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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2003

No big tuition hike for UCO, Webb said

by Thad Danner td@thevistaonline.com The pending legislation to remove the cap on tuition increases at Oklahoma universities shouldn't affect UCO, said UCO President Roger Webb during a UCOSA session Feb. 10 President Webb addressed the UCOSA Senate and House with Dr.

Paul G. Risser, the new chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

"Unless conditions worsen in Oklahoma between now and the beginning of our budget-making cycle, I will commit to you that we will go ahead and keep our tuition at the same level increase as I said a year ago, meaning seven percent. I'll come back to you fol-

lowing the steps the Chancellor outlined, if we find that our shortfall of revenues is greater than what they are right now," President Webb said.

According to President Webb, UCO is currently looking at a $3 million shortfall, which he largely attributed to the state's $600 million general budget deficit.

Risser came to introduce himself as

the new Chancellor of the state Regents and to discuss HB 1748 (SB 324), which would remove the current seven percent cap on tuition and change the procedure for raising tuition.

Risser explained that the legislation would reset the cap from seven percent per year to a tuition rate no higher than

see Tuition page 5

Student enrollment reaches all-time high

by Caroline Duke cd@thevistaonline.com Three hundred sixty-one more students have enrolled this semester compared to the spring 2002 semester, which has led to an all-time high in credit hours taken in one semester, said Jerry Legere, assistant vicepresident of Enrollment Management.

He said each student is taking an average of 10 credit hours. Because this is slightly under the 12 credit hour minimum for full-time students, he said the average is relatively high.

Generally, about 60 percent of those students who are admitted enroll each semester, Legere said. Some students, after being admitted, do not attend UCO for any of a number of personal reasons, like employment or military activation, he said.

When a student is admitted into the university, that admission is "good for one year," Legere said.

He said enrollment numbers have been gradually increasing over past semesters.

Cindy Boling, director of Institutional Research, said she attributes the increase in enrollment to a lagging economy.

"A lot of people seem to come back [to school] when the

economy is bad," she said.

Senior enrollment has increased more dramatically than any other classification, with 9.1 percent more students enrolling this spring. More seniors are enrolled this semester than freshmen, sophomores, or juniors, whose enrollment numbers are each up about five percent, Legere said.

After a student reaches the 90-hour threshold that grants him senior status, it may take the student more than a year to graduate, Legere said. He said it takes most students more than four years to graduate, so it is not definite that every student will graduate from UCO. Legere said the minority enrollment is also up from last year. The African- and AsianAmerican student populations have risen most significantly, with 12 and 15.7 percent increases, from last spring semester, while the Hispanic and Native American student populations have only risen about five percent each.

Currently, 1,696 international students are enrolled, which is down nearly 200 compared to last spring.

Dr. Ronald Paddack, director of International Student Services, attributes the decrease to the increased difficulty in

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Photo by Justin Avera

Contestants of the 2003 Miss Black UCO pageant from left: Tiffany Winslett, Taneal Mukes, first runner-up Shakema Wallace, Miss Black UCO 2003 Keneisha Green, second runner-up Jennifer Lartey and Larita Blandon.

Green crowned Miss Black UCO

by Summer Pratt sp@thevistaonline.com Keneisha Green was crowned Miss Black UCO 2003 on Feb. 8 in Mitchell Hall Theater in the 19th annual Miss Black UCO Scholarship pageant.

Green, a legal studies junior from Enid, will receive a tuition scholarship, clothing allowance, trophy and other gifts.

Green said, "It feels so good.

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by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.corn The path ahead is littered with temptations, resembling a "red light district." Nude starlets.

Fetishes satisfied for free. Sex for sale.

It's the seedy side of the Internet, where pornography is a click away - available 24 hours a day.

Pornography is a hot-button issue for the religious right and the liberal left. Various groups have been fighting either to have the right to publish sexually explicit material or to prevent it from being published altogether.

Whether it's viewed in magazines, on television, or the Internet, sex sells. It's been sold in Playboy and Playgirl, on TV in shows like "NYPD Blue" and on the Internet at sites such as NY/hi tehouse.com .

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Art versus obscenity "I think there's a long history of censorship, particularly regarding matters of sexuality," said Dr. Kole Kleeman, associate journalism professor, who teaches a mass communications class at UCO. "I don't think [Internet pornography] should be censored. Adults have the right to their own pleasure using these materials."

As a result of the Comstock Laws of the 1930s, people in possession of quasi-pornographic material, including an Ivy League professor, lost their jobs, Kleeman said. Reputations were ruined, he said.

In Europe, some cultures are much more aware of sexuality than the cultural climate in the United States, Kleeman said. Some European countries even allow nudity in advertising. In

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I was so shocked when they said my name."

As she was about to be pulled off the stage away from a crowd of fans she said, "My family is proud of me and they support me in everything I do."

Green competed against five UCO women for the title. The other contestants were: Larita Blandon, sophomore advertising major; Jennifer Lartey, sophomore pre-med major; Shakema Wallace, sophomore criminal justice major; Teneal

Mukes, sophomore nursing major; and Tiffany Winslett, junior accounting major.

Wallace was named first runner-up and Lartey was named second runner-up.

