophomore Ashanti Brown

Sophomore Hannah Jones

“We should renovate Irby [Hall]. It’s old and dilapidated.”

“I’d like to get a new music building.”

enriching experience with his stage presence 4 Continued from page 4 for him to perform despite the fact that he only rehearsed with the orchestra once. “[It was easy to play] thanks to the conductor, a wonderful young man Geoff, who is a great musician,” he said. “I am very grateful to the orchestra.

[The day before the concert] we rehearsed and I had the impudence to talk a lot. I hope that I did not offend them. It seems like they gathered their thoughts and played very well.

I understand that there were a lot of students [in the orchestra], who do not have so much experience, but nevertheless it was very valuable for me and for them, I think.”

Amanda Horton, Public Appearances director, said Reynolds Performance Hall negotiated Kholodenko coming to campus before the results of the competition were announced, about a year ago.

Horton said her team always books events a year and a half in advance.

Horton said they were excited to see Kholodenko performing at Reynolds when they found out he won the competition.

Horton said she thought the concert was absolutely amazing.

“I thought the crowd really responded well to him,” she said. “His talent, the way that he not only played but also his stage presence – it was truly wonderful.”

Reynolds was almost full and a standing ovation followed the concert.

Kholodenko played two short musical pieces as an encore.

Freshman Aigerim Tulepova said the concert was a musical disclosure: something very intimate happening on stage that she had a chance to oversee from the performance hall.

“Tonight I got a unique chance not just to listen to a classical masterpiece but also to watch the stage performance,” she said. “I was lucky enough to sit in the front row and watch Kholodenko’s fingers moving with phenomenal speed and also his interesting facial impressions, which I had never seen before in other piano players. That left a big impression on me and it was definitely extremely inspiring and a spiritually enriching experience.”

“Parking. I would give each building its own parking lot.”

“The Student Center weekend hours.”

“A shuttle that runs to Stadium Park.”

“Have the [Christian] Cafeteria open all the time. The hours are awful.”

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4 Continued from page 4 was valid.

“I was pretty impressed,” she said. “I think he did a really good job with covering bases and making clear rules in the presentation.”

Sophomore Shannon Caldwell said she wanted to come for the same reason and appreciated the slide where DeYoung reinforced the rule that “if there’s not a yes, that means no.”

“A lot of guys assume that they should try and go as far as they can and wait until she says no,” Caldwell said. “They don’t really know that they should ask or that asking is OK.” Sophomore Daniel Ryan said he thought it was a good presentation “as far as general information goes” but was disappointed in the lack of information specifically directed at men.

“A little piece of what I thought was missing was, ‘Hey,

this is what women are thinking’, and what they’re looking for from communicating with a guy,” Ryan said. “That’s what I think we have a problem with.

We’re afraid to say what [men] want to say because we’re afraid of what [women] are going to say or feel.”

Ryan suggested having more men present and having a panel of women up front to better converse about problems between men and women in relationships.

“I was looking to get a little more insight into the women side of things, but overall I thought it was great,” Ryan said.

Junior Erin Anders, a vocal music education major who is minoring in gender studies, criticized the seminar and its intent because of the way it was advertised, although she was not present during the event. Anders did not agree with the idea “that someone could possibly explain

how to communicate with any woman in just fifty minutes.”

“Women are not a homogenous group,” Anders said. “Additionally, this seminar was led by a man. This man has never lived a day as a woman and has no right to speak for us. Now, a Q&A format with a diverse panel of women would have been appropriate. Get five or ten women from all walks of life.”

Anders said she felt uncomfortable that the seminar was specifically for men.

“That implies that women already know how to communicate with each other,” Anders said. “It also perpetuates the idea that women are a mysterious creature of emotion that men have the inherent disability to understand.”

Assistant writing professor Jen Talbot also disagreed with the seminar’s advertisement, saying she spoke to DeYoung

before the event took place and suggested the title might be undermining its intent.

“I initially contacted [DeYoung] to inquire about the content of the seminar, because, since women are about half the human population and are not interchangeable, it wasn’t clear from the title,” Talbot said. “[Its intention], I assumed, to promote more effective, egalitarian communication patterns between men and women, and that, perhaps, it would be more useful to frame the seminar as ‘Interpersonal Communication for Men’ or ‘Effective Communication in Relationships’.”

DeYoung said the UCA Counseling Center staff collaborated to create the seminar and plan to hold presentations targeted at women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the future.

February 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 7:30 pm Bridges/Larson Theatre Snow Fine Arts Center The aurora borealis is the backdrop for this midwinter night’s dream in Almost, Maine. Residents seek to warm their handsFebruary and their13, hearts as 20, they 14, 19, 21reach out for human connections amid the lonely 7:30 pmof the Pine Tree state. vastness

Bridges/Larson Theatre Snow Fine Arts Center

2 tickets free with current UCA I.D. Tickets are available at UCA Ticket Central located in the Reynolds Performance Hall.

