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UCO faculty pay raises go to 'fixed' costs By Trent Dugas

StaffWriter CO faculty will not receive their expected three to four percent raise for the 1999-2000 academic school year. The lack of faculty raises are due to the low increase in appropriations from the State Regents. For the 1999-2000 academic school year, UCO received over $600,000 in increased appropriations from the Regents. The recent tuition increase brought UCO an additional 2.1 minim. - - — 4., "With the amount of new money we didn't get, the decision was takennot to get any across the board raises," said Vice President of Academic Affairs, Don Betz. "And that is common knowledge to every faculty member."

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Robinson makes final NBA cut By Justin Villines

StaffWriter ow would you like the job of trying to stop Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal or Scottie Pippen from scoring? Former Central Oklahoma basketball star Eddie Robinson will have that formidable task playing in the NBA. Robinson, a 6-9, 210-pound forward, has made the final cut of the Charlotte Hornets for the 1999-2000 season, making him the first-ever UCO player to make an NBA roster. Robinson signed a two-year, $1.5 million contract with Charlotte in August. "I like the organization, so far so good," Robinson said.

A consenus first-team All American for UCO, Robinson has seen quality playing time for the Hornets in the pre-season. "We knew when he came here he had the chance to make it," UCO Head coach Jim Seward said. "It's great that it has worked out for him." As a senior, Robinson led the NCAA Division II in scoring, averaging 28 points a game. A native of Flint, Mich., Robinson holds the school-record for most points scored in a game, scoring 52 points against Southwestern Oklahoma last season. While at UCO, Robinson also picked up the Lone Star Conference Male Athlete of the Year award. Before coming to UCO, Robinson played one year at Trinity Valley Community and one year at Brown Mackie College.

Robinson will come off the bench for the Hornets, with veterans Eddie Jones, Elden Campbell and Anthony Mason leading the team. In an exhibition game against the Boston Celtics, Robinson scored 14 points. Charlotte opened the season Tuesday night against the Orlando Magic and won 100-86. The Hornets play the Indiana Pacers tonight. Former UCO basketball player, Eddie Robinson, now plays for the Charlotte Hornets. He scored many points for the Broncho team last season.

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PAY Continued from front page Betz said the factors in determining raises has to do with the UCO's budget and priorities. He said the new money UCO received for this academic school year, 1999-2000, went to "fixed costs. " "In an institution of this size and complexity, fixed costs go up all the time," Betz said. "We have a responsibility of meeting those costs first because we have to have the lights on and phones working before we move to other issues." He said there was not enough money available to make a credible increase in anybody's salary. "So the decision was made, rather than offer what would have been almost a non-increase, to take the dollars we did have left over and aggregate them," Betz said.

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"We used them constructively for the greater use of the campus community." Some of the increased money UCO received went to faculty approach and development like travel expenses and money for research. "It's a very lean year for higher ed.," he said. "It's kind of a boom or bust approach sometimes to funding of higher education in the state and that (faculty raises) was on the bust end." Betz said he believes the faculty understands why they are not receiving raises this year. "Some may not be happy about it and some understand that's just the way it is," he said. "But we have a responsibility to review all of the factors that make this institution able to accomplish its mission." said the link between higher,paid faculty results in a

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better education for students is an "axiom." "A satisfied faculty that is encouraged to be productive is the best situation for our students," he said. Satisfaction of faculty does not always mean higher salaries, Betz said. He said if UCO decided to give the faculty a raise and then cut back on the support to enhance personal and professional enhancement and growth, then they would hear "very loud responses" from the faculty. The determination for UCO to either provide raises or assist in professional growth does not necessarily present a wedge between UCO administrators and the faculty, Betz said. "It's almost natural for persons who aren't charged with the system responsibility to look from a very personal or disciplined bases," he said. The people who are not involved with the administrative process, Betz said, do not realize how complex it is. "For this system of thousands of people that are impacted every day, the responsibilities are fax broader and far more complex than those who could be easily or automatically identified as someone from just one small aspect," Betz said. The administration, he said, is looking at possible raises for the 2000-2001 academic school year. The lack of money has not stopped UCO from hiring administrators in the past year. "Our administrative ration are well within limits if not at the bottom of range the Regents look at," said Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, Terry May. With the explanations from Academic Affairs, there are some faculty who are not happy with the lack of raises. Tom Guild, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and UCO general business professor, said the Oklahoma legislature was generous and trusting when appropriating money to higher education in the past four years but it has now been duped. He said one of the problems

