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IMO logo to get facelift by Jim Epperson III Senior Writer UCO President Roger Webb said a new logo, signifying a changing UCO, will be presented this month by the administration. "New logo, new UCO," Webb said. He said UCO has always been known as a teacher and commuter school.
"We're transforming from a drive-thru college to one where the campus is a place for learning and study but also a place for entertainment and activities," Webb said. UCO is like a mosaic, he said. Student living conditions, good places to eat, interesting places to hang out and a maintained landscape are all part of it. For the past two years, Webb has worked on the."branding or
imaging of the campus," he said. "That image is a place where there is a great tradition for quality learning and, also, an image that people think of as beautiful," Webb said. He said the "mosaic" could be finished within two years. Once it is finished more students will choose UCO over the other big universities, Webb said. During this time of year Webb looks through his Rolodex
"We're transforming from a drive-thru college to one where the campus is a place for learning and study but also a place for entertainment and activities."
to go over his priorities. He said developing the campus population and making it a place of community is one of them. "I believe that UCO will very soon reach the tipping point that will result in a huge groundswell of student interest," he said. With the Wellness Center, Jazz Lab and the renovated football stadium, UCO is on its way to being a place of community, he said.
— Roger Webb President of UCO
Local museum displays WWII propaganda posters
1924 Franklin
by Rod Jones Staff Writer An exhibition of 32 World War II propaganda posters is on display at the Edmond Historical Society Museum until July 19. Brenda Granger, executive director of the museum, said the posters were used to raise money for the war effort and to raise morale at home while soldiers fought overseas. She said the posters portray soldiers as strong and noble heroes while the enemy is shown as a menacing evil. "They use images that pull on your heart strings," Granger said. "They say things that wouldn't be considered politically correct today." The display is split into different categories including religious freedom, war finance, revenge, ideology and the battle for greater production. A poster in the morale boosting section says, "Reach your boys overseas by vmail." V-mail, or victory mail, was a mailing system used to save space in mail transport. Photo by Tina Fowble
LlbertyFest began June 28 with the Classic Car Show held on campus. One of the featured cars was this 1924 Franklin. See related stories on page 4.
UCO cuts 14 jobs in physical plant deal by Caroline Duke Copy Editor Fourteen jobs in the university Physical Plant were cut July 1 as a result of the university's second contract with Johnson Controls Inc. With the contract, the university will outsource all heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) operations, saving the university $200,000 a year, said Steven Kreidler, vice president of Administration. He said the entire HVAC division of the Physical Plant was eliminated, including the jobs of supervisors and other personnel. Kreidler said the severance package includes accumulated vacation leave, health insurance for six months and a week's pay for every year of ser-
vice. For example, twelve years of employment would result in three month's worth of pay. Employees affected will also receive placement assistance. In the mid-1990s, the majority of its custodial positions were cut, leaving only four custodians on the university payroll. Those
cut in the lawn care and food services divisions, as well as in the university bookstore. Kreidler said the cutbacks are necessary due to the recently approved fiscal year 2004 budget, which will result in a "nearly 10 percent" cut from last year's budget.
Photo by Tina Fowble
UCO Central Plant positions are now being cut as a result of the university's recent cost-cutting measures in association with Aramark Inc., a facilities management service. Within the past several years, other positions were
"That's a very painful cut," he said. He also said no additional reductions are planned "at this time." "We're having to find every way to save money," Kreidler said.
Photo by Tina Fowble
A traveling exhibit of posters from World War II will be on display at the Edmond Historical Museum until July 19. "file soldiers received a scaled-down photo of the original letter. A poster promoting the conservation of resources shows a painting of a lady's hand pouring grease from a frying pan. The caption says, "Save waste fats for explosives...Take them to your meat dealer." "They used recycled grease to make grenades," Granger said. The posters are part of TRACKS, a traveling exhibit service run by the Oklahoma Museums Association with support from the Oklahoma Humanities Council. TRACKS is funded by Sonic, Union Pacific Foundation, the
Kirkpatirck Family Fund and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Harold Stumpf, a Central State graduate who fought on the front lines in World War II and now guards the front desk of the museum, said the use of posters was more common during the second World War than the first. "They used to hang them in banks, post offices, public buildings all over town," he said.
