The Vista Nov. 26, 2002

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2002

Education budget crisis historic

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com Facing a $158 million common education budget shortfall, state Superintendent Sandy Garrett has organized a task force that will study the situation and then report to the Legislature in January.

State education officials say that unless legislators act or the state economy improves in a hurry the budget crisis could cause many Oklahoma school

districts to run out of money before the end of the school year.

Carolyn Crowder, president of the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), said if no action is taken, the state will lose 5,000 public school teachers April 10. Also, at least 100 districts, and possibly more, could go under, she said.

If districts do go under, beginning sometime in the spring before school is out, the cost of bailing them out would be passed

on to taxpayers, Crowder said.

Most of the impact would be felt in May or June, she said.

The payments that would be made by property taxpayers within those districts to the district's lender would be made over a three-year period, Crowder said.

The courts would then raise the property taxes.

"This funding crisis is huge," Crowder said.

"It's the biggest crisis that our state and particularly our schools

have ever, ever been in. These are the largest cuts our schools have ever had to make. Most people don't realize there is a crisis, or certainly how deep it is."

Wendy Pratt, Education Department communications director, said Garrett is appointing a School Finance Task Force that will review past reforms and legislative mandates and examine bureaucratic barriers and various expenditures.

"Oklahoma should not turn

its back on 12 years of education reform progress by ignoring the dire financial straits schools face at this time," Garrett said.

Crowder has accepted Garrett's invitation to be a part of the task force, which will begin meeting Dec. 3. The task force, which will then meet on a weekly basis, will look at the big picture and issues within it, she said.

Pratt said the task force will

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Iraq showdown nears deadline

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com

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Armed with a tough Bush administration-brokered resolution aimed at disarming Iraq, United Nations weapons inspectors return to work Nov. 27, beginning a new phase in the president's showdown with Saddam Hussein.

Iraq must declare what weapons of mass destruction it possesses in a report to the U.N.

by Dec. 8, sixty days after inspections resume Nov. 27, the inspectors will give their findings to the U.N. Security Council.

"The clock is ticking right now," said UCO Provost Dr. Don Betz, a Middle East expert.

According to the U.N., 10-12 inspectors were scheduled to arrive in Iraq Nov. 25. By December, a total of 80-100 inspectors will be in the country, looking for weapons of mass destruction. Last week, an advance team finished its work in Iraq, establishing inspection offices.

No weapons inspectors have been in Iraq since 1998 when they were recalled by the U.N. Recent reports in the news media have raised concerns that Iraq is maintaining a nuclear weapons program.

Iraqi officials have said that its military possesses no nuclear

weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction. Bush administration officials have repeatedly said they do not believe Iraq's claims.

In recent weeks, President Bush has rarely mentioned "regime change," instead choosing to discuss the removal of weapons of mass destruction," Betz said. Some would • suggest Secretary of State Colin Powell influenced the shift in administration rhetoric, he said.

Now Iraq must produce the required information, Betz said.

"There will be a tremendous amount of pressure on the part of the United States to demonstrate that Saddam Hussein's regime either is not cooperating fully and or is purposefully hiding information or support systems or weapons systems themselves from inspectors," Betz said.

The intense lobbying and compromises by the Bush administration that preceded the Security Council action on Iraq resulted in the unanimous 15-0 vote, Betz said. That effort swayed Syria, France, Russia and China.

France and Syria were eleventh-hour converts, Betz said.

The support from China was historically meaningful.

"Fifteen to nothing is a real "

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UCO budget cuts total $3.7 million

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com Due to the continuing weak state economy, UCO has been forced to make additional cuts from its budget, bringing the total reductions for the current fiscal year to $3.7 million.

The Office of State Finance has reported each of the last few months that state tax revenue collections have been less than the agency had projected. As a result, the State Regents for Higher Education have been ordered to trim their budget, resulting in reductions at state colleges and universities.

To date this fiscal year, which began July 1, UCO's budget cuts have totaled 8.09 percent, or $3.77 million, said Steve Kreidler, UCO vice president for administration. In July, UCO reduced its budget by two percent. Mid-year reductions totaling 6.09 percent brought the total cut to 8.09 percent.

In September, UCO reduced its budget by $1.9 million, or 4.34 percent, Kreidler said. In November, the reduction was $810,150, or 1.75 percent.

Another $69,0(i0 was reallocated from Legislature funding to meet the mid-year reduction total of

6.09 percent, or $2.8 million.

To offset the regent-mandated reductions, UCO depleted the $1.5 million it had set aside for just such an occasion, Kreidler said. Another $300,000 came from additional tuition income generated by an enrollment increase.

Also, $100,000 came from administrative reimbursement from Wellness Center bond funds and $118,600 was taken from the regents' "Brain Gain 2010" allocation.

Additionally, a worker's compensation reimbursement of $182,000 was reallocated. Plus, $998,550 was carried forward from the fiscal year 2002 budget, matching the total of 6.09 percent, or $2.8 million.

No faculty or staff positions were lost, Kreidler said. Due to the size of the cuts, some operating costs, such as travel expenses and overtime, had to be reduced, he said.

During the planning stage, UCO anticipated further budget reductions, Kreidler said.

Administration made every effort to minimize the impact CO operating costs and in areas directly related to the student learning process, he said.

Beware of the 'Holiday Blues' Photo by Tina Fowble

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Muslims gather to pray at the Mosque on Second Street to observe Ramadan.

Muslim students to observe holy month

by Stephanie Nease sn@thevistaonline.com The pristine white stucco building across the street from the Wellness Center could be a house in any town.

At second glance, it sits slightly askew on its lot as though placed there by some careless builder, although that is not the case, said Dr. Riaz Ahmad, Muslim Student Association sponsor.

Built as a mosque for UCO students, the building's main wall, its "qiblah," faces Islam's holy city Mecca, toward which all Muslims pray.

Just before sundown, worshipers begin to arrive, many with dark hair and various shades of tawny or brown skin. Some blond-haired, blue-eyed.

