The Vista Aug. 29, 2002

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2002

Mold problem forces Pro soccer group students to evacuate eyes Wantland field

by Daniel Holdge

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen

dh@thevistaonline.com

ms@thevistaonline.com Sixteen UCO students displaced from campus housing due to the discovery of mold are living in the Edmond Ramada Hotel Plaza, said UCO spokesman, Charles Johnson.

Todd Smith, a UCO hall director said the students affected by the mold in their University Commons apartments began moving into hotel rooms around Aug. 13.He did not know when they would be moving out of the Ramada.

UCO will be paying for the hotel rooms on a weekly basis, Smith said.

Johnson said UCO would be conducting a full building survey to determine the extent of the damage, which might have

been caused by some "minor construction flaws."

Johnson said he did not know when the survey would begin.

Johnson said it is too soon to determine the total cleanup and repair costs. All three University Commons buildings contained some mold-related damage, he said.

Mold comes from water, Johnson said. University officials believe it to be common household mold, he said. However, that preliminary diagnosis could change over time. Mold samples were tested by two Oklahoma City laboratories, Marshall Environmental Management and Quantem Laboratories,

Johnson said.

Johnson said there have been no reports of mold-related illnesses with any of the students involved.

Marina Suzuki, a senior from Japan, has been away from her University Commons apartment for two weeks. Suzuki said during that period she and her roommate stayed in another University Commons apartment.

Suzuki said the scheduled date for moving back into her apartment was to be Aug. 27.

Instead, repairs to the interior were not complete and her belongings not being cleaned

see Mold page 4

The excitement in the Heritage Room of the University Center was evident with a Who's Who of Oklahoma sports and UCO students waiting to hear about the possibilities of Major League Soccer coming to Edmond.

A press conference was held Tuesday, August 27 with members of the Hunt's Sports Group discussing the possibilities of bringing a MLS team to Oklahoma. The main topic was about where the team would play and what the new stadium options are.

"Major League Soccer has many of the same growing

pains that other new professional franchises have, but it's even worse with the lack of new stadium to promote it," said Hunt's president Lamar Hunt.

Major League Soccer began just seven years ago and is made up of ten teams from large cities including Dallas, Denver, Chicago, New York and Boston. The vision for MLS is to expand from 10 to 14 teams by 2006. Oklahoma is hoping to be one of those four teams added.

"Oklahoma as a state is a very attractive location for us," said Hunt.

Express Sports is behind all the idea of bringing a MLS team to Edmond, the same

Dr. Palmer visits former exchange students in Croatia and Macedonia.

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see MLS page 9

Dr. Drew scores with students

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com

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"Sexpert" shares facts and opinions with large UCO audience.

Photo by Tina Fowble

Dr. Drew speaks to students about sex, drugs and alcohol.

Both men and women want sex.

But that's where the similarities start and end, said Drew Pinsky, better known to MTV fans as "Dr. Drew."

Pinsky fielded questions from some 150 UCO students about sex, drugs and relationships during the 90minute Stampede Week finale Aug. 23 in Nigh University Center.

"Hopefully, by increasing awareness of who we are as individuals, male and female, we can understand each other better," Pinsky said.

A question by a female student highlighted the male-female differences.

"Why is sex boring?" she asked Dr. Drew.

"Guys, is sex boring?" Pinsky said.

"No!" said numerous males firmly.

"There is a great misconception amongst men about what women want," Pinsky said.

The statement that all-night sex for men is pleasurable was a stereotype created by pop culture, he said. Most women find on average just 10 minutes of sex sufficiently pleasurable, he said.

"Not all ,-“, men are having orgasms during intercourse," Pinsky said.

"Most women have orgasms during oral sex. So guys, the clock starts ticking when you start doing your work.

And you don't have to worry about how long you last in the intercourse for most women."

A student said men are stimulated most by visual images, things like pornography. Women, the student said, are more excited by things like romance novels.

Pinsky said that concept has been

supported by some scientific evidence.

"If you look at a PET [Positron Emission Tomography] scans, about what parts of the brain are operating, women are using much more of their brains during their sexual experiences," Pinsky said.

Some women consider conversation to be a sexual experience, he said. Men in general have difficulty understanding this. If men really want to more fully develop their relationship, they should take time to learn their companion's needs, Pinsky said.

Men and women "will never be further apart biologically than from about 18 to 21," Pinsky said.

"There will never be a time in your life when the drive of the biological systems you operate within will be more divergent."

During those years, men want sex more than women do, Pinsky said.

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see Drew page 5

State election leaves Democratic races undecided

by Michael Larson ml@thevistaonline.com

August 27's primaries managed to US congress for seven squeezed a little tighter, and the Nov. years.

5 general election will decide the govHis goals as governor ernership between Republican nomi- would be to shift the nee Steve Largent, independent Gary emphasis of Oklahoma's Richardson, and Democrats Vince tax system away from Orza or Brad Henry — whoever fares working, saving and best in the run-offs. investing and toward Orza won 44 percent of the spending. He said he Democratic vote, and Henry won 28 wants to eliminate sales percent. tax on groceries and Current the franchise tax on "Both the Attorney General businesses, and Dr e w parties will be recruit new business Edmondson, a focusing on the to Oklahoma. democrat, will Orza, 52, is the November elec- founder, chairman, defend his position from Denise and president of tion as usual."

A. Bode, who Eateries, Inc., a 26took 60 percent of state restaurant - Louise Fermanski the republican empire which includes Political Science Garfields, Garcia's, and vote.

