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The Pegasus Society invites students, faculty, staff and the community to join them for an on-campus Star Party tonight from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. outside the Math and Computer Science Building. Eventgoers will have the opportunity to see Mars, which is at it’s closest point to Earth for the next two years. with their naked eye. Additionally, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and possibly Saturn may be visible. Should rain become an issue, the event will be moved to Thursday, March 15. For more information, contact Charles Cooper, Ph.D., at 245-1419 or ccooper@uco. edu.

2ND ANNUAL HOLI FESTIVAL HAPPENING THURSDAY On Thursday March 15, the Indian Student Association and West Hall will host the second annual celebration of Holi at 6:00 p.m. in East Field, just east of Buddy’s and Hiba Jamed, International Relations major, writes a message on the Love Your Body Day’s board in Nigh University Center, Monday, Mar. 12, 2012. north of the Business Admin- Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista istration Building. In Indian culture, the Holi festival is a celebration of the Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Thursday, March 15, 2012 colors of spring and the festi“A Woman’s Intuition” Discussion Inequality Bake Sale val is held close to the spring Nigh University Center, Room 202 7:00 p.m. Liberal Arts Building from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. equinox. The game aspect of Holi inWednesday, March 14, 2012 Thursday, March 29, 2012 volves the throwing of colored “She’s Beautiful” Fashion Show “I’m Every Woman” Talent Show powders which represent the Nigh University Center, Ballroom B&C @ 7:00 p.m. Nigh University Center, Will Rogers Room @ 7:00 p.m. colors of spring. The throwing of colored powders also coincides with the throwing of Gas Prices water balloons which causes the colors to run and stain the clothing of person hit. There will be free T-shirts for the first 200 participants, and the event’s organizers stress that clothing worn to the event may become permanently stained as a result of the colored powders and skin may become temporarily dyed.

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By Tabatha Thurman / Contributing Writer UCO, known for its large population of commuter students, is feeling the recent increase in gas prices. Lauren Sickles, 20, a commuting student from Chandler, said that the rise in gas prices has hampered her ability to visit her parents and therefore has cut into her time with family and friends. According to a KOCO report aired on Sunday, March 4, gas prices were 17.7 cents per gallon higher than this time last year, and are 30.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. Patrick Dehaan, senior petroleum analyst for

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KONY BALONEY A week ago, Facebook was inundated with posts, shares, and likes about some person named Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. A week later, neither Kony nor Invisible Children are trending on Twitter, the 24-hour news networks have moved onto the next big story, and not that anyone noticed it’s also disappeared from Google+’s “What’s Hot” section. A group called Invisible Children, Inc., a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, started the initial media push but the group is now coming under fire for its methodology and its motives. Invisible Children, Inc. has responded publicly to some of the criticisms regarding the financial holdings of the organization, but they haven’t yet responded to a video posted by Ugandan blogger and journalist Rosebell Kagumire. “I first saw this story from friend’s links on Facebook and I was like, ‘This is a new issue out on Kony. I need to update myself on what is going on,’” Kagumire says in her YouTube video responding to the Kony 2012 video. “The first five minutes of the video, I was trying to figure out what is this video about. I could not even have the slightest idea that it would be about Joseph Kony.” Kagumire finds other issues with the video, which she says simplifies the story of millions and tells a narrative about Africa that falsely claims it needs the help of the western world. “Right now, Joseph Kony is not in Uganda. The situation in the video was five, six years ago. The situation has tremendously improved in Northern Uganda. People sleep at home and people are back home. Children are going to school. It’s about post-conflict recovery, and we don’t see those issues of now what needs to be done especially when he puts Uganda at the center of this conflict.” Back in the U.S. many are still trying to piece together what all the fuss was about. With a high saturation campaign such as this one, it could be seen as being relatively unclear what kind of response Invisible Children wanted without ever watching their videos. At first glance, it appears more that they want young people to Kony in the upcoming presidential election than to stop him from capturing children to use as soldiers. This whole kerfuffle is reminiscent of a season two episode of the NBC college comedy “Community.” In this particular episode, the characters Annie and Britta stand out in the courtyard of their school yelling at students about how they should care about the gulf oil spill. After becoming irritated by the shouting duo, one yells back, “You don’t have to yell at us, nobody’s on the other side of this issue”. Community returns from a four-month hiatus this Thursday night. Nobody is pro-Kony or pro-child slavery. If the big push by this video leads to the capture of Kony, then great. Otherwise, there are other big fish to fry and the conflict that has been generated by this video should be a wake-up call to some that taking this at face value doesn’t always guarantee the truth.

