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Scroll release party date set for April 23 The UCA Scroll staff will host a release party for the Scroll yearbook at 11-4 p.m. April 23 in the amphitheater. In case of inclement weather, the event will move to the Student Center Ballroom. Yearbooks are free to all UCA students.

The Echo staff wins awards at conference The Echo received two awards at the 2014 Society of Professional Journalists Conference in Fayetteville on April 12. Senior Spencer Griffin won awards in news and sports writing for his work on UCA’ s “Scoreboard” broadcast. Three sessions were held throughout the event including “Monthly Media Goes Digital”, a discussion on online journalism given by National Geographic Digital News Director Dan Gilgoff, “Data Tools for Journalists”, a talk about making spreadsheets readable to audiences by Arkansas DemocratGazette reporter Chad Day and “Talking about Science and the Environment”, a panel discussion on science reporting. In total, The Echo had six SPJ nominations.

UCA receives $100,000 scholarship fund Bell & Company has established a $100,000 scholarship fund for graduate students earning an accounting degree in the UCA master of accountancy program.

Bell & Company is a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm located in Conway and North Little Rock. President and CEO Richard Bell started the Stephens Bell Endowed Scholarship to “give back to public education” according to a university press release.

College of Business holds BearCamp Conway The UCA College of Business and the Center for Community and Economic Development held Central Arkansas’ fourth BearCamp Conway at 8 a.m. April 12 in the College of Business degree. The event focused on information technology professionals, entrepreneurs and people interested in business startups in an effort to help in building a technology community in Central Arkansas.

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Questions relating to former Executive Assistant to the President Gilbert Baker’s resignation went unanswered during the Campus Talk on April 13 in the Student Center Ballroom.

President Tom Courtway declined to comment on the Baker questions provided prior to the event from anonymous submissions.

Following the Campus Talk, Associate Vice President of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing Christina Madsen said Courtway was unable to address personnel issues and that he responded to a question about who is on executive staff.

One questioner asked, “The [Little Rock] paper [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette] described Gilbert Baker as moving to become a professor of music. Did music have an open faculty line to pay for this? Where is his salary coming from?”

Apart from the questions relating to Baker’s resignation

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Torreyson Library Academic Technician Addie Coleman Bailey, 46, died April 9 after a blood clot formed in her heart a little over a week after she was Addie Coleman Bailey released Addie Coleman Bailey from UAMS M e d i c a l Center. Bailey was being treated for a stroke she suffered March 20.

Bailey’s funeral service will be at God’s House of Prayer in Newport at 11 a.m. April 19.

Bailey graduated from UCA with a bachelor of business administration, coming back a few years later to become a Torreyson Library employee.

A Facebook album published by the University of Northern Texas’s Department of Library and Information Services features a biography of Bailey in which she writes that she is “pursuing a [masters of library and information science] degree” and that she “can’t think of any other field of study [she] would rather be a part of than becoming a librarian.”

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went off campus to do highway cleanup and volunteer with the Community Action Program for Central Arkansas (CAPCA), a program emphasizing selfreliance and involvement.

Despite the complications with volunteer turnout, Thompson said having more than 50 percent show up met her expectation, especially in the event’s first year.

“I feel like April is a time that is really, really busy for students and for everybody that is winding down in the semester and getting stressed out about exams,” she said. “I feel we had a great turnout.”

During the first day of work April 11, volunteers picked up trash, cleaned the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve, planted beds, weeded, swept trash and assisted university custodians.

Thompson said an area was available at the amphitheater for the campus community to create

The UCA Faculty Senate declined a proposal April 8 using a $25,000 fund allocation from Coca-Cola for a $11,000, two-year subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education, matching grants totaling $10,000 for faculty through the Instructional Development Center (IDC), and a $4,000 fall senate retreat.

According to the recommendation from the senate’s executive committee, the Chronicle of Education is “the leading source of news, information and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.”

Torreyson Library has access to print content through digital access, but does not have access to the web content, which is updated daily. The print content dates back to 1998. By spending $11,000 on a two-year site license, UCA faculty would have unrestricted access through university computers.

According to the proposal, the benefits of this spending would include no need for passwords, logins or user names and the text from each print issue would be posted on Mondays without any delay. Daily web updates, new media extras and a searchable archive would also be included in the subscription.

The matching funds given to the IDC would be awarded to faculty on a competitive basis, determined by the IDC using the center’s guidelines and timelines for proposal development, submission and reporting.

Funds would be awarded through the next academic year.

Any leftover funds would be rolled over into the 2015-16 year.

The proposed fall retreat for senators would be held on campus either before or just after the beginning of the next school year with services provided by an external conference facilitator. If approved, senators would spend retreat time setting priorities, organizing standing committees and be updated by UCA administrators and other faculty members.

After the executive recommendation was denied, several faculty senators requested that the next proposal include more specific information about how the money would be spent.

Earlier in the meeting, during a comment session held by Provost Steven Runge, Assistant Tuba and Euphonium Professor and Faculty Senator Christian Carichner asked Runge about concerns brought to him by constituents involving former Executive Assistant to the President Gilbert Baker’s new position within the music department.

Carichner asked what the justification was behind Baker’s $50,000 salary when “the last several assistant professor lines have been significantly lower than that,” where the money was coming from and if that would impact department positions in the future.

Runge said he “conducted a review of the salaries in the department, looked at other

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Junior Bryce Crabb digs up a mound of daffodils to be transplanted to the Conway bike trail during his group’s community service project during the SGA Big Event. His group managed to collect an estimated 2,000 daffodils while other groups participated in various community outreach programs in and around Conway.

SGA’s Big Event brings out generosity in campus community

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The inaugural Big Event on April 11-12, a UCA Student Government Association project, sent members of the UCA community to participate in various acts of generosity and support in Conway.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Thompson, Big Event coordinator, said the nationwide event, though new to UCA, acts as a community service project to create a meaningful impact on residents and the UCA campus.

“We attended a conference on student government at Texas A&M university and we brought the event back from that conference that we attended and made it a goal of SGA for this year to have the event every year,” she said.

The SGA Big Event committee worked throughout the semester to plan for the two-day event that featured volunteer efforts such as campus cleanup, yard work, renovations and cleaning.

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$50,000 salary.

The questioner added, “Tenure ensures academic freedom not unethical employees to continue at an institution.”

Purchasing Director Cassandra McCuien-Smith answered a question about having to use Choice Promotions as a source for products and vendors.

The submission states, “I know a certain percentage of our vendors have to be minority, but I don’t think they all have to be minority vendors.” The anonymous questioner added that Office Depot is more convenient and efficient than Choice Promotions.

Faculty Senate member Amber Wilson spoke at the event about current senate goals.

Media Relations Director Fredricka Sharkey said the event, traditionally filmed for social media, wasn’t recorded last week due to a smaller student staff at the end of the semester.

Anyone can submit anonymous questions for Campus Talk, which is held throughout every semester on campus, to uca.edu/answers. An answer archive can also be found on the website.

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a political career. Following his resignation, Baker became a tenured faculty member in the music department April 2. He was granted tenure status in 2012 in addition to his executive position in the President’s Office.

“Every year [Tyson] gets offers to leave UCA,” the submission states. “Baker hasn’t taught in years. It isn’t like riding a bike. I would hate to lose Tyson and keep Baker. A tragedy for our students and our music program – which has already seen a black eye in [former music department chair Jeffery Jarvis]. I can’t believe you would try to censor student art and let a snake like Baker stay.”

Another submission, also relating to his tenure status in the music department, stated, “Mr. Baker should not be allowed to continue at UCA. As a member of the campus community for almost 20 years (at a salary far less than $132,000), I and my colleagues work hard every day to make UCA the great educational institution it is.”

In his executive position, Baker made $132,000. As a ninemonth music professor, he has a

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and new title as music professor, a submission related to the time each Campus Talk is held throughout the semester was asked.

“Why is a talk designed for faculty/staff input set at 10 a.m. on a [Wednesday]? This is prime teaching time, the submission states. “Don’t mistake likely low turnout on [April] 9 for apathy from the academics on campus.

The real business of UCA is being carried out at 10 a.m. Why not an x-period or a late afternoon MWF [Monday, Wednesday or Friday] slot?

“I am profoundly disappointed with the president, provost [Steve Runge], faculty and board of trustees for allowing Mr. Baker to stay at this institution,” another anonymous submission states.

“It’s a slap in the face to the faculty and staff who come to work every day, work hard, and don’t create ‘distractions’.”

The questioner added that percussion instructor Blake Tyson should have been included as a factor in the music department.

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“Big Event is an event where the University of Central Arkansas students, staff and faculty members along with the Conway community can unite in a campus-wide effort for two days to impact our community,” according to SGA’s website.

Thompson serves as committee chair and said Big Event took an extra step in building a relationship with people outside of UCA’s campus.

“We feel like it’s important for the community to accept UCA students as part of their community,” she said.

Twenty-three community service jobs were completed Friday, April 11, and 17 jobs were completed Saturday, April 12, according to SGA. On Friday, 235 of 383 volunteers signed up participated while 176 of 359 worked in the community Saturday.

Thompson said about 200 students were assigned to volunteer for projects on campus and other students

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

Multiple shots fired at Fox Run apartments UCAPD was dispatched at approximately 2:17 a.m. April 8 to multiple calls of shots fired at Fox Run apartments. Conway Police Department officers were already on route to the location.

