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Students target campus security

By Mike Greer

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A female dorm resident recently arrived home too late at night to find a parking space.

Fearful of the long walk through the Commons with no police call boxes, the woman parked in a faculty space and was ticketed.

Though there are many call boxes in the south lots, there are none in the Commons parking lots.

"It's terrible, there's got to be twice as many call boxes at OU. They're all over the place down there," UCO sophomore Jeff Curtis said.

While the UCO Department of Public Safety (UCODPS) acknowledges a need for more call boxes, they are not sure the call boxes would be appreciated.

"Most people don't know what the call boxes are for.

We've had people walk all the way to UCODPS to get help with their car and when we get

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Jennifer Mount, junior, donates blood Feb.16 at the blood drive sponsored by the UCO Bloodhounds. Mount was nervous about the process but stuck with her decisions to give blood, boosted by the thought of preforming a good deed.. It was her second time to donate. The drive was held on the second floor of the University Center last week.

out there, they're parked right underneath a call box," Sgt. Jon Peoples said.

"The biggest form of security we have is each other," said Todd Duncan director of Residence Life.

"There is always someone looking out the window or standing on their porch, which is like a second-class neighborhood watch," UCO public relations senior Sara Morrell said.

"DPS does a great job for us, they're not out taking care of Edmond, they're right here," Duncan said.

A UCODPS officer is assigned to the residence halls five nights a week from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.

"Her main priority is to patrol the residence halls," UCODPS Capt. Chris Wooldridge said.

A concern of students is the security differences between the dorms and the Commons.

"I feel a hell of a lot safer here (in the Commons) than I did in West. At the Commons

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At this point, we aren't able to say what's causing the problem.

Farrell Rosson Assistant Director of Facilities Management

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CO's campus is turning into a dumping ground. Recently, crews moved sand into piles in the parking lots to increase traction during the snow. Peeking through the sand are beer bottles, cigarette butts, fast food wrappers, chewing gum wads and random receipts.

Walking across campus, scores of cigarette butts and drink bottles litter the grounds. In front of the Commons, there is a blanket of butts.

Debris floats in Broncho Lake.

We dare to speak of school pride? What image is being presented to the prospective students? What does the trash say about current students? How difficult is it to carry your trash to a proper container?

The state of Oklahoma is running a million dollar campaign to keep our land grand. Can students not make the effort to clean up after themselves? Learning to do what needs to be done because it needs to be done is an early lesson in life. Looks like UCO missed that lesson.

Maybe peer pressure would work. Stop the next person who drops trash and convince him to hang onto the trash for 200 more feet and put it in the trash can.Student organizations, here is a worthy, if thankless, cause—keeping the campus clean.

Students be ashamed of yourselves. This is childish behavior.

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Tin meet yo over by that pile of junk in the south parking lot. The one with the three beer bottles and half eaten apple on top.

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Continued from front page we have a panic button in each bedroom and near the front door... In West Hall you can't shower without feeling a fear," Morrell said.

When the panic buttons are pushed a siren goes off, a strobe light flashes on the building's exterior, and the UCODPS is called and reacts immediately.

"There are no panic buttons on the buildings' exteriors.

There are fire alarms on each end of the breezeways," Peoples said.

Pulling a fire alarm has the same results as a panic button,

except the fire department is also called.

"Currently there are no panic buttons in the dorms but we're looking into improving all our living facilities," Duncan said.

There are other means of security than a cop on every corner.

"We have the capabilities to support 90-plus video cameras on campus. Currently there's only one, overlooking Broncho Lake," Peoples said.

Video surveillance cameras on campus are a popular idea.

"I have used cameras on

other campuses before. I definitely think they can be an asset for safety," Duncan said.

"We have design plans to monitor all the parking lots 24 hours a day. There were a lot of cars broken into last semester and we could have easily caught those people," Peoples said.

"We just need to do research and see how much it would cost for students," Duncan said.

"There are also self-defense and personal safety classes every semester run by DPS," Duncan said.

Fancy footwork...

