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groups of three or more and one of the members of the group must have a cell phone. Stan Writer In Florence some of the students waited an hour and For most UCO students, summer school means humid a half and paid io euros a piece to get into the Galleria treks across campus to long classes under humming flo- dell Accademia, The Gallery at the Academy where rescent lights. For the 18 students in Dr. Mark Hanebutt's Michelangelo's David is on display. Travel Reporting class it means a 1,211-mile trek under the "It was amazing,"Amanda Siegried, a senior and photoTuscan sun. journalist major, said. "Photographs don't do it justice. We "We're in Italy," Hanebutt said. "I am trying to intro- could see the veins in his arms and the muscles in his back. duce my students to other cultures and I loved the detail." peoples and places while teaching them Traveling on a 50-seat tour bus with another aspect of journalism." 27 other people from Australia, New Hanebutt and the students, along Zealand, Wales, Germany, Tasmania, with Dr. Jesse Miller, left Oklahoma Canada and the United States the UCO City at 12:4o p.m. on Saturday, July students are getting a detailed two-week 11, and after a brief layover in Chicago, view of the Tuscany countryside. arrived in Rome Sunday morning From the road their views are bomaround 8:45. barded with clusters of Cypress, Palm, "It was tiring...very long and exhausting," Safiya Lucas, Umbrella Pines and Pioppi (poplar) trees as well as acres of a senior, said. "I felt like I was sleepwalking. I showered vibrant sunflower fields that randomly break through the and...had like a twelve hour sleep." multi-shades of greens. Grandiose homes akin to fortresses The class left Rome the next morning at 8:3o and drove also dot the hillsides with vineyards and olive tree orchards north, stopping at the medieval town of Orvieto on their way that march up the hills like columns of Roman soldiers. to Poggibonsi, where they stayed for four nights, using it as "It's enough reason to stay here and not want to go a hub for excursions into the cities of San Gimignano, Siena, home," Sean Beall, a senior and broadcast major, said. "It's Florence and Pisa during the day. not littered with so much crap that we have in America like During the outings, Hanebutt, who spends most of his [billboards and fast-food restaurants]." time doing headcounts, requires the students to stay in A large part of the student's itinerary involves driving

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English professor learns lessons from Founding Fathers are an expression of art." Smith's literary works. Since, One book that had become Hayes has published five addiStaff 17,7ter important to Hayes was one tional books. from his collection. "The Road Many of the books written Long before UCO professor Kevin Hayes to Monticello: The Life and was born, the literary road had been paved by Hayes are still inspired by Mind of Thomas Jefferson' is by the founding fathers. History had been the founding fathers and the my favorite," Hayes said. set and Hayes had thrust it into the forefront modest beginnings of America. "It's the book I put the most His writings focus on early of the present. work into," he said. American libraries. Libraries Just as several of founding fathers had Hayes's autobiography of done since the beginnings of America's his- in America began as private Thomas Jefferson was nomicollections in the homes of tory, Hayes began his writing career by jotnated for several book awards ting down ideas and recording his thought those who could afford them including the Oklahoma during early colonial times. with a pen and paper. Book Award and the George HA YES Private collectors included "For many years I kept a journal," Hayes Washington Book Prize. Thomas Jefferson, Thomas said. For Hayes, the road has not stopped at It was not until Hayes entered graduate Henry, George Washington, Benjamin Monticello. He is currently working on a Franklin and many others. school at the University of Delaware that he "Books capture a part of the past that is book about George Washington and he will wrote his first book. Hayes originally wrote be writing a book that features a collection of still influencing the present," Hayes said. "Captain John Smith: A Reference Guide" essays by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe is an author "They are important to preserve so we as his master thesis. It was a compilation of can read and study them," he said. "Books he teaches his students about, he said.

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Writing books is something he is passionate about, he said. Not only is he passionate about writing, he considers it an accomplishment. In addition, writing and teaching are two of his accomplishments he is most proud of, he said. For young authors getting started Hayes offered this advice. "Keep a journal," he said. "Its a good way to record thoughts and practice writing." When you find something you want to write a book about, stick with it until it gets done, he said. For Hayes, the Founding Fathers have taught more than one lesson. They have taught "the importance of democracy," Hayes said, and have taught "the importance of making sure everybody gets their voice heard."

