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Student Three views: The war in the Middle East to face charges

by Ivo Lupov Staff Writer

UCO student Sturling Steele

by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer A UCO student was arrested just after 11 p.m. Sept.

22 following a short tussle with an Edmond police officer in front of a house party on Kelly Park Road.

Sturling Steele, 20, will face charges of resisting an officer.

Arresting officer Jason Kushmaul said Steele was talking on his cell phone in front of a house he had been dispatched to on a loud noise complaint As the officer approached, Kushmaul said Steele turned away and began walking briskly toward the front door of the residence.

Kushmaul said he told Steele to stop two or three times before he physically tried to halt the student.

After grabbing Steele’s right arm, Kushmaul stated the encounter turned violent.

“I struggled to control Steele’s movements and he then turned toward me in an aggressive manner,” Kushmaul stated in his report. “Steele [then] grabbed me with both

The war in Iraq has been an ongoing hot topic since U.S. Congress authorized an attack in Oct. 11, 2002.

For the past four years, many problematic sides of the war have been depicted including weapons of mass destruction, terrorist threats and Sadam Hussein’s war crimes trial, approval of the war and so on.

Reason for the invasion have been questioned so many times that even the media got tired of using them as a main feature of talk shows.

Observers’ opinions and suggestions on how to fight are always given when someone else is making the decisions.

The sides of the war apparently are not limited to two and the soldiers are not facing only insurgents, but also public opinions and altered news.

Some UCO ROTC members fought in Iraq, have different opinions from the ones who write regular political columns on the back porch in weekly magazines.

Cadet Jeff Nantze, from Oklahoma, spent most of 2004 in Northern Iraq-Mosul.

“I think they are capable of taking control, but they need to learn to have their own voice, which will take some time. They are like children when it comes to understanding their freedom,” he said.

“The environment was semi friendly, but it got progressively worse the longer we were there,” Nantze said.

He worked with the civil rebuilding of water resources, electricity, making it a better place for the people who live there for the long term, he said.

“The reason I went there was to perform that job - the civil rebuilding,” Nantze said.

“We knew that security is your first priority, but that was not the only goal over there.”

Cadet Nantze also worked with civilians.

“We were very welcome, but as the insurgence when started some of the people that were working with us

see STEELE, page 6

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

Sergeant First-Class Jerry Fallin stands outside Thatcher Hall Sept. 27. Fallin performed security and humanitarian operations in Iraq from January 2004 through February 2005. become more reluctant to work back with us,” Nantze said.

According to him, the people gradually felt more scared, which worsened the cooperation between Iraqi people and the U.S. soldiers.

He said that one of them still says that regardless of the media, there is an overwhelming majority of people glad U.S. troops are there.

“I believe we were unprepared for the current situation, in other words we did not plan ahead,” Nantze said.

“We were unaware of how

the insurgences were willing to stand up for their cause.”

Many people are trying to predict or speculate with the timeperiod that US troops will spend in Iraq. Cadet Nantze said, after World War II and Japan, U.S. military presence remains in there.

“When we went in Bosnia it was supposed to be a one year operation. Ten years later we still have troops performing civil rebuilding in Bosnia.”

There is not an absolute answer on how long U.S. troops will be in Iraq, Nantze said.

The stability in the region

depends on how the new Iraqi forces will handle their enemies.

“I just got an email from locals and they are saying that their situation in Mosul is getting better for the past year in a half,” Nantze said.

There are three different stories that are trying to describe the situation in Iraq, he said.

“The soldiers are absolute targets no matter what they do, locals are only sometimes and the media only reports what’s bad news. Nantze believes that whenever something good happens in Iraq it is not newsworthy and

only tragic incidents are reported with fast communication."

The Iraqis need to step forward and take matter into their hands, said Cadet Nantze, this would help some US troops to withdraw.

“The local Iraqis need to step forward and take over the control of their situation, which will allow U.S. troops to leave,” Nantze said.

They are not willing to take the initiative because of the 25 years of tyran-

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Dr. Palmer wins 'Art Educator of theYear' award

by Steven Reckinger Copy Editor UCO Professor Dr. Bob Palmer received the “Art Educator of the Year 2007” award from the Oklahoma Art Education Association for his contribution to the Fine Arts program.

The OAEA fall conference was held in Weatherford, Okla., Sept. 23. The art association distinguishes the awards by category based on academic level, from elementary school to university. Palmer received the award for overall in the state, which consists of a plaque, flowers, and a banner.

He also received an airbrush from a personal acquaintance.

He will also be contending for the National Art Education Association awards scheduled for March in New York City.

He has several mural paintings around the metro and roughly 700 in the state of Oklahoma.

Some locations include the water canal in Bricktown, EK

Gaylord Blvd., the State Capital, and Will Rogers Airport. The timeline of Oklahoma, measuring two and a half blocks on the Santa Fe Railroad wall, is one of the biggest murals he has painted. It’s located between Main St. and Sheridan.

“It’s nice to have your colleagues recognize a job well done,” he said.

Palmer came to UCO as an assistant professor in the fall of 1988, then he taught a series of oil painting classes and photography. He started teaching mural painting 10 years ago when it was implemented.

He now teaches Senior Exhibition (a senior capstone course), two undergraduate and two graduate level mural painting classes. He also teamteaches a photo course with Dr. Terry Clark. Palmer is looking to revamp the photo program in the near future.

“I consider any talent I have as a gift from God and I like to give back,” he said.

Palmer has always enjoyed painting, starting in residential homes and small busi-

A piece of UCO History

nesses before working his way up to bigger assignments.

