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After 4o years in room 107 of the Communications building, The Vista will be moving into a shared newsroom this week with UCentral, the broadcast news program, across the building into room 231. Dr. Rozilyn Miller, incoming chair and current assistant chair of the mass communication department, said the shared newsroom is something the faculty and staff of the department have talked about since the journalism and communications departments merged four years ago today. "I just think it's incredibly cool that the exact date of the four-year anniversary is the exact date that we start the move to converge the newsrooms," she said. "I am so glad that we were able to make this happen this year." Dr. Terry M. Clark, chair and interim Vista adviser, emphasized the change was for the good of the students. "This improvement will help our UCO students, in print and broadcast, continue to be the pick of the crop of journalism graduates among state media," Clark said. "Our programs have long been known for the quality of our students' educations and training at newspapers and in TV. "As a result, our graduates populate the newsrooms of the state, and this change to keep up with changing technology will help keep it that way," he said. Clark said that The Vista and UCentral will continue to maintain their separate identities while combining efforts on the Internet. "Both programs have proud histories that our students and alumni identify with," he said. "That will not disappear, but gradually change in the face of industry demands and student needs to be adept in multiple media platforms." "It's very important that The Vista retain its student-led editorial independence, guaranteed under the First Amendment," Clark said, noting that FCC regulations put different constrains on the broadcasting program.

"We're all tremendously proud of our students. Their talent, dedication and enthusiasm is a great tribute to UCO, and very inspiring." Miller said the faculty realizes complications will arise in the transition but thinks that the opportunity to work out those stresses is "the kind of reallife experience that happens to people in their jobs." "This alliance will produce the best prepared students, not only in the state, but in the region," she said. Clark agreed: "We're like everyone else. We don't know where and how all media are going to change, and like the merger of the departments, we don't have all the answers, but we'll work them out." Dr. Pamela Washington, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said the move will help print and broadcast students get the best jobs in the industry. "My hope is that our students will be better prepared to move into employment opportunities in the world of

A conversation with former Vista adviser Dennie Hall See page

journalism, which is changing so quickly," she said. Washington said if students aren't able to move between broadcast and web and print media, they are not going to be as competitive in the job market. "It's all about new media," she said. When Dr. Keith Swezey arrived at UCO in fall 1991, the academic broadcasting program was a separate entity from the communications department. "However, a broadcast faculty member oversaw all the operations," he said. The broadcast program essentially did the same programs they currently

do, Swezey added. "There's always been talk of bringing the The Vista and UCentral together, but I think there was a traditional resistance to combining the two, with broadcast students and print students saying, 'No, we don't want to do that,' but as time has gone on, there's been more and more talk between departments and then an official realignment when the two departments merged," he said. "We realized more and more that what we do, while it's very different, is also a lot alike," he said. "You can do a story, for print or broadcast or web, that's the attitude we have now. "Before, 10 or 15 years ago, it was two totally different industries. They did the same things in a different way, but it was just completely separate. It was that way in the commercial world and it was that way in academics." Swezey said the two of the most exciting things he has seen include the new technology and equipment the broadcast department received over the years as well as the onset of digital technology. "That [digital technology] allows you to manipulate information and images in a way that wasn't possible before. You can do a story, print it in a newspaper, put it out in a broadcast outlet and at the same time prepare for another platform, the web, which, 20 years ago, was just in its infancy," he said. The Vista, started in 1903 as a literary magazine, has since become a biweekly newspaper during the fall and spring semesters and weekly during summer semesters. When Clark became chair in 1990, The Vista was using primitive computers and was printed on campus. Under the leadership of Dr. Mark Hanebutt, faculty adviser, the paper got new computers and was eventually printed off campus at the Edmond Sun, where it is currently printed. Clark led the effort to get a full-time adviser instead of a faculty member in 1999. Under the direction of Adviser Mark Zimmerman, the newsroom See VISTA, page 4

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A conversation with Vista adviser Dennie Hall and `80s, students were more passionate about affairs both on and off campus. They were interested in causes and reporting on the administration, the college.

