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BRIEFS >News Planned Parenthood Win a hand-maid purse designed by Monica Lewinsky at a Planned Parenthood event Oct. 12. v Page 10
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Staff Writer tudent complaints about the Bursar's office are surfacing as many scholarship, grant and loan recipients are asking themselves, "Whose money is it anyway?" Quincy Mason told The Vista he got a scholarship from General Motors Corp. and his check sat in the Bursar's office, but no one wanted to look for it. "I had to come back like ten different times," Mason said. Matt Johnson told The Vista he got a grant and the college gave him half the amount he was owed. "They issued me a check for the other half after my mom took a letter to the office to prove how much it was for," Johnson said. "They lost all my financial aid. It was in the Financial Aid computer system and UCO said
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they didn't have record of it. I payments, but was informed that think they just try to weasel their when the housing office sees any way out of things and not give amount of money in your you money," said Casey Williams. account, they will take it," said Woods. Sophomore Drew Duke, Jennifer Woods UCO's bursar, received a $1000 "I've never seen anything explained that scholarship from like this happen before. when a student the Cherokee receives money Nation, but when Usually it all goes real from a third she went to pick party, it comes to it up at the smoothly. The program was their office and is Bursar's office, written like 30 years ago. entered into the she was handed a billing system. check for We have a new system "We deposit it $141.30. (the scholarship "Someone in coming, so these kinds of check) into a the Bursar's office problems should be things notified me that BIA (Bureau of the housing office of the past." Indian Affairs) account where had taken the there are dozens rest of my money. —anonymous employee in How could an UCO's housing office of accounts for other students. office just cash a check that wasn't even theirs to Housing gets a report that the cash? I have no outstanding debts, student has this credit, and they nor have I missed any housing post the amount they (housing)
they will hiring eventually," she said. Staff Writer The schedule included any students representatives from interested in businesses meeting with finding post- students from 9 a.m. to graduate careers took their p.m. and resume help fron first step at the College of 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Business Administration Heritage Room of the Career Day Oct. 4 in the University Center. Universtiy Center. Kathy Henry, former More than 70 vice-president of companies attended the MacDonalds Corporation event, including Cox in Europe and a UCO Communications, the alumna, discussed Internal Revenue Service, globalization and Men's Warehouse and preparation for career Seagate Technology. paths in her keynote "I think you'll find a lot speech. of people get hired Each year, students find through the Career Day," employment through the said Jackie Durant, special event, Durant said. events coordinator in the This was UCO's 20th College of Business year to host the event. Administration. For more information, "A company may not be call Jackie Durant at 974hiring today, but you'll 2822. make your contacts and BY MIKE GREER
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want. We give them a journal voucher," said Duke. A journal voucher is a transfer of money tracked by a number instead of a receipt. Woods disagrees with this policy. "This is a third party check. don't think they have a right to distribute it. I don't have a say in the whole matter. There are no receipts for this, and they won't give me any," Woods said. In this particular case, according to Duke, approximately $800 was ear-marked by housing, saying Woods owed this money along with $13 in tuition fees. According to Stephanie Buzzard, auxilary enterprises administrator, housing payments are due up front. Sometimes payments arrangements are made. If a student gets a scholarship and does not want their check
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EDITORIAL Whose money is it, anyway? ollege students can't be sure about too many things these days. Stopping by the Bursar's office, however, is just about sure to be a pain in the you-know-what. One would think scholarship recipients would be glad to stop by and pick up their checks. Ha! The process is that easy once in a blue moon. The idea of being organized seems to be mere pocket change to this office. First, students receive letters in the mail asking that they pick up their funds in the Bursar's office. It would be nice to know where the funds came from and how big a check awaits. And it would also be nice to receive funds from third-party checks without having to investigate where UCO decided they should go. Whose money is it, anyway? One would think employees at the Bursar's counter could answer such questions. But good luck. What's more, it usually takes a ridiculous amount of time spent standing in line to find out absolutely nothing. There are four
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windows at the bursar counter. One or two lines are always open. Apparently, the rest are out-of-order. Are there no employees who could help out when the lines are noticeably long? True, dealing with money will always be a sticky matter. But students who are trying to figure out how their money floats through UCO's system would probably have better luck diving for a pennies in the ocean. There seems to be no coordination between the Bursar's office and other offices on campus. Employees from housing and testing services, in particular, don't ever seem to understand how the bursar's counter deals with students' money. Then again, who does? Something must be done. Money matters, and even more so to poor college kids. The process students go through to pay and receive money needs to be consistent and understood by not only students but also by employees in related offices at UCO. •