Inside UCO-trained team wins Euro Cup The 2009 Euro Cup belongs to the United States after the U.S. dominated the Netherlands in the finals Thursday. See page 6

Rock Musician joins ACM@UCO As the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM @UCO) moves closer to its August opening, Dr. Peter Pollack joins the academy staff as the Director of Academic Operations. See page 4

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A tribute to Walter Cronldte Photo by Musleh Alkathami See page 2

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Friday night was supposed to be a normal evening, nothing exciting, nothing thrilling, just uneventful. That all changed at 7:13 pm when Katie Couric said, "It is my sad duty to tell you that our friend and colleague Walter Cronkite has died." I didn't see the special report. Instead, I got a text message alerting me of his death. While his passing was not completely unexpected, it still caught me off guard and made me think back to all of the pivotal moments in his career and how those moments influenced not only myself, but so many other journalists across America and the world. Granted, I wasn't even born when he retired, but I, like so many others in my generation have seen the broadcasts on of his most important reports and bulletins on the internet and can recall my favorites. The broadcast that really made me want to pursue journalism as a career has to be the CBS Evening News broadcast where Cronkite concluded that the Vietnam War was unwinnable. It was that one report and his years of accurate reporting that made it okay for a reporter to give an opinion so long as he or she had solid facts to back up their opinion. Cronkite went to

the warzone, got the facts and presented them as he saw them. He did a courageous thing by coming out against the war. He knew the facts and was able to draw a conclusion. Other journalists might have said he lost his objectivity at that point, but I think had he not made his opinion known it wouldn't have made him a better journalist, it would have made him a coward. Another Cronkite career highlight that I admire has to be the years he spent right here in central Oklahoma. There is no better inspiration to UCO students than Walter Cronkite's work at WKY radio in Oklahoma City, where he worked as the first play-by-play announcer of the University of Oklahoma football team. Sure, he might have only been the announcer for a year before he left for another job in Kansas City, but that year helped propel him to the big leagues. His year in Oklahoma meant something and all of us who are students here, whether or not you are journalism majors, should realize that our time spent here in Oklahoma is valuable, as well. It is shaping us and taking us places we might have never thought possible. Most people will not think back to the years Cronkite spent here in central Oklahoma. Most people will remember his bigger moments like the announcement of the assassination of John F. Kennedy or

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his anchoring of the first man to walk on the moon. Both were huge moments in American history, showing the worst and the best of America. No matter the event, no matter the story, if it was important, Walter Cronkite was on the air to tell you what you needed to know. While he is no longer with us, he will never be forgotten. His example, much like Edward R. Murrow and Tim Russert, will serve as an example of how to not only be a journalist, but his example will show us how to do our jobs right. God speed Walter. Your example of exemplary reporting will live on in our hearts and minds and will not be soon forgotten.

Parting thoughts about The Vista I want to take a point of personal privilege and salute UCO's student newspaper, The Vista. The first week of July concluded 4o years in the same location, room 107 of the communications building. Generations of young journalists, many of them now working throughout the state, trained in that room, under a multitude of advisers and conditions. The paper has moved across the building into a merged newsroom with the broadcast facilities. It will continue to maintain its editorial independence, but we're trying to change with the times, and a shared web page will be getting more emphasis. This is a natural follow-up of the merger of the journalism and communications departments exactly four years ago. We knew we had to try to keep abreast of changing technologies and "convergence" in the media industry. Then, as now, we can't know exactly where we're going, but that we've got to try to better prepare our students for the crazy media world they're going to seek jobs in. As the students wrote last week, it's a "crazy roller coaster ride."