Nelson Solomon Editor

I recently spoke with former UCO journalism professor and Vista adviser, Dennie Hall. He related stories and experiences that made his time at this publicaHon come to life that I'll share in this column. Hall came to UCO in June1969 as a professor and served as the Vista's adviser from 1977 to 1981.

On moving into the new Communications building in June 1969:

"[It] was all new and clean, and a big improvement over where we'd been. M) first couple of weeks here, we were in the old building, and we were moving in that summer into the new one."

On putting the paper together in a different era:

"It was before computers. [The process involved] paste-up and all that. They used typewriters and then they would carry the copy over to the campus print shop and they would process it. They had presses and all, it was printed and all on campus in those days." "It was printed twice a week in those days just like now. There was a while that it was on fairly slick paper instead of newsprint because of the limitations of the print shop." On the content of The Vista in the `dos

"[There was a] great deal more hard news than there was in The Vista today. Back in the late `705

students were supposed to do a certain, amount of lab work for the paper." On former Vista editors who have succeeded:

"One of the early students was Jim Epperson. He has risen to the "The [university] president at very top ranks of Southwestern that time was in trouble with a Bell. He has been president of the number of constituents, including Oklahoma division, president of the regents and the faculty and a the Texas division, and now he is number of others. Naturally, he in charge of legislative relations didn't like The Vista's coverage of of the entire Southwestern Bell. that. He felt that they should be And I wouldn't be surprised to muzzled and not be given the free- be the CEO of Southwestern Bell dom that they felt they deserved. anytime. He was a very energetic, So that's the reason I left The young, married man. He was a Vista. After defending the stu- good writer, good reporter, hard dents' press rights, I didn't want worker and it was predictable even to be Vista director anymore and I then he had a bright career ahead asked to be relieved of that, given of him." back a full teaching load instead of "Another one who stands the partial load. out is Joe Hight, who is at The "My view was that even if I Oklahoman now." wanted to muzzle the students, "Another good editor was Doug that they had certain press rights Fokes. He has held various PR in the First Amendment and it positions in Oklahoma City." wouldn't have even been legal to "One editor was Tony Williams. muzzle them. I think it's the edi- He worked on The Vista and was tors' job to select content and all briefly an editor. But he didn't get that and I didn't want to muzzle along with the new advisor. He them and I didn't feel that I legally was not there a long while, but he could." was a young man who showed a great deal of promise." On sticking up for the students' press rights:

On his relationship with the university administration:

"My relationship with the administration was all right until that problem [press rights] came along. That changed everything."

On the size of the newspaper staff in the '70s/80s:

"We had a much smaller staff in those days. The editors worked very hard. We had far fewer paid staffers than today; however, the News Editing and News Reporting

On working with University of Oklahoma/Oklahoma State University Journalism Departments:

"There was a time when there was an effort made to get more cooperation between the schools of journalism, but that effort fizzled as far as I know." On obtaining furniture at UCO from The Oklahoman: "When The Oklahoman went

to computers, they gave us the big.

copy desk. We already had one, but we got the Oklahoman's. And I had done moonlighting at The Oklahoman in my first few years at UCO on that very copy desk. I used to joke that when I quit that stint of moonlighting at the Oklahoman's copy desk, I thought I was through with that copy desk and lo and behold, it came to me at UCO." On Woody Gaddis [former UCO photography instructor]:

"He came the same day that I did and we were good friends. When I was just in the classroom and not in The Vista, we shared an office for many years. He died last year."

On the relationships built from The Vista:

"One of the things I treasure from having been Vista advisor was the close friendships that I made and many of them I maintain." On the tradition of The Vista:

"I think it is the voice of UCO and it started out as a little literary magazine in 1903." The Vista four days a week?

