The University of Central Arkansas ranks highest in tuition costs, but ranks third to last in room and board and sixth in overall direct costs when compared to all public schools in the state.
UCA’s yearly tuition is $6,908, above the University of Arkansas at $6,767, University of Arkansas at Little Rock at $6,642, Arkansas State University at $6,640 and Henderson State University at $6,440.
Vice President of Finance and Administration Diane Newton said she believes the slightly higher tuition is due to a lack of funding from the state.
UCA rates lowest on appropriations per student, the University of Arkansas receives $6,944 per FTE (full-time equivalent), or students with at least 12 hours, University of Arkansas in Little
Rock receives $6,592, Arkansas State University receives $5,912, Henderson State University receives $5,964 and UCA coming in last with only $4,888 provided by information given by Newton.
Newton said these funds are decided on growth of the university at the right time and increasing the number of students when the state grows and is able to allocate more money.
“We grew when the state was not funding on an off year,” Newton said. “Those numbers are locked in and they are not going to take money from other schools to give to us, extra money will have to be added to UCA to close that gap.”
While UCA collects the least amount of money from the state, they have still maintained the lowest increase in tuitions for 2010-2011 at only 3.14 percent, lower than University of Arkansas in the number one spot with 4.77 percent, according to Newton’s
by Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
The Student Government Association met Monday, discussing the possibility of paying $30,000, from the reserve fund, to become a corporate sponsor of the UCA Athletic Program.
SGA reserve funds are leftover student activity funds from the prior semester. Student activity funds are paid by students, through the student activity board fee, which currently is $8 per credit hour.
Athletics is partially funded through students as well, at $17 per hour, not including personal purchases a student can make toward the athletic program.
“A lot of people might have a problem with this, because they feel like students already pay an athletics fee and they are already getting money from students, but the money they receive from this, in no way benefits their operating budget.,” Kyle Boyd, SGA vice president of finance, said.
However, regardless of where the funds come from, the total athletics revenues will increase by this $30,000 payment from the student government.
Corporate sponsorship at UCA costs $10,000 per year, but for SGA, the price would decrease to $30,000 for five years. Boyd said he hopes to improve the game-day atmosphere with these funds.
He said he believes this would be a way for student government to get promoted through the use of signs and activities sponsored by the organization.
“There are a lot of people on campus that
don’t know who SGA is and don’t know what SGA does,” Boyd said.
During the weekly meeting, the student government also discussed the university moving toward increasing night classes to accommodate more nontraditional students, reducing general education requirements, working with the administration to have a larger May commencement, with the possibility of a high-profile speaker, such as former President Bill Clinton.
SGA President Meghan Thompson said student government is working toward improvements on the general education requirements and possibly providing a large May commencement for graduates.
“It was an idea from the administration. I know that our president, at the last university he was at, had a large ceremony like this,” Thompson said.
She said the hope is that more people will be brought in for the ceremony, because of a larger speaker. Currently, SGA and the administration are hoping for a speaker such as Bill or Hillary Clinton, Thompson said.
The general education requirements, Thompson said, are currently a problem for those studying abroad.
“Right now, if someone studies abroad, the world cultures requirement for general education won’t be fulfilled for that, and what more culture can you get from immersing yourself in another culture in another country?” Thompson said.
Currently no decisions have been made on these prospects, including the corporate sponsorship, large May commencement and the changing of the current general education requirements.
by Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
The university received an advance from the Department of Higher Education for $3.6 million for the third year in row, despite reporting a recovering and improving financial situation.
The advance are funds the university would have received later in the year, but chose to receive earlier to improve cash flow, Diane Newton, vice president of finance and administration, said Thursday.
The advance has been controversial considering the continued reports of improving finances at the university. In a Sept. 29 article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Stanley Williams, deputy director
of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, said UCA was the only public university that requested an advance.
The approved advance will go toward improving cash flow at the university, Newton said. She also said the article misrepresented the situation in an e-mail to faculty and staff on Sept. 29.
“The headline and first few paragraphs were misleading ... The administration believes Moody’s, a worldwide leader providing credit ratings and risk analyses, is in a much better position to evaluate the financial performance of UCA,” the email stated.
$7.2 in lottery funds have yet to be received from the Arkansas Lottery Commission. Also, the state currently funds UCA at 70 percent of a formula-
determined need, which is, on average, 13 percentage points lower than other state universities’ need according to the formula, a presentation from Newton stated.
“The state is using a funding formula to decide how much state funds a school receives ... We had our enrollment growth during a time when we didn’t have additional money flowing, so we didn’t get funding while other schools did,” Newton said.
She said the university is, financially, in much better shape that it has been in the past, and continues to improve, with upgraded credit ratings twice since January 2010.
The e-mail to the campus community stated: “The university has made great strides
in cash position; however, as noted in all presentations about cash, it is not all expendable money. This statement was made as recently as yesterday at the meeting of the Budget Advisory Committee. As of June 30, 2010, the unrestricted/unallocated portion of the $24 million in cash was $4.5 million, most of which was prudently invested.”
Newton said in the e-mail that UCA will continue to “maintain a conservative financial posture.”
Jeff Pitchford, vice president of university and government relations, said it was normal for a university to receive these funds, and that, since given
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Annual Alumni Homecoming ExhibitionThe annual Alumni Homecoming Exhibition will begin Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Fireplace Room of McCastlain Hall. Allie Maxwell Nottingham is this year’s feature artist. She graduated from UCA in 2007 with a BFA in Painting. The name of her exhibit is: “Exuberant Color: Paintings and Ceramic.” The gallery is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is free.
Majors Fair The 13th annual Majors Fair will be held from 12:30-3 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Student Center Ballroom. Representatives from the academic departments will showcase majors, programs and achievements, among other highlights.
Reform and Re-Reform: Dynamics Behind China’s Economic MiracleA public lecture by Ling He, carmichael professor of Finance, will be given in the College of Business Auditorium on Oct. 7 during x-period. The lecture will be about how the 30-year economic reform that changed the command economy copied from the Soviet Union.
Wind Ensemble The UCA Wind Ensemble will perform in Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Oct 7. There will be a variety of music and admission is free.
Meet the TrainersOn Oct. 12 during x-period, the HPER Fitness Center will host a meeting to provide information on their personal training program and to answer questions about the program. To attend this meeting, sign up by contacting Arian Story by e-mail or by phone (501) 852-2575.
Homecoming Queen VotingVoting for the Homecoming Queen will be from Oct. 13-15 from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. in the Student Center. This year’s Homecoming theme is “PARTY LIKE A BIG BEAR...Mardi Gras Style!”
Grad Central December 2010 graduates can order caps and gowns at the UCA Bookstore from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Oct. 13 and from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 14.
Trick or Trot The HPER Center is hosting the Trick or Trot fun run at 8 p.m. on Oct. 14. There is a $5 registration fee that includes a T-shirt. Applications can be found at the HPER Center front desk, or students may register on the day of the race with a registration fee of $10 without the guarantee of the correct T-shirt size.
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Alumnus receives grant to study language in Morocco
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Rotary International awarded UCA alumnus Jacob Perry, 23, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar scholarship to pursue his degree in Morocco.
The scholarship was for a one-year program study at a four-year university. Perry is pursuing a degree in Arabic at the University Mohamed V. He arrived in Morocco on Aug. 29 and will be there until July 2011.
“I was honored to have received the scholarship and I’m excited about representing Rotary’s ideal of service above self above while abroad. Rotary is a tremendous organization that seeks world peace with its humanitarian acts, and I feel very privileged to become part of the Rotary community in its mission to serve,” he said.
Perry is the middle child of three to parents Tom and Kim Perry. He was born in Independence, Mo., but lived in Fayetteville, Ark. since he was 4 years old. He graduated from UCA in December 2009 with degrees in Spanish and Biology. Driven by his passion for the subjects, he decided to pursue them regardless of the career opportunities.
At UCA, he tutored, taught a Latin dance class and was involved with the Spanish club. He also co-founded an organization that raised money and collected materials for an orphanage in
Honduras, located in Central America. Perry said he and his friends visited the orphanage three summers in a row. They spent time with the kids and painted the schools in the neighboring villages.
He said he will teach English and possibly Spanish at the university and a language institution in Morocco. He said he plans to participate in some Rotary service projects while pursuing his degree. He also hopes to organize a weekly visit to a local orphanage with the Rotaract club in Rabat, Morocco.
Perry said he hopes to improve his proficiency in French and Arabic to do educational development and environmental sustainability work in Africa one day.
“My goal here is not only to improve my linguistic skills, but also to represent Rotary and the USA, break cultural barriers, build relationships and learn about African culture and the challenges it faces for sustainable governance, educational and agricultural systems,” he said. “My aspirations in life are to educate impoverished people in developing countries about how to be self-sustaining. I hope to give them a chance to educate themselves, and then create their own functioning systems on which a sustainable, competent society depends.”
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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.
Police BeatNonstudent arrested for criminal trespassing
Nonstudent Fredrick L. Greenlee, 21, was arrested at 8:37 p.m. on Sept. 29 for criminal trespassing.
An officer on patrol in the Elizabeth Place Apartment Complex saw a male whom he believed to resemble Greenlee walking quickly toward apartment number 18. The officer knew Greenlee had been previously banned from campus, but before he could stop his car the male entered the apartment with a key.
The officer confirmed that he saw Greenlee. He then went back to the apartment and knocked on the door. Student Shundasia T. Harris, 20, opened the door. Harris told the officer that she knew why he was there and stepped outside and shut the door.
The officer told Harris that he was looking for Greenlee and she began to ask the officer questions and said, “He didn’t do it.” When the officer asked to step inside to look for Greenlee, Harris tried to prevent him from doing so by causing a scene outside. She kept yelling at the officer, but finally let him in the apartment when he told her that he saw Greenlee enter earlier with a key.
Harris stepped inside and called Greenlee downstairs. Harris yelled and cursed at Greenlee as the officer took him outside to arrest him.
Greenlee was transported to the Faulkner County Detention Center. He was charged with Criminal Trespass and was issued another notification of ban from campus letter. Harris was given a verbal warning for disorderly conduct.
Student transported to hospital after bicycle accident
Student Jonathan O. Smith, 22, was transported to the Conway Regional Medical Center at 6:28 p.m. on Oct. 1 after having a bicycle accident.
An officer on patrol in the area of W.J. Sowder and Emma Rasor Drive saw two males on the sidewalk north of Minton Hall. One of them appeared to be screaming in pain while the other appeared to be holding on to him. The officer pulled his car on to the sidewalk to investigate further.
The officer identified the student screaming as Smith and the male holding on to him as student Nathan A. Smith, 21.
J. Smith had a large amount of blood on his face, hands and clothing. He also appeared to have an injury to his face and head. The officer helped N. Smith set J. Smith onto the ground and then notified dispatch to contact Fire/Rescue and MEMS.
N. Smith told the officer that the two had been riding bicycles when he noticed that J. Smith crashed. The officer noticed that the bicycle that J. Smith had been riding had a severely bent front rim.
When Fire/Rescue and MEMS arrived a short while later, J. Smith initially refused to be transported to the hospital. Soon afterwards he became confused about which day of the week it was and began taking an unusually long amount of time to answer simple questions. MEMS then transported J. Smith to CRMC.
The officer took possession of the wrecked bicycle and transported it to the UCA Police Department storage
shed. The officer made contact with J. Smith and let him know where his bicycle was located. J. Smith told the officer that he had to receive stitches to his wound at the hospital.
University-owned Daihatsu in parking lot accident
At 2:32 p.m. on Sept. 30 an officer was dispatched to the parking lot west of Estes Stadium for a parking lot accident. When the officer arrived, Physical Plant staff member Glendel Sturgeon, 59, met him.
Sturgeon said that he was driving a university owned white Daihatsu and was traveling southbound in the parking lot. He said there was a Black Honda Civic sitting idle in the driving lane and when he attempted to go around the Honda, the passenger side door of the Honda opened and he hit the door with the front of the Daihatsu.
Student Kaleb Jerry, 19, was driving the Honda. He said that he stopped to let his passenger exit the vehicle and when the door was opened the Daihatsu hit his door.
The damage done to the Daihatsu consisted of a broken headlight and assembly trim. The estimated damages cost is $100. The damage done to the Honda consisted of a small dent on the passenger side door and the estimated damage cost is $500.
Student charged with disorderly conduct
Student Steffan R. Armstrong, 20, became disorderly at his disciplinary hearing at 4:28 p.m. on Sept. 29.
An officer was dispatched to the Student Health Building for a disturbance in the Dean of Students’ office. When the officer arrived the Vice President for Student Services, the Dean of Students and the Director of the Counseling Center explained to the officer that Armstrong had been in the office for a disciplinary hearing when he became disorderly, disrespectful and walked out, slamming the door to the conference room.
The officer left the Student Health Building in search of Armstrong. As he was leaving, he was met in the stairwell by two males, one was wearing a gray shirt and dark ball cap and the other was wearing a white shirt and jeans. The officer asked them if either one of them was Armstrong. Thy both said no. When asked where they were going, the two said that they were going upstairs.
The officer had no description of Armstrong, and since both of them said that they weren’t Armstrong, the officer went to Baridon Hall to continue his search.
The officer was informed by another officer that Armstrong had returned to the Dean of Students’ office. He asked the other officer what Armstrong looked like, and by the description he knew that the male in the gray shirt and ball cap that he had come across earlier was Armstrong.
