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RowingUCO women’s rowing team won the Varsity Eight race.

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The Oklahoma State Senate has passed a bill that would require undocumented immigrants to pay out of state tuition, even if they attended high school in Oklahoma.

Senate Bill 683, which was passed March 16, would also restrict undocumented students from any form of state-provided financial aid or scholar-ship.

Despite the possible new restrictions, those who have the desire to go to college, according to an undocumented student studying in Oklahoma who preferred to remain anonymous, cannot be stopped.

“If the students and the parents have the courage and the want to go to college, it’s not going to affect them because they’re going to find a way,” the stu-dent said. “If the parents say, ‘Ok, well, you finished high school, you were going to go to work anyway, so it doesn’t matter if you’re going to go to college or not,’ then they just follow the usual typical im-migrant life. Instead of trying to force themselves into something better they’re just like, ‘Hmm, well,

I’m an immigrant, nothing’s going to happen, I’m just going to work.’”

According to Sen. Anthony Sykes (R- Moore) the author of SB 683, the object is not to discourage immigrants who aspire to get a college degree, but to encourage becoming a legal citizen.

“There’s nothing wrong with coming here legal-ly,” Sykes said. “We welcome you. This is about the people who cut to the front of the line and do it illegally.”

Sykes’ bill is just one of several anti-illegal im-migration bills that have been passed by the Sen-ate recently, the most notable of which is SB 908, which allows police to seize property related to im-migration crimes.

Sen. Ralph Shortey (R – Oklahoma City) au-thored SB 908 and said the bill will address prob-lems that the state is currently facing.

“I authored this proposal because I care about the people of my district and have witnessed firsthand the manner in which illegal immigration can limit economic development, increase crime rates and tear families apart,” Shortey said. “Passage of this legislation is a strong step toward addressing the

issue and a victory for Oklahoma.”The passing of these recent bills in the State Sen-

ate adds additional stress to the lives of many un-documented students.

“I’ve had my whole life here and my friends,” the student said. “As an adult now, I don’t have a job, I can’t drive, I’m not safe anywhere, I get discrimi-nated everywhere I go. I can’t walk into a store with my head high up because they judge me quickly, you know. I go to an American store and they don’t think I can speak English. I go to a Mexican store and they don’t think I can speak Spanish.”

Despite objecting to the passing of the recent anti-illegal immigration bills, the student agrees that those who are a burden to society should be punished.

“The ones who commit crimes, rape, rob stores, the most careless things you can think of, hell yeah, send them back,” the student said. “It doesn’t mat-ter if they’re from Mexico, South Africa, Europe, Asia, even Canada... but those immigrants who are hard working, haven’t done anything wrong, who work right, they go to school, they need some kind of justice and some kind of support.”

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By Ben Luschen / Contributing Writer

Doug Benson, professional “humoredian,” film connoisseur and marijuana enthusiast is bringing his funny business to UCO for a standup show tonight.

Student Programming Board is hosting the comedian and film star in the Nigh University Center’s ballrooms at 8 p.m. for a stand-up comedy show.

Benson has appeared on Comedy Central’s “Comedy Central Presents” as well as recently with his own series “The Benson Interrup-tion.” He has also contributed to the VH1 shows “Best Week Ever” and “I Love The …,” and has been a contestant of NBC’s reality se-ries “Last Comic Standing.”

Benson also rose to fame in 2007 for his stoner documentary “Super High Me,” where he used medical marijuana products for thirty days in the same style that documentarian Morgan Spurlock ate McDonalds in the docu-mentary film “Super Size Me.”

“Some schools ask me to not make any drug references,” Benson said in a Twitter message Friday. “No such rules at your school! Yay!”

Also appearing with Benson is opening act Graham Elwood. Elwood has been in the stand-up scene for over 10 years and has also hosted game shows on the Game Show Net-work and on the USA Network.

Currently, Benson stays busy hosting a half-

talk show, half-game show podcast called, “Doug Loves Movies.” Each show begins with Benson and guests discussing current movies as well as what his guests are currently work-ing on. Benson’s guests have included comedy stars Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, Weird Al Yankovic, Zach Galifianakis, the stars and director of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and even film critic Leonard Maltin.

The game show side of the podcast uses the movie reviews of Maltin for a game simply ti-tled, “The Leonard Maltin Game.” Benson will present a theme containing a clue for a set of questions, and then give the contestants the year the film was released. Benson will then read a short snippet of Maltin’s review before contestants take turns betting how few names from the cast billing they can name the movie in.

Benson’s podcast is normally recorded be-fore a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre in Los Angeles, but Benson has also taken the show on the road. The podcast can be downloaded from his website (www.douglovesmovies.com) or from the podcast section of the iTunes store.

The stand-up show tonight starts at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Benson will return to the area on June 28 for a per-formance at the City Arts Center in Oklahoma City. Tickets for that event will go on sale Mar. 30.

The University of Central Oklahoma’s Student Pro-gramming Board (SPB) will host comedian and film star Doug Benson for a stand-up comedy show at 8 p.m., March 29 in the Nigh University Center Ballrooms on Central’s campus. Benson is known as a regular contribu-tor to the VH1 series “Best Week Ever” and “I Love The…” and finished sixth on the fifth season of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.”

