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THURSDAY • SEPT.

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Administrative efforts resolve campus cooling crisis

BRIEFS >News OU sex study

BY SARAH DAVIS

OU will be taking volunteers for a

study involving STDs and unintended pregnancies.

Volunteers will be paid up to $170.

Page 3 >S ports UCO wins Broncho volleyball and soccer teams come away with wins after games September 1 through 3.

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>Features IX Smackdown WWF has asked presidential candidates Bush and Gore to armwrestle on the "Smackdown Challenge." The Secret Service did not say if ithe candidates would be allowed to hit each other with folding chairs. Page 13

TODAY IN HISTORY 1813-The nickname "Uncle Sam" is used for the first time to describe the United States in an editorial in the Troy Post of New York.

Staff Writer

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

— Joseph Heller, 'Catch 22'

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On Aug. 28, 115 students stayed at the Ramada at 930 E. 2nd Street, and 58 students stayed there on Aug. 29.

A shuttle bus ran the students to and from school during the day.

"I'd like to complement the way students have handled the situation. They've been very understanding and patient," Webb said.

All campus air systems are now working adequately, according to Director of University Relations Dr. Bill Wiseman.

"Repair work was done on all the systems PHOTO BY MOLLY MATHIS over the weekend. We This air conditioning unit, also being called "optimus Prime" after the 1980s hope the kids cool

resident Roger Webb and Leonard Martin, the Edmond city manager, walked around West Hall on Aug. 30 in an effort to empathize with the students who live in unairconditioned rooms.

"We're facing an extremely difficult and trying time, with the intense heat and drought.

Fortunately, the city of Edmond has been undertanding and cooperative with our situation.

They're making modifications to our delivery system that hopefully will increase volume and water pressure from the water tower to help cool the residence halls.

"Meantime, we're making every effort to see that students who are in uncomfortable spaces will have a cool room. UCO has paid for rooms in the Ramada soon," Wiseman said.

Plaza Hotel," Webb said.

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TAnsformers character by dorm residents, was brought in to solve the air conditioning problems facing UCO.

3 local rapes in 4 weeks unrelated, police say One suspect at large; campus police urge safety

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BY MENA GANESAN

Staff Writer CO encourages students to take precaution in the wake of three recent rapes in the Edmond community.

"I would certainly hope that we don't have a predator on our hands. There's nothing to indicate that we do," said Sgt. Matt Griffin of the Edmond Police Department.

"Each case has been unique in its circumstances," he said A 20-year-old woman, who lives near the UCO campus, is the third victim in a string of unrelated rapes that have occurred in a four-week period in July and August.

On Aug. 17, a man entered into the bedroom window of the woman's home and sexually assaulted her.

Orton John Furr Jr., 36, was arrested July 27 on complaints of raping a 75-year-old woman in her Meadow Lakes addition home

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earlier that week. Fun allegedly forced his way into the woman's home after she answered the door, reports said.

On Aug. 9 police also arrested Darryl Ray Conley, 40, on complaints of raping a 20-yearold woman in her Trails South home.

Although UCO students are not panicking about the rapes, they are concerned.

"It's not something I worry about," said senior business _education major Jill Harmon, "but it's scary enough that I don't go around by myself at night."

PHOTO PROVIDED Safety in numbers is one way Former convicted rapist Darryl Orton John Furr Jr., 36, was for students to protect Ray Conley, 40, was arrested arrested July 27 and charged themselves against violent Aug. 9 and charged with rape. with raping an Edmond woman. crimes. Call boxes in the parking lots and "safe walk" phones in Although arrests have been surroundings," said Capt. the front offices or main hallways Christopher Woolridge of the made in two of the rape cases, of all the buildings on campus are UCO Department of Public police are still searching for the also available to students who Safety. "At home or in the dorms, suspect in the most recent case. • want to call for an escort. keep windows and doors shut and

"Be aware of your locked."

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

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UCO finally airs out, cooler times ahead

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t wasn't pretty. It wasn't cheap. And some would say it wasn't even done in good timing. But never the less, people are now freezing to death across campus due to the fact that the air conditioning problem at UCO has finally been laid to rest.

We have never been so happy to need a parka to go to school.

The air conditioning problem has become a staple in conversation at UCO. Comments about the sweltering heat in dorm rooms and classrooms have been heard semester after semester for as long as many seniors on this campus have been in college. It's become a joke, and not a very funny one at that.

Recently, the administration finally quit laughing.

Students who could no longer stand to suffer through another night of sweating between the sheets were given the option to spend a few nights at the Ramada on 2nd Street in Edmond. Many took advantage of the opportunity to get a better night's rest, and they will speak more highly of the way UCO treats its student population because of

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The administration has also been working with the City of Edmond to ensure that steps were taken to provide enough water pressure to run UCO's air-conditioning units despite the fact that it hasn't rained in over a month.

The result of all this is that the air conditioners are now back in high gear, and UCO students finally feel that their voices are being heard. The administration deserves a pat on the back for taking notice of a problem that has been tarnishing the reputation of our university for too long.

Students can now feel like they are getting what they pay for when they fork over those hefty facility fees at the beginning of each semester.

Students at UCO can now tell friends at other Oklahoma universities that they too are enjoying the warm weather from inside a comfortably cool classroom.

And students at UCO can now tell people that the administration has heard their cries and has heeded their warnings. •

CAMPUS QUOTES • IF YOU HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT UCO, HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THEM?

"Depending on what the problem was, I would follow the proper chain of command, if time permitted."

—DOUG GETZOFF

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associate professor of theatre arts

"I would go to a professor I trusted for advice and who could maybe fix the problem."

"I don't have time to address complaints. I would just deal with it and move on."

"I would visit the administrative office responsible for the area of my complaint."

—KAREN MEHARG

—KATIE MOORE

-COREY WHALEY

sophomore vocal music education major

sophomore vocal performance major

senior non degree seeking

"Go directly to the president."

"First go to my community and then as a group to the president."

