University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY March 12, 1998
The Student Voice Since 1903
Summer graduation ceremonies canceled from university campuses across the nation," he said, "for much StanWrite, the same reasons that they are tudents planning to finally disappearing from UCO." graduate from UCO this Citing the abruptness of summer will have to change, Webb said special forgo the - pomp and arrangements will be made for circumstance until next fall. some summer graduation Either that, or fake their candidates. graduation ceremonies this Jerry Legere, vice president spring. for enrollment management, said President Roger Webb he will meet today with announced the elimination of university officials to determine UCO's summer commencement criteria for those students who ceremony last graduate in the week. summer but want In a letter sent to participate in to faculty, the spring administrators and commencement other campus ceremonies. leaders, Webb "The students said the arguments will have to for doing away indicate why they with the summer want an ceremony greatly exception," said outweighed those Legere. "Then_ arguments for its they will have to continuance. meet certain "I need not requirements." remind you," Among the We bb Webb said in the requirements letter, "that scarce under consideration are: resources must be conserved." • Undergraduate students must UCO was the only public be within 10 hours of completing university in Oklahoma still their degree requirements. holding summer commencement, Graduate students must be within Webb said. 9 hours. While he empathized with • The student must be enrolled students who may be in enough summer classes to disappointed by the decision, complete their requirements. Webb said there was no • The student must apply for reasonable choice but to summer graduation and pay the eliminate the event. $25 fee. "Summer commencements have long since disappeared
By Lisa Tatum
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A little off the top... UCO Professor Gary Sokoll grades senior Brandy Williams' project for Restorative Art as she works on it inside the Health Sciences Building last week. Williams' assignment was to reconstruct a human face from a skull using wax to simulate facial features. (Photo by Bryan Terry.)
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INSIDE * SPORTS UCO second baseman named Hitter of the Week. 8
*COLUMN Wedel discusses his views on the rights of private organizations. 9
* REVIEW Ryan Dannar interviews local rockers, The Suits. 10
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