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Vol. XXXIV Issue 20 March 25, 2005

Proposed bill to raise gas prices

Disability awareness promoted Bryan Trude News Editor

Casual 4 Kids Day

RSC employees can purchase a sticker for Casual 4 Kids Day on Thursday, April 7. Stickers can be purchased for $2. The money will be donated to the Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas and will allow the sticker wearer to dress casually for that day. Stickers can be purchased from any R.E.S.I.S.T. Commitee member. Members include: Rachel Jones, Amy Lawrence, Michael Longrove, Tammy Martin, Lisa Pitsiri or Casey Walker. For more information or to ask questions, call Martin at 7585.

Project Success

USAO

The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma will be on campus in the Student Center from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30.

Scholarships

Joe Cook Contributing Writer

RSC offers free counseling.

See counseling tip, Page 2.

RST

Creedence Clearwater Revisited will be performing songs made popular in the late 60s and early 70s by Creedence Clearwater Revival like “Proud Mary” “Fortunate Son” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”

The concert will be held in the RSC Communications Center on Wednesday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available in the CC box office for $25 and $30.

One does not have to be a fan of CCR to have heard some of their hits. The songs are played heavily on the radio and appear in many motion picture soundtracks.

CCR officially broke up in 1972, but the band started to unravel in 1971 when, according to the Web site www.classbands.com, lead singer John Fogertysʼ older brother, Tom, left the band because he was, “fed up with the dominance of his younger brother.”

After Tom left CCR John let go of his tight grip on the band and let members Stu Cook, bassist, and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford, drummer, have more creative control.

However, the result was not a success and the band broke up in 1972, although the songs from 1969-1971 still remain popular.

The immense popularity of CCRʼs songs is exactly what prompted Cook and Clifford to start performing as Creedence ClearwaterRevisited.

“We never really had any inten-

tion of playing for the public,” said Cook on the Web site www. creedence-revisited.com, “but a friend wanted to promote a couple of concerts. We got talked into it but didnʼt know how it would go over.”

The band feels that they have found just the right combination to do justice to those songs.

“In the beginning, Cosmo and I decided that if we could find the musicians that could capture the sound and recreate what the music was about, then weʼd do it,” said Cook on the bandʼs Web site.

According to a Creedence Clearwater Revisited press release, these members include John Tristao, formerly of the band “People” who handles vocals and Elliot Easton, from the band “The Cars,” who plays lead guitar.

Steve Gunner, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, provides all of the “extra” sounds that complete Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

The group now plays over 100 shows a year. They have toured North America, South America, New Zealand, Europe and Asia since they formed in 1995. Also the groupʼs CD entitled “Recollections” was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2002.

For ticket and show time information, contact the CC box office at 733-7458.

Sonicjoe@hotmail.com EVIN HO

The Leaders of Promise Scholarship is for PTK members who have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and have 36 credit hours or less. Members can be either full- or part-time students to apply. The application deadline is April 29. For more information, call Sherri Mussatto, PTK advisor, at 733-7503 or e-mail her at smussatto@rose. edu.

Creedence revived in campus live performance

Photo by D

RSC Foundation Scholarship applications are available for summer scholarships and fall/ academic year scholarships. The forms are available in the division offices, the Administration building’s Information Desk, the Student Services Building, the Foundation Office, Administration building, Room 201 or through the RSC Web site at www.rose.edu.

The applications and support materials must be submitted to the RSC foundation by March 31.

Many local gasoline retailers are encouraging consumers to contact their state representatives to vote “no” on Senate Bill 768.

The bill will cause retailers to increase the price of gasoline five to seven cents a gallon.

Heath Sitton in sight. require gasoline retailers to raise this bill on the Oklahoma State Sports Editor With gasoline prices already prices at the pump to even more Legislature.

Members of the association Most people who drive soaring, Oklahoma has come up outrageous levels than those that include Shell, Conoco and automobiles have probably with the idea to pass a new bill that consumers are already paying. noticed that the price of gasoline will raise prices even more.

The Oklahoma Petroleum Phillips-66. see PRICES, Page 4 is continuing to rise, with no end Senate Bill 768, if passed, will Marketers Association is pushing

see DISABILITIES, Page 2

Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER

Forms for a $250 scholarship from American Business Women’s Association are now available in the Special Services and Student Outreach Office in the Student Services Building. The deadline is to apply is April 1. For more information, call 733-7373.

