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TODAY IN HISTORY On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr, civil rights leader, gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Approximately 250,000 people witnessed the speech, which is one of the century's most quoted orations.
Report reveals below-average faculty pay BY DANIEL HOLDGE
Staff Writer
report based on the 20002001 salaries of professors and associate professors shows that UCO is below the national average. Dr. Thomas Guild, President elect of the state and UCO chapters of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), developed a report comparing the salaries at UCO and other similar schools. He sent that report to Sandra Mayfield, President of the UCO Chapter of AAUP. The letter's content was then unanimously passed by the 20 members of the AAUP that represent UCO, and sent to all 353 full-time faculty. "Response has been positive and a lot of my colleagues feel we need to be where the report proposes," said Guild. Dr. Guild's report shows the average salary for a UCO professor is $59,000 and is $52,200 for associate professors. UCO is a
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Division II school, so Guild used a associate professors. "We rank 16 out of 16 in national average from similarly ranked private and public average professors salaries, and the institutions. The average salary for associate professors salary ranked professors was $69,917 and 12 of 16," Guild said. Guild's report also shows that $55,347 for associate professors. At Division II public institutions, in the last 12 months professor's the average was $68,828 for salaries have increase only two professors and $54,886 for percent while the inflation rate has been 3.37%. associate professors. "We're not even The UCO Office keeping up with of Academic Affairs "We're not even inflation much less researched the keeping up with our peers," Guild said. salaries at 16 colleges Dr. Guild proposes they call "peer inflation much less a three-year plan to institutions." These Dr. Thomas Guild increase payroll and schools they feel are our peers," help bring UCO close similar to UCO to the national for the 2001-2002 fiscal year to based on 'enrollment —Dr. Thom as Guild pay for this increase. A tuition average. and proximity. Preside nt, AAUP The plan would increase of 1.5 million and the These schools add a nine-percent money saved from disbanding the include Wichita State University, the University of inflation adjustment, over a three- track program last year was North Texas and the University of year period, to public Division II included. An additional 1.65 Texas at San Antonio. This institutions 2000-2001 average million will come from Section 13 research developed figures very salaries. This would add $5,341 to money, which is allocated by the professors' and $2,542 to associate State Regents for Higher similar to what Guild presented. Education. The average salary for peer professors' salaries per year. Dr. Guild's report details institutions was $69,000 for professors and $54,500 for additional money UCO will have See SALARIES, Page 4
Astronomy observatory built for UCO students
QUOTE OF THE DAY "When things go wrong they like to blame the President, and that's one of the things that Presidents are paid for." — John F. Kennedy
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nioTorRovIDED Dr. William Caire (bottom left) and Physics instructor Philip Cloud (third from top left) pose with volunteers in front of the new observatory. BY LAURA BELLO
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targazers at UCO have a new tool for their research. The College of Math and
Science recently constructed an observatory at the Selman Living Laboratory (SLL) in northwestern Oklahoma, said Dr. William Caire, dean of the
school and director of SLL. The dome contains a 12-inch LX-200 automated telescope that rotates to follow stars. The SLL is eight miles from Freedom, Okla. This observatory project is part of a consortium between UCO and six other colleges and universities. Participating schools include Leeward Community College in Hawaii, Northwestern Oklahoma Sate University in Alva, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, University of California in Berkley, Santa Clara University, Calif., and Western Kentucky University. The seven colleges and universities will develop collaborative programs centered around undergraduate research projects in astronomy, according to Fritz Osell, professor at Leeward Community College in
Pear City, Hawaii. The consortium will allow the schools to share information and enhance the learning process. According to Osell, "Many stars change their brightness rapidly and must be closely monitored for many hours to acquire enough data for study." Students in one region may loose visibility of a star as the sun enters the sky, however, if the telescope at one of the sister observatories is also looking at that star, then the student can continue their research, Caire said. An advantage to building an observatory in Oklahoma is that the location is isolated. "We are in very dark sky. There is not much light pollution. This is harder and harder to find in the U.S.," Caire said.
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OPINION & EDITORIAL WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON THE STEM CELL RESEARCH ISSUE?
"I'm all for it. It's making the best of a bad situation. We've got to do something."