EDITORIALS The Vista's Editorial Board meets once a week. Editorials represent the views of at least one member of the board. 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.

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"If it was a big complaint I would go to the dean's office."

"I would go to the newspaper."

—JAMILA THOMAS

—MD SHALAUDDIN

—MATT LASKY freshman theatre major

—TREVOR CHAN junior computer science major

senior computer science major

senior journalism major

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Campfires, open burning banned due to dry weather

BY MIKE GREER

Staff Writer s wildfires linger in the west, a burn ban continues in all but one of Oklahoma's 77 counties.

"The burn ban is for all outdoor burning. No burning of trash, no campfires, brush fires, bonfires or any open burning is allowed," said Assistant Chief David Wiist, Fire Marshall of the Edmond Fire Department.

"At this time it allows for outdoor cooking in a grill, but you have to be careful and you're liable for whatever' damages may occur if a fire spreads," he said.

While fires have torched hundreds of thousands of acres from Montana to Arizona, smaller grass fires have begun igniting in Edmond and surrounding areas.

A fire Aug. 31 at 33rd St. and Post Road east of 1-35 scorched nearly 400 acres.

Smaller fires along Danforth and Western and at Douglas and Memorial claimed 80 to 90 acres each.

"This year we had a lot of rain in June which made everything grow, but not much water since

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Can you dig it?

Plumbing department employee Loewen Best excavates a pipeline south of the Communication Building. As a means of strengthening it against wear and tear by storms, Best encased the pipe with a coat of cement.

Participants needed for sex study

BY SARAH DAVIS

Staff Writer

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he University of Oklahoma Health Science Center is currently looking for people to participate in a study intended to prevent HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unintended pregnancies.

The Partners Project study is funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention based in Atlanta.

By the age of 25, one in three Oklahomans will be diagnosed with an STD. The goal of the Partners Project is to change attitudes about sexual behavior.

"Oklahoma City is one of 11 cities in the United States where syphilis cases are rising," said study director Dr. Heather Huszti.

Sexually active females between the ages of 18 to 25 and their male partners over the age of 18 are encouraged to apply for the study.

"You learn a lot from the discussions about things you may not necessarily know. You might know about AIDS, but not every detail. It's enough to possibly slow down people's sexual behavior," 23

year-old study participant Alisa "The most personal questions Lindsay said. are answered by the participant on Lindsay began participating in the computer for privacy reasons," the Partners Project over a year Huszti said. ago.

After agreeing to the study, Women cannot participate if partners have an option of joining a they are pregnant, but can one or three session discussion group. One follow-up session occurs after three months and another one after six months.

"It's a fun thing to do, you "People like going with their partners so they can discuss and learn something and you can earn hear together. They can relate to more money by doing it." information heard from people of the same sex," Huszti said.

Groups meet on weekday —Dr. Heather Huszti evenings or on Saturdays. Food is study director usually provided at the meetings. participate if they have already had "It's a fun thing to do, you learn children. A separate area is set something and you can earn money aside for people who bring their by doing it!" Huszti said. children.

According to Huszti, as much as "My kids loved it. It was $170 can be earned by participating something different for them to in the Partners Project. do," Lindsay said.

"I had a really good time. I When applying for participation, recommended it to my friend who a short five- minute eligibility just got married the other day and I screen is given. would recommend it to anybody," If eligible, a participant is given Lindsay said. a baseline interview which lasts The study runs year-round and about one and a half hours. Men will continue for another year and a and women are interviewed half. separately, and each by a person of For more information, call 271the same sex.

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then. So the thick brush is now brown and yellow and it's fuel waiting to burn," Wiist said.

This August was the first full month in state history in which no measurable rain fell. This, coupled with consistent 100 degree temperatures, has made the Arcadia Lake campground crisp and vulnerable to fire.

"We're warning everybody to be safe with fire. We always have signs at the park entrance showing the current fire danger," said John Young, Arcadia Lake supervisor.

"We have had fires in the past.

Thankfully, we haven't had a fire in quite a while," he said.

The threat of fire outbreaks becomes serious when temperatures rise, humidity drops and winds blow strongly.

"This year I expect (the current fire season) to go to midSeptember if not later," Wiist said.

Fires can be ignited from cigarette butts and even sparks from dragging mufflers.

"Winds of 10-20 miles per hour are how a small grass fire can become acres in a matter of minutes," Wiist said. ♦

The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho offers the following list to help protect one's home from possible fire dangers: • Remove roof surfaces and gutters of pine needles, leaves, branches, and other things that become flammable material when dry.

• Landscape vegetation should be located far enough from a house that were it to catch fire, the flames could not reach the structure.

• Remove tree branches to a height of 15 feet.

• Dispose of stove or fireplace ashes and charcoal briquettes only after soaking them in a metal pail of water.

• Ali combustibles such as firewood, picnic tables, boats, etc. should be kept away from structures.

• Garden hoses should be connected to outlets.

• Addresses should be indicated at all intersections and on all structures to allow firefighters easy access.

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UCOSA names new officers

following two resignations

BY SUE Ross

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n election will be held Sept. 18 to fill a position left open in the UCO Student

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Harris has also asked a senate committee to approve his appointment of former Chief of Staff Brian Downs to resume Cook's duties as vice president.

"I think it's a good opportunity to work with the students more closely and

(UCOSA). t h e Nicholas administration Harrison, on some issues president pro that still need tempore of the to be senate has left his addressed," position to join Downs said. the army.

Both Harrison will be appointments leaving Sept. 12 are currently for Ft. Benning, uncontested, Ga, and he has and the new already endorsed officers are Interim President UCOSA President expected to be Pro Tempore Daniel Harris approved at Chad Dimmick to the Sept. 18 take over his meeting. duties.

"I believe both of these UCOSA Vice President Chris additions to UCOSA will serve Cook will also be replaced the organization and the campus pending a vote of the senate. very well," Harris said.

