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Former politician 'leads the way' for student leaders Tiffany Brown
Campus Quotes
Find out what UCO students think is the worst invention ever.
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Greeks Raise Dough
UCO campus fraternities, sororities and other campus organizations raised $14,000 for Infant Crisis Services
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Dr. Irmgard Schneider
Retired UCO German professor Schneider died on Friday, Oct. 9 at 90. PAGE 4 Men's Basketball
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Check out images from the Photo Club's recent Fall Break venture to Eureka Springs, Ark.
Oklahoma native J.C. Watts spoke to University of Central Oklahoma students on Oct. 12 in the Wellness Center. From the football field at University of Oklahoma to a front row seat in the White House, Watts recalled his past roles in life shaped who he is today. He began by not defining leadership, but explaining the roles he played that made him a leader within the community. "Everybody will have their theory, their thoughts about leadership and how you execute it. How you make it work," Watts said. "So much of what I've learned about leadership I've learned as Photo by Tiffany Brown a father that has children, I've J.C. Watts relates his experience with success—on the field as an learned from my wife, I've learned OU Quarterback as well as his experience of being a youth minister by being a small business owner... and advising past presidents of the U.S.—to students
Webb given prestigious award Sponsored by the Oklahoma Nelson Solomon Arts Council, the award will honor Co-Editor 16 individuals and five organizations for their contributions to UCO President W. Roger Webb the arts in their communities or will be honored by Gov. Brad Henry throughout the state. at the 34th Annual Governor's Arts In his time as president of Awards today in the fourth floor both UCO and Northeastern State rotunda of the state capitol. University in Tahlequah, Okla., The event is open to the pub- Webb has made arts education a lic. Presiding at the ceremony centerpiece of both campuses. will be Council Chair Kym Koch At UCO, Webb established Thompson and Oklahoma Arts the Broadway Tonight program, Council Executive Director a series that brings dozens of Suzanne Tate. national touring show s to the state. Webb will receive a prestigious And this year, he helped bring the Governor's Award, which recogniz- Academy of Contemporary Music es individuals for longtime leader- to UCO, which features a curricuship and significant contributions lum focused on the music industry to the arts across Oklahoma. and is the first of its kind in the "I am incredibly honored by country. receiving this award, and don't feel Other advancements in arts at all as though I am deserving education include the UCO Jazz of it," Webb said. "I feel strongly Lab, which houses the top jazz about arts in Oklahoma and cer- program in this region. In 2001, tainly at UCO. I believe that the Webb opened the new academic incredible quality of arts programs College of Arts, Media and Design at UCO is a distinguishing factor and also created a School of Music for our university and we can all be at UCO. very proud and all celebrate." see WEBB, page ,4
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Bicycle Bob' dead at 54 Caleb McWilliams arrested Sunday night make an arrest in the Cop) Editor
Dwight Morgan, affectionately known in Edmond as "Bicycle Bob," was found dead on Sunday. Morgan, 54, a homeless man living in Edmond for about 25 years, was found in the area behind the Festival Market Place near Second Street and Broadway in Edmond, Glynda Chu, public information officer for the Edmond Police Department, said. Chu said that while the police department has confirmed it was a homicide, they were waiting to get back the cause of death from the medical examiner's office. Travis Jim, 20, was
in connection with the case," Chu said. homicide case. Chu said Jim, also "We started talking from Edmond, was to people we thought newly homeless and might know [Morgan], was an acquaintance and Travis Jim was of Morgan. one of those people Morgan had recentand during the course ly been living in the of that conversation, grove of trees behind we gathered enough the Festival Market probable cause to see BOB, page 4
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Ways to improve health, grades kids, who often stay up studying on weeknights and partying on CoilliMuNr weekends, and catch up on sleep Want to improve your grades? whatever hour they can. "For college students, one Try improving your sleep. thing that happens is they keep According to the American erratic sleep hours. Melatonin College Health Association, 26.7 normally increases in one's body percent of UCO students report when the sun goes down, and sleep problems as a factor affectthis helps initiate sleep. When ing academic performance, highthey sleep real late at night, they er than the national average of tend to sleep into the morning 19.3 percent. and afternoon," Lochner said. Slightly over a fifth of students "If they do this constantly, it at UCO report sleep difficulties disrupts the rhythms of the body. as a factor causing lower grades on exams. Less than 12 percent When one stays up into early of students at the school say they morning hours when others are get enough sleep to feel rested sleeping, over time this affects in the morning, and just 5.7 per- production of melatonin. It can cent report getting enough sleep eventually lead to sleep phase disorder, another sleeping probseven days a week. Bruce Lochner, Ph.D., lem." Lochner said sleep is underAssociate Vice President for appreciated among young adults, Student Affairs and Director of who need it to do well in school. Student Counseling at UCO, said "Sleep deprivation negativethe worst thing to do is have ly affects concentration, so it's irregular sleep hours. These regular hours are typical for college see GRADES, page 4
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and as a youth pastor." Many things contributed to molding him as a leader. One contribution that tremendously impacted was the WWII generation he said. "Looking at that WWII generation, I continue today to be fascinated by the WWII generation," Watts said. The first lessons in leadership that helped him learn about being a leader was studying the World War II generation. "If you think about that WWII generation, they gave us the safest, the healthiest, the freest most prosperous nation in... the world," Watts said. Long before Nike came along and gave us slogan Just Do It, the WWII generation practiced doing just that.
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Tips to improve sleep and grades include: maintaining a regular sleep schedule, sleeping in a place that's quiet, cool and in the mid-60s temperature, avoiding naps during the day, limiting the amount of caffeine, keeping a clock out of site and increasing the amount exercise.
