University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY April 23, 1992
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German professor found dead Arson suspected, gang involvement not likely, police say By Penny Owen Staff Writer An early morning fire may have caused the death of University of Central Oklahoma German professor Gerhard Kallienke Tuesday when the duplex he was renting near campus burned to the ground. Firefighters were called to 800 North Chowning Ave. about 1:20 a.m. when passersby noticed flames, said Edmond Fire Inspector David Wiist. An initial search revealed no occupants, said Wiist, but when the fire was out a male body was discovered in the living room. Left behind on the garage door was spraypainted writing which said "Blood lova fool." Police said they had questioned dozens of people by Wednesday morning and had enough evidence to make an arrest, if forensic evidence from the fire conclusively indicated arson. Rumors of gang involvement had surfaced due to the graffiti found on Kallienke's garage door, but police said that the possibility of gang involvement was unlikely. Dental records are being sought to positively identify Kallienke's body, said Edmond Police Department Capt. Ron Cavin. However, the medical examiner confirmed that Kallienke was not shot or stabbed. Kallienke, 51, came to UCO in 1988 from a teaching job at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He has since been UCO's sole German professor. Born in Kiel, West Germany to a World War II general, Kallienke often said he was an American at heart, and therefore pursued his education in the United States. He earned a bachelors in art at Southern Connecticut State College in 1966 and was then offered an honors fellowship to Rice University in Houston. At Rice he completed his masters in art in 1968 and four years later obtained his doctorate in German literature. "To get into Rice you have to be very intelligent," said Liberal Arts Dean Clifton Warren. "Entry is based on honor." Kallienke spoke a very polished German, said Warren, and was also fluent in English and French. He also spoke some Thai, which he acquired while living in Thailand for a year. "He told me he supported eight kids in Thailand and he was really shrewd about it," said UCO student Scott Finley, who spent a summer in Germany because of Kallienke's efforts. "He sent the money straight to the school. They would not have gotten an education otherwise."
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Firetrucks converge on Dr. Gerhard Kallienke's house early Tuesday morning.(Photo by Mike Simons)
"He was the only faculty member I considered a friend," Finley said. "He'd really go out of his way to help his students. He'd give me extra reading material and talk German with me." Assistant Sociology Professor Harold "Otto" Schweizer said he shared a friendship and German bond with Kallienke. "I liked the guy. We'd get together and talk about the good old days in Germany," said Schweizer. "He was sort of a loner in the sense he didn't socialize with anybody and everybody, but he had a good heart. It's just tragic." Both Kallienke and Assistant Humanities Professor Siegfried Heit sat on the International Studies Committee at UCO. "It was so sudden and just a shame that a person who had so much to offer, who was so talented and skilled, is now gone," said
• Garth Vader? Is Garth worth the fuss? Guest columnist Julie Taylor offers her view on Yukon's pride and joy, pg 3.
Heit. "He had a good sense of humor, was well-tempered and had excellent command of both languages." Another friend and colleague was UCO History Professor Jere Roberson, who defined Kallienke as a gentle person and a "caretaker" type who would help whoever asked. Kallienke was not married and had no children. He is survived by his mother in Kiel, his father in South America and a brother in East Germany. Kallienke had planned to teach a summer course called "Idiomatic/Colloquial German," which would have been the first of its kind in Oklahoma. Memorial services are being planned by Ann Phillips in the foreign language department. The date and time have not been set, but will be announced. V
• Easy Reference UCO's library introduces a new computerized reference system for students, pg. 5.
Dr. Gerhard Kallienke
• Alarming Situation Campus police install alarm call boxes on campus to help students alone in an emergency, pg. 10.
