The Vista Nov. 22, 2005

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New 'New Plains Review' set for Nov. 30 release event Semi-annual publication features various student writings

by Nathan Winfrey Vista Staff Writer The latest issue of the New Plains Review, the semi annual literary journal of UCO, will release at an event Nov. 30 from 11 a.m. until noon in Pegasus Theatre.

The publication features both creative and academic student writing, said Michelle McArthur, general editor of the New Plains Review since spring 2003.

She said before Dr. Gladys Lewis came five years ago, the review was more eclectic and went through multiple names.

"It's been through many incarnations, but since Dr. Lewis took over, it's been pretty consistently the same," McArthur said.

The New Plains Review, which includes research papers, creative works, short stories, creative fiction and non-fiction written by students, comes out once a semester and costs $10 to the public and $5 with a UCO student ID, McArthur said.

Lexi Stuckey, in her first semester as editor and publicist for the New Plains Review, said this semester's focus is history, with the title, "Writing History: Making the Past Present."

"We're excited about the issue. We're excited about showcasing the history department. We have some really good student writers," McArthur said.

The spring issue, which will be released on the same day as the annual Liberal Arts Symposium, will focus on creative studies, McArthur said.

Stuckey said she encourages people to continue submitting for the spring issue. They will take submissions until Nov. 30.

If a student's work is accepted, he or she will receive a free copy of the journal and may be asked to present their work at the release or at the symposium, McArthur said.

"We encourage people to come by next week for the publication release. There will be refreshments provided by McAlister's," Stuckey said.

Student presenters for at the release event will be Julie Bennett, Gerald Kelly and Shelly Wagner. Dr. Pamela Washington, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Provost Dr. William Radke will also attend and speak, Stuckey said.

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Debate squad wins prelim at Wake Forest Possible national tournament bid after disposing of Emory University

by Courtney Bryce UCO is currently ranked 15 Vista Staff Writer and Emory is ranked six.

Stone said the national tournament will be this March in The UCO Debate Team Dallas. increased its chances of receiv"We have not gotten a bid ing a bid to the National Debate to the tournament since 1987, Tournament after winning a pre- but it's looking good for us this liminary round against Georiga- year," said Jason Stone, debate based Emory University in a coach. tournament Nov. 12- 14 at Wake Stone said UCO can win a Forest University in North Carolina.

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by Vista photographer Brett Deering

Andrew Wedmen, general business freshman and ROTC MS-I, sits by a tree while "dead" at the ROTC's squad tactics lab Nov. 17 at the Adventure Zone Paintball field in northeast Edmond.

Cadets paint each other green, yellow and white Lab uses paintball to exercise tactical maneuvers, leadership

by Brett Deering Vista Staff Writer

by Vista photographer Justin Avera

Mai Sugiura, right, 'Miss Asian UCO 2004' crowns Yumiko Akiba, mathematics sophomore, 'Miss Asian UCO 2005', Nov. 19 in Constitution Hall.

Miss Asian UCO crowned

by Jessica Nelson Student Contributing Writer Yumiko Akiba was crowned the 2005 "Miss Asian UCO" Nov. 19 in Constitution Hall in the Nigh University Center.

"I can't believe I won," Akiba said.

Six women vied for the title this year. Four of the women represented Japan, while the other two represented Vietnam.

The theme for the fifth annual scholarship pageant, sponsored by the Department of Campus Life and the Asian-American

Student Association, was "Asian Allure."

The contestants participated in a traditional wear competition, talent competition, projection questions and an evening gown competition.

The Mistress and Master of Ceremonies were Amy Chang and Que Nguyen.

Throughout the pageant, there was a number of performances, including a piano piece from Mai Sugiura, Miss Asian UCO 2004, a traditional hat

Please see ASIAN,

UCO will host the eighth annual WinterGlow festival, a holiday celebration for the campus and the community, Dec. 1 at Broncho Lake.

The Parade of Lights, sponsored by the Downtown Edmond Business Association, will kick off the night at 6:45 p.m. along University Drive with parade marshals Linda Cavanaugh and Kevin Ogle from News Channel 4.

Cavanaugh and Ogle will also emcee the WinterGlow program, featuring the Ebony Gospel Choir and choirs from local elementary and high schools, at Broncho Lake from

UCO's Broncho Battalion was in a good mood.

A sea of camouflage BDU's, or 'battle dress uniforms,' fullface goggled masks, rifle-styled guns with quart-sized hoppers on top and large CO2 canisters attached and thousands and thousands of nickel-size ordnance meant only one thing: Paintball.

The UCO ROTC's "squad tactics lab," is a once-a-semester exercise to put to practice smallsquad tactical maneuvers and "leadership development" for MS-III's or juniors in the program, said Lt. Col. Stuart Jolly, professor of Military Science.

"We exercise what the MS-

III's learned and practice it in a squad situation," Jolly said.

"They walk the lanes, and we have some seniors that ambush them and we see how the person in charge reacts to it. It's not whether it's right or wrong, but it's how they react."

"Do they make a decision or do they freeze and get shot?

They have to get from 'here' to 'there' and they don't know it, but between it they get ambushed," Jolly said.

Cadet Drew Wilson, general studies senior and ROTC public affairs officer, said the senior class or MS-IV's developed the "operations order" for each exercise.

"They (MS-IV's) also set up the lanes for the MS-Ill's to go through, which are the

training exercise scenarios," Wilson said. He said the lanes are "S.T.X." ("sticks") lanes or `situational training exercises,' designed to test each squad's tactical capabilities.

"The MS-III's will be leading the lanes, and the I's (freshman) and II's (sophomores) will be the soldiers they are leading," Wilson said.

General studies junior Robert Cromack and his brother Frank, technology applications sophomore, helped each other 'gearup' for paintball, filling footlong plastic cylinders full of paintballs. Robert's backpack was designed for paintball, with a series of Velcro-closure pockets that hold the cylinders.

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UCO writers contribute to African-American books

page 4 More than a dozen faculty and alumni wrote and co-edited encyclopedia series

Annual WinterGlow festivities set for Dec. 1 kickoff

by Nathan Winfrey Vista Stall- Writer

MOVIE REVIEW "Walk the Line" by Vista Staff Writer Nathan Winfrey

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the Nigh University Center balcony at 7:30 p.m.

If parents bring an unwrapped toy for the Edmond HOPE Center, their children can have their pictures taken with Santa.

There will be seasonal craft making at Santa's Workshop and Santa's elf will tell stories and perform magic.

The festival will also feature sleigh rides, a caricature artist, karaoke caroling and marshmallow roasting.

The Innerglow Wind Ensemble concert in Mitchell Hall, sponsored by the College of Arts, Media & Design, will begin at 8 p.m. and the Afterglow showing of "Elf," sponsored by the Student Programming

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by Trisha Evans Vista Senior Staff Writer

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The Greenwood MIME Encyclopedia of AfricanAmerican Literature, which contains entries written by 13 UCO faculty and alumni, was published this semester.