Palmer mostly specializes in mural painting, receiving several awards for his projects scattered throughout the world. He also completed a few international projects in Mexico, Canada, and Macedonia. He hopes to return to Mexico in the future to create another mural project.

Palmer said he uses old photographs to vision his designs. He said he learns a lot about the community and the culture whenever he prepares for his next project.

His projects and efforts don’t just involve him however.

“What I do is a group effort,” Palmer said. “It’s not just me.

I’ve been given the award, but it’s really a group award.”

On almost every mural he designs, he works with a group of students. The murals on campus always involve his beginning students. His advanced students get paid for their work, while assisting him on bigger projects designed by his business, Palmer Studios, Inc. “We’re [UCO] a good training ground for a lot of these

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

"Art educator of the year" Dr. Bob Palmer stands in front of his mural painting during open night of "The Big Picture." students,” he said. “The students have done really well. They stay busy every other weekend.”

He believes art students don’t need to leave Oklahoma to find work. He said there are a lot of opportunities for students like working on theatre sets and large-scale paintings.

Norman history, detailing street scenes, early football and the first business established in Norman. He is also writing a painting textbook.

Steve Reckinger can be reached at sreckinger@thevistaonline.com.

UCO Hockey

'The Last Kiss'

See pg. 3

“The Big Picture,” Palmer and his students’ art exhibit, is displayed on the third floor of the Nigh University Center through October.

His next projects consist of three murals in downtown Norman. The painting will cover 100 years of

See pg. 4

See Sports pg. 10

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Opinion

September 28, 2006

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Teddy Burch, Editor in Chief Steven Reckinger Copy Editor Desiree Treeby, Copy Editor

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Matt Caban, Sports Editor Tiffany Batdorf, Sports Writer

Adviser Mark Zimmerman

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DID YOU KNOW THAT...

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.

ed to people who have recently eaten bananas.

A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.

Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

A grasshopper needs a minimum temperature of 62 degrees Fahrenheit in order to be able to hop.

Rutherford Hayes became U.S. President by one vote.

A soccer ball has 32 panels.

A two-inch garden hose will carry four times as much water as a one-inch hose. er

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Our nervous system transmits messages at up to 300 ft. per second.

Penguins are not found in the North Pole.

President Lincoln proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1863.

Q is the only letter that does not appear in the names of any state of the Unites States.

Research mosquitoes

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Samuel Clemens [AKA Mark Twain] was born in 1835 when Haley’s Comet came into view.

When he died in 1910, Haley’s Comet came into view again.

Strength is the longest english word with only one vowel.

Tallahassee, FL was the only southern capital east of the Mississippi not captured during the U.S. Civil War. The first personal computer, theApple II, went on sale in 1977.

The average flea can jump up to 350 times its own length.

To match that a human would have to jump 1,000 feet.

The average life expectancy of a toilet is 50 years.

in the South in the 1790s.

The computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey as a tongue-incheek reference to IBM. The name was derived from the fact that the letters H-A-L precede the letters I-B-M in the alphabet.

"Fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." In the United States, "two weeks" is more commonly used.

"Hang on Snoopy" is the official rock song of Ohio.

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beaver's teeth stop growing.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times in one second or over 5000 times a minute.

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the most common job in the United States in the 1890s was a farmer. Today, it’s a salesman.

The banjo is America’s only true native musical instrument. It was first developed

letter to the editor

A Different Brand Of Ignorance It seems this author is trying to support his view that if we just had more “knowledge” and “discipline” then we would truly understand freedom

I’ve spent the last several minutes reading and re-reading an editorial which was published in the September 14th issue of The Vista. It was entitled, “Epistemology validates knowledge.” The title itself is somewhat of an oxymoron: “A theory of how we know things validates what we know”? Besides being, in my opinion, a very poorly written and confusing article, it is also subtly arrogant to anyone who disagrees with the writer’s opinion.

It seems this author is trying to support his view that if we just had more “knowledge” and “discipline” then we would truly understand freedom, and things like steroids, terrorism, and racism would simply go away. “If all you ignorant people would just educate yourselves you would be better Americans.”

He says, “education and knowledge is something that was given and created for everyone to attain.” What about those who have limited, or no, access to this knowledge? Are they automatically exempt from these “freedoms”?

This article leaves me wondering. What

about the “freedoms” that were abused when we stole this land from its native peoples? What makes our concept of freedom any better than any other country’s?

And, what about “technology’s advances” which cause more harm than good, those things which rarely come out in pop media, but which occur every day in certain parts of the world? What about the spread of harmful information through the invention of the printing press?

Are the demon children of the Enlightenment (modern epistemology and industrialization) really the cures to everything “We are not okay with”?

Rob Davis Sophomore Graphic Design major­­ [Editor's note: The basis for the editorial was written from the statement, "There is no freedom without discipline."

CAMPUS QUOTES: Compiled and photographed by Alex Gambill and Travis Marak

"Where would you like to live in after graduation?"

"I'd want to go back to the Bay area of San Francisco. Maybe after I graduate I can afford it"

"Probably Oklahoma because all of my family is here and I want to live as close to them as possible."

"Broken Arrow because it is a good place to raise kids."

Kory Oswald

Lauren Harrison

Aurielle Hairston

Undecided, Sophomore

Interior Design, Freshman

Nursing, Sophomore

"I would party in London then go back to Mauritius, the beach, the girls the parties. It's a tropical island, what do you expect?"

Kenny Rajiah International Business Sophomore

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Richard Thatcher, UCO's first president

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Richard Thatcher's Civil War enlistment portrait at age 15 in 1861. Thatcher was a drummer boy for the Union Army's 111th Infantry.