The officer went back and confronted Armstrong outside of the conference room when the hearing was over. He told Armstrong that he should not have lied about his identity, and the case was forwarded to the University Judicial Board for review.
information.Tuition last year was only
raised one dollar per credit hour and Newton said she believes this is still even with, if not well below, the growth of percentage increase in the higher education price index.
“Increases in tuition have been remarkably modest,” Provost Lance Grahn said. “We know students and parents decide on schools for lots of different reasons and money is a huge reason and we know how tuition is perceived. We want to keep UCA open to as many students as possible and not keep a capable, talented student priced out of the market.”
The projected additional revenue of UCA would be a huge addition if the university received
comparable funding to those of the top schools, according to Newton’s presentation.
When compared to University of Arkansas’s appropriations per student, UCA would receive an additional $18,496,985 annually. Even when compared to the lowest above UCA, Henderson State University, an additional $5,911,308 would be added annually to UCA, Newton said.
Grahn said he believes this extra money would make a huge difference to the university and its continuing growth.
“We could support new learning initiatives, service learning, internships, funding studying abroad, provide more for under graduate research or hire more faculty,” Grahn said.
Grahn said he believes he can legitimately argue that UCA is the best value in Arkansas and it is because of a leadership team that knows the balance between affordability and doing what needs to be done for the students.
“Compared to Fayetteville and how much money they get, they still have about the same tuition, and that emphasizes what a great value UCA truly is and how prudently we manage our money,” Grahn said. “We’re definitely on everyone’s radar, for sure, as a very fine university.”
Using a formula to determine need, UCA figured an estimated cost of $79,851,811 annually to maintain the school. After state funding, UCA collects only around 70 percent of this formula based amount from the state. Grahn and Newton agree that the Higher Learning Commission realizes the reality of the issue and they will soon be proposing a recommendation to increase in funding, to raise that percentage to around 74 percent.
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To close out National Campus Safety Awareness Month, the UCAPD hosted one last viewing of the video “Shots Fired on Campus: When Lightning Strikes” at the Technology Plaza during x-period last Thursday.
“Today was one of the biggest crowds we have had of the viewing all month,” Arch Jones, director of organizational and community service, said.
“Shots Fired on Campus: When Lightning Strikes” is a 20-minute video made to help educate UCA students, staff and faculty about what they can do to survive in the event of a shooter on campus.
Senior Dawn Oakley said: “I’m not saying I wouldn’t be freaking out during the event but after viewing the video I do feel more prepared. If not for that video I wouldn’t have a clue as to what to do if there was a shooter on campus.”
Students and faculty can view the video on the UCAPD website or their MyUCA account.
The film was created by the Center for Personal Protection and Safety.
This is the first year UCA has hosted National Campus Safety Awareness Month. This is due to campus shootings around the country and the shooting on the UCA campus on October 2008.
“We are pleased with the way the month has gone, but we are not satisfied,” Jones said.
Along with getting as many students and faculty to watch the video, Jones said they also wanted to get as many people signed up for the UCAAlert service and Operation ID.
“Since move in day we have had 435 students and faculty sign up for the UCAAlert service which
is only 27 percent of the total number of students and faculty. We really want that number to be higher,” Jones said.
UCAPD said they have spent the entire month of September trying to encourage the UCA community to take advantage of these opportunities. They have had the mobile command unit set up at every football game, they have shown the shooter video every Thursday during x-period in the Technology Plaza, and have set up booths in the Student Center and around campus.
Jones said the UCAPD has no intentions of stopping awareness at the end of the month.
“As the semester and the year progresses, we’re going to do more on campus to emphasize these three things,” Jones said.
Along with promoting safety awareness the UCAPD performs a major crisis drill every year.
“For our major crisis drill in March we are going to perform a drill for a natural disaster such as a tornado, we are still discussing and in the planning process.”
The UCAAlert service allows students to sign up and receive alerts on their phone. The notifications will be sent if there is a shooter on campus, if classes are canceled due to weather or if there is a natural disaster. Operation ID is a database that allows students and faculty to register their valuables, such as laptops or cell phones, by their serial number.
National Campus Safety Awareness Month is every September.
The UCAPD website states that National Campus Safety Awareness Month was built on the principle of students, faculty, staff and parents working to raise awareness about safety on campus.
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by Lisa BurnettStaff Writer
Students looking for a team to join for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, can look no further than UCA.
The race starts at Second and Broadway in Little Rock. The 5K race is on Oct. 16 at 8 a.m., UCA is putting a team together together again this year. A 5K is around three miles.
According to the Arkansas Race for the Cure website, “The theme of the race this year is “we>me.” It takes more than one person to defeat breast cancer.”
Participants can share their “we” story about how a “we” in their life has made a difference on the “we>me” section of the Komen Arkansas website.
Carol Hanan, team captain
and academic librarian said: “We already have a team of 39 people and we are hoping for more. We want to see a big representation of UCA at the race.”
Amanda Girard, visiting lecturer in the writing department, is a member of the UCA team this year.
“I wanted to join the team because I think it is still important for my family to be represented in the race because the cause is so important,” Girard said.
Lynn Burley, associate professor of linguistics and writing, is also a part of the UCA team.
Burley said: “I do this because I’m going to do the race anyway, and I look forward every year to the sight of thousands of women crossing that bridge all with
the same goal in mind – to cure breast cancer. It just makes you feel good.”
Men can also get involved in the race. Three Miles of Men is for husbands, brothers, fathers and friends or any men that want to support the runners and walkers in the race. When you register for Three Miles of Men, you receive a complimentary T-shirt.
Burley said: “Men line the entire race route and cheer us on as we go by. It’s amazing!”
According to the Susan G. Komen website, the organization has invested nearly $1.5 billion to fight to find the cure for breast cancer.
Participants in the race need to sign up before Oct. 13. Students interested in joining the UCA team can contact Lynn Burley or Carol Hanan.
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Business council elects professorby Brandon NorwoodStaff Writer
Don Bradley III, professor of marketing and Executive Director of Small Business Advancement National Center (SBANC), was elected president of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) last month.
This is a three-year commitment in which he will serve a different role each year.
The ICSB, an international organization whose goal is to support the growth and development of small businesses worldwide, held its election with members from all over the world.
The international office is located at George Washington University’s School of Business. Bradley said the election consisted of professors, small business owners, entrepreneurs and consultants, who elected via e-mail the president for the following year. Bradley was elected for the next year.
“This year I will serve as
president-elect which consist of looking over bylaws and matters within the organization. I’m really excited because I also get to judge and present awards at the next conference,” Bradley said.
He will also be a major presence at the 56th annual ICSB World Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
Bradley said: “We will disseminate international research on small business as well as focusing on getting countries with poor economies back on track. We will also get a chance to work with students in doctoral programs”
Some other topics they will focus on is globalization and its impact on entrepreneurship and SMEs, Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation.
Daniel Neely, who graduated from UCA this summer with an MBA said: “Bradley would do a lot of good for ICSB as its president. I recently had a class taught by him and he is very passionate about encouraging small business. He is a tough professor but he teaches you how to open or manage a small business.”
Bradley served as senior vice president and director at large for ICSB.
He has served as president of the Small Business Institute (SBI), the Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Marketing Association.
Bradley said he currently serves as editor of the Small Business Institute Journal.
He is the editor of a weekly newsletter for SBANC that reaches 86 different countries.
“I think the newsletter is a major reason on why I was elected president because it reaches so many countries. I have also been to and worked with universities and small businesses in 24 countries and I think that played a part as well,” Bradley said.
This is Bradley’s 29th year at UCA.
“This is also good for UCA because it gives us international credibility in business and entrepreneurship,” Bradley said.
The website for SBANC states that Bradley and his wife Jan have three children and five grandchildren.
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Policy forces banned book reading to moveby Taylor LoweryAssociate Editor & Opinion Editor
The English department, with help from student volunteers and writing department professors, celebrated challenged books during Banned Books Week again this year from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, but faced an unexpected challenge of their own, forcing them to move locations.
For the past four years, the English department held public readings with an amplifier on the steps of Ferguson Chapel in the Student Center Courtyard.
“We were told [on Wednesday] that we couldn’t do it there because of a board policy about an amplifier,” Jay Ruud, chair of the English department and professor of English, said.
Instead of stopping the readings, however, the group moved into the Student Center Lounge, and continued the daily readings from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Arch Jones, director of organizational and community services for UCAPD, said the board policy in reference is UCA Board Policy 406, which reads: “The university believes that the right of expression is as necessary as the right of inquiry and both must be preserved as essential to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge and truth. ... The area adjacent to the southwest corner of Ferguson Chapel, not to exceed fifty (50) feet in any direction, is hereby designated as a limited public forum. ... no amplification equipment may be used.”
Banned Books Week, a celebration of books that have been challenged in schools and libraries, is a national event created by the American Library Association. According to ala.org, Banned Books Week “highlights
the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.”
Ruud said the department celebrates Banned Books Week by doing public readings of books that have been banned or challenged.
“It’s a celebration of the First Amendment,” Ruud said,” and the freedom to express ideas, even if the ideas a not popular. But that’s the reason for the First
Amendment. No one challenges popular ideas.”
Some of the most frequently challenged books, according to ala.org, include F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher and the Rye,” Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web.”
Ruud said he’s seen a number of unexpectedly challenged books.
“Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Lorax’ was challenged in the Pacific Northwest, because it demonized the forestry industry,” he said.
“Another weird one was the Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, because it has not only words they don’t want [kids] know, but it defines them.”
Ruud said celebrating Banned Books Week is important because books are still challenged all over the country.
“This happens in Arkansas,” he said. “One girl [who did a reading] chose a book that had been banned in her high school, a small town in central Arkansas. There was a teacher who was forced to stop teaching ‘Of Mice and Men’ [by John Steinbeck] because of language.”
Ruud said it’s usually parents who are upset about books and the content.
“They have a right to monitor what their children are reading,” Ruud said, “but they don’t have a right to tell me what my kids can read, and that’s what they do when they say you can’t read a book.”
In addition to readings, Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, held a viewing of the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” starring Jack Nicholson on Wednesday, Sept. 29. The book from which the film is based, by Ken Kesey, is often challenged.
Sonya Fritz, assistant professor of English, said the celebration of Banned Books Week went well, despite setbacks of moving locations.
“It was encouraging to see students stop to ask about the censorship of works like Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” or J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, which were read publicly on campus this week,” Fritz said. “If even just a handful of students were moved to think critically about the problem of censorship in America, this week was a success.”
Juniors Ron Walter and Hunter Moore talk on their way to English professor and department chair Jay Ruud’s reading of “The Slaughterhouse Five” on Sept. 25 at Ferguson Chapel.
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“They don’t have a right to tell me what my kids can read, and that’s
what they do when they say you can’t
read a book.” - Jay Ruud,
Professor and Chair of the English Department
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Ambassadorial Scholarship program was established in 1947, with the purpose of broadening international understanding and friendly relations among the people of different countries and geographical areas.
Over 40,000 students from 100 nations have been awarded the Ambassadorial Scholarship since 1947.
In 2009-2010, 700 scholarships
worth $16.2 million were awarded to recipients from about 70 countries to study in 80 nations, Steve Floyd from the morning Rotary Club said.
Floyd said the Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships provide a grant of $27,000 for one academic year of study in another country.
He added that these awards are intended to help defray
costs associated with round-trip transportation, tuition and other fees, room and board and some educational supplies.
“During the study period, scholars are expected to be outstanding ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country through appearances before Rotary clubs and districts, schools, civic organizations, and other forums. After the study has been completed, scholars share their experiences with the people of their home countries and Rotarians who sponsored their scholarships,” Floyd said in regard to how the students should serve as ambassadors.
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the opportunity, the university decided it was in its best interest to receive the advance, for contingency purposes.
“It’s kind of like an interest-free loan. We were looking at ways of managing our budget and it was a way to get that money up front,” Pitchford said.
The advance has been requested by other universities, although, according to the Democrat-Gazette’s research, has not been requested consecutively by other Arkansas universities in recent years.
“We don’t know how long it’s going to be before we get [Lottery
funds] ... No one in the state has received any funds, but still, we have no indication of when we’ll be getting that. It felt like, back in July, we had the opportunity to do it, so why not?” Pitchford said.
There has been some contention with the advance, with it being the third consecutive year the university has received it.
President Allen Meadors also sent out an e-mail on Aug. 17 refuting claims that the university demoted a member of the staff for saying a reporter’s name on a public street.
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Sherri L. LatimerAttorney at Law
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the same goal in mind – to cure breast cancer. It just makes you feel good.”
Men can also get involved in the race. Three Miles of Men is for husbands, brothers, fathers and friends or any men that want to support the runners and walkers in the race. When you register for Three Miles of Men, you receive a complimentary T-shirt.
Burley said: “Men line the entire race route and cheer us on as we go by. It’s amazing!”
According to the Susan G. Komen website, the organization has invested nearly $1.5 billion to fight to find the cure for breast cancer.
Participants in the race need to sign up before Oct. 13. Students interested in joining the UCA team can contact Lynn Burley or Carol Hanan.
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“Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.” These words are well-known and well repeated by Christians the world over, however, lately I find myself wondering how many Christians actually follow the scripture to which they claim to dedicate their lives.
