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UCONNECT to better UCO communications

BRIEFS >News Oklahoma political canidates file for August 27 primary. ✓ Page 5

>Sports Former UCO basketball coach Jim Seward is no longer with the University of Nebraska program. v Page 9

>Features President Webb is a new dad after recently adopting a baby girl from Guatamala. ,,, Page 6

TODAY IN HISTORY 1987 – An eight-pound baby boy, Matej Gaspar, born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, was proclaimed the five billionth inhabitant of Earth.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, this land was made for you and me."

— Woody Guthire

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Staff Writer Blake Fry, director of campus life, is expecting two babies.

The one arriving in November is displayed on his computer screen as desktop wallpaper — an enlarged ultrasound picture of a perfectly – formed fetus.

The second one, due any day now, is a group project. Fry glowed with anticipation as he directed his mouse, clicked an icon, and prepared to show off his other baby.

Fidgeting in his seat and grinning, he seemed more like a precocious twelve-year-old with a new computer game than an expectant father.

"This is going to revolutionize how we communicate at UCO," he said, wide-eyed.

UCONNECT, University of Central Oklahoma News, Network, Educational and Communications Tool, is a portal with virtually limitless possibilities, Fry explained with great animation.

As proud project manager, he babied UCONNECT since its conception, and would welcome it into the virtual world in time for fall semester, he said.

With UCONNECT, students would have e-mail, interactive appointment calendars, websites, password-protected message boards, access to class-related materials, class schedules, grades, student directory information, and much more, Fry said.

Faculty could send blanket e-

mails to particular groups of students, post class-related materials for students to access, conduct online discussions, display a- class calendar that interacts with the students' calendars, and post grades, he said.

According to Dr. Cynthia Rolfe, vice president for information technology, and assistant to the president, UCONNECT startup costs include a licensing fee of $130,000 for the Web Platform software by Campus Pipeline, and an implementation fee of $75,000.

Technical support and product updates for Web Platform will cost $26,000 starting the second year, and increase by about 10 percent each year after.

Rolfe said UCO is in the final stages of implementing Banner — a new $5 million computer system — so the quality of Web Platform's integration feature was an important consideration.

She said Banner and the website software program would have to integrate -- or talk to each other — efficiently, or it would cause real problems.

To be certain, Rolfe went to Utah to meet with Campus Pipeline administrators, and became convinced that Web Platform works well with Banner, she said.

The whole basic Banner computer system will be online by mid-July, and UCONNECT is in the final testing stages, Rolfe said.

The process of switching over to Banner has seemed slow because of all the training required as new

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Blake Fry, Director of Campus Life and UCONNECT campus project.

features come online, she said.

"The thing that makes Banner so difficult is that it's so powerful," Rolfe said.

To speed things up, UCO's approach is to implement the basic system first, then go back and add extra features as they are needed, she said. Otherwise, implementation would take 10 years.

Sandy Franklin, technical manager of the UCONNECT project, has high praise for Web Platform.

"The best thing I found is called

`groups.' We can give our student organizations a 'group' and web page, and targeted e-mail," Franklin said.

Fry said UCO will send every fall enrollee a letter with a login name and a password for UCONNECT. Students may attend training sessions for UCONNECT beginning the first week of the fall semester, and a Campus Pipeline Web Platform users guide is available through the Information Technology office.

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Oklahoma into compliance with the federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (CSCPA) signed Gov. Frank Keating signed an into law October 28, 2000. amendment to the Oklahoma Sex According to stipulations, by Offenders Registration Act October 28 of this year all states (OSORA) on April 23, extending must comply with the CSCPA. its reach to campus police This requires keeping up-to-date departments statewide. records on convicted sex offenders The amendment brought and sharing that information with

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the local law enforcement entity and the community of any college where the sex offender works or attends school.

Jeff Harp, UCO's department of public safety (DPS) director, said his department has not yet received any sex offender information from the state, but will post it in a binder at the DPS

office when they receive it.

Harp also said that up-to-date information on sex offenders is important to protect the public from victimization by them.

He said that a sex offender's failure to register wil be met aggressivly by the City of Edmond.

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—REGINA LEVERETT grad uate wellness management

"If it's just a snapsot telling me he was convicted of something, not enough information to come to a rational conclusion.."

