The Vista June 22, 2006

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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006

Local lizard population subject of science study

by Heather Warlick Managing Editor

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In this undated photo, UCO biology junior Ken Locey displays a juveniile Mediterranean gecko outside Howell Hall.

If you don't like lizards, stay out of Howell Hall. Dr. Paul Stone, UCO biology professor, said there are currently about 1,000 Mediterranean Geckos who have made the Science Building home.

"We have known for a long time that there were geckos in the science building," Stone said. "I think that originally, one of our professors brought them in from a field trip he took to Texas."

The lizards, each of which is less than three inches long, have been lounging in the lab since they were introduced to UCO in the sixties. Stone has known about them for years, he said, but he was too busy with his own turtle study to pay much attention to them.

"I told a student that if he could catch 25 of the geckos, I might be interested," he said.

One night last fall, Ken Locey, a UCO biology junior, collected 25 geckos and brought them to Stone the following day.

"I just started asking questions and found myself doing research on them," Locey said Since that evening in August

of 2005, Locey has spent a few nights a week searching for geckos. Because geckos are nocturnal, his hunts usually begin at sundown and last until the early hours of the morning.

The geckos have spread from the science building to at least six surrounding buildings, Stone said, including Wantland Hall, Nigh University Center and the music and math buildings.

"We were surprised, because we expected them to be all over campus," Stone said. "They have only traveled 200 meters in the last 40 years."

Stone said he thinks the reason the geckos were brought to UCO originally was to help control a cockroach problem in the science building. He said that after the geckos showed up, the cockroaches have nearly disappeared.

The geckos have also been spotted at Edmond Medical Center. Locey recently collected several geckos from the hospital, but said he was quickly asked to leave by the hospital's security staff.

In order to mark the geckos and count them, Locey clips a toe off each gecko he captures.

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see GECKO, page 4

Concave landmark scores new owner

by Tiffany Batdorf Staff Writer A thirty-foot satellite sold May 23 was the most recent sale on UCO's eBay account.

The satellite sold for $99.

Brad Ferguson, KCSC radio station director, said the original cost of the satellite was around $20,000. He said the satellite was bought in the early 1980's, and was used for several broadcasts produced by KCSC. Ferguson said the dish was no longer of use with the recent purchase of two smaller satellite dishes.

Hal Smith, contract radio engineer for KCSC, said the manufacture of the dish recommended several upgrades for the satellite. "It would have cost us $3,000 to $4,000 for the current upgrades," he said.

"We had offered the satellite

to the station in North Carolina that we broadcast from for free, it is also a classical station," Smith said, "By the time that they got the satellite to North Carolina it would not have been worth it."

Ferguson said KCSC receives a free satellite feed from WCPE in North. Carolina for its 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. broadcast.

"WCPE was the last thing on the dish. We have no use left for it," Ferguson said.

"The buyer intends on using it to operate as a radio telescope array, which is a part of a national link of telescopes connected on the Internet," said John McClure, UCO manager of inventory and receiving.

McClure said the buyer would have to pay around $500 to move the dish from its current

by Vista photographer Brett Deering

The large satellite dish in front of the Communications Building will soon disappear from the UCO skyline.

see DISH, page 4

Student to run for cancer treatment funds

by No Lupov Staff Writer A UCO student will take part this fall in a fund-raising campaign for the medical treatment of an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy.

Brandon Enos, a social studies education senior, will run in the Marine Corps Marathon October 29 in Washington, D.C. Enos said he will run in the marathon on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, of which he is a member.

"I want to help people out," Enos said. "After I left the Army I decided to help children while I am going to school."

Enos is part of an 11-person team that will raise money for David Bond, who was diagnosed with acute lymphocyte leukemia in 2000. Enos said David is currently in remission.

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming cells.

Without enough healthy red and white blood cells, the body loses its ability to fight infections.

According to a statistic from the organization, 1,100 Americans die from leukemia or multiple myloma every week.

Enos has pledged to raise $3,400. He said he has raised $589 standing in front of the Wal-Mart on the corner of Danforth Road and Santa Fe Avenue in Edmond.

