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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004
Information Technology, campus residents battle for Internet usage rights by Sherrod Wall
viruses, which could have been prevented if students had used virus scanners regularly. "Ninety percent of the probIn an effort to identify problems with Internet connectivity lem is students don't run virus in the Suites and Commons, scanners," Elliot said. "Out of UCO Information Technology 40 computers we have identiinadvertently prevented stu- fied, two have [belonged to] dents and staff from connecting internal staff and 30 have [belonged to] stuto some Internet serdents." vices. Mand "I think part of the "It's our way Whitten, hall appeal of living in the of getting director of the residential halls is, at the end of the day, I away from Suites who met with Elliot to dishave a T-1 line availschool work, cuss the Internet able to play online games, and them [the and we can't problems, said in the future, IT may ports] being suddenly do that now." begin a workshop blocked takes away to teach students that appeal," said - Carlos Montes, about virus scanStephen Horn, resiSuites Hall resident ners. dent advisor for the IT opened up fourth floor of the the ports Feb. 26 Suites. to allow connecBill Elliot, network tions to America Online, but manager for IT, said to identify connecting to online gaming where the problems were occurservers is still not allowed. ring, several ports needed to be Elliot said that opening up closed. He said that a high percent- all of the ports again may not be age of computers in the Suites a good idea. If too many ports and Commons are infected by remain open, he said, someone Staff Writer
Photo by Gavin Elliott
Dr. Bob Palmer cleans a river of yellow paint after a mural project spill Feb. 25 outside the Art Building.
Artist-in-residence to address writing styles at monthly lecture series
Nine journalists inducted into Hall of Fame at UCO Nine Oklahoma journalists will be honored during the 34th annual induction ceremonies of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame April 2. The inductees this year are television photojournalist Darrell Barton; Phil Brown of The Enid News & Eagle; broadcast pioneer Pam Henry; Rusty Lang, Tulsa World writing coach; Jack Lancaster; advisor of the Oklahoma State O'Collegian; Edward Livermore Jr., former publisher of The Edmond Sun; state photographer Fred W. Marvel; Bill May, Oklahoma City Journal Record; and Billie Rodely, OETA documentary journalist. The ceremonies will be at 11:30 a.m. in the Nigh University Center's Grand Ballroom. Mark Thomas, executive director of the Oklahoma Press Association, will serve as master of ceremonies during the induction ceremony. "The annual ceremony has become an informal homecoming for previous distinguished honorees," said Dr. Terry Clark, UCO journalism chairperson. "The Hall is a virtual Who's Who of Oklahoma journalism, and the crowd will be filled with the giants of the profession," he said. More than 150 journalists are expected to attend the ceremonies. Honorees are selected by a committee composed of members of the working press, Society of Professional Journalists and the Hall of Fame. The forms are available at any time from the UCO journalism department. Tickets are available for $15 until March 26, and may be reserved by calling Sherry Sump at 974-5303.
Major League Soccer tickets on sale
could potentially use the openings as backdoors to slip through the network's defenses. "If you leave all your ports open, you've just left an avenue for someone to use your cornputer to do something else remotely," Elliott said. "I think we should leave ports shut down, but if there are things that the students need to do and we can justify that those needs support the university's needs, then we need to address those on a one-to-one basis," he said. Whitten said that some universities open ports in increments to allow online gaming so that the network isn't slowed down during the day when it is used for non-recreational purposes. Instituting a policy of that sort could suit the needs of the students and the university, she said. "If they opened the ports around 8 p:m., it would be reasonable," said Carlos Montes, Suites Hall resident. "It's our way of getting away from school work, and we can't do that now."
