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Would you eat genetically altered food?

Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for a pre-dawn attack.

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MODERN DAY SLAVERY EXISTS ALONG OKLAHOMA’S MAJOR HIGHWAYS Human trafficking is the second largest criminal activity in the world and a $32 billion dollar industry. Oklahoma is caught in between the crime as thousands of women and children are smuggled.

By Jenefar de Leon / Staff Writer As the lights go off and Oklahomans head to bed safely in their homes, millions of children and women are being trafficked through Oklahoma highways.

Oklahoma has become the crossroads of modern day slavery of women and children.

According to the Department of Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2008, the United States is considered the No. 1 destination for sex trafficking and the second largest criminal activity in the world. It is a $32 billion industry.

And the demand for young children and women continues to grow, Mark Elam, coalition director of Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans, said.

O.A.T.H. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increase awareness of human trafficking, to identify victims and work with police department and professionals to service victims in Oklahoma.

“It does happen,” Elam said. “People see it on TV shows like CSI and read it on the news, and people still don’t believe it happens. It is out in the open in countries outside of the United States, but we are in the center of it all.”

Interstate 35 and Interstate 44 in Oklahoma is a center hub for human trafficking to the West and East Coast, Elam said. Victims of the sex trade have to cross highways to reach their next destination including San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Houston and throughout cities in the Midwest.

In 2009, a Tulsa man was charged with conspiracy to traffic women and children, operating out of Houston and in Oklahoma Cities, making it one of the largest child sex trafficking ring in the Southwest region. Many victims have reported they were recruited from Oklahoma City and traveled to truck stops and known prostitution areas in Denver,

Oklahoma City’s FBI Division identified 48 pimps in the state, including 24 that exploited minors. As a result of the case, 16 children were recovered. The children’s average age was 12 years old.

Colo.; Miami, Fla.; and Houston and Dallas, Texas. The same report by the FBI’s Oklahoma City Division conducted in 2004 identified a total of 48 pimps which 24 of them exploited minors. Sixteen children were recovered as a result of the case, many of them as young as 13, according to the FBI Congressional Testimony on June 2005.

“The average age is 12,” Elam said. “And the demand for younger children is increasing.”

Elam said that the media has sexualized children, and “the closest thing to the Barbie is young women.”

Annually, 2.2 million children are trafficked

as reported by the United Nation in 2009, and in the U.S. alone, currently more than one million children are involved in the sex trade.

Elam said due to broken homes and poor inner city communities, young children and teenagers are easy prey for pimps and the sex trade.

“They run away from home,” he said. “They then go to survival mode, and the easiest thing they can trade for food or a ride is sex.”

It takes 48 hours until sex is propositioned to a runaway, and once they act on it for food, a place to sleep or a ride to the next stop, their freedom is lost, Elam said.

Once a pimp or predator takes their trust, they will just “rent” them for the highest bidder a night and continue to “rent” them as many times they can. Elam said for a child under 12, it can cost $1,000 for a night.

Human trafficking is a loss of freedom.

Migrant workers and illegal immigrants are also part of human trafficking. Human trafficking does not always involve sex; it sometimes means forcing someone to work to pay off a debt.

There are many cases of women, children and men who are illegally and legally in the country, but are forced into labor until they pay off the debt they owe to the person that helped them come to the country. Elam said you can see it everywhere; it is common in construction, nail salons, massage parlors, in restaurants and nanny positions.

“You expect everyone to be free,” Elam said. “But you don’t know what they had to go through to be here [U.S.] and the price they paid.”

Elam continues saying that threats are often made and physical abuse occurs to prevent them from escaping.

In 2007, trafficking laws have included U.S. citizens as a result of a large number of American women being trafficked throughout the United States.

Elam said with awareness and demanding stronger laws against the trafficking of women and children will help decrease the crisis.

Currently in Oklahoma state law under Title 10, Chapter 71 Section 7115, it is only a misdemeanor for sexually exploiting a child under 18. Punishment can be a year of imprisonment in a county jail or a fine of $500 or up to $5,000.

Once the existence of trafficking is brought to the spotlight in the United States, it cannot be ignored.

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DID YOU KNOW? A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge and a dime has 118.

By Jack Chancey / Staff Writer In a 3-2 vote last Monday, Edmond City Council approved a five year multi-rate increase that will go to funding capital improvement projects. The rate increase is projected to bring in $163.8 million to fund a water line to Sardis Lake in southeastern Oklahoma.

Larry Steven, city manager of Edmond, said, “It has been a long standing need to accommodate large capital expenditure for the future of Edmond’s water needs.”

According to the Regional Raw Water Study, the capacity of central Oklahoma’s current pipelines will reach capacity. The study also showed that central Oklahoma’s water needs are likely to double by 2060.

Steven said he knows that nobody likes rate increases on anything but that Edmond is still under the state and national median average of water utility rates.

“We tried to be upfront about the increases, by having a workshop and other methods,” Stevens said, “but we do feel it is more appropriate to be proactive for long term solutions.”

Mayor Patrice Douglas and councilman Charles Lamb were the two dissenting voters in water rate recommendation provided by the consulting firm, Camp Dresser and McKee. According to the Edmond Sun, Douglas said, “The problem I have right now is we are in an economy that’s flat, and I am not sure I can sleep at night if we raise rates on possible projects that we think will happen.”

The rate changes are expected to take place in November. A meter fee of $7.19 will replace the

current base charge of $6.25 for 1,000 gallons of wholesale wastewater treatment. The meter fee is set to increase every November for the next five years. November 2011 will see an increase to $8.27, $9.51 in 2012, $10.46 in 2013, and $11.50 in 2014.

To help with estimating the necessary rate increases Edmond commissioned Economists.com to work out a water and wastewater rate study and also a long-term financial plan for the utilities.

According to the Edmond Sun, Fred Rice, superintendent of Edmond Water Resources, said Economists.com identified that in order for the city of Edmond to borrow money needed to secure water rights for the Sardis Lake project, it needs to demonstrate now that it can repay those loans to potential bond makers.

Where the money flows: As Edmond outgrows the supply of Arcadia Lake, the need to find another source will be key.

Sardis Lake, in southeastern Oklahoma, seems to be the answer on every regional city councils short list. The lake is not without issues and concerns though. Tribal land rights, environmental issues and the need for commitment from other cities are all things that need to be worked out before an inch of pipe line is laid. The plan is expected to cost Edmond about $267.9 million.

In the Edmond Sun, Rice said, “Often the right thing to do is not an easy thing to do, and it’s hard for me to come up here and defend this, but I’m fortified by the knowledge that this is the right thing to do.”

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POLITICAL DANCING OLD

By Ryan Costello / Senior Staff Writer Citizens elect representatives.

Representatives are charged with acting in the best interest of citizens.

This give-and-take dance is the bedrock of the American experiment.

Or at least it once was.

In today’s electoral climate, the most basic principles of democracy have been cast aside in favor of the glitz and glamour of a modern campaign.

No longer is the dance between a politician and his or her constituents, but instead a synchronized number involving several politicians, a thesaurus of party-specific buzzwords and the 24-hour news armada.

No longer is the goal of a political career to champion the betterment of a nation, but rather to just get elected. What once were legacies are now little more than résumés.

The back and forth leading up to the Nov. 2 midterm election tells as much. “…there’s an old political adage: All we have got to do is get them to the polls, because a tepid vote counts the same as a wildly enthusiastic vote,” Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Penn.) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Middle ground Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) said the same of the GOP. “I would say that, given the choice between regaining power or obstructing the initiatives that create jobs, that protect the American people, yes, I think gaining power is [the GOP’s] major initiative,” Sanders said.

Some offenses go well beyond words.

Monday, federal officials alleged that a group of four Alabama senators, two Democrats, a Republican, and a Republican-turned-Independent, were accepting, or in some cases demanding bribes, in the form of campaign contributions and voter influence.

The illegal gifts came from local gaming and entertainment businessmen as well as lobbyists in return for the legislators acting specifically for their gain.

“The alleged criminal scheme was astonishing in scope,” U.S. Assistant Attorney General Breuer said. “Indeed, as alleged in the indictment, the defendants’ corrupt conduct infiltrated every layer of the legislative process in the state of Alabama.”

All for the sake of gaining an electoral foothold in the region.

Young politicians, tenacious watchdogs with their morals still intact, should be thought of as more than just pure rookies waiting to be corrupted.

Without ethics, and without a sense of duty, the promises offered to earn a position will never again reflect the results delivered.

Aspiring legislators must hold onto what first sparked their passion, and seek acclaim through their actions, not words.

“Well, I’m not really sure. I would have to taste it first to see how it tasted, sometimes you don’t even know what’s in your food.”

“Well, maybe it depends on how they altered it. If I had to say yes or no, I would say no, I wouldn’t.”

“Yes, because I trust the FDA.”

It is my job to take your soul!

At least you have a job!

