2009-08-26 Collegian

C e l e b r a t i n g 100 Ye a r s
of
o k l a h o m a P a n h a n d l e s t a t e U n i ve r s i t Y
The Collegian
OklAhOmA PANhANdle StAte UNiVerSit y
Vol. 90 No. 3
Wednesday,
August 26, 2009
Student Newspaper
O n T h i s D a y, 1 9 2 0
i heard that “i heard” Won mud Volleyball
the 19th amendment to
United States Constitution
takes effect, giving women
the right to vote.
InsIde
hard hitting
Football
Scrimmage, Glimpse
of What’s to Come
Ready foR some aggie football?
appaRently the football team is.
With the intRasquad scRimmage
satuRday, get Ready foR some
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action.
PhOTO BY Hector Cobos
What a Mess! Mud volleyball=Success. For more pics on the action, flip to page 6.
By Josh Edenborough
The
mud
volleyball
tournament held last Thursday
was, as expected, a fun-filled
night of getting dirty. The team “I
Heard” consisting of Cale Hoffman,
Aaron Ruiz, Bill Lee, Stephan Miller,
Courtney McDougle, and yours
truly, Josh Edenborough dominated
the tournament by never losing
a set. “I Heard’s” coach/honorary
team captain Mark Bultman said
when asked about the team’s
performance, “we just made the big
plays we needed to make to win.”
Everyone who played got
dirty, but the person that got the
dirtiest would without a doubt
have to be me, Josh Edenborough.
I did whatever I had to do to make
sure the volleyball did not hit the
mud. The cheerleading team was
definitely the second dirtiest team
there; however, even though they
didn’t win their game, they got
dirtier than most people do in a
whole year.
The tournament was a good
excuse to go hang out, meet people,
and get muddy. Jessica Lofland did
a great job putting together this
iNSide- letter from the editor
Why did the woman
go outdoors with her
purse open??
Look for the answer on the back
page
OPSU Volleyball
Saints, Aggie fans didn’t know what to expect.
But after the first minute of play it was evident
that this was a new and exciting team. With
only 4 returning players from last year’s team
(Meredith Powell, Cheryl Coldwell, Krisha
Roach, and Bianca Lopez) and a plethora of
incoming freshman talent and junior college
transfers, the possibilities for this team could
be endless. Volleyball at OPSU hasn’t had the
best reputation for success over recent years,
but it looks like this team is ready to make
some changes.
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to bring you the latest and greatest. Also,
that being said, the content has been a
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a new system while trying to get out all of
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Wednesday
August 26
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August 27
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August 28
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August 29
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August 30
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Goodwell, Okla. A couple of newspapers
down, a whole lot to go! We hope you’re enjoying the new color issues! Putting these
things out on a weekly basis is not a cheap
task though and we need as much help as
we can get.
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event, a big thanks goes out to her.
If you didn’t play in the tournament
this time I strongly recommend
playing the next time it is held.
Monday
August 31
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Tuesday
September 1
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If you were an animal what kind would you be and why?
Random thoughts for random people
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US
Treasury
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“Lioness, bec ause she is
full of courage and has
strong family ties.”
Carrie Huddleston
“A bear, the y are sof t,
c uddly and c ute - just like
me!”
Connie Butler
“A hawk , bec ause they
are at the top of the food
chain! I don’t want to
be eaten.”
Nicole Haught
Men can read smaller print than
women can; women can hear
better.
Coca-Cola was originally
green.
The state with the highest
percentage of people who
walk to work: Alaska
The cost of raising a
medium-size dog to the
age of eleven: $6,400
The world’s youngest
parents were 8 and 9 and
lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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“A wild mustang, bec ause
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August 19
Centennial
highway Signs
Celebration
6:00 PM
Student Union Ball
Room
Thursday
August 20
Friday
August 21
Mud Volleyball
6:00-9:00 PM
Football Practice
Field
International
Student
Orientation
9:00 AM
Student Union Ball
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Music Forum, Centennial Theatre
Saturday
August 22
Sunday
August 23
Is it Fall Break yet? Perhaps you should
spend today
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get with that kind
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of attitude?
Monday
August 24
Class as usual.