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MOVIE

War film falls short

New This Week Movies

by Tanner Smith

Feb. 21 ­—3 Days to Kill, directed by McG, starring Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen, Hailee Steinfeld and Kevin Costner

Staff Writer

Feb. 21 — Pompeii, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, starring Kit Harington and Emily Browning

Music Feb. 25 — To Live Alone In That Long Summer - Barzin photo courtesy of www.ing.com

Feb. 25 — Morning Phase - Beck Feb. 25 — Interrupt - Bleeding Rainbow Feb. 25 — DJ-Kicks - Brandt Brauer Frick Feb. 25 — Hubba Bubba - Damaged Bug

Kevin Spacey returns to his role as the manipulative Frank Underwood for 13 more dramatic episodes of venomous underminding and fourth-wall breaking asides.

‘House of Cards’ season two turns out slightly under par

by Austin DuVall News Editor

Feb. 25 — Riser - Dierks Bentley Feb. 25 — Kalaboogie - Doomsquad Feb. 25 ­— Clockworks - InDirections Feb. 25 ­— Consume - Lethal Dosage Feb. 25 — Blue Film - Lo-Fang Feb. 25 — Overstep - Mike Gordon Feb. 25 — Blank Project - Neneh Cherry Feb. 25 — ESTOILE NAIANT - Pattern Feb. 25 — Life, Water, Living... - Qui Feb. 25 — The Wait - Runaway Dorothy

Feb. 25 — Talking Songs - Scattered Bodies Feb. 25 — Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q

Feb. 25 — St. Vincent - St. Vincent Feb. 25 — Helios - The Fray Feb. 25 — Close To The Glass - The Notwist Feb. 25 — Twin Forks - Twin Forks Feb. 25 — Present Tense - Wild Beasts Feb. 25 — New Gods - Withered Hand Feb. 25 — Cosmos - Yellow Ostrich

Video Games Feb. 19 — Strider on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC

Feb. 21 — Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Wii U

Feb. 25 — Thief on PS4, Xbox One,

To put how I feel about the second season of “House of Cards” simply, I would say season one operated at 100 percent and the second, well, only operates at 97 percent.

The Netflix original series’ second season was released Feb. 14 on the online streaming service and goes to show if you’re going to keep doing what you’ve always done, you have to change little things here and there to keep the show from becoming monotonous. But in the case of this Golden Globe nominated drama, some of those changes weren’t little. I should say now that the rest of this review will contain a few spoilers.

The season two premiere episode did a good job of providing context to the current situation, considering season one was released over a year ago. We find Frank Underwood, portrayed

by Kevin Spacey, and his wife, Claire, portrayed by Robin Wright, preparing to be voted into the Oval Office and assume the roles of Vice President and Second Lady. Lucas Goodwin, portrayed

by Sebastian Arcelus, Janine Skorsky, portrayed by Constance Zimmer, and Zoe Barnes,

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first few statements.

Don’t get me wrong, this season was great. But I still stand by what I said: season two just doesn’t measure up to season one.

For instance, Frank doesn’t turn and give one of his famous, fourth-wall-breaking monologues until the very last minute of the first episode—which, I’ll admit— absolutely terrified me. But throughout the rest of the second season he rarely turns to the audience, and when he does, it’s either a sarcastic eye roll or a fivesecond jab that is sometimes just too cliché to take seriously.

I was also disappointed in how little journalism played a part in this season’s plot. After Zoe’s death, Lucas and Skorsky dropped off the face of the earth, leaving Lucas to get arrested only a few episodes later. By taking journalism out of the picture, there wasn’t a race to see who would beat who to the punch, although the season-long fight between Frank and billionaire Raymond Tusk provides some much needed conflict within the show. Overall, I was very pleased with this season and it provided me with more entertainment and emotional stress than I could’ve asked for.

Netflix has announced that “House of Cards” will be renewed for a third season, which will be released in 2015.

Fifty years of Beatles fame relived

by Julia Kramer Staff Writer

Since I was a child, I have loved The Beatles. So naturally, when I heard about a tribute to The Beatles commemorating the 50th anniversary of the band’s appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964, I was stoked. “The Night That Changed America” premiered Sunday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. on CBS, exactly 50 years after the band’s appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”

LL Cool J hosted the event and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr attended with their families and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison.

The show kicked off with a clip of The Beatles performing “All My Loving” on “Ed Sullivan” back in 1964, which transitioned into Maroon 5 on stage finishing the performance of the hit and then covering “Ticket To Ride.”

Though the program was only a couple minutes in, I could tell it was going to be an event for the books. I could feel the energy from the auditorium in my living room; it was nostalgic, exciting and there was a sense of community among the audience. The tribute also included performances by many individual musicians such as Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran and Dave

Martin Scorsese utilized his unique filmmaking style and gritty polish to take the 2002 film “Internal Affairs” and transform it into a riveting, well-executed and captivating gangster film that wedged itself into my mind in a way that is hard to suppress. This film is my No. 1 remake, in large part because of its remarkable performances. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and the great Jack Nicholson really bring the film to life.

Grohl. There were also eclectic groupings such as Joe Walsh, Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison who performed “Something”; Keith Urban and John Mayer with “Don’t Let Me Down”; Alicia Keys and John Legend with “Let It Be”; and Pharrell Williams and Brad Paisley performing “Here Comes The Sun.” McCartney and Starr’s excitement was evident from the looks on their faces. During each performance they were happily clapping and singing along – Yoko Ono, too. However, it wasn’t until Annie Lennox and David Stewart, performed “The Fool On The Hill” from The Beatle’s “Magical Mystery Tour” album in 1967 that they rose for a standing ovation.

