The Vista Oct. 3, 2002

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2002

Senate ready to vote on position Health screenings

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com The UCOSA Senate plans to vote Oct. 7 on vice presidential appointee Chad Dimmick, said Kate Thrift, Senate president pro tempore.

"I think we're going to go ahead and vote on that," Thrift said.

Before the vote, senators will hear the contents of a report regarding the judiciary committee's Sept. 23 interview session with Dimmick, Thrift said.

Dimmick was UCOSA vice president in 2001, but resigned, citing personal reasons. Committee questions included the relationship between Dimmick and UCOSA President J.P. Jordan.

Dimmick and Jordan were fraternity brothers.

Dimmick said he could not speak for Jordan on the issue of what role their friendship played in Jordan appointing him to be the next UCOSA vice president. Dimmick said he was confident that would not be an issue in the future.

During the Sept. 30 meeting, senators met with their committees and began working on legislation.

"I think the committee meetings went really well today, from what I've been told," Thrift said.

"Our applications were just due in this past week, so now we actually have a full Senate body."

The Senate vice president chairs the student appropriations board, the committee which dele-

see UCOSA page 3

One suspect charged in Edmond rape Suspect #2

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alleged rape. The unidentified The Oklahoma County suspect was described as a black District Attorney's office filed male, 5'7" to 5'8", 175-180 charges Oct. 2 against an pounds with short curly hair, a Edmond man who allegedly muscular build, a mustache and raped an Edmond high school a goatee, police said.

Any person with informastudent on Sept. 7.

Police are looking for tion regarding the whereabouts Derrick Dabon Brown, 19, of of these two suspects should call Edmond, charged with rape, Detective David Otwell at 359oral sodomy and sexual battery 4440. Call Edmond Crime in connection with the alleged Stoppers at 359-4466 after 5 rape that occurred Sept. 7 near p.m. Callers may remain UCO in the 900 block of East anonymous.

Rewards of up to $1,000 Wayne, said Edmond Police spokeswoman apiece are being offered for Department

information leading to the Glynda Chu. Edmond police are also arrest and conviction of these looking for a second suspect suspects.

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by Summer Pratt sp@thevistaonline.com The Nursing Department will offer health screenings for full and part-time UCO employees from 7 a.m. to noon Oct. 3-4 and Oct. 11 in Room 120 of the Coyner Health Science Building.

Linda Rider, instructor of nursing, said the health screenings are free to the first 175 UCO full-time employees.

After 175 employees are screened, other full or parttime employees can participate for $25. Spouses of employees may also participate in the screenings for $25 each.

Metabolic and lipid profiles along with blood pressure tests and health risk screenings are included in the health screening process, Rider said.

"It's not an absolute diagnostic. It's just a screening that would let someone know if they need to see a doctor," she said.

A metabolic and lipid profile tests a person's cholesterol, triglycerides, electrolytes and blood chemistry, Rider said.

"The tests can reveal problems with the kidneys or the liver," Rider said.

LaBetta Wallenmeyer, director of the Student Health Center, said the health screenings can reveal high cholesterol

or high blood pressure, which have almost no symptoms.

"Testing is the only way to catch it," Wallenmeyer said.

She said some problems like diabetes and high cholesterol can be treated without medicine if caught early enough.

"Because diabetes can be silent for a long time it's (the screening) a good way to catch it before it gets too far along," Wallenmeyer said.

Rider said people will be advised about health habits that may need modification during the screening.

A thyroid test may also be done for an additional $15, or a prostate cancer test for $25.

Rider said to participate in the metabolic and lipid profile participants must not have anything to eat or drink, other than water for no less than 12 hours and no more than 14 hours prior to the test.

Rider said a metabolic and lipid profile may be done without fasting, but the results may not be as accurate.

Refreshments will be available after lab work is completed. Participants must bring their UCO ID Card and a selfaddressed envelope for either campus mailing or to have the results mailed to their homes.

For more information on the health screenings call 9745000.

Former Federal Judge visits an English class.

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Interior Design students pull out their walking shoes to raise money for their club.

Campus Countdown

New equipment is available for students with hearing impairments.

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Seventy days until students are released for Chritsmas break. Students stroll accross campus on Sept. 27

AIDS walk spurs volunteerism in UCO students

by Timber Massey tm@thevistaonline.com Downtown Oklahoma City is usually quite on a Sunday afternoon, but it will buzz with patrons Oct. 6 as thousands participate in the 2002 AIDS Walk.

Several UCO students will also pull out their tennis shoes for the event.

In fact Amanda Whitten, sociology graduate and University Suites hall director, has participated in the AIDS Walk for the last four years. She is recruiting students and faculty to participate in the fund-raising event.

"1 think the AIDS Walk is a very worthwhile experience. It helps students

ple infected with HIV/AIDS increases open their eyes and become a more cornpassionate person," she each year."

The Oklahoma State said.

"I think the AIDS

Department of Health Kay Holiday, Walk is a very worth- HIV/STD Service reported President of the Oklahoma City AIDS while experience. It there are 4,887 people living Walk, said, "This walk is helps students open with HIV/AIDS in Oklahoma essential to the their eyes and as of June 30, 2002.

Elementary education Oklahoma City metro become a more comarea because it is the only sophomore Valerie passionate person."

