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Baseball team falls to Central Missouri

by Micah Gamino Sports Writer

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Senior Kari Edge looks to pass in the Bronchos' 63-55 win over Tarleton State Feb. 19 at Hamilton Field House.

Bronchos capture first LSC North win

by Brandon Chatmon Sports Editor After starting the game with a outstanding first half offensively, the Central Oklahoma women's basketball team earned their first LSC North win 63-55 over the Tarleton State TexAnns on Feb. 19 at the Hamilton Field House.

The Bronchos opening the ballgame shooting the ball well, taking a 12-6 lead with 14:25 remaining in the first half.

UCO extended that lead to 19-10 after a Kari Edge followed up her own missed shot with 11:21 left.

The Bronchos grabbed their first double-digit lead seconds later as Jackee' Brown converted a three-point play to give UCO a 22-10 lead with 10:36 remaining.

UCO continued their strong play maintaining a 32-22 advantage after layups from Brown and April Woods, with 3:53 left.

The Bronchos took the 38-29 cushion into the locker room, as UCO played one of their better halves of basketball this season.

UCO shot 55.2% (16-for-29) in the first 20 minutes.

The TexAnns (12-11 overall, 5-3 in the North) emerged from

the locker room with intensity, cutting the Broncho advantage to 46-41 with 14:07 left in regulation.

Responding with a 10-3 run, UCO recovered to take a 12point cushion after a Erica Bramlett three-pointer with 10:55 left.

Playing like they were sick of losing, the Bronchos surrendered only eight points in the next eight minutes, holding a 61-52 lead with 2:07 left.

TSU could manage only three points in the final two minutes as the Bronchos ended their 11game losing streak with the 63-55 triumph.

In one of their top shooting efforts of the year, the Bronchos shot 52.9% from the field in the win. UCO snatched 10 steals and scored 27 points off 19 TSU turnovers.

Woods and Edge tied for the team lead in points with 13.

Brown added 12 points and four assists. Woods grabbed a teamhigh seven rebounds.

The Bronchos are 7-18 overall and 1-9 in the North. They return to the court Feb. 26 as they battle Cameron at 6 p.m. at the Hamilton Field House.

Defending national champion and No. franked Central Missouri State handed No. 11 UCO their worst season-opening record since 1997 with a three-game sweep over the weekend at Broncho Field.

The Bronchos, 4-6, have lost six of their last seven games. Their lone win coming as the Bronchos clubbed five home runs in rout to an 18-8 stomping of Emporia State in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday.

UCO head coach Wendell Simmons and the team hope that their luck will turn around the same way it did in 97' when the Bronchos bounced back from a 4-6 start to being with-

in one out of winning the national championship game at seasons end.

"We had a chance to win both ball games going into the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, especially that second game but we just didn't get it done," said Simmons referring to Saturday's close games in which CMSU edged the Bronchos 1-0 the first game and 4-2 in extra innings the second.

"We're just not getting much offensive performance out of a lot of people right now," he said. The bullpen was sporadic as well over the weekend with star closer Ray Wood producing two solid innings the first game on Feb. 21 before giving up the two losing runs in extra innings during the nightcap.

Kyle Nevels handled the Mules for six

innings

in Feb. 22's contest maintaining a 4-1 lead, while the offense stranded 10 runners, before Nevels was pulled early in the seventh for putting the tying run on base.

Nevels never did get any help from the five relievers that followed him as the Mules rolled to eleven runs in the final three innings including a seven-run seventh.

"That's got to be a deep concern when you don't get any help out of the bullpen after your starting pitcher comes out and throws six great innings," Simmons said.

The Bronchos will host Central Arkansas in a doubleheader Wednesday at 1 p.m. as they continue their lengthy homestand.

`Passion' to be case study for film students NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Susan Bond is a movie buff, but when she goes to see Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," it won't be solely for entertainment.

She will be taking students from her class on Jesus films at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

Bond, who normally teaches preaching and worship, said the big-budget release Feb. 25 gave her the idea for the elective class this spring.

"I knew there would be a lot of interest in it, and the students and I will go see the film and review it," she said before the class began last month.

As they would in any film class, the students will look at the use of light and sound, but they also will study historical and biblical accuracy, the depiction of Jesus and the portrayal of miracles.

Bond said she expects Gibson's Jesus, played by James Caviezel, to be holy, but human.

"The whole issue of the pain and the passion and all the blood is not significant unless we somehow identify with his suffering," she said.

Many Jewish leaders who have seen advance screenings

have complained the movie blames Jews for the death of Jesus. Gibson, who also funded and co-scripted the film, denies that charge.