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Obama's stimulus funds for high-speed rail line or regional commuter line? Chris Day
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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation wants to use President Barack Obama's stimulus package money to send a bullet train speeding back and forth between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The proposed route would parallel Interstate 44, and the state agency has opened a comment period for the project's environmental analysis, which is available at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's Web site. The state agency is seeking $2 billion in stimulus money to build the high-speed rail line. The federal government has put up $8 billion far bullet-train projects. The bullet trains would zoom at 150 mph between Oklahoma's two largest metropolitan areas. It would take about 72 minutes to make the trip. Officials estimate 1,40o people would make that trip each day, and it will cost the state $21 million to $22 million a year to operate the train. Although the state agency hasn't determined fares, a guesstimate is possible. We know the estimated cost and number of users —1,40o people a day equals about 364,000 passengers a year. Using this information and no government subsidies, one-way tickets would cost $6o and round trip $120. Gas prices would have to jump a lot higher for people to make that trip regularly. Businessmen and lobbyists could use the trips as a tax write-off, but the average Oklahoman will keep using the Turner Turnpike. The stimulus money can be better spent, and in a way that would revitalize rural Oklahoma, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the way of life for many rural Oklahomans.
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What's the most worthless invention and why?
Tresa Berlemann
Travis Bellard Senior Accounting
Kayce Martin Junior Public Relations
"Bumpits because those are kind of pointless. It's not the sixties anymore." Joel Hardwick Junior Criminal Justice
"The Affliction T-shirt or the Ed Hardy Tshirt, because only tools wear them." Abbey Gillespie Senior Family Life Education
Sydney Pruett Freshman Psychology
"The snuggie, because it's just a bathrobe that you put on backwards ... and no one is going to wear it in public."
"Peanut butter and jelly in the same jar. Because it's really gross, it's not good like that."
"A Snuggie because its pretty much just a backwards robe."
Heather Maloney Freshman Undecided
"The Snuggie because it's basically a backwards bathrobe."
"Kanye West glasses, because you can't really see out of them too well."
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Amy Stradone Sophomore Elementary Education
analysis of using existing, state-owned railroad lines between Oklahoma City and Tulsa to create a regional commuter railroad line. It wouldn't be a high speed line — just a normalspeed one that would stop to pickup and drop off passengers at many of the small towns along Route 66. Cody Klein of Little Rock, Ark., and Seth Slifer of Kansas City, Kan., said stimulus money could be used to improve railroad depots in towns that thrived on Route 66 traffic when America's love affair with cars bloomed in the 195os and 19605. Klein said the pair's vision is to make commuter railroad available to everyone — not just the select few living in and around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The regional line would give rural residents easy access to Tulsa and Oklahoma City for work, shopping and play. The duo said it could unite and revitalize small towns across the state. It also would cost way less than $2 billion because the state already owns and maintains the rural lines, and those lines wouldn't have to be improved to accommodate the needs of high speed trains. The stimulus money would be used to renovate and repair train stations and neighborhoods around the stations. It would directly affect a lot more people and lift the economy of many rural Oklahoma towns that have been hard hit by this recession. Sure, a high-speed commuter rail line and its technology sounds cool, but the regional commuter line is the better use of stimulus money. It's an idea Oklahoma Department of Transportation officials should embrace.
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"Probably the atom bomb, or maybe a nuclear reactor. Besides the fact that it killed massive amounts of people, the radioactive waste takes thousand of years to decompose." "I want to say the world's worse invention is religion. Serving god is about relationship and not religion."
Peter Werneke Freshman Biology
Jordan Prichard Freshman Psychology
"I think I'm going to have to say the self check-out things at WalMart because almost anytime I've ever gone there they're broken or backed up."
"Probably the remote control, because we're so lazy."
Kyle Wanzer Junior Humanities
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Child's rights advocates protecting Oklahoma's children "The burden will fall upon the world's children to discover solutions to sustain us all" Tiffany Brown
focused on informing advocates how to get their ideas through the Capitol. "In a democracy where every voice and vote counts, doing nothing is a political act: it's a vote for the status quo," the OICA program stated. "Staying out of the process doesn't mean 'thit laws won't get passed; it just means they'll get passed without reflecting your priorities." Other sessions included informationals about how to use technology to make an organizations cause more visible and how to work with the media to help write press releases, generate coverage and build an organizations credibility in the community. The issues workshops addressed "the most pressing issues facing Oklahoma children and their families." Different sessions such as Child Abuse Prevention and Child Abuse Intervention addressed various issues relating to children.. Dr. Cynthia Rolfe, UCO's vice president for information technology, facilitated a discussion on early childhood education. Next year's legislative agenda was addressed. In 2010 the state will focus on addressing the needs of children with Autism, preventing youth access to tobacco, addressing the needs of children of incarcerated parents and the inclusion of health education in Oklahoma Public Schools. Douglas gave the closing address and participants voted on issues that would be covered in the 2010 legislative agenda.
