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On the cover

Regents give university small budget increase

By Trent Dugas

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Stall'Magi CO recently received a 1.5 percent increase from the 1999-2000 operation budget from the Oklahoma State Regents.

This increase is among the lowest of Oklahoma colleges and universities.

UCO will receive $653,825 from the increase and an estimated $1.2 million from the new tuition increase.

The total education and general primary budget for UCO is $66 million. Money from other sources will help UCO meet this goal.

President. Roger Webb said the low appropriation of money came as no surprise because of decisions made by Oklahoma lawmakers.

"From the beginning of the

legislative session, everyone was aware of the fact that there was just not enough money available this year for appropriations for new money," Webb said.

"There was no punishment or mistreatment of UCO. If there is a concern it should be that higher education as a whole is badly underfunded," he said.

In spite of low appropriations at UCO, Webb said no programs or positions are going to be cut. In fact, he said, UCO is hiring for new positions.

However, Webb said all UCO departments have a "gray wishlist" of new hires and new equipment they need filled and because of the tight budget most will not be filled.

"There are a lot of valued and needed positions out there that we just can't fill, but every business is that way," Webb said.

Webb said faculty raises and

general salary increases accounts for over $900,000 of UCO's new budget.

Mark Jones, director of the budget, said there are other sources that UCO will get extra money from.

Tuition increases expected in the fall of 1999, he said, will bring UCO an estimated $1.2 million.

With the 1.5 percent increase from the State Regents, UCO is expecting $1.8 million in new funds.

Jones said projected enrollment increases will earn UCO an extra $900,000. He said that would give UCO a 2.7 percent total increase.

Even though the increase was minimal, Jones said UCO was bringing in five new faculty members costing more than $300,000.

He said division science will employee two new people, and biology, computer science and

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math will each employee one.

Much of the increase will also go toward faculty and soff social security increases and medical insurance, utilities, property insurance and student tuition waivers.

"It could have been a lot worse," Jones said.

"If the tuition increase had not passed, that would have been over a million dollars that we would not have gotten. We would have had to make up that money from somewhere else."

Rogers State University received a 9.1 percent increase, Langston University received a 7.3 percent increase, Oklahoma State University received a 2.2 percent increase and Oklahoma University a 1.4 percent increase.

UCO's sister college, Northeastern State University, received a 1.4 percent increase in its budget.

A large crowd wa s entertained by the UCO summer band July 1 on the front lawn of Mitchell Hall.

The band, conducted by Dr. Ron Howell, performed at UCO's 49th annual 'Watermelon and Ice Cream Concert."

The highlight of the concert was a performance of music from the movie 'Star Wars.'

People attending the concert brought blankets and lawn chairs and enjoyed the free ice cream and watermelon.

—Staff photo

by Shauna Hardway

THEV1STA Vol. 100, No. 58 (USPS 661-700) ISSN: 1084-9149

He works hard for his money...

John Adams, a construction/maintenance worker with Oklahoma Natural Gas (ONG) works on the pressurized gas system that provides natural gas to the Broncho 3 apartments.

ONG was on campus recently repairing a leak in the system.

The apartments were temporarily without natural gas service.

—Staff Photo by Chieko Hara

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A `Commons' problem....

Two-thirds of campus apartments remain empty

By Trent Dugas

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complex needed to be filled immediately because of the contract with Capstone Development.

"The quicker Capstone Development pays off the debt on the bond, the quicker UCO can move into a profit-sharing deal with Capstone."

The bond manager is the Collegient Housing Foundation, and it will hold the bond for the 30 years.During that time the majority of the profits will go to the company for construction costs and profit.

The reconstructed payment plan lowered for the two-bedroom apartment from $417.50 a month to $371.11. The four-bedroom apartment lowered from $362.50 a month to $322.22 and the security deposit lowered to $100.00.

ith only one-third of he 384 beds filled, UCO has opened the new $15 million University Commons apartments to all firsttime and freshman students.

The apartments are expected to open August 20, three days before fall classes begin.

Monthly rent and security deposits have also been decreased due to a reconstructed payment plan.

Keith Weber, research assistant for the president, said first-time and freshman students are being allowed to rent apartments because of low occupancy.