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Enos said the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter in Oklahoma has donated close to $3 million to sponsor research for effective treatments since their establishment.

Shauna Garcia, campaign coordinator for the society in Oklahoma, said the group is the world's largest nonprofit and voluntary organization devoted to fmding a cure for blood cancers.

Garcia said a goal of the organization is to recruit participants to train for sporting events like the Marine Corps Marathon to raise money for the organization.

"We are trying to help the athletes as much as possible for their training and fundraising,"

Garcia said.

Enos said he is completely committed to the cause. He said if he fails to raise the $3,400

by October, he will pay the rest himself.

He said people who want to support the cause can buy Papa Murphy's Take 'N' Bake pizza coupons from him, or make donations at his Website, www. active.com/donate/tntolc/tntokBEnos.

"I know that UCO students are very compassionate to help other people," Enos said.

"Together we can fight to keep these children alive."

No Lupov can be reached at ilupov@thevistaonline.com.

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Brandon Enos

Jack Black is back in "Nacho Libre"

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OPINION

June 22, 2006

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Vista 'mother' retires, department chair bids farewell I'm going to really miss Nancy Brown, secretary and office manager of The Vista, when she retire's. July 1.

You know and I know who really runs the university. Faculty and department chairs can leave. Administrators, deans, vice-presidents and presidents can be off campus. The actual work gets done by hundreds of low-paid secretaries and staff around the campus. The bills paid, the payrolls filled out, the phones answered, the paperwork done, the files kept, the students served. If they were absent, the place would come to a grinding halt.

Nancy Brown has kept the place from corning to a grinding halt for more than 21 years now.

She's seen two chairmen, six or seven or eight Vista advisers, lots of faculty, and uncounted students come and go. I figure that she has at least 1,500 alumni scattered around the state—former students who worked on The Vista through the years. These include writers and photographers at the smallest and largest newspapers; public relations and advertising students in non-profits, government, private organizations and agencies; photographers at newspapers, magazines and owning their own studios; the executive director of the Oklahoma Press Association, and many, many others.

She's become the "mother of The Vista" to them, on a first-name basis. She's shepherded and nursed them along, listening to their griping, their laughing, their crying. She's bolstered their egos, and been furious with them, too. She's bought pizza for them. She's made them fudge.

She's given them money in crises. She's cleaned up their messes after the semesters are over. She's probably wanted to paddle a huge number.

In between, she's been a receptionist, an ad salesperson, a bookkeeper, a payroll person, an inventory clerk, an equipment orderer and maintainer, a biller, a banker and a budgeteer. Then there have been the "other duties as assigned."

She also has put up with the increasingly

inane university red tape on minor matters that waste time and money and makes work more difficult. She's endured hundreds of meetings, many that initate and waste more time.

Sure, there have been some unpleasant personality clashes, and the constant pressure to find funds (no real increase in the budget since I've been here) to keep up-to-date equipment. A few administrators have wanted to dictate content.

Unhappy customers, faculty and students have burned up her telephone from time to time. There

have been serious student mistakes to weather, and papers not being delivered.

Through it all, she has endured, usually with a smile. It's been more pleasant than not. Through the years we've had our difficulties when we don't agree. She's like any journalist, strong-willed and opinionated and ready to speak her mind. We both have tempers that we usually control. But we get along because, well, because she's a pro who cares about students and The Vista. We've learned from each other, we know each other

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Applicant should be able to serve as mother, confidant, nurse, cook and, of course, should possess some clerical abilities, such as phoning, faxing, typing, mailing, budgeting, purchasing, emailing, selling and billing advertising, and maybe a smattering of journalism training.

Following is a list of questions that must be answered on a daily basis: 1. Is my professor in his/her office? (assuming I can see through walls) 2. Why is their no New York Times on the stand?

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10. Has my wallet, watch, keys, ring, phone....been turned in?

Some additional qualifications: 1. Should preferably be a Republican, to keep the newsroom "fair and balanced."