Aside from the concert part of the tribute, Starr and McCartney went to visit David Letterman at his show’s studio, formerly home of Ed Sullivan’s show, to reminisce about where it all began in America for The Beatles 50 years ago.

The last 30 minutes of the show held the most anticipated moments: performances by not only Starr and McCartney alone, but also together. Starr went on first, performing “Matchbox,” “Boys” and “Yellow Submarine,” where he got the audience involved. His upbeat and quirky energy was infectious and by the end of “Yellow Submarine” I even caught myself singing along and dancing in my living

2. “The Fly” (1986) David Cronenberg’s 1986 reimagining of the 1958 sci-fi film of the same name took advantage of its creature effects and gore. What makes this film is Cronenberg’s obvious care for the characters.

They are written and acted in such a strong way that I feel for them and worry for them when things go wrong. They make a film with a silly premise into a tragic tale about a man slowly but surely losing his humanity.

ACTION

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Officer Joel Kinnaman is transformed into a crime-fighting machine in reimagined sci-fi classic, “RoboCop.”

Cyborg flick remake stays true to original

by Jessica Seastrom Staff Writer

TRIBUTE

1. “The Departed” (2006)

The Top Five

portrayed by Kate Mara, continue to meet in secret, still trying to piece together any possible connection between Frank and the startling death of Rep. Peter Russo, portrayed by Corey Stoll.

Claire continues to fight Gillian Cole, portrayed by Sandrine Holt, over a looming court battle over Cole’s termination from Claire’s environmental nonprofit organization.

So basically, everything’s fine until Frank pushes Zoe in front of an oncoming subway train and you get to watch her get sucked under the bus frame by frame while Lucas reviews the security footage.

This understandably freaks Skorsky out and she retreats, ignoring Goodwin’s repeated pleas for her to stay and help put Frank behind bars. Goodwin slowly descends into allconsuming paranoia with no one to turn to until a hacker called “HEROnonymous” comes along.

In addition to Gavin, we are introduced to other new characters as well, most notably Jackie Sharp, portrayed by Molly Parker. Frank approached Sharp early in the season to assume his former role as the House Majority Whip.

While I could talk about the plot line of season two for a while, there are a few things to say before wrapping this up in relation to my

“The Monuments Men” is a war film that is never dull, features an all-star cast, has great cinematography, has a fascinating story and has its share of effective moments.That’s why it disappointed me when there wasn’t much else to it. A few things seem to be missing from what could have been a great film. That it’s merely OK is more disappointing.

Based on a true story, the Monuments Men in the title refer to a unit of eight men who, near the end of World War II, are supposed to track down and save as much of Adolf Hitler’s art as they can.

They are led by George Clooney — who also directed and co-wrote the film — and consist mostly of historians and professors played

by Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville and Dimitri Leonidas.

One of the film’s major problems is that there’s a distracting lack of characterization. I know these actors are playing characters based on real people, but the film doesn’t give them a lot to do. By the end, I didn’t remembered any of the characters’ names.

room.

McCartney quickly went on stage afterward and performed “Birthday”, “Get Back” and “I Saw Her Standing There,” three McCartney-Lennon collaborations. Starr soon joined him on stage to perform “With A Little Help From My Friends” as a tribute to Lennon and Harrison, and the duo closed the show with an energetic and fantastic “Hey Jude.” Having the talented Cirque du Soleil acrobats flying above the stage didn’t hurt the memorability and impressiveness either.

Starr and McCartney made sure to pay tribute to Lennon and Harrison throughout the night, but especially right before performing together.

“Whenever we play, John and George are always with us,” Starr said. “It was always John, Paul, George and Ringo.”

McCartney said The Beatles had each other, but because band members had each other, it worked.

“The Night That Changed America” was a wonderful tribute to The Beatles and its impact on America that all started half a century ago from their appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters lead singer and guitarist, said before his performance of “Hey Bulldog”, “If it weren’t” for The Beatles, I would not be a musician.”

3. “True Grit” (2010) With slick photography, top-notch performances and great cinematography, the Coen Brothers’ version of the Charles Portis novel of the same name delves deeper into the characters than the 1969 western, starring John Wayne, did. Nowhere is that clearer than in the ending, which indicates a hunger for violence and vengeance can eventually leave a person cold, bitter and empty.

There are moments when the musical score in this film really cripples it. For instance, when Matt Damon’s character accidentally steps on a land mine and the others have to help him out, the music ruins things.

The problem is the music is too reassuring.

I wonder if either the film was made quickly or if there was more material that had to be cut out of the final version before release, because at a nearly-two-hour running time, “The Monuments Men” feels strangely short. There are moments that seem to be going somewhere, but they’re forgotten quickly.

That’s a shame, because those moments make the film for a while. I have to wonder how much better this film might have been if it had more to deliver with each of the characters and the journeys they face.

With such talent involved, “The Monuments Men” is watchable. And there are a few good moments that I’m glad I saw.

In the end, I saw an OK film and I’m forced to write a mixed review for a film that I could have liked.

“The Monuments Men” is rated PG-13 for historical smoking and war violence images. The 118-minute film is playing at Cinemark Towne Centre.