The Vanderbilt class will watch about a dozen movies, including 1913's "From the Manger to the Cross," the 1979 satire "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and the Y2K depiction of the Jesus story in 1998's "The Book of Life."

Films about Jesus typically reflect the contemporary culture, Bond said.

"When you get into the '60s and '70s, Jesus films are really making comments on politics and issues. 'Jesus Christ Superstar' was very much a commentary on free love, the hippie lifestyle, and began to deal with some gender issues," she said.

"You see the women followers of Jesus really taking on more responsibility, becoming more high profile and more rounded characters."

Some films portray Jesus as a social radical; others show him struggling with sexuality. Some Jesuses are dark-skinned (in one film, the Jesus figure is a black South African); others have blue eyes and blond hair.

"Sometimes the movies make

him untouchable. They use lighting tricks that make it look like his head is glowing," Bond said.

Bond first became interested in Jesus films after reading a book on Christian art that included a few references to movies.

A few years ago, she taught a summer class on Jesus in film and loved it. She was thrilled when some students decided they wanted to write a play or movie (complete witti original score) instead of a regular research paper on the subject.

"I hope the students are able to reflect on contemporary culture and how it interacts with religious faiths," Bond said.

Her favorite Jesus films include "Life of Brian," the Monty Python spoof, which, unexpectedly, was among the most accurate historically. "And there's a wonderful treatment of Judaism. This Jesus is possibly the most emphatically Jewish that we get."

She also likes "Jesus of Montreal," which centers on a contemporary drama group putting on the Passion Play, and "Greaser's Palace," an absurdist 1972 film in which the Jesus character parachutes into the 1880s wild West in a zoot suit.

Bond knows some movies

may be objectionable to students, so she offers an alternative: They can watch a six-hour made-forTV drama called "Jesus of Nazareth."

"Some students think this is evil of me," she said laughing, but added it is much a more traditional portrayal of the Jesus story.

In the first class, no one declined to watch a movie.

"Certainly some were disturbed.

But it was honestly more disturbing to those were who were not theology students," Bond said.

"They're used to pretty rigorous challenges. The whole process of theology pulls the rug out from under people and makes them rethink everything."

Sherry Harris, a second-year theology student and associate pastor at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Decatur, Ala., said she is taking the class in part because Bond is an extraordinary teacher.

"She's like a kaleidoscope, showing you how to look at the same old things in new ways."

Also, the Chattanooga native said, "I'm always looking for new ways to tell the same good story.

I'm hoping this class might enable me to do that."

Wrestling squad manhandles Southern Illinois-Edwardsville

by Micah Gamin° Sports Writer Long-time NCAA Division II rival Southern IllinoisEdwardsville pled no contest to the second-ranked UCO Bronchos who manhandled the Cougars 45-2 on Feb. 21 at Hamilton Field House.

Five falls, one forfeit and three shutout decisions pretty much sums up a dominating performance by a Central wrestling team that finished out its duel season with a 15-3 overall record.

"This time of year you want to see your team going after bonus points and we had six bonus wins today out of ten matches," said twenty-second year head coach David James who now owns a 252-85-4 record at UCO. "Our only loss was at 149 where our guy was a little undersized at that weight," James said referring to John Province who was forced to fill a void at 149 left by Jarod Goodwin (22-12) who suffered a knee injury on Feb. 20.

Province, who usually backs

up older brother Cole Province at 133, was a takedown away from tying the match in the third period but the Cougars' Joe Rujawitz beat him to the punch scoring a takedown in the final ten seconds to take a 62 lead in rout to the only SIUE win of the day.

James says he expects to find out as early as Monday what Goodwin's health status will be going into the NCAA Division II Midwest RegiOnals Feb. 29 at Hamilton Field House.

Central's 15 duel wins is second in the school's history only

to last year's squad who had 18.

The two-time defending national champion Bronchos are 48-5 over the past three years.

"It was a great effort and hopefully this win will springboard us into the Regionals next week," James said.

The last regular season dual was a time to say goodbye to three outstanding seniors. They include two current No. franked individuals in threetime national champion 133 Cole Province and two-time national champion 165 Shawn

Silvis as well as current No. 2- Healy with only thirty-one secranked 174 Jason Tapia. onds to go in the first Each of the Central seniors, period. who were honored before the "I feel pretty confident going start of the dual, walked away - into the Regionals Saturday," with easy victories in their finial said Province who has won 67 dual at the collegiate level. of his last 68 matches. "I know Province had a 12-0 lead we're going to train hard, and before pinning Steve Chico coach James always has us with forty-two seconds left in ready." the second period. Silvis came True freshman Heavyweight out aggressive from the start Chris Finn, following the senior taking a 4-1 lead before pinning example, aggressively pinned Matt Oliva with thirty-five sec- Chris Moore at 1:21 in the first onds left in the first period, and period, capping Central's victoTapia, like it was a contest ry at 45-2. between the three, pinned Pat

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Heart of the American Dream with Baseball, like many other American institutions, has been weathered and whittled away to a game of whoring due to the business behind it.

