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TODAY IN HISTORY In 1968 the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated outside the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and civil rights leader was standing on a balcony of the hotel when a rifle bullet struck him in the neck.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us."

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RUN—D.M.C. walks this way April 12

BY BRIAN HOSTETLER

Sports Editor ap and hip-hop pioneers, RUN–D.M.C. will be performing at UCO's Hamilton Field House Friday, April 12 at 7 p.m. courtesy of UCO's Student Programming Board.

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collaboration with the original artist, Aerosmith, went on to become the first Billboard Top-10 rap single.

Michael Ross, concert chair for the Student Programming Board said, "Not only we have a respect (for the group), but hip-hop fans in general do."

The Student Programming Board sponsors RUN–D.M.C. released their first a concert each semester for single in 1983 followed by their the school using first album in 1984. student activity RUN–D.M.C. fees.

"This is something have captured many "This is accolades in modern something we do we do to get the music including the to get the first rap album to community C ommunity reach gold and involved in involved in UCO." platinum status, UCO." being the first rap RUN–D.M.C. artists to appear on have sold over 25 —Michael Ross American million records concert chair, Bandstand, Saturday worldwide and Student Night Live and the members include Programming cover of Rolling RUN (Joseph Board Stone, and being the Simmons), D.M.C. (Darryl first rap artists to be nominated McDaniels) and Jam Master for a Grammy.

Jay (Jason Mizell).

Their single "Rock Box" was Tickets for the show are the first rap video to appear on $3 with valid student ID and MTV during a period black $7 for non-students. For PHOTO PROVIDED entertainers were rarely seen on Rap pioneers RUN-D.M.C. will play in concert at UCO's Hamilton Field more information contact

the channel. The single "Walk Jarrett Jobe at the Campus House Friday, April 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $3 for students with a valid This Way," which they remade in student ID, and $7 for non-students. Call 974-5913 for more Life office at 974-5913. • information.

Former agent to present acting seminar

BY JERA STONE

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or a price of anywhere from free to $30, UCO students and community members will have the chance to get advice from a former Hollywood agent who now advises performers on how to break into show business.

Brian O'Neil, author of the book Acting As a Business: Strategies for Success, will speak in an acting workshop from noon to 4 p.m. April 6 in Room 120 of the Communications

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"We brought him here four years ago, and it was just an excellent response," said Theatre Arts Chairwoman Roberta Sloan.

"Our students really felt that

they gained a lot of information from the seminar and meeting individually with him," Sloan said.

O'Neil travels to present his workshop all over the country and often makes stops in schools like Yale University and the University of California, she

said.

"So many of our students get wonderful training from our program here, but sometimes it's hard to know what to do after that training," Sloan said.

O'Neil is credited with launching the careers of actors such as Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick according to his web site, www.actingasabusiness.com .

"When my daughter was in New York, she was told that he is the guru to speak with,' Sloan said.

O'Neil will meet with theater

majors on April 5 and comment on monologues performed, Sloan said.

"We hope to take some of the fear out of the students' feelings about entering into the professional industry," Sloan said.

Admission for the April 6 seminar will be free for UCO theatre and dance majors, $10 for other UCO students, and $30 for other community members.

For more information, call 974-5511. •

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OPINION & ED TOR AL WHAT BAND OR MUSIC GROUP WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE STUDENT PROGRAMING BOARD BRING TO UCO?

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n April 12, the self-proclaimed "Kings of Rock," RUN-D.M.C. will descend upon the University of Central Oklahoma. They will bring two turntables and three microphones, and they will rock the joint. You can thank the Student Programming Board.

In the past, UCO has featured other big-name acts such as the rock bands Fastball and Better Than Ezra. Dr. Drew of MTV's Loveline was scheduled to speak on campus but had to cancel due to the Sept. 11 attacks.

These events are a very positive thing for the university. They bring a much needed "something to do" to the wonderful city of Edmond and the wonderfully bored students of UCO. What would be nice is for UCO to increase the number of events it puts on.

The students pay for these events with student activity fees. They might agree to a slight increase in fees if it meant more events such as these.

OSU has featured comedians (Sinbad, Damon Wayans), spoken-word (Henry

Rollins), and bands (Collective Soul, Blues Traveler). Many of these have appeared at OSU's annual event, Orange Peel. The individual tickets to these events are much more expensive, but the range and fame of acts guarantee a large turnout. Maybe someday UCO will grow up big and strong enough to have such an event.

Until then, show your support and go see one of the most influential rap acts ever. •

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Soccer match held March 30 to benefit students' families

BY MICHAEL LARSON

"The whole purpose of the game is to be good sportsmen and nternational students sprinted to play well," Ivannov said.

Daisuke Kasahara, fashion across turf, bathed in shouts marketing junior and captain of from sidelines and jockeyed the JSA team, said "Indoor soccer one another for the ball in an indoor soccer clash March 30 in is very hard because there's no Edmond's World Class Sports out-field, and players don't get break time."

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Kasahara said, "We have a The proceeds from the $3 admission fee will go to the policy to use every player in every game because we are a families of two team." international students "We organized Ivannov said, killed and another "Daisuke is a great who was seriously this event to show team leader, and the injured in two Japan team has very that we care about separate car collisions. fair players. It could The Japan Student our classmates have easily gone the Association (JSA) other way. We were team engaged the and that we have just a little luckier or European Student not forgottenplayed a little bit Association (ESA) better than they did team in a fortythem." today." minute soccer game Makoto Tanaka of and lost 9 — 6. Japan —Bobi Ivannov the JSA team said, won a second game captain, "The game is for against the UCO European Student charity purposes, so Envoys Team (UET) Association winning and losing is 9 — 6. soccer tean secondary. The most "We organized this event to show that we care about important thing is that all the our classmates and that we have players and the audience enjoy not forgotten them," said Bobi it."

UET played the afternoon's Ivannov, international marketing second game against the JSA adjunct and captain of the ESA team. team.

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Ermida Boci, finance and international business junior and member of UET, played in the game.

She said, "We were just looking for another team to enjoy the game. I played and I'm not a soccer player."

Boci described the UET as an organization that coordinates international student groups with other campus organizations.

Sejva Hoxha, management information systems senior and secretary of ESA said the event raised about $200.

ESA has also raised funds for the three victims by selling pizza and donuts in the Business Administration Building.

Hoxha said ESA might also hold a car wash and sell T-shirts for the cause.

Kalin Kassabov, finance senior and president of ESA, said the organization has raised $400 to $500 so far.

Eni Korbeci, 21, a political science senior from Albania, died Jan. 12 when a train crashed into the car she was riding in.

Bulgarian student Histro Petrov Guerov, 25, died Dec. 23 in a car wreck in Dallas. He was planning to return to UCO spring 2002.

Julian Ivanov, journalism sophomore from Bulgaria, survived the Dec. 23 wreck without serious injury.

Kassabov said ESA's funds will be donated to Ivanov and the families of Guerov and Korbeci.

Former UCO student Emil Grigorov of Bulgaria spent about two months in a coma and underwent brain surgery after the Dec. 23 car crash. His medical bills are being covered by medical insurance.

Kassabov said, "We know we're not going to turn the world around, but we can try our best to help people through these hard times." •

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Forensics team talks their way into March contest sweep

BY LAURA BELLO

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finally, talking too much can pay off. Just ask the UCO forensics team who won 16 competitive awards and first place in the Overall Sweepstakes at the Great Plains Tournament March 15-16 at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa.

Students from 14 colleges and

universities from Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Oklahoma competed in debate, public speaking and interpretation events.

Communication Education Coordinator Rozilyn Miller oversees the group. She said the students who compete are communication education majors.

