The Vista Jan. 29, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STAFF

Rick Lemon, Editor-in-Chief

Lauren Capraro, Reporter

Queila Omena, Managing Editor

Kchris Griffin, Reporter

Alex Brown, Copy Editor

Ariana Muse, Reporter

Daltyn Moeckel, Design Editor

Austin Rabon, Reporter

Emily Hahn, Sports Editor

Adam Ropp, Reporter

Ryan Naeve, Photo Editor

Cooper Billington, Photo

Teddy Burch, Advisor

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UCO students play basketball on the court on campus, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather during late January.

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CONTENTS Campus Quotes...........................................................4 News........................................................................5-9 Editorials..............................................................10-11 Classifieds.................................................................12 Sports...................................................................13-15

ON THE COVER

UCO Hockey forward Josh Wyatt (4) celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in a game Saturday, January 24th against the University of Colorado at the Arctic Edge Arena in Edmond, Okla. The Bronchos won the game 5-4 sweeping all three games they played over the weekend. Photo by Ryan Naeve, The Vista.

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EDITORIALS Opinion columns, editorial cartoons, reviews and commentaries represent the views of the writer or artist and not necessarily the views of The Vista Editorial Board, the Department of Mass Communication, UCO or the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. The Vista is not an official medium of expression for the Regents or UCO. LETTERS The Vista encourages letters to the editor. Letters should address issues and ideas, not personalities. Letters must be typed, double-spaced, with a maximum of 250 words, and must include the author’s printed name, title, major, classification and phone number.

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UCO students play volleyball on the sand volleyball court on campus, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather central Oklahoma has enjoyed this week. Photo by Ryan Naeve, The Vista.

NEWS

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Body cameras already showing advancement in policing transparency since Ferguson Austin Rabon @ TheRabon

Staff Writer

POLICE CAMERAS

The Draper City Police Department released footage from the body camera of the officer involved shooting Jan. 14, 2015 during a press conference Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Jeffrey R. Nielson, 34, shown seated and handcuffed in the video’s still clip on the screen was shot and killed by West Valley City officer Jason Vincent in a Draper neighborhood Wednesday morning. In the video, Nielson broke free of the officers while they were changing handcuffs on Nielson, ran to the truck and pulled the butcher knife from the glovebox while trying to escape arrest. (Associated Press)

A still taken form a Muskogee Police officer’s body camera capturing him drawing his weapon at a suspect. A man identified as Terence Walker is seen in a police body-camera video bolting from a Muskogee, Oklahoma, officer who felt a weapon after a pat down. Officer Chansey McMillin gave chase, his bodycam capturing his shadow as he trailed the suspect in the afternoon light of January 17. Since Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown’s death prompted a national move to put body cameras on all America’s police officers, scenes like the one captured in the body-cam video from Muskogee will likely become more common. In Muskogee, about 50 of its 88 police officers started wearing body cameras in November, according to department spokesman Sgt. Michael Mahan in a statement regarding the incident. Photo taken from video released by the Muskogee police department.

Body Cameras worn by police officers is slowly being implemented, but is making an impact on both police credibility and unanswered questions.

On January 17, Terrence Walker was shot and killed by a Muskogee police officer.

Chansey McMillin, the police officer that fired the shots, approached walker and patted him down and felt what he thought was a weapon.

Walker took off running from the officer.

He then stopped after dropping something on the ground, and that is when McMillin fired five shots, killing Walker.

According to a report given by CNN, an-

question of whether or not the officer had the right to shoot or if the witnesses were telling the truth.

Most everything the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the courts need to know about what happened can be seen on the video produced by the body camera.

Body cameras worn by police officers are helping to eliminate certain questions that the public and the courts might have of what actually happened.

The Edmond police officer said, “The body camera may be able to shed light on law enforcement as a whole and show that our law enforcement officers are doing

other officer checked on Walker and picked up something off the ground and tossed it away from the suspect. McMillin is heard saying it’s a handgun; another officer said the weapon was loaded.

The Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown has prompted a movement to put body cameras on police officers.

An Edmond police officer, which requested his name not be released, said, “I believe that body cameras are a good thing.

The large majority of officers do their jobs with pride and do the right thing, so there typically isn’t anything to hide.”

Unlike the Brown shooting, there is no

what they are trained to do and performing it correctly.”

The idea behind body cameras is to help strengthen or contradict testimony from officers, victims or witnesses.

“The bottom line is everyone will not be pleased, but some will be,” said Edmond police officer.

Such evidence is likely to be increasingly considered by judges and juries across the country. Last month, President Obama asked Congress for $75 million to buy 50,000 body cameras.

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CAMPUSHEADER QUOTES

“Campus Quotes” What are your plans for Super Bowl Sunday?

Micah Rainey

Troya Farris

Music Performance Major

Family Life Education Major

“I’m probably gonna go to church and skate and deflate some footballs”

“My only plans for superbowl Sunday are going to church”

Junior

Senior

Lacey Wagoner

Shamhad Broades

Sociology Human Services Major

Psychology Major

“I’m going to spend Superbowl Sunday with my family hanging out and cooking dinner”

“I plan on watching the game and commercials with my family”

Freshman

Freshman

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HEADER NEWS

Firehouse Art Center in Norman will host 33rd annual Chocolate Festival this weekend

NORMAN CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL Adam Ropp Staff Writer

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he Firehouse Art Center in Norman, Oklahoma will kick off it’s 33rd Annual Chocolate Festival on Jan. 31 with over 25,000 chocolate samples including chocolate amaretto cream cake, Godiva chocolates, chocolate cinnamon rolls and more from over 30 restaurants, shops and bakeries.

So it looks like this might just be the day I risk diabetes, put on an extra 22 lbs and then hate myself.

This festival has also racked up some hardware being ranked third best food festival in the U.S. by the Food Network, and being the winner of the Frontier Country Grand Award for Outstanding Food Festival in central Oklahoma.

Judging from its past videos, the festival seems like something Willy Wonka would be proud of with vendors showing off their culinary art skills with dynamic displays such as cupcakes molded together to create mountains, yo yo toys made out of cookies, and Victorian designed caramel apples.

The festival will also hold a chaotic array of treats from chocolates, cookies, pies and cupcakes to off the wall items like chocolate

chili, which you might want to skip. Just don’t eat any experimental gum unless it has been tested and approved by an Oompa Loompa. Those who have seen the movie should get that.

The Chocolate Festival is the FAC’s only annual fundraiser, but the event also serves to build awareness of the visual arts and arts education in the Norman community through the inclusion of free art activities. This year’s fundraiser will feature foil sculpting for both adults and children and “Creative Cube” painting for children where they paint square boxes. Art activities are free of charge and Chocolate Festival tickets are not required to participate.

The festival will be held at the Norman Marriott Conference Center & Hotel and will have five sessions, scheduled every half hour starting at 11:30 a.m., which provides ticket holders with 10 chocolate samples. Tickets are $25.

Tickets are available at the Firehouse Art Center from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or call 405-329-4523 for more information.

The festival is sure to bring in a crowd of thousands so plan to arrive early.

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NEWS

Former head regent Richard Ogden annouces new leadership scholarship

LEADERSHIP

Kchris Griffin

@ kchriswitha_k

Staff Writer

Opportunities exist within, and because of, higher education.

On Jan. 26 in the Will Rogers Room, Richard Ogden announced a plan for a leadership scholarship. Ogden, a former regent of the University of Central Oklahoma, said the scholarship will aid students involved in the University of Central Oklahoma Student Association and other student organizations.

“I want to make sure people feel like what they’re doing is important,” Ogden said. “I also want to make sure that students have some financial help for the time that they give. I know that

sometimes their grades suffer as a result of their sacrifices here, so I wanted to have a scholarship that recognizes them for their recognition and volunteerism with the student government.”

