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BRIEFS >News Getting healthy The Oklahoma State Department of Health designated September as Cholesterol Control Month ✓ Page 13
'Sports Bronchos take a win Broncho tailback Greg Briley took UCO to victory over the Western Washington Vikings Aug. 30. ✓ Page 6
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TODAY IN HISTORY In 1666, the Great Fire of London came to an end after burning down 97 churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral. The fire began on Sept. 2 and destroyed much of the city.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." — Gerald Ford
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THURSDAY • SEPT.
6, 2001
Overseas journalists meet with students BY ANNE SCHLESSELMAN
Thursday, Aug. 30. "I was impressed by their The group spoke with a news intelligence and general level of reporting class taught by Dr. knowledge, and I hope our CO journalism students Mark Hanebutt, associate visitors were also," he said. participated in a professor of journalism. The "This is the first time a group discussion with seven discussion included a question of this nature has come to UCO," journalists from around the world and answer session. said Dr. Terry Clark, chairman of the Journalism Department. "I was impressed with the quality of the questions and discussion of the students," Clark said. "They showed a real interest and gave thoughtful comments." The visitors advised students about the importance of being multi-skilled in television, radio, and print media. Most of the visitors had experience in more than two aspects of journalism. "One main thing mentioned was the awareness of the global nature of news and it importance," Clark said. All seven guests said education and experience are very important factors when PHOTO BY JAYNA NOLEY pursuing any career. It was also Rawle Titus, bureau chief of the Carribean News Agency in Grenada, fields a question during a discussion with UCO suggested journalists have a journalism students. Titus plans to pursue a masters degree in strong background for liberal arts, London. Another participant, Vaidotas Vysniauskas, editor of the economics, agriculture and Staff Writer
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different cultures. The international visitors were scheduled to speak with other Oklahoma journalists afterwards. They also visited the State Capitol, Lazy E Ranch, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. Attending international visitors were: Ognian Vesselinov Zlatev, executive director of Media Development Fund from Bulgaria; Dereje Desta, editor in chief of Ruh weekly newspaper from Ethiopia; Rawle Titus, bureau chief of the Carribbean News Agency from Grenada; Vaidotas Vysniauskas, editor, Lietuvos Rytas daily newspaper from Lithuania; Kapil Kafle, editor, Nepal Samacharpaatra from Nepal; Rana Tahir Mehmood, editor, the daily Jang Rawalpindi from Pakistan; and Clive Bacchus, bureau chief, St. Kitts and Nevis Observer. • Log on to www.thevistaonline.com 24 hours a day for campus news or to sound off on current issues.
Lietovos Rytas in Lithania, looks on.
Writer and broadcaster returns to school after 28 years BY DANIEL HOLDGE
"The Cost of Deception" has many Staff Writer topics including exposing e published a book, Internet hoaxes that worked in television continue to appear, but no and radio, but now one knows where they is "walking the halls of start. -UCO with a backpack on. "These companies say "I didn't want to always send this e-mail to 50 look back and say I wish I people and you will win a would have finished my new car, and you know degree," said author John they have sent the same Williams. message to thousands of Williams, writer of other people," Williams "The Cost of Deception," said. released April 1, is In his book, he also finishing the bachelor's explains how the Internet degree he started at East is destroying face-to-face Central University in interaction and people no 1973. longer are accountable for
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their actions. "Remember how all those people were publishing and saying what was going to happen with Y2K? Nothing ever happened and none of those people were held accountable. Why is that?" Williams said. He also has 17 years of radio and television experience starting in a 250-watt radio station as a kid in Pauls Valley. While at East Central, Williams' part-time job at a Tulsa radio station induced him to quit school. "I thought I was doing
what I wanted and was learning everything while working, so why go to school," he said. In 1977, Williams got a break with a new radio station, KZUE "The Zoo." "That was when FM was really getting hot, so we came in and played hit top 40 music and blew everyone away. More of his radio work includes doing news on KOMA and WKY. Williams says he still does some part-time television public affairs shows with Trinity Broadcasting, but most of
John Williams his time is dedicated to homework and class, with 32 hours left to complete his undergraduate degree. See WILLIAMS, Page 3