Regents hike tuition; UCO to increase 18.8% OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)--The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education on Monday approved a $1.3 billion budget, which includes tuition and fee increases for colleges and universities. As much as $82.2 million could be raised with the increases, which administrators say is needed to offset declines in state funding. On average, resident tuition and fees will increase $430 for a fulltime undergraduate student and $1,087 for nonresidents taking 30 credit hours. At UCO, the hike amounts to 18.8 percent. Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Woodward campus will see an increase of 40.7 percent. At Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma, resident students will pay an average of $805 and non-residents will pay $2,119 more for tuition and fees. Tuition at the state's regional four-year universities will go up an aver-
age of $429 and there will be a $270 increase at twoyear colleges, said regents' spokesman Harve Allen. State regents approved the increases without discussion after listening to a detailed presentation by Maryanne Maletz, vice chancellor for budget and finance, on the proposed increases and their effect. Even with the higher tuition and fees, the regents' staff is projecting a 3.2 percent increase in enrollment throughout the higher education system. The higher education budget is 2.3 percent higher than last year's budget of $1.275 billion. Expenditures on salaries and wages will go down by $19.1 million, while money spent on scholarships will increase by $11 million and money spent on property, furniture and equipment will go up by $15.6 million. Maletz told the regents the amount budgeted for scholarships will go up by 18.1 percent as a way to keep low- and middle-
income families from being priced out of the higher education market. Students likely will need to take out more loans than in the past, she said. Interest rates are at historically low levels, she said. Higher tuition for nonresident students, along with an outbreak of Sudden Acute Respiratory Synd-rome, or SARS, and increased government scrutiny over student visas could result in lower international student enrollment, Maletz said. Tom Guild, chairman of Higher Education Association for Reform, asked to speak to the board to oppose to the increases but was turned down because no time was set aside on the agenda for that purpose. Guild, a professor of legal studies at the University of Central Oklahoma, gave reporters handouts expressing his group's opposition. Among other things, Guild's group contends part of higher education's funding crisis was "artifi-
cially created." Guild contends there has been wasteful spending on administrators' salaries and that the use of the Big 12's average tuition as a target for tuition increases by Oklahoma officials is illconceived. The average income in Oklahoma is considerably less than for the other Big 12 states, he noted. Per capita income in Oklahoma is 8.4 percent to 25.5 percent less than other Big 12 states, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Quotes of the day "The truth is what is, not what should be. What should be is a dirty lie." - Lenny Bruce
"Common sense is not so common." - Voltaire
Today in History 1988 The Unites States Navy warship USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down Iran Air flight 655, destroying the plane and killing all 290 passengers and crew aboard. The Vincennes, boasting the world's most sophisticated radar detection equipment, mistook the civilian airbus for a hostile F14 fighter jet. A military inquiry blamed the disaster on human failure.
Letter to the editor
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Bush should withdraw troops from Iraq In 1959, Major Dale Buis and Master Sergeant Chester Ovnand became the first American casualties of the Vietnam War. By 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated, American forces had lost only 50 men of the nearly 58,000 they would lose in the course of the war. During the past two months, since the end of the conflict in Iraq, US forces have lost 63 soldiers, and since the beginning of that conflict, 201.
There are no indications that the death toll will stop increasing. The president would have us believe that this conflict is not so similar to Vietnam, but rather a mirror of post-1945 occupation of Germany. According to the Bush administration, our soldiers will establish American-style democracy and be back at home within 18 months. Even if that were the case, at the current rate, in 18 months,
we will lose nearly 600 men. The problem with that assessment is that right now we are too busy trying to save ourselves from being shot that we have no time to McDonald's-ize Iraq. The Iraqis might have welcomed the fall of the Baathist regime, but it appears they feel that they have traded the local strongman for foreign masters. Our primary concern now should be protecting our troops. If the Iraqis choose tyranny and oppression over liberation, so be
it. Let's not lose American citizens in the defense of the ungrateful. The unnecessary length of America's military and political presence in Iraq will ensure only violence. The president might find himself hard-pressed to justify his position to 600 fatherless, brotherless or husbandless families. Withdraw our troops from Iraq. Spare the families whose sons may be next.