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By Cody Bromley / Staff Writer

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Oklahoma Senators Anthony Sykes (Left, R- Moore) and Ralph Shortey (R- Oklahoma City) are the authors of two controversial immigration bills that were passed in the State Senate this month. (AP Photos)

UCO celebrated their an-nual Mr. and Ms. UCO Inter-national Pageant at Constitu-tion Hall.

This year, students from seven different countries com-peted in hopes of representing their country proudly along with getting some scholarship help as well. Those countries are: Malaysia, Kenya, Paki-stan, India, Japan, Nepal and Ivory Coast.

Scholarship opportunities of $750 will go to the first place winners, for the second place winners $500 and $250 for the third place winners.

Tai Yean Teh from Malaysia, majoring in actuarial science, won first place for Mr. UCO International 2011.

“It is an honor to be crowned as the Mr. International UCO. It has been an exciting jour-ney. I truly appreciate those who helped me throughout the process. Frankly, I do not feel any more special than the other contestants. It is not about the pride to hold the title; it is about how we (all the contestants) represent the body of international students on campus, regardless who wins,” Teh said.

Sue Lyn Tan, also from Ma-laysia and also studying ac-tuarial science, won the first place for Ms. UCO Interna-tional 2011.

She said, “I hoped to win and in fact I participated be-cause of my friends’ support and Tai’s support. I am glad I did this with Alvin and we both won the title. We hope to have made Malaysians proud.”

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMMUNITY CROWNS MR. AND MS. UCO

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DON’T HIT THE SELF- DESTRUCT BUTTON.

By Pakriti Adhikari / Cartoonist

As Women’s History Month comes to an end, it is also time to mourn the loss of Geraldine Ferraro, who has been a trail-blazer for women.

Ferraro died Saturday due to complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that she has battled for 12 years.

History books will describe her as the first woman to be nominated for the 1984 vice president candidacy when she ran with Democrat presidential candidate Walter Mondale. In 1992 and 1998, she ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. Senate seat in the Democratic primaries. She then was a center of a political controversy, when she resigned from her fundraising position with Sen. Hilary Clinton’s campaign for a comment she made about then rival, Barack Obama.

However, Ferraro is among a category of women who re-fused to keep it a man’s world. She stood up for justice for all and made it her life career to bring about change.

But with the loss of one of our leading female political lead-ers, did Ferraro leave the world satisfied and optimistic for the faith of woman? Or are we just creating our own downfall?

Women are perceived in many ways in the media. We are often portrayed as manipulative, as sex objects or as obedient housewives. Plus, we are facing the issues of self-image and bullying among each other. As a result, it has become accept-able.

Not surprisingly, younger girls are mimicking what they see on their favorite TV shows. Our very own campus addressed the issue with a panel discussion held in early March to kick off Women’s History month.

But women should instead celebrate each other every day. We should also celebrate and remind ourselves of those that came before us.

Women’s History Month is about celebrating the courage and strength of the women from the past and current innova-tors. We should stop competing with each other, but move forward in what we can do to finally end the sterotype.

During Women’s History Month, we should take the time to thank and appreciate the women who sacrificed themselves for what we have now. Through opportunities to build each other up, like UCO’s Exceptional Women’s Brunch, where women can have the opportunity to celebrate each other. Once we have respect for one another, then no longer will we be sub-jected into submissive roles.

By Jenefar de Leon / Editor-In-Chief

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Music

UCO TO PARTNER WITH SUMMERSTOCK PRODUCTIONS

Opinion

Recently, I had the inevitable pleasure of presenting re-search on the escalating violence in film. My slideshow teetered on the edge of perfection: high-resolution, cin-ematic gore images, Helvetica font, a color scheme that would make the White Stripes proud, and enough cheesy machine gun sound effects to launch a hefty Tea Party mi-litia rumor.

On the morning of my presentation, I naturally woke up a pinch later than usual. I quickly set a large pot of cof-fee on the brew, burned through a flimsy shower, and then scoured my closet for something aesthetically pleasing to wear. My coat hangers dangled naked as all my wrinkled clothes engaged in an orgy on the floor (saying volumes about my character).

I snagged my tightest pair of slacks for two reasons: first off, there is no room for wrinkles, thanks to the snugness. Secondly, they make me feel moderately sexy. I packed myself into the pants, grabbed an equally tight shirt, tie, strolled into the kitchen, drank my weight in coffee and departed with caffeinated confidence.

There I stood – all eyes on me – the tension balanc-ing on the tip of a knife. I inhaled, milking the make-or-break moment, where you either sink your teeth into the attentiveness or lose them forever to the dim light of the cell phone screen. In an effort to bring my peers into my speech, I began by squatting suddenly and delivering the opening line like a voice over on a blockbuster trailer. I got halfway into the line, when I realized the sudden squat had caused my left and right pant legs to separate at the crotch seam. Swear words fired with each neuron crossing the synapse. My voice cracked and the sweat poured, but I had their attention at least.

Knowledge eludes the seeker until the seeker really screws up. Wisdom begins with knowledge, and knowl-edge begins with making mistakes. You can always smell the phonies when they give life advice gathered solely from some self-help trash. Example: if someone is trying to teach me to avoid eating handfuls of crystal meth, and I get the option between a pious man and a skeletal meth-head gone defective, I’m picking the methhead every time.