—MAURICE GRIGGS senior political science major

"It will help me be more aware of what's going on around me."

—RENITA FARROW senior applied liberal arts major

"If I had children it would be very important to know. I think it's good measure for watching over offenders."

If UCO has any convicted sex offenders on campus, their names will soon be available for everyone to view at the Department of Public Safety office on campus.

Here we face the long-debated issue of the privacy rights of the people who have done the time for their crimes versus the rights of the public to know.

The interesting question is why people who are convicted of sex crimes are treated differently from people who are convicted of other violent crimes?

Even prior to this new amendment to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act, convicted sex offenders are required to register with local law enforcement.

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Zach E. Nash Jera Stone Danny Peters Michael Larson Stephanie Nease Joanna Weiser

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LABETTA WALLENMEYER Director OF Student Health Center

these convicted sex offenders.

Let's take it one step higher on the soapbox.

It's the same reason people think it's OK for the government to keep secrets from the people, to tap into our phone wires, to take away some of the freedoms the ancestors of this country have worked so hard to get, to be openly prejudice toward people of certain looks or races — all in the name of keeping us safe from the terrorists.

It's fear.

What we really should be afraid of is that once we lose these freedoms, it could take a lot more to get them all back.

www.thevistaonlinc.cmn —JORGE ALARCON senior history major

"I don't see myself accessing that information unless there was as a problem. DPS might need this information more than we would."

However, convicted murderers are allowed to remain anonymous once they've paid the price deemed reasonable in the eyes of the law.

In other words, the public wants to put a "Scarlet A" on top of the convicted sex offenders' foreheads.

If we believe in rehabilitation for these convicted criminals, then why are we stamping them with a warning mark?

If we don't believe that these convicted criminals have paid for their crimes and should have second chances, then why are they out on the streets to begin with?

All of this is in the name of keeping the public safe from being victimized by

"These people had to register before this law with where they live.

These people did serve their time. They have a right to live free."

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THEVISTA

High court ends session Guild guides profs LETTERS • at summer institute

BY MICHAEL LARSON

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blow to the Americans with Disabilities and Rehabilitation act of 1973. Their decision in Barnes v. Gorman granted public agencies and entities supported by the federal government 7 like UCO - immunity from lawsuits regarding inadequate accommodations for disabled persons.

June 27, in Zelman v.

Simmons-Harris, the court ruled vouchers from tax dollars can be used by students going to private or religous schools.

The court decided June 20 in Gozaga University and Roberts v.

John Doe that universities and school systems cannot be sued for releasing student's personal information.

June 17 the court ruled requiring door-to-door soliciters and religious proselytizers to register by name before setting out to proselytize violated the first amendment. The case was entitled Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. v.

Village of Stratton.

A list of the Supreme Court decisions for 2001 — 2002 session can be found at www.law.com/ us_supreme_ct/decisions0102.htm

The Supreme Court ended its 2001 — 2002 session with a series of decisions on criminal law protecting the mentally retarded from the death penalty, making judges no longer able to hand down a death penalty without a jury's approval, and defending other civil liberties for the convicted and the accused.

But far away from the cell blocks of prisons and county jails, others were affected by the June 28 close of the session which started in November. Many decisions were made which will affect the lives of college students across the country.

June 17, justices mended Tax Law ruling the Internal Revenue Service can tax restaurant employees' tips not by what they claim but by an aggregate estimation method in United States v. Fior D/Italia, Inc. Ray Island, server trainer for Denny's in Edmond said the ruling would hurt his income.

"If they use a set system of taxing, you could work a,$48 table, get $1 and lose money," he said.

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Photography instructor focuses on public relations University of Central Oklahoma photography instructor Tom Isbill will address more than 6,000 photo professionals at the upcoming International Convention for Professional Photographers of America's gathering July 12-17 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

His address will focus on "Public Relations for the Professional Photographer," and he is among 100 photography professors and experts to speak at the event.

The presentations at the convention will focus on topics ranging from traditional portrait techniques to the latest advancements in digital imaging.

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Guild is the only Oklahoman selected to be on the instructional staff at a Summer Institute. He previously taught at the 1999 Summer Institute held in Marquette, Michigan.

He will present a workshop on the tactical use of communications and chapter, conference and membership development.