Though this may seem outdated now, the question arose in full stride a few weeks ago when a customer came to Hastings, where I work. She was an elderly lady who asked for a copy of the Holy Quran. Thinking she was just interested in expanding her knowledge of religious literature, I began walking to the section where they’re kept, until I heard her say, “My husband and I are going to have fun burning it.”
I proceeded to show her the wrong section, but alas, despite my best efforts, she found the section and bought three, bragging at the counter about how she’d buy more had she had the money.
For those who don’t know the story behind the Quran burning, Terry Jones, a pastor from Gainesville, Fla., called for the burn of the Islamic holy book to take place on the nine-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The media, unfortunately, took advantage of the situation and blew it out of proportion, gaining the pastor and the scheduled burn national recognition. Amazingly, many evangelical Christians hung on the words of Jones, and the burn became a scheduled event nationwide. Luckily, Jones backed out last minute and his 15 minutes of fame ran up.
Still, for a religion that practices the
tolerance of others, it seemed as though many turned their backs on the teachings of their faith and indulged themselves in their own personal detestation.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the persecution of those responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. However, I’m for the people who committed the actions, not the religion
they followed. As an old friend of mine pointed out, no one burns copies of the Bible on the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings because Timothy McVeigh was a Christian. The list of historical
Christian murders goes on and on, including Sampson Kanderayi, a man called “the Ax Murderer” who killed more than 30 people and Jeffrey Dahmer who killed and fed on 17 people.
But most people in this country don’t disagree with these men’s religious stances, so it’s OK to condemn them before their beliefs. But throw in another religion?
Growing up, I’ve found that, contrary to the teachings of their scripture, most Christians are more judgmental than most others, acting quick to point a finger or push a belief on those who think differently
I won’t turn this into a piece about my personal religious beliefs, as I believe in a commandment the late George Carlin threw into one of his stand-up pieces: “Keep thy religion to thyself.” However, if someone is going to publicly practice their religion, they should make sure they’re staying true to it, rather than changing the lessons on which they it’s built, especially for an extreme sense of patriotism or nationalism.
We have high hopes for the Student Government Association this year.
On Sept. 27, SGA held their first meeting of the year. With newly-elected class representatives, SGA discussed their summer spending and plans for the almost $205,000 in the Student Activity Fee Allocation funds.
SGA’s biggest expense this summer was the $15,000 paid to revamp the SGA website, ucasga.org. $15,000 on a WordPress website is a bit extravagant, but SGA was already paying nearly $7,000 each year for someone to keep the website up and running.
Although a pricey revamp, SGA will at least be saving money in the long run.
SGA also spent $4,000 on a fish fry for UCA students on July 22, to benefit the summer school students, according to SGA’s Facebook page.
It was good for SGA to put some of the money toward students taking summer classes, because they too pay into the SAFA funds.
$1,500 of the SAFA funds went to the Mexican Bi-Centennial Celebration, which was a smart decision for SGA. The event was one that could benefit many students at UCA, as well as the local community, and this is the kind of spending we would like to see from SGA.
In their Sept. 27 meeting, SGA discussed the idea of forming a committee to handle the use of the SAFA funds, and this is exactly what SGA needs to do.
According to their website, any student can be a part of a committee, and this would be the greatest way to ensure that all students can benefit in some way from the SAFA funds.
In the past, SGA has made some unfair decisions when it came to spending.
Without drudging up old memories, one notable instance was when SGA gave $21,000 to the Chamber Choir for a trip to France, giving 15 percent of the SAFA funds to one percent of the student body, according to stories in The Echo on March 17 and March 31.
This was a great opportunity for the choir, but was too much money for so few students.
SGA needs to focus on appropriate proportions when it comes to allocating money to student organizations, and our how is that this new committee will assist in that goal.
As many SGA senators pointed out in response to the stories, a problem with allocating funds is that student organizations often don’t request funding when they can. Toward the end of last spring, there was approximately $150,000 of unallocated money sitting in the SAFA reserves.
We hope SGA will make it a goal to inform student organizations that this money is available, and there are many circumstances when students organizations can request SAFA funds.
$150,000 is far too much money to have sitting unused, especially when it is coming out of students’ wallets as part of the Student Activities Fee.
An excess of money is no reason to give huge amounts to tiny groups, however, and we hope SGA will find a balance between overindulgence and sitting quiet.
Our hope for the SAFA funds is that they will be used to benefit the greatest number of students possible, and if that means spending money on advertising and informing students, then that is what SGA needs to do.
We hope SGA follows through with the committee and lives by their motto: “Students first.”
Any student or student organization can visit ucasga.org to find information on the SAFA funds, who can receive funding, what can be funded and the application process.
The critics said it was the best new series of the fall television season. They said it was so good that it could have been on cable. However, when it came to Fox’s drama “Lone Star” fans were indifferent and indifferent fans won’t keep a show on television.
“Lone Star” was the story of a smooth, Texas con man who lived two lives with two wives in two different Texas cities. The show was well-written and greatly acted by actors like Jon Voight, David Keith, Adrianne Palicki and James Wolk, the show’s main character who is a young and charming up-and-comer. It wasn’t a typical crime drama. It wasn’t a typical medical drama. It wasn’t typical, period. “Lone Star” was an original idea and a great one at that.
In today’s society, however, original ideas don’t seem to fly.
Audiences today generally prefer to watch sappy schmaltz, for instance has-beens like David Hasselhoff and Michael Bolton cutting a rug on “Dancing with the Stars,” the most watched show currently on TV. An average of 20 million people a week watch “Dancing with the Stars,” according to the Nielsen ratings, while only around 3 million people tuned in for the first two episodes of “Lone Star.”
Today’s generation of television viewers tend to prefer crap like reality TV to great art like a well-done television show.
Even though television viewers are partly to blame for the cancellation of good shows after as few as two episodes, a lot of the blame is to be placed on the networks
themselves. Fox simply should’ve given “Lone Star”
more time to show what it had. Networks shouldn’t expect new series to draw mega amounts of viewers in their first showings.
The fact that Fox gave “Lone Star” the 8 p.m. (central time) timeslot was a death knell from the beginning and they should have had enough sense to realize that. The
show’s competition included the most-watched “Dancing with the Stars,” the most-watched sitcom on TV “Two & a Half Men” and NBC’s new big series “The Event.” Even the 7 p.m. lead-in of Fox’s
most-watched series “House” couldn’t bring viewers to “Lone Star.”
This brings up a few questions: should networks cater to the lowly tastes of the majority of Americans or should they basically say screw ratings and put the best possible shows on television?
I would say that they should put the best possible shows on their network that they can and keep them on, however, it’s easy for me to say that when I don’t run a network. I guess this is why they say the best shows are all on cable. Cable networks don’t have to put up the big number ratings that broadcast networks do.
It would be nice for Fox to give “Lone Star” to another network, preferably a cable one, but it doesn’t appear that this is going to happen.
There are four complete episodes of “Lone Star” that the network is going to burn off on late Saturday nights in the upcoming weeks, according to zap2it.com.
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The VoiceNew semester, new SGA means new hopes, responsibilities
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Book burning shows hypocrisy, intolerance
by Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
This is my first semester at UCA. I have five classes and a part-time campus job tucked under my belt. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but every now and then, I find myself struggling for air.
I’m doing all I can to not fall captive into the hands of stress. I’m often perplexed at the amount of hours that a student spends at school and at work.
It’s almost typical for UCA students to be taking 15 credit hours and 320 working hours over a period of four consecutive months in a semester.
A close friend of mine is completing an undergraduate concurrent program in health education, and he is looking to graduate with Master’s in health science at the end of the year.
He is also taking Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) courses outside of UCA. Apart from that, he works approximately 20 hours each week.
Juggling work, studies and his social life on two hands, he ploughs through each day with purpose and positivity, while trying to balance the sacks of stress on his back.
There are many others on campus who are full-time students and part-time (or even full-time) workers. The truth is, not everyone enjoys work as much as others do.
Some students have experienced burnouts from too much labor and too little rest. The pressure placed upon them to perform well in all areas eventually diminishes their school spirit.
Due to the demands of their studies and workplace, some of them have to sacrifice their personal time and social lives.
It’s not because they’re too busy for their friends; it’s simply because they barely have enough time for themselves anymore.
It isn’t easy for students to excel at work and in school,
without their personal freedom being obstructed. Friday night parties have to wait, and the weekends are fully booked for work and assignments. Despite the
ongoing busyness, they still try their best to strike a balance between their studies, work and relationships.
Working has its benefits, of course. It exposes students to the working world and feeds them with various lifelong lessons and experiences that will take them a long way.
Furthermore, they are trained to approach conflicts faced at work with competence. These challenges shape them to become more independent.
Moreover, their experiences and good references from their current employers will make it easier for future employments.
Another good friend of mine has a lot on her plate. She is a second-year nursing student with a part-time job that seems to eat up most of her free time.
I only see her once or twice a week because of her busy schedule. I’m grateful that she still takes some time off to be there for me.
She claims that the priorities as a student and employee have to be swallowed, learned from and carried out each day.
We all have several aspects in life that we deem to be important. As students, our main priorities would be our studies, jobs and our relationships.
The fact that many of these working students are still standing tall regardless of their hectic routines is very inspiring.
It would still mean a lot to them if they had extra moral support from the ones around them. I personally admire their determination.
It’s normal to slip out of composure sometimes when you’ve had rough day.
Pick yourself up and brush the dirt off your knees.
Perseverance is the pathway that leads to success.
At the end of the semester, everything you have worked for will be worth it.
We have high hopes for the Student Government Association this year.
On Sept. 27, SGA held their first meeting of the year. With newly-elected class representatives, SGA discussed their summer spending and plans for the almost $205,000 in the Student Activity Fee Allocation funds.
SGA’s biggest expense this summer was the $15,000 paid to revamp the SGA website, ucasga.org. $15,000 on a WordPress website is a bit extravagant, but SGA was already paying nearly $7,000 each year for someone to keep the website up and running.
Although a pricey revamp, SGA will at least be saving money in the long run.
SGA also spent $4,000 on a fish fry for UCA students on July 22, to benefit the summer school students, according to SGA’s Facebook page.
It was good for SGA to put some of the money toward students taking summer classes, because they too pay into the SAFA funds.
$1,500 of the SAFA funds went to the Mexican Bi-Centennial Celebration, which was a smart decision for SGA. The event was one that could benefit many students at UCA, as well as the local community, and this is the kind of spending we would like to see from SGA.
In their Sept. 27 meeting, SGA discussed the idea of forming a committee to handle the use of the SAFA funds, and this is exactly what SGA needs to do.
According to their website, any student can be a part of a committee, and this would be the greatest way to ensure that all students can benefit in some way from the SAFA funds.
In the past, SGA has made some unfair decisions when it came to spending.
Without drudging up old memories, one notable instance was when SGA gave $21,000 to the Chamber Choir for a trip to France, giving 15 percent of the SAFA funds to one percent of the student body, according to stories in The Echo on March 17 and March 31.
This was a great opportunity for the choir, but was too much money for so few students.
SGA needs to focus on appropriate proportions when it comes to allocating money to student organizations, and our how is that this new committee will assist in that goal.
As many SGA senators pointed out in response to the stories, a problem with allocating funds is that student organizations often don’t request funding when they can. Toward the end of last spring, there was approximately $150,000 of unallocated money sitting in the SAFA reserves.
We hope SGA will make it a goal to inform student organizations that this money is available, and there are many circumstances when students organizations can request SAFA funds.
$150,000 is far too much money to have sitting unused, especially when it is coming out of students’ wallets as part of the Student Activities Fee.
An excess of money is no reason to give huge amounts to tiny groups, however, and we hope SGA will find a balance between overindulgence and sitting quiet.
Our hope for the SAFA funds is that they will be used to benefit the greatest number of students possible, and if that means spending money on advertising and informing students, then that is what SGA needs to do.
We hope SGA follows through with the committee and lives by their motto: “Students first.”
Any student or student organization can visit ucasga.org to find information on the SAFA funds, who can receive funding, what can be funded and the application process.
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.
by Carissa Gan Staff Writer
ucaecho.net OPINION October 6, 2010 / 5
The shrill sound of the drill pierced our ears in the small room and shattered the silence in the hall. My roommate and I smiled knowing what was being installed.
My dad and brother built a sturdy, wooden structure to raise our beds up about five feet in the air. This not only separated our sides of the dorm room, but made it possible for each to put the dresser and desk to sit at under our bed.
It felt like a room within a room. The arrangement left ample space in the
middle for extra chairs and even a bookshelf against the back wall.
But not even 20 minutes after creating our perfect dorm room, we were told to get rid of it.
“Lofts are not permitted in university housing,” according to the student handbook.
Our only options for increasing space in our room consisted of either buying bed risers, which would only raise the beds high enough to squeeze our desk underneath with no room to sit, or bunking the beds, which would defeat our goal of separation and a personal workspace.
The situation quickly got under my skin. I’ve seen other rooms with lofts at UCA which is where we got the idea in the first place. According to an RA and several students around campus, lofting is a rule
inconsistently enforced. Other rules are not being mandated and
can also be broken simply with the cover of a
blanket, such as microwaves, and while those broken rules could potentially burn down the dorm, what harm could come from a lofted bed?
The Housing Department explains that lofting could damage the dorm beds and could be a safety issue if not done appropriately. With the fear of liability issues and admitting they don’t feel qualified to determine the difference between acceptable lofting and unsafe lofting, UCA has banned lofting altogether.
