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Editors discuss need for better enrollment system Enrollment is one of the most stressful parts of college. Forget about the exams, projects, classes, and trying to get enough sleep, trying to get all the classes you want or need to graduate at the same time as 3,000 other students is a nightmare. Students enrolled last week and, for some, the process was smooth. They have the luxury of meeting with their advisers to choose classes then the adviser wakes up early to enroll their students in pre-selected classes. The downfall of this is when a class fills up too early. Then they have to go back to the students, tell them the bad news and then have them select another class. By the time this is all done, most classes are full. For others, the process can be a little more difficult. They meet with their advisers, pick
the classes and then set their alarms to be online at 7 a.m. when the system opens to try to get in classes before they fill up. The plus side to this is when the classes they want are full, they can immediately find something else before everything fills up. Both scenarios can cause students stress. We need to find a better system. The one we have is based on who can get to the class they need quickest. Hundreds of students on the same server at the same time trying to get into the same classes can cause it to freeze and sometimes crash. Another reason we need to find a better system is the classes offered don’t meet the student demand. The three sections of the integrated science lab course filled in less than a minute. It is a class that all students need to gradu-
Talk Back “Did you have problems enrolling?” “It was complicated because there had been a hold wrongly placed on my account.”
ate, but there were only three opportunities each with only 20 seats. Its partner class, methods of scientific inquiry, had five classes each with 25 seats available. That math doesn’t add up. There needs to be more sections of required classes. Students should not have to worry about not graduating on time because of required classes filling up. There will always be stress when it comes to enrollment, but finding a better system that doesn’t cause as much stress is something administration should look into. We need a system that doesn’t cause students emotional breakdowns because of system breakdowns.
“I signed up late.”
Hannah Rogers film production freshman
Ali Funkhouser acting sophomore
“I made my schedule, turned it in, and got an email from my adviser that said I was all enrolled.”
“I only had three required courses.”
Ira McCurry dance pedagogy junior
Kristine Bachicha dance management senior
“I had a perfect class schedule but at the end only had two of those classes.”
“Our advisers do it for us. I don’t deal with it.”
Jonathan Falcon business marketing freshman
Morgan Wilson dance performance junior
Columnist pushes for more aware, less violent society I have seen my share of tragic headlines. Instead of being shocked by tragedies, most Millennials feel a sense of uneasy calmness. I mean, how many times can a mass shooting or drunk driving accident shock us? We’ve recently experienced several brutal reminders of how precious our time on earth is. The community of Stillwater and the state of Oklahoma were shaken by a tragic car accident that occurred last month
during the Oklahoma State University Homecoming parade. A time that was supposed to be for celebration became a time of sorrow. Sadly, what was a major disturbance at the time already has moved to the back of many of our minds. There have been many school shootings this academic year across the country. It has become normal to turn on the news and see a headline about another school shooting or drunk driving casualty. Although we hear
Tatum Nelson is a religion/mass communications sophomore from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She enjoys cooking with her mom and going shopping with her little sister.
about these incidents relatively often, we should not consider them the norm. Preventable tragedy has become so common that it makes instances like the one in Stillwater less of an event and
more of an unavoidable aspect of life. We need to change the system, have more of an influence over the law and less of an influence over the media. Spreading the news is helpful,
but we have begun to publicize killers with pictures and statements, which glorifies them, instead of changing laws to prevent future tragedies. Just talking about these tragedies is not enough to stop them. We are one unit, one community that needs to join together in times of grief. As Millennials, we may be more numb to these experiences than others, but we can bring change to our community by addressing problems at our schools. We can build a
society where future generations don’t find tragedy to be common, whether this change comes through legislation or education. Let’s be the generation that makes a change in the world by bringing an end to the routine of tragedies. Let’s start with our school. We can’t just stand by and watch. As we suffer through the heartache of these catastrophes, we need to look out for each other and grow stronger as a community.
Critic unmoved by award-winning film, wouldn’t recommend it The only things I knew about Foxcatcher when I watched it were Channing Tatum was in it and it was nominated for five Academy Awards. I did not know it was based on a true crime story. I had never heard of the Schultz brothers, and I did not know I was about to watch a depressing story unfold. Produced and directed by Bennett Miller and written by Oscar nominees E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman,
this film shows the viewer the effects of extreme insecurity, jealousy and self loathing in a captivating way. The film is about Olympic gold medalist “Mark Shultz,” played by Tatum, and his struggle to stay out of the shadow of his talented older brother “Dave,” portrayed by Mark Ruffalo. Living a life of poverty, Mark is excited when recruited by multimillionaire and wrestling enthusiast “John E. du Pont,” played by Steve Carell,
Danielle Petersen is a music theater senior from San Jose, California. She likes playing the violin, playing with her dog Marko and watching films.
to join his wrestling team, Team Foxcatcher, and train in his self-built training facility in Pennsylvania. Once Mark is given his own guest house to live in and full access to the training facilities, it is soon becomes clear that
it is really his brother Dave who du Pont is interested in recruiting. I won’t spoil the ending, but for those of you who are familiar with the story of the Shultz brothers and du Pont, the ending is as confusing
and messed up as you would imagine. I did not like this film. It was slow moving, although never boring. It was too depressing for me to watch. I did not find enjoyment from this movie or feel I came out better in any way from watching it. But, the four main actors in this movie, Carell, Tatum, Ruffalo and Vanessa Redgrave, gave outstanding performances. Carell offered my favorite
performance. I did not recognize him at first with his enhanced features for the film, but, once I did, I was even more impressed with his portrayal of such a serious character. Overall, I do not recommend this movie for everyone. It serves its purpose and tells a story, but it is not uplifting. I didn’t have a pleasant feeling after watching it. It is a well put together movie, but I will not be watching it again any time soon.
NOV. 20 Don Pasqule at 6 p.m. in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center
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Editor honors veterans but promotes peace-not war Today we celebrate Veterans’ Day. The first World War ended on this day 97 years ago after four years of slaughter and bloodshed. Veterans’ Day was first called Armistice Day to celebrate the armistice or ceasefire that went into effect Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day one year after the fighting ceased. He called for Americans to observe the day, “because of the oppor-
tunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.” Unfortunately the “war to end all wars” did not live up to that name. Humans continue to engage in armed conflict. It is hard to believe at times that the United States has a sympathy with peace as Wilson suggested. The U.S. has existed as a country for 239 years. For 222 of those years we have been at war, according to washington’sblog.
John Hiller is a religion major from Ringling, Oklahoma. He enjoys being snarky, planning his wedding and driving the other editors insane.
com. I do not consider myself a pacifist, but that is a sobering statistic. Most college students have been alive for more years than our country has been at peace. In our lifetime we have wit-
nessed fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now just as these conflicts simmer down, American forces begin to engage in fighting in Syria. It seems as we defeat one foe, another arises. The fighting may never end.
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dom of speech and freedom of religion, these are what our nation should promote. Not war and violence. Thank a veteran for his or her service and sacrifice to keep us safe, not just today but every day. Even as we remember those who have fought for our freedoms, know that we as a nation must look for other ways to protect our freedoms, other than violence and bloodshed.
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We cannot continue to fight these enemies, even if we defeat one group another will take its place. We must find ways to bring peace to these conflicted areas instead. Peace is about more than the absence of conflict, it is about working together to solve issues. There is a difference between a peace created by the threat of conflict and a peace created by systems that encourage cooperation and equality. Democracy, education, free-
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