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Springall wins Miss UCO title

By Allison Franklin

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H

earts were pounding and knees were quivering the night of Jan. 29 as fourteen UCO students vied for the crown of Miss UCO 2000.

After more than two hours of competition, the contestants stood in a line on the stage at Mitchell Hall Theatre awaiting the judges' results. "...And your new Miss UCO 2000 is (extra long pause) Andrea Springall," announced the emcee of the pageant who was also Miss Oklahoma 1992, DuSharme Carter Llanusa.

"I couldn't believe it when my name was called," Springall said.

"I was really surprised because the competition was so tough."

Springall, who also won the swimsuit competition, is a senior music education major. She played "Monti Csardas" on the violin in the talent competition, and her platform was the importance of fine arts education.

Springall was crowned by Miss UCO 1999, Meggann Craig.

As Miss UCO 2000, Springall will prepare to compete in the Miss Oklahoma pageant, to be held at the beginning of June.

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—Staff photo by Landon Sayler Meggann Criag, Miss UCO 1999, crowns Andrea Springall, Miss UCO 2000, Saturday night in Mitchell Hall. Springall and 13 students competed for the title of Miss UCO 2000.

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he storm was 24 hours earlier than forecasters had expected it.Many students and some teachers could not make it in to UCO on time Wednesday due to snow and snow-related traffic. Many tried but gave

up.

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety issued a warning at about 8 a.m. stating if drivers did not have to be out on the roads, they should stay home.

Oklahoma City Police were no longer responding to non-injury accidents.

One student left her home in Norman at 7:30 a.m. She reached Edmond at 1:30 p.m. Another student lives around Penn Sqare Mall. She spent several hours getting onto Hefner Parkway and then, after finding she did not need to come in, spent hours getting back home. Some students decided not to risk the drive.

UCO announced the university would cancel classes at 11 a.m. The announcement was made around 9 a.m., too late for those already on the roads.

Professors who were on campus tried to conduct classes as usual. Some went a bit too far, giving bonus points to the students who made it to class, and penalizing those who did not by deducting points from their grades.

UCO is a predominately commuter school. About 10 percent of the students live on campus. The rest drive. They are dependent on passable roads. Look out into the parking lots at 9 a.m. for evidence.

Those same professors may have noticed how hard the Facilities Management personnel were working to keep the paths on campus as clear as possible.

Here are two ways of dealing with a snowstorm: make the campus as passable as possible and punishing students who do not make it to school.

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Melt down...

Warmer temperatures over the weekend and on Monday melts snow on and around Old North. However, the building may find itself once again blanketed in snow if the weather pattern the metorologist are predicting arrives .

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Contestants of the Miss UCO 2000 pageant wait on the stage in Mitchell Hall for the winners of the competition to be announced. The hopeful pageant queens are (from left to right) Christel Renee Helem, Ashely D. Butler, Amanda J. Gwin, Andrea Springall, April Lawson, Holly Leigh Ham, Owen Hilderbrandt, Tara Dowlene Thomas, Amanda Marie Lee, A. Fachaitte Kinslow, Abby Denise Balderas, and Molly Ann Hall.

MISS UCO Continued from front page During her year-long reign, she will speak to civic groups, students and others, concerning her platform issue.

A total of $7,000 in cash and tuition wavers was awarded during the pageant, and 12 awards were given out in addition to the Miss UCO crown.

Miss UCO's first runner-up was Amanda Lee, a sophomore theater major.

Second runner-up was Molly Hall, a senior majoring in early childhood education.

Third runner-up was Owen Hilderbrandt, a freshman whose major is undecided.

Fourth runner-up was April Lawson, a sophomore majoring in physical education/recreation management.

The girls were very talented this year and the production number to the song 'Cup of Life' really set the pace for an exciting evening. —Winston Banta Miss UCO Pageant Director

The Best Smile award went to Lee and the Best Eyes award went to Hilderbrandt.

Receiving the award for selling the most ads in the pageant program was Ashley Baxter, a junior marketing major.