But why couldn’t students sign a waiver removing UCA from the blame if they were to get injured? Or be allowed to supply a personal bed so damage to UCA’s property wouldn’t be an issue?
According to the Housing Department, other Arkansas universities address lofting differently with students’ safety in mind.
Hendrix has had problems with damage from construction and students moving out without disassembling the loft, but the university provides a bed structure that allows students to raise beds high enough for the dresser and desk to sit under. The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville does not allow a student to build a loft, but they can order one through a company which supplies lofts approved by housing. The University of Akrnasas at Little Rock and Henderson both allow students to loft their dorm beds on their own as long as it fits in the room and doesn’t cause any damage to the dorm or supplied furniture.
Why can’t UCA students have these options? Why can’t housing work with students to make dorm rooms more functional?
For the $5,720 cost to live in a 13 by 17 foot space, students should have the right to be creative with the space and be allowed to use sturdy leg extenders, whether bought or made.
If it’s safe and causing no damage, why not? And if other universities have created possibilities for students to loft, why won’t UCA?
by Katrina RagsdaleStaff Writer
Students should be allowed to loft beds for dorm space Students admired for ability to balance college, working
by Lisa BurnettStaff Writer
Marc Elliot is not a stranger to being judged. Elliot gave an inspirational speech on living with Tourette ’s
syndrome on Wednesday, Sept. 29 in the Student Center Ballroom, sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
Elliot began his message with humor. At the beginning of his speech, his tics began. One of his tics is him making a sound similar to a barking dog.
He said to the audience: “Whoever is making those noises, please stop.”
The audience laughed, many realizing how much humor played a part in Elliot’s life.
Elliot described his Tourette’s as “an itch inside your body and you choose to scratch it when you tic.”
He also explained that he has a sort of control over his tics. Tourette’s patients can choose not to tic, but Elliot explained that this causes the tics to “build up until you make the choice to tic, then it’s more severe.”
Tourette’s syndrome has many stereotypes. Less than 10 percent of Tourette’s syndrome sufferers say “bad words.” Elliot is in that 10 percent.
He said when he is in certain situations, the tic that occurs to him is saying the most risky thing possible. The risky word or words becomes the itch, and saying it is scratching the itch.
He spoke of a situation when he was kissing a girl, and “ticked” another girls name. The girl was very understanding, he said, but some of the people that have experienced some of his more hurtful tics haven’t been understanding. He has been threatened physically and hurt verbally by people who weren’t accepting of his disease.
Tourette’s isn’t Elliot’s only everyday struggle. He also suffers from a disease called Hirschsprung’s disease, which is a bowel disorder that he was diagnosed with at birth. The disease has left Elliot with virtually no intestines.
Elliot gave the audience an opportunity to “have Tourette’s.” He gave out cards with different messages to different audience members. He instructed them to say the messages such as “I love you” and “boring” throughout the speech.
Having these diseases has given Elliot the chance to see how people treat and react to different people, he said.
Elliot told the audience to “recognize that you make assumptions.”
He encouraged students to not turn their assumptions into actions by making fun of someone or doing something else to hurt them.
“Tell yourself, ‘I don’t know anything about anyone,’” Elliot said.
He lives by the principle to “live and let live.” Living by this motto has allowed Elliot to realize the importance of tolerance in his life, and everyone else’s, he said.
“Before you make an assumption about someone, think about every problem that could have caused them to look like that, act like that, or talk like that, and just live and let live,” he said. Junior Renee Lajeunesse said she wanted to come see Elliot speak because she was interested in learning about Tourette’s. She found what he said to be inspiring.
“I realized how big of an impact what we say can hurt someone so much,” Lajeunesse said.
by Crosby DunnAssistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor
The Three Phantoms, a traveling trio of men who have each played the phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera,” performed with the Conway Symphony Orchestra at Reynolds Performance Hall on Sept. 28.
Brad Little, Gary Mauer and Craig Schulman are The Three Phantoms who performed various selections from musicals that have had an influence on their life.
According to their website, they have been in 3,000 combined performances of “The Phantom of the Opera” and 8,000 performances total, including 2,000 combined performances of “Les Miserables.”
The musicals from which the music included: “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Les Miserables,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Jubilee, Company,” “Guys & Dolls,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “And the World Goes Round,” “Jekyll & Hyde,” “The Most Happy Fella,” “Paint Your Wagon,” “Secret Garden,” “Man of La Mancha,” “Camelot” and “Damn Yankees.”
The show received a standing ovation, a roaring applause and deafening screams of praise for the singers at the end.
Israel Getzov, conductor and music director of the Conway Symphony Orchestra, said: “The show was a lot of fun. There was a lot of great synergy between the singers and the orchestra.”
He said they had been working hard on the show and was glad it went well.
Freshman Sarah Bramall said: “It was incredible. I don’t have the words to describe it.”
Sarah Yarnell, a UCA graduate student and timpani player in the orchestra, said: “I enjoyed playing in the show. It was a lot of fun. I think the audience really enjoyed it.”
During the second act, each singer gave a talk about what song they felt influenced their career the most.
Little said his most influential song was “If Ever I
Would Leave You” from “Camelot,” and then he performed it.
He was followed by Mauer, who performed “Gethsemane” from “Nine.”
The last solo of the night was performed by Schulman. He sang “Bring Him Home” from “Les Miserables.” Schulman said he has played the role of John Valjean in the past.
After the last solo, the orchestra performed various selections from “The Phantom of the Opera” without the singers.
The finale of the second act, and arguably the best, was “Music of the Night” from “The Phantom of The Opera.” The song was performed by all three of the singers, and upon its completion received thunderous applause and a standing ovation.
After the curtain call, the trio performed “You gotta have heart” from the musical Damn Yankees. it was the final performance of the night.
At the end of the show Little, Mauer and Schulman went to the lobby to sign autographs. They had CDs on sale and were signing those, too.
The three men all agreed that UCA was a great place to perform.
“It was a great time singing in the show here. The audience seemed to enjoy the show well, too. It was an enjoyable experience,” Mauer said.
Little said he enjoyed performing at UCA. “This is always a joy. Sometimes, I think
we have more fun than the audience and the audience enjoys it,” Little said.
Schulman said he liked the orchestra.“I thought the show went very well. I am
pleased with orchestra,” Shulman said.Freshman Hannah Moulder said she was
thankful for the opportunity to see the show and is glad Reynolds had so many different performances.
“It was mind boggling. I’m a music major and seeing this tonight blew me away. They are incredible singers. Everything blended together so well. I didn’t want it to end,” Moulder said.
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Trio thrills audience with performance
The Three Phantoms (from left to right) Gary Mauer, Craig Schulman and Brad Little perform in Reynolds Performance Hall on Sept. 28. Conductor Israel Getzov directs the orchestra behind them.
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Freshman Rebecca Rockenhaus Sophomore Andrea Hambrick
“What about campus bothers you the most?”
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“People in general annoy me, not all of them, just most. I particularly don’t care for sorority girls and frat guys, no one cares how much you can bench press, go read a book.”
Sophomore Summer McBride
Students Say“I get tired of being hit on by random ugly guys and watching them get rejected and move on to the next girl.”
“Parking bothers me, it is a pretty epic problem. There is literally no parking, I have to park across the street in apartment parking spaces and walk over to campus.”
“I hate people that wear cut off shirts everywhere, it’s OK in the gym but not anywhere else.”
Freshman Abby Clark“Not having pudding some days in the cafeteria, it hurts my heart.”
Freshman Parnell Webb
“I am annoyed by guys hitting on girls constantly. I also do not enjoy the people that decide to yell and be loud outside at midnight every night.”
Junior Emily Moore“I am frustrated with the UCA e-mail, it fails us all. Also the constant construction around campus is an inconvenience.”
Senior Max Brimson“There’s not too much that bothers me here, I chose UCA because it is a great school. Go Bears!”
Sophomore Afiya Cumberbatch
Senior William Vester practices his electric piano in the Snow Fine Art practice rooms on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
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PIANO MAN
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Marc Elliot speaks to a room full of students about his life-long battle with Tourette’s syndrome in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
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Burgess’ feminine side wins him annual ‘Lady’ crownby Mary DeLoneyAssistant News Editor
Sophomore Weston Burgess was crowned the winner of Sigma Sigma Sigma’s second annual Dude Look’s Like a Lady pageant Sept. 28 in Ida Waldran Auditorium.
Dude Looks Like a Lady is a pageant where Greek organizations nominate a man to represent them. The men nominated dress in drag and compete in three different categories: representation of letters, a skit and formal question-and-answer round.
The letters category was judged on creativity, representation of Greek organization and looking like a lady.
The skit round was judged on creativity, the actual skit and personality.
The formal question-and-answer round was judged on formal attire, creativity, relation to theme, dress and the answer to their question.
There were two intermissions between rounds. During the intermissions, a representative from each organization was called to the stage. A game of musical chairs was played during the first intermission and a dance contest was held during the second. Door prizes were also given away.
There was also a People’s Choice Award where people in attendance could place money in a jar for their favorite contestant.
Other contestants included: junior Cody Stephens, junior T.J. Beringer, junior Bryant Crater, senior Lee Harris, senior Anthony Truscello, junior Wes Cooper and sophomore Reid Schlack.
Cooper won the letters round, Schlack won the skit round, Burgess won the formal round and Truscello won the People’s Choice Award.
“A lot of planning and preparation had to go into putting an event as large as this on,” sophomore and Sigma Sigma Sigma member Paige Kelly said.
Junior Katie Howe and sophomore Brandi Starnes, Sigma Sigma Sigma members, were co-chairs when it came to the planning of the pageant.
“I have been planning Dude Looks Like a Lady since classes started. There are a lot of things that go into planning a pageant that you wouldn’t think of, like having a solicitation form signed,” Starnes said.
A lot of time was also spent on getting sponsors for the show and donations to help fund the event and get door prizes and raffles.
Kelly said all of the money raised at the event goes to the Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation, which supports Sigma Serves Children. One of the specific causes that will be affected by the donation is the Robbie
Page Memorial Fund.“Robbie Page was the son of our founder, diagnosed with polio at a
very young age. Tri Sigma takes pride in helping find the cure for polio. Now, this national fund helps sponsor play therapy rooms for children in hospitals across America,” Kelly said.
In the past Sigma Sigma Sigma has co-sponsored the annual Spring Queen Pageant with the Kappa Sigma fraternity, participated in gas pumps, worked with local businesses to sell various tickets and products and hosted pancake breakfast fundraisers to help support the Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation.
“Our main mission is to form a lasting tradition that provides UCA’s Greek Community with something to look forward to that is not only fun and funny, but also helps support a cause that means so much to us,” Kelly said. “It is in no way [meant] to offend, make fun of or embarrass people. Instead, it is a way for sororities and fraternities to come together and show support for the very thing that has changed many of our lives for the better: Greek life.”
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Class proves non-majors can participate in actingby Crosby DunnAssistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor
The UCA theater department started an acting for non-majors and minors class this semester for all students with an interest for acting, but are not in the theater program.
The class is taught by Kevin Browne, a professor in the mass communication and theater department.
“We will be covering two major areas of acting in the class,” Browne said. “The first area is freeing up the body, the voice, the imagination and the sense of play.”
He said the second area of acting he is covering is the fundamentals acting based on Constantin Stanislavski.
“We’re doing some improvisation, some ensemble building games and exercises, and scene and monologues in class,” Browne said.
He said he is going to teach the students how to take what he is teaching in the class and apply it to future careers, even if they aren’t theater related.
“It’s the driving force behind the class,” Browne said. “I have a strong feeling that the ability to speak confidently, persuasively, and in a way that really communicates is crucial for leadership success in any field.”
The course description for the class on UCA’s website states: “through readings
and classroom performance, students will experience the basic principles of acting including relaxation, concentration, improvisation, use of imagination, actions, objectives, initial monologue and scene work, and other basic terms and concepts of process work for the actor.”
He said the class began this August and filled up two weeks prior to the semester starting.
“I really believe we’re going to have a demand for this class,” Brown said.
He said he hopes this class will be taught more in future years.
Greg Blakey, director of theatre, said the program was an idea shared among members of the theater department during weekly meetings.
“It came in a meeting a couple years ago,” Blakey said. “We are doing a self study getting ready for our national accreditation. There are programs like ours at other schools.”
He said six theater faculty and staff members worked on it.
The six people are Kevin Brown, Christopher Fritzges, Tom Marhenke, Shauna Meador and Elizabeth Parker. They are all part of the mass communication and theater department.
“We knew there was a lot of desire for one,” Blakey said. “We had to turn away a lot of people, there was only enough room in our acting classes for majors and minors. “
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Davis speaks of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticelloby Nathan NobleStaff Writer
Thomas Jefferson was the topic of choice for Creston Davis, assistant professor of religion at Rollins College in Florida, when he gave a lecture Sept. 28 in the auditorium of the College of Business.
The lecture was entitled “Jefferson’s Monticello: Contradiction, Ideology and the Foundation of America,” which covered the historical building in relation to the ideology of America at the time it was built.
Davis said Jefferson designed Monticello himself, using neoclassical ideas that inspired him while visiting Italy and inspirations by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Davis said he believes and proved in his lecture that what America truly is can be seen in the creation of Jefferson’s estate built in 1772.