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f American drivers had a coalition like the National Rifle Association, there would be no stoplights, no speed limits and no traffic cops. Like the NRA, the coalition would slash all measures for common safety in the name of personal rights. Car owners, gun owners — they all have rights. Period. The NRA mentality of applauding lax gun laws is truly killing America. Today, handguns and assault weapons are used to commit more than half of all U.S. homicides, leaving innocent people dead while aiding crazed individuals (with rights, of course) to massacre society at random. Still, the NRA vehemently, almost reflexively, cries out against any restriction on the use and ownership of weapons. Instead, they smugly maintain that one denial of a right will lead to another until the government pries its dead, precious fingers from its triggers. What about now? How can the NRA tolerate what is happening on American streets today? People may still kill people, but they are using bigger and better guns to do it. Gun usage is becoming more senseless, more commonplace, more out of control. Weapons confiscated from today's juveniles, drug dealers and murderers include AK-47's and Uzis, which are semi-automatic battlefield weapons that shoot ten times with a single pull of the trigger. Some kill faster. Yet the NRA screams bloody murder when the slightest prohibitive act is taken against gun ownership. After the 1989 bullet-lade massacre of school children in Stockton, Calif., President Bush, himself a lifetime NRA member, moved to limit the import of semi-automatic weapons — a small measure at best., considering that most of these weapons are manufactured in the U.S. The NRA condemned the act, hollering that Americans had a right to own and use war weapons. War weapons! The NRA is clearly out of touch with reality. It has been hiding far too long behind its narrow interpretation of the Constitution, hissing at anyone coming eye to eye with its towbarreled, one-sided policies. Law enforcement officials recently blasted the NRA for condemning a ban on armor-piercing bullets — the type that penetrate bullet-proof vests. Clearly, most deer and quail do not wear armor, which shoots holes in the traditional NRA reasoning of freedom to hunt. Ironically, the NRA has argued in the past that citizens should be able to arm themselves because there aren't enough police to protect them. Then why would it approve of bullets that would kill police in bullet-proof vests? In Chicago, an attempt to curb murders in the housing projects, dubbed as "Operation Clean Sweep," was deemed a huge success — but not by the NRA. Until the Chicago Housing Authority prohibited tenants from owning guns, an innocent bystander was shot everyday in the projects. When the ban started in 1990, police confiscated 817 weapons from residents that year and 214 in the first three months of 1991. Plenty of frightened tenants supported the gun ban and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development called the program a "model for the rest of the country." Enter the NRA, which immediately ridiculed the ban, wailing that it infringed on the residents' constitutional right to bear arms. Never mind that some of these residents were killing each other. Further, in an attempt to pad its fanatical outrage, it called the ban racist, noting that most project tenants were black. Most victims were black, too. Said Ira Harris, chief of housing police, "They have never cared about black people before." The NRA also bashed the Brady Bill, a modest proposal requiring a nationwide seven-day waiting period for gun purchases, which a 1991 Gallup Poll says is supported by 87 percent of Americans. Several states, including New York, Georgia, California and Florida, have passed their own versions of the Brady Bill, and herald them successes. When California began a 15-day waiting period for gun purchases in 1986, it caught 1,515 felons and mentally unstable people trying to buy guns from licensed dealers the first year. In fact, the Department of Justice reported 21 percent of all federal prisoners who used guns to commit their crimes had bought them from legitimate gun dealers. With no solutions of its own to offer, the NRA is appallingly out of line. The legislation proposed so far is small, and is a far cry from solving the epidemic of American homicides. But it is something. The NRA offers America nothing but a vicious, senseless fight.
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`Senior senior bo-benior, banana..' or years, I've dreamt of the day I will graduate. I've dr eamt of walking across that stage om that groovy cap and gown, hearing my name echo out across Wantland Stadium..."Christopher Jennings, Graphic Advertising Major"...the sweet feel of the diploma cover in my hands, the roar of the crowd as they do the wave... "Congratulations!" they shout, "You worked hard! Now, you've suc-
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ceeded!"...and as the tears streaming down my cheeks crash to the ground, so do my dreams. Tuesday, I read that undergraduate students don't get their names announced when they graduate. Why? May I ask? I've worked hard. I've stayed up two days in a row working on projects. I've made the same sacrifice of my sanity as Joe Graduate. I may not go on to get a graduate degree. I can get a darn good job with the
degree I'll be getting. I don't graduate for another year, but its time to do something. I didn't work for four years to be a nameless corpse trudging across the stage in the shadows of "The Graduate." Rise to the challenge, undergraduates! Let your name be heard!
