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UCO’s Academy of Contemporary Music, located in Bricktown, will receive additional room for expansion when the purchase of the Oklahoma Hardware Building comes through this fall. The new space will create new classrooms, a large live room, a keyboard room, two lecture rooms and four private lesson rooms.
By Andy Jensen / Contributing Writer UCO is building on its successful Academy of Contemporary Music, located in Bricktown. The ACM@UCO will receive a large expansion with the purchase of additional space in the Oklahoma Hardware Building this fall. The Council of Bond Oversight and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved the purchase May 26 and 27, respectively. The sale is expected to close
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August 1, and will cost $6.5 million. The Oklahoma Hardware Building is a four-story building built in 1907. It sits just north of the Bricktown canal, on Oklahoma Avenue and Flaming Lips Alley. The building saw various commercial uses throughout its history, before lying vacant like most of Bricktown in the 1980s. In 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It received a complete renovation in 2000 to become a multi-use commercial building housing retail and offices. The ACM@UCO is a unique college program offering students realworld and hands-on training in the
contemporary music industry. Modeled on the popular ACM in London, ACM@UCO is the only one of its kind in the U.S. Students learn from accomplished musicians, music producers, and business professionals. An associate of applied science is offered in music performance, music production, and music business. ACM@UCO graduated its first class of 90 students this spring. Due to popularity of the program, more room is needed. The school currently uses the fourth and parts of the second floor. The purchase will give the school the rest of the second floor, as well as the third. “For the ACM@UCO, it means
that they’re going to have the room to grow,” Adrienne Nobles, director of communications and marketing at UCO, said. “In its second year, we’ve more than doubled enrollment. Us being able to own the building allows for that growth.” Nobles said ACM@UCO has captured the imagination of students in Oklahoma and around the country. “It has helped Oklahoma City, Edmond, and UCO be a part of the growing music industry here in Oklahoma,” Nobles said. “I think it’s good to expand, it’s a great program,” Travis Brazeal, a first-year bass performance student at the ACM, said. Brazeal said he became a better musician from his
time spent on the fourth floor of the Hardware Building. “The music environment is real competitive and not many people get a job,” Brazeal said. “I think ACM is great if you want to be a performer. Through it, I had my first taste of recording, and I’d never worked with a producer before or been in a production studio. ACM shows different options you can have as a musician.” In addition to the current space, the purchase will allow the ACM to expand into the rest of the second floor, as well as the third. The new space will allow more studio class-
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Participants create a fingerprint ant trail at a Growing Up WILD workshop.
By Andy Jensen / Contributing Writer UCO students can now earn college credit for learning in the wild. Project WILD, which stands for Wildlife in Learning Design, is a national program focused on training educators to connect students with wildlife and the environment. In 2008, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation transferred the state program to UCO for three years. “They had a plan to revisit it in three years and discuss whether to renew it,” Tiffany Wilson, UCO Wellness Center’s public relations assistant, said. At an April 4 meeting, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission approved continued funding for the program at UCO for the next three years. Funding will cover everything from cost of materials to salary, Wilson said. “It’s a part of UCO because we have such a great education program,” Wilson said. “So it gives us the opportunity to teach future educators here, but we also travel throughout the state.”
Project WILD participants attend workshops to learn how to engage students in a hands-on manner with nature and the environment. The program provides materials for students in kindergarten through high school and encourages critical thinking and responsibility concerning wildlife and the environment. Since 1984, over 22,000 Oklahoma educators have attended an Oklahoma Project WILD workshop, according to the Oklahoma Project WILD website. “It’s a really neat program,” Michah Holmes, conservation information supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife said. “Our partnership with UCO provides something that we alone couldn’t do otherwise.” “Before, we were having to provide training for teachers that were already in schools. UCO allows us to work with student teachers before they ever get into a classroom. So as soon as those teachers hit the classroom they’re ready, day one, to teach Project WILD,” Holmes said. While Project WILD workshops are open to anyone, the focus is on nature centers, youth groups and classroom teachers. After attend-
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Corrections: In the June 8 issue of The Vista, it was incorrectly stated that UCO was the party that had named the new president. The Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO) Board of Regents selected and named Dr. Don Betz as the next president. Also, Betz was the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- River Falls, not the University of Wisconsin.
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where I was named and obviously congratulated me. I believe Roger thinks that the work he has done will definitely be continuing, because we have a strong association and we share a great deal of views about the role of educational institutions.
