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Student Debt

Finance

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Would having debt when you graduate make you feel more responsible? Why or why not?

New research indicates that some graduates feel proud to have debt after graduation because it makes them feel responsible.

Divorce insurance is now available for future brides and grooms.

UCO’s Jordan Stern becomes the first professional signee for head coach Dax Leone.

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Tina Morgan, an industrial safety sophomore, stops to look at a photograph she took of Murdaugh Hall Tuesday, June 21, 2011. The 21st marked the beginning of the summer months.

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OVERCOMING THE GANGSTER LIFE

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer It was April 2007 and 27 individual gang members representing 14 rivaling Oklahoma City area gangs gathered to discuss gang violence with Oklahoma City District Attorney David Prater. Tension levels were high. One gang member had been shot in the head only the night before and the bullet had not yet been removed.

His shooter was not only present at the meeting, but was sitting right beside him.

After the meeting, the man with a bullet in his skull told the instigator of the meeting, Pastor Theodis Manning, that he had wanted to “get at” his shooter, but refrained because the meeting was “bigger than him.”

“Boy, it took everything I had to not start crying when he said that, because for a kid to take on that kind of attitude for what we

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were doing, it really touched me,” Manning said. “I had to start blinking my eyes because I didn’t want to cry, not in that setting.”

Manning is the one of the founders of Teaching And Saving Kids (TASK), a program whose mission statement is to “create and maintain a community of clergy, professionals, and former gang members working together to teach, save and mentor at-risk youth.”

Pastor Manning and a group or active and inactive gang members associated with TASK came to UCO June 8 to speak to a group of students about their experiences.

Manning himself is no stranger to the street life. Though he grew up in Arkansas as part of a tight-knit Christian home, a threemonth trip to California when he was 15 introduced him to the gang lifestyle.

“It was just fun,” Manning said. “A young

kid thinking I’m having a good time away from my mom and dad. Well, my grandparents pretty much raised me, but I’m away from them. I was living with my uncle, he had just come from [the Vietnam War] so he was kind of wild... To be in Southern California and being raised down South, I thought it was the best.”

He eventually left the streets in order to get his college degree and become a professional. His job, however, soon led him back to his old lifestyle.

“My job required me to travel, and I wind up meeting some people,” Manning said. “I had always drank a little, but I got to experimenting with drugs, and that’s what drove me back to the streets. Really, I was too old to be out there. I was in my 30’s and went right back into the streets to support my drug habit.”

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When the latest batch of Apple software rolls out this fall, it very well could mark one of the first changes in the company’s anti-piracy strategy.

At the 2011 Worldwide Development Conference in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s flagship cloudbased storage software called “iCloud,” a revamped, enhanced iteration of the older product “MobileMe.” “iCloud is a system that a lot of people have had before,” UCO tech store manager John Loudermill said. “[Apple] just used to charge you for it.”

Loudermill explained that iCloud will be a remote storage system that could eliminate the need for an external hard drive, as well as provide multiple entry points to data that users might need to access.

Some aspects of iCloud will not be entirely compatible with Windows users, however; they will have to have iTunes accounts to utilize parts of the cloud. “iTunes is sort of a gap-bridger,” Loudermill said. “When you get certain products which are in the cloud, which are your iPhones, your iPod Touches, your regular iPods and your iPads – these are cloud items. These are things that are outside of the Mac that are designed to work with a PC or any type of situation you have going on.”

According to Loudermill, the iCloud would also allow users to access it from a PC in order to retrieve Windows-compatible documents.

Another feature that came with the announcement of the iCloud service was iTunes Match. For an annual fee of $25, users will give permission to Apple to scan their computers for ripped music, and replace it with a copy from iTunes’ 18 million song library in their own format with ostensibly no questions asked.

In an article on the tech site ZDNet, blogger David Gewirtz wondered whether Apple had just offered complete amnesty to music pirates, and called iTunes Match “a curious, interesting, and dare I say it? elegant solution to the pirated music problem.”

“Basically, the idea is that iTunes Match will scan your existing music library of ripped

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Community News

MYRIAD GARDENS UNDERGO RENOVATIONS

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In the shadow of the new Devon Tower, an army of workers hurries through laying sod and building construction at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. Closed for remodeling since last spring, the Gardens are now open, with a few exceptions that will be finished this fall.

The extensive reworking has updated and improved nearly every area of the 17-acre park.

“It’s an entirely new dynamic downtown and in the gardens themselves,” Jennifer Lindsey-McClintock, public information and marketing manager for Myriad Botanical Gardens, said.

“Before, we had the gardens a little bit quiet and secluded from the streets. People didn’t really know what was going on inside. Now, we have a very energetic space that really fits in with the whole urban center of downtown.”

The upgraded gardens are part of a downtown Oklahoma City renovation called Project 180.

“The renovation of our outdoor grounds was from Project 180, and the funding came from the Tax Increment Financing fund on the new Devon complex,” Lindsey-McClintock said.

“About $12 million however, for renovation of the Crystal Bridge and a new welcome center, those two projects specifically, were funded through the 2007 General Obligation Bond issue which was approved and voted upon by the Oklahoma The botanical tube at the Myriad Gardens lights up in the evening Sunday, June 5, 2011.

City tax payers. So I would say a quarter to a third of the monies for the Gardens was taxpayer funded, and the others were

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“I would say yes because that’s just one payment you have to make.”

“I would much rather pay it off within the same semester by working slowly paying it off than waiting til the end.”

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OF LISTS AND BRAINS

“Definitely, I mean to be able to function, to be able to pay bills…since everything revolves around credit, you need to have your ducks in a row.”