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To the Editor, In a June 26 letter to the editor, Mark Schlachtenhaufen defended Billy Graham's recent Oklahoma City crusade, claiming that the preacher is a "man with refreshingly impeccable integrity." I must object to this description. In his services proclaiming the "good news," Graham warns his audience that, if they fail to accept his god and his version of religious truth, they will suffer eternal torture in hell. To those of us who, for numerous reasons, reject the Christian religion, such a message is hardly good news, and the god whose propaganda Graham is spreading is a corrupt, beastly deity. Graham's god—epitomizing injustice—sentences people who are, on the whole, fairly moral (at least as moral as the average evangelical Christian) to eternal damnation for no greater crime than not accepting Christ, which is akin to—nay, even worse than—sentencing a shoplifter to death. The sadistic nature of Graham's god is exceedingly repugnant: why should god inflict pain on any living throughout all eternity? Any god who commands or even allows his creatures to be forever tormented is an absolutely ghastly monster, worthy only of spite and ridicule. Of course, Graham and others like him would respond that god is our heavenly father who loves us and does not want us to go to hell, but god will not interfere with our free will. If we choose to reject Christ, we are choosing hell, and god will not impose his will upon us. Really? God is like a father? Well, we need to report him to DHS for child abuse. All the good fathers with whom I am acquainted (like my own dad) would do anything to prevent children from enduring great
pains or death. Good earthly fathers make every effort within their power to prevent their children from making bad choices. Even when earthly fathers are unable to stop their children from making unwise decisions, they certainly work to ameliorate any dire consequences that their children's actions might have. Graham's god should be at lest as good a father as my own father, in which case god would either forcefully convert all nonChristians (like myself) to Christ or else not allow anyone to burn forever in eternal torment. A failure on either of these points by his god would be ample evidence that god is more like a drunken, abusive stepfather than a genuinely loving father. I wonder if Graham has any "unsaved" relatives or loved ones. If so, how could he ever truly enjoy heaven knowing that his loved ones were being tormented forever in hell? Any man preaching the callout, immoral doctrine of eternal damnation could not possess "impeccable integrity." Graham's purported gospel, and that of any who believe in the vile Christian god who allows his "children" to suffer in excruciating, never-ending agony, is the worst news possible. If Graham's god actually exists, then every good woman and man among us has a moral imperative to curse him. It would be better to endure hell forever than to grovel before and offer praises to a supernatural criminal who makes Hitler look like Gandhi. No one should so debase her/his own integrity as to be coerced by the threat of hell into worshipping Graham's unjust, brutal god. Travis K. Voth junior, philosophy
What do you think should be done about the troops in Iraq?
They should stop being killed. I wish they would be brought home."
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"I think they should be pulled out."
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UCO business major olice Briefs turns military medic Informational
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Area, or BREA, which is where the chemical weapons are stored," he said. Butcher said he considers his job a "pretty good deal." While he works in an office, other soldiers are in bunkers all day, he said. "I can't complain too much besides just not being free." Butcher said he can't leave his post and is always active. He said it is like basic training.. "Hopefully time will go by fast," he said. Butcher said he is uncertain if he will come back to UCO after his duty. But, he said, for now he just wants to come home. "We will all be happier when we can come home."
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Senator says Oklahoma bases won't be cut LAWTON, Okla. (AP) _ Oklahoma's military installations will likely survive the next round of base closures intact, Sen. Don Nickles says. The Oklahoma Republican, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, was in southwestern Oklahoma Monday for a tour of Altus Air Force Base and Fort Sill, which has sent thousands of troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. He said Fort Sill may even benefit in the next round of base closures by picking up activities that were formerly located elsewhere. "I want to tell you how proud I am of the men and women who serve our coun-
try and have served so well, certainly in Iraq, certainly in Afghanistan, presently in Korea and other places around the world, they just do a fantastic job," he said. Nickles said this trip has allowed him to learn "a little bit more about the vital role Fort Sill plays, both in assembling and training the troops, transporting the equipment, making that happen, being able to do it efficiently halfway around the world to Iraq, being able to do it just as quickly to Korea if necessary." He also said he was told of improvements that are needed in living conditions and equipment at Fort Sill. "Obviously, there's a lot of
infrastructure needs around Fort Sill," he said. "We've made a lot of progress. We've done some good work, but there's still a lot that needs to be done, whether you're talking about the motor pool, some barracks or basic infrastructure as well. "We're well aware of it, and we're going to try and see if we can't make some further improvements. There's a lot of money that's been invested and there'll be more money invested in the future to keep Fort Sill a good place and make it a better place to train our soldiers. "It's an integral part of our national defense. Our country needs Fort Sill and it will be here for some time."
