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State awards $12M in lottery scholarships to studentsby Mary DeLoneyAssistant News Editor
More than 2,500 UCA students were awarded the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year, totaling more than $12 million in lottery scholarship funds given to UCA students.
Cheryl Lyons, director of Financial Aid, said: “To date, we have been notified of and have loaded onto our database scholarships for 2,520 students. We do anticipate additional rosters from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.”
There is $12,600,000 shared among the students who received the scholarship at UCA, Lyons said.
There are three different categories of students receiving the scholarship: Traditional (incoming freshmen), Current Achievers and Nontraditional Students. Each of the
three have different applications and continuing eligibility requirements.
Traditional students must be enrolled full time each semester, starting out with at least 12 hours their first semester. To remain eligible they must carry at least 15 hours every semester after their first, complete any remedial courses within their first 30 hours taken, maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and be continuously enrolled as a student. A request may be made for the scholarship to be placed on hold for a maximum of two semesters.
Current Achiever student requirements include being enrolled in post-secondary education before the 2010-2011 academic year within 12 months of graduating high school, be enrolled in at least 12 hours every semester consecutively (not
by Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
The statewide public college and university smoking ban has been implemented at UCA, effective July 1.
According to the Arkansas Clean Air on Campus Act, scientific research has shown that “secondhand smoke can cause or contribute to lung cancer, heart disease, chronic lung ailments, and low birth-weight; and … A law that prohibits smoking on state-supported institutions of higher education campuses will reduce secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmokers.”
Any person who violates these rules can be punished by $100 to $500 fines, the act states.
Chief of Staff Jack Gillean said the area includes the sidewalks on Farris Road, Bruce Street, Donaghey Avenue, and privately owned vehicles located on campus property. The first few months of these new rules, the UCAPD is planning to inform offenders and warn them of rules, to give the students, staff and faculty time to adjust. If a person is repeatedly violating the smoking ban, the police will issue tickets with a minimum fine of $100.
“I feel comfortable that the police department will work with university employees and students and so on, making them aware of a policy,” Gillean said.
The law states that all public institutions of higher education in Arkansas must ban smoking on campus. This includes the sidewalks bordering the campus on Farris Road, Donaghey Avenue and Bruce Street.
Conway City Attorney Mike Murphy said the university owns the property, and the
city has the responsibility to maintain them through a permanent easement allowing travel from place to place on the sidewalks.
While the responsibility falls to the city for the maintenance of the sidewalks, they still fall under the jurisdiction of the smoking ban.
Gillean said: “It’s a permanent easement and it is to allow people to ingress and egress from certain places but it is ultimately the university’s. The real property, the dirt under the sidewalk, belongs to the university and it will until we sell it.”
Also, if a vehicle is on university property, smoking is prohibited in that vehicle and it is possible to be fined for smoking in a personal vehicle. This includes cars parked in parking lots or driving through campus.
Gillean said some of these rules will be hard to enforce, but currently, education and awareness of the policy are the priority.
He said: “I think what they will do, particularly in these early months, is if they find people violating the policy, they will simply point out to them that their conduct violates the policy and ask them not to do that again.”
The administration has discussed whether to try to create an exemption under the law that would allow homes that are owned by the university and rented to university employees that are private residences an exception that might allow smoking to occur in those private residences, but no decision has been made regarding whether to take that to the state legislature,
by Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
A new academic integrity policy became effective this semester, outlining new rules for faculty and students regarding academic misconduct, including a more official record of misconduct, stricter punishment and permanent committees, hoping to encourage faculty and students to maintain integrity within the learning community.
Associate Provost Jonathan Glenn said during the last two years the Faculty Senate, Student Government Association and Council of Deans have worked to establish a new academic integrity policy. The new policy requires faculty members who
believe a student has cheated in some way and wishes to make an official allegation for academic misconduct to fill out a form, have it signed by the department chair and send it the registrar to be put in the student’s record, as a sort of advising note.
Glenn said: “In the news these days, scientific misconduct is frequently the story of the day and it’s obvious why scientists care, because it’s not good science if it’s telling a lie. What this policy, I think, affirms is that we believe that’s true about all inquiry in the academy, that it’s not good learning if it’s a lie.”
Accountability is a big part of the new policy. Glenn said the faculty had concerns in the previous system, because when someone was caught cheating, they
suffered consequences in that class, but if the student was a “serial cheater,” there was no way to recognize that.
“The business of the permanent record is a really big deal from the student’s point of view and that’s absolutely intended to be a deterrent. This needs to be a combination of learning and penalty,” Glenn said.
The new system is meant to be a way of ensuring there is tracking for repeat offenders, like someone who repeatedly plagiarizes or uses other people’s work or cheats, Chief of Staff Jack Gillean said.
“I do think it’s a good thing. It ought to keep all of us on our toes and make us more careful of what we do and ensure that we do things that demonstrate integrity in the work we do,” Gillean said. According to the
new policy, the first infraction results in a permanent citation in the student record in Banner, as does each following infraction. Also, as with all infractions, it may result in course-related sanctions determined by the instructor.
The second infraction (or the first for graduate students) will result in mandatory completion of an Academic Integrity Workshop and a meeting with a dean or someone designated by the dean.
The third infraction (or second for graduate students) includes a referral to the Academic Integrity and Discipline Committee for possible university action such as probation, suspension or
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Freshman Shane Dobson checks into Hughes Hall while junior Shannon Kelley assigns him to a dorm room on Aug. 22, move-in day for freshmen.
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MOVING ON UP
Beatles Tribute“1964-The Tribute” has been named the “Best Beatles Tribute on Earth” by Rolling Stone Magazine. It will be shown at Reynolds Performance Hall on Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Call the box office at 450-3265 for tickets.
Student Art ShowDiverse Perceptions will be showcased at the Black Box student gallery in the Schichtl Art Studio on Sept. 2. The show will begin at 5:30 p.m. For more information visit uca.edu/art/blackbox.
Distinguished LectureDeborah Norville, a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist will be lecturing in Reynolds Performance Hall on Sept. 17. Norville is the anchor of Inside Edition and has written three best-selling novels and two children’s books. Tickets are free to UCA students (limit of two per person).
Big Bears Meet-N-GreetThe Association of Future Alumni are hosting a Meet-N-Greet at Crafton Alumni Pavilion on Sept. 2 from 4:30- 6 p.m. It will include free food provided by Arvest Bank and the opportunity to meet the UCA Administration and SGA executive members.
Lawn PartyBeta Upsilon Chi is hosting a lawn party for all students on Sept.1 in the Student Center Courtyard from 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Games include washers, baggo and horseshoes.
Greek Information NightUCA’s 19 Greek organizations will present information on their individual organization in the Student Center Ballroom on Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. . If you are considering joining a Greek organization this year, you must attend this event.
Vortex Interest FormsThe Vortex, UCA’s literary magazine, is now accepting interest forms for potential 2010-2011 staff members. Interest forms are available by visiting the Vortex’s Facebook page, Vortex Magazine of Literature and Art, or their Twitter account, Vortex Magazine.
SubmissionsPlease submit fall events for Around Campus in 50 words or fewer to [email protected]. Include basic who, what, when and where information as well as contact information.
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Board approves replacing sidewalks; possibly historic
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by Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
During the June 1 UCA Board of Trustees meeting, via conference call, the board voted to authorize the replacement of three sidewalks around the President’s House.
The repairs will cost approximately $193,000 with a completion date yet to be determined pending fiscal prioritization.
The board also made decisions regarding the ownership of sidewalks by the City of Conway and current controversy regarding historic markers on the sidewalks running along Donaghey Avenue.
These sidewalks neighboring the President’s House are on the north side of the home along South Boulevard, the sidewalks in front of the home along Donaghey Avenue and the south and east side of the house.
The project, which will use stained and stamped concrete, is for safety purposes, President Allen Meadors said.
“There are some holes and really uneven spots and some people who visit, especially the older folks, were tripping. We just have to get the money and the time,” he said.
Meadors said the sidewalks are not a priority, and he
said he plans on getting to the sidewalks when the time is right.
“We’re going to sit back down when school gets back in session and see where our bankroll is, and have the Physical Plant prioritize,” he said.
Jeff Pitchford, vice president of university and governmental relations, said some of the sidewalk had historical markers on it, which could cause some problems for fixing or redoing them.
Chief of Staff Jack Gillean said the sidewalk had some historical significance because the concrete was laid using a New Deal-era, federally funded program where students were allowed to attend UCA with tuition paid in exchange for providing services to the university, specifically in this case, laying the sidewalk in front of the President’s House on Donaghey Avenue.
“Once we found out the historical significance of the sidewalk, we asked the Faulkner County Historical Society to examine the sidewalk and make a recommendation about what should happen to it in terms of its repair or replacement,” Gillean said.
Until word comes from the historical society, work and planning on the sidewalks is at a standstill. It was also discovered during this time that the sidewalk was put there through an easement that was given to the City of
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by Libin QinStaff Writer
This semester there are over 600 international students attending UCA. Except for few of them who are from English-speaking countries, English is not the first language for most international students.
Electronic translators are often the solution for these students. They allow students to solve many difficulties of understanding in an easy and fast way.
However, along with it, comes the ethical question of whether students should be allowed to use their translators on tests.
Dwayne Coleman, assistant professor of English, is one professor who does not allow the use of translators on tests.
“The problem is really a matter of equality,” Coleman said “I don’t allow my students to use electronic translators during tests. For students who don’t need translators, they may often bring up ‘Well, they have translators. They have unfair advantages,’ something like that. To me, there is just something unfair going on to have students using translators in tests.”
Some students think the same way as Coleman.
Cater Wang, a student from China, said “I have been here over three years, I have not used my translator in a test for, maybe, the last five semesters. I used it when I was a freshman. The reason why I stopped using it was that I felt guilty every time I tried to use it. Nobody in class would treat you as a guy who is using translator to translate the language. They’d treat you as a guy who is using some kind of electronic device to cheat. I could tell that from the way they looked at me.”
Unfairness is also felt by international students as not all of them have translators.
“It made me feel bad to take a test with somebody who used a translator, because I
didn’t have one,” Maggie Li, a freshman from China, said. “We international students all have difficulty understanding, it’s not fair that somebody can get help, somebody can’t during a same test. That’s why I had to get one myself.”
On the other hand, as the population of international students has grown, more people have been exposed to electronic translators.
Trace Thurman, a senior who studied abroad in China for one year, has a positive attitude on this issue.
“I totally understand the difficulty they are facing, that’s what I have had too. That’s not an unfair advantage at all. On the contrary, using a translator is what makes it fair. Because being in English-speaking country, not speaking perfect English is already an unfair disadvantage,” he said.
While translators have become more acceptable, it becomes a serious issue when people found out these technical tools can do much more than translate. They can be used to cheat.
Matt Gao, a student from China, said: “Nobody would accept phones during a test, but they may not know that a translator probably can do a greater job than a phone does on cheating.”
He said: “Information can be easily and quickly put into this little tool. Notes, slides, books, any kind of file related to the test can be converted and transferred into the translator. All you need to do whenever you want to look at the files is to turn it on and read the files pretending you are using the dictionary function.”
Some teachers have noticed this and don’t allow translators during tests.
Wendy Castro, assistant professor of History, is one of those professors.