Schuermann and art educagrassroots event that raistion freshman Allison Stone, es money for non-profit both resident assistants in the HIV/AIDS organiza- Amanda Whitten University Suites, are assisting tions. People can show sociology alumni Whitten in recruiting particisolid support for organipants for the AIDS Walk. zations that have increasing case loads because the number of pco- "Many students aren't aware that -

events, like the AIDS Walk occur in the community. It is a good opportunity for students to help contribute to finding a cure and funding research," Schuermann said.

Stone said, "I think it is important for students to become aware of problems that people, who they may not even know, are facing."

"By getting involved with the AIDS Walk students can help out the community by raising money for charitable organizations," she said.

Whitten said that despite the effort to educate the public on AIDS awareness

see AIDS walk page 10

Intramural flag football is held every Sunday on the Fire Station field and Evan's Field.

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OPINION

OCTOBER 3, 2002

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ildelIltikatt When was the last time you volunteered to work in a homeless shelter, participated in a Habitat for Humanity project, delivered "Meals on the Wheels" for seniors, read to children in the library or helped an old lady cross the street?

We live in a society with a culture that emphasizes "Me, me and you if I have time." We concentrate so much on what we can do to improve our own lives, like buying more material things to make ourselves feel better. In a frenzy to compete with the next door neighbors and their better house, car, clothes, hair, jewelry and puppy, we forget that there are many people who would appreciate some of our time for a viable cause.

Somewhere a child desperately wants to connect with a Big Brother or Big Sister. Somewhere a nice old lady would love to

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have a visitor once in a while. There is an AIDS walk downtown this Saturday for anyone who is willing to give a little time and get a little exercise at the same time.

If devoting your entire Saturday is a lot to ask, start small by bending down and picking up a piece of trash decorating campus, instead of walking by it. You can allow the driver waiting to turn onto the Main Street to go in front of your car and save them 20 minutes of waiting.

Gandhi once said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

Instead of complaining that the world around you is cold and cruel, make it your duty to give it a little warmth and humanity.

"I just look good-that should be enough."

ALEX ARMSTRONG freshman

"I work with a woman's resource center, and I sponsor a child in Egypt as part of Save the Child."

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APRIL MILLAWAY program coordinator McNair Scholars

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THEVISTA Editor in Chief Zach E. Nash Associate Editor Laura Bauer Managing Editor Jera Stone Copy Editor Anne Schlesselman Web Editor Tyler Dunlap Senior Writer Michael Larson Writer Kristen Armstrong Writer Timber Massey Writer Stephanie Nease Fawn Porter Writer Writer Summer Pratt Writer Mark Schlachtenhaufen Sports Editor Dara Lawless Sports Writer Daniel Holdge Photo Editor Heather Harkins Photgrapher Justin Avera Photographer .Allison J. Bounds Photographer Tina Fovvble Photgrapher Rebecca Martin Cartoonist Chris Maupin Ad Manager Brian Hosteder Ad Sales Andy Bowman Ad Sales Kendra Loughridge Promotions Lisette Galindez Silva Circulation Shane Pratt The Vista is published as a newspaper and public forum by UCO students, semi-weekly during the academic year except exam and holiday periods, and on Thursdays only during the summer term, at the University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N University Dr, Edmond, OK 73034-5209. Telephone: (405) 974-5549. The issue price is free for the first copy and $1 for each additional copy.

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"I donate money and volunteer with children."

CHRIS SNYDER

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"In college I haven't yet,

"My sorority is founded on service; we do whatever we

UCOSA is doing a good job Through out the last several weeks the articles that have been printed concerning the UCO Student Association have entertained me, particularly the ones concerning the appointment of our new vice president. Not only has this charade entertained me but upset me also.

For the past several years UCOSA has been chastised for its lack of leadership and hasty way of doing things.

So, this year we decided to start taking things serious yet we still have our critics.

Yes, the Senate Judiciary Committee has chosen to

thoroughly examine J.P. Jordan's nomination for vice president and this is taking some time. But God forbid we have officers who take their positions seriously. It's about time!

I commend Kevin Taylor and the members of his judiciary committee for the excellent job they have done in examining the vice president appointee. No longer do they want UCOSA and its officers to be a joke.

Instead, they want to put integrity back into the organization and I think that is wonderful.

The truth is that in a

year no one is going to care whom was president or vice president this year. People will forget their names before they can move their belongings out of their offices. What they will remember is the changes that person has made at this university, I can say all of this because I served as vice president, and I know that we are not here for our own personal gain. We are here to make this university the best there is. A place where very student is happy!

but in high school I was in National Honor Society."

freshman undecided

OMAIR MALIK senior management information systems major

is going to be progressive in either the House or Senate unless their candidate governor succeeds. In this case, Gubernatorial Candidate and former Congressman Steve Largent (R) is looking to be the best out of the three options to Oklahoma; bringing realistic goals for Oklahoma that is needed.

Recruiting new business, changing the state tax code and of course, a better quality education without promoting the idea of taking a risk with tax payers money for a lottery. Even though promoting the idea of taking a risk with taxpayers money for a lottery. Even though candidate Brad

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Reader urges 'a true conservative difference' Eleven democrat-controlled seats are up this year and two republican seats are up for grabs as well.

However, the opportunity is knocking for the Republican Party to take hold of the reigns and it looks like they will.

Candidates such as Phil Richardson and Rick Koch (both in different districts) are running against the incumbent candidates James Covey and Ron Langmacher. Both of these seats are looking like promising possibilities for the Republican Party but this is just two of the many possible positions.

Of course, neither party

can."

MARTHA MORGAN

LINDSIE PARKS

"I don't."