No injuries occured during the incident.

When they arrived, officers made contact with a witness who said he heard about five gunshots and saw people arguing near the back of building E. Soon after, officers saw a white male walk around the corner of building E. When he saw the officers, the man turned and ran to the east side of the building.

Officers saw a man and a woman in a gray sweater enter apartment E7. Several officers from CPD arrived at this time.

Upon entering apartment E7, three men were detained, with UCAPD detaining nonstudent Nicholas Lawton, 21.

The male and female who ran from officers were later identified as nonstudents Dillon George, 21, and Kayla Drago, 20.

Several .380 shell casings were found in the south parking lot of building E where officers made contact with the original witness.

UCAPD watched over seven people from apartment E7 who were detained by CPD, later released while other officers searched the apartment in an attempt to locate the gun.

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Associate Psychology Professor Brian Bolter asks questions concerning possible appeals process for Baker 4 Continued from page 1 professor’s salaries, took into consideration 22 years of prior service as a faculty members, looked at other people who had similar years of service” and determined the salary of $50,000.

Runge said the decision was “[his] call” along with the approval of President Tom Courtway. He said there was no negotiation.

Runge said the position was not a “new money position” and would not be added to spreadsheets where administrators look at potential replacements and new positions.

Associate Psychology Professor and faculty senator Brian Bolter asked what the appeals process would be if Baker suddenly didn’t want to take the

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$50,000 salary.

“For someone to be making $125,000 and then drop to less than 50 percent of their salary— something that’s never been done to an administrator at the university,” Bolter said, adding that Baker did not fill out the appropriate paperwork that Runge had set for that type of situation.

Runge said there is no appeal process, which began a quid pro quo between him and Bolter concerning a “responsibility by the administration to put a contract in place that didn’t happen,” Bolter said, calling the pay cut “arbitrary.”

Runge said there was no documentation as to what

Baker’s salary would be upon taking the assistant music professor position, repeating that his decision was based on an overview of what other faculty members in Baker’s category of service earned.

Runge said this was not the first time a salary had been adjusted in this manner during his time at UCA, despite Bolter’s accusations that it was.

Bolter, an agent for the Arkansas Conference American Association of University Professors (AAUP), said the situation was brought to him to look into Baker’s resignation and see what Baker’s “rights and opportunities” are as a tenured faculty member.

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Junior Class President Colby Qualls recommends reviewing student publication worker salaries for next semester 4 Continued from page 1 2014 and the importance of the services provided on April 10.

Torreyson Library Director Art Lichtenstein spoke in front of SFAC and provided the committee with the expenditures for 2014.

Currently, the student library fee for undergraduates and graduates is $3 per credit hour according to the reports given to SFAC. With the total number of students and average number of credit hours taken by each student, student fees account for approximately $400,000 per semester, totaling $800,000 per year.

A list of expenditures was provided to the committee that showed a total of $863,568 in expenditures.

Any spending over the budget is financed by a carryover fund from previous semesters.

“Some semesters I purposefully try to not to spend all that has come in because of major renovations like the ones we did on floor one,” Lichtenstein said.

Even though there has been a large expansion of online and print resources, the university is not at the level of some universities around the state.

Lichtenstein said, “I would say the only university that we cannot match right now is Fayetteville.

We are just not in Fayetteville’s league; they are a major research, flag state institution.”

Further improvements to the library include the expansion of the night staff and renovations to the second floor to make it uniform with the first floor.

Junior class president Colby Qualls said the fee should stay the same.

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Associate Leadership Studies Professor Angela Webster-Smith speaks to students near the soon-tobe-torn-down ‘Wall of Hate’ outside State Hall on April 8. The project, set up last week, was made for anyone to write negative phrases on in an attempt to go against negative experiences on campus.

Director Rochelle McFerguson presented on behalf of the Student Health Center and praised their effective and cost efficient program.

The student health fee is currently $65 per year and includes the costs of labs, vaccines and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) screenings with no insurance filed, which is competitive to other universities around Arkansas. According to their websites, University of Arkansas – Little Rock charges $2.20 per credit hour with $5.00 for all laboratory work and vaccines done, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville charges $7.25 per credit hour that does not include laboratory testing or immunizations with insurance filed and Arkansas State University – Jonesboro charges $1 per credit hour with costs for vaccines, labs, and other services.

As of March 19, the Student Health Center has spent $1,405,600 of their $1,768,500 budget for the 2014 fiscal year.

Projects that the Student Health Center hopes to explore are an on-site pharmacy and a text messaging service that allows staff to message students with appointment reminders.

The last time the student health fee changed in 2005, and SFAC wanted to ensure that the fee was being used to the best of its ability.

Qualls spoke about the student health fee at the SGA meeting and recommended a $10 increase to $75 per year that can be discussed by the SGA next semester to help fund the costs of lab testing and alleviate other costs.

“With 24,000 visits a year, the

Student Health Center serves an important and frequently utilized role on campus that needs to be properly funded to keep up with inflating health care prices,” Qualls said.

Echo adviser David Keith, College of Fine Arts and Communication Interim Dean Terry Wright and Scroll adviser Paulette Walter represented the student publication fee to discuss its importance on the college campus.

“One thing that your funding for the publications ensures is something that is critical for the student welfare – academic freedom and artistic expression,” Walter said.

The student publication fee currently sits at $6 per semester and covers funding for The Echo, The Vortex and The Scroll.

The funding is administered by the Student Publications Board and is budgeted between the three publications at the beginning of each semester.

The Echo received a budget of $81,690 of which $55,392.45 was been spent. The production of the newspapers is contracted to the Log Cabin Democrat.

The Scroll has spent $41,146.06 of its $71,140.00 budget and is talking about an online media outlet that will allow students to view previous yearbooks.

The Vortex has spent $22,012.38 of their $35,484.35, as of April 4.

Our recommendation for next year’s senate is to continue reviewing the publication fee, specifically looking at the numbers and appropriating the student salaries,” Qualls said.

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The UCA community took another step closer in eliminating all types of hatred by tearing down the “Wall of Hate” on Wednesday, April 8.

The “Wall of Hate” showed how words could negatively impact people.

For the event, anyone could paint a hateful word on the “Wall of Hate” and then watch the wall be torn down.

Graduate student and Housing and Residence Program Coordinator Janelle Lemish said, “The idea behind the wall of hate is to take down hatred.”

The “Wall of Hate” was set up last week. Anyone from UCA could come up to the wall, which was built in front of Arkansas Hall, and paint a negative phrase or word on the wall. Some of the hateful words written included “fat,” “ugly,” “stupid” and “useless.”

Once the wall was full of “hate,” students came together to tear the wall down. The students tearing the wall down together symbolized the students taking the power away from those words.

The “Wall of Hate” has a positive impact on students and faculty alike.

Sophomore Angel Bryant wrote the word “mutt” on the wall because she said she has been called that offensive term countless times due to her biracial background.

“I just want to know that we are all human and words can hurt,” Bryant said.

Freshman Alyssa Hash agreed that UCA’s “Wall of Hate” can have a positive impact on the community.

“I think it will tear down the barrier that divides students,” Hash said.

Lemish said UCA was supportive of the event. The Physical Plant provided free paint for the wall, and SGA helped fund the event.

The event was hands-on.

Associate Professor of Leadership Studies Angela Webster-Smith spoke at the event, keeping the audience engaged while speaking about the importance of being positive.

She made the audience say they would elevate and not deflate. The audience was engaged in what she said.

Similar to Hash and Bryant, Webster-Smith said she believed the event will have a positive impact on the campus.

“This event helps us as a university to aspire towards inclusive excellence as an institutional quality,” she said.

Webster-Smith also works with the Division of Institutional Diversity.

“These words are typically whispered so perhaps a person will think twice about saying these words,” she said.

UCA’s “Wall of Hate” is a yearly event. This year the Social Justice League and Housing and Residence Life office hosted the event.

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That night, a benefit concert featuring the band Backroad Anthem had an initial $5 entry fee for students.

Thompson said the fee was removed due to low attendance and students were allowed free entry. About 60 students attended the 8 p.m. concert.

Senior Tee Sun was a volunteer team leader on both days and said the moment that stood out to him was seeing everyone having fun at the event.

“Community service doesn’t always sound like the most exciting thing to people, but

when you’re with your friends or people that want to be there, then their attitudes will rub off,” he said. “It was great seeing everyone help out the community while enjoying themselves.”

On Saturday, the volunteer teams partnered with local organizations such as the Conway Downtown Partnership, Children’s Advocacy Alliance, Conway Chamber of Commerce, Habitat for Humanity, Blackbird Academy and Soul Food Café to work at their job sites.

Thompson said, looking ahead to next year, the event should only be one day long with students on and off campus on that day doing volunteer work.

Sun echoed the same sentiment, saying he hopes Big Event grows and that more people should sign up as volunteers.

“It was fun this year and hopefully word spreads about it for years to come,” he said.

Sun said Big Event not only benefits UCA and the Conway community but the students as well.

“It’s a great time for students to meet new people,” he said.

“It was great to see individuals that haven’t met work together.

Also, the service work we did benefitted the town we live in. We can see the direct results of our work.”

Correction In the April 9 issue of The Echo , the name of a first place male runner was incorrectly stated. In the article “Runners celebrate spring with 5K”, the student’s name in the photo is Khadid Rayab.