Baxter also won the People's Choice award, which audience members voted on during the pageant's intermission.

The Director's Choice award went to Amanda Gwin, a sophomore music major. Gwin also won the Best Non-Finalist Talent award.

The Best Interview award went to Hall.

Pageant highlights included the opening production number performed by all the contestants and the talent competition, said Winston Banta the pageant director.

"The girls were very talented this year and the production number to the song 'Cup of Life' really set the pace for an exciting evening," he said.

Banta was pleased with the pageant, especially since one rehearsal was canceled due to inclement weather.

"We were more than pleased. The contestants did a great job and we look forward to working with Andrea in the coming year," Banta said.

A feature on Springall will appear in The Vista Jan. 8.

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L eadership Stairtmet A workshop teaches participants networking skills

s overseers of UCO's 61 student organizations, Kristen Eckstein and Lynn Means noticed something.

The "something" they noticed was just how much the organizations have in common.

Now Eckstein, the coordinator of student programs, and Means, the director of student activities, are on a mission.

"We want the student leadership in these

organizations to see the similarities among all the campus organizations so they can learn from each other's accomplishments and mistakes," said Eckstein, coordinator of student programs.

In order to accomplish this goal, Eckstein and Means decided to organize a leadership workshop for UCO students called Building Leadership, Organization, Community, Knowledge, and Spirit (B.L.O.C.K.S.) Intensive Leadership Workshop.

Planning began in June for B.L.O.C.K.S., which will be

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We want the student leadership in these organizations to see the similarities ... so they can learn from each other's accomplishments and mistakes.

— Kristen Eckstein

Coordinator of Student Programs held from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., "Everyone who applies will Feb. 19 in the University be accepted on a first come, Center. first serve basis," Eckstein Only the first 100 students who apply for B.L.O.C.K.S. V See WORKSHOP, Page 5 will be allowed to attend.

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said.

"We want enough students to get a broad spectrum, but at the same time we want a small enough group that we can really get to know each other."

The workshop costs $25 per person and includes two meals and a packet of useful materials, Eckstein said.

Each campus organization is encouraged to have one or two students participate, preferably sophomores or juniors who plan to continue their leadership in the organization.

"We prefer the younger leaders so that we can enjoy the benefits of their networking for years to come," Eckstein said.

Networking is just one of many things Eckstein would like to see accomplished at the workshop.

"We hope that most organizations on campus are represented at the workshop so

the leaders can begin to help each other personally and organizationally," Eckstein said.

Students who attend B.L.O.C.K.S. will learn about stress management, membership diversity and goal-setting through a wide variety of activities.

Roundtable discussions will be facilitated by senior leaders at UCO who were hand-picked

by Eckstein and Means.

"Students will identify problems within their organizations through group interaction and the students will take surveys to identify their personal leadership skills," Eckstein said.

Those who attend will also participate in games geared toward specific tasks such as enhancing the community.

The keynote speaker and workshop facilitator will be Linda Webber-Gorksi, the

director of student activities at the University of Texas in Austin.

Robert Davis, the assistant director for the Center of Student Life at the University of Oklahoma, is also scheduled to speak.

Some UCO staff members may give presentations as well, Eckstein said.

Eckstein hopes that B.L.O.C.K.S. becomes an annual event that UCO students look forward to.

"UCO is in the progress of trying to build a community that we haven't had in the past.

The administrative support of this workshop is important because it demonstrates a dedication to creating campus unity," Eckstein said.

Applications for B.L.O.C.K.S. will appear in The Vista Feb. 1, 3, 8 and 10.

For more information, call Eckstein at 974-2363.

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If your answer is yes then you might want to take advantage of an upcoming presentation.

The UCO Toastmasters Club is hosting a presentation entitled "Student Speaker Criticized By Expert" from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Troy Smith Lecture Hall.

"The presentation will focus on the improvement of public

speaking skills," said William Loo, UCO Toastmasters membership officer.

The presentation will feature two guest speakers, Lynn Baker and Anita Baker, from the Oklahoma chapter of the Toastmasters International Speakers Bureau.