"These competitions prepare them for when they are coaching

these same events they are now Farnhan. She received first place participating in," she said. in the duo and persuasive speech The students have been and second place in the dramatic

preparing their interpretation.

material since Lindenberg also won September. the Citizenship "These She said competing Award, which is given helps to develop their competitions to one student who is concentration skills. dedicated, involved prepare them for "At one event and active in several someone's cell phone when they are aspects of went off and they had competition. to keep concentrating coaching these "This is a great on what they were same events they honor to me — I was doing," she said. completely shocked," Some criteria the are now she said. judges use include the She said the participating in." quality of research, tournaments prepare writing, delivery and her for when she will persuasion. teach high school —Rozilyn Miller Communication students. coordinator, ommunication education senior "It helps me know education Elanna Lindenberg has what I can expect competed for ten years. At the from my students," she said. tournament, she wrote and Lindenberg said her favorite delivered a persuasive speech, part about attending tournaments performed a dramatic is competing with students from interpretation and performed a other schools. dramatic duo with Emily Dake "I enjoy the performing side of

it, but I really like the competition," she said.

Communication education sophomore Kasey Harrison has only been competing for five months and placed fifth place in poetry interpretation and fourth place in duo interpretation with Jennifer Lindsay.

He said he got involved in tournaments because he will be a coach to high school students.

"A friend needed a Duo partner so I stepped up. I got really interested in it and [have] done it since," he said.

He said watching the way his coaches interact with students has given him a standard by which he can coach.

"This is stuff I'm going to teach. Since I never did it in high school, this is good for me to do.

I'm compiling lots of pieces that I can give to my students," he said.

Another first place winner from UCO was Aaron Kaspereit in the comical after dinner speaking event. •

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LSAT practice test set

BY LAURA BELLO

75 students to register and the deadline is April 12.

The exams will be graded and ny one who saw Elle's scores will be sent to the studying frenzy in Legally Blonde knows that the students in a couple of days LSAT is a vital part of entering accompanied with computer assisted feedback. law school.

An OCU admission's officer Oklahoma City University will be at the event from 9 — 10 and Kaplan Test Prep will hold a to talk with students about free LSAT practice test from 9 admission requirements. Current a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 13 at the law students will also be there to Oklahoma City University inform prospective students School of Law at 2501 N. about what to expect Blackwelder in while in law school.

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"It's great to see "It's very Prospective law insightful," Myers students can benefit how you will score said. from the event The possible scores before it really because the pre-test for LSAT are between lets them see their counts."

120 and 180. strengths and According to the weaknesses before Kaplan's statistics, the taking the exam, —Heather Myers average score is a 151 said Center Manager Center Manager, — 154 while the 95 Kaplan Test Prep for Kaplan Heather percentiles are a 166 Myers.

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Other free practice tests score before it really counts," she available at OCU this semester said. include the GRE and GMAT Myers said most schools held on April 20. average the scores, so it is Those interested in attending advantageous for the student to can register by calling 1-800only take the test once.

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SPORTS Golf leads UCO—Kickingbird Classic Whitney captures honor;

BY DARA LAWLESS Sports Writer

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he Bronchos golf team, winners of last season's UCO—Kickingbird Golf Classic, are poised to repeat this year as they finished ahead of Northeastern State by seven shots in their 293 opening day April 1.

The April wind, gusting up to 40 miles per hour at times, didn't fool seniors Matt Norgaard, Dustin Semsch, Dan Drake, or freshman Todd Dayton as they led UCO to the front in the first round of play before darkness descended on the course.

"We played really well considering the conditions, but it's kind of hard to know where we stand with everybody not finished," said UCO Coack Dax Johnston.

Norgaard finished one above par 71, Semsch two—over at 72, and Drake four over par 74 in the first round to put UCO in the lead under windy conditions.

Drake and Dayton barely completed the second round with excellent outings of Drake's one over par 71 and Dayton's 72. Sophomore Chris Starke was six over par on the ninth tee when he was forced off the course due to darkness.

Semsch was just one over par in the middle of the eighth fairway and Norgaard also one above par was on the eighth tee when the course closed.

Coach Johnston added, "Dan and Todd both had excellent rounds this afternoon and it looks like Dustin and Matt will both finish in good shape, but we just need to come out and continue to play well."

Fifteen players in all were PHOTO SERVICES unable to complete the second round due to the dark. Senior Dan Drake takes a shot Play will resume Tuesday at 7 Monday in the opening round of the UCO/Kickingbird Classic. a.m. •

Bronchos assault charts

BY BRIAN HOSTETLER

Sports Editor

unior second baseman Barrett Whitney was selected as the Lone Star Conference North Division Hitter of the Week Monday, April 1.

Whitney hit .500 in all seven Broncho wins last week going 11 for 22 scoring nine runs including two doubles, two triples, two home runs and eight RBIs. A graduate of Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Whitney is a JUCO transfer from Carl Albert State College where he hit .380 as a freshman with six homers and .283 as a sophmore with 12 home runs. He was also named the Conference tournament MVP in 2001.

The seven game swing is part of an 11 game winning streak for the Bronchos who have won

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UCO's 30-4 record has earned the Bronchos a No. 5 ranking in Division II baseball

by Collegiate Baseball.

The Bronchos will continue their division dismantling as they take on Northeastern State at home April 6 at 1 p.m. • www.bronchosports.com is the place to find all the latest info on Broncho baseball.

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SPORTS UCO student excels as gymnast and performer

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CO student and soon to be graduate, Tarah Chellevold has already achieved an illustrious career at age 19 and plans to literally reach for the stars as she springboards towards Los Angeles after graduation.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz., Tarah has taken the road less traveled, a road that has placed her in Edmond, Okla. and UCO for a part of her exciting journey.

Tarah's parents placed her into gymnastics and started her training at age five when she proved to be a very flexible and active child. At that point, she made her first big goal and forever changed her life.

"Actually, my goal was to make the national team, which is the top 20 gymnasts in the United States and I ended up making 18th in the country, so that was a big accomplishment," explained Tarah

of her youthful dream.

That dream is where her path turned to Edmond in August of 1998. Already a Senior International Elite gymnast at 16, Tarah came to Edmond to train with Steve Nunno's Dynamo Gymnastics and enrolled at UCO. Under Steve Nunno's guidance, she won the 1999 USAIGC National Championship on Vault and Reserve National Championship on Floor.

In August of 2001, Tarah attended the U.S National Championships in Philadelphia and was ranked 18th in the U.S. To sweeten the long awaited goal, she also won the Bronze medal on the balance beam.

After such success in Philadelphia, Tarah chose to PHOTO PROVIDED return to UCO to finish her schooling and graduate. "I really Tarah Chellevold is an acomplished gymnast, like the teachers. The people in dancer, singer and actress, all at the young the administration stand behind age of 19. me and support my efforts and the

education is really good quality," she said.

Though Tarah is finished with gymnastics, the sport left her with valuable experience that will aid her in reaching her next dream of becoming an actress/recording artist.

"All the high level tricks I can do on a hardwood floor really help me in my dancing and my performing," said Tarah.

Tarah holds three National Championships for her solo dancing and choreography and has appeared in films such as The Postman with Kevin Costner and

More recently Tarah participated in the recording of a Celebrity Christmas CD to benefit victims of the terrorist attack in New York City.

Tarah has also been very active in campus activities winning UCO's Central Follies and playing the harp for the opera The Merry Widow. Tarah will be performing the opening number for the Mr. UCO Pageant and is choreographing the school musical Baby.

After graduation, Tarah plans to move to California where she has a theatrical and dance agent to help her make her way in the performing industry.

Perhaps small in stature, Tarah Chellevold has produced very big results in her life and is currently dreaming very big dreams that may leave UCO with a shining star in its alumni. â&#x20AC;˘

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Intramural director plans to sponsor health organization

BY STEPHANIE NEASE

"The informational meeting is major said that she would like to the way for people to find out who have on-campus aerobics classes Student Writer is interested — unless an and a weight loss support group. tudents, staff, and faculty organization has it they can't even "It would improve my overall who want to get fit or stay in get started on campus," said Blake health. A healthy body means a shape can meet with Fred Fry, director of campus life. healthy mind, " she said.

Fieth at 7:45 p.m.

Several students Thursday, April are optimistic about 11, at the Broncho the idea.