dates attended the forum. Oklahoma County Democratic Party Secretary Tom II Guild said the Republican Party has not been far-reaching On Oct. 13 and 14 children's rights advocates from when it comes to child advocacy for some time. Askins and Edmondson, the Democratic nominees for across the state met at UCO during the Oklahoma Institute governor, answered questions from participants during for Child Advocacy annual Fall Legislative Forum. The OICA has been promoting the welfare of children the session. Several breakout sessions were also scheduled during and representing their interest for 26 years. Part of what the organization does is present statistics on the circum- the conference. Dr. David Blatt, Director of Policy of Oklahoma Policy stances of children in Oklahoma. Using the community Level Information on Kids, sta- Institute presented during the "Oklahoma's Changing tistics are provided for issues affecting children including Budget Picture: The Long Climb Back," session. It focused on the global economic recession and children in poverty, children in single-parent families, teens who are high school dropouts and teen births by how Oklahoma citizens need to be strong advocates for Oklahoma's youth during these times. age group. Since July 2009, state revenues were down 26.3-perMany of those issues were discussed at the two day forum. Child advocates, politicians and a diverse group of cent leading to budget cuts in the state. Revenue collecpeople met to ponder ideas that could give children in the tions were $120 million below last year's revenue. Roberts presented the keynote address, "The Ultimate state a better quality of life. The theme of the forum was "Riding The Winds of Renewable Energy Source." The address focused on preparing generations, so they Change." According to its Web site, "the theme of this year's can adequately address many of the issues that are plaguforum focused on how we can work within the current ing society today. "The burden will fall upon the world's children to economic, legislative and social environments on behalf of Oklahoma's children, and continue to build a future where discover solutions to sustain us all," the OICA Forum program stated. our state, communities and families can prosper." "How are we preparing Oklahoma's children and young Presenters at the OICA forum included: Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, Edmond Mayor Patrice Douglas, Oklahoma people to take their place in the world?" Currently, Oklahoma ranks poorly in many areas that Attorney General Drew Edmondson and OICA Executive assess the nation's quality of life for youth. This includes Director Anne Roberts and several others. Candidates in Oklahoma's next governor race were issues such as the amount of children in foster care and scheduled to debate on issues that threatened the well- infant deaths due to domestic abuse. Roberts also directed an advocacy workshop that being of children in the state, but no Republican candi-
Vista Writer Tiffany Brown can be reached at tbrown@uco360.com .
Fraternities, sororities raise $14,000 for charity lenefar De Leon II /au
UCO campus fraternities, sororities and other campus groups battled to collect donations for the Infant Crisis Service during homecoming week. Eight UCO student organizations collected more than $14,000 worth of diapers, bottles and other baby items. The Alpha Gamma Delta were the winners of the competition. According to a recent press released sent out by the Anglin Public Relations, executive director of Infant Crisis service
said "We are so grateful to the students and faculty at Central for their efforts to alleviate that stress for families by feeding the tiniest of the poor and hungry in our community." The Infant Crisis Service' currently serves one thousand babies each month. Providing baby formula, baby food, diapers and other necessities. It is nonprofit organizations with the help of the community are able to provide the basic necessities to more than ten thousands toddlers each year throughout central Oklahoma. According to the Infant Crisis Service,
UCO has collected more than 9,555 diapers, 1,086 pacifiers, 1,005 bottles of baby bath and 567 bottles during the month of October to meet one of the busiest months. "It's part of the central culture to support our community, and we continually seek ways to incorporate service into student events, • like homecoming, as part of our transformative learning experiences," Cole Stanley, the assistant vice president of student affairs, said in the same release. "This project is another example of how service can truly impact our community, and we are so pleased to be partner in
Infant Crisis Service effort." Women will continue to be able to "shop" for everything that the infant may need for the first 48 months according to the Infant Crisis Service website. The Infant Crisis Center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday through appointment. For more information, call 405-5283663 or visit www.infantcrisis.org Vista Writer Jenefar de Leon can be reached at jdeleon@uco360.com .
A GLIMPSE AROUND THE WORLD
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Hungarian firemen wear their uniforms, during a protest in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Thousands of firefighters gathered together protesting for higher wages and against the government's austerity measures in the planed 2010 budget.
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Police detain and carry a protester from a sit-in In this Wednesday, May 27, 2009 picture, Ronnie Taylor of Guthrie, Okla., left, and Brendan Green of at the offices of United Health Group, the nation's largest health insurance company, in New York, Omaha, take a smoking break outside Big John's Thursday Oct. 15, 2009. A national civil disobedipool hail in Omaha, Neb. A major report confirms ence campaign called Mobilization For Healthwhat health officials have long believed: Bans on care For All, targeted the nation's largest private smoking in restaurants, bars and other gatherhealth insurers in eight other cities nationwide. ing spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers.
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Photo Club travels to Eureka Springs The faculty advisor, Jesse Miller, a photography professor in the Mass Communications department was the Photographer chaperone of the trip. Miller teaches classes such as Basic Photography and Studio Lighting and enjoys helping peo"Photography club is awesome," Lacey Leach said. ple learn and seeing them succeed at something new while "Everyone is really laid back, friendly and willing to help also giving pointers on how to improve their technique each other learn new things." and shooting skill. "I think its important for student to get Leach, who is a Graphic Design sophomore, traveled out and photograph in different locations. there is only so with the club to Eureka Springs, Ark. for a Fall Break day much you can experience in a classroom." trip organized to give the members a chance to hangout, While the drive to Eureka Springs was long, the stuget to know each other better and also see a new town dents felt it was well worth the more than five hours in many had never been to. the car. "I thought it would be almost boring to look for Eureka Springs is a town settled in the Ozark Mountains things to take pictures of all day but it was completely the of northwest Ark. and has been named one of the Nations opposite," Leach said. "I found myself looking at everyday Top 25 Small Art Communities by American style objects in new ways, and found the most random, beautiMagazine. It was only fitting that a club focused on learn- ful things to take pictures of." ing about and creating fine art traveled to a place that has F-64 Photo Club is always looking for ways to engage thrived on keeping art alive. students and get them involved in different activities and Along the way they stopped anywhere someone thought meeting new people. This semester they have traveled to would be a good opportunity to take an interesting picture. Guthrie, the State Fair and Eureka Springs. Some of the most memorable spots in Eureka Springs A spring break trip to the east coast is in the planning were an old train station, a church with walls made of stages and there will be more evening and weekend trips glass and an old, haunted hotel. this semester and in the spring. They will also be having The students split into groups that then drove to dif- a competitive bake sale with Advertising Club in the Mass ferent locations to take pictures of different places and Communications building coming up soon, which guarangather a wide variety of photographs in different places tees to be full of treats and homemade snacks. around town. After spending time in their groups they all For more information on upcoming events and activimet up to talk about the interesting things they saw and ties go to the F-64 website at f64ucok.blogspot.com or photographed over a meal at Bubbas BBQ, a local hotspot send them an email at f64ucok@gmail.com to be added in Eureka Springs to the mailing list.