Many men wear beards. Women dress traditionally, with heads covered.

They have met nightly at sundown since Nov. 6 to share a simple meal and water, and to pray and hear readings or recitations from the Qur'an, Islam's holy book. This is Ramadan, their holiest time of the year.

The ninth month on the Islamic lunar calendar, Ramadan is when Muslims believe the Archangel Gabriel delivered the first verses of the Qur'an from God to the Prophet Muhammad.

Because the lunar year is about 11 days short of the Gregorian year, Ramadan comes about 11 days earlier each year. It changes seasons every 33 years.

The Qur'an forbids filth in a place of prayer — such as what may be tracked in on the soles of shoes. As people enter, they remove their shoes and place them on shelves.

In the main prayer room, men and boys sit on the floor to prepare for the meal. Males and females may not break their fast or pray together, as that might distract them from worship, Dr. Ahmad said.

A glass wall separates the men's prayer room from the much-smaller rectangular women's prayer room. By a trick of lighting, women can see out,

but men cannot see in.

Usually women worshipers break their fast in this room. Today, however, they gather elsewhere because of the presence here of men.

In the women's prayer room, Dr. Ahmad and Muhammad Ali Shahzad, president of the Muslim Student Association sit at a rectangular table with non-Muslim visitors and explain Ramadan and the breaking of the fast.

Two young men with sparse beards join Dr. Ahmad and Shahzad at the table to observe the visit of non-Muslims to the mosque. With downcast eyes, they do not speak out of reverence for their elders.

Traditionally, the Prophet Muhammad broke his fast with figs and water, said Ahmad, so partaking of these items is part of the ritual of the evening Ramadan meal.

Their conversation is accompanied by an undercurrent of murmuring in several languages seeping through the glass wall. Exotic smells and voices emanate from a tiny kitchenette.

After a time, plates of spicy, aromatic food appear from the kitchen — homemade delicacies brought by local families to share with their brothers.

Arabic, the language of the Qur'an, is said to be the language of God, therefore all prayers and readings of the Qur'an are done in Arabic, Shahzad said.

Allah is the Arabic word for God. The Qur'an teaches that Allah is the God of the Jews and Christians. It speaks of Moses, Abraham, Jesus and others.

For this reason, Muslims call Jews and Christians "people of the book," he said.

When time for prayer is near, the meal is cleared away and the four men join their brothers, leaving the women's prayer room to its purpose.

A call to prayer is sounded.

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New law affects Internet radio

by Michael Larso n

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The Small Webcasters Settlement Act (SWSA) passed Nov. 14, providing temporary respite for small Internet radio companies who've fought a long battle with the music industry over royalty rates for using musicians' music online.

The SWSA allows webcasters to negotiate with SoundExchange, the entity responsible for collecting and disseminating to artists royalties for all webcasting usage.

Webcasters will strive for a rate

lower than the 0.14 cents per listener per song that the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) originally decided on in February, a rate which was halved to 0.07 cents by the Librarian of Congress before its approval.

Webcasters will still have to pay for the music they are using in the coming six months, but retroactively, at rates decided upon by CARP on June 20, 2003.

It was a victory for Jay Inslee, a democrat U.S. representative from Washington who had authored a similar bill earlier this year and is among the cause's sev.

eral proponents in congress.

Sara O'Connell, a spokesperson for Inslee, said, "It costs a fair amount of money to participate in CARP, so many of the smaller webcasters were unable to, which we didn't feel was fair."

The original legislation for protecting small webcasters was called the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which was introduced in July, and became tangled in the House's Judiciary Committee.

"The chairman wanted the parties to explore it themselves," O'Connell said, which was what

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Gov.—elect pushes for lottery whiledenouncing casinos —Page 4

OPINION

NOVEMBER 26, 2002

An advertisement created by the Rolling Stone magazine sums up the current battle between record companies and the Internet.

It reads: A big fat thanks to record execs. Thank you for fighting the good fight against .Internet MP3 fileswapping. Because of you, millions of kids will stop wasting time listening to new music and seeking out new bands.

No more spreading the word to complete strangers about your artists. No more harmful exposure to thousands of bands via Internet radio either. With any luck they won't talk about music at all.

You probably knew you'd make millions by embracing the technology. After all, the kids swapping were like ten times more likely to buy CD's, making your cause all the more admirable.

It must have cost a bundle in future revenue, but don't worry – computers are just a fad anyway, and the Internet is just plain stupid.

Those savage MP3 swappers don't have a chance. Now that my army of viscious Pop-Star clones is complete, there will be nothing stopping me from flooding the market with insipid pop songs...

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Quote of the day

Today in History 1832

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

- Jerome K. Jerome

A horse-drawn streetcar was used for the first time to carry passengers in the United States. It was introduced in New York on Fourth Avenue between Prince Street and 14th Street.

Rolling Stone

ampus quotes What are your plans for the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Cartoon by Chris Maupin

Reader says letter is ill-founded This is in response to Leslie Berger's letter to the Editor in the November 19 issue of the Vista. Her criticism of the education of education majors was ill-founded. And her black and white outlook on the First Amendment Rights was insulting.

If given the choice, any rational person would choose to keep all of their First Amendment Rights. But the question in the survey taken by students in the November 14 issue asked "if you HAD to [give up a Right,

which would it be?". Just because these students chose a Right to give up does not mean that they see it as unimportant. This is what Ms. Berger implies.

Ms. Berger's implication is that the Freedom of Press is the most important Right.

It is not that cut-and-dried. Yes, Freedom of Press is important, but the Freedom of Speech is just as important and even in parallel to Press. It would be hard to have one without the other. The importance of the Rights can-

not be ranked as simply as Ms. Berger does it.

Ms. Berger's criticism of UCO eduation majors is offensive. I certainly hope the children of tomorrow weigh situations carefully before they make snap judgements.

Kellen Hart mathematics major sophomore

"I'm actually working. I'm going to be installing ceramic tile."

"I guess do something with my brother and dad."