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Higher value should be put on instructors' jobs "I think it would be "I think it's all right I don't beneficial, but technology is think it's all right on outrunning us to a certain abortion babies, only on point. It can become more babies that wouldn't make it anyway." detrimental." —ALICIA HENTHORNE —TAMARA MORRISON junior sociology /substance junior elementary education major abuse major
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ur country is one of the most technologically advanced in the world. The reason for this is everyone has access to an education. Paying for public education may be costly, but it beats the alternative of no schooling. Oklahoma's lawmakers place a high value on the two premier schools — the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University — while the rest suffer with
below-average pay. UCO falls into the latter category. Oklahoma sets one of the highest standards for educators anywhere in the nation, but we rank 46th in pay. Instructors at higher levels often sacrifice successful careers in order to pass along the knowledge they have accumulated over many years. They understand the need to train young minds that can pick up the gauntlet when
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JSA to hold activities for students event per monthly, Fujiwara said. Fujiwara also serves a secretary of Staff Writer the International Student he Japan Student Council. Association (JSA) will The organization will hold a hold its first meeting of the barbecue at 6 p.m. on Sept. 2 in semester at 3 p.m. Fink Park near 2nd on Aug. 30 in the Street and Garland Liberal Arts "We don't I imit Godfrey Drive in building, Room Edmond. All UCO JSA membe rship 217 to discuss students are invited, activities and new to Japanese and the event is free. policies within the Last year's barbecue had students; an yone organization. a turnout of about 100 We don't limit students. can join. I'd like to JSA membership to JSA will also be Japanese students; see more offering a free Japanese anyone can join," conversation class interaction said Megumi throughout fall, which Fujiwara, president between Am erican teaches students some of the JSA. "I'd like basics of the Japanese students and to see more language. interaction Classes will start at 3 Japanese between American p.m. on Sept. 4 in the students and students." Liberal Arts building, Japanese students." Room 217, Fujiwara Megurni Events planned said. F ujiwara for this year The JSA preside nt, JSA include authentic membership fee of $5 Japanese food and party games. per semester is not required for This year, the organization the barbecue or for the will try to have at least one big BY MICHAEL LARSON
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DOME: Technology facilitates stargazing
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He hopes to take groups of students to the SLL and conduct star shows. At the star shows, the telescopes are connected to a computer that will project the images on a large outdoor screen to enable several people to view the stars at one time, Caire said. The domes were purchased with a grant from the Alldridge
Foundation, which supports further education. The only cost to the university will be electricity, Caire said. Volunteers who helped Caire include retired regent Paul Barbey, physics professor Philip Cloud, Timothy Cloud, and Steve Maier, a physicist from Alva, Okla. •
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conversation class. As of Aug. 20, Japanese students constitute the largest international group on campus with 306 enrolled students, said Jalal Daneshfar, Coordinator of Immigration and Activities for International Students. John Gatewood II, a UCO junior graphic art major who has been studying the language for six years said of JSA, "I have made many friends and learned a lot of Japanese from these cool kids." •
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"The amount of time and service I have given to the Staff Writer organization is probably the reason r. Tana Stufflebean, Human I received the award," said Environmental Sciences Stufflebean. Department Chair at UCO, The OAFCS organization's received the 2001 motto says they Professional Award "develop and support "The amount of on March 9 from the people who are Oklahoma physically, mentally and time and service I Association of Family emotionally healthy and Consumer have given to the from birth through the Science (OAFCS). life span in the home organization is This award identifies and community." The and honors a member organization offers probably the PHOTO BY LAURA JOHNSON who has made an advice concerning outstanding reason I received parenting education, Dr. Tana Stufflebean displays the contribution to the career development, award she won March 9 from the the award" Oklahoma Association of Family family and consumer nutrition and more. science profession. Stufflebean's and Consumer Science (OAFCS). —Dr. Tana Stufflebean has professional expertise "When I sat at the table I saw a Stufflebean been a member of includes the areas of Chair, Human paper of achievements under my OAFCS since 1979 textiles, fashion Environmental plate, which is their way of telling and has held several marketing and business Sciences me I won the award." • leadership positions communication. including president, vice president The Professional Award was and counselor. She is the current presented in an unusual manner at Log on to www.thevistaonline.com 24 hours a day for campus news or membership chair of the the OAFCS banquet, Stufflebean to sound off on current issues. association. said.