Photo by DEVIN HORST

RSC professors will be available for students needing to ask them questions about their degree program and academic majors. Students will be able to talk to the professors on March 29 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Student Center’s Main Dining Room and Raider Room. They will also have free pizza at noon for those who participate.

Even as the month of March grinds to an end for 2005, there is still one more event for which to promote awareness.

In recognition of Disabilities Awareness Month, the RSC Office of Services to Students with Disabilities will be hosting a panel discussion on disability in conjunction with the RSC Office of Intercultural Communication and Education.

The panel, which will take place March 30, will be held in the Main Dining Room of the Student Center at noon, and will last until 2 p.m. The panel is entitled “Understanding Disabilities in the College Classroom and Environment.”

“We are trying to raise awareness of [the disabled],” said Janet Griffith, a licensed professional counselor with the SSD office. “People are not aware that RSC has approximately 100 students and faculty with special needs.”

The panel will consist of four people. Mr. Gary Bulmer, a support group advocate with the Brain Injury Association, will speak on traumatic brain injuries, and is a TBI survivor.

Mr. Sean Hanna, the Integris Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Centerʼs prevention coordinator, will speak on spinal cord injuries, of which he is a survivor.

Ms. Andrea Volk, the director of operations for the National Association of Mental Illness of Oklahoma, a support group,

Male students encouraged to attend free Sexual Assault Prevention Education workshop Bryan Trude News Editor

RSC and the Oklahoma State Department of Health will be holding a Sexual Assault Prevention Education workshop for male students.

The workshop will be held March 31 in the Student Centerʼs Raider Room starting at 3p.m. and lasting until 4:30 p.m. The workshop is open and free to all male RSC students. Rick Woodard, RSCʼs director of enrollment, will teach the workshop.

“It is found that one in 12 men have admitted to committing acts that meet the legal definition of rape or attempted rape,” said student activities coordinator Towry Barnard. “This workshop will treat men as potential helpers, not as potential rapists.”

Rape is defined, according to 21 O.S. Section 1111, as “an act

I survived!

See column, Page 3.

of sexual intercourse involving vaginal or anal penetration accomplished with a male or female who is not the spouse of the perpetrator and who may be of the same or the opposite sex of the perpetrator” without legal consent or if the victim is under 16 years old, or under 18 if the attacker is over 18.

Roughly 25 percent of collegeage women have experienced the legal definition of rape, and 84 percent of those women knew the attacker.

The workshop is being provided under contract with the OSDH to promote better education to college men of what sexual assault is and how it can be prevented. “[Sexual assault] is a major problem in every major city in America,” said RSC criminal justice instructor Gary Spencer, a retired 33-year veteran of

the Oklahoma City Police Department. “Youʼd be surprised how many young people donʼt understand whatʼs permissible and what is not.”

The workshop will be taught by instructors trained through a special provision of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, Title IV. The workshop will highlight male leadership in assault prevention, as well as state law and national research data.

The end goal of the workshop will be to reduce the risk of first-time male offenders by discussing and educating males on the myths and misconceptions of sexual assault directly and explicitly.

Tests will also be administered to the attendees prior to and

see ASSAULT, Page 2

What team visited RSC before the NCAA? See story, Page 4.

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March 25, 2005 15th Street News

Finding a perfect fit: good clothes hard to find Darcy Delaney Editor in Chief

Some readers, after reading the March 11 issue, may be wondering what I will be ranting about this week. Well, this week I will be ranting on an issue I think occurs too often in shoe and clothing stores.

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in my speech class and a few people were commenting on shoe sizes, when one woman said, “No girl wears a size five shoe.”

Meanwhile, I tried my best to hide my size three (size five in womenʼs) Converse All Stars by sliding them under my legs in a criss-cross fashion, hoping no one would notice my small feet.

I have realized many shoe carriers feel this way about small feet as well. My mother (who wears the same size, if not a little smaller) and I can never find shoes that fit and if we do, they are shoes that look like they are made for a 5-year-old.

Can you imagine being a woman and walking into Payless and going to your size and all you see are dress shoes that have no heel and have a big pink bow on them?