To make mistakes, you cannot stitch yourself into a world of hard rules. The ones who do, end up a shade of grey, suffering stagnate existence in dense doldrums. When your life starts to resemble a pattern of making the rule, breaking the rule, feeling remorse, repenting the ac-tion, retrying the rule, and repeating the whole gig, the time has arrived for you to accept the mistakes. Learn, moving forward with increased knowledge, instead of cut-ting a six-foot whole in the ground by retracing steps.

Put away the sexy pants for the professional pair, stop wearing your Snuggie in public, don’t drink juice pouches in front of your collegiate peers and get intelligent – make a mistake.

Mistake Mentality

ByJoshHutton

UCO has formed a new partnership with Summerstock Pro-ductions and provided the program with a new venue for the 2011 season. What is Summerstock Productions?

Unlike Ark Productions, the company that released the in-famous Rebecca Black “Friday” video, Summerstock is not for teenage girls with dreams of pop stardom. Summerstock Pro-ductions is for community members of all ages who wish to showcase their talent to the community and keep their theater skills sharp during the summer.

“It is community theater,” Susan Parks, the organization’s secretary, said. “It began as community theater from a group of people whose children enjoyed doing community theater around the area. They decided that it was necessary and would be well-received in Edmond.”

Summerstock Productions originated in 2003 and was in-augurated in 2005 with their first performances at Mitch Park in north Edmond.

The program has indeed been well-received and is ap-proaching its seventh season of musical theater production. However, because of recent financial difficulty and the increas-ingly erratic summer weather here in central Oklahoma the board thought it necessary to take UCO up on its offer of a free venue and access to some of the sets, props and costumes in Mitchell Hall.

Last summer’s weather and heat were exceptionally difficult, which prompted the recent move to UCO. A few shows had to be canceled because of sudden thunderstorms, Parks said.

Performing at Mitch Park was especially taxing for the actors whose dressing rooms were not air-conditioned. Music theater can be physically challenging and in full costume in the Okla-homa heat, especially so.

Jay Krottinger, a music theater master’s student at UCO, ac-tually lost 10 pounds in the two weeks of the performance of “All Shook Up,” a clear indicator of the possible danger the heat poses to the performers.

Shannon Hurleigh, the new artistic director, choreographed and directed “All Shook Up” and said the heat made it difficult to keep the actors.

Hurleigh is the latest addition to the program. She is a grad-uate from UCO and also has her master’s degree from Texas Tech in theater with an emphasis in arts administration.

Hurleigh freelances as a director and choreographer through-out the metropolitan area, including UCO. In the fall semester she choreographed “Sweet Smell of Success” and is currently choreographing “Flipside: Patti Page, the Singing Rage” to be performed April 9 and 10 in Constitution Hall.

Because of her experience and education, the board reached out to her when they needed to fill the position.

“I was definitely excited to take it,” Hurleigh said. Hurleigh and Parks each expressed optimism about the new

venue and the upcoming season. The only disadvantage either mentioned was that patrons may miss the outdoor theater ex-perience.

“What we really want people to know though is that this is still going to be summer theater. We want people to come in their shorts, t-shirts and sandals and bring their kids. It will still very much be a casual theater-going experience,” Parks said.

Bearing this in mind, audience members will be able to en-

joy the advanced quality the indoor productions will allow while also feeling comfortably air-conditioned.

“The move to Mitchell I think will really give patrons a bet-ter theater-going experience. The sound, much better quality. The lighting, second to none,” Parks said.

Another advantage of the move to Mitchell Hall is it allows shows to begin earlier, at 8:00 p.m. instead of 8:30, because they no longer have to wait for nightfall for the best lighting effects. Matinees will also be offered for the first time this sum-mer.

Actors and audience members will appreciate the indoor leisure and the board of directors will enjoy the financial ease of not paying rent for the stage and for storage, as they did at Mitch Park.

“We’re really looking forward to moving indoors,” Hurleigh said.

The only funding Summerstock Productions receives comes from ticket sales, other organizations and private donations from individual supporters.

“This is an important cost-cutting move for us,” Parks said. Finding funds has been particularly difficult with this econ-

omy. There are a lot of worthwhile programs and organizations to compete with for a receding pool of available grants, Parks said.

Auditions for this summer’s productions “Seussical” and “Annie Get Your Gun” are being held April 15 and 16 and are open to anyone seven years or older.

“We highly encourage community members to come out. We know there are a lot of really gifted and talented adult ac-tors, senior actors, child actors,” Parks said.

This includes UCO students, who have always participated in Summerstock Productions.

“UCO students have been involved a great deal,” Parks said. “I think UCO students realize the value of keeping up their education, especially those music theater students, during the summer, doing their craft in front of a large audience.”

Those who audition have very little to worry about, Hurleigh said.

“They need to bring one or two songs, just come in and have fun.”

The shows promise to be just as fun. “Seussical” uses a minimalistic set, allowing actors and audi-

ence members to use their imaginations, “which is sometimes more fun than having a complete set,” Hurleigh said. “Parents and kids of all ages, college kids and everyone will enjoy it because the music is fantastic.”