I don't mean to overstep my jurisdiction by writing about sports — which is usually reserved for the sports section — but I've done it before and since this situation is demanding, I'll do it again.

The Yankees recently acquired multi-million dollar whore Alex Rodriguez for an ungodly $16 million and an additional $9.57 million a year from the Rangers for what they still owe from the 10-year, $252 million deal he signed with them after the 2000 season.

I love baseball as much as the next redblooded American, but what the hell? $16 million? Who needs that much money? And don't kid yourself — that's a lot of money... ...to play baseball.

Let me say that again because overemphasizing is not possible. $16 million to play baseball.

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ple from other countries hate us.

The New York Yankee's Starter's salary total comes to an inflated $113,490,000.00.

Now, I'm no economist, but that could buy a lot of people a lot of stuff. And that's just one team.

I could finally buy one of those self-propelling vacuum cleaners I've needed for so long.

But back to baseball prostitution.

It can be assumed that A-Rod made his move to the Yankees because he was looking for a World Series ring. He may claim the move was prompted because he has longed to play ball in the Bronx, but who is he trying to fool?

Plus, I can see a load of potential cash to be made with the pairing of Jeter and Rodriguez on said side of the field.

Who are they trying to be? The Bash Brothers? Never. Never will there be a greater pairing in baseball than Canseco and McGwire.

In '88, Canseco was the best player in baseball, hands down.

But nevermind that.

No longer do players have to put in time

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with a team. If they're good enough, they can pretty much weasel their way onto a top-notch team, riding the wave of free agency.

Clemens did it. And now that he got his fill, he's off.

Gone are the days of the association of team and player, which made the game a bit more personable.

When I was growing up, it was Canseco and the Athletics. Both went hand in hand.

The A's didn't exist without Canseco, and Canseco didn't exist without the A's — which was proven by his ill-advised move to the Rangers.

Even Mark Grace, the posterboy for the Chicago Cubs, ditched his long time team for a chance at a ring.

That's when I knew things were bad.

Does anybody even remember A-Rod played for the Mariners?

Or Sheffield for the Brewers?

I'm on my way up to Washington to lobby that the government step in and do something about this. Some trust busting.

Nevermind Bill Gates and his billions. I can still afford computer software when I need it. When I can't buy a beer at a baseball game because the fans are-having to compensate for a newly acquired all-star, well, that's when things have gone sour.

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Just chalk it up to mudslinging

By Sina Kian Columnist Cavalier Daily (U. Virginia)

(U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Some politicos wonder why a huge number of Americans are turned off by politics. I don't.

Look no further than our beloved University for the answers. In the midst of the Democratic primaries and the nine months before the presidential election, cocksure members of both parties have commenced the charade they call "campaigning." The dirty politics and mud-slinging that has taken place in the form of chalk wars have already gone out of line, but nonetheless serve as a wonderful tool to explain why people simply stay away from politics.

Complicated research on why voters between 18-24 have the lowest turnout takes place over and over again.

Harvard University researchers spent about $55,000 on surveys and studies that concluded that the young voters do not vote because of a few reasons, some of which include: They don't feel they are impacted by the issues, they weren't raised by politically inclined families, and they don't feel like going through the registration process. For a lot less than $55,000, a commonly over-looked reason is mudslinging, whether in national ads, or in local chalk messages.

In today's world, the emphasis on political correctness demands that viable candidates not only have perfect records, but also requires them to have never said anything wrong before in their lives -demands that obviously conflict with human nature.

Knowing this, today's candidates purposely try to minimize voter turnout. Rather than concentrate on getting people to vote for them, they focus on decreasing support for the other candidate. Thus, campaigning has evolved from "why you should vote for me" to "why you shouldn't vote for him" to "why the other candidate is a radical, anti-patriotic, child eating megalomaniac who probably cheated on his wife." This leaves political moderates choosing between a flag-burning draft dodger or a crack-smoking racist. The truth is most people would rather vote for neither.