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Conway, so the responsibility for maintaining the sidewalk would fall on the city.
“If we offer to repair it or replace it at our expense and they agree to it, that certainly wouldn’t be a problem. We are basically waiting for word back from Faulkner County Historical Society and the City of Conway,” Gillean said.
Meadors said he believed the city would be happy to allow the university replace the sidewalks if
possible, since the city would not have to pay for the repairs.
Gillean said that the administration is awaiting word, and hoping for specific guidelines from the society and the city regarding recommendations about whether it should be stamped concrete, smooth concrete, merely repaired or some other option.
“I have a feeling [the city is] going to ask us to go ahead and do it,” Meadors said.
The administration and the Physical Plant have become concerned that certain areas of the sidewalk are uneven and a tripping hazard to visitors.
Gillean said: “You want to maintain the sidewalks in a way that they are not hazardous to the public that uses them and that’s really what prompted the administration to present to the board a proposal for replacing the sidewalks, so we could hopefully make sure they were in good condition and not be a danger to the public.”
The administration is waiting until a later date, and pending action from the City of Conway and the historical society before any decision is made.
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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.
Police BeatPolice arrest student for public intoxication, drinking in public.
Student Jason C. Gillihan, 21, was arrested Aug. 29 for public intoxication.
Gillihan was arrested after an officer saw him punch a stop sign in a gravel parking lot on the corner of College and Western Avenues and pull down a caution tape that had been put up on private property. When the officer approached Gillihan he discovered hehad a bottle of Mikes Hard Margarita and a can of Miller Light in his pockets.
After making several attempts to call someone sober to pick him up, Gillihan was arrested and brought to the UCA police station where he was later released to a sober individual that signed a physical custody waiver.
Non-students issued alcohol violations, notification of ban letters from campus
Non-students Dylan L. Laster, 19, and Zachary D. Banes, 19, were both issued a minor in possession of alcohol and ban letters from the UCA campus Aug. 28 when an officer approached their running vehicle in the parking lot between College Avenue and Augusta Street and saw two alcohol bottles in the pockets of the vehicle seats.
The two suspects were in possession of a fifth of Bombay Gin, a half gallon of Seagrams Gin and a fifth of Cuervo 1800 Silver Tequila, all of which the officer had the men pour out.
Student arrested for public intoxication at party
Student Elijah P. Nichols, 21, was cited for public
intoxication Aug. 28 after refusing to leave the Sigma Phi Epsilon house.
Nichols pushed an officer in the hallway and the officer saw that Nichols was intoxicated.
The officer had Nichols escorted by a female to the front door where he was to wait for a ride home.
Moments later the officer saw that Nichols had returned to the dance floor and the officer escorted him out back where the ticket was issued.
Student taken to hospital, arrested for public intoxication
Student Shawn Matthew Russell, 18, was cited for public intoxication outside of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house Aug. 28.
An officer noticed Russell being carried outside of the party by two other men. Russell threw up in the grass several times and began to pass out.
Conway MEMS was called and Russell was transported to Conway Regional Medical Center for further examination.
Police arrest non-student for posession of controlled substance
Non-student Nathan K. Terry, 25 was charged with posession of a controlled substance August 28 after an officer saw what appeared to be a drug deal.
The officer saw 4 males at the North East Corner of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house passing a small plastic bag around that contained ecstacy pills. When approached by the officer the men scattered.
Terry refused to answer any questions from the officer and was charged with posession of a controlled substance.
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STEM residential college sees development,increases student engagement in community
by Mary DeLoney Assistant News Editor
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Residential College in Arkansas Hall has undergone development over summer break.
It is the first residential college in Arkansas with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Leah Horton, a faculty member in the Department of Biology, was named the Resident Master of STEM in May.
“There have been a lot of us around campus working on STEM projects this summer,” Horton said. “I have been amazed this summer by how many people, both on- and off-campus, have been willing to invest their time in this endeavor.”
There is an advisory committee made up of one faculty member from each department within the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and professors Jayme Milsap-Stone, Carl Frederickson and Horton.
In addition to these individuals, local schools have also signed on to participate in service learning projects led by STEM students, including the Mayflower school district, Jim Stone Elementary, Bigelow Elementary, The Pre-School House and several teachers in the Little Rock area.
The Housing Department and the Physical Plant have also contributed by renovating Arkansas Hall.
“The renovation has been a major undertaking and everyone involved has worked non-stop all summer to ensure the building is ready for students,” Horton said. “The Housing Department has also worked with us to design a lobby that is inviting and conducive to the vision we have for the STEM Residential College. The majority of my time has gone to planning the
STEM service learning projects that we are implementing in the fall. We want students living in the STEM Residential College to get involved in the schools and community to enhance and enrich education within the STEM disciplines.”
There are four service learning projects planned for the next year.
There is a preschool through 12th grade outreach, where STEM students will be teaching science and math lessons to school children.
Also, science and math nights, which will be held at local schools in the evenings so parents can attend with their children
STEM and Kids Club, where the STEM Residential College has partnered with UCA Athletics to have a STEM theme for Kids Club at each home football game that will be led by STEM students.
The STEM Residential College is planning on helping in the restoration of Stone Dam Creek, led by Sally Entrekin of the Biology Department.
“We feel strongly that the programming that will occur in the STEM Residential College will result in a high value being placed on ‘service learning’ as an important component of our educational programs,” Steven Runge, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, said.
Runge said: “We are developing programming for the STEM Residential College that we
think we provide opportunities for our students to not only become degree holders in a STEM discipline, but to also become leaders in their chosen disciplines.”
The motto for the STEM Residential College is “Increasing awareness, improving understanding, and taking action.”
“We want our college students to do more than be aware that math and science education is important and in need of improvement,” Horton said.
She added: “By participating in these projects, our students will gain an understanding of why quality math and science education is vital to the continued prosperity and well-being of the United States, and, perhaps more importantly, our students will realize that they have the ability to take action and be a part of the solution.”
There are 210 spaces available in Arkansas Hall and the dorms are near capacity with students.
Leigh Ann Denhartog, the program coordinator in biology, created a logo and brochure to aid in advertising the STEM Residential College.
“Last spring, the brochures were mailed to schools all over the state,” Horton said. “In addition, we recruited for STEM at Bear Facts Days and other on-campus recruiting events such as Presidential Scholars Day.”
There is also a STEM Residential College T-shirt that students can pre-order online.
The STEM Residential College is funded directly by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
The STEM Residential College is funded directly by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
“We hope to establish UCA as ‘the’ place in Arkansas or the mid-south for students to earn a degree in a STEM discipline that will help them achieve their long-term goals,” Runge said.
“We hope to establish UCA as ‘the’ place in Arkansas or the mid-south for students
to earn a degree in a STEM discipline that
will help them achieve their long-term goals,”
-Steven Runge, dean of the College of Natural
Sciences and Mathematics
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Learning projects planned for 2010-2011 academic year
by Libin QinStaff Writer
This semester there are over 600 international students attending UCA. Except for few of them who are from English-speaking countries, English is not the first language for most international students.
Electronic translators are often the solution for these students. They allow students to solve many difficulties of understanding in an easy and fast way.
However, along with it, comes the ethical question of whether students should be allowed to use their translators on tests.
Dwayne Coleman, assistant professor of English, is one professor who does not allow the use of translators on tests.
“The problem is really a matter of equality,” Coleman said “I don’t allow my students to use electronic translators during tests. For students who don’t need translators, they may often bring up ‘Well, they have translators. They have unfair advantages,’ something like that. To me, there is just something unfair going on to have students using translators in tests.”
Some students think the same way as Coleman.
Cater Wang, a student from China, said “I have been here over three years, I have not used my translator in a test for, maybe, the last five semesters. I used it when I was a freshman. The reason why I stopped using it was that I felt guilty every time I tried to use it. Nobody in class would treat you as a guy who is using translator to translate the language. They’d treat you as a guy who is using some kind of electronic device to cheat. I could tell that from the way they looked at me.”
Unfairness is also felt by international students as not all of them have translators.
“It made me feel bad to take a test with somebody who used a translator, because I
didn’t have one,” Maggie Li, a freshman from China, said. “We international students all have difficulty understanding, it’s not fair that somebody can get help, somebody can’t during a same test. That’s why I had to get one myself.”
On the other hand, as the population of international students has grown, more people have been exposed to electronic translators.
Trace Thurman, a senior who studied abroad in China for one year, has a positive attitude on this issue.
“I totally understand the difficulty they are facing, that’s what I have had too. That’s not an unfair advantage at all. On the contrary, using a translator is what makes it fair. Because being in English-speaking country, not speaking perfect English is already an unfair disadvantage,” he said.
While translators have become more acceptable, it becomes a serious issue when people found out these technical tools can do much more than translate. They can be used to cheat.
Matt Gao, a student from China, said: “Nobody would accept phones during a test, but they may not know that a translator probably can do a greater job than a phone does on cheating.”
He said: “Information can be easily and quickly put into this little tool. Notes, slides, books, any kind of file related to the test can be converted and transferred into the translator. All you need to do whenever you want to look at the files is to turn it on and read the files pretending you are using the dictionary function.”
Some teachers have noticed this and don’t allow translators during tests.
Wendy Castro, assistant professor of History, is one of those professors.
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expulsion. The third infraction for
graduate students is automatic expulsion from the university.
The record will indicate the students name, ID number, professor, class, infraction and current status of appeal. The appeals process hasn’t changed–
there are 10 working days to reply or appeal to the next higher level, and 10 working days for the person the student contacted to meet or reply to them.
Appeals to the university level are the final step and the newly-formed permanent Academic Integrity and Discipline
Committee makes final decisions on allegations against students.
“I hope we have the courage of our convictions … we need to have consequences, and … if there really are consequences and people understand, then perhaps people will avoid getting into situations where they might get involved in that,” Glenn said.
Gillean said: “What an institution of higher education should do is teach them what is required and help them along in that and this will establish a procedure and mechanism by which that can be done.”
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Laney Hall roof goes green, literallyby Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
At the end of last semester, Laney Hall, home to the Chemistry Department, went green from above when about 2,000 square feet of sedum was planted on its roof.
The sedum, a small plant that looks similar to grass, is a material that is supposed to be drought resistant and, the university is hoping, will act as an insulator and lower utility costs in the building, Jeff Pitchford, vice president of university and governmental relations, said.
Although the sedum used is supposed to resist drought and be low-maintenance, it has not been able to completely withstand the Arkansas summer. Pitchford said the Physical Plant had to water the plants some during the dry months.
It has been tested at several universities and next year, the university will conduct a cost-
benefit analysis to see if utility costs were actually reduced due to its planting.
“It’s a pilot project. It will be interesting next spring to see if they can look back a year later and see if the utility costs are different,” Pitchford said.
President Allen Meadors said he hopes to see some savings in utility costs as well.
“You have to take into consideration that this July was so much hotter than a year ago July, so it not going to be quite fair, but you have to try to balance those,” Meadors said.
Having survived the extreme heat of this last Arkansas summer with a small amount of help from the Physical Plant, the green roof could still yield savings in the long run.
Meadors said if the university sees savings from the project on Laney Hall, others could expect to see green roofs on other buildings across campus.
Meadors said: “Our goal is if
it show that it is effective, [and] our next goal is to try to see if we could do the library.”
