The Vista June 4, 1992

University of Central Oklahoma

THURSDAY June 4, 1992

The Student Voice Since 1903

UCO receives 2.9 percent increase Price freezes end; vodka prices triple MOSCOW(AP)-Muscovites in need of a drink upon discovering phone rates had risen threefold were in for another blow: a tripling in the cost of vodka and other liquors.

"When will it ever end?" said metal-worker Yuri Vidinin.

With price controls lifted, vodka rose in price Monday from 47 rubles per 15-once bottle to about 150 rubles. That's an increase of 39 cents to $1.25, based on the tourist exchange rate.

The new price represents about three days' wages for the average worker.

The government also announced it may soon free prices for bread and milk. Moscow telephone rates tripled overnight.

Iraq shoots down new U.N. border UNITED NATIONS(AP)-Iraq has spurned the first key condition of the Persian Gulf war cease-fire, saying it refuses to recognize its new border with Kuwait, diplomats say.

The new boundary set in May by U.N. surveyors shifted the border deeper into Iraq, giving Kuwait 10 new oil wells and an abandoned Iraqi naval base at the port of Urn Qasr.

In a 57-page letter in Arabic to U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ahmed Hussien called the redrawing of the border "illegitimate," diplomats said Monday.

Hazardous waste bill has to wait

By Allen Norbury Staff Writer The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education's report on the allocation of state appropriated funds for the University of Central Oklahoma for the 1993 fiscal year shows a 2.9 percent increase over last year's recurring allocations.

Recurring allocations are those that the university receives every year.

The report shows that UCO received a $27,757,969 base budget last year. The 1993 total recurring funds were $28,559,764, giving UCO a budget increase of $801,795.

Also, for the second consecutive year, higher education has received rainy day funds. "Higher education received the lion share of those funds," said Gary Smith, executive vice chancellor for the state regents.

UCO students braved a wet campus as the beginning of the summer session was greeted with unseasonably rainy weather. (Photo by Mark Zimmerman)

Students to pay more per hour

By Allen Norbury Staff Writer University of Central Oklahoma students are going to dig a little deeper in their pockets to pay for a new student facility fee approved at $2 per semester credit hour.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved the new fee at their May 29 meeting. UCO President Bill Lillard will decide when the facility fee will go into effect.

Regents say the fee is expected to generate approximately $607,344 per year for

See World Wrap, back page

UCO. Major maintenance, repairs and renovations for auxiliary facilities at UCO have been deferred for 12 years, the regents' agenda showed.

"Our infrastructure is in a lot of trouble," said Phillip Arnold, UCO assistant vice president of administration.

"The administration realized that a lot of work needed to be done on the University Center and Central Cafeteria," he added.

"In the University Center itself, the drapes haven't been replaced in 20 years," Arnold said. "Ballroom dividers and furniture need to be replaced."

When A.K. Rahman, director of auxiliary services, joined the university in the spring, he went over the university with a fine tooth comb and brought a lot of things to the administration's attention that needed to be dealt with, Arnold said.

The annual fee revenues will offer funding for required facility improvements including depreciation from normal wear and tear, the agenda showed.

See Fee, page 7

Cramped classes: a solid fixture?

By Marcia Benedict

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP)-The Oklahoma Legislature may have to take another look next session at the state's hazardous waste law in light of new U.S. Supreme Court rulings, says the legislator who drafted changes in that law.

Rep. M.C. Leist, D-Morris, was chief author of the law passed by the recent legislature that raised the fee charged for disposing of hazardous waste in Oklahoma.

The same bill added a reciprocal clause that would require out-of-state companies to pay the same fee charged by their states for disposal of hazardous waste.

See Increase, page 7

Copy Editor It's the first day back to school and the class is filled to capacity. Some students stand up against the walls to wait for the professor to hand out the class schedule and syllabus. Others sit jam-packed together at the desks lining the narrow aisles. It's so hot the professor decides to dismiss class instead of letting streams of sweat roll down

everyone's faces.