Cook, a senior pre-med major, is All UCOSA meetings for leaving his post after being 2000-2001 are scheduled for 1 accepted to medical school at p.m. on Mondays in the Oklahoma State University in University Center. For more Tulsa. information call 974-2249. • UCOSA President Daniel

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Bush pulls for Pell grants Children's Health Insurance Program passed by Congress in College Press Reporter 1997. eorge W. Bush spent the day "We anticipate signing up talking about education -- 400,000 children in Texas," he an issue he is convinced said, adding that, "We spend over resonates with swing voters -- in $4 billion a year to help the appearances in Pennsylvania, a uninsured in our state." critical battleground state, and Gore ha s said his goal is for all New Hampshire, where children to have he is trying to woo voters health care coverage who supported John "I want to make by 2005.

McCain in the primaries.

"Our goal," Bush In a new proposal, he sure that schools said, "is to make sure called for the expenditure we sign up children are affordable of $5 billion over five within the law. I've years to fully fund firstfor children of all heard the political year Pell grants, providing rhetoric, that we greater access to college walks of life." don't want to sign up for low- and middle-class children to the students.

Children's Health But Bush was forced Insurance Program.

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Bush continuing criticism from It's the same oldPresidential his opponent, Democrat style politics -- to Candidate Al Gore, including the make an accusation charge that Texas has lagged that has no truth to it and hope it behind other states in providing sticks." health coverage for uninsured "The state of Texas is a children. compassionate state. We care about Participating with CNN.com in our children. We probably care his first combined online, on-air about our children more than chat Wednesday, Bush said states somebody in Washington, D.C. must "aggressively sign up" those does," he said. who qualify for Medicaid. For Earlier in the day, Bush listed children who aren't eligible for his higher education goals before Medicaid but are below 200 an audience of 700 junior and percent of the federal poverty line, senior students at a high school in he said, states can use the Hampton, N.H., and again in Erie,

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Pa. Pennsylvania, which holds the fifth largest number of electoral votes at 23, last voted Republican in a presidential race in 1998.

Besides increasing first-year Pell Grants from $3,300 to $5,100, he proposed "enhanced" Pell rants to students who take advanced placement math and science classes in high schools. He also called for a tax deduction that would allow families to put $5,000 a year into tax-free Educational Savings Accounts.

"I want to make sure schools are affordable for children of all walks of life," he said.

Bush said he wants to increase education spending totally by $25 billion. The biggest chunks would to go to the Pell Grants, along with $5 billion for an early education reading initiative.

In New Hampshire, where Bush experienced his biggest primary defeat, state GOP Chairman Tom Rath said Republicans who supported McCain are coming over to Bush. As for independents, he said, "it's hard to predict where they'll be."

He said of Bush, "the symbolism of him coming back (after the primary loss) is very important."

McCain is expected to visit the state in October. •

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School pays students to get more involved

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all it a bribe or encouragement, but William Woods University in Fulton, Mo., may have found a sure-fire way to get its students more involved in school activities. Freshmen and new transfer students this fall will receive a $5,000 discount in tuition simply for signing a contract in which they agree to attend campus events or join clubs. Commuter students will each receive $2,500.

"We had noticed a lack of student involvement ...

What would be a vital portion of undergraduate life was being missed. We wanted to emphasize the

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

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etal security bars impaled an 18-year old University of Southern California student after she fell out of the window of her off-campus apartment at 1 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2.

The . student was treated at California Hospital and released the same day, said Campus Police Deputy Chief Bob Taylor.

The woman fell out of the window while standing on her bed that had been placed

falling out," on a loft Taylor said. common to Her fall was college student's broken as bedrooms. As "Fortunately, the bars metal security she tried to place didn't penetrate that bars on firsta fan on a floor windows curtain rod she deeply." impaled her lost her balance buttocks, and fell —Bob Taylor Taylor said. A backwards out USC Campus Police group of the second floor Deputy Chief football players window.

"The window was covered saw the fall and held the with a screen, but it's not woman to relieve pressure designed to keep people from until paramedics arrived.

Fire fighters were first on the scene and cut away the section of the bars that impaled the woman and brought her to the hospital, bars intact.

Doctors removed the bars, and the woman was released later in the day. The fall was an accident, Taylor said, and drugs were not involved.

"Fortunately, the bars didn't penetrate that deeply," Taylor said. •

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Under the L.E.A.D. (Leading, Educating, Achieving, Developing) Award program (which is optional), students will earn points by participating in any of a plethora of activities offered, from Black History Month Programming to the University Horse Show. They must earn 4 points a month, and 45 points for the academic year, to be eligible for another $5,000 as students. That means that if students sign up only to slack off and not attend, they'll lose their entitlement.

So far, the program, which, as far as Dr. Kramer knows, is unique to WWU, has met with a very positive response. "At this point, about all of the incoming freshman class has opted for it," he says, thus lowering their tuition to $8,200 per year. •

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continued from page 1 "Since we're paying so much money for the dorms we should have a good air conditioning system," said West Hall roommates Lisa Altman and Amy Duffy. "If we have more than two people in our room it gets too hot."

According to UCO health educator Misha Mowdy, young people should not be having problems with the heat as long as they're drinking plenty of fluids and not overexerting themselves.

"Although we haven't had anyone in here complaining about the heat this year, my advice to people who are exercising out in the heat is to stay inside," said LaBette Wallenmeyer, director of the Student Health Center. •

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

Napster vs. recording industry, round 3 Association, which includes Apple Computer, Microsoft, America Online and other companies, have filed reports urging the 9th Circuit to College Press Reporter keep Napster in business, claiming that Patel's ruling poses an unprecedented threat to the future exchange of free information online. is not exactly the State of California vs. O.J. Simpson. But In a brief dated Aug. 18 and delivered to the court, Napster if you're a fan of downloadable music, then it might as well be. concurred.

"The court resolved several issues of first The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said last week that it impression against Napster... in a way that limits the will hear arguments during the first week in October in the "The court resolved exchange over the Internet of information that could case against music-swapping pioneer Napster, Inc. The hearing several issues of first indisputably be lawfully exchanged in other ways," will take place in San Fransisco. stated the brief.