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I think one of the most interesting things on your résumé is your work with the United Nations, focusing mostly on the issue of finding peace in the Middle East. Did you learn anything during your time there that you still apply in your life and career today? What I learned was…patience, tolerance, a strong sense of cultural sensitivity. I think I learned a great deal about negotiation and mediation. The units I worked in at the United Nations were primarily made up of people from other countries. In fact, there were many times that I didn’t spend my time with any Americans, although there are many Americans that work at the U.N., just the nature of the work and the composition of the offices and the area and the Secretary that I worked for. I vastly increased my awareness of Middle Eastern and other global issues and obviously I continue to be very interested in what the United Nations is focused on, particularly on economic and social development – what they call the human development side – the opportunities for people to change their lives through education and gaining skills and having the opportunity for people to create better lives for their families. So, it was a wonderful experience. I think by the time I began formally in 1982 in the summer to the time I ended informally in the end of 2003, it was almost 22 years that I spent with the U.N.
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Oh, wow. That’s a long time and I’m sure it changed you a lot. Yeah, it certainly did. I always had a strong global interest, even as a boy. And I never traveled any. I mean, I traveled the United States, but I began traveling when I went to college and spent a year abroad while I was in school. That just led one to another and my degrees are really international relations and global issues, so I spent a great deal of time in those areas. I taught in those areas for years and even after, and actually even to this time I’m very active in a number of international activities that get me abroad or bring part of the world to me. What’s your relationship like with former [UCO] president Roger Webb and have you spoken with him since you were hired at UCO? Well, I have one of those, how can I put it? One of those relationships that you can only hope to have with somebody else. Roger Webb and I have formally worked together for 24 years. We worked together at Northeastern State University for 17 years. I was already here when he arrived to be president, and then I left, and then he left, and then we worked together again – obviously at UCO – for another seven. You can say that I’m probably one of his longest tenured professional colleagues and he has been a leader that I have admired since the days we met in the late 70s. He has made an extraordinary contribution to higher education in Oklahoma and I truly value the time we worked together and the opportunities we had to do some things, to create some outcomes that were helpful to this institution and where we were. Someone asked me, “how are you going to fill Roger Webb’s shoes at UCO?” I learned a long time ago that you don’t ever fill anybody’s shoes, and particularly someone who has been not only successful but so appropriately successful as President Webb has been. What you do is you honor those shoes, you put them on the appropriate place of honor in the house, and you go on and put on your own pair of sneakers and you get the job done. And yes, we have talked. We talked before, we spoke afterwards – he was at the Regents’ meeting
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I think the most important role of a university president is to express internally and externally the character and vision of the institution. Susanne, my incredible spouse, says that she thinks my job is to be a cheerleader. What she means by that is, you spend a great deal of time in this role understanding where you want to go, getting everyone to understand it in the same way. In other words, we get on the same track together, and continuing to encourage people in a variety of ways because that encouragement is so important to success. I think that a good president has that dimension of being optimistic while being realistic, but has a natural ability to encourage others to achieve the goals that we set in common. Among the qualities that make a good president, this list could be long but I’ll give you just a few: integrity, fairness, communication, strong team builder, a great listener, someone who earns trust by being trustworthy, someone who helps articulate with others the vision for the future. What do you enjoy most about the job of being a university president? It has to do with the relationships you build with the team, the relationships you build with students, with community members. One of my favorite parts about this job is helping to create opportunities for students, faculty and staff to explore their own talents and to achieve their own goals. What do you view as UCO’s biggest strengths as a university and are there any areas where the school could still stand to get stronger? Well, it’s a really, really, really good institution that’s aspiring to be distinctive not just state-wide and regionally, but I believe nationally. There’s so much that’s happened over the past several years that UCO has enjoyed notoriety all the way through to the national level and beyond. That’s some of the important work done by the president, but more importantly by the president in concert with the cabinet and everyone else there. As presidents know, no one does this alone, it’s not about the president, it’s about the team. I would say its strengths include its faculty, the program array that’s there – the different kinds of course pathways, discipline pathways, the overall commitment to what is now articulated as what I call the overall culture of learning. I think on UCO’s campus they call it ‘transformative learning.’ Its location is a huge asset. The institution is growing and will continue to play a very strong role as the public metropolitan university for the state of Oklahoma. There’s no other university that’s public, four years and master degree granting that’s right in the middle of the largest metro area we have in the state. I think that it is perfectly placed to build – you ask me how we get even stronger – a perfect place to build even stronger partnerships with other institutions, which they already have partnerships, but other institutions, other organizations, private enterprises, et cetera. [UCO] is in the right place and the right time as Oklahoma begins to morph and change.