Darryl Roberts Pepperoni Grill. He has experiChairman -UCO and Ben Odom ence as a business professor, a will runoff for the textbook editor and a newscastdemocrat United er.

Sta tes His goals as governor would Representative candidacy for include cracking down on senior citiOklahoma District 4, the area that zen fraud and changing Oklahoma's includes Edmond and much of business climate to attract new indusOklahoma City. The winner will try. campaign against Tom Cole, who Henry, 39, has served as state senator for District 17 since 1992. He is won the Republican vote.

In the Democratic Party's election president of a small real-estate compafor US Senator, David Walters earned ny, CEO of a small oil company and 49 percent of the vote - just one per- works as an editor for the Oklahoma cent short of victory. He will square Law Review.

Henry supports a state lottery, off against Tom Boettcher, who earned 34 percent of the vote, once with generated funds going solely to again in the run-off election. improving education by modernizing classrooms, increasing teacher's Largent, 47, who won the nomination with more than 90 percent of salaries.

He also seeks to grant tax breaks the Republican vote, has served on

Home sweet home, some students are placed in hotels until more rooms are available on campus.

Flaming Lips CD review is a hit.

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Brad Henry (D) for families who adopt children, to eliminate tax on retirement income and to eliminate parole for violent criminals.

Gary Richardson, an independent, is also running for governor in the November election. The 61 year old lawyer supports a state lottery, which he calls a "voluntary tax," as a method of raising money for public education.

Richardson supports free use of turnpikes and opposes Oklahoma's sale of water to Texas.

"There really were no surprises last night," said Louis Furmanski, professor and chair of UC0's political science department, who said things went much as the parties expected they would, with the exception of run-offs.

"Both the parties will be focusing on the November'election, as usual."

Vince Orza (D)

Disc golf reaches new heights.

— Page 9

Steve Urgent (R)

OPINION

August 29, 2002

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Quote of the day

T

oday in History

1973 "Learning in old age is like writing on sand; learning in youth is like engraving on stone."

- Solomon Ibn Gabirol

United States President Nixon was ordered by Judge John Sirica to turn over the Watergate tapes.

Nixon refused and appealed the order.

tampus What do you think about a major league soccer team being housed at UCO? The results of the state primaries are in.

Hopefully, all of you eligible voters stomped down to the voting centers to let your voice heard Aug. 27.

UCO (and Edmond) is apparently in our very own run-off race right this moment.

And Tulsa is the other candidate.

The MLS (Major League Soccer) is considering setting up a franchise team in Oklahoma, and UCO's Wantland Stadium has been inspected a few times in the past month.

Edmond city officials and UCO administrators are probably ecstatic about the possibility of having a major league sports team around here, and for the most part, it is kind of cool to think that some-

day ESPN and all the other national TV stations will be here to broadcast the soccer games.

Hey, they might even do a humaninterest story on Edmond and UCO before the game.

But, can Edmond and UCO handle 16,000 or more soccer fans pouring into town whenever a game is taking place?

First, the Wantland Stadium will have to be repaired and renovated in order to host a major league game.

And if you have ever been to the stadium, you know how bad of a shape it is.

Then, we'll have to think about where all those 16,000 fans are going to park their cars when they come to the games.

The students already have a hard time

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tic piece of land nearby miraculously.

Another issue would be how the Edmond residents are going to handle having fanatic soccer fans. outside their doors day in and day out because we all know how tolerant and unstuck-up the people here are.

And can we really make a go at soccer in Oklahoma where football is practically a religion?

Just something to think about.

"It'll bring a lot more people to the school, and a lot of cute guys."

TEASA AUSTIN sophomore fashion marketing major

"It's a good idea, it'll help the University and bring more pro sports to Oklahoma."

LANCE FINE senior industrial safely major

unexplained acts of unleashed aggression towards the weak etc. In such situations we are often polite, but our body

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finding parking spaces as it is, are we going to end up parking the cars on top of one another if the MLS moves in?

So, a parking garage is obviously going to be a necessity unless we acquire a gigan-

"Let Silence be your Teacher" Akemi D. Malgonkar Graduate Student Psychology long time no see," CC H i,"fabulous dress," "how

are you" etc are well worn phrases that sound almost like cliches. One will often encounter them at clubs, get-togethers, party circuits, and even in the corridors. I have often wondered how the other person would react if I had chosen to reply in detail to such casual queries. No doubt he or she would be astounded. This is because often beneath the hum of such vacuous conversation lies a meaningless silence.

If the above is true then how should one communicate? True communication requires one to go out on a limb from time to time. It is an interactive skill. When we decide to truly communicate we often decide to share something of ourselves, and it usually consists of being who we are. However,

this would necessarily entail a certain amount of self-disclosure and empathetic feedback. These are not easy processes. In fact we often shy away from them.

It is pretty clear from the above that we all need acceptance; we crave understanding. Bait we fear rejection.

Further more, a growing number of us today gather into groups only to be lonely together. And why is this?

Because we would rather indulge in stereotyped non-communication. Such communication only creates a vacuum of uneasy silence, wherein we are shielded from what we desperately want to know - perhaps ourselves.

Life often presents opportunities for us to get involved; cries for help,

language tells it all. "Am I my Brother's Keeper?" We often become greatly ashamed and do not respond. There prevails a thunderous silence of non acknowledgement.