“I’d feel very irresponsible but I would be more responsible.”

“No, I’d feel more responsible to pay while in school or make any kind of effort to get it paid off.”

By Samantha Maloy / Editor-in-Chief There are two types of people in this world: those that make lists and those that would be hard pressed to find a pen to start their list. But hey, it’s ok. We need both types to make the world go round.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a list person. Always have been. The process of jotting down thoughts with those wondrous bullet points or numbers draws me in again and again.

Whether it’s a practical to-do list, shopping list or the more ambitious summer goals or to-read list, trust me, I’ve made the list.

One list I’ve started recently and will continue throughout my senior year (maybe longer, who knows?) is each week, I’m going to try and/or do something new.

Here’s why I decided to set out on this quest, one on which I invite you all to join me.

I have found that it is far too easy when you are busy to fall into that proverbial rut. I find myself buried halfway into the semester and it has been weeks if not months since I’ve read a new book or downloaded a new app or certainly tried anything new to eat. Ugh. The brain uses challenges and “new things” like fuel to keep it healthy and lucid. I don’t know about you, but I plan on keeping my brain as in shape and ready for the long haul because I want to be one of those sharp-as-a-tack grandma types. In writing this editorial, I came across a blog that discussed how neuroscientists are finding that providing the brain with new information actually helps with our time perception. Because new info takes longer to process, it can help with the sensation that the days and months fly by at an alarming rate. This phenomenon explains why as kids, time felt like it dragged on and on.

Whether it’s as small as listening to songs you’ve never heard or trying new foods, or as big as traveling to a new country, throw your brain a new (but safe!) curveball. And then write it down. How cool will it be to look over a year of new experiences when you might otherwise forgotten what you have done?

So far, one of the new things I have tried is rock climbing. I can’t wait to see what the other 49 weeks hold.

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him if he’d like to enter deacon training. According to Manning, this came as a surprise because he was still “a little rough around the edges,” sometimes even carrying a gun with him to church. Manning complied however, and was soon teaching a Sunday school class. Manning said he felt a calling from God to become a pastor, and eventually he opened his own church, the Divine Wisdom Welcome Center in Midwest City.

Even after establishing his own church, Manning never forgot his rough past. In 2007, Manning, a former member of the Bloods gang, teamed up with Andre Jones, a member of the Rollin’ 90’s Crips, to create a cooperative gang ministry. TASK was born.

“This is the first time anyone has ever done anything like this in Oklahoma and any other state that I’m aware of,” ManStatistics show that gang violence in Oklahoma is on a de- ning said. “They have gang troupes, they last about a year or cline. Between 2005-2007 Oklahoma City experienced a two, then somebody shoot somebody and then it goes out the 53 percent drop in drive-by shootings. window... But a boy coming in here, winding up in a fight, we’ve never had that here in four years.”

TASK serves the community in many ways, including subManning soon grew tired of the fighting, shooting and robstance abuse programs, intervening in and preventing gang bing and sought change in his life. In 1998, he started attendviolence, assisting with job placement, speaking engagements ing church again and began to fight his addiction to drugs and and visiting prisons and penitentiaries. alcohol. Manning has been drug free since 1999.

The program’ s main focus, however, is in the lives of at-risk “It was easy for me to walk away from the street life because kids.

TASK provides meals for the community children as well I got tired of it; I just went back to church,” Manning said. as after school tutoring programs and summer camps. They “The drug part was the hardest part. That was a real bear trying have also started a community garden, where the children and to shake that drug habit.” others can work together to grow potatoes, onions, cucumManning began to feel the need to help those who had faced bers, peppers, and other things. similar problems, at first by attending meetings for AlcoholAll of these programs have to be paid for somehow. Though ics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, meetings which TASK was awarded a $2,500 grant from UCO, the program he did not enjoy. doesn’t receive any other kind of state or federal funding. Usu“Back then they could smoke in the meetings, and I had ally the money comes straight out of Manning’s pocket. asthma and all the allergies. I couldn’t stand the meetings. I’d “Most of [the money] comes from me and my wife and it’s be in there just crying and they’d be thinking that I was crying practically broke us,” Manning said. “I’m not ashamed to tell over what they were saying, but I was crying because there was nobody that I filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago because we smoke in my eyes,” Manning said. had pretty much given our lives to different ministries that we “I remember one time they asked me to read. We were going have.” around the table and they thought I couldn’t read, but really Though TASK will happily accept donations of any kind, I couldn’t see. My eyes were burning so bad and I was just Manning also makes it clear that volunteers just as important. crying. They thought I couldn’t read, they didn’t even realize I “We need tutors, mentors. You see, because once we get a had a college degree.” kid to a certain point, they need to be around people that are After experiencing these programs firsthand, Manning benormal, not ex-gang bangers,” Manning said. “Now we need lieved there was a better way for people to be saved from their to start leading them towards a different direction, and the way addictions. He asked his pastor if he could get involved in you do that is through plugging them into people who have ministry and created a seven step, faith-based deliverance pronever been in a gang, who are living a normal lifestyle, because gram to help people cope with and conquer their addictions to that’ s where we’re trying to get them to.” drugs, alcohol, and other things. The program has now been To get involved with TASK or to ask about donating, call the adopted by four other area churches.

Divine Wisdom Worship Center at 405-713-2349.

Seeing the success of the program, Manning’s pastor asked

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DEBT AS BADGE OF HONOR P H OTO IL LUS T R AT IO N BY L IZ B OY ER

trip to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, a bachelor’s degree is your entry-point into a successful, well-paying career,” Rothbaum said.