The salary increase at UCO was zero. We hired additional administrators and did other things with that money, but it did not go at either Northeastern State or UCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tom Guild UCO general business professor and president of the American Association of University Professors with the 1999-2000 tuition and appropriation increases is they were "advertised" to the legislature and State Regents as going for increases in professor salaries. "They (tuition and appropriation increases) were advertised to the Regents of Higher Education who were divvying up the pie to various institutions that part of that money is going to faculty salaries," Guild said "Then it gets to the individual institutions such as the University of Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State University and others and the money is not going to salary increases. "The salary increase at UCO was zero. We hired additional administrators and did other things with that money, but it did not go at either Northeastern State or UCO," he said. He said the legislature and State Regents were acting on "good faith" by appropriating money for technology and salary increases. It (increased appropriations) gets to the individual campuses and the administrations do whatever they want to," Guild said. "It might include just hiring a bunch of new administrators." Guild believes the increased money in UCO's budget went to hiring new administrators. "There have been some high paid administrators added to the payroll recently," he said. "I don't think that's why the legislature has been giving record increases in funding in the last four years and I don't think that's why the legislature passed

the tuition increase." "I think they (legislature and Regents), in good faith, thought it (increased budgets) was going to go to things that were really going to help students," he said. "So we're not really sure what black hole some of this money is going into but many faculty around the state are unhappy and some of my colleagues of UCO are absolutely livid." Guild said AAUP, as well as many other people, "busted our tails" for the increased appropriations and tuition increase. The people left out and disappointed are the students, Guild said, and if he were a student he would be unhappy and feel mislead. "It's an issue of accountability," Guild said. "If the state regents say 'three to four percent raises for faculty' and that doesn't happen then who's accountable to make that happen. "Who in the system is accountable? Somebody should be accountable but I don't know who it is. "I mean we don't get the raises and it's nobody's fault? Who's fault is it?" Guild said the Oklahoma legislature and the Board of Regents were under the impression that increased budget mony would go toward faculty pay raises. In four Oklahoma Higher Education press releases since May of 1999, raises in faculty salaries were recommended. Only one press release since May of 1999 did Oklahoma Higher Education not mention faculty raises.

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Bronchos 'buck' modern spelling

Carrie-Belle Wantland By Trent Dugas

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misspelled. The correct spelling for the wild horse from western North America is "bronco," according to the 1995 Riverside Webster's II

New College Dictionary. But in the Webster's Third New International Dictionary published in 1909 and last copyrighted in 1976, "Broncho" is an alternative for "Bronco." John Wagnon, UCO athletics director, said the spelling of "Bronchos" is tradition with UCO. He said the common spelling for bronco in 1922 was broncho. No matter what the dictionaries say now or in the future, Wagnon said the spelling of "Broncho" will never change. The Bronchos name for UCO's football team originated in 1922 and in 1923, the football team arrived on the field with a new name. Prior to 1922, the football team's name was Central. In 1904

the school officially changed its name from Normal Territorial School to Central State Normal School. The name Broncho was chosen by Mrs. Charles Wantland. She choose the name from possible titles submitted to name Central's football team. Mrs. Wantland was later endowed as an honorary member of the letterman's club. She remains the only female member. Mrs. Wantland was the wife of Charles Wantland who started in 1912 as Athletic Director and football coach at Central State. During his years as head coach, Wantland led Central to a record of 96 wins, 39 losses and 17 ties. Central earned a record of 5-1 in 1914 while outscoring their

opponents 167-3. In 1915 he led Central to a 9-00 record. Only two touchdowns were scored on Central in 1915. Mike Kirk, assistant athletic director, said Wantland was the most winningness coach in UCO history until Coach Gary Howard passed him. Howard's record up through 1998 is 147-84-6. "He (Wantland) really got the (football) program going. He was a real success," Kirk said. Football on Central Campus started in 1902. With home-made uniforms and old shoes converted into football shoes by nailing leather pieces crosswise on the bottom, Central played its first game on Thanksgiving Eve.