2. Should occasionally quote Rush Limbaugh to remind staff of said party affiliation.

3. Should be able to tolerate stale coffee and colorful language.

4: Should occasionally bring fudge, brownies or pizza to stay on the staff's good side.

5. Should not over-react when staff decorates the newsroom for no apparent reason.

well, and we forgive and get over shortcomings and mistakes. I've . learned that when Nancy's at The Vista, yon--don't have much to worry about because you can count on her.

She's an ardent conservative in a usually less-than-conservative environment, but while she likes Rush Limbaugh, she also enjoys Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

In the mornings, I'm in the habit of getting out of my office and going down to The Vista, coffee cup in hand. The sunlight is shining through the windows. It's quiet, and there's the smell of newsprint, the computers waiting for students to arrive.

And Nancy. We exchange pleasant good mornings, and I sit down at a table, pick up The Daily Oklahoman, The New York Times, The Vista, and start thumbing through them.

We talk a little, between my newspaper reading and her listening to a muffled right-wing radio program. It's an easy friendship, built on respect and understanding.

She smiles or laughs, and we can talk and argue about religion, politics, kids, newspapers. students, and families. We poke fun at each other and ourselves.

It's not by accident that she was named Liberal Arts staff member of the year last year.

Every successful business depends on longterm, loyal employees to give it a sense of stability and continuity. That's Nancy, who has lent a quiet dignity to The Vista all these years.

With a sense of humor. When I asked her for a job description to advertise for a -replacement," she wrote the tongue-in-cheek reply that appears on this page. She'll be miffed that I've written this and printed it. But, I couldn't pass it up, smiling all the way.

Yep, I'm going to miss Nancy Brown. You will too.

Dr. Terry M Clark, Chair, Department of Mass Communications

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UCO Jazz Lab offers recording workshop

by Jessica Snell Staff Writer

shop is not for school credit, but students will receive a certificate of completion that can be used on resumes.

Gorell said there are 10 spots for the workshop so each student can get as much time as possible working in the roles of musician, engineer and producer, Gorrell said.

"Most people who own equipment themselves have to do all those roles," he said.

The class is $200, even though a flier sent out says the class is $250, he said. No prerequisites classes are required.

This will be the fifth year that the jazz lab has offered this workshop. Rucker said the workshop has been very successful for the past four years.

"People want to be around someone experienced to learn where to put microphones and cords," Rucker said.

The UCO JAZZ Lab will offer a modern recording technology workshop July 10-13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Brian Gorrell, director of recording services for the jazz lab said, students will have the chance to learn the basics of analog mixing equipment and Digital Performer, an industrystandard sound mixing computer program.

"Now you can go down to the Guitar Center and buy your own studio," said Lee Rucker, Jazz Lab Director. "Since the technology is available, the biggest concern is to teach musicians how to use it."

Gorrell said the class will teach students which equipment to buy and how to use it.

"It can be overwhelming if you want to get into this," He said.

Jessica Snell can be reached at Gorrell said that the work- jsnell©thevistaonline.com .

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Brian Gorell, director of recording services for the UCO Jazz Lab, works on the audio production of the animated feature "Bah Bah Lee Road Toad," June 16 at the lab's recording studio.

Central celebration gives day off to faculty, staff

by Jessica Snell Staff Writer

UCO faculty and staff will get a free day off work Friday, June 30 as part of Central Celebration Day, presented by the UCO administration.

Lane Perry, UCO assistant executive administrator, said UCO's management team, a group of about 55 employees and staff members from different school departments, came up with the idea of a day for staff and faculty appreciation.

"We only received this

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

UCO nursing freshman Evelyn Berko jumps on the Moon Walk as Diontrey Thompson, human resource sophomore watches during Family Fun Day June 21 at Broncho Lake.

project three months ago," "I plan on resting." he said. Perry said his porPerry said essential offiction of the management es such as the UCO police team, about ten members, department will still have was given the task of devel- employees on duty June 30. oping a company picnic of "We're encouraging their sorts. supervisor's to give them a Perry said in the future, four hour credit that can be the management team would used later on," Perry said. like to have a budget big He said there will also be enough to send the faculty a picture taken of the entire and staff with theii families UCO faculty and staff spellto White Water Bay or to ing out the letters 'U', 'C' other local attractions. and '0' at 4 p.m. June 29 in Marilyn Gaskill, manager Wantland Stadium. of campus mail services, said the University center would be closed on the free day off.