Students filled the Will Rogers Room to hear Ogden, whom was the keynote speaker, make a speech aimed at inspiring success during and after their attendance at UCO. Hopefully this scholarship will help a lot of students out, Ogden said.

“People know that they if they go to a public institution that it is a part of giving back,” he said.

“As I went forward in life, I have always loved public service.”

UCO President Don Betz, who introduced Ogden as the keynote speaker, also talked to the students in attendance about informative learning.

Pertaining to transformative learning, the transformation isn’t only in the classroom setting but mostly in yourself when you make a profound and discernible difference in your own life, Betz said.

“I think that [former] Regent Ogden encapsulates the whole purpose of higher education,” Betz said. “He reminded us all of us in the room about the chal-

Regional University System of Oklahoma Regent Richard Ogden - As a Regent, Ogden is part of a governing board that is responsible for oversight of the hiring of university presidents, employment and budgets, among other responsibilities that set the tone and direction for the system of higher education.

- Ogden’s appointment to congressional district five is for nine years, ending June 2019. He will serve six regional universities: East Central University, Northeastern State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Southwestern Oklahoma State University and University of Central Oklahoma.

lenges and the possibilities of people who pursue education.”

UCO’s strategy statement places emphasis on transformative learning, which Betz and Ogden emphasized in their speeches. “[Transformative Learning] means creating conditions where individuals can absolutely achieve the fullest expression of their potential,” Betz said. “That means in their ability to communicate, create outcomes and taking good care of themselves.”

The event marked the opening session of the spring semester for the UCO Student Government.

Trent Tamura, the chair of stu-

dent congress, said the scholarship will give students the opportunity to give stay in higher education.

“Some people are racking up college debt and some can’t even go to school financially,” Tamura said. “We want the leaders who are passionate to that opportunity to go to school. The key to having success at any college is student involvement. You have to get involved, build your skills and be a leader. I think [this scholarship] is really important.”

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NEWS

UCO offers vaccine for ongoing epidemic

FLU SHOTS ON CAMPUS Erick Perry @erickperry9fo Contributing Writer

Influenza shots will be offered

by Mercy Clinic starting Tuesday at the University of Central Oklahoma to help prevent the sickness from developing.

The shots will be available from 9 to 11 a.m and 2 to 4 p.m. in room 105 of the UCO Wellness Center, January 27-30.

The flu is so widespread in the United States that it is now considered an epidemic by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

They recommend that people begin getting vaccinated soon after vaccines become available each flu season.

The CDC also emphasizes the importance of taking everyday precautions, such as washing hands and avoiding those who have contracted the illness.

The vaccines are designed for protection from what researchers believe will be the most common strains of influenza, each season.

CNN reported, the most common strain to appear this year is A (H3N2), a strain linked with more hospitalizations and deaths than others.

The disease that has killed 15 children this flu season is fought heavily with antiviral medications.

Walgreens reported to USAToday around 14 cities as their top areas in the country for antiviral prescriptions, including Oklahoma City.

Public schools in Minco, Oklahoma were cancelled earlier this month due to an outbreak of influenza. KFOR reported, the flu, along with strep throat, caused up to 50 kids to miss classes. Parents and administration, both, agreed with the decision to cancel classes until the schools’ facilities could be scrubbed down and disinfected.

“The flu is bad, and you want to do anything you can to prevent getting it and to prevent giving it to other people,” said Dr. Lisa Thebner, a pediatrician in New York City.

“The vaccine isn’t perfect, but it’s the best protection we have for prevention.”

However, many feel that the flu shot is an unnecessary precaution.

Dr. J. Anthony Morris, former chief vaccine officer for the Bureau of Biological Standards at the National Institutes of Health said, “There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza.”

CDC epidemiologist, Brendan Flannery, said some years the virus drifts and the vaccine still provides protection, however, this is not one of those years.