Tuesday
August 25
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OPSU Volleyball Scrimmage Set for it’s time to talk
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Wednesday
Article Courtesy of Scott Puryear
Goodwell, Okla. — Oklahoma Panhandle State University’s head volleyball coach, Mike Stephens, joined the school’s athletic staff in early May and since then has been very busy building
a team for the 2009 season. Stephens came to the Lady Aggie program after a successful stint
as the head coach at Lamar Community College in Lamar, Colorado and has over twenty years
combined experience at the club, high school, and collegiate levels.
This year’s Lady Aggie team is a good mix of veterans and new players and it should be a
good time watching them play. Though the Lady Aggies will officially open their season on
Saturday (8/29) with matches in Muskogee, Oklahoma (against teams from Mid-America Christian and Southwest Assemblies of God), fans can get their first official look at this year’s team
on Wednesday evening in a scrimmage on their home court against the squad from Seward
Community College.
The first serve will be at 6:00 p.m. in Oscar Williams Fieldhouse on the OPSU campus.
A College Football Player
Article Courtesy of Scott Puryear
Goodwell, Okla. — There is a great deal more to being a college football player than conditioning, practice, and playing in games. In addition to conforming to all of the requirements
set for student athletes, players must spend a great deal of time studying their playbooks and
understanding the instruction that comes from their position coaches.
Oklahoma Panhandle State head coach Mike Wyatt is “no-nonsense” when it comes to players
knowing what their assignments are both in the classroom and on the football field. In addition
to doing their jobs, players are expected to totally understand exactly HOW to do their jobs.
The fall semester has begun at OPSU, and Wyatt has made it very clear to his players that he
expects them to perform with excellence in academics as well as once the whistle blows on the
football field.
Select seating and parking are still available for the upcoming season. For further information about the Aggie Football Select Seating or Preferred Parking, contact Wyatt at his office
(580-349-1332) or email him at coachwyatt@opsu.edu.Fans can also download a brochure at
www.opsu.edu — then click on “Athletics” — then “Football” then —”STADIUM SEATING and
PARKING Brochure.”
OPSU Welcomes rosetta Stone
Article Courtesy of R. W. Stewart, Dean of Education
The education department at OPSU is implewill be August 31 through September 4. Submenting Rosetta Stone, an on-line web-based
sequent semesters will have an announced
foreign language program that provides prosign up time prior to the beginning of the
ficiency in speaking and listening skills in a
semester/summer session. If the account
foreign language. We are going to use this to
holder has not completed his/her course, he/
satisfy the requirement of a “proficiency in a
she will be required to pay an additional $50
for each subsequent semester. Accounts do
language other than English” for all education majors as well as provide it for anyone
else wishing to become proficient in a foreign
“We will be the first teacher
education program in the
state to do this—we are on
the cutting edge”
language. (English is also an option for anyone
who is not a native English speaker.) The following instructions apply to everyone:
1. All education candidates, other students,
and OPSU faculty have the opportunity to sign
up for an account. We are allowed 25 accounts
per semester for a total of 75 per year (fall/
spring/summer). All accounts will be handled
in the education office by Jeramie Mayer who
will be the administrator of the program.
2. Enrollment will be on a first-come, firstserved basis with Education candidates
having first priority, other students (including
continuing education) having second priority,
and faculty/staff having third priority. Waiting
lists for subsequent semesters will be maintained.
3. Education candidates will pay $50 to activate their account. Other students will also pay
$50 to activate their account. OPSU faculty/
staff will have the opportunity to receive their
_first_ account free of charge. Subsequent
accounts by faculty/staff will be $50 each.
4. All active accounts will begin the first day
of the semester and end the last day of the
semester _with the exception of the current
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The last time the nation faced something
called swine flu was in
1976. A little over thirty
years later we are seeing
it again. Daniel DeNoon,
a senior writer for
WebMD, writes, “Swine
flu doesn’t worry most
Americans, but that’s
likely to change very
quickly. A pandemic
that sickens millions
could close schools and
businesses, halt travel,
and overwhelm health
care facilities.”
The main question right now is how quickly
will there be a vaccine? What will happen and
when? One individual who has done much
research on this topic on the OPSU campus is
Jessica Lofland.
“The swine flu, or H1N1, is a variation of the flu.
No, you cannot get it from pigs, so just because
we live in an area with a lot of hog farms, that
doesn’t affect our probability of getting it one
bit. Actually, last spring when this initially broke
out, Texas County only ended up with one case,”
Jessica says.