Cramped classrooms could remain a fixture at the University of Central Oklahoma even if voters approve a $350 million statewide capital improvements bond issue at the November general election.

Approximately $230 million collected from the bond issue will be given to state colleges and universities for construction of new buildings or improvements for old buildings.

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education recommended that UCO receive approximately $12 million in state-bond money, but before ending their session last Friday the legislature voted to allow the university only $7.8 million, said Joyce Mounce, university vice president for administration.

See Bond, page 7

INSIDE TODAY Movies and music: Summer's almost here, and with it come concerts and films , page 5.

At play: UCO' s Family Housing is scheduled to receive new playground equipment, page 4.

Prevention: Officials gather to discuss child abuse and it' s prevention, page 4.

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June 4, 1992

Fiction or reality? e s, it's been driven into the ground a thousand times over by now. Dan Quayle, vice-president of the most powerful country in the world, condemned a fictional character on a television show for her lifestyle. He branded her a scarlet woman and said she mocked fatherhood. "Murphy Brown," Mr. Quayle says, glorifies illegitimacy.

At this point, the Murphy Brown fiasco has plundered the airwaves and newsprint, engendering a tidal wave of indignant defense of Murphy. For two weeks, people ranging from the stars of the series to Democratic congressmen with nothing better to do have jumped on the Murphy bandwagon, spewing self-righteous outrage that Quayle would attack a character on a television show.

The fact that Quayle's remarks were, at the least, ignorant and uninformed goes without saying. But the disturbing aspect of the whole scenario is that a television show is now taking up the spotlight in this election year, and not the actual issues which are going to effect voters in the next four years.

An important decision is going to be made in November, and for voters to make their choice based on whether a candidate has bashed their favorite program does not bode well for the future of the free world. Has popular culture so inundated American lives that the only time citizens bother to become outraged is when a T.V. show has been criticized by a political figure?

Critics can bash Dan Quayle and make cheap shots all they want, but apparently Danny boy isn't the only American living in an alternative televison reality.

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oss Perot, the come-from-behind billionaire who is neck-and-neck with George Bush in the polls, has finally come forward and actually made a stand on an issue: gays in government and a person's sex life in the context of the workplace.

In an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC's 20/20, Perot said that a homosexual person in a high level cabinet position would "distract from the work to be done." Perot also said he would not knowingly hire a man who had been unfaithful to his wife.

Perot's comments, while bigoted and unsubstantiated, point to a greater and more disturbing issue: Why should anybody's sexuality or sexual habits be an issue when it comes to job performance?

Allegations of the kind against Gary Hart, the questions asked of Bill Clinton and the long standing rumors about John Kennedy's supposedly many love feasts have no dwelling on the work they do in the job place. No matter if the allegations and insinuations are true, what's done in the bedroom is the concern of the people directly involved.

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ERS LET1 Editor's note: In the April 23 , 1992 edition of the Vista, guest columnist Julie Taylor expressed her disdain for the decision of Yukon officials to rename a city street "Garth Brooks Boulevard." What follows is two of many responses the Vista has received defending Brooks and Yukon' s decision. For the record, Julie Taylor is a graduate of Yukon High School.

Proud Yukonites praise flour mill e are writing in response to Julie Taylor's article in the April 23 edition of the Vista.

As 1991 Yukon High School graduates, we felt compelled to respond to the criticisms in Ms. Taylor's article.

We would like to inform her that Yukon, Oklahoma is neither a "Wal-Mart-and-Sonic metropolis" nor a group of "rhinestonestudded cowboy" worshippers Yukon is the home of 150 plus different businesses and a population of close to 20,000. Yukon is not only the home of Garth Brooks but also the Yukon Flour Mill and holds the title of "Czech Capitol of Oklahoma" so proclaimed by Governor Henry Bellmon. As for Garth's name on the water tower, it also shows the years of Yukon's

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football, baseball and softball state championships. Another tower recognizes "The Pride" — Yukon Bands. The Yukon High School Band is among the top ten in the state and the Jazz Ensemble has been a state champion for an unprecedented two consecutive years.