Both will receive tuition scholarships.

Other awards were, Miss Congeniality, for the contestant who displayed a positive attitude toward other contestants, won by Mukes; The

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New store arrives on campus 'Bearing Gifts'

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by Summer Pratt sp@thevistaonline.com Abbi Rinderknecht, UCO fashion marketing senior, recently opened a new gift store in the Nigh University Center, (NUC) Greeks Bearing Gifts.

As the name implies, Greeks Bearing Gifts carries apparel, accessories and other trinkets for UCO Greek organizations.

Rinderknecht and her mother, Ann Hyman, along with a few other friends, design most of the items sold in the store.

She said she got the idea for starting the business after making things for some of her friends in fraternities and sororities.

Several of her friends suggested that they open a store.

"We decided it'd be easier to open a store than to keep working out of the house."

Greeks Bearing Gifts moved on campus after their first location on Second Street was destroyed in a December 2002 electrical fire. Rinderknecht said the cause of fire is still unknown.

"The fire was a big shock, we had to start all over," she said.

But Rinderknecht said being located on campus is actually better for business.

"It works out better for us because our customers can come in before or after class," she said.

Rinderknccht and Hyman moved the store into the NUC on Jan. 13 and officially opened Feb. 1.

Hyman said she is planning to eventually expand the store.

"Business has been more profitable than we thought it would be," Rinderknecht said.

Although the store has been successful, they have received some complaints about the absence of merchandise for Greek minority organizations.

Christina Owens, president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), a historically black organization, said she spoke with Hyman, co-owner of the store before the shop moved on campus, about its lack of accessories for minority organizations.

"She said we needed to have more people in the organiiation.

Owens said another reason she was told products for minority organizations weren't being carried was that the owners didn't know what to order For them.

Owens said she feels that since Greeks Bearing Gifts is located on campus and is selling items for UCO Greek organizations,

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After several cancellations, UCO baseball opened the season with an 8-2 and 3-1 sweep of St. Gregory's Tuesday.

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Wrestling followed up a victory over No. 1 Nebraska-Kearney with a 24-12 dual win against Nebraska-Omaha.

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OPINION

FEBRUARY 13, 2003

Quote of the day

We are committed to keeping tuition rates low....unless something unforseen happens.

UCO President Roger Webb's commitment to not raise tuition beyond the previously budgeted seven percent may have loosened tension among jittery financially-conscious students, but it did not come without an escape hatch.

He said, "unless conditions worsen," and UCO has already experienced several violent chops to its wedge of Oklahoma's shrinking pie last fall, bringing into question the likelihood of further cuts that would allow President Webb to terminate this amnesty.

His statement was a strong one that affirmed UCO and its administrations' stance on HB 1748 (SB 324), which aims to break Oklahoma universities from their steady pace toward tuition rates similar to other Big 12 Universities into a full sprint that could leave less affluent students panting in a bleak job market for those without degrees. President Webb's conviction will illustrate that UCO cares about all its demographic, much of which labors full -time in addition to attending classes in order to make ends meet — but only

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.

Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

— Henry Steele Commager

if he's able to stay true to it.

UCO is a teaching-oriented university. Unlike many universities, in which professors are graded not on the quality of their teaching as much as their output of essays and their number of presentations given at conferences, UCO is less about prestige and representation and more about results.

Oklahoma is one of the poorest states in the U.S., a fact that is reflected in the earnings of our workers and how strapped our institutions are for capital.

The fact that our tuition rates are 70 percent of the nation's average is something we should be proud of. Because of this, even the poorest families, the disenfranchised or indebted have a chance at a college education.

We hope President Webb can carry through on his statement and continue to protect this aspect of diversity - not racially or culturally, but economically-based.

Surrounded by, Misguided Individuals

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by Danny Peters

Very few people I know A have gotten a degree in four years. Most seem to take five years, and often even more.

Excuses abound, but the main reason is lack of planning.

Depending on the degree you're going for, there's no reason why you should take five years to graduate.

The key to graduating early involves four things: intercession classes, weekend classes, summer classes and correspondence classes.

Intercession classes last anywhere from a single day to a whole month. They're held in the weeks before each semester. They are faster and sometimes easier— though not always—than regular classes and they count toward your 'enrollment status.

I often take two 3-hour intercession classes, which means I can take 12 regular semester hours and end up getting 18 hours for that semester.

Even if you don't want to graduate early, two intercession

classes can cut your semester

workload in half, while you retain full-time status.

Weekend classes are nice when offered. Many are 1 credit and you attend Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday morning.

Three lost weekends in a semester can equal 3 credits. Other classes are worth more credits but cover more weekends. These classes are usually pretty fun and despite the short duration, I really did learn a lot from each one I took.

Summer classes are the number one thing you can do to cut down your time. The last time I checked, you could only take 12 hours over the summer, but two summers will cut off a full year of time you spend at college. Only certain classes are offered in summer so make sure you don't take them during spring or fall, or like me, you'll end running .out of classes to take in summer.

• Correspondence classes are classes by mail. You buy the syllabus and textbook, do the homework, send it in, and come to UCO once or twice for tests. You have a year to complete each course. If you have the time and discipline, you could easily cut

White History Month. After all, no less an

by Audrey Dodgers authority than Toni Morrison "We should emphasize not said "American means white," so Negro History, American History must automatbut the Negro ically be the history of the white.

