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Near Freedom, Okla, UCO has established a living laboratory in a series of underground caves and creeks on land. ✓ Page 9
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QUOTE OF THE DAY "Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has." — Alphonse Karr
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City Police Department and other state and local agencies. Staff Writer "The focus of the seminar is to give orensic investigators from the any prospective students a chance to Murrah Building bombing and the meet with forensic science professionals, Lockerbie, Scotland plane crash and for current students to be able to speak at UCO's network," said Dr. Fred Forensics Department's Grosz, chemistry lecturer. "The focus of the 25th anniversary, Friday, The all-day event begins April 20. at 9:00 a.m. on the 3rd floor seminar is to give any of the University Center The keynote speaker, FBI Special Agent Richard prospective students and will conclude with a trip to the Oklahoma City A. Marquise, investigated a chance to meet with the 1988 crash of PanAM Memorial. Flight 103. In 1998, he was forensic science Part of the celebration assigned special agent in includes a dedication professionals, and for ceremony for the new charge of the Oklahoma forensic science lab in City office. current students to A panel of forensic Howell Hall. Construction investigators will host a be able to network." began in December and forum discussion focusing cost over $100,000, Grosz on the Murrah Building said. —Dr. Fred Grosz bombing in Oklahoma City. Ticket prices vary chemistry lecturer at Panel speakers include depending on the number UCO law enforcement of activities attended. UCO investigators from the Oklahoma State students may be eligible for Bureau of Investigation, the Drug complimentary tickets. For more Enforcement Agency, the Federal information, contact the Center for Aeronautics Administration, the State Learning and Professional Development Medical Examiners office, the Oklahoma at 974-2543. • • BY BRADLEY PEMBERTON
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In 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by a car-bomb estimated at 5,000 pounds, the worst bombing on U.S. soil. Timothy McVeigh was charged with the terroristic murder of 169 people including 19 children.
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Forensics department hosts FBI agent
Former UCO President George Nigh will join author Bob Burke May 10 when they review Good Guys Wear White Hats , an account of Nigh's life.
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Dr. Fred Grosz, chemistry lecturer, works in the new forensic science lab on campus, which cost over $100,000 to construct.
Marijuana protestors to rally at state capitol BY MICHAEL LARSON
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itizens protesting marijuana prohibition will meet on April 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the state capitol. The fifth annual event titled "4:20," will feature speakers and live bands. "420" is the penal code for marijuana possession. It is also the date that the event will take place. Marijuana prohibition began with the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 [sic], which required those who cultivated or used the drug to pay a $1 annual tax. Importers and manufacturers were required to pay $24 per year. Over time, the bill grew to make marijuana illegal all together. "The drug war is an all-purpose fascism tool," said Jeff Pickens, who helped organize the event and will be speaking. "You don't even have to have a physical trait to b ey discriminated against, you only have to associated with drugs — an association that that
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Protestors for last year's marijuana rally gather at the state capitol. This year's event titled, 4:20, is scheduled for April 20 and will feature speakers and live bands.
can be made easily enough." The capitol police will be present at the event. "My ideal would be that they surround the park, make sure that we are safe, and leave us alone," said Norma Sapp, who
obtained the permit for the gathering. Four musical acts will be present: Catastrophic Error and The Bogarts from Stillwater, the Strawberry Smellgoods from See
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