Enhanced photograph is published in The Vista n the Feb. 17 edition of The Vista the picture on the left was featured in the article "Aikido Club holds competion." This picture was digitally enhanced to include a foot that was cut off in the original negative.

The photo on the right is the unenhanced picture and was taken by Shauna Hardway.

The Vista apologizes to Miss Hardway for this incident.

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Journalism department receives grant Victims in the Media course funded

By Stephanie J. Eggeling

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he first journalists reaping the benefits of nearly $25,000 in grant money recently awarded to the journalism department are right here at UCO. Through the course, entitled Victims in the Media, UCO journalism students are learning the importance of treating victims of traumatic events with sensitivity and respect.

The class is one of the major projects that is a result of a $15,000 grant from the Dart Foundation.

The Dart Foundation is based out of Michigan State University and focuses on promoting the idea that victims not be revictimized in the media.

"We are dedicated to advancing understanding of trauma, violence, cruelty and its opposite: resilience, recovery and respect," said Dr. Frank Ochberg, from the Dart Foundation.

Joe Hight, managing editor at The Daily Oklahoman and a UCO journalism alumnus, said it is important for journalists to learn how to write about and interview victims.

"Often in the pursuit of a

story, we think beyond the people as humans and think of just the story," Hight said.

"We, as journalists, need to learn how to approach victims and treat them with dignity and respect."

Hight said the. 'in-yourface' reporting practiced by some journalists simply won't work with victims of traumatic events.

"We have to treat victims as individuals and remember to treat them like we want to be treated," Hight said.

UCO received the grant on Jan. 1, 1999.

Only four other universities were awarded Dart grants.

"Michigan State University, University of Washington, Indiana University at Indianapolis, Queensland Institute of Technology in Australia and us (UCO) were the only schools given a grant," Dr. Terry Clark, journalism department chairman, said.

UCO is also using the Dart Foundation money to establish the UCO Center for People in the Media.

A second grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation will help UCO serve as a center for community press in the area, Clark said.

Michigan State University, University of Washington, Indiana University at Indianapolis, Queensland Institute of Technology in Australia and us (UCO) were the only schools given a grant.

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Dr. William Hickman and Dr. Kole Kleeman, assistant journalism professors, will conduct statewide workshops with small-town newspapers to teach those papers about victims in the media.

"We will be helping them with planning disaster coverage, interviewing' victims that have been through disasters, and helping journalists cope with their own trauma," Hickman said.

Clark views the grants as a way for UCO to give back to the community.

"It (the grants) will improve the outreach of UCO as a service to the people of Oklahoma," Clark said.

66 We train them to deal with people who are traumatized, but also how to deal with journalists who are traumatized through dealing with catastrophic events.

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Beyond giving back to the community, all three professors believe the grants will give the journalism department added recognition.

"Not only do I think the grant gives us local visibility in the state, but it will give us national visibility as well," Kleeman said.

The creation of the Victims in the Media class was the first step in educating future journalists at UCO on how to better handle victim interviews.

"We will expose our journalism students to techniques necessary in dealing with victims of tragedies," Clark said.

Lessons in dealing with victims of catastrophic events will also be incorporated into core journalism classes.

Kleeman, who teaches Victims in the Media, said the approach of the course is simply helping to train journalists to deal with people who are traumatized.

Kleeman said the class does not end with learning how to only handle victims who have been traumatized.

The class also covers how journalists themselves can handle some of the shocking and disturbing events they

report on.

"We train them to deal with people who are traumatized, but also how to deal with journalists who are traumatized through dealing with catastrophic events," Kleeman said.

The three-credit hour course is broken into two sections.

"The first part of the course deals with the notion of dealing with trauma and with victims and the second part of the semester deals with the impact of the tabloid press in modern society," Kleeman said.

Recent headlines, such as the school shootings in Ft. Gibson, Okla. and Jonesboro, Ark., the Oklahoma City bombing and the Alaska airline crash, demonstrate the growing need for programs and classes of this kind, Clark said.

Clark feels these grants will give UCO journalism students an advantage in the professional world.

"I believe that the students at UCO will be better journalists...because they will have sensitivity to the special needs of people who have undergone trauma," Clark said.