I'll stop short of calling it a converged newsroom. The broadcast students don't want to be print journalists any more than the print students want to go into broadcast, but it's our job to help prepare them for the increasing lap over of technology. As a matter of fact, our Vista students emphasize the word "shared" newsroom, not converged. As you know, in this last summer of me being chair of the department after 19 years, I've served as interim Vista adviser. That meant I've been back in the newspaper business, which seems an appropriate conclusion to being chair. Most of all, I am incredibly impressed with the dedication, talent, determination, independence and humor of our small staff. They've even taught me some of the new technology. I can "paste up" with the best of them, but InDesign is something else. I can say the same for the broadcast students working with Dr. Keith Swezey this summer. Small staff, tight deadlines, and complete professionalism and dedication to excellence. Both groups have deadlines on the

same day this summer, Tuesday, and it gets electric and exciting in the newsroom, as all newsrooms should be. Teddy Burch, a UCO and Vista alum, takes over this issue as the new adviser, after a committee of-five faculty and staff sifted through 77 applications. You'll find that he has a dedication to improving The Vista and serving our students and UCO. He has my complete confidence. If you missed them, I recommend you look at two articles from the July i issue on our web page, http://www.thevistaonline. corn!, "Vista moves newsroom after historic 4o years," and "A conversation with Dennie Hall." Dennie was the adviser during the tumultuous 705, and helped establish the strong tradition we have of student press freedom and excellence. I'm proud to report that today's students are firmly committed to that tradition. The highest praise I can give them is: "If I still owned a newspaper, I wish I could hire you all." -3o--Dr. Terry M. Clark

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They stopped at Verona where they took a guided walking tour of the ancient city and visited the famous Romeo and Juliet balcony, then headed east to Padua and then the Venice area, where they stayed for two nights. "I loved Venice. It smelled bad but, hey, we dealt with it," Lucas said. The class left Venice early Sunday morning on July 19. Driving south through the flat, muted green Northeast of Italy along the Adriatic Sea, the tour bus passed small weeds slowly claiming decapitated wheat fields, orchards of the Italian poplar trees and cornfields almost ready to harvest. Not long after leaving the Venice area, the foliage and fields gave way to the Venetian saltwater lagoon and fish farms before Romea Freeway cross the Brenta, Adige and Po Rivers back into the Apennines. The tour stopped in the city of Ravenna for a couple hours before navigating the narrow, spiralling roads with 9o, 20 and io degree turns that lead to the independent republic of San Marino. The tiny country lies on the Adriatic and is situated in the middle of the Apennines. The oldest record of San Marino is dated from 300 A.D. and it has four medieval castles rising from the top of the mountain like fortified stalagmites. "It was my favorite part of the trip so far," Beall said. "San Marino had a lively downtown vibe mixed with an oldfashioned lifestyle, which I loved." Monday the group will be staying in the Assisi Area for one night before driving 243 miles to Naples, where they will stay for three nights with daily excursions to Pompeii, Sorrento and the island of Capri. From there they will go back to Rome where they stay for two nights. They will visit the Colosseum and the Vatican and have some free time to do as they please, before returning to Oklahoma on July 26. The class is worth six hours of credits. The students are required to keep a daily journal and write three distinct feature travel stories about their travels and submit 12 professional-grade photographs. "The Italian people seem to be very open to explaining

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Barack Obama is working to make sure he follows through on one of the key promises of his presidential election: healthcare for all Americans. So what's the problem? While a healthcare reform bill has passed the House of Representatives, it appears to be deadlocked in the Senate, even though the president's own party holds a 6o-vote lead in that house of Congress. It appears that the country's senators are just as undecided about what to do about healthcare reform as most Americans are.

