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BRIEFS >News To the rescue The India Student Association has set up a center to aid victims affected by india's recent earthquake. ✓ Page 5
>-Sports Wrestlers win The UCO wrestling team improves to 12-1--1 with a win over Truman State. ✓ Page 7
>Features witness to death Vista reproter Jayna Noley is chosen to witness the execution of D.L. Jones, Jr. on Feb. 1. ✓ Page 12
TODAY IN HISTORY In 1932, Dog-sled racing first appeared in the Olympics. The demonstration was presented by the United States and Canada.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many." — Captain James T. Kirk
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Business professor at UCO dies of heart attack Jan. 30 tasks for which there is no good way to do it ... Since students Student Writer arrived prepared to take the test, any students and faculty I think it was reasonable to go are mourning the loss of ahead with it," Slocombe said. an esteemed professor and Williams feels that the colleague. Dr. Harry Deliere department should be much from the College of Business more considerate of students and Management died of a heart their feelings in the future. She attack on Tuesday, Jan. 30, five says that she was well prepared months shy of his 73rd birthday. to take the test, but that the Deliere was a full-time faculty news of her professor's death member in the Management affected her greatly. Department since 1990. He After Williams's e-mail and taught classes in Management as complaint about the way that the class was well as Human informed, other Resources. He was also a professor at students were "He was a n the University of notified in a outstandi ng faculty different way. Oklahoma before coming to UCO. Victoria Nep, member who truly Deliere received junior labor relations major, a Bachelor of cared about his was informed of Science degree from students. He will be her professor's Trinity University and a Master of death via a letter greatly missed." Public Health as given to her upon attending her well as a Doctor of Labor Relations Public Health degree from the class. —Dr. Dave Harris "They told me University of Texas dean of the College School of Public to keep attending of Business class regularly, and Health. Some of Deliere's that a replacement students are upset about the way professor was currently being in which they were informed of located," she said. his death. Deliere's wife Antoinette, Camille Williams, junior two sons, Harry and his wife business education major, said, Peggy, and Derrel, as well as his "The news of Dr. Deliere's death brother Ronald and his wife may not have been held as Toni survive him. He also had personally by his students as it two grandsons, Harry M. III and was to his co-workers and peers, Michael. however, the news affected us." A rosary service in Deliere's "The individual conducting honor was held Thursday, Feb. 1, the class, Fundamentals of at 7 p.m. at the Baggerly Funeral Management, began by Home Chapel in Edmond. announcing the death of Dr. Funeral services for Deliere Deliere. Immediately following were held the following morning the announcement she at the Queen of Angt distributed a 100-question test Church in Edmond. ... I do not feel this situation was The burial was held at handled appropriately," said Resurrection Cemetery in Williams. Edmond. This was expressed in an eDr. Dave Harris, dean of the mail to the Chairperson of College of Business, said, "He Management Dr. Tom (Deliere) was an outstanding faculty member who truly cared Slocombe. "Providing news about about his students. He will be someone's death is one of those greatly missed." • BY NATALIE SMITH
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Students in Coyner Hall have been dealing with a leaky roof in several of the building's classrooms. Rain is just one element causing disturbances for students and faculty in buildings across campus.
Rain, rain go away ... Weather pours through leaky roof in UCO building Damage includes water stained ceiling tiles, light covers and partially Staff Writer collapsed or missing tiles. Two uneral Services and Nursing computers in the lab and caskets in the selection room are also at risk students are smart based on the stains come in out of the enough to overhead. rain, but the rain still Room 111 has 10 follows them to class. "It's been a ceiling tiles missing and Water from a leaking several other rooms show roof falls on students and continual, slow areas where water is faculty in the classrooms leak and finally dripping. in Coyner Hall. Wet Dr. Gary Sokol, floors, light switches and all hell hit the fan professor of * funeral notebooks represent the service, said, "Since 1988, major obstacles facing last fall. It was I don't remember it ever people in the building. being dry in that room. "The roof is just gushing in." There may have been a approximately nine years period of time when it of age and has a rubber —Dr. Gary Sokol wasn't, but I don't membrane surface," said professor of remember it. It's been a Robert Nall, director of funeral service continual slow leak and facilities management. "It is not unusual to have leaks in a roof finally al 1 hell hit the fan last fall. It of this age due to certain weather See RAIN, Page 5 conditions and penetrations." BY BRADLEY PEMBERTON
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