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Course teaches future journalists to interview victims with compassion

By Stephanie J. Eggeling

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Roxanne Fitzgerald, journalism student, pretends to be a television reporter interviewing the wife of man who lost his life in an apartment complex fire. Siobhan Morava, UCO Theatre department, portrayed the wife. The two women were part of the Victims in the Media mock interviews.

t's not often that class

leaves you crying, but that is what happened when future journalists at UCO received a first-hand lesson in dealing with victims of catastrophic events.

Students enrolled hi the Victims in the Media class witnessed a mock situation in which traumatized victims were interviewed by the press.

The emotions portrayed in the mock interviews were so real that at least one person left the room crying.

Dr. Kole Kleeman, assistant journalism professor, teaches the Victims in the Media course.

Kleeman said the objective of the demonstration, held Feb. 8, was to awaken the eyes of the future journalists.

"I wanted to show, in a simulated situation, the impact the journalists can have on people who are going through traumatic situations," Kleeman said.

Kleeman used two actors, Anne Lower and Siobhan Moreva, from the UCO Theatre department to play the victims in the mock interviews.

One scenario played out involved an apartment complex fire. The victim being interviewed had lost her husband in the blaze.

The second scenario played off of recent media headlines.

The victim being interviewed in this case was the principal of a school that had just become the latest scene of gun violence.

To complicate the second mock interview, the principal's husband was a teacher at the school. The husband was killed in the rampage.

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Continued from page 4 the actors, left knowing that what they had just witnessed, no matter how real it seemed, was in fact only make-believe.

"This was a heavy duty event that they went through and I didn't want anyone to leave feeling bad," Kleeman said.

"I didn't want the actors, the interviewers or the classroom observers to feel traumatized."

Through group interaction Kleeman said the class was able to put into perspective what they had just witnessed.

Julie Hays, a I wanted to show, M a student in the class, said she was thankful simulated situation, the for the debriefing. impact the journalists can "I felt like I was in have on people who are some kind of shock I left. It seemed going through traumatic after so real," Hays said. situations.

"It was helpful to be able to talk about

Kleeman credits the actors for portraying the victims with more emotion than even he was expecting.

"These actors portrayed the emotion really well. I think my students were amazed at how real this was," Kleeman said.

Because the mock interview seemed anything but, Kleeman held a debriefing after the interviews.

Kleeman said he wanted to make sure everyone, including

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interviews brought together everything the class has learned so far.

journalists "Today's stereotypically only want to know the facts and gory details," Hays said.

She said through the class she is learning ways to ensure that her own career as a journalist can never be described that way.

"I am learning how to deal with victims on a personal level," Hays said.

She believes the benefits of the Victims in the Media class will extend beyond the end of the semester.

"I definitely think I will be a better journalist because of this class," she said.

—Staff photo by Chieko Hara Dr. Kole Kleeman, assistant journalism professor, debriefs his Victims in the Media class after simulating tragic events and mock interviews. The session was so powerful and real that he wanted to stress the fact that it was only make-believe.

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Group gives students alternative to religion

OU offers health degrees to UCO students, faculty

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or students who question and search • for answers to life's mysteries there is new place to turn.

Freethought is a group dedicated to the search for life's answers through nontraditional sources.

Freethought was co-founded

by UCO students Jason Seitz and Kim Shultz.

"People shouldn't just take v'at's handed to them. They Aould think about the basis of their faith, the history of why they believe what they do," Shultz said.

Shultz is also the founder of Codahoma Atheists, a st itewide organization with 35 members.

While discussing Oklahoma Atheists with visual art and design professor Dr. James Watson, the two decided to start a group on campus.

"We needed an organization rid a forum on campus for ,hose who are skeptics or luestion or who have decided hat religion isn't for them," Vatson said.

Political science professor ir. John George co-sponsors . le group.

"I believe every group should be represented on :.ampus. I've sponsored many different groups in the past but as an agnostic atheist I agree

with this one," George said.

"Ideally we're going We needed an for total tolerance and acceptance. The major organization and a forum step to tolerance is on campus for those who understanding," Shultz are skeptics or question said.