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BED BUGS FOUND IN COMMONS APARTMENTS Last week, bed bugs were cleared out of an apartment in the 1000 block of the University Commons. Pest services have since removed the infestation, but housing students who find infested sheets or clothes should notify their RA. By Kyle Schwab / Contributing Writer Bed bugs were found in the University Commons on Monday, March 5 in a single apartment in the 1000 block of rooms. Schendel Pest Services was seen on campus Tuesday morning and was there for most of the day. There were multiple trucks around the commons along with a heat treatment device which resembled a white trailer, with a long, black hose leading into the room being treated for the infestation. “This is definitely a nasty problem. I mainly feel unsafe and unprotected because of this outbreak,” Kevin Brackett, a resident of the Commons, said. “It is kind of disgusting that there were bed bugs found in the same area of the Commons that I live in, but at the same time I am pretty sure that the problem will be taken care of and everything will go back to normal pretty quickly. I just hope that they don’t spread to my room.” According to a Schendel fact sheet on bed bugs, provided to University Commons residents the day of the incident, bed bugs will enter dorm

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to do with the cleanliness of a person’s room: it can happen to anyone. Bed bugs are able to hide in the smallest places, too. They have been known to hide anywhere: inside the mattress or box spring, in the carpet, in alarm clocks, in TVs, in closets and even in wall outlets. When looking for bed bugs, there is one thing to keep in mind: always look in dark places such as cracks, underneath things, and anywhere that a bug could hide and not be disturbed by humans. “The news of this bed bug incident doesn’t change my mind about where I want to move next year,” current Murdaugh resident Josh Long said. “I will be moving to the Commons no matter what. I don’t worry about bed bugs because you can’t really control getting them. It could really happen to anyone. And the process to get rid of them seems to be quite fast.” It is important to keep an eye out for bed bugs. If housing students find bed bugs or suspect they might be present in their dorm, report any findings to an RA or someone at the Housing & Dining Office.

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AUTHOR HAVING READING IN PEGASUS THEATRE TONIGHT By Mervyn Chua / Staff Writer Novelist, short story writer, biographer and essayist Tracy Daugherty will give a public reading at the Pegasus Theatre in the Liberal Arts Building tonight at 7. The reading will be free and open to the public. Daugherty will be reading an essay out of his collection about the Oklahoma City bombing, as well as a short story as part of his fiction. “This will be of great interest to anyone who loves literature and is interested in the Oklahoma story and how it’s presented to the world especially not through the eyes of an Oklahoman,” Rilla Askew, artisan resident of UCO’s English department, said. Daugherty will also be talking about the difference between writing fiction and nonfiction and how to choose between which one to write using the same material, in a segment he names, “Through Which Door - Fiction or Nonfiction.” Daugherty will talk about how to make it professionally as a writer. “Publishing is difficult these days. A writer has to be able to do different kinds of writing. He works in these forms and can give good advice,” Askew said. Daugherty was born and raised in Midland, Texas. He is an author of four novels, four short story collections, and a book of per-

sonal essays. He has also written biographies of Donald Barthelme, an American author known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction; and Joseph Heller, an American satirical novelist, short story writer and playwright whose best-known work is Catch-22, a novel about US servicemen during World War II. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters and PEN, Daugherty is a four-time winner of the Oregon Book Award. Now a Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University, he helped found the Masters of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. Askew met Daugherty when they were on a panel talking about literature at a writing conference. She thought he would be a good person to come to UCO because the English department focuses on developing multigenre writers. She sent Daugherty an email through his website and he agreed to come. “I hope we have a good turnout because it will be a good opportunity for students to meet a significant writer who has written bout Oklahoma, although he is not from here,” Askew said. “It will be nice to listen to a good reader and will be interesting to listen to his work. He is very interested in nurturing developing writers, especially students”.