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Int'l Festival features food, music protect the student group and the university," Amanda Tucker, assistant director of Managing Editor event services, said. "We wanted to be proactive instead of The International Student Council will hold the 34th annual International reactive." The new rule also applies to baked Festival this Thursday, October 22 at the third floor Grand Ballroom in the Nigh goods and other cooked food items but it only applies to food distributed within the University Center. The festival will feature free food, music NUC. The student groups have approached and dancing from i8 different international student organizations. Each orga- local restaurants to sponsor the event and nization will have their own booth that Glenn Freeman, the immigration advisor will feature their respective food and other for the international services, said that the restaurants have been helpful in at elements of their culture. "This is a very good way for them to least lowering the cost of the food or even show their culture and heritage and give donating it. This has been helpful to some different information regarding their clubs of the groups that have smaller budgets. "Fortunately restaurants have been or country, Anuj Karmacharya, a Nepalese senator for the ISC and spokesperson for cooperative in lowering the costs or completely donating food. It's kind of an the festival, said. "So basically they have their own booth advertisement for them," Freeman said. "So it's not really had a huge impact." and they will show different stuff they Freeman believes most of the groups have from the different countries." This year the festival will have three have not had any problem procuring food guest performers as well as seven perfor- for the event but, as a precaution, the mances from various international stu- International Festival Committee has offered to supplement some of the costs. dent organizations. If a group needed help with the costs Yong II Park, a Korean student will play the flute. Karmacharya will sing an they were given a chance to present to the acoustic version of Michael Jackson's song committee, a price quote from the restau"Heal the World," and Anuja Magar will rant along with the group's budget, and then the committee would vote whether to perform a traditional Napalese dance. There will be free food as usual at the give the group money up to $ioo. Monday was the last day to receive the festival this year, but unlike previous years the student organizations had to have the additional funding. Admission to the festival is free and food cooked by a commercially licensed professional, instead of the students mak- open to the public. The festival will be from ii a.m. to 2:3o. ing the food themselves. Karmacharya said the ISC expects This is the result of a new rule that the Office of Event Services have imple- approximately 80o people to attend. The mented to avoid the chance of students performances will begin with Park's performance at noon. getting sick. "We talked to the health department Vista Managing Editor Kory Oswald just to kind of get some guidance on can be reached at what they recommend we do ... just to
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On May 9, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, leading to the end of World War II. On Aug. 2, 1945, the Potsdam Agreements were signed, dividing Germany into four zones of occupation. One of the areas assigned was Thuringia which had Russia as its zone supervisor. One young German girl and her four-month-old baby were confined there. That young woman was Dr. Irmgard M. Schneider, retired UCO professor of German. Schneider died on Friday, Oct. 9 at 9o. Slight a variety of German courses, including basic and intermediate German, grammar, a survey of literature and German culture studies. Schneider was born on Feb. 17, 1919 in Frankfurt/Oder Germany. She was forced to leave her home by the Nazis in January 1945. By age 5 she was determined to become a teacher, a goal she reached about 20 years later. She taught for 17 years in Germany, as well as training student teachers. She married Gerhard Schneider, a soldier on the Russian front, in 1943. Gerhard was killed on May 12, 1945, after the ceasefire, reportedly
shot to death by drunken soldiers in Czechoslovakia. "I didn't know for two years that he was dead," Schneider told The Vista in November 1984. During her nearly four years as a refugee in different camps, Schneider's job was that of a cook for 125 people per day. She slept in different barns for two and a half years. Her bed was a potato sack. She told The Vista she had to stay hidden from the Russian soldiers at night because "they were notorious for raping women." Schneider was a teacher, and to continue with her teaching profession, the Russians insisted she join the Communist Party. She refused. Her other choice was to work in the factories for five years so she might then be considered for a teaching position. Always loving children, she found time after a compulsory 12-hour workday, to teach the nine kids in the camp songs and stories. Often the children would wash the diapers for Schneider so she would have time, after cooking the evening meal, to teach them. Consequently, in February 1948, carrying her 2-year-old daughter on her shoulders, she escaped, pushing a baby cart with all she owned across the line from East to West Germany, according to a Feb. 23, 1978 Vista article. Friends living close to the border helped her and the baby both
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Lacey Leach took this image on her trip with Photo Club this past weekend. The group visited Eureka Springs, Ark. for their first out of state trip of the year.