In the same issue, the name of an executive vice president candidate for SGA elections was incorrectly stated. The student’s name is sophomore Jacob Wickliffe.

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As I write this, the people who live down the hall from me are yelling their heads off at each other. It is 1 a.m., long past quiet hours and they are yelling like they are at a rock concert. I live in Short-Denney Hall, and if there is one thing this year has taught me, it’s that people do not know how to live with each other.

I understand it’s the end of the semester. People are tired of each other.

Dorms are tiny and it is easy to feel like a sardine in a tin can. With the severe lack of space, people are bound to get on each other’s nerves. However, that is no excuse for the blatant disrespect people display toward those they are living with and around.

Dorm walls are not sound proof. They cannot, and will not, block the loud noises that seep through them. Playing music at ear splitting noises when it is late at night is going to be heard by all who live around you.

Engaging in shouting matches in the wee hours of the morning is not okay. The same goes for having sexual intercourse the entire floor can hear. Banging on people’s doors for no reason is not OK. Only a certain amount of patience can be expected when living around people. When patience runs out, you

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make enemies of everyone on your floor.

Another interesting experience this year was fire alarms. Not one or two, but many. As in almost every single night, there were fire alarms. It turns out someone was pulling them as a sort of joke. It’s not funny. It’s immature.

I realize that this opinion column is almost pointless because the people that act like this probably don’t bother to read The Echo.

However, I can only hope that it will impact those of you who do read this. The biggest thing we can do for each other is simply respect one another.

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But we could make it easier on everyone by just cooperating with each other. I have met some amazing people this year in my dorm.

They are people who have genuine compassion and care for others. I have also met people who have nothing better to do than get on everyone’s last nerve.

I guess it goes back to that little rule everyone has learned – “Treat others like you would want to be treated.” If you don’t want to listen to my music, then I probably don’t want to listen to yours.

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English author and playwright Edward BulwerLytton coined the phrase, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” I believe it’s pretty hard to argue with that statement. So that being true, is that why a large portion of UCA is afraid of The Echo, or any news publication for that matter?

Since I joined The Echo staff last year, I’ve had a large number of experiences that have helped me grow both as a student journalist and as a person, but some of those experiences have not always been enjoyable, though I suppose they are still positive in the grand scheme of things.

I have covered several things this semester that have led me to roadblocks along the way. Why is that? It’s only natural for an individual or group of individuals to want to protect their image. I’m not going to argue against that.

But when you’re purposefully standing in the way of something that doesn’t necessarily have any negative repercussion towards you, I have a problem—especially when that roadblock you purposefully set up stands in the way of a student doing their job, doing something that helps them academically within their major.

Would you stand in the way of a biology student taking samples of the creek running through the nature reserve? Would you stand in the way of a psychology student surveying students in the Student Center? No, you wouldn’t. So why stand in the way of a student journalist?

I realize a biology student isn’t going to criticize student housing for poor security measures or oust an administrator for stealing money, but it is the same principal and I hope you see my point.

There’s a large amount of disdain on campus toward The Echo and its reporters and that disturbs me greatly. A compelling amount of students and some faculty members feel as though we have an agenda, that we’re out to get them. Or if not that specifically, some feel like we are their personal public relations lap dogs that will hold the university and its staff up like the spotless, glittering example of what higher education it is supposed to be and what some would have us believe UCA actually is.

I am not saying UCA is not an incredible university, but that is not what The Echo is and over my dead body would that happen to this publication.

We also do not have an agenda. Journalists with an agenda are not real journalists (looking at you, MSNBC and Fox News).

Have an opinion?

It’s unrealistic to say every student in the journalism department will go on to write or work for the New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post or even the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but I believe I speak for everyone when I say we do have aspirations to do so.

But aside from having those dreams, we are— above all else—students at UCA and should be treated as such. We should be given no more or fewer rights than any other student trying to better their education. We have a job given to us in 1909 by both our major and the university to report on the happenings of UCA—both good and bad. No one takes pleasure in reporting on a rape investigation, money laundering, sex scandals or Greek failures, but those things happen and there’s no way around it or a way to escape the repercussions, despite what some may believe.

But, as you know, good things happen on campus as well and we devote just as much attention to student and university success as we do to their shortcomings.

Sometimes we don’t have enough page room to cover as much as we’d like. Sometimes we make mistakes, just like every newspaper in the history of the craft has done. We take pride in successful articles,

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We have no interest in hurting the university, just like we have no interest in holding UCA up to the sky like Simba in “The Lion King.” We are simply interested in reporting facts because that is what our major and future careers require us to do and to do it well.

So let’s all just take a second to breathe and realize that The Echo is just doing its job and deserves the same amount of leniency and respect as any other student group. If you don’t like it, then don’t do things that would like bad on you.

You should be able to trust us to do our job with integrity and not feel obligated to immediately shield information from the first student walking into an office asking questions. No one on this campus has even the smallest reason to be afraid of us and yet they are.

And just as a small piece of advice: never decline to comment on a story. Unless you’re being indicted with a felony charge, it would be in your best interest to say something—anything, really. Declining to comment looks much worse in print than you realize.

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

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

Involvement is important when problems arise at UCA. Whether with administration or other parts of university life, members of the UCA community have a duty to stay involved with important university affairs.

Last week’s Campus Talk was the first one in a long time where the UCA community showed much interest in participation. Other than questions submitted via email previous to the campus talks, few questions were asked in person by the people in attendence, even immediately after former Chief of Staff Jack Gillean’s trial ended.

Last week, several people showed interest in the wellbeing of the university by asking questions about former Executive Assistant to the President Gilbert Baker.

While the university did what it could to avoid answering the questions, the fact that they were asked shows actual interest from community members in UCA’s future.

This is a positive step for a generally uninterested university community.

More students, faculty and staff should show up to more Campus Talks, board of trustees meetings and any other gathering of people that may affect their lives. If people don’t show up, members of these organizations can’t get the wide variety of perspectives they need to make important decisions.

Showing up and voicing an opinion probably won’t change a representative’s mind, especially with important decisions.

However, it will show them that they need to have reasons for their decisions and can’t merely steamroll people to do what they want.

Generally, opposition during meetings such as board of trustees or city council will not change votes, but it can help make realistic compromise. When the Kroger on Prince Street and Salem Road expanded, the Conway City Council voted to allow it.

However, due to opposition from many concerned citizens who worried about a new gas station so close to houses, the Kroger employee in charge of the expansion agreed to a more advanced air filtration system in the gas pumps, which was the first of its kind in the state.

While this wasn’t on campus, it shows that passionate opposition or support for a policy can impact how it is implemented.

Opposing or supporting an idea will not always be successful.

However, people in power that their community is watching and listening sends the important message that their constituents care about their communities.

Communities work best when there is constructive feedback, communication and participation.

A lack of these things causes a vacuum of attention at UCA. Administrators will take advantage of this and try to keep decisions quiet. Campus Talks must be taken advantage of and are a way for people to get involved.

The UCA community should continue to show interest in issues important to UCA. Without a display of interest, students, faculty and staff will allow leaders to make decisions unopposed.

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

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

Communities work best when there is constructive feedback, communication and participation.

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April 16, 2014

Around Campus: Trombone recital Trombinist Tony Baker will perform in a recital at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, in the Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall and a master class following at 4 p.m.

Wind ensemble David Gillingham and the UCA Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Reynolds Performance Hall.

Admission is free.

Grammy winners show Chick Corea and Béla Fleck’s tour will come to Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22. Corea and Fleck have won 35 Grammys and have been nominated 84 times.

Tickets are free for UCA students and $30-40 for the public.

Greek Village President Tom Courtway and members of the UCA Board of Trustees will break ground on the Greek Village at 1:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25 on the northeast corner of campus at College and Donaghey avenues.

Pagan Pride Day UCA Ignite: Pagans United will host a Pagan Pride Day celebration April 24.

Film festival The 10th annual UCA Film Festival will be at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25. It will be in Reynolds Perfomance Hall and is free.

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

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Alan Moskin, an infantry combat soldier and concentration camp liberator, shares his experiences to the UCA community in the Student Center Ballroom on April 10.

Concentration camp liberator shares memories

by Julia Kramer

Assistant Campus Life Editor Alan Moskin, WWII veteran and concentration camp liberator, came to campus during x-period Thursday, April 10, to discuss his experience while fighting in the 71st Division of George S. Patton’s 3rd Army.

“It was really eye opening to hear first hand experiences,” freshman Riley Kovalcheck said. “His speech was really inspiring.”

The first part of Moskin’s speech was about his youth before being drafted for the Military and discussed a little about combat.

He was born in Englewood, NJ on May 30, 1926, and said growing up in a very ethnic

neighborhood was the best thing that ever happened to him.

“It was completely mixed and we all played in the streets together, ate in each others homes together, did everything together,” Moskin said. “People are more alike than different.

The color of all blood is red.

It’s simple. I found out the world doesn’t work that way, unfortunately.”

He received his draft notice while studying at Syracuse University and moved to Florida for infantry basic training.

“I had never shot a gun before and I learned how to shoot an MR Rifle. It was learn how to kill or be killed,” Moskin said. “You did what you had to do—quite a transition from a student.”

He started to discuss how

he got along with all of the southern men until one made a derogatory, racist remark about his best friend because they were in a picture together on his bedpost.

