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UCO approves women's study minor By Ann Jayne Staffiffriter
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f you have ever wondered how women fared or expressed themselves in past times, you will soon get the chance to learn. "Women in Culture" is a new class being offered in the fall semester. It will be taught by Dr. Siegfried Heit, professor of humanities and philosophy. The course will be offered from noon-12:50 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. "It examines the role of women," Heit said. "It starts with the earliest cave drawings, goes to the Mesopotamia and Greek eras, through the Old Testament and up through the modern age." The class was first taught in the spring of 1997. There were 35 people enrolled in it and more than 40 were on a waiting list to take it. "Women in Culture" is apparently arriving at the perfect time. On Wednesday, April 14, the UCO Academic Affairs Counsel approved a new women's studies minor for UCO students which includes this course. This new minor is an 18-hour interdisciplinary program. Although it is based in the English Department, the minor can be applied to any major, from athletics to biology to accounting. "It's interdisciplinary in the
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Pressing event... President Webb welcomes members and new inductees of the Journalism Hall of Fame at the University Center last week. Nine top Oklahoma journalists were honored last week at the induction ceremony which featured a dinner and awards. The inductees were: Jack Brannan, foreign political investigative reporter; Dennie Hall, retired UCO professor; Philip Morris, Southern Living magazine
editor-at-large; Gaylord Shaw Newsday senior correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner; George F. Tapscott, WWII combat photographer and Daily Oklahoman assistant chief photographer; M.J. Van Deventer, editor of Persimmon Hill magazine; and Riley Ward Wilson, Tulsa World. Special honors went to the late Claude V. Barrow, Daily Oklahoman oil editor, and Lucia Loomis, columnist.
Chartwell's sponsors Kosovo charity drive By Jarrod Briley Starner Chartwell's Dining Service, in cooperation with Feed the Children, a national charity for children, is sponsoring a charity drive for the Kosovo refugees. Chartwell's employees have placed several large boxes, labeled "We Care: Care boxes for Kosovo," in buildings throughout the UCO campus. Students are encouraged to donate: ° toilet paper, facial tissue and
paper towels ° personal hygiene items ° non-perishable foods Any items that we ° soap (Chartwell's employees) ° over-the-counter medical cannot send to Kosovo supplies will be given to a local ° baby care products charity, like the Salvation ° new clothes Army..." The contents of the boxes will be collected Friday. Chartwell's Valerie Wolf, employees will take the goods to Chartwell's the Oklahoma City branch of food service director Feed the Children. The goods will then be sent to Kosovo and used clothing, will not be sent to • distributed to refugees. However, some items, such as Kosovo.
"Any items that we (Chartwell's employees) cannot send to Kosovo will be given to a local charity, like the Salvation Army," said Valerie Wolf, director of food services for Chartwell's. She continued, explaining why the people of Kosovo were chosen as a philanthropy project instead of a local charity.
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April 22, 1999
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Journalists wow students at first ever regiona Writers Workshop By Stacy Brasher
StallWriter The first-ever National Writers Workshop for the southwest region brought over 700 journalists from up to 15 different states to UCO last weekend. Reporters, editors and students gathered Saturday and Sunday at the University Center to hear speakers from across the country give tips and encouragement at what was called a "revival for writers." The speakers represented several renowned news agencies, including CNN, the Associated Press, The Wall
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Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune. Several speakers were Pulitzer Prize winners, including Gaylord Shaw, Bill Street Journal, The New York Dedman and Jacqui Times, The Seattle Times, The Banaszynski.
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And almost all of the speakers were decorated with a host of national journalism awards. "This is the biggest writing event in Oklahoma," said Journalism Department Chairman Dr. Terry Clark. "It will make a huge impact on the quality of writing of journalism in our region. "That's a credit to our journalism program, our state and our students," he said. Joe Hight, assistant managing editor at The Daily Oklahoman served as the site director for the workshop. "It's such a big moment to see everybody come together," he said. "We've been planning this
for the past year. I t ' s incredible the amount of participation and volunteer hours that people gave to this workshop." Among the many volunteers were UCO's Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), who helped organize the workshop's silent auction. "We helped solicit items from donors, and then tagged and priced them," said Farzana Razak, SPJ President. Several of the members
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worked throughout the night in preparation for the two-daylong event. The money raised from the silent auction largely benefited the National Society of Professional Journalist Legal Defense Fund.