"What I wouldn't do to come home," said UCO business major and Army specialist Chris Butcher who now guards a chemical weapons facility near Pine Bluff, Ark. The 21-year-old National Guardsman was activated May 14 by the random choice of his company. Butcher should return May 12, 2004. "I've only got 10 more months to go," he said. Butcher is a medic for his platoon. They are guarding Pine Bluff Arsenal, which manufactures and stores chemicals. "The mission is to guard the Bond Road Exclusion
Fourth of July forecast July are to be partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the southeastern corner of the state on Friday. Highs are expected in the 90s statewide both days.
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Gadd told the jury that Marquez, 35, spat on him despite being warned and then bit him when Gadd was trying to prevent Marquez from spitting again. Gadd and Marquez both tested negative for any communicable diseases. At trial, Assistant District Attorney Laura Farris asked the panel for a 25-year sentence; defense attorney Jason Serner asked for a four-year term. The jury took 15 minutes to return a life sentence May 14. Marquez had prior felony convictions, which enhanced his punishment. Farris said Monday that a
presentence investigation report recommended that Marquez be given a sentence consistent with state law. Marquez's prior felonies made him a threat to the community and asked the judge to follow the jury's recommendation, he said. Serner asked the judge to consider Marquez's family history of drug and alcohol abuse as well as his limited education. Marquez was drunk during the incident and couldn't recall what happened but is remorseful, Serner said. Serner said he plans to appeal to the state Court of Criminal Appeals.
Larceny June 25, 12:22 p.m. A subject reported his bicycle as stolen.
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Vandalism June 24, 11:34 a.m. A City of Edmond employee reported damage to the fence located near the transmitting tower. June 26, 2:46 p.m. A Wellness Center employee reported that someone had kicked a hole in the wall of a second floor bathroom.
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Muscle cars and oldies mark start of LibertyFest by Robert T. Crauthers Staff Writer Edmond kicked off their weeklong Independence Day celebration with the "LibertyFest: 3rd Annual Car Show" June 28 at the University of Central Oklahoma. The sound of revving engines from over 75 show entries and 50s-era music by KOMA's Kent Jones could be heard on 2nd Street throughout the day. Cars of all makes, models and years, ranging from a 1923 street rod T-bucket to a new C5 Corvette, participated in the event, with a few other rare auto-
mobiles as well. A vintage 1957 Porsche Speedster, owned by Jim Ward, and a 1966 Shelby Cobra, owned by Pat James, both won first place in their respective classes. Show participants judged the cars by class, decade, make or specialty group. It was a perfect day for the car show, said Robert H. Meinders, LibertyFest president elect and Car Show
chairman. "The weather held up nicely," he said. Everyone at the show had their favorites. Adam Allen, an Oklahoma School of Photography student, paid special attention to a 1969 GT500 Mustang. "It's my dream car," he said while taking a few pictures. Allen was one of over 1000 people who attended the event that day, which lasted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fifteen first-place trophies were given to the top cars in their classes with Glen Hoge's 1967 Camaro taking Best of Show.
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Llbertyfest was kicked off June 28 with the Classic Car Show held on the University of Central Oklahoma campus. This 1955 Chevy Bel Air is owned by Larry Myers.
KiteFest helps launch LibertyFest by Rod Jones Staff Writer A sunny day with moderate winds greeted hobbyists of the 13th annual "KiteFest" June 28 at Mitch Park. The event helped launch the 32nd Edmond "LibertyFest." Colorful banners of odd shapes hung all around the park indicating wind speed and direction. A kite arch, team stunt kites, and Japanese Roakakku kites could be seen in the sky at the same time. Terry Officer, chairman of KiteFest and president of LibertyFest, said as many as 600 kites can be strung together to form an arch. The arch at KiteFest was a little smaller, but no two kites were exactly alike. Stunt kites are controlled by two strings. They do loops and dives that are synchronized with their identical twin
brother and sister kites. "Yes, sometimes they do get tangled," Officer said. "Usually we do one maneuver, then the opposite to get the tangle out." The string is made of a high-tech material called spectra line. It is stronger and smoother than the traditional cotton string. Moving toward or away from the kite controls speed. If the winds are too strong, nylon mesh panels allow the wind to pass through the kite. Officer said Roakakku kites could do battle with each other while in the air. Four-line kites can do a nosedive and stop within two inches of the ground. "They're like puppets. You can even balance them on a post," he said. A group from Tulsa demonstrated "traction" kites. The kites are attached to a cart, which uses wind power to pull
a rider around the field. The flyer is called a "buggier." One helmeted participant said a cart buggy "can tack just like a sailboat to get around a course." Traction kites can also pull a surfer across a lake. Oklahoma is a good place to fly kites as long as you are not from the east or west coasts. Officer said kite fliers from the coasts were "cussing at the winds" during a recent national convention in Tulsa. They needed three days of practice to get used to the wind conditions. At random intervals, a large kite dropped candy from 100 feet in the sky. During the first few drops, about 50 children rushed to the candied ground to grab as much as they could. As the day heated up the children had less energy, allowing some adults to stake a claim. A kite-making workshop was set up under the pavilion.