Dr. David Macey, assistant professor of English, co-edited the five-volume encyclopedia that spans the last 300 years of African-American literature.

Entries on Sojourner Truth,

by Vista photographer Justin Avera Langston Hughes, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison Several issues of the Greenwood Encyclopedia African-American lace the pages of the almost Literature series Nov. 21 at the Max Chambers Library.

2,000 page encyclopedia. phy so students can do further professor. "It's an example of "Some of these writers I didn't know very well, and I research. really excellent scholarship." certainly do now," Macey said.

Macey said it is a first-stop Macey donated a copy of He said many of the current writers were thrilled to be reference for undergraduate and the volumes to Max Chambers high-school students or general Library in October. They can included in the encyclopedia.

"It is the most comprehen- readers. be viewed in the reference secsive work of its kind," Macey "It's really a great service to tion on the first floor. said.

African-American studies and He said most encyclopedias like it are only one or two vol- Ethnic American literature," said Trisha Evans can be reached at umes. It is also one of the few Dr. Kurt I-Iocnenauer, English tevans@thevistaonline.com . works that includes a bibliogra-

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This week: An encore of Cary Stringfield's cartoon about crossing Second Street from Sept. 27, 2005.

The torture of terrorism suspects

LETTER TO THE EDITOR I would like to say that some of the student opinions in the last issue of The Vista disturbed me.

When asked if they thought that torturing terrorist suspects was. ok to do, not one of the students responded 'that the opp.o'Sect it because torturing people is "wrong". While one of the students replied that torturing people was not a good way to get information, and what they said is correct, I still think it is the wrong answer. We shouldn't torture people because we are the United States of America.

We represent freedom and we set a standard for moral values around the world. We cannot allow ourselves to sink down to the level that torture is an acceptable practice. To do so would make us no better than those that torture Americans and

would only serve to give other countries and regimes a reason why it is acceptable to torture Americans.

What also concerned me is that the word "suspect' . used. A suspect is just that, someone who is "suspected" of doing something. Just because someone is a "suspected" terrorist does not mean that they actually are one. How many innocent people could be tortured in the process of finding the real terrorists?

Are there any other students here that were as shocked as I was that not one person answered "No, because I think torturing people is wrong."?

Thanks, John Davis, management information systems senior

When human rights are at stake, torture should not be permitted under any ci rcumstances ri ,

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If it is true that war blurs the lines between right and wrong, we are going blind.

In Nov. 17 issue of The Vista, we posed the "Word on the Street" question: "Do you think the U.S. should be able to torture terrorism suspects to obtain information?" Three of the four students we asked said yes.

President Bush would also say yes. He is threatening to veto the $440 billion defense spending bill that passed the Senate last month because an amendment added to the bill states that torture is wrong.

Tre Ronne Democratic Socialists

Toni Kennard College Republicans

Bush asks us to trust him: the U.S. doesn't torture.

However, Rumsfeld pushed for policies that enabled Abu Ghraib, etc., and Cheney aggressively sought CIA exemptions from torture restrictions. Some others in the administration (e.g. Rice) seem less enthusiastic about the current, permissive interrogation policy, and McCain has been a constant thorn in the administration's side.

Two questions are most important in the torture debate: Is torture effective? Is torture morally permissible? These are interrelated.

If we believe torture is a line that people should never cross, then its effectiveness is irrelevant. If we believe "the

ends justify the means," then its moral permissibility depends on a full account of the good done minus the harm done. Some of the potential harms are speculative, but no more so than the speculated effectiveness of torture.

Anne Applebaum says that whereas torture objectors may be too quick to say torture is not effective, torture supporters are also too quick to say it is. However, objectors have some testimonial support: Air Force Colonel John Rothrock and Army Colonel Stuart Herrington have both led interrogation efforts in major US combat operations and both state quite clearly that torture does not reveal usable information (WashPost 12 Jan 05).

But there is another, perhaps better, reason to oppose torture: in defeating your enemy, you should not become your enemy.

As Leonard Pitts (12 Nov 05) put it: "In the name of fighting terror, we have terrorized, and in the name of defending our values, we have betrayed them."

The ends-justify-means position is frightening for just that reason: provided the goods sufficiently outweigh the harms, any moral depravity is allowed, including torture, including firebombing, including nuclear war. Call this a slippery slope, and I'll ask you to check your U.S.-history books.

-Tre Ronne, Democratic Socialists

Torture is already illegal according to U.S. and International law, but it was deemed OK by Bush's execurive order after 9/11—as long as the torture was not done on U.S. soil. This allowed for cruel treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo and suspected secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe.

The amendment, by Sen. John McCain, states that prisoners in U.S. custody should not receive degrading and inhumane treatment. It overwhelmingly passed 90-9. Both Oklahoma

senators, Jim Inhofe and Torn Coburn voted against it.

Let's be clear. This is not a question of supporting the war on terror. Framing the debate in terms of patriotism further muddies the waters of discussion.

It's a question of basic human rights.

Torture, even if it is government sanctioned, is never right.

The amendment will not jeopardize our country's security, only uphold the same principles expressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the same ide-

als the U.S. clings to as an international leader. Or have we so quickly forgotten the shame of Abu Ghraib?

Some may say that our torturous methods are warranted because of the heinous actions of al-Qaeda or Abu al-Zarqawi.

If we continue to stoop to this eye-for-an-eye logic, we will become a terrorist nation in the eyes of the world. Some may say we already are.

Should Oklahoma officials help people violate the law?

To tell you the truth I'm really surprised to hear that anyone is in disagreement over this.

I thought State Rep. Kevin Calvey's proposed legislation on immigration was something we could all finally agree on!

Anyone with half a heart wants to see legal immigration made feasibly possible and anyone with half a brain and any kind of since about national security, wants to see illegal immigration brought to a 'halt.

What Calvey's bill would do is require anyone applying for government benefits (ie welfare) to give their immigration status. At the same time this bill would insure that illegal immigrants who are already here could report crimes without fear of being "found out" and deported.

Did you know that if an illegal immigrant woman was raped and reported the crime

to officials they could question her about her immigration status and possibly deport her!

Knowing this how likely do you thing that woman is to report the crime? Calvey's bill would help insure that situations like this are prevented. The bill would protect those who are merely reporting crimes.

The cases where immigration status should be determined would be if an illegal immigrant were applying to get money from the government. So where does government money come from?... the tax payer. Oh yeah, that's you and me. If you're a citizen you pay taxes and you can get government benefits.

People who are not citizens don't pay taxes so should they be able to get the same benefits?

Calvey would say "no." He goes on to say, "its, not fair for already-struggling Oklahoma families to pay more in taxes for government benefits for some-

one who has entered the country illegaly," And that's true. We should be encouraging people to enter the country legally. If you can enter the U.S. illegally, get on welfare, and live of the tax payers why even apply for citizenship...so you can pay social security?