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Continued from front page "There are a lot of charities that we could have donated to, but the people of Kosovo are in real need of supplies now, more than other charities." Unfortunately, student participation in the CCO) ,Ci5 IF aft 11C4C)SCIt program has been minimal, Wolf said. She 4:2,1 1:111 .ip . ' 14) *41* P •.140 " 14iit was disappointed. "The boxes have been out for about two weeks, but students just aren't —Photo by Shauna Hardway donating much hopefully, that will Donation boxes such a s the one above are located in a host of building including Chartwell's in the University Center food court. change." The boxes are located in the ° Education building ° Howell Hall following buildings: ° Business building ° Central Station Cafe, in the ° University Center ° Max Chambers Library Human Environmental Sciences ° Central Cafeteria ° Liberal Arts building building.
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Fraternity does dirty work at Broncho lake By Stacy Brasher
StaIIWriter For the past two weeks, ACACIA fraternity members have been swiping up the slime and litter that has long plagued UCO's Broncho Lake. "It's just something that I came up with one day," said
ACACIA President Jarrett Jobe, "even though facilities management does it, we could still help out." "We just use a swimming pool net," said Jobe. "Ninety-nine percent of the trash goes to the sides because of the flow of the fountains, so
it's not difficult to reach." ACACIA plans on continuing their cleanup each Friday for the rest of the spring semester. Jobe said he hopes that if any of his members are around this summer, they'll continue the work.
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WOMEN Continued from Front Page sense that various courses from around campus will be used," Dr. Sandra Mayfield said. Mayfield, an English professor, said this minor program has been in the planning stages for three to four years. Professors from the history, philosophy, human environmental science, political science and English departments have been involved in getting the minor program approved. The professors are not just women. "Many of the male faculty are receptive and open to it and helped us as we developed ideas for it," Mayfield said. In addition to Heit and Mayfield, the faculty who helped
develop the new minor are: James Baker, Jere Roberson and Diane Kremm from the history department, Eva Dadlez from the philosophy department, Tana Stufflebean and Sandra Thomas from human environmental sciences, and Youngtae Shin from political science. "It is the study of scholarship and creativity of women," Mayfield said. "It is not women versus men. It looks at academic disciplines through the perspectives of women." Mayfield said an example of women's creativitiy is women writers who were not studied 50 years ago, but have now been "discovered" and are being
highlighted and taught. And the interest for this minor is great. Mayfield said there has been a large demand for courses in this area and some men have shown an interest in it. "It is a complement to studies already in place," Mayfield said. "At the present time, we do have 10 different courses that have been taught."
Since the minor has a very broad-based background, Mayfield said it will allow students to work in several different fields, such as medical, government, social work, communications and teaching. Mayfield hopes that some day UCO will have a major in women's studies. She said the University of
Oklahoma is the only college in the state with a women's studies program. It offers a major and a minor. A list of courses for the women's studies minor should be available soon. For more information about this new minor, contact Dr. Mayfield at 974-5606 or Dr. Heit at 974-5633.
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Clinton regrets bombing of civilians in Kosovo conflict By Roger Simon CollegePressWriter SAN FRANCISCO President Clinton said Thursday that the NATO bombing of civilians in Kosovo was regrettable" but "also inevitable" and added that it would have no effect on future military missions. "You cannot have this kind of conflict without errors like this occurring," Clinton told a group of newspaper editors. "If anyone thinks that this is a reason for changing our mission, then the United States will never be able to bring military power to bear again." Clinton said the civilian deaths occurred because Serbians were using civilians as "human shields" and the person responsible was Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Clinton called for an end to the Milosevic regime by saying that the NATO effort in Kosovo could not succeed in the long -
term without "a democratic transition in Serbia." "The region's democracies will never be safe with a belligerent tyranny in their midst," Clinton said. Afterward, his national security adviser, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, said the administration would continue to work with opposition groups in Serbia. "It is hard for me to imagine a truly democratic Serbia that Mr. Milosevic, who is a card-carrying totalitarian, would be leading," he said. As to the killing of civilians in the NATO attack, Berger said, "I think we have to have a sober, serious, conscientious but not hysterical attitude toward these things." Clinton spoke to several hundred editors gathered for the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Outside the hotel where
