FEB 11, 2010
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The American Hockey League has approves the relocation of the Edmonton Roadrunners.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti’s devastating earthquake. Skeptical health workers said no one could live that long without water and the last confirmed survivor found was a 16-year-old girl removed from rubble 15 days after the Jan. 12 quake. The only sources for the story were the two Haitian men who showed up at a clinic carrying the vendor, dehydrated and malnourished with rail-thin legs. But then the patient became lucid enough to tell his tale Tuesday. And while his account has not been independently verified, doctors now say the 28-year-old man could have survived on water and possibly some fruit beneath the rubble. The man — identified as Evans Monsigrace — told doctors he had just finished selling rice for the day at a downtown Port-au-Prince flea market when the quake hit. He said he didn’t suffer any major injuries and was trapped on his side in an area where food and drink vendors were selling their goods. “Based on that (his story), we believe him,” said Dr. Dushyantha Jayaweera, a physician at the University of Miami Medishare field hospital where hundreds of patients have been treated since the quake. NEW YORK (AP) — Americans backed off from holiday spending in January, but retail sales rose for a third month in a row compared with a year earlier, largely because of gas price hikes, according to figures released Wednesday by a key data service. Including goods from food to clothing to gasoline — but excluding cars — U.S. retail sales rose 3.6 percent from January 2009, according to MasterCard Advisor’s SpendingPulse, which offer an estimate of spending in all forms including cash.
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By Kory Oswald / Managing Editor Although the budgets for many departments at the university have been cut by 10 percent, the UCO College of Liberal Arts has announced that it will not have to raise course fees through the spring 2011 semester. The course fees are examined every year by the college. Officials compare what was spent the year before, possible price increases for supplies like paper and toner, look at inflation, enrollment numbers and even delinquent accounts with the bursar’s office. “Those fees are not affected by state budget cuts,” Dr. Pamela Washington, dean of the college of Liberal Arts, said. “They can’t come and say, ‘I want ten percent of your course fees,’ because ... money is paid by a student specifically to enhance their
classroom experiences.” Course fees are one of two sources of funding for the college. The other is the Educational & General fund that goes toward faculty salaries and other operational costs that are not strictly classroom related. The other source of funding is from the student course fees that are collected when a student enrolls in a class in the department. The spending of course fees must directly benefit the students and generally go toward things like media and library materials used in classes for research. “Many times if a new video shows up in the library,” Washington said. “That’s your course fees. All of the classroom remodels that we’ve done is paid for by course fees, because we
The Bob Burke Film Screening Room in the Mass Communications building underwent renovations that were a direct result of the student course fees that are collected by The College of Liberal Arts.
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HALL OF FAME MOVES TO NIGH CENTER The Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame is moving to the third floor of the Nigh University Center after 40 years in the Mass Communications building. More weather at www.uco360.com
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The Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, previously in the Mass Communications building has been moved to the third floor of the Nigh University Center. The OJHF will celebrate its 40th year April 9 by inducting nine new journalists. It will simultaneously celebrate the grand opening of its new location. The OJHF has recognized the achievements of journalists throughout the state. The nominated journalists to be recognized at the Hall of Fame have already been notified. Members of the nine
include an international correspondent and several recognized journalists from Oklahoma. The headquarters of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame has been at UCO since 1971 and recognizes journalists with at least ten years experience. UCO has produced Hall of Famers such as UCO professor Terry Clark in 2000, Dr. Haskell O. “Woody” Gaddis in 2005, professor of photography at UCO until his death in 2008, and Stan Hoig in 1994, professor of journalism at UCO until his retirement in 1986. This is the third time the Hall of Fame has moved.
Clark, director of the Journalism Hall of Fame, said this has long been a vision of UCO President Roger Webb. “We wanted to create visibility and increase its stature,” Clark said. “For it being a statewide Hall of Fame, we wanted to make it special and available to the entire campus.” Clark said the main problem of its previous location was that the general public rarely saw it. Clark then said he hopes its new location will bring more traffic and be seen by more
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