"We have done great things at the local level in Oklahoma and hope that some of our experiences can enrich and add to the talent and expertise of the national AAUP leadership. With a team effort we can increase the influence of the AAUP and serve as the conscience of the professoriate. Communication, membership development and telling our story in the media to various stakeholders in the system are essential to the well-being of higher education in our country," Guild said.

The purpose of the ASC is to encourage and strengthen cooperation among the AAUP's state organizations through a program of grants and services.

The ASC regularly sponsors

workshops and conferences on campuses across the country and undertakes a leadership training institue for faculty leaders this summer.

The ASC meets in conjunction with the national AAUP's annual meeting. This year, professor Guild, who is also a member of the national Council, was selected to serve as Chair of the AAUP's nominating committee and became Chair of the ASC. The American Association of University Professors is a nonprofit, charitable and educational organization that supports and defends the principles of academic feedom and tenure and promotes standards to ensure academic due process.

The AAUP has more than 46,000 members at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

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As an Edmond native and UCO alumnus I was glad to read Michael Larson's story on Oklahoma Territory's first schoolhouse, still standing on East Second Street. The Vista pictured the building, on it a sign: Sanders Camera Shop (with some letters missing).

The late Woodrow Sanders was a UCO graduate, class of '51. Older than most students when he graduated, he operated his camera shop in the building for many years, and obviously was its last tenant. It used to be THE camera and film shop for Edmond.

As a former Vista editor I am always grateful to read the paper and keep up with campus news and opinion. Congratulations to your staff on an admirable job.

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Folk festival honors Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie Festival schedule JOANNA WEISER

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Staff Writer Okemah, Oklahoma will host a free festival tribute to folk legend and Oklahoma native Woody Guthrie July 10 through 14.

Woodrow (Woody) Wilson Guthrie, who wrote This Land is Your Land," as well as numerous other songs, books and poems, he died October 13, 1967 of Huntington's disease.

Proceeds from the Festival will go to the Huntington's Disease Society of Oklahoma.

The Festival begins with "The Woody Guthrie Festival Benefit Show" at 8 p.m. July 10, featuring Steve Young and Luke Reed. General admission tickets for this event are $23 The festival offers a variety of live entertainment, children's activities, food and festival memorabilia.

Although the festival is free, patrons are asked to pay for parking to offset the expense of hosting the event.

Each night around 11:30 p.m. July 11-13 after the main stage closes; the festival will present "The Late Show at The Brick." The show costs $10 a night and runs well into the early morning hours.

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Oklahoma's political candidates file for Aug. 27 primary

BY RON JENKINS

Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Republican Steve Largent of Tulsa and Democrats Kelly Haney of Seminole and Brad Henry of Shawnee filed for governor Monday as the three-day filing period opened at the Capitol.

Four incumbent congressmen drew opposition, but most of the attention was given to the open seat in the 4th Congressional District.

Incumbent Republican J.C. Watts, who is not running again, showed up to endorse political consultant Tom Cole of Moore in the Aug. 27 primary.

Watts said he had promised President Bush and the Republican National Committee that he would do "everything I can" to keep the district in GOP hands. Watts and Cole are longtime friends and political allies.

Cole also was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Wes Watkins, R-Stillwater, who is not running again. Some of Watkin's current district has been folded into the new 4th District.

Largent, a 47-year-old former congressman and NFL Hall of Fame receiver, said he had been crisscrossing the state for months, building trust among voters. He said he would be releasing specifics of his program later that will include a "major initiative" on

education reform.

"We need to free our teachers," Largent said. He said teachers need more pay and fewer mandates.

Haney, 61, was the first to file for governor, vowing to be "The Guardian of Oklahoma" if elected.

"I want to fight for those who feel disenfranchised and separated from their government. I will be a voice for all Oklahomans," Haney said.

A state senator, Haney also is a nationally known Indian artist whose sculpture, "The Guardian" was installed last month on top of the Capitol dome.

Largent, Haney and Henry want to replace Republican Frank Keating, who is completing his second term and cannot seek reelection.

"This is a critical time for Oklahoma," Henry said. "We must restore and renew our commitment to education and train our work force, keep our children in Oklahoma."

Henry, who has advocated a state lottery, said he would insist that lottery proceeds go to education and not reduce regular spending on schools.