'We weren't hurting but it was a necessary step to fill occupancy," he said.

Weber said occupancy of the • See COMMONS, Page 4

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COMMONS

Continued from page 3

Students who already put the original security deposit down of l)ne - month ' s rent will get the difference applied to their firstmonth's rent.

Weber said the reconstruction plan is not actually a lowering of rent.

On the old plan, breaks between semesters were not included.

Under the new plan, breaks will be included.

The new plan calls for nine month contracts.

This allows the student to stay in his apartment between semesters and not have to move out during the break or pay extra money to stay.

UCO added a contract option of 12 months at the same monthly rate. They still offer the semesteronly contract at higher monthly rates.

Todd Duncan, director of residence halls, said UCO is not scrambling back to the drawing board to fill beds but said the plan from the beginning was to allow freshman and first-time students in.

"This wasn't an `oops we messed up,'" Duncan said. "It was thought out from the beginning in our marketing plan."

As lined out in the original contracts and in paid advertisements in The Vista as recent as June 10, it was stated that freshman and first-time students were not allowed to rent apartments.

Dr. Kathryn Gage, vice president of student affairs, said low occupancy and interest was the

We weren't hurting but it was a necessary step to fill occupancy.

—Keith Weber research assistant to the president .4-wo reason for allowing freshman and first-time students as residents of the complex.

The policy to not let freshman and first-time students was debated when they began planning the Commons but she said "no policy was ever put in stone."

Gage and Duncan did say they were confident the Commons will fill to capacity by August 20.

Stacy McNeiland, director of prospective student services and scholarships, said UCO formed a committee of various officials to investigate how to get freshman interested and informed.

Her office is conducting an extensive telephone calling and mailing campaigns.

"We concentrated on pro-active ways to make something happen and how are we going to publicize this to the freshman," McNeiland said.

"We are calling and mailing contracts to over 1,200 admitted, first-time freshman who have been admitted to the university."

—Staff Photo by Chieko Hara

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Political science professor turns from teaching to traveling

By Trent Dugas Staff

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r. Ron Beeson sat behind his desk, fiddling with the new digital camera his wife Jennifer bought him recently.

Drawings, paintings and gifts from past students cling to his office walls, but now they must leave.

July 2 was Dr. Beeson's last day as a professor of Political Science at UCO. After ten years of being one of the most feared professors on campus, Beeson has retired.

Plaques for being liberal arts professor of the year and president of the political science association, to name a few, still hang from the walls.

He is to proud of them, so they are the last to go.

Beeson has packed his books and other personal belongings

and is ready to vacate his UCO office.

The biggest heartache for Beeson after retiring will be the interaction and relationship with his students. have a lot of fun and have a reputation for being one of the toughest teachers on campus," Beeson said. "And I apologize to no one."

"I don't teach "politically correct" classes so everyone's opinion is valuable as long as they back it up. I am going to miss that."

Beeson was born in 1934 on a farm in Hunter, Oklahoma.

He and his brother rode a horse every morning almost two miles so they could attend the high school in Garber. They would hide the horse in a neighbor's barn and then catch the bus.

They wanted to attend Garber because the school had

a Future Farmers of America and football program.

In 1953, Beeson joined the army and at 19 years old was an instructor in the army's jump school. He also served in the Presidential Honor Guard in

Washington DC. Being a broncho alumnus from what was then called Central State University, Beeson values his education.

When Beeson turned 31 years old he entered college at

UCO. After he finished his Bachelor's degree at UCO he entered the job market but continued night classes to finish his Master's degree.

• See BEESON, Page 6

—Staff Photo by Shauna Hardway Dr. Ron Beesons's class surprised him during a break in class with a retirement party. Beeson retired July 2 after 10 years at UCO as a political science professor.

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Continued from page 5 He worked on his doctorate at the University of Mississippi and Oklahoma State University and did not complete it until he was 52 years old.

Beeson agrees that 52 may seem old for going to school but he says he always marched to a different drummer.

"I've never been someone to lockstep with anybody, I've always been a renegade," Beeson said.

So much a renegade that he spent 26 months in the jungles and plains of Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer.

"I've hitchhiked across six countries of Africa with a backpack and a backpack tent.

Just for fun," he said.