CHRISTEN MOROZ

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sophomore criminal justice/spanish major

adult education

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I would like to offer a rebuttal Civil Service protections meant to to the opinions expressed in Mr. guard against corruption and Hours' letter to the editor, pub"stacking the deck" with yes-men • lished in The Vista on Nov. 21. In by power-hungry individuals. referencing the national elections So what will happen now, since 'held .earlier , this month, in . Which , Americans have supposedly, "map,-' the Republicans took control of dated" the agenda of the president? the Senate. Thereby effectively Well, expect the United States to two-thirds of our government, attack and invade a sovereign Houts claimed the "huge victory" nation without provocation, while (with most Republican candidates still not being able to find any trace winning by the slimmest of mar- of the individual that killed 3,828 gins) was due to Americans align- people (don't forget the anthrax ing themselves with the agenda of kill, for another five). the president.

Expect the overturning of hisHouts claimed that Americans toric landmark cases like Roe v. wanted to "build back our military Wade now that the president has a instead of making cutbacks...that free pass to appoint hard-line conmade us even more vulnerable servative judges to the bench. I than we were before the attack." seem to remember something in Well, by Sept. 11, President Bush the Constitution prohibiting the had been in office for nine months, requiring of public servants, and the only military-related thing including judges, to pass religious he did was to cut benefits for militests for office...kind of contradicThe Vista is published as a newspatary veterans — I don't remember tory to the president's mention of per and public forum by UCO stuany bills to expand the military appointing judges that "underdents, semi-weekly during the acadstand our rights were derived from emic year except exam and holiday prior to Sept. 11, do you?

Mentioning the " 'nay' voting God." So much for separation of periods, and on Thursdays only delay tactic" employed by the libchurch and state. during the summer term, at the erals (which is not a dirty word by Expect more of the famous tax University of Central Oklahoma, the way), Houts may be including cuts, this time during one of the 100 N University Dr, Edmond, OK 73034-5209. Telephone: (405) the stalling of the Homeland worst recessions in 70 years, even 974-5549. The issue price is free for Security bill earlier this year. The though the corporate executives the first copy and $1 for each addiSenate Democratic leadership that will benefit from these cuts tional copy. refused to allow the president carte have yet to be held accountable for blanche firing authority over the taking the lives of a great many EDITORIALS employees of the new department, working Americans...

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the erosion of even more of our civil liberties. The PATRIOT ACT, which has already done enough damage to the Constitution, is but the tip of the iceberg. The -nevejli foci-114.6°n Awareness Office, heatied b)', John Poindexter (yes, the 04 gill that was convicted five times for his hand in the Iran-Contra scandals), is but one of the many new threats to our free society.

James Madison once said, "If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure." The interests of the current Republican majority, if allowed to continue unchecked by the people, will undoubtedly weaken the rights of the minority.

I applaud Houts' devotion to his ideology. The ability to publicly express, debate and defend our individual opinions without fear of retribution is what makes the idea of a representative democracy a reality. We all have the right to know and to investigate for ourselves, the goings-on of our government. We all have the civic duty to fight for what we believe is right for our country and ourselves. I urge all of us to do just that before it's too late.

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The sclupture on the front page of The Vista on Nov. 21 was created by UCO artist Rood Blanchard.

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Agri science student honored

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International MBTA police say two girls beaten in racial attack BOSTON (AP) Two 17-year-old girls were hospitalized after a racially charged subway brawl in which they were allegedly beaten by a batonwielding teenage man.

The two black girls were hospitalized after they were assaulted by a teenage boy wielding a metal weapon in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station on Friday night, transit police said.

Police said the suspect and his friends reportedly used racial epithets during the attack.

Police say that as the two girls walked through a tunnel at the Downtown Crossing stop at about 9:30 p.m., they encountered a group of three white girls and two boys.

"It may have been a 'what are you looking at?' type of thing," MBTA spokeswoman Lydia Rivera said.

The suspects used racial epithets, Rivera said, as one male wielded a folding weapon, called an asp, hitting the women multiple times in the head.

The victims were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of injuries that were described as not life-threatening.

Jesse Jackson endorses Landrieu in Louisiana Senate race BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson has endorsed Sen. Mary Landrieu in her re-election campaign against state Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell.

Jackson was in Baton Rouge Saturday at state Sen. Cleo Field's 40th birthday party, which doubled as a $250-a-plate Fields campaign fund-raiser. Jackson said Landrieu, a Democrat, is the best U.S. Senate candidate to help improve the lot of Louisiana's poor people.

"If you are concerned about your economic interests, vote for Mary Landrieu," Jackson said.

The Landrieu camp said it had nothing to do with Jackson's appearance in Baton Rouge or his endorsement. But it could pay dividends for her Dec. 7 when black voter turnout will be critical to whether she can defeat Terrell, a Republican.

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UCO biology freshman Lindsey Fimple was recently named National Agri-Science Student of the Year at the National Future Farmers of America Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

Fimple earned first place in the competition for her research titled, (A Cure for Those Eutriphication Headaches? The Effects of Salicylic Acid on the Growth of Closterium Algae in Poultry Litter Runoff Water.)

Fimple said in farming communities, chicken litter is used as a fertilizer, but the litter has more phosphorus in it than the ground can absorb. The unabsorbed phosphorus runs off into bodies of water and causes an overgrowth of algae, which causes bad smelling and tasting water.

"Most people don't know what eutriphication means, but they know about water that smells and tastes bad."

Fimple has been working on this project for four years. During her first two years of research she worked with a feed additive that would decrease the level of phosphorus in litter. She said the feed additive was effective but too expensive for many farmers.

For the last two years Fimple said she's been testing different concentrations of salicylic acid to find a level that will kill the algae without harming the aquatic organisms.

She said her research revealed

that the lower concentrations of salicylic acid were the most effective because they killed the algae and were less harmful to the aquatic organisms.

Fimple did all of her research at her parents' farm and her mother's laboratory near Vinita, Oklahoma.

Her mother, Debbie Fimple, is a veterinarian and her father, Stan Fimple, is an agricultural extension agent.