Richard Thatcher's tombstone claims he lived a year longer that his documented death.

Thatcher, who served as first president of the Territorial Normal School, died in November 1909 according to historical documents. His gravestone, however, claims he died in 1910.

The president of the Territorial Normal School, now known as the University of Central Oklahoma, was on as much of America’s colorful history exploded.

Thatcher ran away at the age of 15 to become a drummer for the 111th Infantry of the Union Army. The young drummer boy served with Gen. William Sherman’s Army as it captured Atlanta.

But he was taken prisoner by Confederate forces before he could take part in Sherman’s famous “march to the sea,” in which the general’s army burned everything from Georgia’s capital city east to the seaside community of Savannah.

While in a Confederate prison camp, Thatcher befriended Boston Corbett, the man who would kill President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin.

Before coming to Edmond, he also worked as a census bureau clerk in Washington, D.C. Thatcher bought the Central Hotel on First Street shortly after being appointed to the Territorial Normal School.

His wife, Melissa Deford Thatcher, the sister

Richard Thatcher, first president of the Territorial Normal School, in 1891

of prominent Edmond merchant, C.H. DeFord, managed the hotel. Mrs. Thatcher was the first president of Edmond’s Methodist Ladies Aid Society as well.

When he arrived in 1891, Thatcher was the president of nothing. The Territorial Normal School had yet been built.

His first class of 25 students met in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Broadway and Hurd.

Classes first met in the still unfinished Normal Building, now known as Old North, until 1893.

1890 Moved to Edmond and purchased Central Hotel, received appointment to work in census Office in Washington, D.C.

1891 Returned to Edmond in the Autumn, October 1. Appointed "Principal" of the Territorial Normal School by the Board of Education

1893 Resigned at the end of the 1892-1893 school year but continued on the faculty of the Territorial Normal School

1893 George W. Winans replaced Thatcher as President

1894 Principal of the Edmond Schools for the 1894-1895 school year while continuing to teach at the Territorial Normal School

1902 Thatcher began the school of Geometry, Trigonometry and Astronomy.

1909-1910 Emeritus, Professor of Mathematics and the McKendree College

1909 Thatcher's last public appearance was at the Normal school's graduation ceremony where he handed out diplomas.

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'The Last Kiss' a good movie for the weekend

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Actor Zach Braff poses in Toronto, Sept. 9, 2006. Braff is attending the Toronto Film Festival and the screening of his film, "The Last Kiss."

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer Written by Oscar-winning “Crash” scribe Paul Haggis, and directed by TV drama helmer Tony Goldwyn, “The Last Kiss” is an emotional cross-section of love and lovers ranging from a spunky college sophomore to a post-menopausal grandma-tobe, and everything in between.

If your goal is to start a lasting relationship with someone, being friends with Michael (Zach Braff, “Garden State”) is two strikes against you. Everyone he knows is either going through a breakup, starting a breakup or is about to start a breakup, and the temptation Michael faces as he enters an early midlife crisis may bring the AntiCupid to his doorstep as well.

The news of his girlfriend

Jenna’s (Jacinda Barrett) accidental pregnancy focuses 29year-old Michael’s immaturity and fear of commitment into a need to escape that’s impossible for him to ignore. When he meets a 'hot' undergrad (“The O.C.’s” Rachel Bilson) at a friend’s wedding, Michael has a chance to play like a good monkey, getting a firm grasp on the next branch before he lets go of the one he’s on.

Whether or not he takes that chance is a main point of the central storyline, which is tangled up in somewhat unrelated yet interesting side stories featuring Jenna’s parents, Michael’s loser friends and their doomed romances. Too bad the title “Love Stinks” was already taken.

The tale of Jenna’s mom and dad could have been a decent movie on its own, though it probably would have gotten

Nishizawa, marketing junior and president of WISH. “I saw some articles on the web, and people who live in New Orleans are still suffering from damages. So, I decided to build WISH team,” he said.

The unofficial student organization was formed earlier this month by Nishizawa and other Japanese international students after they heard about New Orleans’

ongoing reconstruction.

Nishizawa said 34 students have signed up for the project, and they have room for five more.

WISH will charter a bus for the trip, and once the students arrive, they will deliver the money they raise, visit elementary schools, clean houses destroyed by water damage and build a new one.

Each participating student

will pay $100 to help cover travel expenses, and they are trying to get sponsorships from UCO and local businesses.

They will place donation boxes in the Nigh University Center “as soon as possible,” said Takahiro Seo, elementary education junior.

Those who give money will receive discounts at Flatire Burger or a pound of Starbucks coffee while sup-

boring and had no appeal to anyone under 40. Tom Wilkinson (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) and Blythe Danner (“Meet the Parents”) are both magnificent in their roles, and the brief appearance

by Harold Ramis (writer of “Animal House,” “Caddyshack” and “Ghostbusters”) as a partner in long-ago infidelity gives the casting director even more cred.

Most people don’t seem to realize “The Last Kiss” is not a “Garden State” follow-up. It’s a remake of a 2001 Italian film and it wasn’t written or directed by star Braff, though he admits that he tweaked the dialogue.

Braff’s “Garden State” was a fluke. Nobody thought the guy from “Scrubs” had such an amazing movie brewing under that green smock and stethoscope, and now that Braff has achieved god-status among the collegeaged hipster crowd, word of his attachment to “The Last Kiss” is perhaps a better marketing tool than a fleet of billboards or a trailer in a perpetual loop projected onto the clouds over every American college town.

The mistake is easy to make.