We need to encourage people to follow the law, not give benefits for breaking it. That makes them a felon. That's a bad thing.

Calvey suggests that "perhaps part of the answer is a reform of immigration laws to allow more people to come in legally." But whether or not immigration laws are reformed they should be obeyed. We need to encourage people to obey the law and report when it is broken. Calvey's bill is just plain common sense.

-Toni Kennard, College Republicans

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ROTC: leadership skills, reaction under pressure key during practice paintball drills from page 1 "Yeah, I do this stuff a lot," Robert said. "I could fit about a thousand rounds of paint on me."

"What's going to happen is they're going to go up the road on the east side and there's two guys out there that'll engage them," said Capt. Justin Covey, assistant professor of Military Science, as he walked up the dirt path that skirted the woods.

"We want to see how they react, and there's several things they're supposed to do," Covey said. He said the squad would engage the 'enemy,' secure the area and set up a security perimeter.

"Typically, people will get lazy at that point, when they set up security. Then we'll have two more guys hit them, and if they have proper security, they're fine," he said. "If not, they're dead."

Faint calls from other groups and the crunch of leaves were the only sounds as the squad fanned out through the woods.

"I guess they saw something at twelve o'clock to the front," Covey said. "What's going to happen is they'll bring the first (enemy) team online. They rarely engage from the front, so what they'll do is try to flank

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them, coming around the left or right."

"Soviet doctrine was frontal attack. The Iraqi's learned from us and will try to flank them."

Covey said.

Dozens of pops sounded as cadets dropped to the ground.

"Contact! Contact! Nine o'clock! Watch the trees!

Coming up!"

The squad engaged the enemy for about ten minutes, with no casualties.

"The left one is dead!"

"I got the one on the right!"

"Cease fire! Cease fire!"

Wilson said the MS-III's are trained as 'small unit' leaders and that the exercises help prepare cadets for the U.S. Army's Leadership Development and Assessment Course or "Warrior Forge" in Ft. Lewis, Wash. every summer.

"Everything we do is to prepare them for the leadership course there, so they can perform well and go on to become outstanding lieutenants," Wilson said.

The Western Region Cadet Command, which hosts Warrior Forge, states on its Web site that "In addition to proving their leadership ability, cadets and officer candidates must meet

Parade of Light, singing

from page 1 Board, will begin at 9 p.m. in Constitution Hall.

Winners of the office decorating, parade float and Greek house decorating contests will be announced at the program.

"WinterGlow is growing," said Bridget Jones, assistant director of the Department of Campus Life. "We are looking to expand the program and make it an evening for family and students to come together and celebrate this wonderful time of the year."

Jones said this is the beginning of a three to five-year plan to light the campus.

"We can't do it all in one year...we're investing in lights with longer lives and a consistent theme," she said. "Old North is staying the same...but our physical plant has been hard at work hanging the lights on the rooflines of the buildings surrounding Broncho Lake."

She said she wants a harmonic look with the decorations campus-wide, though many of the buildings do not look alike.

Jones said Santa has appeared at WinterGlow in the past, but the activities are all new this year.

A student board has been assembled for WinterGlow for the first time this year, Jones said.

"There are eight of us, and

basically we've been meeting with Bridget once a week, throwing out ideas to get the community, kids and students involved. To give them a reason to come," said Cassie Neahring, marketing junior and executive director of the student board.

Neahring said most of the new ideas came from the student panel, and then Jones told them how to make them happen.

"This year is the year we are starting to make WinterGlow grow into something great. Next year, we want it to be at least a two-day event....we hope it is, and it should be," Neahring said.

"We are looking for a few good elves, A.K.A. volunteers," Jones said.

People can view the parade route, sign up to volunteer, register for the office decorating competition and download a parade float application at www.ucok.edu or by calling 974-2363.

The deadline for office decorating is 2 p.m. Nov. 28 and Nov. 22 for parade applications.

Judging for the Greek house decorating competition will be just after dark Nov. 29.

Nathan Winfrey can be reached at nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com

by Vista photographer Brett Deering

James Wallenfelsz, nursing junior and ROTC MS-III, sets up a perimeter in the Broncho Battalion's tactics lab Nov. 17 at the Adventure Zone Paintball Field in northeast Edmond. established standards in physical fitness, weapons training, communication, combat patrols and demonstrate their proficiency in many other military skills.

Cadets and officer candidates must excel at Warrior Forge to be considered competitive for a commission as an Army officer."

After an ammo check, the squad re-grouped and formed a security perimeter. The cadets

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cadet and you have that number five thousand cadet, and of your overall ranking, forty percent of that comes from grades," he said.

"But the cadets are motivated. Heck, you've got to be motivated to do well," Covey said. "The training we do on campus, we have to make it realistic because these are the things they have to do when they graduate."

"When they get to the Army, they still have operations orders.

They may have less time or they may have more time than they do out there (in squad tactics lab), which is the plan that they make to execute a mission," he said.

"It's just the fundamental step, like learning how to dribble a basketball, that is one of our fundamentals, learning how to plan a mission like that," Covey said. "When they graduate from college and go to their Army school, the tactics will be really reinforced there. We are teaching the leadership side."

Brett Deering can be reached at bdeering@theyistaonline.com ,

Team would be qualified for nationals for first time since 1987

from page 1 bid one of three ways. The team can receive a coach's bid, which are given to the top 16 ranked teams. If the team doesn't receive a coach's bid, it can compete with 23 other teams for one of eight district slots. After that, coaches give bids to the top 16 remaining teams.

Lindsey Shook, interpersonal communication senior, said a school can take as many twoperson teams to a tournament as it wants to. Shook said she and her teammate, James Davis, want a district bid.

Stone said UCO currently has six teams. He said Shook and Davis' team beat one of Emory's teams. Stone said one of the members of the Emory team won the National Debate Tournament two years ago.

Shook said she and Davis debated eight teams in the preliminary rounds. She said the top 32 teams with the most wins after the preliminaries went on to "out-rounds", which meant Single elimination for the rest of the tournament.

"We weren't in out-rounds," Shook said. "Our record wasn't high enough."

Stone said even though Shook and Davis didn't advance past the preliminaries, the win against Emory was big.

"I'm really excited," Shook

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crawled into the leaves with last minute orders barked for position.

"You're pointing out this way," said squad leader Jarred Maskell, criminal justice junior.

"We don't have much security here on this side. I need a 360."

Real gun-fire sounded in the distance as the minutes clicked off. "We're waiting for the counter attack," whispered Covey. "But I think they went

to Stillwater," he joked.

"Fire! Fire!" someone yelled as the enemy, MS-IV Paula Williams, criminal justice senior, opened fire not 30 feet from the perimeter, but was quickly brought down.

"She's dead! She's dead!" yelled Covey. "Good job."

Covey said UCO's success at the Army's summer leadership and assessment course was one of the criteria that led to the Broncho Battalion's distinction of "Best Small ROTC Battalion" in the country for the 2005 school year.