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CLINTON Continued from Page 4 he spoke, a few hundred angry demonstrators slightly altered a chant that was once directed at President Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam War: "Hey, Clinton, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?" They also held picket signs that read. "If You Liked Vietnam, You'll Love Yugoslavia," and "Clinton Resign in '99." A separate group of about 50 demonstrators supported the bombing campaign, now in its third week. They carried signs reading, "Thank You NATO," and "Stop Serbian Violence and Genocide." Clinton, who made a lengthy
defense of his Balkans policy to the editors, emphasized that the United States did not favor an independent Kosovo or an ethnic Albanian enclave carved out of Serbia. "The last thing we need in the Balkans," Clinton said, "is more Balkanization." He added: "The real question today is not whether Kosovo will be part of Serbia. The real question is whether Kosovo and Serbia and the other states of the region will be part of the new Europe ... successful modern states (that) make a virtue, not a blood feud, out of ethnic and religious diversity." Clinton's address to the
newspaper editors was added to his schedule about 10 days ago, when the White House decided the military situation in Kosovo needed a high-profile defense. Clinton last spoke to the group in 1997. Presidents rarely take questions after speeches, but this is a tradition at the ASNE, and Clinton went along, though the president's aides had indicated he would take only four queries from the editors. After the fourth question, Clinton said: "You know what's going on, don't you? The people that help me ... think the longer I stay up here, the greater my chances of screwing
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Act of 1996 - are combining to make IP telephony a real comer. The the good news for consumers, analysts say, is that this dynamic duo is helping drive down the price of phone calls in general. A new report on IP Telephony by Piper Jaffray Equity Research found that the volume of IP longdistance minutes is "doubling approximately every two to three
months. This growth should continue for the next several years but should remain a small portion of the total telephony minutes." Piper Jaffray projects that long- distance minutes on IPbased telephony will grow to more than 6 percent of total longdistance traffic by 2003, with revenues at $8.6 billion. Two years ago, IP telephony was virtually nonexistent. An even more dramatic prediction comes from Jossein Eslambolchi, vice president of network operations for AT&T Global Network. He ex- pects the majority of voice calls to become IP-based within seven years. Part of what's holding things back for now, he said, is development of standards to ensure the same kind of features and functionality, including quality of service, that customers have come to expect using the regular, circuit-switched network.
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and new officers installed. For • The Buddhist Society will more information, call Mary meet at 7:30 p.m. April 23 in • The Earth Day Committee Monk at 749-0239. Room 117 of the Education will hold Earth Day festivities for Building. Special guest will be everyone from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A BRIEF LOOK AHEAD Deepankar Bajrachary and Tim at Broncho Lake. For more Bradford to discuss Buddhism of information, call Dr. David Bass ✓ The Public Relations Nepal and Tibet. at 974-5772. Student Society of America will meet at 6 p.m. April 28 in Room ✓ The Society of Physics V The Forensic Science Club 213 of the Communications Students will hold their spring will meet at 5:30 p.m. in Room Building to elect officers. picnic at 4:30 p.m. May 1 at Hafer 312 of Howell Hall. The guest Everyone is invited, there will be Park. A sign up sheet is posted in speaker will be Andrea Winston free pizza and prizes. For more Howell Hall and attendants are from the OSBI. For more information, call Emma Flores at asked to bring a side dish. For information, call Sara Paschel at 974-4167. more information, call 773-9556. 974-5732. ✓ The Gay Alliance for V Gamma Beta Phi will meet • The English Society will Tolerance and Equality will at 5 p.m. April 29 in the Heritage meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 120 of meet at 7:30 p.m. April 26 in Room of the University Center to the Communications Building as Room 211 of the Liberal Arts install new officers and elect a part of the Speaking in Tongues Building. For more information, historian. For more information, Multilingual Poetry Series. The call John Bourdette at 974-5278, call Jason Harris at 340-5702. topic will be "Classical to or Robert Jones at 974-5534. Renaissance Poetry." For more ✓ The Early Childhood information, call Tim Bradford at • Facilities Management, Association of Edmond is 974-2520. Central Receiving, hosting the "Week of the Young Architectural & Engineering Child," from April 18 - 24. For ✓ Sigma Phi Omega will Services and Safety, information and a schedule of meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Environmental Control & Risk events, call Mollye Mabrey at Heritage Room in the Student Management are hosting an 974-5788. Union. The guest speaker will be Open House from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Marie A. Bernard, M.D. who will April 28 at the Facilities ✓ The UCO Accounting discuss "Geriatric Education for Management Building. There will Club will host an end of semester the Future of Older Individuals." be information and refreshments. party at 6:30 p.m. April 24 at New members will be initiated Johnnies, located at 33 33rd in
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Edmond. For more information, call Bill Austin at 336-3215.