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Riding the Feeling It ended with an Alcoholics Anonymous attendee hitting a wood floor, arms flailing, lost in the snare of a seizure. It began with a blitzkrieg romp through the desperate streets of Stillwater. Last Friday was one of those days that didn’t have the decency to end. I sputtered down to Stillwater for an old friend’s birthday. A bouquet of streetlights, brake lights, and stoplights greeted as we started down the strip. I journeyed with regulars – meaning we parked behind the first tavern in a forgotten lot and crawled through a broken fence. I didn’t run into a sober person in Stillwater. The town beckons functioning alcoholics and bender-aficionados. I ricocheted off heavy-lidded girls with pursed lips. I swapped stories with a cigar-loving Nigerian. I watched pool sharks best proud boys and felt the ticking clock as the city shut down. I got back to Edmond around 6 a.m. I had to volunteer for Big Event at 7:30. Friday blurred into Saturday with a lethal dose of coffee and a clouded sunrise. My group volunteered at the Jesus House, a shelter for people meeting three criterions: homeless, suffering from a mental disorder, and an addict. The volunteer work began passive; noble with trash cleanup. An organizer of the shelter approached the group I was working with and asked if we’d like to sit in on an AA meeting. I said yes. If you haven’t gathered from the story thus far,

I seldom say no to any potential misadventure. Life is for the living. So, there I was on the back row of an AA meeting. Most of the attendees smoked cigarettes and drank coffee. Many of them looked like misshapen celebrity doppelgangers. Stephen King, Morgan Freeman, and Patrick Warburton gave testimonials. The woman next to me apologized repeatedly for her crankiness – citing menopause as the agitator. Shortly after the mulleted AA leader opened the door to lessen the density of smoke, a man in the row in front of me threw his arms up, spittle shot out the sides of his mouth, and his body shook violently. We eased him to the floor and an ambulance was called. Only a few hours earlier, I dodged youthful copies of the man at Stillwater’s strip. I didn’t experience some revelatory epiphany, though I tried to gather one. I spent the remainder of the day silent and running on fumes. I came away with a singular thought: I’m glad I signed up for this. It’s imperative to sign up for absurd treks with friends that throw you out of your comfort zone. It’s imperative to take part in unfamiliar rituals. When your hair turns grey, what stories will you tell? No grandchild wants you to reminisce about watching 12 seasons of South Park on Netflix in a twoday period. If you feel anxious, ride the feeling. See where it goes. You might end up with a life worth talking about.

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WEB STAR BORN: KONY VIDEO GETS MILLIONS OF VIEWS The story of Ugandan guerilla military leader Joseph Kony has become a viral sensation thanks in part to a video made by the non profit organization Invisible Children. Kony has become a trending topic and now recieved national news coverage. KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he’s an Internet star now. A video about the atrocities carried out by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army has gone viral, racking up millions more views seemingly by the hour. The marketing campaign is an effort by the advocacy group Invisible Children to vastly increase awareness about a jungle militia leader who is wanted for atrocities by the International Criminal Court and is being hunted by 100 U.S. Special Forces advisers and local troops in four Central African countries. The group’s 30-minute video, which was released Monday, had more than 32 million views on YouTube by Thursday. The movie is part of an effort called KONY 2012 that targets Kony and the LRA. “Kony is a monster. He deserves to be prosecuted and hanged,” said Col. Felix Kulayigye, the spokesman for Uganda’s military. But Kulayigye said that Kony’s forces — once thousands strong — have been so degraded that he no longer considers Kony a threat to the region. Because of the intensified hunt for Kony, his forces split into smaller groups that can travel the jungle more easily. Experts estimate that the LRA now has only about 250 fighters. Still, the militia abducts children, forcing them to serve as soldiers or sex slaves, and even to kill their parents or each other to survive. The LRA now operates in Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Uganda, Invisible Children and (hash)stopkony were among the top 10 trending terms on Twitter among both the worldwide and U.S. audience on Wednesday night, ranking higher than New iPad or Peyton Manning. Twitter’s top trends more commonly include celebrities than fugitive militants. Jolly Okot was abducted in 1986 by the militia group that later became the LRA. The then18-year-old could speak English so was valuable to the militants. She was also forced to have sex. Today, Okot is the Uganda country director for Invisible Children, in charge of 105 employees. She said the group is helping 800 people affected by LRA violence to attend high school and university. She said the program has given hope to kids who previously dropped out of the education system. “The most exciting thing about this film is that I’m so grateful that the world has been able to pay attention to an issue that has long been neglected,” Okot said. “I think it is an eye-opener and I think this will push for Joseph Kony to be apprehended, and I think justice will get to him.” International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said it has been hard to raise public awareness about Kony since issuing his warrant in 2005. “Kony is difficult, he is not killing people in Paris or in New York. Kony is killing people in Central African Republic, no one cares about him,” he said. “These young people from California mobilizing this effort is incredible, exactly what we need.” He praised the group that made the film. “They are not fighting, they are just putting the right focus: stopping the crimes, arresting Kony, helping people,” he said. “Perfect.” Ben Keesey, Invisible Children’s 28-year-old chief executive officer, said the viral success shows their message resonates and that viewers feel empowered to force change. It was released on the website www.kony2012.com. The burst of attention has also brought with it some criticism on Internet sites of Invisible Children’s work, including the ratio of the

