Hurricane relief trailer collecting goods on campus Sept. 19-23, See Pg. 3
Cross-country team off to solid start See sports Pg. 10
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II ROTC in action See photos Pg. 6
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Business ethics chapter works toward status as official club on campus
Campus-wide computer crash still stumps IT
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restored within hours but questions remain by Nathan Winfrey Vista Staff Writer Late in the afternoon of Sept.9, while UCO celebrated the ribbon-cutting at the new Wantland Stadium, all of the campus's major computers crashed, knocking out services campus-wide and preventing access to the Internet. The crash took place during a test of the emergency fire suppression system according to a statement released to the university by Dr. Cynthia E. Rolfe, vice president of Information Technology. Ananya Rabeya, acturial science senior and computer lab technician, said access was restored the next day. "I was trying to check my class schedule from the Broncho Central and I couldn't open the link. Being a lab technician, I called Information Technology," she said. "They said it was going to be all right and it was all right." Yasmin Jahir, computer science senior and former lead computer technician, said she was trying to send homework to her professor and could not use her UCO e-mail. "I had to use my yahoo or hotmail accounts," she said. Most services were restored
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From left: Kristin Wancata, undecided sophomore, David Kinney, psychology sophomore, Alex Springer, political science sophomore and Devione Harris, music education senior, play a game of 'Twister' Sept. 15 in front of the University Commons to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. See photos, Pg. 3.
ROTC holds fourth annual Cadet Olympics Military skill and team-building the focus of competitive challenges competing in a series of con- class just started, the Olympics two five-gallon cans filled with by Brett Deering are a good way for the cadets water, cumulative push-ups and tests Vista Staff Writer Lt. Col. Stuart Jolly, profes- to get to know each other in an a tug-of-war, which ended the sor of Military Science, said the environment where they have to event. Cadet Olympics was designed rely on each other. Jolly said the Olympics Lab The UCO Department of to teach cadets to work together. The events were in a relay is also good for cadet retention. Military Science held its fourth "It's for team building, for class format, and all members corn- "A cadet came up to me, Cadet Olympics Lab Sept. 15 cohesion," he said. peted in each event. interested in our scholarship on the practice field north of The teams are represented by The contests ranged from program and said 'I think this is Wantland Stadium. The exercise consisted of the cadet's year in college, MS-I the 'litter-carry,' where four what I want to do,'" he said. for freshmen through MS-IV cadets carried a 'victim' on a four teams, composed of the for seniors. Jolly said since the newest stretcher, a 'water-can carry,' Army Reserve Officer Training in which three cadets carried Please see ROTC, page 4 Corps or "Broncho Battalion,"
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Legendary bloodsucker drops in for theatre production "Passions of Dracula" Sept. 22-25 in Mitchell Hall. See entertainment Pg. 5 Editorial Why are parking spots scarce again? and The Toss-Up. See opinion Pg. 2 Sports An official announcement will be made this week about whether the New Orleans Hornets basketball team will play in Oklahoma City. See sports Pg. 10 INDEX Opinion 2 News 3 Entertainment 5 Photos 6 Classifieds 8 Sports 10
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A student chapter of the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium is in the process of becoming an official club on campus. Formed in October 2003, OkEthics is a non-profit organization consisting of a broad base of business professionals who want Oklahoma to be known as a state that values ethics in the workplace, said Shannon Warren, founding director of OkEthics and President of Warren Consulting L.L.C. Warren said the idea of a club began with six people discussing ethics at lunch meetings. As the number of people in the group grew to 24, Warren said they then decided to form an organization. Now the membership is more than 250. Since then three chapters have been founded in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and the Moore-Norman area, with student chapters at Oklahoma City University and the University of Tulsa. Joe Walker, graduate student and founding president of the OkEthics student chapter UCOEthics said Dr. Katherene Ten-ell, accounting professor, invited him to an OkEthics meeting last year and he immediately saw the potential to begin a student organization. "Our goal is to promote integrity for educational issues through ethics," Walker said. He said ethical issues arise in
Career Services will host a Career Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 22 in the Nigh University Center ballroom. "This is one of the best opportunities for students to see what is available out there," said Molly Larrison, event coordinator. "We have about 68 diverse businesses signed up to come, and we are expecting about 70 to 75." Larrison said some of the companies coming are Devon Energy, Disney, the Oklahoma Federal Bureau of Investigation, Grant Thorton, North Western Mutual, Sherwin Williams, The Oklahoman and Dell. She said this event is not only for students who are graduating soon but also for students looking for internships in the spring. "Many employers come with internship possibilities," Larrison said. "The way the corporate world is working now, internships can be turned into full time possibilities." "This is a great networking opportunity," said Lauri Hanna, assistant director of Career Services. Hanna said this event is held twice a year, but some of the businesses who come in the fall do not come in the spring. Employers are really excited about coming," Larrison said.
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A conference to connect the dots between Christianity and social justice will take place Sept 23-24 in Rm. 120 of the Communications Building at UCO. The conference was the idea of Clay Webber, who approached Dr. David Macey, assistant professor of English, to help facilitate it last spring. "We knew lots of interesting
people who did the work, the work they do for social justice, that came out of their spiritual commitments," Macey said. "It's important to take, not just the religion about Jesus, but the religion of Jesus," Macey said. Together, Webber, Macey and Tre Ronne, asked church leaders and others in the community to speak on topics like poverty in developing nations, the peace movement, progressive politics and capitalism. "Our assumption is that UCO
students are drawn to controversy likes moths to a flame," Ronne said. Ronne said the conference is controversial and that's a good thing. He said he hopes it will draw people to the conference so they can express their views and hear the views of others in a safe and considerate forum. "It does seem like the majority of congregations we see are more focused on individual
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Free HIV testing one of several events planned for Sexual Awareness Week Fraternity plans sex-oriented presentations and discussion by Gary Wardworth News Reporting Student A campus fraternity organization will host activities Sept. 19-22 as part of its first Sexual Awareness Week event. The UCO Lamba Pi Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Guiding Right, a nonprofit organization that targets college campuses, will offer free HIV testing, a presentation about sexually transmitted diseases and an open forum. "Nobody wants to talk about the serious side of sex," said Rodney Bates, public relations officer for Phi Beta Sigma. "The highest rates of HIV are among African-American
women. People are not stopping to educate themselves. Many just don't lcnow they have it. A lot of times one man can have
University Center. Guiding Right will have participants complete a survey and then take a mouth swab sample, rather than drawing blood a needle, and will send "Nobody wants to talk with samples to a lab for testing. about the serious side Privacy is guaranteed by the organization. of sex." Darnell Hines, president of Phi Beta Sigma, said results come back in about two weeks. He said volunteers return to campus for two days Rodney Bates, Phi Beta with test results and meet Sigma public relations officer individually with those who were tested. The STD presentation will it and he's infecting multiple be in the Heritage Room in the partners." UC at 7:14 p.m. Sept. 20 and The HIV testing will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20 in Please see WEEK, page 4 Rm. 312 and 320 at the Nigh