He claimed he wasn’t prepared for the ‘40s in the south and the prominent discrimination. A Jew himself, he was deeply disturbed when driving past a sign that said “No blacks//No Jews//No dogs” on it outside of a restaurant one day.

“I couldn’t fight the war in the south,” Moskin said. He said he didn’t understand how, while they were all there to fight the Nazi enemies because of their discrimination and wrong doing, there could be the same kind of discrimination in his own unit.

While discussing combat,

Moskin said it should never be glorified.

“If you think there’s anything macho or heroic about killing in combat, it is not,” he said.

He went on to tell a story of catching the arm of a solider that flew over his head in combat.

Moskin found out it was one of his buddies. A couple weeks later, he said he watched his best friend die right in front of him, asking him for help, but Moskin was unable to give any.

“Any solider who said he isn’t scared is a liar, jacka or both,” Moskin said. He went on to discuss how he had to kill a young Nazi soldier and afterwards, found a picture of the boys family in his helmet.

“You don’t forget stuff like that,” he said. “The fact that I killed this young soldier was

something I still think about and always have. I followed order and didn’t enjoy a single minute of it.”

Moskin didn’t talk to anyone about what he saw or experienced while serving for fifty years after the war because he didn’t want to bring back the frightening nightmares. “[If you want an idea what combat is like] watch the first 20 minutes of ‘Saving Private Ryan’.

He said he doesn’t know how [Steven] Spielberg did it. I left with the willies”.

Next, he discussed how his unit discovered the concentration camp. In May 1945, they met up with soldiers from the British Air Force who

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention triples fundraising goal in walk

by Andy Robertson Sports Editor

The Arkansas Mental Health Counselors Association (ArMHCA) UCA student chapter helped raise more than $15,000 dollars at a fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) on April 12 at Arkansas Tech University.

The Out of Darkness Campus Walk fundraiser is one of many events that help promote mental health education and reduce mental illness.

Graduate student and Chapter fundraising chair Ethan Williams said the original goal was to raise $5,000 for the event and he was excited once he heard how much the group raised.

“It was amazing,” he said.

“We knew going into the walk, we raised nearly double the amount we had originally intended.”

Williams said the money raised would go toward AFSP research, education and survivor programs for those who have attempted suicide.

This is not the only way to donate money to the cause.

People can donate directly through the AFSP website and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website has several ways people can donate.

Because the organization started last semester, this was the first time it participated in the event.

More than 500 people were in attendance for the walk and represented schools such as UCA and University of Arkansas Community College — Morrilton.

A couple people facing suicide impact talked before the walk.

Williams said the stories they told were hard to hear, but can make an impact on lives.

“Hearing those stories can be difficult to hear, but it really brings a reality to the problem,” he said.

According to the AFSP website, a person dies by suicide every 13.7 minutes in the U.S. and will claim more than 38,000 lives each year as a result.

The website also states suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students and is a nationwide problem that affects many Americans.

UCA Counseling Center Director Susan Sobel said participating the walk will help reduce the number of suicides and that there are more options for people who are contemplating suicide.

“Hopefully, it will raise awareness in a positive way that it doesn’t have to be a solution to a problem,” she said.

The UCA chapter will attend the ArMHCA state conference in Little Rock on Thursday, April 17, and Friday, April 18, where they will work booths, present research and supervise.

As of April 14, this is the only event the organization participates in, but Williams said it hopes to grow and become more involved in other events as the organization grows.

Individualds interested in donating to the cause can visit afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm and select “Out of Darkness Campus Walks.” Then select “donate,” enter “ArMHCA” for the team and donate under UCA student chapter president Katelyn Bates’ name.

For further information, one can go to www.afsp.org.

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Screening showcases graduate thesis films

by Tanner Smith Staff Writer

The UCA Master of Fine Arts Graduate Thesis Film screening featuring digital filmmaking students was presented at 7 p.m.

April 7 at Reynolds Performance Hall.

The event showcased three graduate thesis films, whose creators hoped to receive a masters of fine arts degree for their short films.

The three short films shown were graduate student Scott Eggleston’s “Collection Day,” Dustin Barnes’ “In Borrowed Time” and Mark Clifford’s “Spectre-O-Scope.”

Bruce Hutchinson, digital filmmaking graduate studies director and associate digital filmmaking professor, introduced the event.

All three short films were genre pictures, which was described as unusual, given there is usually at least one dramatic film per year.

“Collection Day,” written and directed by Eggleston, was a futuristic sci-fi action film.

The film was about Taylor Glass, a collateral collector who has had her memories erased by her superiors. When she is sent on her latest deadly assignment, she has a change of heart and performs an act of defiance.

Next was Barnes’ short sci-fi film “In Borrowed Time.”

It was about a young woman who discovers a strange watch that can turn back time.

Next was Clifford’s “SpectreO-Scope,” a short horror film.

The film was about a man who uses a strange old “SpectreO-Scope” device to see three years into the past, and another device, the Corporealizer, which can allegedly bend time. He used both devices to stop a demonic killer from killing his wife in the past.

All three films were roughly 20 minutes in length and were met with good audience reception.

Actress Brittany Sparkles of Little Rock, who had a role in “Spectre-O-Scope,” enjoyed all three films, particularly “Collection Day,” as she praised the lead actress from the film,

Ouachita Baptist University student/actress Kayla Esmond.

“I thought she rocked it,” she said. “I thought she did a very good job.”

Sparkles also singled out Rachel Hampton and Scott McEntire, who also acted in the film. she said the action in the film was well done.

Sparkles also said she liked a sudden editing trick done near the end of “In Borrowed Time.”

“I like being psyched out,” she said. “Especially when watching a film.”

Actor Daniel Lee Harris of Little Rock, who had roles in “Collection Day” and “SpectreO-Scope,” enjoyed the films as well.

“They didn’t disappoint,” he said. “I’m very glad to be a part of them.”

Alumnus film student Michael Ferrara said he enjoyed “Collection Day.” “It exceeded my expectations,” he said. “Scott [Eggleston] is a really good storyteller, and he really did well.”

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UCA Theatre presents “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen on April 10 in the Snow Fine Arts Center Bridges/Larson Theatre.

Classical theatrical drama gives historical understanding

by Jessica Seastrom Staff Writer

The UCA Theatre department showcased a 19th century Norwegian drama in its latest production “A Doll’s House.”

Henrik Ibsen wrote the

play. The three three-act play premiered in Denmark in 1879.

UCA’s production of “A Doll’s House” is based on Ibsen’s original script. UCA Associate Professor of Theatre and Academic Director Kevin Thomas Browne is directing the production.

UCA’s production consisted of two acts with a 15-minute intermission in between, running for about two and a half hours.

Liz Parker, theater program

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LiveStock concert benefits Heifer project

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STUDENTS SAY

by Jessica Seastrom Staff Writer

The UCA Honors College hosted a music event to raise money and awareness for Heifer International at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, at Bears Den Pizza on Farris. The Norbert O. Schedler Honors College Council hosted the 16th annual LiveStock Benefit Concert.

A donations table was set up at the entrance. Any amount was welcome and buttons were given to donors with animal images and phrases such as “Share a Sheep” printed on them.

T-shirts were also available for purchase.

Around $960 was raised from donations and T-Shirt sales.

All proceeds go directly to Heifer International. Dan West established the organization in 1944.

The 70-year-old foundation started based on the “teach a man to fish” philosophy.

The organization is centered on helping families overcome poverty and hunger. They provide animals to families so they can eat, sell or farm them.

They also partake in educating families about managing water resources so they remain clean.

The Heifer project encourages empowerment for women, so they can be self sufficient and provide for their families.

The organization also educates young people about skills pertaining to farming and poverty so they can make educated decisions and hopefully beat the threats and psychological hardships of poverty and hunger.

More information, including how to help and donate, can be found at heifer.org.

Sophomore Amber Rolland,

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What’s necessary for you to get through the end of the semester?

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photo by Jared Holt

Junior Jay Pittman fronts his band, South Survival, while performing at the LiveStock benefit concert for Heifer International at Bear’s Den Pizza on April 12. The concert featured two previous acts, Nick Bryant and Thin Margins. and Honors Council secretary, said the event is one that honors college students look forward to each year.

“The Honors Council is dedicated to preserving this tradition that began in 1998, as we strongly support Heifer’s efforts” she said.

The acts that played in the LiveStock Concert on Saturday were Ross Buddenberg, a solo country artist, Nick Bryant a solo alternative, folk artist from Georgia, Thin Margins a four piece progressive, indie band from Little Rock, and Sound Survival, a alternative rock band

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from Magnolia.

Doors opened at 8 p.m., ID was required upon entry.

The bands started playing at 9 p.m. Each act did around a 45-minute set except Buddenberg and Bryant who split an hour slot.

Honors Council funds compensated the band for gas and performance time. None of the money for the bands was taken from proceeds made for Heifer International.

Junior Jay Pittman, Sound Survival band member, said they did the concert to represent UCA, the honors college and

help raise money for Heifer International.

“It is exciting to participate in brining the community together to support an organization that epitomizes altruism,” he said. “We are happy that the proceeds will be going to Heifer Project International so they can continue to do the great work that they have been doing for decades.”

The LiveStock Benefit Concert is an event that started with the Honors College Dean, Rick Scott. He played a large role in establishing the tradition of hosting this event each spring.