The guest speakers will critique a speech given by UCO senior Ricky Alarcon.

Lynn Baker will critique Alarcon's speech.

"Lynn will spend about 30 minutes evaluating the mistakes in Ricky's speech and will also give (the audience) some advice on public speaking techniques," Loo said.

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The corrected version of the speech will demonstrate to the audience the effectiveness of the techniques, Loo said.

The guest speakers will also give advice on improving speech organization and offer ways to quell nervousness.

Being able to communicate effectively is an attribute that successful people possess, said Min Ou, UCO Toastmasters vice president.

"The people who get ahead in life are those who can communicate the most effectively," Ou said.

Gina Eastman, director of UCO's Career Services, said effective communication skills are one of the personal characteristics that employers look for and a must in today's job' market.

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"In an interview they (applicants) must sell themselves and any practice that they can get beforehand is helpful."

The same nervous energy that can be associated with public speaking can also be present in a job interview.

"Learning to control and redirect nervousness is just as important in a job interview as it is in speaking before a group of 100," Eastman said.

For more information about the UCO Toastmasters sponsored public speaking presentation, contact Loo at 844-244.

On-line writing lab URL link misdirects students

By N. David Owens

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trying to use UCO's Online Writing Lab (OWL) may have had problems trying to access the system due to a code error.

The OWL link on the UCO server has been directing people to an invalid Internet address since the middle of the Fall 1999 semester. The correct URL is http://www.asc.ucok.edu .

Lee Smith, coordinator of the Learning Resource Center said the OWL offers students the chance to e-mail up to 500 words for advice and tutoring.

A reply will be sent within two days.

Graduate assistant Cheryl Wakefield does the bulk of the OWL work, with volunteers from the Sigma Kappa Delta English honors society helping with the rest of the workload, which can reach up to 12 submissions per week.

The continuing lack of repairs on the OWL link are the result of a communications breakdown between the Learning Resource Center and the Information Technology department.

Scott Tyree of UCO's Information Technology department said that his office was not told of the problem. Smith, on the other hand, said "No, they are aware of this. . . they have been aware of this."

There was no estimated time of repair on the site as of press time, but the OWL can still be accessed by typing in the URL directly and bypassing the main UCO page. ,6.1

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The Pennsylvania institution hopes to resume classes on Monday. Until then, about two-thirds of the university's 2,100 students will remain at their homes, most of which are in the immediate Philadelphia area.

To get students off campus, the university chartered 12 buses that shuttled them to train station in downtown Philadelphia. The university paid for its small number of international and out-of-state students to stay at a local hotel.

Students were evacuated after the university's student union filled with smoke caused by the building's main electrical transformer, Samuel W. Pressley, a Lincoln University spokesman, told The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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UCO indoor track breaks three school records

By J.W. Reagor Sportstilitor

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he Bronchos indoor track team is rewriting the record books for UCO. Angela Brumfield, Philip Randolph, and the Women's two-mile relay team made their way into UCO history at the Oklahoma Christian Indoor Invitational in Norman last Saturday.

"I think we ran well in both programs," said Paul Parent, head track coach.

Brumfield ran the 1000-meter run in 3-minutes, 27.79-seconds, earning her third place in the event.

UCO placed third in the women's two-mile relay and broke the record with a time of 10:25.74.

Randolph ran the 600-meter in 1:24.34 which shattered the old record of 1:26.90, and earned him fourth place.

Randolph also placed third in the 55-meter hurdles.

Sophomore Denitra Miller smoked her competition in the 55 dash earning first place and a

time of 7.23. This gave her an NCAA provisional qualification.

Last week Miller suffered from a pulled quad and ran a 7.34.

Miller also won the Women's long jump.

"She is starting to get healthy and run better," said Paul Parent, head track coach.

Shauna McMurry received first place in the women's high-jump with her 5-feet-2 1/4 inch jump.

Miwa Isoe ran the 800-meter run in 2:27.40, placing second.