The year is 1974. Rock 'n Roll hagn't sold affairs that is the current music industry, resurgence in popularity among young peoout to the highest bidder, and radio station many young people are looking to the past ple because of its warmth of tone, its antiqcontent is still determined by the disc jock- to recapture the magic of Rock 'n Roll. uity, and quality of sound. ey instead of some faceless mega-corpora- They are dusting off their parents' record Jason Kretchmar, owner of Crazy J's tion. It's likely you'll hear everything from Records in Edmond and avid vinyl colPink Floyd to Bob Dylan to The Grateful lector, said that during the holidays he Dead to youfbrother's friend's garage band constantly heard young people talking on your radio station. about how excited they were about getTapes, eight-tracks, compact discs, ting a record player for Christmas. DVDs, MP3s and video cassette recorders These kids that come in are "antiare only in the dreams of sci-fi fans. burning", Kretchmar said, and they don't Musicians still record in an uncompressed like to be told what's cool, so they revolt analog format, in which the sound waves by buying vinyl. are recorded in their natural wave form Crazy J's sells mostly CDs, but they do instead of being digitized and compressed have a superb selection of vinyl, with a as with compact discs. When you hear a featured piece prominently displayed on song you like on the radio, you cruise over the cash wrap. Classic rock used Vinyl to the record store and buy that album on sells well, said Kretchmar, with indie rock vinyl. Because the artist has more creative leading in the new vinyl department. control, you listen to the whole album and Jazz, however, is the most sought after enjoy it. The bass response is lower, the vinyl artifact at his store. music sounds fuller. 45s are the biggest seller at the Book Now fast forward 30 years. Eight-tracks Beat & Co. in south Oklahoma City. have come and gone, tapes have traveled These smaller records, named for the the path of the dodo bird and compact speed at which the turntable spins — 45 discs are the standard format for listening revolutions per minute, generally contain to audio music. a maximum of two to three songs per side The record industry is suing its cusand were designed for radio play and protomers for illegally downloading music, motional usage. MTV — Music Television — doesn't play The rockabilly kids are the biggest music anymore, and radio stations play vinyl customers, buying the old blue grass homogenous, watered down garbage in a Jason Kretchmar, owner of Crazy J's and folk music 45s, said Shylo Brown, continual loop. Most popular artists don't Records, with part of their vinyl collection. owner of Book Beat & Co. Since rockabilly music is steeped in record a whole album of quality material — 1950s culture, it is only logical that the lisjust one or two singles to garner them radio players and listening to those classic vinyl teners would be obsessed with the analog airplay. Since the recordings are done in a recordings. Bands like The White Stripes and The technology of the vinyl album. digital format (the sound waves are digitized into ones and zeros then compressed to fit Hives are leading the vanguard of this revolt Rockabilly kids are easy to spot; they are on a disc), the music doesn't sound as rich as against the digital world by releasing warm analog music first on vinyl, then on compact in years past. see Revival, page 5 Dissatisfied with the dreary state of disc. The humble vinyl album is enjoying
Major League Soccer (MLS) is coming back to central Oklahoma. The University of Central Oklahoma and Express Sports have announced that tickets are now on sale for the Saturday, April 10, MLS exhibition game between the Kansas City Wizards and the Dallas Burn, scheduled for 2 p.m. at the UCO's Wantland Stadium. "A major league • state like ours deserves major league athletics," said Steve Kreidler, vice president for administration at UCO. "Ninety
three-hundred people braved the cold and wind for last year's exhibition game," he said. "This year the game has been scheduled for a better time, and with the improvements to the stadium like the new turf, a better sound system and our new video scoreboard, we expect even more people to come out for the game." UCO remains in contention as MLS officials determine where to locate two planned expansion teams during the next couple of years.
"We would love to have Major League Soccer come to Oklahoma and would be happy to be a part of it here at UCO," said Kreidler. Sponsors for the April 10 MLS exhibition game are The Daily Oklahoman, KWTV/News9 and Edmond Life and Leisure. Tickets are $30, $25, $20 and $15, and are available at the Ford Center ticket office, all metro-area Homeland stores, online at Tickets.com or by calling toll free, 800-511-1552.
Susan Thames, artist-in-residence for the English Department, will speak about "The Music of Prose" at 7:30 March 2 in Pegasus Theatre of the Liberal Arts Building. Her address on writing styles is free of charge as part of the monthly Lecture Series- for the College of Liberal Arts. The 'address was designed to foster education within the community, showcase faculty expertise and provide students the chance to relate to faculty members in a non-classroom setting. Having taught in New York since 1993, Thames comes to UCO from Columbia University's School of Arts where she teaches creative writing. As author and educator, she is teaching non-fiction prose and writing the • novel classes while at UCO. Thames has written a novel, "I'll be Home Late Tonight," published in 1997 by Villard. She has also written a book of stories titled "As Much as I Know," published in 1992 by Random House. She co-edited "The Breast: An Anthology," a non-fiction publication released by Global City Press in 1995, and has written feature stories and columns for House & Garden, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair and the Village Voice. Her awards include • the Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers Program" in 1997, being named a semifinalist for the 1990 Associated Writing Programs Intro Award, and being cited for the PEN 1989 Nelson Algren Competition for Work in Progress. ' She also has completed a number of art colony fellowship and is active in a number of community service programs in New York, including serving as a PEN American Center Prison Project mentor, holding writers' workshops for victims of domestic violence, and serving as a hospice volunteer. For more information, contact the UCO College of Liberal Arts at 974-2522.