The first showing of “Seussical” will be June 17.They will be doing the 1999 Broadway Revival version of Ir-

ving Berlin’s classic “Annie Get Your Gun,” beginning July 15. The musical is based on true events in Annie Oakley’s life: her pursuit of a career in Buffalo Bill’s traveling show and her ro-mance with her main competitor, the marksman Frank Butler.

“It will be a fun community feel with everyone involved,” Hurleigh said. “Just an overall good time- that’s what it’s all about. If it’s not fun, why do we do it?”

For those who are looking to have a little fun this summer while also supporting local art and local theater, more infor-mation is available at www.summerstockok.com.

By Amy Stinnett / Contributing Writer

Summerstock Production originated in 2003 and was inaugurated in 2005 with their first performances at Mitch Park in north Edmond.

For more information, scan the barcode below to access Summerstock’s website.

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Comanche County, Okla., Sheriff Kenny Stradley pays his respects to a hearse bearing the body of Staff Sgt. Travis M. Tompkins, 31, of Lawton, Okla., to the Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, Okla., on Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/The Lawton Constitution, Michael D. Pope)

Andrea Baker, of Tulsa, jubilantly holds up her gradua-tion certificate from the Women in Recovery program as Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, right, looks on while attending her graduation ceremony at the state Capi-tol in Oklahoma City Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul B. Southerland)

Air Force veteran Lynn Thompson, from Tuttle, Okla., in the white cap, salutes the flag during a joint session of the Oklahoma Legislature in observance of Veterans Awareness Day at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul B. Southerland)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures after arriv-ing Monday, March 14, 2011, at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Paris for talks with European and other leaders on the crisis in Libya. Her talks will include a meeting with Libyan opposition figures as the Obama administration makes its first high-level contact with foes of Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Paul J Richards, Pool)

Anti-nuclear demonstrators Raymond Cole, left and Kristin Cole, right, hold a candlelight vigil on the 32nd anniversary of the 1979 meltdown of the Three Mile Is-land Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside the plants main gate at 3:53 AM Monday March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)

Accompanied by Cuba’s government officials, for-mer President Jimmy Carter, front left, waves to me-dia members upon his arrival to the Jose Marti airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 29, 2011. Carter is in Cuba to discuss economic policies and ways to im-prove Washington-Havana relations. (AP Photo/Frank-lin Reyes)

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Seeking to link his Latin American tour to job growth back home, President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. was eager to sell its goods and servic-es to economically booming Brazil’s growing middle class. The president’s economic mes-sage, however, was overshadowed by events in Libya, where a western coalition launched a risky offensive against Moammar Gadhafi.

After an early morning arrival in Brazil’s capital, Obama held meetings with newly elected President Dilma Rousseff, then ad-dressed a joint meeting of U.S. and Brazilian business leaders. He praised Brazil’s economic ascent, and said American workers stood to benefit from increased ties with the world’s seventh-largest economy

“As the United States looks to Brazil, we see the chance to sell more goods and services to a rapidly-growing market of around 200 mil-lion consumers,” Obama said. “For us, this is a jobs strategy.”

Executives from a number of American cor-porations, including International Paper, Car-gill, Citigroup and Coca-Cola, participated in the CEO session.

Obama began his three-country, five-day tour of Latin America against the backdrop of ominous developments in earthquake-ravaged Japan, where officials struggle to prevent a meltdown at a damaged nuclear power plant, and in Libya, where a U.S. and European coalition launched a risky military operation to protect civilians from attacks by Gadhafi’s force.

The White House said Obama was briefed on developments in Libya early Saturday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and national security adviser Tom Donilon.

Brazil stands out for its strategic and eco-nomic importance to the United States. As the world’s seventh-largest economy, it is a member of an exclusive club of influential developing nations along with Russia, India and China, collectively known in economic circles as the BRIC nations. Obama is looking to reset the U.S. relationship with Brazil, an emerging economic power that even without being hostile has annoyed Washington with its independent ways.

Rousseff extended a warm welcome to Obama, citing his role as the first African

American president and hers as the first fe-male Brazilian president as evidence of na-tions overcoming barriers.

She said that of all U.S. presidents who have visited Brazil, “You are the one that sees our country in the most vibrant moment.”

Still, Rousseff made no effort to hide her frustration with the resistance Brazil has faced in becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and ap-pealed for Obama’s help in making needed changes at the U.N. She also chafed at US. policies that have imposed tariffs on Brazil-ian goods, including ethanol and cotton, and appealed for concrete action to improve the economic ties.

“In the past this relationship was overshad-owed by empty rhetoric,” she said.

In a joint statement, Obama and Rousseff said the Security Council needs to reform and voiced support for a “modest expansion” that adds representation. But the statement said only that Obama “expressed appreciation for Brazil’s aspiration to become a permanent member of the Security Council.” The state-ment fell short of Obama’s November endorse-ment of India’s quest for a permanent seat on the Security Council, saying it would elevate India to “its rightful place in the world.”

Obama began his Latin America trip on schedule, despite ominous developments in earthquake-ravaged Japan, where officials struggle to prevent a meltdown at a damaged nuclear power plant, and in Libya, where a U.S. and European coalition launched a mili-tary operation to protect civilians from attacks by Gadhafi’s force.