All right, so on that note, where do you see UCO in the future and where will we be on the national landscape within the next decade or so? The institution will probably continue to grow in size. More importantly, the size is going to grow in reputation. I think there are at least five or six, probably more programs that have such a capacity for recognition and they will become even better known. I think that people will look upon UCO 10 years from now as one of the strong educational hubs in all of the country, and by that I mean the way we connect with other educational institutions and build interest in education to create great outcomes. I think we have to be one of the institutions that say, ‘we want to reduce the barriers that people face in order to reach their educational goals’ rather than create barriers. I could see UCO being recognized in that regard. I could also see in 10 years being acknowledged as an institution that has successfully integrated massively changing technology into the fiber of learning. The ways people were learning will not be the ways they’re learning [10 years from now]. I can see UCO very much on the front end of that national trend. For the full interview with incoming UCO President Dr. Don Betz, check out uco360.com
OFF THE RECORD By Brittany Dalton Oatmeal Raisin A few nights ago I had the pleasure of attending a friend’s band practice. My attendance cost me a few dollars on the turnpike and the cost of six cookies. The cookies, intended as a peace offering, were a sugary, decadent mix of sweets, which almost fell casualty to my preference for the fast lane on the twisting interstate. The house, a nondescript two-story off the main thoroughfare, was hidden almost from view by six cars. Standing on the porch, I noted the pillows and ashtrays strewn across it. After five fruitless attempts at ringing the doorbell, I simply let myself in. Rather than the serious practice session I had anticipated, I found myself in a claustrophobic closet of the house, wedged into a corner as five men beat, banged and wailed. I found myself holding a saxophone, proffering it to the owner at the appropriate time. For my troubles, I was offered a grapefruit concoction, which I politely declined. After an hour, pounding headaches and a nicotine craving led this ragtag group to the front porch. Cigarette ashes sparked on the bricks of the patio as the more excitable of the group, a former scholar of literature, jabbed his cigarette stub on the bricks. “The greatest tragedy in life,” he insisted, “is not going after what you want.” At which point he politely excused himself to go after what he wanted: namely, the lone oatmeal raisin cookie from my box of sweets in the kitchen. I propose that we all have things in life that we have missed, be it the latest blockbuster to hit theaters or the sun-kissed cutie in our Biology class. Maybe you ordered baked potato soup when you should have ordered the lobster bisque. Maybe, you’ve lived your life too preoccupied with saying “maybe.” Maybe you’ve been waiting for your oatmeal raisin cookie, when all along it’s simply been waiting on you. Get up. Stop staring wistfully at your phone waiting for the call that will change your life: pick up the phone and take control. We’re not getting any younger. In fact, for much of our lives we are too young. But then, each birthday we race toward the startling realization that now we’re just too old. I do know this: when I look back at this summer five years from now, I won’t remember much of my academic endeavors. I’ll remember much more fondly the toffee cookies and grape Sprites we consumed that night on the front porch. So make this summer your time for a little belated spring cleaning. Go after that coveted cookie, or job, or soulmate. Make it count, because in the words of John Lennon, “Time you enjoyed wasting, was not wasted.”
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UCO HOSTS 12TH ANNUAL ENDEAVOR GAMES PHOTO BY LIZ BOYER
Competitors participated in the Endeavor Games last weekend, a nationally recognized cometition for athletes with physical disabilities. This is the 12th year that UCO has hosted the event, which features 11 types of sport competitions with athletes from all over the world. PHOTO BY LIZ BOYER
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Alexander Xue, 12, plays table tennis at the Endeavor Games, held on the UCO campus, June 10.
Archers from the United States shoot down range on the North side of Wantland Stadium, June 10.
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HONESTLY, NO ONE HAS 500 FRIENDS According to a theory called “Dunbar’s Number,” the maximum number of social relationships the human brain can keep track of is 150. Robin Dunbar, an Oxford University professor, postulated the social network theory. By Trevor Hultner / Contributing Writer
ogy at UCO, thinks the question of why we can only handle 150 relationships, while not wrong, is somewhat missing the point. “As a sociologist, I tend to ask why is it so many?” Copley said. “I don’t think early humans would have had 150 family members,
so that means those social relationships had to involve people you weren’t related to.” Copley believes that Dunbar’s Number actually says something very interesting about human social interactions. “Of course humans are social creatures, so
Just as life imitates art, it could be said that Facebook, the ubiquitous social networking site with over 600 million users, imitates life. And that means the person with 1,463 friends that just added you is probably not being totally honest about GR APHIC BY TRE VOR HULTNER the size of their entourage. The reason for this can be easily summed up in a theory called “Dunbar’s Number,” which was named after and postulated by Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. Dunbar’s Number states that the rough maximum number of social relationships the average person’s brain can handle is 150. “Partly, it’s a cognitive challenge just to keep track of more people,” Dunbar said at a lecture sponsored by the British Royal Society of Arts in 2010. “The other side of it is, it’s just a time budgeting problem.” Dunbar said that people just do not have the time to manage real relationships with more than 150 people. “It seems as though the amount of time you need to invest is kind of proportional to the quality of the relationSocial networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others make it easy for ship,” he said. “Or should I say the qualpeople to augment their supposed pool of relationships or “friends.” However, accordity of the relationship is proportional to ing to Oxford University professor Robin Dunbar, the human brain only has room for the amount of time you spend doing approximately 150 connections. stuff with people.” Leeda Copley, professor of sociol-
that isn’t really news per se, but I think the excitement is in knowing that communities capped at around 150 were for some reason successful,” she said. “It’s a beautiful example of how our biological nature influences our social patterns, and vice versa.” So, what about the Facebook users with 350 friends or more? “I think most people know and understand – even if they don’t think about it – that of those 350 friends, it is really a few core “best” friends, then perhaps a larger group of “friends,” and finally, a bunch of people who would be better described as former friends, acquaintances, or let’s be honest, complete strangers,” she said. Given enough time, and with global communications improving our connection with the rest of the world, it’s possible that the concept of Dunbar’s Number could become obsolete. But right now, according to Copley, that’s still far off. “Interestingly, there is some sociological evidence that, for a lot of people, their mental health is less about how large their network is and more about how close it is,” she said. “Quality is more important than quantity.”