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MRS. DEGREE CAN SHORTCHANGE GIRLS IN THEIR HIGHER ED QUEST

By Brittany Dalton / Contributing Writer It may seem to be an antiquated concept: women attending institutes of higher education to pursue not a degree, but a husband.

Does the trend still persist, or have college girls turned their attention solely toward an education?

“I’m in school for public relations, not to find a husband,” Samantha Patterson said.

Patterson is a senior majoring in Public Relations. “If I was in school strictly to find a husband, I would have failed out of UCO by now.”

Patterson believes the notion of attending college to find a husband is outdated and absurd.

“If girls wanted to find husbands, they can look elsewhere. It seems a little ridiculous to me to waste money and time in order to find a husband at school.”

Patterson adds that none of her friends at UCO are more concerned with finding a husband than obtaining a degree. College girls in her opinion are not necessarily ready to structure their lives after college.

“I think most women in college today are concerned with what they are going to do after they graduate, not relating to love but to a career.”

“When it comes to marriage, that is for sure nothing that I’m thinking about, especially being in school,” Patterson said.

In his article “Mrs. Degree Misses the Point,” published in Western Illinois University’s Western Courier, Shawn Fitzpatrick criticizes the idea. Fitzpatrick warns college girls against falling into the trend.

“Ladies, if you’re confused as to what this degree entails or how to obtain it, rest easy, for you have not fallen into the emotional trap of desperation that has taken a hold on

so many.”

Kelsey Fisher, a sophomore majoring in theatre performance, is another college girl opposed to the idea of looking for a husband rather than a degree.

“I personally came to college to make my lifelong dreams come true,” Fisher said.

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Though college can be a fantastic way to meet the person you love, it shouldn’t be the reason you’re here. Be here for you.

Fulfill your fairy tale of becoming somebody you’re proud to be, not the fairy tale June Cleaver exemplified decades ago.”

The Mrs. Degree: a myth or a real-live goal? If it is a real goal for some, then others may suggest that feminism did nothing but kill chivalry.

“The fairy tale I was told as a child wasn’t that of the 1950s, ‘find your Prince Charming and live happily ever after.’ The fairy tale whispered into my ear every day of my life was ‘get your education, study what you love, and become somebody you’re proud of.’”

Fisher has been cast in six UCO theatre productions during her time at UCO, and adds that the students and faculty in her department have fostered in her a further sense of confidence and independence.

“We are all here to throw ourselves into our passion,” Fisher said.

“I’m here to better myself as an actress, to further myself in my education, which will lead me to my ultimate goal.” Fisher hopes

to become a college professor of theatre after she graduates.

Fisher, like Patterson, notes that her friends are not concerned with the notion of finding “Mister Right” in college.

“In my world I haven’t seen, nor can I imagine, a woman coming to a school and paying money for classes or a dorm, or commuting… all to find a man.”

According to Fisher, the gains women have made would be stripped away if this trend were to prove true.

“Women in our society have been fighting for too long to gain equality and respect. I’d hate to see a decline in that fierce pride and independence we all have inside of us.”

Ultimately, college girls who are focused on their career are not opposed to finding a relationship in college. For many, however, it is not their main focus. It is an added perk to the benefits of obtaining a college degree.

Fisher offers a word of advice to not just graduating college girls, but the girls of her generation and those to follow.

“Though college can be a fantastic way to meet the person you love, it shouldn’t be the reason you’re here. Be here for you. Fulfill your fairy tale of becoming somebody you’re proud to be, not the fairy tale June Cleaver exemplified decades ago.”

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FASHION STUDENTS PREP LOCAL CATWALK

By Christie Southern / Contributing Writer UCO fashion marketing students will be hosting the Peacock Walk Fashion Show for Spring Creek Plaza at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7. The show will take place in the lot next to Talbot’s on 15th and Bryant.

Door prizes will be given away during the show’s intermission. Prizes include a dress shirt and tie from Jos A. Banks. The winner will also have a free custom fitting. Other raffle prizes to be given are Rock Louie apparel, two $30 gift cards from New Balance and a Baskin-Robbins gift card. Goodie bags will also be given out prior to the show.

Food will be provided by Panera Bread and Iguana Grill. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. The proceeds from the event will go to the fashion marketing program at UCO. In addition, the students will be donating a portion of the money to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in honor of Breast Cancer awareness month.

The fashion show is put on by the fashion advertising and promotion class every year in order to gain experience and provide publicity to the plaza’s stores.

“While the show is paid for by the plaza, the entirety of the work, planning and creativity is a result of the University of Central Oklahoma’s fashion marketing program,” senior Steffanie Dickerson, photographic arts major and promotions team member said.

In order to pull together the fashion show, the class split into committee groups, each in charge of a different aspect of the production. The committees include promotion, merchandise, models, staging, and music, photography, videography and commentary.

The show is headed by two co-chairs: senior Reagan Prescott, organizational communications major and junior Rocky Cook, purchasing and materials management major.

“This class is very hands on, which is great,” sophomore Brianna Malone, fashion marketing major, said. “I can learn how to fully work with people, how to incorporate other people’s ideas with my own and how to be on

Co-chairpersons Chelsea Wilson, Rocky Cook, Jason Williams, and Reagan Prescott discuss plans for the upcomnig Peacock Walk fashion show at Spring Creek Plaza on Oct. 7.

time and stay productive.”

“I’ve learned that it takes an awesome team of individuals and a great deal of communication to produce such a wonderful show,” Malone said. “I use to dislike working in teams, but working with this team has changed my whole perspective. Everyone is determined, dedicated and ready for success.”

The theme for this year’s Peacock Walk show is Autumn Vogue. A variety of fall clothing lines from the stores will be featured on models on the runway. Participating stores include Artwear, The Loft, Baskin-Robbins, Coldwater Creek, Chico’s, Francesca’s, Jos A. Bank, Lil’ Dudes and Divas, New Balance, Optique Vision, Panera Bread, Pendleton, Pickles and Ice Cream, Salon and Spa at

Spring Creek, Talbot’s and White House Black Market.

“Classic and sophisticated styles are what most of these stores carry,” senior Caitlin Coffey, fashion marketing major and merchandise committee chairman, said. “We will display the fall merchandise which has a lot of bright colors, like teals, reds, and purples.”

“I think that having students produce the entire fashion show is a great way to gain real life experiences and learn how to apply what we learn in class in the professional world,” senior Corinna Feidt, marketing major said.

“Each student in my class has worked very hard to make this show a success and I am so excited to see the result.”

“This event will benefit all of those involved

in raising awareness of Edmond stores, as well as reflect positive light of the hard work of the fashion marketing students at UCO,” Feidt said. “We really hope that many people come out to support us since all proceeds of the show will go to the fashion marketing department.”

The fashion advertising and promotion class will also be putting together another show as part of the Passport to Canada series. The educational fashion show, Passport to Canada: Nature Meets the Streets will take place at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28 by Constitution Hall in the Nigh Center. Food and refreshments will also be available.

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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN IMPLICATED IN NIGERIAN CAR BOMBING

By Bashir Adigun and Jon Gambrell / AP Writers Authorities arrested the chairman of a former military dictator’s presidential campaign Monday in connection with a set of dual car bombings in Nigeria’s capital that killed a dozen people, senior government officials told The Associated Press.

Raymond Dokpesi is the owner of the Africa Independent Television network, which is one of the largest in Africa’s most populous nation.

He also chairs the presidential campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s greatest political threat in the upcoming primary for Nigeria’s ruling party, Ibrahim Babangida.

The allegations against Dokpesi will test whatever political power Jonathan has managed to amass in his five months in office since the death of his predecessor. Dokpesi

has previously accused Jonathan’s supporters of being behind threats to kidnap his family, a charge Jonathan’s office denied.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to reporters, declined to give additional details about Dokpesi’s arrest but said there were clear links between him and a former Nigerian militant who now faces terrorism charges in South Africa in connection with Friday’s bombings. “As we write, his family is worried, and deeply concerned for his safety, health and his well-being,� Babangida’s campaign said in a statement Monday night about Dokpesi’s arrest.

The arrest puts a sudden and clear political turn on the investigation into the bombings that took place during celebrations to mark

MEND, had issued a warning to journalists about an hour before the attacks Friday, telling people to stay away from festivities at Eagle Square in Abuja. One car bomb exploded, drawing police, firefighters and the curious to the street near a federal courthouse. Five minutes later, a second car bomb exploded, apparently intended to target those drawn to the scene.

MEND has destroyed oil pipelines, kidnapped petroleum company workers and fought government troops since 2006. The attack Friday marked the first time it targeted Nigeria’s capital — and came within a 10-minute walk of where the presidents and others attended celebrations marking Nigeria’s 50th anniversary of independence.

Lawyers for ex-MEND leader Okah say he has denied any involvement in the bombings.

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Smoke and debris fill the sky after a car bomb explodes alongside firemen responding to an initial car bomb that had exploded five minutes earlier, in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday.