EDITORIALS Opinion columns, reviews and commentaries represent the views of the writer and not necessarily the views of The Vista Editorial Board, the department of journalism, UCO, or the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. Editorial cartoons do not necessarily represent the views of the artist. The Vista is not an official medium of expression for the Regents or UCO.

"I picked up trash for Bank One for Adopt A Street."

Henry (D) had a surprising upset over Vince Orza, the favor, according to an online KTO K poll shows Republican Steve Largent with a 60 percent lead over Henry's 31 percent and Independent Gary Richardson with 7 percent.

For those Rush Limbaugh fans and hardcore republicans, I urge you all to become involved locally in any way you can. Lets bring to Oklahoma a true conservative difference.

Kyle E. Houts Freshman Political Science and Broadcasting major

"Well, once a week my probation officer calls to make sure I am completing my community service time."

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"I share my culture since I am an international student."

"I passed out stuff for Ernest Istook for College Republicans."

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Published English Professor to share with aspiring writers

by Fawn Porter fp@thevistaonline.com Dr. Steve Garrison, chairman of UCO English Department, will be the keynote guest speaker at the Creative Studies Writers' Institute event 9:30 a.m. Oct. 5 in room 120 of the Communications Building.

Garrison has written a number of textbooks published by Prentice Hall entitled "Writing Across Curriculum" which aides in writing for other disciplines than English and a descriptive bibliography on Edith Wharton.

Editor's Note: This is the last of an 11 part series intended to help students in the career search process. The Vista has been highlighting the 10 fastestgrowing jobs in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In order to avoid providing redundant information, some similar occupations are combined

UC OSA, from page 1 gates funds to different student organizations. As soon as a vice president is in place, the committee will be ready to go to work, Thrift said.

"All the people that have been placed into that committee are really dedicated," Thrift said.

"They've all made sure that their chair, Amy Dunaway, knows that they're preparing to take time out of their schedules to he at those meetings."

Thrift said she would like to see more senators getting involved in the legislative process. On Oct. 6, Thrift said there will be a rules committee meeting. During the meeting Thrift will be reviewing legislative ideas with senators.

"We've got so many ideas coming in right now," Thrift said.

"We're really going to take off next week."

The Senate will on Oct. 7 consider several bills that have been passed by the House, Thrift said.

by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.com First on The Vista's Top Ten list of the fastest growing occupations in the United States is computer software engineer in applications.

The unfiltered top five occupations on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) list were cornputer support specialists, software engineers in systems software, network and systems administrators, network systems and data communications analysts and database administrators.

Other high-ranking computer jobs were systems analysts and computer and information systems managers.

Patrick Lynch, an instructor in the UCO Computer Science program, said workers in highest demand in the computer industry would be those in application development, network engineers and database administrators.

Due to the rapid pace of change in the computer industry, it is difficult at best to make very accurate long-term predictions about job outlook, Lynch said.

"Five years in the computer industry is almost a lifetime," Lynch said.

Within the past couple of years there have been many computer-related layoffs and jobs lost due to downsizing in the telecommunications industry, Lynch said. Soon most of those displaced workers will have new jobs, he said.

Still, the computer industry will continue to be a safe bet for job hunters, he said. The best regions of the country in which to find jobs are the south and west, Lynch said.

Primarily, much of the demand for computer software engineers in applications is being fueled by the continued rapid expansion of the Internet and e-commerce needs, Lynch said.

An industry trend is the development of business-to-

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Graduate student Kenny Lee fixes a computer on campus business applications that allow companies to have a direct link for processing orders, Lynch said.

Computer students should learn Visual Basic, a Microsoft programming language that simplifies application development, Lynch said. The Microsoft language is a solid foundation for the computer industry.

Stephanie Li, a UCO cornputer science senior from China, said a top priority for students entering the field is to help market themselves by getting certified in as many computer languages as possible.

"I was more confident [about getting a job] before I went to a couple of interviews," Li said.

"Then I realized that I didn't have enough skills."

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Li said students could help themselves by learning newer languages such as Java or Oracle.

After she graduates in December, Li said she plans to search for a job in the U.S. She said part of her plans include attending a job fair.

According to the BLS, the median annual earnings of computer software engineers, systems software were about $69,530 in 2000. The highest 10 percent earned more than $105,240, the lowest 10 percent less than $43,600.

In 2000, there were 697,000 computer software engineers.

Nearly 50,000 were selfemployed, according to the BLS.

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The first novel, "Shoveling Smoke," recently was bought by Chronicle Books in San Francisco.

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His second novel is tentatively entitled "Pluck."

"My agent hates the title, everyone hates the title," he said laughing.

Garrison said the actual title is "Pluck;" or "The Return of Rancher Johnny."

"Pluck" depicts the goings-on of a second rate television station in El Paso during the early 1970's, he said.

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Fields said to use the TTY machines a phone is placed on the machine and the user dials 71-1 to connect to the relay center.

At the relay center, an operator dials the number that the user typed on their TTY machine.

She said the operator will explain to the receiving party that they are serving as an interpreter for the person on the other end.

The TTY user communicates by typing their words on the TTY keyboard and the operator says them to the receiving party. The operator types what the person on the receiving end says and the TTY user reads it off their screen.

Fields said this equipment also benefits students with learning disabilities who are visual learners.

"This campus has a lot of students with disabilities," Fields said.

She said most of the disabilities are "hidden" disabilities meaning that they are mental Photo by Tina Fowble and not physical.