“If you want to know what America is look at Monticello,” Davis said. “It is the embodiment of what early America was.”
Davis began his presentation with a story of his football team in high school. Down 47-0, his coach looked at his team and got down to basics, holding up the ball and showing it to the team and saying: “This is a football.” The crowd laughed at Davis’ story, however, getting down to the basics is what Davis did in his lecture.
“He knew what he was talking about,” junior Rebecca Dominski said. “He went in depth and added the philosophy and ideology behind it.”
Davis broke down Monticello into four pillars that supported his idea of what the structure stood for: architecture, contradiction, ideology and history.
Davis said the architecture was about necessity and what is available and needed. Monticello was a life-long project for Jefferson, and what began as a necessity became one of the greatest structures in America at the time.
“Between necessity and transcendence is where genius happens,” Davis said.
Contradiction was the main piece of the presentation and is seen throughout Monticello in many different ways. The size of Monticello alone is a contradiction. At 11,000 square feet it is not small in the least, however it is small in proportion to the symbol of it in the American psyche, Davis said.
Davis said Jefferson was stuck at the time, preaching equality but not exactly teaching it, fighting a contradiction of aristocracy and the idea of “for the people. Monticello could be big but not over the top.
When Jefferson wrote “all men created equal” he continued to build Monticello where he invented the dumweighter so that slaves would not interrupt dinner or parties, clocks had no minutes because slaves would benefit from knowing the exact time, and a recently discovered graveyard held nearly 160 buried slaves after Jefferson freed only two, Davis said.
“America was built on contradictions; enlightenment said everyone was equal, however it
was built on the back of slaves,” Davis said.Jefferson was a huge lover of enlightenment and
philosophy and that is seen throughout Monticello as well. Italian architecture, enlightenment and philosophy supported the history and ideology of what made Monticello, Davis said.
Jefferson built pieces of the house reminiscent of Greek temples and originally built a dome above that would be the centerpiece of the home that could be seen from the floor. However, it could not be supported and an extra floor was placed between it cutting it off and turning it into a separate room, Davis said. The molding was built in proportion to the dome and is nearly knee-high.
Taking these ideas and inserting the ancient techniques, Jefferson pushed the ideology that America was the new great power and the next Greek or Roman Empire, Davis said.
Monticello is located outside Charlottesville, Va. and is visited by nearly a million tourists annually, Davis said. Davis suggests visiting and really looking at the building and not going as a simple tourist.
Junior Tyler Bates said he had visited the historical sight but did not look at it the way he wishes he could have.
“I went as a junior in high school but I went as a tourist and I didn’t get that in-depth look I wish I could have gotten that he talked about tonight,” Bates said.
Creston Davis is the editor of “Theology and the Political” and “The Monstrosity of Christ,” featuring Slavoj Zizek and John Milbank, who are believed to be two of the greatest minds in philosophy today. He is currently publishing his new book “Paul’s New Moment with Zizek and Milbank.”
Creston Davis speaks to a room full of students about Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello on Wednesday, Sept. 28 in the College of Business.
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Power HourBy Crosby Dunn
Last week I covered the issue of friends and how their eating habits were a detriment to my health.
This week, I want to stay on that topic, but with alcohol. I have friends who love their booze.
That’s fine, but when they take offense to me not wanting to drink or not wanting to hang out with them while they are drunk, it becomes difficult to say “no.”
I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but just saying “no” is about all one can do, unless I were to ditch them altogether.
Not everyone drinks, but a lot of people do. I’m 23 and if I want to go to a bar and have a drink, it should be fine. I just have to remember, if it has ethanol, it is going to cause me to gain weight.
When I was trying to lose weight, my friends would give me a hard time for not drinking with them. I didn’t really care, but it was like a mosquito bite. Eventually, I had to scratch the itch.
I learned that ordering a clear, carbonated drink and telling people there was vodka or gin in it would make the nagging stop. Sure, it seems like pretty easy lie to discover, but these guys were pretty drunk, so it usually works.
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Linguistics professor helpspreserve tribal languageby Crosby DunnAssistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor
Tim Thornes, assistant professor in the writing department, has been working to preserve a dying native American language of the Northern Piaute over the past 16 years.
“What I have been doing for the past 16 years is mostly documenting the language and describing the language. It doesn’t have a written tradition and hasn’t been done before,” Thornes said.
He said the project’s goal is to provide people with a record of naturally occurring speech, a record of how the language is used in a natural setting, and conserve it as part of a cultural education program and resource for people studying language either in the community as well as from an academic perspective.
“There are 350-400 people presently speaking Piaute,” Thornes said. “It helps us understand properties of languages more generally and how they develop historically.”
He said Northern Piaute is spoken in several different communities spread across a large area, mostly in northwest Nevada, eastern Oregon, California and Idaho.
He said he is taking their oral history and narrative and putting it into writing and accompanied audio files.
Thornes said there would be a glossary and English translation associated with the writing, too. “I know the language from an analytical perspective. I can do some of the translation,” Thornes said. “I work with some of the native speakers.”
One particular woman he said he works with is Ruth Lewis.
Lewis is a tribal member and fluent speaker of Northern Piaute and has learned to transcribe and translate the language.
“I started working on languages somewhere around 1995-2000,” Lewis said.
She said since she began working with Thornes she has improved her writing skill.
“It helps me learn how to write. I’m not calling myself better, but I’m doing my best,” Lewis said.
Thornes said: “She is a travel member. When I started going to visit the community I was invited to one of their monthly elder’s potlucks. It’s a gathering of elder and other trusted community members and they asked and heard about me and my work on the language with a different speaker in different community. They wanted someone to learn how to transcribe the language for their younger people.”
“I learned his ways and I enjoy working with him,” Lewis said.
Thornes said they wanted to figure out how to create language materials to use as a resource in their teaching efforts.
Thornes said that so far he’s made well over 100 hours of audio recordings, and probably 2,000-3,000 pages of notes, in terms of actual data.
“In terms of the story project we are looking to publish 40 different narratives from different speakers and different stories,” Thornes said.
He said these stories include traditional stories, autobiographical, conversations, legends and some process narratives.
Thornes said he has worked on many other languages as well as the Northern Piaute. These include Tolowa, a native America group on the west coast with only half a dozen people currently speaking it.
He has worked on the south central Oregon native American Klamath, which the last fluent speaker of their language died in 2002.
He has worked on other African languages as well – Lunda, spoken in Zambia and Turkana, spoken in Kenya.
He said that out of all the projects he’s done, his Piaute project is the biggest.
“I teach a field methods class, part of the new linguistics major, and this semester the students and I are working on another languages in west Africa, in Niger, called Djerma,” Thornes said.
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‘Dirty Dozen’ group brings New Orleans sound to campus, performs with students by Simon Gable Staff Writer
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band played a concert in front of Christian Cafeteria during x-period on Thursday, Sept. 30th.
The DDBB is composed of seven members including two trumpet players, two saxophone players, a guitarist, a drummer and a sousaphone player.
Kevin Harris, a saxophone player for the band, said: “We formed 34 years ago in New Orleans. We began playing together at a social and pleasure club, and we adopted our name from the club.”
The DDBB came to UCA to show the campus what they are about.
“We came to Conway to play for ArtsFest [an annual arts showcase in Conway], but we wanted to give everybody on campus a preview of what the Dirty Dozen is all about,” Harris said.
The DDBB played a 50-minute set that showcased their New Orleans jazz style.
“The music we play is a product of New Orleans. You can’t help but be inspired by the people, the food, and the music when you come from such a special place,” Harris said.
According to the DDBB set list, they played a few originals, including “Charlie D,” and a few covers, including “My Mama Told Me So” by the Jazz Crusaders.
At one point during their performance the band invited musicians in the crowd, who were UCA music students, to grab their instruments and join them onstage for a rendition of their song
“Voodoo.”UCA junior trumpet player Justin Legris said:
“We have been working on the song with the marching band for about a week. We had no idea they were going to invite us on stage to play with them.”
Harris said, “We wanted them to show the crowd what they had been working on.”
About 15 UCA students joined the band on stage, and they took turns soloing back and forth with the original band members.
“Getting up on stage with them has gotten me really excited to play with them tomorrow [Friday] night at Simon Park,” Legris said. “We [the Bears Marching Band] are going to play three songs with them, and I can’t wait.”
After their performance in front of the cafeteria, each member of the band gave a Master Class on their respective instruments for UCA music students, Harris said.
“The Master Classes will give us an opportunity to interact with the students on a personal level,” he said.
Senior and guitar major Nathan Mathews attended both the concert and the Master Class for guitar students.
“The Master Class was fun. We worked on sprucing up some simple jazz patterns. It’s not every day that you get to play with such an accomplished musician,” Mathews said.
Harris said the band is heading to North Carolina after they leave Conway.
“We’re always on the road. We play anywhere between 200 and 250 shows a year. It’s what we’ve been doing since we started this thing,” Harris said.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band performs in front of the Christian Cafeteria on Thursday, Sept. 30. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band had UCA music students join them for the song “Voodoo.”
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Anime Club holds video game tournamentby Crosby DunnAssistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor
UCA’s Anime Club had its first video game tournament Oct. 1 in Stanley Russ Hall room 103 where players were able to test their skills at Super “Smash Bros. Brawl,” a game for the Nintendo Wii.
Eleven people entered to fight in a best two-out-of-three (three-out-of-five for the finals) round tournament, but there were about 20 people watching the fights and cheering on their friends.
Daniel Vasquez, senior and treasurer of the Anime Club, said, “It’s something we do that a lot of people show up for. There was a good turnout tonight.”
The winner of the tournament, junior Kirby Mitchell said: “I thought it was fun. I normally don’t when these things. I got nervous whenever he beat me in the third round. I probably shouldn’t have won, but I’m glad that I did. I always come to tournaments in Arkansas.”
David Coyne, senior and president of the Anime Club said, “I was pleasantly surprised with the turnout.”
Coyne said the winners of the tournament didn’t receive any cash prizes, because the tournament
was to serve as a fundraiser. For first place, the winner received a comic, a
poster and a keychain.The second place winner received a comic and a
keychain and third place received a comic. He said there was only one week available to the
club to advertise for the tournament. He said it was his only regret.
Vasquez said the tournament helped the club raise over $30, which he said may seem insignificant, but will help the club host more events like this one in the future.
He said the next tournament they are planning to host is a “StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty” competition.
“It’ll be a test run to see if we can actually host it,” Coyne said.
Vasquez said: “This year we will try to see if we can host a ‘StarCraft II tournament,’ if we have the capabilities to host it. We don’t know if we can yet.”
He said “StarCraft II” is a computer game, making it difficult for people to bring their computers to enter the tournament. It also requires Internet access in order to play competitively.
Coyne said finding a location for them to host the tournament is an issue, as well as how they would design the rules for the tournament.
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Nothing is ever more scandalous in high school than sex, right? Well, in the case of “Easy A,” imaginary sexual exploits prove that you don’t have to actually be “doing it” to gain the notoriety you think you desire.
Olive, the leading lady of “Easy A,” played by Emma Stone, learns that one little white lie can turn your life into a full-blown tailspin that leaves you with a severe case of whiplash.
Stone, who you may recognize as the raspy-voiced Jules from “Superbad,” portrays the modest Olive in the classic high school tale. Olive feels invisible at school, has cool, quirky parents and decides to do something to turn up the volume on her life.
Of course, these things never turn out as the characters expect. Except when it comes to this movie, everything happened as most audience members might expect.
Olive leads a fairly normal high school life; she has a best friend that she can’t decide if she actually likes or not, she does well in school and has a hidden crush on a guy that she’s known since elementary school. However, one boring weekend alone singing Natasha Bedingfi eld’s “Pocket Full of Sunshine” leads her to tell a little lie to her best friend, Rhiannon, played by Alyson Michalka.
Olive leads Rhiannon to believe that she had a one-night stand with a community college student, and this information falls on the ears of the school goody-two-shoes, Marianne, played by Amanda Bynes, and serves at the catalyst that sets the rest of the movie into motion. Marianne spreads the rumor like wildfi re, and Olive soon notices that people, mainly guys, are treating her differently. They’re noticing her, talking to her. However, Olive soon realizes this is not the kind of attention she wants, but learns she can gain something from this new phenomenon, like gift cards from
various chain retailers.Olive begins having “pretend” sex,
or even second base scores, to help the popularity level of the other school low lives who feel their social statuses have nowhere to go but up.
The movie’s title, “Easy A,” comes from a reference of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” Olive’s class is studying the novel and is where Olive gains her inspiration to accept her new status as the school skank.
While my fi rst reaction was that this was a typical high school misfi t story, I’ll give it some credit and say there were some legitimately funny dialogue between Olive, Marianne and Olive’s various conquests, and there were some situations where I couldn’t help but smirk.
Olive’s parents, played by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci, were a hilarious duo, even if their parts were overplayed. The “cool parents” to the “smart, misunderstood smart girl,” cliché may have been too strong, but I wasn’t offended by it. They played the parts they were cast for beautifully.
Olive’s character could have easily been annoying and overly-stereotypical, but Stone is the perfect fi t for the character and makes Olive completely likable and endearing.
If you’re looking for a fun, easy to digest date or girl’s night movie, “Easy A” will easily make the grade.
“Easy A” is rated PG-13 and runs for 92 minutes. You can catch “Easy A” at the Carmike Faulkner 6 Cinema.