The CDC still recommends getting the vaccine because the virus could shift again before the flu season is over.

Renee Francis RN administers a flu shot in the Mercy Clinic in the Recreational Center on campus. Photo by Ryan Naeve, The Vista.

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NEWS

Students use forensic skills to investigate evidence from mock crime scene for class Ariana Muse @ arianamarie93

Staff Writer

The University of Central Oklahoma’s professor Dr. Donald Mizell gave his students an interactive mock criminal case in his Modern Criminal Investigations course Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at Tinker Federal Credit Union in Edmond, to give his students a more realistic understanding of what an investigation might look like.

Students were required to collect and take pictures of evidence, photograph the scene, lift finger prints, measure distances between the evidence and where the crime took place, all while working with very limited time.

“You know when we talk about UCO’s emphasis on transformative learning I don’t know what we can do better to make that happen,” said Mizell.

With permission from the managers, he created a scenario where a credit union had been robbed, with the evidence, a case, witnesses and suspects. This was also a timed test where the students had to find and analyze the evidence quickly and efficiently as they would have to in reality.

In other semesters students try to solve a bank robbery instead.

Mizell went on to say that in this instance the students did the physical crime scene. The students looked for evidence, collected photographs, lifted prints and measured the distances between the evidence and where the crime took place.

On Jan. 26 they went back and conducted the interviews of all the people who were in the credit union at the time of the crime.

This particular case will be incorporated with many other parts of the course and even linked to other classes. The same elements and same suspects who committed this crime, along with other crimes at different locations, will eventually lead to one final trial case scene where it will be solved.

Students will also be acting now as they would in the real world.

Mizell spoke about how the courses are tied together by saying that after they analyze all of the evidence and get everything from the courses leading up to the last of the three, “They do a search, an arrest and then an interrogation.

All of that stuff becomes the entire body of evidence, they take that to the third course and it becomes the substance of a trial.”

The criminal justice program, separate from forensic science, is a program that was established in 1974 and now offers several majors and masters degrees that transform their education into excellence and success professionally. Just as you can see from the course above, real, practical experience and transformative learning are keys to success.

Students in Dr. Donald Mizell’s modern criminal investigation class examine evidence at a mock bank robbery at the Tinker Fedaral Credit Union. Photo by Cooper Billington, The Vista.

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NEWS

Central Cares for Casualties of Catastrophies Taylor Favell Contributing Writer

UCO CARES, or Central Cares, is a program that offers short term assistance to University of Central Oklahoma employees, including staff, students and faculty, who have or are suffering from severe financial needs due to unexpected emergencies, home catastrophes, natural disasters, funeral expenses, emergency travel and personal or medical emergencies.

Many University employees are college students that have a very small income. What they earn is usually rationed between bills, books, gas and food-- the essentials to survive.

After bills there is hardly money left over.

When financial emergencies occur there is often not much they can do.

Central Cares was founded for this purpose. The program is designed to help people through their hard times or financial struggles.

It was inspired by the tornado that swept through Moore on May 20, 2013. The tornado left many people without homes, food, money and important everyday things they needed to survive.

UCO immediately reached out to staff, faculty, alumni and students who were affected by the storm. The University wanted to help people through their tough time and thus Central Cares was created.

The program has partnered with other universities and local and state agencies to rally the community together to get involved in helping donate time, funds and resources to those in need. They said they believe anyone can offer a resource or have some way of helping others in need.

UCO has also created a volunteer program for those who can give their time to Central Cares. For information on this program contact UCO Volunteer and Service learning Center.

To donate resources such as equipment, vehicles of transportation, food and other useful items please contact Norman Nieves, UCO director of Emergency Management at nnieves@uco.edu.

Food is stocked on the shelves of the UCO Food Pantry on campus. The UCO Food Pantry, like UCO Cares helps students, employees and the community in need of assistance. Photo taken form The Vista Archives.