Filed by the RIAA, the suit requests that Napster shut down impression against Since the stay was issued Napster has publicly its network, which facilitates the distribution of millions of urged users to voice support for a technology that, compressed digital music files, popularly known as MP3s, and Napster ... in a way once improbable, has become instantly essential to allows its users access to a huge library of copyrighted music in that limits the surfers everywhere. exchange for a little downloading time and no money.

"As you probably know, the future of person-toThe Warner Music Group, Sony Music, A&M Records and exchage ... of person file sharing is in question," says a message on Universal Music are just some of the players enlisted in the the Napster Web site, which provides methods of fight against Napster, which delivers the network to millions of information that contacting artists, labels and congressmen. "There are active users via free software. could indisputibly be several ways in which you can speak out express your The RIAA alleges that Napster's network massive blazes the support for Napster that might have an impact on our trail for rampant copyright infringement. Napster, on the other lawfully exchanged survival." hand, maintains that its product is no more harmful than a The RIAA maintains that Napster, by comparing VCR. The company claims that only a portion of its network's in other ways." a free service to a solid product like the VCR, isn't contents is copyright protected, and that providing users with seeing the big picture. an open house doesn't make it responsible when people take —brief issued by "Napster's opposition represents the latest in a what isn't lawfully theirs.

Napster long line of attempts to reinvent itself and its legal In July, U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued position," says the statement, adding that the orders for Napster to shut its network down immediately, company "devotes far less attention to responding to pointing to documents within the company that hinted at the key issues before this court — contributory and vicarious knowledge — and support — of the software's capabilities for piracy.

The following day, however, the 9th Circuit granted the company a infringement — than it does to arguing patently baseless defenses." • stay. More recently, several groups, including the Consumer Electronics

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RedHawks season over

The Oklahoma RedHawks lost to the Memphis Redbirds 9-7 on Monday Sept. 4 in what was the last day of the Pacific Coast League regular season. The Hawks ended their 2000 season 69-74 and 13.5 games behind Memphis (83-61) in the PCL East. After Monday's game, four RedHawks were called up by the Texas Rangers: outfielder Ruben Sierra, shortstop Kelly Dransfeldt, catcher Randy Knorr, and relief pitcher Darwin Cubillan.

Justin Matthews wathces from the sideline during a Broncho football game last year. Matthews didn't stand still too long during UCO's season-opener aganist Stephen F. Austin Aug. 31. He rushed for 131 yards and scored three touchdowns in the Bronchos 38-31 overtime loss to the Lumberjacks.

The Bronchos will play their second straight road game of the 2000 season Saturday, Sept. 9 when they travel to Alva, Oklahoma to face defending NAIA national champion Northwestern Oklahoma. Kickoff at 6,000-seat Ranger Field is 7 p.m.

Cowboys face the Hurricane

The OSU Cowboys will kick off their 2000 season on Saturday, Sept.

9 aganist in-state rival, The University of Tulsa . The Cowboys are looking to win their season-opener, while the Hurricane will try to bounce back from a 30.9 loss to North Carolina in their first game last weekend. OSU will travel to Skelly Stadium for the match-up. The last time the Cowboys went to Tulsa was in 1998 when they lost 35-20 to the Hurricane. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and will be telecast live by Cox Cable if it is a sellout.

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Galloway out for season Dallas Cowboys starting wideout, Joey Galloway will not play for the rest of the 2000 NFL season. Galloway tore a ligament in his knee during the Cowboys season openeraganist the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cowboys lost on their home field 41-14. Galloway went to Dallas in a trade with Seattle that cost the Cowboys two first-round draft picks, and a $42-million contract. The Cowboy's next game is Sunday, Sept.

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omy Krueger's runner-up finish topped a quartet of top-five individual placers that led Central Oklahoma's women to a run-away victory at the Savage Run here Friday to start the 2000 cross country season.

Dustin McClure took individual honors in the men's race, but the Bronchos had to settle for a runnerup finish team-wise behind East Central.

"We ran well, especially considering it was our first meet and for how hot it was," UCO coach Paul Parent said.

"The heat was really a factor, but we handled it pretty well and did a good job. We've got a bunch of young runners on the women's team and they all came through for us."

UCO's women finished with 21 points, 24 ahead of runner-up Southeastern Oklahoma, as Krueger paced a 2-3-4-5 showing.

Krueger, a freshman from Germany, toured the five-kilometer course in 20:02 to finish second, while freshman Jamie Lucero was third, sophomore Miwa Isoe fourth and junior Becky Harvey fifth.

Junior Leah Loyd chipped in a seventh-place showing to help the team cause.

ECU beat UCO 24-31 to take top honors in the men's four-mile race. McClure, a junior from Midwest City, edged out ECU's Matt Aguero by four seconds to take top honors in the individual race.

The Bronchos also got a fifthplace finish from junior Shane

Pratt, while junior Matt Colbert was eighth and freshman Tyson Sjulin was 10th.

Both UCO teams return to action at the Oklahoma Christian Invitational in Oklahoma City on Sept. 9.

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he Broncho soccer team remains undefeated after games Sept. 1 and Sept. 3 which left both opponents with no room to score. The Bronchos slid by Arkansas State 4-0 Sunday Sept. 3 in a neutral-site game at Oral Roberts in Tulsa. They also made history making this their first win over a Division I opponent .

The Bronchos took a 1-0 lead over the Lady Indians 20 minutes into the game when senior Sally Holmes scored her seventh goal of the season. Junior Jeorgia McGinty's first goal of the year with an assist from senior Jill Matsumoto brought UCO to 2-0.

Freshman Denae Taylor made her first collegiate goal to make it 30. The Bronchos ended the game when junior Christina Folluo goaled off an assist from sophomore Kim Brown.

The Bronchos volleyball team hammered St. Edward's 6-0 Friday Sept. 1 in Austin, Texas. Kim Brown scored her fifth goal of the season. Jessica Mathieu made her first goal of the season to make it2O. Valerie Gutierrez put UCO to 30.