As students of Psychology we are taught that when the truly troubled person comes out of his place of hiding and reaches out for understanding, he only asks for possible understanding without judgment or evaluation. This process of non-judgmental acceptance can only be achieved by training ourselves to focus on the person through active listening. In fact the greatest compliment we can truly pay another is to be able to listen to him.

I have often wondered how relationships transpire? I do believe they occur through shared communication between two people. It is called the "encounter." In the true encounter, silence becomes shared and makes way for a dialogue of understanding. There is a mutual exploration of oneself and the other. Then within each of us dawns an understanding paving the way for a relationship. And yet each person always remains a distinct self.

We invariably relate silence to a state of noiselessness. However welcome this state may be, it is much more than passivity. The true regenerative spirit of silence creates a state of alertness within that introduces us to the throb of the universe. It is in this dynamic state of silence that there is total focus enabling one to truly 'see', 'listen' and 'hear' becoming a witness to an awakening which enables the what is to unfold.

Silence is of many hues. There is the silence that disempowers and demeans. There is also the silence that empowers and emancipates. The choice is ours. However, for freedom we need the latter silence whose voice is that of the unknown. We then elect the road less traveled. We may even have to traverse the razor's edge from time to time;

"Our football team is not very good, but we'll pray for them; so maybe a soccer team will bring excitement."

SHAKEMA WALLACE sophomore criminal justice major

"I don't want to pay any more money for it, that's sure."

ANGIE LACHER

"Excellent idea. It'd bring more people to the campus and be good exposure for the school."

CHRIS NOWAKOWSKI freshman advertising major

"Sounds like a good idea."

ANALISA BLOXHAM freshman pre-engineering major

junior photojournalism major

"It's cool, I guess."

DENIS ALEKSANDROV junior computer science major

"I think that it'd great, because I play soccer."

MAKENZIE CHAPMAN sophomore nursing major

or they could be no roads at all and we create them by walking. It is often in this silence that we discover ourselves in relation to the other.

Editor's note: We are running Akemi Malgonkar's My Turn again due to a mistake in the last issue.

"If it brings some parking

in- I'm all for it."

J.J. WINTERS senior biology major

Corrections Students caught plagiarizing will not be exploded as ran on the front page Aug. 27, rather students will be expelled as a maximum penalty.

"How about some proceed sharing?"

ALAN HEISE sophomore biology major

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Local hotel home for students on housing list

by Summer Pratt sp@thevistaonline.com

Photo by Heather Harkins

Horror writer and former vista editor Steven Wedel speaks with UCO graduate Penny Seal at Full Circle Bookstore's Saturday book signing.

Alumnus, author scares up sales 1:15 .. Summer Pratt sip@fhevistaonline.com A 1999 UCO graduate with a bachelor's degree in journalism is now exploring the darker side of writing.

Steven E. Wedel wore a KISS Farewell Tour T-shirt, jeans and black boots to his book signing, Aug. 24 at Full Circle Bookstore, where copies of his book sold out within an hour.

Wedel's new book, Darkscapes, contains 34 short stories. It is a collection of horror fiction.

It's really a little bit of everything, Wedel said.

"Mostly they're horror stories, but they're spiced with some mainstream, science fiction, erotica and even a western."

He said all of the stories share a dark tone and very few have happy endings.

Wedel said he likes writing horror because readers are able to suspend dis-

btelief and look at things they wouldn't normally, like death and the afterlife.

Wedel was a former editor and writer for The Vista, where he said he learned about deadlines and focusing his writing.

"My columns used to be all over the place," he said.

Wedel also took writing classes from the English department. When he started college, he thought he would be a literature teacher, but his focus changed.

"I decided I'd rather do the writing than teach about it."

Wedel's interest in writing horror began as a teenager. When he was 16, he sneaked into the movie "Halloween II." When he was assigned to write a short story for an English class, he wrote one called Insanity, the story about a student who got picked on all the time and for revenge, he killed

everyone;

"Now (the story) would have got me kicked out of school," he said.

Wedel graduschool in 1984 and has now written about 50 short stories and 7 novels.

Wedel has also written for the Edmond Evening Sun, PiedmontSurrey Gazette and The Daily Oklahoman.

Over the years, Wedel has received awards for his writing. The Society of Professional Journalists honored Wedel with several awards, including two consecutive regional first-place awards for column writing. He also has won awards from Short, Scary Tales magazine, the State of Oklahoma and the Oldahoma Writers' Federation.

Wedel encourages a§piring writers to keep working at their writing.

"Sometimes the hardest part is to sit down and do it," he said.

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Students who planned on living on campus this semester, may have been a little surprised when they found out they'd be staying at the Ramada Hotel Plaza until permanent on-campus housing is available.

Danielle Haynes, sophomore undecided major, is one of the students staying at the Ramada.

"I'm happy they found somewhere for us to stay, but it makes me mad that we have to be here," Haynes said.

She said she likes her roommate and the accommodations at the hotel but is looking forward to moving into her room at the Commons.

Kala Baker, sophomore nursing major, lives at the University Commons and said she thinks having students stay at the Ramada until they could move on-campus was a good idea, but is glad she is living on campus instead of at a hotel.

"It would be fun for the first week but not after that," Baker said.

According to Thomas Hulm, director of the Housing Department, the arrangements for students to temporarily stay at the Ramada were made so that as many students as possible would eventually get the chance to live on campus.

The Housing Department phoned students .who had already signed a contract and informed them of the situation and gave them the option of canceling their contract, Hulm said.

