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Republican John McCain
Education Will direct government to refinance troubled mortgages and replace them with affordable mortgages.
Foreign Policy Opposes declaration of statehood for Palestine. Believes staying in Iraq is OK as long as long as U.S. casualties are low, al-Qaeda is defeated and Iranian influence is limited.
Jobs Plans to cut business taxes so companies will keep jobs in the U.S. Wants to produce jobs by producing America's own energy.
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Democrat Barack Obama
Education Will create Teacher Service scholarships that will cover students who intend to teach.
Foreign Policy Opposes the Kyl-Lieberman agreement, which says America needs to use its military presence in Iraq to counter the threat from Iran.
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"70 Scenes of Halloween" gives students experience By Ryan Croft Staff Writer
Those in search of a uniquely fun way to get in the haunting spirit this Halloween need look no further than the UCO's free presentation of "70 Scenes of Halloween" this Friday night. "It's a lot of crazy, Halloween stuff," actor Taylor Harris said. "A little bit to spook you, a little bit to...just have fun." The play begins with a young couple watching T.V. on the couch - joyless, disinterested and slightly annoyed with each other and the constant stream of trick-or-treaters at their doorstep. The man answers a knock at the door, expecting to fend off another horde of grubby, sugar-craving ghouls and goblins. To his surprise, he finds only a box. Though the man declares the box empty, it, like the play, is actually stuffed full of bizarre surprises, both humorous and disturbing. "70 Scenes of Halloween" does not follow a contiguous, three-act narrative. Instead, the play in its original format is, as the title states, 70 short scenes intertwining, overlapping and even interloping each other.
Forty scenes to show Friday's presentation was edited down to 40 scenes for time and content, Assistant Professor Daisy Bristow said. "70 Scenes" was written by Jeffrey M. Jones and first performed in the early 1980's, to mixed reviews. UCO's version is less of an edited interpretation and more of a visionary reincarnation of the original. "It's a very loosely structured play," Adjunct Professor of Theater Stephen Hilton said. "So, there's lots of opportunity for the directors and for the actors to explore ideas that we wouldn't necessarily get to in a normal...play." Bristow said she agreed that this presentation is a "UCO-student twist." "70 Scenes" follows a loosely structured narrative about a couple suffering from latent relationship issues. Throughout the course of the original, The Beast and The Witch, two Halloween-ghoulies-come-tolife, trade scenes with and represent the psyches and emotions of the couple.
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Students, along with co-directors Bristow and Hilton, expanded the original character designs to include a cast of more than 25 freshman theater performance majors. The actors trade roles from scene-toscene and with each trade comes a new interpretation of the characters. This technique adds to the free flowing "now you get it, now you don't" atmosphere of the play. Hilton said the group also expanded their version to allow the characters to
Plans to invest $1 billion over five years into transitional jobs and career pathway programs to help low-income Americans suc ceed in the workforce.
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Campus Activators illuminate Invisible Children By Stephani Tobin Staff Writer
Photo provided by Invisible Children
Orphan children in Uganda, such as the ones pictured above, are often kidnapped by resistance forces to help fight in the African country's 23-year civil war.
The Campus Activators at UCO raised about $800 Tuesday for Invisible Children, a non-profit organization to help children in war-tom Northern Uganda. The Campus Activators were approved by UCOSA as an official campus organization earlier this semester. Its slogan, "Be about it," aptly describes its initiative, tackling issues on and off campus. Members of Campus Activators organized tables in Nigh University Center, the Education building and next to Broncho Lake to encourage people on campus to donate. UCO is part of the "Schools for Schools" campaign through Invisible Children. Kyle Rice, president of Campus
Activators and a sophomore' at documentary, which was filmed UCO, said they had a student by three young filmmakers in committee specifically for Southern California. The nonInvisible Children, which got profit was created in 2004 with Tuesday's events off the ground. the goal of empowering the "My goal was to let the people individual viewer to become part in my organization be the of the story and "be the change leaders [in] this, and they did they wish to see in the world" it stunningly," Rice said. "I am through action, according to the so proud of what they did as Web site. well as what we're doing as an The non-profit helps children in. Northern Uganda who are organization." Rice co-founded Campus abducted and brainwashed into Activators with Tim Deffenbaugh, being soldiers for the Lord's who agreed to implement the Resistance Army, a rebel faction. Invisible Children campaign as Civil war has divided Uganda for part of their work on campus. more than 23 years. Students who were shown the According to the Web site, Invisible Children documentary children as young as five have last year decided to create been raped, desensitized and "Invisible Children Day" on transformed into gun-carrying campus. soldiers for the Lord's Resistance The mission for "Invisible Army. Children" began with the -see CHILDREN, page 6