Others in the race include Democrat Vince Orza of Edmond and Jim Dunegan of Calera. They plan to file Tuesday. Republican Jim Denny also is running.

Democrats Ben Odom, 43, of Norman and Lance Compton, 27, of Lawton also filed in the 4th

District, as did Republicans Tennie Rogers, 74, of Tulsa, and Terry Johnson, 54, of Lawton. Rogers' daughter, Evelyn, 49, filed as a GOP candidate in the 1st District.

Cole, a longtime political consultant, former senator and state GOP chairman, is considered the early favorite in the 4th District race. Cole was secretary of state, a member of Keating's cabinet and chief of staff of the RNC in Washington.

He said he will run on his conservative credentials and work to protect the interests of Tinker Air Force Base and Fort Sill Army Base.

Compton, a rancher, said his top priorities include nursing home reform and a national minimum wage for teachers.

More than 600 candidates are expected to pay their filing fees before the three-day filing period ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. James Inhofe is seeking re-election. His papers were filed Monday by state Republican Chairman Chad Alexander. Inhofe was in Tulsa with his wife, Kay, who had a minor surgery.

Former Democratic Gov. David Walters and Tulsa attorney Tom Boettcher were expected to file Tuesday for the right to oppose the GOP nominee at the November general election.

Other notable filers on Tuesday included Republican Mary Fallin, incumbent lieutenant governor;

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Democrat Robert Butkin, state treasurer; and Republican Brenda Reneau Wynn, labor commissioner.

Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode filed for attorney general.

Wynn drew opposition from state Rep. Tim Pope, R-Mustang, and state Rep. Loyd Fields, DMcAlester.

They were the first two candidates to file. Pope was in line by 4 a.m. and Fields lined up about 30 minutes later.

There will be five congressional races this year instead of six.

Oklahoma lost one of its Congress members because of population shifts.

The current U.S. House delegation from Oklahoma has five Republicans and one Democrat, 2nd District Rep. Brad Carson, who filed for re-election on Monday.

Also filing in the 2nd District were Democrat Mike Mass, who listed his address as Wilburton, and

Republican Kent Pharoah of Henryetta.

Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, also filed for re-election. He drew a Republican opponent in Richard Hovis, 57, of Enid.

Lou Barlow, 37, of Oklahoma City filed against Republican incumbent Ernest Istook in the 5th District.

House Speaker Larry Adair, DStilwell, was among those filing for re-election to one of 126 House and Senate posts.

Republican leaders are predicting they will capture a majority in the House for the first time since the 1920s. Adair said a determined campaign by Democrats should keep them in control. The breakdown is now 52 Democrats and 49 Republicans.

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JULY 11, 2002

Webb `big daddy on campus' after adopting Anna Grace

BY STEPHANIE NEASE

Staff Writer Anna Grace Webb, 14 months, will likely be seen around UCO for a long time to come. She is, after all, the president's daughter.

When Roger Webb, UCO president, first saw Anna Grace in Guatamala, she had been in foster care since birth and was about to go to an orphanage that many Americans might have considered overcrowded, substandard.

Webb's wife Jeanie, a vice president at Rose State College, had a colleague who recently adopted a baby through Small Miracles International, he said.

Based in Midwest City, Small Miracles is a not-for-profit, humanitarian-aid and childplacement organization focusing on meeting needs in Guatamala.

The group funds Guatamalan orphanages and schools, said Executive Director Margaret On. And one of their specialties is child placement, she said.

President Webb and his wife wanted to learn more about it, he said.

On a visit to Small Miracles, they learned a lot about life outside Edmond, and since Roger was interested in Guatamala, he and Jeanie decided to take a trip, he said.

They wanted to use the opportunity to deliver items to one of the orphanages, he said.

It was through Small Miracles that they found Anna Grace.

"There's a spirit, an inner quality about this little girl that is visible.

She just draws you to her with her charm and personality. Once you see her and hold her, you know she's special — you know she's the one," Webb said.

There was so much that stood in the way of doing what they really wanted to do, so at first they resigned themselves to doing the realistic thing, he said.

When the time came to fly home, they prepared to leave, as though they could just walk away from those bright eyes.

It was Jeanie who gave in first.

President Webb said, "She just looked at me and said, 'We can't leave this child here."

He knew she was right. The responsibility didn't matter anymore, he said.