Ms. Taylor, take a walk around any mall in the Oklahoma City area. Many stores carry Garth Brooks paraphernalia, including bumper stickers and T-shirts. Yes, Yukon is proud to be the "Home of Garth Brooks" and did honor him with a street, but other individuals and groups also share this honor.

Czech Hall Road, John F. Kroutil Dr., and Jim Watson are just a few examples. Oh, yeah, you sure as heck will find a street named after a teacher or maybe some as crazy

as a librarian — Mable C. Fry. Let us remind you of the many other towns in the U.S. that glorify their hometown success stories. For example, Memphis Tennessee uses Elvis Presley's name just for a tourist attraction. What kind of example is someone who died of a drug overdose? Garth Brooks upholds his Christian beliefs by supporting his family, raising money for the United Way and praising God onstage. If it is a lesson you are looking for, this is what he teaches the people of Yukon.

Ms. Taylor, we hope you now understand that Yukon is the home of many things, not just Garth Brooks.

gives credit where it is due by professing his Christianity. He tells our youth that getting an education is first and foremost the best thing that they can do for themselves.

To stay away from drugs and alcohol. To honor one's family and hold them dear.

Apparently, you have never really listened to any of Garth's albums. If you had, you would know that he always includes songs on his albums that give positive messages about life. In not one of these great songs is there mention of bars, booze or babes.

As for your opposition of Yukon painting Garth's name on the water tower and renaming a street for him I can't really see the problem there either. Almost every town anywhere you want to name has a person that has been honored for their notoriety. Have you ever heard of Susan Powell, Miss

America from Elk City, or Thomas Stafford, astronaut from Weatherford, and let's not forget Oklahoma City with their streets named for E.K. Gaylord, Robert S. Kerr and Martin Luther King. And how about Gene Autry, Oklahoma?

I don't know about other people, but if my teenagers want to idolize Garth, it's OK with me. I would rather they be high on him and the positive image he projects rather than be on drugs or in gangs.

I much prefer to see my son in western attire than in that "I just don't care what I look like" attire.

You see Julie, having pride in ourselves and others is a very important part of life. So if Yukon finds pride in Garth Brooks as a native son, then more power to them.

—Kendra Schmitz —Kristi Kindred UCO students

Idolatry wholesome hobby ulie, Julie, Julie! For heaven's sake girl, who put the bee in your bonnet? Having read several of your articles over the past months, I find you to be a talented journalist, but, in my opinion, one who is wasting her talents by writing articles on insignificant subjects. In your latest article, you blasted Garth Brooks with wit and a great play on words. Proud of yourself?

You also asked several questions.

Are you ready for the answers?

In this day and age, when there is precious little to be proud of and it seems even fewer heroes for our youth to look up to, a little "Garthworshipping" doesn't seem to be anything to pitch such a fit over.

Mr. Brooks is a fine example of what you can achieve in life if you set goals and strive towards them.

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—Susan Reyher UCO staff

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Disabled student voices cries for dignity

Dear Dad, Former student says final goodbye

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ear Dad, I was thinking of you again today, and of all the wonderful memories I possess. Although you've been dead for over two years, your face is still fresh in my mind. The warm, comforting smile, the fatherly voice dispensing words of love, wisdom and discipline, and the deep brown eyes that reflected a soul as pure as falling snow.

With this in mind, I must ask: Why? Why did you do what you did? Why did you so cruelly, so brutally rip yourself out of our lives? Do you realize the pain that your action caused? The grief it has brought, and still brings to Jeff, Mom, our family, your friends and myself? Oh Lord, Dad, why did you kill yourself?