"We want our students to be Disability Support Services coordinator Kimberly Fields able to communicate with types in a mesage on the new hearing impared equipment. friends, family and professors effectively and now they can," she student with a cochlear implant. said.

by Summer Pratt She said the teletypewriter for the Fields said the TTY machines sp@thevistaonline.com deaf or TTY machines, allow a give the students who use them UCO's Disability Support hearing impaired person to make greater freedom and indepenServices recently purchased three phone calls without asking for dence. new machines to help people with assistance.

"It makes a big difference in hearing impairments and learning "I always had to rely on my the way you feel about your disdisabilities live more independentroommate to make phone calls ability," she said. ly, said Kimberly Fields, coordina- and now I don't have to rely on Saxon said she was happy when tor for disability support services. her all the time," Saxon said. she saw the new TTY machines at Megan Saxon, forensic science "Sometimes you want to make UCO. freshman, is a hearing impaired phone calls that you don't want "I don't have to rely on hearing people. I can call people on my own time," she said.

Saxon said she used TTY machines as a child but she didn't own one.

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"Communication is the key to college. If you don't have communication you're not going to pass college," she said.

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WASILLA (AP) Two men have been charged with armed robbery after one of them went into a Wasilla convenience store and threatened the cashier with a hammer, according to Alaska State Troopers.

A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a mask went into the convenience store a few miles south of downtown Wasilla about 3 a.m.

Sunday.

After the cashier gave

him the money, the man fled to a waiting vehicle.

But the cashier did get a look at the taillights of the vehicle and where it was headed.

A Wasilla patrol officer heard the description and intercepted a vehicle not far from the store.

Theodore J. Halan, 22, of Palmer was driving, and a 16-year-old girl was in the car with him, troopers said.

In the trunk, Jesse A. Rice,

19, of Talkeetna was found hiding.

Rice was wearing clothing matching that of the robber, troopers reported.

Rice and Halan were arrested and taken to Mat-Su Pretrial Facility, where they were being held on $10,000 bail.

The girl was released to a parent.

Note prompts brief smallpox scare in Senate WASHINGTON (AP) A piece of paper with the word smallpox on it prompted police to close off the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday while they tested it.

Nothing was found on the note, Capitol Police Chief Terry Gainer said, and the building was reopened.

"There is no threat here," Gainer said.

The building is the same one where anthrax spores were found last October in the fifth floor

suite of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.

Gainer said the Hart building was sealed off for about 40 minutes after a worker reported seeing a piece of paper with the word smallpox on it. "It looked like someone's notes that they were making about testing or being tested for smallpox," Gainer said.

Police did tests on the paper and found nothing, he said.

A Senate aide, speaking

on condition of anonymity, said the building's ventilation system also was shut off briefly.

Andrea Andrews, spokeswoman for Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said police had advised people in the building to stay in their offices.

"The word smallpox was what I think set everyone's alarm off," Gainer said.

Feds confirm investigation of Patton.

Three still jailed for double homicide HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) Two juveniles and an adult were still in custody Monday in Sawyer County while authorities searched for a fourth suspect in a double-homicide.

Authorities responded to an emergency medical services call Friday morning and found 82-year-old Melvin Snipe and his 81year-old wife Delores dead in their Hayward home, said Sawyer County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Rick Chambers.

The Burnett County

Sheriff's department picked up the three suspects driving the couple's stolen car in nearby Siren Friday afternoon, he said.

No charges have been filed.

Autopsies were to be conducted Monday, and authorities have asked for help from state investigators and the FBI. The deaths came at a time of unease in Hayward area and the nearby Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa Reservation.

Several hundred tribal members and area resi-

dents recently met with sheriff's officials at the tribe's convention center to address concerns about violence in the community, much of it gang-related.

Friday's victims were active members of the Hayward Wesleyan Church and leave behind three adult children.

Miami bank robber may have shot self, then hit by hit-and-run van injured; no blood was found in the bank, she said.

Mother of octuplets give birth again LEAGUE CITY, Texas (AP) The seven surviving Texas octuplets now have a little sister.

Nkem Chukwu, a Nigerian native who is the only woman known to have delivered eight living babies from one pregnancy, gave birth to Ifeoma Chukwu on Aug. 22.

In 1998, Chukwu

spent more than two months suspended practically upside down to ease the pressure caused by her crowded womb. One of her babies was delivered Dec. 8 of that year, while the seven others arrived 12 days later.

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complications.

Like her siblings, Ifeoma was born at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston. Her birthweight of 6 pounds, 15 ounces (3,120 grams), was a far cry from that of her siblings, whose weights ranged from 11 ounces (312 grams) to 1 pound, 11 ounces (760 grams).

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The team of sophomores Adam Adkisson and James David won in the Junior Varsity Division. The team of freshman Lindsey Shook and Geneva Murray along with Justin

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The Communications Department will be videotaping the debate. The video will be webcast and then edited and distributed to high schools next year.

Dr. Jack Deskin, Communication Department Chair, said the Edmond community will be able to view the video when it is aired on Channel 22.

"A public debate is a good venue for debaters to show the university what they go through in the critical thinking process. It will hopefully raise awareness on campus about critical issues facing our government."

Stone said the video, which will also be available on CDROM, will be used to educate students on the structures of an argument.

"Using the CD ROM format will facilitate inserting graphics onto the video which explain the process of note taking, abbreviations, and notations."

The event is free for everyone. For more information contact Jason Stone at 974-5584 or visit the debate team's website at www.bronze.ucok.edu.debate_te am.