—Christopher Jennings UCO student
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nglish must be one of the more interesting lan guages on the face of the planet. It is without a doubt one of the more complex and descriptive of any Latin based dialect. But there are some aspects of the tongue that seem to give foreigner's some difficulty. In fact, some of English's phraseology gives native speakers trouble. Some of the terminology just makes no damn sense at all. For instance, military intelligence must be one of the most contradictory terms in history. If Captain Kirk, or Captain Kangaroo for that matter, were to beam down to an Army training base they would certainly report that there is "no intelligent life here." One must ask, what is a "smart bomb" anyway? Is that like an incendiary device that does math until it explodes? And then there is that wonder of modern warfare, "friendly fire." Where I come from, my friends don't shoot at me. Well, sometimes on Saturday night, but certainly not withou provocation. Not to pick exclusively on the military, the real world is also home to terms in opposition. Political ethics is one of those phrases that is simply beyond comprehension. It's like a great cosmic positive and negative. It
cannot exist in our reality, but the denizens of Capitol Hill keep claiming there is such a thing, then proving there isn't. Education television, now there's one we can almost accept. We want to believe they really want to teach us something. You just have to remember the bottom line—they're trying to sell you something. Rap music is a term without definition. It isn't
music, it isn't art, it isn't even a form of communication. How can a bunch of guys stand around making noises their mothers would whack them for, and call it music. All things considered, the English language is enough to make you want to take Spanish. —
Sam Powell Staff writer
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Garth-worship sickening
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f "Star Wars" was filmed in Yukon, Oklahoma in 1992, its main character would be named Garth Vader. Yes, Garth Brooks, country music singer extraordinaire, has taken Yukon by storm. Just because he was born and bred in the Wal-Mart-and-Sonic metropolis, the town has gone Garth-crazy. Everywhere one looks, there are "Home of Garth Brooks" signs, "Garth Rules" bumper stickers and "I've Got Friends in Low Places" t-shirts. And, just when Garth-bashers thought it couldn't get any worse, the city council voted to rename Highway 92 and Cemetery Road Garth Brooks Boulevard. Just like the Garth Brooks hit, the city council is definitely "shameless."
What has this guy done to deserve this praise and worship? Sang a few country ballads about bars, booze and babes? Dr. Steven Drabek, a surgeon who also calls Yukon home, doesn't have a street named after him. Obviously, cutting humans to save lives is not as important as cutting records to make cash in the eyes of the allknowing city council members. The fact that an entire town worships a hat-wearin', tearjerkin' country and western singer is revolting. What kind of lesson does this teach young Yukonites? Don't be a nurse or you'll never, ever get your name painted on a water tower. Your name won't grace road signs aplenty if you're an engineer. And you sure as heck
won't have a street named after you if you're, God forbid, a teacher or something crazy like that. No, you have to aspire to be a country singin', Wrangler wearin', rhinestone-studded cowboy if you want to be worshipped in the town of Yukon, Oklahoma. Go figure. If Star Wars was filmed in Yukon, Oklahoma in 1992, Garth Vader would probably say "May The Force Be With You." And hopefully that force would be strong enough to push Garth's name off every sign, tower and street in Yukon and put it in the only place where it really should be — on an album cover.
—Julie Taylor
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It's write-in time Cartoon cat Felix's bag of tricks could be just the thing for America o, tell me. Who should I vote for? Clinton? Not! He says that he has a great "environmental policy," but his state is dumping trash into our state via the Illinois river. Brown? Ha! He's been around and I still don't know anything about him. I don't think so. Bush? Ha ha ha, hee hee hee, ho ho ho. That's about as funny as putting Dan Quayle up for election. Perot? Maybe, maybe not. We still don't hear anything about him. Except he's got lots and lots of money. And don't even ask me about Duke. So tell me, what's a guy gonna do? I know, we've had one actor in office, let's go for more. My nominees are Felix, Edward and Harvey. Three unknowns who act like animals and get away with it, because they are animals. Of course, these three are also known as Felix the Cat, Mr. Ed and Harvey the invisible rabbit. Let's do some pros and cons of these three. Felix the cat is a wonderful, wonderful cat. Iraq giving us trouble? He reaches into his bag of tricks and pulls out something to cure it all. He has a great standing in the "Land of the Lost," "Space Ghost" and "Pippi Longstocking" cartoon age groups.
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Bill the Cat and he probably will hack up a hair ball at inopportune times. Mr. Ed has several good points on his side. First, we'll get it straight out of the horse's mouth and not the other end. He likes to surf and he's cheap to feed. And he has a real grass roots domestic policy. His cons are simple, he has an irritating sense of humor. He only speaks to Wilbur. And he sounds like Richard Nixon. (That last piece of information comes directly from Robin Williams in "Good Morning Vietnam." Thank youver ymuchRo b in.) The pros on Harvey are apparent. He's invisible, so there's no use saying that we can see right through him. He doesn't speak much and lets his actions speak for him. He's also a good friend of Jimmy Stewart. What more can you ask for? His cons are that he multiplies really fast. We're not talking about arithmetic here. And he's shy. Plus, no one has seen him in years. Since you've put up with my wit for a semester, I'd like to leave you with one piece of advice. Join your local Meadow Party. Vote for Bill n' Opus in '92. I'm off to Glacier National Park. Have a hot, sweaty summer while I cool off in the great white north.
