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TODAY IN HISTORY In 1963, en route to Nashville from St. Louis, country-pop singer Patsy Cline was killed in a single-engine plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. Country stars Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins were also killed in the accident.
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he night before UCO student Eni Korbeci died in a car and train collision Jan. 12, she spoke to her friend about raising money for three UCO European students who were in a car accident in Dallas last December. As vice president of the European Student Association (ESA), Korbeci was always ready to help, said fellow Albanian and finance and international business junior Ermida Boci. "She called me and said, 'Do you have any ideas? Let's get together and talk about it,"' Boci said. They were going to meet the following Monday, but Saturday, Jan. 12, Korbeci was killed. ESA has added her name to the list of students in their fund-raising events. "It was a double loss for me, I lost a friend and a native," Boci said. Of the three Bulgarian students, Hristo Petrov Guerov, 25, died at the scene. Computer
UCO maintenance crews will spray lawns this week
"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents."
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n March 4, the UCO
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science freshman Emil Grigorv, 19, was in a coma for almost two months and is still hospitalized. Sophomore journalism major Julian Ivanov, 22, left the scene without serious injury. The students were driving on the highway when a car hit them. The driver lost control and drove into on-coming traffic. Then the car collided with a 18-wheel truck, Boci said. • ESA wants to raise money to help the families deal with expenses after the accidents. Guerov was cremated and his mother flew to the states to collect his ashes. "We are- raising money for his PHOTO PROVIDED mother. She had to borrow the Eni Korbeci was killed in January when a train collided with the car in money from a neighbor to fly which she was riding. The European Student Association (ESA) is over here," Boci said. raising funds to help defray costs for her family and for the families Some events planned to raise of two Bulgarian students who were injured in Dallas last December. money include a European Food Festival, a soccer game where together since the accidents. at 100 N. University Dr., donations will be accepted, t"Everyone wants to help. The Edmond, OK, 73034. The word shirt sales and car washes this responses at the ESA meeting "fund-raiser" must be written in summer. The proceeds will be were incredible," she said. the memo of the check. divided between the students' Checks for the fund-raiser can Anyone interested in helping families. be sent to the International with the fund-raising events can Boci said ESA has come Office, attention ESA, at UCO contact Boci at 623-4423. •
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ESA to raise funds for grieving families of students
>News Show us your talent Student Programming Board's series of UCO talent shows began Feb. 26 with "The Gig."
Anything for UCO Emily Horacek of the Bronze Book staff hangs a sign over Buddy Broncho's head to promote the yearbook in the Nigh University Center Feb. 28. Staff members toured campus with the mascot to advertise their annual yearbook sale.
about 48 hours to dry, Powers said. "It's not really dangerous but it should be washed off if it gets on your skin, just like any other chemicals," Powers said. Dogs and other pets should also be kept off the sprayed area for 24 hours to prevent irritation to their pads. • For more information, call environmental management at 974-2216. •
twice a year," said Dr. Don Powers, UCO directot of quality assurance and safety management. "It kills weeds and keeps the grass in good shape." There will be an odor and a Log on to www. thevistaonline.corn blue or yellow dye on the 24 hours a day for campus news or sprayed area. The dye will take to sound off on current issues.