Corral in the Katherine Health and Swaim, a freshman

BY STEPHANIE NEASE Physical Education sociology major, Building for an Student Writer would like more informational fitness options on ommunity health meeting. campus. "Getting curriculum advisory panel Fieth, pregnant is really members met with faculty intramural director hard on your body," over lunch March 15 in the for the department she said as she Broncho Corral to assess the of kinesiology and walked around the quality of UCO's Community health studies, will Health Program. track behind sponsor an "How prepared are the students Hamilton Field Fred F ieth organization for for the real world?" Sue Moore, House. fitness and community health instructor Swaim isn't the wellness on campus, if the meeting asked. She believes the panel has only one. Meghan Padgett, a draws enough interested people. the answer. sophomore music education Fieth said that another group The panel includes seven major, said "I joined Tan & Tone , was attempted about two years community health professionals but don't have time to go. I just ago, but never materialized. He from the Edmond area — people need someone to help me be believes this would be a good time who observe students or recent accountable." A fitness group on to try again, since the Wellness graduates of UCO's Community campus might help, she said.

Center project is under way.

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situations. Some panel members are graduates of the program.

The members represent a hospital, a community-based organization, a work site, a health care company, the State Wellness Coordinator, the State Health Department, and UCO's Student Health Center.

Dr. Donna Cobb, the chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies said the purpose of the panel, which will meet twice a year, is "to provide feedback for the quality of our students."

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The community health curriculum was updated for the fall 2000 term, so the input received from the panel on subjects such as computer proficiency and developing people skills will affect course content rather than the overall curriculum, Moore said.

The findings of the panel for this semester's meeting were "really helpful," Moore said, "because they provided new insight into how theory taught in class actually applies in the workplace, and that affirmed that we're right on target." •

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REVIEW Blade II is action-packed, entertaining; not spectacular of

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lade II, the sequel highlyanticipated by horror and vampire film goers, finally made it to the theater in March with a different director, Guillermo del Toro (Mimic).

Wesley Snipes reprises his role as the half-human, half-vampire, Blade, who has "all the advantages of a vampire and none of the weakness," and is called "Daywalker" by the vampires.

Blade continues his life mission of hunting down the vampire nation.

The audience soon learns, however, that there is a new breed of vampires that is more horrific than the traditional vampires.

The "Reapers", the genetically mutated vampire species, poses a threat of turning all vampires into their kind, which prompts the vampire nation to seek alliance from Blade.

Fascinated by the fact that he would get to see the inner workings of the vampire nation, Blade agrees to the proposal and to lead the "Blood Pack", a vampire squad that has been training for two years to kill Blade, but will now hunt the Reapers instead.

With an always-watchful eye, Blade works closely with the Blood Pack, especially Nyssa (Leonor

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Varela), the sympathetically tragic. daughter of the Nowhere in this vampire leader, and performance can you see Reinhardt (Ron that Goss started out his Perlman), who career as a British pop star. would like more Del Toro's direction is than anything to quite stylish, and the use of complete the lighting stunning. The mission he was action sequences are originally trained to impressive enough, but the do. use of computer Of course, Blade enhancement at times also has friends on backfires, and makes the his side joining the image less convincing. hunt. Whistler (Kris The script by David S. Kristofferson), the Goyer, who also wrote the father figure who original film, is probably had taught Blade the weakest element of all how to control his The plot is close to nonthirst for blood, and existence and the only soScud (Norman called twists are there only Reedus), who is so we get to see more gore repaying Blade for and bloody fight scenes.

PHOTO BY BRUCE TALAMON / NEW LINE CINEMA saving his life, both The "love story" angle is work to develop the Wesley Snipes, Donnie Yen, Danny John Jules, Leonor Varela and Daz Crawford star in basically pushed upon the newest gadget for New Line Cinema's action thriller Blade audience and nobody really use in the combat cares. For people who have with the Reapers. every scene we see him. However, impressive performance as the seen the first film, the story lacks Snipes, who seems to have his appearance in this sequel sneering, scheming and often most continuity. None of the characters buffed up even more since the first actually serves as more of a plot entertaining villain, Reinhardt. are flushed out well enough•to Blade, is in his element here as the hole than anything. I have a hard Without him, this film would have make this a great film. often emotionless vampire hunter. time buying the explanation of how been a lot less fun.

Overall, this movie is To be honest, other than learning he has come back from his death — Luke Goss's performance as the entertaining enough and certainly to fight and occasionally scoff, all as we left him in the end of the first lead Reaper, Nomak, the action-packed, but nothing Snipes brings to the film is a film.

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The purpose of the contest is to encourage students to utilize public transportation. Students always ride free with their ID and riding MetroTransit is convenient. For instance, those living on-campus find they can catch the bus at the Student Center at 14 past the hour, shop at Neighborhood Wal-Mart for 20 minutes, and ride directly back. This takes no longer than a car trip, but lets students save their parking spot. MetroTransit hopes this competition will introduce public transportation to many UCO students as well as promote clean air.

Routes free to UCO students are: -Edmond Local: links UCO to off-campus apartments, both Edmond Wal-Marts, and the new Super Target.

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A big part of building a "riding culture" in the Oklahoma City metro area is to help students become more aware of transit's benefits. So, during April try the convenience of transit first-hand, learn a new way to clear the air, and possibly win a nice cash prize! Remember, Wherever You Go, Go Metro!

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Opening night of Rent rocks Civic Center Music Hall

BY JERA STONE Staff Writer

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pening night. The smoky steam rises from the stage as the audience takes their seats, leafing through the playbill The set on stage is steel and iron. It is deceptively simple. The musicians, blurs of figures underneath one of the platforms up stage right, are tuning the instruments.

As the first note sounds, Rent, the Tony and Pulitzer awardwinning musical begins its eightperformance run in the Civic Center Music Hall of Oklahoma City.

We meet Mark (David Oliver Cohen), a documentary filmmaker wanna-be, and his roommate, Roger (Kevin Spencer), an HIVpositive rock musician who wants to write that one song that will

bring him glory before he dies.

As Roger sings "One Song Glory," it's hard not to think about the man who wrote the musical, Jonathan Larson, who died of an aortic aneurysm 10 days before his 36th birthday, and three weeks before the show's world premiere in 1996.

It is Christmas Eve, Mark tells the audience.

Mark has been dumped by his ex-girlfriend, Maureen (Clark Mims), who is now with her new lover, Joanne (Bridget Anne Mohammed). Roger is still reeling from the suicide of his HIV-positive girlfriend, and hasn't left the loft in six months.

Their landlord and former roommate, Benny (Matthew S. Morgan), demands the rent he had "let slide" for the past year. Benny is also evicting the homeless people from a lot he owns which prompts Maureen to plan a protest performance with Joanne's help.

Roger meets Mimi (Krystal L. Washington), a sado-masochist

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dancer who lives downstairs from him and Mark, when she knocks on the door asking him to "Light My Candle." Roger, not knowing Mimi is also HIV-positive, fights the attraction between them and pushes her out the door.

Mark and Roger's friend, Tom Collins (Bruce Wilson, Jr.), is also HIV-positive, and in love with Angel (Justin Rodriguez), an HIVpositive drag queen.

After Maureen's exaggeratedly ironic PHOTO PROVIDED protest performance The company in a scene from Rent. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning "Over the Moon," musical will run for eight performances at the Civic Center in Oklahoma City,

everyone retreats to ending April 7. the local Life Cafe, Roger and Mimi often fight and where Benny proclaims that make up, Maureen and Joanne Bohemia is dead.

As the friends rebut with a continue their clashes over quirky "La Vie Boheme," beepers Maureen's flirtatious nature, and go off when it's time to take the Collins stays by the bedside of the AIDS medication. Roger and Mimi dying Angel.

At the end of the summer, realize they both are HIV-positive, and are elated to confirm their Angel dies, and Roger and Mimi feelings for each other in "I Should breaks up. Roger sells his guitar to Tell You." buy a car to leave town. Mimi tells The second act begins with Roger "Goodbye Love" before he "Seasons of Love," easily the most goes.

When Christmas comes around memorable song of the show, again, Roger has returned to New performed by the entire cast.

York with a song, and Mark has a rough draft of his film. Mimi is missing until Maureen and Joanne find her near death in a park.