Although some negative campaigning is good in that in introduces voters to the candidates' weaknesses, today's mudslinging has regrettably gone too far. So how do we

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end this problem and engage those who don't vote? Let's just say that, as of now, ending negative campaigning and invading Russia have some thing in common: They're impossible. Candidates that do take a reformist approach to campaigning, and who do stay away from excess negativity, end up losing, because their adversaries usually do not share such strategies.

This national problem happens even at local levels, as seen by the dirty campaigning that has begun here at U.Va. All over our beloved University, there are messages written in chalk ranging from "John 'F' Kerry: Where the F stands for French fries" (what does that even mean?) to "Want your tuition to go down? Vote John Kerry" (unbelievable). The two ends of the political spectrum have once again taken it upon themselves to pollute our Grounds with their patronizing messages. Left-wing liberals and right-wing conservatives alike seem to believe that within our prestigious university there is a large booboisie who, upon reading distasteful chalk messages, will suddenly come to a revelation about their political beliefs.

At first, the messages were basic campaigning: "vote for Bush," "vote for Kerry," etc.

But as the hours (literally) passed, the true and unfortunately ugly nature of politics revealed itself. From central Grounds to the dining halls, the Grounds were marred by an immature game of chalk tag. "Vote for Bush" became "don't vote for Bush," which was soon retaliated against by the oh-so-clever individual who decided that John Kerry's middle initial, F, stands for "french fries." One kid in my hall, who is a moderate Republican, denounced the message saying, "It's inconsiderate, and it crosses the line; John Kerry is a Vietnam war hero." To the person who wrote that message, kudos; you've actually managed to campaign in a manner so negative as to turn off a member of your own party. And although there is the constitutional right to free speech, the chalking that has been presented thus far is counter-productive, assuming the goal is to get more voters to participate in the political process.

The chalk "campaigning" is annoying, inefficacious and immature at best, and those who are a part of it would be benefited by re-evaluating their tact.

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NEWS

February 24, 2004

Conference focuses on challenges to academic dishonesty in college OXFORD, Ga. (AP) — The pressure to cheat for some students entering college makes it more important for universities to promote honor codes and other methods of peer evaluation, say participants in a conference on academic integrity that involved schools throughout the South.

The two-day event at Oxford College of Emory University brought together about 50 students from 14 colleges to discuss how they handle issues of cheating and plagiarism on campus and to look for common ground about how to deal with the problem. It ended Saturday.

"Academic dishonesty is something we've got to raise awareness about," said Nina Dulin-Mallory, president of the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University and an English professor at Georgia's LaGrange College.

Dulin-Mallory said colleges need to teach students that there is a link between academic integrity and how people behave in their social lives.

"If we're going to send educated people out to be engineers to

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College gallery shares fraternal secrets, rites CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — You don't need to know a secret handshake or remember a password to enter the College of Charleston's Halsey Gallery, but what's inside offers a fascinating glimpse of various fraternal groups such as the Freemasons and Odd Fellows who have long held ceremonies in secret.

In the exhibit are robes', and masks, wall hangings and banners, backdrops and even an oil-burning sciopticon — an early projector used to show slides on a wall during ceremonies and initiations — mostly from the turn of the 20th century.

Here, too, are yellowing photos of lodge members in their regalia along with such things as a coffin with a paper mache skeleton — signifying the death of the past life of a new initiate — and ballot boxes used for voting on new members.

"Oft Unseen: Art From the Lodge and Other Secret Societies," which runs through March 20, offers a glimpse at things that, a century ago, millions of Americans knew about.

At the turn of the 20th century there were more than 300 such organizations with an estimated 6 million members nationwide; Charleston itself is the birthplace of American Scottish Rite Freemasonry. But with a decline in lodge membership in recent decades, fewer people are familiar with such objects.

"This is one of the very few exhibits I've seen outside of Masonic museums, and there is a huge amount of material and its fascinating," said Frank Karpiel, a visiting history professor who has researched fraternal groups for almost a decade.

Most popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, lodges helped people meet and form new associations as they moved to cities during .

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"There just aren't the kinds of old networks like church-related and extended family as in more rural places. They are looking for a place to socialize," Karpiel said, adding the rituals and ceremony also had a powerful hold.

"There is this amazing diversity 'and 'this amazing visual pageantry associated with it," said Buff Ross, the gallery curator. "Some of that has dissipated with the advent of other forms of entertainment."

Indeed, membership in many of the groups began to wane with the popularity of the automobile and the development of mass media, Karpiel said.

"They start to go down around 1920, and that about when cars really start going and people begin to have access to radio," he said. "You don't need to go to the lodge and hang with your lodge brothers. You have many more opportunities."