It hasn’t been confirmed if the Torreyson Library could withstand the weight of the plants, but if so, the savings, in theory, could be much more than the savings projected from Laney, Meadors said.
“An enormous, much bigger project, but also much bigger savings. If we have savings with the smaller project, then you would expect bigger savings with the bigger project,” Meadors said.
The project is one of the latest by UCA to go green around campus. Meadors and Pitchford both said that UCA is constantly trying to find ways to be more energy efficient.
Pitchford added that soon he hopes to have a portion of the UCA website devoted to green initiatives on campus to allow students to be more aware of the university’s commitment to the environment.
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including summer classes), have completed at least 12 hours of courses with all of those classes being three credit hour classes with the only exception being that any course less than three credit hours can count only if it is required for the student to achieve their degree, and having obtained a 2.5 cumulative GPA in postsecondary education.
The Current Achievers requirements to remain eligible are the same as the traditional students’.
A non-traditional student must be enrolled part-time each semester (a minimum of six hours) or full-time (a minimum of 15 hours). They must have graduated from an Arkansas public high school and achieved a 2.5 or higher GPA in high school, graduated from a private, out-of-state, or home school high school, achieved a minimum of
19 composite score on the ACT, and have completed at least 12 semester hours of courses in postsecondary education with a minimum of a 2.5 GPA.
To remain eligible, the student’s requirements are the same as all other students except that part-time students must stay continuously enrolled in at least six hours each semester.
“I want to encourage all students who have been awarded the scholarship to make certain that they have read the requirements relative to the type of Academic Challenge Scholarship they were awarded,” Lyons said.
Senior Jamie Cason said she had originally signed up for 12 credit hours, but when she found out she had received the scholarship, she signed up for another course obtain the 15 hours required.
Senior Megan Carlile applied for the scholarship and said: “I just applied like everyone else. I got an e-mail saying that I didn’t get the scholarship and that I would classify as a non-traditional student because I sat a year out. And then two days later I got another e-mail saying that I got the scholarship under the non-traditional requirements.”
However, some students who applied were not so lucky as to receive the scholarship. “The feedback we have received from students and their families is that they had hopes that they would receive the scholarship and they were disappointed when they were notified that they had not,” Lyons said.
This scholarship is providing a tremendous resource for students who may not have pursued higher education, Lyons said.
She said: “For other students, it will significantly reduce the loan debt they might have otherwise had to borrow.”
For information regarding the Arkansas Challenge Scholarship, visit Financial the Aid Office.
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Planning grant estimates Old Main redesignby Rachel McAdamsNews Editor
A May 5 presentation to the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) resulted in the approval of a $64,500 planning grant, which will fund the master plan of the renovation of Old Main, previously known as Main Hall or the Administration Building.
Shelley Mehl, vice president of advancement, made a request to the UCA Board of Trustees and was approved on Aug. 20, that the official name of the building change to Old Main and nominated the building to the National Historic Registry.
“That’s an honorary distinction,” Mehl said. “I think it shows UCA’s commitment to its history, to preserving it, to respecting it and to making sure that a building like that with such a historic significance, from the architect who worked on the design to when it was built and its prominence on campus really helps make sure it’s relevant for the future. It could last another 100 years, and that’s really what we want.”
ANCRC administers the Natural and Cultural Resources Grants and Trust Fund, funding various renovations and restorations of state-owned historic sites for the benefit of present and future generations, according to ancrc.org.
Mehl said she hopes ANCRC will continue support of Old Main and other historic sites at UCA.
This planning grant pays for contractors, architects and various specialists to estimate needed repairs and renovations that will preserve the integrity of the building. At the same time, Mehl is establishing a series of focus groups to bring ideas to the administration as to the possibilities of the future of Old Main.
Mehl said: “For us to go out and apply for grants or to go raise money, the first logical question is going to be, ‘What are you going to use it for?’ For example, it could house archives. Wouldn’t that be an appropriate location for them; for the archives to reside in
the oldest building on campus? Well, then you have issues about storage and correct humidity and temperature and all of that.”
The grant and these focus groups hope to answer those questions and then return to ANCRC for the actual renovations and restorations, but Mehl said the university cannot depend solely on ANCRC to fund all of the renovations that may be needed.
“We’ll look at foundation grants and some direct fundraising with alums. If you think about it, every living alum has been in that building and had different experiences depending on when you were at UCA. I think that’s one building on campus that is really meaningful,” she said.
Mehl said she hopes to find out what to do to appropriately preserve and restore as much of Old Main as possible, raise the money to get the work done and be able to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the oldest building on campus in February 2019.
She said: “I’m excited and genuinely think before 2019 gets here, Main Hall is going to be transformed and is going to be back in its glory.”
Old Main was built in 1919 and designed by architect James Almond in the classical revival style.
“It’s a very special architecture once you start to look at it,” Gayle Seymour, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, said.
The builder, George Washington Donaghey, Conway citizen and retired Arkansas governor, was known for his strong education stance and overcoming bureaucracy to build the State Capitol Building.
“In 1919, when UCA wanted to build a building, they managed to get the prefect person. The Conway person. The education person. The former governor,” Seymour said.
Seymour said Old Main was build after World War I, when there was a flood of new students on the campus. The administration had to find a way to make an imposing, authoritative building on a fairly small budget.
“You always need to know where you came from in order to figure out where you’re going and I think it’s a mistake to tear down historical buildings just because maybe they’re not quite as functional or fashionable or whatever,” Seymour said.
She said the building was originally designed with a notch on the west side for future growth and then, when stimulus money came in during the Depression, Ida Waldran Auditorium was inserted.
“That really speaks to the kind of vision that the university had… that it anticipated a future of growth; that the arts would be an important part of the university’s development,” Seymour said.
Old Main, centrally located at the end of Alumni Circle, is the “front door” of the university, Seymour said.
“It’s right in the heart of learning. The library is right next to it. It is really this kind of historic and sacred spot on campus,” she said.
President Allen Meadors said: “Old Main is, like most universities, that building that sort of is the center of the ‘old’ University of Central Arkansas ... most universities around here have a Main or a building like it that you want to keep so it keeps you grounded in your history.”
That history, Seymour said, is an important part of UCA tradition and heritage.
Old Main, previously known as Main Hall and the Administration Building, seen from Alumni Circle. Renovations will focus on maintaining the original architecture.
Nick Hillemann photo
“You always need to know where you came from in order to figure out where you’re going and I think it’s a mistake to tear down his-torical buildings.”
- Gayle Seymour, associate dean of the College
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Gillean said. This would apply to homes
such as the President’s House, which currently falls under the
state statute banning smoking.The idea, Gillean said, is that
the president is required to live in the home by the board of trustees,
and “if he was an absolutely addicted smoker … he would not be able to smoke in his own home under the current act.”
Currently, in the leases of residence halls and university-owned and -controlled apartments, smoking is prohibited inside, and with these new rules, students who smoke must walk or drive off UCA property in order to smoke.
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“It’s all about technology,” Castro said. “It has gotten so much better. A couple years ago, all the translator would do was just translating words. That’s all it could do. So I don’t think anybody cared.”
Castro, who is a member of Academic Integrity and Discipline Committee, added: “It’s like bring in a paper dictionary to a test to
help you to understand questions better. You can’t cheat just by looking up the word, right? So the concern has been with some of the new translators, which you can actually save text on it. If you bring a translator with whatever you saved on it, it’s not different from bringing your notes to tests.”
“That will be cheating,” Jonathan Glenn, associate
provost and also a member of Academic Integrity and Discipline Committee, said. “If I store notes, I put this little button over here, and I can read the notes on the screen. No question. That will be cheating. That is a violation of academic integrity.”
Glenn said: “To be master at English is what you want to achieve, I bet you learn it faster if you know you don’t have this aid available.”
“It’s useful for right now, but it won’t be useful forever,” John Parrack, assistant professor of World Language Literature and Culture and a member of Academic Integrity and Discipline Committee, said.
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In the midst of an article on more UCA spending, the Log Cabin Democrat highlighted a sad truth at UCA: The faculty and non-classified staff have not received pay increases in the past four years.
Because of the rough financial road the university has been traveling the past few years, as well as the untimely economic recession, the professors, instructors, lecturers, deans, department chairs, vice presidents, project administrators and business managers have all been without raises.
It’s a grim fact. Although UCA received thousands of dollars in stimulus money, there were limitations on the funds that required they be used on certain types of projects, specifically for the purpose of employing new workers. Faculty members saw no more benefit from these funds than did everyone else who walks around campus.
Faculty and staff were undoubtedly hopeful when a 2.25 percent pay increase was included in the budget for 2010-2011. Unfortunately the economy continues to suffer, which prompted Gov. Mike Beebe to request that all public universities put a hold on these raises until January. The UCA Board of Trustees, along with the boards of other public universities in Arkansas, heeded his word and temporarily withdrew the pay increases.
This means many faculty and staff are beginning the school year with only the promise that raises will be given retroactively, presumably to happen in January. President Allen Meadors even said in his welcome letter to faculty and staff that this was the case.
While receiving their raises late is better than not receiving raises at all, it must surely be
disheartening for many of the faculty and staff members.
So many of them, however, were seen on campus before the semester began, preparing for classes, writing lectures and composing syllabi, or assisting students with scheduling issues, financial problems, or taking part in Welcome Week. The faculty and staff, despite
the financial issues, continue to work to make our university and students more successful every day.
Even with low morale, it is an attribute of the staff’s dedication that they continue to work as hard as ever and don’t allow their frustration to come through in their
lectures or jobs. Indeed, the lectures this year have been as enthralling, hard-hitting and well-thought as ever.
Some of the faculty and staff work jobs that are often thankless and it would be hard to imagine a professor or staff member that doesn’t wish for a little gratitude from the students who are, after all, the people whom this university serves.
As you begin classes this semester, keep in mind the troubles that bother many professors and faculty members. Even with the terrible heat and stress of beginning a new year, be thoughtful and thankful of the faculty and staff that spend as much time on campus, or more, as students do.
Be friendly. Get to class on time. Remember your books and pens, and to turn off your phone. Be patient waiting in lines, and willing to listen to the staff that is there to help you. They may not be having the best beginning of the semester, but they’re working their hardest to make sure students do.
Smokers on campus have new worries to consider besides their health. With the introduction of Arkansas’ Clean Air on Campus Act, students, faculty and visitors alike will have to find another place to practice their habit, whether they smoke it or dip it.
The state legislation only banned cigarettes and other products that produce second-hand smoke. The UCA Board of Trustees, however, expanded the ban to include all tobacco products. Offenders may receive a citation ranging between $100 and $500.
Introducing a rule of this magnitude, however, opened a number of questions the university’s administration had to consider when implementing the ban.
There was a question of whether sidewalks were included in the ban. Conway residents who are not affiliated with the university often walk on the sidewalks.
Chief of Staff Jack Gillean answered this question, after the administration consulted Conway City Attorney Mike Murphy. The university holds control of the sidewalks, so they are included in the ban. A plus for many, but it furthers the inconvenience to smokers.