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The university also saved Webb. money from an early retirement "I thought the meetings went program two years ago. Several well and we're positive that senior professors opted for a President Webb can hopefully $20,000 contract buyout, which implement this plan next year," lowered salary expenses. Guild said. • The next step for Guild was to Log on to www.thevistaonline.com talk to the president and past 24 hours a day for campus news or president of the AAUP Chapter to sound off on current issues. and then UCO President Roger
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ood for thought and some ways to make your initial weeks here at UCO safe and enjoyable are offered in the following items for your consideration in the "Start-up Zone" (with apologies to Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone). Traffic & Parking — Late arrivals for class make for unsafe moves. If you are late, accept that fact, slow down, honor the speed limit, and watch for pedestrians. While there are limited spaces in the major parking lots, try parking in a remote lot such as the one adjacent to Wantland Stadium. You won't lose any more time walking than looking for a parking space, and it will cut down on your hassle. There are numerous places where students and cars mix other than just the parking lots. Ayers Street has a high volume of pedestrian crossings, and great care must be exercised when crossing or driving on Ayers. Anywhere around the University Center is going to be crowded — likewise along University Drive. As a pedestrian or driver, keep your head up and watch for the other guy. As a pedestrian, cross only at designated crosswalks. You are safer there.
Residence Life — For your protection in your residence here at UCO we have a number of systems installed. These include fire alarms, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, exit lights, and emergency lights. Already this year we have had several incidents of fire extinguishers being discharged unnecessarily. The danger of discharging a fire extinguisher is that it may be the very one that is needed to stop a fire or save someone's life. If you vandalize or in any way harm fire safety systems, you endanger others as well as violate state law. As a reminder on these items: Fire alarms are not a joke to pull on your friends. Fire extinguishers are serious pieces of equipment and are not to be used on your roommate. Sprinkler heads are for putting out fires and not for hanging clothes. Exit lights and emergency lights are for lighting the escape route when Edmond power fails — not for proving that you're strong enough to tear them down and too immature to resist the impulse. Construction - There is a lot of work going on at UCO to add new facilities and to repair old ones. This is easy to see. It is also easy to stay safe around construction. All you have to do is stay out of an obvious construction or maintenance area. Contractors and UCO maintenance workers do not always barricade some of the materials used in construction, so avoid these as well. Your cooperation with our construction is appreciated. Your safety at UCO depends on you, so welcome to the "Start-up Zone," and have a great and safe semester at UCO. If you have safety concerns, call the Safety Office at extension 2216. •
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The No. 6 ranked Broncho, who went 21-3 during the 2000 season, spearheaded 44 shots, while allowing the Northwestern Rangers only two shots. In the Broncho's 90-minute whirlwind performance, they lead from the start to finish.
The Bronchos, taking the bull by the horns, lead 3-0 at halftime, then got four of its final five goals in the opening of the second. Head coach Mike Cook was pleased by the Bronchos stellar performance and conditioning in brutally hot weather. "It was a good start for us and something we can build on," he said. " It was obviously hot, but I thought that we held up pretty well and kept up the pressure the whole game. We've got a lot of high goals set this year and need to keep getting better." With the temperatures hovering above 100 degrees at Tom Thompson Field, the heat paled in comparison with the performances of Kim Brown and Christina Folluo. Brown had three goals for the Bronchos while, Folluo kicked in two. Folluo, scoring just 2:44 into the game, knocked in a short shot on a pass from Brown. Brown, then, got the first of her three goals eight minutes later as she chipped in a shot to the corner. Valerie Gutierrez completed the first half scoring for the
Bronchos with an assist from Chelsea Holland as the clock showed 14 minutes left off. UCO continued their assault into the second half, getting strong defensive play from Lisa Hansen, Jessica Mathieu, Courtney Lindsey and Melissa Burns while adding to the lead. Brown adding to her first goal just six minutes into the second half, knocked in a shot off a Gina Mix corner kick. Holland added to the action two minutes later with a shot from 15 yards out on a pass from Jeorgia McGinty, who noticed her 38th career assist. Brown, getting the assist on the next goal, broke out of the pack in front of UCO's goal after a NWOSU desperation corner kick. She took the ball the length of the field before
dumping a pass off to McGinty for an easy shot and a 6-0 lead. Brown scored her final shot of the game right in front of the goal off a Liz Martin feed and Martin added another assist minutes later when Folluo knocked in her second goal of the day, giving the Bronchos an overwhelming 8-0 lead. Amanda Hillier and J.J. Stevens teamed up in goal for the Bronchos, with Stevens saving the only two shots on goal the Rangers produced. UCO will travel to Tampa Fla. For the Tampa Invitational on Aug. 31— Sept. 2 before returning on Sept. 7-8 to host the Dr. Pepper Classic. • Log on to www.thevistaonline.com 24 hours a day for campus news or to sound off on current issues.