According to Todd Smith, hall director for the students at the Ramada, the ljpusing Department has found housing assignpents for all 34 overflow students, currently staying at the Ramada.

"We processed all the cancellations and have people moving to MurdaLigh, the commons, the suites and West Hall," Smith said.

In addition to the hall director, a resident assistant is also staying with the students at the Ramada.

The students have to abide by all rules of the resident life handbook.

Smith said the students sign a waiver making them liable for any damages at the hotel.

Hulm said that about 3 to 5

percent of the students who sign up for on-campus housing are noshows. This leaves rooms vacant and in the past has prevented students from living on campus.

The Housing Department anticipated about 70 students who signed up for housing would be no-shows, so they signed housing contracts for about 70 more students than campus housing can hold.

Hulm said many of the 70 students who were originally put into overflow at the Ramada never actually stayed there.

"About 30 students never had to stay at the Ramada due to cancellation," he said.

Some of the cancellations were from students who were assigned to stay at the Ramada and others were no-shows for on-campus housing.

The overflow students are currently paying $816 a semester, the lowest on-campus housing rate.

Nothing is being added to their bill for staying at the Ramada.

However, if they signed up to live in the University Commons or Suites additional fees will be added.

Hulm said the students are staying two and three to a room and he says although the situation is not ideal it does have its advantages.

"There is cable TV and phone and maid services," Hulm said.

Smith said that some may see staying at the Ramada as a great deal for the students, but it has downsides.

"There is no laundry service, you have to commute and everyone here ha.s'a meal plan that they have to go to campus for," Smith said.

Hulm realizes that the, students are PrOhahly eager to move oncamp US".

"People apply for on-campus housing for a reason. They like the atmosphere," Hulm said.

Despite complications, Hulm said he is pleased about the way the housing problem has turned out.

Smith said, some out of state students wouldn't have been able to attend UCO at all without the overflow arrangement.

Hulm said, "There are at least 70 students who wouldn't have been able to live on campus otherwise."

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Opportunity Knocks: 11 part series of top jobs for today

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com Editor's Note: This is part three of an 11-part series highlighting the 10 fastest growing jobs in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In order to avoid providing redundant information, some similar occupations were grouped together.

Ninth on The Vista's Top Ten list of fastest growing jobs in the U.S. is mental health-substance abuse social worker.

They work in psychiatric hospitals, substance abuse treatment programs, mental health centers and in domestic violence programs, said Rosemary Brown, communications director for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (ODMHSAS).

Robert Lee is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked in the state mental health system for 22 years. He

loosely compared the work environment of a social worker to that of a fire station.

"Only we have more 'fires,"' Lee said.

While outpatient social workers have appointments which were scheduled, a front office social worker in a community mental health center would have different experiences daily, Lee said.

For example, in the community mental health center, at the same time a social worker might be helping one individual the police could be bringing in someone who is suicidal, Lee said.

Social workers see many people suffering with depression.

Schizophrenia is another cornmon diagnosis.

"Depression is the 'common cold' of psychiatry," Lee said.

Family members come in to mental health centers wanting procedural information about relatives, Lee said. Social workers also sometimes interface with other agencies, so they must

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Social workers also spend much time on paperwork, Lee ' said. For a suicidal individual they would fill out forms for an emergency order of detention, he said. There are also legal requirements and department requirements.

Lee said mental health centers are busiest during the hottest times of the year and when there is a full moon.

Christmas is the slowest time, he said.

Paul Summerville, retiring director of social work for Norman's Griffin Memorial Hospital, said, "I think it's a great way to make a living."

Summerville has worked in psychiatric hospitals for 28 years.

"I would recommend social work to anybody."

Summerville said he has had some memorable experiences in psychiatric hospitals. Once, he encountered a patient trying to commit suicide. He said he was able to help bring about a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

In another case, Summerville said a client's son was having a mental health crisis. At the time, Summerville wasn't in his office.

The mother, needing immediate assistance called an intervention center instead. Summerville, who just happened to be at the center, answered her call.

Summerville said increasing costs have led to more outpatient mental health centers and a decrease in the number of inpatient facilities, creating a need for more social workers. The trend started in the late 60s, he said.

"In-patient facilities are expensive [to operate] on a daily basis," Summerville said. On average, it costs about $385 each day to house a patient in Griffin Memorial, he said.

According to the Bureau of Labor (BLS), the aging "Baby Boomer" generation will place increasing demands on the nation's mental health system.

There are 76 million Baby Boomers, the Americans born from 1946 to 1964.

Other factors, according to the BLS include job turnover and a continuing relationship between the mental health system and the criminal justice system. In order to cut costs, more substance abusers are being put in treatment programs instead of prisons.

Mental health illnesses are more prevalent than many

might think. Brown said one in five Americans might experience some kind of mental illness during their lifetime.

BLS statistics show the median salary for mental health and substance abuse social workers was $30,170 in 2000. The lowest-paid workers earned less than $19,300 while the highest-paid earned more than $48,750.

In 2000, there were 83,000 nationwide mental health and substance abuse social workers, according to the BLS. The Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers administers licensure programs for mental health professionals, Brown said.

The minimum education requirement is a bachelor's degree. But many positions require a master's degree in social work (MSW), she said.

The state operates three psychiatric hospitals; Griffin Memorial and a facility in Vinita are for adults only and Oklahoma Youth Center is for adolescents, Brown said.