Freethought has held or who have decided that two meetings. _ religion isn't for them.

At their last meeting, —Dr. James Watson members discussed Kelly Joe Porter's Visual Art and Design proposed Day of Prayer.

Professor Some members of the group discussed calling practicing it as a personal the American Civil Liberties experience," said Tom Hart of Union (ACLU) about the Oklahoma Atheists. unconstitutionality of the Porter believes atheists can proposed event. participate in the Day of "There's supposed to be a Prayer. total separation of church and "There are plenty of atheists state. who have no problem with a The government's not day of recognition. At least 90 supposed to recognize these percent of the people here kinds of things. Having a state agree with it. school sponsor a full day of If you're an atheist pray to prayer is against the law," yourself, you're your own Seitz said. higher being. You should be Porter disagrees with the above it," Porter said. claim.

Freethought does not "I don't think so, prayer is discourage religion as much as not a churchy thing, Congress forced religion. starts its day out with prayer. I "Different religions should don't see it as a church and be able to have their own state issue. groups. There's a big Congress has made a difference between groups and national day of prayer and a day of prayer," Shultz said.

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Reviewer feels shunned by Sega; wants more games

By Trent Dugas

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The Sega section in stores for both Genesis and Saturn started looking like the aisles my dad used to shop on.

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Just as I was an outcast in school those days so I am with Sega.

We Sega owners are the renegades, the outlanders, the troublemakers, the outcast, and the factious, well you get the picture.

Once again, I have fallen prey with starry eyes and fast moving commercials.

Without going into specifics, Dreamcast is leaps and bounds above all other home gaming consoles.

The graphics are unbelievable and stunning while leaving Sony Playstation and Nintendo 64 scrambling for Donkey Kong and Crash Bandicoot seeking coverage from the Dreamcast missiles.

The 64-bit processing from Nintendo and Sony cannot compare to Dreamcast's 128bit, 3D graphic processing.

My first game for Dreamcast was NFL 2K. This football game is amazing.

The head-to-head competitive action is the closest to realism ever seen.

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Art professor, students aid in Capitol restoration

By Allison Franklin

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He calls it the prettiest room he has ever seen.

As a 12,-year visual and art design professor at UCO and a lifelong fan of the arts, Palmer has seen a lot of pretty rooms.

He is familiar with the room's every crevice and corner, and for good reason.

Last July, a TNT staffing service representative called Palmer and asked if he would like to coordinate a group of UCO students to repaint the House Chamber.

Palmer said the chamber had not been painted in 50 years and

was told it had to be finished by December.

"They were looking for a group who could do artistic painting and work well together.

They had seen some of our mural work and they knew our skill level would be high," he said.

After six months of painting walls and ceilings, the chamber restoration team was recognized Feb. 15 at the State Capitol by Speaker of the House, Loyd Benson.

The UCO restoration workers are now included in a "Restoring our Heritage" brochure at the State capitol, and are mentioned during tours of the chamber.

Palmer can attest to the fact that recognition wasn't easy to come by.

He realized that repainting

—Photo provided Members of UCO's restoration team of the House Chamber of Oklahoma's State Capitol take a break from painting. Sitting left to right are Megan Palmer, Paula Ackerman, Debra Luber, Marcy Laurence, Don Hunt and James Morris. The project, led

by Dr. Bob Palmer, visual arts and design professor, began in July and was finished in December.

the chamber would be the biggest artistic challenge he'd ever faced, and this gave him good reason to accept the responsibility.

"I'd never done anything this extensive or detailed. I was excited from day one because I knew it would be a historically based challenge," he said.

Palmer gave the staffing service a list of UCO students he recommended to join the restoration team.

Twelve students - including sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students, and one alumni - were hired at $10 an hour to work on the project.

The staffing service also hired community members to assist with construction, stained glass work, painting and more.

Palmer began working with the restoration architect in July, matching colors for the walls and ceiling of the chamber. This was done by trial and error, Palmer said.

Next, the two had to decide which designs to paint where.