Concert to benefit Design department Kaylea Brooks StalliVriter
Several happenings will be going on for UCO students this week from Cookout with the Pets Tuesday afternoon and Broncho Jam from Student Programming later that evening, and The Paper Jam Concert on Wednesday benefiting The Design Department. Tuesday from 4-6 p.m. there will be a Cookout with Pets with free food. Everyone is welcome, whether with a pet or not, but all students are encouraged to bring their petS if they would like. There will be various contests and also a performance by the Fairchild Flying Dogs. Broncho Jam will be taking place at the Jazz Lab at 8 p.m. Oct. 20 with free entry. The concert will be featuring All Harter & 0 Fidelis with free Hideaway pizza. Doors will open at 7:3o p.m. The Paper Jam concert will also be at the Jazz Lab, but on Oct. 21, with doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert beginning at 7 p.m. There will be five bands for $5, and those playing are Sherree Chamberlain, Student Film, The Workweek, Between the Devil & The Deep Blue
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Sea, and Up From Under. The Concert is put on by InkTank, a group of design major students who "work collectively towards the betterment of the Department of Design," said Amy Johnson, design professor. The money from the Paper Jam concert benefits the Department of Design
by providing design students with special opportunities that wouldn't be available from department funds such as special speakers. Tickets are for sale in the UCO Design office for $5. Call 974-5200 for more information.
February 17, 1919 - October 9, 2009
before and after they crossed the boundary. She was given names and addresses of strangers who took them in and helped them on their journey to freedom. Transportation was by freight train, in boxcars with no heat or food. Many mothers would lay their dead babies alongside the tracks after they had frozen or starved on the train. Reflecting upon this experience, Schneider said, "As bad as these times were, everybody wants to survive. Nobody even tried to wear the masks of politeness. There are either good people or there are the mean people and you recognize them immediately." The people she met remained friends with her later in life, and they wrote to each other. Schneider said in the February 1978 article that she would visit Germany that summer to visit those friends. In 1967, Schneider immigrated to the United States and studied at the University of Michigan. She earned a B.A. equivalent and worked as a teaching fellow. After receiving her PhD in 1973, she accepted an invitation from UCO to relocate and teach German language and literature. Even before her dissertation was complete, she came to Edmond and started teaching at Central State University. Friends warned her to beware of the service station men on the trip from Michigan to Oklahoma who
would tell her the car needed repairs when it really didn't. However, she said she found everyone friendly and helpful. She said in Europe refugees are generally treated like beggars or gypsies but here everyone is friendly and treated her like a peer. Schneider bought a house on West 7th St. in Edmond and has watched the neighborhood children grow up. She found the key to the neighbor's hearts through their children. Those kids still found reasons to visit her when they became adults. During her time at UCO, she traveled to Europe regularly to keep up-to-date on changes in the German language. After her retirement in December 1987, Schneider taught only summer courses until she returned to Michigan in order to be closer to family in 2002. Schneider expressed her distaste for propaganda in an April 1988 Vista article. "This frightens me more than anything else," she said. "I think any hurtful word that is said too fast about the enemy is a very dangerous thing to do. I don't trust any politician, whatever tone or color. I am afraid some use words purposely to poke, and to blow little fires into larger ones." Toward the end of her life, dementia robbed her of many memories
SCHNEIDER and abilities and yet she still kept a book on her lap or under her pillow at night. She is survived by her daughtei Franziska van der Schalie and her son-in-law Eric van der Schalie; granddaughter Beate and her husband Ian Calkins; and great grandson Peter. A memorial service took place on Wednesday, Oct. 14 in the chapel of Towsley Village in 1\1 ichigan.
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"They just served their country, they just honored their family, they served their communities, they served in wars, they created things and they were all about passing on to the next generation." "The luxuries that we experience today in 20o9...that WWII generation gave us the foundation to experience and enjoy," he said. "We often take that for granted," Watts said. Watts began to explain the characteristics that make leaders who they are. "Ofie thing that is critical in leadership is learning to listen," he said. "Good leaders listen. They listen to hear . They don't listen to respond," Watts said Watts explained how his daughter got into an accident. When she told him he immediately responded without listening. It was not until she asked to listen that he began to hear her explaining how the accident she was in was not her fault. "Politicians are often like parents," he said. "We often listen to respond. We don't listen to hear." Watts then began to speak about the issues that are pressing the nation. He said the government not listening led to dire consequences for the nation. He recalled how financial institutions such as Fannie Mae and Freddie began down the wrong path years ago and how the government did nothing to intervene to prevent the financial meltdown of today. For six years, Watts worked on implementing regulations for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "I said if ever there's a glitch in the housing market in the United States of the America the greatest economy in
Continued from page 1 the world will come to its knees because of what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was doing,” Watts said. "Democrats protected them in the name of affordable housing. Republicans protected them in the name of no new regulations." "And I said guys, ladies and gentlemen you're not listening," Watts said. "You're not hearing me." • "Some did hear, but they refirse to react. They refuse to take action," he said. "When you see what has happened in the last four or five years with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Wall Street banker that totally disregarded the rules of the game, all that's happening culturally in America," Watts said. "There ought to be the decency in us that would challenge us all to say 'My God what's happening to America?'" Watts said. "We've come a long way since the WWII generation." If the WWII generation had been in leadership, tribulations the United States is currently dealing with such as the $3 to $12 trillion deficit and greedy Wall Street banks may not have been an issue, he said. Humility is another good characteristic for leaders to have, Watts said. "I think humility is important in terms of leadership." "You can't extract respect. You can't demand respect, you have to earn it," Watts said. "One of the ways you earn respect is being able to admit, I'm wrong." As husbands sometimes it's hard to admit to fault, Watts said. Even as a parent it's hard to go to your children and admit that you made mistakes and apologize, he
said. "Humility allows you to earn respect," Watts said. He said the success he had is because of those he surrounded himself with. Those are the same people he had respect for, he said. There were times when he had to accept the fault for his mistakes. "The burden of leadership is sometimes heavy," Watts said. Leaders have to be willing to hold themselves accountable for mistakes, Watts said. Accountability is a part of maintain a good character. Character is one of the most important qualities a leader can possess, he said. Success is having character in everything you do. If you build and maintain a good character, all the other good leadership traits will follow, Watts said. Watts has been an adviser to the three presidents before Obama. UCO President W. Roger Webb spoke about the leadership Watts exhibited. "He's an incredible leader," Webb said. In spite of all the accomplishments Watts has achieved there is one specific thing that is impressive, Webb said. "The thing that impresses me most about J.C. Watts is...he still is that humble small town guy from Eufaula, Oklahoma," he said "He still maintains his small town Christian values as a person." Vista Writer Tiffany Brown can be reached at thrown @uco360. corn.