Two car bombs blew up as Nigeria celebrated, killing at least seven people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected militants from the country’s oil region.

Nigeria’s 50th anniversary of independence from Britain. Nigeria’s main militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying the government had done nothing to end the unceasing poverty in the Niger Delta as the nation receives billions of dollars from oil revenue.

Babangida, a former military dictator from Nigeria’s Muslim north, represents the clearest challenge to Jonathan, a Christian from the nation’s south who assumed the office after President Umaru Yar’Adua, a Muslim from the north, died while in office.

Under an unwritten rule in Nigeria’s ruling party, the presidency is to switch between the two regions, and since Yar’Adua died while still in his first term, some leaders in the north believe their region has another term due to them.

Nigeria’s electoral commission has asked for permission to delay the upcoming presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation by several months, warning that a January poll date wouldn’t give workers enough time to conduct a new voter registration drive.

A government official in Jonathan’s administration with knowledge of the investigation acknowledged the political nature of the allegations. However, the officials said “there are clear links� between Dokpesi and former militant Henry Okah, who is currently jailed in Johannesburg.

However, the official refused to offer details to substantiate the claim, saying the investigation was ongoing.

The Babangida campaign said Dokpesi was “invited� to talk to Nigeria’s State Security Service. It said his mobile phone had rung unanswered since he arrived for questioning on Monday morning.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, also known by the acronym

A supporter of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida carries a poster during a campaign rally to kick off his bid for president in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, Sept. 15. Babangida, a general who took power after a 1985 coup, promised to serve only one four-year term.

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TWO DEAD, SEVEN MISSING IN HUNGARIAN ‘RED SLUDGE’ PHOTO BY LAJOS NAGY

DON’T BE ALARMED IF YOU GET A WEIRD FEELING IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH AFTER EATING A JIMMY JOHN’S GOURMET SANDWICH.

LOVE CAN OFTEN DO THAT. A local resident is helped by firefighters onto the shovel of an excavator in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Rescue services say the reservoir of an alumina plant in western Hungary has burst, flooding several towns including Devecser with red sludge.

From the Associated Press The reservoir of an alumina plant in western Hungary burst on Monday, flooding several towns with towering waves of red sludge.

Two people died, seven were missing and several dozen were injured, rescue services said.

The spill of an estimated 600,000-700,000 cubic meters (yards) of sludge affected seven localities near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Budapest, the capital.

In Devecser, the sludge flooded some 400 homes, and 40 people had to be rescued in the neighboring town of Somlovasarhely. In Kolontar, the rushing sludge reached a height of two meters (6.5 feet).

The sludge, a waste product in aluminum production, contains heavy metals and is toxic if ingested, the National Disaster Management Directorate said.

Some 120 people, including six who were seriously hurt, were treated by medical staff.

Two of the injured were in life threatening condition. The most common injuries caused by the caustic sludge were burns on the skin and eyes, said Jozsef Czirner, the regional res-

cue service director.

The disaster agency said 390 residents had to be temporarily relocated and 110 were rescued from the flooded towns.

In Devecser, the sludge flooded some 400 homes, and 40 people had to be rescued in the neighboring town of Somlovasarhely.

In Kolontar, the rushing sludge reached a height of two meters (6.5 feet).

Army vehicles, two helicopters and some 40 soldiers were sent to assist with rescue efforts, state news wire MTI reported citing the defense ministry.

Police were also investigating the cause of the incident, MTI said.

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NATO TANKERS BURN IN PAKISTAN OPINION LACED AFTER TALIBAN MILITANT ATTACK WITH FACT P H O T O B Y A N J U M N AV E E D

Pakistani fire fighters struggle to extinguish burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, early Monday, Police say suspected militants have attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were en route to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan.

By Zarar Khan / Associated Press The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for U.S. and other NATO forces, left vulnerable on the side of the road after Pakistan shut down a key border crossing.

About a dozen militants peppered the vehicles parked at a truck stop on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad with automatic gunfire. Some 20 trucks went up in flames and four people were killed and seven injured, authorities said.

Hours later, gunmen attacked and burned two other trucks carrying NATO supplies in southwest Pakistan, killing one driver.

Pakistani intelligence officials, meanwhile, said five German militants were believed to have been killed in an American missile strike Monday in the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan region, close to the Afghan border.

Two said the victims were believed to be German citizens in the region for terrorist training. A third said they were believed to be foreigners, but gave no details. The officials spoke anonymously because their agency does not permit its operatives to be named in the media.

There have been four convoy attacks since Pakistan last Thursday shuttered its main border crossing into Afghanistan to NATO supply convoys in apparent reaction to a series of alleged NATO incursions, including a helicopter attack that killed three Pakistani soldiers. Traffic has since been backing up at various points along the route from the southern port city of Karachi to the crossing at Torkham — where scores of trucks remain stranded and vulnerable to attack in the volatile Khyber Pass.

In Brussels, NATO’s Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen apologized to Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for the firing incident, saying it was “unintended” and that he hoped the border crossing would be opened again soon.

“There is a joint investigation under way,” Fogh Rasmussen said. “We will de-

termine what happened, and draw the right lessons.”

Although Pakistan says the Torkham blockade will soon be lifted, the latest attacks and the Taliban threat to launch more assaults seemed certain to raise the stakes in the closure, which has exacerbated tensions between Washington and Islamabad. Convoys crossing from Pakistan bring fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops.

“We are trying our best to protect the places where are vehicles have accumulated, and we are not dispatching any more trucks from Karachi for now,” said Shakir Khan Afridi, president of the Khyber Transport Association, a major umbrella organization representing some 7,000 truckers.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the Islamabad attack in a telephone call to an Associated Press reporter.

Spokesman Azam Tariq said a new wing of the group had been created to strike the convoys and that the attacks “would continue until the supplies are completely stopped.”

Trucks moving supplies from Karachi through Pakistan into Afghanistan make frequent stops along the way for their drivers to rest along the several-day journey, and Islamabad police chief Kalim Imam said it was impossible for police or local authorities to protect them all the time.

“This entire thing is very vulnerable for such attacks,” he said.

About 150 vehicles are backed up at the Torkham border crossing itself, with hundreds more in nearby areas. Torkham lies some 120 miles (200 kilometers) west of Islamabad.

Trucker Kalam Khan, who has been waiting for five days on his flatbed truck with a container of supplies for the U.S. Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, said drivers are in constant fear.

“If vehicles for Afghanistan are not safe in Islamabad, we could be attacked any time,” he said.

There was no immediate claim of re-

sponsibility for Monday’s second attack on the two trucks heading to the Chaman border crossing in the southwest, which has remained open.

Mohammad Hashim, a government official in the in the southwest district of Kalat where the attack took place — about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the region’s main city of Quetta — said two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on the trucks, then torched the vehicles, killing one driver. The unidentified gunmen fled.

One of the trucks was carrying water while it was not yet clear what the other truck’s cargo was, he said.

While NATO and the United States have alternative supply routes into landlocked Afghanistan, the Pakistani ones are the cheapest and most convenient.

Most of the coalition’s non-lethal supplies are transported over Pakistani soil after being unloaded at docks in Karachi. There are some 140,000 international forces currently in Afghanistan.

In addition to the Torkham and Chaman crossings from Pakistan, NATO also receives supplies via the Central Asian states north of Afghanistan.

Afridi said, however, that some trucks on their way to Chaman have also been unable to get through due to the massive flooding in the region — which left millions homeless and destroyed thousands of miles (kilometers) of roads.

“On that route too, container trucks and oil tankers are stopped at different points but not in very large number,” he said.

On Friday, a day after the closure of the Khyber Pass route to NATO and U.S. traffic, there were two attacks on oil tankers headed to the country, one of which was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.

The Pakistani Taliban are the country’s largest militant group. Based in the northwest, it has claimed responsibility for scores of suicide bombings against Pakistani government and security targets, as well as Western ones. The group has ties with the Taliban movement in Afghanistan that is fighting the U.S.backed government there.

Striking the supply line now gains the group more media attention than normal and makes the mission in Afghanistan appear vulnerable.

While attacks on convoys in Pakistan give militants a propaganda victory, coalition officials say they do not result in shortages in Afghanistan. Hundreds of trucks still cross into Afghanistan each day.

Some attacks are believed to be the work of criminals, who can sell much of the vehicles, clothes and other goods they carry. Officials have alleged truck owners may be behind some of the incidents, perhaps to claim insurance fraudulently.

On Sunday, Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, said the border crossing would be soon reopened.

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A.J. BLACK I think it is safe to say that no one is ever all right or all wrong, but the aphorism is that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Now, I don’t wear a watch, but if I did, I would keep it set fifteen minutes fast. That way, I could live in the future and possibly trick myself into being on time, but as of right now, I don’t necessarily need a clock to tell me when it’s time to rock.