According to Palmer, this was a very time-consuming process.

"We wanted the room to look as authentic to the turn of the century as possible," Palmer said.

The group decided to paint the main walls white and to use gold, hunter green, terra cotta and peach for the detail work.

Detailing the walls and ceiling was very tedious, Palmer said.

"We had to use small brushes to paint rosettes [flower patterns] over the entire surface of the ceiling. The room is about the size of a gym," Palmer said.

Presented with such a challenging task, the artists soon realized the job would be far from glamorous.

"We had to work on 40- foot, rickety scaffolding. It was hard getting used to looking up and it made us very sore," Palmer said.

Painting the 3-D designs on the ceiling and walls was equally tedious, Palmer said.

"It took about a day and a half to paint one medallion, and we had to do 180 of them," he said.

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"Each artist's style was a little different, so we had to keep moving from one area of the ceiling to the next so it would look unified," Palmer said.

Members of UCO's restoration team worked as many hours as they could each week, whenever was best for them, Palmer said.

They worked alongside approximately 10 full-time restoration employees.

"The students from UCO probably averaged about 20 hours a week, but some worked as many as 40," he said.

In addition to new paint, the House Chamber received new emerald green carpet featuring Oklahoma's state seal, stained glass, new light fixtures, desks and press box benches.

"The state spent lots of money on this restoration," Palmer said.

Although the final cost of the restoration is yet to be available, the chief clerk of the administration of the House, Larry Warden, estimates an allinclusive bill of $1.2 million dollars.

Restoring the chamber was a "quadruple-win situation," according to Palmer.

"It was a great investment for the state, good experience for the students, positive representation of UCO, and quite enjoyable for me," he said.

UCO graduate student Paula Ackerman enjoyed working on the project as well. One memory in particular will stay with her forever, she said.

"I was working on top of a ladder and I got down to move the ladder, forgetting that I had left a can full of paint on top of the ladder."

"Just as I looked up, the paint can started falling and I was covered with a half gallon of paint. I felt like I was on a Saturday Night Live comedy," Ackerman said. „2_`

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wo of the top wrestling squads in the NCAA Division II squared off Friday night and a crowd of over 350 in Hamilton Field House was treated with 10 great bouts.

After splitting the first four bouts, No. 4 ranked Central Oklahoma won five of the last six over No.1 ranked Nebraska Omaha, to upset UNO 21-9.

The UCO wins started with third-ranked Jody Marple's 10-4 route over UNO's John Mitchell at 165.

Eighth-ranked true freshman,

Muhammed Lawal upset fifthAfter a 0-4 start, the Bronchos to 8-5 over UNO. The Regional tournament is ranked Scott Antoniak with a 2-1 have five straight of their duals The Bronchos start post- the qualifying meet for the decision at 184. and nine of their last ten. season action this weekend, NCAA Division Wrestling Jeremiah Constant, ranked The loss snapped UNO's five traveling to Kenosha,Wis. on Championship in Brookings, sixth at heavyweight, had three straight winning streak.

Feb. 27 for the Division II S.D. on March 10-11. takedowns on his way to a 7-5 UCO extended it's series lead Midwest Regional. decision over third ranked Tyrice Ellebb.

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Massey led UCO with 19 points, while Shannon Freeman added 18 points and five rebounds.

Massey and Freeman scored 24 of the Bronchos 33 points in the second half.

Whitworth led Southwestern with 11 points and McClellan and Cassandra Childs each had 10 points for the Bulldogs.

The loss drops the Bronchos to 15-8 overall and 6-5 in the LSC North.

By Justin Villines sportswriter he stingy defense of Southwestern was too much for Central Oklahoma in a 59-53 loss last Thursday night in Hamilton Field House.

Southwestern (13-10 overall, 3-8 in the Lone Star Conference North) extended its 10-point halftime lead to 50-38 with 9:58 left in the second half, but the Bronchos went on a 15-4 run, capped by a Christie Massey 3pointer to get within one, 54-53 with 32 seconds left in the game.