Sally Holmes made a goal miday through the first half and set the contest on fire in the second half when she finished the game with two goals.

The Bronchos return home to

host the Reynolds & Reynolds Classic Sept. 8 when they play Lindenwood, and Sept. 10 against Rockhurst at Tom Thompson Field.

The Bronchos volleyball team went 2-1 in the St. Cloud Invitational Sept. 1-2.

UCO played their first match against the only undefeated team in the tournament, Michigan Tech, which gave the Bronchos their second loss of the season.

UCO came back strong a few hours later when they swept a threegame victory over St. Cloud State.

The Bronchos hit .303 as a team and got a 21-kill outing from sophomore Alma Brahimaj, while Lexy Fortner added nine kills and Katy Wallace seven.

UCO ended the tournament with a three-game triumph over Bemidji State, this time hitting a collective .364. Fortner topped the Bronchos with 17 kills, and 11 digs, while Brahimaj added 15 kills.

Fortner and Brahimaj were both named to the All-tournament Team for their sensational plays.

The Bronchos, 5-2, will open Lone Star Conference North Division Sept. 8 when they go to Durant, Okla. to face Southwestern Oklahoma at 7 p.m. in the LSC North opener . The next game will be Sept. 9 when the Bronchos take on Texas A&M-Commerce at 2 p.m. in Commerce, Texas. UCO is picked to finish in a tie for third in the Lone Star Conference.

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Staff Writer After a 22-month lapse, UCO's Department of Public Safety has a permanent director again.

Jeffrey P. Harp, who was chosen from over 30 applicants, has been working in the field of campus law enforcement for 13 years. He has served since 1987 at the University of Oklahoma Police Department, most recently as Lieutenant of the

Criminal Investigation Unit. "(Harp) is a fine selection with an excellent background, and is very dedicated to policing in a university setting," said Dr. Sid Brown, Interim Director of DPS and director of UCO's criminal justice department.

"I believe he will add a new dimension to the DPS and will be a very good addition to the university community," Brown said.

Harp recieved a Bachelor of Arts degree from OU in Political Science and Law Enforcement Administration in 1987.

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Composition class, located "Except for the time I College Press Reporter inside DePaul's McGaw Hall, ran into my sister," he adds. re you one of those bike- which is, in the English Asked how easy a riding maniacs who major's estimation, a good 10 scooter is to operate in constantly gives your fellow minutes away from his dorm comparison to a bicycle, students near-death experiences by room.

"That may not seem so Adam said that there's no zooming around campus between contest. "I still fall off my classes? Are you constantly on the bad, but when you have class bike a lot," he said, receiving end of comments that first thing in the morning, pointing to a healing begin with "Watch out" and end the more sleep you can get, scrape on his left knee. with a language not suitable for the better," he says.

Enter the Razor "That's how I got this." children? Do lots of people you Rollerboard Scooter While not quite as don't know just plain hate you? scarred, Walden agrees.

If you answered "yes" to all ($99.95), Walden's weapon "It's elementary how three of these questions, then of choice. Now, without easy this thing is to ride," there's probably a shiny new push breaking a sweat, a trip to he says, adding that he scooter just waiting to be graced by McGaw takes all of three minutes to complete. That avoided most of the inline your feet. skating craze because it was The best news of all? These adds up to a cool 35 minutes too perilous for his own things aren't just for dorks and of additional sleep time every good. "Plus it doesn't really 1950s-era cartoon characters week.

PHOTO BY MOLLY MATHIS "That alone -is worth the wear you out, so it's not anymore. Push scooters are — read price of admission!" says Junior Broadcating major Mike Bittner uses his scooter to hard to get into it." this twice — in. get to around between Central Cafeteria and East Hall.

So what price fun? With "It's really cool," says DePaul Walden.

So what about the rest of the exception of the Scootsophomore Alec Walden, who purchased his scooter in June and us slobs who manage our time well kicking away, and both hands on A-Roo, which, as its name implies, is not for anyone who has plans to upgrade to a high-end and get plenty of sleep at night? the handlebar.

A 9-year-old boy named Adam, mastered the second grade, you'd model in the next few months. What's in it for us?

Ease of use, for one thing. who was strolling with his older be hard pressed to find a scooter "Riding a bike around campus is pretty dumb, but the walk is a Operating a push scooter is sister down Chicago's busy for less than $80. That, of course, chore, at least early in the extremely straightforward: one Michigan Ave., bragged that in is for the low-end models; the foot on the scooter, one foot the three weeks he's owned his high-end scooters, which are larger morning." scooter, he has not taken a single

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and provide room for both feet when you're gliding, will cost anywhere from $280 to a staggering $500.

To put that number into perspective, a Sony Playstation 2, to be introduced in October, plays next-generation video games and DVDs and actually retails for $100 less than a Xooter Comp.

"That's just harsh," says Walden's roommate and fellow sophomore Anthony Roberts. "I'll just stick with good old walking, thank you."

Roberts later confessed that since school began, he has borrowed his roommate's scooter on two separate occasions.

Walden admits that the scooter put the hurt on his wallet, which, with groceries, textbooks and other amusements already on his shopping list and no job to back it all up, is thin enough as it is. But he says that it's worth it, because, beyond its ease of use and its prolaziness capabilties, it's just fun to use.

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Many UCO students say they will be among the 3.5 billion television viewers estimated to watch the 2000 summer Olympic games in Sydney, Australia.

According to a recent survey of 100 students throughout campus done by the Vista staff, 70 percent of UCO students have an interest in the Olympics.

The Olympics air on NBC from the opening ceremony on Sept. 15 to the closing ceremony on Oct. 1.

The games will showcase over 10,000 athletes representing 200 countries and competing in 38 different sports.

Sports making their first appearance include tae kwon do, a triathalon, women's water polo and canoe slalom.

According to the survey, a majority of UCO students will be watching gymnastics.

Other sports that are popular among students

include soccer, basketball, swimming, diving and track and field.