Waking up early in the morning is no fun, because that is the best time of day to just lie around and get lost in the covers and struggle to hold onto your dreams. If you have someone to snuggle next to, it is also the best time to call in sick for work or ditch class and give each other massages in bed instead.

Now, I have never been accused of being religious, but I like the idea of Sunday being the day of rest because even God needed a break, and that is very comforting.

In fact, we all have commitments and due dates and probably spread ourselves out too thin. However, if we agree to something, then I guess we should follow through with it, even if we would rather sleep in and snuggle.

Speaking of commitments, I ran into an old friend on Facebook a few weeks back, and in a moment of nostalgia, somehow agreed to attend a Sunday service at a Pentecostal mega church. I took it as a sign when I arrived and managed to neither be smited nor spontaneously combust in the parking lot, so I walked right through the double-doors and grabbed an aisle seat toward the front and near the middle and then waited for the show to begin.

After shaking hands with nearly a hundred people and in desperate need of hand sanitizer, I relaxed in the sparsely cushioned pew and attentively sat and sipped on complimentary hot coffee for thirty minutes as the congregation uniformly stood and danced around while singing along with the Contemporary Christian house rock band.

Just I was beginning to fade, an old man energetically approached the podium. The spry, fleshy, and decadently dressed speaker took to the pulpit and adjusted his spectacles. He then proceeded to lower his hands in a meticulously slow and dramatic fashion, signaling his followers to take their seat. With a booming voice and absolute complete command of the English language he delivered a message that I will humbly try to relay to you in a more secular way.

“The world needs a real genuine hero,” he exclaimed.

Someone bold enough to take a stand, because everything in life is fleeting and will eventually fade, but influence and instruction are both exponential and infinite by nature. When you teach someone something or influence them in such a way that impacts their life, then you can never be sure where that lesson ends. In a way, the power of influence and instruction is a way to reach immortality. I would like to take this time to give an amen to teachers.

For the most part, the world is lying to us and trying to sell us something. Tiger Woods may endorse Gillette shaving cream and recommend that we use it too, but I am still not sold that he has our best interests in mind.

The basic idea of making an impact has been around for some time. Gandhi articulated it by challenging people to be the change that they want to see in the world. The point is this: You are somebody’s hero. You have influence. Someone is watching how you live right now. Your singular actions, deeds, and conduct can impact the world.

I will most likely continue to sleep in on Sundays, but I am grateful for the experience. After I left the service, I stood a little taller, smiled a little wider, and relished in the idea of attempting to be one of the world’s last heroes. So, who is watching how you live?

-Light it Up, A.J. Black

PHOTO BY BERTIL ERICSON

Several thousand people demonstrate against racism in Sergel square in central Stockholm, Sweden Monday in a protest against the right-wing Sweden Democrats party taking their new place in the Swedish parliament the same day. The Sweden Democrats won 20 seats in the 349-member Parliament in a Sept. 19 election.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL DWYER

NEWS WITH A FLASH

In this Nov. 17, 2005 file photo, sunlight reflects off the John Hancock Tower onto a statue outside the Boston Public Library in Boston. Real estate tycoon and newspaper publisher Mortimer Zuckerman’s company, Boston Properties, said Monday it has agreed to buy Boston’s tallest skyscraper for $930 million.

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Social Media

WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES WIRE TAP ON SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES

By Cody Bromley / Staff Writer National law enforcement and the president’s advisers are seeking policy changes concerning the ability to monitor criminal and terrorist activity on the Internet The argument put forth by the groups is that the ability they have to wiretap is slipping away as people are using the Internet for communication more the telephones.

Comedian Conan O’Brien made a joke about the proposed changes from his Twitter account.

“The White House is proposing a way to spy on suspects while they’re online. The plan is called ‘Signing them up for Facebook’,” O’Brien said in the tweet.

But Facebook is in fact one of the avenues of data that officials want to be able to get into, along with private messages on Twitter, Skype calls, and other peer-to-peer messaging and social networking sites.

Such a law would not be the first of its kind.

A 1994 law signed by President Clinton called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act already gives federal law enforcement and security agencies some room to work with cellphones and Voice-Over IP telephones.

In the bill’s own words, it says that its purpose is “to amend title 18, United States Code, to make clear a telecommunications carrier’s duty to cooperate in the interception of communications for Law Enforcement purposes, and for other purposes.”

In 1994, while services like Facebook did not exist, a provision was written into the bill

that specifically did not require what it defined as informational sources, the precursors of social networks, to build in governmentmandated surveillance capabilities.

A new bill, which would still have to go through Congress and be signed by the president, would not only rewrite that section of the U.S. Code, but also attempt to speed up the process for obtaining unencrypted copies of data from websites.

Last week, Valerie E. Caproni, general counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told The New York Times that with these proposed changes, they are talking about “lawfully authorized intercepts.”

“We’re not talking expanding authority.

We’re talking about preserving our ability to execute our existing authority in order to protect the public safety and national security.”

The online civil liberties advocate the Electronic Frontier Foundation has a large scrolling banner on the front-page of their Web site with the headline, “Government Seeks Extreme Spying Expansion.”

“Just because the government has the right to conduct searches based on probable cause doesn’t mean society should be forced to pay for and build new infrastructure to grease the rails, or to eliminate services that provide users with strong technical privacy protections for their communications,” Rebecca Jeschke, media relations director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said over e-mail.

“This is like the government mandating that every home and office must be built with a peephole on the outside for government to use, or giving it a skeleton key that works on

National law enforcement and the president’s advisers are seeking policy changes concerning the ability to monitor criminal and terrorists actiity on the Internet.

every lock. “ Additionally, Jeschke said that it is the belief of the EFF that once these new government spying back doors are opened, they will be there for others, not just the government, to exploit.

The implications of the proposed legislative change for UCO students are currently very small. The bill has yet to be come to the floor in either house of the United States Congress, and would still take some time before coming to a vote.

As with any legislative matter, constituents can contact their member of congress by calling their office or mailing a letter informing them of their opinion in support or against a bill. Congresswoman Mary Fallin represents Edmond residents in the House of Representatives, and her congressional office phone number is (202) 225-2132.

Campus Policies

DOCTOR NOTES CAN’T SAVE YOU FROM CLASS Syllabi serve as a contract between the faculty and students. Bronchos should choose wisely when to skip class.

By Brittany Dalton / Staff Writer To ditch, or not to ditch. For many college students, that is the real question. They may be juggling school with work, or they may have relationship troubles. Or maybe just a doctor’s note. In a time where some professors proclaim, “There are no excused absences,” how far will a doctor note go? And at the University of Central Oklahoma, what is the policy on attendance in the individual colleges or departments?

“By university policy we have to have one,” David Nelson explains. Nelson is an Associate Professor of Mass Communication. “It is an expectation of the university, as well as the College of Liberal Arts.”

“The policy on attendance has to be articulated in the syllabus. Essentially, the syllabus serves as a contract between the faculty and the students.”

Students need not fear, however, as attendance policies are generally flexible.

“I give or take depending on personal situations,” Nelson said. “I’m generally understanding of them.”

Nelson notes that there are accepted excuses to miss, such as a divorce, or sick child, or adverse weather conditions. Some students can even miss class when going through a social problem.

“The thing is, young people tend to fold up when they break up. It just tears them apart.

But those students ultimately still have responsibilities.”

In the school of music, one student’s attendance impacts more than just their performance. According to Keith White, director of the school of music, the attendance of one student affects everyone.

“You get in big trouble if you miss, because many of our classes are ensembles. Conductors tend to be very strict, because the absence of one student affects the entire group.”

White believes in flexibility to an extent, however. “There are good reasons to miss. It may not be the student’s fault. It’s when the absence becomes chronic that it becomes a problem.”

White explains that in many courses, all material may come from the textbook. His classes are different, however. “I believe that

if faculty is teaching responsibly, there should be additional material not from the textbook given, to supplement. That would be material that if the student were to miss class, the student would miss out on.”

Some professors, however, believe all material in class is of equal importance. Terry Clark, professor of journalism and director of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, is one of them.

“My classes involve a lot of in-class work.

You will write inside the classroom. If you’re not there, how can you make that up?”

Another way in which attendance is crucial, is the perception it gives professors.

“Employers want to know,” Clark explains.

“If you ask for a reference but you never show up, I won’t recommend you. I’ll tell them, ‘they have a problem with attendance.”

In that way, future employers can use not just grades, but also a student’s attendance to gauge their potential work ethic.

“It’s a huge indicator of how serious you are about where you want to be in life.”

Ultimately, communication with professors could help a student greatly. “Communication is key. Attendance sends a message to your professor, who in turn may be a job reference in future,” Nelson said.

Many students, however, seem to understand the importance of attendance. White, for one, notes the dedication of the students in the School of Music. “In our classes, the students want to be there. They understand the importance of coming to class, and they make every effort to be there.”