Rothbaum’s interpretation of the study is not that students are “thrilled” to owe so much money, but that college and credit card debt is an indicator of one’s venture into an independent lifestyle.

According to Rothbaum, UCO is working to address the concerns students may have about their debt by introducing the new UCOIN program.

“UCO has addressed these issues in a variety of ways, for example through Success Central and Personal Finance courses, but UCOIN will be offering seminars throughout the year for the students who want to learn about money management without the pressure of making a grade. I started at UCO at the end of April and UCOIN will hit According to a study conducted by researchers at Ohio State University, the the ground running in the Fall of 2011,” new generation of college graduates feel proud of their debt.

Rothbaum said.

Rothbaum recommends that proacfrom wealthy backgrounds didn’t see

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer tive students find a good combination any boost from their debt.

However, researchers also found that of scholarships, work studies and partGraduates from UCO and other uni- by age 28, many of the study’s partici- time employment in order to reduce the versities have a lot to be proud of, in- pants were beginning to feel the stress amount of money they need to borrow. cluding a college degree, an increased involved with paying off their debts.

She also suggests that students take a earning potential and the satisfaction The study attributed the increased lev- moment to really think about their fiof finishing what you started. A recent els of self-esteem with the participants nances. study points out another thing some feeling that they were taking ownership “The best way for students to manage graduates are proud of: their college of their lives and investing in their fu- their debt is to take a good, hard look at debt. their lifestyle,” Rothbaum said. “Educatures.

Researchers at Ohio State University Amy Rothbaum, who is the coordina- tional loans and credit cards do not have conducted a study on young adults aged tor of UCOIN, a new program housed in to lead to crushing debt. Of course, I will between 18 and 27 and found that the UCO’s Career Services office designed to recommend that students educate themmore college and credit card debt the be a guide for students on the process of selves by attending UCOIN seminars in person had, the higher their self-esteem. independent living and paying off debt, the fall. Sitting down and doing the calThe lower the average income of the per- agrees with the researchers’ premise. culations to figure out how much someson’s family, the greater the boost debt “Educational loans finance your ‘gold- thing will cost if you buy it on credit and gave their self-esteem. Those who came en ticket,’ except instead of winning a pay interest on it is a real eye-opener.”

By Josh Hutton Always an Usher “I killed the family longhorn,” the groom-to-be’s father rattled off amidst charcoal smoke and June sweat.

At that moment, I felt like the prodigal son—strange, given my lowly servile station as mere usher in the wedding. The rehearsal dinner drifted surreal. Once dear high school friends, weathered grandmas, and wretched rock n’ rollers melted over a feast of longhorn burgers and macaroni salad. My fellow usher, Ryan, leaned over to me and whispered, “This is weird.” Trigger pulled, clarity washed ashore – I reached the beginning of the end. I am at the juncture of my life where most of my compadres have chosen to hang up their nomadic walking shoes indefinitely and trade their ramblings for a torture party of all-chain-and-no-ball. I turned to him, “This is weird.”

The wedding party began to leave the dinner and head toward the rehearsal site. “They are going to run over my tree. I know it. They are going to run over my tree!” the groom-to-be’s father shouted from behind screen door with a mouth full of chewing tobacco. With body frozen by imminent disaster, the father cringed while an aqua green minivan bent the frail tree backward. As the father paced angrily and yelled, “Eight years old! Eight years, do you believe it? Of course you don’t! Every time it starts growing somebody runs it over!”

Trigger pulled, clarity washed ashore – nothing is sacred – a central idea of Zen rang true.

My greatest worry over marriage lies in the pageantry and sacrifice of the individual mind. The two elements combine at the ceremony. Ritual takes hold; in a dizzy spell celebration of wealth versus actual love, we comment on how beautiful the aesthetic brick of marriage is, not the mortar holding the two together. Once the couple fades to objectification their individual minds become disregarded as the two become one.

If the two lose their self-identity, the mortar risks disrepair. With the advent of social networking and texting, fidelity is tested in terra incognita.

The solution: continue to love your dearest friends as individuals. Putting them on a distant plateau—a cold shelf to gather dust, where the only communication exchange equivocates a gaze during a stroll down their aisle. In an era when congressmen cry out for validation via text messaging, we must cling to tangible relationships, not gratification through shortcuts.

For a marriage to work, it takes one-on-one conversations, slow speech, and sharp listening. The notion that married people need only married friends in incessant group settings lies botched.

Eight-year-old weakling trees do not matter. Slaughtering the longhorn does not matter. An unwrinkled, $7,000 glowing wedding dress does not matter. What does? A cup of coffee at two a.m. and the humanization of one person taking genuine interest in another’s battered soul.

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Education

ACTUALLY, THAT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE Phrases like “Cleanliness is next to godliness” or “Spare the rod and spoil the child” hold long-established spots in the American vernacular. But do citizens know where these maxims came from? A little bit of research reveal that most do not claim the Holy Bible as their origin.

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Many adages, despite their spiritual overtones, are not found in the Holy Bible.

Some are paraphrases, others are attributed to religious or social leaders.

By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” That verse would be located in Hebrews. No, it must be first Corinthians. Wait a second, not there either. Proverbs?

If you find yourself in a religious debate, you should probably avoid citing “cleanliness is next to godliness” as hard-hitting evidence.

Why? For starters, the passage does not exist in the Bible.

The axiom is originally from a 1791 sermon entitled “On Dress,” by Methodist church founder John Wesley. The “cleanliness is next to godliness” mistake does not stand as a lone rarity. Many aging adages transcend their intended place and land somewhere in between the lines of Christianity’s holy book. How do

phrases make the leap?