Many of the items in the exhibit come from the collection of Bruce Webb, who runs an art gallery in Waxahachie, Texas, about 30 miles south of Dallas.

Webb, now a Mason and member of the Odd Fellows, got interested in lodge objects back in the 1980s when he ran an antiques business.

He was drawn to them by the icons and the art, including handcrafted items used in ceremonies. As lodge memberships declined, he would sometimes buy all the items from a lodge that was closing.

• "To me, this is true American culture," he said. "What was once a

covert, concealed art form that was cloistered away in lodge buildings is now finding its way to the folk art market and the gallery walls."

Webb said he later joined the Odd Fellows because of his interest.

Years ago, about every town between Dallas and Waco, 90 miles to the south, had an Odd Fellows .lodge, but now there are just a few, he said.

"The Odd Fellows in Texas had about 500,000 members at the turn of the (20th) century" he said. "The membership as of last year had gone down to 1,200."

But, he said, his lodge is having a bit of a revival and last year brought in 18 new members, most of them younger men.

"It's not so much about these things being secret as this imagery is part of American culture," Webb said.

While some of the older lodge members don't like the idea of public displays of the fraternity's symbols, "the younger generation is looking at this stuff as a way of letting people know about lodges," he said.

Webb said there have been modest increases in lodge membership in Texas and along the West Coast. The reasons may be similar to why people joined the groups a century ago.

"A lot of young people look at the lodge as a very important way to socialize and get to know their neighbors," he said. "Today with people working alone and communicating on computers, there is more interest."

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keep bridges from falling and pharmacists who give you the correct doses of medicine, they have to have people who understand that academic integrity is the fundamental issue on which other elements of integrity are built for their lives," she said. "We're not just trying to keep people from cheating."

Students at the conference said college honor codes have helped them evaluate themselves and their classmates.

Melissa Crow, 22, an Emory senior from St. Petersburg, Fla., is a member of her school's honor council. The student-run panel is responsible for maintaining academic integrity. Together with faculty advisers, the council investigates allegations of dishonesty and holds hearings if necessary.

Crow said the issue of academic integrity hit home during her freshman year when an English professor questioned how she attributed sources in one of her papers.

"That made me realize there are reasons you want people to know where you're getting your ideas,"

she said. "It was a fledgling idea at the time that I've worked to understand more since then."

The conference also highlighted differences between honor codes at various schools and how they handle issues of academic integrity. Participants said some schools integrate academic and social integrity. Some schools have strict confidentially, while others don't. And some schools focus on more education rather than punishment.

Dell Trussell, 21, a Wesleyan College senior from Warner Robins, said the conference gave her ideas to improve her school's honor code. One of the ideas, she said, was to put up plaques around campus that detail the code, making it more visible for students.

Joe Moon, dean of campus life at Oxford College, said the biggest challenge for faculty is teaching students that the standards in college for academic integrity are much higher than in high school.

He also said technology, particularly the Internet, has made it even easier for college students to cheat.

Students need tougher classes to prepare for college, say South Dakota lawmakers PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's high school students should be pushed to take tougher courses so they are better prepared for college or other pursuits, the state Senate recommended Saturday.

Senators voted 24-9 to pass HB1001, which would require most high school students to take a recommended set of tougher courses to graduate from high school. . Some students could be excused from the tougher courses, if their parents and school officials agree, and they then would graduate instead by taking only the current basic high school curriculum.

"We're setting two courses here — one tough and the other tougher," said Sen. Jay Duenwald, R-Hoven.

The measure has already been passed by the House, which now must consider a

minor change made by the Senate.

Duenwald said the bill is intended to make sure high . school students take the courses needed to prepare them for college, technical schools or the work force.

"We want our kids to be able to perform in life," Duenwald said.

The bill would leave it up to the state Board of Education, which regulates elementary and secondary education, to set the specific requirements for the recommended high school program.

But it requires that the recommended program be more challenging in math and science.

Sen. Clarence Kooistra, RGarretson, tried unsuccessfully to change the bill so the recommended program also would include foreign language classes.

"From my experience as a counselor over the years, the students stiffer a number of consequences when they fail to study foreign language," Kooistra said.

Senate Democratic Leader Garry Moore of Yankton said he opposes the bill because he does not believe South Dakota should have two sets of standards for high school graduation.

The measure could hurt students who start taking the basic program but later change their minds and decide to attend college, Moore said.

They might be unable to switch to the recommended program and qualify for college, he said.

Other senators said the measure is intended to help students prepare for college, not to hurt their chances of attending.