I beg to differ. in history. What we need is not a The reason there is no need history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of for White History Month is the national bias, race hate, and reli- same reason there is no need for gious prejudice." - Carter Black, Green or Orange History Month.

Woodson (1875-1950) on foundExploring the history of one ing Negro History Week, 1926 race to the exclusion of all others I distinctly remember the is not the solution to America's books we used during Black threat of racism.

History Month when I was in There is no benefit in celebratgrade school. They were purple, ing one's history one month out and had the faces of famous of twelve.

Your ancestry, African Americans on cover. upbringing, and forebears ought Inside were stories of great sciento be a point of personal pride tists, like George Washington Carver, who I'll always remember every day.

Our freedoms today face a far for his work with peanuts (since, as a small child, I was very much more dangerous threat than a fan of peanut butter), and lead- domestic strife. At the same ers of the Civil Rights movement time, internal discord could be the reason we falter in the face of of the 60's, like Dr. King and Malcolm X. It even had a section external duress.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Harlem Renaissance and once remarked that "the ultimate its effects on music, literature, measure of a man is not where he and art in America.

One thing that always puzzled stands in moments of comfort me as a small child was why we and convenience, but where he didn't have designated history stands at times of challenge and months for all of the races. I controversy."

Future generations will meanever could quite figure out why we didn't have Chinese History sure us by our willingness to set aside differences of race in this Month, since they invented fireworks (a worthy invention in the time of challenge and controversy. eyes of any child), or Mexican A current OG&E commerHistory Month, since they were our neighbors to the south, and cial, with which most of us are surely a lot of people would want familiar, claims, "If you ignore to know about their history (after the past, you will fail. If you ignore the future, you have all, they invented the taco).

Mostly, though, I was confused already failed."

To focus on the embarrassbecause we didn't have a White History Month, since I knew that ments of our past is to limit the we had a played a role in found- depth of our future.

The time has come, in this ing this country.

As an adult, I've come to real- place of higher education, to ize that there is no need for a throw off the hindrance of preju-

On The Other Hand

off a whole semester with correspondence.

Here is a plan that is very possible: 18 Fall (12-semester, 6-intercession and weekend) 18 Spring 12 Summer Fall 18 18 , Spring 12 Summer Fall 18 Correspondence 15 (1 class each Fall and Spring semester) 129 credits With some planning and missed weekends, this can be done. Using these methods, I earned 42 credits in one year.

The next year I got 35, and I didn't even attend the fall semester.

And believe me, I am very lazy and I don't study.

The main argument to this plan is "I don't have that much time."

For most people, their mini, mum wage, 30-hour a week job is in the way.

My suggestion is to drop that job and get student loans. 2-3 years of loans would probably come out to just under $20,000.

And to me, that beats wasting six years working at Target or the mall. diced history and forge a unified, dynamic future.

I propose that we begin today to make the most of our shared future, regardless of race and gender, indeed, regardless of our individual shortcomings.

We are privileged today to live in an open and free society, where each of us is responsible for our own lives, and for a collective destiny filled with the potential for greatness.

We will only see our destiny fulfilled if we have the fortitude to join our voices in one song, our hands in one work, and our hearts in one hope.

The song must be brotherhood, the work laying a foundation for a better tomorrow, and the hope lasting accord.

We must begin today praising those who went before us, not because they were notable black men, or notable white men, but because they paved the road that has led us to the threshold on which we now stand.

We must today acknowledge that I am not white, and you are not black, but we are all varying shades of the same color.

Arthur Ashe told us, in an interview in the early nineties, "racism is not an excuse to not do your best."

Our race biased past will not excuse us from doing our best to secure a better future, for ourselves, and for those to come.

When the time comes for our children's children to judge the effort we made in forming their world, let us not be found wanting.

Rather, let us summon the courage to be examples to them, examples worthy of following.

The road may not be easy, or the way trouble free, but the journey will be well rewarded.

Let us go to our destiny.

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(bampus Quotes What are your plans for Valentine's Day?

"I got me a hot date - I'm gonna take myself out."

"Hanging out with my

friends."

JAJUANA STEVENSON

BRANDON SMITH

freshman

sophomore marketing

criminal justice

kinda dating sotne., ' body so I'll probably spend it with him."

KATIE KETCHUM sophomore theatre

"Go to school-after school- meet with some .friends, hit the road and do something for the weekend."

Michael Sadeghy sophomore photography

"Probably nothing."

"I will probably chill with that special someone."

MICHELE ASHLOCK freshman undecided

"I'm going out to dinner and after that we're going to this club with other couples."

MYRNA GARCIA

RYAN KIRK sophomore

o exercise fitness

"I'm gonna represent my independence."

TREY MCCURLEY junior theatre arts

freshman nursing

"Nothing."

Sheila Hamilton freshman nursing

"I'm just working cause it's gonna be busy."

Victor Dochev sophomore computer science

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"Wha t is decent? What is obscene? Some say cigarettes and violence are obscene."