Both films are very character-driven and deal with family struggles and problems many of us face when we try to “grow up,” or suddenly realize we have to. They also share a couple cast members in Braff and Michael Weston, who plays a slacker friend in both movies. The much talkedabout soundtrack is supposedly as good as “Garden State’s,” though I would say not quite. It uses too many songs that most

have heard before, including Snow Patrol’s “Chocolate” and Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek.”

The “Garden State” soundtrack was special because it was almost all unknown music--secret gems mined from far away places to spice an artful movie to taste.

“The Last Kiss’s” soundtrack is worth a listen if you haven’t already raided your music snob friend’s iTunes library, and worth a buy if neither of those bands just mentioned rang a bell.

Since comparisons between “The Last Kiss” and “Garden State” are unavoidable, it must be said that much of “Garden State’s” quirky lovability is missing in “The Last Kiss.” It’s replaced by a heavy introspection on practically everything that can go wrong with a relationship.

Its main fault is it tries to pack too many plot threads into less than two hours. After a while they just become white noise. It’s hard to feel for characters when you’re so emotionally hyper-extended you feel like your tears for these characters have been wrung into a halfdozen little shot glasses, and you’re not filling any of them up.

“The Last Kiss” is probably a better bet than anything else that’s showing this week, unless you just like to watch people get hit in the nuts. In that case, go see the new “Jackass” movie.

**** Nathan Winfrey can be reached at nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com.

***** Ditch class and go see it right now. **** Catch it on a boring Tuesday night. *** Rent it and make your friends pay for it. ** Avoid it like a psycho ex. * Worse than a round of rabies shots.

UCO students to help New Orleans with relief effort

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer Worldwide International Student Help will take more than 30 UCO students to New Orleans Oct. 18 through 22 to help with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, and more seats are available.

“In New Orleans, they still need our help,” said Shun

plies last, Nishizawa said. they will get their friends in “I’ll go back to Japan next Japan to send money, clothes year, and I’d like to have and blankets, Nishizawa said. many experiences here. This He said if the Volunteer is a good opportunity for me. I Center keeps them updatwould like to be a big help for ed on other programs, they New Orleans people,” Seo said. will join those as well.

After this trip, WISH plans to continue helping those affected

by Katrina, as well as people in need who are in other places. Nathan Winfrey can be reached at Since most WISH mem- nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com. bers are Japanese students,

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Connecting students from the start UCO’s Central S.T.A.F. (Students Today, Alumni Forever) has increased from about 500 members to 800 members this semester, and students are still able to join.

“Central S.T.A.F. was created as a way to get students connected with the alumni association from the start of their college careers,” said Juliane Morgan, the special events coordinator of Alumni Relations.

“We really found our niche the last two years…we really tried to take into account what our members want.”

According to Morgan, they

sent email evaluations and called students to find out what they needed to change and wanted from the program. From the students they learned that a majority did not like their logo and they also increased their online membership and sent out information to parents of incoming freshmen.

“Before Central S.T.A.F., students graduated and we sent information about the Alumni Association and that was the first time they ever heard of us, so we wanted to get them connected,” Moore said.

This is the third year Central S.T.A.F. is implementing programs throughout the semester to be more involved with the student body.

The membership fee is $15

and students gets a T-shirt and discount card to many businesses in the Edmond/Oklahoma City area and other national businesses like 10 percent off at Thompson’s or up to 50 percent off at the Edmond Kinko’s n 2nd Street. There are also prize days during the year.

Students have found that there are great benefits to joining Central S.T.A.F. “I joined Central S.T.A.F. because I wanted to have be linked with UCO for years to come,” said D’Amber Desmuke, an interpersonal communication senior. “They have fun events that give students a chance to participate and interact with the alumni staff and other members.”

Moore said there are several

events that Central S.T.A.F. has coordinated for their members.

S.T.A.F. prize days are on Oct. 26, and Nov. 14 this semester, and Feb. 12, March 30 and April 18, next semester. Members who wear their Central S.T.A.F. T-shirt and are seen by someone from the alumni association on campus on these days, will win anything from a Central S.T.A.F. T-shirt to UCO flip-flops.

On Oct. 14, members can sign up at the Alumni tailgate table and register to win an undisclosed prize, before a home football game.

During finals week, they will have “Procrastination Station” where members can stop by tables in various buildings and pick up scantrons, pencils,

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granola bars, and stress balls.

“The benefits, hopefully, will be in the future when [students] graduate and are Alumni association members and not collegiate members,” Morgan said.

“Overall we just want to have a relationship with the students.”

To join Central S.T.A.F., stop by the Alumni house at 320 E. Hurd (south of Thompson’s Bookstore), register online at www.ucok.edu/ alumni/sentralstaf or for more information call 974-2421.

Divona Phillips can be reached at dphillips@thevistaonline.com.

Campus Announcements Extension on last day to drop a class Students may now drop courses on the web until the last day to drop a class, so long as it does not involve a complete withdrawal (last enrolled class).

- Fall Semester In person: Nov. 3 by 5 p.m.

Via the web: Nov 5 by midnight - Fall Block 2 In person: Nov. 27 by 6 p.m.

Via the web: Nov. 27 by midnight

Passport to Egypt Five films over the course of four days Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 1 Admission for students with I.D. $5 per film

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Passport to Egypt “Kings and Commoners: A Forensic Examination of King Tut” Oct. 2 @ 7:30 p.m.

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Pavilion by Broncho Lake $5 buys Indian taco, dessert and drink Alpha Phi Sigma (Criminal Justice Honor Society) Terrorism Roundtable Discussion Sept. 28 @ 4 p.m.