✓ The Black Student Association will hold their annual picnic from noon to 4 p.m. April 29 at Stevens Park behind Homeland. For more information, call Tiffany Bellard at 974-5160. • The Malaysian Student Association will meet at 2 p.m. April 23 in Room 113 of the Business Building to hold elections. For more information, call Lesmond Lau at 330-1743 or Andrew Lin at 844-7136. • The English Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. April 29 in Room 120 of the Communications Building as part of the Speaking in Tongues Multilingual Poetry Series. The topic will be "Baroque to Romantic Poetry." For more information, call Tim Bradford at 974-2520.
• The Raven Society is hosting a Poetry Contest. Please submit entries to Dr. Amy Carrell. Entry fee is $5. For more information, call Calypso Harvey at 751-9068. • The UCO International Office will host a Volleyball Tournament from 5 to 9 p.m. every Sunday throughout April at Wantland Hall. For more information, call the International Office at 974-2390. GENERALLY SPEAKING ✓ Celebrating Bronze and Blue Committee will be around campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Friday, handing out free soft drink coupons to those wearing bronze and blue. For more information, call Beverly Prosser at 974-2364. V The UCO Swing Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday in the University Center Ballroom. Instructor Chris Ghant will be giving lessons. For more information, call Khalilah Watson
✓ The International Student Council will host a trip to Dallas and Six Flags. Sign up at the International Office, space is limited. For more information, call V Jason Harris at 340-5702.
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• The Fencing Club will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednsday at Broncho Choral. For more information, call Khalilah Watson at 974-4365, or e-mail at bigarmlady@hotmail.com. ✓ The Japan Student Association will meet at 2 p.m. every Tuesday in Room 213 of the Liberal Arts Building. Free lessons in Japanese will be given. For more information, call Takaaki at 844-0312.
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in the center, 321 Clegern Ave. For more information, call Jason • The Wesley Foundation is Simpson at 341-6300. offering a 12-Step Co-dependents Anonymous Recovery Program at • The Baptist Collegiate 12:10 p.m. Tuesdays in the Ministry meets at 8 p.m. Wesley Student Center, 311 E. Mondays at the Baptist Student Hurd St.. For more information, Union for BASIC training or call Margaret at 359-1749 or Brothers and Sisters in Christ. For Cooper Ames at 341-5450. more information, call Janay Moody at 341-1232. ✓ Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship has praise and ✓ The Baptist Collegiate worship service at 7:30 p.m. every Ministry has a worship service at Thursday in Room 116 of the noon weekdays at the Baptist University Center. Student Union. For more information, call For more information, call Charlie Bunn at 848-6620, or e- Janay Moody at 341-1232. mail at ucochialpha@juno.com .
✓ Toastmasters Club, an organization devoted to enhancing public speaking skills, meets at 1 p.m. every Thursday in ✓ The Catholic Student Room 322 of the University Center invites students to watch Center. For more information, call "Must See TV" from 7 to 9 p.m. Yoanna Ganeva at 844-3275. Thursdays in the center, 321 Clegern Ave. ✓ Alcoholics Anonymous For more information, call will meet at 12:10 p.m. every 341-6300. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at Wesley Foundation ✓ The Catholic Student Campus Ministry. For more Center invites students to attend information, call Dr. Margaret K. Student Mass at 9 p.m. Thursdays
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Graduation '99: surviving student loans By Diana Mocabe CollegePressWriter Wally Wollangk got his college degree, but not his diploma. The 28-year-old Mission Viejo, Calif., man owes $3,000 in student loans to the University of La Verne, where he graduated in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in communications. He'll get the parchment only when he repays the loan. But looming ahead of him is an even bigger student debt - a $23,000 federal Stafford loan he defaulted on. Wollangk is learning what everyone with student loans should know: Their options for repaying those loans and the stiff consequences if they don't meet their obligations. Even before he graduated, Wollangk had been nervous about repaying his loans. Once out of school, he didn't land the broadcasting job he dreamed about and instead struggled to make ends meet with odd jobs. When the loan
was handed to a collection agency, Wollangk was distressed. And when his $1,100 tax refund was withheld, he was shocked. "I didn't take (the loans) seriously at first. I thought, 'What could they do to me? I didn't have a job."' It's the sort of rude awakening that Wollangk and experts say many young adults are in for if they don't keep track of their student loan debt and sidestep avoidable problems.