One month after the civil war, Beeson hitchhiked across

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people in the Peace Corps, handicapped people in foreign countries and teaching Headstart teachers, he changed his affiliation to Democrat.

"In the last election, for the first time ever, I voted a straight Democratic party ticket," Beeson said. He is against the death penalty and for gun control.

Beeson is an avid fan of President Bill Clinton. His children poke fun at him for having a Bill Clinton bumper sticker on his black convertible.

He has stood tall on the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and dipped his fingers in the Arctic cold waters and enjoyed every minute of it.

"I've been on top of the Zimbabwe Ruins and thought `man, this is a long way from Garber Oklahoma,— Beeson said.

I have a lot of fun and have Back in Oklahoma, a reputation for being one Beeson and his wife are of the toughest teachers on currently watching their campus. And I apologize to dream house being constructed near Lake no one.

Tenkiller.

On Dr. Beeson's office —Dr. Ron Beeson door is a plaque that reads "The Office of an Old retiring political science Crab." professor That is hard to believe.

Zimbabwe in Africa.

"Every time we got into a car or pickup, there was automatic weapons laying in the front seat, loaded and cocked."

Beeson said he has taken over 10,000 slide-photographs while in Africa. He plans to transfer his photography to CDRom after he retires.

He also wants to continue his travels in his motor home driving the 15,340 miles back to Alaska and maybe drive to South America.

Beeson loves teaching political science and is a man who holds strong convictions about his views.

Most of his life was spent as a registered Republican. But in 1989 after years of helping

Dr. Dowd appointed associate vice-president Education since 1993 and interim assistant dean of the Staff same college since 1998.

Dowd relinquished these two r. Karen Dowd, positions when she officially professor of kinesiology and took the role as assistant dean, health studies, was named the Betz said.

Dowd was executive new associate vice president for academic affairs. She director of the Oklahoma replaced Dr. Mike Shirley on Association for Health, Physical July 1.

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UCO seeks partnership with Cox Communications Consortium.

The television consortium is a separate CO is attempting to organization, not a part negotiate a deal to of Cox Communications broadcast to more which administers the than 10,000 television sets in programming and Oklahoma City through Cox availability of the Communications cable system. channel.

According to the The channel UCO is interested in is Cox's television consortium's Educational Television rules, an institution must Consortium (ETC) on Channel be in the Cox viewing 18. area in order to air ETC is the result of a programming on Channel contract between Cox 18.

Communications and Although UCO is not in the Oklahoma City to air Cox viewing area, it hopes to programs from Oklahoma City bypass the technicality with area colleges, universities, involvement in the downtown vocational schools and public consortium. schools.

The consortium is a Channel 18 already teaching facility in downtown broadcasts UCO's classical Oklahoma City where area music feed from the radio junior colleges and UCO instruct night classes. station on campus, KCSC. But before such a plan for Jan Powell, chair of the television programming can television consortium, said the occur, approval must be. made group is working on amending - by the Oklahoma City its bylaws to install an Educational Television application process for

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institutions interested in Channel 18.

"According to what we have documented, there is certain criteria that has to be met in order to air programming on 18," Powell said.

"And part of that criteria is the institution has to be located in the Cox viewing area."

Up to this time, Powell said, she has not received any official application from UCO requesting programming time.

But UCO officials are

hopeful for the programming on Channel 18 because of the exposure the campus will receive.

Ron Bogle, vice president of external affairs, said UCO not only hopes to target students who live in Oklahoma City with programming, but to promote UCO as well.

"This is a great way to extend our message to the greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area," Bogle said.

He said since - the programming time would be

free for UCO, great opportunities would open for UCO and students.

A disadvantage to this plan is that Cox programming will not air in Edmond and at UCO because Multimedia Cablevision serves these areas.

But Dr. Bill Wiseman, director of university relations, said several television shows are in development that might be appropriate if the plan for UCO to air on Cox is approved.

"We have the resources to do really excellent on these shows," Wiseman said.

Since UCO has a television studio on campus, Bogle believes student produced programming for Channel 18 could be used.

Also President Roger Webb's weekly show "Grand Central" is a possibility for the channel.

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`Summer of Sam' lacks central theme, reviewer says

By Julie Jordan

vows. But, of course, this But that is precisely the unsuccessfully to catch him. movie. But even then, I doesn't last.