—T.A. Clark Guest columnist
ost people have heard the saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," but some University of Central Oklahoma students are wondering where the doctor is when they do need him. Ignoring student schedules, the university doctor is only available at the UCO Student Health Center until 12:15 p.m. each day. The health center needs to add the services of a physician in the afternoon to adjust to the schedules of all UCO students. UCO students will pay $37.75 per hour for lower level courses and $38.50 per hour for upper level courses in the 1992-93 school year. Another big expense
is activity fees. One of the places where this money is allocated is the student health center. Since one of the primary duties of the health center is to provide aid for the UCO students, it is irrational not to hire a doctor to be in the office when most students are available. The university should hire a doctor to work in the afternoon because many students cannot make it to the health center before 12:15 p.m. If these students need a prescription drug, there is no doctor to write a prescription. In addition, many students who live on campus are several miles away from home and their family doctor, and may not have any
other place to go. Furthermore, the high cost of medicine at a local hospital or clinic is difficult for a college student to afford. The university should make the services available for the students who cannot afford to go somewhere else. UCO officials should remedy this situation by taking a bite of the university's budget and providing the services of a doctor in the afternoon. More than 7,300 UCO students have classes in the daytime, primarily in the morning. Each of these students deserve more than an apple for paying their fees.
—Jessica Danker
UCO journalism student
Telethon banquet gives viewer sour stomach I is telethon time, and it's also
time to break out the Pepto-Bismol. Many television networks have stretched out their grubby paws in a gesture of "gimme, gimme, gimme." Each network attributes the necessity of monetary funds for either program continuance or to further the research of a crippling disease. It's time for the viewer to strike back at these cash-craving connivers, and say "enough is enough." The collective stomach of society is churning with indigestion. The average Oklahoman couch potato has been subjected to countless hours of pleas from renowned faces, each pledging his or her talents to further "a worthy cause." The worst offender has been OETA, which is conducting "Festival '92" to raise money for its beleagured network in light of growing competition from other educational channels in the state. OETA is breaking out the big guns once more—a series of documentaries, science shows, excellent mystery programs and the like.
While enjoying such a delectable banquet of broadcasting, the viewer is asked to make "a small donation to keep programs like these on the air." However, when "Festival '92" ends, its back to the same old frozen entrees. Now the viewer tastes the wares of the Easter Seals Telethon. The main courses feature top performers from around the world, each pleading with the audience to donate "the littlest sum" to the organization. Nevertheless, the scandal that rocked the Easter Seals program in California during the early 1980s has given many potential donors reason to hesitate.
Also, OETA refuses to release its financial records, according to a report from The Oklahoma Observer. Thus, many viewers cannot keep tabs on where their money is being spent. Such comtemplation could give viewers a sour stomach. Another less-than-tasty dish is the "700 Club" drive for new members. Using religion as an ap-
petizer, Pat Robertson makes his little group seem messianic in its thoughts and motivations, but the bottom line is still money. To become a "700 Club" member, one must pledge $30 a month, and to join the "1,000 Club," one must pledge nearly four times that amount per month. The viewer may feel the need to vomit following consumption of this overcooked turkey. Now possessing a terrible case of nausea, the viewer may realize that a smaller sampling of such dishes may be the solution. Cutting calories and cutting telethons and drives may be the only way to cure the heartburn building in the American viewership today. Regardless, television audiences should feast on quality programming all of the time without the omnnipresent presence of appeals for money in order to make this sort of schedule possible more than one week out of a year.