“I think it’s simple overuse. After a long period of time, followers have heard a particular saying so long, they do not even think to check the scripture to validate,” Jerry Hurley, team development leader of LifeChurch.tv, said.

Hurley is no stranger to ministry and problems that arise with misinformation from the pulpit, given his 19 years of church leadership experience. “In the grand scheme of things I don’t think it’s a huge problem socially, religiously,” Hurley said. “But a person should not make life decisions based on sayings.”

Other ghost passages include: “This, too, shall pass,” “Spare the rod, spoil the child,” and “Pride goes before a fall.” These phrases make nods to actual verses.

The rough calculation of “Pride goes before a fall” actually reads, “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall,” (Proverbs 16:18).

“The one who withholds the rod is one who hates his son,” found in Proverbs 13:24, does not make any mention of “spoil the child”.

Adding to Scripture comes with weighty consequence in Christian teaching. “I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book,” warns Revelation 22:18.

Another phrase commonly thought to be

within the Bible’s text, “God helps who help themselves,” which was originally said by Ben Franklin, is a phrase that Hurley finds misleading.

“This notion is generally interpreted one of two ways: either people do not recognize the need to rely on God, thinking they know best; or people believe it to mean they must be diligent, being good stewards, taking care of their families.”

To further clarify his point, Hurley used this example.

“Does God require you to carry your own weight? Absolutely. With God’s help David defeated Goliath, but David still had to pick up five stones, and he still had to show up.”

Syndie White, a scholar of religious studies from the University of Nebraska, believes this.

“We often inflect the Bible with our own values and morals, not asking what the Bible’s values and morals really are.”

Hurley echoes the notion.

“When manipulating the scripture occurs for the sole reason of giving ourselves permission, that’s a problem,” he said.

As if the multitude of Christian sects were not already putting a strain on the teachings of the Bible, when religious figures inject their own ideals it creates a denser fog over the initial truth.

“Life choices, key decisions should always be approached with a ‘what does the Bible really say’ attitude,” Hurley said.

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ICLOUD MP3s, and match them against their library of 18 million or so authorized music tracks,” Gewirtz wrote. “Those ripped (which could have been pirated) MP3s of yours, if they match, will be replaced in the iCloud with official, licensed [mu-

sic].”

Some are concerned about possible privacy issues related to iTunes Match.

“As with any automated system or system navigated by a human being, there could be possible errors,

definitely [there are] concerns as to what files they’re taking out,” Loudermill said. “These types of things could pose a problem; I’m not really sure what provisions they have in place to differentiate things that may or may not look pirated, and

how they exclude that from the rest of your data.”

It is possible, according to Loudermill, that iTunes Match would only look for files that aren’t in the AAC format and convert them, rather than picking and choosing from

files that may or may not be pirated.

The iCloud service, along with the latest builds of Mac OS X and iOS, will be released later this fall; currently, an iTunes-only beta version of iCloud is available in the United States.

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New areas still under construction include a children’s park, dog release area, interactive fountain, restaurant, and a new entrance on the south east side. Completed projects include new wider sidewalks, additional plants and trees, refurbished Crystal Bridge, and several new waterfalls that look naturally made. Also complete is a wave pool fountain that flows water down its side in waves to mimic the sound of the ocean.

Lindsey-McClintock said the upgrades included taking into account environmental responsibility. “They have taken into consideration having as little of an impact as possible on the environment,” she said.

“The lake acts as a biofilter,” Janet Latham, horticulture operations leader, said of one of the efficiency improvements.

“The water recirculates into the ponds and water features.”

Latham also explained how Women walk their dogs along the sidewalks in the Myriad Gardens in the evening Sunday, June 5, 2011. the park would deal with new cathe center of the gardens has also “We’ve brought in thousands of “Our other focus is to present a nine visitors. plants,” Latham said. “A lot more tropical marketplace,” she said. “We “What they’re doing over on the been renovated in the last year.

“All 3,028 acrylic panels have unusual plants that we’ve never had teach environmental education. east side of the property is laying down Astroturf for the dog re- been replaced, with the frame get- before. Everything in here is tropi- Teaching kids how fruit really does come from trees. So many just think lease area,” Latham said. “And it’s a ting sandblasted and repainted,” cal and exotic.”

Unusual plants include coffee and it comes from the supermarket.” fenced-in area, so the dogs will be Latham said. “The vents in the top Latham said education classes contained in that area. There’s also of the conservatory are working a cinnamon trees, clove, pineapple extra water available for them there lot better now. We’ve put in LED and papaya plants. Bromeliads and have been on hold since last spring.

“They’re still in a flux,” she said. in a fountain.” Latham said it would lighting, so we can light up the en- orchids line the paths. A window“Our education areas downstairs be easy for owners to control their tire bridge, which we’ve never been pane palm dwarfs visitors.

Latham walks past a sign reading still aren’t complete, but they’re aldogs, and for people who wanted to able to do before.”

Inside the Crystal Bridge, numer- “Over 80% of the world’s diet comes most ready.” visit just the dog park. from tropical rain forests.”

“We’d love to have everybody The 224-foot Crystal Bridge in ous plants have been added.

come down to visit, but be aware we still are a work in progress,” Lindsey-McClintock said.

“I think I was a little underwhelmed,” Laura Cooper of Austin, Texas, said of her first visit to the Gardens. Cooper was not a fan of the construction or multiple levels of walking paths.

“It’s a little hard with a stroller, because a lot of the stuff is up high,” Cooper said. However, she said she could see the garden’s potential.

“I can tell it’ll be really cool when it’s done. The waterfalls were really nice,” Cooper said.