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Constitution Hall Moroccan Student Association (MSA) w/ Muslim Student Association and Pakistani Student Association The holy month of Ramadan celebration Banquet Oct. 1 @ 6:30 p.m.

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IRAQ from page 1 ny prior to the invasion.

Nantze believes that Iraqi people enjoy freedom, but are scared of the responsibilities that come with it.

Working on security, convoy missions and humanitarian operations Sgt. 1st Class Jerry Fallin, UCO ROTC, was in Iraq from January 2004 through February 2005.

“Our battalion helped to rebuild some of the neighborhoods and schools and pulling security for the engineering units,” he said.

He said that the world we live in is not perfect and prediction of future event is hard to anticipate.

“I think we did not expecte as large resistance from the insurgence coming from outside of Iraq,” Fallin said.

The negative influence among Iraqis comes from outside sources.

It is hard to control open area.

There is no law enforcement to control border security, he said.

“There is nothing to control what comes across the border,” Fallin said.

Only source of intelligence is the satellite images and tracking devices.

Fallin said that security is not a problem at the same time everywhere in Iraq. Whenever U.S. military forces leave an area, then violence becomes present.

“Iraqi soldiers have been trained, they are sincere

about their job, and they want to take control over their country,” Fallin said.

He said that more than half the people there want to be successful, but extremists with civil war intentions disturb the order.

Falliin believes that the insurgence’s purpose in Iraq is to cause civil war and violence.

“It is hard for me to understand why someone would want to destroy pipelines, schools and anything that helps the people of Iraq,” Fallin said.

Capt. Robert Trzinski, from U.S. Marine Corps, was in various regions in Iraq, performing numerous combat operations for seven months.

He has different opinion about the media coverage.

“From my observation the media headquarters are in Baghdad, which has serious security problems,” Trzinski said.

“Report what you are told” is how he described the media attitude.

“Sectarian violence, without a doubt, is the third party initiative,” he said. “A lot of what I saw was foreign fighters doing their thing.”

The media does not present an accurate picture, Trzinski said.

“I saw Afghanistan and Iraq,” he said. “We cannot cover everything, we do not have the resources.”

Trzinski agrees that violence among Iraqis is a big problem and is one of the major reasons for the security chaos.

For him the U.S. military was not well prepared on the post war phase.

“We were not cul-

turally ready," he said.

“People have no prospective of what is out there,” Trzinski said.

For him, the public needs to understand that it is better to keep the fight there, and not on the streets of the American cities.

“It is unrealistic that we will completely pull out of there,” Trzinski said.

Dr. Louis Furmanski, UCO political science professor believes that the neighboring states of Iraq need to be brought to the table of negotiations.

“They could stabilize the area,” he said.

Most Iraqis do not want U.S. soldiers in Iraq anymore, Furmanski said.

“I am sure some local people are very pleased to have U.S. soldiers, but not where the insurgency is a continuing problem. I would imagine that the public opinion is less sympathetic,” Furmanski said.

He believes that there is increase of the opposition of the U.S. intervention in Iraq.

“Most people think that if collision forces withdraw Iraq will deteriorate to a civil war,” Furmanski said.

He said that the administration could go into Iraq remove Saddam Hussein and leave in relatively short time.

“The administration was not commited to a long post war process,” Furmanski said.

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wasn’t in pain, Steele was taken to the Edmond Medical Center for precautionary reasons, where EMC staff cleared him.

Edmond police said Steele would most likely not face jail time, although he will be ordered to pay a fine and court costs.

STEELE from page 1 arms around my torso, in what I believed was an effort to take me to the ground.”

After a brief struggle, Steele was placed in neck restraint and subdued.

Although he didn’t loose consciousness during the scuffle and told police he

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Edmond cops are tough

by Desiree Treeby Staff Writer “Edmond cops are too strict,” and “They’re being ridiculous,” are complaints of many UCO students. Almost every weekend the Edmond Police Department officers break up parties and small social gatherings.

At a nearby campus party, a UCO student was handcuffed and released after the officer found out he was 21. The junior business management major said the officer had no reason to put him in cuffs, and he tried to explain he was of legal drinking age. It wasn’t until another officer came to the scene that he was released.

“They’re going into parties and houses without warrants,” a senior business student said.

“It seems like the PD are just trying to get people.” At that party, the cops made the host cry because they handcuffed her

after intruding into the backyard.

Some students were told to move their vehicles after the officers learned they were drinking at the party. The student told the officer he refused to move his car because the officer would have a reason to arrest him. The officer responded, “Wow, you’re pretty smart.”

“I understand that Edmond is a nice community, but you got to give a little,” said the business senior.

The EPD officers said they try to identify problems and address them.

Officer Jon Cramer said handcuffs are to restrain, calm people down or they can be used for the officer’s safety. He said those are some reasons the UCO students were probably restrained.

“We’re just diligent,” Cramer said.

“Most of the time, there’s a third party complaint.

“We have to follow up on complaints we receive.”

Many of the complaints are for loud noise from music or people, and or cars parked illegally.

“Unfortunately, underage drinking is a big problem,” Cramer said.

Considering the average age of college students, he figures that at least 50 percent are underage. “Those are some of the things we look for, and when there’s a keg out front, that’s a clue there might be a problem.

“It’s tough to be discreet.”

During Greek Week the EPD received a fax asking the department to be more tolerant of them breaking the law, Cramer said.

Citizens tell us where the problem is. We don’t just go to a party to break it up, Cramer said.

“They need to be asking neighbors around them,” he said.

“They aren’t bothering us, they’re bothering their neighbors.”

Desiree Treeby can be reached at dtreeby@thevistaonline.com.