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The Vista four days a week. The

president at the time would not allow it, but at least in the last 50 years that I know of, they've had the same publishing pattern of twice a week. I know when Reba Collins was with The Vista in the '5os it was twice a week and once a week in the summer. It never seems to have been able to progress beyond that."

Dennie Hall in 1990 On the most memorable stories:

"There were the usual problems with football players. They got upset with Joe Hight when he was editor. All the papers disappeared off the stand." "Joe [Hight] started sort of a crusade against a religious sect called The Way' and he wound up with sugar being put in his car gas tank and he was always thought it was some of that group." On upsetting the governor: "Before I came to the Vista, I

had a student who was a talented cartoonist, David Simpson. He drew cartoons for the Vista and later became nationally known. He would even upset the governor. We were trying to get university status and the governor was opposed to it. David drew pictures of him, calling him 'Black Bart,' his name was Dewey Bartlett. So The Vista was even disgusting the governor's office in those days:"

Vista Clarification

In an earlier day

In regard to last week's editorial "Is there room for a study center" by Laura Hoffert, we would like to clarify that the lab that will replace the current Vista office will be used for more than broadcasting classes. Not many funds are being spent for this transition. We overestimated our square footage.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In honor of Tim Chavez The death of Tim Chavez, UCO class of '81, stilled the the poor, the disadvantaged, the discrimination victims and voice of a writer and editor whose career began at The Vista those who had no voice in society. in the late 197os. It was my privilege, as the paper's faculty Cancer claimed hm at 5o. He did more in his short life adviser, to witness the unfolding of a talent that truly made than many do in a long lifetime. His influence will live on. a difference in the world. Tim and I had remained close friends, and my sense of perTim's obituary in The Tennessean, Nashville's daily sonal loss is profound. Rest in peace, Tim. paper, described him as a "passionate journalist." He had spent a decade in Nashville, and many say his columns and Dennie Hall, UCO Journalism Professor Emeritus and editorials changed the culture of that city and even of that Vista Advisor state. Earlier he had worked on papers in his home state of Editors' Note: Tim Chavez died on Thursday, June 18 Oklahoma and in New York. Wherever Tim worked, first on the UCO campus and of leukemia in Tennessee. later in the professional world, he was fearless in attacking wrong when he saw it and in serving as a mouthpiece for

The Vista is published as a newspaper and public forum by UCO students, semi-weekly during the academic year except exam and holiday periods, and only on Wednesdays during the summer, at the University of Central Oklahoma. The issue price is free for the first copy and $1 for each additional copy obtained. EDITORIALS Opinion columns, editorial cartoons, reviews and commentaries represent the views of the writer or artist and not necessarily the views of The Vista Editorial Board, the Department of Mass Communication, UCO or the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. The Vista is not an official medium of expression for the Regents or UCO. LETTERS The Vista encourages letters to the editor. Letters should address issues and ideas, not personalities. Letters must be typed, doublespaced, with a maximum of 150 words, and must include the author's printed name, title, major, classification and phone number. Letters are subject to editing for libel, clarity and space, or to eliminate statements of questionable taste. The Vista reserves the right not to publish submitted letters. Address letters to: Editor, The Vista, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, OK 73034-5209, or dein person to the editor in the Communications Building, Room 107. Letters can be e-mailed to editorial@thevistaonline.com .

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4 injured in 3-car accident Ryan Saylor Staff vrite'r

Four people were injured and traffic on Bryant Avenue came to a halt yesterday after the driver of a white Ford Ranger pickup truck carrying pool chemicals hit a curb, overcorrected, hit a minivan, and then collided head-on with a landscaping truck, said Officer Randy Payne of the Edmond Police Department. The unidentified driver of the Ford Ranger, owned by Dee Johnson Pools, Inc. of Oklahoma City, was taken by MediFlight from the scene after being partially ejected from the vehicle. He is in critical condition in the intensive care unit at OU Medical Center, said Glynda Chu of the Edmond Police Department. The driver of the minivan, a pregnant woman traveling with her two young children, was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City with non-life threatening injuries. A man in the landscaping truck also had non-life threatening

