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TODAY IN HISTORY In 1938, television's first on-thescene program took place. A fire on Ward's Island, New York, was seen by the cameras of NBC's W2XBT. The cameras caught the unexpected fire as it broke out.
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Heit receives prestigious military award BY TIFFANY WATKINS
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UCO professor received the third highest peacetime honor given by the U.S. Army during a ceremony in UCO's Pegasus theater. Dr. Siegfried E. Heit, director of the applied liberal arts program and colonel in the US army was presented with the Legion of Merit by Brigadier Gen. Jerry W. Grizzle, a native Oklahoman and UCO graduate. "The (Legion of Merit) is only granted to people who have done exceptionally well in positions of high responsibility. It's not a common award," said Terry May, assistant vice president of academic affairs and master of ceremonies. Heit received the award upon
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end, there were six prediction methods that favored Gore and five that favored Bush (if you don't count the World Series as a real predictor). "There are some factors that are in favor of Gore; there are some factors that are in favor of Bush," Jones said. Perhaps the most interesting part of the speech came near the end when Jones discussed the Electoral College and explained the difference between the popular vote and the electoral vote. "Everybody knows that Bush is leading in the polls as we speak. The polls are for the national popular vote. The problem with that is we do not have a national election for President. We have 51 separate elections — 50 states plus the District of Columbia," Jones said. "As you know, the Founding Fathers — when they set this system up — didn't really trust ordinary folk back there in the 1700s to choose a person as important as the president of the United States, but yet they wanted the ordinary people to get to have some say-so in this. "And so, ordinary people get to choose electors, who will presumably be better educated, more informed, (and) better able to make a wise choice as to whom the president should be. People vote for electors; the electors vote for president," he said. Jones said that although the electoral vote usually magnifies
ne week before the presidential election, -a political science professor at UCO predicted that this election could be the one to change the way our future presidents will be determined. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, during a "... it appears that the move Liberal Arts Lecture Series, Dr. Randall Jones gave a presentation in Pegasus toward abolishing the Electoral Theatre on forecasting presidential College will gain steam. There elections. During the presentation, Jones discussed some of the different are members of Congress who methods that political scientists use to predict the winner of the race for are already saying that they president of the United States. As Jones are going to introduce a pointed out, some of the methods are pretty sophisticated, such as congressional ammendment to Schlesinger's long-term cycle and the trial heat poll results, and some are not abolish the Electoral College." scientific at all, such as predictions based on the winner of the World Series or the phase of the moon. Besides explaining each of the —Dr. Randall Jones predictors and their corresponding political science professor at accuracy rate, Jones explained which UCO candidate each method favored. In the See ELECTION, Page 13
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Dr. Siegfried Heit, director of applied liberal arts, recently received a Legion of Merit award.
his retirement from the US Army Reserves, where he served for 37 years, for achievements throughout his military career. "I was told by my general that he had recommended me for the award, but it had to be approved by a three star general," Heit said. Heit worked with the general who later approved him. Heit served on a task force while mobilized in Bosnia. "I briefed (the general) on certain issues. I told him the way we saw the issues and made recommendations," Heit said. Heit has a degree in Eastern European history, and is fluent in German, a language prominent in Bosnia. He has also served as an interpreter to a 2 star general. The award cites "extremely meritorious service from May 1999 to 2000 for increasing
responsibility as deputy commander of army civil affair brigade with 37 years of service,' according to May. Heit actively participates it national and international professional conferences. He was a Fulbright scholarship recipient once in Germany and Turkey. Since 1969, Heit has taught German, history and humanities at several universities. He is also the Fulbright advisor at UCO, director of international studies and department chair. He joined UCO staff in 1990. Heit's family and friends were there to support him and participate in the event. "My family was happy and proud. My grandchildren were there giggling and waving at me. I didn't wave back, but I winked at them," Heit said. •