Obama left Washington just hours after the coalition agreed to use all necessary measures to stop Gadhafi, raising the prospect that he would have to authorize military action from a foreign land. Leaders from the Arab world, the United States and other Western powers were holding emergency talks in Paris on Sat-urday over possible military action as Gad-hafi’s troops swarmed into the one-time rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

Obama said Saturday that the United States and its allies are prepared to act with urgency.

“Our consensus was strong, and our resolve is clear. The people of Libya must be protect-ed, and in the absence of an immediate end to the violence against civilians our coalition is prepared to act, and to act with urgency,” Obama said.

Air Force One touched down in Brasilia in an early-morning mix of sunshine and rain-drops with the president, Michelle Obama,

and daughters Sasha and Malia aboard. Sev-eral hours later the president and Mrs. Obama met with Rousseff at the presidential palace in an elaborate arrival ceremony featuring color guards and children waving American and Brazilian flag.

The Obamas were to depart for Rio de Ja-neiro Saturday night. After Brazil, Obama travels to Chile, which has established itself as one of the wealthier nations in South Ameri-ca. His third and final stop is in El Salvador.

Obama’s stop in Brazil represents a chance to engage with Rousseff and get a firsthand as-sessment of what administration officials be-lieve is her practical approach to governance and foreign relations after eight years of the flamboyant Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, com-monly known as Lula.

But as Obama and Rousseff were poised to meet, a disagreement between their adminis-trations had already changed the dynamic of the trip. The Brazilian leader did not want to have reporters ask the two presidents ques-tions — after the White House had already promised a news conference — so that event was scrapped. The two leaders instead issued statements.

A press officer at the Brazilian presiden-tial palace, who declined to be identified in line with internal regulations, said he did not know why no questions would be taken.

Rousseff, unlike her charismatic predeces-sor Lula, who spoke with the press nearly ev-ery day, has rarely given press conferences in her three months in power and almost never gives interviews. During her campaign for the presidency last year she often seemed uncom-fortable in public and was criticized for a me-chanical speaking style.

The trip comes as China has surpassed the United States as Brazil’s top trading partner and in the wake of recent discoveries of vast oil reserves off the Brazilian coast. The re-serves — estimated at between 30 billion and 80 billion barrels — place Brazil in the top 10 countries in the world in reserves. Since Brazil is energy self-sufficient, that oil would all be available for export.

Brazil is also a giant agricultural exporter, competing head-to-head with the United States.

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OBAMA LINKS JOB GROWTH TO BRAZIL TRIP

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff, right, during their joint news conference at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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KALEIDOSCOPE DANCE COMPANY’S SPRING CONCERT BRINGS BLEND OF MANY WORLDS

Over the weekend, UCO’s Kaleidoscope Dance Company held their annual spring concert. This year, the dancers participated in campus collaborations with different depart-ments at UCO.

The collaborations are called the “brain-child” of Tina Kambour, assistant chair of the department of dance at UCO. Kambour said she sent an email to the departments across campus, welcoming faculty to submit their ideas for collaboration.

The result is ten pieces, each with a distinc-tive subject matter and interpretation. The topics ranged from an interpretation of the biological process of meiosis, to a collabora-tive piece inspired by the labyrinth.

“It was an experimental idea, and I thought of ways we as choreographers could work with people in other fields,” Kambour said. “Several collaborators were involved in this production.”

The lead piece was “The Still Point,” in-spired by the labyrinth and featuring the col-laborative efforts of Dr. Diane Rudebock from

the department of kinesiology and health studies.

Next was “Sincerely, Beatrice,” what Kam-bour calls an interesting take on the relation-ship between the dancers and the musicians accompanying them. Rather than represent-ing separate entities, the piece is described as “a choreographic work in which the dancers and musicians are equal entities on the stage, a conversation between the two.”

“It was a playful thing,” Kambour said. Third was “Sex Cells,” which was the idea

of Dr. Brooke Stabler from the biology de-partment. Meiosis is a biological process, by which cells with a pair of chromosomes from each parent, divide to form cells with a mix-ture of their parents’ DNA.

“I have had the idea for a long time, to do a dance of meiosis,” Stabler said.

While the concept may be difficult for non-Biology majors to understand, Stabler explains that the dance merely highlights the most important points of the process.

“The main point is that the dance shows genetic recombination,” she said. “Within our bodies our parents’ chromosomes are inter-

acting to make what is distinctly our own.”Stabler commended the dancers for their

work, adding, “They did a really good job.”She said that many students are visual

learners, and that the dance lent a further un-derstanding of the process than reading about it in a textbook would do.

“It’s an artistic representation. Many stu-dents cannot learn from just words,” Stabler said.

While not every member of the audience would comprehend, Stabler was confident that many people would understand.

“It’s something with real-world applica-tions,” Stabler said. “But it is wonderful, the idea that collaborations can occur like this, and that dancers and artists can convey ideas in science with dance.”

Kambour noted that one distinctive quality of this spring’s concert was that it featured all live music.

“We have had performances featuring live musicians before,” she said. “But never with all-live music.”

The concert was also dedicated to Dr. Rich-ard Denson, a member of the UCO faculty

who had passed away earlier this year. The fi-nal piece, the “Tarantella Suite,” was originally choreographed by Denson, and restaged for this production.