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distributed, "they come to housing and ask in written form." She then sends a memo to Financial Aid stating: "Don't attach these funds. There are alternate arrangements." Buzzard didn't have a written request for Woods on file. Woods stated she has gotten this check in full amount every other semester she's been attending UCO. An employee in the housing office commented, "I've never seen anything like this happen before. Usually it all goes real smoothly. The program was written like
thirty years ago. We have a new system coming, so these kinds of problems should be things of the past." According to Duke, the reason the bursar sees third party checks in the billing office is so financial aid can consider those awards when they hand out their money to students requesting assistance. If a third party check comes in, the school has a responsibility not to give the student more money than the federal limit. "It's really in the student's best interest to help them manage their money. Scholarship sources want
you to take care of institutional fees before the money goes into the student's pocket," Duke said. "Every money that comes to the student has its own rules." "The guy who takes the money isn't always seen as the good guy. We try to do it with customer service flare, but we can't have different rules for responsible students and irresponsible ones," Duke said. Third party checks go directly to the desk of Margaret Howell, the coordinator of billing. Howell told The Vista she did nothing wrong, but she reimbursed
Woods with a check for the amount previously given to housing. "We gave her the money back because the tribe said we could — they didn't particularly care one way or the other," Duke said. In a recent interview with the Cherokee Nation, a spokesperson stated that the money can be used for whatever expenses the university chooses to use it for. "When housing said they didn't care, she picked up her check," Davis said. According to the Bursar's office, it is perfectly legal to distribute a
student's funds to accounts due. According to Duke, "it is now in the legal arena." Woods emailed the Regency Board and explained the situation, and the email was forwarded to the university council. Woods said she has now gotten everything she wanted, "but the policy for three party checks is wrong." "They can automatically do whatever they want with my check before I even see it," she said. "I think I should have the right to apply the money myself," Woods said. •
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Government tests programs to track foreign students (U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. — Interagency Partnership Regulating International students across the country International Students and Scholars, is — including those at Northern Illinois directed by the U.S. Immigration and University — could be under a tighter Naturalization Services in conjunction government watch if Congress approves with the state and education a tracking system currently in the pilot departments. stage. According to a report by the National "It would be a good idea to keep track Commission on Terrorism, CIPRIS of the whereabouts of the collects and makes readily international, drop-out available useful and current students for immigration," information about foreign "It would be a said UCO junior Bray student visa holders in the Woodress. good idea to keep United States." For example, The test program, CIPRIS would record a mandated by the 1996 Illegal track of the foreign student's change in Immigration Reform and whereabouts of major from English literature Immigrant Responsibility to nuclear physics. Act, was implemented at the international, The program initially several colleges and included about 20 southern drop-out students universities in 1998 to track schools, among them the the academic behavior of for immigration." University of Alabamainternational students. Its Birmingham, the University roots lie in a 1993 case in of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and —Bray Woodress which investigators Bob Jones University. UCO junior discovered one of the It comes at a high cost to terrorists in the World Trade students. Participating Center bombing had entered the United schools must collect fees on behalf of States on a student visa, dropped out and Immigration and Naturalization Services remained illegally. at the rate of $90 per student. If the NIU was not offered the pilot program is implemented nationally, NIU program, said Mark Thackaberry, would have to collect $63,000 from its director of the International Student and students and turn it over to INS. Faculty Office. About 700 international And that's not the end of it. students are enrolled at NIU. "The money would only pay for the The pilot program, Coordinated government program," Thackaberry said.
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UCO Soccer Team Moves Up in Rankings Central Oklahoma's women's soccer team continued its climb up the NCAA Division II rankings Monday, jumping two spots to No. 8 in the weekly top-25 poll. The Bronchos are 11, 1 overall and have won a school-record seven straight games. UCO is 1-0 in Lone Star Cenference play and resumes its league schedule Saturday by hosting East Central for a 3 p.m. game at Tom Thompson Field. UCO has outscored its opponents 51-8 and posted seven shutouts this season. Senior forward Sally Holmes leads the Broncos with a leagueleading 18 goals.