The Webbs cancelled their plans for departure and went to file papers to start the adoption.

"Working with the bureaucracy

in Guatamala is a very interesting thing," Webb said.

After filing the adoption request papers, they flew home.

It was three-and-a-half months before the adoption was approved.

They flew back to Guatamala in June and spent a week processing the adoption papers.

On June 22, Roger and Jeanie Webb flew home with their Anna Grace.

"There are hundreds of families in this community that know the joy of being parents to an international child — an adopted child," President Webb said.

Anna Grace is a very healthy, active child, he said.

"She's been to the Jazz Lab, a baseball game, the canal ride in Bricktown. She's a perfect lady."

Anna Grace doesn't need for anything, her father said.

Instead of baby gifts, the Webbs would feel honored for their UCO friends to contact Small Miracles International, ask how you can help, then do what you can for all the other children.

"Our hopes and dreams for Anna Grace are that she be given an opportunity for an education — if she's really lucky, it will be at UCO — and opportunities in life that she might not have otheiWise had," Anna Grace's daddy said.

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UCO invites public comments The University of Central Oklahoma, as part of its reaccreditation process, is welcoming the public to submit substantive comments regarding the quality of the university or its academic programs.

UCO will undergo an Accreditation Self-Study visit Nov. 11-13 by a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association is one of six accrediting agencies recognized by

the U.S. Department of Education that provide institutional accreditation on a regional basis.

The site-visit team will visit UCO to ensure that the self-study is thorough and accurate.

The team then will recommend to the Higher Learning Commission a continuing status for the university, and following a review process, the Higher Learning Commission itself will take the final action.

UCO has been accredited since 1921, with its current accreditation at the bachelor's and master's degree level.

The public is invited to submit written and signed comments to "Public Comment on the University of Central Oklahoma," Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602.

Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of those providing feedback, and must be received by Sept. 30. Comments are not confidential.

Indian concert scheduled on campus The University of Central Oklahoma School of Music will explore the sounds of the east with a concert to feature Indian music and artists at 4 p.m. July 20 in UCO's Pegasus Theater.

The concert will feature Deepa Ravikumar on vocals, Jaishankar Balan on violin, and Neyveli R. Narayanan on the percussion instrument the mridangam.

All three have performed

Carnatic music throughout the world. Carnatic is the classical music of southern India and is described as one of the oldest music traditions.

Ravikumar, currently a student at the University of Pennsylvania, has performed in temples in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Antonio, as well as at several places in India.

Balan is known as one of the

United States' most prominent violinists of Carnatic music.

Narayanan began playing the mridangam at age seven. He has won numerous awards for his music, and is regularly featured on nationalradio and television shows in India.

For more information, call the UCO School of Music at 974-5004.

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SPORTS Seward loses Nebraska coaching position FROM WIRE REPORTS

Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)— Highly touted when he was hired three months ago, Jim Seward's short tenure with the Nebraska women's basketball team, including an 11day stint as interim head coach, has ended.

"Jim Seward is no longer with the team," Nebraska assistant sports information director Jeff Griesch said Monday.

In fact, no assistant coaches from former coach Paul Sanderford's staff remain at the university, Griesch said. He said it was up to new coach Connie Yori whether to keep assistants and she elected not to retain them.

Seward came to Nebraska in

April after 15 years as the most successful men's basketball coach at the University of Central Oklahoma.

When reached at his Lincoln home on Monday, Seward declined to comment.

Yori has filled her coaching staff with two former Nebraska and Creighton stars.

Sanderford brought Seward to Nebraska in April. He spent the next two months directing the Huskers' individual player development and helping with recruiting responsibilities.

At Central Oklahoma, Seward was the all-time winningest coach with a 261-165 record.

Seward was named interim head women's coach at Nebraska last month when Sanderford resigned.

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Athletic director Bill Byrne at the time said Seward could apply for the head coaching position, but a nationwide search would be conducted.

That search ended 50 miles down Interstate 80 on June 24 when Nebraska hired Yori, the coach at Omaha's Creighton University.

Like Yori's new assistants, Seward also is no stranger to Nebraska.

His first head coaching job was at Northeast Community College in Norfolk in 1972. He also coached at Wayne State for five years when the Wildcats were nationally ranked in the NAIA in 1974 and 1977.

