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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Corporation Commission plans to furlough employees to deal with budget shortfalls. The commission announced the furloughs Tuesday. Employees will take unpaid leave on February 12, March 19, April 9, April 30, May 14, May 28, June 1 and June 25. All commission offices will be closed those days. Commission spokesman Matt Skinner says the agency employs about 350 people. He says about 10 percent of the work force was cut last year through voluntary buyouts and other reductions. Director of administration Brooks Mitchell says the furlough plan is subject to change depending on funding. The commission had planned to furlough workers last year but canceled the plan before it took effect. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma soldier and a soldier from New Hampshire have died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that 39-year-old Army Capt. David Thompson and 19-year-old Spc. Marc Decoteau died Friclay of injuries they sustained in Wardak province. The U.S. Army Special Operations Command provided no specific information on how the men died. According to a news release, the deaths are under investigation. Thompson, of Hooker, was commander of Operational Detachment Alpha 3334, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Army says he enlisted in 1989. It was the first deployment for Decoteau, of Waterville Valley, N.H., who was assigned to the 6th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne), 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg.
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BARBARIAN HORDE TAKES THE FIELD IN MURDAUGH'S FROZEN TRADITION The only rules of the game: no shirt, no pants. Participants may only wear undergarments, a loincloth and shoes. The tradition began five years ago with four participants. That number has grown to 27. PH OT O137(■ AR I: flMB VI;
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The Murdaugh Barbarian Horde Football tradition began five years ago with founding players Aramis Douglas and Matthew Gossom. Douglas, Gossom and two other friends decided to play football in their underwear in the snow. That number has grown to 2Z including residents of Murdaugh Hall, Campus Suites, Central Plaza and West Hall. The only rules of the game are: no shirt, no pants. Participants may only wear undergarments, a loincloth and shoes. Students spent two hours in the Murdaugh Hall lobby cutting out loincloths and applying war paint. Students ran screaming to the field by Buddy's and were visibly miserable from the icy cold wind. Many of the students described the first time hitting the snow from being tackled as being the worst part of the whole experience. The game lasted for 10 minutes, and then the players ran back inside Murdaugh Hall, shivering. Go to uco360.com for more photos.
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NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION BRINGING CAMPUS CLOSER TOGETHER By Allison Cid / Contributing Writer
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The Older, Wiser Bronchos is a campus group of nontraditional students who meet on a bimonthly basis to discuss issues facing UCO and the community and stay informed about activities and events on campus. According to the group's founder, Nathan Box, a variety of things can make a student nontraditional: being 24 years old or older, having had an interrupted collegiate tenure, being engaged, married, divorced or being a parent. "Basically anything that makes you different than your average 18-year-old," Box said. After attending a conference last year, Box noticed there were several groups like the Older, Wiser Bronchos across the country and saw a need for one at UCO. Box believes nontraditional students feel isolated. The group provides
a chance for them to mingle and meet other students in similar circumstances. "We hope the members find things in common, see that there are other students going through the same struggles, and realize they are not alone," Box said. Members talk, but they act as well. The student organization creates programs, advocating day care and family housing on campus. The programs, according to Box, are built with commuter and nontraditional students in mind. Keith Falcon, a member of the group, believes the Older, Wiser Bronchos gives him a voice. "The college experience is very different for a person who is 18 years old and just coming out of high school than it is for a person who has been in the work world for 20 plus years," Falcon said. "So what works for a traditional student, doesn't necessarily work for a nontraditional student." Falcon
believes participation in the group allows him to play a part in making issues known to the school. Box tries to make nontraditional students understand that both age groups are intimidated. "An 18-year-old kid has been around people that are in his age group, then you come to college and sit next to someone who is 40, 50, 60 years old, and it's mind-blowing," Box said. Box thinks the group provides its members with a sense of belonging. "Everybody wants to know that someone cares about them," he said. Students interested in The Older, Wiser Bronchos are invited to attend a meeting on the last Friday of the month in Nigh University Center, Room 312. There are no dues or outside requirements. "Come as you are and keep coming back," Box said. For further information contact Nathan Box at 9743655.
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OKLAHOMA IMMIGRATION LAW CHALLENGED OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld much of an injunction against Oklahoma's tough anti-illegal immigrant law but said the state can now force public contractors to cross-check employee names against a government list of eligible workers. In a divided opinion, a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled
that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other pro-business groups had legal standing to challenge Oklahoma's immigration law. The law sought to subject businesses that hire illegal immigrants to financial penalties, dictate who can and cannot be fired and require contractors to withhold taxes for workers without proper documentation.
The panel said that though the plaintiffs would likely triumph with most of their claims, Oklahoma can direct employers to a federal database of workers eligible to work in this country. The judges also granted Attorney General Drew Edmondson some immunity from the lawsuit.
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