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Sports Writer eady, set, go! It's just one more race before the Lone Star Conference Championships. The UCO men's cross country team makes its final preparation when they travel to Ada to compete in the Tiger Invitational Oct. 7. Last week, the Bronchos competed in the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater. UCO was 12th in the 18-team men's event with 275 points. Junior standout Dustin McClure finished second in the 8,000-meter race with 26:13. McClure has easily been UCO's top runner this season. He has finished in the top five in all five races this fall. McClure is confident in the team. "If things work out, I think the team will do really well and both teams will come home with titles," McClure said. Composed of five juniors and five
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Staff Bear ometimes you just have to get away. Last weekend was one of those times. I went to Memphis, Tennessee, because although I am red, I do appreciate the blues. My first stop was the historic and touristy Beale Street. I made the rounds and decided on BB King's Blues Club where I listened to a band called the King Beez and ate a fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I browsed in the souvenir shops and wandered through the bars. After walking up and down the strip, I longed for something more. An independent newspaper led me to Shangri-La Records, where I found three Sleater-Kinney albums on vinyl and one 45. At the cash register, the dude told me Janet Weiss, Sleater-Kinney's drummer had been in the store a few days earlier. I nearly fainted. The Shangri-La dude then gave me a copy of Kreature Comforts, a helpful guide that led me to the most enjoyable parts of my vacation. This is how I learned of Graceland Too. Yeah, everybody goes to Graceland, but I like to go off the beaten path. Graceland Too is the home of
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Paul MacLeod, a man who has shop next door has cool dedicated his life to preserving souvenirs for GenX folks. the history of Elvis Presley. During my two day visit, I went Every time Elvis is mentioned to Otherlands three times. It's in the press or on television, that good. Paul records it, logs it and goes Sobered and inspired, I on to look for the next wanted to take some pictures. I mentioning. Twenty-four hours went to the old Elmwood a day. Cemetery, where some of the For five bucks, Paul will give dead folks have very elaborate you a tour of Graceland Too, tombstones and massive and you'll see lots of valuable memorials. Founded in the Elvis paraphanelia. Millions of 1850s, the cemetary contains dollars' worth. Paul's not folks who were victims of the selling, though, and he'll tell yellow fever epidemic, many of you about the offers he's had. them children. Fourteen Paul's son, Elvis Aaron Presley confederate generals are also MacLeod, helps him with the buried here. This is a large undertaking. Before visitors Red Bear is silenced by the sheer cemetary, easy to get lost in. leave, Paul snaps their photo in magnitude of Elvis paraphanelia in Paul Stay with your buddy. front of an Elvis shrine, making MacLeod's record room. MacLeod's home While my camera was full of each visitor a part of Elvis in Holly Springs, Mississippi is a personal artistic, gothic shots, my history. He's got all the photos, shrine to Elvis. stomach was empty. I had read thousands of them, lining the about a sushi place where you walls of one room. mindboggling experience, visit could pluck your selection from a Paul isn't one of those people that Graceland Too. For those of you passing boat, and I just had to see it. thinks Elvis is alive. He spent some who can't make the trip, check out Sekisui is an amazing place. Yes, time with Elvis' body, so he knows their website at there really are little boats that float www.gracelandtoo.com . he's dead. around the sushi bar, just like the Listen hard, because Paul talks After such an amazing experience, Small World ride at Disneyland. If real fast. You might miss an amazing I had to quietly sit and process all I something floats by that looks good fact, like how Elvis only knew three had just seen. The perfect place to do to you, for instance, a Philly Roll, just guitar chords and never wrote a song. that is Otherlands, a fantastic coffee take it off the boat and eat it. During If you're ever in the mid-south shop where the mocha is memorable happy hour, these are only $2 a plate, area, and you want an unforgettable, and the pastries are perfect. The gift so I was in heaven. Have you ever
seen bears fish? You know, how they just reach into the water and grab a fish? I felt very primal and wild at Sekisui. Vista photographer Tsuyoshi tells me that the boat thing is how they do it in Japan. Wow. Sushi freaks: find a place with the boats, because you'll never forget the experience. Loaded up on sushi, I wanted to sleep, so I went to Meeman-Shelby State Park, where you can camp for $11. I felt safe in this lush forest, because there were other campers nearby. I prefer camping to hotel dwelling. It just feels right to be in my natural habitat. Since I'm pretty domesticated, I appreciated the bathrooms being there in the middle of the forest. This is the way to go if you're travelling on a student's budget. Memphis is a great place for a weekend trip, just be sure to explore Midtown. There's more to Memphis than Beale Street and Graceland. Ask the folks at Shangri-La Records — they'll give you advice on the best the city has to offer. Try to make it over to Holly Springs, Mississippi, because Paul MacLeod is worth the drive. E-mail redbear1977@yahoo.com with jokes and recipes. Be good, Santa's watching you. •
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Alcohol awareness week to feature parties, pizza, games BY SARAH DAVIS
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aye you ever had a "bac-tail"? If not,
you are invited to attend the "BacTails Bash" on Oct. 16 at the Commons Clubhouse to try one. The "Bash" is an event planned by Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS) along with Campus Organizations for a Substance Free Environment (COSAFE) for Alcohol Awareness Week, which is scheduled for Oct. 16 to 18 at UCO. "BACCHUS promotes healthy, responsible choices and safety. We want people to be aware of what alcohol can do to them and to the people around them," said Misha Mowdy, health educator at the Student Health Center and BACCHUS advisor. On Monday, Oct. 16, BACCHUS members will be wearing red ribbons. Any student who asks why they are wearing the ribbons will receive one ticket for a "bactail," which is a non-alcoholic beverage. The tickets are free and will also be
available at the "Bac-Tail Bash" educational table. The "Bash" will take place from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. There will be music, dancing, an Alcohol 101 CD-ROM presentation and games. Bac-tails will be served from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. "We had about 150 people come last year. We hope to have more this year because we are sending out more publicity," Mowdy said. Tuesday's events include a "Campus Speak-Out: Truth or Scare," scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Broncho Lake Amphitheatre. The meeting is open to anyone. Discussions will be held about the role of alcohol in the campus community and what needs to be done to help eliminate college student drinking misperceptions. There will also be an According to Mowdy, Alcohol entertainment/pizza night at 8:30 p.m. on Awareness Week is one of the top 10 UCO Tuesday at the Commons Clubhouse. Free events listed by Student Services. pizza will be served, along with games, more This year's slogans for the campaign are educational information and additional "There's Strength in Numbers" and "Most group discussion. Students are Making Healthy Choices." On Wednesday, a "surprise event" is Based on information gathered from The scheduled for 11:50 a.m. and 12:50 p.m.