- Charles Simm ons, associate journalism professor

Germany, the legal age for an individual to be in a pornographic film is 16 years old.

"This culture is what I would call a 'sex-negative' culture, not a 'sex-positive' culture," Kleeman said.

In a "sex-negative" culture, decision-makers can 10 use their power against various populations, such as youth and gays and lesbians, to learn what individuals are consuming, Kleeman said. Civil liberties may be violated, he said.

"Maybe in a culture that's puritanical about talking about sexuality, even though sex is ubiquitous in our culture, [the Internet] tells the truth about sexuality," Kleeman said. "These are real human bodies over the Internet - real people, communicating with one another."

Pornography is also controversial because of perspective, said Dr. Charles Simmons, associate journalism professor, who also teaches a mass communi(;) cations class at UCO. Every person has a unique perspective - one man's pornography is another man's entertainment.

"What is decent? What is obscene? Some say cigarettes and violence are obscene," Simmons said.

Webster's II New College Dictionary defines pornography as the presentation of sexually explicit behavior, as in a photograph, intended to arouse sexual excitement.

In Oklahoma, some of the state's conservative youth consider publications like Playboy to be pornography, Simmons said. Religion has a strong influence on cultural values here, he said.

Students have debated related issues in class, Simmons said. He reminds them that college is a learning environment, and it is difficult to learn from hearing just one side of an issue.

The Final Frontier Online pornography is unique in the business world - it is making money without advertising, because it can be accessed on the Internet using a home personal computer. '

"They make it easy for you to get. They don't care who you are," Simmons said.

The Internet is unregulated; there is no master on-off switch. The World Wide Web is a distributed computer network that resembles a net, built by the United States Defense Department during the Cold War-era to withstand a nuclear attack. The Internet has no vulnerable "nerve center."

Early on, the Internet was primarily an instrument for academicbased researchers. Now, anyone can go online with an Internet-ready computer, palm pilot or cell phone. And once online, users have free access to pornography.

The Internet has become totally commercialized and is the most democratic form of communication because it is the most unregulated, Kleeman said.

"There is no posse, there's no sheriff; it's pretty much ungovernable," he said. "Since AIDS, pornography consumption has gone up because of the fear."

Sex sells During the mid- and late-1990s, porn prospered on the Internet, but it is not oversexed. Less than five percent of all websites have pornographic content, Kleeman said.

But the online pornography industry is big business, spurred by the human sex drive. Pornography revenues in the United States could reach $400 million by 2006, a $230 million increase from 2001, Jupiter Media Metrix estimates.

The number one keyword used on Internet search engines is "sex," while pornography was the fourth most-researched subject, according to Alexa Research. More than 50 percent of all searches conducted on the Web are adult-oriented, according to United Adult Sites.

Surfers see anything imaginable on pornographic websites, a veritable smorgasbord of sex: leather, exhibitionism, anal sex, golden showers, skat, S & M, erotic asphyxiation, the transgendered and gay and lesbian sites.

"Some of the content on the Internet seems to be kind of wild — anything for everyone, you know, beastiality; it all seems a bit grotesque to me," Kleeman said.

The Internet pornography industry exploits the "actors" and "actresses" in the movies it produces, Kleeman said. The pay may be good, but burnout, few benefits and fear of contracting HIV/AIDS are continuous realities.

Changing times Sometimes society redefines what was once considered risque, Simmons said. In the 1950s, a prolonged passionate kiss between Lucy and Ricky Ricardo on "I Love Lucy" shocked many viewers. TV couples like Rob and Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" slept in separate beds.

The Internet helped certain groups gain exposure previously limited by media gatekeepers, Kleeman said. He paraphrased Michael Bronski who said pornography tells the truth about the sexuality of gay and lesbian people.

"No other place in the media showed [gay and lesbian] sexuality," Kleeman said. "Until the early '90s, you couldn't see two men kissing on TV." Now, mild nudity is becoming almost commonplace on primetime TV shows such as "NYPD Blue." "Roseanne" and "Alley McBeal" had infamous girl-girl kissing scenes.

Pro choice An emerging sector of the Internet pornography industry has been the "live-cam" sites, at Which customers can be virtual "peeping lbms" watching people in their homes. This trend suggests ours is a voyeuristic culture, Kleeman said.

"If that's what you want to do then you should have the right to do it," Kleeman said. "I don't particularly want a cam on me. People should have the right to watch and consume what they will, as long as it's legal."

Some consume too much pornography on the Internet and become addicted.

"You risk getting lost in this kind of Internet fantasy world and not making relationships with people. It can become a sexual addiction," Kleeman said. "But I still wouldn't condemn [pornography] wholesale."

Adult film star speaks out about the industry

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.corn In high school, she was the girl every guy wanted to be with, part of the homecoming court.

She graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in criminal justice. Now she has a website on the Internet dealing in X-rated videos.

Suzi. Wahl isn't ashamed of who she - is Or what she does for a living. She speaks fondly of the family that raised her, and her present family. And she views her business of 15 years "Video Alternatives" as a legitimate source of income.

"We are two typical Midwesterners with loving families," Wahl said of herself and her husband. "We don't come from any kind of abuse. So the stereotype that people have of people in this business, I am 100 percent opposite of that and so is my husband.