Jessica Snell can be reached at "The mail room is excited jsnell@thevistaonline.com. about the day off," she said.

CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park will perform "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays June 15July 9 at UCO's Plunkett Park. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens. Children under 12 are free. Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m. the night of the performance.

For more information call 340-1222 or e-mail info@ oklahomashakespeare.com

■ UCO's Jazz Lab and the Broadway Tonight live-theater series have been nominated for the Daily Oklahoman's Reader's Choice Awards. To vote, log on to www.newsok.com and click on "Reader's Choice."

Feds approve vaccine for cancer-causing virus The Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine on June 8 for the prevention of human papillomavirus, which tops its list of the most common sexually transmitted diseases.

"HPV is spread by direct contact," said Misha Mowdy, a UCO health-educator and registered nurse.

Mowdy explained that the two STD categories, bacterial and viral, are different in the way they are acquired: bacterial infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia involve contagion via bodily fluids including blood and semen, while some viruses can result from mere skin-toskin exposure. Foreplay, even

without intercourse, accounts for some transmission of HPV in addition to vaginal, anal, and oral sex.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that one out of two sexually active people between ages 15 and 29 will acquire HPV, which can be prevented with safe sex and regular checkups, but not cured.

HPV can be asymptomatic, and the CDC admits that many cases go away without treatment. However, the CDC does state that men are more likely to realize they are HPV carriers by the presence of genital warts, which can appear years after having acquired it. Women are

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usually screened only following an abnormal Pap test, and the .National Cancer Institute lists HPV as the primary cause of cvvical and vaginal can-

Callie A. Collins cers. Although in a monoga- 100 strains of HPV exist, and mous relationship, women can the vaccine only protects against acquire the disease from their the two most associated with male partners who may not be anomalies of the female reproductive tract.

"The basic premise of this vaccine is to protect women from those two types that cause cervical cancer," said Mowdy.

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'Nacho Libre' silly, sweet, but not too cheesy

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer

Jared and Jerusha Hess, the husband-and-wife team that brought us "Napoleon Dynamite" two years ago, follow up their low-budget, pop culture phenomenon with "Nacho Libre," another family-friendly film that can also appeal to the college demographic and beyond.

This charming Jack Black star-vehicle places the uncouth rocker in the role of Nacho, a misfit Mexican friar working in the kitchen of a derelict orphanage. Since childhood, Nacho has harbored a secret dream of becoming a wrestler. Without enough money to make decent food for the orphans, Nacho

sneaks out each night in his blue, stretchy pants and mask to live his dream and improve' the lives of those around him with his earnings.

Nacho and his tag team buddy Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez) quickly become crowd favorites, even though their fights usually end with them pinned under a monstrous foe or KO'd by acrobatic midgets. Nacho's double life is further complicated when a beautiful nun (Ana de la Reguera) is transferred to the orphanage. Despite their vows of celibacy, a fledgling romance seems inevitable, but her disapproval of wrestling forces him to keep his nighttime adventures secret even from her.

Slapstick but heartfelt, every frame of "Nacho Libre" is stamped with Hess

style, the same endearing awkwardness that made "Napoleon Dynamite" so appealing. Slumped shoulders, gawking faces, an ambiguous era and retro camerawork make the signature hard to miss, though the fart jokes make it clear that "Nacho Libre" is directed more towards a slightly younger demographic than its predecessor.

Even though its humor is sometimes juvenile, adult themes run throughout, just beneath its silly but sweet exterior.

Unfortunately, those going into the theater expecting an unbridled Jack Black or "Napoleon Dynamite 2" will be disappointed. "Nacho Libre" does not reach the minimalist nirvana of its predecessor, losing some of its indie charm with a big star in the lead and a bud-

get more than 60 times the $400,000 allotted for the production of "Napoleon Dynamite."