Most women, when they dress up for a special occasion, want to feel and look like a woman, not like a little girl carrying an

they have been made cheaply. If I am going pay $20 for a T-shirt it better be made to last me longer than one wash.

Oh, and we must not forget about jeans. What can I say, except every time I buy them I always have to cuff them; no, I am not trying to set a trend, they are just too incredibly long to wear otherwise.

Even though I could solve this problem by buying jeans at stores who sell them in specific sizes, I want for once to be able to wear a pair of LEIʼs that fit immaculately.

Maybe I am just too picky, but I really do not want to show up to my grandparentsʼ house on Easter wearing a shirt that is falling to pieces, jeans that are too long and shoes that are either too big or are the kind I wore when I was 7.

If I did, I might as well stick a giant hot pink bow in my hair, fluff up my bangs, wear a frilly dress and white stockings all while pretending the Easter Bunny is real. ddelaney@rose.edu

Editorial Easter basket.

Even Dillardʼs, JC Penny and other department stores start at a size six. When I was in need of black stilettos, I went searching high and low. I finally found a pair of Steve Maddenʼs - who is one of my favorite designers - but the smallest size they came in was a six. Shoe stores online, I have come to find, have the same problem.

While shoes are my main quandary, I have found it almost equally annoying to find clothes that look fabulous on the rack, but when I try them on I notice

Counseling Tip No.9 The Office of Special Services and Student Outreach offers a helpful counseling tip each week for those in need of advice.

Sidewalk Talk

by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Most people have thought about suicide from time to time. Most suicides and suicide attempts are made by intelligent, temporarily confused individuals who are expecting too much of themselves and have lost hope.

If you or someone you know has this problem help is available. For free confidential assistance, call the RSC counselors at 733-7373.

DISABILITIES continued from Page 1 will speak about mental illness.

Finally, Ms. Terri Cooter, who is the assistant director of special education for Moore Public Schools, will speak about learning disorders.

“It is important that the campus community have a better understanding of the needs some people have,” said Griffith. “The reality is that for most of us, our lives will be touched by disability.”

Griffith is the advisor for the Abled-Disabled Club at RSC. The club is currently inactive this semester due to low membership. However, the club is designed to be a support group for the disabled members of the RSC community, as well as to promote awareness to the rest of the student body.

“It is important to educate ourselves and be ready to make changes that are necessary for either yourself or a family member,” said Griffith. “[The Abled-Disabled Club] is intended to help students be a support for each other.”

For more information about the panel, the Abled-Disabled

ASSAULT following the workshop.

Refreshments will be provided.

“Any opportunity people have to be exposed to the proper information about proper relationships between men and women is beneficial,” said Spencer. “In my experience, I have seen many young men

Club, or services provided by the college for the disabled, contact Griffith by phone at 733-7549 or by e-mail at jgriffith@rose.edu btrude@rose.edu

“Jimmy Dean. He makes some real good sausage. And those little biscuit sandwiches he makes [are] pretty good.” Jason Brockman, theater major

“Who has been

Disabilities: a few facts

the most influ-

38 percent of all community college students with disabilities have learning disabilities, which are related to language, math or fine motor skills.

Students suffering from depression have up to three times higher rates of absenteeism and are less productive at work.

38.5 percent of all spinal cord injuries happen during car accidents.

“My best friend Mitaz. He has been a real bad influence on me, but I love him anyways.” Lacey Berry, business major

ential person or persons in “My mother, because her thoughts are really good and I learned many things from her.” Katlearina Gendereeall, undecided major

your life and why?”

There is an estimated 300,000 sports-related concussions in the United States each year.

“My mother, because throughout all my life the ups and downs, the trials and tribulations and throughout all my adversities sheʼs been there and kept me grounded. I love her for that.”

Jawan Thomas, computer engineering major

Brain injuries cause more deaths than any other sports injury.

Courtesy of Intercultural Communications and Education

continued from Page 1 who thought that ʻnoʼ meant ʻmaybe,ʼ and that ʻmaybeʼ meant yes.ʼ They need to learn that ʻnoʼ means ʻno.ʼ” To find out more about the workshop, contact Student Activities by phone at 7337376. Attendees must RSVP

by March 29. btrude@rose.edu

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March 25, 2005 15th Street News

Feel-good classics revisted in column Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

This week, I would like take a break from reviewing to use this column to revisit some of my favorite classic films from the so-called “Golden Age” of filmmaking - the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The following is my list of Top Five picks for greatest classic films of all time.