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featuring keynote speaker Cecile Richards at 6 p.m. Oct. 12. Daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards, Cecile is founder of the grassroots organization, The Texas Freedom Network, which supports public education, individual and religious liberties. Richards currently works for the Turner Foundation in Washington D.C. which assists organizations working in support of reproductive rights and environmental protection. "We are really excited about
Cecile Richards speaking. She has many years of experience working for reproductive rights as well as the labor movement," said Laura Lang, the director of external affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma. Tickets for the fundraiser are $60 per person, and reservations are available through Oct. 9. The event will be held at Sellers Special Events Center, 13700 N. Eastern Avenue in Edmond. For more information, call 5280221. •
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Students survive college algebra held on Oct. 3 and 4 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Math and Staff Writer Computer Science Building, “I'm never gonna use this again Room 107. Students were helped in my life!" That's what a lot of with topics such as complex people say, about math. Those in numbers, equations, inequalities, Dr. Dana Craig's Teaching functions and graphs. Craig's class Secondary Mathematics class expected around 15 to 20 would disagree. students to attend the sessions. Thirteen mathematics "We'll be using real-life education majors in Craig's class applications of math that apply to will be tutoring students taking the students, not just College Algebra this semester. memorization of the material," This is the first year the project is Dimmer said. The class hopes to hold the being implemented. "We want it to be a fun tutoring once a week for the rest experience for the students while of the semester. "A survey will be given out to they learn to understand algebra," said Kathleen Dimmer, junior find out what times would be best for the algebra students," Dimmer mathematics education major. The first trial week of said. Craig's students were given "Surviving College Algebra" was BY SARAH DAVIS
College Algebra class syllabi to plan the agenda for the tutoring. The tutoring sessions will be paced with the classes. "We will help them with tests by reviewing, overviewing and using the process of reasoning, along with real-life experiments," said Ryan Burkett, senior mathematics education major. According to Craig, the tutoring counts as pre-service for math teachers. "The project is recommended by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Mathematics Association of America. They also enforce the teaching of real-life applications," Craig said. For more information, call Craig at 974-5262. •
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Fall film series to show The Public Enemy "Watching a movie is more enjoyable with
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he English Department's Fall Film Series continues its Monday screenings with a showing of William Wellman's hardhitting, classic gangster film, The Public Enemy on Oct. 9. The Series began as a way to enhance the new introductory film course on Aug. 28 with a showing of Orson Welles' classic Citizen Kane and will continue through Nov. 27. Screenings are scheduled at 6 p.m., every Monday evening in the Pegasus Theater in the
the public to check out these films." —Dr. John Springer assistant professor of English
Liberal Arts Building. The Series will present the classic noir films Sunset Blvd. on Oct. 23, Double Indemnity on Oct. 30 and Casablanca on Nov. 6. Vittorio De Sica's neo-realistic masterpiece The Bicycle
Thief will show Nov. 20 and the series will conclude on Nov. 27 with Japanese director's Akira Kurosawa's international film masterpiece, Rashomon. "Basically right now the people attending are just students in the film class," said Dr. John Springer, Assistant Professor of English. "Watching a movie is more enjoyable with an audience. We would like to encourage more of the public to check out these films," he said. The Fall Film Series is free and open to the public. For more information, call 974-5515. •
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Acupuncture demand causes boom in new schools cupuncture is quietly establishing itself as a major There are four accredited acupuncture schools in Texas force in the medical world, and acupuncture , the Dallas Institute, the Academy of Oriental Medicine, colleges and clinics are filling up with potential and the Texas College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in practitioners and patients. Austin and the American College of Traditional Chinese Texas is a center of the movement and has about 400 Medicine in Houston. licensed acupuncturists, said Jim Acupuncture training usually takes Coombes, executive director of the four years of study but can be "As acupuncture becomes completed in as little as three, Mr. Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin. But Texas needs more licensed Coombes and others say. Most more popular, people who practitioners, Mr. Coombes said. The students are in their 30s and 40s and nation's leading acupuncture state, are looking for a second career, Ms. are not certified treat California, has about 10,000 Alholm said. A few already work in patients. This is an adverse acupuncturists, he said. traditional medicine and are looking Mr. Coombes' academy, one of four to branch out, she said. effect of its popularity here." accredited schools in Texas that Ms. Alholm, a former advertising specialize in acupuncture training, has and marketing professional who is a steadily grown since it opened in 1993. student at the Academy of Oriental —Dr. Amit Gunman Oklahoma has only one school, president of the Oklahoma Medicine, said she decided to give Acupuncture Association located in Tahlequah, which has a twoOriental medicine a try because she year accredited program for acupuncture, was tired of the grind of office life. according to Dr. Amit Gumman, president of the "I haven't been bored since the day I walked in the Oklahoma Acupuncture Association. door," she said of her acupuncture training. "As acupuncture becomes more popular, people who The pay can be good. Acupuncturists can make as are not certified treat patients. This is an adverse effect of much as $90,000 a year by treating 40 or so patients a its popularity here," Gumman said. week, school officials say. Wendell McAdams, academic dean for the Dallas "But no one can tell you when you'll get there," Ms. Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, agreed Alholm said. • that public interest in acupuncture is "growing, and it's —Compiled by Staff Writer Sarah Davis with information growing fast." from College Press reports
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The drop might look good on paper, however about one-half of the 1.9 percentagepoint decrease from last year is due to a wording change. A 1998 law was implemented that raises the default standard from 180 days to 270 days without payment. "The trick was how to figure out how to get more people to go to college and do a better job of collecting on the student loans," Clinton said at a press conference with • Education Secretary Richard Riley. "And get
people to be more responsible in discharging their student loans." The 6.9 percent default rate includes statistics on students who began repaying their loans during fiscal year 1998 and defaulted before the end of fiscal year 1999. This year's rate encompasses about 7,000 schools.Clinton also called on Congress to look at creating the College Opportunity Tax Cut and to expand GEAR UP programming, which benefits atrisk youths.
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Mystery tape haunts Bush, Gore BY MONICA DAVEY IA
Wire Reporter HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the candidates made their way to Boston on the eve of their first debate, questions about the case of the purloined videotape trailed them. By Oct. 2, no charges had been filed in the FBI investigation into how debate study materials that belonged to Texas Gov. George W. Bush, including a videotape of him practicing, were mailed last month to a man who was helping Vice President Al Gore get ready for Oct. 3. "To our knowledge there is nothing new," said Bush spokeswoman Karen Hughes. "They have not told us of anything new. As I've said from the beginning, no one wants more to know who took our
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debate materials than the Bush campaign." The controversy started on the morning of Sept. 13, when an Express Mail package arrived at the Washington offices of former New York congressman Thomas Downey, a Democrat who had been helping Gore get ready for his fall debates with Bush. The contents of the package were intriguing: a videotape of Bush in a practice debate with Sen.
Judd Gregg, R-N.H., a pile of photocopied notes from a Bush strategy book, and a note. The typed, unsigned note indicated there would be more such material to come to the Gore campaign, Lehane said Monday. That day, Downey gave the package to his lawyer, who called the FBI. Agents immediately began a probe and, over the last four days, officials said it has grown into a full-blown criminal investigation. Agents from Washington and Austin, Texas, are involved, as is FBI Director Louis Freeh. Downey dropped out of Gore's debate training team, and Gore campaign Chairman William Daley says no one else in the campaign saw any of the materials. •
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be on display in the children's section of the Oklahoma City Zoo from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Nov. 30. Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 3 to 11 and senior citizens age • Creed with special guests Collective Soul and Full Devil 65 and older. For more information, call 424-3344. Jacket will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Myriad Convention Center. Tickets are available at the Myriad box • "Remember Me: Portraits of Mothers with Breast office, CD Warehouse locations, or by phone at 297-3000. Cancer," a photography exhibit by Elizabeth Lowry featuring black and white photographs of mothers with breast cancer, • Kenny Wayne Shepherd will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at will be on display Aug. 28 through Oct. 6 in the Troy and the Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California. Tickets are Dollie Smith Cancer Center of Integris Baptist Medical $23 in advance or $25 day of show. Tickets are available at Center, 330 N.W. Expressway. For more information, call the Myriad box office, CD Warehouse locations, or by phone 943-HOPE. at 297-3000.