Don Harris placed third in the men's long jump with 21-feet, 2 3/4 inches. He also placed first in the high jump with a 6-10, and qualified for the NCAA provisional list.

UCO won first and third places in the men's onemile relay.

Also placing in events were Ashanti Mitchell (long jump, 55 dash), Ebony Shirley and Elina Epps (400 meter run) Mike Morgan and Brandon Motte (600 meters),and Dustin McClure and Takauki Kanno (1000- meter run).

McClure was in the running for breaking a record, but fell short by almost 6-tenths of a second.

"That's okay, I'll break it next week," said McClure.

UCO hosts the Broncho Invitational at 11 a.m. this Angela Brumfield shows her stamina in previous UCO track Saturday in Norman. action. She set the women's 1000 meter school record.

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By Justin Villines SportsWritet hris Hardaway's lay up with 35 seconds left in the game gave Harding a 92-90 win over Central Oklahoma last Saturday.

UCO (5-13 overall and 1-5 in the Lone Star Conference North Division) missed four straight shots in the final 1:33.

Willie Taylor led the Bronchos with a season-high 21 points, while Dante Harris had his seventh doubledouble of the season with 19 points and 13 rebounds.

Theo Price added 16 points in the loss.

This is the second game out of the last three that the Bronchos have lost at the buzzer.

UCO went on an 11-0 run to take an 82-80 lead with 4:19 left in the game.

After a Theo Price 3-pointer the Bronchos took an 88-85 lead with 3:11 left, but Harding tied it 88-88 with 2:13 left.

Hardaway led Harding with a game-high 25 points.

The Bronchos stay on the road for a Feb. 5 game at Northeastern State before returning home on Feb. 10 to play Harding.

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SportsWriter rlhristie Massey had a game-high 22 points in k...Central Oklahoma's 73-58 Lone Star Conference North Division win over Harding last Saturday in Searcy, Arkansas.

The victory improved the Bronchos record to 12-6 overall and 4-3 in the LSC North, and tied for second behind Ouachita Baptist at 4-2. Massey scored 17 of her 22 points in the second half. Massey made 4-of-6 from the 3-point line in the game.

After shooting a season-low 29 percent in a 65-48 loss to Ouachita Baptist last Thursday, the Bronchos shot 50 percent from the field, hitting 24-of-48 shots.

UCO made 9-of-17 3-pointers for 52 percent.

"We shot a lot better in this game, the girls played really well," said UCO Head coach John Keely.

The Bronchos started the game with a 8-0 run and took a 35-27 lead into halftime.

Ami Guffy finished with 13 points and Ken Smith added 12 points and nine rebounds.

Tawni Meek had six points and eight assists.

The Bronchos return home tonight to host LSC South Division rival Midwestern State at 7 p.m.

This game will not count in the divisional standings.

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Drew Passley of Central Missouri State last saturday at Hamilton field house.

Dodgen eventually takes Passley down but lost the match in the final decision. Lower right: Jody Marple, a 165-pound senior takes down Nate Smith of CMS. Marple won the match with a technical fall over Smith.

Upper right: Junior Joe Schneider prepares to pin Zak Knight of Central —Staff photos by Chieko Hara

UCO takes down Central Missouri State

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come-from-behind victory by UCO's 141 pound Joe Schneider opened the door for the Bronchos wrestling team's 17-15 dual victory over 11th ranked Central Missouri State Saturday night in Edmond.

Schneider fell behind early in the first period 50 on a takedown and near fall by Central Missouri State's Zak Knight. Schneider rallied back late in the first period with a reverse.

He continued his rally in the second period with

another reverse and and a near fall of his own for a 7-5 second period lead.

Schneider went on to win the match 8-5 gaining another point in the third period for riding time.

Both teams won five matches each, but UCO's 165 pound Jody Marple's technical fall provided the Bronchos with two bonus points giving them the win.

Gabe Sullivan at 149, Muhammed Lawal at 184 and Jeremiah Constant at heavyweight combined to give the Bronchos their three other wins.