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UCO GRADS GO FROM CLASSROOMS TO CUBICLES PHOTO BY TIM POST
In this Wednesday, May 25, 2011 photo, a computer shows a LinkedIn graphic at a social media workshop at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn. Career experts encourage new college grads to use online social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter as a tools to find job connections.
By Celia Brumfield/ Contributing Writer What is happening to UCO graduates? The mystery of post-graduation often sends students backpacking across Europe, or at least back to school for a master’s degree. For most degrees, an internship is the best way to break into a competitive field. Oklahoma Assistant District Attorney and UCO graduate, Robert McClatchie said, “As corny as it is, I would say spend as much time in the placement office than anywhere else… at least during your last two years. They have just a ton of contacts.” Because of an internship with the Oklahoma County Courthouse, McClatchie had a job waiting for him. “They had already extended an offer before I passed the bar… and you’re nothing if you don’t pass the bar,” he said. Before going to law school, McClatchie earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in criminal justice management and administration at UCO in 1993. He says
most of his memories involved his roommate and close friend, Bobby Stem. “We lived in the East Hall before it was coed,” said McClatchie. “I had to buy his bean burritos because he was so poor… and he had no car so I got to drive him everywhere too.” Today, Bobby Stem is the top individual lobbyist in Oklahoma, with over 26 client companies and corporations. He is currently working on a deal with his client, Business Imaging Systems of Edmond (BIS), and Governor Mary Fallin. BIS has technologies that will make the Oklahoma state government much more efficient at paying its numerous bills: think of all the electricity and water bills for state buildings and gasoline for all the state cars, which will save the taxpayers money. McClatchie said of his friend Stem, “He is where he is today because of UCO…and it was because of having Nigh at the university.” Not only did Stem use internships as a springboard into his career, he utilized innovative ways of making contacts at UCO.
Stem went to President Nigh’s office and said if Nigh ever wanted to be driven anywhere, he would do it, for free. “How would you not,” said Stem. “He’s an icon. I went to his office my very first semester… my second day at UCO. Although I told him I’d do it for free, he always insisted on paying me,” Stem said. Upon Stem’s second time driving for the UCO president, Nigh sent him to pick up then-governor David Walters. Because of this introduction, Stem started interning for the governor his sophomore year. On campus, Stem won student body president the following year, but had to resign a week after accepting the office because he was offered a full-time position with the governor. “That internship turned into a full time job,” Stem said. “I helped prepare his schedule and meetings.” Not that being UCO student body president wasn’t a priority. “When I ran, we had bought a bunch of chalk, but it had snowed; it was a blizzard. My buddy said forget the chalk, and went out and bought a bunch of spray paint,” said Stem. They then proceeded to spray paint their election campaign messages on the snow. “It was okay because it just melted. I won the next day,” Stem said. Almost a decade before UCO unleashed McClatchie and Stem onto the Oklahoma scene, it was John Graham III who made UCO his home. Graham graduated from UCO in 1987, and like McClatchie, studied in the field of criminal justice management and administration. “Course numbers when I was an undergraduate were three digit numbers,” said Graham. His mother also earned a master’s degree from UCO in 1969, back when it was known as Central State College. Graham said the University Center, which was referred to as the student union, was located in what is now the art and design building. “They used to have a fire place if I remember right,” Graham said. Graham used his degree during his 10 years of service in the U.S Navy, no internship needed; and upon leaving the Navy, like Stem,
became a professional driver. “This campus belongs to me,” said Graham, who still visits UCO frequently. “About three years ago I went back and took college algebra, for fun.” Matt Oakley, an acquaintance and UCO graduate, said to Graham during an interview, “You’re the ultimate alumni.” Oakley recently graduated from UCO with a degree in broadcasting and is returning to UCO for a second bachelor’s. He has started a business known as “Oakley Entertainment,” in which he is a director, videographer, editor, but mainly a business manager for various artists. Oakley’s friend Christopher Wallace, whom he manages, recently graduated from UCO’s Academy of Contemporary Music with a degree in music production and stays busy performing. “We have a lot of shows,” said Wallace. “I direct. He does all the production,” said Oakley. The two work together constantly, and their budding careers coupled with additional classes don’t leave much time for anything else. Wallace said a normal day for him and Oakley starts at seven a.m. and ends at four a.m. “We really don’t sleep,” said Wallace. “We just make music.” When asked about the pressures of starting a new business, both Oakley and Wallace were optimistic, and they remain faithful to their calling. “The people that did make it. They take the same risk. Barbara Walters didn’t think she was going to be Barbara Walters,” said Wallace. “After you get a degree, people expect the usual nine-to-five, but I don’t think that’s really happening.” All the more reason to make as many business contacts as possible while in college. Both Oakley and Wallace as well as their businesses can be found on Facebook, YouTube, and www.carbonatedmusic.net. Hirebronchos.com is also an excellent resource for business contacts and job searches, and internships are the very best way to make contacts that will find you a job after graduation. Because in many careers, McClatchie said, “People don’t hire who they don’t know.”