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Michigan State U. court battle pits freedom of press against right to know BY BILLY O'KEEFE
"If Dunnings' bid had succeeded,
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all it a victory if you will. Just don't expect too much support to your claim , from either side of the fence. Eighteen months after rioting Michigan State University basketball fans turned East Lansing, Mich. into a burning wreck, the Michigan state Supreme Court ruled that 11 local media outlets, MSU's student newspaper among them, are not obligated to hand over unpublished photos and video of the riot to police. The Mar. 27-28, 1999 riots erupted after the Spartans lost in the semifinals of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Despite the presence of more than 200 police officers, hundreds of fans poured into the streets around campus and managed to smash windows, torch cars and start bonfires before authorities could successfully intervene. In hopes of identifying participants in the riot, Ingham Country Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III issued subpoenas to state media to
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the effect would have been to make newspapers, TV and radio stations arms of the law ... That's a chilling prospect." —from a State Journal editorial deliver copies of unpublished photos and videos. The media refused, and the ensuing dispute brought both parties to court. A year and a half later, the press has claimed a victory—sort of. The State News, MSU's student paper, reported expenses of more than $9,200, while Steve Crosby, executive editor of the Lansing State Journal, says the Journal spent "tens of thousands of dollars" to cover legal fees. Perhaps most importantly, few people seem to understand why. "We may have won the case, but we lost pretty big in the court of public opinion," said Crosby. "In their [the public's] minds, we're not good citizens.
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first jobs are never anything remotely glamorous, let alone exciting (unless you get held up while working the late shift at McDonald's, but that's probably the wrong kind of "exciting"), yet we never seem to be able to thoroughly exorcise them from our memories. They become part of who we are, I guess. My first job wasn't all that different from any other jobs, as far as I could tell. I worked as a host/bus boy at a restaurant in my hometown, seating customers and clearing tables. I could maneuver through the tables at their busiest, and I was pretty proud of my record time in resetting tables. It doesn't sound like anything really exciting to write home about, right? It wasn't — well, not at first. Not until that fateful night
when I wore my King Kong tie and met a legend in Oklahoma City broadcasting. That was the night when BJ Wexler came walking through my door. A quick refresher course for members of the readership who aren't from the Oklahoma City area: BJ Wexler is something of a local celebrity. Wexler hosts a show on OETA (Channel 13) called "The OETA Movie Club." In general, the program is an opportunity to trot out old movies and awe the audience with trivia about the cast, production, etc. However, the real fun in the show comes from the more surreal elements of the program — why, if we are supposed to be watching a movie, is Wexler reading a book during the program? What is up with the overuse of the Gremlins music? And then there's the popcorn tub — I swear, the stuff is coated in shellac! Which brings me back to the restaurant. Wexler walked up to the podium and casually asked about his reservations. It took a second for me to realize who was standing in front of me, but when he commented on my tie, I knew immediately that I was in the presence of Mister Oklahoma
Educational Television Authority. "Hey, Mr. Wexler," I said, "if you're here, who's minding the Movie Club?" Did I ever mention how stupid I am? Wexler, being the good natured film guru he is, laughed and told me that they were running a documentary in place of the "Club." He told me that they were running the original King Kong the next evening, and a smile broke out across both of our faces as I stepped out from behind the stands, menus in hand, and proudly displayed my Kong tie. As it so happened, our fateful meeting occurred on Faye Wray's birthday (hence the tie and the screening), and I was quite proud of myself, if only for the look on his face when I trotted out that bit of trivia. As I walked he and his party back to their table (Table 9, as I recall), we discussed our mutual love of Ray Harryhausen's brilliant stop motion special effects. We chatted about the cool scene with the giant gates and how Spielberg paid tribute to it in Jurassic Park. I held my own with the King of Vintage Cinema. You want an ego trip? You got an ego trip. You want two ego trips? You got that, too. My boss came by as I was distributing menus and began chatting with The King. Next thing I know, Wexler's complimenting me in front of my boss! In the song "Alex Chilton," Paul Westerberg wrote about meeting someone you look up to and having it be all you'd hoped it could be. "Feelin' like a million bucks/ exchanging good lucks face to face," Westerberg sang. That's the best way I can describe it. Now, I may not have met Clayton Moore (see previous columns), and I may never meet anyone else who ranks as a celebrity (or semi-celeb, as it may be), but at least I've met one living legend. Mr. Wexler, if you get a chance to read this, thank you. OETA-TV (Channel 13) airs "The Movie Club" every weekend. •
Michael Ross's column appears every Thursday in The Vista.