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February 24, 2004

Red Cross visits Bush's records Saddam for first time relevant to race

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ The international Red Cross visited Saddam Hussein in jail for the first time Saturday, and the ousted dictator wrote a letter to his family. The U.S. administrator in Iraq cited U.N. estimates that it may take 15 months to arrange elections _ far longer than demanded by leading Iraqi politicians.

The two-member Red Cross delegation, which included a physician, spoke to Saddam in private at an undisclosed location in Iraq, Red Cross spokeswoman Nada Doumani said.

The announcement dispelled rumors that the Americans had spirited Saddam out of the country following his capture Dec. 13 in a hole near Tikrit.

"The aim of this visit is to crack and monitor the conditions of detention and treatment of the detainee," Doumani said from Amman, Jordan. "We want to see whether he is getting enough food and water and also to check his health condition and to give him the possibility to write a message to his family _ which he did."

The visit was arranged after U.S. defense officials last month formally declared Saddam a prisoner of war because of his status as cornmander in chief of Iraq's military. As a POW, Saddam is entitled under the Geneva Conventions to certain rights, including visits by the international Red Cross and freedom from coercion of any kind during interrogations.

Saddam was allowed to send a written note to his family _ presumably his daughters in Jordan _ after U.S. authorities

make sure it contains no instructions to his followers or other banned messages.

The international Red Cross made no statement about Saddam's health or conditions of confinement _ routine practice for the Swissbased organization. Doumani said the Red Cross would make perio'clic visits as long as Saddam remains in custody and discuss its findings with U.S. authorities.

Elsewhere, insurgents fired on a U.S. military convoy Saturday near Haswa, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi translator and wounding four American soldiers, the U.S. command said.

A firefight erupted in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, after insurgents fired on U.S. soldiers. U.S. troops later found two bombs planted outside the mayor's office and near a college.

The international Red Cross has visited more than 10,000 prisoners in Iraq since March, even though fewer than 100 have been formally classified as POWs, according to spokeswoman Antonella Notari.

Red Cross operations in Iraq were curtailed, however, after a suicide bomber exploded a vehicle outside the ICRC headquarters in Baghdad on Oct. 27, prompting the organization to evacuate its international staff.

The visit to Saddam occurred as the Americans and their Iraqi partners are struggling to find a formula for constituting a new government to take power June 30. A plan co pick members of a new legislature through regional caucuses has been all but scrapped after the country's leading

Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, insisted that the lawmakers be chosen in a national election.

Shiites, believed to cornprise about 60 percent of Iraq's 25 million people, are anxious for a vote to affirm their power after decades of suppression by the Sunni Muslim minority.

Sunni Muslims, however, fear a quick vote will further marginalize their community, closely identified with Saddam regime. Most of the Iraqi insurgents attacking American forces.are believed to be Sunnis On Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan concurred with the Americans that an election by June 30 was impossible. The United Nations is hoping the Iraqi leadership will come up with a new formula for establishing a transitional government.

Washington favors expanding the U.S.-appointed, 25member Iraqi Governing Council to rule the country until elections can be held.

U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer told the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television station that the United Nations believed it could take up to 15 months to hold elections. The United Nations has announced no such estimate publicly.

He cited the absence of election laws, voters lists and reliable census data as obstacles to a quick election. The remarks were made Friday and broadcast Saturday.

"These technical problems will take time to fix," Bremer said. "The U.N. estimates somewhere between a year and fifteen months. It might be that it could be sped up a little bit. But there are real important technical problems as to why elections are not possible."

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The Iraqi Governing Council is divided on how to constitute a government and how soon elections could be held. Some see a delay of seven or eight months. Shiite member Ahmad Chalabi, who is backed by Washington, is still urging elections before June 30. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish Sunni council member, said it would take at least a year to prepare for elections.

"I consider Bremer's statement as rational and realistic because successful elections cannot be done in less than one year," Othman told The Associated Press. "In my opinion, the important thing is not to have elections. The important thing is to have good results that would save us from troubles that might erupt due to badly prepared elections."

In written remarks to questions by the German magazine Der Spiegel, al-Sistani suggested he would accept a short delay in voting but demanded U.N. guarantees that there will be no more postponements.

In a further obstacle to an agreement, the Kurds have submitted proposals to the draft interim constitution, due to take effect at the end of this month, guaranteeing broad autonomy for their self-ruled region. The demands included maintenance of their own "Kurdistan National Guard," parliament and tax system.

Iraqi and U.S. authorities had hoped to keep the Kurdish issue out of the interim constitution and resolve the matter during deliberations on a permanent national charter set for next year. Bremer met Saturday with Kurdish leaders Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani to discuss the Kurdish demands.