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Shuffert and Drew Lawson were both semi-finalists.

Shook placed second, Murray placed third, Adkisson placed fifth, and Schuffert placed ninth in the Speaker Award in the

Junior Varsity division. around the possibility of Jason Stone, Director of increased military hostilities with Debate, said, "Our kids are Iraq. The second will focus on doing their best and learning a the encroachment of civil liberlot about debate and our topic, ties in response to national secuthe ratification of international rity threats. The final debate will treaties. This is the investigate hardest working, the differ"A public debate is a e n c e most dedicated, good venue for debaters between smartest group of young people with to show the university unilateral whom I have ever what they go through in and multihad the pleasure of lateral forthe critical thinking eign policy. working."

The debate Stone process. It will hopefully team's next intersaid the raise awareness on collegiate debate debates are campus about critical in response will be Oct. 11-13 issues facing our gov- to President at Kansas City Community Webb's and ernment."

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ViceThere will also President -Dr. Jack Deskin be a public debate Betz's call series at 7:30 p.m. to raise the on Oct. 8 in the level of Pegasus Theater debate, disinside the Liberal Arts Building. cussion, and deliberation on the The UCO Debate Team, UCO campus.

Department of Communication, Dr. Louis Furmanski, and Department of Political Political Science Chair, said, Science will sponsor the event, "There is no more serious deciwhich analyzes the American sion any government can make reaction to Sept. 11 terrorist than one regarding war or peace. attacks.

It is in the best interest of all The series will consist of three Americans to weigh the pros and debates. The first will revolve cons over that debate."

Seven members of the UCO chapter of the American Society of Interior Design (ASID) spent Saturday, Sept. 28 walking alongside Lake Hefner as part of the second annual. "Fun-AThon" to raise funds for the organization, said Melinda Lyon, instructor of interior design and ASID faculty sponsor.

Barbara Garner, Amy Bazan, Chris Martin, Linda Ritchey, HsiTai, Janice Laio and Lyon were the participants.

Amy Bazan, sophomore interior design major and member of ASID, said the purpose of the walk was to raise funds for orga-

nizational activities. They did this through seeking pledges and flat donations from people in the community, she said.

Lyon said, "A lot of the money raised will go toward the Excellence in Design Award that is give to one outstanding senior each. year. It will be used to other organizational expenses."

Bazan said ASID is a wellrespected interior design organization and the student chapter provides a network of contacts in the professional world.

"Its purpose is to distinguish between those people that have gone through training in interior design and those that have not," she said.

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post oaks, stood a perfectly straight-up, triangular sandstone _ 11 feet high, 17 feet wide and only about a foot thick. Teepee rock, they called it.

"It just stuck out," Supernaw recalled. "It looked out of place."

Hardly anyone would think so anymore. Popularly known as "healing rock," the landmark has roused environmental and public concerns twice in the past 17 years. The first time was when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moved it a quarter mile

north while building Skiatook Lake.

The second time is now, as the corps considers whether to allow construction of the proposed CrossTimbers resort along 550 acres of the lake's southeastern shore. The $10 million project would include a lodge, conference center and a golf course scheduled for a tentative 2005 finish date.

Several fairways, in fact, would butt up close to the healing rock, according to maps

included in CrossTimbers' environmental impact report. The plans raised enough concerns with the Osage Nation that tribal Chief Jim Gray met with the project's developers to ensure the stone would not be endangered.

StateSource President Ron Howell, whose Tulsa company is heading the CrossTimbers proposal, assured Gray that no harm would come to the rock.

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Admission is $5 per child for tickets pre-purchased during regular zoo hours or $6 per child for tickets purchased during the event hours. Admission includes an official treat bag. Accompanying adults are free. For more information call 424-3344.

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"Bureaucracy is an anvil that has worn out many a hammer," said former Federal Judge Lee West of working in Washington D.C. West was visiting a UCO class on biographies, and contrasting his time spent in the buzzing epicenter of American law with a slower, friendlier Ada, Oklahoma.

He saw in D.C. the beginnings of unhealthy trends in the profession, like lawyers deviating toward moneymaking.

"I'm from a place with real people. Some of the people in D.C. can be pretty petty," West said.

Perhaps it was his small-town everybody-knows-everybody background that lead him to personalize law in a way that few had done before.

West helped pioneer a relatively new approach settling lawsuits called "Alternate Dispute Resolutions." Instead of spending large amounts of money in court, conflicting parties would meet and keep an open dialogue with the help of a moderating lawyer — in this case, West. Each party would then present their evidence to West.

Next, West conducted a Summary Jury Trial, in which attorneys present the jury with the evidence and their closing arguments. The jury decides a non-binding opinion, and the parties use this verdict as a basis for their negotiation.

Alternate Dispute Resolutions (ADP) eliminates the appeals process, and can be conducted quickly, and both clients can save money on legal fees.

In a high-profile case, Texas from law scholars.

The subject of a 2002 biograUtilities Co. v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc., West served as phy, Lee jumped from era to era of his life to mediator. It was a lawsuit that tell the class about his had been in the pretrial stages various for nine years exploits as a small town and cost close to lawyer, a law $60 million.

Each party had instructor 25 lawyers, and and a lifelong breeder all together - Lee West of bird dogs. expected to former Federal Judge spend another Born in 1929, Lee $120 million on an eight-month grew up during the trial.