I remember that last day you and I spent together. I recall how earnestly you seemed to be praying to God at church. I saw the deep wrinkles forming on your brow as pain spilled out of your being, and I wanted to ask you what it was that hurt you so. When we got home, you seemed almost obsessed with completing all the yard work on your own. You wouldn't give me a chance to help you. Then you called Uncle Jim. I saw you cry as you spoke to your brother, and again I wondered what lay within your heart. Oh Dad, why didn't you let us know your sorrow?

I knew you were hurting. I knew that you had problems.

Still, you were a strong man, and I really felt you could handle them. How helpless I felt that early morning when I found you on your deck in the backyard, reclined in your favorite lawnchair. At first I thought you had fallen asleep outside, as you so often did when desiring privacy. When I flicked on the light switch, I gasped . . . and then cried out. Horror. Disbelief. Refusal to accept.

You were slouched back in the chair, your hunting rifle leaning against your chest. Your CAT hat was lying on the ground next to your chair, but the head it had rested upon was gone.

Blood stained the deck, and the eerie glow of the lights gave it an almost theatric appearance. My mind raced at a feverish pace. When my senses returned, I called my neighbors, who in turn called the police, relatives, my pastor and our friends.

When Mom came in the house, she wept with me. I could almost picture what she was thinking; I was thinking the same thing. This isn't happening, I thought. It's all just a bad dream.

I'll wake up in a minute, and everything will be fine. I pinched myself, and it stung. I cried even harder now. It was real. It was true.

My Father had just taken his own life.

I laid down on a spare bed in a neighbor's house. My mind filled with memories, some worn and torn by the passage of time. I remembered long drives in the country in your pickup as

country music blared over the stereo. I recalled the weekends on end that you and I conducted projects around the yard. The massive garden. The sidewalk on the side of the house. The shrubbery circling the yard. The trees we planted.

I could almost smell the rain as you and I watched thunderstorms from the safety of our garage. The sound of rain pattering on the house filled my ears. The laughter that exploded from your mouth as our neighbor Hank cracked a new joke.

The trips to the lake. The long, often futile, hours of fishing.

The cookouts. The long talks you and I had about school, girls and life in general. You would share some of your pain in exchange for some of mine.

I wished you had shared your pain with me that tragic day.

Now, our family was in shambles. My Mother was too incoherent to handle any of the funeral arrangements, so our friends and family took care of all the details they could. I went to the university to settle my affairs for a week, and did likewise for my work. It was indeed the longest 24 hours of my life, but also it sped by like quicksilver. The funeral was beautiful. So many people came as you were buried with your Father in Henryetta, I was moved to tears. So many people cared for you. Why had you done this?

This question still persists to this day. The pain has eased somewhat, but I still find myself weeping from time to time as I leaf through numerous albums and family memorabilia, hear a familiar song on the radio or look to the sky, and see your face.

You are still near to me. I feel you with me wherever I travel. I feel your presence as you watch over me as you always did.

You are still here, even if not in body.

I will go on. I married Stacy over a year ago. I'm about to graduate from college. I truly think you'd be proud of me. Even though you weren't at my wedding, and you won't be at my commencement, I know your spirit will be present. You'll be watching from heaven, hopefully beaming with pride, and saying "That's my boy."

I guess that's the bottom line. I've survived so far, and I will keep on surviving. I've got a bright future ahead of me, and with Stacy at my side, I think I'll do pretty well. Just like my Dad. I love you, Dad. I'll always love you. You'll be a part of my life until I leave this world, and I hope to join you at the feet of the Lord someday. Until then, I'll carry your name with pride, and in remembering, keep true to myself . . . and you.

—Gary Ingram Guest columnist

Editor's note: This column was printed with permission by the author.

CO's back door policy provides little dignity for disabled people required to enter the Museum of Art and the Art Building, as second class citizens. The time has come for the UCO administration to address an incredible number of wheelchair infractions existing in the Art Building.