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NEWS

Questions Queila Omena @QueilaOmena

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Queila

Queila is a Godly woman, who loves God with all her heart. She is the most exquisitely beautiful, breathtaking, OUT OF THIS WORLD, angelic, drop dead gorgeous girl you know.

Managing Editor

The Charlie Hebdo attacks in France earlier this month ave given me many things to ponder, and based off of those I came up with my three rules for dealing with what is an increasingly delicate topic in the modern world; religion versus free speech.

Rule number 1: You cannot make fun of faith.

Rule number 2: One cannot offend, make war, or kill in the name of God or one’s religion.

Rule number 3: One should be able to have freedom of speech (within limits).

Religious conflict has been around for centuries, including the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites in the Book of Joshua, but it’s a problem that still continues in our modern society. People want to be able to speak their minds, when others feel offended if they do.

The three days of terror that happened in France this January are no different.

Charlie Hedbo, a French satirical magazine, suffered the largest terrorist attack in France since 2011 for what is a presumed response to a number of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

The irreverent political-cartoon newspaper stands for freedom of speech, describing themselves as non-conformists, secular, and atheist, and have been known to poke fun not only at Islam, but at any religion that they see fit.

The latest in a line of cartoons published by Charlie Hedbo, that offended the Muslim community and lead to the bloody massacre, has Prophet Mohammed naked with a star placed on his behind along with the saying: “Mohammed: A star is born!”

Here is the question though, how is that not offensive to the Muslim community?

There is no joke or humor in this cartoon. One cannot get laughs from others suffering.

Pope Francis, The Holy Father, spoke against Charlie Hedbo: “There is a limit. Every religion has its dignity.

I cannot mock a religion that respects human life and

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the human person. He latter added on “If [a close friend] says a swear word against my mother, he’s going to get a punch in the nose. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, and one cannot make fun of faith.”

Even though I agree with Pope Francis and respect religion’s integrity, I do not stand for criminals and terrorist. What Charlie Hedbo did was provocative and immoral, however, it does not give terrorists the means to go take people’s life away.

The English translation of 32nd verse of Chapter (Surat) in the Holy Qur’an, states: “Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.”

The story gets controversial because most Muslims are against terrorism attacks, and claim the Holy Quran, the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God, is against war and acts of terror. In fact, many Muslims believe Islam is the religion of peace.

So though I as a journalist have a moral obligation to protect free speech and decry any attempt made by any organization to take away that liberty from others, there is a fine line between exercising your rights and purposefully taunting someone, especially when it comes to that person’s religious beliefs.

I cannot condone what was done by terrorists in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, but I do think that provoking a community with such charged imagery, especially when for many even a illustrated image of their deity is considered sacrilegious, seems like just asking someone to have an extreme response.

On that note, let’s live in a world of peace, where we all respect each other and accept them for who they are and what they believe. The war must end.

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EDITORIAL

Who should take the blame for Deflategate Rick Lemon @ lemon_rick

Editor-in-Chief

Since the AFC title game there seems to be only one story the national news media really cares to talk about. The fact that the New England Patriots have found themselves in another scandal marring the image of the NFL. There is no question that someone took the air out of the Patriots footballs, making them more easy to grab and catch in what was difficult weather conditions surrounding the game in New England; the big question now is who made the call?

My guess is eventually (most likely before the Super Bowl) the Patriots will come forward with some lowly assistant equipment manager who will fall on the sword and say that he deflated the footballs on his own in some sort of convoluted sense of pride towards his team and wanting to help them win, but I’m not buying that one bit.

On Monday, both Tom Brady and Bill Belichick went onto live TV and told the media that they had no idea who or what deflated those footballs. Belichick even went as far as saying that he had no idea what the process is for the rules when it come to how the footballs are managed. Either of those answers though is at the very least unsatisfactory and at the most, a clear ignorance of a rule governing how the game is played.