A box full to the brim with KONY 2012 campaign posters are shown Thursday March 8, 2012 at the Invisible Children Movement offices in San Diego. The workers are monitoring the social media impact of their KONY 2012 campaign. Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal Central Africa militia that has kidnapped thousands of children and forced them to become sex slaves, fight as child soldiers and kill family members during a 26-year campaign of terror. The KONY 2012 project is an effort to stop Joseph Kony. (AP Photo/John Mone)

group’s spending on direct aid, its rating by the site Charity Navigator, and a 2008 photo of three Invisible Children members holding guns alongside troops from the country now known as South Sudan. Invisible Children posted rebuttals to the criticism on its website, saying that it has spent about 80 percent of its funds on programs that further its mission, about 16 percent on administration and management, and about 3 percent on fundraising. The group said its accountability and transparency score is currently low because it has four independent voting members on its board of directors and not five, but that it is seeking to add a fifth. The group said the three workers in the photo thought it would be a good “joke” photo for family and friends. Kony’s Ugandan rebel group is blamed for tens of thousands of mutilations and killings over the last 26 years. Rear Adm. Brian L. Losey, the top U.S. special operations commander for Africa, told reporters last month that U.S. troops are now stationed in bases in Uganda, Congo, South Sudan and Central African Republic as part of the anti-LRA fight. Losey said there’s been a decrease in the lethality of LRA activities attributable to U.S. and partner nation efforts. Ruhakana Rugunda, the Ugandan diplomat who led the country’s failed peace negotiations with Kony in 2006, said the work of organizations such as Invisible Children preserves the memory of an insurgency whose brutal legacy should never be forgotten. The talks with Kony, mediated by South Sudan, ended in 2008 after the rebel leader refused to sign the final peace agreement, saying he could not guarantee his security once he left the bush. The last known images of Kony show him shaking hands, and sometimes smiling, with dignitaries visiting his camp. Some images showed him wearing a suit and shiny black

shoes. “Kony gives you the impression that he is harmless, that he cannot catch a fly,” Rugunda said, recalling his conversations with Kony, who was an altar boy before he became an elusive rebel leader. Rugunda last saw Kony in a forested camp in eastern Congo before the rebel leader and his

men fled to the Central African Republic, where they have retained the capacity to harass villagers for food. Rugunda said that capturing Kony alive would set in motion a “full accountability mechanism” in which the world would get to know how it came to be that Kony committed the many crimes he is accused of.

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45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE RETURNS HOME The Oklahoma National Guard 45th Infantry Brigade returned from Afghanistan Monday. The troops were greeted by friends and family at a ceremony at Will Rogers Air National Guard in Oklahoma City.

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SPORTS

MARCH 13, 2012

Softball

WHITMIRE EARNS NATIONAL POTW HONORS By Rachael Steverson / Contributing Writer The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has named UCO softball player Megan Whitmire as Louisville Slugger Division II National Player of the Week, for games played Feb. 27 - March 4. Whitmire plays as first baseman. This is the first time any player on UCO’s softball team has been recognized by the NFCA. Whitmire helped lead the Bronchos to six wins this past week with four home runs. Her contributions have kept their 11-game winning streak alive. Her teammates agreed that Whitmire deserved this honor because of her hard work and dedication, all while having a good time doing it. When asked how she felt about the season, Whitmire said, “I feel really good about it, especially since this is my senior year and we’ve been so successful. Hopefully we can continue to win.” Since this is her senior year, Whitmire set high expectations for herself and her team, and has mixed emotions about this being her last year to play softball. “It’s all kind of bittersweet. I’m ready to start my life outside of softball, but at the same time I know I’m going to miss playing the game, “ Whitmire said. The Bronchos are currently 13-3 on the season, and are receiving votes from the NFCA Top 25 Division II Poll rankings.

Senior Infielder Megan Whitmire (35) during a game Feb. 24, 2012 against Northeastern State University. Photo provided.