“It’s not much worse than the seasonal flu, but
the problem is that we, and especially collegeaged kids, don’t have any sort of immunity to
it,” she explains. “So chances of passing it to one
another are pretty high.”
Ms. Lofland says there are four key ways in
which we can help prevent ourselves from
getting this flu and other illnesses. “Number
one is washing your hands on a regular basis,
especially after using the bathroom. It is recommended that you wash your hands with soap
and water for 20 seconds.”
The three other ways to help prevent illness
include using alcohol based hand sanitizers,
covering your mouth if you cough or sneeze,
and getting vaccinated with at least the seasonal flu vaccine.
As far as symptoms of the swine flu go, Jessica says that fever is the most important one
to look for. More symptoms include coughing,
sinus problems with tightness in the chest, and
possibly a sore throat. You might also get the
chills and body aches.
The bottom line is to take care of yourself
to keep your body healthy. If you take care of
yourself just by doing little things like washing
your hands regularly and getting the seasonal
flu shot, you will not only help yourself, but also
your fellow classmates and everyone around
you.
OPSU does have a nurse, but she is out of
town until October 5. If anybody needs a nurse
or is feeling ill, please talk to Ms. Jessica Lofland
in the Student Affairs office in Sewell. The nurses’
office is in Room 2 of the Student Union.
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5. When/if the student has completed
_Level One_ of Rosetta Stone (this is equivalent to the novice-high level suggested by
ACTFL (/American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), he/she will be
presented with a certificate of proficiency
from the education department and then
will be instructed to take this certificate,
along with the required extra-institutional
credit form, to the Registrar who will award
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whY do we pLaY?
What Would You
Do?
three senior volleyball
players here at OPSU
weighed in on the issue.
What is it about the nature
of the game that keeps
them coming back for more
abuse?
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It’s fun and a good experience. I
have a lot of fun with the team and
love to travel.
Senior Cheryl Coldwell
I play volleyball for the love of the
game. There’s no better way to go
to college and get an education
when you can still manage to play
the sport you love.
Senior Bianca Lopez
“I play to make my family and
myself proud. I am one of the first
to graduate from college and to play
volleyball in college as well as a
great accomplishment. Want to look
back ten years later and know I did
something not everyone gets to be a
part of.”
Senior Krisha Roach
PhOTO BY Larry Wiggins
As College Athletes, We find ourselves playing for more than just scholarship
money.
By Rachael Beck
Get on the line! Four dreaded words
every athlete hears on a regular basis that
has made them question why on Earth they
accept this punishment with open arms.
We repeat them in our sleep and wake up
in a cold sweat just thinking about it. I
mean, let’s face it, without someone blowing a whistle in your face motivating you,
or without you thinking about Saturday’s
game, who in their right mind, finds joy
from running a pole and back or a suicide
(they sure have been named appropriately)? You do? Take a second and really
ask yourself that question and be serious
about the answer. If it’s still yes, test it out
tomorrow morning with a nice morning
run at 6am. If your answer is still positive,
you probably need professional help.
Sure, when you were ten years old, your
parents signed you up for little league so
you could spend a little bit of that time
you were annoying them burning off the
three spoonfuls of sugar in your Frosted
Flakes on something a bit more productive
and less headache prone, but who would
have thought that decision made way back
when would have earned you money to go
to school? It might have crossed your parents
mind, but you could probably bet money they
didn’t take money out of your college fund
counting on it to pay for your education. The
biggest worry back then was probably what
kind of Capri Suns you were getting after the
game, or who was bringing the oranges.
Somewhere down the road though, you
took it seriously. You got past the conditioning, past the criticisms, past the 6:00AM’s with
10:00PM cerfews and you are now here. But
why? In high school, the answer wasn’t so
abstract. College Scholarship, duh. Ok, so mission accomplished. What next?
I know you’ve seen the NCAA commercials,
and although Panhandle may seem like a
small dot on the map, they’re talking about
us too. NCAA Division 2 sanctioned, most of
us will indeed be going pro in something
other than sports. We’re back to square one.
Who’s bringing those oranges??? You’re still
hungry.