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Search for gay student group leader's killer continues Eric Franklin Plunkett, 19, was found dead in his dorm room at Wire Reporter Gallaudet University after friends ore than two dozen reported him missing. Authorities detectives with the said that-Plunkett likely died from Washington, D.C. police repeated blows to the head and department are talking to students neck. after the beating death of a gay Despite the absence of suspects, student group leader turned the a motive and any productive leads, country's only liberal arts university Fifth District Cmdr. Jennifer for deaf students on its head. Greene expressed optimism that BY BILLY O'KEEFE
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authorities would find Plunkett's killer. Authorities claim to have located a weapon that they believe played a role in the attack, but have not released a description of the object or where they found it. "It's a limited field of people," said Greene, noting that traffic on Gallaudet's grounds is relatively calm. "It will take some time, but we can pretty much narrow it
down." Plunkett, a freshman who was deaf and had cerebral palsy, served as secretary for the Lambda Society of Gallaudet University (LSGU), a gay and lesbian group some 20 students strong. Despite Plunkett's status in the LSGU, however, police still haven't classified the attack as a hate crime. •
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CLASSIFIEDS DEADLINES DEADLINES: All classifieds MUST be submitted by noon Tuesday for the Thursday publication, and noon Friday for the Tuesday publication. Prices: Classified ads cost $3 for the first 25 words and $.12/word thereafter. PAYMENT IS DUE WHEN AD IS PLACED. Classified Display ads have
same deadlines and prices as regular display ads. Call 974-5549 or 974-5916 for additional info.
NOTICES ENGLISH CLASSES at the Edmond Language Institute We teach English as a Second Language and are conveniently located on the UCO Campus at Thatcher Hall. PHONE: 405-341-2125 *9 LEVELS Intensive Training *NEW SESSION every 4 wks *PRIVATE TUTORING available *PREPARATION for TOEFL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CTR 1015-C Waterwood Parkway ESL for International Students TOEFL Preparation Ask about our tuition discounts 348-7602 info@elcok.com www.elcok.com LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. Would you like to live in a society of peace, prosperity and freedom? Would you like to earn a lot more money than your parents, be free to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't harm others? For more info about the Libertarian Party see website: www.lp.org or call Clark Duffe @ 348-0293. --PRAY NOW-The mistaken Supreme Court ruling regarding high school prayer over loud speakers at high school football games had nothing to do with college games. Students at this university, you can overrule that... We are adults and even the Supreme Court cannot tell us we cannot pray collectively and voluntarily. Remember, we can vote!!! Let's begin the games with prayer. Jarrett Jobe, president; Jess Loepp, vice president. For information, contact University Prayer Society.
SERVICES DENTAL PLAN $11.95 per month single; $19.95 family. No deductibles, no claim forms. Includes Vision, RX and chiropractic plans. Affordable health and life plans also. Call Michelle at 340-4998. RENTERS-Get $20,000 coverage for $17-$22 per month! Great auto rates for good students too. Call Michelle at 3404998 for free quote. FREE ANONYMOUS AIDS testing & counseling, every Wednesday 7:30-9pm. No appt necessary. Wesley Foundation, 311 E Hurd, 341-5450. For testing info call 495-2732. DEFINE YOUR STYLE- Everyone enjoys trying the latest makeup shades, and with Mary Kay, it's even more f. Call Masha, Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant, 840-5087. FREE www.mymk.com/mandriyashina RESUME WRITING THE EMPLOYMENT EDGE Are you beginning your job search and in need of a resume to help you stand out from all the rest, or are you not getting the response you anticipated
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EMPLOYMENT GREAT JOB, part time, for college students. Apply in person at Smitty's Wine & Spirits, 12021 N MacArthur, OKC. ***PART TIME*** Service & Sales Flexible hours, salary negotiable. Positions offered by established building service company. Potential for aboveaverage earnings. 1-800-227-7974. PART TIME sales. Call Pat at 842-5024. $1500 WEEKLY potential mailing our circulars. No experience required. Free info packet. Call 202-452-5901. DRIVERS WANTED-Must know streets of Edmond. Must be intelligent and clean cut. Restaurant experience helpful. Contact Ted, Dine Out In, 341-3463. HIGHLY ENTHUSIASTIC, energetic people needed for mkt/advertising dept, $6-$8/hr DOE, plus commission. Full time pay for part time work, low stress, casual dress environment. Excellent resume builder. Contact Greg at 3915400. NEED AN ADDITIONAL $1000/MO? Make your own hours. Call Get More Wireless at 216-7571. PART TIME help wanted, start immediately, between 15 and 20 hrs/wk. Must have excellent people skills. Meet and greet person wanted to work in our kiosk space inside the Sam's Club, Edmond and Del City locations. Van De Steeg & Associates, 9615 N Western, 755-7500, fax 755-7590. PROFESSOR'S FAMILY needs aide for boy with autism, evenings and weekends. Special Ed or Speech Path major preferred. Excellent English required. Professional training provided. 359-1696 or 922-4032. CHILDCARE NEEDED at Edmond church. Looking for nursery workers for Sun AM and Tue PM. For info, call Melinda at 319-9212. GOOD EARTH Health Foods needs PT help 9-2 or 2-7. Apply at 1415 S Blvd, Edmond. NEED PERSON to work Sat 9-5 in office at a storage facility. Robin, 478-5000. EDMOND GOLF COURSE needs morning and weekend snack bar/beverage cart help, 340-4653. PINNACLE FITNESS is seeking enthusiastic, responsible applicants for PT/FT positions for our front desk/juice bar. Interested applicants should apply 8-12 M-F. No calls please.