Another issue that arose was whether university-owned houses, such as the President’s House, should be included. Under the legislation they are, but according to an Aug. 1 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette story, Jeff Pitchford, vice president of university and governmental relations, said he didn’t think legislators had considered everything around the bill. The article reported that the administration was considering an exception be made to the ban because of rules requiring the president to live on campus. The story reported that Meadors doesn’t smoke but his wife is an occasional smoker. The Democrat-Gazette reported later in the week that the administration was not considering an exception to the bill.
That’s a smart move for the administration. UCA would have presented conflicting priorities after enforcing a stricter ban than what the state implemented, and then requesting to be excluded from parts of it. The university should, and did, take a strong stance against smoking, and no one would like to see the most influential member of the UCA community take a different stance.
Gillean answered a few other logistical questions regarding smoking in cars. Any vehicle, university-owned or privately owned, on university property is subject to the same punishments, regardless of whether smoke is escaping from the vehicle.
Another issue facing the administration and, more importantly, the UCA Police Department is enforcement. Gillean said in an Echo interview that the university is placing focus on awareness rather than enforcement. Most offenders are likely to receive a warning unless they have repeatedly been caught smoking or their behavior is inappropriate during the citation. This isn’t to say that every first offense deserves a $100 fine, but formal warnings need to be recorded and a second offense should result in a fine.
While it is important to make sure all students, faculty and staff are aware of the smoking and tobacco ban, both the administration and police department should be wary of being too lax in handling offenders of the smoking ban. From announcements made last semester to news during the summer and the postings around campus, it isn’t going to take long for residents and regular visitors to campus to be aware of the ban. Because the ban does inconvenience a great number of people, particularly dorm residents, a number of people are going to disregard the ban. If all they ever receive are warnings, there’s nothing to keep these secret smokers from consistently violating the rules.
This also brings up the issue of trash and cigarette butts on campus. With the new ban, cigarette depositories are no longer located outside of buildings, which will result in an increased amount of butts surely to be found littered outside doorways. If enforcement is lax and the secret smokers continue to smoke on campus, this will become an unsightly feature.
The university began the year with a good decision regarding the smoking ban. It is now its responsibility to keep making decisions that support the state legislature and the university’s own modifications on the law. It would be unfortunate if an unnecessary request for an exception or a lack of enforcement made this rule as ineffective as requiring smokers to stay 25 feet from buildings.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo has done something that I love to see from athletes and really anybody in general: he’s standing up for what he believes in.
Gallardo has announced that he will boycott the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Arizona because of the state’s new immigration law. Gallardo was an All-Star this season and will likely be one next season.
The new immigration law in Arizona took effect on July 29 and requires police, while enforcing other laws, to ask a person’s immigration status if the officer believes that the person might be in this country illegally.
Essentially, officers could ask and probably will be asking any person of Latin heritage about their immigration status.
Baseball is a sport that has a high percentage of Latin players, and the All-Star game taking place in Arizona in 2011 is something that will be bothersome to many of those players. Gallardo is the first All-Star caliber player to come out and say with all certainty that he will boycott the 2011 All-Star game if it isn’t moved to another location. Other players will likely follow suit throughout the next year.
Kansas City Royals pitcher Joakim Soria and Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Valverde, both All-Stars this season, followed Gallardo’s lead and said that they would stay away from the 2011 All-Star game as well if there is a Latino protest.
All-Star Albert Pujols, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, has already expressed his dislike for the law and All-Star Rafael Furcal, shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, said he
would wait for guidance from the players’ union on the situation, according to ESPN.com.
While the controversial Arizona law is a huge talking point for many of the Latin ballplayers, others don’t seem to want to talk about it. New York Yankees All-Stars Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez both didn’t have much
to say on the subject.MLB commissioner
Bud Selig has said repeatedly that he won’t move the 2011 All-Star game to another location.
Personally, I think Selig should move the game to another location. The location
that I would choose would be the Washington Nationals’ new ballpark in Washington, D.C. Washington would make sense for two reasons: it’s the newest National League ballpark and it’s the nation’s capital, and wouldn’t that send a message to Arizona, especially with a Democrat in office?
If Selig doesn’t move the All-Star game from Arizona in 2011 and the immigration law in that state doesn’t change, then there is a likelihood that there will be a protest from many, if not all of the Latin ballplayers. The result would be that the All-Star Game really wouldn’t be filled with many All-Stars. The protest would make the game less exciting, if it even happens at all.
Latin players boycotting the 2011 All-Star game would probably prove to have a negative reaction among many sports and baseball fans. However, it would be a move that I would support 100 percent. The players should stand up for what they believe is right, and that is more important than ignoring their morals for a baseball game.
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People strolling around campus Aug. 26 during the first x-period of the semester were able to enjoy a rare treat on campus.
John Michael Vance, a UCA graduate, played an outdoor concert Aug. 26 during x-period for a back to school event with his bandmate Justin Payne.
They both played acoustic guitars and Vance sang most of the songs. The concert was held in front of the Student Center.
Vance performed original songs as well as covers like “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” by the Georgia Satellites and “Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show.
Senior and Student Activities Board President Bryce Vernon said: “He has played here in the past and we wanted him to play again.”
He said Vance has played for various functions at UCA and has also been booked by an assortment of fraternities to play.
Vernon said SAB contacted him and invited him to play at UCA again.
Vernon said he will not be playing at UCA again this semester but will have other shows in downtown Conway.
He added that the concert was paid for with the student fee that everyone pays with tuition.
In addition to the concert, there were free snow cones given out to students. There was a tent set up next to the stage where students waited in line to get a chance to enjoy the tasty treats.
Vance said he enjoyed his concert at UCA. “I had a lot of fun playing here,” Vance said. “The show went
really well and I liked doing it.”He said people walking by would stop and listen to him play
for a bit.“Some people really got into it,” Vance said. “Some more than
others.I have been singing for about 10 years now and I always enjoy
playing at UCA.”Vance said his first concert at UCA was when he was a
freshman. He has also played multiple benefit concerts at UCA.“They set up a stage in the food court in the Student Center
and I played a show there,” Vance said.He said he has played in the food court of the Student Center
twice. “I thought the concert was original and cool,” sophomore
Christopher Hall said.Hall said he believes that the presence of acoustic music on
the UCA campus gives it a greater sense of free spirit.Hall said he is a huge fan of original music, and he enjoyed
Vance’s original songs.Vance’s next concert with his full band, Ten Cent Hat, will
be Friday, Sept. 3 in Fort Smith at Old Town. You can see their upcoming tour schedule at tencenthat.com. The band’s music is also available on iTunes.
Vernon said he would like to bring Vance back to UCA again for another performance.
The next musician SAB is bringing to UCA will be Adam Hambrick on Sept. 23 at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Center Courtyard.
by Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
UCA Public Appearances has a jam-packed schedule for fall semester sure to include something for everyone.
Reynolds Performance Hall is opening its second decade of performances and Public Appearances has 10 exciting and entertaining acts scheduled to appear beginning next week and lasting throughout the semester. General public tickets range from $30 to $40.
“What’s exciting for us is that we are doing 20 amazing events in one year [10 each semester]. Folks in town will say [about Reynolds], ‘No, it hasn’t been that long. Didn’t it just open,’” Jerry Biebesheimer, director of UCA Public Appearances, said.
The events have primarily been broken up into three series this year: the Broadway Series, the Night-Out Series and the Nostalgia Series.
“It breaks it up for people interested in the Broadway or old shows to get to see those shows, but not have to see everything,” Biebesheimer said.
The Distinguished Lectures series will also continue from past years.
Leading off the appearances is “1964 – The Tribute” on Friday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. “1964 – The Tribute” is a show that was tagged as the “best Beatles tribute on Earth” by Rolling Stone Magazine.
“1964,” which began in 1982, recreates an entire Beatles concert from the early ‘60s when the Beatles first appeared in the U.S. from Liverpool. “1964” is a part of the Public Appearances Nostalgia Series and is free to students.
Broadcast journalist Deborah Norville will appear as a part of the Distinguished Lectures series on Friday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Norville, a two-time Emmy Award winner, became famous to Americans as co-host of NBC’s “Today” from 1989-1991.
Norville’s lecture is free to UCA students. Public Appearance’s biggest concert of the fall
will be from Grammy, ACM and CMA award-winning country star LeAnn Rimes. Rimes will appear at Reynolds on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. According to UCA’s website, Rimes will appear at UCA to promote her acoustic album “Lady and Gentlemen,” which is set for release on Oct. 5 and will include covers of country classics like John Anderson’s “Swingin’” and George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” The
concert will be $10 to $20 for students. The Rimes concert is expected by the Public
Appearance staff to be the biggest act of the fall semester.
“I suppose LeAnn Rimes [will be the biggest attraction]. She’s a big contemporary country singer. She’s about to release an acoustic CD and wanted a small venue to support it,” Biebesheimer said. “She doesn’t usually play 1,200 seat venues. She’s more likely to play venues like Verizon [Arena] and places like that.”
“The Three Phantoms,” with the Conway Symphony Orchestra will appear at Reynolds on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Broadway Series. “The Three Phantoms” is called “an evening of MASK-uline Broadway Entertainment” on the show’s website. The show features musical performances from “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Damn Yankees” and many more. “The Three Phantoms” is $10 for UCA students.
“Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi” will appear on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Night-Out series. “Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi” is a Chinese acrobat troupe that features “awesome displays of physical strength, incredible feats of balance, graceful folkloric pageantry, fast paced contemporary dance and energetic martial arts,” according to UCA’s website. The performance is free for students.
The Cirque Shanghai acrobat troupe is the anticipated favorite among students.
Sophomore Linda Gault said: “I’d be most interested in seeing the Cirque of Shanghai. There is nothing cooler than seeing acrobats performing stunts which are otherwise deemed impossible until
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Country singer LeAnn Rimes, left, and the Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi highlight the semester of Reynolds’ Public Appearances. Rimes will perform Sept. 26. The Cirque Shanghai acrobat troupe will appear Oct. 5.
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“What are your feelings about the new smoking ban on campus?
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“I think it’s dumb, because I smoke and have to go across the street to smoke. I can’t do it going to class. School is stressful enough, and cigarettes help. Now that I have to walk off campus it makes it worse.
Sophomore Marissa Bramlett
Students Say“I have to go off campus in the middle of the night to smoke. I spend a lot of my time loitering. I don’t want to get charged with it.”
“I am a non smoker but I’m indifferent toward the ban at UCA. Maybe we should have some designated smoking areas, personally I do not enjoy secondhand smoke but I understand that this is an inconvenience for those who do smoke.”
“It’s awesome. I’m allergic to cigarette smoke. I don’t smoke at all. It also makes the guys very unattractive, too. I hope they don’t lift the ban on smoking.”
Freshman Kenzie Butcher“I am for the smoking ban, I don’t smoke and don’t like being around smoke. I think that this will promote a healthier campus. Then again I feel that the smokers shouldn’t have to walk all the way off campus to smoke, just an area that is set aside for smoking instead.”
Freshman Preston Korte
“I think its a good thing because it makes people more healthy. Whenever I had to go to Irby I was always hit by a disgusting cloud of cigarette smoke. I don’t like smelling it or smelling like it. I completely support the ban on smoking.”
Sophomore Emily Jones“I’m allergic to it. It’s whenever I get around cigarette smoke that I get very sick feeling. I get a sinus infection and it makes me feel bad. I hope they keep the ban going.”