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"The Rhythm and the Praise" comes to Constitution Hall By Ercilia Zolkiewicz

Strike a chord... Director Mike Johnson plays the piano during a Tuesday night rehearsal for the Ebony Gospel and Arts Choir performance to be held on November 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 for everyone wishing to attend.

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Stair/Mar he UCO Ebony Gospel Music and Arts Choir (EGMA) is performing at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6 in Constitution Hall. The show's theme is "The Rhythm and the Praise." "It's a night that you won't want to miss," said Michael E. Johnson, Sr., EGMA Choir music and arts director. The performance features poetry, dance, rap, and mime. "It's full of drama, mime, dance, and the latest in Christian sound," he said. "Most of it is original work," Johnson said. The group includes some of the most gifted and talented artists in the nation, according to its brochure. Performing artists are from UCO and the surrounding area. "It's an awesome group of performing artists," Johnson said. "It's UCO students, faculty, staff, and potential UCO students," he said. "The goal is to take on a multicultural identity to better reflect the ethnic make-up of the world in which we live."

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OK-Share card brings books to students By Robyn Lydick

StallWriter he perfect book for that difficult project, due next week, is checked out of the Max Chambers Library. The same book is on the shelf at Oklahoma City University. Now, with the OK-Share card, students from 40 participating colleges and universities can drive to the closest academic library and check out the needed volume. To apply for an OK-Share card, students must fill out a form at their college. Students must be in good standing at their home library, with no overdue books or unpaid fines. The card can be taken to other schools where the library may issue a courtesy card or "special borrower" card. The card, which was officially announced Nov. 1, has been in use for a few weeks. "I have seen about a dozen cards," said Carolyn Mahin, head of access services at UCO. "Most of the cards I have seen

were from smaller colleges than ours," she said. OK-Share card holders cannot place holds on books at UCO, Mahin said. "It's still first-come, firstserved," Mahin said. "If a student comes in here and the book is on the shelf, that student gets the book." Mahin emphasizes that the OK-Share card is not meant to replace inter-library loan, which takes about a week to receive materials. Phil Moss, assistant vice chancellor for instructional technology with the State Regents for Higher Education, agrees. "Inter-library loan is still a very useful feature," Moss said. "It reaches outside the state and you can be sitting in Ardmore and not have to drive to Stillwater to pick up a book." The OK-Share card is geared to distance learners, Moss said. No statistics about card use have been kept yet. "We are asking participating libraries to keep statistics," Moss said. "They keep statistics on

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Professor recounts his love for history

By Bill Bootz

GuestWriter r. Stanley Adamiak dresses simply: blue sf dress shirt and tan pants. He speaks rhythmically with a high-pitched voice. He is surrounded by dark-paneled walls and bookshelves filled with the past. "Roots of Conflict," "Free at Last," and a book about the Iroquois Indians stand out from the horizontal stacks of bound, diversified history.

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Adamiak's parents encouraged and after two years at Penn him as a kid growing up in State, went to the University of Maryland. Nebraska-Lincoln, where he Adamiak followed his received his master of arts and interests to doctor of arts become an degrees in Eagle history. Scout at Adamiak "If you are well age 18, an immersed rounded, if you've been experience himself in exposed to history, that turned battles long into a past. He wrote you'll have your own bridge to little world. Adamiak's dissertation career as a on, "The history Development professor. Dr. Stanley Adamiak of American In 1985, he Assistant History Professor Naval entered the Logistics, University i.,:..,ARIAVATV 1794-1842." of Vermont in Burlington, which His temperament gained was the first time he had hard dimension as he opened the door questions about his fascination. to his passion. "If I study history, what can I "We were a maritime power, do with it?" Adamiak said. "It not a naval power," Adamiak just worked out for me. I said. "In the 1870s, we could enjoyed history as an not afford a navy. In the 1790s, undergraduate. My sister asked, we had to import supplies. The `So what's it pay?' You navy in 1798, during the war certainly don't get rich on it." with France, imported one-third Adamiak graduated from the of their supplies from Britain. University of Vermont in 1988, "The navy had to develop its own industries to survive. By the 1830s, the navy was deployed all around the world," he said. His temperament became academic again. History is a perspective everyone needs, Adamiak said. Despite his fervor for military history and the B-17 fortress, Adamiak tones his passion with seriousness. He believes history is a window to the blue yonder. "People don't realize what's gone on in the past affects us today," Adamiak said. "If people study history, it opens up a whole new world. They understand how things work. "If you are well rounded, if you've been exposed to history, you'll have your own little world. History opens up a lot of doors. A historical perspective on things is good." Adamiak's perspective expanded during stints as a tour guide at Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., and as a volunteer at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in Missouri. —

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From bras to books: new manager at bookstore If so, it could have been the new manager, Brenda Raimondi. Raimondi has been at UCO for two months and she says she loves the ave you gone into the atmosphere. bookstore lately and noticed The students and customers are very nice," Raimondi said a new face?