Unfortunately, "Family" has become a dirty "f-word" when marketing a movie to anyone old enough to see over the box office counter. This is not unjustified, since studios seem to think kids will beg their parents to take them to see any steaming pile of celluloid excrement they flush through our theaters.

However, "Nacho Libre" is an exception to the rule.

Both sincere and hilarious, this exceptional underdog movie proves once again that a movie doesn't have to be pseudo-inspirational Disney tripe to make a "PG" rating palatable.

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Between 40 and 50 of the location in front of the Mass toes have been kept for the Communication building.

"He is making arrangepossibility of future genetic ments for a crane and a testing.

"You clip the tip of the truck to come and extract toe right off," Locey said. the satellite," he said.

McClure said that the "It doesn't significantly affect their ability to walk or to money from the items aucbreed or anything. It is actu- tioned on eBay will go to university operations and ally quite humane."

Locey and Stone have departments.

"Since we have been written a research paper titled "Factors Affecting Range, selling on eBay, we have Expansion in the Introduced grossed $65,000," he said.

Some of the items that Mediterranean Geckos, UCO has sold on eBay Hemidactylus turcicus" which they have submitted range from straight-backed to the Journal of Herpetology chairs, folding tables, and microscopes. A bag of forfor review.

Locey's research docu- eign coins that had been ments the success of the collected over the years gecko's colonization at UCO. by the university bursar's He is also interested in their office recently sold for survival rates during the win- $130.

"This is strictly a gmb ter months.

"We should be cautious," bag — no guarantee of Stone said. "But they don't value or quantity; whatever is in the bag is what you seem to be a problem."

The first sighting of a gecko get," stated the eBay item in America was in 1910, in description.

You can access the list Florida, Locey said. They are indigenous to Southern of items that have been sold by UCO on eBay with Europe and North Africa.

"We don't advocate captur- the university's seller ID, ing any of these geckos, even UCOsurplus. if it is for the purpose of controlling pests," Locey said.

He hopes no one will handle the geckos if they come across them on campus, he said, because that will affect Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonlinacom. the outcome of the research.

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

From left, Ariel Allison watches David Mays and Jordan Weeks in the Oklahoma Shakespeare Gentlemen of Verona," June 16 in Plunkett Park.

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Keely said the switch to the NCAA during the 1990's has been great for UCO. "At first we got killed by the Texas schools, but we were able to upgrade our facilities and improve our teams," he said.

"Plus, we love the accountability the NCAA rules bring."

Keely said he likes the NCAA's focus on grades and graduation because that is what UCO athletics is ultimately about.

"We're here to graduate kids," he said. "If students don't get that degree then we've failed."

Keely said he hopes he is leaving with all of his wits

intact.

"You never know when it's time to go," he said. "But ever since I started coaching I wanted to retire before I lost it completely. I didn't want to be one of those guys who is past it."

Courtney Pennington, UCO women's assistant basketball coach, said Keely was anything but past it.

attend a college strength, speed and agility camp.

"I'm working on my own to stay in shape until we have to report for preseason," she said.

Cook said the players will move to campus early for the team's training camp.

"We will have two-a-days, and it will be tough," he said. "Camp is tough no matter what shape you are in, but it's important to be in shape."

Cook said part of training camp will be to decide which players best fit the team's style of play.

"We play the best 11 players regardless of age," he said.

"Every position is up for grabs and the opportunity to play is what attracts players to us.

"I tell players I don't recruit them to sit on the bench, but there's no guarantee they'll play right away."

Matt Caban can be reached at mcaban©thevistaonline.com .

Athletic Director Bill Farley said Keely can handle almost any situation.

"John Keely is Superman in lots of ways," he said.

"He is so very adept at handling each situation."

Farley also said Keely takes the time to listen to anyone with a problem or issue.

"He takes the personal time to 'be a father' who has a problem, an issue or needs advise," he said.

Pennington said Keely was a father figure to the girls he ,coached and always willing to help them.