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DEAD CENTER FILM FESTIVAL HITS THE MARK By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer On Wednesday, June 8, the intersection of 4th and Broadway in Oklahoma City shut down to begin the 11th annual deadCENTER Film Festival. The once-humble independent film showcase no longer runs for one day at the City Arts Center, as it did in 2001, but instead spans five days with over 100 films in the lineup. Organizers of the event are expecting even more attendees than last years’ record of 10,000. Diversity reigns supreme as films of all lengths and genres dominate the five theatres used. The five venues include the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the IAO Gallery, the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, Harkins Bricktown, and the Kerr Auditorium within the Sandridge Energy Complex. The entire deadCENTER festival employs only two people. This means the majority of the work comes from the hands of volunteers. “We are a nonprofit, and would be absolutely nothing without the help of our incredible volunteers, “ Lance McDaniel, executive di-
rector of the deadCENTER festival, said at the opening ceremonies. The festival launched with a free open air screening of “Talihina Sky”, a documentary about the Grammy-winning rock group Kings of Leon. Producer Casey McGrath and director Stephen Mitchell came along to promote the film. Mitchell originally signed Kings of Leon and quickly fell in love with their story. “A lot of their goal was to be accurate in telling their story,” he said. “The band is huge overseas, obviously, so people around the world have tried to tell their story and have gotten close, but I think the boys wanted someone who they trusted would tell it accurately.” Since the majority of the band is from Oklahoma, and they have a family reunion in Talihina, Okla. every year, many relatives were in attendance. “I believe we have about 100 members of Kings of Leon’s family coming tonight,” Mitchell said. “Many of the relatives haven’t seen it yet. So we’re very excited to share it
with them.” One of the family members that came to the kickoff was Ivan Followill, father of Nathan, Caleb, and Jared Followill, three of the four musicians in Kings of Leon. “I’m proud of ‘em. Seems like they’re just about everybody’s favorite band.” Ivan paused for a moment and added, “It all happened so fast.” The crowd of relatives was joined by hundreds of music fans and film buffs. The street was packed with lawn chairs, blankets, taco vendors, and filmmakers. On Thursday and Friday filmgoers got a break from the summer heat, with movies showing only at the indoor locations. Patrons with festival passes were able to utilize a free limousine service to shuttle between theatres. Another outdoor screening closed out the festivities Saturday night with the film “Elevate”. The film covers the story of four talented young men enrolled at a Senegalese basketball academy, who earn the opportunity to attend a prep school in America. The film elicited an emotional response from the
large crowd, and wrapped up the festival on a high note. Last year deadCENTER raked in an economic impact of approximately $1.14 million for Oklahoma City. The vast number of people in attendance at this year’s festival hint a larger boost will follow this year. The organizers coupled an extreme variety of films and social activities to make deadCENTER a staple of Oklahoma culture for years to come. For more information on DeadCENTER film festival, scan this QR tag with your smartphone.
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rooms, a large live room, keyboard room, two lecture rooms, and four private lesson rooms, according to the ACM’s Facebook page. The first floor will remain paid tenants. Located on the first floor since 2009, Bricktown Tattoo welcomes the building purchase. “The students have been really great for business,” Kim Smith, manager of Bricktown Tattoo, said. “They really appreciate the shop,” Smith said. “A lot of musicians get tattoos anyway.” Smith added that business should increase with the ACM expan-
sion, and the shop would continue leasing their current location. “This benefits not just the ACM, but the university overall,” Nobles said. “Instead of continuing to pay rent, it is much more cost-effective for us to purchase the building through the bond money. In the long run, we’re saving money.” While one goal of the purchase aims to save money, some comments on newsok.com questioned the wisdom of buying a building in the heart of Bricktown. Nobles said, however, that purchasing the Hardware Building is much cheaper
than constructing a new ACM building in Edmond. “We are setting ourselves up to be a metropolitan university, and that includes Oklahoma City,” Nobles said. “So this just strengthens the overall reach of UCO into downtown, and adding to that vibrancy and renaissance that’s going on. We’re excited to be a part of it. We feel confident that we have made the right decision for our students.”
ing a six-hour workshop, participants receive a copy of the curriculum guides at no charge. College credit is also available. Sixteen hours of classrooms time is needed to award one hour of credit. If attending a workshop for credit, students are required to pay tuition as well as the $15 workshop fee. The next UCO workshop is scheduled for June 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit http://okprojectwild.org for a complete schedule and to register.