5) My Fair Lady (1964) A retelling of the classic play “Pygmalion,” this movie takes the idea that a street urchin can become a lady and adds songs.

Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) is taken under the wing of phoenetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) after Higgins and friend Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White) make a bet that Higgins cannot take a piece of gutter trash and pass her off as high-society. Higgins is misogynistic, rude and presumptuous, Eliza is naïve, silly and adorable ... but it works to make a wonderful movie that has lasted as a classic for more than 40 years.

4) North by Northwest (1959) nun but finds life has other plans This film takes suspense and for her. Mariaʼs flightiness eventuadds Cary Grant and comedy, ally gets her sent from the nunnery three things I love. Directed by she lives at to work as a nanny for Alfred Hitchcock, “North by the Von Trapp family, taking care Northwest” follows Roger O. of seven children. Captain Von Thornhill (Grant) in a case of mis- Trapp (Christopher Plummer) taken identity. Everyone seems rules the house and children with to believe Thornhill is some man an iron hand, but even he softens named George Kaplan. At first, under Mariaʼs bright view on life.

Thornhill is not terribly bothered Set against the background of the by the mistake; however, when Nazi move into Austria, this movie it seems he may be imprisoned combines music, laughter and tenfor a crime Kaplan committed, sion to creThornhill ate a classic takes matthat almost Popcorn ters into Perspective e v e r y o n e his own remembers. hands. The dialogue is some of the best there 2) Casablanca (1942) is - Hitchcock wanted to put the One of the best treatments of the most entertaining scenes in the classic theme of the love triangle, movie that he could, thus ensuring “Casablanca” is set in World War a movie peppered with double- II Casablanca, a Moroccan city entendres which serve to make the under the Vichy French governmovie more entertaining. ment. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) is the cynical owner of the 3) The Sound of Music (1965) Café Americaine, a man who was This classic story (based loosely abandoned by his lover Ilsa (Ingrid on a true story) follows Maria Bergman). When Ilsa appears (Julie Andrews), a young woman in Casablanca again, she comes who believes she is meant to be a with husband Victor Laszlo (Paul

Henreid), the Czech Resistance leader. This story is known by almost everyone the world over.

Ironically, none of the stars thought the movie would do any business in the box office.

1) Singinʼ in the Rain (1952) This movie is the best all-singing, all-dancing movie I have ever seen. Set in the time period when movies were transitioning from silent to sound, this movie follows Hollywood star Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) as he tries to ensure that the movie company he works for does not go belly up in the transition. With the help of best friend Cosmo Brown (Donald OʼConnor) and love interest Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds), Lockwood strives to keep co-star Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) from dragging the entire production company down.

This movie is full of color, music, laughter and genuine good times.

It also contains one of the funniest three minutes on film - OʼConnorʼs “Make ʻEm Laugh” number. If you only rent one classic movie in your life, make “Singinʼ” your choice. ewaltman@rose.edu

Battle of the Brains: Guest writer disputes Joshua Jordan Staff Mystic

Daniel Cunning is most definitely the best author for this column.

Not only is he welleducated, funny, dependable and strikingly wealthy, but he also has a funky toupee.

Bomb!

I am out of my mind to actually entertain the notion that I am somehow better suited to write this column.

Letʼs examine just why I am so journalistically (not to mention socially) deplorable, shall we?

First, Daniel is happily married. I, on the other hand, go on dates with a 5X7 photograph of my elementary school crush.

Next, Daniel has written several best-selling novels. I

play Dungeons & Dragons eight to 10 hours per day.

Furthermore, Daniel is worldrenowned for his artwork and numerous philanthropic contributions. I make Pokemon replicas out of Play-Doh and steal change from the donation jar at the gas station.

Did I mention that Daniel has a funky toupee?

I, sadly, have no toupee (or fully functional brain, for that matter).

Lastly, Daniel Cunning is a jovial, light-hearted, easy going, kindly gentleman.

I have chronic body odor, a buzz cut, two parrots and a weird tendency to jam crickets up my nose.

