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PROTESTORS PICKET AT&T CEO AND UCO ALUM
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A ban on texting while driving will be easy to threaten, but difficult to enforce. PAGE 2 "Who Does She Think She Is?"
Academy Awardwinning director visits UCO with her new documentary.
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Homecoming week
A photo essay of events including the parade and game. PAGE 4 AND 5 News from Afar
Getting closer...India and the United States. PAGE 8 UCO football
Bearcats stun Bronchos on Homecoming PAGE 9
Photo by Allison Rathgeber
Karen Matthews (left) and Monica Essen hold up picket signs Friday at the intersection of 2nd Street and Garland Godfrey
Drive. Matthews and three other members of the Communication Workers of America protested Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T and UCO alum, and the corporation's practice of "cost-shifting" to put the burden of health care on the workers, Monica Essen said. "We helped him get where he's at today," Essen said. Stephenson was at UCO accepting a Distinguished Former Student award from the UCO Alumni Association as part of Homecoming.
UCO and Mercy partner State Question 754
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NewsCentral takes a look at State Question 754, coming in the Nov. 2, 2010 ballot. Voters will decide whether unfunded mandates should be permitted in Oklahoma. Watch NewsCentral tonight at 5 on Cox Digital Channel 125. PHOTOS ON UCO360.COM Homecoming Photo Essay
View photos by Vista photographers Byron Koontz and Allison Rathgeber from the 2009 Broncho Homecoming weekend on UCO36o.com .
As of Oct. 19, the UCO Student Health Center will be under new management. Over the past 18 months UCO has been searching ways to help expand the campus health service. Mercy was selected through their process after a yearlong Request for Proposal. UCO and Mercy Health System have officially signed a contract in August in which Mercy will assume management responsibility of the health center. The health center will be renamed as the Mercy Health UCO. Mercy will manage operations and employees. According to Jo McGuffin from the Student Health Service said
that this new . partnership will expand the health service and gain access to X-ray and urgent care capabilities. Students will also have access to Mercy's broad network of primary care and specialty physicians. "We are excited that for the first time UCO will have X-ray services, along with an electronic health record that ties together students' medical information so it's available at any Mercy clinic across the metro." Currently students and faculty can visit a doctor at the UCO Student Health Center and receive a diagnostic and prescription. If the student or faculty member requires specialty service or an X-ray to confirm the diagnostic see MERCY, page 6
The evolution of education: Symposium brings higher ed together for discussions Tiffany Brown SsaffIf
The University of Central Oklahoma hosted an event that sought new ways to educate students of all levels in Oklahoma on Sept. 10, at the Nigh University Center in Constitution Hall. The New Renaissance: A Revolution of Creativity and Learning Symposium retreat brought together college presidents, teachers, experts, authors, deans, and other leaders from interdisciplinary fields to discuss the evolution of learning and teaching in today's society. The event began with Dr. Bulent Atalay who wrote several books which include "Math and the Mona Lisa: the Art and Science of
Leonardo da Vinci" and "Leonardo's Universe: the Renaissance World of Leonardo da Vinci." Atalay spoke about da Vinci and the passion he had for science, art and other subjects. Atalay suggested there was a correlation of the amount of books in a household and ACT scores. Many students who were surrounded by books growing up scored higher on ACT test, he said. During a break during the conference, Atalay held a book signing session during the symposium. Dr. Dennis Creek focused on creative learning and the ways in which education system is changing and needing to be changed during the "Thinking About Learning see SYMPOSIUM, page 4
The football family: Ross and Alex Weaver
August but one doctor said that could have been ii„„„ging Avitor the reason ... another said Got sports that could have nothing to Ross Weaver was a soc- do with it. Nobody really questions? cer player who had never knows or has a good explaTune in to the considered playing football nation." until an injury sidelined his West and Wescott Alex doesn't remember younger brother, Alex, from how he hurt his arm, "It Sports Talk Show the sport and somewhat wasn't even that big of a on UCO36o. crippled the Bronchos' spe- deal," he said, but it was com. Send your cial teams. enough to lose his spot on thoughts to: theweThe younger Weaver the team. standwescottshow@ had been one of the team's It didn't occur to Alex gmail.com two placekickers until he that his older brother could was medically redshirted take his place as the kicker. his sophomore year after He knew his brother had he developed a blood clot a strong leg from playing in his shoulder and was told soccer but he didn't think that he could no longer play Ross had any desire to play contact sports. PM MO VISTA football. Then, some of the "It was kind of a freak football players started to FACEGOOMOIECOUT deal," Alex said. encourage Ross to try out. "I hurt my arm ... in
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A little more than a year later, instead of kicking soccer balls for the UCO soccer club, Ross is kicking field goals and kickoffs for the UCO football team. "It's just so much different. There is a lot more pressure ... when you're playing football," Ross said. "My brother has always told me that it's harder than you think to kick ... in a game and snap and hold in pads and all that. I'd say after a week ... you don't really Photo by Byron Koontz notice the pads anymore and once you get the tim- Ross Weaver (left), stands with his brother Alex ing down on snap and Weaver. Ross took his brother's place as kicker after see BROTHERS, page 6 a blood clot left Alex unable to participate in sports.
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