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2011 Stanley Cup Finals
BRUINS STRIKE EARLY TO FORCE GAME SEVEN PHOTO BY CHARLE S KRUPA
Boston Bruins right wing Shawn Thornton, left, and center Tyler Seguin, right, sandwich Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa, center, during Game 6 on Monday.
By Bryan Trude/ Contributing Writer The 95th team to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup will be decided 7 p.m. tonight on NBC when the Vancouver Canucks host the Boston Bruins at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC.
The series returns to Canada for the decisive contest following a crushing 5-2 Bruins victory in which Vancouver net-minder Roberto Luongo made five out of eight saves before being pulled midway through the first
period. The series thus far had been largely in favor of the home team. Boston has outscored the Canucks 17-3 in three games in the TD Garden, yet has only managed to net three goals away from home ice. The Canucks, on the other hand, have maintained a series lead for most of the series despite only scoring more than one goal just twice in the entire series (The Game 6 loss and a 3-2 overtime win in Game 2.) Vancouver, despite the presence of the lauded and dynamic Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, has survived to this point behind the somewhat streaky play of Luongo, assisted by Boston’s inability to generate offense on the road. Luongo, who provided solid play at home, was pulled twice over three games in Boston following fast scoring drives, including a yank in the first period of Game 6 during a five minute, four goal Bruins run which included a tip-in by Bruins winger Michael Ryder. When benched, Luongo has been replaced by 2004 first-round pick Cory Schneider, a Massachusetts native who has allowed only two goals on 39 shot attempts in two games in this series. Boston, meanwhile, has relied on the glove of Tim Thomas between the pipes. Thomas, noted for his aggressive style of play next to Luongo and his playoff-leading
2.06 goals-against-average, has not been enough to overcome Boston’s tepid road offense, anchored by one of the least effective power-play units in the playoffs. The woes of the Boston power-play unit have been one of the storylines of this series, posting the worst PP success rate for a finals team in NHL history, going 5-for-61 before entering the finals for a miserly 8.2% success rate. The Canucks entered with a 28.3% success rate, having gone 17-for-60 in the playoffs. For the Bruins to win Game 7 on the road, the simplest solution is often the most appropriate: put puck in net. They’ve shown they can do it, forward David Krejci leads the playoffs in goals and total points, and they has scored at least four goals in every home game this series. Now, Boston has to prove that they can score in their road whites as well, something they have had problems with. While at the time of this writing no announcement has been made as to who would start between the pipes for Vancouver, there is no reason to expect the Canucks to roll over and fold with their first chance to win the first Stanley Cup in team history in front of a home crowd, striving to become the first Canadian team to win the top prize in Canada’s national sport since the Montreal Canadiens in 1993.
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THUNDER MULLING WESTBROOK FOR PAUL TRADE A S SO CIAT ED P RE S S P H OTO
By Bryan Trude/ Contributing Writer Let me open up with a theoretical scenario. In one corner, we have the proposed trade of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s rising point guard, Russell Westbrook, in exchange for New Orleans Hornets lone star, point guard Chris Paul. In the other corner, you have a trade for Westbrook in exchange for the Tooth Fairy. While the Tooth Fairy provides excellent on-court leadership and can provide a decent post presence in a pinch, trading for an imaginary character is just as believable as the notion that the Thunder need to trade Westbrook at all, if not more so. I first started to hear trade talk involving Westbrook during the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies. Following Game 3, a 101-93 overtime loss in which Westbrook lead Thunder scoring with 23 points, I was listening to the WWLS morning show when a caller suggested that Westbrook was outgrowing his proverbial britches. The solution, according to the caller, was to trade the youthful Point guard Russell Westbrook caught criticizm for his sporadic play Westbrook to allow in the playoffs. He was 2nd Team All-NBA during the regular season.