"I am the most next-doorneighbor-kind-of-girl you could possibly imagine. And yet I got into doing my own videos because I thought it was important to share. I don't see anything wrong with the human body. I think it should be revered."

Originally, Wahl and her husband wanted to be in the mail order business and work at home.

That was back when the video camera first appeared and people were producing their own independent videos.

Wahl's business provided a marketing outlet for them, a mail-order catalogue selling independent, strictly amateur, videos.

Her customers began asking for X-rated videos and people started producing them, Wahl said.

People wanted to see real people, not just the films coming out of California with assembly-line actors, Wahl said.

"It's just like any other concept of reality TV - show us who you are,what turns you on, what's good for you," Wahl said. "We're not looking for pretty blondes, skinny girls with big hair and big huge lips painted up all in the same way. Our customers are looking for variety."

Sex education is severely lacking in American society and her business capitalized on that, helping people learn from each other, Wahl said.

People shouldn't be afraid of their sexuality, she said. They should learn about it.

"We get prosecutors and church people who want to control the way everybody else lives and they're getting their information about our industry from the church," she said.

"If you want to know something about pornography, you need to go to the people who do it, not to your church."

She said church-taught sex education supplies people with prejudicial information. Also, the women who call men perverted because of their sexual needs have done men a disservice, she said.

"We are very spiritual in all of our dealings all day long," Wahl said. "I run into a lot of men who are not allowed to be who they are. They're not allowed to be as sexual as they are and it creates a tremendous amount of problems.

"A lot of our customers can't admit that they want to look at a woman's body. What kind of a screwed up society doesn't allow a man to be the way he is?"

Men can't change how they

were created, she said.

"I'm not saying that guys should be out doing crazy things, but to call a guy a pervert who wants to have sex with himself three times a day, that's crazy."

Wahl said her business focuses on sex education, but the entertainment side remains viable also.

Her customers must be at least 21, an extra buffer to ensure that minors don't purchase their videos. In Missouri, her home state, the legal age for purchase of pornographic materials is 18, she said.

Wahl said the majority of her customers are married males. She couldn't say how many of them share their videos with their partners. A considerable amount of female customers purchase Xrated videos, she said.

The pornography industry has some growing up to do, Wahl said. California producers need to improve in areas such as worker's rights and the treatment of women, she said. Her husband wants to lobby to improve industry standards.

"Pornography is in the mainstream now, we all know that. It's still a little hidden and people don't like to admit it, but it is mainstream and the dollars are in the billions. And so an industry that size needs to treat it's people right," she said.

The Internet is an added marketing outlet for the business, Wahl said.

Because of local politics, people in some sections of the country don't have access to pornogra-

phy. Everyone has access to the Internet.

Censorship belongs in the home, Wahl said. Parent should censor material viewed by their children, she said.

"We're supposed to have free speech and yet we don't," Wahl said. "The Internet gives us that.

I'm obviously an advocate of free speech. I think we hurt ourselves wherrwe censor anything at anyitime." ' From an environmental standpoint it's good to go digital, help prevent trees from being cut down, Wahl said. The source of her environmental activism was going to college in the 1970s, she said. Her family owns two electric cars. She's an animal rights activist. And she's a vegetarian.

Wahl's contrary lifestyle has led to trouble with the law.

In 1991, her hometown of Lake St. Louis, Missouri was rocked by scandal when a detective, acting on orders from the police chief, lied to a judge to get a search warrant for her home, Wahl said.

"I'm not even sure what they were alleging, possibly obscenity, but they took everything we owned, arrested us and our employees, and took us to what would have been a jail and handcuffed us to a desk because they didn't actually have a jail; it's a small community," Wahl said.

Several months later the police returned her property.

Criminal charges were filed against the detective who lied to the judge to get the search war-

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by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com Dating isn't what it used to be.

Meeting a guy or girl at the soda fountain has been replaced by meeting someone in cyberspace through an Internet dating service or in a chat room. An ever-growing number of American singles are finding first dates online.

But, "Buyer, Beware." The pitfalls of cyber-dating are more prevalent than the traditional method, said Cody Vignal, a UCO public relations junior.

Vignal said his first attempt at cyber-dating was last year in a Yahoo! chat room. He had always been interested in things technological, and natural curiosity led him to try getting a date on the Internet.

"I was open to it, but I wasn't really prepared," Vignal said. "I had never experienced it before and I wasn't sure what to expect."

He met a girl from Tulsa in an AOL chat room. They began to get to know each other through frequent telephone calls and email messages. The girl sent Vignal numerous photographs; he said he liked what he saw in them.

Then it came time for their first face-to-face meeting, which was to take place in Tulsa, at her home. When the moment came, Vignal said he saw someone quite different than the photographs portrayed.

"I was kind of blown away by how mislead I was about the whole thing," Vignal said. "I'd recommend it, but check out the other person really carefully before you meet them. People who mislead on the Internet do it as kind of a last resort. I think there's blind faith there on each person's part."

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Match made in cyberspace Eighty million singles live in the United States and many of them are seeking a lasting love connection online, said Trish McDermott, Match.com's vice president for romance; Match.com also has a director of dating.