Raimondi has 15 years experience in retail. Before coming to UCO, Raimondi spent the last seven years at Victoria Secrets. "I got the job here (UCO) when the regional manager of Barnes & Noble contacted me," Raimondi said. So far, Raimondi is having fun with her staff. "We call her 'Hummingbird, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Debra Scheinder said, Floor Manager. "She's here one minute and gone the next." Moving from north to south, Raimondi grew up in Iowa, graduated with a degree in Fashion Merchandising in Nebraska and lived in Oklahoma the past 15 years. Raimondi likes to spend her spare time with her husband, Franc, (pronounced Frank) and their 20 month old son, Mitchel. She focuses on teaching Mitchel the importance of morals and values. "I want to teach him to respect his Staff Photo by Landon Salyer elders and to always have a good Brenda Raimondi, the new bookstore manager, puts her retail skills to work as she attitude," Raimondi said. checks out a customer

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"First impressions are lasting impressions." "I like my job because it's stable and I'm able to spend more time with my family," Raimondi said. "If I had a more advanced career, I wouldn't be able to do that." Raimondi also enjoys what a lot of American women enjoy in their spare time. "I like to shop and lay out by the pool." Raimondi said. Raimondi is also a member of the St. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond. "I help with the Altar Society Women's Organization," Raimondi said. According to Raimondi, there's not anything she would change about her life so far. "Life is what you make," Raimondi said. "I'm totally happy." Students can see Raimondi, and some of the bookstore staff, at home games selling bookstore items under the big tent.

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He came to a stark realization about historical perspective in America today. "Most people don't know much about American Revolution," Adamiak said. "Everybody does Civil War reenactments, not American Revolution reenactments. There's just more interest in the Civil War." His experience as a professor, his perspective, and his interest and passion continue to expand with the classes he's teaching. Adamiak's broad knowledge of history is specialized with a class on American Diplomatic History to 1900. The class is not for history haters, Adamiak said. "Students will get a chance to work with documents—treaties, letters. announcements and speeches," he said. "Students will have to be reading more detailed studies." Adamiak came to UCO from Southwest Missouri State

University, where he lectured from 1995-98. If an incident at an Edmond restaurant is any indication, he is becoming wellknown in short order. "I went to Sonic the other day, and the person answering (the speaker) said, 'You're my history professor.' I've been running into a lot of my students around town, and they're really friendly." "I'd like to develop the reputation of being a good teacher and have people want to take my courses," Adamiak said. Adamiak and his wife, Jane, claim 3 Sheltie dogs and an "intellectually challenged" cat as their "furry kids." "My wife and I enjoy going to historical sites," Adamiak said. Adamiak's office is a historical site, of sorts. His words and the murals tacked to the walls of his office bring the past to life.

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`YES' project helps suicide prevention By Vanessa Bauza CollegePressWrite, e cried for three hours on the phone with his mother before getting out those three little words: "I am gay." Joe Zolobczuk had spent his high school years being pelted by cafeteria food and beaten up in gym class. He had pretended and denied, asking girls on dates to cover up the truth. He was depressed and felt isolated. It wasn't until he found Project YES that he finally felt he belonged. Zolobczuk survived his turbulent teens, but many are not so fortunate. One-third of teen suicides are gays, lesbians or bisexuals, according to a survey of 3,000 students attending Massachusetts public high schools. Similar studies nationwide have confirmed that gay teens are at-risk for suicide. Though many states have committed task forces to preventing teen suicides, Miamibased Project YES is one of the few in the country to specifically address gay teens. Project YES founder Martha Fugate had worked as an interior design consultant for 25 years when she decided she needed to do something about the conditions that were driving teens to kill themselves, including isolation, stress from peer pressure, lack of acceptance, teasing and depression. She herself had not encountered discrimination as a teen primarily because when Fugate, 52, was in high school, no one talked about homosexuality and she herself was not harassed. "I didn't even discuss I was a lesbian," she said. Fugate moved to Miami looking for "more room to breathe." And though she found a growing gay community, there was still a need to help guide gay teens through their high school years. In 1995 she organized a few volunteers in her home and later met at the headquarters of a crisis helpline. Her mission was simple: She knew she could not reach