Roger sings Mimi his song, "Your Eyes," and the pair admits their love to each other once again before Mimi dies.

In a twist that I see as a betrayal of the rest of the show, Mimi wakes and claims she had seen Angel.

The cast then sings the finale, affirming to all that there is "no day See RENT, Page 12

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;:,t":,,SAVfinatTIAATiA AKIta:0; STRANGE STORIES Bin Laden phone prank not funny, Spokane residents say FROM WIRE REPORTS

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Spokane contractor named Bob isn't humoring people with his cell phone prank.

He registered his cell phone using Osama bin Laden's name, which pops up on caller ID whenever Bob makes a call.

The FBI has received complaints about the bin Laden impersonator, but there is no law prohibiting him from using the name of the infamous al-Quaida leader accused of backing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Bob's registration went through with Cricket Communications without questions from the company.

Yet people receiving the calls don't find it funny.

"We've received at least two complaints from people who have been annoyed and somewhat concerned that the name Osama bin Laden appeared on their caller IDs," FBI agent Norm Brown told The Spokesman-Review of Spokane.

Brown said he called Bob to "tell him it's in poor taste, that thousands of people lost their lives as a result of Osama bin Laden's planning."

In fact, when Brown contacted the prankster, the man said he didn't believe it was really the FBI on the other end and called Brown back.

Bob said he signed up as bin Laden "in a spur-of-the-moment kind of decision."

"He said he did it for his personal amusement," Brown said.

"I don't think he had any intention of spreading fear."

Bob told Brown that Cricket was working to take bin Laden's name off his phone.

SWEETWATER, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old Sweetwater girl faces two counts of attempted murder for allegedly lacing her mother's drink with rat poison and her sister's with crushed glass last weekend, authorities said.

"She had confided to another person 'a deep, dark secret' that she supposedly had been putting rat poison in her mom's drinks," Sweetwater police Chief Jim Kelley told the Sweetwater Reporter for a story in Tuesday's editions.

The mother and the sister consumed the drinks but did not get sick, Kelley said.

At a detention hearing Wednesday, state District Judge

(1.04 kilograms). Khamsa, 22, and Muy, 20, named the newborns Preana, Audreana, Natalie and Melody.

The couple, who live with relatives in West Sacramento, also have a 4-year-old son named Raymond. They said they plan to marry soon.

Specialists monitored the girls for the first 48 hours for signs of trouble, including respiratory distress and other complications common in premature infants.

Doctors said they expect the four babies to be fine.

About 500 sets of quadruplets are born each year in the United SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) States, according to the National — A mother gave birth to four Center for Health Statistics. But identical quadruplet girls, a phenomenon that only happens in every 1-in-11 million births overall.

What is also unusual is that Ornsee Khamsa and Verek Muy conceived the children without the aid of fertility drugs, an extremely unusual situation in cases of multiple births, doctors said.

Born Monday at Sutter Memorial Hospital after only about 30 weeks gestation, the largest baby weighs 2 pounds, 8 ounces (1.12 kilograms). The smallest is 2 pounds, 5 ounces

Glen Harrison ordered the girl to be held for 15 days. At another hearing after that, authorities will determine if she will be held for another 15 days or placed in a relative's custody.

Before a gag order was issued in the case Wednesday, Kelley told the Lubbock Avalanche Journal that the girl did not deny the allegations Monday after she was interviewed by police and taken into custody at Sweetwater High School.

Police were continuing to investigate.

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an identical set has only happened a handful of times in recent history, according to Jennifer Cassidy, who maintains a Web site devoted to multiple births.

Cassidy said she is aware of only 26 sets of identical quads born since 1930, 17 of them female.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A cow that hurdled a fence in February to escape slaughter at a meatpacking plant received a key to the city Monday, but was so balky that she was kept out of a parade for the start of the professional baseball season.

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RENT: Musical is reminiscent of Hair continued from page 10 Rent is a powerful musical with a stunning score reminiscent of Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. The message is to live the moment because you might never have another chance. That is why I find it hypocritical to have an ending in which Mimi is basically given a second chance.

That said, I love everything else I saw on the opening night of April 2. The entire ensemble poses strong vocal prowess that reaches deep into everyone's heart.

The performance of the night goes to Washington's portrayal of Mimi. Her voice at times daring and aggressive as she demonstrates in "Out Tonight," yet frail and soft when it needs to be as in "Without You." Spencer's voice and demeanor is more like a rock star than a musical performer, which is exactly what the character Roger should be like.

He also possesses the ability to render a silky-voiced

emotional ballad like "I Should Tell You" and " Your Eyes."

The most fun vocal numbers belongs to Mims' sassy portrayal of Maureen, especially in her lovers' quarrel piece, "Take Me or Leave Me," with Mohammed's Joanne.

The musical is unapologetically brassy and the characters struggle with something or another to which we all can relate. The story line might not be anything original and neither is the message, but everything is done to rock the audience to the root of their souls. And that is a show I could definitely enjoy.

Performances will run through April 7. Ticket prices are from $27.50 to $50 and discounts for groups of 20 people or more. For ticket information, call 297-2264 or 1-800-364-7111. •

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AROUND THE NATION Michigan State students swap books FROM WIRE REPORTS

Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan State University students are fighting back against high prices by creating a Web site to swap textbooks for free.

The university's student government started the site as a way of getting around the rising cost of books. The average student spent about $670 on books last year, up from $608 in 1998-99, according to the National Association of College Stores.

"It's just too much," site creator Jared English told the Lansing State Journal for a Monday story.

"You realize you paid $500 for books in the fall and you're only getting $100 back."

About 4,000 users accessed the site between its debut in December and February, when it became unavailable because its host Web site is being revamped.

The site is expected to be active again by the end of spring semester.

It works like this: Students visit the site and post messages that they're selling a book at a set price. Someone looking to buy a book goes online to see if it's for

sale. If there's a match, the buyer and seller arrange to meet and make the sale.

"The whole idea behind the Web site is to cut the middle man," said Steve Lovelace, a Michigan State junior who used the site to sell a Spanish book for $25. "The bookstores charge extravagant amounts for books and pay very little to get them books back."

Students generally buy their books — new or used — at the beginning of each semester, then try to sell them back at the end.

But college texts are becoming more expensive and harder to sell.

Booksellers and industry experts say there are several reasons for the increase, including increased marketing and production costs, a high turnover of new editions and texts with materials included that can only be used once.

"Everyone wants a piece of the pie from these books," said Blake Anthes, president of the Michigan Association of College Stores.

Student bookstores generally buy back books at half their original cost if they are being used the following semester. The stores will sell a used book at about 75 percent its new cost.

If the book isn't being used at Michigan State, stores often buy the book at its wholesale price and sell it for the same to another bookseller.

"We give them back the same cash that we'd get for the book," said Greg Ballein, assistant manager of Student book Store in East Lansing.

Michigan State isn't the first to tackle the book issue. At Lansing Community College, students can get a $200, 90-day loan specifically to pay for books.

About 20 colleges and universities nationwide rent books to students.

As for Michigan State's site, it's too soon to know the impact it'll have on area bookstores, Ballein said. If it's managed well and not misused by sellers, it could be successful, he said.

"It's got a lot of possibilities," Ballein said.

The site costs the university's student government $720 a year to operate, which is the cost of renting Web space from the university. The person who manages the student government's overall Web site also manages the book site. •

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University of Maryland prepares for more fan violence FROM WIRE REPORTS

Associated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) _ Police were deployed in force Monday to deal with what has become an unwanted tradition at the University of Maryland _ fan riots after NCAA tournament games.

Police planned to "aggressively arrest" people in crowds who don't disperse on police commands following Monday night's national championship game against Indiana.

Authorities also planned to clamp down on bonfires that caused thousands of dollars in damages last year after Maryland lost to Duke in the Final Four, said university police spokeswoman Maj. Cathy Atwell.

With students back from spring break Monday, law enforcement and local officials feared post-game celebrations could be even wilder Monday night than Saturday, when police in riot gear squared off against a crowd of about 2,000 students.