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At noon, smells of smoked barbeque filled the air, while televisions displayed Saturday football games across the nation, all compacted into the tailgaters’ tents in Norman before the 6 p.m. OU game.

At the game there was a red ocean, waves of white mini pompoms ruffling in the breeze. The crowd of students, teachers, alumni, parents and grandparents stood proudly watching the first few minutes. During the punt returns, the red masses lift their arms into the sky, index fingers extended, almost like a cult of crazed football fans.

Watching blue blood shed was not a pretty sight during the 59-0 massacre against Middle Tennessee State University in front of the almost 85,000 mass of OU football fans.

This was my first OU football game, as well as experiencing the before and after tailgating. Grills the size of trailers, giant flat-screen televisions and all the drinks an on-looker could want are set up along the stadium’s streets.

I also learned you can haggle parking spaces that range from $5 to a ridiculous $20, but fans

pay it. I paid $5 for a $10 spot.

Across the nation, college campuses have die-hard fans who live, breathe and eat for their university team. The fans, including OU’s, often make college football or basketball their life. Here, in Oklahoma, many say, “I’m a Sooner,” or “I’m a Cowboy,” and that is how they identify themselves.

Watching from the grand stands members of the crowd talk about the players, coaches and even the referees as if they personally know them. They talk as if they had a one-onone conversation with Adrian Peterson, or whichever college player before the game, to help mentally prepare the player for each game’s performance. This amazes me.

This thick-red game day atmosphere made my friend, Abby, and I wonder… What is it that makes people have a family loyalty to their favorite team? She dates a University of Kentucky basketball player and said that they cannot go to a restaurant without him signing autograph after autograph for his UK loyal followers.

He is transferring to New York this year to prepare for the

draft. I wonder what kind of a fit UK fans are going to have.

Our theory is that fans want to feel like they’re apart of something greater than what they do for a living. Maybe those who talk about the players as if they have daily conversations, feel like they’re vicariously living through their favorite team or player.

I asked an ex-Broncho football player who is an OSU fan why he stays with the team, even after they have a losing season. He said it’s because you feel like you’re a part of a huge family, an extended group that you all have something in common with.

An OU fan said she has had season tickets for 30 years.

“We’ve been here through thick and thin,” she said. “And it’s something I look forward to every season.”

“We have a need to belong,” UCO psychology professor and chair Dr. Mike Knight said. “It’s an identity thing.”

He explained that fans and people in general have a need to satisfy the subconscious, to belong with a group. In past years we had identity groups, to say ‘I’m a Navajo.’ Now, we don’t have that. Today there are many, many groups we can belong to, but a college team can narrow down to which we belong.

In Oklahoma we have bedlam. As a Kansan, we have “A House Divided,” to which I will forever remain a proud fan, bleeding red and blue. I’m a Jayhawk.

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Night prowler terrorizes Alpha Gamma Delta house

by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer An unidentified man broke into the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house Sept. 24, giving one of the young women sleeping inside a scare.

According to police reports, the intruder apparently entered the North Jackson Street residence through a window shortly before 10:45 p.m.

A sorority member, whose name has not been released, told police she was asleep in her bed when she noticed the lights in her room being turned on and off. Assuming the commotion was a roommate coming and going, the woman said she initially dismissed the incident.

A few minutes later, according to the police report, a tall black man, possibly wearing a T-shirt, grabbed the woman by the arms and told her several times to “Lay back down.”

Instead of following the man’s commands, the woman screamed out and quickly dialed 911.

The woman’s 911 call has since been featured on local newscasts. A portion of the woman’s plea for help is as follows: “This is 911. What is your problem?” the dispatcher

asked.

“There’s someone here,” the woman said.

“There’s someone there,” the dispatcher said.

“Uh-huh,” the woman said.

“Do you know who it is?” the dispatcher asked.

“No!” the woman replied.

“Is he in your house?” the dispatcher asked.

“Yes.” “How did he get in?” the dispatcher asked.

“I don’t know,” the woman replied.

By the time Edmond police arrived, the suspect fled through a back door.

A K-9 unit followed a possible scent through an alley north of the residence, but was unable to locate the suspect, the police report said.

Although Edmond police treated the incident as a burglary, nothing was taken from the residence.

Members of Alpha Gamma Delta would not comment on the break-in as of press time.

The Edmond Crimestoppers are offering a $1,000 reward for any information that leads to apprehension of the suspect.

The EC’s office is located at 23 E 1st St or can be reached at 359-4466.

by Vista photographer Kazuo Ogaya

The Alpha Gamma Delta was broken into, Sept 24. An unidentified man fled the scene through a backdoor before police arrived.

Gunman takes hostages in Colorado high school 'Hundreds of students were evacuated in a scene that recalled the horror at Columbine just a short drive away.'

By CHASE SQUIRES Associated Press Writer A gunman walked into the high school in this mountain town Wednesday, fired at least two shots and took six people hostage, authorities said. Hundreds of students were evacuated in a scene that recalled the horror at Columbine just a short drive away.

There were no immediate reports of injuries. Four hostages were released, but two girls remained inside the Platte Canyon High School more than three hours after the gunman arrived, said Jacki Kelley, spokeswoman for the Jefferson County sheriff.

The gunman was believed to be an adult. Kelley did not release his name or identify the hostages, but said the girls were believed to be unharmed.

Authorities sent a bomb squad and SWAT team to the high school.

The evacuation of the high school and a nearby middle school came after a loud noise, said Jan Howard, a secretary to the superintendent of schools.

“I don’t know what the noise was,” she said. She said students were taken to a safe location, but predicted parents would not be able to immediately reach them because the only highway in and out of town had been shut down.