“RoboCop” is a story about an officer facing lifethreatening injuries who is turned into a cyborg policeman by mechanics company OmniCorp.

The company performs the experiment to see if it can keep officer Alex Murphy, portrayed

by Joel Kinnaman, alive while simultaneously weaponizing him to perform as a machine.

The film explores the human soul verses technology concept.

Human morality and strength are thematic undertones to the storyline.

The new 2014 “RoboCop” made reference to many details from the 1987 film. The premise of a cop, harmed in the line of duty, who has been used in an experiment to become a robotic police officer, is consistent in the new release. The main characters and corporations hold the same names and titles. The fact that the robotic officer has a wife and young boy is the same. Some memorable dialogue and the mechanics of RoboCop’s suit are virtually the same. These similarities will be pleasing to lovers of the 1987 film starring Peter Weller.

What “RoboCop” fans might be turned away by are the smaller details that have been changed. The way that Murphy, or RoboCop, is almost killed has changed. Some bodily aspects and his memory loss process are different in the new movie, as well. Murphy is left with a little more of himself in the new film

4. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978) The 1956 sci-fi thriller “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” has spawned three remakes, and this 1978 movie. Starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Philip Kaufman, it is easily the best. With tense pacing, top-notch acting, and unpredictable story turns, this remake is in my opinion scarier and more effective. I dare you to guess the ending if a Google search hasn’t done it for you already.

than in the original.

If this film is a viewer’s first exposure to the RoboCop story line, the experience will be very different.

With no preconceptions of how plot and characters have been it is much easier to enjoy this picture as its own artistic portrayal of mechanics meets man.

The visual effects throughout the film are aesthetically pleasing.

Murphy’s robotic suit moves and functions in an idealized way that is interesting to see. The film shows what Murphy looks like without his mechanical attachments on.

For the squeamish this may be a disturbing scene to view but for those intrigued by biological structure it is fascinating.

Joel Kinnaman, who plays RoboCop in the new film, fits the role well. He has a similar calmness to Weller. Kinnaman’s stardom is not large enough to distract viewers by fame. He has only a few popular roles in other films just as Weller had at the time of the 1987 release.

As opposed to the original “RoboCop,” the recent film is rated PG-13 instead of R. The picture still contains a lot of action and gun violence and brief strong language as well as drug material.

The 2014 version is directed by José Padiha and stars other actors such as Michael Keaton as the president of OmniCorp, Abbie Cornish as Murphy’s wife and Samuel L. Jackson as television host Pat Novak.

The 108-minute film was released on Feb. 12 and is playing at the Cinemark Towne Centre.

5. “Let Me In” (2010) Though I love this film, I put it low on the list because it may actually be too faithful to its source material, the Swedish 2008 film “Let the Right One In.” With some exceptions, such as a subplot and a certain omitted “reveal,” it seems almost the same as the original film. However, the acting, the direction and the overall mood of the film definitely make it worth watching, and it makes for two great horror films.

Sports

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February 19, 2014

Week at a glance

Ragin’ Cajun Invitational The UCA softball team (3-7) took two of fives wins from the Ragin’ Cajun Invitational with both wins against Valparaiso University.

The Bears lost game one of the invitational 6-0 to Boston College University (2-3). Golden Eagles graduate pitcher Nicole D’Argento pitched a one-hit complete game shutout. The Bears committed six errors in the game. UCA won the second game of the Invitational 4-3 on sophomore designated hitter Sarah Bigej’s two-run walk off home run. This would be Bigej’s only hit of the game. The Bears’ final win was Saturday in a 10-8 win over Valparaiso (2-7). Junior shortstop Hayley Parker and junior first baseman Ashley Boswell collected three hits in four at bats. Parker scored three runs and had one RBI. In the invitational’s fourth game the Bears lost 7-0 to No. 4 Michigan (73). Freshman pitcher Megan Betsa threw a one-hit complete game shut out. The Wolverines collected nine hits. The invitational’s final game saw the Bears lose 5-0 to No. 15 University of Louisiana— Lafayette (6-3-1).

Golf tournament The UCA women’s golf team finished 10th in the McNeese State Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational after shooting 317 in the second round Feb. 10. Sophomore Sarah Brown tied for 24th after rounds of 77-78-155. Senior Carly Dear tied for 26th (78-78-156), while junior Kendra Mann shot 79-79-158 and tied for 34th. Junior Malin Senneryd tied for 47th (79-82-161) and sophomore Frida Svensson tied for 76th (83-86-169). Lousiana Monroe led the field at 599.

Upcoming games Men’s Basketball

Saturday vs. Oral Roberts University.

4 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

Saturday vs. Oral Roberts University.

2 p.m.

Baseball

Friday at Abilene Christian University.

4 p.m.

Saturday vs. New Jersey Institute of Technology at Abilene. 11 a.m.

Sunday vs. New Jersey Institue of Technology at Abilene. 11 a.m.

Softball

Baseball opens season with 1-2 record versus Missouri State

by Justin Freeman Saff Writer

UCA regrouped from back-toback losses beginning the season to beat Missouri State University 6-4 in game three at Bear Stadium Sunday.

The first game of the 2014 season saw UCA fall behind early, as MSU gained a 2-0 lead in the second inning on three hits and an error by UCA senior pitcher Bryce Biggerstaff.