UCO faculty member Emily Smith restaged the suite; she was a performer in the original production.

Kambour describes this marriage of dance with different disciplines as inspiring and new.

“The way I see it, choreography can take in-spiration from many different places, be it art, nature, or even a story in the newspaper,” she said. “Having faculty members with expertise from other colleges to participate and show how their ideas work, gives layers of depth to the choreography.”

The result was as Kambour said, multifac-eted and a fresh take on established concepts. There is a concert put on in both fall and spring, and the success of this semester’s show lends itself to further collaborations in future.

“The audience had the opportunity to ex-perience a wide range of choreography, com-bined with intriguing multimedia displays, live music, and set design,” she said.

By Brittany Dalton / Staff Writer

UCO Kaleidoscope Dance Company kicked off their annual spring concert. This year, the dancers participated in campus collaborations with different departments at UCO.

This weekend, dancers in UCO’s Kaleidoscope Dance Company performed as part of their annual spring concert. The dancers collaborated with other UCO departments as part of this year’s concert.

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BECKLEY’S LEGACY

ARE YOU FAST ENOUGH?Are you fast enough to run for UCO? If you

weren’t drafted straight out of high school, the thought of running at the college level most likely prompts visions of Rocky Balboa, awake at 5 a.m., downing a tall glass of raw eggs, and running through the streets of Philadelphia in a grey sweat suit, soaked with perspiration.

At UCO, it is necessary to down egg yolks, or don a sweat suit, but be prepared to rise early. The ladies that run for head coach J.D. Martin of the women’s cross country team meet at 6 a.m. for an hour and at 3 p.m. for an hour and a half.

Workouts take place six days a week with Saturdays off. The bulk of the workout time is spent running, with strength training inter-mingled.

“You may run up a hill repeatedly, but it’s mostly just mileage,” Martin said of his prac-tices.

UCO students may request to walk on to the team.

“We welcome anyone who wants to give it a try,” Martin said. He has to judge the time it takes to run two miles because that is what the races usually consist of.

“Thirteen minutes is not considered very good really, but you wouldn’t want to run them off either,” Martin said. If you can run two miles in thirteen minutes, you can still improve over the summer training and get where you need to be to compete.

Allex Tarr, a UCO student is thinking about walking on to the team and can run two miles in 11 minutes and 30 seconds.

“I ran so much in high school that I wanted a break from cross country, but I’m thinking about walking on the team next year because I miss it, and coach Martin is awesome,” Tarr said.

“If you haven’t done a lot of training in the summer, you are not going to perform well in the fall,” Martin said. Cross country is a fall sport with the most intense training com-pleted in the summer. To be competitive, he looks for people who can run two miles in the mid-eleven to twelve-minute ranges.

In addition to being able to run two miles in around twelve minutes, students also need to be able to meet basic NCAA requirements placed on all student athletes in all universi-ties. UCO was made a Division II university in 2010 and schools have specific guidelines for each of the three divisions.

According to the NCAA website, www.ncaa.org, the student athlete must maintain a 2.0 GPA, which is standard UCO policy even for non-athletes, and there is only five years of eli-gibility. This is important for those individu-als seeking a second degree, master’s degree, or taking a year off to backpack across Europe.

Martin has also coached at the University of Oklahoma for 33 years. He moved to Ed-mond to retire, but a while after doing so was asked to coach for the UCO’s women’s cross country team.

“I was kind of wanting to do something again, so I did,” he said. He has been with UCO for six years now and is also the assistant track and field coach to Martha Brennan, head coach of women’s track and field division that was started last year.

By Celia Brumfield/ Contributing Writer

Even though her playing days here at UCO are over, the legend of Ashley Beckley contin-ues to grow. After posting one of the best indi-vidual seasons in Broncho women’s basketball history, Beckley was honored by two different All-American recognition organizations.

Beckley was a third-team selection on the Daktronics All-America Team that is voted on by members of the College Sports Infor-mation Directors of America (CoSIDA) and received honorable mention acclaim on the State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team as se-lected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches As-sociation (WBCA).

She becomes the first Broncho to receive Daktronics All-America recognition and just the third to receive recognition by the WBCA.

For those who paid attention to the team this year, these honors should come as no sur-prise, but for the rest of you, here are just a few fun facts from Beckley’s outstanding sea-son.

She led the Bronchos in scoring in 17 dif-ferent games while also leading them in re-bounding in 18 games. Her season-high for points was 31 which she posted in the season opener. She also set season records for UCO in points (623), free throws made (199), free throws attempted (261). For the season she averaged 19.5 points per game, 8.6 rebounds, 2.9 assist, and two steals. To top off her career, she will go down as the second most prolific scorer in Broncho history with 1,627 points.

Those numbers if misunderstood could possibly make you think she was a “Kobe”

like player, but even right after her final game, Beckley was still all about the team.

“Everybody overlooked us and nobody gave us any credit this year and I’m really proud of what we accomplished,” she said.

While not trying to take away from the team concept, Beckley was hands-down the best player, not only on this team, but in the Lone Star Conference. To prove that point, she was named the Lone Star Conferences North Player of the Year.