every gay teen who needed her, so she decided she would target community leaders and youth counselors who were already working with teens. "The kids are OK. It's the world that needs to change," said Fugate. "The real difference is going to have to happen in the community. We have to go to the places where people are getting the message they're not loved." Fugate said many area churches and religious groups respond once they are told the facts and more than 58 congregations of various denominations have signed a model statement "agreeing to minister to the spiritual needs of all people, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth." The Rev. Carlos Miyares, of St. Richards Catholic Church in Cutler Ridge, a Miami suburb, said he attended a Project YES meeting in September after being approached by several parents whose children came out to them as gay. "I've known of kids who were beat up or abused," Miyares said. "They (Project YES) don't challenge anyone's religious beliefs. They emphasize something we all have in common, that no one should be abused." A report funded by the Department of Children & Families, which will be released at the end of the month, confirms what Fugate has known for years: few programs address directly the problem of gay, lesbian and bisexual suicides. "In some of the programs there wasn't specific mention of working with kids who have sexual orientation issues, or even an acknowledgement that they were an at-risk population," said Kathy Lazear, who is drafting the study. Today Zolobczuk, 21, is a community coordinator who has held about 250 meetings to show teachers how to prevent gay, lesbian and bisexual students from being harassed. "Sometimes I have to talk to faculty and it's scary because I don't know how they're going to react," he said. "But what happened to me in high school doesn't have to happen to another kid."

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UCO Kaleidoscope dancers to perform By Robyn Lydick

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Kaleidoscope Dancers will present p resent the Choreography Concert Plus at 8 p.m. Nov. 5 and 6 in Mitchell Hall Theater. The concert will feature three student choreography works as well as pieces by guest choreographers Frank Chaves, Debra Knapp and'Holly Williams. The guest choreographers spent a week on campus earlier this semester "setting" the work, said Jamie Jacobson, director of dance. Jacobson, Tina Kambour and Amy Reynolds-Reed, all faculty members, will premiere new dance works. Cynthia Bond Perry will perform a solo. Bond Perry will be joining the UCO dance faculty next semester. "Fourteen pieces will be performed (at the concert) covering ballet, jazz, modern dance and tap," Jacobson said. Twenty-seven students will perform. "All but two are dance majors," Jacobson said. The remaining two are a music theater and a business major.

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"He is a wonderful dancer," Jacobson said of Chad Prichard, the business major. Kaleidoscope auditions are held in the spring. "It is an extensive audition," Jacobson said. "They perform a ballet barre, modern, jazz and maybe tap dance. It takes four or five hours." Jacobson said the judges look for more than skill. "We look for signs of dedication and commitment." The dancers perform twice on campus but have another 18 performances in elementary and high schools, dance festivals and community concerts. This year, the Kaleidoscope Dancers will perform on New Year's Eve at Opening Night 2000 in downtown Oklahoma City. "That will be a fun, energetic, flashy show," Jacobson said. Tickets for the fall concert are $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, $4 for nonUCO students and free to UCO students with a valid Student ID card. For more information, call the Mitchell Hall Theater box office at 974-3375. <

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✓ Aikido Club will meet at more information, call 348-6425. b will hold meetings at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the Broncho Coral. For more Circle K International will • wrestling room in Hamilton Fieldhouse. For more meet for initiation at 7 p.m. on information, call Khalilah information, call Yuka Nagano at Nov. 16 in the Education Watson at 974-4281. Building, Room 115. For more 974-6404. ✓ Chi Alpha Christian information, call Tosha Tillotson Fellowship will m eet at noon ✓ CDPS will meet at 12:30 at 752-1775. every Wednesday in Room 108 p.m. Nov. 8 at UC 314. The in the University Center. They GENERALLY topic will be resume writing. will hold prayer and Bible study. For more information, call SPEAKING For more information, call Elizabeth Waner at 974-3346. ✓ Aikido Club will meet for Charlie Bunn at 203-1188 or e✓ CDPS will meet at 12:30 practice every Monday and mail ucochialpha@juno.com .