If you default on a federal loan, as Wollangk learned, the government can snag your tax refund and apply it to your debt. In other cases, a percentage of your wages can be sliced off to pay the loan. Your credit record will be shot, which will make it tough to get a loan for a home or car. And forget about qualifying for any more federal student aid. It's easy for young adults to leave school enmeshed in debt. Student loans add up quickly, with the average running $10,000 to $12,000 for four years of undergraduate school. Those who borrowed for graduate school will owe on average an amount ranging from $20,500 to $31,200, according to a 1997 national student-loan survey sponsored by Nellie Mae, the fourth-largest holder of education loans. Tens of thousands of recent graduates fall behind on student-loan payments
The more you know about your loans and your financial situations, the better equipped you'll be to choose a repayment strategy.
and then default on the loans altogether. In the most recent tally, the national student-loan default rate in fiscal 1996 was 9.6 percent representing 197,338 borrowers in default from a survey of more than 7,000 schools. That was down from a rate of 10.4 percent in fiscal 1995. "A lot of people are surprised by how much they owe when they get out," says Patricia Scherschel, director of policy research and consumer issues at USA Group Inc., the nation's largest studentloan guarantor and administrator. "They borrowed one by one and don't see the totality of it. Psychologically, people don't want to deal with it, so they put it off." But delaying is the worst thing borrowers can do, experts say. Students preparing to graduate need to figure out how much they owe as well as how many and what types of loans they have. A budget is a must. The more you know about your loans and your financial situation, the better equipped you'll be to choose a repayment strategy. If you're having problems
repaying a student loan, here are some options: Check with your lender to see if it offers incentives or rate discounts. Borrowers with the Student Loan Marketing Association,or Sallie Mae loans, who make their first 48 monthly payments on time get a 2 percent interest-rate reduction on the remaining term of their loan. If borrowers allow monthly loan payments to be automatically deducted from their bank accounts, they'll receive a 0.25 percentage point cut on their rate. If you owe $7,500 and took advantage of those two Sallie Mae incentives, you'd save $590 at the end of your 10year payment schedule. Other lenders offer similar programs. If you can't make payments, let your lender know. Even at the slightest hint of trouble, "pick up the phone and call," says Janet Waters, an account executive at Sallie Mae. You might be eligible for a deferment or forbearance.
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LOANS Continued from page 10 Both are ways to postpone payment on your student loans but under different circumstances. You have to apply for a deferment or forbearance and until it is approved, you must continue to make payments on your loan. And if your loans aren't subsidized by the government, interest will accrue as well. Make sure your lender has your current address and phone number. They can't send notices or statements if they don't know your whereabouts, which is what happened with Wollangk. He moved several times after graduation and lost touch with his lender. "Don't do that," he now advises. "It's a big mistake."Wollangk says he never got important notices or updates on the status of his loan. Pick a repayment plan that works for you. Borrowers have several options here. After graduating, borrowers should use the grace period to figure out which repayment plan best fits their financial situation. The most common way to repay
a loan is via the 10-year level plan, or standard plan. Borrowers pay off their loan in equal monthly installments over 10 years. Some borrowers might opt for a graduated repayment plan, which allows them to start out with low payments that gradually increase as their ability to pay more grows. Or students might choose to repay their loans over 12 to 30 years. The longer time period means you'd pay less in monthly installments than under a 10-year plan, but you'll pay more in interest over that long haul. If you have several loans, you might want to consider a consolidation loan.
The main goal for all borrowers...is to steer clear of delinquency and default
If your loans are with different lenders, consolidating lets you make one monthly payment instead of several. Consolidating can also lower the total of your monthly payments,which means you'll have more money for other financial obligations, such as child care or a car payment. But since you're spreading the payments out over a longer period of time, you'll pay more in interest expenses, and the total cost of your loan increases. The main goal for all borrowers, however, is to steer clear of delinquency and default. "Every day your payment is late, the interest meter still ticks away," Schershel says. And on top of the interest that accrues,you'll pay various late-payment penalties and collection fees if your loan is in default. At Sallie Mae, late fees can run $5 to $10 a month, Waters says. Once your loan moves to a collection agency, you will probably face an 18.25 percent collection penalty on the outstanding balance.