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by Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” proves that greed isn’t as good the second time around.
“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is a sequel to Stone’s 1987 fi lm “Wall Street.” Stone is one of the premiere directors in cinema’s last 30 years with classics like “Platoon” (1986), “JFK” (1991) and the original “Wall Street,” however, ‘Money Never Sleeps’ fails to live up to its 23-year-old predecessor.
This is the fi rst sequel Stone has done in his long directorial career and it is timely, as it’s based on the recent stock market troubles of the past few years.
The fi lm begins with Michael Douglas’ Oscar-winning character, Gordon Gekko, all alone in the world after he is released from prison in 2001, following his antics from the previous fi lm. The fi lm then transitions to 2008 and the stock market troubles.
We see young Jake Moore, played by Shia LaBeouf, an ambitious trader who works for the Zabel Keller corporation owned by Frank Langella’s Louis Zabel. In an early scene in the fi lm, Zabel is unceremoniously bought out by the fi lm’s baddie Bretton James, played by
Josh Brolin, who we also learn later played a big role in sending Gekko to prison years before.
This moment leads to the important, but not wholly crucial scene where Zabel throws himself in front of a Subway train. This is important because Zabel was Moore’s mentor and Moore vows to seek revenge.
Langella is excellent in his role as Zabel, but the entire subplot took too long and it was at least 20 minutes before we see Gekko again. Stone wants us to care about Moore, which is why this occurs, but it’s hard to care about any other character when Gekko is the dominant force.
Moore is intrigued by Gekko because of his former stature on Wall Street and for the fact that he happens to be the estranged father of his fi ancée Winnie, played by Carey Mulligan. Winnie wants absolutely nothing to do with her ex-con father, who she blames for the death of her brother, from drug overdose.
Even with Douglas returning to his iconic role as Gekko, “Money Never Sleeps” does not hold up as one that would probably appeal to most fi lmgoers. It didn’t even appeal to me and I thoroughly enjoyed Stone’s work with “Wall Street.” The 1987 fi lm
included a more determined and evil Gekko, and sure he’s not all fl owers and puppies in the new fi lm, but the old “greed is good” Gekko just isn’t there. The 1987 fi lm also included a more interesting and better acted cast of Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah and John C. McGinley.
Sheen was ultimately better as the young mentee that Gekko controls in the 1987 fi lm, than LaBeouf is in this fi lm. LaBeouf doesn’t really impress in ‘Money Never Sleeps.’
In fact, one of the few highlights of ‘Money Never Sleeps’ is the cameo by Sheen as his character Bud Fox from the previous fi lm, even if Sheen plays it off more as his sitcom character from “Two and a Half Men.”
Two more distractions in ‘Money Never Sleeps’ are the fact that a big name actress like Susan Sarandon is included in a minuscule, seemingly unimportant role as Moore’s mother and the fact that the ending is abrupt, sappy and frankly too happy for a Stone fi lm.
“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” runs for two hours and seven minutes and is rated PG-13 for brief strong language and thematic elements. The fi lm can be seen in Conway at the Carmike Faulkner 6 Cinema.
by Marisa HicksSta� Writer
Serj Tankian released his second album, “Imperfect Harmonies” on Sept. 21. Formerly the frontman of System of a Down, Tankian strives to create a harmonic mixture of cultural ideas and impressions, and like he warned us, it’s not perfect.
The album has a distinctive sound; it is predictable. It seems to have been thrown together at the last minute, perhaps due to time constraints. Whatever his reason may be, there is no excuse for this embarrassment.
Its simplicity isn’t all bad. If you signed up for a talent show that you forgot about or maybe someone else is singing the same song, have no fear. Play any of the tracks from this album and you’ll be singing along word for word within 30 seconds.
The fi rst single released from “Imperfect Harmonies” was “Left to Center” in July. If you took the time to listen to the track, you need not listen to the entire CD because you’ll already know what it’s about. Each of the following tracks merely elaborates different phrases mentioned in the song.
His fi rst album, “Elect the Dead,” released in October 2007, sold 319,000 copies and reached its way up to
number four on the Billboard 200. It’s questionable that his new album will even be mentioned in talk shows.
“Borders Are...,” the second track on the CD, has an unbalanced rhythm that somehow catches Tankian’s attention. He fi nds it necessary to, again, display his feelings toward his own background as if the other 10 songs of reference weren’t enough. “Borders Are...” was released as a free promotional download in June.
The album is advertised as including two orchestral tracks, “Deserving?” and “Peace Be Revenged,” although, each track included is mostly orchestral. Displaying this uniqueness would be better suited had orchestral tracks been unique to the album.
It’s funny how this album is debuted as “Imperfect Harmonies” because each song has the same harmony that is defi nitely not perfect, but rather irritating.
Lyrically, the content of Tankian’s new album is much darker and rigid than that of his former band; however, the music and the tone is all too similar, defeating the interest sparked by the new sound.
Listening to the album you will fi nd that Serj Tankian has lost the musical touch he once had as a member of System of a Down.
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By Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
NBC’s big new series “The Event” has aired two episodes as of Oct. 3 and I’m frankly still trying to formulate directly how I feel about this series.
“The Event” is being hailed as the new “Lost,” and it isn’t the fi rst program in recent years to be hailed as such. ABC’s “FlashForward” was hailed as the new “Lost” last year and it seriously fell fl at after a quick start. The show was canceled by ABC after only one season.
I’m desperately hoping that “The Event” doesn’t become another “FlashForward.”
This brings up a good question though … why does there even need to be a new “Lost”? Why can’t “The Event” merely be “The Event”?
If you don’t like shows or fi lms that are told in a non-linear fashion than “The Event” certainly isn’t for you. The fi rst two episodes jumped back and forth through time constantly and I’m sure the series will continue that throughout the season. Within the span of 15 minutes you will likely go back a few hours and then forward to present time and then back an entire year and then forward again. If you don’t pay close enough attention it can get confusing.
The premiere introduced us to fi ve main characters in the series. Sean Walker, who is played by Jason Ritter, is vacationing with his girlfriend, Leila, played by Sarah Roemer, who suddenly disappears on the island of Antigua. There is President Elias Martinez, played by Blair Underwood, who has just recently learned of Mount Inostranka base in Alaska where mysterious
prisoners are being kept. There is Sophia, played by Laura Innes, who is a one of the prisoners being kept at Mount Inostranka who is imprisoned for unknown reasons in the premiere, but we fi nd out in the second episode that the prisoners aren’t human. Michael Buchanan, played by Scott Patterson, is Leila’s father and an airline pilot, who becomes linked in “the event” through his daughter’s disappearance.
There is also Simon Lee, played by Ian Anthony Dale, who seems to be an outside confi dant of Sophia’s and also tries to keep Sean from boarding a plane at the series’ exciting beginning.
In the second episode, we learn exactly why Lee is interested in the
Mount Inostanka prisoners.After two episodes of “The Event” I’m
not 100 percent sure exactly what “The Event” is after, but if it is indeed the big moment that occurred at the end of the premiere episode, then certainly it could have been more exciting and creative.
It doesn’t surprise me that “The Event” is a science fi ction show, but I didn’t realize it was going to be sci-fi until the end of the pilot episode.
The show’s fi rst two episodes are enough to interest me to keep on watching, but so was the start to “FlashForward.” I hope “The Event” doesn’t let me down nearly as much.
“The Event” airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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Five Best Classic Rock
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1. Led Zeppelin - self- titled (1969)
Led Zeppelin’s fi rst album features both originals and their renditions of a few blues classics. Although it’s not Zeppelin’s best-selling album, it introduced the world to the jazz and blues-infused singing and songwriting that would propel Led Zeppelin into superstar status. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album 29th on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
2. Pink Floyd - “Dark Side of the Moon” (1973)
Pink Floyd’s eighth album is regarded as the quintessential Floyd listening experience. It offers a psychedelic view into the world of Pink Floyd through the use of epic guitar riffs and synthesized sounds. The album spent a record 741 weeks on the U.S. Billboard top 200 list. ‘Dark Side’ continues to sell and its 45 million copies sold make it one of the top selling albums of all time.
3. The Beatles - “The White Album” (1968) “The White Album,” a
double album, is the Beatles best-selling album at 19 times platinum. According to the Beatles, most of the songs on the album were conceived during a transcendental meditation course in India during the spring of 1968. “The White Album” is the 10th best-selling album of all time in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry of America.
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - “Axis: Bold of Love” (1967)
“Axis” is the second album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The double-sided album features 13 songs, nine of which were written by Hendrix himself. The album expands on the band’s psychedelic style, while infusing it with elements of early soul and R&B. In 2003 the album was ranked 82nd on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
5. Bob Seger - “Against the Wind” (1980)
“Against the Wind,” Seger’s only number one album, spent six weeks on top of the Billboard top 200. The album delivers hits like “Fire Lake” and “Against the Wind” in typical Seger fashion behind a smokey voice with easygoing guitar riffs. The album received two Grammy awards for best recording package, and best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals.
list compiled by Simon Gable
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‘� e Event’ leaves questions, uncertainty
‘Easy A’ easily delightful, amusing
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Emma Stone stars as the seemingly-promiscuous Olive in the new comedy “Easy A.” The fi lm follows Olive as she tries using sex appeal to gain popularity.
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Michael Douglas and Shia LeBeouf star in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” the sequel to “Wall Street,” in 1987. The second installment of the Wall Street series takes place during the recent stock market troubles.
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Jason Ritter (son of the late John Ritter) stars as Sean Walker in NBC’s new sci-fi drama, “The Event,” which airs Mondays at 8 p.m.
by Katrina RagsdaleStaff Writer
The Sugar Bears volleyball team’s 3-0 victory against the Nicholls Colonels on Oct. 2 in Conway extended their conference streak to 27 wins and home win streak to 24.
Over 300 people crowded into the Prince Center to watch the game. The Sugar Bears scored the first point, but instantly became tied up 1-1. Getting back into the lead, the Sugar Bears dominated the score board, but again became tied at 6-6, 8-8, 9-9 and 10-10. Sugar Bears sophomore outside hitter Lindsey Barron blocked at the net, putting the Sugar Bears in the lead. The Sugar Bears went on to win the first set 25-21.
The Colonels served first on the second set and Colonels senior middle blocker Jasmine Harris’s block gave them the first point, 1-0. Harris tapped the ball over the net creating a 2-0 lead on the Sugar Bears.
Sugar Bears junior outside hitter Jessica Hays scored off of a kill, putting the Sugar Bears back in the game with their first point, making the score 2-1. With a rough start, the Sugar Bears remained behind the majority
of the first half, but finally took the lead after Hays scored with a block making the score 13-12. The Sugar Bears remained ahead the rest of the game and won the second set 25-22.
“The first two [sets], I felt like our defensive mentality was lacking,” Coach Steven McRoberts said. “We’ve got to be ready at our place and on the road [keeping in mind] everyone wants to knock us off our conference streak.”
At the start of the third set, the Colonels scored the first point, but the Sugar Bears quickly responded with senior right side hitter Chloe Smith’s kill, which tied the game up at 1-1. Each team then answered the other’s point with their own, until the Sugar Bears took the lead at 13-11. Competition became tough at the end with each team fighting for the win. Colonels sophomore outside hitter Jennifer Brant got a kill, bringing the score to 23-22 with the Sugar Bears leading. The Colonels fought hard, but the Sugar Bears won the third set 25-22.
McRoberts said confidence is definitely part of the team, but overconfidence is not. Even after their winning streak, the team will
continue working hard and getting better.“We have to continue limiting the points
other teams make. We had a six-point run then we turned around and let them have a six-point run. If we don’t do that, we can finish the game easy,” McRoberts said. “Offensively, we hit for high a percentage. Outside of a few runs Nicholls had, we kept our errors to a minimum.”
The winning record of the team and camaraderie among players drew freshman Marissa Collins to play for the team.
“When I came to look at this school, I fell in love with it. I thought the coaches were amazing and everyone on the team had good chemistry,” Collins said. “I wanted to be on a team where everyone was like best friends, all just working together.”
Collins said the team’s high morale and determination to play their best helped them win the game against the Colonels.
“Today’s game turned out really well. We came in confident from our good season and played to our full potential,” Collins said. “We go into everything game thinking this will be the hardest match, that’s our motto.”
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Sugar Bears sweep Colonels 3-0
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Bears focus for conference opener against Demonsby Ben KellerSports Editor
The Bears home conference opener is happening this weekend at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 against the Northwestern State Demons and the Bears are looking to start off conference play with a win.
The Bears had last week and this week to prepare for the game due to the Bears bye week after their loss to the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes 41-14.
Coach Clint Conque said the team took their normal Monday off on Sept. 27 and then started working with the team on the basics.
“Tuesday and Wednesday last week we used those days to work primarily on fundamentals,” he said. “We gave our backup players and our younger players more extended reps during the practice. We did shorten those practices but we were able to focus more primarily on our younger players.”
Conque said on Sept. 30 the team started preparing specifically for the game against the Demons.
“We started introducing our initial game plan on Northwestern State,” he said. “The
practice was a little bit longer and we were able to introduce some of the offensive and defensive schemes. On that Friday and Saturday the players had off.”
Conque said sophomore defensive back Marcus Dumas will not be playing this weekend against the Demons and that the other injured players are still questionable.