"Our cadet's performance at that camp was one of the contributing factors," Covey said.

He said progression rates or the percentage of yearly recruitretention, graduation rates and physical fitness standards are some of the criteria used in the Army's nationwide battalion assessments.

"Yes, physical fitness scores from campus and from LDAC are taken into account, but grades are actually a big part," Covey said.

Covey said UCO cadets are ranked numerically against all the cadets in the country, or the "order of merit list."

"You have the number one

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said. "Beating this Emory team basically ensures that we go to the National Debate Tournament. It's been a decade since we went. I'm happy we can bring that back to UCO." Stone said, "It was a big upset. It (beating a well-known team) contributes to your reputation."

Shook said after the tournament, she was approached by one of the members of the Emory team.

"He said, 'You all were our first preliminary loss in a month,"' Shook said.

Shook said one of the reasons that Emory is more competitive than other schools is that its debate team has more funding for travel and research expenses. She said UCO can usually only afford to send one team to non-local tournaments.

Shook said UCO had one team at the Wake Forest tournament, while Emory had five.

"Generally, the more teams you take," she said. "The more successful you will be."

Shook said the reason for this is that each year, teams nation-wide are given a resolution to debate. This year, the topic was whether the U.S government should increase diplomatic and economic pressure on the People's Republic of China.

Shook said one member of

each team argues for the resolution while the other member argues against it. She said the more teams researching the resolution, the more information every team from that university will have.

Shook said UCO's limited funding puts younger debaters at a disadvantage because they won't get to experience larger tournaments until they are upper classmen.

"We get it (funds) from activity fees and UCO," Shook said.

"We have a scholarship and traveling fund."

Stone said the debate team has won several tournaments this semester.

He said Shook and Davis won a tournament at Missouri State University. Davis won a first place Speaker Award and Shook won second for open division. Stacy Spomer won second place in the junior varsity division.

Stone said the junior varsity and novice teams have done exceptionally well this year.

Tyler Henry and Nick Ward won the novice division at the Emporia State University Tournament. Ish Kissinger won a first place Speaker Award and Spomer won a second place award in the junior varsity division.

Jordan Folks and Spomer

won the junior varsity division at the Wichita State University tournament. Spomer won a second place Speaker Award at WSU. Stone said the team has made major progress since he became the debate coach in 2001. He said he left the debate team at the University of Richmond to coach at UCO because the team was much more competitive.

"We're ranked 15th now, anc we were about 90th when i came here," Stone said.

Stone said two things have contributed to the team's new success.

"A lot of our transformation has been that the library has gotten better," Stone said. "A great debate coach used to say debates were won and lost in the library."

Stone said another contributor to the team's success is how hard it worked on research during summer 2005.

"I'm a big proponent of starting as soon as possible," Stone said. "They used to not work on arguments in the summer."

Stone said UCO will com pete in two Texas tournaments in January, which should bring its ranking up.

Courtney Bryce can be reached at cbtyce@thevistaonline.com.

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You may fill out the survey at your convenience any time between November 14-December 9, 2005, via either of the following methods: 1. Go directly to http://broncho.ucok.eduAquest, OR 2. Login to UCONNECT, proceed to "My Courses" and click on the "UCO Evaluations" link.

Respondents remain anonymous, and faculty members do not have access to survey results until after grades are posted.

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November 22, 2005

General Motors announces plant closures OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The announcement that General Motors Corp. will shut it's Oklahoma City assembly plant caught hundreds of employees at the plant by surprise Monday.

The plant, which assembles SUV's, is one of nine North American assembly, stamping and powertrain plants that GM says will close by 2008. It is part of an effort to get production in line with demand, the company said.

Nancy Sarpolis, a spokeswoman with GM in Oklahoma City, said 2,000 hourly and 200 salaried employees will lose their jobs locally. The Oklahoma City plant is to be closed in early 2006.

When asked if GM will transfer some employees to other company facilities, she said, "We don't know at this point.

Provisions of the UAW (United Auto Workers) contract will be followed."

The decision to close Oklahoma City was a surprise to some locally because of the investment GM put into the plant following a tornado on May 8, 2UO3 that destroyed a new paint facility and other parts of the plant. After the tornado, the GM had full production restored in 53 days.

"I think at the time it was the right decision," Sarpolis said.

"We've built a lot of vehicles there since then. It's been a very productive facility since the tornado."

Norman resident Bob Tyrrell, has worked the second shift a. he plant since 1979, learned o the planned closure when a reporter called him at home Monday morning.

"Personally, I've been speculating this would come down tl- - pike for a while, and I've been trying to look for work elsewhere," said Tyrrell, 45. "I didn't think it would be this quick or this drastic."

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by Courtney Bryce the bassoon band, performed Monday by Rick Wagoner, DETROIT (AP) _ General Vista Staff Writer with her students, displaying her GM's chairman and CEO, repMotors Corp. will eliminate commitment to the students and resents 5,000 more job cuts than 30,000 jobs and close nine North Despite a lackluster turnout, music. In fact, several music the 25,000 that the automakAmerican assembly, stamping er had previously indicated it the Student Chamber Ensembles professors that didn't have stuand powertrain plants by 2008 Recital displayed a variety of dents performing showed up to planned to cut. as part of an effort to get protalented performers and unique support the ensembles. instruments Nov. 17.

One performer that really The recital room was filled stuck out was clarinet player, only to half-capacity, but this Karly Van Kley. The piece she didn't stop the performers from performed with bassoon player, giving a passionate perfor- Melanie Fuller, required her to mance. They played as if a play some extremely high notes thousand were in attendance. in the treble clef Van Kley This concert was unlike the hit each note with precision. traditional This is one concert performer where all do that will the played go far in pieces are the busicomposed ness. by guys The that died perfordecades mance ago. that finally In fact, received my favorresponse ite piece from the in the audience (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) entire conwas that cert was from the Rick Wagoner, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corp. leaves the news conference where he composed Percussion announced plans to cut 30,000 manufacturing jobs and close nine North American assembly, stamp- by UCO Consort. ing and powertrain facilities by 2008 at the company's headquarters in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. Music They startThe cuts are part of an effort to get production in line with demand and return the company to profit- Professor ed out with ability and long-term growth. Wagoner said GM also will close three service and parts operations D r . a piece Samu-2.1 facilities as part of the manufacturing cuts. that used Magrill.

by Vista photographer Justin Avera no other The piece, Dr. Lori Wooden plays the bassoon dur- instrument "Tango ing the School of Music's Ensembles than the Cellito," clapping w a s Concert Nov. 17 at the Music Building. from page 1 of hands.

Although dance and a dance by the group to collect the People's Choice arship and a watch for win- played by they were offbeat several times, Award vote, the winners for ning the 2005 Miss Asian UCO Quartetto Rendezvous.