Jefferson County authori-

ties are all too familiar with school attacks: The sheriff’s office handled the 1999 attack at Columbine High School in which two students killed 13 people before taking their own lives.

“I’m just terrified. I’m terrified,” said Sherry Husen, whose son plays on the high school football team and was told not to return to school from his part-time job. “I know so many kids in that school.”

Parents pressed authorities for details but had little information on their children.

Bill Twyford said he received a text message from his 15-year-old son, Billy, a student at the high school, at about 11:30 a.m. It said: “Hey there, there’s a gun hijacking in school right now. I’m fine, bad situation though.”

Twyford said he had not heard from his son since then and was not sure if he was among the hostages.

Students from the two evacuated schools were taken to an elementary school for a head count. Ambulances were parked in the end zone of the school’s football field.

Michael Owens, who has one son at the middle school and another in the high school, said the anxiety was worse because of the memory of Columbine.

“It’s like an earthquake,” he said.

Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was among the students slain at Columbine, said: “Any adult who holds kids hostage is reprehensible.”

AP Photo by David Zalubowski

Unidentified parents walk from a staging area and head to a nearby elementary school in Bailey, Colo. on Sept. 27. A gunman took at least five people hostage at the Platte Canyon High School in this tiny Colorado mountain town Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of students amid reports that several shots had been fired, authorities said.

The schools are in a narrow, winding canyon carved by the South Platte River about 35 miles southwest of Denver. They have an enroll-

ment of about 770 students, with 460 in the high school.

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“We moved up here for the mountain solitude, and I just never thought this would happen in this school, but it happens everywhere,” she said.

Other schools in the area were put in lockdown, meaning students would not be allowed to leave until administrators determined it was safe.

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Getting some ice time

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

UCO Hockey Club goalie Robert Mattison defends a shot from an unidentified teammate during practice Sept. 25. The UCO Hockey Club starts its inagural season against Missouri State, Sept. 29 at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond.

Allen's game is all about defense "It's more about leading my team to success than receiving these honors, but it is a privilege.

Lacie Allen UCO junior

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Junior Lacie Allen hits the ball during a game with Truman State, Sept. 1 in Hamilton Field House. This week Allen was named the Lone Star Conference's Defensive Player of the Week.

by Tiffany Batdorf Sports Writer Lacie Allen was selected for the third time this season as the Lone Star Conference volleyball Defensive Player of the Week.

A season total of 355 digs,

Allen a junior Corporate Communications major feels like she is contributing more as the team’s libero.

Libero is a player specialized in defensive skills. She must wear a contrasting jersey color from his or her teammates and cannot block or attack the ball

when it is entirely above net height. When the ball is not in play, the libero can replace any back-row player, without prior notice to the officials.

This is Allen’s first season as libero, she made the transition from right-side hitter, which she has played since starting in

the seventh grade, Allen said.

“I knew she would do well, she sees the ball well,” Coach Jeff Boyland said. “That’s a gift that not very many people have.”

Allen leads the conference in digs. She averages 5.92 digs per game for all matches and has an average of 6.6 digs in conference matches. Allen is also ranked 20th in the nation for digs, and is 1.25 higher than anyone else in the conference per game.

“I love defense, yeah I have played offense before, but defense is something that I enjoy, it was tough switching at first,” Allen said.

She normally hits and plays on the front row, and now she is on the back row, it is a hard transition for her Boyland said.

“It’s more about leading my team to success than receiving these honors, but it is a privilege,” Allen said.

Boyland said Allen is sixth for digs on UCO’s volleyball all time records, 81 digs away from fifth place. Jenny Anderson set the single season record for UCO in 2005 with 636 digs; Allen is currently at 355 digs with at least 14 matches left in the season.

“She should be first or second this year in digs,” Boyland said. “She had 534 last year in an offensive position.”

Allen has helped her team defend their LSC North Division Champs title, to a 3-0 conference record this season.

Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonline.com.

STREAK from page 10 son and 4-0 in conference play.

The Bronchos will resume play on the road Thursday, Sept.

28 at Southeastern Oklahoma,

and then they travel to Texas A&M Commerce on Saturday, Sept. 30 for more conference play.

Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonline.com.

Golf comes in third

by Tiffany Batdorf Sports Writer Bronchos men’s golf finished third Monday and Tuesday in Northeastern State University Men’s Golf Classic, finishing 16 strokes behind Washburn University.

UCO shot a final-round 298 at the par-71 Muskogee Country Club to complete the two-day, 54-hole tournament.

Washburn University won the 18-team tournament with a score of 866, eight shots ahead of NSU and 16 in front of the Bronchos.

“We lost five seniors last year, so this year is like a reloading season for us,” Coach Jax Johnston said.

“We have two rookies whose futures are very bright.”

Junior All-American Mitch Boles shot a 72 during Tuesday’s final round to finish third in the individual race.

“Mitch, in my opinion, is the best in the country,” Johnston said.

“This was his eighth tournament for UCO, and he has never finished under seventh place.”

Freshman Colby Shrum finished with a 74, while sophomore Cooper Barrick completed the tournament with a 76 along with junior Chance Tatum.

Senior Matt Ellis finished the tournament with an 80.

Johnston said he feels very positive about the team and expects great things out of this young team.

Johnston said there are a few things the team needs to work on to reach their goals.

“We have to do a better job of finishing up the round,” he said. “ The last six holes of the second round, we lost seven par and lost six par during the final round on Tuesday.”

“I’m really encouraged by what I saw in the tournament and am looking for-

by Vista photographer Travis Marak

UCO junior golfer Mitch Boles takes a shot during a spring 2006 tournament. ward to seeing how we will improve,” Johnston said.