Kevin Durant more shots. One of the criticisms from Game 3 was that in the final minutes, Westbrook would opt to take poor shots as opposed to setting up Durant, the two-time NBA scoring champ, or another one of the Thunder’s stable of bench shooters. The thought was that Westbrook, a first-time All-Star this season who exploded as legitimate scoring threat, was having problems adjusting to the pass-happy aspects of the point guard position – one he didn’t play until he reached the pros. The first name to come up was Paul, an experienced–if somewhat injury prone–point guard. Paul was widely loved when the Hornets spent two seasons in the former Ford Center following Hurricane Katrina, and has been (loudly) unhappy in the Crescent City, particularly if the Hornets are losing. Trade a shot-happy PG still learning the position for a beloved vet in need of a change of scenery? What’s so silly about that? The Thunder’s meteoric improvement since that first season has left fans, myself included, with somewhat unrealistic expectations for one of the youngest teams in the league. Don’t get me wrong. OKC is Du-
rant’s team as far as I am concerned. Durant is Batman, Westbrook is Robin. However, just because Robin can get in a good punch for 40 points a game doesn’t mean he needs to be shipped off to Blüdhaven to become Nightwing. Ignoring my taking the Batman reference too far, Westbrook is an outstanding guard and counterpart to Durant. The two combined over this last season to make the Thunder one of the most offensively dangerous teams in the league. Once more, it is always reassuring that Westbrook is capable of putting in those shots if Durant is out of it, even in light of James Harden’s improvement. Paul is a fine, if somewhat divaish, player; but let’s keep this talk of trading away an integral part of our future for a short-term fix firmly in the land of fantasy, where it belongs. Besides, I hear the Easter Bunny is on an expiring contract and could be a great value.
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UCO’S BECKLEY HONORED AS LSC SCHOLAR ATHLETE By Jared Hall / Contributing Writer
By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA championship. LeBron James didn’t lose it. Since Miami’s Game One victory, the sports media has focused on what James did wrong, rather than talk about what Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavs did right. Just turn on ESPN or listen to any sports talk shows on your drive to work and what are they talking about? LeBron. That’s funny. For some reason I remember Nowitzki hoisting the Finals MVP and the NBA Championship Trophies after game six. He plays for Dallas doesn’t he? I, for one, have had enough of the LeBron talk. I’m tired of at, as I’m sure most of America, outside of Ohio and Florida, is as well. Let’s talk about what the Mavs did to reach the top of the NBAmountain, rather than talk about what Miami did to fall short. Dallas played unbelievable defense. They had three to four players on the court that play excellent lock-down ‘D’. Jason Kidd, DeShawn Stevenson, Shawn Marion and Tyson Chandler dominated Miami on the defensive end. Not only did they shut down James, they also shut down Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. They never let them get going consistently, and never let James or Wade get to the rack with ease. They also played with great poise on the offensive end. Nowitzki rose to the occasion all series and Jason Terry stepped up with big shots as well. Kidd, who had played 15 seasons without a ring, engineered the offense like a hall-of-famer. Marion, who at this point in his career is known mostly as a defensive player, stepped up with 13.6 points per game, third highest on the team. Nowitzki has endured a lot in his career on his way to this championship. He averaged 26 points per game and used the LeBron and D-Wade harassment as fuel to the fire. He stepped up when people said he was soft and couldn’t win the championship. He was on a long list of sure hall-of-fame type players without a title including Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing. With true relief on his face in the post game press conference after game six, he commented that he was very glad to be off that list. Something should be said about Dallas owner Mark Cuban as well. He has enjoyed the spotlight as the game’s most glamourized owner. However, he has stuck with the players he thought could get it done. The Lakers once offered a deal to the Mavericks to send Shaquille O’neal (in his prime) to Dallas for Nowitzki. Cuban immediately said no. The NBA title has capped off Cuban’s successes in the league. We will continue to hear about LeBron this and LeBron that. D-Wade this, and D-Wade that, but at the end of the day, the Mavericks were the better team, Nowitzki was the player, and Dallas was the better city. Let’s talk about that.
On Monday June 6, the Lone Star Conference announced that UCO women’s basketball standout Ashley Beckley was recognized as the female recipient of Central’s 2010-2011 Scholar Athlete Award, given out by the former Lone Star Conference. The award honors student athletes who are committed to roles not only in sports, but also in the classroom. The recipients of the award made a commitment to schoolwork, coaches and to themselves to be disciplined and they used time management skills to balance practice in their sport without neglecting other responsibilities. Beckley loves proving people wrong. If you tell her she can’t do something, she’s going to find a way to accomplish it. She is set to enter her final semester and will begin student teaching this fall. She plans to teach special education, and she attributes most of her desire to work with children with disabilities to prove that they can learn, grow and develop like other children. When Beckley learned of the Scholar Athlete Award, she guessed she was being selected from only female basketball athletes across the conference. However, she quickly learned that each institution delivers the award to a male and female athlete annually. “It’s a great honor to have.” Beckley said. “It’s a satisfaction to me because I am one of those people who care about GPA, and I do care about my grades as an athlete.” “I’m someone who wants to be remembered at UCO not just for my talents in a specific sport, but being a scholar athlete as well. It’s definitely a huge award in my opinion.” Beckley explained that she loves basketball, and will for the rest of her life, but understands she won’t be able to play the game forever. She is focused on getting her degree so that she will be ready for the second part of her life to begin. She credits her character to her parents who taught her great morals and how to display integrity and leadership. Beckley is a competitor in every definition of the word. If you want to motivate her, tell her something is impossible. She will be back with the Lady Bronchos this season as a graduate assistant, and will work with the team’s forwards and centers.