—Gary Ingram UCO student
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Decreased reading and writing: New trend emerges on American university campuses; Writers fewer and far between, professors say By Marcia Benedict Editor-in-chief As the MTV and electronic video game generation creeps into its university stage of life, this generation is attempting to prove to university professors that writing skills aren't necessary in today's sound-byte and increasingly visual society. Fewer college students are entering writing programs at universities, and some say the cause may be that people, on the average, have less time to read what is written. Will literary writing soon become a lost art in America? While professors at the University of Central Oklahoma disagree that coherent writing is becoming a lost art, they do agree that university students are creating a trend toward decreased mechanic and vocabulary skills. "It's ironic that in what we call the information age, we're producing more and more students who can't deal with or process that information," said Dr. Terry Clark, chairman of the UCO journalism department. "Students are communicating in illogical sentences and trite expressions and images, and often are using colloquialism instead of formal words," said Dr. Sandra Mayfield, chairperson of the UCO Department of English. Mayfield said she has seen an increased amount of punctuation and spelling errors in student writing, as well as syntax errors, sentences and paragraphs which have no orderly or systematic structure. Clark also said he has seen major problems with grammar, sentence structure, fragments, subject-verb agreements, punctuation and vocabulary skills. Dr. Christopher Givan, chairperson of the UCO Department of
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not easy. Students have to want to do it, focus themselves and take it seriously." Givan explained that generational role models also are contributing to the decline of American literature writers. "First, we had the (Ernest) Hemingway generation which consisted of journalists and brilliant realists. Then in the 1950s and '60s, writers were supported by the universities. It was an artsy generation," he said. "Now, and in the future, writers will need to focus on composing for television and film." Givan said television and the electronic media have a plus and minus affect on writers. "People are now more hungry for traditional stories and happy endings because of the sadness they see on the screen. But also because of television, people are less able to tell stories. Everything is visual now," he said. In addition to the impact television and film have had on today's society, Givan said the need for a two-income family also contributes to the lack in a child's imagination, and consequently the lack of students who become interested in writing. "When people think of writing, they think of storytelling. Today, with both parents working, moms and dads are too exhausted when they get home to tell their children stories. This could be the end of the narrative," he said. Although visual images may be hindering the written word, writers are now in demand as script writers, broadcast writers and playwriters. "There is now a new resurgence of intellectualism in the media. Writers are now being asked to write documentaries and narratives for television and film," Givan said. ■tf
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Nigh still mum on future President-to-be addresses student senate meeting; pledges 'cooperation, not confrontation' in dealings forward to working with the stuBy Allen Norbury dent senate. "I pledge cooperation Staff Writer not confrontation." Nigh called upon the senators to Don't let an idea go by without avoid looking for ways of contelling someone about it, said fufrontation and he would never inture University of Central Oklatentionally cause it either, he homa president George Nigh at his added. address to the student senate April Nigh said he expected the sena20. ' tors to call upon him and he would "Student support, especially in do the same. He also asked the sethis organization, has been great and very supportive. We have nators to help him sponsor more some great years ahead for UCO student involvement on campus. "One area where UCO is unique with a new spirit on campus," is in non-traditional students and Nigh said. traditional students," Nigh said. However, you can't always do what is expected of you though. "We need to serve the 35- year-old We will not be able to do all the working mother and the 17-yearthings that we want to do, Nigh Dld high school graduate." said. After the speech, a senator Nigh added that he was looking asked Nigh about future changes
in curriculum. Nigh replied by saying there is always a desire to do better, like more master's degrees and a doctorate program, but if the regents and the legislature are not able to allocate the money, it can't be done. Nigh added that the university doesn't have people committed to giving financial support. "We don't have that," he said. Nigh said he didn't have any plans for the future for what he wanted to do, yet. Lillard's bugdet will be left when I take office, so I have a year before another creation of a budget, he said. "I can move things around, this here, that there,
but for anything major you will have to wait another year," he added. "I don't promise things because you have to look at the overall system before making those big decisions," Nigh said. Nigh also said that Bill Lillard is still president and deserves nothing but appreciation. "He has lead this university through some miraculous years." Future president of the student senate, Joacquin Stephens, said that Nigh was wise in holding back information and was excited about working with him. "He's a hard-working person," Stephens said. "It's going to be an exciting year." V
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The University of Central Oklahoma Library recently installed a new computer system which enables a student or faculty member to research information in a matter of seconds, said Habib Tabatabai, automated reference coordinator. CD-ROM (compact disk-read-
humanities, literature, biology & agriculture, Reader's Guide to Periodicals and general interest information, he said. CD-ROM Network will pull up information on several topics all at
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once and allows more than one student to research the same topic at the same time. "This system is like allowing four people to type on one typewriter all at once," said Tabatabai. The library offers six terminals for public use. They may be used anytime during the regular library hours. A staff member will be stationed at the information desk to
help anyone wanting to learn how to use it. The computer system was purchased with library budget money and cost approximately $20,000, he said. For more information contact Tabatabai at ext. 2865 or Carol Barry ext. 2880. To schedule a class instruction contact Shirle Hardesty at x 2947. V
Cafeteria stays open all night for students By Allen Norbury Staff Writer As the '92 spring semester approaches the end of the tunnel, the light becomes brighter for some University of Central Oklahoma students. But for others, finals week becomes a time of hibernation. It's that time of the semester when the final test can impact the final grade. So the last minute cram can be crucial, and starting Monday, access to a place to study became easier thanks to A.K. Rahman, director of UCO auxiliary services. Beginning April 27, Central Cafeteria will be open from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. and the convenience store will stay open until 1 a.m., Rahman said. The cafeteria will offer free coffee and cookies and a copy machine will also be available in the cafeteria, he added. Rahman said that students have came to him saying that there weren't any places to study in groups in the evenings. "I feel like it gives a chance for students to get out of the house. Students have said that the library is either closed or you can't speak out, and you have to buy something if you go to a restaurant to study," he said. V
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April 23, 1992
Event makes Clean Sweep--`litterly Campus and Edmond organizations will remove trash from streets; city-wide effort includes prize for most unusual refuse found By Chad Richison Student Writer Keep Edmond Beautiful, a nonprofit organization that promotes enviromental awareness and the beautification of Edmond, will promote Operation Clean Sweep on Saturday, April 25, on Edmond streets. Operation Clean Sweep is an annual event in which organizations and volunteers participate in cleaning up the 75 square miles Edmond occupies. "Keep Edmond Beautiful organizes the operation and the city provides the equipment and the workers who collect the bags once
Omega and the UCO Public Relations Student Society of America will participate.