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Funeral-related videos not morbid topic to UCO prof and create the graphics animations," Sokoll said. Staff Writer Television special Buried Alive: ne professor at UCO has Secrets Below aired on the reason to pay special Discovery Channel January 1999. attention when the credits The piece investigated if people roll at the end of some were buried alive cable shows. He's not and Sokoll's looking for a producer's embalming "They found out names, but for his own. demonstration lasted about my Dr. Gary Sokoll, 15-20 seconds. professor of funeral His work also embalming videos services has produced crossed the seas to videos for eight years to Japan. Idea and recruited me use in his classes. The Network, a Japanese to produce videos video footage contains production company embalming requested video on embalming, demonstrations, presentations on restoration techniques, embalming that restoration and cosmetic application. aired on Japanese techniques, and Sokoll has produced television in 1999. approximately 35 videos. According to Sokoll cosmetic Sokoll received his embalming is degree in Funeral Services gaining popularity application," from UCO in 1980 and over cremation in has taught here for —Dr. Gary Sokoll Japan. sixteen years. funeral services Two works are in In the past couple years professor progress. The he has been approached by Discovery Channel will present companies in the United States The Mummy Road Show, which and Japan that have requested use will compare mummification with of his footage. current methods in America. It will "I produce, shoot, edit and air this fall or early next spring. BY LAURA BELLO
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not a large need for video, but with the information age we live in, video is a great format to show embalming for educational purposes," Sokoll said. He worked alongside fellow UCO graduate Kevin Davis, now director of the funeral services department at St. Petersburg Junior College in Florida, producing many of the instructional videos. Besides producing the videos, Sokoll also published a book, The Art of Facial Reconstruction, PHOTO BY LEITH LAWS used at UCO and Dr. Gary Sokoll, funeral services professor, has other schools. • produced around 35 videos for use in his classes. The videos cover topics such as embalming methods, restoration techniques and cosmetic application.
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England from the viewpoint of All the required reading Shakespeare and his history plays prepared the members to (Henry V, Henry VI part 3, experience the historical sites personally. One tour member, Richard III and Henry VIII). UCO graduate student Once on tour, Karl Dowell, stressed the students completed importance of prior travel journals daily, "Reading up knowledge of sites they and a ahead of time comprehensive final visited. "It was all a big was given at UCO enhances the following the trip. learning experience for experience when me," Dowell said. The educational "Reading up ahead of points of the tour looking at time enhances the encompassed many perspectives, not experience when looking historical at historical paintings limited to the paintings and and buildings." subject matter English major studied in class. buildings" "We learned not Christopher Shaney Felt said that "connecting bits only about Shakespeare, but of history with the texts —Kral D owell we read was a visceral about English UCO gra duate and rounded experience." history as well," st udent One unexpected Rice said. The tour members got help aspect Rice observed was the tour from natives, like their bus driver group's reaction to the destruction in London. Rice said the locals Henry VIII caused throughout added color to the trip, pointing England, while establishing the out interesting spots the tour Anglican Church. He said emotional reactions members might have otherwise mounted as the students observed missed.
the sites. "I was trying to figure out what kind of king would destroy so much," Dowell said of the damage to historically and religiously important structures. Felt said there was a sense of sadness in the destruction of Glastonbury Cathedral, but he noticed that it has been maintained beautifully. The tour was unique in that it placed more of a scholarly emphasis on the trip, but free time for the group led to activities that weren't entirely planned. Rice said this included seeing Queen Elizabeth II in a motorcade, Broadway plays, and a Sunday visit to listen to a myriad of speakers in the famous Hyde Park of London. Rice spoke of plans to take another group on a European trip in a few years, but for now he says he is content with memories and experiences from this one. • Log on to www . thevistaonline .corn 24 hours a day for campus news or to sound off on current issues.