The statewide ODMHSAS system is divided into 20 mental health service areas, Brown said.

In each are community mental health centers, which in turn manage other smaller offices.

Metro area mental health centers are located in Oklahoma City, El Reno, Yukon and Guthrie.

Five of the centers are stateoperated, Brown said. The others are run by non-profit organizations with contracts through the ODMHSAS, she said.

A majority of the department's funding, 78.5 percent, comes from state appropriations, according to the ODMHSAS. In fiscal year 2001, ODMHSAS had a total operating budget of $176 million, Brown said. Other revenue sources include federal funding and money from Medicaid and Medicare.

Keith Pirtle coordinates the Oklahoma Systems of Care Initiative. He works with communities to effect systems change. Reducing smoking to decrease lung cancer is an example of systems change, Pirtle said.

Pirtle, who has an MSW from the University of Oklahoma, said he has been working on a program for children with emotional disturbances. Pilot sites for the program are located in Beckham, Canadian, Kay, Tulsa and Oklahoma counties, he said.

"We're trying to get everything in place so you don't have the cycles of poverty, cycles of violence," Pirtle said.

Photo by Rebecca Martin

Workers from Readnour Environmental Services wait to clean out the Commons Aug. 26.

Mold, from page 1 remained in storage.

"There's nothing in our house," Suzuki said. Her belongings damaged by the mold were sent for cleaning to Readnour Environmental Services, a Norman bioremediation company.

Suzuki said the blue-colored mold was located in her utility room, in a hall closet and under the kitchen sink. She said it produced a strong odor. A university official told her the mold would be harmful to her health.

During the first week out of her apartment, Suzuki said she did not have access to a telephone. Then, UCO provided her with one to use. She said the mold damaged some textbooks, which she will have to replace herself.

Regarding university liability, Johnson said UCO officials will be closely studying the situation on a case by case basis and proceed accordingly.

"The university is committed to doing the right thing," Johnson said.

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Assisting other Officers of the Law August 22, 6:30 p.m.

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Drew, from page 1 Later in life, at about age 40, they reverse roles. At age 50, when women want sex, men instead want companionship, Pinsky said.

"It's some sort of cruel joke about mankind," he said.

Pinsky's comments initiated a lively give-and-take about male-female feelings regarding themselves and their sexuality. Among other things, men tend to worry about the size of their genitals, he said.

"Really, the predominate question is, 'Am 1 adequate?"' Pinsky said.

"What do women talk about?" he asked the audience.

"Relationships," someone said.

"Commitment," said someone else.

"A little bit ahead of that, just like men are preoccupied about inadequacy, before that [women] are worried about sex, women are preoccupied about men, Pinsky said.

"So, men are preoccupied about men and women are preoccupied about men."

Later, the subjects of oral sex and ex-President Bill Clinton came up. A student wondered if couples, which engaged in oral sex, were still considered to be virgins.

"Yes, you are," Pinsky said.

"When did virginity become, like, a technicality?

But I think the real issue is that people have lost sight of another more important issue. At least for some people, chastity is really what we're concerned with."

People worry about selfesteem issues, Pinsky said.

They wonder if they have violated some personal principle.

A student asked Pinsky about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, if character counts.

"I thought it was a tragedy when it happened and yet it opened up opportunity for dialogue," Pinsky said.

Pinsky said the actions of leaders such as Clinton have far-reaching ramifications.

"We live in a time when the basic trust between generations has broken down," Pinsky said. "

"People in authority are so given the green light to exploit people under them.

It's okay to date a student.

It's okay if you're a doctor to have sex with your patients.

It's okay to have an employee, an intern, respond to sexual overtures."

Pinsky said victims of exploitation might become entangled in a cycle of abuse, initiated by someone in authority.

"I have huge problems with the way the press portrays these things," he said.

"This is such a load of crap, a monumental load of BS And it's a fact that it's so pervasive in our society that we even see it in our leaders, our most important leaders."

Another popular topic during the program was drugs.

Pot-users don't usually get high the first time, Pinsky said.

"A marijuana addict will have their first high and go, `Oh, my god. I love this stuff. This is the greatest thing.'"

Smokers who begin using pot before age 17 may suffer damage to the frontal lobe in their brain, Pinsky said. The end result is that later on they may be unable to quit.

Smoking pot doesn't necessarily make the user less intelligent, Pinsky said.

"It makes you forget. It doesn't make you totally

dumb. It changes your performance because you can't learn. And yes, this is a reversible phenomenon."

Several times, students asked about mental addictions.

"There is no such thing as a mental addiction," said Pinsky, an addictionologist.

"You either stop or you can't."

The symptoms of marijuana addiction are unmistakable, Pinsky said. An addict wakes up thinking about getting the next high.

Frequent smoking lessens the drug's impact and increases the chances for depression, he said. Then pot-users switch to speed, heroine or alcohol.

Binge drinking is a big problem on college campuses, Pinsky said.

"Binging on alcohol, which is four drinks in an hour, will affect your academic performance by a great level for seven to 10 days. If you have finals coming up, do not binge the _weekend before. It will absolutely negatively affect your brain function," he said.

At the conclusion of the program, Pinsky was given a statue of a broncho.

Afterward, he signed autographs and talked with students during a reception held in his honor.

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by Timber Massey tm@thevistaonline.com Waiting for a new album to come out by one of your favorite artists is like the First day of school in third grade. You get that exact same nervously excited feeling right down in the pit of your stomach.