There were very few games in which she looked flustered and out of rhythm, but she was still able to get her own shot while keep-ing her teammates involved. Case and point, in the final eight games, many teams tried to take away Beckley and force her to find open teammates, which she did. Fellow Broncho Alex Richardson was the primary benefactor from the constant double teams Beckley re-ceived. Richardson actually led the Bronchos in scoring in four out of the last six games, while Beckley dished out 16 assists during that span, proving she was ok with giving the ball up at times.

If it weren’t for a rash of injuries down the stretch, it’s quite possible Beckley and her teammates could have moved even further in the playoffs, but that wasn’t the case. I wouldn’t blame Beckley for the team not mov-ing further.

Her spirit and drive should leave some big shoes to fill for the team next year, and while there are players like Richardson and a host of others that will be willing to fill Beckley’s leadership role, it will be hard to replace the natural talent.

By Michael Collins / Sports Writer

UCO SOFTBALL WINS TWO OUT OF THREE

UCO DROPS THREE, OUTSCORED 21-7

The Central Oklahoma softball team won two out of three games against conference ri-val Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant over the weekend.

Game 1Central Oklahoma-5Southeastern Oklahoma- 7

Starting pitcher Rachael Steverson gave up four earned runs over five innings of work to earn her seventh loss of the season. She had three strikeouts and threw 101 pitches. Amanda McClleland pitched the final inning of the contest and didn’t give up a hit.

Central’s offense tried to make a comeback as they scored three runs in the top of the fifth and sixth innings. However, it was not enough as the Lady Bronchos were shut-out in the seventh. Second baseman Brit-tany Weaver, catcher Kacie Edwards and shortstop Hannah Justus each had multi-hit games to lead UCO. Justus, Edwards and first baseman Megan Whitmire combined to drive in Central’s five runs.

Game 2Central Oklahoma-8Southeastern-5 Steverson and McClelland again com-

bined to eat up the innings for Central’s rota-tion as they pitched UCO past Southeastern for their first win of the series.

Steverson pitched 2.2 innings and only gave up one earned run. McClelland finished off the final 4.1 innings with three strikeouts on 82 pitches.

Justus and Whitmire led the way for the Lady Bronchos lineup. She went three for four while Whitmire went two for four with three RBIs. Brittany Geter had two hits with

an RBI as well. Central picked up their 14th win of the season to reach the .500 mark. They remain 3-5 in the Lone Star Confer-ence.

“We made some costly mistakes,” head coach Ginny Stidham said. “We hit really well but we still made some errors. Hope-fully we can improve on that for tomorrow’s game.”

Game 3Central Oklahoma-5Southeastern Oklahoma-4

The Lady Bronchos captured the series with some late-inning heroics from second baseman, Brittany Weaver. She drove in the final two runs of the game in the top of the seventh to give UCO their 15th victory of the season.

Raines, Whitmire and Bentrley each had two hits to help Weaver lead the offense. Ed-wards had a hit as well.

“We really needed that win,” Stidham said. “Amanda got the job done for us and Brit-tany had a huge hit. I’m really proud of the way our ladies didn’t give up on such an ugly game.”

McClelland led the pitching staff with sev-en innings of work with six strikeouts. She only gave up four earned runs in the contest and earned her team leading tenth win of the year.

Central will start the Lone Star Conference Crossover Tournament Friday in San Angelo, Texas. They will compete against West Texas A&M University, Texas Women’s University, Angelo State University, Tarleton State Uni-versity, Texas A&M-Kingsville University and Abiline Christian University during the tournament. They will return home on April 9 to host Northeastern State University in a three- game conference series.

The UCO baseball team was outscored 21-7 in three games against Southeastern Oklaho-ma State University over the weekend in Du-rant.

Game 1Central Oklahoma-1Southeastern Oklahoma-11

The Bronchos lost the first contest on Fri-day 11-1. Starter Jordan Stern pitched 6.1 innings and gave up four earned runs. Derek Bell and Matt Martzall combined for the final inning and a third and gave up a total of five earned runs.

UCO’s offense didn’t help. They only scored one run, which came in the top of the first inning. They were shut out for the next seven innings. Centerfielder Keegan Morrow went two for four with the team’s only RBI. South-eastern only used two pitchers to shut down the Central lineup.

“This is a big series to not only me and the team, but for all UCO fans,” head coach Dax Leone said. “We didn’t play like we have the past couple of weeks and hopefully we can turn it around.”

Game 2Central Oklahoma-1Southeastern Oklahoma-2

Once again, UCO was unable to score a run outside of the first inning and once again, it cost them the game.

Starter Uriah Fisher pitched a complete game over six innings and two earned runs. He took his third loss although he has pitched well the entire season.

The offense continued its slump as the Bronchos scattered nine hits, but were held to one run for the second straight game. Second baseman Tucker Brown, third baseman Derick Grimes and Morrow each had two hits. Grimes had UCO’s lone RBI. Ryan Schoonover, Kade Kauk and Mac Gordon each had a hit as well.

Game 3Central Oklahoma-5Southeastern Oklahoma-8

The bats finally got rolling for the Bronchos, however their five runs was not enough and they dropped their 17th loss of the season and 15th in Lone Star Conference play.