Was it not NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell who said during the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal that ignorance of the rules does not count as a defense for a coach?

That “ignorance” turned into a unprecedented one year suspension for Saint Head Coach Sean Payton where he could not even so much

as talk to any of his players.

Now I understand that Deflategate might not reach to the safety and accountability ramifications that the NFL faced during the Saints’ bounty scandal, but in some ways doesn’t this goes much deeper than that?

Deflategate could be argued as the Patriots showing a lack of institutional control and therefore Belichick should be facing the same sort of scrutiny that Sean Payton did.

According to Goodell himself, who has final say in al maters such as this, the head coach should know all that is happening for his team and even him being totally unaware of a situation does not make him impermeable to the consequences from it.

The reason why the NFL won’t go as far as punishing Belichick on this issue however is the position that the Patriots are currently in, this isn’t a scandal that was uncovered in the middle of the season; this is less than a week before the Super Bowl, featuring a team playing for the championship.

Is the NFL going to suspend one of their most popular and talked about coaches right before the championship game? No. Should they? That’s for sports fans to debate for the next six days.

Come February 1st however, both Bill Belichick and Tom Brady will be on the field, and I just hope that this most recent spat in a long and spotted history of the Patriots bending the rules to the point of breaking in the name of winning does not result in a asterisk next to the name of the Super Bowl XLIX Champions.

In this photo taken Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass during the first half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Foxborough, Mass.

The NFL said Friday, Jan. 3, 2015, that evidence shows the Patriots used underinflated footballs during the first half of the AFC championship game. The investigation is still ongoing they added, and with no conclusions and no timetable for resolving the cheating accusations with the Super Bowl nine days away. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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uco games this week Thursday:

- Women’s Basketball at Pittsburg State (7:00P.M.) - Wrestling vs. Oklahoma City (7:00 P.M.)

Friday:

- Hockey at Iowa State (TBA)

Saturday:

- Women’s Track UCO Invitational at Norman (11:00 A.M.) - Wrestling vs. Adams State (2:00 P.M.) - Men’s Basketball vs. Pittsburg State (3:30 P.M.) - Hockey at Iowa State (TBA)

sUNDAY:

- Wrestling vs. Ouachita Baptist (2:00 P.M.)

bRONCHOS SET RECORD AT UCO tRACK AND fIELD oPEN Track and Field indoor season is in full swing as the 4x800 meter relay team set a school record at the UCO open in Norman. Madison Brown captured the first place spot in the mile with a time of 5:15.50. VistaSports contributing writer Andrew Baker has the details of the Broncho’s success.

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Central HOckey on three game winning streak UCO Hockey steam-rolled past their competiton this past weekend with two wins against Colorado, and one against Colorado State. Left wing Ryan Duley proved a valuable asset for the Bronchos, scoring two goals, and the game winner in Friday’s game against Colorado. Joshua Parker has the recap from the weekend.

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SPORTS

Bronchos set record at UCO open

Andrew Baker @ Andrew_baker22

Contributing Writer

TRACK AND FIELD The University of Central Oklahoma’s Women’s Track team traveled to Norman, Oklahoma Jan. 24 for the UCO Open. The Open was held at the Mosier Indoor Facility, where UCO holds their home meets. The Bronchos had a great showing Saturday with some great team accomplishments.

UCO’s Madison Brown led the way for the Bronchos winning the mile run on Saturday. The Bronchos also won the 4x800-meter relay for the team aspect of the competition.

The Bronchos had good finishes in eight of the events they competed in Saturday afternoon. In the events, UCO had all top eight finishes in those events.

The Bronchos had three placers in the pole vault, and two each in the mile and the shot put.

Pole vaulting was a strong event for the Bronchos that afternoon.

Senior Erika Guerrero had a runner-up finish in the pole vault, with Junior Lauren Clonts placing in fourth and Junior Courtney Peck earning sixth place.