Senior Reyna Nachtman

Freshman Alicia Smith

Senior Kristen Killebrew

Freshman Javan Massey

Junior Brad Battles

Freshman Brooke Utley

“Comic relief. I need to laugh to relieve stress.”

“Caffeine because if not, I’ll be exhausted and grumpy.”

“Enough sleep and study buddies.”

More hours in the day because I’m too busy.

Moskin descibes Holocaust as crime not only against Jewish, but against

anything decent

4 Continued from page 4 asked Moskin’s unit if they had heard rumors of a camp for Jews a couple miles away.

His unit was shocked, having heard about any camps as the majority of lower rank soldiers were unaware at that time.

“We started walking through the forest and then the worst smell hit us. It was one of those smells that sink into your skin and cloud your mind,” Moskin said.

Walking forward, they then saw a fence with barbed wire and realized they must have hit the Austrian concentration camp.

“On the left there was a pile of skeleton-like bodies and same on the right,” he said. “They visually looked like zombies with hardly any hair, terrible stench, sores, and many were chanting prayers in a dialect they couldn’t understand.”

He said many were crawling or laying down, he couldn’t distinguish men from women and if they had clothing, it was tattered, stripped pajamas.

“I remember seeing many

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backing up like they were frightened,” Moskin said.

It wasn’t until he said “I’m also a Jew” in German that they stopped being frightened by them.

A man came up to him, went to kiss his boots, and when Moskin picked him up off the ground, the man engulfed him in a hug where Moskin was face to face with the open, infected sores all along the man’s neck.

“He just kept saying thank you over and over again,” he said.

After going inside the camp and seeing the piles of dead and dying everywhere, he ran out in a panic, calling for the medics, were all at a loss for words.

“This young fellow made eye contact with me mumbling ‘Why did they do this to me?

I’m a good person, I didn’t do anything, why did they do this to me?’ over and over before bending his head down and dying,” Moskin said. “No one should die like that.”

He said the Holocaust wasn’t just a crime against the Jewish,

but against decency.

After the war, thousands of camps were found and each story was worse than the next.

“It’s so hard to describe the bestiality of what I witnessed.

It left a mark on my heart and soul.”

He said he is still dumbfounded as to how the free world could let something like this happen.

After the war ended, he went back to Syracuse University and got a law degree. He also attended the Nazi trails and learned about the inhumane treatment of the camp prisoners.

“In memory of all those poor people brutally dehumanized, slaughtered and murdered without any reason, we can never forget the Holocaust,” he said.

Moskin ended by saying there is still so much hate and discrimination in our world, with almost 1,000 hate groups in the U.S. alone.

“I want all you young people to speak up and speak out,”

Moskin said. “Indifference is the same as consent. Inaction is the same as consent.”

He then said that our generation will be the last to hear from survivors before they’re gone.

“We’ll be gone once you have children so you have to tell them about the truth,” he said.

Moskin said he’ll never be able to forget the living hell and the horror.

“The 71st left a mark on me,” he said. “I don’t dwell or I would be messed up more.

I can’t forget and I don’t want anyone else to ever forget.”

Moskin plans to continue speaking wherever asked until he’s physically unable and hopes our generation share the truth shared today.

“Hopefully, God willing, your generation and future generations will finally get ride of all this hate, prejudice, and bigotry,” Moskin said. “You make sure the hell and horror of May 4, 1945, never ever happens again. Never again, never again, never again.”

Play offers glimpse into patriarchal family typical of 1800s, shows differences in

present, past

4 Continued from page 4 business and production manager, described the play as a classic theatrical drama.

Nora Helmer, the leading female character in “A Doll’s House,” struggles with the consequences of forging a signature to get money for a trip she claims helped save her husband’s life. Her husband, Torvald Helmer, worries about his family’s public image and his power while Nora tries to find her place in her own life. As their day-to-day actions unfold and they speak to their friends and enemies, the truth about each of them is uncovered.

Senior Hannah Moulder played Nora and senior Schafer Bourne played Torvald.

Bourne said it has been a great experience.

“It’s my third show with Dr.

Browne and my last show as a student at UCA, and I’m glad for it to be ‘A Doll’s House,’” he said.

“We have a really great cast too, all of whom I’ve worked with before, so we already have a great rapport with one another. All in all it’s been a fantastic rehearsal process and I think we’ve had two really good shows, so here’s to three more, and I think we have the cast to do it.”

The cast required eight actors.

Senior lighting designer Josh Anderson said plans for the play started in December 2013 and rehearsals began earlier this spring. Anderson described the play as being far from a musical.

“It’s definitely not a comedy,” he said. “It’s a strange play.

There’s no music.”

Senior Keith Hudson said

the play allows for a historical understanding of families in the late 1800s.

“I think what this play offers with its wonderful script is a window into a patriarchal family,” he said. “Once a normality for its time, but [it] differs greatly from our present day view of working families.”

The costumes, set and dialogue were all accurate and suitable for the time frame.

The play is set in the living room of Nora and Torvald’s Norwegian home around Christmas are visible. There are no scene changes throughout the play, but there are costume changes to suggest different days and events.

Most of the play is centered on Nora’s actions, so the majority of scenes take place with her in

the room speaking with another character. Fantasy qualities are not present in the production, and it is based around average family situations of the time period.

Together there are five production nights. The play opened April 10 and continued April 11. “A Doll’s House” continues April 16, 17 and 18.

Each production starts at 7:30 p.m. in Snow Fine Arts Center Bridges/Larson Theatre.

Tickets are $10 for the public.

UCA students can receive two free tickets with their UCA student ID. Reservations are encouraged for this production but are not required. They can be made by calling (501) 450-3265 or through UCA Ticket Central, located at Reynolds Performance Hall.

“To start out strong.

You gotta work hard all the way through the semester.”

“Sleep and chocolate because it releases endorphins and makes me happy.”

Freshman Rahel Toth

Sophomore Andrea Powell

“Lots of Nutella and maybe an all nighter.”

“Realizing it’s only a week and then it’s break and you get to sleep.”

Entertainment April 16, 2014

New This Week Movies

April 16 — ­ Heaven Is for Real, directed

by Randall Wallace, starring Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum April 17 — Transcendence, directed by Wally Pfister, starring Cillian Murphy, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall April 18 — Bears, directed by Alastair Fothergill April 18 — A Haunted House 2, directed

by Michael Tiddes, starring Cedric the Entertainer, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, Jaime Pressly, Marlon Wayans

Music April 22 — RetroHash - Asher Roth

April 22 — Life Imitating Life Augustana

April 22 — The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett - Eels April 22 — Food - Kelis

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‘Goat Simulator’ parodies genre, offers only cheap gimmicks

by Scott Keith Staff Writer

Within the first three minutes of “Goat Simulator,” I used my goat’s tongue to hurl a car into a gas pump, blowing up the gas station and earning a “Michael Bay combo.”

Coffee Stain Studios’ magnum opus embodies slapstick comedy more than any other game I’ve played. “Goat Simulator” was originally conceived as a joke, a parody of games such as “Microsoft Train Simulator” and “Woodcutting Simulator 2013.”

However, “Goat Simulator,” which is far less serious than its peers, could have been more accurately titled, “Destroying Suburbia as a Goat: The Game.”

You control your goat and wreak as much havoc as possible. That’s it.

The joke gained momentum on social media, and the developers used that momentum to dive into making the game for commercial release.

For all the humor the game provides, rushing the project undermined its quality. The game was a joke in January, but was released April 1, giving Coffee Stain little time to add content. There’s only one neighborhood-sized map with about 30 objectives,

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Players simulate the daily life of an average goat, terrorizing a suburban neighborhood in the poorly designed computer game “Goat Simulator.” adding up to less than two hours of gameplay. Fortunately, the game is only $10, and Coffee Stain plans to start releasing free downloadable content next month.

The goat, however, is not the game’s star. That title belongs to the game’s physics engine. The goat is a tool with which to fling cars, headbutt people into the air and front flip onto hang gliding

enthusiasts. Every object in the game responds to your touch, flying through the environment and crashing into other objects, creating a domino effect. It’s simulated mayhem.

The game is riddled with bugs, but it’s all by design.

The animations and physics consistently glitch, because Coffee Stain left in whatever glitches

made the game funnier. But after the lower half of your goat’s body clips through the ground for the third time, the charm wears thin.

I felt like half the game I was trying to not get my goat caught on objects I’d strewn about the map. I’m all for leaving in funny glitches, but the developers should have realized some of the glitches would be detrimental to

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April 22 — Pop Psychology - Neon Trees

gameplay.

That’s the problem with “Goat Simulator.” For all if its secrets and comedy, the gameplay never rises above mediocre. There’s a combo system reminiscent of Tony Hawk’s “Pro Skater,” but the points you get seem more dependent upon luck than skill.

Few of the objectives are interesting. Your goat is hard to control and the glitchy environment is your greatest enemy.

For every jetpack and underground goatfighting ring, the game has a slew of frustrating glitches that impede your fun.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the developers used comedy as an excuse to spend less time debugging, so they could ship the game before people on the Internet forgot about it.

Yet, it’s hard for me to hold poor gameplay against the game.

Maybe it’s because I appreciate a silly game in a market saturated with gritty “me too” shooters.

Maybe it’s because the game lets me play in a sandbox environment without shoving hours of halfbaked cinematics down my throat.

But really, it’s because a goat riding a firework into the stratosphere is funny to all but the most hardhearted. Which is why I’m giving “Goat Simulator” a goat out of ten score.