What is it about the smell of fresh cut grass
that equates a cold beer and a wide smile on
a Sunday afternoon? Or how about the way
your sneakers get tripped up on the freshly
waxed court that makes even suicides and
that dreadful conditioning seem somewhat
appealing? What makes the ten minutes of
a three hour baseball game worth watching that double play or hoping that a thirty
percent hitter saves the day with the bases
loaded down by three? Why is it that we can
watch three of the same episodes of Sports
Center and be more amazed at the top ten
each time we watch it? Maybe it’s just the
way, as athletes, we push our bodies to the
point of no return that we learn to marvel
at the thought that others have beaten the
odds we face allowing us to expect the unexpected and respect the un-respected. With
the drop of a tear to a salty cheek vs. the sound
of applause accompanied with a bloody nose
and a “congratulations”, who are we really
competing against here and what is the
ultimate prize? Sure, we can fake it for a
while when the event is at hand, but when
does our subconscious kick in to really test
the gifts we have been given, giving us no
choice other than winning?
As humans, we revel at competition. Our
competitive nature has us look at other’s
weaknesses as a game. Focusing on their
weaknesses, we break them down to beat
them with our strengths. But to look at our
own and find the best way to disguise them
fully aware they are doing the same, is to
enter the actual realm of competition. Who
actually wins the fight; the component who
learns to beat the opponent, or the component who learns to beat themselves? It’s an
age old question that leads professionals
questioning their existence on the playing
field and owners struggling to put together
“the perfect team”. Here we are, playing for
those Capri Suns again. I hear more flavors
now anyway.
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Women’s rodeo Prepares for
Season
A hard hitting OPSU Scrimmage
on Saturday
By Jordan Muncy
Article Courtesy of Scott Puryear
BORn In Abilene, Texas, Lari Dee Guy seems to have always been a champion. With
11-consecutive American Junior Rodeo Association (AJRA) world titles, two National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) titles, and a Women’s Professional Rodeo World Championship,
she knows how to handle a rope. Breakaway roping is the fastest event in college rodeo and
August 15-16, the Oklahoma Panhandle State University women’s rodeo team, along with several
others worked on making it even faster, as they learned from Lari Dee herself.
KICKIng OFF at 8 a.m. sharp on Saturday, the women, whose ages ranged from seven
to college-aged, listened and learned from the Texas native. The group started by individually
improving their rope handling skills, as well as their swing and release. Next, the horses were
brought in and the instructor gave advice on every aspect of roping. Before the end of the day,
blisters formed on the hands of the ropers, and plenty of complaints were heard about sore arms
and shoulders.
BECAUSE ROPIng relies much on the animal athlete, the horses also received some tuneups. A good roping horse will “score” good, or remain in the box (starting point) as focused as
possible, just as a track-runner would in the blocks, giving them a fair and smooth start. Next,
a great roping horse should run hard (or break hard) as he first leaves the chute and automatically track the calf as it runs through the arena. Finally, he must stop at just the right time, in a
perfectly straight line, allowing the roper the best chance of success. After the school, each horse
was either improved or working at the top of his game, ready to help the Aggies on their quest
for prestigious titles.
TOWARDS ThE end of the final day, a jackpot was held to test the skills acquired. The hard
work paid off, and Shelby Alfred ended up with a first place finish. Students of the school received
ropes, caps, and other prizes, and everyone left ready for the upcoming season. A special thank
you to Dean Crosby of Texhoma, as he provided the calves used at the school, and also to City
of Guymon Tourism for their great support as well.
“EVERYOnE WORKED hard,” stated Coach Craig Latham, “It was good weather and good
roping, and hopefully will turn into a successful season.”
COURTESY PhOTO
Whitney Harding tries her luck during the breakaway roping school.
exciting Start for Oklahoma
Panhandle Volleyball Cont...
By Josh Edenborough
The team was very disciplined on the floor,
and played with so much effort. In spurts it
looked as though the team would not be
beaten. Senior setter Cheryl Coldwell was
doing a great job of setting consistently, and
leading by example
on how to never take
a play off. We all know
what to expect from
Junior outside hitter
Meredith Powell after
making 2nd team allleague last season; she
makes her presence
felt in every game by
showing her outstanding leadership and
hard work. Freshman
Karyssa Bowron and Hillary Isleifson impressed
all spectators with their all-around game and
ability to adjust to the college game so fast.
In 3 of the 24-minute running clock periods
of the scrimmage, the Aggies successfully
made it to 25 first twice. When Coach Ste-
phens was asked how he felt about his team’s
performance he
replied, “They exceeded my expectations,
you never know how good you are going to
be until your first game. Playing against a team
like Seward County, who
is usually ranked amongst
the top 25 teams in the
nation for volleyball in
the NJCAA DI, they played
exceptionally well.”