Most of the damage Saturday occurred at a U.S. Route 1 intersection near campus after Maryland beat Kansas Saturday to advance to the national final.

Fans threw beer bottles, ripped

down street signs, broke store and we hope the students won't windows and trashed two police escalate it either," Wilson said. cruisers during the three-hour Wesley Cover, a 1996 melee that spilled into early graduate, said he worried about Sunday morning. Police, who vandalism if Maryland loses, and drove students from the streets noted lines were forming to get around 1 a.m. using into nearby bars pepper spray, arrested two hours before the people. game began.

"The university Before Monday's "The fuel is game, hundreds of red- will take very there, whether it clad fans filled the seats seriously any will be ignited at Cole Field House for we'll have to see," what would be the last actions by Cover said.

Maryland game seen at In downtown students that are the historic arena. Cole is College Park, city slated to be replaced next illegal." workers removed year by a larger building. street signs Fans watched the game Monday afternoon —George on a huge television along with Cathcart screen set up at one end "anything that spokesman, of the arena. could be used -as a University of Officers from several missile," according Maryland different agencies, to Joe Nagro, the including the state police, met city's deputy public works before the game near the site of director.

Saturday night's off-campus Workers at the Smoothie King melee to discuss strategy for had just finished cleaning the dealing with the expected white splotches left on the shop's crowds. windows by errant pepper spray Prince George's County Police pellets. The store sits at the Chief Gerald M. Wilson, whose intersection where most of force accounted for most of the Saturday night's violence took officers, said they were prepared, place. but hoped not to have a repeat of Normally open until midnight, Saturday night.

Smoothie King's owners planned "We don't want to escalate it to shut the store by 10 p.m.

Monday, said store manager Tom Fitzpatrick.

The neon signs from the windows would be removed, and Fitzpatrick said he and the owners planned to stay in the shop that night to deter any vandalism.

"We're very concerned about tonight," Fitzpatrick said.

Across the street, the Cornerstone Grill planned to increase its security staff from about 10 to 20, manager Debbie Breman said.

A popular bar, students fill the Cornerstone to watch Maryland games on the bar's three big screen television. Brennan said students who drank in the bar didn't cause most of the problems Saturday, adding that many of the people in the streets weren't Maryland students.

"There is no way these three

bars could handle that many people," Brennan said.

The university planned to show the game on a giant screen at Cole Field House as an alternative to gathering on Route 1, said university spokesman George Cathcart.

School officials also planned to enforce a recent change in the university's code of conduct, which allows the school to discipline any students who are arrested off campus for misdemeanors.

Several students were arrested on misdemeanor charges after last year's Final Four incident, but the school's code of conduct only allowed punishment for felonies, Cathcart said.

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BY VICKI SMITH

Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Students with something to say now have more room at West Virginia University, but large groups of demonstrators are still confined to "free expression areas" under a temporary policy adopted Monday.

In February, dozens of WVU students — some with duct-taped mouths — paraded across campus in protest of a longstanding policy that limits freedom of expression to two small outdoor areas. They argued the zones were not only unconstitutional but inadequate for some 22,000 students.

Hours before a Faculty Senate committee presented a new plan Monday, members of the WVU Free Speech Consortium gathered

again to display their idea of the appropriate behavior and defines Hausman, a graduate assistant and only appropriate policy, a copy of permitted activities. member of the Faculty Senate's the First Amendment.

"The policy is designed to committee.

"No law abridging the "The draft proposal is freedom of speech or the neither as liberal as some right to peaceably would like, nor as assemble? What will restrictive as others would those crazy kids come up prefer," added committee West Virginia University: with next?" said Mike Chairman Robert Bomford, a 30-year-old Griffith. http://www.wvu.edu/freespeechpolicy.html doctoral candidate from The administration Canada. has already rescinded the WVU Free Speech Consortium: "We don't intend to old policy, which is http://www.wvejcsorg/speech/ accept anything less than spelled out in the student the guarantees of the First handbook, and it will rely Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: Amendment," he said. on the interim policy The new policy, which hftp://wvvw.thefire.org/index.php3 until a final draft is has been posted for public endorsed by the full comment through April Faculty Senate in May. 16, eliminates designated areas for WVU President David small groups, meaning those of 15 protect free speech rights, not Hardesty then has the final say. of fewer people, and creates seven prohibit them ... balanced with "Frankly, we're all a little newer, larger zones for big groups. the need for orderly operation of disappointed," said Matthew Poe, It also sets guidelines for the university," said Linda a 20-year-old junior from Fairmont. "There are still freespeech zones, and that was the issue in the first place. There are seven now instead of two but they're still there. It is immensely frustrating."

Poe said he was also troubled that the committee has drafted a policy that's as restrictive as possible within the confines of current case law.

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for Individual Rights in Education, said the preamble to the new policy says all the right things, but the potential to abuse certain provisions remains.

A code of conduct in the new policy prohibits protesters from blocking traffic, pressuring people into accepting materials or creating a threat to health and safety.

Student demonstrators are also prohibited from using sticks or other hard objects to hold up signs inside buildings or at the WVU football stadium. They cannot block the view of an audience, interrupt a speaker or use voice amplification devices that "interfere with university activities."

WVU medical clinics and dormitories remain off limits.

Groups of 50 or more are also required to reserve the new freeexpression areas and use them only between 8:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.

It's doubtful either the time limits or the arbitrary definition of a large group would withstand a constitutional challenge, Lukianoff said. •

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POLICE BRIEFS Medical

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Hall was taken from a student DPS responded to the Liberal by DPS. Arts Building after a UCO student had passed out in class.

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Officer was dispatched after someone reported that people were swimming in Broncho Lake.

Mar. 27 5:37 p.m.

A light pole on the East side of West Hall was hit by a car.

Someone called and reported alarm at Howell Hall. that the driver's side window of their car had been busted out.

Mar. 31, 11:32 a.m.

A fire alarm was activated in the food court area of the Fire Suites. An employee did not turn the fan on before heating up the deep fryer. • Mar. 29, 10:58 a.m.

Editors Note: Information reported in Police Briefs is taken from UCO's Department of Public Safety log, which is an open record available to the public upon request.

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Study finds surfers have less interest in Internet porn

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users have played a role in the decline. But, he also said that STATE COLLEGE, people looking for pornography Pennsylvania (AP) — People today are more likely to go to using Internet search engines are newsgroups than to a search less interested in sex sites and engine.

Amanda Spink, associate more interested in business, travel and jobs than they were five years professor of information sciences ago, according to a study led by a and technology at Penn State and the lead author of the study, said Penn State University researcher.

In May 1997, 16.8 percent of the nature of the Internet and in searches on the Excite search its users are changing.

"The content of the engine were for Web from 1997 has sex-related or "Now you have shifted heavily toward pornographic Web commerce sites," Spink sites. By May 2001, more the average said. "Also, the nature of that percentage people who search the person, and the had dropped Web has changed. In '97, almost in half to average person you probably had a 8.5 percent, higher proportion of according to an may not be as university people, of article in the young guys who knew March edition of interested in sex about computers. Now IEEE Computer, a and pornography." you have more the journal of the average person, and the Institute of average person may not Electrical and —John Morrison be as interested in sex researcher, Electronics Rollins College and pornography."

Engineers.

Morrison, however, During the same period, said the proliferation of search searches related to commerce, engines over the study period — travel, employment and the economy rose from 13.3 percent only a handful existed in 1997, compared to more than 3,500 in 1997 to 24.7 percent in 2001.

But a researcher not involved now — complicates the data.

"Instead of going to one place, in the study said the everchanging patterns of Internet Excite, for everything, people are usage makes it hard to interpret spreading out, becoming more intelligent, and using certain much from the data. search engines for certain things John Morrison, a researcher and certain search engines for and instructor at Rollins College something else," Morrison said. in Winter Park, Florida, agreed with researchers that "The nature of the search engines, demographic changes in Internet themselves, has changed, so it's Associated Press

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questions whether people new to the Internet are prepared for the volume of information a simple search can return.