Conque said two players who missed the Tulsa game, senior defensive lineman Hutton Andrew and senior linebacker Brett Orr, will be available and ready to play against the Demons. Conque also said senior wide receiver Kenneth Robey did practice on Oct. 5, but it is still questionable, as it is with many of the other injured players, if he will play on Saturday.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Wynrick Smothers said it is still questionable if junior quarterback Nathan Dick will be well enough to play against the Demons.
“Nathan is getting better and he said he is getting better,” he said. “He has the full range of motion back in his left shoulder now. He is just trying to be careful because he doesn’t want to reinjure himself so it is still questionable if he will play against
Northwestern.”Conque said the Demons are going to
present some unique challenges for the Bears and they are going to have to focus on their game plan in order to win.
“When we watch their team on tape, they are big on the offensive line, they are big on the defensive line, they have excellent team speed on both offense and defense, they have a couple of very capable quarterbacks and they have an outstanding kicking game,” he said. “Northwestern’s problem, as I see it, that they have been susceptible to giving up big plays, untimely turnovers and some crucial penalties that happened at the wrong time.”
Conque said the Bears’ number one priority when it comes to shutting down an offense is to stop a team’s running game, and that is what they plan to do against the Demons. He also said that for the Bears offense it has to start with the offensive line because the Demons play several coverage combinations.
“We have to establish the line of scrimmage from the start and make sure we are getting in front of the chains instead of behind them,” he said.
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Sugar Bears junior outside hitter Jessica Hays goees down for a dig during the game against the Nicholls Colonels on Oct. 2 in Conway at the Prince Center. The Sugar Bears beat the Colonels 3-0 to extend their home win streak to 24.
The Bears Southland Conference play kicks
off this Saturday against the Northwestern State Demons in Conway.
The Bears had a chance last week to rest and prepare during their bye week and had an opportunity to see the Demons play a Southland Conference game for the first time.
This past week has been a blessing for the Bears because it gave them time to recuperate after the Tulsa game and they have had plenty of time for additional preparation for their first conference game.
After talking with Coach Clint Conque, he confirmed that sophomore defensive back Marcus Dumas will not be playing this weekend and said all other injured players are currently still questionable.
Quarterback Nathan Dick injured his non-throwing shoulder two weeks ago during the game against Tulsa and the Bears looked to redshirt freshman quarterback Wynrick Smothers to take his place for the remainder of the game.
Conque said right now all of the quarterbacks have been preparing in case Dick does not start. If it does come down to it and Dick is not well enough to play, Smothers would be the man I would choose to fill the starting spot for quarterback.
He has already proven himself in many games and he seems to have a great grasp on the Bears offensive scheme despite being a young player.
Right now, the Demons are struggling with their schedule as they are currently 1-4 overall and 0-1 in conference play. The Bears cannot focus on that fact though and Conque agreed.
The Bears have to go into this game thinking and knowing they have to play their hardest. If they start thinking this is going to be an easy win then the probablitiy of falling back into old habits and making bad mistakes is going to increase and the Bears cannot afford to do that during the home conference opener.
• NBC’s Sunday Night Football game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears was not a spectacular or an exciting game, with the exception of one play that could have made the game a blowout, but instead turned into the perfect opportunity for the Bears to come back, which they did not use as wisely as they should have.
During the fourth quarter with 6:50 left, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw got a hand off on a second and one play that he ran for the Bears’ endzone where Bears cornerback Zack Bowman stripped the ball from Bradshaw and recovered it on the Bears one-yard line.
Here is where the big hub-bub comes in. According to Bradshaw, he said he was caught off guard and relaxed because he was looking at the video screen in Meadowlands Stadium.
From what I have seen, there are two sides to this argument. Many people are saying that Bradshaw made a grievous error that no player in the NFL should ever make, while others claim that he was trying to see if anyone was coming up behind him and that he was potentially trying to time when to stiffarm an incoming Bears player.
Regardless of which side is right or wrong, Bradshaw had no chance of making it to the endzone on that play because Bowman was clearly faster and would have taken him down even if he didn’t get the strip.
That being said, I’m going to have to go with the side that says he made a mistake. You can argue that he was just trying to use the tools he had available to make the best possible play he could for his team, but when you get down to it, that video screen distracted him.
He should not be relying on a video to let him know if he can relax or not. He should be running his hardest and preparing to protect the ball all the way into the endzone or until he gets taken to the ground.
The play was not condeming for the Giants since they still won, but the Giants defense had to step up and fix Bradshaw’s screw up. If the Bears had scored off of that opportunity, the game on Sunday may have had an entirely different ending and the Bears may have been 4-0 going into week five.
Another interesting bit of information about that game is the fact that Bears quartereback Jay Cutler and the Bears offensive line was not wearing pink like the rest of the NFL teams were on Sunday.
The NFL and all of its franchises wore pink on Sunday in order to promote awareness about National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Now I don’t know if you can chalk it up to bad luck or some karmic payback, but I do believe in sports myths and curses and you just can’t mess with bad mojo. Perfect example, baseball’s longest running curse is the Chicago Cubs and the Curse of the Goat.
When the entire NFL has decided to wear pink to show support for a great cause you should just wear the pink. I think karma may have had a plan in mind for Cutler, who had his worst game so far this year, before he was taken out of the game because of a concussion. That night, Cutler had one more sacks on him than he did pass completions.
• Another injury from Sunday may have some consequences for the Philadelphia Eagles. Quarterback Michael Vick’s rib injury could potentially keep him out of next weeks game and bring back Kevin Kolb as the starter for the Eagles.
Kolb is a great quarterback, but the Eagles have been profiting far more and playing better since Vick stepped up to cover for Kolb after he was injured and ultimately took Kolb’s starting position.
The Eagles need to figure out if the injury is going to keep Vick out next week and if so they have to start working with Kolb and getting him ready to start again because his performance on Sunday was lackluster.
• The AP Top 25 College Teams Rankings this week had Florida dropping down several spots then they probably should have been since the start of this season.
Last weekend’s matchup between the University of Alabama and the University of Florida resulted in a blowout win for the Crimson Tide as they beat the Gators 31-3.
I will admit that I feared for the worst and that the polls would still have Florida barely hanging on in the top 10 even though they were completely outplayed, but much to my surprise and excitement the polls got it right and droppped them down to 14th.
The USA Today Poll was more forgiving of their beating keeping them at 12th but we will see if that lasts as the season progresses.
From the Shotgun
By Ben Keller
Bears preparation for Demons game looking good; Bradshaw’s video mishap
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Updated concussion policy more strict to keep players safeby Allison HartmanAssistant Sports Editor
UCA has always had a concussion policy in place and managed concussions very seriously, Head Athletic Trainer David Strickland said, but the NCAA recently passed a mandate requiring all Division I institutions to have a written concussion policy on record, so they decided to update the existing policy and make it more thorough.
Strickland said the policy is helpful in allowing the athletic training staff to better care for athletes and provides a better method of diagnosing and managing concussions.
“We now have objective testing for concussions that allows us to evaluate the severity of an athlete’s concussion and manage their progress,” Strickland said. “We conduct different neurocognitive tests such as memory, coordination or balance tests in addition to self-reported symptoms from the athletes.”
The athletic trainers also have follow-up testing that gives them objective data to look at to see if the athlete is improving or not, Strickland said.
“We’re taking subjective and objective data and putting it together so we can make
the best judgment on how to manage the concussion,” Strickland said.
Strickland said that high contact sports, such as football, aren’t the only sports that require the concussion policy.
He said even no contact sports such as golf were educated about the concussion policy because if they get in a car accident or hit their head water skiing they may have a concussion that the athletic trainers need to know about.
“If an athlete hurts themselves outside of their sport, we need to know about it because it could pose a problem for them on the field,” Strickland said. “Non-sports related concussions can be just as troublesome.”
Every athlete who plays a sport for UCA received a handout explaining what a concussion is, how to prevent a concussion and how to recognize the symptoms of a concussion. The handout also advises athletes on what to do if they think they have a concussion.
“There’s nothing more important than education and this policy helps us educate our athletes and coaches about the importance of recognizing a concussion because the minor headache you may have after hitting your head should be
taken seriously and the athlete needs to tell someone,” Strickland said.
Senior tennis player Kati Andersen said, “It’s nice to know they are taking concussions seriously and are educating us about concussions and what symptoms to look for.”
The policy also stresses the importance of being aware of your teammates and recognizing the symptoms they may be showing after being hit on the head.
“A lot of athletes don’t want to report injuries because they don’t want to sit out, but the concussion policy teaches you what to look for so you know when to be concerned about a teammate,” Andersen said.
Strickland said athletes don’t always recognize when they have a concussion so it is important for teammates to be able to tell the athletic trainers that someone was hit on the head and is showing symptoms of a concussion.
He also said it is important for coaches to be educated about concussions so they know how to tell if their athlete has head trauma.
Strickland said the new policy has already been applied to a few athletes and has proved to be very effective in helping the athletic trainers closely monitor athletes with concussions.
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Sugar Bears tame Lady Lions 3-0 to extend streakby Ben KellerSports Editor
The Sugar Bears volleyball team defeated the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions 3-0 Sept. 30 to take their winning streak up to seven games and their home game win streak to 23.
331 people attended the game to watch the Sugar Bears remain undefeated in the Southland Conference and raise their record to 4-0 and improved their overall record to 13-6. The Lady Lions fell in their Southland Conference record to 1-3 and overall record to 9-11.
During the first set, the Sugar Bears took control immediately as freshman middle blocker Jessica Nagy got a kill to give the Sugar Bears a 1-0 lead. The Lady Lions were given their first point when freshman setter Marissa Collins had a service error to tie the game at 1-1. The Lady Lions temporarily took control of the game with a service ace from junior libero Chelsea Barr, giving the Lady Lions a 2-1 lead. The Sugar Bears quickly took back the lead and started a seven-point streak that solidified their first set win.
With the set tied 3-3, the Sugar Bears raked in points with kills from Collins, senior right side hitter Chloe Smith and freshman outside hitter Karlie Giesler. The Sugar Bears also received help from the Lady Lions, who had several errors that resulted in Sugar Bears’ points. Their streak was halted after the Sugar Bears could not get the ball over the net and were called for four hits, making the score 10-4.
The Sugar Bears held the
Lady Lions and allowed them only 11 more points during the first set. The Sugar Bears won off of a kill from sophomore middle blocker Taylor Hammonds, making the final score 25-15.
During the second set of the game, the Sugar Bears held the lead throughout. Junior outside hitter Jessica Hays scored the first point for the Sugar Bears off of a kill to give them the lead 1-0. The Lady Lions answered back with a block from freshman setter Lindsey Young to tie the game 1-1, but the Lady Lions gave up a point off of a shot hit out of bounds to give the Sugar Bears back their lead, 2-1.
Late in the second set, the Lady Lions took a timeout to try and stop the Sugar Bears’ momentum after they scored off of a service ace from junior libero Cristin Curl. The Lady Lions were able to score after their break with a kill from senior outside hitter Allison Jones to make the score 18-11.
The Lady Lions scored six more points during the set, and the Sugar Bears went on to win the set 25-17 off of a service error by the Lady Lions.
During the third set the Lady Lions got off to an early lead that was quickly tied and taken from them by a kill from hays to give the Sugar Bears a 2-1 lead. The Sugar Bears did not give up the lead for the remainder of the final match against the Lady Lions.
Smith had back-to-back service aces against the Lady Lions, lengthening the Sugar Bears’ lead to 9-4. Smith’s next serve was a service error that relinquished the ball to the Lady Lions and gave them a point, making the score 9-5.
The Sugar Bears won the set off of two kills from Hays and the final kill from Smith to make the score 25-14.
Hays said the team prepared for the game against the Lady Lions by staying disciplined during the practices and thinking of them as games.
“We just had to stay serious and make it as game-like as possible,” she said. “We tried to keep our offense going fast and really focused on serving and receiving as well as passing.”
Coach Steven McRoberts said the team worked on things that the team has to continue to improve on in order to stay competitive.
“We worked on passing and our overall execution as a team,” he said. “I felt like, at times, we did okay and at other times I thought [the Lady Lions] really helped us. We have to come out for our Friday practice and really shore up a few things before we go up against Nicholls. I have a feeling they are going to play better than Southeastern did tonight.”
McRoberts said the team’s serving game is something they will have to work on because it is such an essential part of the game.
“We are just missing too many,” he said. “If it is a tight match it really hurts us, and every match that they were serving on we were scoring and it did not come back to bite us, but it could if that trend continues as the season goes on.”
Hays had the most kills during the game with a total of 12 kills. Smith had the second most kills with 10.
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Sugar Bears middle blocker Taylor Hammonds goes up for a block during the game against the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions Sept. 30. The Sugar Bears won 3-0.
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Daniel adds Brooks to women’s basketball staffby Allison HartmanAssistant Sports Editor
Sugar Bears Basketball Coach Matt Daniel announced the hiring of Tiffany Brooks, his former player at Missouri, as the new assistant coach Sept. 15.
Daniel, who was named the 2010 Southland Conference coach of the year, said he has also hired Terrell Coburn as director of player development/assistant strength coach and Brandon Johnson as film exchange coordinator.
Daniel said Brooks was a graduate assistant and she was doing such a great job and fit in very well with all of the players and coaching staff that it made sense to go ahead and hire her.
“I am really excited to have Tiffany on our coaching staff,” Daniel said. “She is a great addition.”