“We encourage everyone to come down and take a look,” Lindsey-McClintock said.

“What they see when they come down right now, until probably September or October, we’ll still have some construction around. Have a look at what we can grow into over the next several months and years.”

While construction continues, programs are returning to the gardens. Performance art returns with Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park performing The Merry Wives of Windsor every weekend in June.

“A lot of people will say, “oh, I’ve been there”,” Latham said. “And yeah, you may have. But I guarantee its different now than when you were here. It really is a new experience with each season.”

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PLAN FOR A MARRIAGE, PLAN FOR DIVORCE WedLock, a new service available online from SafeGuard Guaranty Corporation, is the first service to offer divorce insurance to married couples. Couples can purchase insurance for about $15.99 per month premium.

By Bryan Trude / Contributing Writer

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When he isn’t attending cooking school at night or working at Abbey Road Catering in Norman, Allen Abele, 28, is getting ready for his wedding to his fiancée of two and a half years, Shannon Liljestrom, this weekend.

However, a new service for Abele and thousands of soon-to-be-newlyweds like him is not putting the romance into his relationship.

WedLock, a new service available online from SafeGuard Guaranty Corporation, is the first service to offer divorce insurance to married couples.

According to the WedLock web site, WedLock Divorce Insurance is “an annually renewable, premium guaranteed form of casualty insurance that provides a lump sum of cash…that is paid if your marriage ends in divorce.”

When first informed of WedLock, Abele began laughing, unable to believe that such According to the WedLock web site, the odds are much greater for a marriage to end a thing was real. Liljestrom was a little less in divorce than other disasters. The odds continue to increase for divorce in cases of second and third marriages. humored.

“Divorce insurance? Ridiculous,” Liljestrom said. “Are you asking for failure, or just plan- the event of divorce, the insurance would pay ists says that marriage is just as reliable as a ning on it? I’m pretty sure I would not like to a lump sum of cash to the insured at about car,” Abele said.

According to the WedLock web site, 32 hear my fiancée ask me about getting divorce $1,250 per unit.

According to the website, the value of each percent of first-time marriages end in divorce, insurance.”

The service offers units of insurance for sale unit can go up after a waiting period without about one out of three. For comparison, according to the site, the average person has a starting at a $15.99 per month premium, at increasing premiums.

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These statistics only climb for repeat marriages, with about 72 percent of third marriages ending in failure.

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“More important than the sale of divorce insurance policies, this web site is designed to help educate you and your loved ones about the risk and hopefully prevent some divorces from happening. However, if you find yourself weighing the odds and they’re not in your favor, we’ve got you covered.”

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“While I believe in relationships that hold husband and wife as equal parts to a while, the couple needs to understand and be aware of each other’s strengths, weaknesses, beliefs and so on. It seems that now-a-days couples fail to learn these things about each other before committing to a marriage.”

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Community Service

OWRB SETS NEW COURSE FOR OK WATER

By Chris Howell / Staff Writer The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is finalizing the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan, the blueprint for water use in Oklahoma for the next 50 years.

The plan has to account for a projected 33 percent increase in water consumption over the next 50 years, with the state population expected to be just under five million by 2060.

“This is the most extensive water planning effort the state has ever done. It’s really unprecedented in the amount of time we’ve spent obtaining the public’s input into the plan,” Brian Vance, director of information at the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, said.

Before drafting the new plan, the board sought input from the public starting in late 2006, and continued to gather feedback throughout in the drafting process with lo-

cal, regional and town hall meetings, as well as planning workshops. The board has also commissioned technical studies and research from top level engineering firms.

The plan includes consideration of a wide variety of concerns including climate change, environmental concerns, technical innovations in water reuse, agricultural and nonconsumptive water usage.

“The plan will be finalized, more or less, in September. Our board will review the final draft of the plan then, and will begin formal consideration in October for approval or disapproval. The plan will be formally submitted to the legislature and governor in February 2012,” Vance said.

Vance anticipated that the plan would be approved at the formal consideration.

The process has not been without contention, however. In order to meet the new demands, the plan calls for the state to take

water from lakes and other water resources it did not previously need. The water rights to these lakes, streams and other resources are claimed by tribal governments and citizens through treaties with the federal government.

According to a report prepared by Taiawagi Helton and available on the OWRB website, one of the conditions to Oklahoma’s statehood is that Oklahoma would disclaim all right and title to tribal property. Thus, Oklahoma has no right to these resources unless the tribal water rights were canceled by the United States Congress.

“I would think that the fact that Sardis Lake and most other lakes in Oklahoma are artificial lakes that didn’t even exist when any treaties with the tribes were made would complicate the legality of their claims,” Brett Sharp, professor of political science at UCO, said.

The OWRB commissioned a report on these legal concerns from Dr. Lindsay Rob-

ertson, professor of law at the University of Oklahoma.

“I’m not quoting verbatim, but basically, it encourages the governor of Oklahoma to begin formal consultation and negotiations on behalf of the state with the tribal governments to try and resolve the issue,” Vance said.

Another point of contention has been the sale or appropriation of water to other states.

In 2002, the state banned the sale of water to other states until the comprehensive water plan was completed. This ban has been challenged by lawsuits twice, but so far been upheld.

Vance indicated that the current water plan draft does not have any consideration for out of state sales or needs.

The plan, as well as much of the information that went into its production, is available on the OWRB website at http://www.owrb. ok.gov/supply/ocwp/OCWPreports.php.

Health

THE COST OF CAFFEINE CONSUMPTION PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK

Common caffeine products like sodas and coffees are rampant among the younger crowd and college students. Caffeine can be found in a variety of products including gums and patches.