Singles looking for that special someone on the Internet can subscribe to a multitude of services such as Datingclub.com , Love@AOL or Singles Love Connection.

Match.com's website boasts that it has more than 653,000 paying customers and another eight million who either post profiles or are active users. More than 500,000 new members register each month at Match.com, which also

delivers Internet personals to AOL, MSN and CitySearch.

The cyber-dating busy season begins about New Year's Day and continues through Valentine's Day, McDermott said. Other peaks in traffic occur throughout the year depending on the level of company advertising, she said.

"It's very busy," McDermott said. "This is the best time of the year, when everyone's thinking about love and romance. Not everyone's seeking love, but a lot of people want to 'hook up.'"

Match.com has united hundreds of thousands of couples with an untold number of them leading to marriages, McDermott said. Some subscribers found out they actually lived in the same neighborhood together, others right next door, she said.

In some cases, a mother found love and marriage through Match.com , then her daughter followed suit, McDermott said.

Match.com receives about 75

wedding announcements from satisfied customers monthly, she said.

On average, 7,000 users each month get dates through Match.com , McDermott said.

During the last week of January 2003 alone, 65,000 users posted new profiles with the service. Some Match.com employees and entire groups of friends have found true love online, McDermott said.

"Well, I never thought after the end of a 30-year marriage that I could feel like a teenager again, but I do and I owe it all to Match.com ," a customer wrote in a testimonial posted on the company website.

"I met someone in July who actually lives only a few minutes from me and we have been inseparable ever since. We just became engaged over this past weekend."

First-time visitors to Match.com have the option of posting a free profile, which comes with the benefits of advanced searching, two-way matching, email notification of

potential matches and free photographs.

Visitors may also subscribe to the service for less than $24 per month, which gives them access to anonymous e-mail and instant messaging.

Half of Match.com's subscribers are aged 18-34, McDermott said.

Fifty-seven percent are male, 43 percent female. Fifty percent earn at least $50,000 and 28 percent earn at least $75,000.

Eighty-one percent attended or graduated from college.

Most singles are looking for a relationship that will lead to either a long-term commitment or marriage, McDermott said.

Nine out of 10 singles had five or fewer first dates last year.

Thirty percent of singles say Valentine's Day is the most stressful holiday of all.

Vignal said that to him, Valentine's Day is just another day.

McDermott concluded with a simple wish for singles.

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As the world was looking for answers to the Columbia shuttle disaster on Feb. 1, a UCO graduate faced the nation to answer their questions.

"This is a bad day," said Milt Heflin, chief flight director to Columbia, at the beginning of the first press conference.

Heflin, a graduate of Edmond High School, graduated from UCO in 1966, with a bachelor's degree in physics and math.

Julio Pacheco, UCO Technology Designer and Trainer of Title III: "Strengthening Institutions" is a friend and collegiate colleague of Heflin. He said Heflin is appreciative of the support he is receiving from people everywhere.

"NASA has been getting incredible support from the government agencies and, as well, from the people in general, and he is very, very happy with that," Pacheco said.

Heflin was vice president of the UCO Physics Club in 1966 when the club visited the Johnson Space Station in Houston. That is when he decided that he wanted to work for NASA, said Pacheco, who was president of the club at the time.

Heflin has served NASA as lead flight director and lead recovery engineer in several shuttle missions.

In 1993, Heflin was named Countdown Magazine's Honorary Astronaut of the Year. In 1995, he helped organize the Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) Project Office, in which he coordinated the space walks that aided in the construction of the International Space Station. He was inducted into Oklahoma's Kirkpatrick Science and Air Space Museum in 1998, according to the Kirkpatrick Science and Air Space Museum website (www.omniplex.org).

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Milt Heflin, a 1966 UCO graduate in physics and math, seen here in his college days, is the chief flight director of the Columbia shuttle.

Dr. Whit Marks, who remains in contact with Heflin, was chairman of the physics and engineering department and professor to Heflin, and is now professor emeritus of physics and engineering.

"What I want Milt to do is to get this thing kind of leveled out and retire in Oklahoma and work on a committee to develop a space program in western Oklahoma," he said.

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He explained that it also reverses the procedure for changing tuition rates. Currently, the rate change devolves from the state Regents and Legislature down to the university Regents.

The new procedure would have rate changes come from the university's Regents to the state Regents and finally to the Legislature.

"I think it's good public policy, regardless. Institutions should get to decide. Each university knows the market that the university fits in," Risser said.

President Webb said, "Each institution will have to determine what the market will bear.

We will not want to get too high or too low; we will not want to get out of balance with other institutions for fear of losing students."

Though Risser said he wasn't aware of the details of the current process determining state appropriations for universities, he said he will work to make them as straightforward as possible.

"I want to make sure that the formula is fair and equitable based on the number of students and the types of programs available," Risser explained.

Black UCO 2002, Destini Rogers.

For the talent portion, which was weighed more heavily by the judges, Green performed a selfwritten monologue entitled, "Her," about a boyfriend leaving his girlfriend to be with another woman.

Blandon danced to the song, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is." Lartey, Wallace, Mukes and Winslett all performed monologues.

During the projection competition. Rogers asked Green

what she thought it meant to be leader and what she considered to be her strongest leadership qualities.