"On those days when I didn't even want to look at this project they gave me the push I needed,.They told me that someday it would pay off," Fimple said of her parents' support.

Debbie Fimple said she is very proud of her daughter but is tired of chickens.

"She raised the chickens at the farm," she said.

Debbie said her daughter's research has been a family project.

"Her poor little brother had to help her spread the chicken litter."

All of the work on the project is done after school and without a reduction in their class work, Debbie said.

"It takes so much time - it keeps them out of trouble."

Lindsey said she feels like her research is a way for her to give back to agriculture.

She said living in a farming community made the project easier because the people understand the extent of the polluted drinking water problem.

Lindsey Fimple "I was able to promote it because people were willing to listen."

Before the national contest, Fimple was named the FFA AgriScience Student of the Year at the statewide competition. She was awarded a scholarship and prize money along with an offer for a summer internship to begin after her junior year from Monsanto Company, a national agricultural company.

Fimple said she is considering getting a dual major in public relations along with biology so that she can follow a public reatiions career in the pharmaceutical industry.

She said she will probably continue working to find a cure for chicken litter water pollution.

"I'll see where it takes me," she said.

So far, it has taken her across the country where she's met Noble Prize winners from Harvard University and talked to people interested in patenting her idea.

Internet Radio, from page 1 had been happening before the bill was ever introduced.

SWSA, which shortly followed, was negotiated on the Senate floor and pushed through in one day.

John L. Simson, executive director of SoundExchange, said in a press release he was happy with the legislation, which he believes "provides all parties time to address the unique circumstances of noncommercial webcasters and reach an appropriate arrangement."

Webcasting companies earning more than $6 annually are exempt from SWSA, and must continue paying the current royalty rate until the June decision.

The $6 million in income roof on temporary amnesty from CARP's rates was chosen because it coincided with what was considered a small business by the Small Business Act. Kent Anderson, Program Director for KCSU, UCO's classical radio station, said, "It's a good service to have to reach outside our community. There aren't a lot of stations like us left, with an emphasis on classical music."

Anderson said he has received calls and e-mails from people all over the world who are listening via internet simulcast.

KCSU, which is a non-profit station and may fall under a different set of laws in the aftermath of royalty disputes, has run for approximately two years and has never frozen its simulcast.

Anderson said, "We've been waiting to see what happens."

Dendahl requests information on transition team SANTA FE (AP) State Republican Party Chairman John Dendahl has filed a request for information on members of Gov.-elect Bill Richardson's transition team who are or have been involved in lawsuits against the state.

Dendahl submitted the request to David Contarino, Richardson's transition team leader and choice for chief of staff, under the Inspection of Public Records Act. Dendahl said it's inappropriate for Santa Fe lawyer and inmaterights advocate Mark Donatelli to co-chair the team reviewing the Corrections Department.

"Mark Donatelli has made a career of suing the state and it's improper for him to be asking for operating information about the agency he's suing," Dendahl said. "I want to know if there are others involved in the transition who are suing the state."

Donatelli represents six inmates suing the agency over a lockdown program for problem inmates. He is a longtime critic of the department.

The Mayor of Edmond will host the annual Mayor's Tree Lighting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 3rd, at Shannon Miller Park, & Jackson, next to the Edmond Public Library. Recognition of winners of the Mayor's Essay Contest will be followed by the lighting of the Park. Come join in the holiday spirit with caroling by Edmond's Children's Chorus and the Edmond Community Chorale. Free trolley rides will be provided to WinterGlow at UCO. The Edmond Public Library will be serving refreshments from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., so come early!

Bring the family and join us for a fun evening of caroling, entertainment and refreshments as we light up Old North and the LTC() campus. Following the lighting, a holiday celebration will be held in the Nigh University Center Ballroom featuring pictures with Santa, displays of holiday celebrations from around the globe and a performance by the Ebony Heritage Ensemble. Children receive a free picture with Santa from Taylor Made Photography if they bring a new toy to be donated to Edmond's HOPE Center.

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Campus groups help fight finals stress

by Dara Lawless

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UCO campus organizations are providing services and extending hours in an effort to aid students facing the stress of upcoming finals this semester.

Counseling Services Coordinator, Jan Chapel said her office will sponsor free shoulder and back massages by Central State Massage Academy from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Nigh University Center, Room 314.

West Hall Council Social Chairman, Shai Rasmussen said West Hall Council will hold finals food nights at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday of finals week in the West Hall lobby.

Food from McDonald's and Taco Bell, coffee, cookies, chips and salsa, donuts and sub-sandwiches may be served on a firstcome-first-serve basis, she said.

West Hall, Murdaugh Hall, and the Suites will also have 24hour quiet hours during finals week, Rasmussen said.

Mike Payne, director of residential dining, said Central Cafeteria plans a late-night breakfast open to residents and cash customers from 10 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Dec. 9.

Carolyn Mahin, Max Chambers Library public services director, said the library will remain open until 2 a.m. to accommodate students Dec. 8-12.

Freshman elementary educa-

tion major, Dena Wooden said these services would be a good idea if people were more aware of them.

Wooden said, "I always feel stressed to do all the reading and homework throughout the semester."

Chapel said stress is feeling anxious about what is happening in your life.

Some symptoms are increased heart rate, sleeplessness, not eating well or eating unhealthy and possibly drinking alcohol to relax, she said.

Healthy alternatives to handling stress include listening to relaxing music, deep, slow breathing, exercising and taking short breaks during studying, she said.

Nick Trayhan, graphic design senior, said he's never really used on-campus services but he listens to music to relax.

Chapel said taking deep, slow breaths as you wait to receive your test could also help calm pre-test nerves.

"The best antidote for end of the semester stress is good time management at the beginning," she said.

Chapel said students with time management problems should come by the office early next semester for help working out a schedule.

"We just always wish students well. If they need help, we'll do whatever we can to help them be a success here," she said.

Governor-elect says no to Vegas-style casinos OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Gov.-elect Brad Henry says he does not want Las Vegasstyle casino gambling in Indian country.