Following a 20-minute inter- Miss Congeniality, the Business scholarship pageant. She also Three plus One, a quartet made the unique idea of the piece mission, the six contestants Woman of Tomorrow, Miss received $300 for winning the up of a viola, a cello and two received the loudest applause were asked the same projec- Photogenic and Most Talented Business Woman of Tomorrow violins. I kept thinking Antonio from the audience.

Banderas was going to waltz in I think the student body Award. tion question: "If you were not were announced. the room with a rose between should take better advantage of All of the women received a Akiba won Business Woman to win the title of Miss Asian his teeth. these free concerts. Not only UCO, who do you think should of Tomorrow, Miss Photogenic, participation plaque.

The UCO Broncho Bassoon will it show support for hardFollowing the pageant, Most Talented and Miss win and why?" a reception was held in the Band played a fun and light working students, but it is also Akiba, mathematics and Congeniality.

The second runner-up was Human Environmental Sciences hearted piece called "Three a chance to see performers that sociology sophomore said she couldn't decide; they all Yoshi e Fuj inam i, market- Building in the Virginia Lamb Costa Rica Dances" that added might one day be famous. to the diversity of the concert. ing junior, who also won the Living Room. deserved the crown.

They ended their performance Courtney Bryce can be reached at After a good-bye from People's Choice Award. cbryce@thevistaonline.com , with their theme song "Pigs."

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Stay safe this Thanksgiving with food poisoning prevention Thanksgiving, like most holidays, revolves around food and family. We look forward all year long to turkey with all the trimmings, homemade bread, and fresh baked desserts.

Keeping food safe, however, doesn't usually factor between catching up with relatives and drifting off to the evening's movie as guests continue to graze on leftovers.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some 76 million Americans experience food poisoning at some point during the year.

Holiday gatherings provide ample margin for improper cooking techniques as first time and veteran chefs alike command the kitchen en masse and in a hurry. Eating leftovers days past their prime and leaving food out on a counter or buffet without refrigeration also present problem situations.

Often confused with flu symptoms, food poisoning is characterized by nausea, vomit-

ing, and diarrhea, your body's best attempts at banishing Staphylococcus, Clostridium perfringens, or Salmonella bacteria, the three most common foodborne contaminants that can make your experience less than pleasant.

Wooziness, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, and weakness are also telltale signs•that differentiate your case from a routine bout of the flu, usually within two to four hours of having ingested the dish to blame.

Later occurrences some twelve to thirty-six hours after the meal have also been known to strike just as you're heading back to

school or work.

Food poisoning can be fatal, especially in children and the

elderly, so don't ignore the warning signs. If you're loosing fluids through vomiting and diarrhea, try to gradually replenish them with soft drinks, sports drinks, or oral electrolyte maintenance solutions. Snack on saltines when you feel ready and try a cup of clear broth before attempting other solid

foods. Give yourself time to recover, particularly when traveling; even if you're not driving, motion sickness from being el a car o plane pas senge will only complicateg your cur-7 rent state and being trappe4 inside either with few available medical options can be both miserable and dangerous. The emergency room should be your next stop if you're not feeling better within two days Prevention remains the best key to a happy holiday.

Undercooked turkeys account for a number of Thanksgiving food poisoning instances, and

although basting for hours on end may be tedious, it really can spare you an illness or the embarrassment of being the host who made everyone sick.

Stab a meat thermometer into thick part of the bird, such as he , leg or another plump section. It should read 180 degrees Fahrenheit before calling every* to the table. Conversely, cold foods should be stored at 40 degrees or colder at least two inches deep in the refrigerator without being stacked on top of one another, and prepared dishes should not remain without refrigeration for more than a few hours, especially if they contain mayonnaise or eggs.

Your goal, in fact, should be to serve and store all food products within a two-hour limit.

Wash your hands prior to preparatiori, after handling different foods, and anytime you cough, sneeze, or give anyone an affectionate pat. Separate raw vegetables from meats before cooking, and use sepa-

rate cutting boards, preferably plastic, for each category. Use a clean spoon every time you taste test food from the main pot, and offer any would-be samplers their own spoonful to prevent colds and contamination.

"When in doubt, throw it out." This rule-of-thumb for cooks and concerned eaters applies year around, but with the abundance of seasonal food, temptation to hang to standby favorites shouldn't interfere.

All food should be discarded or frozen after four days without exception.

Look out for your own health and that of friends and family this year with a little extra caution. For more information about how to cook a safe Thanksgiving dinner, visit http://www.cdc.gov .

Callie A. Collins can be reached at ccollins@thevistaonline.com .

Feds rank Oklahoma first in number of hungry households Three-year survey concludes 236,000 Oklahomans are regularly hungry, Food Bank director calls it 'embarrassing' OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - As Oklahomans prepare for Thanksgiving Day feasts, the federal government has ranked the state No. 1 in the nation in the percentage of hungry households.

More than one in 20 Oklahoma households qualified as hungry between 2002 and 2004, according to a survey conducted by the Census Bureau for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nationally, about one in 25 households was hungry.

The statistics mean about 236,000 Oklahomans werehungry during the three-year period, many of them in the state's work force.

"It's embarrassing, to say the least," said Rodney Bivens, director of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, who has been fighting hunger in Oklahoma for 26 years. "You'd like to feel the work you've

done has had an impact."

Public help is available but limited through the federal food stamp program. Private aid is stretched thin this year because of food shipments to Gulf Coast hurricane victims.

"Twenty-five years ago, it was unheard of for a person to work full time and not be able to put food on their table.

And yet almost half the people we serve today have a job sometimes two and three jobs," Bivens said.

For two months in a row, the Regional Food Bank has taken in about 200,000 pounds of food less than it distributed, largely because of hurricane relief, Bivens said. To make ends meet, the agency is cutting allotments to the 414 food pantries and homeless shelters he serves across central and western Oklahoma.

City Rescue Mission in Oklahoma City, which feeds at

least 1,500 people a day, is already feeling the pinch.

"The amount that he has to divvy up among the agencies is less, and that's obvious for us," said the Rev. Glenn Cranfield, the mission's president and chief executive officer.

Together, the food bank, food pantries and homeless shelters serve more than 56,000 Oklahomans a week, 22,000 of them children.

Peggy Garrett, director of the Presbyterian Urban Mission in Oklahoma City, remembers three children who were left in her waiting room while their mother filled out forms to get assistance.

"They were all chewing on little pieces of white plastic. It was a little honey packet from a fast-food restaurant. That's all she'd had to give them for two days," Garrett said.

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Miss Asian UCO Scholarship Pageant winner Yumiko Akiba, mathematics and sociology sophomore, receives her crown and gifts at the end of the pageant Nov. 19. Akiba also won Miss Congeniality, Business Woman of Tomorrow, Miss Photogenic and Most Talented.

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by Nathan Winfrey Vista Staff Writer

Writer/director James Mangold's "Walk the Line" tells the story of country music legend Johnny Cash and continues the recent trend in musical biopics that began with last year's "Ray," which won Jamie Foxx an Oscar and secured his place as a serious actor. It's almost a sure bet that history will repeat itself for Joaquin Phoenix, who plays Cash as if it were the role he has been preparing for his whole life.