West had breakfast with the height of the great depression. two executives and they decided His father was a horse trader to participate without their who, through a series of bad attorneys. trades, lost his horses and his "We settled that sucker in two truck, which was mortgaged. nights and a day on a hand-shake Since it was illegal to sell mortgaged property, the family fled to deal," West said.

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Leading linebacker Name: Tyler Meier Hght.: 6 Feet 2 inches Wght.: 202 lbs.

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Tyler Meier, one of the leaders on the Broncho defense this year, helped save UCO's season Saturday against Texas A&MCommerce.

With two huge sacks and several assists on tackles he and the

"We are doing pretty good this season, but I know we can really get better,"

-- Tyler Meier junior linebacker

rest of the much improved UCO defense held the Lions to 16 points when it could have been 40 easy.

This returning starter is the No. 1 man at the weakside linebacker position, with his main job being just to hit someone hard.

Combine his great speed and big-play ability, and you have a dangerous defender.

A season full of drama for baseball

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Last season, Meier missed four games with neck injury, but still finished with 48 tackles including four for loss.

His biggest games came against Southwestern Oklahoma, where he totaled 14 tackles, and the Lone Star Conference championship where he registered 11 hits.

In the opener last year, Meier came through with one of his big plays, causing a fumble and recovering it to set up UCO's game-winning drive.

Meier's football resume is filled to the top starting in high school at Alva where he lettered in four sports.

As a senior he was an All-State pick after rushing and passing for nearly 2,000 yards and also played in the Oil Bowl game.

The other sports he lettered in were baseball, basketball, and track for the Goldbugs.

"We are doing pretty good this season, but I know we can really get better," said Meier.

"Our defense has improved so much which makes it more fun for everyone."

The Bronchos are looking to match last seasons win total on Saturday.

If Meier has his usual exceptional game, they will do just that.

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NEW YORK (AP)- It was a baseball season full of angst and drama, collapses and comebacks.

Barry Bonds and Randy Johnson defied age, the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics defied their meager budgets, and the powerhouse New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves defied the law of averages, rolling on as usual.

When the playoffs begin Tuesday night, Bonds will be looking past all his records, trying to win one of the few things he's missing _ a World Series ring.

These playoffs will be a showcase for the small-market Twins and A's, who have proved that money isn't everything in building a champion, and the Anaheim Angels, who are going up against the Yankees.

Johnson and teammate Curt Schilling will be trying to help Arizona repeat as World Series champs, but first they'll have to get past the inspired and surprising St. Louis Cardinals.

It's been a strange season.

The biggest baseball story a

strike never happened. The second biggest story steroids quieted down when owners and players signed off on a drug-testing plan that does no more than call for a survey next year.

Bonds didn't break the home-run record again. Instead, the San Francisco Giants' slugger hit .370 at age 38, became the oldest player to win the National League batting tide, and put a virtual lock on his fifth MVP award. Scared pitchers walked him a record 198 times, most of those accompanied by boos from fans _ home or away. They came to watch Bonds hit, not stroll more than 3 miles.

When Bonds smacked four home runs in the season's first two games, fans started thinking he'd break the record of 73 he set last year. But it's hard to hit homers when pitchers are throwing the ball 3 feet outside the strike zone. He wound up with 46 homers, second to Sammy Sosa's 49, and far behind Alex Rodriguez's 57 in the American League.

The only challenge left for Bonds is to get hits and homers in the playoffs and help his team win a championship.

Johnson, still fast and nasty at 39, won the pitching triple crown, going 24-5 with a 2.37 ERA and 334 strikeouts.

Johnson, who starts for the Diamondbacks against St. Louis in their playoff opener Tuesday night, is all but certain to win his fourth straight Cy Young Award.

This was a season when the Cardinals had to overcome the death of pitcher Darryl Kile from a heart attack at age 33 in June.

The grief ran deep, but so did the Cardinals' character and talent. They went on to win 97 games _ their most since 1985 _ and take the National League Central Division title.

The Twins won the American League Central Division just 10 months after major league baseball announced it would try to fold the team.

Under the new labor contract, no teams can be eliminated through the 2006 season.

Oakland, which lost 14 of 17 games in May, won an AL record 20 straight in a late-season run to the West Division title. The A's started the year with the third-smallest payroll

in the league _ at just under $40 million it was less than onethird of the Yankees' $126 million _ and they wound up tied with New York for the most victories _ 103.

The last time the Angels made the playoffs 16 years ago, they were beaten in Game 7 by the Boston Red Sox. The man on the mound then was Roger Clemens. When the Angels start the playoffs against the Yankees on Tuesday night, the man on the mound will again be Clemens.

The 40-year-old pitcher has won 253 games, a record six Cy Young Awards and two World Series titles since that playoff game against the Angels.

"I don't know if I'm much different," Clemens said Monday. "I'm still basically a power pitcher. Obviously, I have quite a bit more experience."

So do all the Yankees, who are making their eighth straight playoff appearance. They're trying to win their fifth straight AL pennant and fourth World Series tide under manager Joe Torre.

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Gulisao earns defensive honor Broncho soccer invincible?

Name: Stephanie Gulisao Height: Sfeet 1 inch Position: Fullback Classification: Sophomore Major: Undecided Central Oklahoma star Stephanie Gulisao won defensive player of the week honors last week in the Lone Star Conference.

Gulisao, a sophomore fullback from Claremore, sparked a dominating defensive effort that enabled the Bronchos to register two shutout wins that week.

The No. 9-ranked Bronchos, still carry an undefeated record and have tied a school record for consecutive wins at 9-0.