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This accident, near the intersection of Danforth and Bryant, injured 4 people, including a pregnant woman, after the driver of the white Ford Ranger pickup truck collided head-on with a landscaping truck, also hitting a minivan driven by the pregnant woman.

injuries and was transported by ambulance to Edmond Regional Medical Center. Another man in the truck was also injured and treated at the scene. The accident, which occurred at around 2:3o on Monday afternoon,

closed Bryant Avenue just south of Danforth for hours as hazmat crews worked to clean up chemicals, including chlorine, that had spilled in the roadway. Chu said that no citations have been issued as the acci-

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underwent major renovation and redecoration in preparation for the paper's centennial in 2003. The newspaper's offices were previously located in both the Industrial Arts building and the Language Arts & Humanities buildings, both of which have been demolished. "The office consisted of a large copy desk, a paste-up table, a secretary's desk, typewriters and an advertising section," said Dennie Hall, former UCO journalism professor and Vista adviser.

Hall started teaching at UCO in June 1969, the summer the journalism department moved into what was formerly the library, and The Vista moved into Room 107. Hall served as a professor from 1969 to 1970, and then returned in 1977, when The Vista's faculty director left and Ray Tassin, then the department chair, asked Hall to serve as Vista advisor. Hall accepted the offer, and served in that role until 1981, returning to full-time teaching after leaving his post.

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Big names, tough games ahead for Bronchos Chris Wescott Sports Writer

The 2009-2010 hockey schedule for the University of Central Oklahoma has been released, and the only way to describe it is big names and tough competition. It is often said that the opening game of any schedule can set the tone of that entire season. For the Bronchos, that saying could ring true. The Bronchos open this year's hockey schedule at home, September 18th against the 2009 ACHA Division I National Champions. The Lindenwood Lions travel to Edmond, for a two game series that is sure to determine the direction of The Bronchos. In only its third year after coming into exsistence, the UCO hockey team made the National Championships. However, they lost to Illinois in the 1st round, but the feat

of making the playoffs gives hope that this year will be different. Starting the season against the best of 2009 can only make them better. UCO plays four more games at home to start the season. Two-games-a-piece against Saint Louis and Robert Morris. Its first away stint starts October when UCO travels to Youngstown, Ohio to play in the ACHA Showcase. C 0 11 The Bronchos travel back to Edmond to play Indiana University, then travel to St. Charles, Missouri to play Lindenwood again. To start the November schedule the Bronchos will kick off a three game home stint with two games against Oakland University and one game against North Dakota State. Then UCO will once again play Iowa

State, in Ames, Iowa, in what is now becoming a yearly event. The UCO, Iowa State matchups have always proven to be exciting displays of hardnose hockey between two often highly ranked teams. The Bronchos then play Missouri State at home, Mercyhurst College at home, then travel to Wooster, Ohio to participate in the Wooster Thanksgiving Tournament to round out November. They begin December with bedlam. Round one of bedlam begins December fourth in OKC at the Blazers Ice Center vs the OU Sooners then goes to Edmond at Artie Edge Arena on December fifth. Bedlam may mean more for both teams this season as OU graduated some talented seniors and it may be a handing over of the torch of Oklahoma

College hockey. After bedlam round one, the Bronchos will take a break and resume action on January 8th when they travel to Ohio to take on Ohio University. UCO then plays Arizona State, Minot State, Texas A&M and Colorado State all at home in consectutive order from January 13- 30. UCO rounds out this season by visiting Arizona State, new national tournament rivals Illinois, and returning to Oklahoma for round two of Bedlam. The Bronchos face many opponents to prove something to - Lindenwood, Illinois, Iowa State and OU. Their schedule is littered with national tournament teams and top 25 potnentials, but the Bronchos are focused on the ultimate goal and taking home their first National Championship Trophy come March.