Use a new federal tax break for student-loan interest, if you qualify. Uncle Sam is trying to ease the interest expense crunch.Some borrowers might be eligible to take a deduction for part or all of the interest paid (up to $1,000) on a student loan on their 1998 federal tax return. Over the next three years, that deduction will increase by $500 a year, reaching a maximum of $2,500. Butt his tax break comes with many stipulations and requirements. It's best to consult a tax expert to see if you qualify. If you do default on a federal loan, there is still a way out. You'll need to contact the collection agency, work out a payment schedule and stick to it. That's what Wollangk is doing. Right now, his job as a loan consultant pays him enough to make a $100 monthly payment on the Stafford loan. That just covers the interest and doesn't even begin to touch the principal, though. However, if he can increase his
payments to $267 a month for the next four or five payments, Sallie Mae will take him out of collection, Wollangk says. Then, he can work with Sallie Mae on a new payment plan. But that's a steep increase for Wollangk, who makes about $1,800 a month and has his 1-year-old daughter and her mother to support. Part of his salary goes toward insurance and utilities (he lives with his daughter's grandparents) and toward a $225 car payment. There's also the $75 he pays La Verne monthly for the $3,000 loan. He's yet to figure out exactly when he'll be out of debt. The idea of how much he might owe is too overwhelming to think about right now, Wollangk says. He would love to go back to school for a master's degree, but finds his current debt so intimidating that it's out of the question. "Education is a great thing and I don't regret mine. But I regret how I approached paying my loans back."
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UCO track teams perform well at Conference meet
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he UCO track teams traveled to Abilene Christian University on April 16-17 for the Lone Star Conference Championships. UCO's 4x400 meter relay team finished fourth, became a NCAA Provisional Qualifier, and set a new school record with a time of 3:51.94 Anitra Lacy had an outstanding day for the women's team placing fifth in two events and _ becoming a NCAA Provisional Qualifier. Lacy finished fifth in the 200 meter run with a time of 24.89 and also took fifth in the 400 with a time of 56.10. Denitra Lacy finished fifth and also became a provisional qualifier in the 100 with a time of 12.78. Leah McCauley and Andrea Haley finished 8-9 in the 800 while Angle, Haley, and McCauley finished 8-910 in the 1,500 run. Brumfield also finished 14 in the 3,000. Lacy Amen finished 15th in the 5,00 meter run and 10th in the 10,000. Britney Harvey finished seventh in the same race. Carrie Tucker finished seventh in the 400 low hurdles while UCO's 4x100 relay team took the bronze. In field events Shauna McMurry finished fifth and Amme Forester finished sixth. In men's competition Rodney Zimmerman finished second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.56. Josh Hallman, Dewayne Satterwhite, and Mike Hunter finished 6-9-14 in the 100 meter dash. Satterwhite and Hallman also finished 8-10 in the 200.
Mike Morgan finished eighth in the 400. Paul Givens, Seth Hawking, and Jason Doymer took 8-10-12 in the 800 and Jarred Lovett and Doymer finished in the 7 and 10 spots in the 1,500. In 100 meter hurdles Heath Guthry finished sixth and Kendell Jones finished eighth. Heath Guthry finished third in the 400 intermediate hurdles with a time of 53.60. He was followed by Matt Kane in fifth and Johnson in eighth. Shane Pratt finished seventh in the steeplechase. UCO's 4x 100 relay team took home Bronze with a time of 42.16. UCO took fourth place in the 4x400 meter relay team. In field events Don Harris finished fifth in the high jump and seventh in the long jump. Casey Willis finished seventh in the pole vault. John Fitzgerald finished sixth in shot put, fourth in discus and hammer throw, and ninth in the javelin. Chris Sorrells finished 12th in the shot put as well as fifth in the hammer throw and 11th in the discus. The Bronchos will travel to the Drake Relays on April 23-24.
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NCAA may take easy on Notre Dame By Malcolm Moran Knight-Iliddertiewspalleis CHICAGO - Notre Dame's expected appearance before the NCAA Committee on Infractions is the result of a cautious approach rather than any specific damaging evidence that could lead to serious sanctions, sources say. Two people with knowledge of the process said Monday that the committee's anticipated request to conduct a hearing is based on the number of students to receive gifts from convicted embezzler Kim Dunbar and the amount of money involved. The two sources, both from outside the university, insisted their names not be used. Their separate
assessments provide the clearest indication yet that Notre Dame's embarrassment from the Dunbar episode and its violations is not likely to be compounded by a severe NCAA ruling. Notre Dame officials said Friday the university was told the NCAA enforcement staff recommended that the violations be considered secondary, or minor, in nature. Notre Dame expects to receive formal notice of the hearing request Wednesday. One of the sources maintained that while the Committee on Infractions occasionally does not accept the finding of the enforcement staff, the existing information holds nothing to suggest that will happen in Notre Dame's case.