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Wrestling

TRACK COMES UP SHORT UCO WRESTLING TAKES SEVENTH AT NATIONALS

MANTAKO, Minn. (March 10) -- Central Oklahoma’s Lacey Rhodes came up a little short in her bid for All-America recognition at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships here Saturday. The sophomore standout tied for ninth in the final standings, one spot shy of becoming an indoor All-America after earning similiar honors at last spring’s outdoor meet. Rhodes cleared 5’ 6 1/2” on her second try, with the

eighth-place finisher making that height on her first jump. Barbara Szabo of Western State won the national title with a 6’ 1 1/4” jump, while second place went to Lindsay Lettow of Central Missouri at a height -- 5’ 8 3/4” -- that Rhodes cleared in winning one of her four titles during the indoor season. UCO opens the outdoor season Thursday at the Southwestern Relays in Winfield, Kan.

Junior Kelly Henderson (174 pounds) during a match Feb. 2 versus Central Missouri. Photo Provided

By Whitt Carter/ Contributing Writer

IRISH KEG

The UCO wrestling team is no stranger to the D-II National Championships, having won 15 team titles and boasting 36 individual champions in the program’s storied history. This weekend, the Bronchos left the 2012 National Championship tournament successful once again, bringing home a seventh-place team finish, and three All-Americans. Tanner Keck (184 pounds), who battled an injury late in the season, finished fourth and Ky Corley (149 pounds) and Casey Rowell (141 pounds) both finished fifth, with all three garnering All-American status in 2012. The UCO squad, led by seven-time national coach of the year David James, took a nationleading nine qualifiers to the tournament, which was held in Pueblo, Colo. “We certainly didn’t have the tournament we were looking for, but I’m proud of the guys who placed and I though they did well,” James said. “We had some guys who didn’t perform like they are capable of and that was disappointing.” After the first session of the first day, UCO was in the driver’s seat, winning six of their nine matches, and found themselves high atop the team standings in second place. Sophomore Dustin Reed (133 pounds) and freshman Chris Watson (165 pounds) both had exciting first round matches that fueled the Bronchos early on in the first day. Reed, wrestling against the seventh-ranked Even Yenolevich from Kutztown University,

was in trouble early as he fell behind 5-0 after the first period. Reed would completely turn things around, and pinned Yenolevich (32-1) at the 3:16 mark of the match. Watson was faced with the task of wrestling the third-ranked wrester in the country, Isaiah Jimenez of San Francisco State. A grind-it-out type of match saw Watson trailing after the first period, tied through the second and eventually controlling Jimenez for the entire final period to snag a major upset, winning 3-2. The second session of the first day wasn’t as pleasant. After a stellar first part of the day, the Bronchos fell to fifth in the team standings after the evening session and saw six of their nine wrestlers eliminated from the tournament. “It wasn’t a very good night for us, that’s for sure,” James said. “We entered the tournament with nine guys and it was obviously a disappointment to only have three left after the first day. We were just hoping that the three we had left would continue to push forward.” Those three did continue to wrestle well, placing in the top five of their weight class and helping UCO to a top-seven finish. With the addition of Keck and Rowell, UCO will enter 2013 with five wrestlers boasting All-American honors. “Seven of our nine qualifiers will be back for next year,” James said. “We’ve got to do the right things in the offseason to get better in order to get this program back where it belongs.”

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THE BEN ZONE pressure, you can’t help but to hyper-analyze your mistakes. If he’s thinking about the well-being of someone else on every throw he’ll demand perfection, which is unattainable. Griffin is no stranger to the role of football savior, just ask Baylor University. Baylor was

nothing like the NFL, however. There were no expectations at Baylor. Every win after the team’s fifth victory was icing on the cake. I’m sure Griffin realizes this, and it’s something he should keep out of his mind. Worry about your own career and let everyone else worry about where to keep their eggs.