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Cameron Lady Aggies upset Lady Bronchos

By Justin Villines Sports Mize entral Oklahoma suffered their second straight loss at Hamilton Field House Saturday night with a 72-69 setback to Lone Star Conference rival Cameron.

"It was a tough loss, we missed our chances to put them away," said UCO Head coach John Keely said.

With 36 seconds left in regulation, UCO (15-9 overall, 6-6 in the LSC North) had a 6257 lead. Cameron's Kelsi Bond nailed a 3-pointer at 0:28 to cut the UCO lead to two, 62-60.

Tawni Meek made 1-of-2 free throws to increase the Bronchos lead to three, 63-60 with 25 seconds left.

- The Lady Aggies (11-13, 5-7 LSC North) answered with a 3-

pointer by Hope Waterdown at 0:16 to tie the game 63-all.

Shannon Freeman missed two free throws with 10 seconds remaining, but the Lady Aggies could not get a shot off at the end of regulation and the game went into overtime.

Cameron started fast and got an early 67-63 lead in the overtime. UCO only made 1-of-6 shots in the extra five minutes and was unable to make two layups in the final 30 seconds

and just trailed 68-66.

Bond extended the Aggies lead to 70-66, making two free throws with seven seconds left.

Keri Smith connected on a desperation 3-pointer with two seconds left in overtime, to cut the Cameron lead to 70-69.

Sonia Cornwell made two free throws to seal the win for the Aggies.

Smith led UCO with a gamehigh 21 points, while Freeman and Christie Massey each scored 12 points.

Ami Guffy and Courtney Bell added 11 and 10 points for the Bronchos.

Signy Hermannsdottir and Summer Bode each scored 18 points to lead the Aggies. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Staff photo by Chieko Hara The Bronchos close the regular season on the road with a The Lady Bronchos and assistant coaches gather and listen to last Thursday game against minute instructions from John Keely, head coach of women's Southeastern and a Saturday basketball. The Lady Bronchos lost the game 72-69. matchup against East Central.

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By Justin Villines SPOttS',0,..:''' oming off an embarrassing 30-point loss to Southwestern Thursday night, Central Oklahoma rebounded with a 96-67 victory over Lone Star Conference North rival Cameron Saturday night at Hamilton Field House.

UCO started quick with a 16-2 run as Cameron missed their first 12 shots.

Terrence Watkins scored a game-high 22 points, while Willie Taylor and Jermel Thomas each added 18. Thomas also grabbed 17 rebounds.

The Bronchos (8-15, 4-7 LSC North) shot 43 from the field and held Cameron (5-19, 3-9 in the LSC North) to 31.2 percent shooting.

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Cameron made a 15-3 run with 11:09 left in the game to cut the UCO lead to 15, 71-56.

But Dante Harris answered with a 3-pointer to start a 10-0 run, capped by a Watkins 3-pointer with 5:48 to give UCO a 81-56 lead.

Harris scored 14 points, but only made 5-of-21 shots from the field.

Chris Houk added 12 points for the Bronchos.

Harris, Houk and Thomas each played their last game at Hamilton Field House.

Marcus Lee led Cameron with 18 points and Tori Burrows had 14 points and 17 rebounds.

UCO plays their final two regular-season games on the road Thursday and Saturday, against Southeastern and East Central.

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UCO Men's basketball loses to Southwestern Oklahoma State University at home

By Justin Villines Sports

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outhwestern's Cedric Dale scored 24 points and Corey Johnson added 20 points as the Bulldogs crushed Central Oklahoma 11282 last Thursday night at Hamilton Field House.

The Bulldogs, 13-10 overall, 6-5 in the LSC North, took a 51-41 lead into intermission and Tim Ray's 3-pointer capped a 13-5 run to start the second

half.

Jermel Thomas scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds to lead UCO (8-14 overall, 3-7 in the LSC North).

Dante Harris added 16 points and also had 10 rebounds for the Bronchos.

Southwestern shot 54.7 percent from the field for the game, while UCO only shot 38 percent.

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An unknown fan had placed it on the door of Snoopy's Gallery and Gift Shop in Santa Rosa, Calif., after learning of Charles Schulz's death Saturday night.