Freshman Holly Hockaday“The law should have been passed but not yet enforced. This way it would give people time to adjust to the ban instead of forcing it right away. Smoking is addictive and it is hard to quit on short notice.”
Senior Michael Hinds
Freshman Daley Johnston participates in a Welcome Week activity for Short/Denney hall during the annual Battles of the Halls on Aug. 24.
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SPONGE SPRINT
Former UCA student John Michael Vance, left, along with bandmate Justin Payne perform in Student Center Courtyard during x-period Aug. 26.
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Students take summer classes overseasby Preston TolliverEntertainment Editor
Several students took their studies to other parts of the world this summer, taking advantage of UCA’s Study Abroad program.
Five trips were sponsored by the program, sending liberal arts students to Paris, biology students to New Zealand, students in the College Student Personnel Services and Administration (CSPA) program to China and Art History and Interior Design students both to Italy.
Students led by professors Chris Craun, Jacob Held, Charles and Paulette Bane, Julie Monty and Jay Ruud toured the artistic wonders of Paris, visiting, among many other attractions, the site of Ernest Hemingway’s residence while he lived in the city, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triumphe.
“I spent time with some fantastic people and met them as we lived out a once in a lifetime experience,” senior Brad Cameron said. “You can always run off to Paris, but to be in college studying Hemingway and Joan of Arc in the country that made them international heroes, to be there with other students experiencing things for the first time, those are experiences you only get to enjoy once.”
Students who went to Paris spent much of their time roaming the city, sight-seeing historic monuments and searching for the
authentic French experience.“Paris is the coolest place I’ve
ever been,” Cameron said.Biology professors J.D.
Swanson and David Starkey led students through New Zealand.
“They literally covered the entire country,” Swanson said.
Swanson, who grew up in New Zealand, said one aspect of the trip he enjoyed most was having the opportunity to share his childhood experiences with the students seeing the country for the first time.
“The idea of the class was really to look at how humans have changed their environment,” he said. “[New Zealand] was one of the last countries to be inhabited.”
The group resided in Auckland, the country’s largest city, and traveled through Rangitoto Island, the region’s youngest volcano. Rangitota Island erupted 755 years ago.
The group also experienced Black Water rafting, which gave students the thrill of tubing through caves. Among many other adventures, the students were able to walk through volcanic sites, bungee jump and visit universities of the country.
Some students were given the option to travel to the southern part of New Zealand, however, it was not required. Swanson said that next year, visiting the southern part of the island will be mandatory.
“I loved it,” senior Shawn
Caudle said. “From day one, we definitely started to learn a lot.”
The biology class’s trip to New Zealand was the department’s first study abroad trip, as well as UCA’s first trip to the South Pacific.
Those who went to China spent three days touring Beijing and continued their studies by going to Qingdao University to learn of Chinese customs, according to the UCA Study Abroad website.
Director of the Counseling Center Ernie Ness was the faculty leader for the trip.
Both interior design and art history classes spent part of their summer in Italy. Professor Ann Bryan led the interior design class, settling in Florence to learn and observe architectural and decorative customs of the past and modern periods.
Art history students, led by Professor Gayle Seymour, also found a temporary home in Florence and studied the monumental traditions of ancient Italy.
Students from all trips were given opportunity to free roam the area and sightsee on their own free time.
“One of the base things I think we can do as professors is to get Arkansas students to travel,” Swanson said.
UCA’s Study Abroad office is currently taking applications for next year’s trips. Students interested can visit uca.edu/studyabroad.
A group of Biology students, led by Professor J.D. Swanson traveled to New Zealand this summer as a part of UCA’s Study Abroad program. Students also went to France, China and Italy.
photo courtesy J.D. Swanson
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Music department receives Steinway pianosby Crosby DunnAssistant Campus Life and Web Editor
The UCA music department went public July 30 with its plan to become an All-Steinway School, a designation given to an institution by Steinway & Sons, manufacturers of high-grade pianos.
There are 118 schools across the globe that have this distinction.
The announcement was made in Snow Fine Arts, where President Allen Meadors, Fine Arts and Communications Dean Rollin Potter and Music Department Chair Jeffrey Jarvis spoke.
“Students and faculty now have the chance to work with the very best,” Meadors said.
He said that with this new purchase, students will be better prepared for when they go out into the world.
“It doesn’t matter what department it is, our goal is to give our students the best,” Meadors said.
He said by using the best equipment possible, students will be ready for life after graduation.
Next to him on stage were two of the new Steinway pianos and after the press conference, three more were brought inside.
One of the pianos on stage would be replacing a 45-year-old piano. That piano will be refurbished and put to use in a class, Potter said.
“These instruments are the best for our students’ instruction,” Potter said.
He said it wouldn’t just be for music students, but for all students at UCA.
“Many students who aren’t music majors will take classes in music. These are going to benefit everyone at UCA,” Potter said.
He said with these pianos, UCA will be viewed as a step above the rest.
“We are the first school in Arkansas to do this, and it will make us be viewed as a better school,” Potter said.
Jarvis said the plan to become an All-Steinway School was first made over two years ago. He said he hopes that the school will receive its distinction in 12 to 18 months.
Jarvis said Steinway pianos are special because of the consistent quality of craftsmanship in their work.
“These pianos are all incredibly well-crafted products,” Jarvis said. “Each one takes about a year
to make and it is mostly done by hand.”He described the sound a Steinway piano
makes as being “powerful, rich and beautiful.”Jarvis said UCA has received five Steinway
pianos, all from New York, but hopes to have about 45 to 50 in a year.
The total cost of becoming an All-Steinway School is going to be around $1 million. $800,000 going to the purchase of the pianos and $200,000 set aside as a maintenance plan for when the pianos will need work done.
According to a handout from the presentation, to become an All-Steinway School, 90 percent of all acoustic pianos must be Steinway & Sons, Boston or Essex pianos, a maintenance program must be in place and all pianos must be placed in performance spaces and piano teaching studios.
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A group of freshmen gather at the HPER Center on Aug. 24 for fun at the Play Fair during Welcome Week. The Play Fair was just one of many Welcome Week activities scheduled for incoming freshmen.
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President Allen Meadors speaks at press conference UCA becoming an All-Steinway School in Snow Fine Arts on July 30.
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Power HourBy Crosby Dunn
Staying in shape is difficult. It takes a lot of time and effort to get there and to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Many things that can get in the way of that lifestyle, but one obstacle most people don’t think it will hinder is sleep.
I have always heard that exercising should be permanent change in someone’s life. This summer, I rarely exercised but tried to continue a healthy diet. It didn’t work.
I am now back at square one with my weight loss and will be starting over this semester. I will continue providing advice but, starting next week, I will also try to help others who are just starting out, too. I hope it will give you something to relate with while encouraging you to continue.
When I first began exercising, I had a normal sleep schedule because of school. I had the same routine every day for a year. However when summer rolled around, that routine was gone. I was staying up late and sleeping in.
This put a strain on my exercising because by the time I woke up there was barely any daylight left to workout in and also do what I had to do during that day. There were many occasions where I didn’t work out because of a lack of remaining daylight.
Don’t let that be an excuse. I used it and because of that, I suffered. Daylight or not, do it. If you are waking up at 5 p.m. and going to bed at 8 a.m., go ahead and take a midnight run. Any kind of exercise is better than none at all, no matter what time of day it is.
However, you still need to be sure to get plenty of sleep. This is important regardless if you are working out or not.
The return of school can be tough on a proper sleep schedule, and there will be times when getting your full eight hours isn’t an option, but if that happens more often than not, it will come back to haunt you.
Whenever I don’t get enough sleep, I am exhausted before working out. Then, if I even decide to exercise, my workout is sloppy, which introduces the risk of getting hurt, and that’s only if I finally decide to exercise. If during my decision process of deciding whether not to work out and I’m already tired, I’ll sometimes decide to take a nap instead.
It’ll prove much easier to get plenty of sleep rather battling it out with yourself when deciding to take that nap or exercise fatigued.
you see it with your own eyes.”Senior Luke Irvin agreed with Gault.“I would say the Cirque Shanghai. This is the
only one that could probably hold my attention the longest. This has a lot more thrill to it,” Irvin said. “This is something that keeps viewers on the edge of their seat.”
The second of the two Distinguished Lecture Series speakers of the semester will be Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, humorist and author Dave Barry on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The New York Times called Barry “the funniest man in America” and Barry’s writings were the basis for the 1993-1997 sitcom “Dave’s World,” starring Harry Anderson. This event will be free for students.
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra will be at Reynolds on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Piano soloist Jonathan Biss will join The Academy and the performance is free for students. The Academy will also be the Artist in Residence for the College of Fine Arts and Communication.
“The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields has never been in Arkansas before. They will be on campus for a few days and do five different masters classes,” Biebesheimer said.
The Capella Russian Chorus will be at Reynolds on Friday, Nov. 5. The State Symphony Capella of Russia Chorus was founded by conductor Valeri Polyansky in 1991, according to the UCA Public Appearances 2010-2011 pamphlet. The Capella Russian Chorus is a 50- voice professional chorus of the Russia State Symphony Orchestra. The performance is $10 for students.
The Broadway Series will feature the musical “Forever Plaid” on Monday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The musical was written, choreographed and originally directed by Stuart Ross. The plot centers around four members of a singing group who get to perform the concert they never got to on Earth in the afterlife. The musical features ‘50s classics like Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” The Four Aces’ “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.”
Country music legend Glen Campbell will appear at Reynolds for a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Dec. 12. Campbell is a native of Delight, Ark. Campbell has sung country songs like “Galveston,” “Wichita Lineman” “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Gentle On My Mind.”
Campbell is also an actor who appeared most notably in the 1969 film “True Grit” with John Wayne. Campbell will be performing with his wife Debby. The concert is $10 for students.
The spring semester will include appearances by director Spike Lee, author Nicholas Sparks, the musicals “Legally Blonde” and “Cats,” comedians Rich Little, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood.
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BarCamp ‘un-conference’ offers technological advice to attendeesby Crosby DunnAssistant Campus Life Editor & Assistant Web Editor
The state’s first BarCamp brought together like-minded individuals who shared their knowledge on technology on Aug. 20 in the UCA College of Business.
Senior and computer science major Luke Irvin said: “BarCamp Conway is classified as an ‘un-conference.’ The way it works is everyone attending has the option of presenting.“
He said all of the attendees can choose to present on any topic. The general theme was technology, but there were no limitations on what people could choose to present on.
According to BarCamp’s website, people attended “because participating helps us build a technology community here in central Arkansas.”
Irvin said he expected the floor to open at 9 a.m. and people would vote on who would be given a time slot to present. The day of the event, everyone who wanted to present something was able to, Irvin said.
“It worked out that enough people wanted to present to fit our time,” Irvin said. “We reserved four classes and only three of the four classes are being used.”
There were four hours of presentations, with each hour having three presenters, and a one hour lunch break at noon. People were able to choose which presentation they wanted to watch.
“You pick one of the three you want to see and sign up for it,” attendee Pat Ulrich said.
She said choosing between some of the topics was difficult because she could only go to one per hour.
“You pick which one you are most interested in,” Ulrich said. “The hard part is that I am interested in all of them.”
The topics of the
presentation included social media, blogging and WordPress. There were 12 presentations.