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AP Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—One of the first things Caroline Cooke did after she escaped from her polygamist community was cut her knee-length hair to an above-theshoulder bob. She also traded her full-length dresses for sleeveless shirts and shorts. They were radical and symbolic moves for the 15-year-old girl who walked away from her family and religion, which encourages pioneer-style long hair and long dresses for women. Cooke left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, one of the country's largest polygamist groups, four months ago because she feared she soon would be married to a man three times her age who already had more than a dozen wives. "I just feel free. I get to listen to music, to watch TV, to look on the Internet. For the first time in my life I get my own room," said Cooke, who now lives with her
uncle's family in rural southwestern Colorado. The situation of girls such as Cooke has gotten more attention as a result of the case against polygamist Tom Green, who does not belong to the fundamentalist church. Green, 52, was convicted in May of keeping five wives in Utah's first polygamy prosecution in nearly 50 years. Green, 52, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. He could get up to 25 years in prison. He is also awaiting trial on charges of child rape stemming from his marriage to a young woman in Mexico, apparently when she was 13. She is pregnant with her seventh child. Members of the Mormon church brought polygamy to the West when they settled Utah more than 150 years ago. The church renounced polygamy in the 1890s and now excommunicates those who practice it. But some groups and individuals — including the FLDS church — say they are
adhering to early Mormon tradition. Estimates put the number of polygamists in the West at 30,000. Life within the closed FLDS fundamentalist 'community is strict, and women have little say about their futures, Cooke said. Almost all the teen-age girls in the group are married at 16 to men much older. Cooke said FLDS leaders found out about her secret 18-year-old boyfriend, who was promptly kicked out of the group. But for girls, it is harder to leave. "They want as many girls as they can get," she said. Cooke has not been in school since she was in sixth grade and has only been educated in schools run by polygamists, she said. Now she nervously awaits her first day in public school on Sept. 1. She said she has no regrets. However, her decision has meant estrangement from her polygamist parents and 26 brothers and sisters. While Cooke adjusts to her new
life, another 15-year-old girl is making her case in Salt Lake juvenile court to leave the same polygamist cornmunity. In addition, an older sister of 14-year-old Ruby Jessop is claiming the teen is being held against her will inside the FLDS community in Utah. Flora Jessop said her sister was forced into a marriage with her stepbrother. The FLDS church, governed by Rulon Jeffs, is said to have as many as 12,000 members. It is headquartered in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, but its members dominate the remote stateline towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. Scott Berry, the group's Salt Lake City-based attorney, was out of town and unavailable for comment, a secretary said. Todd Minchey, a regional director with the Utah Division of Child and Family Services, said
that when girls leave the tightlipped polygamist communities, it is rare that the outside world hears about it. He thinks these cases are getting more attention now because of the Green case. Cooke said being a part of the polygamist community was like living in a foreign country, though she spent the past six years in Salt Lake City. Diana Hollis, an investigator in the Utah attorney general's criminal division whose job is to look into these closed societies, has childhood memories of trying to peer inside a neighbor's polygamist household. "I'd look through the knotholes in the fence that surrounded the home and say, 'I wish those kids would come out and play with us,"' she said. "Who would have thought I would still be looking through the knotholes?" •
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — City officials say they have lost the forensic case file of a man who was executed this year for a murder conviction bawd largely on circumstantial evidence and the testimony of a police chemist accused by the FBI of doing shoddy work. The file of Malcolm Johnson is among a number of missing 1981 case files, assistant municipal counselor Richard Smith said in a letter to defense attorney Doug Parr. "It's an example of the police department's negligence with regard to running and managing the forensics laboratory," Parr said Thursday. Parr received the letter after a lawsuit to open records in an attempt to examine the file. He said he will seek other
documents he hopes will shed testimony . The FBI accused her of shoddy forensic work in five light on Johnson's case. criminal cases. Johnson was Eleven death row executed Jan. 6 for inmates whose cases the 1981 murder of "It's an example she worked on have 76-year-old Ura been executed; Alma Thompson, of the police others remain under who was raped and department's death sentences. killed in her Gilchrist has Oklahoma City negligence with denied wrongdoing. apartment. regard to running Parr is a board Johnson was member of the convicted in part on and managing the Oklahoma Criminal the testimony of forensics Defense Lawyers police department Association, which forensic chemist laboratory," has been active in Joyce Gilchrist, who investigating has been on paid —Doug Parr problems arising leave from the police defense attorney from Gilchrist's department since to Malcolm work. February. Johnson Johnson's case is Hundreds of cases involving her work are being "probably the most arguable of investigated by state and federal all of the cases where someone agencies for alleged shoddy was convicted and executed," practices and false or misleading Parr said. •