Henry campaigned on a promise of pushing for a stare lottery to help education. The lottery is rated Class III, the same rating given to Las Vegas-style casinos.

But that does not mean the new governor will support blackjack and slot machines on Indian land.

"I've never been for Class III gambling in Oklahoma - full-scale, casino-type Class III gaming," he said. "Obviously, the lottery is a Class III game and I support the education lottery, but there's no connection or correlation, in my mind, between the lottery and

full-scale, casino-type Class III gaming. I don't have any plans or intention to open up Class III gaming in Oklahoma."

Class III gaming includes slot machines, blackjack, craps, roulette and lotteries.

Indian tribes must enter into compacts with the state before they are allowed to offer Class III games. The governor's stance is critical because he negotiates and signs those compacts, which must be approved by a legislative committee.

Henry said that even if a lottery is approved in Oklahoma, he will not have to negotiate tribal contracts authorizing all types of Class III gaming for Indian nations.

"I've done my research on the lottery and based on my research, I'm extremely confident that a state-sponsored lottery will not open up full-scale casino-type Class III gaming in Oklahoma to the Indian tribes," he said.

Assistant Attorney General Neal Leader said that approval of gaming is game-specific, meaning that just because the state has a lottery, Indian tribes will not get blackjack or slot machines.

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by Fawn Porter George Weigel presented his latest book, Witness to Hope: A Biography ofPope John Paul II, to a crowd of about 130 people Nov. 20 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

Weigel was invited by the UCO Catholic Student Center as part of a fundraiser for a new building.

Weigel has authored or edited 15 books. He is the Senior Fellow. of Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington D.C. Weigel said he had developed a personal relationship with the pope over the years and wanted to write a biography about the extraordinary life of Pope John Paul II. Weigel said he approached the pope about the book and the pope responded affirmatively in the form of a personal letter typed on a manual typewriter. The letter contained three typos.

"A true Trinitarian," Weigel said.

The pope wrote that he was interested in the project and felt Weigel was capable to do it.

In March 1996, over dinner, Weigel told the pope he needed two things from him.

"First, I must have access to your friends, associates and any material," Weigel told him.

"Secondly, you cannot see a word until Ihandyou a copy of the book."

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Weigel's first goal was to not write anything for 18 months, he said.

Weigel said during this 18month period, he met occasionally with the pope for extended conversations, talked to various people in Rome, read countless materials on the pope and went 'to Poland to learn of his early 1

life.

In January 1998, Weigel said he had "a monstrous manuscript of about 2,200 pages."

"It was the pope's fault," he said.

"Back in 1997, over Christmas dinner, I told him not to do anything for two years so I could write the book."

The book was finished in November 1998, Weigel said.

He presented the pope and others with advance copies of

Witness to Hope.

One question remained for Weigel however.

"How does a biographer present the subject with his own life?'

Weigel said the pope took the book from his hands and hefted it up and down.

"Very big," the pope said.

Weigel said it was an emotional moment when the pope embraced him and would not let go.

"Nothing was said. Nothing needed to be said."

Weigel said throughout the course of his study of the pope, he learned Pope John Paul II was a true example of Christian discipleship.

"I titled the prologue 'The Disciple' because after having immersed myself into the life, thought, friends, churchmen of the pope and reading nearly everything written about him, I realized discipleship was clearly the deepest dimension in this man's multi-dimensional life."

Chapter three is Weigel's favorite chapter of Witness to Hope, he said.

This chapter depicts the pope as a young priest in university forming friendships and growing in his relationship with Christ.

Weigel said the pope appealed to young people for 'two reasons.

The first being young people have what Weigel called "bologna detectors." He said the pope was genuine and young people and students noticed that.

Also, within a culture that panders to young people, the pope does not.

"Never lower your expectations," the pope would say.

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semester before graduation, said Jim Watson, chairman of design.

"This is the third show the design department has put on since the creation of the new college," Watson said.

"We wanted to create a separate identity for the graphic design seniors, to get their work away from UCO and have them become known in the community. »

Beware of the 'Holiday Blues'

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Listen for words like "should," "must," "ought," words that support potentially unrealisIt's that time of year again. tic expectations, Youll said.

The holidays are here, the hustle Instead use words like "I hope." and bustle, the madness at the Being alone, dealing with an malls, the joyful times spent with unhappy family situation, a recent family. break-up in a cherished relationBut personal problems, loneship or an anniversary related to a liness and unrealistic expectaloved one's death can be distresstions may result in a case of the "Holiday Blues," said Dr. Lorry ing, especially during the holiYoull, UCO psychology profes- days, Youll said.

"When we are alone we somesor. times think, 'I shouldn't have to "The 'Holiday Blues' can be do this,"' Youll said. that the stress of the season To combat loneliness, make makes the holidays such that your own Thanksgiving Day meal they feel like they're not so much with friends, Youll said.

Volunteer fun," Youll said.

"The holidays are an impor- with a community service organitant time that we do like to zation or get involved with your spend with family and friends, church, she said. There are countbut sometimes we do get distract- less opportunities this time of year.

"It's up to us to make meaning ed by all the trappings."

Shoppers hustle from store to in our lives," Youll said.

"Find a way to make it hapstore, looking for that perfect gift for a loved one. Cooks spend pen."

It's normal to feel disjointed at hours planning and preparing lavtimes, Youll said. But if the feelish banquets for the family gatherings last for more than a couple ing. There's the Thanksgiving Day of weeks, and if they occur on a shuffle from one relative's house to daily basis, they could be symptoanother across town. made of a deeper problem: clinical First, before it begins, stop, depression, she said. take a moment and plan, Youll The important thing is to not said. Write everything down and keep silent. Find someone who prioritize, pick out what's most will listen, Youll said. important. Establish a sense of "It's okay to talk about your order. Think about your expectafeelings if you're feeling badly, tions for the holidays. Closely with your pastor, a friend," Youll examine them. Are they realistic? said.