Also, I am currently awaiting trial for my impersonation of a Salvation Army employee last Christmas. jjordan@rose.edu

columnist’s abilities Joshua Jordan Staff Mystic

Clearly I am better suited to write this column.

First off, I literally have two brains. One is used for everyday activities (eating, driving, normal conversation, etc). It is roughly the size of a chickpea and resides in a safedeposit box at my bank.

Its counterpart was installed by a highly skilled gorilla and is purely used to store arcane knowledge of pre-1980 rock albums and the many cosmic faces of Gene Rayburn.

Does Mr. Cunning literally have two brains? No sir. It is highly possible that he does not even have one brain in his possession!

So, to recap; Josh: 2 brains.

Daniel: 1 brain (maybe). You do the math!

Secondly, I should be the per-

manent author of this column because Daniel has quite foul breath and a funky toupee.

Finally, after many years of collecting subtle clues (official fan club T-shirts, bumper stickers and a rather hideous “I love Estelle Getty” tattoo), I have come to the conclusion that Daniel Cunning could very well be a fan of The Golden Girls.

This horrifying and somewhat nauseating fact certainly points to Mr. Cunningʼs terrible taste and lousy sense of humor.

Did I mention he has a funky toupee?

Ah, who the heck am I kidding? Iʼm just filling in for Daniel this week because he is having a terrible bout with the flu. Blast! jjordan@rose.edu

ʻHoly trinityʼ of tape companies to ensure the second coming of analog sound recording Heath Sitton Spots Editor

A couple of months ago, I reported a crisis in the music recording industry. In January, Quantegy, the last manufacturer of analog tape, stopped production and filed for bankruptcy.

The tape crisis left the world in shock, wondering if recording would ever be the same again.

The evil that is digital recording almost prevailed. However, a new holy trinity has been announced.

The Quantegy Corporation has recently announced that they will definitely be coming back into the world of tape production. In the past few weeks, Quantegy has reopened their

doors and tape is being produced to be available in June.

The final company of the holy again in limited quantities. For a short while, there will be a slight trinity is Netherlandsʼ based increase in the price of tape in Recordable Media Group International. RMG began negotiaorder to cover their costs.

ATR Services, a company based tions with EMTEC in July. Since out of York, Pa. has also heard the November, they have developed a tape-coating cries of conprototype and sumers in need The Music sample proof tape. The duction quansupplier of reStand tities are due manufactured at the end of analog recorders has recently opened up a new this month. RMGʼs “EMTECdivision. ATR Magnetics has Quality audio” studio tape line been developing tape formula- is expected to hit the market by tions in a temporary location for May, with continuous supply over a year. With the panic from starting in June. They are curQuantegy, they were prompted rently in discussion with partners to go public earlier than planned. to insure importation and distriTheir new line of tape is expected bution of the tape to the United

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States and worldwide.

Hopefully, with all of the new analog tape companies opening up, we can hold off the digital apocalypse for good. The messiahs of analog are expected to show the world how truly superior analog recording and mixing can be.

ATR Services is also expected to develop and release other products that will make highquality analog recording more available to the consumers.

We music purists of the world may now heave a collective sigh of relief, drop to our knees and thank this holy trinity of tape companies for exorcising the digital demons. jhsitton@cox.net

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Aries March 21-April 19… The cereal you ate last week... no, not the Cinnamon Toast Crunch ... not the HoneyCombs, either. Quit fooling around and remember! Now that you have remembered what cereal you ate last week, go make another bowl and enjoy it all over again. This will definitely bring good fortune, or at least a cool prize.

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Taurus April 20-May 20… After covering your eyelids in butter and dancing a jig eerily reminiscent of the “Elastic Shuffle” at the old folksʼ home last week, you were beaten senseless by an angry mob of octogenarians who were expecting a heartfelt rendition of Frank Sinatraʼs “Strangers in the Night.” Tough luck!

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Gemini May 21-June 21… A wise man once said to another wise man, “Hey, sir, could you please pass me the salt?”

You should follow this philosophy for the next few days.

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Cancer June 22-July 22… This week, your goal should be to come up with a knock-knock joke so funny that people quit their jobs and begin to riot in the streets instead of going to work. This is no small task, however, as your last knock-knock joke was so terrible that people quit their jobs and instead set fire to your house.