Irvin’s presentation was called “Choosing Your Passion/Starting Your Legacy.”
During the lunch break, there was a giveaway, where attendees were selected at random to win wristbands and books related to Vayner Media, a branding and consulting company in New York City.
There were 116 people registered to attend BarCamp Conway and by noon, half of them had arrived.
“We had a good turnout. About 80-plus people showed up,” Irvin said.
Irvin said he plans on having BarCamp Conway twice a year.
Funding for BarCamp Conway came from multiple sources, and the Conway
Chamber of Commerce was one of the biggest.
Irvin said BarCamp Conway was originally going to be held at the Chamber of Commerce, but the amount of people registering to attend was going to make it difficult to fit everyone.
“The presentations were great. It’s all been interesting,” Ulrich said. “People of all ages have been talking about technology. “
Irvin said the conference has given people a chance to learn and ask questions about technology they wouldn’t normally get the opportunity to ask.
“The conference was a huge success. The Chamber of Commerce was extremely pleased and are ready for the next event,” Irvin said. “It will be a big thing for central Arkansas.”
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by Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
The Student Activities Board has a semester packed with fun events for UCA students this fall.
The semester includes eight movies, which began with “Iron Man 2” at Estes Field on Aug. 30, multiple musicians and comedians, and much more.
The first SAB event of the semester was the annual Midnight Madness: Casino Night, held for incoming freshman on Aug. 23.
“It’s always a fun event for incoming freshmen. It was really good and I think everybody had a nice time,” SAB Director Kendra Regehr said.
SAB had one of its three scheduled singer-songwriters of the semester, John Michael Vance, perform in the Student Center Courtyard on the first day of classes on Aug. 26. Vance is a former UCA student.
The other two singer-songwriters SAB has scheduled to perform this semester are also former students: Adam Hambrick on Thursday, Sept. 23 in the Student Center Courtyard at 12:30 p.m. and Townsend Talbot in the Student Center Food Court on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 1:15 p.m.
This is the first semester that all of the singer-songwriters scheduled by SAB are former UCA students.
“Usually we try to get one student a semester, but this semester they’re all former students. The only non-student group is for UCA Unplugged,” Regehr said. “This is the first time we have three UCAers.”
The non-student group performing during UCA Unplugged on Friday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom is The Smart Brothers.
The Smart Brothers are a folk group out of California whose album “My Baby” can be purchased on iTunes.
SAB tried to get a bigger musical act for the fall semester, but is now looking into the possibility of getting one for the spring semester.
“We are [trying to get a bigger act] for the spring. We tried to do a back to school concert, but it didn’t seem to work,” Regehr said. “We’re kicking around the Avett Brothers and some up-and-comers. Around November we’ll see what comes up.”
Comedians Kevin Shea and Arvin Mitchell will have students in hysterics when they appear on campus this semester. Shea has appeared on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend” and will perform in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. Mitchell has appeared on BET’s “Coming to the Stage” and will perform in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Regehr said SAB is working on trying to get a bigger comedian on campus sometime this semester.
“We tried to get Joel McHale of ‘The Soup’ and ‘Community,’ but that fell through. We’re investigating getting Craig Robinson from ‘The Office.’ Nothing has been confirmed. We just simply have a bid out to see what happens,” Regehr said.
The movies this semester read like a best-of list from the summer blockbusters. “Toy Story 3,” which became the highest grossing animated film of all time this summer, will be shown on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. Following “Toy Story 3” will be “The A-Team” at 7 p.m. the same night. On Sunday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. will be this summer’s buddy
comedy “Grown Ups,” starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Girls will surely swoon on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. when they debate Team Edward versus Team Jacob while watching “Twilight: Eclipse.” The summer’s critically acclaimed film “Inception,” directed by Christopher Nolan, can be seen on Sunday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. Steve Carell’s animated feature “Despicable Me” will show at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7 and the summer’s biggest comedy “The Other Guys,” starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, is Sunday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. All of these movies will be in the Student Center Ballroom.
The showing of “Inception” on Oct. 17 is the most anticipated event of the semester for new SAB President and senior Bryce Vernon.
“Because I loved ‘Inception’ so much I’m just really excited to see it again,” Vernon said.
Vernon said he hopes that during his tenure as SAB President he can help UCA do a better job at getting students involved.
“The beginning of the year we have SOS (Student Orientation Staff) and they do an amazing job getting students involved. I just feel we need more events to get students involved and that’s what we need to work toward,” Vernon said.
In addition to the movies, musicians and comedians, SAB will have spray paint artists Joe and Lefty in the Student Center Courtyard on Thursday, Sept. 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., inspirational speaker Marc Elliott on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, Build-a-Bear in the Student Center Lounge on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. and spoken word artist Shihan the Poet in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
Non-student Chaska Richardson, left, a sponsor for BarCamp Conway hands a T-shirt out to non-student Josh Jenkins at the ‘un-conference’ Aug. 20 in the College of Business.
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Freshman Leland Lambert, right, and freshman Dustin Austin compete in a Welcome Week dodgeball tournament at the HPER for the Hughes Hall team on Aug. 24.
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by Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
Brooks & Dunn, one of the greatest acts in the history of country music, brought their “Last Rodeo” tour to Verizon Arena in Little Rock on Aug. 21. The duo, along with Miranda Lambert and Tyler Dickerson played to a packed house for about three and a half hours.
Dickerson, an up-and-coming 16-year-old out of Mississippi, opened the show with a thankfully short four-song set. Dickerson is apparently trying to be country’s teeny-bopper version of Justin Bieber. His set included the utterly ridiculous “Just Like Hank, But Just Can’t Drank” and his upcoming single “She’d Be You.”
Shortly after Dickerson left the stage, Lambert took it and rocked the house with one of the loudest country sets, if not the loudest, that I’ve ever heard. She began her nearly hour-long set with “Kerosene,” the massive hit that really set off her career about five years ago.
Lambert followed with her many singles like “Famous in a Small Town” and “Gunpowder & Lead” from previous albums. Most of the songs she performed were off of her most recent album “Revolution,” which many critics and fans alike say is one of the best country albums of the year. The songs from “Revolution” included “Dead Flowers,” “White Liar,” her current single “Only Prettier” and “Sin for a Sin,” which was co-written by Lambert’s fiancé and fellow country star Blake Shelton. The crowd favorite of Lambert’s set was clearly “The House That Built Me,” which is her first career number one single and would be a shock if it wasn’t nominated for song of the year in the upcoming CMA Awards.
My personal favorite moment of Lambert’s set was the rip-roaring back-to-back covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Travelin’ Band” and John Prine’s “That’s the Way the World Goes ‘Round.”
Following Lambert came the moment that everybody paid their hard earned money for: to see Brooks & Dunn perform for the final time in Little Rock. The most celebrated duo in country music history kicked off their set with two of my personal least
favorite Brooks & Dunn tunes: “Play Something Country” and “You Can’t Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl.”
However, things quickly got better after the duo’s first two songs as they played hit after classic hit. All in all, Brooks & Dunn performed 11 number one hits. Among these were “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone,” “My Maria,” “Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You,” “How Long Gone,” “It’s Getting Better All the Time” and “Neon Moon.”
Other songs the duo performed included “Cowgirls Don’t Cry,” “Believe” and a special song that Kix Brooks wrote for the “Last Rodeo” tour thanking fans for their devotion over the years.
The crowd favorite from Brooks & Dunn’s set, although all of their songs truly seemed ato be crowd favorites, had to be “Only in America,” which featured four U.S. soldiers on stage and red, white and blue confetti.
My personal favorite performances from Brooks & Dunn were Brooks’ “Lost and Found” and Ronnie Dunn’s “Red Dirt Road.”
The duo finished off the wonderful farewell concert with a two-song encore which featured their first-ever number one hit “Brand New Man” and their classic “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”
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Fallon matures as show goes onby Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” has made an unbelievable turn since it first aired a little over a year ago following Conan O’Brien’s exit for a short-lived hosting stint at “The Tonight Show.”
When “Late Night” with Fallon began, it was sophomore-ish humor that frankly wasn’t all that humorous. Today it’s easily one of the best late night television programs on the air.
The show didn’t seem to have much direction when it first aired, but now it’s a solid hour of comedy that will have a smile on your face from start to finish.
When the show debuted, Fallon seemed slightly uncomfortable in the role of host, which was somewhat strange given his backing as a stand-up comedian and as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live.”
In the beginning the show seemed to rely too much on gimmicky game show-type routines as “Lick it for Ten,” where audience members lick weird, inanimate objects for $10, and “Hot Dog in a Hole” where audience members attempt to throw hot dogs through a hole. Not exactly laugh inducing stuff.
Now the show includes smart, fun sketches that should leave most viewers in hysterics. The show’s recent “Lost” parody, called “Late,” depicts Fallon and his staff being stranded on a random floor of Studio 8H, where the show is filmed, when their elevator breaks down is the type of stuff that should have garnered “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” an Emmy nomination for best variety series. Fallon also uses his skill for impressions greatly with certain skits such as “Robert is Bothered,” where he impersonates a rather troubled Robert Pattinson, who is bothered by things such as the iPad, Shark Week and Snickers ads. Fallon’s best impression
on the show has been Neil Young, where he appeared on two notable occasions to sing “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme song and “Pants on the Ground,” made infamous by “General” Larry Platt on last season’s “American Idol”.
The best recurring segment on Fallon’s show is without a doubt his thank you notes where he usually mocks current events or things that simply annoy him. Other great segments include “Letters Home,” “Hubble Gotchu Guy,” “Pros & Cons” and when he challenges guests (most notably Betty White) to a beer pong match.
Another great thing about “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” is announcer Steve Higgins and backing band The Roots play along in much of the show’s humor.
The show’s improvement in just over a year seems to stem from the fact that the writing has gotten infinitely better and it doesn’t hurt that Fallon is probably the most charming host on late night television. Fallon’s interviews with guests seem to be more like regular chats with friends then just stodgy interviews like you would see on shows like “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
Overall, Fallon still has some gaining to do before he could be considered as good in late night television as David Letterman and Craig Ferguson, but there’s no doubt in my mind that he’s getting there.
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‘Mad Men,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ take Emmys
FiveMost Influential Punk Albums of
All Time
1. The Clash - “London Calling”
Maybe the most listened to punk album of all time, even thirty years after its release, “London Calling” can still be heard on radio stations everywhere. Possessing an ever-distinctive style, the Clash were able to define a new generation with their defiant lyrics and fast guitar riffs. Currently, it is ranked #8 on the Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest Albums of All Time list.
2. The Ramones - Self-titled
Though the success of the Ramones’ first album, released in 1976, didn’t come until years later, songs like “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” swept the UK and the U.S. through fast-paced and short, yet distinguished beats. However, the Ramones weren’t recognized for their talents until two albums later when “Rocket to Russia” hit number 49 on the Billboard 200.
3. The Sex Pistols - “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”
Featuring two of the most notorious punk songs, “Anarchy in the UK” and “God Save the Queen,” “Never Mind” came after an era of peace and love and showed the world that even the most blatantly rebellious music can be revolutionary, as it quickly became the landmark album that would go on to influence other punk bands in the UK.