UCO alum John Lurry, owner of Oklahoma Territory Bows, is a small business owner who does not agree with reforming the current healthcare system. "This type of health care would not be friendly to small business," Luny said. One of the big concerns that Luny has is how lawmakers plan to pay for healthcare. One of the proposals mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and on CNN suggests that taxpayers making over $350,000 will have to pick up the tab for the potentially $i trillion healthcare overhaul. Another story that appeared in The New York Times suggested that workers might be taxed on

their employer-provided health benefits. Many conservative talk show hosts are even suggesting that small business owners will have to pick up . the tab for every single employee, either by being forced to provide coverage that they currently don't provide or by paying high taxes in order to cover the cost for a socialized healthcare system. But according to BarackObama.com , the goal is to have all Americans insured, not socialized medicine. Regardless of the type of coverage, the one thing that small business owners want is a system that works and won't run them out of busin ess. "Give us something we can use," Lurry said. Senators are currently debating a healthcare reform bill. Obama is wanting a bill agreed on and passed by both houses of Congress before the August recess begins, although it appears the timeline the president has given legislators might be too optimistic.

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Rock musician joins UCO's ACM tAs the Academy of Coriitemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM @ UCO) mokes closer to its August opEking, Dr. Peter Pollack joi4s the academy staff as theL Director of Academic 014rations. k - veteran rock musiPollack most recently prcivided drums for the Las Vegas production of Blue Maki Group and has previot*recorded with numer ou 4- rtists and producers including Steve Albini and Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Illinois. "The opportunity to coordinate a program in rock music fundamentally appeals to me in the greatest way," Pollack said. "Besides spending my life as a musician, I have been an avid student of rock's history and theory." "Nowhere else could I imagine, this kind of rare sitUation, in which all of my life's interests come together.", Connecting students directly to today's music indirstry, ACM @ UCO's staff of teachers will include acclaimed performing artists-. and award-winning music professionals, headed by ACM@UCO CEO Scott Booker, manager of the Grammy-winning, Oklahoma-based band The Flaming Lips. Confirmed to offer master classes during the Academy's first year are Lilly Allen producer and member of The

Bird and the Bee, Greg Kurstin, and Warner Bros. Records General Manager and EVP of Warner Bros. Promotions Tom Biery, as well as members of The Flaming Lips, with additional classes and teachers to be announced later. Pollack said he looks forward to being a part of the innovation and creativity of the new academy. "The ACM@UCO has state of the art facilities that address every facet of . rock music from its performance and production to its business. Interactive classes led by a creative, diverse professional staff will guide and inspire students," Pollack said. "My hope is for the ACM to cultivate musical talent and become a place where students can dissect and learn about all of the aspects Photo by Musleh Alkathami of music making. A place like the ACM is needed for future A welder works on the framework of the new Center for Transformative Learning at UCO. professionals in the music industry." Based on the successful ACM-UK model, the academy will offer a two-year Associates ofApplied Science in Contemporary Music degree in either Performance (guitar, drums, bass and vocal) or Music Production. The ACM@ UCO will begin classes in August 2009 at the Oklahoma Hardware Building off Flaming Lips Alley in the Bricktown district of Oklahoma City. For more information, call (405) 974-4700 or visit www.acm-uco.com.

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Safewalk buttons on campus Austin Melton staffiTtyler

ks the fall semester approaches and nights get longer, campus police wish to make students aware of an underutilized program. "Operation Safewalk" provides a police escort' to your vehicle or between buildings when requested. 4 [Safewalk] is a highly underutilized program, but at the same time it's a good thing people feel safe walking',On campus," UCO Police Chief Jeff Harp said. The program is used priMarily for students that have evening classes and feel unsafe walking to their vehicle pn the outskirts of campu; The program, however, canbe used by faculty, staff and visitors for any reason. "I feel much safer about taking evening classes now that know about the prograni," said incoming freshman;Jackie Smith. The escorts are primarlily unarmed student employees of the police department. The escorts do have a police radio and many have golf carts at their disposal.