• Buddist Learning International Student Society (BLISS) will meet for a meditation class at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Building, Room 137. p.m. on Nov. 9 in UC 314. The For more information, call Tomo topic will be job search. For more information, call Elizabeth Koizumi at 974-4114. Waner at 974-3346.

A BRIEF LOOK AHEAD ✓ UCO Ebony Gospel Music & Arts Choir will present "The Rhythm & The Praise," at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 and 6 in Constitution Hall. Special guest is Willie Bonds and The Instruments of Praise. For more information, call Michael Johnson at 974-2366. UCO's Kaleidoscope • Dancer's Company will present "Choreography Concert Plus" at 8 p.m. on Nov. 5 and 6 in Mitchell Hall Theatre. For more information, call 974-3375.

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V Gay Alliance For Tolerance and Equality (GATE) will meet at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday in the Liberal Arts Building, Room ✓ Chi Alpha Christian 211. For more information, call Fellowship will meet at 7:30 Robert Jones at 974-5534. p.m. on Thursdays in the YInternational Student • Chapel. The fellowship will conduct praise and worship Council will meet at 4 p.m. services. For more information, every Monday in the call Charlie Bunn at 203-1188 or International Student Office. For e-mail ucochialpha@juno.com. more information, call Jason Harris at 715-2936. ✓ Japan Student Association • Physics & Engineering will meet at 2 p.m. every Wednesday in Room 231 in the Club will meet every other Liberal Arts Building. Free Tuesday at noon in Howell Hall, Japanese lessons will be Room 100. A different guest available and everyone is speaker is scheduled for each welcome. For more information, meeting. Free pizza and soft call Takaai YoHei at 844-0312 or drinks will be served. For more 974-6075. information, call Melanie Gile at 340-9849. ✓ Latter-Day Saints Student Association will meet at noon every Monday and Wednesday at V See CAMPUS, Page 14 the Latter-Day Saints Institute at

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NSU held Southeastern to 104 yards in total offense. UCO, still No. 2 in the NCAA Division II rankings, will be taking a 21-game regular-season winning streak to Durant this Saturday. The Bronchos, 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the LSC, are one game ahead of the Savages and Angelo State in the LSC standings. UCO's sophomore tailback Greg Briley had a career-high 31 carries for 145 yards and one touchdown. For his effort, Briley was named Offensive Player of the Week by the LSC. Briley has rushed for 1,050 yards on 164 carries and leads the LSC in scoring with 15 touchdowns. The Bronchos won last years game against the Savages 31-7 and lead the overall series 45-122.

Offensively the Savages are led by quarterback Chris Enloe, who has completed 73-of-191 passes for 1,136 yards and 11 touchdowns. Southeastern leads the LSC in total offensive yards per game, averaging 389.1 yards "We are in for a battle," Howard said. UCO linebacker Brian Morton is out for the rest of the season with an injured knee. In last week's win over Southwestern the UCO defense came up big with six turnovers. Sophomore cornerback Javaris Gibbs provided a lift for the defense with two key interceptions, returning one for 50-yards. Kickoff for this Saturdays game is for 2 p.m. at Paul Laird Field in Durant.

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UCO Broncho's cross country to wrap up season in Kansas By Allison Franklin Student Writer he top three members of UCO's men's crosscountry team and the entire women's cross-country team will compete in the NCAA Divison II South Central Regional meet Saturday, Nov. 6 in Hays, Kansas. According to Coach Paul Parent, this is the last meet of the season. "Both teams are young, and this is a good chance for them to experience some competition. Our goal is for the individuals to finish as high as they can," Parent said. The men's and women's teams recently placed 11th and 10th respectively at the Lone Star Championship held in Ada. Eleven men's teams and 13 women's teams in the region competed at the meet for the Conference title. Parent said that the results of the meet didn't turn out as he expected. "Our goal going into the meet was to do as well as we could, and we thought both teams could place 8th or so," Parent said. Unfortunately, Parent said, his number one runner on the men's side, Dustin McClure, had to drop out of the race due to illness. Als.o, his number one runner on the women's side, Becky Harvey, was in a car wreck and was sore during the race. In addition, Parent said

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another runner on the team had a virus. "You've got to compete with what you've got-- there's some things you just can't change. Our circumstances cost us a few places, and I don't say that to make excuses," Parent said.