Which is just the case with the Flaming Lips new album, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots." I opened up the wrapper like a kid with hyperactive attention deficit disorder on Christmas morning.

Anyone who lives in Oklahoma and has not yet heard of the Flaming Lips should crawl out from whatever rock they have been living under for the last 19 years.

In my travels I have been confronted with one of two questions when I tell people I am from Oklahoma, "Isn't that where the federal building got blown up?" and "How about those Flaming Lips?"

The Flaming Lips have ceased to amaze critics and fans alike with their innovation through each of their previous 10 albums. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" stays true to their unmistakable style.

It is a peerless concept album that tells the story of a Japanese girl named Yoshimi and her fight against evil pink robots.

As with their previous album, 'The Soft Bulletin," they have continued with their electronic sound. It is a precise mixture of rock and roll and techno. While each album continues to become more electronic, the vocals have remained much the same throughout the years.

The single "Do You Realize?" is by far the best song on the album. It is orchestrated with sleigh bells that make it resemble a 1950's Christmas song.

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Professor visits Croatia and Macedonia

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Dr. Bob Palmer, chair of the Art Department, was impressed by the centuries old buildings that lined the trash strewn streets of Macedonia and Croatia.

He said that in the midst of all this, there were still random pockets of beauty serviced by the attentive care of an old man or woman who would sweep the streets.

"There would be these incredible yards with flowers," he said.

In the open windows of crumbling buildings sat fresh flowers in vibrant colors.

In countries whose cities were war-torn and ravaged, he still found a hospitable culture whose hosts would spend all day preparing a feast of goat's stomachs to feed to its guests.

Palmer and his wife spent two weeks this summer in Macedonia and Croatia visiting two of their former foreign exchange students.

Palmer said this trip put things into a new perspective for him.

"If I had to live on a fifth of my income, what would be

important to me," he asked himself.

His answer - shelter and food.

Cosmetic things such as transportation would not take precedence, he said.

"In America, we are blessed," he said.

Palmer said he now appreciates the "frills of mowing a lawn" and other things that he had taken for granted.

Palmer painted a picture with his words depicting ancient cities that were torn apart by war and civil unrest, but who were, despite this, rebuilding themselves and returning again to their glory.

"Croatia will eventually become a tourist place...it is cleaning up its act," Palmer said.

He said in the middle of these old cities, super stores in the style of Wal-Mart are springing up and superhighways are being built that bypass the downtown areas.

And, despite the progressive changes these cities are making, multi-families are housed within a single dwelling, supporting one another, Palmer said.

In order to grasp the visual concept, Palmer described a

police station that he visited.

"The paint was peeling and there were cobwebs and dust an inch thick," he said.

This is typical of most of the dwellings in Macedonia and Croatia, Palmer said.

However, in contrast to its apparent outward dilapidation, the people take pride in the beauty of handmade linens and weavings.

Palmer also hopes to bring some of his own art to Macedonia and Croatia.

While there, he had the opportunity to present a slide presentation at a local university. He hopes to establish a sisterhood between UCO and the University of Macedonia Art Academy.

He hopes to return and orchestrate mural projects in these countries.

"What happens in America when murals are painted," he said, "is that around them the city changes."

He said that he hopes to take students to these countries next summer. Through the murals he desires to bring more beauty and art to the area.

A young boys takes a drink at a public fountain in Macedonia .

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UCO Alumni Association hits 100 years

by Kristen Armstrong ka@thevistaonline.com This year marks the centennial anniversary of UCO's Alumni Association, which started June 16, 1902.

Gypsy Hogan, of University Relations and editor of the Alumni Association's Old North magazine, said she finds it interesting that "this organization was formed when there were not a lot of graduates.

Students came...at great sacrifice, and yet were still willing to give of themselves to form it."

Lisa Antonelli, director of Alumni Relations, said this year will be filled with activities and celebration to "honor 00 years of excellence."

"We're making a concerted effort to reach out to all our alumni," she said.

Activities sponsored by the Alumni Association will be held throughout the year, she said. These events include free tail-gate parties before every football game, and a "big blowout' party before the Homecoming Game, that will cost $3 for students.

There will also be an alumni awards dinner during

Homecoming CO "pay tribute to alumni who have gone before its," she said Antonelli described the association as a membership organization, designed to help UCO graduates stay connected with the university even after

graduation. `We help inform and reconnect alumni back to their alma mater," she said.

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by Kelley Chambers kc@thevistaonline.com Disc golf, a popular game with rules similar to traditional golf but played with a throwing disc, dates back to the 1970's and currently has over 1000 courses in the U.S. and around 16,000 members worldwide.

UCO junior Susan Ebert began playing disc golf a few months ago after watching players in an Austin, Texas park.

She wanted to give it a try back at home and said that now she is hooked for several reasons.

"It's a great way to get exercise and play a game in the process because you end up walking two or three miles," she said, "and it's a pretty challenging game but at the same time if you're a beginner you can play and not hold

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The hole is generally a freestanding cage with an upturned basket and hanging chains rather than an actual hole in the ground.

Probably the biggest difference between the two versions of golf are the players.

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The PDGA now located in Toronto, Canada cites the reasons for the games popularity are the low cost of supplies, (most disc's are under ten dollars), the fact that most courses do not charge a greens fee to play and the low-impact nature of the sport.

The association further adds that many handicapped individuals that find themselves excluded from sports can enjoy the game and play regularly.