"He even fixed a flat tire for me once," she said. "I can't tell you enough good things about Coach Keely and I love him to death."

Pennington played basketball at UCO under Keely from 1996-1999.

"It's gonna be a shock for - a lot of people when' - he Matt Caban can be reached at retires," she said. "He does mcaban©thevistaonline.com . so much for this place."

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"I pick out different stuff and do the hardest things so they will be easier later on," she said.

Burk said she alternates her workout throughout the week.

"I run four times a week," she said. "I also do core and ball work on certain days and lift on the days I have left over."

Some recruits play on club teams during the summer to stay in shape and in good playing form, Cook said.

Saliba is one player who plays on a club team during the summer.

"My club team are state champs again so we are training for regionals," she said, "and our club coach will make sure we're in shape for those."

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Miami Heat are NBA champions

By Greg Beacham AP Writer

Texas is just plain better It is time that we Okies face the truth. We need to stop pretending and realize that Texas is just plain better.

Now, I know that the Dallas Mavericks just lost the NBA finals, something that they should have avoided, however the Miami Heat are just that good. Yet the Mavericks were there, proving that they are the best team in the NBA west.

This of course follows last year's NBA Champions, which is located 273 miles south on 1-35 and is home of the San Antonio Spurs.

Are there some college baseball fans out there? If so then you are aware that three out of the last four national champions call the state of Texas home.

The University of Rice won one and the University of Texas won two. The mighty Owls of Rice are in line to compete for another championship this coming week.

Seems like them Texans got this baseball thing down.

Let's all think back to that frosty night in January when Vmce Young put on the best individual performance that many eyeballs ever observed.

He led Texas all over the field and dethroned the mighty Trojans en route to winning another national championship.

By my count that's basketball, baseball and football that them there Texans seem to be excelling in.

Now just for fun let's look in the future of what could be. I am aware that it is still early in the season however the Texas Rangers are one game out of first place and seem to be playing solid ball. What if pitching holds up and they avoid a horrific August and they are able to peak at the right time and storm into the playoffs?

Anything is possible then, it could be a long shot but Arlington seems like a good place for the World Series Champs.

What about the NFL? Any idea what the Tuna is cooking up over the summer? I know that it involves a pretty good receiver, coupled with a proven quarterback and a budding star at running back. Defensively the Dallas Cowboys are as good as any team in the NFL and if they patch-up the offensive line, glory will return to Irving.

There is a reason why 225 Texas high school athletes sign scholarships with Division I schools every year. I am not sure if it is the water or if it is the mesquite or if it is just because Texas is like a whole other country. Whatever it is, the cold hard truth is from side-to-side and top to bottom, Texas is just plain better.

Teddy Burch can be reached at tburch@thevistaonline.com .

Soccer prepares for fall

by Matt Caban Sports Writer The UCO soccer team's fall lineup will include seven new recruits including five highly touted Oklahoma All-State team members.

Head Coach Mike Cook said the All-State recruits are forward Robyn Brewster of Muskogee, midfielder Whitney Craft of Skiatook, fullback Ali Miller of Norman North, and midfielders Tiffanie Meek and Meghan Saliba ofBroken Arrow.

Cook said players signed with UCO long before the AllState teams are announced. He said the players were signed in February, after watching them play at the club level.

"You like to think you are recruiting good players when you are recruiting in the fall," he said, "and having them make All-State is a good thing."

The other two members of the recruiting class are midfielder Vallan Burk of

See SOCCER, page 5

The Miami Heat stretched their arms across each other's shoulders in a jubilant group hug. Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O'Neal and their frenzied teammates joined to form one jumping organism "15 strong" as their motivational slogan goes.

The Heat won their first championship with teamwork that went beyond the floor.

While the Dallas Mavericks struggled to stay together during tough times in the NBA finals, the Heat stuck to each other through the trophy presentation _ when 15 hands The Miami Heat's James Posey, left, and Antoine Walker celebrate after went up together to touch a beating the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the NBA basketball finals in piece of history.