UCO will next host Southern IllinoisEdwardsville Feb. 4.

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Maybe it's time for you to speak your mind on matters that are close and dear to your heart.

Perhaps others do not really understand where you are coming from and if they did it might alter things. Why not go for it.

fi r.* einrctS, CANCER (June 21 - July 22) By being positive you can turn so many things around to work in your favor and now is the perfect time to do so. This week is going to be a busy one and you may find yourself calling on extra strength and patience.

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) Get set for a great week that's action packed. Many of you will be in for a big surprise which will really touch your heart. One thing at a time is the motto for you as this will ensure that you do not miss important issues.

AQUARIUS GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Maybe you feel it's time to do a little work on yourself, we live with ourselves every day but we do not always understand ourselves. Don't begrudge taking time out as it will pay off and also be enlightening.

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LIBRA (September 23 - October 22)

Health and low energy problems may dominate the better part of this week but at least this will force you to look at certain issues in your life.

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Family and domestic matters will play a big part in your week, try not to worry too much as everything is going to be sorted out. Do what you can and leave the rest to higher powers to be.

Friday sees a lighthearted moment.

During this week you will have the distinct feeling of wanting to escape even if it's only for a short time. If you can manage to get away then why not, as at least this will give you some peace of mind and happiness.

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PEOPLE BORN THIS WEEK: You may feel a little let down because you're not sure that people appreciate what you do for them. But not everyone can express how they feel. Be assured that you are appreciated and loved, and for that, you should consider yourself very lucky.

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High school graduates unprepared for rigors college study, report says Grade inflation: higher marks for average work

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his year's college freshmen said they spent their last year of high school strolling in late for class and dodging homework — and still managed to maintain an A average.

Don't be too impressed, say researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles, whose annual survey of college firstyears is designed to show how students' attitudes and goals change over time.

The resulting study, released this week and now in its 34th year, is conducted by UCLA's Higher Education Institute and based on responses from 261,217 students at 462 two and four-

Despite their aversion to studying, many students reported they managed to hold on to an A average in high school.

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Students' answers reflect their last year of high school and their expectations of college.

The rigors of college study must have been a shocker to many first-years, who reported what researchers called more "disengagement" from academics than ever.

A record 40 percent of students reported frequently feeling bored in class, up from 38 percent last year and from a low of 26 percent in 1985.

A whopping 63 percent of students, the most ever, also said they showed up late for class frequently or occasionally, compared with 49 percent in 1966.

Signs of the students' disinterest in academics showed in their study habits, too.

Thirty-two percent of freshmen said they spent six or more hours a week studying or doing homework during their last year of high school — down from 44 percent of students when the question first was asked. Forty percent of students said they studied less than three hours a week, and 17 percent said they studied less than one hour a week.

Despite their aversion to studying, many students reported they managed to hold on to an A

average in high school.

A record 34 percent of students said they scored the top grade, compared with an all-time low of 13 percent in 1969.

Conversely, only 12 percent of last year's high school seniors said they earned a C, down from a record high of 33 percent in 1969.

So, what's up with the good grades?

Two words, researchers said: "grade inflation." In other words, giving students higher grades for average work.

And for many students, schoolwork is focused very much on the basics.

Researchers found that more students are taking remedial courses than ever —particularly in mathematics and foreign languages (13 percent and 5 percent respectively). Overall, 18 percent of first-year college students took a remedial course in high school, up from a low of 12 percent in 1982.

"Although these percentages are relatively small, they represent hundreds of thousands of students nationwide, thus emphasizing the need for colleges and universities to accommodate growing numbers of students who may be academically under-prepared," the report states.

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Tongues go tripping over the language

By Celie Rabalais

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eople mispronounce words on a daily basis.

Sometimes it is comical and sometimes it's embarrassing. And sometimes it's just the way they talk.

For example, the other day my husband was telling me how disheartening it was for him to get up and go to work while I was still 'snoring' in the bed.

"But, that's when I get my best sleep... right before I wake up," I told him.

Okay, I admit it. I don't sleep too well when I'm awake.