"One of my strongest leadership skills is being a role model," Green said.

After Green's crowning, Blake Fry, director of Campus Life, said, "I'm sad to see Destiny Rogers' reign end, she was a great representative for the school. But it looks like we have another great representative."

"It's a fantastic tradition for the university," he said.

assistant vice president for the Administration Division.

There are costs associated with adding sections and hiring more teachers, but more tuition revenue is brought into the school, he said.

With the possibility of state tuition increases looming,

Legere said, "I don't think tuition will affect enrollment, simply because everyone in the state is going to be increasing the tuition, and when you compare our tuition with out-of-state alternatives, we're still a good bargain."

Pageant, from page 1 Business Woman of Tomorrow, for the contestant who sold the most advertising in the pageant program, won by Mukes; The People's Choice Award, voted on by the audience, also won by Mukes; and the Sheryl Sims Talent Award, won by Wallace.

The judges based their decisions on the contestants' scores in several categories: swimsuit competition, talent competition and evening gown and projection competition. During the projection segment the contestants were interviewed by Miss

Enrollment, from page 1 obtaining a student visa.

"It is becoming more difficult and more time-consuming for potential students to get visas.

The waiting time is much longer," he said.

With an enrollment increase, "There's always a budgetary impact," said David Koehn,

kampus Events Thursday The UCO Fencing Club will practice from 8 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday on the 2nd Floor of the Health and Education Building. For more information, contact Angela Malicki at 348-4016.

The UCO Fencing Club is sponsoring beginning fencing classes from 8 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 13 in the Health and Physical Education Building. For more information, contact Dr. Bowen at 974-5723 or 205-6527, or email jbowen@ucok.edu .

West Hall Council and Murdaugh Hall Council are sponsoring the second annual Anti-Valentine Rockathon from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Feb. 13 in the Murdaugh Hall basement.

The Rockathon will feature live music and free barbecue. For more information, contact Shai Rasmussen at 974-4250.

The Indian Student Association and the International Student Council are sponsoring a movie night and presenting "Kabhi Kushi...Kabhi Gham." The movie will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in Constitution Hall. The cost is $2 and proceeds will be used to help Danny Tan's medical expenses. For more information, contact the ISA at 8446802 or 503-3887, or email ujwalnag@hotmail.com .

Saturday Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi are sponsoring the Diamonds and Pearls Formal Ball from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. Feb. 15 in the University Center Ballrooms B and C. The ball is open to everyone and all-white attire is required. For more information, contact Korryn Walker at 314-1253 or James Thornton at 570-0027.

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Abbi Rinderknecht, Dayna Schram, Daresa Redd, Desa Love, Kellye Elwood and Alison Smith look at sorority jewelry at the Greeks Bearing Gifts store in the NUC.

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"Each organization should have a display, even if it's just a shelf."

Rinderknecht said some of the minority organizations don't have enough members for them to have displays for each.

"We would love to carry stuff for the black houses - it's just not been possible yet," she said.

She said most of the time when they order items they have to have a minimum of at least six items.

"It just makes it more difficult. We can do special orders for some of the smaller houses."

Hyman said they carry products for any house with at least 20 members, and that none of the black fraternities or sororities have memberships that large.

She said before she went to market to purchase things for the new store, she called every house but didn't get a call back from anyone in the black fraternities or sororities.

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Stacks of old records spark phonograph comeback Record players, those churning fossils buried by cassette tapes and compact discs decades ago, are back making noise.

Step into most department, discount and furnishing stores and you'll see brand new portable "suitcase" versions selling for a C-note or two. They don't pump out the listening quality of a turntable tied to a sophisticated audio system, but they do play LPs and singles evenly.

And, more important to those who paid half a buck for "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to spin at a patio dance party in 1964, they deliver sound waves of nostalgia.

The portables are part of a long tradition of record playing that dates to the 1920s.

In the '50s, teenagers who were tired of waiting for Mom and Dad's 78s to play out on the family hi-fi laid down a few bucks to get their own lightweight record players-to-go.

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As hot as records were for most of the 20th century, they were consigned to boxes in the garage or closet after compact discs crashed the scene in 1983.

But the love of vinyl never went cold. For auditory purists, a record's rich sound is sweeter than a lover's whisper. And the technology was simpler--a skip could be overcome by an eraser strategically placed on the tone arm.

"When you got a new record and played it, it sounded great," says Kenny "Hi-fi" Bowers of the Needle Doctor, a mail-order company that sells turntables.

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Jason Tapia scored a takedown with 5 seconds remaining to beat Dan Vech at 174.

The Bronchos won seven of

rj@thevistaonline.com The UCO matmen continued their winning ways with a 24-12 win over No. 4-ranked NebraskaOmaha Feb. 7.

The star of the win was true freshman Pen Phillips for his performance in the 157 match.

In the first match of his collegiate career, Phillips defeated Dirk Desmond with a second period pin.

Mark Dodgen put up a 4-0 shutout over Dustin Tovar at the 125 weight and his twin brother 141 Matt Dodgen picked up a narrow 4-3 win over No. 5 Division II ranked Roderick Rateliff.