Bronchos to kick off exciting fall "Tadede Zegel" Chris Wescott Sports FVriter

Type in bronchosports.com into your browser and an advertisment for UCO Football Season Tickets pops up on screen. At first I just skipped ahead because I was in a hurry to look up golf stats, and I already knew the season ticket information. However, this time I stopped and read, and let me tell you something, I am almost as excited for Broncho football as I am for NFL and D I college ball to start. The ad announces with gusto that the Bronchos are defending Lone Star North

Champions, that we are opening the upcoming season riding a seven-gamewinning-streak and that we return our coach of the year in Tracy Holland. Not only that, but UCO Quarterback Brandon Noohi returns to light up the score board and lead an exciting, fast-paced offense in 1.1C0 battle. The ad got me thinking about UCO football more and more, even after I had already moved on past the screen. This year's team is going to be good. Tracy Holland had some work cut out for him when taking over UCO's head coaching spot a year ago. After a four game losing streak to start the season, something clicked with Holland's Bronchos and they stomped through a seven win streak to

end the season. That kind of momentum is most likely to continue into this season. Noohi is a major reason why I am excited for the upcoming year. Played in all 11 games last year compiling a 116.92 efficiency rate, completing 172 of 316 Football passes with only 3 interceptions and 11 touchdowns. Noohi threw for 1990 yards, and ran for another 324 yards and tacked on eight rushing touchdowns. The Bronchos start this season ranked 9th in the 2009 Sporting News Preseason Division II Top 25 Football Poll, released early June. The Bronchos are the only Lone Star Conference team ranked in the top ten.

The only other LSC team ranked close to the top ten is Abilene Christian at 15. The Bronchos will be lead by a core of senior stars, including Noohi, Ryan Gallimore, Kendall Hendricks, Jason Palmer, Terrence Hill, Da'Marean Pullen and many others. This seasoned team is ready to make a run, especially since adding several big name recruits from Oklahoma and Texas. One that stands out is Anthony Phillips, a defensive back from Mustang. No matter where the Bronchos end up at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the 2009 year will be exciting, highlight filled and the only place to be on campus Saturdays this fall.

Recap: James Harden leads OKC Thunder's draft picks Chris Wescott Sports Writer

The Oklahoma City Thunder went into last Thursday's NBA Draft with options. They were reportedly interested in all of the top four players in the draft including Ricky Rubio, James Harden, Blake Griffin and Hasheem Thabeet. With Blake Griffin going first overall, and Thabeet following second, the Thunder still had two of their top choices on the board. There were reports coming out this past month

that the Thunder's interest in Ricky Rubio had risen to its offseason peak. However, the Thunder front office had to think of inter-squad conflict if they had chosen Rubio, the 18-year old novelty. The Thunder told Russell Westbrook that he was their present and future point guard. Choosing another PG with the third overall pick this year might have caused conflict. Luckily, the Thunder decided to pass on Rubio and address a position of bigger need. With the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft, Oklahoma City chose James Harden,

Shooting Guard from Arizona State. Harden is rated the best shooting guard in this year's draft, which is a major plus for the Thunder. The Thunder have a strong young nucleus now. In fact, it is one that many teams would trade half their roster for. Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and now James Harden will make the Thunder an effective and winning squad for years to come. At least until they can't afford to keep all the star players together, but that is another story for another opinion column.

Harden had an excellent sophomore campaign. Harden averaged over 20 points, 4.2 assists, and 6 rebounds a game. At six-foot-five, 218 pounds, Harden has the size to play the floor and challenge the basket. He is a proven finisher, and can make all the shots. His three point game may need some work, but Harden was the obvious pick at three. In my opinion, the Thunder get an A+ grade for the Harden pick. The way I look at draft picks and rate them is by whether or not the team filled a need, the value of the pick where they

picked, and whether that player has impact potential. The Thunder gained all three with Harden. They filled a need, picked the number one shooting guard, and have a player who could contribute right out of the gate. The only other pick

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