Leading the five placers on the men's team was Takayuki Kanno who placed 29th with a time of 27:40 in the 8K race. Harvey led the six placers on the women's team with a 39thplace finish and a time of 25:39 in the 6K race.

In reference to the regular season as a whole, Parent said that both teams competed well. Harvey agreed. "Even though the whole season has been hard because we haven't had a solid team, we've worked together and pulled off a

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decent one," she said. Following Regionals, the teams will combine with track athletes to begin training for their first indoor track meet which is scheduled for Dec. 4 at the University of Oklahoma.

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The old dictionaries used to carry the current broncho spelling for UCO's mascot name. But that is the point - it used to be spelled that way. This university used to be named Normal Territorial School, Central State Normal School, Central State College and Central State University. It has now been updated to the University of Central Oklahoma. This school is hanging onto an old spelling for tradition. What is the sense in keeping the broncho spelling for tradition when they can't even keep a school name for very long? UCO is trying to upgrade its facilities to attract more students. The new commons, additions to the university center and nice (but still smelly) Broncho Lake are all some of the elements geared to update the look of the campus. UCO should make one more change by updating the broncho spelling. Go Broncos! John Lurry IThe Vista

Bif Naked's "Bificus" scores well with reviewer By Trent Dugas SW/Miter

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Seated in my favorite recliner I closed my eyes and tried to let the music sink into my ears. Her name is Bif Naked and the CD is "Bificus," (Atlantic Records). This is Bif Naked's second album in her young career as the lead singer from New Dehli,

India. Yes, an Indonesian born, Canadian raised female is singing lead vocals in a rock and roll band playing a mix of funk and melody. After the music started playing my hands began sweating and my body started squirming. My gut began sinking to my toes as I had flashbacks from high school. Flashbacks from being in a high school rock and roll band

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and eating garbage from the school cafeteria entered my mind. I could not get through the first song. Her cigarette-stained, raspy vocals and cheap cleansing of what sounded like Wal-Mart instruments gave me the shakes. ,The first song, "I Died," strummed on my nerves like finding mildew inside a starebought brownie. The music sounded like something from a high school band. The shabby guitar riffs and

greenhorn vocal breaks splintered the speakers on my stereo. I will not go any further with the songs I did not like because it is easier to mention the songs I did like. Two songs to be exact. The best song on the CD is "Lucky." Actually, this is a wellwritten song. A soft, hard slinging ballad, Bif Naked arouses her voice with emotion and sincerity. As she spills her vocal passion

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outward, the rest of the band accompanies her with smooth music. I can feel her words. The other song is "Any Day Now." This song is good. It is not so much a ballad but more of a mix between a well-oiled chain and a fine tuned clock. With a touch of lounge music sound and perfect harmony, the song is a sure sign of potential, third CD success. The body tattooing, facialpiercing Bif Naked does have her image performing on top level. Her jet-black, Cleopatra hair, broody expressions and angellike, alluring clothes certainly releases a charisma. When I listen to the slow songs, I can feel a connection

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Column Celle Raba11 Ilai ill I–t was a cool, crisp fall ‘, morning. The sun was barely , ,,peeping over the horizon, painting the sky with the glowing orange of a flame. Darkness was turning to forms, and forms to shadows. I sat, trembling in the bonenumbing dampness, beneath the trees, clutching my 22 rifle to my chest. "Won't be long now," my oldest brother whispered to me. "A few more minutes and we'll be able to see to shoot." "Come on, let's start hunting," my brother said. He gave a low whistle to alert our dad and other brother that we were starting out. They replied with a soft mimic of a whippoorwill. I watched as the sky brightened from the orange-flame color to a rosy hue as I stomped through the trees complaining aloud at not seeing any game. The sun was sitting high in the sky when my father and younger brother caught up with us. They, like us, were empty-handed. "Let's call it a day," my dad said looking up at the sun through tree branches. "Think we can get some target practice in before we head home," my younger brother asked. "Sounds good to me," my dad said. "Look for something we can use for a target." We started searching the area for anything to shoot at. We knew there was no danger of shooting other hunters by mistake, because we were on my uncle's land. One of my brothers found an old gallon can and we set it up on a tree stump. Both my brothers took turns shooting and hitting the can. Finally, my dad turned to me. "Okay, daughter, your turn," my dad said walking toward me. "One of you boys let her use your gun. I don't want her shooting the rifle with no backstop." "Here, use mine," my oldest brother offered. "No, use mine," my younger brother countered. w