April 22 — The Way And Color - TEEN

April 22 — Rented World - The Menzingers April 22 — Days Of Abandon - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Books April 21 — The Target (Will Robie Series #3) by David Baldacci April 21 — Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy

April 21 — Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick

April 21 — Pride Over Pity by Kailyn Lowry, Adrienne Wenner April 21 — Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution by John Paul Stevens

Video Games April 16 — Trials Fusion on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC

April 17 — Nintendo Pocket Football Club on 3DS

April 17 — Smash Cat Heroes on 3DS

April 17 — Wargame: Red Dragon on PC

April 17 — Villagers and Heroes on PC

April 18 — The Last Federation on PC April 18 — Tabletop Simulator on PC

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‘Captain America’ sequel Colbert fans want political comedy impresses viewers, critics Comedian Stephen Colbert will make a major transition, leaving Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to take David Letterman’s place on CBS’s “The Late Show.”

by Brandon Riddle Editor

Late night comedy staples of my childhood Jay Leno and David Letterman have made way for a new group of talented hosts who will carry “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night” forward to a new generation. While change is sometimes hard to see as a positive, it was time for fresh names with the ability to incorporate the latest societal trends in comedy.

Two of my favorite comedians are now in the spotlight for late night programming on NBC and CBS – Jimmy Fallon, who started in February as the “Tonight Show” host, and Stephen Colbert, a Comedy Central host who will lead the “Late Night” franchise following Letterman’s departure in 2015.

Colbert, known for playing a character of the same name on his “Colbert Report” show, will have to find his niche outside of the character. Audiences are generally unaware of his true personality and how wide-reaching his comedy will be as a non-political character.

When he moves to CBS, I hope he doesn’t lose some of that politically-charged branding.

It’s a way for young people to learn about politics in a way that is entertaining and refreshing.

Late night certainly has room for

1. “Hoop Dreams” (1994)

The Top Five Documentaries Not Nominated For an Academy Award List compiled by Tanner Smith

Chris Evans stars as Captain America in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” sequel to “Captain America: The First Avenger.”

How in the world did the Academy members not look at this brilliant, insightful documentary and not think it was one of the better documentaries of 1994? When people look back on this effective, perceptive portrait of the American life and dream, I bet they would still consider it one of the best films of the 1990s, if not the absolute best.

When people want an example of why the Best Documentary Feature category is the most controversial one, this is it

educated dialogue.

Colbert’s newest rival, Fallon, has managed to invite presidents to his “Tonight Show” and “Late Night” sets, a feat that Colbert is likely to accomplish with his move to broadcast. President Barack Obama has already interviewed with Colbert in a “Colbert Report” cameo appearance.

His conservative pundit status on “The Colbert Report” has led to controversy and lighthearted debate, a quality that is admirable in a comedian who has a message to send.

While I can’t predict what his “Late Show” format will be, I am certain politics will continue to be in the mix. It would be hard for Colbert to avoid touching on a wide variety of political topics, especially when his soon-to-be broadcast counterparts already do.

Fallon is well known for his role on “Saturday Night Live” as a cast member and recently hosted “Late Night,” with Leno as his lead-in.

Fallon and Colbert express themselves in various sketches that invite the audience to watch them act out different scenes related to pop culture.

A segment on the “Tonight Show” featuring thank you notes and regular dialogue with The Roots in-house band are positive aspects. Fallon has also gained a reputation for shorts/sketches

2. “Blackfish” (2013) I do not believe the Academy is “anti-female,” as the Internet has rambled about since this film and the documentary “Stories We Tell”. Going by what I’ve seen, they are not “anti-female”; they are “anti-public.” This documentary about how orca whales are treated in captivity, such as at Sea World, has been the subject of controversy and developed a huge following. But similar to “Hoop Dreams,” the Academy decided not to do it any favors the public hasn’t done the film already.

that go viral.

The same can’t be said for Seth Meyers, who began his hosting gig on NBC earlier this year on “Late Night,” replacing Fallon. His show lacks something his “Weekend Update” title and head writing job had on “SNL.” Over time, I do see him being better on camera and specifically during his monologue but I’m not sure if I’ll ever get used to his comedic style. Maybe I was just too invested in his “Weekend Update” character and can’t see him doing anything else.

Each comedian has a general target audience, though some have a wider reach than others. With the latest NBC late night shows, “SNL” creator and producer Lorne Michaels now helms “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night” as executive producer. His close ties to Fallon and Meyers leave him highly capable of translating their “SNL” talent to an interview and monologue format while maintaining some of the creative sketches each comedian used when “SNL” cast members.

Time will tell whether Colbert can become a formidable challenger for late night ratings.

One thing I know for certain, though – he wasn’t the wrong choice. Next step: It’s about time for a woman to host a prominent late night show.

3. “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse” (1991) This is a documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” which tells the story about the hell Coppola went through to make his seemingly impossible film. A lot of legitimate drama and a great deal of tension are visible as we see what Coppola and his cast and crew went through to make one of the better war films of all time. It’s also one of the better films about filmmaking and it was shunned. Shame on the Academy.

by Julia Kramer

Assistant Campus Life Editor Chris Evans did it again, portraying the First Avenger Captain America in what seemed like an effortless fashion.

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was an entertaining, action-packed sequel to the first Captain America, “The First Avenger” that came out in 2011.

The first Captain America takes place during World War II, with a sickly Steve Rogers wanting to fight in the war but continuing to be rejected for military service.

A scientist, Dr. Erskine recruits him for “Project Rebirth,” which turns his scrawny, weak body into the maximum human potential.

After months of being used for propaganda and advertisement for the war, Rogers is finally sent on a mission to rescue a captured unit. That is when he truly becomes Captain America. The first movie endes with Rogers waking up in 2011.

“Captain America: Winter Soldier,” begins with Rogers trying to live a quiet life in Washington D.C. and adjust to the modern society he has woken up in, while working for Strategic Homeland, Intervention, Enforcement and Logistic Division (SHIELD), a government intelligence agency created for law enforcement.

As most movies based on

4. “West of Memphis” (2012) This film was made after the Joe Berlinger/Bruce Sinofsky documentary trilogy “Paradise Lost.” The third one was nominated and this film, directed

by Amy Berg, has the advantage of telling the whole story of the West Memphis Three through hindsight, making it the superior film. I guess nominating one documentary about the West Memphis Three was enough for them, leaving this effective, sometimes painful examination of a failure in justice out to dry.

Marvel comics, there are always surprises and twists throughout.

There’s also a good amount of anecdotal humor. The writers for Captain America did a fantastic job with the story line.

“Captain America: Winter Soldier” is roughly two and a half hours and I was glued to the screen the entire time I was watchng it. I may be a little biased, but this one is a must see for any and everyone.

After only being in theaters for a little over a week, it has already gained an 89 out of 100 review on websites such as Rotten Tomatoes and 10 out of 10 on cinemablend.com.

Many reviewers were impressed by how the film makers were able to tell the classic story of Captain America while also tying in some fears people have in our society today concerning privacy from the government, as that’s what SHIELD is trying to take away throughout the film.

“Captain America: Winter Solider” is a must see sequel to a classic Avenger and, though it’s a little pricier, if you see it in “X-D Real-D 3D”, it’ll feel like you’re inside the film, making it even better.

“Captain America: Winter Soldier” is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, gunplay and action and is playing at Cinemark Towne Centre in Conway.

5. “Up” Series (1964-present) Filmmaker Michael Apted catches up with the same people every seven years since they were 7 years old, and has since created numerous documentaries. “56 Up” was released a couple of years ago, when the subjects were 56 years old. With each documentary, Apted shows how his subjects have grown and matured over the years, and the viewers get an insightful look at human life. And, you guessed it, not one of these documentaries was Oscar-recognized.

Sports

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April 16, 2014

Week at a glance Tennis beats UIW

The UCA women’s tennis team beat the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals 6-1 at home April 13.

Juniors Kelsey Williams and Kristina Horsikyan won the No. 1 match over seniors Ivana Katavic and Andi Botha 8-5, while senior Sasha Ruocco and sophomore Krizia Buck won the No. 3 match against sophomore Taryn Strahl and senior Kelsey Reblin 8-1. The No. 3 match between UCA’s junior Cassidy Crawford and senior Simona Horsikyan and UIW’s freshman Sarah Savedra and senior Jennifer Betancourt went unfinished.

The Lady Cardinals Katavic won the No. 1 match, taking down Horsikyan 6-4, 6-3. The Bears swept the remaining singles matches, securing the 6-1 win. Williams defeated Betancourt 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 2 match, and in the No. 3 match Horsikyan defeated Botha 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. Crawford defeated Strahl 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 4 match, while in the No. 5 match Buck won 7-5, 6-2 over Reblin. UCA sophomore Bianca Strukelj defeated UIW sophomore Brianah Creek 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 6 match. The match against University of Arkansas — Pine Bluff at 2:30 p.m. was postponed due to inclement weather. The Bears extended their Southland Conference winning-steak to five straight matches. The Bears return to action in Abilene, Texas to take on the Abliene Christian Wildcats at 10 a.m. on April 18.

Football shows glimpse of new season at spring game

by Justin Freeman Staff Writer

Senior running back Willie Matthews scored three touchdowns for the purple team Saturday, April 12, as it beat the gray team 48-6 in UCA’s annual spring football game at Estes Stadium.