"Walk the Line" begins its chronicle of Cash's life with a teaser of his controversial live recording at Folsom Prison, then takes us back to his humble beginnings on an Arkansas farm. Shaken by a tragedy that never really leaves him, Cash is shipped to Germany with the Air Force during the Korean War, where he never sees fighting but begins to write the songs that made him an icon.

After the war, he struggles to make it as a musician with the disapproval of his young wife whom he married in a fever he quickly begins to regret, especially when fame finds him and he meets singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon, "Svveet Home Alabama.")

Phoenix, brother of the late River Phoenix and memorable as the villain Emperor Commodus in "Gladiator," winner of the 2000 best picture. Oscar, does not simply provide a good imitation of Cash, but he mirrors the Man

in Black so perfectly that one must wonder if he's somehow channeling the spirit of the country superstar himself.

From his walk to the way he stands and moves, to his baritone voice, Phoenix blurs the line between art and life like no actor I've ever seen.

With as much attention as Phoenix's role is getting, it's Witherspoon's performance as Carter that is the real surprise and perhaps an equally sure bet come Oscar time. Having appeared in little more than brainless chick flicks for the past half-decade, Witherspoon earns her stripes here and more than makes up for "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde."

Witherspoon takes on a difficult role, one that would be easily botched by a lesser actress, and does Carter full justice by portraying her as much more than a singing bumpkin love interest. Her character is as fully developed as Cash, something crucial to the movie because it relies so heavily on the believability of their peculiar relationship.

There is no lip-syncing done here, though few people ever would have thought such voices belong to Phoenix and Witherspoon. Both actors went through six months of training to be able to sing all of their own parts and learned their instruments from scratch.

Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis play important roles in Cash's early career, and their portrayals in "Walk the Line,"

by Tyler Hilton and Waylon Payne, respectively, are as spot-on as the others. The _ scenes with them, Cash and Carter together, riding around .

in cars, blowing up trees and just hanging out like normal people are as surreal as finding Batman, Superman and Spider-man joking around and washing their tights together at a laundromat. Keep an eye out for Roy Orbison (Johnathan Rice) and others, as well as influential Sun Records owner Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts), the man who discovered Cash, Elvis and others and helped shape music into what it is today.

Robert Patrick ("Terminator 2") has to be mentioned for his role as Cash's hard and unforgiving father Ray, unrecognizable from his roles as Arnold Schwarzenegger's arch-nemesis T-1 000, or more recently, as FBI agent John Doggett on "The X-Files" after David Duchovney left the show to pursue a movie career that never really picked up (yet).

With a perfect cast, great soundtrack and rich source material, the enthralling yet historically accurate film (a rare combination) is one of the best movies of the year and could not have been realized much better. It's a shame that neither Cash nor Carter (who reportedly hand-picked Phoenix and Witherspoon) lived long enough to see the finished product, which is something that everyone involved should be proud of.

I expect little gold statues on many of their mantles by April.

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Nationally-known singer, actress uqo employee's liver transplant happens shares experiences with students in the nick of time, and is a perfect match

by Courtney Bryce Vista Staff Writer

Music theatre students sang "Friends and Lovers" along with nationally known singer and actress Gloria Loring Nov. 17 in the Music Building.

Billy Thrash, director of music theatre, said she is good friends with Shari Ingram, Loring's manager.

Ingram said she was bringing Loring into town to research a prospective movie offer.

Thrash said Ingram told her she was bringing Loring to Oklahoma.

"I just asked if Loring would speak to the students," Thrash said. "She was here and had time and was willing.

This is a perspective we don't get a lot here."

Loring opened up her lecture with the dilemmas she faced growing up.

Loring said her father was an alcoholic. She said at 18 she found herself with no money and no place to live. Loring said she talked her father into loaning her $100, which had to last her four weeks.

She said after living two weeks in a motel for $20 a week, it was obvious the money wouldn't get her through. Around that time, a friend called and told her she had found a small gig for them at the Diplomat Hotel, where Loring was already scheduled to sing at a later date. Loring assumed it was another singing gig.

"I had white boots and a little fringe skirt, and I danced... in a cage," Loring said.

Loring said the gig as a go-go dancer is not on her resume.

"If people ask me, 'Should I go into music?' I say, 'absolutely not,'" Loring said. "You should be 100 percent sure."

Loring said performers have to look at what they're afraid of.

"Look at the dark side," Loring said. "The most important thing you'll learn about is yourself."

Loring said she was afraid

of playing roles in angry scenes because of how much anger she had bottled up from her past.

"Pay attention to your life.

Pay attention to the people around you," Loring said. "It's about transmitting from your heart through your instrument about who you are."

Loring said she landed the role of Liz Chandler on "Days of Our Lives" in 1980. It was her first acting job, and she

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After waiting almost a year and a half for a liver transplant, UCO Facilities Management employee Joe Pardi underwent the life-saving operation Oct. 27.

"I could have died at any time," Pardi said. "The liver was bad. It was kind of shutting down."

At a routine annual check-up in early 2004, doctors diagnosed Pardi with serious liver problems, but he said the problems were likely lurking for two or three years before that, undetected before the diagnosis.

"I was just weak, you know.

I'd get tired easy," Pardi said.

He said he didn't know anything was wrong with his liver until the doctors told him he needed a new one.

"I was real upset. It was kind of scary. I didn't know what it consisted of" "The doctor told my wife that I looked better on the outside than on the inside," he said. "She's a nurse and she's exposed to a lot of stuff like that, but I'm sure that she was a lot more upset than she showed."

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by Vista photographer Naomi Takebuchi Joshua, 17, and Adam, 24, were upset when they heard the news. "They didn't know what Joe Pardi in the UCO paint shop April 15, 2005. Pardi received to expect," Pardi said. a life-saving liver transplant Oct. 27, after waiting for a suitable The family banded together donor since early 2004. to get through the crisis, Pardi said.

"We just had good long talks the operation, which lasted sev- to hurry up and come back. Miss and tried to reassure each other eral hours, on his wife's birth- him much," said Groshong.

"I'm really getting excited, that everything was going to day.

"She was kind of nervous, I'm kind of getting antsy sitt:ng be alright. We had some real good doctors...it brought us a but she tried to keep it to her- at home," he said.

"Life has changed. It has self," Pardi said. lot closer together."

They had to wait a whole day given me a new outlook .)ri Pardi had to go to a lab once a week for tests and to a clinic and night while they did tests on life and another chance at life.

It's like starting over again," the new liver. once a month. he said.

"I was a little bit scared, "They'd talk over with me Pardi said the family of Lhe what was taking place in my but...I felt really good and I had patient that donated the liver heard nothing but good things body, such as things changing," may write to the Liver Institute about my doctors," he said. he said.