"Take a shot with both of them," my dad said to avoid an argument. I accepted my oldest brother's shotgun first. The gun was almost as heavy as I was, but I managed to raise it to my shoulder and hold it steady while I took aim. Slowly I squeezed the trigger — bang...twang... The can went flying high into the air. "I don't believe it. She hit the can," my older brother yelled as he ran toward where the can landed. Picking it up, he held it in the air for us to see. "Good shot, sis," he said. "You hit it close to our shots." Take a turn with my gun," my younger brother said as our older brother put the can back on the stump. Timidly, I took the gun from him. My right shoulder was stinging from the kick of my older brother's 12-gauge. Taking a deep breath, I put the gun against my shoulder, aimed and squeezed the triggerbang...twang... The can went flying up in the air again. "Twice in a row," my younger brother shouted with amazement. My dad walked over and picked up the can. "She almost hit it in the middle," he said holding the bullet-riddled can. He put the can back on the stump and walked back to where I was standing. "I want you to take one more try," my dad said holding his 12gauge out to me. "Why?" I asked him while rubbing my shoulder. "Because, I want to see how accurate you really are," he told me. I took his 12-gauge and brought it to my poor, hurting shoulder. I looked down the barrel, took careful aim and slowly squeezed the trigger. BANG....TWANG... The Swiss cheese-looking can went flying higher into the air than it did the whole day. I went flying up and backwards, almost the same distance as the can. "Crud...I forgot I had six magnum shells loaded," my dad said with a shake of his head. He and my two brothers went running to where the can lay. "And she hit it dead in the middle," my older brother said. They turned around to look at me and noticed for the first time I way lying on my back in the mud and leaves. "What's wrong?" my dad

asked kneeling beside me. I couldn't answer. I was gritting my teeth hard in an effort to keep the tears from forming. "Don't you even think about crying like a sissy," my younger brother chided me. My dad reached out to touch my shoulder. "No!" I cried out before he touched me. "It hurts." Gently my dad reached down and felt my shoulder. He winced when I moaned. "It's not broke and your shoulder isn't dislocated," my dad said. He helped me sit up and unzip my jacket. Slowly, we brought it down over my shoulder. Next, he helped me take off my long-sleeved shirt. It hurt like heck, but I knew we had to check out the injury. I stood in the coolness of the day in just my T-shirt looking at the bruise forming from my shoulder down to my wrist. "What happened?" my dad asked. "Just as I squeezed the trigger, the gun stock slipped down to my arm muscle," I told him. "My arm feels like it's broke." "Well, it's not," my dad said gently feeling the bones in my arm. "You'll be okay," he said helping me back into my shirt. "'Think you can hold a gun yet?" he asked as I buttoned up my shirt. "Yes. Why?" I asked him cautiously. "Because, you're going to shoot again. The same gun. The same

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magnum," he said looking me in the eye. "I don't want to," I started to whine. "Chicken," said my older brother. "Baby," my younger brother needled me. "Oh, okay, set the can back up," I said determined to save my pride. My brothers walked over to what was left of the can and placed it back on the stump. I placed the gun stock against my throbbing shoulder, looked down the cross-hairs through the tears in my eyes, aimed and squeeze the trigger. BANG...TWANG... The can went flying back up into the air. But this time I stood with my feet still planted firm into the ground. The gun still rested

against my shoulder and my pride was still intact. 'Well done," my dad told me. I could hear the pride in his voice. We began picking up the spent shells, dumping them in what was left of the can. The sun was sitting at high noon in the sky as we walked back to our car. "Hope mom has something at home for us to eat," my older brother said. "She always does," laughed my younger brother. My shoulder was still smarting pretty bad as we approached the car. "Now that we know you can actually hit what you aim for," my dad said with a chuckle, "we'll have to work on teaching how to walk 'quietly' through the woods.

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