Ryan Fisher and reliever Aaron Rosborough were only able to record three outs before Southeastern put up the first five runs of the contest. After falling behind 5-0, the Bronchos sent Jake Tuck to the mound and he shut the door for Central. He only gave up one earned run over seven innings including seven strike-outs.

Grimes and catcher Arrow Cunningham had two hits apiece to lead Central’s offense. Schoonover went 1-4 with two RBIs and Mor-row, Brown and Cunningham combined for the other three runs batted in.

“I was really impressed with our team to-day,” Leone said. “A hit here or there and we would have won the series. We really bounced back well after the way we performed yester-day. Hopefully we can string together some wins this week.”

The Bronchos will host Southern Nazarene University today at 2 p.m. They will also host Abiliene Christian University over the week-end starting Friday at 2 p.m. at Wendell Sim-mons Field in Edmond.

By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer

By Trey Hunter / Sports Writer

Women’s Basketball

LET’S GO CAMPING:The UCO football team has scheduled three camp dates

over the course of the summer to be held at Wantland Sta-dium on the UCO campus.

On June 26 and July 24 the Bronchos will host one-day showcase camps. An offensive line and defensive line position camp is scheduled for July 23.

Registration for June 26 and July 24 will begin at 2 p.m. the day of the camp. The camps cost $25.00 per participant and will take place from 3-5:30 p.m.

Each participant will need to have waiver/medical release forms which can be found online at bronchosports.com.

UCO encourages early registration but walk-ups are accept-ed according to the camp brochure.

Only 2011-2012 high school juniors and seniors are eli-gible to enroll in the one-day camps.

Additional information can be found at bronchosports.com or by contacting Steve Patterson at 405-974-3431 or spatter-son7@uco.edu.

All offensive or defensive linemen and tight ends in grades 9 through 12 are eligible to attend the Tracy Holland (UCO head coach) offensive/defensive line camp on July 23.

The camp fee is also $25. Information about how to register or what to bring can be found at bronchosports.com.

NOW HIRING:UCO defensive coordinator Brandon Hall has left the Bron-

chos to take a football operations position with the University of Oklahoma Sooners.

“He’s going to be working quality control for defense, he’s going to be working recruiting and some operational duties,” said UCO head football coach Tracy Holland.

“They put together a nice package for him and it’s an op-portunity he couldn’t pass up.”

The job opening for assistant football coach and defensive coordinator has now been posted on the UCO career web-page.

The listed requirements are: “Bachelor’s degree. Minimum of five (5) years coaching experience at the high school or col-legiate level. Demonstrated successful experience in football management. Post-hire: Must pass NCAA certification recruit-ing test within six months of beginning employment date.”

NEW FACES:The Bronchos have hired two new full-time coaches to their

staff.Tyler Caid joins the Bronchos full-time after serving as a

graduate assistant with the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Caid will oversee UCO’s defensive line in 2011. Caid spent

the 2008 season at UCO working with defensive ends and as assistant special teams coach before moving on to OU where he has been ever since.

“(Caid) brings not only a lot of knowledge but his pas-sion and enthusiasm is what you’ve got to have on your staff,” Holland said.

Edwards will take over as Central Oklahoma’s new-est offensive line coach. Edwards comes to UCO after spending last season as a graduate assistant coach at Division I Troy. He was in charge of tight ends and assisted with the offensive line with the Trojans.

“(Edwards) has just been a great addition. He’s another guy that brings a lot of fire and passion to his position and the players love him.”

SPORTS8 MAR. 29,2011

ROWING TAKES STROKLAHOMAThe UCO women’s rowing team partici-

pated in the Stroklahoma Cup on Saturday on the Oklahoma River. The Lady Bronchos relied on a late surge to pass Oklahoma City University and win the Varsity Eight race.

The Varsity Eight race was the first match of the day and the Bronchos came from behind to beat OCU by less than two seconds.

The final time for UCO was 7:15.92. OCU finished in 7:17.09.

The winning Broncho rowers were Victoria Crowson, Rachel Kliewer, Kristin Philhower, Sarah Jones, Jessica Lawson, Kat Gabrovska, Rose Anderson, Brittany Koster and Kelsey Philhower.

“Their stern was all the way on (the UCO second seat) so they were almost an entire boat length ahead of us and the boat is 60 feet long,” Koster said. “So collectively as a group we just picked up the boat, it basically jumped out of the water, and walked it down their boat.”

“They were rowing at 36 strokes per min-ute, so they were taking six more strokes than us. We were rowing at a 30. So, we just out-powered them. It was so awesome.”

The UCO Varsity Four team fell just a half-second short to Oklahoma City finishing in 8:25.44 to 8:24.94. The Bronchos’ Varsity Four team was Carolyn Cloud, Kylie Stout, Celeste Krysler, Jenna Goodner and Michaela Rabenhorst.

UCO will compete in the San Diego Crew Classic this Saturday and Sunday in San Di-

ego, Calif. The classic will pit the Bronchos against the University of California, San Di-ego, the University of the Pacific, Sanoma, the University of California, Santa Barbara and Mills in the Women’s Collegiate DII/DIII/Club race. The Bronchos will be racing Orange in Lane 3 and will begin at 9:40 a.m.

Broncho fans may follow along with the ac-tion at twitter.com/crewclassic

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By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor

By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor

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