Courses are generally situated within city parks over heavily wooded and hilly terrain with numerous twists and turns to be more challenging.

"It's a great game for hikers," Ebert's teammate Steve Stark commented during a recent Sunday afternoon game.

Ebert and Stark prefer the Dolese course and often play there several times a week.

Oklahoma has 28 courses, four of which are located in the metro area.

Courses can be found in Will Rogers Park, Woodson Park and Dolese Youth Park in Oklahoma City and one course is located at Arcadia Lake in Edmond.

Will Rogers was the first park in the city to install a course in 1979, which has been maintained continually since and is one of the most popular courses in town.

Next to the park is the only store devoted entirely to disc golf called the Total Disc Store located on Portland Avenue.

Throwers can also find discs at area sporting good stores including Academy Sports in Edmond.

Hitting the greens with Ebert that Sunday was UCO grad Cynthia Wilson out for her first game.

"I love it," Wilson said, "this is great, its definitely my new sport of choice."

At the end of eighteen holes, Photo by Zach Nash the group decided to call it a day Senior finance major Will Warren plays disc golf at Will Rogers Park in Oklahoma in a sport where a not so good score does not mean a not so good time. if a disc lands in an impossible states, "be courteous." ets and candy wrappers are Ebert, Stark and Wilson Ebert and her friends follow placed responsibly by players spot where it absolutely can not who strive to keep their course be played. These decisions are general rules of play but do not packed their things up for the consult the rulebook for plays in day and congratulated one left up to the individual teams. clean.

When a disc lands within 10 question. In fact, they do not another on a good game.

Players are referred to as Satisfied with their progress throwers and their objective is to meters of a hole the thrower will even possess a copy of the ruleand ready for more, they made hurl their disc in any number of often opt to 'putt' which requires book, she said.

The game officially began in plans to return to the course the fashions towards the hole a separate disc better suited for California in 1975 by a man next day to start all over again, attempting to get it there in the shorter distances.

Ebert and her friends made named Ed Headrick as a ploy to improving their scores and least number of throws.

The throwers go one after up the term gimme' for a putt market plastic flying discs that working on technique.

Yet, they really just want to another teeing off, keeping an which is close enough to hit the he developed for a toy company.

Headrick or "Steady Ed" have a plain old good time outbasket and will count even if the eye on where their disc lands. became a top-notch player on doors with friends doing what Losing sight of a disc can thrower misses.

Throwers abide by their own the circuit and founded the they have come to love. often involve a long search Professional Disc Golfers Association, which he turned over to the players to run in 1983.

Sadly, Steady Ed passed away 1-405-681-2576 on August 12th of this year at shirts, cut-off shorts and sneakers, a far cry from trendy golfing attire.

More often than not a case of cold beer accompanies a group from hole to hole over the hour or two it generally takes to play 18 holes.

Dolese Youth Park boasts the newest of the metro areas four courses.

Impromptu trash sacks hang from trees filled with crushed beer cans, empty cigarette pack-

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After the discs are accounted for, each player beginning with the one farthest from the hole throws again.

All throws after the initial tee off must be made from wherever the disc lands, be that an open field, a muddy ravine or deep in the bushes. That spot is referred to as the 'lie'.

Several variations of the lie do exist which throwers can exercise

rules often agreed upon before the start of the game.

Over the years disc golf has acquired its own lingo and an official rulebook which can be accessed online at www.pgda.com .

Most of the rules are extremely technical in nature reading more like passages from a law book.

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Lawal's presence will be missed but will certainly not devastate the 2002 national champions.

The Vista's Tuesday, August 27 edition featured a story on star football player Dee Dee Carter.

I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows skeptically at part of his quote "...wouldn't leave this school for the world."

He stated very plainly that he planned to play in the NFL after graduation. If a Division I school like Oklahoma University were to call him up tomorrow and ask him to play for their traditionally good football club, why wouldn't he jump at the chance?

After all, isn't this part American Dream? We live in the United States of America a.k.a. the Land of Opportunity. If they offer you the world, Carter, by all means take it!

I would not look down upon Carter for taking another route if

he deemed it a better opportunity to make his NFL dream come true.

Neither would I boo Muhammed Lawal upon seeing him take OSU's colors to the mat nor would I heckle A-Rod for that matter.

I'm not about to say that Carter couldn't finish out his college career here and still go to the NFL. Others have done so before him.

In fact, I applaud his desire to stay with Central Oklahoma. I also respect his freedom to decide what's best for his athletic career.

I think UCO football fans will love watching Carter display his athletic prowess at Wantland Stadium. They would probably not begrudge him if he choose a different uniform later on.

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Sure, in professional sports Alex Rodriguez is doomed to be jeered in Seattle whenever the Rangers play the Mariners, but what about college?

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Quite a few talented and professional athletes wore the bronze and blue at one time.

Most recently, UCO's NCAA Division II Championship

wrestling team lost superb 197pounder Muhammed Lawal to Division I Oklahoma State University.

As Mo-town packed his bags, he probably wasn't seeing dollar signs but a bigger, brighter spotlight in Stillwater.

So what if he did leave for fame and glory? Does that mean UCO wrestling fans and teammates have labeled him a traitor?

I think not. In fact, some people and even teammates (if they were honest) have wondered why he hadn't left before to have more years of eligibility in the bigger school.

UCO wrestling will miss his trademark leap to the center of the mat, not to mention his dominating wrestling style, but most wish him well.