The Bronchos play Oct.1 through 3 at the Drury Inn Invitational in Springfield, Mo.

Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonline.com.

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Bronze and blue streak

by Matt Caban Sports Editor The UCO Bronchos are looking to continue the beginning of their winning streak when they play Texas A&MCommerce at 6 p.m. Sept.

30 inside Wantland Stadium.

Currently the 2-2 Bronchos had back-to-back losses, and then beat Angelo State (3024 in triple overtime) and Eastern New Mexico (19-16.)

Like UCO, the TAMU Lions also are coming off their second win of the season, a 14-13 win over Tartleton State. A similarity between the two teams is experience with close games.

Each of the Bronchos’ four games this season was decided by six points or less. Meanwhile, the Lions have had three games decided by three points or less.

The game wasn’t close on the scoreboard when these teams last played with the Bronchos losing on the road as the Lions roared to a 17-3 victory.

This time the UCO offense has two goals of winning and maintaining a balanced offense, said Offensive Coordinator Joe Dickinson.

Dickinson said the Bronchos ran an equal number of running and passing plays in their win over ENMU. “We ran 30 passing plays and 28 rushes last week,” he said.

“The best offenses are those that are balanced with production.”

UCO Defensive Coordinator Steve Patterson said the main difference between the two teams is the number of individual threats they have.

“Last week, the main threat

"[Consistency] is a thing you have to do mentally. The great teams play well consistently."

Steve Patterson UCO Defensive

was the quarterback, but this week averages 240 yards per game. we are facing a team with three “Everyone will have to play guys who can hurt us,” he said. their responsibility,” he said.

Patterson said the players to Although the coaches have look for are running backs Cliff told their players about stats and Edwards and Eddie Moss and strategy, Patterson said the most quarterback Daniel Coleman.

These players have led the Matt Caban can be reached at Lions’ rushing attack that mcaban@thevistaonline.com.

Broncho hockey ready to hit ice

by Vista photographer Travis Marak

Redshirt freshman wide receiver Kendall Hendricks runs after catching a pass in practice Sept. 26.

Cameron stops UCO volleyball win streak

by Tiffany Batdorf Sports Writer Bronchos volleyball suffered its first conference loss three games to one, Tuesday against Cameron University, bringing the Bronchos’ Lone Star Conference North Division winning streak to an end.

Cameron University won 3-1 against the Bronchos to end a 16 match conference winning streak. The Bronchos had a perfect 12-0 conference season in 2005, and started the 2006 conference season winning their first three matches of conference play.

“I was really proud of the heart we had, and how we played,” said Jeff Boyland, UCO's head volleyball coach.

The Bronchos were hoping to have junior Allison Harvey replace an injured Katie Schult.

Schult was benched for last week’s ankle injury. Her replacement, Harvey was injured during practice Monday leaving the Bronchos short two key players.

“We went in with our injuries, had a line-up we had never

used before,” Boyland said.

Freshman Kelsey Reynolds led the Bronchos with 23 kills, while freshman Kristen Wilson had 12 kills and 21 digs and sophomore Kim Iten had 10 kills.

Freshman Meaghan Wedberg keyed the offense by handing out 50 assists and junior Lacie Allen had 27 digs to pace the defense.

Boyland said the Bronchos had beaten Cameron statistically in almost every area, but Cameron blocked better and had a few more aces.

In the first game the Bronchos jumped up on Cameron and won the game. The Bronchos led in the third game by five points, but Cameron came back to get the win.

“Cameron had a good crowd and the atmosphere was great,” Boyland said. “We just couldn’t pull out the win.”

The Bronchos now stand at a season record of 11-6 and 3-1 in the LSC North, while Cameron, conference rivals, improved to 14-1 for the sea

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by Ivo Lupov Sports Writer

A new member of Bronchos' family, UCO hockey team, will play its first season hosting a game against Missouri State University Ice Bears Sept.

29 at 7:30 p.m. and respectively Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the “Arctic Edge” in Edmond.

As a Member of American Collegiate Hockey Association UCO ice skaters will play under the same rules as NCAA. The start of the season with Missouri State will be a challenging game, said UCO hockey general manager, Steve Gordon.

“My expectations for us is to win, but it is not going to be easy,” Gordon said.

The Ice Bears, who have been skating since September 2001 and finished their 2005 season with a record of 25-10-1.

After competing for nearly five seasons, the ultimate goal of the Bears is to reach Division I level.

Gordon said that UCO has very skillful players and speed will be a factor.

Head Coach Craig McAlister, believes in the skills of the new team.

“The kids are ready to play,” McAlister said. The team has been training together since Aug. 21 this year.

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

UCO defenseman Joe Battaglia skates on the open ice during practice Sept. 25. The Bronchos open their season with back-to-back games with Missouri State, Sept. 29-30, at Arctic Edge Ice Arena.

Some of the players are recruited from Illinois, Ohio and Michigan.

CaptainA.J.Alfrey and defenseman Kyle Hirsch, from Illinois, are some of the key players that the head coach will rely on.

“We have a good mix of players,” McAlister said.

Next in the schedule

are Ohio State and Illinois University. On December 8 and 9, UCO will play its state rival Oklahoma University.

A pep rally will start at 7 p.m. on Thursday at East Hall Field.

The purpose of the rally is to give UCO fans the opportunity to meet the hockey players. Pizza, temporary tattoos, pompoms

and goodies will be provided.

Tickets are $5 for UCO students, faculty and staff.

Ivo Lupov can be reached at ilupov@thevistaonline.com.

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