I am an Art major attending classes at UCO and am greatly compromised by the difficulty of getting to different levels of the Art Building. For years, an inadequate solution to get to the

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UCO's back door policy provides little dignity for disabled people.

—Jodie DeAnn Willoughby UCO student building's lower level has been by going through the back door of the Art museum. I know this has created difficulties for the museum staff and to many disabled people attempting to get to exhibits and classes. This is an embarassing situation often causing problems getting in and out of classes on time.

The Art Building also fails to provide adequate men's restroom facilities except in the basement and a poorly designed women's restroom. I believe that this situation warrants immediate consideration and feel that the entry to the building should permit some pride for the disabled to attend public exhibits and classes. Why not put restroom facilities and an entrance to the museum on the south side of the Art Building? This would be a perfect location to have easily accessed disabled restrooms close to the main campus sidewalk.

—Jodie DeAnn Willoughby UCO student

What do you know about H. Ross Perot?

Missy Dennis elementary education major senior "I think he would be an interesting candidate for president. He's somebody out of the ordinary and very rich."

Rahat Majid family & child dev. major senior "Nothing, but he's good looking."

Keith Taylor history major graduate "Wealthy. He's a business man not an outsider like he claims to be. It's a mistake to try to run the government like a business because it's not a business."

Lorna Swinney applied liberal arts major senior "1 don't think he knows enough about government to be president.

He should put his money toward the national debt instead of running for president."

Kaycie Wallace interior design major sophomore "He doesn't have a political party. He's a billionaire from Texas and a great businessman."

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Preventing abuse:

Playgrounds to get lift

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By Tami Watson Staff Writer How to identify the signs of child abuse and how to prevent abuse will be topics discussed as the University of Central Oklahoma hosts "Child Abuse: Partners in Prevention" June 22 through 25, from 1 to 5 p.m. each day in the UCO Ballroom.

The workshop is geared toward school teachers, counselors and administrators and will be available for one hour of graduate or undergraduate credit in the Department of Professional Teacher Education.

Each day will focus on such topics as child abuse and neglect, indicators of abuse, reporting laws and policies, family and parenting issues, prevention strategies, specific programs schools can utilize and how to network with other

Professionals and educators are pulling together for this workshop to try to stop child abuse in Oklahoma.

—Dr. Wanda Johnson UCO professor

community resources.

The workshop will cover the effects of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, as well as neglect, through lectures, discussions and panels, said Dr. Wanda Johnson, professor of professional teacher education.

Hair spray, smocks signal ambition Peterson, a personal friend of the Walton family, said the distribution center was enhanced by the attitude and pride of its workers.

By Suzanne Gert Guest Writer Wal-Mart means more than economy size hair spray, blue light specials and grinning clerks in brilliant blue smocks. Behind the quick "Thank you for shopping Wal-Mart" refrain there is a history of pride and ambition.

University of Central Oklahoma's business students experienced first-hand this tradition of ambition when they journeyed recently to the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Bentonville, Ark. Dr. Billye Peterson, assistant professor of general business, said she chose the Wal-Mart corporation because it is a "wonderfully managed company" and the recipient of several awards.

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The museum also offers personal glimpses of the Walton family.

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The workshop will feature keynote speakers throughout the week, including Canadian County Special Judge Reta Struhbar and Tim Harris, an assistant district attorney for Tulsa County.

"Professionals and educators are all pulling together for this workshop to try to stop child abuse in Oklahoma," said Johnson.

Other organizations involved in the workshop include the District Seven-Child Abuse Task Force, Oklahoma Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, Mid-Del Youth and Family Center and the State Department of Health.

The key to preventing child abuse is awareness and understanding of the problem, said Johnson.

"Child abuse cases are on the rise. There were 38 deaths in Oklahoma last year as a result of child abuse. The only way to stop it is through education," said Johnson.