Some of this success is in part to the defive skills of Gulisao.

Last season she played in every game, with several starts, helping to team finish at 15-6 and league runner-up.

She earned honorable mention All-LSC honors, one of the very few freshman to be named to the team.

Guliaso is known for her defense, allowing only 22 goals last year and posted seven shutouts.

In high school, she was a four-year standout at Claremore.

Also Guliaso picked up twotime All-Districts awards in leading the her team to a district title her senior year.

In that run she had seven

goals and nine assists, while getting picked as the team MVP and All-State in that same season. She also excelled in cross country, qualifying for state.

Although defense is her speciality, Guliaso can also make an impact on the team with her passing ability and could slip in an occasional goal.

With all the experience she earned during her freshman year, Gulisao is sure to get only better as time and seasons pass.

The Bronchos defense will be in good hands for the next several years with Gulisao protecting the net.

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Veteran star gets new experience Name:

Lisa Hansen Height: 5 feet 7 inches Position: Fullback Classification: Senior Major: Elementary Education

by Daniel Holdge dh@theyistaonline.com Last Friday Lisa Hansen did something she had never done before at UCO...she scored a goal!

Hansen was called on to take a penalty kick early in the second half and the senior standout responded with a shot to the corner for her first career goal.

This veteran soccer star has made her name on the defensive side of the field relying on her speed and aggressive play.

UCO is known for having a stingy defense and that's partly because of Hansen's stingy play.

She has started all but two of

her 64 games at UCO and is sure to start all the rest.

Although she only took one shot in 2001, Hansen managed to earn first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors for the second straight season.

She was a big part of the seven shutouts the Bronchos posted on their opponents.

In the LSC tournament, where UCO placed second, Hansen picked up some alltournament hardware to go with her Academic All-LSC recognition and first-team Verizon Academic All-District VI selection.

Hansen pretty much dominated the entire conference on

defense.

In her sophomore season Hansen obviously started all the games helping the team win the Lone Star Conference championship.

That season the team collected an oustanding 13 shutouts.

She again earned awards for her skills getting tournament selections at the Carl's Jr. tournament and the Lone Star tourney, while not even attempting a shot all year.

In high school at Broken Arrow, Hansen learned how to play every game, being a fouryear starter.

She began her award collection there getting All-District, All-Conference, All-State and basically All-Everything, scoring 14 goals and collecting four assists.

She also lettered three years in basketball.

Lisa Hansen has been an anchor for this Broncho team the past four years and head coach Mike Cook can only hope there is another one like her waiting in the wings.

Dara Lawless Sports Editor In any sport with any team, saying a team is invincible or undefeatable is incredibly risky.

Yet, the undefeated UCO women's soccer team makes it highly tempting.

They look good on the field, in the polls and on paper.

I probably won't go as far as to say they are completely invincible.

History has proved that in the world of sports luck, chance, fate, or whatever undetermined cosmic forces come into play always have their day.

I will say that UCO soccer has the odds heavily in their favor.

They have the reputation of being a competitive team since the women's program began.

A reputation they will most likely build on this season.

UCO is stock full of veteran and young talent, beaming with well founded confidence and on an incredible roll.

These women should strike terror or at least some apprehension in the hearts of those who take to the soccer field opposing them.

They are 9-0 on the season with eight of those wins corning from shutouts.

Though they've yet to play a Lone Star Conference game, the Broncohs hold the No.9 national ranking in women's NCAA Division II soccer.

Only one goal has been scored on this iron curtain defense all season.

Opponents go into the game looking at some cold hard facts.

The Broncho defense has allows only about six shots per game much less a goal.

Opponents can't even get the ball to their forwards to even attempt to score.

The opposition is currently averaging a minute .019 shot percentage against UCO. So it stacks up like this.

UCO currently out shoots opponents 171-53, outscores 29-1, and does it with about three or four freshmen consistently on the field.

Not a pretty picture for the

opposing side.

The reason behind these lovely statistics is the amazing depth on UCO's roster.

Veteran seniors like Kim Brown and Lisa Hansen, with help from experienced junior Valerie Gutierrez, take the leading roles in this star studded cast.

Brown, a name feared by most Division II goalkeepers, ranks No. 4 in goals in the Lone Star Conference,.

Gutierrez follows with eight goals and a .320 shot percentage. Even defensive stalwart Hansen booted a goal in last weekend.

An even more promising aspect of this team is the 13 freshmen that fill roster slots.

Meleia Bacon, Kristina Moore, and Joy Hagemann, just to name a few, have seen the field and excelled.

Bacon ranks No. 3 in the Lone Star Conference assists category while Moore with 405 minutes has split net time with junior Melissa Penn to rack up

16 saves.

Goalkeeper's Penn and Moore hold the No. 1 and No. 2 rankings respectively for number of shutouts in the Lone Star Conference.

Penn has spent around 427 minutes in the net earning 12 saves.

If there was enough time and more space, I could go on listing the amazing talent of UCO soccer forever.

Let it suffice to say that it could be possible that red, capital S's and capes might be hiding underneath those soccer jerseys.

Any kryptonite? Well, Coach Mike Cook would probably be happier if their offense would produce goals at the same rate their defense prevents them.

Invincibilty might be easier to claim if UCO turns up the heat with its offense.