Errors were common in the game for UCA, as it committed five of them on the day.

UCA scored its first run of the season in the third, as senior shortstop Justin Treece hit a triple off MSU sophomore starting pitcher Matt Hall and then scored off sophomore third baseman Chris Townsend’s sacrifice fly.

MSU responded in the fourth when a double by senior outfielder Patrick Drake scored senior first baseman Conor Smith to make it a 3-1 game.

UCA took the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Senior designated hitter Scott Zimmerle’s single scored senior outfielder Doug Votolato and a bases-loaded single by Treece scored two more runs to make it 4-3.

MSU junior third baseman Dylan Becker hit a two-run home run after an error by UCA second baseman Lee Raley, and sophomore catcher Matt Fultz’s single scored sophomore designated hitter Spencer Johnson as MSU regained the lead in the fifth at 6-4.

UCA junior first baseman Nate

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Senior starting pitcher Bryce Biggerstaff throws a pitch with a one ball, two strike count to Missouri State University sophomore outfielder Tate Matheny in UCA’s 11-5 loss on Friday.

Ferrell scored on an error by MSU senior pitcher Cody Schumacher in the bottom of the fifth.

Drake scored on a fielder’s choice as MSU sophomore outfielder Tate Matheny reached base after senior John Rand replaced Biggerstaff as pitcher for UCA in the sixth. Missouri State had a big seventh inning, scoring four runs on three hits and two errors by UCA to cement the final score 11-5, as junior pitcher Chris Caudle replaced Rand midway through the inning.

Biggerstaff took the loss for UCA, pitching five innings while allowing eight hits and five earned

Sunday vs. South Dakota State University.

11:45 p.m.

Sunday vs. Western Illinois University.

1:30 p.m.

Tennis

Saturday at Alcorn State University. 9 a.m.

Saturday at Grambling State University. 2 p.m.

led to two more runs for Missouri State in the fifth to make it 5-0 as UCA replaced McClain with junior pitcher Josh Markel.

UCA finally scored in the bottom of the fifth after a basesloaded walk by a new MSU pitcher, freshman Jordan Knutson.

Missouri State scored its final run of the game in the sixth when a single by Becker scored junior infielder Joey Hawkins to make it 6-1.

UCA rallied late, with a solo home run by sophomore outfielder Tyler Langley in the eighth and a single by Ferrell that scored Treece and Townsend in

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BOX OUT

REBOUND

Men lose both road games in Texas; Duever hits game-winner; Sugar Bears remain in first Miles compiles 12th 20-point game

by Mason Addison

by Andy Robertson Sports Editor

The UCA men’s basketball team was unable to pick up a win on its two-game road trip against the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Islanders on Feb. 13, 84-73, and the Houston Baptist University Huskies Feb. 15, 99-83.

The Bears (6-18, 3-10 SLC) and Islanders (13-14, 9-4 SLC) played a close game on Feb. 13 with the score 71-70 with 4:55 left in the game.

UCA turned the ball over four times and TAMUCC hit nine of 15 free throws in the final five minutes to put the Bears away.

The Islanders outscored UCA 13-3 in the final five minutes to sweep the season series.

The Bears shot 48.1 percent from the field, while TAMUCC shot 66 percent. The Islanders shot 71.3 percent from the field in the first half.

UCA made five of eight threepointers in the first half, but made one of six in the second half to shoot 42.9 percent from behind the three-point line.

The Bears shot 81 percent from the free throw line, up from the season average 60.5 percent.

UCA had two players in double figures with senior guard LaQuentin Miles leading the team in scoring with 25 points. He

finished with two assists, one steal and six rebounds.

Freshman guard DuShaun Rice scored 13 points and made a team leading three three-pointers.

Five Islanders reached double digits in points with junior guard Hameed Ali leading the team with 16 points. He finished with three assists and one block.

Senior forward Zane Knowles was one rebound away from a double-double with nine rebounds and 14 points.

Junior guard John Jordan finished with 10 points, eight assists, four rebounds and three steals.

Sophomore guard Brandon Pye scored 13 points and freshman forward Rashawn Thomas scored 14 points and had five rebounds, two assists and one block off the bench.

In Saturday’s game, Miles and junior guard Lennell Brown combined for 49 points, but didn’t overcome Houston Baptist’s (5-21, 2-12 SLC) offense.

HBU’s win snapped a ninegame losing streak. It was also their second win in conference play, as well as the second win in 18 games.

The first half was a battle with the teams trading the lead five times.

The Huskies gained the lead for the final time with 2:40 left

Friday vs. Alabama State University. 6 p.m.

Saturday vs. Drexel University. 3:45 p.m.

runs. Schumacher got the win for MSU with four innings in relief, allowing two hits and zero earned runs.

Junior pitcher Connor McClain got the start on Saturday for UCA, allowing two hits through the first three innings with no scoring on either side.

McClain struggled in the fourth inning, however, walking three and throwing two wild pitches. MSU scored two runs on Fultz’s double down the right field line, and Fultz would later come home on another double by Drake.

UCA came up empty again in the fourth, but two more doubles

the ninth, but came up short with a final score of 6-4.

MSU pitcher Bryan Young got the win after allowing two earned runs on three hits in 3.1 innings.