Clark explains that dedication can make a world of difference, not just in regard to the student’s grades, but in the eyes of their professors as well.

“We don’t need cookie cutters. We want individuals. We want people who take risks and break rules, okay? We want people with passion.”

College attendance, then, is a two-way street. Students and faculty must reach mutual understanding.

“Sometimes professors don’t put themselves in the same situation, but I think they need to.

We all, students and professors alike, sometimes get caught up in our own little world.”

Dr. Terry Clark, professor of journalis and director of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame discusses the importance of attending class and keeping appointments.

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Feature

MAJOR IN PERSEVERANCE: ONE STUDENT’S JOURNEY TO THE ACM Scott Fleenor, a vocal performance student at the Academy of Contemporary Music in downtown Oklahoma City, struggled through broken bones, broken dreams and obesity before finally hearing his true calling.

By Cody Bromley / Staff Writer “I want to have a good name for the industry,” Scott Fleenor said.

“I was thinking about going by Scott Alan, instead of Scott Fleenor, but a lot of people call me ‘Fleener.’

I always have to tell them it’s ‘fleenor,’ not ‘flee-ner,’” he said.

Still, ‘Fleener’ just seems to stick to people’s minds.

Scott Fleenor is a vocal performance student at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Bricktown.

ACM was not his first choice, but neither was singing. Fleenor sort of fell into both of those, but not before he fell and broke his collarbone as a kid.

In the months before coming to ACM, Fleenor lost a significant amount of weight. Fleenor said that he was always a skinny kid, until one day in elementary school when he broke his collarbone.

“I did sports, I was playing soccer, football. I know you can’t really tell if you’re good at that age, but some kid pushed me down and broke my collarbone on the pavement.”

Fleenor said that his parents recognized that moment as when he started to get bigger.

“I couldn’t do anything when I had a broken collarbone. All I did was sit at home and eat. Whenever I was bored, I would eat. By the time I was in middle school, and a freshman in high school, I was weighing out at 230 pounds, and this when I was five-foot-six.”

During his sophomore and junior years, he grew, but so did his weight. He started to lose weight by running often. He said he lost between 10-15 pounds, and when he graduated high school, he made working out into a better habit.

“When I first started lifting, I hated it. After I got addicted to it, I just got an adrenaline boost.”

He started using an exercise DVD geared towards weight loss and lost 15 pounds that way, but still was not satisfied. When time got close to the end of his first year of college, he found inspiration from his mom who was losing weight.

“I asked her what she was doing, and she said, ‘Counting calories.

That is it. That’s all I’m doing.’”

So Fleenor began to count his calories. He wanted to put himself into the best shape he could be in order to give his music dreams a better chance. That summer, Fleenor said he lost 40 pounds. Fleenor stressed that it was not just calories that did it, but adding counting to his existing workout regimen.

When he started his weight loss goals in high school, Fleenor weighed 240 pounds. Today, he weighs 175 pounds. He said it still amazes him from time to time how much he was able to achieve because it was such a hard journey.

“This was a long process. It takes dedication. There were days that I went to bed hungry, days where I felt like I was going to puke, days where I looked into the mirror thinking I’m never going to get skinny. It’s all about dedication. It’s all about getting up and telling yourself you’re going to do it.”

Fleenor’s perseverance for weight loss coincides with his perseverance for music. The way he got started in music was by choice, but not his choice.

“When I was in eighth grade, I almost got kicked out of school for being a troublemaker. I was almost expelled from school, and my grades started going downhill. My mom thought it would be a good idea for me to take some really easy

Scott Fleenor, sophomore, has found his niche at UCO’s Academy of Contemporary music. The journey has not been easy one, as Fleenor has had to battle his weight and setbacks in his musical career.

gen-ed classes. So she enrolled me in a choir class my freshman year, and I was really mad about that.”

Fleenor said he was scared to sing in front of people, but that it got him out of his comfort zone. In the early weeks of the course, Fleenor’s instructor had him match pitch

practiced his butt off.

“I didn’t have the money to do voice lessons, so whatever he said in class about technique I used that and worked on it at my house.”

After a summer away from school, when Fleenor came back for another year, his choir teacher was

“I couldn’t even learn the lyrics I was so bored. That’s why I tried out for Belmont.”

Someone had told Fleenor about ACM, but at that time, it was only beginning its first year.

“I didn’t want to be the guinea pig.”

“

I couldn’t do anything when I had a broken collarbone. All I did was sit at home and eat. Whenever I was bored, I would eat. By the time I was in middle school, and a freshman in high school, I was weighing out at 230 pounds, and this when I was five-foot-six.” with a piano doing scales, and he had no problem matching.

“A lot of people have a hard time, but it wasn’t hard for me.”

In his second semester, Fleenor met his best friend, a guy named Zavier Hartung. Before coming to Fleenor’s school, Hartung was homeschooled and had a church music background. Hartung was starting to get some of the attention that Fleenor wanted, and the competition drove him to try harder.

Later that year, Fleenor’s choir had tryouts for solos in a performance, and he got the part. Hartung helped Fleenor escape the crowd that led to all his middle school troubles. Fleenor used to hang out with skateboarders, the party crowd and people older than him.

“He got me out of that. He introduced me to God, and took me to his church. Things really started turning around.”

Fleenor’s sophomore year, he tried out for a musical called “The Secret Garden.” One day after tryouts had finished, the stage manager saw Fleenor in a store and told him that he got the lead role. Fleenor excitedly told everyone he could think to tell. But when he checked the list for himself, he saw that it was a different Scott.

“I went to the office and got the add-drop form to quit all my music classes, because that was how discouraged I was.”

Fleenor went to the office of his choir teacher and had a big talk with him about his path.

“This talk changed everything.

I had tears in my eyes. He set me down in his office and said, ‘Look Scott, there is going to be a lot of doors that slam in your face. And you’re going to get a lot more no’s that you’re going to get yes’s. But you have to keep pushing forward.’”

The bottom line is that Fleenor’s choir teacher refused to let him quit. From there, Fleenor said he

blown away. Now that he was back, he had a chance to audition for the Kansas Music Educators Association’s High School Honor Choir. His senior year, Fleenor tried out for a gospel solo, and got the solo along with being a part of the 250 best high school singers in Kansas. For Fleenor, this was a big moment.

During his senior year of high school, Fleenor started looking at places he could go to further his craft. The first stop on his list was Belmont University. He had a friend going out there that offered to pay his way to come try out, so Fleenor took him up on the offer.

“I tried out for the school and ended up getting into the music program, but I didn’t get into the school itself for my ACT score.”

Fleenor said that one person had beaten him out of a spot at the school, based on an academic test, and not by a measure of talent.

“That really got me down. That was before graduation.”

Fleenor got the rejection letter before opening night of a musical review he was in at his school. At that point, he thought he was not going to go to school for signing.

His parents told him that this was just another door closing on him and that he should not give up.

Fleenor said he was sick of hearing their words of comfort, but at the same time he felt like he was given his singing talent for a reason “I ended up going to Friends University my freshman year for vocal performance and music business.”

That year, Fleenor was one of only two freshmen to get roles in the musicals. He started taking vocal lessons as part of his classes, but he felt like what he was being trained on was not interesting to him. The style being taught to him was classical singing style; Fleenor said he was more interested in commercial style.

Fleenor was also uncertain about how “legit” the school was. So he kept with Friends University. He quickly dropped classical music from his schedule to focus on music business, mixing and recoding and theory classes.

Still, he kept hearing about ACM. “So I check it out and found that the president of the school was the manager of The Flaming Lips.”

Fleenor discovered someone going to ACM who was friends with his buddy at Belmont, and started to find out a little more about what the school had to offer. Soon, Fleenor was in touch with ACM Chief Operating Officer Susan Wortham.

“I talked to her and she said the school is really known for its connections.”

Fleenor started really thinking about the school. In his head, he

began having a series of internal pep talks.

“I’m not going to let Belmont get me down. I’m not going to stay in Wichita, Kan., if I’m going to do the music industry. I need to get out there, I need to get a band, I need to start performing more.”

He printed the application, bought some equipment to record a demo for the application and sent it off. When a letter from ACM finally came back, Fleenor said he was excited.

Fleenor does not regret his time at Friends; he said that without the knowledge he got there, he is not sure he would have got into ACM. When Fleenor finally moved down to Edmond to attend ACM, he was thrilled. He said that the first week, he was cautiously looking at everything, but by the second week he knew he was in the right place.

But even when he does get down about his music, he does have one thing to cling to.

“I just think, ‘look how far you came with your weight.’ It took me three years to get where I’m at, and that takes dedication.”

From here, Fleenor wants to grow his relationships with people at ACM. He is already connecting with people who want him to lay vocals on their beats, and groups who want to work and collaborate with him.

In a few years time, Fleenor said he would be okay with his name getting big, just as long as people pronounce it right.

