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BY TIFFANY WATKINS
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>Sports Track titles Members of the UCO track team captured eight overall titles and set four school records in a recent meet in Norman. v Page 6
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Mellissa Vandenborn helps East Hall resident Brett Thomas put tape over the vent to help combat warmer than usual temperatures.
Alpha Xi Delta sister returns to class BY ANN DEE MCCLANE
Staff Writer
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room is too hot. Miller was instructed by clerks at the front desk to put a towel over the vent to keep his room cooler. East Hall heating regulatory problems are due to an outdated heating system, according to a source who spoke under the condition that The Vista would not print his name. An East Hall employee said, UCO maintenance workers make frequent visits to the residence halls on account of heating problems. Duncan said the dorm rooms were built in 1962 and were expanded in 1965. "When the outside heat fluctuates to an extreme it takes the system a considerable amount of time to adjust to the temperature. One unit heats an entire hallway," Duncan said. A system that covers many different dorm. rooms is going to impact the comfort level in the rooms." The university does have facilities with individual heating units, but the cost difference is about $210 per room. •
Scribner's surgery a success
"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."
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three-day cold spell ensued on the 2nd floor of East Hall while an old heating unit was being replaced, according to an East Hall desk clerk Josh Deblase. Morgen Buckner, an East Hall resident, complained that his room on the 2nd floor was without heat for over a week. Todd Duncan, director of residence life said, "We did have a unit down over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, and the university requested the unit be shipped overnight, but the vendor failed to do so." Duncan regrets the outage lasted so long, but said the university took immediate action to replace the heater once it arrived. Resident Andy Brown said, "My dorm room is like 105 degrees." Dustin Miller, also an East Hall resident, said he was without heat for four or five days, but now complains that his
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Students sweat, shiver as dorm temps fluctuate
Full-time faculty are being considered for a salary increase in a funding request by the American Association of University Professors.
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what would happen," said Scribner. The surgery to have this disease reversed is expensive, but friends on- and off-campus helped to raise funds for Scribner. Alpha Xi Delta hosted an auction on Dec. 1 in the University Center Ballroom which raised
fter facing a costly and unique operation, a member of UCO's sorority Alpha Xi Delta is again enrolled in classes and is ready to get her degree. Dana Scribner, a senior business close to $6,000. Sigma Nu also organized a turkey-bowling event for the major, had surgery to reverse her cause, which accumulated $600. illness, pectus excavatum, on Several Sonic Drive-Ins in Dec. 19 in Norfolk, Va. "I hurt treme ndously, Edmond and in Norman also Pectus excavatum is a but that's to be expected participated in the fund-raising congenital disease that is also process, allowing jars to be known as the "funnel chest" and, ... when my whole torso placed for money collection. In the "sunken chest" conditions 11 addition, organizations at UCO because it causes the sternum to has changed. donated money. Christina flatten against the spine, Buzzard, a member of Alpha Xi crushing internal organs. This —D ana Scribner Delta, coordinated the UCO illness occurs in one out of 500 UCO student fundraisers. births, and surgery to correct it is "[All of the fundraisers] went very well," generally done on children ages 7 and younger because bones have a greater chance of breaking Buzzard said. "We got about $10,000 altogether," she said. the more a person ages. Scribner's family sought the opinions of a Scribner, 22, found out about her ailment at variety of doctors until they were finally told the the age of 12. "I found out I had it [pectus excavatum] when true nature of her condition. They found out that I was a young teenager, and they didn't tell me pectus excavatum worsens throughout
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Dana Scribner and Viresh Parmar rode in the UCO Homecoming parade on Nov. 4. Scribner is now recovering from surgery that was partially funded by UCO students. adolescence and growth, and few children experience any problems until adulthood. In April 2000, Scribner visited a cardiologist who diagnosed her with heart failure. "I kinda ignored it," said Scribner. The doctor soon realized that her heart was only a centimeter and a half thick. "It was like a pancake," Scribner said. "It made me real tired and [have]. chest pains, and I blacked out a lot." Scribner has been actively involved in many
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