McClain suffered the loss for UCA, with five earned runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings of work.

Sophomore pitcher Connor Gilmore got the nod for UCA in game three, and MSU struck first with a run from Matheny after an error by Townsend in the first inning.

Sophomore catcher Brandon Montalvo drove home Ferrell in the second for UCA, tying the game 1-1.

Missouri State added two more in the fourth after a home run from sophomore catcher Tyler Harris, but UCA answered with a single from junior outfielder Wesley Hoover that scored Langley.

MSU scored again in the fifth with another home run, this time from Smith.

UCA answered again with two runs of its own, as Zimmerle brought home sophomore third baseman Matt Anderson and a triple by Townsend scored Treece, tying the game at four.

Neither team scored until the bottom of the eighth inning, when the Bears scored two runs.

With the bases loaded and two outs, Ferrell blasted a single into center field as Treece and Votolato came home to score the eventual winning runs and UCA went on to win 6-4.

in the first half on a jumper by sophomore guard Rob Lewis.

HBU led UCA going into halftime, with the score 41-38.

The Huskies exploded in the second half with 58 points, the most the Bears have given up in the second half this season.

UCA didn’t shoot well from the field during the game and finished with a 36 percent shooting percentage, while the Huskies shot 54.2 percent.

The Bears had a slightly higher free throw percentage with 69.7 percent, while the Huskies shot 69.6 percent.

Three players reached double figures with Miles leading the team with 27 points and eight rebounds. His 27 points made it his 12th 20-point game. Brown scored 22 points, making three three-pointers.

Senior guard DeShone McClure said Brown is capable of more games like this. “[Brown] played well for us as well, but he has been capable of that,” he said. “He’s a good player.”

The Huskies had four players scoring in double-digits with Lewis scoring 26. He had four assists, four steals and three rebounds.

Graduate center Ricmonds

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Assistant Sports Editor

The Sugar Bears basketball team had two games, one against the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Islanders and another against the Houston Baptist University Huskies, that were decided in the last four seconds.

UCA had a heartbreaking 45-42 loss against TAMUCC on Feb.13, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

This defensive game held both teams shooting less than 32 percent from the floor.

The Sugar Bears (16-8, 10-3 SLC) shot a higher percentage, 31.5 percent compared to the Islanders 28.3 percent, but lost the game.

The Islanders (14-11, 7-7 SLC) won the rebounding battle 41-36.

TAMUCC had the edge in free throws. The Islanders made 12 of 14 free throws and held UCA to only shooting five free throws, while the Sugar Bears made four of them.

All of the free throws came in the second half.

The first half started with the Islanders hitting their stride immediately.

They started an 8-0 run that didn’t stop until 10:35 left in the first half when freshman guard Brianna Mullins hit a jump shot to give the Sugar Bears their first two points.

Neither team hit the 20-point

mark in the first half.

TAMUCC led UCA at halftime, 19-15.

The Sugar Bears shot 23.1 percent in the first half and three players scored.

Senior guard Micah Rice led all scorers with nine, Mullins had four and senior center Courtney Duever added two.

Rice said the offense didn’t play up to par.

“It was just a rough night for us offensively,” she said. “The mindset was to play solid defense and try to get a stop.”

The Sugar Bears came out strong to start the second half and took the lead with 14:11 left in the game. They kept the lead for most of the second half.

The Islanders came back and tied it with two pairs of free throws.

TAMUCC hit a pair of free throws to tie the game with 40 seconds left in the game. A late turnover from Duever with 17 seconds left in the game led to a three-pointer from Islander senior guard Jasmine Shaw to seal the win.

Rice said she felt like she defended straight up but Shaw hit a tough shot.

Shaw is the leading scorer for the Islanders with 16.2 points per game.

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BACK HAND

Tennis moves to 2-2 overall; Bears defeat UT-Martin, lose to Racers

by Brittany Harris Associate Online Editor

The UCA women’s tennis team has a 2-2 record after coming out of the past weekend with both a loss to Murray State and a win against the University of Tennessee-Martin.

The Bears lost 6-1 to Murray State in Kentucky on Saturday.

The Racers took all of the three doubles matches.

In singles play, senior Sasha Ruocco suffered her first defeat to freshman Verginie Tchakarova 6-2, 6-3.

Coach Jeff Borengasser thought that even with the loss, the girls played well against a strong team.

On Sunday morning, UCA came back strong against the UT Martin Skyhawks, winning 5-2.

The Bears came out ahead in the first two doubles matches.

Juniors Kelsey Williams and Allison Murphy defeated senior Katie McCall and freshman Sarah Candeloro 8-6 in doubles match one.

Juniors Cassidy Crawford and Kristina Horsikyan followed suit with an 8-2 win against freshman Hitomi Naito and senior Ivon Simic in the second doubles match.

“Our number two doubles team played quite well. [They] played really smart,” Borengasser said.

In Sunday’s singles play, the

UCA girls won the first, third, fifth and sixth games.

Williams came from behind turning a score of 5-3 into a win against Candeloro, which Borengasser said “was a big momentum builder” for the team.

Ruocco took the fifth match with a 7-5, 6-2 score over Jessica Silva.

Sophomore Krizia Buck then clinched the win for UCA with a strong performance in the sixth game over opponent McCall.