Cole Province picked up his 27th straight win over Mitch Waite 6-2 at 133.

National champion 165pounder Shawn Silvis defeated Blu Wahle 9-2.

the 10 matches, and have won a school-record 16 times this season.

They improved to 16-1 and

complete the dual season this week, going to Bacone first on Thursday then hosting Adams State on Saturday.

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Jason Tapia (174) strong arms his opponent in a home dual earlier this year.

Soccer makes five additions for 2003

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"They all have potential to start and play," said Cook.

"They're all solid players that give some definite added depth and will push other girls for starting position."

Coach Cook said he had seen the players in action through soccer club competition. "They all come from very good club teams," he said.

Neal, Rogers and Svenson all come from the Hurricane Futball Club of Broken Arrow, Okla.

Hull participates in the Tulsa Soccer Club and Terry plays with

dl@thevistaonline.com UCO soccer signed five instate high school athletes to national letters-of-intent said head coach Mike Cook Monday.

The Lone Star Conference champion Bronchos added Lindsey Hull, a Tulsa Union midfielder, Chelsi Neal, an Owasso fullback, midfielder Megan Rogers also from Owasso, Broken Arrow goalkeeper Rebekah Svenson and Melissa Terry, a forward from Chickasha.

the Edmond Soccer Club.

Coach Cook describes Hull as "a good all-around midfielder who has excellent vision and passing skills."

Rogers and Neal are both four year starters at Owasso, two-time All-Conference picks and threetime All-District picks.

Neal was named Owasso High School Defender of the Year two times and Rogers is a three-time Owasso High School Miss Hustle of the Year.

Both have aided the Hurricane Futball 85Girls Club to six club

state championships.

Terry, "a strong forward who has the potential to step in and fill the void left by Kim Brown (last seasons leading scorer)", is a fourtime All-Conference and AllDistrict pick.

Svenson is a "solid goalkeeper who will strengthen us at that spot and will push for playing time."

These five additions will join eight returning starters from last year's team that went 20-3 and qualified for the Division II playoffs.

Softball starts season No. 24 nationally

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Nationally No. 24-ranked UCO softball opens the season Feb. 14-15 in the LSC First-Pitch

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Tournament with a talented roster and high expectations.

Coming back from a 35-16 season and a NCAA tournament visit, the Bronchos are looking to make another big impression on the LSC North Division.

UCO is chosen to place second in the LSC North Division behind six-time LSCNorth champion Southeastern.

With seven returning starters and nine new recruits the Coach Honea won't have to look far in the depth chart.

"Two or three seasons ago when I looked down the bench I would bite my nails wondering who I could use were," said Honea. "This year I have so many talented girls I know I can this girl here or that girl there and know that they won't have a problem in that position."

Senior catcher April Ferrall was voted the preseason North playerof-the-year. With zero errors on defense and breaking home run records last season Ferrall looks to be a big threat to opponents.

Junior pitcher Falon Barnes will be returning as star pitcher.

Falon had an ERA of 1.77 last season while only allowing 17 earned runs in 67 and 1/3 innings.

Junior shortstop Shauna Perry will be a big defensive threat with giving 177 assists last year.

Coach Honea expects newcorners Lindsey Tripp and Kamesha Smith to bring extra speed to the lineup while Nitz comes in as a hard-hitting, left handed designated player.

With high national rankings, stars returning, and talented youth adding depth, UCO looks to start an exciting season Friday.

Senior's role not 'Meek'

by Brad Frizell bf@thevistaonline.com Leading a winning team is every athlete's dream. For Tawni Meek it's her job.

Tawni, a senior community health major from Harrah, Okla., is the starting point guard for the 12-8 women Bronchos.

Though not a big scorer, Tawni leads the team averaging 3 assists per game.

"I take pride in myself doing the little, unnoticeable things on the floor," said Meek. "I may not have the stars to prove it, but I know my role on the floor."

Contributing most of her basketball know-how to both her parents being coaches, Tawni feels an even bigger part it comes from keeping the books for her father's high school basketball team.

Though not given to too many sports superstitions, Tawni does

Tawni Meek try to wear the same sports bra for each game.

As the Bronchoss have only five regular season games remaining, Tawni's energy is focused on leading her to team to the play-offs, a place she has never been.

With the Bronchos currently 51 in the LSC North Division, Tawni's energy may not be wasted.

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by Ryan Jameson rj@thevistaonline.com The UCO Broncho baseball team rolled over St. Gregory's 8-2 and 3-1 in a rescheduled seasonopener in Edmond Tuesday.

Broncho ace Joe Neal picked up the pitching win in the first game with relief from Ray Wood after Matt Stratton broke a 2-2 tie.

UCO had to come from behind 1-0 in the second game.

Stratton came up big again giving UCO the lead with a sacrifice fly to pull out the close win.

UCO was forced to cancel its

season opener Thursday Feb. 6, as well as games on Saturday and Sunday Feb. 8-9 due to wet field conditions from snowfall.

UCO will make up the Rockhurst (Mo.) games on Wednesday in a doubleheader.

"We're ready to play," Senior designated hitter Mike Hill said before the opener, "After the cancellations, everyone is anxious.

We've practiced hard and we want to get the season on a roll."

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