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really rap, but it has a groovy element like hip hop," Watt said. All four members of the band sing, but Drummer Jacob Bechanun handles the rapping, Guitarist Robby Mandracia has a background in classical music and just started playing guitar 6 months ago, Hudson said. "He picked it up really fast," said Hudson. The concert will start at 8 p.m. outside the fraternity house at 1000 N. Chowning Ave. just north of the football field, and the band plans on playing two fifty minute sets. "It's a tropical party with a pond, a fountain, and a bar serving virgin drinks," said Alpha Tau Omega president Chris Dye. "Our house is the biggest on campus so we can definitely hold all the people. We also have a plenty of parking lot behind the house." The band will play their final show Sept. 14 at the Blue Note on Robinson and N.W. 23rd St. •
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Memorial to OSU plane crash victims dedicated in Colorado basketball program. Lindell Mills, wife of pilot Denver About 250 relatives of the two Mills. AP Writer pilots, two players and six others After a brief ceremony in STRASBURG, Colo. (AP)—As laid orange and white roses at the which OSU President James lightning streaked down in the memorial, a decagon featuring Halligan urged onlookers to distance, relatives and friends etched pictures of each man and always remember those who died, dedicated a memorial Saturday inscriptions from their families. family members, many clad in near the site of a plane crash that "I anticipated it would be hard, OSU orange, formed a circle killed 10 men associated with the and it was very hard, but I think it around the 10-sided memorial, Oklahoma State University was necessary to come," said sobbing and hugging each other. BY NICK WADHAMS
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Stillwater campus. A second memorial, whose centerpiece will be carved of the same black marble as the one in Colorado, will be completed next spring on the OSU campus. "Our friends were headed home to Stillwater, a place they loved," said OSU Vice. President Harry Birdwell. "One of the things that I think is so wonderful about OSU is that we are very large family. We lost 10 friends." Area residents also attended the ceremony. Police and emergency crews all wore the orange-and-black ribbons, and some who had worked with Halligan and the other victims hugged family members. "I had mixed feelings when we were on the bus driving out here," said Nelson Durfey, brother of one of the men who died, broadcast engineer Kendall Durfey. "It's hard to think about what happened in those last few minutes. Hopefully everybody just went peacefully and it was over."' In addition to Mills and Durfey, killed in the plane crash were basketball players Nate Fleming and Daniel Lawson Jr., pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom, media coordinator Will Hancock, athletic trainer Brian Luinstra, director of basketball operations Pat Noyes, KWTV sports director Bill Teegins and student assistant Jared Weiberg. •
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College drops tuition; gains students MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) — A James said. And a debt-free small college in north-central graduate is more likely to be Missouri has increased its receptive to a relatively lowenrollment by more than half paying job with a church, he over last year — and the said. The tuition-free system was students aren't paying a dime to made possible by a $3.7 million attend classes. fund-raising campaign, which is On Tuesday, 200 students ahead of schedule, started classes at James said. Central Christian Central Christian College in Moberly. "Across th e also cut back on That's one-third 're in marketing and country we more than the recruiting, which was school's highest the middle of one costing about $3,000 enrollment during for each new student, the Vietnam War. of those w ayes or about threeHoping to attract (when stud ents quarters of what each more students and was paying in annual fill empty get) burne d out by tuition, James said. classrooms and Central Christian is dorms, the college the consum erist a nondenominational said last year it culture," college that trains would stop charging students to work as tuition. The result church educators, surprised school —Russe II James ministers, counselors, officials who had III p resident, missionaries and expected it to take Central Christian musicians. five years to increase College James said more enrollment to 170 students means the students. college can turn out "a lot more The college still charges room graduates, a lot more folks who and board, $3,200 this year. A student can easily get that by are trained as Christian leaders." He said 200 could be just the earning minimum wage during school breaks, said college beginning. "We have a campus of 40 President Russell James III. "That gives the student the acres," he said. "It would be our ability to graduate debt-free," intention to grow to 1,200