By Bryan Trude / Contributing Writer How many people could not imagine even thinking about going to that eight a.m. class on molecular biology without that pick-meup from Joe’s magical pot? How about a shot of soda for lunch to keep that buzz going?

However, as the number and variety of caffeinated products continue to grow exponentially, a new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says that overconsumption of caffeine by young people can be dangerous.

According to the National Library of Medicine, caffeine is a bitter-tasting stimulant com-

monly found in coffee and sodas, as well as chocolate, tea, kola nuts and some medicines.

Caffeine consumption gives the user a boost of energy and increases alertness, but the NLM also says that overconsumption can lead to anxiety, restlessness, sleep problems, headaches and abnormal heart rhythms. People who stop using caffeine have also reported withdrawal symptoms.

In the AAP report, titled “Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks for Children and Adolescents: Are they Appropriate,” the difference between sports drinks (such as Gatorade and Powerade) and energy drinks (such as Monster and Red Bull, which contain caffeine) are outlined as well as their harmful effects.

“Sports and energy drinks are being marketed to children and adolescents for a wide variety of inappropriate uses,” the report said.

“Sports drinks and energy drinks are significantly different products, and the terms should not be used interchangeably.”

The report goes on to cite the risk of children developing an addiction to caffeine through the use of energy drinks, as well as its effects on developing neurological and cardiovascular systems.

“Avoidance of caffeine in young people poses a great societal challenge because of the widespread availability of caffeine-containing substances and a lack of awareness of potential risks,” the report said.

In addition to caffeinated drinks, caffeine can be found in a variety of products from gum to patches and more.

One of the newer products to hit the market are Sheets, a flavored patch that is disintegrated on the tongue.

According to their web site www.takeasheet.com, a single serving of Sheets contains an amount of caffeine comparable to a cup of coffee. The product is being promoted by such figures as basketball stars LeBron James and Amar’e Stoudemire.

The widespread integration of caffeine does not stop there though. At the online vendor www.thinkgeek.com, an entire section devoted to caffeine promotes products such as an inhalable coffee vapor, caffeinated marshmallows, lollipops, cookies, jerky, popcorn and breath mints.

Finally, according to health and fitness reference web site www.livestrong.com contributor Beverly Bird, “according to the U.S. Surgeon General, although caffeine has gotten a bum rap over the years, it actually presents no significant health risk when consumed in moderation.”

“Both the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council and the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration agree with the Surgeon General’s position,” Bird says in her article. “The Surgeon General did find that consuming caffeine can result in a small reduction in the body’s ability to absorb calcium. However, this is only significant if you’re not getting enough calcium to begin with.”

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CROSSWORDS

The only inter-U.S. flights made by the Concorde were between New York’s JFK Airport and the oil-rich Texas metropolis of Dallas-Fort Worth.

The “No animals were harmed…” disclaimer listed in film credits by the American Human Association doesn’t just cover cute and cuddly animals; they also have strict rules regarding snakes, rats and insects.

The original version of Roger Corman’s “The Little Shop of Horrors” was reportedly the fastest film ever made. It was written in a single night, rehearsed in three days, and shot in two days and one night. Why the rush? Corman wanted to finish the movie by New Year’s Day 1960, when a new industry practice would have forced him to pay the actors residual fees for any showing.

The world’s largest desert is not the Sahara; it is the continent of Antarctica. (Antarctica is classified as a “cold desert”).

The Canary Islands are actually not named for canaries, but dogs. This is because they found a large population of dogs on the island, and it comes from the Latin root canaria.

Brown-shelled chicken eggs are identical to white-shelled chicken eggs in both content and nutrition.

Wonder Woman was created by Psychologist William Moulton Marsten. Martsen is also credited as the inventor of the systolic blood-pressure test, a component of the modern polygraph machine.

The bald eagle became America’s national symbol when it was placed on the great seal in 1782. One member of Congress who did not support the bald eagle selection was Benjamin Franklin.

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29. Whinny 30. Haberdashery item (2 wd) 31. Someone from Machu Picchu 35. “___ on Down the Road” 36. Eyelet creator 38. Embrace 39. Addition 40. Without professional help (acronym) 43. But 44. Almost 45. Brat 46. Do the Wright thing 47. Freshman, probably

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2011 NBA Draft

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS ON THE CLOCK UCO contributing writer Bryan Trude previews the NBA draft using draftexpress.com. The Cleveland Cavs have the first pick and will turn in their card at 7 p.m. ET. on ESPN.

By Bryan Trude / Contributing Writer Pick #1 – Cleveland Cavaliers DraftExpress Mock Draft Pick: PG Kyrie Irving (Fr., Duke) A moderately sized player whose season was hampered by injury, Irving is a spry and slippery guard who can weave between defenders and jump for the layup as easily as he can pass it low to an open shooter. Averaged 17.5 points and 4.3 assists per game for Duke despite only playing 11 games. This lack of experience combined with young age (Irving only played one season before declaring) makes me wonder if he can handle playing at an NBA level.

I would expect Irving to start the next few seasons coming off the bench, especially considering Duke’s recent problems with producing collegiate stars that can’t translate into professional success (anyone remember J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams?)

Pick #2 – Minnesota T-wolves DraftExpress Mock Draft Pick: PF Derrick Williams (So., Arizona)

Considering the Arizona program is best known for producing quality guards, picking up Williams this early in the first round would be something of an oddity.

Williams is a potent inside scoring threat who is just as effective from beyond the arc, averaging 19.5 PPG, 8.5 rebounds per game and boasting a .568 three-point percentage.

Williams has no problem playing the defensive end, accumulating 209 defensive boards over 38 games for the Wildcats last season.