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During a press conference covering the possibility of Edmond hosting a MLS franchise Bill Johnson, design director for CDFM2, displayed options for a new stadium to replace UCO's current Wantland Stadium.

MLS, from page 1 company that is behind the highly successful Oklahoma Blazers. Central Oklahoma was contacted by Express Sports several weeks ago as the possible location for this new professional team.

"I promised that I would investigate any major league opportunity that would come our way with two NBA, two NHL and now this MLS team," said Express Sports president Bob Funk.

"We feel confident that the first major league franchise that comes to Oklahoma will be a major success," Funk said.

There were two possibilities presented as a place for the new MLS team to play and both involved UCO's Wantland Stadium. Bill Johnson, the design director for CDFM2, presented a slide show on the vision for a new

stadium in Wantland's present spot.

"We would take down all the seating and press box area and then build a totally new stadium," Johnson said.

The new arena on display each had the seating capacity of 16,000 people with a possibility of increasing to 24,000.

They also had three decks of seating on each side, a place for 24 suites just below the press box on the west side, and a jumbotron.

This new stadium would have to be perfect for not only the MLS team, but also UCO football and the three Edmond high schools football games.

"We think we can have a very flexible stadium that could be perfect for the high schools, college, and our MLS team," Johnson said.

A popular question surrounding this proposal is how much would it cost, but Bob

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Funk Jr. discounted any price tag saying they haven't figured out all the certainties to put a price on it just yet.

There are obviously several other places the Hunt's Sports group is looking to put a MLS team including Tulsa. Overall, Lamar Hunt says he can definitely see potential for MLS soccer in Oldahoma.

"We know that Oklahoma doesn't have a professional team of any kind and we think that can only benefit us if we choose to bring MLS to Oklahoma. There is an extreme interest because of the growth possibilities," Hunt said.

This is just the beginning of a long process in obtaining a MLS team as now it's a waiting game. There will be several meetings and bargaining going on for the next several weeks with more information to come.

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Larry Duane Sunde, 45, was arrested on a farm south of Kiester, Minn., by the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department shortly after the Friday morning fire.

Sunde was treated for burns on the left side of his body before being taken to jail, according to a news release from the Lake Mills Police Department.

Sgt. Todd Thorson said a wall of smoke and chemical odors came from the house when he arrived.

The Lake Mills Fire Department extinguished the fire in the kitchen area.

The State Fire Marshal's Office assisted in the investigation, which revealed what authorities said was a methamphetamine lab.

Lake Mills is 7 miles south of the Iowa/Minnesota state line and about 11 miles from Kiester, Minn.

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Jason Ryan Burleson, 23, wounded Vinita Officer Jim Curry, 28, as he tried to wrestle away the officer's gun Sunday.

Curry was struck in the abdomen.

Curry, who joined the police department in November, remained in intensive care Monday at a Joplin, Mo., hospital.

Burleson was on his way to the Craig County Jail when he shot Curry on the courthouse steps, police said. Curry had arrested Burleson at a convenience store after receiving

complaints that he was harassing and yelling at people.

Burleson's blood-alcohol level was 0.14 percent on the first test and 0.13 on a second test, authorities said. A person is legally drunk at 0.08 percent.

Curry was unaware that Burleson apparently got free of the handcuffs while being transported to the Craig County Jail, authorities said.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The number of inmates released on parole in Oklahoma increased by 86.6 percent in 2001, the largest increase in the country.

A study by the U.S. Department of Justice said the number of inmates paroled in

the state last year rose from 1,825 inmates to 3,406.

State officials say the change is a result of the way Oklahoma deals with paroles.

The parole board and the state Corrections Department each added one full-time staff to process paroles, which has hastened the process, said J.D. Daniels, state Pardon and Parole Board deputy director.

Finally, the parole board has made a greater effort to act on parole cases, Daniels said.

The number of paroles 'increased from 747 in 2000 to 1,974 in 2001, Corrections Department records show.

Previous years, dating back to 1995, had anywhere from 271 to 661 paroles.

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One crew member was confirmed dead and three were missing. Three other crew members found clutching lifebuoys were rescued by a trawler.

About ten large cargo vessels were in the area when the Cistude sank. French authorities were focusing Tuesday on the Bow Eagle, a Norwegian chemical transporter spotted Monday with a breach in its hull.

A French navy vessel was trailing the ship Tuesday and a navy team of technical evaluators was being transferred aboard by helicopter.

Odfjell ASA, the Norweigan company that owns the ship, said Tuesday in a statement that it is cooperating with French authorities.

"We have been informed by the French authorities that the damages to Bow Eagle ... may come from contact with the French fishing vessel Cistude," said the statement. "A French investigation team is onboard Bow Eagle to evaluate the situation."

An estimated 800 million people go hungry every year and about two-thirds of the world's farmland is affected by la About 150,000 poor farmers in Africa were using new, sustainable technologies in fertilizer and soil replenishment and, as a result, were far more productive than their neighbors, Sanchez said. made bomb, Anatolia said.

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GARFIELDS at Quail Springs Mall needs PT

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COFFEE CREEK Golf Course needs snack

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bar/beverage cart help. Flexible hours, full &

help wanted. Apply at Bob Mills Fumiture,

Tues & Wed afternoons and evenings as well as

part time. Call 340-4653.

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Sat evenings. Student familiar with OKC & between 1-5pm to apply, 232-8523.

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seeking energetic and responsible individuals to staff our membership services desks. Join the Y, come by for an application or call Don at 789-0231.

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