For $2 an expert helped children build their own kite. For the lazy, Kinetic Kites of Oklahoma sold kites from a van for as much as $800. For fliers on a budget, they offered "sidewalk" kites: The experts call them sidewalk kites because they are cheap. "You can bang them into the sidewalk and be OK," Officer said. Another explanation of "sidewalk" comes from Tom Harpster, owner of Kinetic Kites. He said, "Sometimes the little kids lose their kites, then mom and dad have to chase it down the sidewalk." After sunset, five fliers demonstrated night flying. Lights were attached to the strings and kite edges to light up the sky. "This year they left the parking lot lights on. It took away from the awesome-ness of it," Harpster said.
UCO concert held as part of LibeityFest by Robert T. Crauthers Staff Writer UCO held its 53rd Annual UCO Summer Band Watermelon & Ice Cream Concert July 1 inside Mitchell Hall Theatre. This was the concert's first year as an official event for "LibertyFest," Edmond's weeklong Fourth of July celebration. Dr.. Ron Howell, conductor of the group, said he was quite excited about the concert becoming an event. "We had been trying for a number of years," he said. The concert had almost always been held outside, but it has been
held indoors for the past two years. "It was originally done as a rain plan," said Howell. Diane Steiman, box office manager for Arts, Media and Design, said that the audience liked the theater seating and air conditioning more than an outside lawn. Dr. Howell has been the concert's conductor the past 15 years. It is one of UCOS longest running musical events, with about 75 members. The group consists of adults, college and advanced high school students from the metro area, Howell said. "There are several people that have been part of the band longer than me... for 20 or 30 years,"
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Edmond residents sample the various cuisines from local restaurants at "Taste of Edmond," June 29. Dr. Howell said. Following the performance, the Admission to the concert was audience and band members were free, and donations to the UCO treated to watermelon and ice Summer Band Program were cream in front of the theater. accepted.
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Exhibits The Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents "International Legacy: Selections from Carnegie Museum of Art," at 415 Couch Dr., from 10:30 a.m. to 5p.m. July 3. Tickets are $7. The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum presents the Prix de west Invitational Art Exhibition at 1700 NE 63rd from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. July 3. Tickets are $8.50. For information, call 474-2280.
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Soccer, Volleyball teams are voted LSC North favorites University of Central Oklahoma is well represented in the Lone Star Conference's preseason polls. The defending LSC North
by Brandon Chatmon Sports Editor With the fall sports season rapidly approaching, the
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Crystal Sanchez and the women's soccer team is the preseason favorite in the LSC North this fall.
champion women's soccer team is expected to capture the title again in 2003 according to the poll released by the conference office. UCO earned 14 of 24 firstplace votes edging rival West Texas A&M for the honor. Senior Valerie Gutierrez was named the favorite to win the "Player of the Year" award after a junior season during which she earning All-LSC North honors for the second consecutive season. The Westmoore graduate scored 13 goals combined with eight assists to help the Bronchos to their second league title in the past three seasons. Defender Stephanie Gulisao and midfielder Meleia Bacon also return after garnering All-LSC honors. The Bronchos soccer team opens at Northwestern Oklahoma on September 2. The volleyball team, lead by Head Coach Jeff Boyland, is favored to defend its two consecutive LSC North championships with another title in 2003. After a 30-8 season last year, seven letter winners return for Boyland's first season as head coach. Boyland takes over for veteran coach Mark Herrin. UCO, who has enjoyed 11 straight winning seasons, went 9-1 in the LSC North last season earning a trip to
the NCAA Division II playoffs. Leading the Bronchos will
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Stacey Meek leads the Volleyball team which is favored to win the LSC North undercoach Jeff Boyland.