students long-term." To house that many, the college would have to add buildings, and it would insist that they be donated debt-free, he said. Student quality has grown with quantity, James said, as 500 students applied for 100 freshman slots this fall. That allowed the college to be more selective than before. James said they're attracted by more than the free tuition. Student interest in Bible colleges comes in waves, he said. "Across the country we're in the middle of one of those waves"' he said, when students get "burned out by the consumerist culture" and want to prepare themselves "to do something that matters." •
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — He's a dashingly handsome prince—rich, famous, sophisticated and second in line to the British throne. All in all, Prince William is quite a catch for the ancient University of St. Andrews. But down at the Harbor Cafe, a ramshackle but overlooking St. Andrew's historic pier, owner Pat Dodds is unfazed. "If he comes in here, he will get treated like everybody else," said Dodds, 53, in a lilting Scottish accent," and if he misbehaves he will get a scud in the ear." The 19-year-old prince, who graduated from the prestigious Eton boarding school last year, starts a four-year course in art history when the term begins Sept. 24. While Dodds, busy mopping down tables and serving mugs of tea, seemed unexcited about the impending arrival of royalty in the medieval Scottish town of St. Andrews, students and officials are. The tabloids are already abuzz,
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always been expected to respect each others' presence," said Lang. "Handing out inappropriate information about anyone is frowned upon." The town itself—which has 16,000 people, including 6,000 students—offers an Old World backdrop for the prince's education, with cobblestone streets, medieval chapels and sweeping coastline. Celebrities like Sean Connery and former President Clinton frequent the world-famous golf course. Every Sunday, students dressed in their distinctive scarlet academic gowns stroll along the town's pier — built from the ruins of a castle— in a ritual thought to commemorate a student who rescued seven shipwrecked men from the bay in 1800. In another tradition, first-year students at the university are invited to join an "academic family" of third or fourth-year mentors. "It is a very close knit community," said Dana Green, president of the Students' Association. St. James's Palace, the London base for William's father, Prince Charles, remains guarded about plans for this next phase of the prince's life. A spokeswoman said no arrangements had yet been made for William to pose for pictures. • from AP Wire Reports
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• The Rose State College Performing Arts Theatre will be presenting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 3 Ani Difranco with special guest Bitch and Animal. Tickets are $28.50 and available at the Rose State College Box Office or by calling 297-2264. • The Medicine Park Music Hall in Medicine Park, OK presents Canned Heat with Pinky and the Snakeshakers Sept. 8 and The Amazing Rhythm Aces Sept. 29. Both shows begin at 8 p.m. and all ages are welcome. Tickets range from $30 - $50 and a buffet is available. Tickets are $5 extra on the day of show. For more information call (580)5292511.
Special Events • Oklahoma City Community College's annual Arts Festival Oklahoma will feature live music performances and artisans during Labor Day Weekend at their 7777 S. May campus. Admission is free, but parking is $2. For more information, call OCCC at 682-7536. • The International Office is offering an employment seminar at 3 'p.m. Friday August 31, in the University Center, Room 137. The seminar is designed for international students. For more information, call 974-2377.
• Just Wanna Dance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in Constitution Hall at the University of Central Oklahoma. The program offers instruction on ballroom and tap dance with music provided by Al Good's Big Band. Cost for the class is $25 for adults and $10 for children. Call 755-0315 for more information.
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EDUCATION majors needed for PT work in local preschool. Children ages 3-6 only, 2-6pm M-F. Call 341-4314, ask for Kathy.
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NEED DEPENDABLE person to work with young adult male w/developmental disabilities. Afternoon to evening hours available, can be very flexible, training provided. Contact Dana with Panhandle Opportunities at 844-1209. POSITIONS AVAILABLE Cashiers, sackers, stockers, bakery, deli, meat, dairy, frozen. Advancement possible. Please apply in person at Crest Foods of Edmond, 2200 W 15th St, Edmond, OK 73013. NEED DRIVER to pick up student from school to home at 2:45 M-F (approx 15 miles). Call 609-5741 or 341-1308. PRE-SCHOOL teachers wanted. Must speak fluent English. One PT 2:30-6pm, one 3-yr-old teacher 8:30-5, two toddler teachers 8:30-5, one toddler teacher 7-2:30 M-F, 330-3077.
FAST LANES is now hiring carwash attendants, lube techs, cashiers. We offer complete training, advancement opportunities, great pay. Apply at 2220 S Broadway in Edmond (across from Taco Cabana). COFFEE CREEK Golf Course needs snack bar and beverage cart help. Flexible hours, PT, 340-4653. LOOKING for someone to pick up 3 kids (ages 7, 9 & 11) from school Tue/Wed at 3:30 and stay until 5:30. Need reliable transportation with insurance. Call 3411169. NEED CONCESSION help evenings & weekends 6-10pm at Legends Sports Complex, 801 NW 122nd. Call Brad at 775-0505. NEED PERSON with dependable transportation 3 hrs/day, 3-4 days/wk. Hourly wage + commission, 330-9998.