Vinny is supposed problem with this movie, it is If several characters were wouldn't count on it.

Staff ew York City to carry the audience through difficult to summarize it. The taken out and "Summer of Rating: during the summer the movie, but he is absolutely story jumps from Vinny, to his Sam" was edited from two and despicable, with no friends, to Berkowitz and even half hours to an hour and a "Summer of Sam" D of 1977 — record to the cops that are trying half, it might be a decent breaking heat, a city-wide redeemable traits.

The character Berkowitz blackout and the 44-caliber killer preying on young lovers. makes precious few This is the scene of Spike appearances and is usually Lee's new movie "Summer of gunning down victims as they sit in their car or writhing on Sam." Before I go any further, let the floor of his apartment.

The other characters are a me assure you that despite the title, this movie is not a dark group of Italian-American journey into the mind of a friends of Vinny. One friend serial killer. It is only loosely Ritchie, played by Adrien based on David Berkowitz, or Brody, has switched over to a the "Son of Sam" as he came punk lifestyle and is no longer to be known through letters he welcome in his old sent to journalist Jimmy neighborhood. Because of this, he is included on a list of Breslin. possible 44-caliber killer But then again, it is difficult to say exactly what the plot of suspects that Vinny's friends this movie is because it is have made up. Also included plagued by too many is New York Yankee Reggie Jackson simply because he characters.

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U.S. women's soccer team relishes its victory at World Cup

By Nicholas J. Cotsonika

CollegePressWriter PASADENA, Calif. - Before the Americans played their second match of the Women's World Cup, defender Kate Sobrero began keeping a journal. Its pages weren't big.

But by Saturday's final, Sobrero's sometimes-sloppy handwriting had filled more than 50 of them.

"I just commented on things," said Sobrero, a Bloomfield Hills resident.

"Sports bring out all of your emotions, and that's what I've been writing about. I wanted to soak it all up, but I found there's too much to soak up.

Nothing can capture everything that has happened."

The final chapter of Sobrero's journal will be a joyous, contemplative one.

After 120 minutes of scoreless soccer at the Rose Bowl, the Americans won their second world title by defeating

China, 5-4, on penalty kicks before a crowd of 90,125, a record for a women's sporting event.

As Sobrero writes her wrapup, she'll have the chance to explore the same questions preoccupying much of the nation today. What exactly did we witness? HijW did this event grow . to such astounding popularity, seemingly overnight? What did this tournament mean, for soccer and society?

More than 650,000 people attended matches in eight cities during three weeks, greatly surpassing expectations and providing a large profit for a 16-team event that officials only hoped would break even.

No numbers have been tallied yet, but officials said they know the figures will be enormous.

"The past three weeks have been absolutely exhilarating," said Marla Messing, president and chief executive of the

Women's World Cup attention and attendance. Most Organizing Committee and a saw some merit in that view. "I University of Michigan knew if people just knew about alumnus. "As big as I thought us they would come to see us," this tournament could be, it has forward Tiffeny Milbrett said. been bigger."

"We need to keep our faces out Messing says the tournament there." "captured the imagination of But did the hype take away the American people," some of the event's credibility? meaning, of course, a niche The players dismissed that idea. market consisting mostly of Midfielder Julie Foudy smiled suburban families and soccer- when asked whether the event playing girls. There is little was just a big exaggeration and argument there. But there is said, "Real people came, didn't disagreement on how it actually . they? Anyway, men's sports get happened. hyped, and now women's sports Some have offered the Anna are being hyped. That's Kournikova Theory, which progress." holds that sex appeal sells more Perhaps the best idea offered than skill. Defender Brandi was the Big Event Theory, Chastain said she had no which holds that Americans problem with fans who "came will come out to see anything to to look at the girls." But others be social, especially if there is a denounced such talk; midfielder successful home team involved.

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For the first time, stadiums were filled with fans enthusiastic to see women play a team sport, a landmark in the nation's social and sporting histories.

But women's soccer still has a long way to go, in the . United States and around the world.

One of the reasons Sobrero began writing in a journal was her uncertainty about the future. hi August, she will turn 23. She's young, with a long career in front of her. But she wanted to remember what soon would be past.