"We are very much creators of "We kind of have this myth in our own happiness and of our our society that we have to be the perceptions of our destiny," Youll strong, silent type and that's not said. very healthy."

Ramadan, from page 1 "Allahu akbar."

God is the greatest.

"Allahu akbar."

As the Imam, the prayer leader, continues the call, the room becomes tight rows of men, shoulder-toshoulder like stalks of corn, facing the "qiblah" and the lighted "mihrab," an arch-shaped niche marking the direction of prayer.

Hands to ears, palms facing the "mihrab," worshipers softly recite in Arabic how many of which prayers they intend to offer.

Right hands grasp left hands near the navel in the upright "Qiyam" position.

"Allahu akbar."

Following the nasal intonation of their Imam, supplicants repeat their prayers softly, so only the person next to them can hear.

As the prayer session proceeds they move from standing upright to bending at the waist with hands on thighs, then upright again.

From upright to the knees without touching hands to the floor is the next position.

To a sitting position, and then to knees, and then to "prostrate" touching first nose, and then forehead to the floor, the prayers continue, over and over, the motions constant, never varying.

Sweat and tears present themselves on the faces of worshipers as they assume prayer positions on cue and simultaneously, repeating the words as one.

During Ramadan, "extra credit" daily prayers are offered, along with reading aloud the entire Qur'an in several parts over the month. Tonight special visitors who know the holy book by heart will recite it.

In the women's prayer room, the atmosphere is reverent, but not strict or oppressive. Rows are less crowded.

A young girl — excused from prayer for one of the several allowed reasons — sits against a wall attempt-

Males, especially, are expected to act this way, Youll said.

Chih-Hao Hung, a UCO graduate student from Taiwan, said he will be going home for Christmas, but will be here over Thanksgiving break. He said he was invited by an Edmond family to eat with them Thanksgiving Day. He also had permission to invite some friends.

"It's good for family and friends to get together," Hung said.

Leslie Whitlow, an Oklahoma City sophomore, said on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day she will be going to three different houses. Even though, she said she usually doesn't have unmanageable holiday stress.

Del City junior LaToya Goodlow said she will be spending her Thanksgiving break hitting the books, catching up. She said she has invited friends to share holiday time with her.

Goodlow said she has many local family members who don't expect her to buy them expensive gifts.

"People know I'm broke because I'm in college," she said.

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ing to explain the meaning of the prayers in a loud whisper. Her mother looks at her and she moves out of the prayer room.

An old woman says her prayers from her chair, touching her nose and forehead to her prayer rug positioned on a cable in front of her, because she can no longer stand, kneel, and prostrate herself before her God in the usual way.

Islam is a religion of logic and ease, Shahzad said.

Allah doesn't require anything of us that we cannot give.

The start of Ramadan depends upon when the new crescent moon appears. In Edmond, that was the night of Nov. 5. Fasting began at sunrise Nov. 6.

During Ramadan, Muslims rise early to pray and eat a pre-dawn breakfast called "suhoor." No food or water may pass their lips again until night.

The rhythm of the Arabic phrases is broken by short periods of silence before a new prayer begins.

After eight repetitions of the prayers, some people quietly leave. It is their option, Shahzad said. Any additional prayers are "extra credit."

The Imam announced that many tonight offer 23 repetitions of the prayers. This is a nightly event until a new crescent moon arrives and Ramadan is over.

With hesitant stammering, repeating a short phrase in Arabic three times, the honored visitor reciting from the Qur'an receives cues from qualified men who have also memorized their holy book.

"That is allowed," whispered the mother of the young girl who had spoken too loud.

Respectfully, the recitation continues and quietly the evening's worship concludes.

The purpose of fasting and intense prayer during Ramadan is to cleanse and purify Muslims both physically and spiritually, Shahzad said.

The Prophet said that somewhere hidden in the last 10 days of Ramadan is a "day of power," during which a special blessing may be found for those intent on righteously submitting to God.

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Larry Hefner, professor of design, said this show has been a real "passage of fire."

"The show is the final result of the Professional Practices class.

They have worked on it all semester — from the marketing, to advertising, to securing the space.

I just supervise," he said.

Hefner said the real goal of the show is to get professionals out to see the students' work, spark their interest and lead to jobs after graduation.

"Last semester we had some students get freelance jobs as a Photo by Justin Avera result of this show. As it becomes A woman looks at the arts exhibit on Nov. 22 at the State Fairgrounds. more well known, we hope to see more of that," he said.

The students are hopeful that the show will produce interest on the part of companies looking for new graphic designers.

Bentley said, "I already have a job after graduation, but it would the Oklahoma City fairgrounds. be nice to know what else is out

by Kristen Armstrong Their work ranges from recre- there." ka@thevistaonline.com ations of corporate logos, webDespite the pressure accompaUCO design seniors opened sites, restaurant menus, T-shirt nied with a project like this, most the doors on their final exhibit, design and film design. said they are ready for the next "11 Individuals, 1 Goal: "I think my favorite piece is step.

Graduation," Nov. 21 at the City the recreation of Shasta logo," Robbie Knight said he is lookArts Center in Oklahoma City. ing forward to what will happen said Juli Bentley of her work.

Juli Bendy, Michael Brooks, In class, the students were in the future, but he will figure it Larry Farmer, Robbie Knight, required to create a new logo for out when he has time to think Jennifer McNaughton, Peter Lin, about it. Right now he is enjoying a soft drink company.

Brandi Parker Munoz, Miyuki "We had to design the logo, the fact that everything is finNagasawa, Erin Oldfield, Leala packaging, a 12-pack box, a can, ished, he said.

Ulrich and Susanna have brought and 2-liter bottle and a 20-ounce "It's like a sigh of relief." their work together in a final bottle," she said.

The show is free and will last showing of the travails and triThis is only one example of until Jan. 4 at the City Arts umphs of their UCO careers. the kinds of work the students are Center on the fairgrounds. For All the students have a section exhibiting. more information, contact the of the black and white walls in Seniors are required to have design department at 974-5200. the warehouse-style building on their work in an exhibit the final

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Women hitters close out season in nationals

by Daniel Holdge dh@thevistaonline.com The Central Oklahoma volleyball team did everything just right at the NCAA Division II Southwest Regional over the

weekend, but it just wasn't meant to be.