Matthews’ first score came early in the first quarter, with a one-yard run after the purple offense drove the team all the way down the field.

Matthews found the endzone again on another short-yardage carry near the goal line later in the first quarter as the purple team extended its lead to 14-0.

Junior kicker Jace Denker put the gray team on the scoreboard with a 31-yard field goal near the end of the first quarter, ending the quarter with a 14-3 lead for the purple team.

In the second, Matthews and the purple team struck again, this time with a three-yard touchdown run to make it 21-6.

Senior Ryan Howard started at quarterback for the purple team, while sophomore Hayden Hildebrand started for the gray team.

Junior quarterback Taylor Reed took over for the purple team and threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Dezmin Lewis to give the purple team a 25-point lead.

Denker added another field goal before halftime to make the score 28-6 in favor of the purple team at the half.

Cheer competition The UCA cheer team competed at the NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship on April 10 - April 12. Teams from the country competed for the NDA and NCA titles in Daytona Beach, Fla. UCA competed in the Cheer Division I category ranking first with a final score of 97.23. Weber State University, Sam Houston State University, Stephen F Austin State University and Austin Peay State University also competed in the category. The cheer team competed in the Small Coed I category ranking third with a score of 94.15. The first and second place teams scored a 94.83 and 94.25.

The University of Texas — Arlington and Stephen F. Austin were first and second, respectively.

Upcoming games Baseball

Thursday vs. McNeese State University. 6 p.m.

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

Saturday vs. McNeese State University. 1 p.m.

Softball

Thursday vs. Houston Baptist University.

4 p.m.

Thursday vs. Houston Baptist University.

6 p.m.

Friday vs. Houston Baptist University.

2 p.m.

Tennis

Friday at Abilene Christian University.

10 a.m.

Men’s and Women’s Track and Cross Country

Friday-Saturday. At UCA. 11 a.m.

photo by Jared Holt

UCA senior wide receiver Dezmin Lewis runs the ball to the endzone a 49-yard touchdown in the purple team’s 48-6 win over the gray team at UCA’s annual spring game April 12 at Estes Stadium.

In the third quarter, junior running back Danzel Williams ran it in from one yard out for the purple team to make the score 34-6 after a failed extra point.

That was the only score from either team in the quarter.

In the fourth, Reed scrambled for an eight-yard touchdown run to increase the purple lead and make it 41-6.

Sophomore wide receiver Jatavious Wilson outran the defense 31 yards for a score on a rushing attempt late in the quarter, and it would be the game’s final score.

Junior quarterback Trey Schucker completed a long pass to sophomore wide receiver Jose Moore with no time left to end the game on a positive note for the

gray team.

Sophomore wide receiver Desmond Smith talked about the offense’s progress this spring.

“I feel like the entire offense coped well with the new coaching changes. Dez Lewis and Jatavious Wilson had a great spring,” Smith said. “But [junior wide receiver] Courtney Whitehead, [senior wide receiver] Clay Murphy and [senior

TRIPLE

wide receiver] Damien Watts also performed very well.”

The Bears will begin their first season under head football coach Steve Campbell on Aug. 30 against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas.

“I’m so ready to see this team play next year,” Smith said. “The team has shown very well this spring.”

Watts said he is optimistic about the team next season.

“We are going to as good as we want next year,” Watts said.

“Coach Campbell brings a lot positive energy and we have all invested into what he brings to the table. Not being a selfish team can really take you a long way. I love this team and I think that once everyone gets on the same page we are not accepting anything short of a conference championship.”

Senior defensive back Marvin Mitchell talked about the defense.

“Working with the new staff and playing in their system was definitely different from what I’m accustomed here at UCA,” he said.

“I think I should work on being a better leader and taking control of the secondary.”

“The sky is the limit when it comes to potential this season,” he said. “We have several playmakers returning on both sides of the ball.

Our offense is really explosive and the defense is playing lights out. If we remain healthy, the 2014 team is going to make a serious playoff run.”

Winning in the playoffs starts in the spring, and Campbell will hope to prove Mitchell right when football season kicks off this fall.

GROUND OUT

Softball splits Saturday doubleheader, Bears avoid sweep at NSU, loses series to Lady Demons at home pick up 4-3 win Sunday

by Mason Addison

by Andy Robertson

The UCA softball team lost two of three games against the Northwestern State University Lady Demons this weekend.

The Bears lost the first game of the weekend 13-4, giving up 11 runs in the final inning.

UCA scored the first two runs of the game when sophomore Jessie Taylor hit a home run to center field and sophomore second baseman Sarah Bigej scored.

The Lady Demons tied it up 2-2 when they scored one run in the top of the fourth and fifth innings with home runs from senior catcher Cheyenne DelaGarza and junior catcher Cassandra Barefield.

UCA regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth when sophomore third baseman Sam Forrest hit a home run to left field, making the score 3-2.

NSU went on a tear, scoring 11 runs in the top of the sixth inning.

Freshman pinch hitter Micayla Sorosiak hit a home run to left center, letting DelaGarza and junior pinch runner Tashana Triplett score. Junior third baseman Brittany Virgoe hit a home run down the left field line letting senior center fielder Tara McKenney score. Freshman left fielder Kellye Kincannon hit a home run to left center and Barefield scored. Sorosiak singled to left field and senior pinch

The UCA men’s baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak Sunday after beating the Nicholls State University Colonels 4-3.

The Bears (18-15, 7-8 SLC) lost the first two games of the series to the Colonels (19-19, 10-5 SLC) 4-0, 3-2.

The first game of the series saw UCA get shut out in a 4-0 loss April 11.

NSU jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a single to right field by junior designated hitter Justin Smith to score senior infielder Philip Lyons.

This was the only run the Colonels scored until the bottom of the seventh inning when they scored two runs on three hits.

Freshman outfielder Justin Holt led off the inning for NSU with a bunt single. He advanced to second on a groundout by Lyons.

Senior infielder Leo Vargas singled up the middle to score Holt.

Senior Keith Cormier got the final RBI of the inning when he doubled to right field to score Vargas.

The game’s final run came in the bottom of the eighth inning after Vargas doubled to left field

Assistant Sports Editor

Sports Editor

photo by Jared Holt

UCA sophomore second baseman Sarah Bigej drops a ball on a potential out in the Bears’ 8-5 win over Northwestern State University on April 12 at home. runner Shenequia Abby scored.

McKenney tripled to center field and Sorosiak, DelaGarza and senior first baseman Brianna Rodriguez scored.

The Bears were unable to come back from the 10 run deficit, scoring one run in the bottom of the sixth when sophomore pitcher Peyton Jenkins doubled to left center and senior pinch runner Lindsey Barsoum scored.

Senior designated hitter Taylor Dear said that the team

played badly overall.

“We just didn’t pitch, play defense or have timely hitting the first game,” she said. “As a team, we didn’t show up to play our best softball.”

UCA came back and won the second game of the doubleheader 8-5. The Bears scored six unanswered runs between the first and second innings.

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to start the inning.

He stole third after Cormier fled out to center field and scored on a throwing error by sophomore catcher Brandon Montalvo.

UCA senior pitcher Bryce Biggerstaff (2-4) took the loss for the Bears after pitching seven innings. He gave up two earned runs on five hits and walked and struck out two batters.

Colonels senior pitcher Taylor Byrd (5-2) picked up his fifth win of the season after giving up four hits in seven innings.

Junior pitcher Stuart Holmes earned his second save of the season after throwing two innings and giving up two hits.

The series’ second game saw the Bears lose 3-2 on April 13.

NSU took the 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning after junior outfielder David Zorn hit a bases loaded single through the right side of the infield to score sophomore designated hitter Marc Fraizer.

UCA tied the game in the top of the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by freshman outfielder Carson Dowdle to score senior second baseman Chris Townsend.

The Colonels took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning when Vargas grounded out to second base to score junior

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METER

Track sweeps dual events at UALR, UAPB, competes in Tennessee Relays

by Misti Hollenbaugh and Julia Kramer

Campus Life Editor and Assistant Campus Life Editor UCA’s men’s and women’s track teams were split this weekend, with about 10 team members going to Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn., and the rest going to University of Arkansas — Little Rock on Saturday.

The team members had to qualify to go to Tennessee, where the team came away with three top 10 finishes.

Junior Jonathan Burgess said he thought the team did OK. “We were at a big meet with some tough competition and everyone put in their best efforts,” he said. “It was a good meet and I think everyone learned a lot from

competing against such good competition.”

Sophomore Ryan Davidson said the Tennessee meet was an awesome meet with “lots of competition.”

“Weather was really good Friday night, kind of windy Saturday,” he said. “Performances were kind of all over.”

Senior Erika Setzler said she thought everybody felt mediocre about their performances. “[There were] not a whole lot of huge accomplishments from what each person told me,” she said.

For the women’s team, sophomore Brooke Cassar finished third in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:15.55. Setzler finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:46.28 and freshman Marine Lecart finished

11th in the 1,500-meter with a school-record time of 4:34.57.

For the men’s team, sophomore Corentin Louis placed ninth in the 1,500-meter run with 3:55.28.

At the UALR meet, UCA’s men and women’s track and field teams swept UALR and UAPB in a dual meet April 12 at UALR’s track and field complex in Little Rock.

The women’s team outscored UALR 193 to 136 and UAPB 196 to 158, while the men’s team outscored UALR 278 to 84 and UAPB 284 to 136.