Senior leadership
mixed with freshman
talent seems to be the
formula for this team’s
success.
Once the
freshmen are learning
to adjust to the speed of
the college game and the
other players fully adjust
to a new system this is certain to be an exciting
year for the Aggie volleyball team. This team
will undoubtedly get better every game they
play. Look for the Lady Aggies of the volleyball
team to make some noise this season.
“Playing against a team
like Seward County, who
is usually ranked amongst
the top 25 teams in the
nation for volleyball in
the NJCAA DI, they
played exceptionally well.”
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Goodwell, Okla. — If you are a fan of oldfashioned, up-the-gut football, you would
have liked what you saw on Saturday at
the Oklahoma Panhandle State intra-squad
game. It was the varsity (in blue) against the
scout team (wearing white) and the blues
used some very tough running from Darryl
Brister, Zach McCaskill, and Jose Mendoza to
lead their squad to a 43-32 victory.
On Friday, OPSU head coach Mike Wyatt
had told his blue team (in very clear terms),
“You had better win.” Just to make the task
more of a challenge, Wyatt asked the scoreboard operator to put up 22 points in favor of
the white team before the opening kick-off.
Prior to the Saturday (11:00 a.m.) kickoff,
the 2009 Aggie captains were announced.
They are seniors Ben Lane (defensive back)
and Quinton Jones (offensive lineman),
junior defensive lineman Andrew Walker, and
Brister (a sophomore
running back).
It was the final
scrimmage of the
preseason for the
Aggies, who will open
the 2009 campaign
next Saturday (8/29)
in Durango, Colorado
against Fort Lewis
College.
Though Wyatt and
his coaching staff
ran an equal mix of
running and passing
plays for the blue
squad, they did their
best work with running backs McCaskill
and Brister following
Mendoza (one tough cookie at fullback) into
the line. The blue team offensive line, led by
Jones, was also up to the task of chewing up
yardage.
Chris Pearson was also a standout for the
blues as a kick returner. On one of his punt
returns, Pearson was credited with fifty yards,
but considering the fact that the sophomore
reversed his field three times during the
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return, he traveled well over a hundred yards
before he was dragged to the turf.
Wyatt had good things to say about several
players, including blue team tight ends Greg
Fortner and Drew Parker, a pair of juniors
who are locked in a battle for a starting job.
For the blue team defense, Wyatt liked
what he saw from several players; among
them were sophomore linebacker Jeremy
Ashby, junior defensive back Slade McCarty, and junior defensive lineman Gus Overstreet.
Players performing for the whites drawing positive comments from Wyatt were
freshman quarterback David Rotteveel,
rugged little freshman running back Ronald
Seals (5’5” tall and 160 pounds) and former
Guymon prep Trevor Lutz (a sophomore).
Post game, Wyatt said that Lutz (a 6’0, 190
pound defensive back) played well enough
to earn himself a spot on
the varsity.
Wyatt added, “With the
first game just a week
away, the scrimmage was
a good tune-up for us. I
thought the kids played
hard, but we made some
mental mistakes and
we’ll have to work on
those things in practice
this week.”
The future is now for
the 2009 Aggie football
team. They will prepare
for Fort Lewis (who
defeated the Aggies
in Goodwell, 21-0, last
season) during the week
and leave on Friday en
route to the Saturday contest in Durango,
Colorado.
Several fans have indicated that they plan
to head to Durango to see the Aggie-Skyhawk contest. For those who cannot attend
the game, fans in the Goodwell-Guymon
area can listen to all the action live on KPSU
radio (91.7 FM). An internet broadcast is also
available - log on to www.opsu.edu and click
on “Athletics” to find the link.
Kickoff for the game is set for 1:00 p.m. in
Durango, thus, the broadcast will begin at
2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
“With the first game just a
week away, the scrimmage
was a good tune-up for us.
I thought the kids played
hard, but we made some
mental mistakes and we’ll
have to work on those
things in practice this
week.”
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Aries
See if you can get into something fun today -- it shouldn’t be that hard! You
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You need to buddy up with someone you trust today -- the two of you can get
almost anything done! Left to your own devices, you
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Cancer
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business or financial matters. Your intuitive side is working
overtime, but your rational side may overlook some key
details.
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