Much of the utilization of the program comes from escorts riding around campus and asking people if they would like a ride. Police feel that simply the presence of another person, especially with a radio, deters crime. The program was started over a decade ago and is very similar to programs at other schools. When it was started, the primary means of requesting an escort was via the orange call boxes located in every building. Today, nearly 95 percent of all Safewalk patrons call for an escort via cell phone, Harp said. "People feel safer because of cell phones in their pocket," Harp said. "That's why statistically the numbers [of users] have gone down." Students Will often call ahead and stay in their cars until the escort arrives. Organizers of the program say that they will not take reservations for an escort. "We will work to meet the needs of the community," Harp said. "We will assign our staff to the extent necessary to meet the demands." While organizers do not

know the exact number of users per week, they estimate it to be in the single digits. Commuter students are the smallest group of students to use the program. Organizers believe that they are not aware the service is available to them. If students park offcampus, the escort will take them to the edge of school property but will not go off school grounds. "We will stand there and watch as long as we can," said Harp. Currently the department is looking for means to upgrade the program. Students needing an escort are encouraged to use one of the call boxes or call dispatch at 974-2345.

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UCO-trained team wins 2009 Euro cup Chris Wescott ,s'portsH titer

The 2009 Euro Cup belongs to the United States after the U.S. dominated the Netherlands in the finals Thursday. The U.S. sitting volleyball team trains at the University of Central Oklahoma, and that training in Edmond helped them on their road to becoming champions. The U.S. team won the silver medal last season, but took a step up and took home gold after a three-set-finals match against the Netherlands in Roermond, Netherlands. The Americans swept through the three sets winning, 25-16, 25-7 and 25-12. Katie Holloway and Brenda Maymon led the Americans in scoring with 11 points each. The rest of the top four were Lora Webster with nine and Heather Erickson and Nicole Millage with eight a piece.

For team USA, this victory helps them prepare for their next big challenge. "This is a great win for the ladies and a huge step forward for our program," U.S. head coach Bill Hamiter said. "It is a good indicator of the progress of our team as we set our sights on winning a world championship and a gold medal in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London." The final placements for the 2009 Euro Cup were USA in first, Netherlands in second and Russia in third. In 2004, women's sitting volleyball was introduced to the Paralympic program in Athens. The U.S. team took the bronze medal that year. In 2005 the United States Olympic Committee partnered with the University of Central Oklahoma to make UCO an official training site for the Paralympics. UCO currently hosts eight resident Paralympic athletes on campus.

UCO hockey golf tourney August 28 Chris Wescott Sports II titer

The third annual UCO Hockey Golf Tournament takes place Aug. 28 at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond. The schedule includes several events for players and their teams. Included in the package are green fees, a cart, continental breakfast, range balls, prizes and lunch following the tournament. Prizes will be awarded for closest shot to the pin and longest drive. Other prizes will be award-

ed to each player of the top three teams. The tournament costs $350 per team, which is four players, or $95 for the individual fees. The form for entry can be found on ucohockey.com. The deadline for all entries is Aug. 14 2009. Sponsorship packages are also available. They include hole sponsorships and advertisements in the upcoming season's player program. All entries must be mailed to: UCO Hockey Team Golf Tournament, 416 Autumnwood Ct., Edmond,

OK 73003. They can also be emailed to jim@zedmktg.com . All questions can be directed at Jim Zuckermandel 4 0 5-9 1 9 0072. Check in is from 6:45 a.m.-7:45 a.m. During that time, there is a scheduled warmup and continental breakfast. The golf tournament begins at 8:00 a.m. From 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m., the luncheon, awards and Photo provided silent auction take place. Season ticket information Gina McWilliams sets the ball at the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team is also available on ucohock- at the training court at UCO's Wellness Center. ey.com.

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Chris Wescott The Oklahoma City Council approved a letter of intent with AHL Hockey Club, LLC—now authorizing negotiations for an

AHL franchise in Oklahoma City to begin. Now that the letter has been cleared and negotiations are authorized, it is only a matter of time before professional hockey starts again in Oklahoma. Both Edmonton Oilers affiliates seem to be the first options

for OKC. The Edmonton Oilers currently have a dormant AHL franchise, and the Oilers group has visited OKC before. A lease on the Cox Convention Center was also reached last week. The terms are not fully available, but it appears to be a five-year

lease starting in line with the start of the 2010-2011 AHL season. Express Sports is the company looking to acquire the franchise, and its president, Bob Funk Jr., seems extremely optimistic about an AHL team coming to Oklahoma.

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