Brooks played three seasons for Missouri, during two of which she was coached by Daniel, who was an assistant coach at the time. He said her experience playing at such a high level will help her when it comes to coaching Division I college basketball players.
Brooks coached one season at Northern Iowa Area Community College before pursuing a professional basketball career
overseas. Brooks said when that didn’t work out she contacted Daniel, who brought her to UCA as a graduate assistant.
Brooks said she was at UCA for a couple of weeks before Daniel asked if she would be interested in accepting the assistant position.
“It was such an amazing feeling because this is something I have wanted to do for a while and the fact that Coach Daniel has confidence in me and respects me even though I don’t have a lot of coaching experience is huge,” Brooks said.
Daniel said he has high expectations for Brooks because she knows how he operates and he believes that will be an invaluable asset.
“She knows what I expect out of the players and the staff and since she is already familiar with me and high-level basketball in general, she brings a wealth of knowledge to our program,” Daniel said.
Brooks said she is looking forward to learning as much as she can from Daniel as well as the other assistants and helping the girls on and off the floor.
“I just want to help the team get better. Everyone wants to win a national championship and I’m hoping to help get them there,” Brooks said. “I want to help
the girls develop as basketball players and I’m looking forward to another exciting season for the Sugar Bears.”
Daniel said the team will benefit from having her as a coach since she is so knowledgeable about basketball and where the Sugar Bears are trying to go.
“Tiffany is young so she can really relate to the team immediately and she knows the way I like to play and what it takes competitively,” Daniel said.
The Sugar Bears have a competitive schedule this season and are playing The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in November, and Daniel said having Brooks on the coaching staff will help them prepare.
“It’s nice to have another body around who gets me and what our basketball program is trying to do,” Daniel said.
Brooks said she is excited to have the opportunity to work with Daniel and learn from him because he is such a good guy and genuinely cares about the players on and off the court.
“I’m really excited to be around that kind of environment because it’s rare to find a coach that cares like he does,” Brooks said. “I’m just so thankful to have the opportunity to work with him and learn from him.”
TUITION, FEES, ROOM AND BOARD BALANCES ARE PAST
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101 students were removed from classes last fall for non-payment.
by Lisa BurnettStaff Writer
The women’s soccer team tied 1-1 in a double overtime game with Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks in Conway at the Bill Stephens Soccer/Track Complex on Oct. 3.
Coach Tina Banham said, “We knew SFA was really good, considering they are in the top one or two in the our conference.”
In the first half at 36:46, Ladyjacks sophomore midfielder Laura Sadler scored the first goal of the game, when Bears sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Gochnauer tipped the ball in.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 1-0 and the Bears had no shots on goal, while the Ladyjacks had five shots on the goal and a total of nine shots.
In the fifth minute of the second half, Bears freshman midfielder Kristen Pollard scored with an assist from junior defender Julie Foerster, tying the score at 1-1.
Pollard attempted another shot for the Bears at 24:37 in the second half.
When there was only eight minutes left in the second half, Gochnauer was injured and was replaced by senior defender Aly Murray, until 3:49 when Gochnauer was put back in.
During the first overtime period, there was only one shot attempted by Ladyjacks junior defender Jordan King.
Two shots were attempted by the Ladyjacks during the second overtime period. Ladyjacks sophomore midfielder Kylie Louw attempted a shot that was blocked in the first two minutes of the second overtime period. Later in the overtime, sophomore midfielder Laura Sadler attempted a goal shot on the Bears that was blocked by Gochnauer at 3:52 in the second overtime period. The game was still tied 1-1 at the end of the second overtime and resulted in a tie game between the Bears and Ladyjacks.
The Bears had nine saves on the goal and the Ladyjacks had no saves.
Bears sophomore midfielder Elizabeth Brady said: “We worked
really hard during this game. The chances we had to score, we took.”
Banham said the team gave it all they had and it was great to have a good game like this against the Ladyjacks after having a tough loss against the Sam Houston State Bearkats.
“We played with a lot of heart today,” she said. “The team lost a heartbreaker on Friday, and since SFA is one of the top teams in the conference, we’ll take the tie.”
The Bears are working on becoming a more physical team, Banham said.
“We’ve got a very young team this year, we have 13 newcomers: 12 freshmen and one transfer,” she said. “They have to realize that you have to be more physical in a college game than in high school or club soccer.”
Brady said the team worked on a few things during the week to prepare for the game against
the Ladyjacks and they will have more to work on this week to prepare for their upcoming games.
“During practice this week, we worked on a lot of defensive shape and midfield support,” she said. “We need to work on keeping the ball while we are on offense. Our team also needs to work on keeping forward.”
Banham said she is worried about this short week of practice.
“It’s harder when you’re on the road because it’s not your home field like what they’re used to,” she said. “We’ll probably continue to refine the basics to prepare for this Friday’s game against Texas State. We just need to work on being more aggressive.”
The Bears next game is against the Texas State Bobcats in San Marco, Texas at 7 p.m. on Oct. 8.
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Bears freshman defender Alexa Herbers fights to gain control of the ball from Ladyjacks senior forward Kim Kimmel during the game Oct. 3 in Conway. The Bears tied the Ladyjacks 1-1.
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President Allen Meadors attends the Sugar Bears volleyball game on Oct. 2 against the Nicholls Colonels in Conway at the Prince Center. The Sugar Bears beat the Colonels 3-0 to increase their home win streak to 24 and their Southland Conference win streak to 27.
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Bears lose 3-2 to Bearkats off own goalby Ben KellerSports Editor
The Bears women’s soccer team lost their conference opener 3-2 on Oct. 1 in Conway to the Sam Houston State Bearkats after the Bears tied the game in the second half, only to give the Bearkats the win in the final minutes with an own goal.
The Bears had 11 shots throughout the game, six of which were on the goal, while the Bearkats had 18 shots, 11 of which were on the goal. Bears sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Gochnauer had eight saves during the game and the Bearkats senior goalkeeper Jenny Pence had four.
The Bears lost momentum early in the game as the Bearkats came out and quickly scored in the opening minutes of the game. In the second minute of play, Bearkats sophomore midfielder Kirby Zak scored with a header after she was assisted by a corner kick from Bearkats sophomore midfielder Paige Rodriguez to give the Bearkats an early lead of 1-0.
The Bears had several drives down the field where they attempted to score, but could not follow through and were either caught up by the Bearkats’ defenders and could not get a shot off or their shot was saved by Pence.
Bears junior forward Marissa Hicks had an opportunity to score during the 29th minute of play, but was swarmed by the Bearkats defenders and Pence. Pence was given a yellow card for a foul against Hicks and the Bears were given a free kick but could not make the shot.
The Bearkats were able to
lengthen their lead in the final minutes of the first half. In the 42nd minute of play, Bearkats freshman midfielder Kelsi Brown scored on an open goal after Gochnauer came out of the box to give the Bearkats a 2-0 lead going into halftime.
The Bears took the last shot to try to score before the half with a pass from senior midfielder Randi Condley to Hicks, but the shot missed wide right.
The Bears came out during the second half looking ready to fight and they did. The Bears tied the game with two goals during the 70th and 73rd minutes of play.
The Bears’ first goal of the game was a rebounded shot off of the post that sophomore midfielder Brittany Kemper put in with an assist from freshman midfielder Abigail Hodgson. The Bears’ second goal was also by Kemper who scored on a one-on-one goal after a crossover pass from freshman forward Alex Barnett to tie the score 2-2.
The Bears’ had an unfortunate accident in the 88th minute of play that sealed the win for the Bearkats. During a struggle to keep the Bearkats from scoring, the Bears accidentally knocked the ball into their own goal, giving the Bearkats the lead and the win with a score of 3-2.
Coach Tina Banham said the team had some key things that went wrong during the game that lead to the loss.
“We started out really slow,” she said. “We gave up that goal in the first few minutes of the game. We have really been stressing the importance of defending corners and we didn’t do a good job of it. We came out flat and in
conference games you just cannot do that.”
Banham said the team started playing like they should during the second half and she was pleased with the efforts from the team late in the game, but just had a bad ending to the game.
“We got back in the game and got it tied up but just had an unlucky break in the end,” she said.
Banham said the team just had to play with more heart and not be flat and they have to play for the full 90 minutes and they were just not ready to do that.
“Give the credit to Sam [Houston State], they finished their opportunities and we didn’t,” she said.
Bears junior defender Caty McMains said the team had a rough time on the field early in the game and that they struggled to fight back after getting down early on.
“Giving up those goals in the very beginning hurt us and we also came into the game and did not do things we had been working on all week in practice,” she said. “We didn’t come out with intensity or physicality.”
McMains said the second half was a lot better for the team when they started playing like they should have been.
“We started playing more to the forwards and then they started playing more to the outside-mids and that really helped us,” she said. “We also started finishing on our opportunities. The first half we didn’t finish on our chances, but during the second half we finished those and that helped us too.”
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Bears sophomore midfielder Brittany Kemper takes a shot at the Sam Houston State Bearkats’ goal and makes the shot late in the second half during the game Oct. 1. The Bears lost 3-2.
• The Bears softball team swept the UCA Fall Tournament this past weekend, defeating all four of their opponents.
The Bears first win was against the Paris Junior College Dragons on Oct. 2, who they defeated 9-1 in a five inning game. The Bears came out swinging and had 15 hits during the game and 11 different players who recorded at least a hit.
Sophomore pitcher Kelsie Armstrong had six strikeouts during the first three innings and allowed no runs. Junior pitcher Kelly Martino finished out the game with three strikeouts and only allowed two hits and one run.
The Bears second game of the day was against the Lyon Scots who they defeated 9-3. The Bears had big numbers again during the second game and recorded 16 hits against the Scots, who only had five hits against the Bears.
Junior first baseman Kasey Britt and sophomore catcher Melanie Bryant had back-to-back solo homeruns during the fourth inning of the game to add to the Bears 16 hits.
Junior pitcher Cassidy Rush had five strikeouts and walked three during the first three innings of the game and only allowed three hits and two runs. Junior pitchers Cami Newsome and Kristen Johnson finished out the game with Newsome striking out one and allowing two hits and a run during two innings. Johnson had one strikeout and allowed a walk during two innings.
On Oct. 3 the Bears swept both of their matchups defeating the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Lady Lions 8-0 in a six inning game and the Central Baptist College Lady Mustangs who they beat 4-0 during the second game of the day.
The Bears once again had hits in the double digits as they out hit the Lady Lions 10-3. Junior left fielder Nicole Beals went three-for-three during
the game and led the Bears in hits. Junior pitcher Kristen Johnson had two strikeouts and walked five and allowed three hits during 4.1 innings and junior pitcher Cami Newsome came in to finish out the game with three strikeouts over 1.2 innings.
The Bears game against the Scots was the first time during the weekend tournament that the Bears did not have their hits in the double digits, but they still outhit the Scots 8-2.
Sophomore pitcher Kelsie Armstrong led the Bears to the victory by striking out 12 Scots during the game and allowed the Scots the two hits they recorded the entire game.
The Bears will finish the fall schedule this weekend when they travel to Springfield, Mo. For the Missouri State Tournament where they will face the Missouri State Bears at 1 p.m. on Oct. 9 and the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricanes at 3 p.m. on Oct. 9.
The Bears are 6-0 for their fall schedule.
• The men’s soccer team played two away games last week against the Alabama A&M Bulldogs on Sept. 29 and against the Houston Baptist Huskies on Oct. 1.
The Bears beat the Bulldogs 2-1 in an overtime game to clench their first away game win for the 2010 season.
The game was scoreless until the second half when a foul called against the Bulldogs gave the Bears a penalty kick in the 53rd minute of play. Senior forward Alex Parker took the shot and made it to give the Bears the lead 1-0.
The Bulldogs answered back late in the game to tie the score and send the game into overtime. Bulldogs midfielder Cesar Ramirez scored in the 83rd minute of play on an unassisted shot to tie the score at 1-1.
The Bears scored the goal that would give them the lead and the win in the 95th minute
of play. Bears senior forward Wynne Mason scored the game-winning goal with an assist from sophomore forward Alex Ghaffari giving the Bears the win 2-1.
The Bears had 17 shots, seven of which were on the goal. The Bears outshot the Bulldogs during the game, who only fired off 11 shots, six of which were on the goal. The Bulldogs also recorded three yellow cards while the Bears had none called against them.
The Bears’ second game on Oct. 1 against the Huskies ended in another 2-1 victory for the Bears.
The Huskies scored the first goal of the game and got an early lead against the Bears. Late in the first half during the 36th minute of play, Huskies Lorne Cameron scored the first goal of the game off a corner kick assisted by Tanner Fye to give them a lead over the Bears 1-0.
The Bears started their comeback early in the second half. During the 58th minute of play Bears Joseph Cervantes scored off of a header when he was assisted by a free kick from Zac Burns to tie the game 1-1.
The Bears clenched the win when Ethan Miller took an unassisted shot during the 68th minute of play that went in right under the crossbar to give the Bears the lead 2-1.
The Bears had two yellowcards called on them during the second half and the Huskies had one during the first half.
Even though the Huskies lost, they still outshot the Bears during the game. The huskies recorded nine shots, four of which were on the goal, while the Bears only recorded seven shots, three of which were on the goal.
As of Monday, the Bears’ current record was 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Bears next game is against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at 4 p.m. on Oct. 13.