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Art

PROJECT PUTS STUDENTS’ METAL TO THE TEST Using only wire, art students constructed shoes on a five-foot scale as a part of one of their four-week projects.

Each part of the shoe had to be crafted to scale and the project is part of a three-dimensional foundations class.

By Chantal Robatteux / Staff Writer The 3-Dimensional foundations class designed shoes five-feet in length as a core assignment entitled “The Wire-Shoe Design Project.”

Barbara Broadwell, the assistant professor of Sculpture, has been working at UCO for about six years, and she came up with this idea.

“You should take 2-D before you take 3-D, but one of the concepts in 2-D Design, is understanding line and line quality, mark making, what does a line consist of, and all of that is like taking a pen or pencil and working on a 2-D surface.

So now you jump into 3-D, and you take the same concept of a line, but now you’re building and constructing that line in space, which becomes your area of composition,.

So it’s kind of taking the next step.

If I play with line, what is a really good way to play with line? Wire,” Broadwell said.

She added, “The students were only allowed to use wire, but any gauge size wire and a combination of wires. They couldn’t use anything else but wire.”

That sounds difficult by itself, but now imagine having to do this in five-feet length.

She said this was used to help them explore scale. The students had to see what happens to the dynamics of human interaction when they increase an intimate object to a much larger scale.

Broadwell said, “They had to increase the scale to about five foot.

They had to do it proportionally so they also had to see what it meant to if you took the shoe laces, all that stuff had to be expanded, so you had to sit down and logistically

The art building is currently displaying the five-foot scale shoes crafted out of wire. This is about the third year in a row that students have completed this project.

work through and problem solve how to go about the process.”

First, the students made a small version of the shoe to get some experience and to see how to use the wire, and then they started working on their 3rd large project, the 3-D shoe.

Broadwell said that the students learned there was a big difference even though they made the small object; they learned that they are fighting gravity, and weight issues.

They had to look at the diameter, the size, and the scale of the wire to make the skeletal part of the object to be structurally sound.

Broadwell said, “Every art ed, art history, and art studio person has to take this class.”

This project consisted of bring-

ing a shoe to class, then they had to draw the shoe from every angle possible, and then they had to do calculations on the shoe. Broadwell said that the students hopefully got some ideas while doing the drawings of how to start approaching this project in a sense of drawing with the wire.

“If they had a tall shoe, they had to think about the length of the shoe as being five foot, but then they had to make it proportional for the height.

So, we had someone who looked at a cowboy boot, so he has a five-foot long cowboy boot, but then he has to make the tall part correspond,” Broadwell said.

The students usually use bailing wire, which is mostly the black wire; and the students went through

Campus Activities

‘DREAM’ TO BE SCREENED As a part of Mental Health Awareness Week, UCO will be showing ‘Requiem for a Dream’ in effort to help students conceptualize drug abuse struggles.

By Jessica Bruha /Contributing Writer “The movie is pretty intense. It’s an emotionally intense and impactful movie,” Andrea Larabee said, coordinator of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (ADAP) office at UCO. Wednesday, Oct. 6, the ADAP office will be hosting a screening of “Requiem for a Dream” for National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. Concessions for the screening begin at 2:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at 3 p.m. in the Pegasus Theatre. The event is free.

The National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW) is not officially observed until Oct. 17-23. UCO is observing it this week in order to combine it with Mental Health Awareness Week.

The purpose of NCAAW is to bring awareness about alcohol and drug use on campus and to bring awareness to the resources available on campus, through the ADAP office, to students who may be struggling, Larabee said.

“Requiem for a Dream captures the difficulties that occur when individuals use drugs in a recreational way and how that can increase, and get out of control, and what that can lead to. And then the difficulties that individuals encounter when they try to get on the road to recovery,” Larabee said.

“Movie screenings provide students a fictional glimpse into what it is like to cope with mental health symptoms. By it being fictional, it provides them with a canvas in which they want to ask more questions until a picture is drawn that is more relevant to their own lives,” Dr. Tamara Reeves said, Director of the ADAP office.

This movie also provides an example of the multiple routes that sometimes lead to alcohol and drug abuse and the many factors that

maintain the abuse as well Reeves said. After the movie, discussion will follow to give students an opportunity to ask questions. “[It is important] to be able to process the thoughts and emotions that’s being had while they watch the movie and to get a grasp of what information that they got from it,” Larabee said.

Also, if there was anything that was impactful for them in the movie that they need to talk about, the discussion provides them an opportunity to do that she said.

Usually about 20 to 40 students attend the events, but it varies over the years Reeves said.

“Students that have attended in past years have given us very positive feedback from these screenings. Some students have gained insight into their own use and mental health symptoms,” Reeves said.

According to the ADAP website, their purpose is to provide prevention strategies for alcohol and drug abuse on the UCO campus.

“Drugs and alcohol use is highly related to violence that occurs, so the more use of alcohol and drugs that happen within a community, the rate of violence in that community increases as well,” Larabee said. “So we’re wanting to bring that to awareness and to help students find a healthy way if they are going to drink.”

The ADAP wants to teach students and provide them information so that they can engage in alcohol use in a healthy way such as drinking moderately, knowing some of the consequences of drinking and how to be responsible drinkers Larabee said.

They also provide information such as tips on how to decrease alcohol use, particularly binge drinking she said.

approximately five or six bundles of wire.

Mary German, a studio art major, said that her shoe is about five feet tall, two feet high and two feet wide.

German said, “I learned techniques and skills required for using metal and wire as a medium to create form and line in space. It was a difficult project for me because I had never worked with metal before. Clay is what I am familiar with and the medium that I utilize in my work, so it was a new challenge. I am now very interested in metalworking, and I hope to use both metal/wire and clay in conjunction to create mixed media sculpture.”

She said this project was difficult for her at the beginning. “I was trying to manipulate the wire

like I would with clay. After a few unsuccessful attempts, I began to think about the wire differently, it then became a lot of fun. Because I learned what the wire could and couldn’t do it allowed me to create something that was totally unique,” German said.

She said there is about 40 pounds of wire on the shoe, and her husband carried it to Wantland Hall for her.

“Wire was the only material allowed for this project. I used a lot of found wire, from the salvage yard, along with copper wire of varying gauges and steel wire (to construct the frame),” she said.

German added she spent about 30 hours planning, gathering materials and constructing this project.

“Barbara [Broadwell] gave us about a month to complete the shoes, and I used every minute of it,” she said.

German said all the students made shoes. “But I chose a rather difficult shoe because I enjoy a challenge and knew if I could pull it off, my shoe would be amazing,” she said.

Broadwell said that the students have four projects in this semester and each project is four weeks long.

Broadwell has done the “WireShoe” for about the last two years, and prior to it being a shoe, it used to be utensils.

Everyone can go by the Art Building and see the projects.

“We try to set it up whenever the projects are done, so they usually stay up for about two weeks, and then another project of some sort from another class goes up. So whenever [people] come by, there should be something up for them to see,” Broadwell said.

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Study Abroad

BRONCHOS GO INTERNATIONAL The Center for Global Competency offers scholarships to study in Mexico, Europe and the far East PHOTO BY JOSEPH MOORE

By Chantal Robatteux / Staff Writer

There are a lot of international students on UCO’s campus, but Americans have the opportunity to be an international student as well.

The Centre for Global Competency, located in the International Office in the Nigh University Center, takes American students and places them in universities abroad. Those universities then find them host families, or dorms if preferred.

Marco Rodriguez is the coordinator for the Centre for Global Competency (CGC) and he said they have been doing this study abroad program since fall 2008.

He said that scholarships are now available to help students finance their study abroad program.

“We knew that one of the main issues that we had for students not going to study abroad was the financial situation. They had the willingness to go, [and] they wanted to learn a new language […], but then they realized they wouldn’t have any money to actually support the whole program,” Rodriguez said. Marco Rodriguez is the coordinator for the Centre for Global Competency. The CGC office is located in the Nigh Center and offers American students the chance to imHe added that because of this, Academic merse themselves in the international learning experience.

Affairs, under the leadership of Dr. Radke, set a scholarship fund for $25,000. students] and we make a plan of action of The Study Abroad programs are in Mexico, The money will be used for Study Abroad what [they are] going to do in order to earn France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, South Koprograms, as well as Study Tours. this certification. And the second option is for rea, Taiwan, Vietnam and China.

The difference between the two is the Study them to tell us how they are planning to pro“We have one student in Mexico, one stuAbroad program takes a student abroad for mote global learning and the importance of dent in Taiwan, and three in France, and I one semester or two, while Study Tours are studying abroad among the UCO community believe maybe four in internships in South students going in a group with a professor for or off campus,” he said.

Korea,” he said. about two weeks.

Study Tours scholarship applications also Rodriguez said he had about 20 people ap“Anybody who is going can apply and if go through the CGC office because the schol- ply this fall, but only five are going. they meet the requirements [they get the arships are going to come from there.

“And the majority of the reason they didn’t scholarship],” Rodriguez said.