"This is the biggest and the best it's ever going to be for me," she said.

Most players are certain that the tournament's momentum will carry over to next year, when the U.S. team will go on a barnstorming tour, then compete in the Sydney Olympics. And most are certain that the momentum from that will spawn a modest professional league that would begin play in 2001.

"A pro league is only a matter of time," Akers said.

But others aren't so sure.

Officials from FIFA, soccer's world governing body, and the U.S. Soccer Federation are skeptical, even though U.S. Soccer has commissioned a feasibility study to be finished

by December. Such a league would draw the world's best talent, but there isn't much out there.

"Women's soccer has just gotten off the ground in much of the world," FIFA spokesman Keith Cooper said. "There isn't enough top talent, and even if there were, there are no guarantees."

More than 3.5 million fans attended the 1994 World Cup for men in the United States.

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t has been exactly 30 years since Neil Armstrong left footprints on the moons surface.

Glued to television sets, Americans hung on every crackling detail that mission control broadcast. Americans felt that it wasn't just Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the rest of the astronauts making history. We were all making history.

A lot has changed in 30 years.

The technology that put a man on the moon has led to inventions like personal computers, microwaves, cell phones, faxes, e-mails and compact discs.

All is not positive.

AIDs, wide-spread drug use and teenage killing sprees were virtually unheard of 30 years ago.

Also unheard of before we planted an American flag on the moon was single-parent families and blended-families.

Fathers working and mothers staying home to cook and clean are nearly a thing of the past.

Over 30 years ago we had a president that said "we will put an American on the moon before the end of this decade."

Three decades ago we had a president we believed in.

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`South Park' not an intellectual experience

By Robby Messer

CollegePressMiriter 11 of that money you just spent on summerschool tuition is all for naught if you've gone to see that animated, brain-drainer, "South Park."

This stupid cartoon could render all of your college work —not just your stint in summer school — completely useless.

How? Well, its stupidity will seep into your brain and turn up in the things you say and do — and even in the clothes you wear.

You can't listen to all those racist, sexist and homophobic jokes — much less see a foulmouthed kid try to ignite his own flatulence — and not be affected by it to some degree.

OK, so I laughed a few times when I saw the flick, but the movie wasn't nearly as entertaining as the audience that clamored to see it. A sea of people who appeared to be adults were captivated by four little foul-mouthed brats. They cheered every time Kenny died.

They cheered every time Saddam Hussein tried to talk the devil into having sex. (Don't ask.)

They left the theater parroting

the same stupid comments they'd just heard, and probably will continue cracking those same dumb jokes for a very long time.

The country has been losing IQ points steadily for quite some time, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the schlock we dismiss as mere entertainment.

In the early '90s we chanted "Don't have a cow, man," in honor of little Bart Simpson.

Then we sank a bit further when Beavis and Butthead, uh, did America. (I didn't even have to

see the movie to guess who had.

People walked around for weeks with their shoulders touching their ears and grunting, "Hmmmm, yeah, yeah!") Ren and Stimpy did us no favors.

Seemingly normal and intelligent people lost their ways when they fell prey to gags about nose hair and smelly cheese.

Seek cruder and ruder forms of humor if you want, but do so at your own risk. You're losing brain cells along the way.

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JULY 15, 1999

THEVISTA

UCO to play with palette

By Trent Dugas Staff

T

he official bronze and blue colors for UCO will soon become a shade of the past.

UCO will still remain bronze and blue but a special committee, "True Colors," has formed to decide on the official shade of each color.

Ron Bogle, vice president of external affairs, formed "True Colors" to decide the shade of bronze and blue.

"We discovered there are lots of different versions of bronze and blue out there," Bogle said.

"There are different shades of bronze and blue that are used on uniforms and stationary."

Bogle said once the shade of bronze and blue is decided upon, then all publications, uniforms and other official uses will be required to go by the shade chosen.

"We don't want to change the colors of the university," Bogle said.

"I think we want to remain bronze and blue but we might lighten the bronze color up more to a gold or yellow."

The "True Colors" committee will consist of members of student government, music and athletic departments and student services.

Once the colors are selected, Bogle said it will take a few years for all uses of the color to comply.

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