Dallas, Miami won, 95-92. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Wade led Miami's sizzling comeback from a two-game because not at one moment there's a will. His grace added a fifth ring to Riley's finger deficit in the finals, and he did one of us not believe in had 36 points and 10 rebounds each other. No matter what, in _ third-most among NBA in the Heat's clinching 95-92 the locker room, it was always coaches _ and the first jewelry 15 strong." in Shaq's collection with no victory on Tuesday night. But connection to Kobe Bryant. the unanimous finals MVP Wade's brilliance and just said Miami's fourth straight enough help from his team"I know to be on a chammates allowed O'Neal and pionship-caliber team, you've win was a wonder of tenacity and teamwork for a roster that coach Pat Riley to make good got to have a great one-two on their promises of a champunch," said O'Neal, who had seized one big opportunity to make history. pionship for South Florida. nine points and 12 rebounds The parade should go down while finishing a 14-for-48 "This team was built for performance on free throws in the playoffs, and we underBiscayne Boulevard, just as Riley promised 11 years ago. the finals. stood that," Wade said.

"That's what makes it sweet, Where there's a Wade, "D-Wade is a fabulous

player. I felt we could have got it done last year ... but we had to suffer a little bit.

People doubted us all year, but we're a tight-knit group."

And the Heat's roster is studded with stars who never won a title. Point guard Gary Payton reached the finals with three teams over 16 seasons before finally grabbing the ring, while Alonzo Mourning played through 13 seasons, two retirements and a serious kidney ailment for a championship.

The Heat became the first team to rally from an 0-2 deficit to win the finals since the NBA went to its 2-3-2 format.

Only two other teams ever did it: The Boston Celtics in 1969, and the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977.

While that group hug went on, Dallas owner Mark Cuban stood on the court and applauded. After a contentious series in which his Mavericks went from a favorite to a flop, the biggest maverick of them all praised his players.

"It's a huge learning experience," said Cuban. "These guys are going to continue to get better. They've tasted it now ... and I think they're going to appreciate it all the more."

Associate Athletic Director to retire

by Matt Caban Sports Writer

Another fixture of the UCO Athletic Department will bid farewell to colleagues and athletes later this summer.

UCO Associate Athletic Director John Keely, 61, will celebrate his retirement from 2 to 4 p.m. June 29 at the Wantland Stadium Suites.

UCO Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach Francis Baxter will also be honored at the party. Both men will retire effective June 30.

In his final days at UCO, Keely said he is taking care of a few things, including the transfer of his responsibilities.

"My job is being split up among three new people," he said.

Keely said UCO recently hired Kevin Freeman as athletic business manager.

"Kevin will deal with the money and business side of things," he said. Keely said Freeman, an All-American wrestler at UCO from 1984] 988, is a former finance director for OG&E in Oklahoma City and served as a volunteer wrestling coach last season.

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Associate Athletic Director, John Keely is retiring effective June 30 after 26 years at UCO.

ball coach, has been hired as UCO's first Assistant Athletic Director of Operations.

"He will be in charge of the facilities and will handle the game-day staff for home games," he said.

The Athletic Department is in the process of hiring someone to handle scholarships

and compliance, Keely said.

Although he is nearing retirement, Keely said he will continue to stay busy.

"I'm not going to come up here and stare at the walls," he said.

Instead, Keely said he will shift his focus to work on his family's farm.

"I was raised on my family's farm in Arcadia and I want to work on it full time to help out," he said. "My father, Preston, died 10 years ago and my mother, Vivian, is now 96 years old and still living there."

While he's not tending cattle on the more than 100-acre farm, Keely said he will spend time with his wife, Sharion, and their five grandchildren.

"We want to do the grandpa and grandma thing and enjoy them," he said.

Keely said he plans to travel with his wife as they have in previous years.

"We've been to places like England, Italy and Alaska, but we never go back to the same place twice," he said. "I think we might try Austria or Germany next."

Keely, who has seen numerous changes at UCO in his time, said he is ready to retire after 26 years. Keely spent the last two years as UCO's associate athletic director after 24 years as UCO women's head basketball coach and assistant athletic director of women's sports.

"I think the biggest changes I saw were when we

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