99 When people drive into Edmond and see trash everywhere it creates a negative impression, and you never get another chance to create a first impression. —Judy Fleetwood Operation Clean Sweep
Student Writer The University of Central Oklahoma theater program will end its 1991-92 season with the presentation of Romulus Linney's "Three Poets." Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m., tonight, Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday in UCO's Mitchell Hall Theater under the direction of Matt Aston, assistant professor of oral communication. "The play is about three poets who were able to use the repression which they encountered as women as the inspiration for their art," said Aston. The play follows the difficulties encountered by ninth-century Japanese poet Ono no Komachi,
10th-century Saxon poet Hrosvitha and 20th-century Soviet poet Anna Akhmatova as they fight for their lives and their art. Cast members include Laura Hartpence, sophomore, Oklahoma City; Jimmy Driskill, junior, Tulsa; Lesa Aston, senior, Edmond; Doug Smith, senior, Edmond; Ben Hall, junior, Cleveland, Ohio; Lori King, senior, Newcastle; Richard Russell, senior, Oklahoma City; Bonnie Hancock, sophomore, Edmond; Matt Boethin, sophomore, Tulsa and Cate Redding, sophomore, Edmond. Mary Freeh, costume designer at UCO is also cast. For ticket information call 341-2980, ext. 2513. V
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groups who participate," Fleetwood said.
creates a negative impression and you never get another chance to create a first impression," Fleetwood said.
Keep Edmond Beautiful officials say that hundreds of bags containing trash are picked up during the operation.
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Smog is growing problem By Allen Norbury Staff Writer
Season ends poetically By Tami Watson
Fleetwood said that many Edmond city officials will participate in the operation and that prizes will be given to the person who finds the most unusual item during Operation Clean Sweep. "Operation Clean Sweep has taken place for 10 years and grows each year, especially now since we have the Adopt—A—Street
Earth Day '92 addresses issues ranging from landfills to the planting of trees. But some would say the most important issue is air pollution. Air is required for the sustenance of life on earth; however, that life-sustaining air is prone to pollution. Major air pollutants are sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter. Minute particles named particulates are the most common air pollutants in Edmond.
"The blowing around of stuff like dust results in hazy days, which we all have seen," said Dr. Larry Westmoreland, University of Central Oklahoma chemistry professor.
Westmoreland said that most electric plants in Oklahoma aren't coal fired, which is a plus.
"We don't have the major industry here in Oklahoma which is a major contributor to air pollution, but what we do have is the high automobile usage," Westmoreland said.
Moderate to severe eye irritation and visibility below three miles when the relative humidity is below 60 percent are characteristics of smog.
Hydrocarbons, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide are the pollutants from emissions of internal combustion piston engines.
"Another thing we have going for us is the wind," he said.