UCO battled as the underdog in their first round match against No. 13-ranked Nebraska-Kearney on Friday, but they just feel short.

The Bronchos' season ended with a five-game match lost 2830, 30-27, 30-27, 25-30, 14-16, finishing their record at 30-7 for the year.

"It was a great match and I thought both teams played

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well," UCO coach Mark Herrin said. "When you get to this stage of the season the teams are pretty evenly matches and that was evident tonight."

The Lone Star Conference North Division champion Bronchos got a match-high 19 kills from Tori Walker, who added 13 digs and eight total blocks.

Lexy Fortner had 18 kills and 10 digs, Alma Brahimaj, who battled illness, finished with 15 kills and 11 digs and Katy Wallace 12 kills and 13 digs.

With the Bronchos up 2-1, UNK never trailed in taking the third game.

The Bronchos could manage only a trio of ties and UCO jumped out to a 7-4 lead in the fifth and deciding game before the Lopers came back again.

An 8-3 run gave UNK a 1210 lead, but Central Oklahoma tied it 12-all on a Fortner kill and two Walker kills enabled the Bronchos to draw even at 13 and 14.

A service error put NebraskaKearney back on top and a final kill at the net ended UCO's season.

The Bronchos will have to retool for next year as they lose three seniors, Brahimaj, Fortner and Wallace, to graduation.

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Sports take All-LSC and North Division honors

by Daniel Holdge dh@thevistaonline.com Central Oklahoma had eight players named to the All-Lone Star Conference North Division Football Team last week.

Split end standout Dee Dee Carter led the way with his selection as Receiver of the Year for the second consecutive season.

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Junior running back Tarik Abdullah, junior offensive lineman B.J. Bender, junior defensive lineman Danny Nephew and junior defensive back Vince Hall were selected to the AllLSC North second-team.

Carter was named Receiver of the Year again after leading the league in receiving yards for the second season in a row.

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The junior star caught 49 passes for 1,093 yards and five touchdowns, averaging an outstanding 22.3 yards a reception.

The Bronchos finished 5-6 on the season, with all six losses by eight points or less.

UCO will return 18 starters next year, six of which are AllLSC North Division first and second team picks.

UCO Academic Team Picks The University of Central Oklahoma also had six studentathletes named to All-Lone Star Conference academic teams announced last week.

Junior QB Erick Johnson and sophomore center Mark Tickner were selected to the Academic All-LSC Football Team.

Senior soccer players Kim

Brown and Lisa Hansen made the Academic All-LSC Women's Soccer Team.

Junior setter Stacey Meek and senior middle blocker Katy Wallace made the Academic All-LSC North Division Volleyball Team.

Student-athletes must have at least a cumulative 3.2 grade point average and be a starter or important reserve to be considered for the teams.

All student -athletes nominated qualify for the Commissioner's Honor Roll.

The league's sports information directors vote on the teams, with 11 players named in both football and soccer and six in volleyball.

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Youth emerges at Nebraska-Omaha Open as injuries abound

by Daniel Holdge dh@thevistaonline.com The Bronchos had five individuals place on Saturday as the patched-together Bronchos continued their early season tournament schedule.

Over 600 individuals competed in the all-day tournament that was divided into open and 20-under divisions.

Oklahoma State, Iowa, Minnesota, Northern Iowa and Wyoming were among the NCAA Division I teams that attended the tournament., while Division II powers consisted of North Dakota State, South Dakota State and host NebraskaOmaha.

Placing in the open division for the top-ranked and defending NCAA Division II national champion Bronchos was Chris Saferite, who finished sixth at 125 pounds.

Bryan Tapley, 197, (fourth), 125 Jared Henning (fifth), 157

Shea Timothy (fifth) and 174 Nick Dewey (fifth) earned

"I was proud of our placers, particularly our young guys who wrestled with a lot more intensity than last week."

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medals in the 20-under division.

UCO wrestled without injured All-Americans Mark Dodgen, Matt Dodgen, Cole Province and Shawn Silvis.

All-American Jeff Henning was pulled out of the tournament after a few matches when he aggravated a thigh injury.

"It was a good, tough tournament and we had a lot of guys get a lot of mat time," UCO

coach David James said. "I was proud of our placers, particularly our young guys who wrestled with a lot more intensity than last week."

Saferite, the national runnerup at 125 last year, won four straight matches to make the semifinals before losing three straight to take sixth.

He fell to OSU's Cody Stites 5-4 in the semis, lost in the consolation semis to an Iowa wrestler and dropped a 2-1 tiebreaker decision to OSU's Derek Stevens in the fifth-place bout.

Tapley fell in the consolation finals at 197 to Augustana's Tyler Bullerman 4-3, while Henning, Timothy and Dewey all prevailed in their fifth place matches.

The Bronchos will return to tournament action next week at the Oklahoma Open, hopefully with more of their regulars in the lineup.

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Women's basketball action takes two

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The UCO women's basketball team opened their 2002-03 season over the weekend looking to get off to a quick start, and that's just what they did.

In the first game, Tawni Meek scored 10 of her career-high 15 points in the final nine minutes sparking a come-frombehind 62-56 victory over Missouri Southern in the first day of the Northeastern State Classic.

"We played pretty well overall, especially for it being our first game," UCO coach John Keely said. "We hung in there and didn't panic after we got behind and Tawni did a great job of leading us back."

The Lady Lions had a 46-43 lead with 9:20 left, but Meek hit a short jumper and two free throws to ignite a 13-2 run that put the Bronchos in control.

The very next night, Central Oklahoma took their momentum and ran over another opponent.

Laura Hamilton led the team scoring 25 points helping the

Bronchos pound Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 73-51 in the second day of the Northeastern State Classic.

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Teachers may have to take districts to court to get paychecks OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma teachers might have to take school districts to court this year if they want to get paid.