Feisal Istrabadi, a member of the constitutional drafting committee, said "some people" _ whom he would not identify _ objected to putting the Kurdish demands in the interim constitution.

Associated Press writers Naomi Koppel in Geneva and Mariam Fam in Baghdad contributed to the report.

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People criticized Moore and asked Clark to disavow his supporter's statements, and the story seemed to die there. But recently, Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said George W. Bush had been absent without leave from the Alabama National Guard, and that apparently got the press going.

The subject was dormant during the entire 2000 presidential campaign, but the national press has awoken and started grilling White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan on exactly where the president was during his days in the National Guard.

Last week, the White House released pay stubs and dental records, but there is still a sevenmonth gap that has not been explained. But the question being asked by conservatives and some in the media is: Does this even matter?

The answer to that is a resounding "Yes." In terms of the 2004 elections it is important to compare the pasts of both candidates. While their ideas for the future are more important, we have to look back to see what they've endured and achieved in order to trust what they say now. This election will be fought over many issues, but the most critical will be national defense.

If John Kerry is the democratic candidate, the Republican Party can no longer say it has the stronger candidate on defense. For the past 40 years Republicans have dominated the issue, but that likely won't be the case this time around.

Kerry volunteered for service in Vietnam and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star. If anyone says Kerry is weak on defense, I suggest telling Jim Rassman that.

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The only difference is that Bush got out of National Guard duty to go to Harvard Business School, while Kerry was allowed to leave early because he received three Purple Hearts after being wounded on three separate occasions.

But whether Kerry is the nominee or not, it's important to know Bush's military record to know what kind of commander-in-chief he can be.

I know some will probably say, "Well, what about Bill Clinton?"

First of all, we all miss the eight years of peace and prosperity Clinton brought us, but it's time to move on. The Clinton bashing is old and isn't going to work this time. Besides, when Clinton was elected we didn't have two foreign wars being fought and had not been attacked by terrorists.

Military experience matters more than ever now.

Some will also say, "George Bush was in the National Guard, why are you denigrating the people in the National Guard who are fighting overseas right now?" I'm not, or not today's National Guard, anyway. During Vietnam less than 1 percent of the National Guard was deployed to Vietnam; today 25 percent is in Iraq.

I don't question Bush for joining the National Guard at the time. But there are a few questions I wish I could ask him.

Like, how was he able to jump ahead of 500 others on a waiting list to join the Guard? Why is there a seven-month gap of service between 1972 and 1973? Why did his commanding officer in Houston, Col. Hodges, say he never saw Bush again after he went to Montgomery?

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Sports Authority with 3.C.. Wagnon Are the Cowboys the "real deal?" This is a question I've pondered for the last few weeks, but haven't been able to come to an answer that I feel comfortable with. I felt that by looking at it from a strictly factual point of view, I might be able to shed some light on the subject.

First, the Oklahoma State Cowboys have managed to run off a string of eleven victories in a row. They have managed to improve their record to 21-3 (11-1 in conference play), by far one of the best in the nation.

Look at the caliber of the teams they have been able to win against. Five of their last eleven wins were over teams ranked in the top twentyfive at that time. Their only loss in conference play was to a Texas Tech team that was on a hot streak at the time.

As of Sunday night, they were ranked eleventh in the RPI poll, which ranks teams on how well they do against the schedule that they play. The RPI is based on winning percentage, strength of schedule and opponents schedule strength.

Playing in the Big 12 conference means that you're always going to have a tough strength of schedule. As for winning percentage, their record proves superiority there.

They only have a one-game lead in the conference over the Longhorns, who they were able to beat in Austin earlier in the season. The Longhorns get a chance to avenge their loss next

Despite battling top-ranked Tarleton State toe-to-toe in the first half, the Central Oklahoma men's basketball team lost to TSU, 82-68 on Feb. 19 at Hamilton Field House.

Five minutes into the contest the game was tied at nine before a Tim Burnette slam sparked a 13-0 Texans' run to give TSU a

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In their first match of the season, the Bronchos fell to defending Lone Star champion Northeastern State 9-0 on Feb. 20.

"Northeastern is the defending conference champions. They have a lot of talented players. They were just better than we were," said Head Coach Francis Baxter.

In the closest match against Northeastern, the doubles pairing of NSU's Michelle Bartleff and Jennie Howard defeated UCO's Christy Jones and Stephanie Johns, 9 to 8.

In the closest singles match, Erin Parriott came up short against Simona Stoica, 6-4, 63.

