THURSDAY
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
APRIL 8, 1999
WOUNDED KNEE Survivor speaks 2
AROUND CAMPUS Cool happenings 9-10
MR. UCO Winner named 3
SPORTS UCO track meet 13
INDIAN HERITAGE Week-long celebration 4
EDITORIAL Senator Clinton? 19
The Student Voice Since 1903
Bill to raise parking fee dies By Stacy Brasher StallWriter
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he UCO Student Association (UCOSA) Senate voted down a bill proposing a multi-level parking garage on campus Monday. Thirty-three of the 43 senators present voted against the legislation. "We proposed the legislation
because it's inevitable," said Rep. Chris Cook, who was one of the authors of the bill. "It's only a matter of time before we build another program, or another building, so we have to start going vertically, and we should start investing now," he said. As a long-term parking solution, the authors suggested a multi-level parking garage be constructed from an increase in
student parking permit fees. Currently, the fee is $40 annually, but the legislation suggested it be doubled. The authors cited the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University campuses, which both have comparable, if not higher parking rates. "I do think that if the students want a long-term solution, they're going to have to submit to something," said senator Jason Vaughn, who was also an author of the legislation. "They're (students) going to have to give a. little to get a little," he said. "This isn't one of those cases where we can give less and get more." The fee increase was
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Sounds of UCO ••• At the Mr. UCO 1999 competition last Saturday, Brandon Grissom let his vocals fly during the talent competition. Grissom competed along with 10 other contestants. Who's the winner? See page 3.
Students' willful law breaking results in higher book prices By Jarrod Briley Staffliffrifer
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Standing Tall ••• The completed and colorful tepee set up north of Broncho Lake, stands tall in honor of American Indian Heritage Week. Lectures, displays and events are occurring throughout the week on campus. See page 4 for story.
everal UCO students, possibly hundreds, are buying their text books, photo copying each page, and then returning the books for a refund — causing the price of many text books to sky rocket, said a local bookstore manager. "If they are required to have a textbook, they will buy it, copy it and return it," said Jim McFarlin, manager of Thomsons bookstore, referring to the students involved. "UCO students should be mad as heck. It's to the point that it's costing everybody money. It factors into our cost which ends up being passed along to the students," McFarlin said. When students use credit cards to buy their books and then return them for a refund, Thomsons is still billed for a percentage of the original sell. Thomsons raises the price of books to compensate for their loss. Some UCO students are angry. And they
blame UCO international students. "I spent more than $200 on textbooks this semester and they (international students) probably spent half of that because they copied their books," said Steve Kuder, graduate student. During one of Kuder's classes, the professor noticed that several international students did not have textbooks. The professor confronted one of the students and asked him where his book was. The student admitted that he, and several other students in the class, were using copied texts. But the students did not feel they were doing anything wrong. "They started trying to defend it, saying, `The textbooks here are too expensive,' and said that they could get the same books in Taiwan for half the price they cost here," Kuder said. But UCO can do little to stop the problem,
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