“The match against Murray State was a tough one,” Williams said, “and I don’t think the scores were a true indication of how the matches went.”

Williams said if the Bears were to play Murray State again, the

outcome might be different.

“Everyone fought really hard,” she said. “I think it’s safe to say we didn’t get along with Murray State very well, although TennesseeMartin was a very fair team and enjoyable to play.”

In regard to the match against UT-Martin, Williams said that it seemed as though “everyone had some sort of fine in their stomach from the day before.”

The team did well as a whole and took down the Skyhawks.

“Cheering on and encouraging one another really goes a long way,” Williams said. “I think we all learned that we need to attack more, but we also realized that staying mentally strong and fighting for every point is

important.”

“The matches this weekend are a great preparation for a difficult conference schedule,” Borengasser said. “Williams thinks that Sunday’s match was a special indicator of how capable the team is, and how far they are “willing to go to win.”

The Bears have three matches this week. On Feb. 18 the Bears hosted the University of Arkansas—Fort Smith Lady Lions at the UCA tennis courts.

This weekend, the Bears will hit the road and head to Grambling, La. for a long day of tennis, with two matches.

UCA will play the Alcorn State University Lady Braves at 9 a.m., then the Grambling State University Lady Tigers at 2 p.m. on Feb. 22.

8/ February 19, 2014

SPORTS PUBLICITY

Marketing problem for athletic events, students unaware of game times, dates

by Andy Robertson Sports Editor

UCA has one of the better athletic programs in the state, but the marketing for events is not where it should be.

After my column last week, I had several discussions with people about the way sporting events are advertised around campus.

Everyone I talked to said they have a hard time telling when a game takes place.

I thought about the yard signs on campus that are put up that say it is game day.

The signs don’t specify which games are happening and dont give a time for the game.

Sometimes the signs will be put in a general area and don’t really give much more information.

In volleyball’s case, flags were flown outside the Prince Center which displayed game day.

There were a couple of occasions I tried to get into a volleyball match last semester and it was too crowded.

This was because these flags were flown for an extended period of time.

It doesn’t hurt to have a twotime Southland Conference championship team playing there either.

If other events could do something like this, maybe they could get better attendance.

I haven’t seen anything like this for other sports.

Other sports have to rely on social media to get word out about the games taking place that day.

When I drive by the Bill Stephens Track and Field/ Soccer Complex, I’ll often see a soccer game going and that is the only time I will see something about it.

The marketing is more for football, basketball and volleyball.

Football is really the only sport I can think of that has a constant day of the week the games will be played on unless it is the home opener.

All other campus sports are played throughout the week, but most are played on the weekend.

Off the Glass UCAsports.com usually does a good job of letting people know when games are, whether it’s through Twitter, Facebook or its website. An upcoming games schedule is avaliable in the sports section of The Echo each Wednesday.

These times can and occasionally will change for the week.

Even Bruce D. Bear tweets about games that happen and he has paws, hypothetically.

The problem is many people don’t know where to look on ucasports.com or in The Echo.

If one has Facebook or Twitter, it could easily be found by searching for @UCAsports on Twitter, which as of Sunday has 5,273 followers, and University of Central Arkansas Athletics on Facebook, which has 7,509 likes as of Sunday.

Obviously, that means 5,273 people are seeing the times of events unless they have gotten like me in recent weeks and have stayed off social media for extended periods of time.

A couple of weeks ago, The Echo started a Twitter account that specializes in sports updates called @UCAEchoSports.

I hope we can use social media to market games better by taking our Twitter account to Facebook and Instagram.

Assistant Sports Editor junior Mason Addison and I try to update the followers on the scores of the games, but we have not posted times for games.

So how could this problem be fixed?

One possibility is an electronic billboard that shows

times and dates of events, but that would not be cost effective for the university.

Another option is to have signs like the signs in the parking lot next to Reynolds Performance Hall, which act as a white board to display times of games.

Signs like these should be place not only around campus, but around the city to bring nonstudents to games.

A third option I have is to display game times on the screen across from First Security Bank and Kum & Go. This screen is a little outdated, showing students who have graduated.

The screen would greatly improve the marketing and attendance for games because it is a high traffic area and depending on which way you come from, it’s likely you will see the sign.

I have seen football games posted there, but I haven’t noticed other events posted.

A final option could be to run some kind of advertisement on a television program of a local TV station.

We live in a world ruled by social media though, so maybe the problem isn’t the marketing, but how people use the marketing provided.

Even then, the word doesn’t really get outside of campus about games unless people look at social media.

Signs should be posted around town as well and less University of Arkansas—Fayetteville apparel in Wal-Mart and more UCA apparel needs to be put in.

UCA may never have the support or the fanbase of UofA and it doesn’t have to.

My hope is that UCA will one day get on the level of some of the major universities in the U.S. in terms of sports, but things need to start happening on a smaller scale.

Marketing needs to get better whether it is through students retweeting to their followers about events, or more people following or liking pages on social media outlets.

If some of these steps are taken events can improve for both the marketing and the experience.

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Sugar Bears split road games; Duever hits game-winner with three seconds left to stay in first in SLC 4 Continued from page 9

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12 The Sugar Bears bounced back after that loss and had another thriller in the last seconds, this time coming out on top.