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"We didn't play well against Tarleton and they have some very good players they will be one of the top contenders in the LSC this season," said Baxter.

UCO lost close matches in two of the three doubles contests as Johns/Jones and Kristen DeBruin/Sarah Bowman o u . dropped 8-5 battles to Kimak fought the TexAnn's Crystal Blazek to a tiebreaker after a 5-7, 6-4 match but Blazek pulled it out to give TSU the clean sweep.

The Bronchos return to the court Friday in Portales, N.M. where they battle Colorado State-Pueblo and Eastern New Mexico.

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"Cameron was our second match and we played more relaxed and confident. We had a chance to win, we played well, we just came up short," said Baxter.

The Bronchos took two of three doubles matches from the Aggies to get off to a good start. Parriott and Kim Kimak beat Carolina Vera-Vera and Paulina Trutillo then Jones and Johns topped Katie Bifgert and Sandra Leigh-King.

In singles, CU rallied to take five-of-six matches with Parriott grabbing UCO's lone victory over Madpley Ameerali, 6-2, 6-4.

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the first half, hitting 9-for-29 (31%) from the field and 4-for14 1(28.6%) from the threepoint line.

TSU opened the second half with a 14-6 run to take the 4934 lead after a Brandon Lee trey with 15:52 remaining in regulation.

The Texans continued to merit their top billing, seizing a 20-point cushion after a threepoint play from Tierrius Thomas with 9:20 left making the score 67-47.

TSU held UCO at bay from there taking their 16th straight win and improving to 9-0 in the LSC North.

The Texans were on fire in the second half, going 16-of-26 (61.5%) from the field and 5of-6 (83.3%) from the threepoint line.

UCO couldn't find their shooting touch the entire night hitting only 24-of-66 (36.4%) shots from the field and 7-of-22 (31.8%) from beyond the arc.

Kentrell Gaddis paced UCO with 13 points, while Deshone Henderson added 11. Matt Bailey added 12 points and 5 rebounds in 13 minutes.

UCO is 9-16 overall and 5-5 in the LSC North.

The Bronchos host Cameron on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in the Hamilton Field House. It is the final home game for UCO this season.

The Aggies are 1-9 in the North and 6-19 overall.

22-9 advantage with 10 minutes remaining in the first half.

The Bronchos fought back, going on a run of their own to cut the lead to 28-23 with 3:55 left.

Followed by Nick Graham's three-pointer to cut the Texans' lead to four at 30-26.

TSU (21-2 overall, 8-0 in LSC North) regained their composure, extending the lead to 35-28 at the break.

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The Cowboys' next game is a good one tonight at 7 p.m. in the Hearnes Center in Columbia, MO. The rest of the Big 12 shapes up like this: Kansas is sitting at third in the conference, there's a three-way tie for forth place between Texas Tech, Colorado and Missouri. After that, there's OU, Iowa State, Nebraska, Kansas State, Baylor and Texas A&M rounding out the bottom twelve in that order.

In conclusion, based on the facts about OSU's season and how well they have done, I feel that they have to be considered for real.

They've done a great job this season, and it isn't fair for us to doubt them. They've given us no reason to.

In last week's column, I accidentally substituted the name Kenny Lofton instead of the correct name Gary Sheffield when commenting on the Yankees failure to pay attention to their pitching staff. I realized almost immediately after the paper went to print. I bet no one even noticed, but it was driving me up a wall. I felt compelled to get that off my chest.

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Located in Ballroom "A" of the Nigh University Center Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1-5 PM Democracy Fair

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• Meet local nonprofit agencies who are eager to place you as well as your student volunteers in meaningful service opportunities • Fair is open to all on a 'come and go' basis

Big Monday Nite Basketball Free Giveaways!

25c DOMeStic Longnecks

Best Jukebox

$6.00 Cover 9pm - lam

For more information, please contact Veronica Alarcon at 974-2621 or vpena@ucok.edu

Megatouch Videogame & Darts

Sponsored by: American Democracy Project Faculty Senate UCO Volunteer Center

Free Domestic Drafis It's back by popular demand!

Ladies Nite!

Ladies Free! Guys $6.00 Domestic Beer 9 -12:30pm

Free Pool $1.50 Bud, Budlight (Bottles) 9pm - close

Free Food Buffet Happy Hour 5 - 7pm

12 TV's

UCO Vgjunteer center

Guys Nite Out!

$4.50 Pitchers $9.00 Buckets

Restaurant Appreciation Nite!

$1.00 Longnecks $1.50 25 oz. Draws 9pm - close

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