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For more info or to apply, call Andrew at 951-7300, ext 264, or email to andreww@candid.com or come by our offices at 4209 Royal Ave, OKC 73108.
NATIONAL MKT CO seeks student rep to market credit cards on your campus. Earn up to $500 or more. Call 1-800592-2121, X300.
HELP W/HOUSEWORK all day every Saturday. Transportation provided, 3413062.
DELIVERY/WHOLESALE Hey college students! This is the job for you. Need dependable person to work PT mornings or afternoons M-F during school. FT during the summer. Please call 524-3309 or apply at Porch School Supply, 4526 N Sewell, OKC.
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LOOKING FOR EXTRA $$!! Need mature individual for babysitting M/W/F 7-8:10am. $35, call 715-3818. NEED AFTER-school pickup and tutoring for 7th grader. Apply at 1415 S Blvd, Edmond. WANTED-Part time pharmacy clerk at Clinic Pharmacy. Apply at 120 S Bryant, Sycamore Square, Edmond. PT PROGRAM assistant/data entry clerk wanted for The Exchange Club Parent Child Center, 437 NW 12th, OKC, OK 73103, 232-2500, EOE. PT WORK. Drivers license and clean driving record A MUST. Knowledge of cars a PLUS. To apply in person, see Joe Turner at Autobahn or call 844AUTO. EARN MONEY $$$ all shifts. Cashiers, sackers, stockers, meat, bakery/deli, produce, frozen and dairy jobs at Crest Foods of Edmond, 2200 SW 15th St, Edmond. EPWORTH VILLA, Oklahoma's premier retirement facility needs quality people to join our team. WAIT STAFF needed for the lunch shift 10:30 to 2. Immediate part time openings in our fine dining room. Make up to $8/hr, flexible scheduling, free uniforms. Apply at Epworth Villa's reception desk at 14901 N Penn, one mile north of Quail Springs Mall. Call our JOB LINE 749-3505 for more openings and information. PART TIME help needed at construction supply and equipment company. Need person to work weekdays during school year doing delivery and warehouse. Must be 18 with good driving record, able to lift minimum of 50 lbs. FLEXIBLE HRS, M-F 8-5, $6.50-$7.50/hr. Contractors Supply Co, NE 30th & Santa Fe (near capitol), 525-7431. The Children's Place, INTEGRIS Health's own childcare facility located at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, has a Teacher opening in the kindergarten class. We're looking for highly motivated teachers, to work full time hours Mon-Fri. (We can work with you on the hours!) This is a wonderful opportunity to work in a state of the art accredited childcare facility. Candidates working toward a degree in Early Childhood Education or Family Relations and Child Development, with a minimum of one year previous childcare experience, are preferred. Interested candidates please fax resume, with cover letter, to 951-9714 or apply at our Employment Center, 4900 N Portland Ave, Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. Phone 947-3510. CANDID COLOR Photography is seeking outgoing people to work as part time photographers for evenings and weekends. Must have reliable transportation. No experience necessary. We provide all training and equipment. EOE
IMMEDIATE PT position at full time tourism marketing association in OKC, 842-3232 for info. ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL School seeks after school daycare help 3-6pm daily. Also seeking substitute teachers. Great for education majors. 943-8583 ext 45. RECEPTIONIST/light cleaning for busy salon. Pick up application at Tropi-Tan in Bryant Square in Edmond or- call Claudine at 348-7408 (leave message) or Kim at 348-4021.
ROOMMATES FEMALE ROOMMATE wanted! 5 minute walk from UCO. $225/mo, all bills paid. Must be mature and clean, 3486429.
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FOR RENT 1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS, Duplexes & Townhomes, Kennedy Place Apts, 1010 N Kennedy, Edmond (Across from UCO), 341-7911. Welcome Students! NOW LEASING 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts For Availability & Prices Call 341-2161 ONE BEDROOM apt, unfurnished. Appliances, gas & water paid. NO PETS! Located near UCO, 1217 N Roosevelt, $325/mo plus deposit, 341-9651. APT FOR RENT close to UCO. Gas & water paid, 113 E Edwards. Call 3590073. NO PETS! $199 MOVE-IN SPECIAL Move in by October 13 Call Now - Won't Last! Furnished & Unfurnished 341-7987 Sunset Ridge, Edmond ROOM FOR RENT, all inclusive, includes meals, pool, family atmosphere $350/mo, 844-9780.
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