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Leo July 23-August 22… Last week you made an inappropriate joke about your bossʼs wife over dinner. This week, in a strange turn of events, you will discover that his wife is indeed built just like Don Shula.

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Virgo August 23-September 22… After attempting to flush your little brother down the toilet as a punishment for ruining your favorite Teletubbie T-shirt, you then decided to stop your nonsense. Bashing him quite hard in his melonhead with a frying pan was a much more effective punishment.

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Libra September 23-October 23… After misplacing your most beloved pog last week, you began to cry incessantly.

However, you were somewhat cheered when you discovered that Regis Philbin had been jailed for impersonating a gorilla.

Scorpio October 24-November 21… After much thought and careful consideration, the outcome of your week will remain hidden from you for your own safety. You should be prepared to defend yourself. Not necessarily from another person or even from a wild animal, but instead from a ballistic hotdog.

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Sagittarius November 22-December 21… Lately your “claim to fame” has been your uncanny ability to detect a man wearing a toupee. However, this week you will think you have spotted another chrome dome in disguise and will unsuccessfully attempt to de-rug him while holding him quite violently in a headlock. Looks like your new “claim to fame” will be scrubbing the latrine at the county jail.

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Capricorn December 22-January 19… After bartering your best pair of tennis shoes for a couple of cold tacos a bum found in a trash can, you began to ponder the greater meaning of life. Then you ate the tacos.

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Aquarius January 20-February 18… After several decades of dodging the IRS, you will finally realize the noble and decent thing to do: pay back the money you owe to the government. Shortly thereafter you will board the next available plane to France.

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Pisces February 19-March 20… “To feast on mealworms and caterpillars is to dine on the cuisine of nobility.” Follow this advice and you will have good luck all week long.

By Erin Waltman

Comic Corner

environment for Aquatics Center: safe swimming, training

Doug Spores exercises in the Aquatic Center’s swimming pool.

The Center offers classes, open swim, and training.

Bryan Trude News Editor

When most outdoor pools shut down for the cold season, RSC students have a warm oasis of water sports available to them.

The RSC Aquatics Center, constructed in 1983, provides a safe facility and trained staff for RSC students as well as military stationed at Tinker Air Force Base.

Those who swim in the Center can go for classes, training or just some fun in the water.

“We have aquatics classes, special classes, open swim … we help train members of the Navy and the Air Force too,” said Kim Queri, the Centerʼs supervisor. A student must be enrolled in the class to swim during classtimes, any RSC student can swim during open swim hours.

The Center also features a whirlpool and sauna, both of which are open during regular center hours. Remodeled in 1993, the whirlpool and sauna are free to use for any RSC student at any time.

The facility itself features amenities including private showers and secure lockers in the locker rooms, as well as separate locker rooms for students and faculty. The pool itself provides

three lanes for swimming laps, and features a ramp for easy access for the disabled.

At all hours of operation, several certified lifeguards are on duty in the Center. Tabitha Ernst, a lifeguard at the center for two years, is one among 14 lifeguards on the Centerʼs roster. “I really love the patrons, our seniors,” said Ernst. “They are just good-hearted people, appreciative of the service we provide here.”

The work atmosphere of the facility can best be described as “laid back.” The lifeguards can often be seen studying or joking around with their coworkers or patrons. However, when lives are on the line, they can be counted on to do their job and do it right.

“Kim [Queri] saved one personʼs life once. [The patron] had a heart attack in the pool, and EMS said that if it wasnʼt for Kim, he would have died,” said Ernst. “We can rise to the occasion and do our jobs appropriately when we are needed.”

The center also has an agreement with the U.S. military at TAFB to provide facilities for aquatics training.

“Theyʼll come in here on a rubber boat and weʼll have to dump

water on them and help simulate an ocean environment,” said Ernst.

In addition, military officials can gain access to the same services any RSC student can have for just $1 per session.

The Centerʼs accolades, which include a runner-up award in the 2004 Club of the Year contest for its Aquatics Club, extend to the patrons themselves. “The girls here are very professional,” said Francis Tucker, a senior aquatics student.