4. Refused - “The Shape of Punk to Come”
Refused vocalist Dennis Lyxzén certainly wasn’t the first person to scream at the top of their lungs into a microphone, but doing so definitely paved the road on which hardcore punk music would be walked. Fully titled “The Shape of Punk to Come - A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts,” the band had a title to live up to, and did so with ease.
5. Black Flag - “Damaged”
Black Flag’s first album differed from other punk albums of its time in major way: instead of a lot of yelling about big corporations and government, “Damaged” was just fun to listen to. Songs like “TV Party” showed that it’s OK to be more upset about missing a night of television and beers than politics, while songs like “Rise Above” still showed roots of rebellion and disorder.
list compiled by Preston Tolliver
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“Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon (right) watches as Mark Paul-Gosselaar takes the audience back into his “Saved by the Bell” days on a show last year.
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The cast of “Mad Men” takes the stage to accept the show’s third consecutive award for outstanding drama series. The show rose above tough competition, beating “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Breaking Bad,” “Lost” and “The Good Wife.”
By Julian SpiveyCampus Life Editor
The 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, Aug. 29. The telecast was broadcast on NBC and hosted by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” host Jimmy Fallon.
The big winners from the Emmys sincluded AMC’s “Mad Men,” ABC’s “Modern Family,” AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and HBO’s “Temple Grandin.”
“Mad Men” took home the Emmy for outstanding drama series for the third consecutive year, beating out “Breaking Bad,” “True Blood,” “Lost,” “Dexter” and “The Good Wife.”
“Modern Family” won the Emmy for outstanding comedy series after just one season on the air. The series beat out “Glee,” “30 Rock,” “The Office,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Nurse Jackie.”
HBO’s made-for-TV movie “Temple Grandin,” about the life of the Colorado State University professor who suffers from autism, took home five Emmys for outstanding TV movie, outstanding actress in a movie for Claire Danes (who portrayed Grandin), outstanding supporting actor in a movie for David Strathairn, outstanding supporting actress in a movie for Julia Ormand and outstanding directing for a movie for Mike Jackson. Al Pacino won the award for outstanding lead actor in a made-for-TV movie for his role as Dr. Jack Kevorkian in HBO’s “You Don’t Know
Jack.”“Breaking Bad” dominated the acting
awards with Bryan Cranston winning his third consecutive Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama and Aaron Paul winning for outstanding supporting actor in a drama. Kyra Sedgwick shocked many by beating Glenn Close and Julianna Margulies for outstanding lead actress in a drama for TNT’s “The Closer.” Archie Panjabi, of CBS’ “The Good Wife,” won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama.
“The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy for his role as ultra-annoying nerd Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom. Parsons snapped Alec Baldwin’s three-year winning streak for “30 Rock.” Edie Falco took home the award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy for Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie,” beating out perennial favorite Tina Fey for “30 Rock.”
Eric Stonestreet won for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy for his role as Cam Tucker on “Modern Family.” Jane Lynch won the outstanding supporting actress in a comedy Emmy for her role as the zany Sue Sylvester on Fox’s “Glee.”
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” won its record eighth consecutive Emmy for outstanding variety series. “The Daily Show” beat out “The Colbert Report,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Tonight Show with Conan
O’Brien” and “Real Time with Bill Maher.”The awards for guest actors and
actresses in a drama and comedy series were given out before the telecast. John Lithgow won for guest actor in a drama for “Dexter,” Ann-Margret won for guest actress in a drama for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Neil Patrick Harris won guest actor in a comedy for “Glee” and Betty White won guest actress in a comedy for “Saturday Night Live.”
The Emmys for outstanding writing in a comedy and drama went to “Modern Family” and “Mad Men” respectively. The Emmys for outstanding directing in a comedy and drama went to “Glee” and “Dexter” respectively.
Fallon did a stellar job as host of the Emmys opening up the telecast with a parody of “Glee” that included him, the “Glee” cast, Fey, “Community” star Joel McHale, “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm and “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson rocking out to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” Fallon also impersonated Elton John and Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong in farewell songs to “Law & Order,” “24” and “Lost.”
The most heart-wrenching part of the Emmys came during the in memoriam section where Jewel sang her heartfelt “Shape of You” while the Emmys paid tribute to late TV legends like Robert Culp, Gary Coleman, Art Linkletter, Fess Parker, Gene Barry, Peter Graves, Merlin Olsen, Dixie Carter, Rue McClanahan and others who died this year.
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New Interpol album shows growth, but lacks crucial change in soundby Preston TolliverEntertainment Editor
Interpol, in terms of genre, have always been sort of unmatched. Blending the unique sounds of vocalist Paul Banks with a perfectly-timed instrumental backing, the band has acquired a reputation of sounding different.
The band’s fourth album will prove to be no foreigner to this tradition when it comes out next Tuesday, Sept. 7.
The problem, however, is that even a different sound can become tired, and this problem is what makes half of the album sometimes difficult to listen to.
This isn’t to say that the album doesn’t have some strong points. In terms of musical progression, the album was hit and miss. While some songs lacked difference from those of previous albums “Our Love to Admire” and “Antics,” other songs showed that the creativity upon which Interpol has defined itself still flows strong throughout the band.
The album’s opener, “Lights,” begins as a perfect introduction into the band’s fourth studio album, starting out slow and steady, but still dark and rhythmic as Banks sings along with drums banging in the background and a soft guitar riff. The song then gets heavier toward the end,
becoming jubilant and excited as it sets the tone for the rest of the album.
The album’s highest peak comes in the form of its eighth track, “Try It On.” The song starts out with an almost eerie piano melody, leading into what turns to be one of the most emotional songs on the album.
Following “Try It On” is “All of the Ways,” which comes off just as emotional as its predecessor. The song comes off strong as Banks’ voice completely overrides any instrumental work backing him as he unravels his emotional will into heavy and melodic words.
The final track concludes the album almost perfectly, mixing a near-ochestraic sound with the band’s usual heavy, easy-to-move-to beat.
Lyrically, much of the album does not offer much to listen to. The lyrics come off as generic and repetitive, however, the way in which Banks delivers them is just as impressive as always. Additionally, the band itself has taken strides in that it mixes more instruments into its songs. Remnants of more violins and pianos can be heard from song to song, marking a milestone for Interpol.
Overall, the album isn’t bad and only gets better with every listen, despite a few songs almost sounding like clones of those from years past.
by Ben KellerSports Editor
The Bears 2010 football season starts tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Estes Stadium with their first game against the Elizabeth City State University Vikings, but the Bears have been working during the summer to prepare for the 2010 season.
Coach Clint Conque said this year is going to be completely different because the Bears have such a young team.
“This year we are a very young, inexperienced team in some areas, but I will say they are very hungry to learn,” he said.
Conque said one of the biggest things the team has focused on in regards to last year is finishing the game. He said there were eight games where the Bears were either winning, had the potential to take the lead with a touchdown or take the lead through special teams but were not able to.
“With regards to last season we have put all of that in our rearview mirror, but we have taken the lessons learned and have applied them so we don’t make them again,” he said.
Conque said the team also had trouble with penalties last season and has had the team working on cutting down on the number of penalties during games.
“We had a similar number of penalties during the 2008 and the 2009 season, but the
difference between them was we were not able to overcome the penalties during 2009 and the critical situations that they came with,” he said.
One thing Conque and his staff have been working intently on is their special teams. The player the team will be looking towards during all kicking situations is senior kicker Eddie Carmona. Conque said Carmona has been preparing himself well to take on the responsibility.
Alongside Carmona, sophomore kicker David Bailey will also be with the special teams, Conque said. Bailey was signed over the summer in order to give the kicker position some more depth and to help alleviate some of the stress from Carmona, Conque said.
“The one thing we don’t want to do is to over kick Eddie during practices,” he said. “We just have to be sure to rest him. During our practice he will warm-up, do one special teams session and then he is done for the day.”
Conque said Carmona was injured early on during summer camps, but it turned out to be a good thing because the rest was good for Carmona and it gave the staff time to work with more of the younger players in special teams.
Conque said he has been pleased with the development of the whole team, and has been especially pleased to see senior quarterback
Nathan Dick come out as a leader on the offensive side of the ball.
He added that the biggest blow to the team so far has been losing their starting senior tight end Rico Moss who tore his Achilles Tendon. Conque said Moss will not be back because the recovery time from such an injury will last past the season. There are several other players who have stepped up to help fill Moss’s position and is confident they will get the job done, Conque said.
Conque said the defensive teams have been working hard as well to get ready for the season. He said he is looking to senior defensive end Markell Carter to raise his level of play and help take the defensive teams to the next level.
Bailey said the team’s defense has been looking good all around in terms of speed and defending the pass and run.
“The whole unit is playing together well,” he said.
Although the team has been preparing for the whole season, Conque said they have just started watching videos of the Vikings and started working on a plan of attack for the game tomorrow.
“The guys are ready to play a game,” he said. “Up until now all they have been doing is scrimmaging against each other and they are ready to be out there on the field playing a real game. This game will be where we determine where we are at as a team.”
SportsSeptember 1, 2010
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Young Bears team prepares for 2010 season
For my first column as Sports Editor I decided
to do a re-cap of things that have happened during the summer break, both in professional sports and events right here at UCA, but first, an introduction.
For those of you that do not know, I am Ben Keller and this will be my first semester as Sports Editor for The Echo. I have been working as Assistant Sports Editor for the past two semesters under Julian Spivey
• Now, down to business. The biggest change I saw over the summer at UCA was the resignation of former Bears baseball coach Doug Clark. After a season of ups and downs and some very close losses, Clark announced his resignation on May 25 with a season record of 19-35-1. During his eight seasons with UCA, Clark had 209 victories and 213 losses. The season ended with the Bears in 11th place in the Southland Conference.
It is never a pleasant thing to see a member of a coaching staff leave, but sometimes change can be a good thing, and for Bears baseball that is what I am hoping this will be. I was impressed by the speed that UCA Athletics found our campus a new coach, and a well-recommended coach at that.
Coach Allen Gum was named UCA’s new baseball coach on June 15. Gum comes from coaching at Southern Arkansas University and brings an impressive track record with him. Over five seasons with the Muleriders, Gum compiled a record of 226-68 and was a heavy contender in the Gulf South Conference. The thing I am most impressed with is how many of his players have been picked up or signed with professional teams. This is a very exciting aspect for me because I love to see players from our campus go on to the professionals. Not only is it a once in a lifetime chance for those players, but it also shows UCA to the world and makes our campus that much better.
This season alone, Gum had four of his players from SAU drafted during the MLB 2010 draft, one of whom was the number 16 overall pick. Two more of his players later signed contracts with major league teams.
• The other big campus news just so happens to be related to our baseball team as well. Former Bears pitchers Chase Huchingson and Bobby Pritchett have both signed with professional teams. Huchingson will be going to play for the Mets AA team and Pritchett has signed with the Frontier League to play for the Normal, Ill. Cornbelters. Both of these players were outstanding pitchers for the Bears and I wish them the best of luck and success in their careers.
• As for professional baseball, the MLB has already seen quite an eventful season with several perfect games and no-hitters thrown. However, one game did garner a lot of attention not just from sports networks, but national news media as well. If you have not heard by now, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was one out away from a perfect game and had his dreams shattered by a botched call from first base umpire Jim Joyce.
