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Volume 119, Issue 01
VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”
vistanews1903 @thevista1903 @thevista1903 The Vista ucentralmedia.com Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021
Virtual permits replace stickers
INSIDE
Broncho move in
Welcome new residents! An inside look at the 2021 freshman move-in weekend. See Pg. 4-5
Vehicles should be parked with their license plate showing to the outside of the space because of the new virtual parking permits. UCO vanity plates may be purchased from the transportation services office to park in any direction. Madalyn Nix/The Vista.
Sports
Lyric Peterson
Football team eager to return to field after difficult pandemic delays. See Pg. 7
Virtual Reality The University has decided to end extended classroom learning, but some worry it See Pg. 8
Around Campus An on-campus clinic provides vaccines for individuals 12 and older. See Pg. 2
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UCO Transportation and Parking Services Twitter, @UCOParking, sent out a tweet on Monday informing drivers of parking lots with “plenty of parking available…” @UCOParking posted “Parking Tips” for the start of the semester along with an updated parkin court, from
Oct. 2020 until July 2021, the professional tension between Heugatter and the theater department grew. After Heugatter’s involvement in the Title IX lawsuit in 2020, she told Weidell that “the working environment had negatively impacted her mental and physical health.” According to the documents filed in court, Weidell scheduled a follow-up meeting with Heugatter on April 7,
UCO professor added as plaintiff to Title IX case Ainsley Martinez Managing Editor
In the ongoing Title IX lawsuit against the University of Central Oklahoma, the newest plaintiff, Emily Heugatter said, her involvement in the complaints against interitum assistant dean Kato Buss sparked backlash in her work at the University’s theater department. The new development comes after six former students cite Buss’ engagement in inappropriate behavior toward female students as creating a “sexually hostile environment.” They said the University knew of these allegations, yet failed to take proper mea-
sures in protecting students. According to new court documents, in Oct. 2020, students Olivia Wells and Miranda Summar confided in Professor Heugatter about the abusive behavior exhibited by Buss— and shortly after, other female students followed with their own accounts. After meeting with Wells and Summar, Heugatter “immediately contacted then-Interim Dean of College of Fine Arts and Design Charleen Weidell.” Then, as the documents state, Weidell suggested the students “must be lying” and there was “no way that Kato would do this.” According to documents filed in Continued on Pg. 3
2021. The documents said, “Weidell advised Heugatter that if she wanted relief from the hostile environment in the Theatre Arts Department she had to resign her tenured position, go through a hiring process and be prepared to accept a significant demotion in both title and pay.” Continued on Pg. 3
Vaccine clinic opens; shots could help extend fall break Sam Royka Reporter
Passport Health is now hosting weekly COVID-19 vaccine clinics by appointment until Oct. 6, coinciding with a new campaign from UCO encouraging students to report their vaccinations before Oct. 1. UCO faculty, students, and staff can receive both COVID-19 vaccines and flu shots at clinics on campus Sept. 23-24 and 29. All vaccines will be administered by Passport Health staff as well as UCO nursing students and faculty. Appointments can be made online Continued on Pg. 8