“The Scholar Athlete Award is a true blessing, and it really puts a great ending on my career because not only did I accomplish what I did in basketball, but I can also say I absolutely accomplished what I wanted to with school too.” PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK
Central’s Ashley Beckley recieved the Scholar Athlete Award given to a female athlete at each school in the former LSC.
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SOCCER SCHEDULE RELEASED PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK
son. UCO returns 10 starters from last year’s 11-8-1 team. They will compete as NCAA Division II independents in 2011-12 before joining the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 201213. “We had to make some moves and work a little bit to get a schedule,” head coach Mike Cook said. “It all paid off because our girls will get plenty of great experience playing against such talented teams. We are looking forward to the season.” Cook has led the Bronchos to the national tournament seven times and holds a record of 199-68-16 at the school. He will be searching for his 200th win of his career in Omaha, Neb. where they will be hosted by the University of Nebraska-Omaha to open the season on Sept. 2.
2011 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE UCO’s Summer Grantham dribbles the ball across the field during a match in 2010. The Bronchos return 10 starters in 2011.
By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor The UCO soccer team released their 2011 regular season schedule Friday June 10, which includes four returning national tournament teams and eight home contests beginning Sept. 2. The four national tournament teams include Abilene Christian University, Truman State University, St. Edward’s University and Midwestern State University. The Bronchos will face ACU, Southwest Baptist, Southern Nazarene, St. Mary’s, Dallas Baptist, Southwest Oklahoma State, East Central and Northeastern State at home during the upcoming sea-
9/2 @ NEBRASKA-OMAHA 9/4 VS TRUMAN STATE (OMAHA, NEB.) 9/7 VS ABILENE CHRISTIAN 9/10 VS SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 9/13 VS SOUTHERN NAZARENE 9/16 @ TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL 9/18 @ ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY 9/23 VS ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY (TX) 9/25 @ EAST CENTRAL 9/29 VS DALLAS BAPTIST 10/9 VS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 10/11 @ HARDING UNIVERSITY 10/15 @ NORTHEASTERN STATE 10/19 @ MIDWESTERN STATE 10/21 VS EAST CENTRAL 10/23 @ SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE 10/26 @ NEWMAN UNIVERSITY 10/30 VS NORTHEASTERN STATE (SENIOR DAY)
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CENTRAL VOLLEYBALL ‘SETS’ SCHEDULE By Trey Hunter / Sports Editor The UCO volleyball team released their 2011 schedule last Wednesday June 8, which includes 10 home matches and six matchups with national tournament teams from 2010. Central starts the season on the road with four matches in the Missouri Southern Invitational in Joplin, Mo. held on Sept. 2-3. The first home match is scheduled against Southeastern Oklahoma State University at 7 pm on Sept. 6. They will face Division II national tournament qualifiers Emporia State, St. Mary’s, Truman State, Rollins, Northwest Missouri and Colorado School of Mines. UCO hosts nine other matches at Hamilton Field House after their match with SOSU, including matchups with Arkansas-Fort Smith, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma Panhandle State, Harding, Texas-Permian Basin, Newman, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Dallas Babtist and East Central.
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The recent dismantling of the former Lone Star Conference leaves the Bronchos competing as NCAA Division II independents for one season before the university joins the MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2012-2013. “One of the biggest challenges of becoming an independent was the scheduling,” head coach Jeff Boyland said. “Luckily, our program has gained enough respect that most coaches worked with us to schedule on tough days. It really helped us put together a workable schedule and our trip to Palm Beach.” Central returns six players from last year’s 2010 team including two defensive specialists. Senior Ginger Gowen led the team in 2010 with 473 digs and sophomore Tate Hardaker, daughter of Guy Hardaker, head coach of UCO’s women’s basketball team, finished third with 346.
Two-sport star Alex Richardson returns as the team’s leading offensive threat. She finished third on the team last year with 273 kills behind seniors Zuela Adom (377) and Kristen Wilson (317). “Our captain is this year is Ginger Gowen,” Boyland said. “She is one of our defensive leaders with Tate Hardaker. Tate was our libero most of the season last year and I’m expecting them both to have great seasons.” “Alex is going to be competing in her last year of volleyball and she’s going to be our main offensive stud this year. She’s tall and athletic and she’s very smart.” The Bronchos cannot practice until August 15 according to NCAA rules, butthe team will hold local camps and events during the summer leading up to the season. Def. specialist Tate Hardaker will be a key piece to the 2011 Bronchos.