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After hearing pianist Valery Kuleshov perform in Carnegie Hall, Webb created an artist-in-residence program and hired Kuleshov who now teaches master classes at UCO. While at NSU, Webb established the Galaxy of Stars program, which brought dozens of Broadway shows to perform on campus. He designed and opened the River City Players Music Call, now in its 25th year. His leadership in local, state and national organizations is extensive including serving on the Board of Directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, serving as President/ Chairman of Oklahoma Academy for State Goals and on the Executive Committee of Leadership Oklahoma. Other recipients of the Governor's Award include Dr. Gleny Beach, Durant, who currently serves as the tenured Associate Professor and Director of Art at the Department of Art, Communication,
and Theater at Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Michael E. Joseph, Oklahoma City, the current president of the Oklahoma Arts Institute; and Donna Rinehart-Keever, Oklahoma City, a member of the Board of Directors for the Cultural Development Corporation and a member of the Cultural Campus Steering Committee. For a complete list of Governor's Arts Award winners, visit www.arts. ok.gov/about/gaa.html. The Oklahoma Arts Council is a state agency whose mission is to improve through the arts by promoting and sustaining the development of a thriving arts environment, which is essential to quality of life, education and economic vitality for all Oklahomans. Vista Co-Editor Nelson Solomon can be reached at nsolomon@uco360.corn.
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Place where his body was found, Chu said. "He stayed in different places around town, and I think it was really dominated by the weather," she said. "Now that it was getting cooler, he had moved over to this area ... that building would probably block some of the wind." "He lived outside, so he really knew the area," Chu said. "He knew what areas would be best for him at the different times of year." "Kids called him 'Bicycle Bob' because they didn't really know his real name," she
said. "He was never a problem. If he was on someone's property and they asked us to come out and help him get moved on, we would tell him 'You know, you have to move away now,' and he'd pick up his things and move to another location in Edmond," she said. "He was somebody that we looked out for. Our officers all knew him," Chu said. "If it was wintertime, we would check to make sure he was OK. Summertime, we'd give him we'd give him Gatorade if we saw him out." "Last winter some people called and asked if they could somehow get him a hotel room because they were worried because it was cold, but he always said no," she said. "He chose to live on the street. That was his lifestyle. That's where he was the happiest." Chu said they always thought that perhaps Morgan would die as a result of the elements, but not that he would be murdered. "We never thought that he would die such a violent death ... That has been really sad for us," she said. People around the community have been calling about Morgan, Chu said, and have been asking to see if there was anything they could do. "People are still trying to reach out, even in his death, to do something for him," she said. "It's just really sad that we're not going to see him around anymore."
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harder to function in school. One can't think as well when one is drowsy," he said. "The cost of sleep problems can be mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety. The link between depression and anxiety is important," Lochner said. "About 80% of people who have depression also have sleep problems." Stress is a cause of sleep deprivation for some students. "I sometimes have trouble falling asleep due to stress," junior Khanh Nguyen said. "Usually if I'm anxious about something the next day, my brain doesn't shut off," echoed Erica Reynaga, a first-year
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graduate student. Lochner says stress greatly affects sleep. "We have a stress reduction clinic that students can go into. It's a walk-in clinic, no appointments .necessary. The Stress Reduction Clinic is equipped with technology that helps students learn how to pay attention to their stress response and their relax response. Through biofeedback cornputer technology, we .teach students a series of relaxation techniques that they can use to manage their stress." The Stress Reduction Clinic's interactive learning system brings the mind and body to a balanced
state by altering patterns of thinking and using positive emotional states. Studies show using the system several times a week for three weeks, at least fifteen minutes a time, will help one learn how to lessen stress. The clinic has been available for about three years.' It's located in Nigh University Center room 404G. Clinic hours are Monday 9 a.m. to 12:30 pm, Tuesday 9 a.m. to 10:30 am and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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UCO men's basketball ready to start season Steve Vidal Sports TT viler
Coming into a season with high expectations for the UCO men's basketball team is nothing new. The Bronchos are ranked 17th in the nation in the Division II Bulletin preseason basketball poll. They are the only Lone Star Conference team ranked in the poll. UCO is coming off of a 24-6 campaign last season in which they made another appearance in the NCAA Tournament. However they were not able to make it past the first round. Head Coach Terry Evans points out that many times fans put more stock into polls than coaches do, especially in a sport like basketball, where a tournament at the end of the season decides who the champion is. A recent example is the UCO team in 2007-2008 that started the season unranked and ended up making it to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. Last season the Bronchos were ranked in the top 10 in the preseason and did not make it as far in the NCAA Tournament. "We're pretty balanced. There are four or five players that could lead us," Evans said. Senior guard Eric Cazenave is one of the players poised to lead the Bronchos attack this season. Last season he averaged 11.8 points and 3.7 rebounds while knocking down 42 three-pointers. UCO will also get a lift with