Former OU coach Joe Dickinson hired as wide receivers coach by Brandon Chatmon Sports Editor
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Tennis team adds four recruits by Brandon Chatmon Sports Editor The University of Central Oklahoma tennis program recruited four players to join Head Coach Francis Baxter for the 2003-04 season. Mark Johnson, a transfer from Hawaii Pacific, and David Richardson, from Keller High in Roanoke, Tex., will be joining the men's tennis team. Two Oklahoma prep stars, Kristin DeBruin of Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City and Kimberly Kimak of Enid High School, will be joining the women's squad. Johnson, originally from Nottingham, England, played his freshman season at HPU under Head Coach Henry Somerville. He will be transferring to UCO as a sophomore with three years left of eligibility. .
Richardson is a 6'3" 180pounder who earned 2nd team all district honors while at Keller. He advanced to the Finals of the 2003 Regionals I 5-A tennis tournament in Lubbock, Texas. DeBruin, a 5'S" 124-pounder, specialized in doubles tennis for the Irish with a combined record of 252 in her junior and senior seasons. She was ranked number one in doubles during each of her final three seasons and was named to the 2003 McDonald's All-State tennis team. Kimak joins the Bronchos after starting all four years at Enid High. As a junior, Kimak joined current Broncho Erin Parriott to record an undefeated 49-0 record on their way to a doubles state championship. The 5'3" 110-pounder earned a second state title in 2003 earning a spot with DeBruin on the McDonald's All-State team.
to be the Thundering Herd's offensive coordinator. Following one year at Marshall, he joined the staff at Northern Illinois taking over their offensive coordinator position fot five years before landing at OU in 1996. He coached the running backs for two seasons and quarterbacks for one season at OU before spending 1999 with Tulane as their recruiting coordinator and running backs coach. In 2000, Dickinson left coaching to start his own business. He has a wife, Teresa, and two daughters, Joni and Lauren.
On June 24, the University of Central Oklahoma named Joe Dickinson as wide receivers co . ach. A former assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma, Dickinson brings 14 years of Division I experience to the Broncho football program. He will join the UCO coaching staff immediately, replacing Ricky Brady who resigned from his assistant position on June 5. A native of Wayne, Okla., Dickinson's experience in Division I football includes stints at Marshall University, Northern Illinois University, Tulane University, Tulsa University and OU. He starred at Wayne High in four different sports before going to Lone Star Conference rival East Central University to play three seasons for the Tigers. He secured his first college coaching job in 1986 at TU, staying four seasons, including three as their running backs coach. He helped the Golden Hurricane to an Independence Bowl appearance in 1989. Photo Services Dickinson moved on to Dickinson takes over as coach of the Marshall in 1990 receivers including Dee Dee Carter.
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vs Memphis July 3 at 7:05 p.m.
at Frisco July 3 at 7:00 p.m. July 4 at 7:30 p.m.
at Nashville July 4 at 6:00 p.m. July 5 at 6:00 p.m. July 6 at 6:00 p.m. at Memphis July 7 at 7:05 p.m. July 8 at 7:05 p.m. July 9 at 7:05 p.m.
vs Arkansas July 5 at 7:05 p.m. July 6 at 6:05 p.m. July 7 at 7:05 p.m. July 8 at 7:05 p.m. vs Wichita July 9 at 7:05 p.m.
LSC North selections. The Bronchos begin their season August 30 against Missouri Southern. The football squad is expected to finish second in the LSC North behind defending champion Tarleton State. The Bronchos, who earned three first place votes, are led by first-year coach Chuck Langston. UCO returns 14 starters from last season's 5-6 team. A stellar recruiting class will be joining the returnees, including Oklahoma State transfer Aso Pogi as well as eight players from Langston's former school Trinity Valley Community College. Senior wide receiver Dee Dee Carter was selected the preseason LSC North player of the year. The 6'1", 186pound speedster, is a twotime LSC North Division Receiver of the Year and a first team All-West Region selection. Carter caught 49 passes for 1,093 yards and five touchdowns in 2002 for his second straight 1,000 yard season. Entering his final campaign, Carter already owns school records for receptions (130) and yards (2,684) in a career. UCO opens the season at Wantland Staduim against Mesa State on September 6 at 7 p.m
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July 3 vs Milwaukee
July 3 at Anaheim
July 4,5,6 at Pittsburgh
July 4,5,6 vs Seattle
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July 8,9 at Anaheim
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