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STRANGE: Cow gets key to city but too agitated to ride in parade continued from page 1 The cow was to have been towed in a trailer behind a pickup truck as part of the annual parade on opening day of the Cincinnati Reds season. But the animal was so agitated by the marching bands and other parade noise that handlers instead took her back to her temporary home in Miamitown, west of Cincinnati, just before the parade began.

Still, animal-welfare activists said they are relieved that the 1,100-pound Charolais will be moved to a pasture in upstate New York, rather than turned into hamburger.

The cow jumped a 6-foot fence on Feb. 15 to escape slaughter, then ran free in a city park for 10 days before being captured.

Authorities had searched the 57-acre park by foot, Jeep and helicopter, left out hay and brought in other cows to lure the runaway.

Officers finally were able to rope the cow after she was tranquilized, but the animal went down an embankment and into the back yard of a residence, dragging two men with her.

A veterinarian was able to tranquilize her a second time.

Mayor Charlie Luken said he was relieved not to have to personally present the city key to the cow, who shifted nervously around inside the metal trailer while attendants tried to keep onlookers at a distance.

"I'm not going to present it to her in person, because she's a bit

out of sorts," the mayor said, eyeing the white cow from about 20 feet away.

Ken Meyer, owner of the 7year-old cow and the meatpacking plant from which she escaped, said the animal would be worth about $450 to him as beef. But he said he was happy to turn it over to Farm Sanctuary, an animalwelfare organization that plans to move the cow next week to its 175-acre sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Handing over the cow is both a goodwill gesture and recognition of its inspiring run for freedom, Meyer said.

"She expressed her desire to have freedom," he said. "She's earned it."

Pop artist Peter Max, one of those who came to the cow's aid after hearing news reports of its flight for freedom, was in the city to get a glimpse of the animal, whose supporters have named Cinci Freedom.

Max said he is donating some of his artwork prints to help raise money for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which caught and tranquilized the cow in February, and for Farm Sanctuary to buy some new fencing for its pasture.

Marge Schott, a part owner of the Reds who keeps cattle at her suburban Cincinnati home, said she tried to feed the cow Monday but was shooed away by its attendants.

"I kept trying to put goodies in

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there. The guy said, 'Take your hand out of there,"' Schott said from the golf cart where she sat to watch the parade.

Harold Dates, general manager of the SPCA in Cincinnati, said last week that Max was impressed by the caring way animal-welfare officers captured the animal.

The Reds' opener Monday with the Chicago Cubs marked the end of an era at Cinergy Field, the ballpark that opened in 1970 as Riverfront Stadium. The stadium will be demolished this fall, after the season, to make room for completion of the Reds' new Great American Ball Park for next season.

POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Three teen-age boys ran a sophisticated theft ring for a year, stealing beer 'out of people's garages — but not enough to be noticed.

The beer bandits, who used stocking caps and two-way radios in their clandestine raids, were arrested Monday evening for investigation of felony burglary, police said.

"They probably figured, 'Hey, we're stealing someone else's beer.

Who cares?"' Post Falls Police Lt. Greg McLean said Tuesday.

The bandits admitted to police

they had robbed six homes on Monday night alone, McLean said.

Not all the intrusions paid off.

The three fled one garage with what they thought was beer, but it turned out to be cream soda, he said.

In the past year, they admitted to entering more than 40 homes, getting an estimated 70 to 80 beers, McLean said. They were so stealthy that police did not even spot the crime wave.

"We weren't even aware that there was a problem with beer missing out of garages," McLean said.

The bandits' luck ran out late Monday night, when neighbors reported to police that three males parked near an open garage had entered the building several times.

When officers arrived, they saw the vehicle pulling away, and stopped it. Several cans were found inside.

Two of the teens were identified as Kalab A. Moline and Brand C. Avery, both 18. The third suspect is 17 and his name was not released. All were from Post Falls.

"It's their way around the legal drinking age" of 21, McLean said.

The three had recently started using walkie-talkies, the officer said, so they could talk to one

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state budget crisis is affecting even House Speaker Kent Glasscock's stash of candy.

Glasscock keeps candy in a flower pot on a bookcase outside his private office behind the House chamber. Members, legislative staff and others can snack if House sessions run long.

Typically, the flower pot offers miniature candy bars. But on Wednesday, visitors to Glasscock's office found it stocked with Tootsie Rolls.

Glasscock, R-Manhattan, said he won't spend state dollars on the candy — especially not in the face of a projected $700 million shortfall. But the treats are starting to cost him a lot: He estimates he will spend $500 this session.

A sign above the flower pot noted that Tootsie Rolls are cheaper than the mini-candy bars.

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The five Buena Vista University students and their chaperones traveled 1,400 miles in a gray van to learn more about Gullah culture, said Leon Williams, who two years ago became the school's first intercultural programs director.

Gullahs are a community of creole-speaking blacks who live in the island and coastal districts of South Carolina, Georgia and northeastern Florida.

The idea took shape after Georgetown artist Zenobia Washington visited Buena Vista last year for a cultural services program spotlighting women of color.

Washington told Williams about the Southern Odyssey Tour offered by Five Rivers Community Development Corp. to help non-Southerners gain a better understanding of the region.

"An average tourist wouldn't have access to this type of tour.

You wouldn't meet the Gullah people and have them embrace

you and bring you into their church service," White said.

On Palm Sunday, the Iowa students boarded Joe Tucker's pontoon boat for the short ride across the Waccamaw River to Sandy Island. The 11/2-hour service at New Bethel Baptist Church was loud and spirited, filled with music, clapping and foot-tapping. The outsiders stayed quiet but absorbed every word and sound.

"I'm not really religious myself, but that church service was great to experience," said Buena Vista sophomore Jeremy Ward.

Junior Jackie Lonning, who visited Puerto Rico last spring as part of the college's program, said the history in Georgetown County amazed her.

The group spent the next day touring Mansfield Plantation, a former rice plantation. Retired Georgetown educator and local history expert David Drayton led the group through the slave quarters, kitchen and main house.

"It's more than you learn in the books," Lonning said. "It's like the truth from the other side." •

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UNR students seeking privacy won't be on graduation lists FROM WIRE REPORTS

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) University of Nevada, Reno, students who don't want their personal information given to credit card companies and other solicitors won't be included on graduation programs or other academic rosters, university officials said.

"If a student says they don't want their name, or any information from the student distributed, that doesn't just apply to credit card companies, that applies to everything," said Jane Nichols, chancellor with University and Community College System of Nevada.

Nichols said the commencement bulletin is a public document. "When they remove themselves from the list, I assume they don't want that information released to the public," she told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Last month university regents voted to require schools to more prominently notify students about their privacy rights and to provide them more time to request their names be withheld from lists

be separate from anything provided to third parties.

The move came after students academic that could benefit your and the American Civil Liberties education," said Shannon Slater, a Union complained about schools 21-year-old advertising student.

"Is this relevant to selling or leasing student take your name off of lists to credit card the commencement companies.

"They are (bulletin) because Officials at UNR said you don't want the school does not sell threatening solicitations?" student information, but students with, `If The restriction does provide information also applies to about alumni, faculty you take your academic and donors to the credit organizations and card company MBNA name off this list, honorary societies America Bank. we are going to that ask the That arrangement university for student garnered the university make your life or alumni $58,000 last year. At information.

UNLV, a similar hell."

Matthew Wolden, partnership generates president of the about $100,000 a year Associated Students for the student alumni —Kendall Stagg northern Nevada of the University of center. coordinator, ACLU Nevada, helped draft In a separate vote last month, the release form that is sent out to the regents rejected a plan to let students. He said he asked students demand nondisclosure for administrators to consider giving commercial purposes, while still students more choices for allowing their names to be shared restricting information.

"My recommendation was to for nonprofit purposes, including create several different choices as scholarships and honors societies.

Students said the latest all-or- to what type of information you would be blocking yourself out of," nothing policy is also unfair.

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The American Civil Liberties Union, which has criticized the university for releasing student information, also has opposed the choice students have to make.