Although it was painfully obvious the runner was out, Joyce messed up the call and he knew it. As soon as he made the call Detroit’s manager Jim Leyland was on the field right
in Joyce’s face, but Joyce did not even argue. He later told several interviewers he told Leyland that he absolutely made the wrong call, but the person this call affected the most was the calmest about the whole situation.
Galarraga took everything in stride and never once blamed Joyce. It really was a great moment to see Galarraga standing next to Joyce on the pitcher’s mound the next day for the exchange of lineups. I was even more impressed by the fans of Detroit who gave Joyce a standing ovation as he took his place behind home plate for the day’s game.
The thing this incident has stirred up the most is the use of replay video in the MLB. As of right now, the only instance that a video replay is used is for home runs near the foul poles. As far as I am concerned I don’t think video replay is such a bad idea, but it needs to be used sparingly. Umpires are not only looking to see if the runner beats out a throw, but they are also trying to hear if the foot touches the bag before the ball hits a glove. It is a meticulous job and it would be nice to know there is a safety net. That being said, what I do not want to see is instant replay of argued pitches. That should always be up to the home plate umpire and no one else. A good home plate umpire will have a set strike zone he has laid out and sticks with for the night. He will call it fairly for both teams, but if you bring in computer technology and that little yellow box you see on replays of pitches, you will see a lot of times umpires call pitches that are balls according to that strict box. Not only would this upset the way baseball is officiated, but if pitches were allowed to be argued games would take forever to finish if managers were allowed to argue a set number of balls thrown.
• Arguably the biggest sporting event in the world took place this summer, the FIFA World Cup. I will admit that I am not the biggest soccer fan, but before the soccer team comes to murder me, I did enjoy watching the World Cup this year. I gained a real appreciation for how hard the sport really is and how exciting and tense it can be.
Of course I was rooting for USA, but I didn’t stop watching even after we lost in the second round. The thing I was most impressed and shocked by was how amazing all of the other teams were. From the standpoint of the average Joe Blow American, I am used to thinking we are the best at every sport, but after watching the World Cup I was humbled. I was amazed at the skill of the teams who made it to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of the cup. I sat there watching and thinking we would not have even stood a chance against the likes of Germany, Spain, The Netherlands or any of the other eight who made it to the quarters. It definitely put a new perspective in this writer’s head.
• Bears football starts tomorrow and I am starting to get excited for this season. After last season’s blunders and close losses I’m hoping the coaching staff has taken a few lessons away from last year and are ready to hit the ground running. This is our first year off post-season probation and while I’m not saying I expect us to go all the way, I couldn’t think of any better way of announcing our presence to the Division 1 world by making it to the post-season tournament our first time around.
By Ben Keller
Clark resigns, Gum hired; MLB looks at replays
Lukas Deem photo
Junior wide reciever Isaiah Jackson makes a catch during the Bears practice Aug. 30 at the practice field. The Bear’s first game is tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Estes Stadium against the Elizabeth City State University Vikings.
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by Allison HartmanAssistant Sports Editor
Kale Gober, the former Development Associate for UCA Athletics, is settling into his new job as the Athletic Director at Henderson State University, his alma mater.
Gober said: “I couldn’t pick a worse time to leave UCA, but it couldn’t be a better opportunity.”
Gober said he has been involved in many things currently going on at UCA, including the transition to Division 1.
“We’ve been working for the past five years to become Division 1 and get through the transition period and I will miss all of the excitement and hype that is going to come along with the first football game,” Gober said.
Gober said he is excited and confident about the new position, and it wasn’t until someone pointed out to him that he realized, at the age of 24, he is the youngest athletic director in Arkansas.
“It’s cool to say I’m the youngest AD in the state, but I’m held to the same standards
as every other athletic directors whether they are 24 or 104, and I can get fired just as easily,” Gober said.
Athletic Director Brad Teague said: “We are very proud for Kale. He is extremely committed to working hard. He’s very vibrant and never meets a stranger. His personality takes him places and I’m not surprised by his accomplishment.”
Teague said he will miss Gober and his aggressive fundraising, but he is very excited and proud for him.
Gober attributes most of his success to Teague.
“The lessons I learned from him stretch far beyond administration and I know 100 percent I wouldn’t be here without him,” Gober said. “I couldn’t have picked a better person, father, husband or athletic director to learn from.”
Gober played football for Henderson State and then became a graduate assistant for UCA football before becoming Assistant to the Athletic Director. He said the fact that he is an alumnus of Henderson State definitely adds to the excitement.
“It’s a unique situation and opportunity for me. It makes me care more because I want to give back to the instructors and administration I respect so much. I wanted to leave a legacy as a football player and now I get the same opportunity as an athletic director,” Gober said.
Gober said the athletic department wants to do three things: “We want to graduate kids, win games and raise money, and we want to do it in that order.”
Gober said there are many things he wants to change and do, but Henderson, a Division 2 university, is moving to a different conference this year, which will make things much easier.
He said, “A lot of things are lining up and I am confident that we will be able to make improvements.”
Gober said the biggest freshman class in 121 years is enrolled at Henderson this semester, which shows how great a job the administration and teachers have been doing.
Teague said they have hired Maegan Dyson, the UCA cheerleading coach, to replace Gober.
Kale Gober to serve as Athletic Director for Henderson
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by Ben KellerSports Editor
The Sugar Bears volleyball team is preparing for the upcoming 2010 volleyball season with several goals in mind to keep the team going.
Senior right side hitter Chloe Smith said the team’s number one goal is to make it to the NCAA Tournament.
“I think we could go a couple of stages into it,” she said. “Of course we want to win the conference title as well, go 16-0 and to play well as a team and get better with every practice.”
This is the first year all UCA sports teams will be eligible for post-season tournaments. UCA has been on probation from post-season play after moving to the Southland Conference.
Freshman defensive specialist Megan Elmquist said it would be amazing if the team was able to go all the way to the NCAA Tournament during her freshman year.
“I think being undefeated this year and going to the NCAA Tournament would be
awesome,” she said. “I look forward to having a great year this year and picking up where the team left off from last year.”
Elmquist said she and the other new players have been working hard to adapt to UCA volleyball.
“It was hard at first,” she said. “UCA plays a lot faster game than I had been used to. I had to get used to being low all the time and being ready for the ball because otherwise I wouldn’t get it.”
Elmquist said so far it has been a fun experience getting to know everyone on the team and working with them.
“The older players have been doing a really good job working with all of the freshmen by getting us ready and helping us out,” she said.
Smith said the Sugar Bears will have a good season as long as they all play their best every game and always strive to improve.
“I don’t really concentrate on the other teams so much, but more of a focus on how we are and how good we are as a team,” she said. Smith said some top contenders in the conference are Sam Houston State and Texas State.
“All of those teams are beatable,” Smith said. “We beat them last year and we expect to beat them again this year.”
The Sugar Bears started the year off with their Second Annual Alumni Exhibition match where alumnae of the Sugar Bears volleyball team came back to go up against the current team. The current Sugar Bears team won three sets to zero.
The Sugar Bears also competed in their first tournament for the year this past weekend in Laramie, Wyo. where the Sugar Bears won three of there four games. They swept both Northern Arizona and Murray State 3-0 and also beat Southern Utah 3-1. The Sugar Bears only loss was to Wyoming who swept the Sugar Bears 3-0. They will have two more tournaments in Fort Worth, Texas and Bowling Green, Ky., before returning to Conway for their first home game on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. against Northwestern State.
Last season the Sugar Bears had an overall record of 27-3 and a perfect conference record of 16-0. The team also had a 15-game winning streak that was broken at an away game against Memphis.
Sugar Bears looking to make NCAA Tournament
From the Shotgun
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by Ben KellerSports Editor
The Sugar Bears volleyball team defeated a team of volleyball alumnae three sets to zero in an exhibition match on Aug. 21 at the Prince Center.
During the first set, the alumnae had first serve, but the Sugar Bears quickly gained the upper hand by scoring the first three points of the set. The alumnae got their first point after junior outside hitter Jessica Hays hit out of bounds on an attempted kill, making the score 3-1. Halfway through the first set the alumnae attempted to rally and tie the set, coming within one point of the Sugar Bears, only to be thwarted by sophomore middle blocker Taylor Hammonds, whose kill stopped the alumni’s three-point streak.
The Sugar Bears then went on a six-point streak making the score 20-11 before the alumnae called the first time out of the match. The Sugar Bears went on to win the first set 25-15.
The alumnae stayed close
with the Sugar Bears in the second set, even tying them twice in the beginning of the set, but it was short-lived as the Sugar Bears started to pull ahead. Halfway through the second set the Sugar Bears had a 12-6 lead over the alumae. The alumnae were only able to score seven more points during the second set giving the Sugar Bears another win before the break in play. The Sugar Bears won the set 25-13.
During the final set, the alumnae had the lead for the first time during the match by getting the first point of the set. The Sugar Bears took the lead back after a couple of kills and an alumna’s shot hit out of bounds.
At the end of the set, the alumnae were going back and forth with the Sugar Bears, answering every point the other scored. Senior right side hitter Chloe Smith scored the final point of the match to end the set 25-22.
Smith came through for the Sugar Bears, putting up 14 kills throughout the whole match. She led all players in most kills for the match.
Smith said it felt great to be
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Bears Brief• Chase Hutchingson, former
UCA baseball player, signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets and has been assigned to the Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League. Bobby Pritchett signed with the Normal Cornbelters in the Fronier League. Pritchett and Hutchingson are the only Bears playing professional baseball.
• Sugar Bears volleyball player junior outside hitter Jessica Hays was named Southland Conference player of the Week. She lead the Sugar Bears to a record of 3-1 at the UniWyo
Wyoming Invite. She averaged 4.62 kills per set.
• The Sugar Bears tennis team will hold open tryouts at the UCA tennis courts from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Friday.
• The men’s soccer team tied 1-1 in a battle against Oklahoma Baptist on Saturday night. They open the regular season on Wednesday at 4 p.m. against Oral Roberts.
• The women’s soccer team beat the Lady Braves of Alcorn State 6-0 on Thursday. This was the highest output by UCA since October 2007 when they defeated Nicholls 6-1.
back playing in the Prince Center, especially in front of a crowd.
“I think when you play, part of it you play for yourself, but a lot of it you want to play for your fans,” she said. “It was great to get back out here and have the support of the crowd we had here.”
Freshman defensive specialist Megan Elmquist said it was a new experience to be playing in the Prince Center.
“I thought it was really fun,” she said. “It was a really good experience to play a match for the first time together as a team.”
Elmquist said her first game in the Prince Center was fun although a little intimidating in the beginning.
“The first time I served I couldn’t even breathe I was so nervous,” she said. “Besides that it was a really fun experience and I think the team meshed really well together.”
Smith said it was great to see alumnae from the volleyball team and to get the chance to play with them again.
She said she was really happy to see that all of the alumnae were still playing volleyball and that she hopes they continue to play the game for as long as possible.
Smith said the Sugar Bears’ strong offense came through during the match.
“We kept a fast offense going and had their blockers guessing as to where the sets were,” she said. The Sugar Bears had a tournament this past weekend in Laramie, Wyo., where they won three out of four games during the tournament. The Sugar Bears will have their first home game on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Prince Center against Northwestern State.