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the return of sophomore guard- corner to watch. forward Tyler Phillips. Phillips The first day of practice for the started the first six games last team was last Thursday. Because season before being knocked out of NCAA rules the coaches have for the season with a shoulder no control over the players offinjury. He obtained a medical season training. redshirt and did not lose any eli"Players are made over the gibility. summer," Evans said. Evans The team is also looking to a trusts that his team took the neccouple of junior college trans- essary steps to get better over the fers for contributions this sea- summer. son. Senior guard Chris Rhymes, Evans is looking for a solid regwho has made a couple of stops ular season out of the team this in his collegiate career includ- year. Last year the team got off ing Redlands Community College to a really fast start and compiled before coming to UCO, is a new- the best regular season record in
team history. While the regular season is very important, Evans said that most people care about how you finish your last game in the postseason. UCO will again be a guard-oriented team along with most of the conference just like usual. Look for them to have four guards on the floor most of the time. Most of the good players with size play at the Division I level, making for rosters with less height in Division II. "The biggest improvement needs to come with our defense,"
Evans said. "Defense will ultimately win us a championship." Evans said that the team probably could have won a national championship by now if their defense had been better in recent seasons. As for strengths Evans is excited about the guard play and is confident that this year's team will be better at passing and shooting the ball. The Lone Star Conference is expected to have a lot of balance this season with UCO in the position of the preseason favorite. In the past the Texas teams in the conference have had a little more talent than the Oklahoma teams giving them a slight edge. UCO will play three exhibition games this season starting on November 5. They will make trips to Division I Baylor and Oklahoma State before playing in front of the home crowd for the first time on November 12 in an exhibition game against Oklahoma City University. The Bronchos will open the regular season four nights later on November 16 at Hamilton Field House against Emporia State at 7 P.m. From day one this season, UCO's goal is to win the conference and get back into the NCAA tournament. If they can accomplish that they will turn their attention to another goal: finally winning their last game in the NCAA Tournament making them national champions.
Soccer wins big on the road Abilene Christian downs UCO period, firing 13 toward the ECU net. They had eight shots in the second half. Sports I (law Katelyn Cropp scored the first goal of the game UCO soccer has looked off a Lizzie Merritt assist unstoppable at times this 13:53 into the game. Katy season, after shaking off Kashwer scored the sectheir early season woes. The ond goal of the game off a Bronchos started the sea- Beth Helm assist from 15 son 0-3-1. However since yards out. That goal game their first win against Dallas at the 39:19 mark and the Baptist on September io, Bronchos took that lead UCO is 11-2 with nine shut- into half-time. out wins. The Bronchos got The Bronchos then their eleventh win this past piled on the pain for the Friday in a 6-o road rout Tigers, scoring four unanof ECU. swered second half goals. Sophomore forward Katy The Bronchos opened the Kashwer led the way for the floodgates, starting with a Bronchos, scoring two goals Brittni Walker score off a in their matchup with the Dominique Dinka assist. Tigers. The Bronchos piled Katy Kashwer got on the shots in the first involved in the scoring
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again with her second goal of the game off a Kelsey Springstead assist. Adriene Lents then scored at the 79:10 mark off a Nathalie Bernigaud feeder pass. Beth Helm rounded out the scoring on a pass from Whitney Craft. "We did a great job of taking advantage of our scoring opportunities and that's something we hadn't done very well lately," UCO Head Coach Mike Cook said. "It was a good road win for us coming off a disappointing loss." The Bronchos played two goaltenders in the game. Magan Riley with the majority of playtime had two saves. Samantha Rusk came in later in the game and had no saves recorded. The big story was the defense of UCO. They did not allow a single shot in the second half, and only allowed four all game in the shutout win. On the ECU side, Natalie Wilson faced the majority of UCO shots and recorded eight saves, but allowed four goals. The second Tiger goaltender, Samantha Rice, recorded one save and let by two balls. UCO committed 14 fouls, nine in the first and five in the second, ECU had 16. There were no ejections in the game, with UCO's Kelsey Springstead being the only Broncho to receive a yellow card at the 68:13 mark. UCO will not play again until October 25, when they host Midwestern State in Edmond.
volleyball team in five sets Steve Vidal Sports Writer
The UCO volleyball team suffered one of its toughest losses of the season last Thursday at the hands of the Abilene Christian Wildcats. ACU took the match in five sets 25-21, 23-25, 25-14, 24-26 and 15-10. The Wildcats came into the match as one of the top teams in the Lone Star Conference at 17-5 and 4-1 in the conference while UCO was 11-11 and 3-3 in conference. "We pushed them as good as anybody," UCO Head Coach Jeff Boyland said. The Bronchos' day started out with a loss even before they hit the court when Boyland had to tell the team that sophomore outside hitter Alex Richardson was unofficially done for the year and may have to have surgery. The injury to Richardson, who in recent matches became one of the team's most consistent players, is just another blow to a UCO team that has been plagued with bad luck all season. One of the team's best players Jessica Legako was lost for the season in an early match with a serious knee injury. UCO jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the first set but then struggled down the stretch before dropping the set. Boyland admits they did not play very well in the set.