The Evanston, Ill., native earned his bachelor's degree from Hiram Scott College in Scottsbluff in 1969 and a master's degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1972.

When taking it to the net, UCO is second to none according to a recent poll.

After receiving nine out of thirteen pre-season first-place votes, the defending championship Bronchos will begin their season in late August.

The only team that came close in number of first-place votes was Texas A&M-Commerce with four.

Longtime rival Cameron received zero first place votes.

Mark Herrin who has spent more than a decade as head volleyball coach will once again lead the team.

Coach Herrin was a little bit surprised, though definitely flattered, by the news. He did not doubt that the team would be picked first or second for the coming season, he said from a volleyball camp in Collinsville, Oklahoma.

Excited by the confidence placed in his team, Herrin humbly said, "I'd rather be the underdog."

However, Herrin said that he has no problem with his team being chosen the winners early on.

"We'll just see what happens."

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Lexy Fortner, Alma Brahimaj, Stacey Meek, Katy Wallace and Tori Walker will all be returning to defend their championship.

New recruits Kim Morgal from Edmond, LaTrisha Rollins from Owassa, Oklahoma, and Rachel MacElvine from Carrolton, Texas will join them.

Coming off of a 26-8 championship season, the Bronchos will be digging in at the North Florida Invitational versus Fort Hays State August 30 in Jacksonville.

UCO will then attempt to block North Florida, Tampa and Southwest State before returning September 6 to host the Sleep Inn Invitational.

Speculating on the coming seasons' foes, Coach Herrin said that A&M-Commerce and Cameron would be the biggest challenges.

The first of two meetings with Cameron will take place September 17 in Lawton.

The first match-up with A&MCommerce will be September 21 at Commerce, Texas.

Coach Herrin said that he is in touch with his new and returning players and waiting for them to come back for the season. For now, he is staying busy hosting various volleyball camps around the state.

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STRANGE STORIES Pigs gets shower in swine

blame for a parking lot fenderbender.

"It would appear that you were going too fast," Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson told the defendant in the fender-bender case.

Five days after the state's highest court shut down for the summer in its plush quarters in Madison, Abrahamson filled in for a vacationing judge by presiding over the small claims calendar in a small courtroom on a dead-end corridor of the Milwaukee County Courthouse: Abrahamson said she couldn't remember how she got roped into filling in for Circuit Judge Kitty K. Brennan.

She was due back in court Friday to finish the favor.

"All I can say is that one thing led to another, and here I am," she said . "I find it very interesting.'

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) —The Murray family's three little pigs have a new way to beat the heat.

Isaac Murray, an electrical field technician, has installed a shower in his pigpen so his swine will have no reason to whine during a heat wave that has sent temperatures into the 90s.

"When he told me he wanted to build a shower for the pigs, I thought, 'You're kidding me,"' Judith Murray, Isaac's wife, said.

But when Isaac Murray designed and set up the plumbing apparatus, the family agreed it was a great invention.

It runs automatically for two minutes every two hours, all day long.

"The pigs love getting in it, and it's good for them," Judith Murray said.

The Murrays' pigs are now trained to shower every time the Family business busted device starts running.

SOUTH FORK, Pa. (AP)— A "They have a pecking order," 29-year-old man is accused of Judith Murray said. "The little one bringing his two young sons along has to wait until the other two are while he tried to steal a cash box done before it can go in." from a neighbor's house.

Shawn E. Popish was charged Back to basic for top judge with burglary, criminal trespass and MILWAUKEE (AP) —The top corruption of minors.

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Columnist What the hell is wrong with the United States Supreme Court?

They've been quite busy lately doing their best to take even more of our rights away. They seem to think that they have the authority to throw certain Amendments right out the window.

According to them, it is now legal for citizens to use public money vouchers to go to religious schools. This violates the First Amendment. A separation of church and state is vital to a free democracy and like Justice Souter said," There is no excuse.

Constitutional limitations are placed on government to preserve constitutional values in hard cases, like these."

He said it best when he said, "At the end of the day, a massive amount of money went to the religious schools in Nyquist, and a massive amount of money goes to the religious schools here. That's the sticking point."

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Theater • Lyric Theatre will present Gypsy showing through July 13.