The source added that although such a hearing is not rare, it does not happen frequently. Both sources maintained that the purpose of the hearing would be to ensure that the enforcement staff's findings are consistent with all available information. Dunbar was sentenced to 4 years in prison last September for embezzling approximately $1.2 million from a company that employed her. An investigation showed that Dunbar spent at least $18,000 on a dozen Notre Dame football players, five of whom were members of the 1998 team. The NCAA ruled that Dunbar was a representative of Notre Dame, and the university was responsible for her action. <
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for UCO against NSU were Jana Vnouckova who won 63, 6-2. Shauna Lauver won 6-3, 6-2 while Michaela PerlikoVa won the match 64, 6-4. In doubles action Vnouckova and Perlikova teamed up to win their match 8-6. Then Marina Erchova and Lauver won 8-0. On the men's side t h e Bronchos lost their first duals 5-2 to Ferris State. UCO then defeated Northwest Missouri 5-0 before defeating Metropolitan State 5-4. The Bronchos went on to defeat Washburn 5-1 before losing to Southwest Baptist. Next up for both teams is the Lone Star Conference Matches on April 22-24. <
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hose of us from small towns all know them as our neighbors, the eccentric old widow, the uptight social climber, the young green-horn cop. But in the new movie "Cookie's Fortune" (October), veteran director Robert Altman brings these back road icons to life. "Cookie's Fortune" spins the tale of the mystery surrounding the death of Cookie, an independent old widow whose only companion is a roustabout, played by Charles Dutton. Cookie begins to grow both
a little senile, and lonely for her dead husband Buck. One day she gets one of her husbands guns and sets out to join him in heaven. Her body is discovered by her annoying and greedy niece, played by Glenn Close, and Close's half-wit daughter played by Julianne Moore. Close decides that suicide is too unbecoming and makes the whole tragedy look like a murder. The police decide that the prime suspect is Dutton. Although they don't really think he did it because they go fishing with him regularly. LIv Tyler plays Cookie's other niece and daughter to Moore. Tyler has an old
romance with Chris O'Donnell, who plays a young "Barney Fife" character. The police are baffled by the crime, and frustrated with Close who insists that Cookie's house and possible fortune are hers. That is until the will is found. "Cookies Fortune" is the best movie Robert Altman has made in a long time. It also redeems him for the crime of butchering "The Gingerbread Man" by John Grisham. Which could have been a really good southern small town mystery itself. "Cookie's Fortune" is not fast paced or even particularly dark. Instead, it washes over
the audience with the charm and comfort of a breeze through a weeping willow tree. The characters are likable and interesting without being weird or disturbing. Close is great and easy to hate. Dutton is a great actor and adds to every movie he's in. O'Donnell also comes closer to being taken seriously after his stint as "Robin" in two of the worst "Batman" movies ever made. Moore is also not bad, but needs to work on her southern accent more before taking on another role like this. Tyler also has accent problems, and is herself barley noticeable on screen. There are a number of
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and be loved that is most important in life. Earth Day is not a magical cure for the ills of society. It will not thaw a person's icy soul or cleanse the planet of evil. But it will give some people, those who have temporarily misplaced their priorities, a chance to atone for their materialistic ways. It provides people with a chance to perform an altruistic act — to plant a tree, remove litter from a park, or begin a local recycling program — knowing that they will receive nothing tangible in return, only a deep rooted sense of accomplishment. And who knows, if Earth Day becomes as popular as traditional holidays, maybe Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny will be replaced with Captain Compost and Ronnie Recycler...maybe not. -4(
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Chop down Earth Day guilt; plant a tree By Dustin Pyeatt Staff-Mt:
ere we are again, Earth Day. The day when we are reminded not only of the eminent dangers facing the planet, but of our horrible track record in doing something about it. We will be bombarded with statistics and facts and pictures of penguins covered in oil. We will feel bad and maybe a little scared. And then April 23 will role around and we'll be all too glad to forget Earth Day. But instead of shaming you into recycling, or scolding you for throwing that candy wrapper out the window last week, why not focus on something positive. I was driving down a dirt road while visiting home on spring break, and I couldn't help but notice one of the best things
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Government's nuclear waste plan not well grounded By Trent Dugas StallWriter
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Nuclear waste will be stored in special barrels 2,150 feet underground in waste disposal rooms. The first truckload of nuclear waste took over seven hours to deliver from Los Alamos New Mexico and is the first of more than 37,000 truckloads yet to be delivered, said the waste lab's spokesman Kevin Roark. Government officials want to shove unwanted, products of society into the ground so it will not be a problem. The further out of reach the products are the less of a problem we qvahoo.co have. Sort of like prisoners, poor people, garbage dumps and abortion. Trying to rid of unwanted products of society is a dangerous task especially if it could prove harmful to people, animals and the planet. U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson predicts the dump site in New Mexico will be low risk and will safely isolate these wastes for at least 10,000 years. I think there is a problem with the 10,000 year estimate. Earth's age is approximately four and a half billion years old. On a geological time scale 10,000 years is a tiny speck of sand on the beach.