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Staff Writer The University of Central Oklahoma Family Housing (Broncho Apartments I & II) will be receiving new playground equipment in June.

The equipment will include a swingset, monkey bars, tire swings, slides, basketball courts and goals, spring horses, and picnic tables for both complexes, said A.K. Rahman, UCO auxiliary services director.

Rahman evaluated the previous equipment in January 1992 to see if new equipment was needed, and if so, what was needed.

"When I first went and looked at the playground it had a monkey bar and one broken swing. I knew right then that it needed modernizing," Rahman said.

Auxiliary services took bids from various school playground equipment companies and contracted several companies to do the installation, he said.

The playground equipment will cost $18,000. The auxiliary services on campus is providing $17,000 and the Mortar Board Society is donating $1,000, he said.

"The development started in April and will be finished no later than the end of June," said Rahman.

The playground is open to anyone living in family or faculty housing, he said.

"I hope by redoing the playgrounds we can create a family atmosphere for the children and the parents. Now the children and adults have a place to get together and have cookouts and stuff like that," said Rahman. V

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ENTERTAINMENT

Encino man

By Angela Mitchell Staff Writer Move over "Wayne's World," MTV host Pauly Shore "weazes" center stage in this summer's funniest prehistoric movie "Encino Man." The movie, directed by Les Mayfield, is set in Encino, Calif. and follows two high school losers Dave Morgan (Sean Astin) and Stoney Brown (Pauly Shore) as

Review they find a frozen caveman in Dave's backyard while digging a swimming pool.

The caveman (Brendan Frazer), who is not only a fine actor but absolutely gorgeous, is defrosted by the two boys for popularity's sake and enters Encino High School as Linkovitch Chomofsky, a foreign

Rush rocks OKC Summer's here, and the time is right for rockin' in the streets. Canadian power trio Rush kicked off Oklahoma City's summer concert season Memorial Day at the Myriad with openers and long-time touring partners Mr. Big. Mr. Big kicked off the evening's festivities, impressing concert goers with big hair and power drill effects. Rock veteran Billy Sheehan astounded one and all with his bass held high and played fast.

Review And then the moment everybody was waiting for. The curtain came down to reveal a huge video screen as Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Liefson took the stage to demonstrate just exactly why Rush is a band's band.

There were no big surprises in the song list, just a few tunes off the latest Rush album, "Roll The Bones," and veritable plethora of tunes from the band's huge catalog.

"Tom Sawyer," "Dreamline," "Freewill," "Time Stand Still" and dozens of other Rush tunes were hauled out of the closet and played to the hilt by these consummate musicians.

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sound that three men can make with bass, guitar and drums.

(And of course, Geddy enhancing the mix with vocals and a daub of keyboards) Rush puts on a huge production, with lasers, lights, animation, live action film, slides and enormous inflated top hats from which emerge humongous dancing white bunnies. A bit like Pink Floyd, if one can dare to make the comparison.

Geddy didn't go for a lot of between-song patter, with the exception of thanking the audience for participating in the food drive that night. All concert goers had been asked to bring non-perishable canned goods that were donated to the Jesus House in Oklahoma City.

Rush will be making the same pitch at various stops on the tour.

The Myriad was not sold out by any means, but those that were there were definite diehard Rush heads. After hearing this band live, one can't help wonder why the band hasn't had more commercial success.

The guys are experts, wonderful songwriters and musical veterans that deserve a lot more respect than they've gotten. All hail the power trio from Canada, and may they long live to rock the house. V

Cruise film soars

By Angela Mitchell Staff Writer Grab the Kleenex for the tearjerking husband and wife duo Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in the movie of the year, "Far and Away."

The movie production was a life-long dream for director and producer Ron Howard who tells the story of his Irish ancestors who struggled against all odds to reach America for the Oklahoma Land Run in 1893.

Review The movie begins in Ireland with the dreamy Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) and the spunky hotheaded Shannon Christie (Nicole Kidman) who meet under unusual circumstances and eventually make an agreement to help each other get to America.