The term smog originated to describe the combination of fog and smoke containing sulfur dioxide that was prevalent in London, caused by the burning of coal containing high amounts of sulfur.V
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ENTERTAINMENT By Kathy Karr Managing Editor ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
MUSICALLY SPEAKING FOR LIFE...Monday night, the biggest names in rock'n'roll gathered at London's Wembley stadium to honor the memory of AIDS victim Freddie Mercury. On the lineup were Guns 'n Roses, U2, Extreme, Elton John, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey and Robert Plant, and a host of others. 72,000 crammed into the stadium to listen to the tribute to Queen's late lead singer. Robert Plant took the frontman position with the remaining members of Queen to sing "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." Elton John stepped up to sing the front end of "Bohemian Rhapsody," then stepped to the side as Axl Rose took over the last few verses. Nothing beats the sheer oddity of this musical moment as the pair put their arms around each other to belt out the last few words. Axl then came out to scream the b-ball chant, "We Will Rock
You." Then, on a stage crammed with such musical big-wigs as Def Leppard, Metallica, Robert Plant, Elton John and Guns n' Roses, the final tune sung in the memory of Mercury was led by none other than, are you ready for this?, Liza Minelli! She brought her Broadway touch finish out with "We Are The Champions." I guess nobody could bring 'ern together like "Ready Freddie." G N' R VISITS...Speaking of Guns n' Roses, while the Gunners were in town a couple of weeks ago to blow the doors off the Myriad, a few of the band members did a little club hopping in the city. The Saturday before the show, new members Dizzy and Matt Sorin made it out to the Samurai Saki House to check out local hot band Bellevue. Since Sorin had spent a stint with the Cult, Bellevue decided to pull out some old Cult tunes and asked Sorin to take over drum duty. "It was great," said Bellevue guitarist Darrell Wilson. "They were pretty cool."
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SPORTS
Bronchos ink top recruits By Justin Harper
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Sports Editor
Football class of 1992-93 The spring semester is winding down, along with the spring sports. However, the end of the playing season is only the begin-' ning of recruiting season for UCO coaches and staff. The UCO football team has received 10 commitments from incoming freshman as well as four transfers. Transfers include quarterback Terry Payne (6-1, 195) from Division I Cal State-Fullerton and defensive back Cleveland Phillips, (5-8 178), from 1991 junior college national champion Northeast Oklahoma. The volleyball team inked two All-State high schoolers in Amy Lynn Stallings, from Edmond Memorial, and Brook Borden, from Norman, and two transfers Amy Hammond and Rachel Price. Hammond comes from San Jacinto (Texas) Junior College and will still have three years eligibility remaining. Price, who hails from Edmond, spent the last two years at Southern Nazarine University and also was a high school All-Stater. UCO's NCAA II national champion wrestling team received commitments from a Class 4A state champion Mike Samples (El Reno) and two Class 5A state runners-up, Mark Cunningham (Tulsa Union) and Denny Kenedy II (Westmoore). The Lady Broncho basketball team also signed an All-Stater. Stephanie Briggs, a 5-7 guard out of Adair, who averaged 26.8 points per game.. V
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LSC lead on the line Lone Star Conference baseball co-leaders Central Oklahoma and Cameron collide in a crucial three-game series here Friday and Saturday. The Bronchos, 24-23, lost two of three games to the 25-17 Aggies on March 20-21 in Lawton. UCO and Cameron, both 7-5 atop the LSC, each have one league series remaining. The Bronchos play host to cellar-dwelling Eastern New Mexico (4-8) May 1-2, while CU meets hot-hitting Abilene Christian (6-6). Cameron features the league's most explosive offense, including Tyler Williams, who is batting over .300 and leading the league with 14 round trippers. V
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Exhibit lands running at UCO By Traci McKnight
Student Writer
After ten years of collecting and searching, the Archives Library at the University of Central Oklahoma has formed an exhibit celebrating the Land Run of 1889. In 1981 and 1982, professors at then Central State University, realized that the 100th anniversary of the Oklahoma Land Run was coming. Knowing that others would be seeking their expertise on the subject, they began working to gather information about the forming of towns here in Oklahoma and the 1889 Land Run, said Mary Bond, archivist at UCO. The exihibit consists largely of old photographs and books donated for use by Stan Hoig, retired professor emeritus of UCO. The professors formed a committee to collect archives of historical
Thousands flock to stake claim in '89 land rush By Tami Watson
Student Writer
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the Oklahoma Land Run. In just a few hours, towns that would later be a part of our state suddenly came into existence. Exactly 103 years ago nearly 50,000 people lined up along the boundaries of the "unassigned land" hoping to make this land their new home. People who had already established homes in this land were dri-
Column ven out and forced to participate in "Harrison's Hoss Race" in order to acquire land legally. At noon, the sound of guns and bugles signaled the beginning of the event. Between the hours of noon and sunset, nearly 10,000 people had staked land in what is now known as Oklahoma City. People were so determined to get land that many disputes arose and several deaths occurred. Many of these disputes are documented in the town site cases of the National Archives. Other land rushes followed The Great Land Rush of 1889, but none were as large as the one that marked the beginning of our state.