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Campus Events Thursday • The UCO Catholic Student Center, 321 E. Clegern, is holding mass at 7:30 p.m. following confession at 7:15 p.m. For more information, call Carl Erickson at 3416300.

• The Nepal Student Association is holding a board meeting at 2 p.m. in the Business Building, Room 203. For more information, call Prakash at 715-2752.

• The UCO Men's Soccer Club is holding a practice at 5:30 p.m. at the Fire Station Soccer Field. For more information, contact Jalal at 974-2377.

• The UCO Swing Dance Club is holding a meeting and dance at 7 p.m. in Room 202 of the Nigh University Center. Dance lessons will be offered. For more information, call Danny at 974-4010.

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• The Alpha Lambda Delta is holding Initiation at 7:30 p.m. at the Constitution Hall of Nigh University Center. For more information, call Ann Dee McClane at 974-4233.

Erickson at 341-6300.

• The UCO Catholic Student Center, 321 E. Clegern, is hosting a supper at 7 p.m. For more information, call Carl Erickson at 341-6300.

• The Department of Theatre, Dance • The UCO Bahai Association is holding and Media Arts will present the Improve devotions from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the Show at 8 p.m. at the Pegasus Theatre of Edmond Bahai Center, 321 E. Campbell.

Liberal Arts Building. Admission is free. For For more information, call Diba at 557more information, call 974-5511.

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• The UCO Catholic Student Center is • The Malaysian Student Association will holding the rosary at 12:05 p.m. by Broncho hold a table tennis tournament at 5:30 p.m.

Lake. For more information, call Carl at the Bronch corral. For more information, Erickson at 341-6300. call Yan at 216-9349 or Tomo at 974-4007.

• The Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship is having a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Nigh University Center, Room 304.

• The Circle K International is holding a general meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Room 322 of Univeristy Center. For more information, call Jalal at 974-2377.

• The Malaysian Student Association is holding a regular meeting at 10 p.m. in the Cyber Cafe of the Nigh University Center.

For more information, call Hooi Lee at 3484872.

• The Alpha Lambda Delta is holding a general meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Howell Hall Atrium followed by a ice cream social.

For more information, call Ann Dee McClane at 974-4233. •

Tuesday

Saturday

• The Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Arts will present an acting workshop with Brian O'Neil, a former Hollywood • The Art Club is holding a meeting agent, from noon to 4 p.m in Room 120 of featuring Against the Grain Gallery owner, the Communications Building. The Rick Sennet, at 11:30 a.m. in Room 200 of admission . is free for UCO theatre and the Art Building. Free Pizza for members. dance students, $10 for other UCO For more information, call Lynn Craigie at students, and $30 for others.

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• The UCO Catholic Student Center is holding the rosary at 12:05 p.m. by Broncho Lake. For more information, call Carl Erickson at 341-6300.

• The UCO Catholic Student Centeris holding the Cafe Scriptura (Scripture Coffeehouse) at 7:30 p.m. at 321 E. Clegern Ave. For more information, call Carl

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n the newsroom here at The Vista, we regularly get profuse amounts of mail from public relations and promotional groups, begging us for free publicity in the form of a news story. While most of these press releases are innocuous enough, sometimes we get one that gives even the most stone-faced of us a good laugh - right before it's heartily flung into the trash.

When we editors were opening our daily flood of mail recently, I came across a press release promoting a bizarre contest. It seems that a lingerie flower bouquet company (whatever the heck THAT is) is sponsoring a "sexiest college student" photo pageant.

When I think of the word pageant, I usually imagine a stage full of evening gowns, crowns and flashy smiles. The flower bouquet part of the pageant I could understand, but where lingerie fit into the picture, I had no idea.

Until I finished reading the packet.

The rest of the press release explained that entries should include (this is not a joke) "a sexy image of entrants wearing their favorite lingerie or undergarments."

Ok, so now instead of just a

pageant, we get a pageant in undies.

Yay. I found it even more disturbing to read that they will be awarding extra points for "creativity." Fortunately, they won't be accepting nude photos.

Apparently this company did not read my column last week, or they would already know my feelings regarding amateur lingerie models. I considered sending them a copy of that issue, but I thought they probably spent a lot of money refining this cultural debacle. It's not everyday you see a flower bouquet lingerie photo creativity pageant.

I went to the company's website to see what they were all about. Apparently they SELL lingerie flower bouquets to give as gifts.

What is a lingerie flower bouquet? I'm not sure, but it looks like they've hired some poor souls to cram undies between the petals in floral bouquets. I'm certain there's a joke there, but I think I'll leave it be.

Of all the things I've found inside flowers, underwear is certainly the lowest on my list of expectations. Bumblebees, wasps, and pollen, I can understand. But lingerie?

Dear Lord, help us all.

If you'll note, I haven't named the company sponsoring this disaster, nor do I plan to do so. However, if you feel that certain longing to enter this contest, and to have "an outlet to show off [your] sexiness" as they put it, feel free to e-mail me and I'll give you the information.

Be prepared for mockery if you do so. •

Beth Hull's column appears every Thursday in The Vista.

You can reach her via e-mail at stanggirl70@yahoo.com .

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Out & About Live Music • Pepperoni Grill, 3300 S. Broadway, is presenting Larry Fantastick with the CDS Band from 7 to 10:30 p.m. every Saturday. For more information, contact Larry Funches at larryfunches@prodigy.net

• The Oklahoma City Zoo will present Close Encounters of the Bird Kind through June 16 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call 424-3344.

Theater

• The Lloyd Noble Center at the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman will present Plus One, ZOEgirl, Natalie Grant and Phat Chance at 7:30 p.m.

April 19. Tickets are $19.50-$24.50. For more information, call 235-8288.

• The Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, will present Rent, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, from April 2 to 7. Tickets are $27.50 to $50. For more information, call 297-3375.

Special Events

• The Carpenter Square Theatre, 400 West California, will present The Glass Menagerie from March 29 to April 20. For ticket informatino, call 232-6500.

• The Omniplex and the Kirkpatrick Planetarium, 2100 N.E. 52nd St., will present The Search for Life in the Universe narrated by Leonard Nimoy through May 26.

Show times are Tuesdays through Thursdays at 3 p.m.; Fridays at 3, 6, and 8 p.m.; Saturdays at noon, 2, 4, 6, and 8 p.m.; and Sundays at 2, 4, 6, and 8 p.m. Admission to the Omniplex is $7.50 for adults, $6 for seniors, $5 for youth and $5 for children. For more information, call 602-6664.

• The Synchronicity Theatre Company will present Waiting for Godot at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays from March 29 to April 20 at Studio 207 at 7210 Broadway Extension. Admissions are $12. For more information, call 879-2191.

• The Pollard Theater, 120 W. Harrison in Guthrie, will present Chicago from April 5 to May 12. For ticket information, call 282-2800.

Exhibits • The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will present Dale Chihuly: An Inaugural Exhibition through August 4 inside the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center at 415 Couch Dr. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, and free for children under 5. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m-. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call 236-3100.

• The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman, 1335 Asp, is presenting Exhibition: Birds in Flight, a cQllection of stop-action photographs by Russell Hansen through Aug. 4. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mondays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m.on Sundays.

For more information, call 325-4712.

• The UCO college of Arts, Media and Design will present Nearly Always Horses, an exhibit featuring works by Jean Artman Campbell from April 4 to 21 at the Donna Nigh Gallery on the 4th floor of the Nigh University Center. Admission is free. For more information, call Zina Gelona at 974-2432. •

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Hourly wage + commission. Vehicle included. Please send resume to The Daily Oklahoman, Attn: Human Resources, P 0 Box 25125, OKC, OK 73125 or fax to 405-475-3970.

BUSINESS GROWING. Several PT positions available. We pay $10/hr for energetic telephone work educating senior citizens on healthcare issues. Morning shift 9-1, evening shift 1:30-5:30 M-F. No experience preferred, we will train. Business located on N Classen Blvd. Soon moving to Edmond. Call Jeff or Carl between 8:30-9am or 1-1:30pm (M-F) at 879-1888.