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The International Student Council will hold World Cup Soccer from 2:30-7:30 p.m. every Friday at the Fire Station Soccer Field. For more information, contact the International Office, Room 137 in the•UC, or call 974-

The International Student Council holds weekly meetings at 4 p.m., Mondays in the Nigh University Center, Room 322. For more information, call the International Office at 974-2390.

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The UCO Catholic Student Center is holding a rosary at 12:10 p.m. every Monday by Broncho Lake. Rosaries will be provided. For more information, call Carl Erickson at 3416300.

The International Student Council is holding the 27th Annual International Festival from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 in the Nigh University Center Ballroom. For more information, call the International Office at 974-2390.

The Nepal Student Association is having general meetings at 2:30 p.m. every Monday in the Business Building, Room 125. For more information, call Shekhar Basnet at 341-2564.

Sunday The UCO Catholic Student Center is having free Sunday Suppers at 7:00 p.m. every Sunday at 321 E. Clegern Ave. An "X" activity follows the supper - come join the fun. For more information, call Carl Erickson at 341-6300.

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) is holding free conversational English and American culture classes. All international students are welcome to attend the weekly classes at the BCM on the corner of University and Main. Classes are offered Mondays at 3 p.m., Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., and Fridays at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call Holly Irwin at

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"There are thousands of people who are living long and productive lives who are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus," said Whitten.

"I think it is important for people to focus on the person rather than the disease."

Registration and entertainment for the AIDS Walk will begin at 12:30 p.m. followed by opening ceremonies, with Angela Buckelew of KWTV serving as Grand Marshal, at 2 p.m. The one-mile walk through Bricktown will begin at 3 p.m.

Registration brochures are available at CarePoint, 1200 N. Walker; Other Options, 5915 N.W. 23rd St.; Friends Food Pantry and CRStripes Co., 3005 N. May, Planned Parenthood, 619 N.W. 23rd St., RAIN, 1601 N. Drexel Blvd.; Starbucks, 2116 W. Memorial Rd. and 8500 N. Rockwell; and Schlotzsky's Deli, 2620 W. Memorial Rd. For more information visit the AIDS Walk website at www. aidswalkokc.org.

Nobel Prize recipient to address fourth annual Research day at UCO Nobel Laureates Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman and Dr. Jerome Karle will speak during the fourth annual Research Day for Regional Universities to be held at the University of Central Oklahoma on Friday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Nigh University Center.

Hauptman received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, and is a world-renowned mathematician.

With more than -170 publications, his methods have changed the entire field of chemistry and have opened a new era in research to determine molecular structures of crystallized materials.

Karle also was a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985.

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The goal of the annual gathering involves sharing information and exchanging ideas in various fields of study.

"This event brings together a consortium of universities and colleges, all working together to promote education through research and presentation," Rao said.

"It strengthens both the student's opportunity to learn and the universities' opportunity to provide quality education for its students."

For the first time since UCO has hosted the event, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) and the Experimental Program for Stimulating Competitive Research (EPSCoR) will host a Small Business Innovation Research workshop.

The workshop will provide the opportunity for selected students to make an oral presentation before a panel of experts, introducing their research and

presenting a plan to turn their research into a business proposal.

"It is very exciting when hundreds of creative, curious people come together in one place to talk about new and interesting ideas," Rao said.

"And it's especially exciting to have it happen here at UCO." OCAST, EPSCoR, General Motors of Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are all joining to,sponsor the event at UCO. Undergraduate research is now recognized as a key element of educational reform for all undergraduate programs, according to the Council on Undergraduate Research, a national organization representing more than 870 colleges and universities.

UCO is taking the lead in this area, Rao said.

In 1999, the university established the Undergraduate Student Center for the Advancement of Research and Education (USCARE) with the goal of providing Oklahoma's undergraduate students the opportunity to be involved with research activities.

Currently, more than 90 UCO students are officially involved in undergraduate research projects, Rao said.

For more information, call Rao at (405) 974-2524.

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A student reported being stalked by a student assistant.

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Damaged Property September 26, 5:12 p.m.

A truck parked in MP11 parking lot had its window broken out by a baseball.

Minor Accident September 28, 3:36 a.m.

A vehicle struck a light pole in the FS8 parking lot.

Medical September 29, 8:23 p.m.

DPS responded to a medical call in the Max Chamber Library.

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The Community Action Project of Tulsa County was filing a lawsuit Monday asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block cuts in the state-administered health care program for the poor, said David Blatt, the project's public policy director.

The authority, needing to cut $17.6 million because of a state budget shortfall, cut Medicaid benefits to more than 93,000 people on Sept. 18. The Authority lowered maximum income levels required for eligibility.

Blatt said the project believes the authority cannot legally change eligibility requirements, which were set by the

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"We don't believe the attorney general was correct to the extent that he suggested that state agencies have the authority to overrule the Legislature's mandates," said project attorney Louis Bullock. "And even if that opinion was correct, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority has not abided by it."

Nico Gomez, Oklahoma Health Care Authority spokesman, said he could not comment because the authority has not seen the lawsuit.

The authority voted to reduce the Medicaid eligibility standard for children ages 1 to 5 from 185 percent of the federal poverty level to 133 percent, effective Nov. 1. For a family of four, that reduces income eligibility from

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The authority also reduced the Medicaid eligibility standard for children ages 6 to 18 to 115 percent of the federal poverty level. For a family of four, that equates to an eligible annual income of $20,815.

The cuts affect about 60,000 low-income children, the project said.

The suit will ask the state's high court to assume original jurisdiction in the case, arguing the issues are of grave concern and very significant, Blatt said.

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