If Williams can translate into the pro game well, expect him to provide a potent bench scoring threat in relief of Michael Beesley. Between the potential of drafting Williams and the recent call-up of Ricky Rubio from Barcelona, there is plenty of reason to be optimistic in Minneapolis.

Pick #3 – Utah Jazz DraftExpress Mock Draft Pick: PG Brandon Knight (Fr., Kentucky) With another freshman PG breaking into the top of the draft list, Knight doesn’t look like a top-three pick if you just look at his stats. He’s 42 percent on two-point shooting with negligible three-point numbers, averag-

ing less than one assist per game, and only a moderate board presence, averaging just under four defensive rebounds. However, he was very impressive to scouts during the combine, possessing an explosive quickness in sets he didn’t show during his one season at Kentucky during games.

However, with Deron Williams starting at PG for the Jazz, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Knight do a couple seasons in the D-League.

Pick #4 – Cleveland Cavaliers DraftExpress Mock Draft Pick: C Enes Kanter (International) Oh boy, where to start. Very little is known about Kanter coming into the draft.

Most scouts only had a handful of prep game videos to go on against U.S. competition before heading off to Europe. What is known about Kanter is that he is a legit 6 foot 11 inches with a wingspan of almost eight feet. A well-framed big, he’s unusually agile although he’s not terribly explosive.

Like fellow foreign-born center Nenad Krstic (who until the trade deadline was with the Thunder), Kanter has a good scoring touch and soft hands, able to score in the

paint.

It will be interesting if he takes more after Krstic in the pros.

Pick #5 – Toronto Raptors DraftExpress Mock Draft Pick: PG Kemba Walker (Jr. UConn) Despite being one of the most-mentioned names from UConn’s championship season, Walker is one of the smallest players in the draft.

His physical testing didn’t impress as much as expected either, though his 39.5 vertical was very respectable for his size. Though not as speedy and explosive as scouts expected at the combine, Walker did show the footwork and playmaking ability that comes with experience, as opposed to his freshman counterparts going higher in the draft.

The Raptors are hurting for a true point guard; though Jerryd Bayless is a perfectly serviceable combo guard, Walker has the potential to be that floor commander the Raptors need as they continue to rebound from the loss of Chris Bosh to Miami.

U.S. Open Recap

MCILROY SETS RECORD WITH U.S. OPEN VICTORY

By Jared Hall / Contributing Writer On Sunday 22 year old Rory McIlroy shot at 2-under (69) to capture his first major title by winning the 2011 U.S. Open by eight strokes, finishing with a record 16-under-par for the tournament. McIlroy was in control from the start of the tournament, leading from start to finish. Just a few months before this victory McIlroy led heading into the final round of the Masters, but shot a disappointing 80 in his final round to lose the lead and ultimately, the championship.

Often when golfers suffer let downs in major championships it takes years to come back and battle for a title, but McIlroy just wanted another chance to get into a major and play well. McIlroy responded to his doubters in his post-round press conference saying, “I

learned a lot from the Masters tournament I kept telling you guys, but I don’t know if you all believed me; here you go.”

The U.S. Open of 2011 seemed to lack the feel of a big time atmosphere with the noticeable absence of Tiger Woods, who did not compete due to injuries in his Achilles and knee. McIlroy joined some elite company with his victory, joining Jack Nicklaus, who was 22 years old at the time he captured his first major; and Tiger Woods, who was just 21 when he broke through for a major victory.

McIlroy looks to be, and is said to be, the future in the game of golf. Woods even went so far as to put out a statement on his website congratulating McIlroy on his tremendous achievement, which is saying something: often Tiger fails to recognize others’ achievements whether they be good or bad. Even

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FENCING PHOTO BY LIZ BOYER

UCO Fencing Club member James Compton (left) duels against DeOren Robinson (right) Tuesday as part of the club’s weekly practice.

Compton also said, “If you’re fencing angry, you’re going to be fencing bad. You get slower and you stop thinking…you do everything harder and this is the opposite of what you want.”

Fencing is often described as a graceful sport. “It teaches you how to lose gracefully and win gracefully,” Debolt said. The taunting or victory dancing one sees on the basketball court or football field is a deduction or dis-

qualification in fencing.

“That sort of outrageous behavior is not permitted,” he said. “You observe conventions of politeness. You always salute before a match with a sword, and at the end of a match you salute and shake hands.”

“It’s a very physically taxing sport because you’re always moving,” Debolt said.

“It’s very anaerobic,” said Compton.

peers and opponents of McIlroy have had to acknowledge his talents with some of the outstanding performances he has put on in his young career.

Golf needs a new face to step up and be the face of the future in the sport, with Woods dealing with injuries and personal issues while trying to get back to the Tiger of old.

Many believe McIlroy can be the person to compete on a regular. If some people don’t recognize the name of Rory McIlroy, it’s more than likely because McIlroy is from Northern Ireland, and will spend a good portion of his season also playing in tournaments on the European tour.

When asked if he felt any different now, or even felt a sense of relief after getting the major chip off of his shoulder, McIlroy said, “You know it will probably take a little bit

time to sink in, but just to sit here knowing that I’ve just won that trophy just following in the footsteps of my good friend Graeme McDowell last year at Pebble (Beach): it’s a great feeling…”

According to television ratings, the U.S. Open was affected by the absence of a healthy Tiger Woods, which made a huge difference: a 35 percent decrease in viewing compared to last year’s U.S. Open. McIlroy has already done what few other golfers can say they have ever done in their careers, by bouncing back from a major disappointment to achieving a major championship. If the future of the game of golf is in McIlroy’s hands then I believe the game is in great shape. The sport is set for a changing of the guard, and we may be witnessing it right in front of our eyes.