significance to researchers called the Oklahoma Collection, said Bond. The committee started with only one room and many boxes of materials waiting to be sorted, said Bond. "I remember the very first time we had anyone come to look at the materials. It was this man from Texas. We had to drag a table from another room because we did not have one, and just set the boxes out for him to go through," said Bond. Bond said that it has taken so long for the exhibit to be formed because the National Archives in Washington had all of the significant documents used in court disputes dealing with the Oklahoma Land Run, and that they were reluctant to give them up. "Although we saw them as part of Oklahoma, they saw the documents as a bigger picture with the whole nation,"said Bond. One of the main goals of the committee was not only to get original documents, but to preserve them, and make them easier to use by putting them on microfilm, said Bond. "The Oklahoma Collection was formed for the purpose of collecting archives with historical significance for researchers and graduate students and to accomodate them with papers and documents. It also was to be a consistant effort
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Parking lots gain alarming conveniences By Roger Groce Staff Writer Taking another step toward making the University of Central Oklahoma campus a safer place to be, the UCO Police department is installing wireless alarm call boxes in outer parking lots throughout the campus sometime this summer. "I think it will enhance the quality of life on campus," said UCO Police Lt. Ed Forbes.
The boxes will be mounted three to four feet high on light poles and will have a blue beacon light on 24 hours a day, Forbes said. In an emergency, students will be able to push the button and an alarm will be immediatly received at the UCO police station and a car will be dispatched, he said. The students will also be able to talk directly to the police department or an officer in the field from the remote location.
Initially, the call boxes will be installed at five campus parking lots: the Broncho Field House, the dirt lot East of the Liberal Arts building, between the LA building and Thatcher Hall, the lot South and East of the University Center, and the commuter lot by the Math and Computer Science building. Funding for the project is corning out of the Operation Safe Walk budget with the cost of each box about $1,100 to $1,400 per unit, Forbes said. As part of Operation
Safe Walk, any student will be able to call from the locations for an escort across campus. The crime of pranks and tampering with the boxes will be similar to sounding a false fire alarm, Forbes said. Campus police plan to prosecute any offenses to the full extent of the law, he said. Plans are to add three additional boxes across campus in the fall. Because the cost of the units is so high, student organizations are encouraged to sponsor the purchase of the next boxes, Forbes said.
"If they want to sponsor one we'll get the money for it, then put a plaque on it saying they donated it to the campus community," he said. The University of Oklahoma has a similar system but it's through the telephone lines and may fail if the phone service has a problem, he said. For more information about the call boxes or Operation Safe Walk contact the UCO Police department at 341-2980 ext. 2345. V
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New York lawmakers want cards featuring killers kept from kids NEW YORK (AP) - Two state lawmakers want trading cards that feature serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer kept out of children's hands. Assemblyman Alan G. Hevesi and Sen. Christopher J. Mega introduced a bill Monday that would prevent the sale of the cards to minors. "They really are some ugly, ugly cards," Ilevesi said. He singled out the 110-card True Crime series, which is expected to arrive in stores next month. Half the cards feature serial killers and mob figures. The rest depict famous law enforcement officials. The cards are published by Eclipse Enterprises Inc. of Forestville, Calif. Catherine Yronwode, editor in chief and co-owner, said she resents accusations that she is glorifying criminals. Yronwode said she was raped at 17, but "I don't see anything wrong with putting rapists on cards."
Sumo wrestler accuses Japanese of racism in denial of rating TOKYO (AP) - A Hawaiian who's fought his way higher up the ranks of Japan's national sport than many thought possible for a foreigner - but been denied sumo wrestling's highest honor - has struck a raw nerve with charges of racism. "There is only one reason I could not become grand champion. That's because I'm not Japanese," Salevaa Atisanoe, an ethnic Samoan, is quoted as saying in an astonishingly frank newspaper interview. "Strictly speaking, this is racism," Monday evening editions of Japan's leading financial newspaper quoted Atisanoe as saying. The 577-pound wrestler was complaining about sumo officials' failure to promote him to "yokozuna," or grand champion, last month after he won his third tournament. Japanese wrestlers have become grand champions after winning two straight tournaments. Atisanoe has not achieved consecutive wins, but apparently feels his three victories merit the recognition.
Former chief pleads no contest to lewd molestation of a child PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) -The former Pauls Valley police chief received a five-year suspended sentence after pleading no contest to a molestation charge. Robert F. Nichols, 30, entered the plea Monday to a charge of lewd molestation of a child. Nichols, who actively worked with underprivileged and unruly children, recently was named one of Oklahoma's top 25 volunteers with the Department of Human Services. He was scheduled to receive an award from Gov. David Walters on April 30.
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