They responded positively with a career-high 18 kills in the second set coming and only four errors on 32 back to win it and even up attacks. Kristen Wilson the match. also had a solid game with The third set was all 13 kills and ii digs. On the ACU. The Wildcats went on ACU side Jordan Schilling the attack sparked by domi- was everywhere, putting up nating defense that dug out 23 kills and 19 digs. seemingly everything UCO The Bronchos looked to could throw at them. put the loss behind them on UCO came out with their Saturday at home against backs to the wall in the Angelo State. UCO was fourth set. After struggling riding a 14-match winmost of the set the team ning streak against the found themselves staring at Rambelles. The streak a 23-16 deficit. Then they ended as Angelo State came alive. picked up the victory in four A kill from Zuela Adorn sets 25-21, 25-15, 20-25 and assisted by Meaghan 25-20. Wedberg started a string UCO struggled • to get of six straight UCO points. momentum going in the After Kristen Wilson posted first two sets. In the third, back-to-back kills the lead a must win for UCO, they was just one for ACU. took advantage of a few With the score tied at 24, Rambelle errors. A Wilson Madi Serratt made sure the kill assisted by Wedberg Bronchos got to play a fifth clinched the set for the and deciding set with back- Bronchos to extend the to-back kills of her own to match. clinch the set. Wedberg UCO was not able to assisted on both points. keep it going in the fourth UCO however could set falling behind 13-9 and not sustain the momen- 16-11 before finally droptum. After briefly holding ping the set and the match. a 2-1 lead the Bronchos Adorn had another good were overwhelmed with match with 12 kills and four more strong play from the blocks. Wilson continued a Wildcats. ACU took the season of steady play with set and the match sending 10 kills. UCO to another tough loss. The Bronchos' record "Overall I was pleased now stands at 11-13 overwith the effort," Boyland all and 3-5 in conference. said. UCO steps out of conferBoyland said that fifth ence tonight with a match sets are all about momen- against Newman at 7 p.m. tum, especially early, at Hamilton Field House. because they only play to 15. This night ACU got that Vista Sports Writer Steve Vidal can be reached at momentum in the fifth. svidal@uco360.com , Zuela Adom led UCO
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Noohi shines in Bronchos' rout of Bulldogs Chris Wescott ,S'polls AM./or
The University of Central Oklahoma football team showed Saturday night that they were not ready to quit. It has been a tough season for the Bronchos filled with heartbreaking, late game losses and blown opportunities. UCO however, snapped a fivegame losing streak against Southwestern Oklahoma State University, winning 41-23. Central Oklahoma moves to 2-6 on the season, 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the North Division with the victory. Head Coach Tracy Holland was proud of how his team played, and was happy with the win. "We made a lot of mistakes early and faced some adversity, but I was proud of the way we responded," Holland said after the win. "Our offense was really clicking tonight and Brandon [Noohi] obviously played a great game. It was a win we really needed to have and hopefully we can build on this." UCO fell behind early in the contest as the visiting Bulldogs started the game with a bang. SWOSU scored first on a Steve Day 21-yard air-strike to Johnathan Haggerty with 14:26 left in the first. The Bulldogs capitalized on some Bronchos miscues and good field position and scored again with 3:04 left in the first. The score came on a fouryard touchdown run from Bruce Hatton. The SWOSU scoring drive lasted just over five minutes, covering 66 yards in 11 plays. UCO seemed down and out, losing 14-0 in the first quarter and struggling offensively, but the Bronchos got a spark from their quarterback late in the quarter. With 10 seconds left in the first, UCO quarterback Brandon Noohi busted off a 35-yard, highlight reel touchdown run, capping off a nine play, 63 yard drive. Noohi's night had just begun. With 4:46 left in the second quarter Noohi tied up the game on a ten-yard touchdown run. The game went into the half, tied 14-14. In the third, UCO finally got the pass game going. Wide receiver Daniel Morrell caught a 10-yard score with 10:26 left in the third, courtesy of Noohi. The Bronchos and Bulldogs seemed evenly matched for most of the third, both defenses forcing early ends to drives. Trailing 21-14, the visiting Bulldogs got back on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter with a Chad McIntosh 27-yard field foal, capping a long, methodical, 17-play, 67-yard drive that eclipsed 8:01. That put the game at 21-17. With 13:59 left in the fourth quarter the Bronchos began to increase their lead on yet another Noohi touchdown run, his third of the night. It was a five-yard
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scamper, following a quick rushing score by a UCO up-tempo drive that only running back on the night. lasted 49 seconds. That run Birmingham strolled in put the Bronchos up 28-17 the endzone, almost comfollowing the Chris Robbs pletely untouched from extra point. six yards out with 1:59 left UCO scored again, in the game. That put the this time with 5:56 left Bronchos up 41-17 and in the final period on a effectively snapped any 23-yard pass from Noohi chance SWOSU had at a to Gallimore. Chris Robbs comeback. missed the extra point, SWOSU scored with and the Bronchos then led 0:47 left on the clock on a 33-yard pass from Day to 34-17• Although Jason Palmer, Bruce Hatton, but it was coming off an ankle injury, too late and UCO walked' received most of the work away with the 41-23 win. load on the ground, Ben Brandon Noohi had a Birmingham got the first great game through the air
and on the ground. Noohi was responsible for five touchdowns, two through the air and three on the ground. His final passing numbers were 3o of 39
for 270 yards, two scores and no interceptions. On the ground, Noohi ran the ball 15 times for 146 yards and three scores, with a 9.7 average.
Running back Jason Palmer had 21 rushes for 136 yards on Saturday. He averaged 6.7 yards a carry and the Bulldog defense could not take him down on first contact all game long. Through the air, Noohi hit seven different wide receivers. Gallimore led the pack with seven receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown. Daniel Morrell caught six balls for 54 yards and a score as well. The Broncho defense bounced back big this week and sacked Steve Day four times for 26 yards lost. UCO also had seven tackles for a loss in the win. Terry Hardeman led the Bronchos with 12 tackles, and 1.5 sacks. Tucker Cason added 10 tackles, a forced fumble and recovery, a pass breakup and 1.5 sacks. UCO limited SWOSU to just 63 yards on the ground, and a lowly 1.8 yards per rush. UCO plays Saturday at Midwestern State. Vista Writer Chris Wescott can be reached at cwescott@uco360. corn.
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