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New research indicates that some graduates feel proud to have debt after graduation because it makes them feel responsible.

Divorce insurance is now available for future brides and grooms.

UCO’s Jordan Stern becomes the first professional signee for head coach Dax Leone.

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Tina Morgan, an industrial safety sophomore, stops to look at a photograph she took of Murdaugh Hall Tuesday, June 21, 2011. The 21st marked the beginning of the summer months.

Campus News

OVERCOMING THE GANGSTER LIFE

By Ben Luschen / Staff Writer It was April 2007 and 27 individual gang members representing 14 rivaling Oklahoma City area gangs gathered to discuss gang violence with Oklahoma City District Attorney David Prater. Tension levels were high. One gang member had been shot in the head only the night before and the bullet had not yet been removed.

His shooter was not only present at the meeting, but was sitting right beside him.

After the meeting, the man with a bullet in his skull told the instigator of the meeting, Pastor Theodis Manning, that he had wanted to “get at” his shooter, but refrained because the meeting was “bigger than him.”

“Boy, it took everything I had to not start crying when he said that, because for a kid to take on that kind of attitude for what we

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were doing, it really touched me,” Manning said. “I had to start blinking my eyes because I didn’t want to cry, not in that setting.”

Manning is the one of the founders of Teaching And Saving Kids (TASK), a program whose mission statement is to “create and maintain a community of clergy, professionals, and former gang members working together to teach, save and mentor at-risk youth.”

Pastor Manning and a group or active and inactive gang members associated with TASK came to UCO June 8 to speak to a group of students about their experiences.

Manning himself is no stranger to the street life. Though he grew up in Arkansas as part of a tight-knit Christian home, a threemonth trip to California when he was 15 introduced him to the gang lifestyle.

“It was just fun,” Manning said. “A young

kid thinking I’m having a good time away from my mom and dad. Well, my grandparents pretty much raised me, but I’m away from them. I was living with my uncle, he had just come from [the Vietnam War] so he was kind of wild... To be in Southern California and being raised down South, I thought it was the best.”

He eventually left the streets in order to get his college degree and become a professional. His job, however, soon led him back to his old lifestyle.

“My job required me to travel, and I wind up meeting some people,” Manning said. “I had always drank a little, but I got to experimenting with drugs, and that’s what drove me back to the streets. Really, I was too old to be out there. I was in my 30’s and went right back into the streets to support my drug habit.”

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When the latest batch of Apple software rolls out this fall, it very well could mark one of the first changes in the company’s anti-piracy strategy.

At the 2011 Worldwide Development Conference in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his company’s flagship cloudbased storage software called “iCloud,” a revamped, enhanced iteration of the older product “MobileMe.” “iCloud is a system that a lot of people have had before,” UCO tech store manager John Loudermill said. “[Apple] just used to charge you for it.”

Loudermill explained that iCloud will be a remote storage system that could eliminate the need for an external hard drive, as well as provide multiple entry points to data that users might need to access.

Some aspects of iCloud will not be entirely compatible with Windows users, however; they will have to have iTunes accounts to utilize parts of the cloud. “iTunes is sort of a gap-bridger,” Loudermill said. “When you get certain products which are in the cloud, which are your iPhones, your iPod Touches, your regular iPods and your iPads – these are cloud items. These are things that are outside of the Mac that are designed to work with a PC or any type of situation you have going on.”

According to Loudermill, the iCloud would also allow users to access it from a PC in order to retrieve Windows-compatible documents.

Another feature that came with the announcement of the iCloud service was iTunes Match. For an annual fee of $25, users will give permission to Apple to scan their computers for ripped music, and replace it with a copy from iTunes’ 18 million song library in their own format with ostensibly no questions asked.

In an article on the tech site ZDNet, blogger David Gewirtz wondered whether Apple had just offered complete amnesty to music pirates, and called iTunes Match “a curious, interesting, and dare I say it? elegant solution to the pirated music problem.”

“Basically, the idea is that iTunes Match will scan your existing music library of ripped

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MYRIAD GARDENS UNDERGO RENOVATIONS

By Andy Jensen / Contributing Writer PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE

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DID YOU KNOW? In real life, The Cosby Show’s Phylicia Rashad is only ten years older than Sabrina Labeauf, who portrayed her eldest TV daughter, Sondra.

In the shadow of the new Devon Tower, an army of workers hurries through laying sod and building construction at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. Closed for remodeling since last spring, the Gardens are now open, with a few exceptions that will be finished this fall.

The extensive reworking has updated and improved nearly every area of the 17-acre park.

“It’s an entirely new dynamic downtown and in the gardens themselves,” Jennifer Lindsey-McClintock, public information and marketing manager for Myriad Botanical Gardens, said.

“Before, we had the gardens a little bit quiet and secluded from the streets. People didn’t really know what was going on inside. Now, we have a very energetic space that really fits in with the whole urban center of downtown.”

The upgraded gardens are part of a downtown Oklahoma City renovation called Project 180.

“The renovation of our outdoor grounds was from Project 180, and the funding came from the Tax Increment Financing fund on the new Devon complex,” Lindsey-McClintock said.

“About $12 million however, for renovation of the Crystal Bridge and a new welcome center, those two projects specifically, were funded through the 2007 General Obligation Bond issue which was approved and voted upon by the Oklahoma The botanical tube at the Myriad Gardens lights up in the evening Sunday, June 5, 2011.

City tax payers. So I would say a quarter to a third of the monies for the Gardens was taxpayer funded, and the others were

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