UCA played the Houston Baptist University Huskies (1114, 7-7 SLC) in Houston, Texas on Feb. 15.

The Sugar Bears won the game with a jumper from Duever with four seconds left in the game to make the score 57-55.

Duever said there was no play, and that she put up a shot.

“We didn’t have a play drawn up. Maggie just had the opportunity and passed the ball,” she said. “I just had the ball and threw it near the goal and it went in.”

The Huskies weren’t able to make the final shot with one second left to pull out the win.

At the start of the game, it didn’t take long for HBU to jump out to a double-digit lead.

The Huskies shot 52.2 percent in the first half and made eight of 10 free throws.

UCA kept coming back, but couldn’t stop the Huskies from

pushing the score to double figures four different times in the first half.

Junior guard Kelsei Ewings hit a three-pointer to bring HBU’s lead down to nine.

The Huskies led the Bears at halftime, 32-23.

UCA cranked up its defense, holding HBU to shooting only 21.7 percent from the floor in the second half.

The Huskies made 13 of 14 free throws in the second half.

The Sugar Bears also hit their offensive stride and shot 50 percent from the floor.

Duever made six of nine shots and hit a free throw in the second half, scoring 13 points.

Duever got a layup to go with 17:43 left in the game, bringing the score within five, and neither team got a larger lead the rest of the game.

It was a closely contested second half all the way down the stretch. Duever scored with four seconds left to put the Sugar Bears up by two and win the game.

Freshman guard Proffitt played an instrumental role down

the stretch.

She hit two clutch free throws with 2:09 left in the game to put the Sugar Bears up by one.

After the Huskies hit two free throws to gain the lead by a point, Proffitt hit a 3-pointer with 59 seconds left in the game to put UCA back up by two.

Duever finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Proffitt had 12 points and was two of three from behind the three-point line.

Junior forward Brittany Agee was the third Sugar Bear to reach double digit point totals with 10.

Sophomore forward Monet Neal was the lone Huskie in double figures with 11 points.

The win helped UCA retain the No. 1 seed in the conference.

The Sugar Bears will play Oral Roberts University on Feb. 22, in the Farris Center.

The Golden Eagles beat UCA in their last meeting 70-60 on Jan. 11, in the Mabee Center.

ORU and UCA average 64.0 points per game.

ORU has allowed 72.1 ppg while UCA has allowed 56.3 ppg.

UCA’s scoring defense is 12th in the nation.

The Sugar Bears have shot 43 percent from the field for the season. The Golden Eagles are shooting 40 percent from the field.

UCA also has the edge in rebounding, averaging 37 rebounds per game while ORU has averaged 35.8 rpg.

The Sugar Bears are 10-3 the conference and the Golden Eagles are 6-7.

ORU hasn’t won a game on the road this season, going 0-13 while UCA is 10-3 in the Farris Center.

The Sugar Bears are also shooting a higher 3-point percentage, 34.2 percent, than the Golden Eagles, 32.8 percent.

This season UCA has had 356 turnovers while ORU has had 419 turnovers.

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“I had full confidence Nate was going to get that hit, but I was thinking about scoring any way I could,” he said. “Whether that be a past ball or the ball just kicked a couple feet from the catcher.

The win went to Caudle, who didn’t give up a run or a hit in two innings.

MSU junior pitcher Zach Merciez got the loss despite not allowing an earned run on one hit in 1.1 innings.

While a 1-2 start is not what UCA had in mind after starting off 17-3 a year ago, Zimmerle photo by Pham Minh said the win on Sunday is big for momentum going forward.

Sophomore outfielder Tyler Langley makes contact with the ball in “It was huge,” Zimmerle said.

“It was good to get the ball rolling Friday’s 11-5 loss to Missouri State University. and a great win to build off of.

We’ll be looking to carry that the Al Scott Memorial Baseball of Technology on Saturday and momentum all the way to Kansas Sunday.

Classic.

UCA opens at Abilene at 4 on Tuesday.”

The Bears will play three UCA will head to Abilene games, with two coming p.m. Friday playing confernece foe the Wildcats.

Christian University to play in againstthe New Jersey Institute

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Men lose two games in Texas; Miles records 12 20-point game

in 16 contests 4 Continued from page 7 Vilde, sophomore guard/forward Caleb Crayton and freshman Colter Lasher scored 18 points, 13 and 11, respectively.

Lasher and Crayton had seven rebounds each, while Vilde had six.

Sophomore forward Dauson Womack led HBU with 11 rebounds.

The Bears will return home for a three-game home trip with the first game at 4 p.m. Saturday against Oral Roberts University.

In the last meeting between the Golden Eagles and the Bears, Oral Roberts won 93-80 in Tulsa.

The Golden Eagles grabbed 50 rebounds, while UCA had 29.

Oral Roberts is fifth in the Southland Conference tournament, with a 13-13 record overall and a 7-6 conference record.

The Golden Eagles are led by senior forward Glover Shawn with 21.8 points per game, which is good for second in the SLC behind

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9 Miles’ 22.8 ppg.

Shawn has a 51.5 three-point percentage.

The Bears will finish the final

two home games of the season against Sam Houston State on Feb. 27 and Lamar University on March 3.

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