It was a simple gesture, much like the five flower bouquets that sat outside Schulz's favorite haunt in Santa Rosa come Sunday afternoon.

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More than 90 satellite trucks swarmed the beaches near where Kennedy's plane went down.

The Associated Press pumped out four stories every day for two solid weeks on the Kennedy tragedy.

When Charles Schulz died last Sunday in his sleep, there were only five flower bouquets at an informal memorial outside of Snoopy's Gallery and Gift Shop.

There were only a handful

of cards. And just two Associated Press stories.

They were all simple gestures.

And that's exactly how the good man himself, Charles Schulz, would have wanted it.

Schulz, writer of the most popular comic strip in history, Peanuts, slipped quietly into that good night last weekend at age 77.

He didn't go alone, though.

With him went Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Woodstock, Franklin, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder, Pig Pen, Marcie, ReRun, and of course, Charlie Brown.

They slipped into history, too.

Granted, they were already technically gone. Schulz had retired the entire cast of Peanuts earlier this year so that he could focus on recovering from colon cancer.

But there was always that lingering hope that just maybe he'd recover and Peanuts would be back for another 50 years.

Marcie would once again follow Peppermint Patty and call her "Sir". Sally would be back to chase her "Sweet Babboo," Linus.

Snoopy would again do his best to outwit "the cat next door", and his alter-egos Joe

There is a lot of myself in [Charlie Brown's] character.

Charles Schulz `Peanuts' Cartoonist Cool, World War I Flying Ace, Literary Ace, Foreign Legionnaire, etc., would find themselves in new Europeanflavored adventures.

Maybe even Charlie Brown would return with his round head, striped sweater, and everyman "Good grief!" attitude.

But only heroes are immortal.

Only kings are resurrected.

Only legends come back from the grave.

Charles Schulz dies once.

He dies just once, in that simple, common, Charlie Brown sort-of-way.

Fitting.

Perhaps it's also fitting that like Charlie Brown, Schulz battled anxiety, depression, and shyness much of his life.

- "A shy and insecure student,

Goodbye Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Woodstock, Franklin, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder, Pig Pen, Marcie, and ReRun. We'll miss you.

Goodbye to you too, Charles. ,A,M504e: .WAMWAIF,

Schulz struggled through [art school], submitting his coursework by mail instead of in person and earning only a C+ in 'Drawing of Children," Schulz's biography reads on the official Peanuts Web site, Peanuts.com .

His biographer Rheta Grimsley Johnson, also notes Schulz's insecurity in her book "Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz."

"Rejection is his specialty, losing his area of expertise," she writes.

Johnson goes on to elaborate on how Schulz poured his insecurity into his work and namely, a pitcher with 0 wins, 10,000 losses (or something to that effect), a youngster who can't elude that kite-eating tree, and a young romantic who can't quite get the right words out to the little red-headed girl.

He poured it into that simple kid.

That simple gesture.

That Charlie Brown.

Schulz was Brown, and Brown was Schulz.

Granted, Charlie Brown was actually named after an old friend of Schulz's, a Mr. Charlie Brown (who was, naturally, also rejected by a little red-headed girl), but it's no matter. Schulz took Charlie

and turned him into himself.

"There is a lot of myself in [Charlie Brown's] character," Schulz once said.

And really, that's all he needed to say.

There weren't thousands of flower bouquets when Charles Schulz died.

There wasn't live, 24-hour CNN coverage or front page stories day after day.

Santa Rosa didn't turn into Martha's Vineyard, and Snoopy's Gallery and Gift Shop certainly didn't turn into the beach at Martha's Vineyard.

There were a few flowers, a few cards, a few mourners.

Two AP stories, several editorials, and one Reuters wire story on Yahoo.com story in which, almost fittingly, Charlie Brown's name was spelled "Charley" half a dozen times.

They were all simple gestures.

They were all perfect gestures.

Goodbye Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Woodstock, Franklin, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder, Pig Pen, Marcie, and ReRun. We'll miss you.

Goodbye to you too, Charles.

And don't worry.

You were a good man. /-

THEVISTA

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