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No Option to Opt Out of Activity Fees Queila Omena @queilaomena Reporter
Campus activities umbrellas many other things on campus, and often hosts events around campus promoting the school and Broncho Pride. However, there is no possibility of students opting out of paying activity fees. Photos from Vista archives.
Many students attending public colleges and universities are surprised to learn that they are required to fund groups and events that they might find morally or politically unacceptable. The money to fund those organizations and events often comes from student activities fees. The University of Central Oklahoma’s annual budget spent on student organizations for 2016-2017 reached $773,377. The annual budget spent on student entertainment and education activities for the same year, reached more than $1.6 million. “Just like you are paying for your class, you are paying to have all these experiences that are going help you excel as a person, and develop you as a person,” Ellen Engh said, assistant director at Student Engagement for Campus Activities. See Fees on Page 6
Media Forum to Bring Pulizter Winners to UCO Kateleigh Mills @kateleighsuz Editor-in-Chief
The University of Central Oklahoma will host a Pulitzer Prize celebration Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Liberal Arts College’s Pegasus Theater to commemorate the centennial of the award during Mass Communication Week. The event, Pulitzer Prize Centennial: The Impact of Trauma Coverage, will include a panel to discuss trauma research and an interview by a war correspondent to two Pulitzer Prize winners, according to Planning Committee Chairman Joe Hight, the endowed chair of journalism ethics in Mass Communication. The event is also free and open to the public. “We felt it was important to incorporate trauma coverage as the theme because of its impact on Oklahoma and the world. Recent terrorist attacks only serve to reinforce that emphasis,” Hight said. UCO’s event will begin at 2 p.m. with Hight giving a short welcome speech. Following the welcoming,
Tony Stizza, video director for the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, will introduce a video tribute about Anthony Shadid, a twotime Pulitzer Prize winner and Oklahoma native, who died in 2012 while on assignment in Syria for The New York Times. Shadid had spoken at UCO before his death and was also remembered by UCO President Don Betz on his blog page. “I earnestly tried never to miss one of his reports from the region as he deeply understood the multiple variables at play in any event in the Middle East. He truly was a teacher, as are all true journalists, as he helped us sort fact from flash at this distance,” Betz said. The event will then move to a panel of four members to discuss Research on Journalists and Coverage of Trauma. One of the panelists, Dr. Elana Newman, is a professor of Psychology at the University of Tulsa and affiliate faculty of communication and research director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. See Pulitzer on Page 6
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for achievements in journalism— newspaper, magazine and online, as well as literature and musical compositions. Several Pulitzer Prize winners will be coming to UCO on Sept. 29 for Mass Communication week. (Photo provided by Flickr.)