A family friend was watching as a plumber struggled to fit in the small cabinet beneath the kitchen sink.

"It sure is obscure under there," she told him.

"Obscure isn't the word for it, lady...it's just plain dark.," the plumber replied.

While on vacation a couple of years ago, my family and I were sitting in a German restaurant in the Epcot Center of Disney World. Seated across from us was a couple on their honeymoon. After finishing their meal, the husband was tying to signal their waitress to pay the bill. After trying WM1111 numerous times he finally decided to call out to her.

"Excuse me, 'Feline', may we have the bill?" celieraballais@vahoo.com i erabala There was another time when, just after computer is the surface of the moon."

Live television shows are a games became popular, the great place to hear verbal gooftelephone in our house rang. ups.

One of my brothers answered Once on a "do-it-yourself" it. After a few minutes of show, the host and his guest conversation, I heard him tell were talking about ways to the person on the other end of the phone, "The lunar surface renovate a house.

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"The hardest room to `remmanate' was the front room," the house owner told his host.

When the original Star Wars movie came out, a little over 20 years ago, I often heard the characters of Darth Vader referred to as `Dark Fader,' and Hans Solo as 'Hands Solow.' It made me wonder if everyone was seeing the same movie.

Accents love to play havoc on words. I have a really weird accent. It's so bad that sometimes I don't know what I'm saying.

For years I had trouble `pronouncing the word 'oil.' I said "earl.' My friends teased me constantly about it. To this day, I have to be careful when I say it. If I'm not, the word will come out 'earl' and my friends are just waiting for that to

happen.

One of the funniest things that can happen is if a person is trying to speak really fast, or if they are nervous, and accidentally combine two words into one.

A person doing a presentation in class one day combined the words `she' and `sit' together.

Another person stumbled over the phrase "began to itch."

What the audience heard was the 'b' from "began" and the word "itch."

But, all the above put aside, the English language is a funny thing by itself.

Have you ever noticed that it's okay in the English language to combine two words that some may find offensive and form one word that is totally acceptable to society?

Think about it. I'm sure you'll figure out what I mean.

Instructor Says Rude Students A Result Of Mixed Messages

By Donna Halper

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believe rudeness is a problem today because many students are confused about authority.

And who can blame them?

After all, who are the authority figures anyway, and who are kids supposed to emulate? Let's see... the president plays sax on TV and has sex with Monica. Various politicians have affairs while they criticize the president for doing what they also are doing.

Meanwhile, assorted clergy in all the major religions are being arrested for a wide range of sexual transgressions. Parents admit they used drugs during the 60s. Fifty-year-old adults have plastic surgery to try to look 30. Older people try desperately to prove they are young. Athletes beat up coaches or get caught with drugs and are rewarded and forgiven, while ordinary citizens are arrested for doing the same thing. Every criminal has an excuse: 'I didn't have a teddy bear when I was a kid, your honor, so I was so angry that I had to beat up old ladies.' And if you come up with the right excuse, you might get forgiven no matter what your crime.

In today's world of situational ethics, few things

are considered wrong, and wealth is held up as the only measure of success. Kids see people screaming at each other instead of discussing. They see people jumping out of their cars and threatening the driver who cut them off in traffic. They see other kids getting beaten up for 'dissing' somebody, even if the kid in question didn't realize what he or she did was considered disrespectful.

We shout first and think later, it seems, and on TV, we pull out a gun and blow the other person away.

No wonder kids are confused. Civility and courtesy are not valued the way they once were. Kids see so much hypocrisy and intolerance. They see that working hard doesn't guarantee you job security.

They see people who plagiarize getting good jobs instead of being ruined. They see the rich getting richer and giving less money to charity than ever before.

So why be polite? Polite equals weak. Polite equals letting people dominate you. Our model of success is Bill Parcells, a football coach who admits he has seldom been there for his own wife and kids and won't even acknowledge his wife for all the years she raised their children without him. Yet because his teams win games and because he is brutal with his players, he is admired and praised by the media and makes millions of dollars.