Olympic ticket sales have reached approximately 5.5 million. Most events will take place in Sydney but some are scheduled in different parts of Australia.

The main Olympic events will be held in Sydney Olympic Park, which includes the Olympic Stadium, the Sydney International Aquatic Centre, the Sydney SuperDome, the Sydney Showground, the State Hockey Centre and the NSW Tennis Centre.

The city of Sydney will hold many arts festivals and activities throughout the Olympic season. Concerts and exhibitions displaying Australian and International talent will be available to olympic spectators.

Thousands of volunteers have been hired as interpretors, guides, and workers for the media and result centers in Sydney. Around 15,000 media is expected to attend the games. •

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College Press Reporter f viewers are lucky they just might get to watch presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore arm-wrestle on national television this fall. That is if the candidates answer the World Wrestling Federation's "Smackdown Challenge" that WWF stars Mick Foley, Chyna, Lita and Kurt Angle announced Tuesday. The candidates would be given five minutes during a live WWF broadcast to present their views on issues important to youth ages 18 to 34.

"This is a serious invitation," WWF star Mick Foley said at a press conference. "We hope they take it seriously."

Even though people may have different opinions about the WWF, it is hard to argue that a lot of people watch it, said Ali Fischer, president of the United States Student Association.

"We've issued this call more than enough times," Fischer

said. "I hope the candidates will go to a lot of different forums for youth."

WWF also joins more than 60 youth organizations including Youth Vote 2000 in asking the candidates to dedicate one of three official debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates to youth issues.

"Politicians need to do their part and stop ignoring youth," said Julia Cohen, executive director of Youth Vote 2000.

"There is a cycle of mutual neglect between the youth and politicians that must be broken."

The hope is that youth will moderate and attend the debate, Cohen said.

The dedication of one-third of presidential debating time to youth issues is not a waste, says Russ Freyman of Neglection 2000, a yearlong study on the mutual neglect between young people and candidates.

"They have to be concerned and receptive because this will be a close election," he said.

"The youth vote could swing the election."

Freyman has the numbers to prove interest in a youth debate.

A Neglection 2000 poll cites 77 percent of registered voters support making youth issues the focus of a presidential debate.

"The macro level issues are the same," Cohen said. "But it's not about K through 12, it's about higher education. It's `will I gruaduate and have a job with health insurance?'"

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Now, with women moving in this fall — the first time in the 207year-old institution's history —the campus is conflicted by both its break with tradition and its eagerness to reflect a progressive environment that embraces men and women. The gender integration has also kicked up controversy about the merits of single-sex versus coeducational housing. How UNC handles the integration is likely to affect other colleges and universities interested in making similar changes.

The conflict started a couple of years ago when two students, David Jernigan, former president of the campus' residential housing association, and Emily Williamson, the campus' former student body vice president, floated a proposal to move women into the male-only dorms.

"I believe that integrating women continues a more important tradition of progressive equality at

Carolina," Williamson said. "The tradition of admitting only men to live in Old East and Old West was based on historic discrimination against women by the university."

But critics of the plan, such as David Sutton, a senior a former president of Old West, maintain that there hasn't been much of a need to convert the housing from same-sex to coed and suggests some women took a relatively recent interest in living in the two historic dormitories because they wanted to make a very public point.

"I don't think single-sex (housing) is an evil," Sutton said. "I think that it's a very important alternative, and it can be very conducive to a healthy lifestyle for people who desire that type of dorm life.

"For any single-sex dorm, you can say, 'Oh, it's not fair that either women or men don't get to live there,"` he continued. "But by that logic, we should have no single-sex dorm anywhere in any college in the entire country. So I think the logic applied was pretty ridiculous."

School officials are gradually phasing women into the dormitories. Women will live in only a few portions of each building this academic year. More will be allowed to enter in time for the 2001-02 school year. •

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Rhode Island professor suspended for gun show-and-tell

BY JENNIFER LEVITZ College Press Reporter He collected wisdom in the 29 years that he rose from a night security guard at the Community College of Rhode Island to one of the most popular professors on campus.

But he missed one lesson: For show-andtell, don't bring a loaded gun.

Stephen Kadelski Jr., a 53-year-old criminology professor who was also the former head of the campus police department, was recently suspended for six months because he brought his .38 Colt Commander semiautomatic pistol into class as a teaching tool. The gun went off, sending a bullet into the concrete floor.

The professor kept quiet about the incident, which happened in March. But more than a month later, a student spoke up.

Last month, the Board of Governors punished Kadelski.

Kadelski had an unblemished record, said Nancy Abood, a spokeswoman for the community college. But the college policy bans guns from campus. Even campus police can't carry them. They are prohibited from doing so by Rhode Island law.

"I've always given 110 percent, and to see my career closing on this note," he said. "It's

very embarrassing." to become police officers, correctional The student who spoke out is Julie Ennis. officers, and parole supervisors, or to enter She says she was sitting closest to the gun other professions in law enforcement. when it went off and would have been struck Kadelski became one of six full-time if she had been 2 feet professors in the over. department. Along She thinks the way, he built a "I could have been killed that day.

Kadelski should have reputation for his lost his job, she said.

Knowing that has had a profound effect on criminalistics class.

"I could have been Ennis said killed that day," she my life."

Kadelski did appear said. "Knowing that worried, and she has had a profound said that he told the â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Julie Ennis effect on my life." class that he'd Rhode Island college student Kadelski appreciate it if they graduated from the community college's didn't say anything to anyone. municipal police academy in 1968 but In an interview later, Kadelski became a security guard instead. He earned acknowledged that he didn't report the his associate's degree by attending classes at incident to anyone because he was nervous night while working days. and ashamed.

He continued evening classes at Roger "I was seeing everything I ever worked for Williams University and eventually helped and thinking about just losing it all ... I was turn the community college security office fearful of losing my job, 29 years of state into a campus police department. service with an unblemished record ...