“They have to come through me, they have go, is because of money, so that was the main He said that the requirement is that you are to apply through me, and of course, the com- reason Dr. Radke and Dr. Dunham created going through a program with UCO. munity decides who get the scholarships,” this fund for $25,000,” he said.

“If they are going to study abroad, they Rodriguez said. He explained that the comHe added that this way, they can actually have to actually apply for the program and be munity will be made up of staff from the of- encourage the students to be part of this accepted into the program. If you are going fice, and probably faculty as well.

Study Abroad program. with a professor, you can apply and hopefully He said the cost for the Study Abroad proRodriguez said that other universities offer get it. You have to go through one of the programs differ depending on where you go. Ro- this as well, and that UCO is the newest programs at UCO,” Rodriguez said. driguez said that Europe is going to be more gram.

The students will also have to write an esexpensive than going to Mexico.

“We are kinda new among the major unisay.

“But the scholarship, if a student received versities in Oklahoma; we are the newest, so “In terms of the essay, we give them two opthe scholarship to study abroad, it’s going to we are still developing, so actually I believe tions. The first option is for them to write a be $1,000, if they are going to a Study Tour we’re growing pretty fast, so fast actually that plan of action, in order to achieve the CGC [the scholarship] would be $500,” Rodriguez we can have a scholarship already,” he said.

2020 Certification. So basically, I sit with [the said.

Students also do not have to worry about

not being able to speak the language before going. The students take classes, which are taught in English, and then they take language classes as well.

“So, for example, if they are going to France, they can take business classes taught in English, and French courses, so they can actually communicate with the people when they are over there. Students think they have to know the language before they are going, but we actually have programs that the students are not required to know the language. That’s the main reason they are going, to learn the language wherever they went,” Rodriguez said.

This will help the students grow as a person but also as a professional.

Rodriguez said, “Not only do they learn the second language, but also they are out of their comfort zone, which triggers a transformational learning experience with themselves.

The students know how to be more flexible, how to adapt to new cultures, [a] new environment, how to overcome new challenges, and basically, it leads into a personal growth, and as well as a professional growth.”

He added that is what companies are looking for these days. “[They are looking for] students who have had the intercultural experience because they know that these students are more prepared to actually adapt to the new challenges, [and] the economical changes,” Rodriguez said.

Students are also encouraged to use the intercultural activities which are offered.

“We encourage them to use our Broncho Buddies Program where we pair one international student with one domestic student [and] we encourage them to use the Ignite Program where we pair one American student with one international family,” he said.

He also mentioned that with the CGC Ambassadors, students get the opportunity to welcome delegations from other countries and other universities, provide tours, take them to locations, talk about UCO, and talk about Oklahoma.

“And then, of course, we encourage our students to get the CGC 2020 Global Certification, which basically keeps track of all the international activities that students do.” Rodriguez said.

Scholarship

DEADLINE SOON FOR GLOBAL SCHOLARSHIP

By Emily Davis / Staff Writer In 1990, when Dr. Siegfried Heit became a faculty member at UCO, he introduced the Fulbright Program to other staff members and to the university. Now, UCO has had seven students receive this prestigious grant.

According to the Fulbright student packet, the program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by Sen. J. William Fulbright. The program is designed to increase understanding between people from the United States and people from other countries.

The Fulbright provides students with opportunities to conduct research, study, teach and exchange ideas in an international setting.

“The competition is quite keen, because our students are competing for grants on the national level…that means Harvard graduates, Stanford, University of Texas, OU…,” Heit said.

The way the grant works is students decide what country they would like to travel to, either to teach or to conduct research. Each country that provides a grant has criteria students must meet and also the number of grants that each country provides.

Each country has a quota that they can meet. Fulbright then has national committees that will go through the applicants for the various countries, and they will choose the number required that the country supports.

The number is then doubled in case there are dropouts. Then they send their primary list and alternate list to the host nation and they make the final determination, Heit said.

“So you compete nationally, and then you complete internationally in that host country.

So to receive a Fulbright is probably one of the greatest honors an American student can achieve,” Heit said.

Students can go to countries to teach, and they can also go to conduct research under a well-known professor in the country they choose. Heit said that students do not have to have be English majors to teach English abroad, but that they look for students with a general humanities background, and an English minor helps.

“It helps if students have at least knowledge of the foreign language, it’s not totally required,” Heit said.

In order to obtain a Fulbright grant, several things must happen. Students typically apply in their senior year, since to be able to receive the grant and go abroad, students must have their bachelor’s degree, Heit said.

An attractive resume is important in the process to obtain a Fulbright grant. A good GPA, knowledge of the foreign language, community involvement, and also international experience helps students stand out from the rest, Heit said.

“That application sells you, makes you, or breaks you,” Heit said.

According to the program packet, the grant

typically provides students with round-trip transportation, book and research allowances, and health insurance while in the country, living expenses and housing.

Grant recipients who are teaching also have the opportunity to take classes while abroad, Heit said.

Students that are interesting in applying for the grant can meet with Dr. Heit or Dr. Carrell, who are the co-advisers for the program on campus. The advisers help students with the decision to apply, and the application process, with editing and proofreading applications. All the applications that are turned in to Heit will be sent on to the Fulbright committee.

In the past, UCO has had seven students receive grants. The countries that students traveled to include Germany, Ukraine, France, Austria, Australia and Spain.

“Last year, one of our applicants was named an alternate for Spain, which is an honor in itself,” Heit said.

The deadline to turn in applications is October 12.

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From bronchosports.com

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (Oct. 2) – Central Oklahoma cruised to a pair of three-set sweeps to wrap up play in the two-day Arkansas Tech/ Hampton Inn Invitational here Saturday.

The Bronchos routed Henderson State 25-20, 25-23, 25-21 in their first match of the day before coming back with a 25-16, 25-10, 25-11 thrashing of Arkansas-Monticello.

“We played pretty well in both matches today,” said UCO coach Jeff Boyland, whose team improved to 14-5 on the year. “I was proud of the way we came out focused and ready to play today after last night (a loss to host ATU).”

Zuela Adom had a match-high 14 kills and hit a solid .250 against HSU, though UCO hit just .136 overall while making 21 hitting errors.

Kristen Wilson added nine kills, 13 digs and two service aces, while Alex Richardson had five kills and Ginger Gowen a team-high 17 digs.

The Bronchos overcame an 11-8 deficit in the first set, getting two

kills from Adom in a 6-0 run to take a 14-11 lead en route to winning the opener.

UCO jumped out to a big 8-1 lead in the second set only to see HSU rally to take a 20-17 lead. The Bronchos answered back with a 5-0 spurt to surge in front 22-20 as Carly LeMay had two kills and Wilson an ace.

It was tied 23-all when Richardson and Adom came through with back-to-back kills to give UCO the set and control of the match and the Bronchos went on to complete the sweep.

UCO was in control all the way against UAM, trailing only briefly in the third set in coasting to that easy win.

Wilson had a match-high 11 kills, while Adom added nine and Richardson and Fleming Smurthwaite five apiece. Gowen’s 18 digs led the defense.

The Bronchos return to Lone Star Conference play Thursday at Abilene Christian.

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VOLLEYBALL: SATURDAY SWEEP

Freshman server Fleming Smurthwaite serves the ball in a game in September. Smurthwaite had five kills in UCO’s game against UAM this past weekend.

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SOCCER:OVERTIME DISAPPOINTMENT SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Oct. 3) -- Central Oklahoma couldn’t get its offense untracked and dropped a tough 1-0 decision to Lone Star Conference rival Incarnate Word here Sunday afternoon.

The Bronchos failed to convert 11 shots on goal in the contest and UIW ended the defensive struggle 12:15 into the extra session.

UCO dropped to 5-5 on the year and 1-2 in the league with the loss.

“We had some good chances and just

couldn’t get the ball in the net,” UCO coach Mike Cook said. “It’s a disappointing loss, but we’ve got to put it behind us and keep working hard to get better.”

Goalkeeper Samantha Rusk made a careerhigh 10 saves in the game.

The Bronchos return home Friday to host conference foe East Central at 4 p.m. Friday.

Mid fielder Summer Grantham (2) kicks the ball away from the defense in a September game. The Bronchos lost to Incarnate Word 1-0 in overtime this weekend.

Sports Opinion

MLB PLAYOFFS PREVIEW

By Trey Hunter / Contributing Writer The brackets are set and after a 162-game, marathon of a season, the Major League Baseball playoffs are ready to begin.

Wednesday, the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays will kick off a triple-header of playoff baseball games. The Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies will be the second game followed by the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins.

There is nothing like baseball in October. Like Derek Jeter once said, “The regular season is great, but the playoffs are a whole different animal.”

Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays will host the Texas Rangers in the first round of the MLB playoffs. The Rays won the American League East with a record of 99-66. They are a young team with a lot of firepower. Carl Crawford, B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena are all players with power and are tough outs for any pitcher in the league. The Rays have the best one through three starting pitchers in the American League. Cy Young award candidate, David Price leads the staff along with big game pitchers James Shields and Matt Garza. Closer Rafeal Soriano is one of the best in the league.

The Texas Rangers have a lineup with plenty of power and could have the best postseason pitcher in baseball. Josh Hamilton led the Rangers with an MVP type season after leading the league in batting with a .359 average. He hits in the middle of a very potent lineup with players like Vladimir Guerrero, Michael Young, Nelson Cruz and Ian Kinsler. Cliff Lee might be the most clutch pitcher in baseball. He was unhittable in the 2009 playoffs with the Philadelphia Phillies. Neftali Feliz is a great closer who can throw over 100 miles per hour.

Prediction: Tampa Bay in five games.

New York Yankees @ Minnesota Twins The New York Yankees won the Wild Card with a record of 95-67. The lineup is one of the best in baseball led by MVP candidate, Robinson Cano. Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Texiera all are great hitters and can change a game at any time. C.C. Sabathia leads the Yankees’ pitching staff along with starters A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettite. The bullpen is solid with Joba Chamberlain and Kerry Wood setting up closer Mariano River.

The Twins finished the season with a 94-68 record and won

the A.L. Central. They are led by superstar catcher Joe Mauer.

He leads a lineup full of solid hitters. Delmon Young and future hall of famer Jim Thome have helped Mauer in the middle of the lineup. Young had drove in 112 runs and Thome hit 25 homers, both leading the team. Minnesota had five pitchers finish the season with 10 or more wins, and Carl Pavano led the team with 17. Pavano, Francisco Lirano and Scott Baker will be a touch 1-2-3 combination. Closer Matt Capps had 42 saves and will lead a bullpen that can be shaky at times.

Prediction: New York in four games.

Atlanta Braves @ San Francisco Giants The Atlanta Braves won the N.L. Wild Card with a record of 91-71 and head coach Bobby Cox is coaching his last season.

The lineup is not as strong as other teams in the playoffs, but they get the job done. Omar Infante and Martin Prado each hit over .300 and lead the lineup along with Jason Heyward, Brian McCann and Derek Lee. Atlanta has a very strong pitching staff led by right-hander Tim Hudson. He had 17 wins and finished with an ERA under 3.00. The team also has solid starters with Tommy Hanson, Jair Jurriejens and Derek Lowe.

The bullpen is solid as well with Peter Moylan and Takashi Saito setting up long time closer, Billy Wagner.

The Giants finished the season with a 92-70 record and won the National League West. Their lineup has plenty of power and is led by first baseman Aubrey Huff Juan Uribe who each had over 20 homeruns. Pat Burrell and rookie of the year candidate, Buster Posey also had great seasons to lead the offense.

San Francisco’s pitching staff is one of the best and is led by strikeout king, Tim Lincecum. He finished 16-10 and is joined by starters Barry Zito and Matt Cain in the rotation. Closer Brian Wilson had 48 saves and will be very tough to hit in the playoffs.

Prediction: Atlanta in five games.

Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies The Reds are the biggest surprise in baseball. The came out of nowhere to win the N.L. Central with a record of 91-71.

They are led by MVP candidate first baseman, Joey Votto. He hit .325 with 37 home runs and 113 RBI. The Reds are powerful. Jay Bruce, Drew Stubbs and Scott Rolen each hit over 20 homeruns and will help Votto drive in runs. The pitching

staff is led by veteran Bronson Arroyo. Arroyo had 17 wins in the regular season and be followed in the rotation by Johnny Cueto and Aaron Harang. Aroldis Chapman is the best set up man in baseball. He will set up closer Francisco Cordero who finished the season with 40 saves.

Philadelphia is the favorite in the National League. They won the N.L. West with a record of 97-65. They have the best lineup in the league. They are led by superstars Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmie Rollins. Shane Victirino, Placido Palonco and Jason Werth are great hitters and help protect the superstars in the lineup. They also have the best pitching staff in the N.L. Cy Young candidate, Roy Haliday is joined by Roy Oswalt and Cole Hammels to make up the best 1-2-3 punch in baseball. The only weakness could be the bullpen and they are led by closer Brad Lidge who finished the season with 27 saves.

Prediction: Philadelphia in three games.

American League Championship Series: New York Yankees defeat Tampa Bay Rays in seven games.

National League Championship Series: Philadelphia Phillies defeat Atlanta Braves in six games.

World Series: Philadelphia Philles defeat New York Yankees in six games.

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UCO Football

PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK

BRONCHOS DROP TIGERS 31-28

UCO wide receiver Dolphin Davis (9) follows his blockers past the East Central Tiger defense in Saturday night’s 31-28 comeback win. The Bronchos moved to 2-3 on the season, and head on the road this weekend to play Eastern New Mexico. The Tigers fell to 1-4.

By Michael Collins / Sports Writer After two straight heartbreaking losses, UCO won in exciting fashion against Lone Star Conference foe East Central University.

The first two offensive drives for the Tigers went for touchdowns, the first drive was 59 yards and the other was 60 yards. Both drives ended with John Gaines’ touchdown runs.

For the Bronchos their first two drives went for a grand total of nine yards, on six plays. Both drives ended with punts.

After spotting the Tigers 14 points, the Bronchos finally decided to join the party. After getting the ball back, they went on a nine-play 71-yard drive that took a little less than four minutes off the clock. On the final play of the drive, UCO’s Josh Birmingham punched it in from a yard out to make the score 14-7.

On the Tigers’ next possession,

the Bronchos’ Creadell Pennon intercepted a pass from Tyler Vanderzee and returned it 17 yards to the UCO 37 yard line. The Broncho offense could not capitalize on the mistake, after one first down they were forced to punt the ball away.

The Tigers wasted little time getting their 14-point lead back as Vanderzee hooked up with senior receiver Jason Stephenson for an 82-yard score, which brought the score up to 21-7. But as the Bronchos have all season, they answered.

After trading punts with the Tigers, Ethan Sharp found redshirt freshman running back Tim Branch open for a seven-yard score. Then before the half was over, the Bronchos Randy Stanley picked off Vanderzee, and kicker Chris Robbs booted a 45-yard bomb to make the score 21-17 at the half.

With the exciting finish to the first half, many people were prob-

ably stunned when both teams did what amounted to be nothing.

In terms of offense, that statement could possibly be correct. A total of zero points went on the board in the third quarter. The Bronchos’ Keno Meadows did force another interception by Vanderzee on the Tigers’ first drive of the quarter that saw them marching the ball for what looked like another score.

Up until the final possession of the quarter, the Bronchos amassed just one first down, and looked stymied.

But with their final possession of the quarter, things finally started cooking. The Bronchos gained possession of the ball at their own 20 yard line, and moved the ball all the way down to the ECU 41-yard line before the whistles blew to signal the end of the quarter.

After a drive that saw a good mixture of passing and running plays, the Bronchos took the lead when

Birmingham powered through the ECU for a two-yard score. After trailing for the first three quarters the Bronchos finally grabbed the lead at 24-21. They would later add to their lead when Sharp found Daniel Morrell for a 53-yard score that made the lead 31-21, with only a little over seven minutes to go.

Game over, right? Not so fast. As with the other games in the season, the Bronchos like to keep things interesting. ECU’s Vanderzee led a 13play 69-yard drive, which ended in him tossing his second touchdown of the game. With the lead down to just three, the Broncho faithful had plenty of reason to worry.

After the Bronchos failed to run out the clock, the Tigers had one last shot to try and tie the game up. With only a little over a minute remaining, Vanderzee lead the Tigers down the field far enough to try a game winning field goal

from 45 yards. The kick came up short; game over, right? Of course not. After a 15-yard penalty on the Bronchos for a substitution infraction, the Tigers got another crack at the field goal from 30 yards out.

ECU’s Kicker Matt Berrey pulled the kicked to the left and the Bronchos escaped with a three-point win.

For the game, Birmingham was some what bottled up for the first time this season. He gained 88 yards on 28 carries, but added two big rushing scores. Sharp had another solid game, passing for 268 yards on 25 of 43 passing, with two touchdowns and one interception.

With the win, the Bronchos move to 2-3 on the season, and will travel to Eastern New Mexico State University for their next contest this Saturday.

UCO Hockey

NO. 1 LIONS DOWN NO. 7 BRONCHOS PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK

The No. 1 Lindenwood Lions swept the No. 7 UCO Bronchos this weekend 6-2 on Friday night and 5-1 on Saturday night at Arctic Edge Arena in Edmond.

UCO gave freshman goaltender, Conrad Kersten his first collegiate start in goal on Saturday night. Kersten made 33 saves, including 16 in the second period.

Senior forward Jonathan Cannizzo scored two goals in the series, one each night.

The Bronchos travel to Youngstwn, OH for the ACHA Showcase this weekend.

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