SPORTS

MARCH 13, 2012 Baseball

Opinion

THE BEN ZONE By Ben Luschen

CHASING THE DREAM BRINGS PITCHER TO UCO

Vista Columnist

IN FOOTBALL, BASKET VARIETY CRITICAL FOR GOOD EGGS “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” I first learned the phrase in kindergarten. It doesn’t make any sense to me, but I still say it to sound wise. Why wouldn’t you want to keep all your eggs in one basket? It sounds pretty practical. I mean, how many baskets am I supposed to walk around with? Though the saying’s metaphorical translation is still lost on me, the meaning of the psalm itself is quite clear to most: don’t put all your dreams and hopes for the future in one place. I say ‘most’ because the Washington Redskins clearly were never enrolled in kindergarten. The team nestled in our nation’s capitol must have taken some advice from the housing market when they traded three first-round picks and four draft picks in total to the St. Louis Rams for the right to pick second in the coming NFL draft. It is widely assumed the Redskins will be selecting Baylor quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Robert Griffin III with that pick. I’m not writing this column to say that RG3 will become yet another draft day flop, nor am I necessarily criticizing the Redskins’ decision. I just hope all parties involved know just how big of a commitment this was. The Redskins are putting at least the next five to six seasons at risk in hopes that Griffin will eventually pan out. And by eventually, I mean immediately. The trade is a lot more personal than that, however. General manager Bruce Allen and head coach Mike Shanahan both put their jobs on the line for this deal. For Shanahan, this is likely the last head coaching job he’ll ever have, so you know he’s really hoping it works out. This is a lot to put on the shoulders of a 22-year-old kid. Not only is he playing for the immediate and perhaps longterm future of an historic franchise, but he’s playing for the jobs of the two men who believed enough in him as a quarterback to bet their careers on his success. If Griffin is heading into is rookie season under the mindset that he should be playing for anyone outside of himself though, he’s already made his first mistake. The pressure of succeeding as an NFL player is already enough, he doesn’t need to worry about the fate of two old guys or the psychological stability of a fanbase. I think Griffin will turn out to be a fine NFL quarterback. Not only does he have all the skills to be good at the highest level, but several of those skills are already refined to a point that many veteran players would be envious of. My advice to him – which I’m sure he desperately covets – is to just sling it. Have fun. When you play with

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Senior Danny Cartwright (14) during a game Feb. 21, 2012 against Newman University. Photo provided.

By Stuart Dickison / Contributing Writer He began his long walk to the UCO pitcher’s mound, grateful every step, fueled with the thoughts of how he got here. From the days he was cut in high school to believing he would never pitch again, remembering this long path back into baseball sets his mind straight and fires his adrenaline. As soon as his feet touched the brown dirt, though, those thoughts vanished. His brain shifted to a new focus. The only thing on Danny Cartwright’s mind was how to get the next batter out. After many years away from the diamond, Cartwright, a sixth year senior, returns to pitch after time away from the

game. Cartwright, a General Studies major, is the oldest member of the Broncho baseball team at 24. It doesn’t bother him. “I get a hard time about it from the guys, definitely,” Cartwright said. “I’m just happy to be here, to be part of this group and to be playing baseball for the UCO Bronchos.” Six feet, three inches tall and a bulking 195 lbs, Cartwright hits the gym daily to maintain his build. He hasn’t always had his pitcher’s physique. “I was one of the tiniest members of my high school team,” Cartwright said. “I weighed only 135 lbs when I was 16. I worked hard to gain muscle as I got older and grew.”

Cartwright graduated from Tulsa Memorial High School in 2006. He played junior varsity for two seasons before being cut his junior year. “That was a tough pill to swallow,” said Cartwright. “It motivated me though. I worked hard to be ready to try out again.” He fought his way back on the team a year later and finished the season as the Chargers’ starting catcher. Cartwright moved on to play at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Okla. in 2006 for two seasons where he found a passion for pitching. “I stepped on the mound one day and my velocity was good,” said Cartwright. “The coaches there really helped me transition into a pitcher.” In the Fall of 2009, Cartwright transferred to Oklahoma State University in hopes of walking onto the Cowboy baseball team. But he was ruled ineligible for lack of hours and decided to walk away from the game. Cartwright enjoyed his days in Stillwater being a regular college student. He went to all the football games, enjoyed the Stillwater nightlife with friends, and participated in intramural sports. But one thing seemed to still be missing--the love and desire to play baseball. When the opportunity came to play again at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Cartwright jumped at the chance. But he suffered a partially torn honed collateral ligament in his elbow and spent the fall semester in rehab before pitching again for the Cougars. “They gave me an opportunity to pitch again,” said Cartwright of his time in Phoenix. “It was a rough year, as I had to build my arm strength back up.” In the summer, Cartwright again had no place to play. On advice from a friend, he called UCO head baseball coach Dax Leone about giving him a chance to pitch for the Bronchos. Leone gave him that shot, and Cartwright is now on scholarship. “He’s been a solid pick up,” said Leone of Cartwright. “He’s been through a lot. He’s a leader. A really good program guy and a lot of upside on the mound. We’re fortunate to have him part of our baseball team.” He finishes his warm up tosses. The arm is ready. His mind is straight. The batter from the opposing team stepped into the batter’s box. Cartwright, pitching out of the stretch, fired a fastball. “Strike one!”