Junior Kelton Ray said it was a good meet.

“We scored high in a lot of events,” he said. “Multiple athletes had season best performances.

The team seems to really be improving and you could see that this past weekend.”

UCA’s 4x100 meter relay team

placed second with a time of 48.34 and its 4x400 meter relay team placed first with a time of 3:52.69.

In the men’s 100-meter race, senior Ben Barker placed fifth with a time of 10.81, sophomore Roy Lowery placed seventh with a time of 10.84 and junior Rashad Jones placed ninth with a time of 10.93.

In the men’s 200-meter race, junior Chance Tanner placed first with a time of 21.46, freshman Nicholas Holt placed third with a time of 21.93, Bly placed fifth with a time of 22.15.

In the men’s 400-meter race, freshman Darrell Johnson placed third with a time of 49.28, freshman Derrick Dowden placed fifth with a time of 50.39, senior Powell Bryant placed seventh with a time of 50.77 and sophomore Deonte Watson placed ninth with a time of 52.74.

In the men’s 1,500-meter sophomore Albert Maeder placed sixth with a time of 4:15.25, freshman Will Lambert placed seventh with a time of 4:17.46 and Grady placed ninth with a time of 4:18.62.

In the men’s 5000-meter race, freshman Grant Williams placed fifth with a time of 15:50.14 and junior Damarius Lowery placed eighth with a time of 17:05.75.

In the men’s 4x100 meter relay, team A placed third with a time of 42.42. In the men’s 4x400 meter relay, team A placed first with a time of 3:13.75 and team B placed fourth with a time of 3:20.72.

In the men’s pole vault, freshman Matthew McDonald

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SPORTS PAY M E N T

Player’s story causes trouble for potential union

by Andy Robertson Sports Editor

In the April 2 issue of The Echo, I wrote a column about the new student—athlete union for private schools.

A judge ruled that Northwestern State University could start a student—athlete union to be paid and gain medical benefits after their collegiate career.

Not only has this been debated for several years, but many people have given their opinions about whether this should be passed on to state schools.

What impact does a player who has messed up and been dismissed from a progam have on the union?

Missouri University junior wide receiver Dorial GreenBeckham was dismissed from the football team April 12 for repeatedly getting in trouble.

Gree-Beckham was suspended indefinitely by head coach Gary Pinkel after GreenBeckham allegedly forced his way into a Columbia, Mo. apartment and pushed a female victim down at least four stairs.

He was not arrested and is not facing charges from the incident.

Pinkel made the decision with Tiger athletic director Mike Alden.

Green-Beckham was also arrested in January on a marijuana possession charge after someone else in the vehicle he was in took ownership of the marijuana.

As a freshman, he was suspended for one game after being one of five players arrested and charged with marijuana

Off the Glass possession.

Needless to say, GreenBeckham has had a tough time at Missouri, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be forgiven and given another chance.

Green-Beckham was the No. 1 overall recruit in the class of 2012 after setting several records in high school.

During his two years at Missouri, he had 87 receptions, 1,278 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns.

His sophomore season was a breakout year as he had 59 receptions, 883 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns.

He helped Missouri University reached the Southeastern Conference championship and beat former Big 12 foe Oklahoma State University 41-3 in the 2014 AT&T Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.

Though his misfortunes have gotten in the way of his outstanding play, he deserves another chance somewhere and that could even be at UCA. I know a lot of people will

say he doesn’t deserve it because he has messed up three times, with the last incident involving a woman.

In no way do I condone a man hitting a woman or causing her any physical harm.

What impact could this have to a potential student-athlete union?

While this union is supposed to be for private schools, it could move to state schools.

How will people respond to paying players who have broken the law?

When I discussed this with my dad, he said it’s tough to be judgmental toward a player because we don’t know what kind of background they may have.

I agree, but at the same time, I beleive college is a time to mature.

Green-Beckham is away from his home and family at the Columbia campus, which may cause him to not mature as he should.

This is a realistic possibility, but I think it will make people more cautious to start paying players.

I can definitely see this working as a business and just in the way Pinkel and Alden handled the situation.

Players should be dismissed without pay for causing trouble to themselves.

I lean toward paying studentathletes beacuse they make so much money for the universities and NCAA, but these occurences can cause harm to a potential union.

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Bears:

Baseball loses series to Nicholls State University on road, moves to 18-15 overall, 6-8 in Southland Conference 4 Continued from page 7 catcher Christian Correa.

The Bears tied the game in the top of the sixth inning when senior first baseman Scott Zimmerle singled to right field to score Townsend.

NSU got the 3-2 win on a walk off single to center field to score Zorn.

UCA junior pitcher Chris Caudle (5-3) took the loss for the Bears after giving up three runs on eight hits in eight and one-third innings.

Colonels junior pitcher John Satriano (2-1) got his second win of the season after pitching two innings.

The series’ final game saw UCA win 4-3. NSU gained the lead in the bottom of the first inning after Vargas stole home.

The Bears tied the game at one on a single up the middle

by Townsend to score senior outfielder Doug Votolato.

UCA broke the game open in the top of the fourth inning when Zimmerle grounded out to Vargas to score junior infielder Nate Ferrell.

Sophomore Matt Anderson

singled to score two runs to put the lead to 4-1.

The Colonels added one run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Fraizer reached on an error

by Townsend to score Vargas.

The game’s final run was knocked in by Vargas when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score sophomore infielder Seth Stevens.

UCA sophomore pitcher Connor Gilmore (3-1) won his third game of the season after giving up one earned run on four hits in eight innings of work.

Junior pitcher Connor McClain got his first save of the season after giving up one run in one inning.

NSU sophomore Zach Thiac (2-2) took the loss for the Colonels when he gave up one hit and twothirds innings pitched.

The Bears will return home for a three-game series against McNeese State University this weekend starting Thursday.

The Cowboys are second in the Southland Conference with a 10-5 conference record and are 20-14 on the season.

Southland Standings Conf.

All

Northwestern State

10-5

21-14

McNeese State

10-5

20-14

Nicholls State

10-5

19-19

Sam Houston State

9-6

25-11

SE Louisiana

9-6

23-13

A&M-Corpus Christi

9-6

19-19

Lamar

8-7

21-15

Central Arkansas

7-8

18-15

Oral Roberts

7-8

19-16

UIW

4-5

11-22

Houston Baptist

6-9

16-16

Stephen F. Austin

6-9

15-20

Abilene Christian

2-7

12-20

New Orleans

2-13

10-23

Series:

Softball splits Saturday doubleheader; record falls to 18-26 on season, 8-8 in Southland Conference 4 Continued from page 7

Track:

Men, women sweep dual meet at in Little Rock; several runners compete in Tennessee 4 Continued from page 7

placed first with a jump of 4.41 meters and junior Travis Nagle place second with a jump of 4.26 meters.

In the men’s discus, freshman Alex Miles placed seventh with a throw of 36.11 meters, Nagle placed ninth with a throw of 30.67 meters and McDonald placed 10th.

In the women’s 100-meter race, junior Tyaniah Cash placed second with a time of 12.13, junior

Khadijah Smith placed third with a time of 12.22, freshman Tiauna Jefferson placed fourth with a time of 12.37 and junior Kiara Armstrong placed fifth with a time of 12.44.

In the women’s 200-meter race, Smith placed second with a time of 24.64, Cash placed fifth with a time of 25.76, Jefferson placed eighth with a time of 26.05 and Armstrong placed ninth with

a time of 26.18. In the 1,500-meter, sophomore Jordan James placed eighth with a time 5:27.10 and senior Emily Carroll placed ninth with a time of 5:35.98.

In the 3,000-meter steeple, freshman Briana Stuepfert placed fourth with a time of 12:51.45, sophomore Sophie Clauss placed fifth (13:04.09) and sophomore Cassandra Rosas placed seventh (13:21.65).

Jenkins doubled to right center with Bigej and Forrest scoring. Forrest singled up the middle and sophomore center fielder Amy Gunnels scored.

Freshman right fielder Briana Whisenhunt singled to right field and freshman left fielder Hannah Stirton scored. Taylor walked and Forest scored. Jenkins hit a pop fly to second base, which was dropped, allowing Bigej to score.

Down 6-0, the Lady Demons came back and scored four runs to make the score 6-4.

Kincannon, Barefield, McKenney and freshman right fielder Brittney Jones all scored during the NSU rally.

The Bears increased their lead up by two more runs when Taylor

hit a home run to left field and Whisenhunt scored. The Lady Demons were unable to come back, only scoring one run in the final inning.

Dear said that everything came together in the second game.

“The second game everything came together more, so we didn’t leave as many runners on base and made most of the plays on defense and had good pitching which allowed us to win,” she said.

UCA dropped the final game of the series 10-3. The Bears were unable to score until the sixth inning, allowing the Lady Demons to drive the lead up 9-0.

The Bears scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth off

of a home run by Taylor with Whisenhunt and Bigej scoring.

NSU scored another run in the seventh inning making the score 10-4.

UCA softball head coach David Kuhn said that even though they didn’t pick up this win the teams conference tournament hopes are still alive.

“We are not pitching very well,” he said. “Our team continues to work hard and compete. We have a very talented team.We still have a good chance to make the conference tournament and fight for the championship.”

The Bears play again when they host Houston Baptist University for a three game series at home April 17 and 18.

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