Superintendents from financially strapped schools across Oldahoma are preparing for lawsuits from teachers. Almost 200 superintendents have signed up for a Dec. 12 workshop to discuss what to do when unpaid teachers sue.

Teachers can petition in district court when school districts run out of money and do not pay them.

School district lawyers then file a response admitting the money is owed and the teachers win their judgment against the district.

State law says the judgment can be paid only through property taxes.

That means all property owners in the district would have to pay for the judgment during the next three years.

Another option allows teachers to sell their judgment to a bank, which would immediately pay the teachers and present the judgment, plus interest, to the county excise board.

About 100 school districts in the state have nearly wiped out their cash reserves and another 100 districts are close to doing so, according to the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School

Administrators.

"This is a problem that can't be solved with another bake sale," said Charles Stidham, executive director of finance for Tulsa Public Schools.

The major funding shortage is linked to two budget shortfalls created by declining state revenues, said Randall Raburn, director of the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administrators.

Last spring, schools did not receive all of the money they were expecting and had to reach into reserves. Then the Legislature cut sparingly from the education budget this year, hoping an economic recovery would bail them out.

Schools were shorted $94 million last year and have lost $156 million this fiscal year.

Raburn said he hears from superintendents who are worried they will not be able to pay their bills.

State Sen. Cal Hobson, future leader of the Senate, said this is the worst financial crisis the state has faced in a generation.

In the early 1980s, Oklahoma's economy suffered because of declining oil and gas prices. The Legislature cut budgets by 10 percent. But taxes were raised during the administrations of Gov. George Nigh and Gov. Henry Bellmon, which eased the shortfall.

Public Ed, from page 1 also examine the revenue side, look for sources that have yet to be tapped.

Pratt said the $158 million in common education cuts have come during this fiscal year. On average, that equaled a 6.5 percent reduction in funding for all schools. There are 541 schools in Oklahoma, Pratt said. There was a four percent reduction last year.

Common Education is 70 percent stare funded and about

eight percent federal funded, Pratt said. The remaining amount comes from various sources.

Since 1990, Oklahoma has 63 fewer school districts, but the number of students has increased by more than 45,000. Pratt said the legislators would have to inventory the state's assets and determine the next course of action.

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The Office of State Finance announced that more cuts will be coming in December, a 9.02 percent statewide reduction based in part on September's tax revenue collections. Compared to last year, the figure for September was down $59.3 million.

Some $72 million exists in the state's Rainy Day Fund, said Shawn Ashley, State Finance spokesman. About half of that amount could be allocated by the Legislature.

Pratt said, "As Superintendent Garrett has basically said that we're going to have to think outside the box on how we deal with this budget situation."

One possible solution being discussed publicly is a temporary one-cent tax increase. Crowder said. Unless the state's economy doesn't rapidly improve the increase might be the best shortterm solution to the budget crisis, she said.

"If you don't like taxes, it's not a choice of a tax increase or no tax increase, it's a choice of which kind of tax increase do you want," Crowder said.

Opponents want the Education Department to absorb the cuts rather than impose a tax increase, Crowder said.

"Sometimes I believe that argument is a smoke-and-mirrors argument," Crowder said.

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testimony more or less to the persistence of the U.S. in the process and to the U.S. making enough changes in the draft for it to be acceptable to the other members," Betz said.

"Woven throughout the six and a half pages is some fairly strife language that is designed to box Saddam in, to basically give him so few options that if he blinks in the wrong direction there will be cause to bring it back to the security council."

The resolution was unusually detailed, Betz said. The final draft was six pages long. Normally, resolutions are less than two pages long, Betz said.

If Iraq violates the resolution, the inspectors would report to the U.N. Security Council, which would then determine what course of action to take, Betz

said. Bush has maintained that the U.S. will take unilateral action if necessary.

During the first three weeks, a lack of cooperation from the Iraqis would likely result in the inspectors quickly alerting the Security Council, Betz said. Iraq knows that U.S troops are in position to strike, should Bush give them the order.

The outcome of a war with Iraq is not in doubt, Betz said.

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within the state budget has been less than any other agency, a third less than that for the Department of Corrections, Crowder said.

During years when there was surplus in state tax revenue collections, money that could have gone to common education instead went to fund tax cuts.

Since 1996, the state has seen more than $300 million in tax cuts, Crowder said.

Crowder will bring to the task force 19 years of practical classroom experience, a teacher's perspective. Crowder said her five years as OEA president give her a broad view of the common education system and state funding issues.

it at all. If you're not going to cut administrative costs then we're not going to deal with it."

Cutting Education Department administrative costs should be discussed, Crowder said. But she does not think the savings would be enough to offset the budget shortfall. Still, the issue needs to be addressed to prevent it from blocking task force progress, she said.

The task force will likely discuss the lottery issue. But the Education Department has been leery of considering the lottery as a stable, long-term source of funding, Pratt said.

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Related elements included the U.S. using its role as the world's lone military superpower to grow the number of democratic regimes and to fund their development.

"All those pieces together tell us that the United States has a plan, or at least the beginnings of a plan, far beyond the issue of Iraq," Betz said.

In a recent speech, Bush shared his hope for future mature democracies in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, Betz said.

Observers in other countries may see U.S. military action in Iraq as an effort to establish a beachhead for democratic expansionism in the Middle East, Betz said. They might be more fearful of U.S. intentions than of Saddam Hussein.

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These are views that come not just out of 'the street,' but really out of the intelligencia and the elite you find in the various countries."

Those views likely exist among European political leaders, Betz said. With the exception of Israel, most of the countries around Iraq do not feel threatened by Hussein. Views in the region about the imminence of the threat from Iraq also differ from those in the U.S., he said.

Betz said this time around U.N. weapons inspectors would have better equipment at their disposal. Also, international media scrutiny will be much more intense than before.

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Thursday The UCO Catholic Student Center will hold Holy Mass at 7:30 p.m. at 321 E. Clegern Ave. For more information, call Carl Erickson at 341-6300.

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