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Those first ten amendments are there for our protection. Yet 5 members of the highest court in the land decide that they can just override them. These judges need to be impeached on grounds of violation of the rights of United States citizens.

A Federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional.

And since most people in this country believe in God, most people have condemned the court for its ruling.

Newsflash folks: The United States is a free country. Forcing anyone (including children) to pledge their life to ANYTHING

Special Events • The Omniplex and the Kirkpatrick Planetarium will present Images of the Infinite: Hubble Space Telescope. For show times and ticket information, call 602-3761.

• The OmniDome Theater at the Omniplex will present Everest and Adventures in Wild California through September 2.

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Forcing anyone to stand in a room where 30 other people are claiming that they live in "one nation under god" is criminal.

We're not all Christians. And we have that right guaranteed us by the First Amendment. No one cares if you think it's a good idea.

It's against the First Amendment and it should be illegal.

Justice John Paul Stevens said, "Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and weaken the foundation of our democracy."

There's nothing wrong with saying the Pledge if you want to.

But don't force other people to say it. That's not freedom. That's fascism.

Regardless, legal experts expect the Supreme Court to overturn the San Francisco appeals court's ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance.

Another thing that has rightfully been ruled upon is the death penalty. A federal judge in New York declared the death penalty unconstitutional. Good for him. The Fifth Amendment protects us from "cruel and unusual punishment." I would say that killing someone is cruel and unusual (it's unusual unless you live in Texas...)

I agree that some people deserve to die. But I also believe that the Bill of Rights supercedes my personal views.

Too many people are suddenly being found innocent due to DNA testing. How many people died unjustly? Ever heard of Sacco and Vanzetti?

This ruling too is expected to go to a higher court where the chances are likely that it will be overturned.

The saddest part is that most people in this country do not know or understand the Bill of Rights. They are so willing to just roll over for a little bit for safety.

A lot of people have fought and died for us to have the freedom we have today. And every day our elected officials are taking away a little more of that freedom.

One day we're going to wake up and it's going to be 1984. That's when the American dream will be dead and the United States will become obsolete.

Americans pride themselves upon living in the greatest country in the world. At the rate we're going, I don't think we're going to hold that status for very much longer.

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• Campus Life will host award-winning poet • UCO Jazz Lab will present "Charlene & Nikki Giovanni as part of the UCO "Hot the Smoking Section" at 8 p.m. Doors open at Topics" Speakers Series. The presentation is 6 p.m. Cover charge is $5. For more free to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. on information, call 359-7989. the 3rd floor patio of the Nigh University Center.

For more informaion call 974-2363.

• StrawHat Music Theatre will present Swinging on a Star, a lyrical Tribute to American Life from the 1920's through the • UCO Jazz Lab will present "Garrett 'Big G' 1950's. Shows run through July 27 at 7 p.m.

Thursdays through Saturdays at Mitchell Hall Jacobson" at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Theatre. Tickets are $11 for adults, $5 for Cover charge is $5. For more information, call anyone under 21 and $8 for senior citizens. For 359-7989.

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Cover charge is $5. For more information, call 359-7989.

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Citizens Bank goes the 4. extra mile for their customers.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bob Palmer Professor of Art, Chair Department of Art at UCO

"When I moved here I used to bank at a bank that lacked in customer service. So I walked over to Citizens Bank and I've been with them ever since." Says Jim Watson, Professor of Design at UCO. "They treat you right like you're important to them. I appreciate their customer service."

Left to right: Bob Palmer,Professor of Art, Chair Department of Art at UCO; Sherry Poulson, Assistant Vice President and Manager at Citizens Bank UCO Branch; Jim Watson, Professor of Design, Chair Department of Design at UCO.

"Citizens Bank has great people. Their people greet you personally. I think that many banks have lost sight of customer service." Watson says. "Having the branch at UCO is so convenient, I'm in the building every day."

"I met my wife at Citizens Bank 29 years ago and we have banked at Citizens Bank for a long time." Says Bob Palmer, Professor of Art at UCO. "It was love at first transaction." Bob laughs.

"We have banked with other banks, but Citizens would always work with me. They go the extra mile for their customers. Their convenient and friendly service is what I value most. I appreciate the way the employees treat you like friends." Says Palmer.

tt They know our names and care about us.

Jim Watson Professor of Design, Chair Department of Design at UCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence

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