IMMEDIATE openings for construction work. FT, PT, flexible hours, daytime only, some Saturdays. No experience necessary, will train. Call 824-8954.
BABYSITTER wanted in our home for 9mo-old & 15-mo-old, PT/FT weekdays. Call Kathy at 359-8253 or 348-8145.
LOVE CLOTHES? LOVE PEOPLE? Women's specialty clothing store has part time position for motivated team player. Apply in person at Kokopelli, Northpark Mall, 122nd & May, OKC.
OPENING for Bed & Breakfast innkeeper. Must be outgoing, friendly, meticulous and honest. Answering phones, waiting on guests, housekeeping, laundry & ironing, sales in gift shoppe. Must work weekends & holidays. Contact Martha at 348-6347.
TECHNICAL WRITER (entry-level), law firm, English or Journalism background. Write, edit and review documents for publication. Fax resume & salary requirements 405-879-0303. THE YMCA needs you! Lifeguards and swimming instructors needed immediately at the Northside YMCA. We will certify you to teach swimming lessons. Fill out your application and interview at 10000 N Penn, OKC. HOME TEACHERS needed for several positions. Discreet Trial Training for 3-yr, 10-mo-old boy in west Edmond. Training provided by licensed Psychologist. Great experience for Special Ed or Early Childhood majors. Morning, afternoon or weekend sessions, 2-3 hrs each. $10/hr. Mike & Sue, 405-216-0732. SATURN OF EDMOND & Saturn SOKC have positions available for PT receptionist/cashier 3:30-9pm M-F and 95pm Sat. Call Lynnette Vance at 7499037. WANTED: PT HTS for Edmond area. Great for Special Education majors, PT/OT majors. For more info contact: Margie Miller at Volunteers of America, 4300 N Lincoln Blvd, OKC 73105. PH 405-427-7100, X14.
BLUE RIBBON Pet Boutique is now hiring at new location. General cleaning & customer service, 3-6pm T/Th & some Saturdays N-5pm. Apply at 356 S Kelly in Edmond or call 359-0601
FOR RENT 1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS, Duplexes & Townhomes, Kennedy Place Apts, 1010 N Kennedy, Edmond (Across from UCO), 341-7911. Visit us on the web at: www.kennedyplace.com Welcome Students!
FOR SALE SALE/RENT: 3 bed, 2 bath mobile on 1&1/2 acres, Edmond Schools, 722-2360. 2000 SKYLINE manufactured home in Apple Village Park, close to UCO. This home is very nice and still under warranty, $31,000, call 348-1255. 1994 4-dr white Ford Taurus. Power seat & window, AC, air bag, ABS brakes, 4 new tires, automatic, good gas mileage, 86,000 miles. Edmond, 348-6606, leave message. COMPUTER, perfect condition, Compaz Presario: 750 MHz Pentium processor 64 MB RAM 20 GB hard drive 15" monitor U600 color printer & cable UMAX photo scanner w/software Microsoft Office Professional Software worth over $1000 Total Pkg $1000 OBO.
BOOKS 30 PENN BOOKS WE BUY/SELL BOOKS SF - Myst. - OK History - ADD 3012 N Pennsylvania, OKC
ROOMMATES HOUSEMATE wanted, $200/mo plus utilities. Washer & dryer included. Five minute drive from UCO. Please call 3409732 or page 904-8936.
LOST & FOUND FOUND: 3 rings in or around Hamilton Fieldhouse during Spring 2001. Call Trudy at 974-2140. CHECK WITH THE VISTA OFFICE FOR LOST ITEMS SUCH AS BOOKS, SUNGLASSES, WATCHES, KEYS, ETC. PHONE 974-5549.
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ONE BEDROOM apt, kitchen appliances furnished, gas & water paid. NO PETS! Located near UCO, 1217 N Roosevelt, $325/mo plus deposit, 341-9651. ROOM AVAILABLE NOW-2 minute walk to the UCO Library. All bills paid, local telephone calls, electricity, gas & water. NO SMOKERS, MALE ONLY. Call now 341-3015. LARGE enclosed loft bedroom. Private bath, use of kitchen, also washer/dryer, free cable, country living, N Edmond area, $220/mo including utilities, 359-6929.
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