"The man had a stellar record," Garvey starting as a security guard." said. "He's a very hard worker ... a constant Just after Memorial Day weekend, when student, someone who keeps up on material, the semester ended, administrators called him and who's always reading books and manuals and said a student had come forward. Ennis and getting everyone else to read them." said she reported the incident to a dean on In 1997, Garvey was expanding his April 26 department. The department trains students Ennis said she spoke up because she was .

"spooked" and that she had lost all interest in the class. She felt as though Kadelski had lost his authority as a teacher and was guilty of "gross negligence."

"How could he not know that gun was loaded?" she said.

On July 13, Garvey, the legal-studies chairman, accompanied Kadelski to the disciplinary hearing with Robert Silvestri, the vice president for academic affairs. Garvey said that he believes Kadelski made two mistakes: the incident itself, and the fact that he didn't notify anyone about it. But it was an "error in judgment," he said.

"He's a very proud man, not haughty. ...

He's very humble ... but just proud of what he's accomplished," he said. "He was very embarrassed by this."

In his statement at the hearing, Kadelski said, he acknowledged that he used poor judgment in not reporting what had happened. But the students had seemed to understand. He testified: "No one had seemed visibly upset."

Kadelski said that he should have "checked the thing" to be positive the gun wasn't loaded before he brought it in. But it was an accident, he said: "It wasn't like I intentionally brought a gun into class and was waving it around." â&#x2122;Ś

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Collegiate women are shopping for Mr. Right

BY JULIE CHEN

College Press Reporter Okay career women, listen up.

You're a growing breed.

Making the grade and snagging that recommendation is probably not your biggest obstacle. Brains, beauty, bravery. Check, check, check. Having it all is the name of the game.

Boys? There are probably more of them calling than you know what to do with, which is just as well. There is no better time in life to date than when in college. At least you know they can read.

But ironically, many college women are equally frustrated with finding a fulfilling relationship.

Already found Mr. Right? Read no further. Consider yourself a step ahead: one more item crossed off from that ever-trailing list of "Things To Do Today. Or Very, Very Soon."

For the rest of us who must face the idiosyncrasies of reality-juggling — work, school, community service, exercise, ambition, family and friends — the desire for "a perfect romance" creates an extra twist on that already hectic life.

Oh, don't deny it. The complaints are profuse and have all been aired.

"He's so laid back ... he's downright lazy!"

"He's cute but there's no chemistry. He's no fun. What a

get 10 percent? Does he use and abuse you? Please do what you'd do with shoes that don't fit.

Three: if you know a good thing when you see it, treat it right. Guys are the same way: they don't know what you're thinking. At least, give them a hint. What they know is based on what you do. That is a truth held to be self-evident. If that perfect dress needs dry cleaning, take it in.

Four: be careful of fraudulent goods. There will be a few Don Juans along the way who will say everything you want to hear and do everything you want a guy to do, but they won't mean it. Not all Prada purses are made by Prada.

There are guys who fit the stereotype: they do not think with their brains. (No explanation necessary.)

Five: have a general sense of what you're looking for. You don't want to waste an entire day at the mall, not that a busy woman like you would. But, not knowing what you want doesn't always have good results: more money is spent — not a great bargain gained. Ditto with accepting dates without regard to who asks. Sometimes, it's nothing lost and nothing gained. More

mean it is. Many of them like to dud."

"Argh, doesn't he care about the talk about how much they work out to look that good. corruption of our government?"

Two: don't hesitate to return or "He wants commitment — eek! toss out any unsatisfactory I can't even commit to my GPA." And voted most popular: "He's merchandise. If after you've given too demanding — I don't have that him a chance but he makes you kind of time!"

If only interpersonal relationships came with a manual. But luckily, through personal experience, dating can be compared almost too perfectly — to another familiar sport: shopping.

(And with "minimum input, maximum A group of single men take a break near Broncho output" being Lake. These men represent a cross-section of the such a popular male minority at UCO. mantra to success, may someone unhappy, please do not let your else's bane be your blessing.)

Tip number one: try on boundless compassion rear its everything. Assumptions can be the nagging head. Staying in a bad root of demise of all potentially relationship may not be worth the beautiful relationships. Give the price. Do you give 100 percent and guy a chance. If you don't try on the dress, assuming the color won't look good on you or it might not fit right, you might miss out on a really good deal. And just because it looks good from afar doesn't

often, the repercussions can are harsh, especially if it's the wrong guy whispering sweet nothings into your drunken ear.

Finally: don't be afraid of falling in love. Thinking about how you could conquer the world with that little red dress is not the same as actually letting yourself do so. If you like the guy, girlfriend, just like him. Don't deceive yourself with a I-can't-fall-right-now-I-have-tosave-the-world-first antic. Avoiding the sales never got you very far.

Victory will be yours when you find a man whose intellect matches his biceps. A man whose humor will erase the blunders that set your ambitions off-course. And ideally, a man whose understanding will ease every pain of your crazy life, which seems to run on a cycle of 30-hourlong days.

But, like everything else that you had to work hard for in college, you'll have to find Mr. Perfect the way you find that perfect sale: like a woman on a mission.

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University pays $80,000 in hazing settlement Last week, the board of trustees approved a new anti-hazing policy, which, in line with a state measure College Press Reporter passed earlier this year, prohibits any act intended to ess than two weeks after strengthening "humiliate, demean or endanger the its policy against hazing on campus, the mental or physical health of a student," University of Vermont reached an regardless of the person's willingness to "Our most $80,000 out-of-court settlement with a participate in the act. important legacy former hockey player whose story helped In addition, the university plans to trigger the new policy. continue a preventive education program may be to take a Goaltender Corey LaTulippe joined the that began in June, and have approved Catamounts last year as a freshman but left funds for a Life Skills program for student leadership role the team after an October incident in which athletes. in finding ... he claims all first-year players were forced to A Life Skills coordinator will arrive walk naked holding each other's genitals, Friday to further establish and eventually solutions." drink excessive amounts of warm alcohol, teach the program, which promotes teamand eat seafood pie until they vomited. building experiences and cooperation.