Katie Cease finished third in the 800 meter dash with a time of 2:21.84 and Alayna McGee had a great day in the 200 meter dash, placing fifth with a time of 26.34.

McGee also placed third in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.39, and she was the lone individual to place in two events for the Bronchos.

This was a great start for the Bronchos in the early season with so many people contributing to the team. With all the great finishes in the events, it looks like it will be a promising season for the events to come in the future.

The next Tack Meet will be held on Jan. 31 in Norman at 11 a.m. in the Mosier Indoor Facility. The Bronchos will be hosting the UCO Invitational and then the Bronchos take to the road when they travel to Joplin Missouri for the Missouri Southern Invitational on Feb. 6.

Senior Audrey Price participates in the long jump in Saturday’s meet, the UCO Open.

Price is also a sprinter for the Bronchos. UCO had eight top-eight finishers at the UCO Open in Norman at Mosier Indoor Track Facility. Photo taken by Brandi Melton, The Vista.

Lizzie Grothe, a thrower for UCO’s track and field team, throws hammer on Saturday. Grothe is a 5-9 Sophomore from Enid, Oklahoma. Kaitlyn Holder, another thrower for the Bronchos, finished fourth in shotput on Saturday in Norman. Photo taken

by Brandi Melton, The Vista.

SPORTS

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Central Hockey on three game winning streak

BRONCHOS ON ICE Joshua Palmer @_JoshuaPalmer

Contributing Writer

Four months into the season, the University of Central Oklahoma’s hockey team is ranked second in Division 1 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

The Bronchos had scorched their early competition, earning a record of 21-4-0-1. However, the squad entered the past weekend having dropped two losses in a row, and won three of their last five.

UCO began the three-game weekend last Thursday with a match against the Colorado State Rams. The teams were 1-1 against each other so far this season.

The Bronchos took the ice aggressively, piling up 12 shots within the first nine minutes. UCO forward Josh Wyatt scored the initial goal just four minutes in and also added an assist later on.

By the end of the second period, Central Oklahoma led 4-0, with goals also coming from Travis Wellman on a power play and Shane Khalaf. Khalaf, who found the back of the net twice in the second period, was named player of the game.

UCO’s goalkeeper, Tory Caldwell, barely missed out on another shutout after yielding a goal with 14 minutes left. He finished with 20 saves on 21 shots.

Friday’s game found the Bronchos matched up against the Colorado Buffaloes. UCO had won the only meeting between the two teams this season, a 4-2 win in mid-November.

The squads played each other evenly throughout the first period.

With just under a minute to go, UCO left wing Rylan Duley broke

through with a goal, assisted by Josh Wyatt. Duley also scored his team-leading 20th goal late in the second period.

With 8:46 left in the third, Duley thought he had scored the hat trick.

However, officials disallowed the goal after deeming he had thrown the puck across the goal line.

Bronchos players Michael Rivera, Philip Nygardh, and Brandon Formosa would each score goals of their own in the third period to lead UCO to a runaway 5-0 victory.

The game was filled with rough play and scuffling as both squads combined for 23 penalties.

Caldwell earned his third shutout of the season, saving 30 shots total.

He was named the player of the game that Friday. “[Caldwell’s] been our MVP the last 3 seasons,” said UCO head coach Craig McAlister.

After Saturday’s rematch against Colorado, UCO will play at Iowa State University on Jan. 30 and 31.

Andrew Hodder waits for the puck drop against Oklahoma earlier this season at Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond, Oklahoma. Photo by Ryan Naeve, The Vista.

UCO’S LAST THREE OPONENTS: UCO vs. Colorado State: 4-1 UCO vs. Colorado: 5-0 UCO vs. Colorado: 5-4

UCO Hockey rlayer Matt Prigge of San Mateo, California follows through on a slap shot torwards the net in a game on December.

6th, 2014 against the University of Oklahoma. Photo by Ryan Naeve, The Vista.

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