The setting then switches to America where the two live in Boston, Mass., to gather enough money to make the trip to Oklahoma.

Boston is where most of the movie takes place as the two stoop to all levels to make money for the trip. This is the point where all tissue boxes should be open for easy access.

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The entire story revolves around the eyebrows-I-would-diefor caveman and his daily experiences in the '90s scene while hanging out with misfits.

Pauly Shore's dialogue is the same as it is on MTV and adds spice to the entire show. He teaches Link to talk, walk and dress like the "Weasel" and gets the entire audience involved.

For any "Totally Pauly" fans, the movie is a must. His clothes are totally '60s with pink and purple striped bell-bottoms and fishnet T-shirts.

The movie is light-hearted, full of humor and some sensitivity that everyone can relate to. Although the plot and story are a little weak, the movie definitely provides a few good chuckles. V

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denly separated. Once the setting reaches Oklahoma, Joseph and Shannon run into each other again the day before the famous land run.

The movie has a beautiful fairytale ending that makes the heart melt and the meaning of life more clear.

It draws on all of the emotions, but deals with very concrete topics. It tells the story of love, ambition, hope, faith and dreams.

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By Justin Harper Sports Editor For the second time in his career UCO tennis player Jong Demonteverde has earned NCAA II AllAmerica honors. The junior from Bacolod City, Philippines advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA II men's tennis championships that were held here at UCO for the second straight year. The tournament ran from May 8-14.

Demonteverde went into the tournament as the No. 13 seed and faced UC-Davis' Steve Summer in the first round. The match was stretched to three sets in Demonteverde's 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 victory.

In the second round it was like deja vu as Demonteverde again won a three set 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 match over South CarolinaSpartanburg's Jorge Galvez.

Demonteverde was then eliminated by Paul Lennicx of Rollins (Fla.), in straight sets 6-3, 6-1, but not before he had reached the round of sixteen and AllAmerican acclaim.

Demonteverde closed out the season with a glossy 29-6 record in singles matches, and raised his career record to 83-28. The last time Demonteverde made AllAmerican was as a doubles player in 1990 when he teamed with UCO's Hank Pelligrini.

Third-ranked UC-Davis won the team championship by defeating fourth rated Hampton (Va.) 5-1 in the finals.

Armstrong (Ga.) State's No. 2 seeded Philipp Schertel won the singles crown with a 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 win over top seeded Mark Segesta of UC-Davis V

UCO's Jong Demonteverde competes in the NCAA ll mens tennis championships held at UCO May 8-14. (Photo by Daniel Smith)

Tracksters place third in LSC Skartwed paces team winning two gold medals and a silver

By Justin Harper Sports Editor Central Oklahoma's track team's recently competed in the Lone Star Conference championships, May 8-9 in Kingsville, Texas. The Bronchos and Lady Bronchos compiled an impressive 29 placers and were led by senior Kyle Skartwed's incredible two first-place and one second-place performance.

The Bronchos compiled 53 points in the meet which was good enough for a third place finish behind only Abilene Christian's 109 and LSC champion Angelo State's 111. Texas A&I was fourth with 42 points while Fast Texas State was in the sellar scoring only 3 points.

Skartwed took home gold medals in the 10,000 meter race and the 3,000 meter steeple chase and a silver in the 5,000 meter run. Skartwed clocked in at 32:25 for the win in the 10,000 and ran a 9:41 in winning the steeple chase. Abilene Christian's Matt Bogle broke the tape just ahead of Skartwed's 15:37 performance in the 5,000 preventing the sweep.

Gary Hamer also had a silver medal winning performance in the 1,500 meter race. Hamer, who's best race is the 800 meters, ran the race in 4:00.

John McIntosh ran a 9:56 to take the runner-up spot behind Skartwed in the 3,000 meter steeple chase Broncho long jumper, and hoopster, Shawn Robinson took third at the meet as did two UCO relay teams and another basketball player, Robert Wilson.