"A lot of times, you have to if they wish to meet the man During the time of uncerbe a perfect match so they tell who received their loved one's tainty, Pardi continued to work you to not expect too much, organ. He said he's not sure if at the physical plant.

"I'm the lead man in the but this first time was a perfect he wants to meet them.

"I really haven't thought paint shop," he said. "I do paint match," Pardi said.

He was in the hospital for a about it much yet," Pardi said. and get jobs ready for other The OklahomaBloodI nstiu ite people... and see what it takes to week and two days before he held a blood drive in April 2005 do and how long it would take. was released to go home.

"I'm doing really great. All with the UCO Reserve Officers' How much material (and) when my tests are showing just great Training Corps where students it will be scheduled."

Pardi moved to Oklahoma in signs. No rejection," Pardi said. could specify that their blood "Right now, I still have donations went to Pardi.

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"It really worked very well, and began working at the UCO the staples in, which I get out Physical Plant in 1982. His Thursday...in the front and in we had a huge turnout...I didn't wife Melanie is a nurse at St. my back, but I'm in no pain have to pay for my blood prodAnthony Hospital, Joshua is a and I can walk maybe two or ucts or anything," Pardi said.

"I had a lot of support from sophomore at Edmond Santa Fe three blocks and I feel strong," campus-wide. They sent me high school and Adam works in he said.

Pardi said he cannot drive for cards and prayers and it was the city.

"He's a wonderful guy, a two and a half months, and he very nice, and I would like to hard worker and he's been here cannot work for three. He will thank everybody that showed a long time," said Christine Irvisit the lab on Mondays and an interest as far as prayers and Groshong, supervisor of car- the clinic on Thursdays for three thoughts," he said. "I feel like months to make sure everything God was watching out for me." pentry and painting.

Pardi said he and his family is going as it should, at which were very happy when he got point he said he will likely be Nathan Winfrey can be reached 31 nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com. the call Oct. 27 that the doctors able to return to work.

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"My favorite part was when she said, 'sing with your heart,"' Johnson said.

"It inspires me to act from the heart-from my being and pursue that as most important as opposed to applause or approval."

Thrash said she was happy with the advice Loring gave to the students.

"I think her approach to being involved was good for them," Thrash said. "Every experience they have will help them improve."

appeared in the soap opera for six and a half years.

During that time, Loring's five-year-old son, Brennan, was diagnosed with diabetes.

"I think the things that hurt the most were the things that opened me up most," Loring said. "The biggest willingness is standing naked and showing who you are."

In 1986, Loring wrote books and recorded an album labeled "A Shot in the Dark," to raise money for diabetes research. She raised more than $1 million.

Her other son, Robin, is a composer and singer. Loring said he has worked with artists like Usher and Christina Aguilera.

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Loring encouraged the students to take any performing job that came their way.

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CHRISTIAN UNIVERSIT75-73 NAIA powerhouse 0 lahoma Christian University flew the Bronchos into a soaring overtime but the Eagles Micah Miles made two free throws with just over three minutes remaining in the overtime.

Miles gave the No. 3-ranked Eagles a 66-64 lead after which UCO battled through several turnovers and missed free throw opportunities.

OCU glided to a five-point advantage with 40 seconds remaining.

UCO's Mike Currin hit a layup to cut the lead to four, but OCU's Keith Harris calmly sunk two free throws with 19 seconds left in regulation for a score of 73-67.

UCO's Jason Greene drilled a threepointer with seven seconds left to trim the lead to 73-70, but Miles' pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds left to put the game out of reach.

Greene drained another 3-pointer at the buzzer to arrange the final margin.

The Bronchos had a 30-26 halftime lead but the Eagles hovering defense forced UCO into overtime.

Greene led the Bronchos with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Anthony Brown scored 15 points. The Eagles also had four players reach double-figures, led by Harris with 17.

The Bronchos will return to action Tuesday night as they will make their home debut against Oklahoma Science and Arts at 7 p.m. at Hamilton Fieldhouse.

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After a first-place finish in the Lone Star Conference North and a championship trophy at the LSC tournament, the UCO volleyball team lost to Abilene Christian Nov. 18 in the first round of the NCAA Division II national tournament in Kearney, Neb. It was UCO's third loss this season to ACU, a team that has won 30 straight games.

The Bronchos finished the season with an overall record of 27-8 and won their fourth LSC North title in five years.

UCO will lose five seniors next year -- Kim Morgal, Rachel MacElvaine, Jenny Anderson, Heather Strong and Stephanie Ball.

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Schult receives honor UCO sophomore volleyball player Katie Schult was named to the second team of the 2005 Daktronics Division II All-Southwest Region Volleyball Team Nov. 21.

Schult, a native of Fort Collins, Colo., led the Bronchos with 496 kills in 2005, while adding 70 blocks and 62 digs.

The Daktronics all-region teams are selected by sports information directors within each region. First-teamers have their names entered into the balloting for All-America honors.

Schult was also named to the first team of the All-LSC North squad.

Wrestling UCO wrestler set to compete in all-star dual UCO heavyweight wrestler Josh LeadingFox will compete in the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic Nov. 21 at Oklahorria State's Gallagher-Iba Arena.

LeadingFox will take on Tervel Dlagnev of NebraskaKearney in an exhibition match.

In the last meeting between the two, LeadingFox prevailed 6-5 to earn a fifth-place finish in the Division II national tournament.

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The game will be broadcast live on the UCO Athletic Dept. website at http://www.ucok.edu/resources/webcast.htrn.

UCO senior guard Aundrae Grayson keeps his eye on the ball while defending during a Broncho loss Nov. 18 at the Oklahoma Christian Classic at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City.

Bronchos drop two straight games after building a second-half lead in both

by Harry Gatewood III Vista Senior Sports Writer The UCO Basketball team rolled into the 2005-2006 season with an 0-2 start, falling Nov. 18 to Oklahoma Baptist University 80-75 in the first day of the Oklahoma Christian/Sleep Inn Classic, followed by another close loss Nov. 19 to Oklahoma Christian University, 75-73.

Both nights UCO fumbled their halftime lead and let their opponents take advantage.

The slow start marks the second time the Bronchos have started their season 0-2 since the 1986-87 season.

UCO vs. OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY 80-75 UCO led the OBU Bisons by five points in the fourth quarter with five minutes remaining but couldn't hold on.

The Bronchos lost their regular season opener 80-75 in the first round of the Classic.

UCO took the lead 74-73 with 1:55 remaining on a Kentrell Gaddis bucket.

But on OBU's next offensive possession, Frank Benson was fouled and converted the first free throw to tie the

game at 74.

Benson missed his second attempt, but the Bisons stormed the ball for an essential offensive rebound. OBU took the lead on the second opportunity with a bank shot off the glass by Benson.

The Bronchos shot just 32.1 percent (9-of-28) from the field in the second half, after converting 51.9 percent (14of-27) of their shots in the first.