HELP WANTED! Looking for full & part time veterinary assistant help. Some weekends and holidays required. Santa Fe Veterinary Clinic, 16309 N Santa Fe, Edmond.

FOR RENT

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mower, boy's football helmet & shoulder pads, keyboard, Perot t-shirts, garden tools, humidifier, extension ladder, men's 10-sp train bike, 348-7932.

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typing on a computer or typewriter. Must have great desire to learn more about the photography business, 390-5400.

NEED SOMEONE to work 3 days/wk answering phone and some filing. $6.50/hr, flexible hours. Call Andy or Cory at McCaleb Homes for details, 341-5225.

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Edmond Language Institute We teach English as a Second Language and are conveniently located on the UCO Campus at Thatcher Hall.

PHONE: 405-341-2125 *9 LEVELS Intensive Training *NEW SESSION every 4 wks *PRIVATE TUTORING available *PREPARATION for TOEFL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE CTR (Adjacent to UCO) ESL for Internat'l Students * Prepare for University study * Prepare for the TOEFL * Succeed in a stress-free atmosphere

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ATTENTION SINGLE PARENTS The UCO Foundation has a limited number of special scholarships available for UCO students with special circumstances. Plese come to Evans Hall 101 to pick up an application.

MIETLEM1111111 DENTAL PLAN $11.95 per month single; $19.95 family. No deductibles, no claim forms. Includes Vision, RX and chiropractic plans. Affordable health and life plans also. Call Michelle at 3404998.

RENTERS-Get $20,000 coverage for $17$22 per month! Great auto rates for good students too. Call Michelle at 340-4998 for free quote.

PT telemarketing, make your own hours. Hourly + commissions. Call 348-8884.

FRATERNITIES * SORORITIES CLUBS * STUDENT GROUPS Earn $1000-$2000 with the easy Campusfundraiser.com three hour fundraising event. Does not involve credit card applications. Fundraising dates are filling quickly, so call today! Contact Campusfundraiser.com at (888)923-3238, or visit www.campusfundraiser.com

PAID INTERNSHIPS. The Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) is currently offering two PT paid internships for students interested in issues relating to terrorism and counterterrorism. Pay is between $8 and $10/hr. See "Positions Available" at www.mipt.org for details.

WILLING TO EDUCATE

TYPING, $1.25/page, all formats. Call Sarah at 359-1696, 4-7pm weekdays or anytime weekends.

EMPLOYMENT $1500 WEEKLY potential mailing our circulars. No experience required. Free information packet. Call 203-683-0202.

attendants, lube techs, cashiers, sales reps.

We offer complete training, advancement opportunities, great pay. Apply at 2220 S Broadway in Edmond (across from Taco Cabana).

PT/FT positions, earn top dollar, flexible work schedule, no experience necessary. Call Tim at 47627672 or 947-9000.

experienced servers, bartenders, hosts & cooks. Great pay, flexible hours. Apply 2-4 pm at 4300 W Reno, OKC or call for appt at 943-9111.

for baseball players wanting to do field maintenance. Apply at 801 NW 122nd between 10am and 5pm M-F.

LEGENDS Sports Complex Inc is needing concession & restaurant help Mon-Sun. Must be able to work nights until 10:30pm. Apply M-F 10am to 5pm at 801 NW 122nd.

PART TIME radio relations rep needed for syndicated radio show. Afternoons M-F. Call 843-7568 for more info.

MOBILE HOME for rent. 2 bed, 14X60,

bath, 1-car garage, w/d connections. Includes all appliances in kitchen. 800 N Chowning, call 348-5112.

POOL MGR/head lifeguard for NW OKC neighborhood pool mgr. Experience preferred but not necessary. Flexible hours, days off: Must have current ARC lifeguard and CPR certification. Call NW Pool Mgmt at 720-6239.

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TRAVELGETAWAY FOR TWO! **5-day, 4-night Bahamas Getaway** Includes: Roundtrip airfare for 2 to Ft Lauderdale, FL from OKC; all-inclusive cruise to Freeport Bahamas; 5 days and 4 nights at the Island Palm Resort (3-star resort); all-inclusive cruise back to Ft Lauderdale. Total package for 2 is $600.

Package good for one full year and is transferrable. Call 326-2077 for more info.

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Washer, furnace & electric water heater all 3 years old. $300/mo, call 341-3015.

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school-age children 3 afternoons a week.

Must have dependable transportation to take children to activities. Need someone who enjoys children and displays Christian values.

Call 330-0006, ask for Tricia.

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ROOMMATE WANTED to share 2

staff to work at indoor and outdoor pools.

Flexible hours and free membership to all employees. Will train. For more information, please call the Edmond YMCA at 348-9622.

Duties include heavy filing, mass mail-outs and phones. Send resume to pjbaker @ triadenergy.com

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1995 MERCURY Sable. Excellent condition. Power windows/ locks/ seats.

Cruise control, remote access, new tires & battery. Available in May, $3500 OBO. Call 285-1272.

Part Time Friday Evenings No Experience Necessary

OFFICE WORK at storage facility NEED RIDE to UCO on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Need to be there by 8am. Live close to Warr Acres. Willing to pay. Call for details. Call 720-5966.

DO YOU NEED CASH? Life has its UPS. $8.50/hr plus raises, tuition reimbursement for PT supervisors, three PT shifts. Paid medical/ dental/ life insurance; paid holidays & vacations, weekends off, advancement opportunities. Call 948-2405 UPS is an EOE.

Any mornings hours available? $6.25/hr, call 330-3077.

EDMOND FAMILY needs aide for boy with autism, evenings and weekends, extended summers hours. Special Ed or Speech Path major preferred. Excellent English required. Professional training provided. 359-1696 or 922-4032.

SALESMAN WANTED TRAPPER FISHCAMP & Grill now hiring

LEGENDS Sports Complex Inc is looking

PART TIME work for very busy office.

PT CHILDCARE givers needed 2:30-6pm.

FAST LANES is now hiring carwash

Service. Call 341-5247 after 7pm.

highly motivated individual for rewarding career in financial services. Fax resume to 1-877-8956021 or call toll free 1-877-895-6021.

DO YOU THINK you might be pregnant and need a free confidential pregnancy test or someone to talk to? Call Birth Choice of Edmond at 330-2111.

WANTED - Part time help at Wayne's Lawn

with The Beach in Edmond. Only $37.58/mo, can use all beds. Call 822-7425.

Experienced in roofing, home improvements and insurance negotiation a plus, but will train the right person. Good summertime job for students. Fax resume to 405-755-7590 or call 405-755-7500.

Saturdays 9-5 and 1 day a week. $7/hr, call 478-5000.

Call Charlene or Madelaine

A NEW & EXCITING restaurant opening soon in Edmond. Poppa's Restaurant will be opening its doors in April. The pieces to the puzzle are falling into place, the only thing missing is you. We are looking for energetic, outgoing & hard working individuals to join our team. We are hiring for the following positions: * Kitchen staff * Waitstaff * Counter Help Day & evening shifts available. Poppa's is accepting applications M-F 12-4pm at 507 S Boulevard, Edmond.

TEACHERS' AIDES: Set up materials and assist instructors in summer school programs.

Train now for summer. 4 days/week. Sylvan Learning Center, 842-7323. (Ask for Mary or Cheryl)

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41•1104,§eigiii 6The Citizens Bank UCO branch has one a lot for UCO. Janet & Lon Dehnert Customers "In day to day service 13C0 is the largest facility and to have our own bank is a great benefit to UCO." Says Lon, Director of Choral Studies at UCO,

"There are great people at Citizens Bank. We have a long term relationship with them." Janet says.

"It's a hometown bank and I appreciate their customer service and

personal touch." pi ct ured right: left to right, Lon Dehncrt, Director of Choral Studiesat UCO, Janet Dehnert, Sherry Ponison, Assistant Vice President and Manager at Citizens Bank UCO Branch.

"The 1.3C0 branch - on campus is extremely convenient for me. I was so excited when Citizens opened this branch." Lon said. "I have some students that work at the

this branch."

Janet says, "The internet banking is a very important service Citizen's offers, it is so convenient when I travel

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