LaTulippe's lawyer subsequently slapped Since the hazing incident took place, —Judith Ramaley the university with a federal lawsuit.

LaTulippe has left Vermont entirely and president, University administrators and some of is now attending another school.

University of LaTulippe's teammates were also named.

In a statement earlier this year, Vermont After an internal investigation in January Ramaley said that it is the university's found several athletes untruthfully denying the events responsibility to set an example by which other schools of the hazing, university President Judith A. Ramaley can follow. canceled the remainder of the Catamounts' 1999-2000 "Our most important legacy may be to take a season. Additionally, authorities charged two players leadership role in finding, instituting and sharing with providing alcohol to minors. solutions," she said. •

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Pot plantation movie earns high marks legal, cover for Grace on her quest to establish herself as a ganja Staff Writer entrepeneur.

Although the actors in this film n the big-hearted, comedic are able to rise to the occasion of ensemble tradition of such nonsensical situation very well, the British films as "Waking Ned cinematography appears as a Devine" and "Four Weddings and a character of it's own.

Funeral", The vivid coastline "Saving Grace" and the small town is an adventure quaintness enhance into the the camaraderie in ridiculous that the film. encourages As with any feelpersonal good movie this liberation and story would challenges the probably make a myth that great family film if crime doesn't parents can find pay. some way to Two-time convince their Oscar nominee, children that instead Brenda of growing smokable Blethyn, stars weed to save her as Grace home, Grace is just Trevethen, a selling some very naive widower PHOTO PROVIDED exotic houseplants. on the verge of I enjoyed "Saving losing Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson star in FineLine Pictures' Grace" but this Saving Grace. release everything homegrown comedy including the would probably make a better rental kitchen sink. than paying the five dollars at the her orchid hothouse into a When a middle-aged housewife local AMC Cineplex. If you do feel marijuana plantation. finds herself 300,000ÂŁ in debt and Hilarity and bipolar insanity compelled to see this movie at the on the verge of losing her Cornish coast manor because of the shady ensue when the entire Cornish theaters, beware you might want to business dealings of her late coast town, suspecting that things at bring some extra cash for that husband, she gets the ingenious idea the Trevethen manor are not quite precarious case of the munchies. â&#x20AC;˘ to use her own renowned green thumb to make some serious cash.

Grace is asked by her soon-tobe-sacked caretaker, Matthew (Craig Ferguson of "The Drew Carey Show) to tend to an ailing, if illicit, plant. Grace then transforms

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rowing up in the eastern part of Oklahoma county, one becomes accustomed to what can only be called rural eccentricities.

Having a neighbor addressed solely as "The Old Man," a front yard that becomes an alternate route for frigates and barges, derelict appliances that double as lawn ornaments, and other peculiarities that come with the territory tend to desensitize one against most subsuburban sights which more metropolitan observers may scratch their heads about.

Notice I said "most," not "all."

One sight, well within two miles of my house, continues to confound my brother and I to this day. Somebody decided, for reasons unfathomable to the casual viewer, to keep a small horse in their front yard. .Add to this an old billy goat, and you've got one of the most consistently kooky sights in my hometown - The Goat and Pony Show.

It should be noted that it's not necessarily a "show"it is, in all reality, just someone's pets in their yard.

However, the odd

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variances and unanswered questions that go with these majestic, hooved residents of Choctaw far overshadow the more sane, rational explainations that may account for this sight.

Do the goat and horse get along? They seem to have a symbiotic relationship, but it could be a sort of hooved version of 48 Hours. That said, I can't really see either Eddie Murphy or Nick Nolte enjoying a large bale of hay.

The most important question is, of course, "why?"

Well, to be blunt, I don't know. What ever would possess a person to place these animals in front of a ranch house in the wilds outside of OKC completely escapes me.

From time to time, the goat would sport a bandanna. Other times, the horse would rest in the shade of a bizarre little A-frame constructed out by the fence. Yeah, those farm animals had (and continue to have) it made- all they're lacking is a pair of aviator sunglasses.

Now for something completely different: our webmistress at the Vista and I decided, on a lark, to animate the image next to the web version of this column. Beginning this week, a little, digital version of myself will give you, the reader, a hearty "thumbs up" as you peruse Pleased to Meet Me.

Michael Ross's column appears every Thursday in The Vista.

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• A Gala Opening Night featuring a Rachmaninoff Festival will be held at 8 p.m. Sept. 15 and 16 at Rose Sate College's • The 32nd annual Canterbury Arts Festival will be held Performing Arts Theater. The OKC Philharmonic presents Sept. 15 at Broncho Lake on the UCO campus. The festival an evening devoted to the dramatic music of Rachmaninoff will feature 100 artists including performing arts, visual arts, with Cuban-born Horatio Gutierrez on piano. Tickets are $13 dance, drama and food. For more information, call 974-5204. to $38. For more information, call 733-7960.

• The Blue Flames and Billy Joe Winghead will play at 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at 66 Bowl, 3810 N.W. 39th St. in OKC. For more information, call 946-3966.

• Choice Music presents Living Sacrifice, Gears of Redemption, Element and 1 Proof at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8 at the Diamond Ballroom. The show is for all ages and tickets are $13 in advance and $16 at the door. For more information, call 636-1199.

• Choice Music presents Alternative Night with 13 Stars, Evanhale, Faceless, Sounder and Josh Autumn Shine at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Diamond Ballroom. The show is all ages and tickets are $13 in advance and $16 at the door. For more information, call 636-1199.

Extuibits • Artrain USA, the nation's only art museum on train, will be in Oklahoma City Sept. 13 through Sept. 17 at the Santa Fe Depot, located at 50 E.K. Gaylord. For more information, call 602-OMNI. • "Remember Me: Portraits of Mothers with Breast Cancer", a photography exhibit by Elizabeth Lowry featuring black and white photographs of mothers with breast cancer, will be on display Aug. 28 through Oct. 6 in the Troy and Dollie Smith Cancer Center of Integris Baptist Medical Center, located at 330 N.W. Expressway in OKC. For more information, call 943-HOPE.

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