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Also, since man-made nuclear devices have not existed for 10,000 years it is not safe to predict the containers sturdiness Scientists do not know the effect the radiation will have on the stored barrels. Bob Loux a, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, agrees. He said he believes the containers holding the waste will fail and allow contaminates to escape within 500 years, The U.S. Department of Energy's own research shows nuclear waste can remain deadly from 300,000 to a half a million years. A far stretch from 10,000 years. When completely filled the waste plant in New Mexico will contain nine metric tons of plutonium. The National Academy of Sciences claims the containers filled with radioactive waste are safe and not in danger of leaking. The theory behind burying the waste in the salt formation in New Mexico is that the salt will help keep the containers waste from leaking. The plan is to allow the salt
to grow around the barrels of waste, burying and sealing it from any fractures that could cause Trying to rid of a leak. But the Citizens for unwanted products of Alternatives to society is a dangerous Radioactive Dumping task especially if it group says there are many could prove harmful to other potential factors that people, animals and the could cause leaks. Since 1991, the area planet. surrounding the dump site has seen drilling rates for 4.2,4,76w oil and gas increase four times more than any other land water was nearly a mile from a nuclear test blast facility. in the area. Radioactive gnats, flies and Drilling could accidentally ants were found at a nuclear puncture the containers of nuclear waste and cause a severe complex in Washington State. Also found contaminated leak. Water levels at the site have were shrubs, vegetation, roots risen tremendously since 1988. and tumbleweeds. Putting the nuclear waste into This could cause the storage the ground in New Mexico is a areas to flood and create leaks. Other items of caution dangerous idea and should be include earthquakes, sabotage reconsidered by the government. Earth is not our garbage can. and how to contain the radiation We cannot destroy and if there was a leak. The government has no pollute the planet because it proposed plan for cleanup if a does not belong to us. I guess it is human mentality leak does occur. Traces of plutonium were to believe if something is out-offound in a water supply in sight, then it is out-of-mind. Nevada. The contaminated
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Problem-plagued Student: House members should be welfare system has applauded for backbones and convictions many uninteded effects maxwk-Nemuy
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ara Morrell, in her letter in the April 20, 1999 issue of the Vista has it wrong. She says the UCOSA House of Representatives should be renamed the "House of Discriminatory Bigots and Non-committal Jellyfish" for its refusal to pass a socalled "Student Bill of Rights" containing language that would create a special category for gays and lesbians. To me, this is asinine— the whole point of her letter is to protest two Representatives' opposition to this Bill. Is this not taking a stand on an issue, or, having a spine? This shows the true colors of the gay movement. Whenever anyone proclaims
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If you've never talked to a member of the UCO Greek system, you should seek one out today and say "thanks for throwing one heck of a party." This week campus fraternity and sorority members are hosting the largest and longest running party the University has seen in years; it's called Greek Week. All student, staff and faculty should attend. It lasts through Friday. Unlike many fraternity and sorority social functions which are usually exclusive, Greek Week is open to everyone and is filled with activities held across campus. The event began Monday and already many students who've attended Greek sponsored activities such as concerts, cookouts and movies, have claimed Greek Week is a blast. Shawn Carroll, Greek Week chairman, said over 350 members of the Greek System are banding together through the event in hopes of making the campus awaren of all the great things fraternities and sororities do for UCO. It's been easy to see this week that fraternities and sororities do a lot of great things, including hosting blood drives, fundraising basketball games and campus cleanups. And the best thing they've shown they can do well is host a week-long bash. Thanks Greeks, we've had a great time. Pujan Roka /The Vista
Clarification: In the April 15, 1999 edition, the Vista published a letter to the editor that implied that former staff member Steven Wedel had been dismissed from the newspaper staff. That is not the case. The Vista regrets any misunderstandings that may have resulted from this letter.
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