UCO was stunned with foul trouble as starters Anthony Brown and Joe Kennerly had already committed four fouls early in the second half.

The Bisons dominated the smaller UCO lineup as OBU forward Julius Hurd scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the second-half to stomp the eight-point Broncho halftime lead.

OBU controled the paint with the

absence of Kennerly. The Bisons shot 53.3 percent from the field despite shooting 21.4 percent (3-of-14) from behind the arc.

In his first official game as a Broncho, Brown led UCO with 22 points. Sam Belt returned with all power after a preseason ankle injury to score 18 points.

Kennerly was the only other Broncho in double figures, tallying 10 points before fouling out with 7:06 remaining.

OBU's Benson averaged 33.5 pointsper-game, but due to foul problems he was limited to 13.

The Bisons received double-digit scoring efforts from Hurd, Justin Benson and Kortney Smith.

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Defending champs whip Bronchos in opener

by Harry Gatewood III Vista Senior Sports Writer The UCO women's basketball team dropped its season opener 95-59 to NCAA Division II defending national champion Washburn University Nov. 19 at the Missouri Southern Classic. The Bronchos lost the following night 81-75 to host Missouri Southern State University.

Washburn proved their No. 1 status by shooting 55.6 percent from the field and taking a 21-point advantage into halftime.

Washburn only returned three starters from last year's national championship squad, but had five players score in double figures. Brooke Ubelaker scored a game high 27 points.

Lindsey Wilson led UCO with 15 points, while

freshman Lizzie Brenner added 13 points in her first start as a Broncho.

UCO had a field goal percentage of 32.1 percent and were slapped around down low as Washburn outrebounded the Bronchos by 19.

Against Missouri Southern, UCO's Meghan Craig posted a career-high 33 points, the third best singlegame performance in school history.

The Bronchos had a lead with 11 minutes left in regulation after an Amber Robertson layup. But MSSU's Marina Caran and Danielle DeVader nailed two three-pointers apiece as MSU went on a 16-3 run to build a 66-57 lead.

UCO attempted to return from the nine-point deficit as Craig sparked the offense and Jennifer Bullis led the defensive charge, but UCO could not encroach on the MSSU lead.

Craig fouled out and MSSU hit 7-of-8 free throws the rest of the way to hold on.

Craig dominated the opening 20 minutes to stake UCO to a 39-37 halftime lead, scoring 16 points while hitting 6-of-10 shots with two 3-pointers.

Craig finished 12-of-19 from the field and 4-of6 from beyond the arc in her 33-point outing while adding nine rebounds and two assists. Roberts and Brenner each had 12 points and six rebounds for the Bronchos.

UCO is now 0-2 on the season. The Bronchos return to action next week, traveling to Lawton for the Cameron Classic.

Harry Gatewood III can be reached at hgatewood@thevistaonline.com.

Will Colts be the team to empty Dolphins' champagne glasses?

by Jim Litke AP Sports Columnist Pull for the Indianapolis Colts for all the right reasons: A state-of-the-art offense, a quarterback who combines 21st-century skills with an oldschool mind-set, a quiet, dignified coach and brash team president whose consistent excellence should have been rewarded long before now.

Me, I'm hoping they go undefeated for no reason beyond seeing the remaining members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the last team to turn the trick, pour all that champagne down the drain.

What began as a neat little tradition, a bunch of old ballplayers toasting their accomplishment each season when the last undefeated team in the league loses a game, has turned into a relentless exercise in self-promotion. It should have been canceled in 1998, when

quarterback Bob Griese rooted unashamedly against unbeaten Denver, even though his son, Brian, was a member of the Broncos.

No matter. These Colts look prepared to call a halt to happy hour soon enough. They have six games left, the two tough ones likely to come against Pittsburgh at home next Monday night and Seattle on the road Christmas Eve. Considering the Colts' improvement week-toweek, that doesn't seem like such a tall order.

"Looking at that offense from the sideline," Bengals receiver Chad Johnson said after Indianapolis improved to 10-0 by winning a shootout in Cincinnati, "it's unfair."

Not exactly. The Bengals had a' bit of history on their side, having upset 9-0 Kansas City two seasons ago, and plenty of time to prepare for this one. Cincinnati came into the game off a bye week, with

the league's best turnover margin, and enough versatility on defense to decide how they wanted to play.

Instead of dropping seven, and sometimes even eight, defenders into pass coverage, the way teams tried to contain Peyton Manning in several low-scoring, early-season affairs, the Bengals chose to load up in the box at take away Indianapolis' ground game. It worked in one sense: running back Edgerrin James, who had five straight games of 100-plus rushing yards, finished with 89. On the other hand, daring Manning to beat you is a gamble that no team save the Patriots has cashed in recently and this was no exception.

Manning pulls the levers for what might be the most potent NFL offense in a while, but he is a throwback quarterback with clearance to change any call at the line of scrimmage. All that last-second choreographing

before the ball is snapped drives his own guys to distraction, but they've learned to dance in his version of a high-speed ballet.

On this Sunday, he engineered five touchdowns on Indianapolis' first five possessions and finished with his most productive game of the season 24-of-40 for 365 yards with three touchdowns and one interception, even better than the Monday night payback against New England, when Manning had plenty to prove.

After this win, just like the win against the Patriots, it fell to coach Tony Dungy to shortcircuit the buzz about a perfect season and the Super Bowl title the Colts might already have claimed if not for the Patriots.

He's now 44-14 in 3 1/2 seasons in Indy, but with precious little to show for it.

"The thing I like about our team is we come to play every week, and we seem to adjust pretty well to what is put in

front of us. Today had to be an offensive day," he said. "We won a couple games early in the year, 10-3 and 13-6, so I think that's the sign of a good team: You can win whatever is presented to you."

Five of the eight teams that reached double-digits without a loss since the NFL-AFL merger went on to win a Super Bowl, but Dungy is careful never to get ahead of himself. He learned that lesson after coming up short several times in Tampa Bay, and that was even before New England and coach Bill Belichick began their championship run at his expense.

Besides, should Dungy need reminding, team president Bill Polian is always close by.

Polian was the architect of the Buffalo Bills teams that came home empty-handed from four consecutive Super Bowls. And despite drafting shrewdly and spending wisely to hang onto the NFL's best triple threat -

- James, Manning and wide receiver Marvin Harrison, who have become the most prolific scoring quarterback-receiver duo in league history -- Polian knows how much luck is involved, how the window of opportunity can be slammed shut at just about any moment.

The 1972 Dolphins refused to let that happen to them.

They're often thought of as oneseason wonders, but the fact is they went to three straight Super Bowls, won two o I them, and might be remembered for their larger achievement if the occasional toasts didn't make them seem so churlish.

So maybe it's not too late for those Dolphins to jump on these Colts' bandwagon. Seeing how hard it is to put together a perfect season now might remind us that the guys who did it back then were capable of a lot more than rounding up a few champagne flutes and toasting somebody else's bad luck.