Robinson jumped 22'10" for his bronze medal. The 400 meter relay team made up of Chad Reid, Robinson, Vince Tolbert and Wilson ran a 42.35 which also was good for third. Mike Cheney joined Tolbert, Robinson and Wilson in the 1,600 meter relay and the group posted a 3:19 clocking. Wilson placed third in the 200 meter run with a time of 22.03 Matt Parent and Mark Murray placed fourth and fifth in the hammer throw with parent recording a throw of 131'3" and Murray's toss going 77'1". Parent also took fourth in the javelin with a heave of 140'10".

Kevin Nichols rounded out the weight events with a fourth place finish of his own in the discus, his throw measured 145'2", and a fifth place finish in the shot put. Nichols threw the shot 46'11".

Other UCO placers were Shawn Johnson, who placed fourth in the 3,000 meter steeple chase, Jeremy Kie, fourth in the 1,500, Greg Warlick, fourth in the 800, Hamer,fifth in the 800, Randall Rogers, fifth in the 110 high hurdles, Mark Murray, sixth in the 110 high hurdles and Ro-

gers, sixth in the 400 high hurdles.

The Lady Bronchos fared fairly well despite the fact that their team was compiled of only three runners, Ashley Mathis, Mylissa Hall and Stephanie Collins.

All three placed in their respective event with Mathis placing in two.

Hall ran a time of 12:00 to place sixth in the 3,000 meter run. Collins placed seventh in the 400 meter race with a 1:04 timing. Mathis, competing in both the 800 meter and 1500 meter runs, placed sixth in both running a 5:21 in the 1,500 and a 2:32 clocking in the 800. V

Gold Rush Broncho distance runner Kyle Skartwed (shown here at an earlier meet) closed out his UCO career in grand style at the Lone Star Conference championships that were held on May 8-9 in Kingsville, Texas. The senior from Fort Worth won LSC championships in the 10,000 meter race and the 3,000 meter steeple chase and finished runner-up in the 5,000 meter race.

Skartwed also qualified to compete in the 10,000 meter race at the NCAA II men's outdoor track and field national championships that were held in San Angelo, Texas from May 26-28 (Photo by Khalid Awang)

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Mounce said the administration had been working with architects to develop a master plan for a new $9.8 million classroom building, but now the plans have been put on hold.

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Child found in trunk with drugs OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)-Police responding to a motorist's tip found a three-year-old boy in the trunk of a car.

The child's parents were jailed on complaints of child abuse and drug possession. Police said hypodermic needles and a drug believed to be methadone were found in the car.

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man Monday and thought the child was being kidnapped, pol ice said. She followed the car and used her mobile telephone to keep in contact with police until they got involved in the chase.

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In asking that Soon Ia. Du be re-sentenced, prosecutors argued Monday that her punishment "contributes to the community's loss of faith in the criminal justice system by implying that crimes...will not be punished as serious."

Ms. Du was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying last year of Latasha Harlins, 15. A surveillance camera video showed the grocer and the girl fighting over a $1.79 bottle of orange juice the teen had put in her backpack.

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According tp prosecutors, Michael T. Petrik said Christopher Rodriguez, who was serving nine years to life for killing his male lover in 1984, wooed him with stories of a life together, world travel and financial security.

Petrik, 31, of Hicksvill said he gave Rodriguez, 23, and Lawrence Rose, 29, wire cutters that enabled them to escape May 12 through a chain-link fence at the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in Warwick, 40 miles northwest of New York City.

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Stephen Still, 36, was charged with murder in the death of 22-year-old Thomas Crow jr., who was shot in the head early Sunday.

Still, who owns a martial arts gym and is an alderman in this small northwestern Arkansas town, and Crow had taken the same sort of target practice before, said sheriff's Lt. Don Townsend.

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