When you are 20 and you see all of this, you get a

very mixed message.

It's a vulgar, crude world out there. The "F" word has worked its way into even casual conversation (I counted it 50 times in one episode of the successful TV show "The Sopranos."). Being rude is a coping skill in a universe ruled by status, power, and greed - a world where 5 percent are getting very, very rich, and poor children go to bed hungry, a world where politicians vote themselves yet another raise while telling the poor that it's their own fault if they don't have enough money for rent and food.

Students come to college wanting to make a difference, yet they feel that they won't be able to; they see so much that needs to be changed, and there is no mechanism for them to change any of it.

And yet... and yet there are kids who do try to be polite, and who do try to be civil, kids who get involved and keep on doing the right thing. We should encourage and praise them for it, but because most of us are in a hurry and have our own hassles, we tend to notice the kids who annoy us and overlook the "good kids." And the cycle perpetuates itself...

Halper is a journalism instructor at Emerson College in Boston.

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WANTED:_2 female friends to share large, lovely home in beautiful neighborhood, close to UCO. Call 341-2957, leave message.

Bible Study.

University Center, Room 318 Every Tuesday 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

For more information call 692-1067or 277-3602

Sponsored by LARGE TWO BEDROOM apt, 1 bath, unfurnished, CH/A, kitchen appliances. Excellent condition and location. Quiet neighborhood. NO PETS! Located 1 block from UCO. 429 N Blackwelder. ($400/mo) plus deposit. 341-9651.

Christians on Campus

BRAUM'S Now Hiring NE 63rd & Bryant

Dennis Lusk at 722-7100.

Day Management $8,00/ Hr

WESTMINSTER Presbyterian Church is seeking qualified nursery caregivers. PT flexible hrs, $7/hr.

Please call 524-2204, X233.

WEDDING RINGS!

If you're looking for a great, permanent job, look no further!

• Flexible Shifts • $8.00 Guarentee • Weekly Paychecks • Paid Training • Advancement Opportunities

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Home Boat 715-2233 15 East 2nd • Edmond There's Only ONE Samuel Gordon!

MEALS

Call Today!

843-0735 Ext.25, OKC 793-0400 Ext. 30, Moore

Not valid with any other offer.

Offer expires 2-29-00

Lth & Broadway 348-15551

FRATERNITIES * SORORITIES Clubs * Student Groups Student organizations earn $1000-$2000 with the easy campusfundraiser.com three-hour fundraising event. No sales required. Fundraising dates are filling quickly, so call today! Contact campusfundraiser.com , (888)923-3238, or visit www.campusfundraiser.com

pay, flexible hrs. PERFECT college job. Call

PATIO GRILL

$2 OFF ANY 2

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN!-Now hiring friendly dependable individuals for tax office. All shifts available. Call Jackson Hewitt Tax Service today!

330-0933.

FOR SALE 1988 MERCURY Cougar, good condition, $2600 OBO. Call Tom at 359-7920.

top dollar for motivated, friendly person. Great

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Buy 2 meals and take $2 off I your total bill or buy 1 meal and take $1 off.

WANTED-After school help with children, house, errands, 3-7pm. Must have reliable transportation and insurance. References required. 341-3652 or 834-1109.

APPT SETTER wanted! Insurance agency will pay

$1500 WEEKLY potential mailing our circulars. No experience required. Free information packet. Call 202-452-5901.

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ARE YOU LOOKING for an exciting full or part time sales job? One with great benefits and advancement opportunity? Do you have a professional appearance and a desire to learn the cellular industry? Contact Go Go Wireless at 3416500 for more details or to set up an interview.

-Now Hiring at Dial America-

EMPLOYMENT

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February 1, 2000

5521 N. PENN • OKC • 842-3663

DIALAMERICA, INC

Full Time Positions

$6,2$/hr Mon-Fri -

Benefits: Medical/Life/401 K Holiday & Vacation Pay Employee Discount Part Time Positions Day Hours $6.00/Hr To Apply see Mgr in charge POE