For more information on the Center, call 733-7396 during regular school hours. btrude@rose.edu

RSC Aquatic Center Spring 2005 Hours January 12 – May 6 OPEN SWIM 7-8 a.m. M-Th 12-1 p.m. M-Th 4:30-5:30 p.m. M-Th 7:30-8:30 p.m. M-Th 7-9 a.m. Friday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday FAMILY SWIM 7:30-8:30 p.m. M-Th SAUNA & WHIRLPOOL 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m. M-Th 7 a.m.-9 a.m. Friday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday Watch for additional closures or changes posted at the Front Desk and Locker Room Doors.

A current RSC student, faculty or staff member must accompany family members during Family Swim hours. A $1 fee will be charged per family member during Family Swim.

Athletic trainers distinguished in March Educators spread Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

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OSU practices for NCAA Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

Oklahoma State University basketball players practiced at RSC Thursday, March 17 to gear up for the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament in which they are now competing.

“NCAA is a voluntary organization through which the nationʼs colleges and universities govern their athletics programs,” the NCAA Web site reported (www2.ncaa.org).

The NCAA is comprised of over 1,250 institutions, organizations, conferences and individuals committed to the best interests, education and athletics participation of student athletes.

OSUʼs next game will take place Thursday, March 24. They will be facing Arizona inside the Chicago, Ill. Allstate Arena. These two teams have only met twice before. The game will be broadcast by CBS Sports.

For team rosters, coaching staff information and the latest news concerning OSUʼs standing in the NCAA tournament, visit the OSU Web site at www.okstate.com and click on Cowboyʼs Sports and Basketball. ewaltman@rose.edu

Meet the Players

By Heath Sitton

19-year-old Brittany Williams was raised in Choctaw, Okla.

She is in the spring 2005 season for the Lady Raiders’ softball team.

She started playing T-ball when she was 4 years old. She is Lady Raider Softball not quite sure what #13 Brittany Williams her favorite food is.

Her pre-game routine consists of getting pumped and listening to her jams. Her little sister is on the cheer squad at Choctaw Junior High.

Williams was signed to the Raiders during the summer of 2004.

After completing her education at RSC, she is planning on going to California to pursue her dream of becoming a marine biologist. She is looking forward to a great season with her awesome teammates.

She wanted to remind everyone to “live life to the fullest.”

19-year-old Krystina Peck was raised in Lahoma, Okla. She is in the spring 2005 season with the Lady Raiders’ softball team.

She started playing T-ball when she was 4 years old. Her favorite food is Mexican.

Her pre-game routine

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Eric Baer and Jennifer Easley distributed informational eggs to students on campus on Wednesday, March 23. The eggs contained candy, the HIV testing schedule and social norming information.

The purposes of the egg distribution was to inform the campus that RSCʼs HIV Peer Educators will provide peer education during the month of April as part of their requirements. Free HIV testing will also be available until the end of this semester.

Schedules are posted on the door of the Social Sciences building, Room 119. Students applied to become a peer educator and 16 students were selected.

They received 20 hours of training in HIV Starter Facts and 101 Respect. They are now required to give back four hours of one-on-one peer education in addition to two oral presentations.

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March is National Athletic Training Month, a time to commemorate the work done by Certified Athletic Trainers every year.

ATCs specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of the injuries and illnesses that can occur in physically active people.

“The general interpretation of [the term ʻtrainerʼ] is someone who works in a weight lifting facility,” said Chris Leland, athletic training professor.

ATCs can be found caring for athletes and active people at all levels, from high schools to professional teams to movie sets.

According to the National Athletic Trainersʼ Association Web site (www.nata.org), “ATCs now provide services to secondary schools, colleges/universities and professional sports.

They also serve sports medicine clinics, emergency rooms and hospitals, physician offices, military, performing arts and a variety of occupational settings.”

The NATA boasts a total membership of over 31,000 people, 25,000 of whom are certified. The NATA was founded in 1950 by a small group of 200 athletic trainers.

“National Athletic Training Month was first launched in 2001 to educate the public about [ATCs] and the important services they provide in their local communities,” the NATA Web site reported.

An independent Board of Certification Inc. certifies athletic trainers. According to the NATA Web site, “Athletic trainers must pass an examination and hold a bachelorʼs degree to become an Athletic Trainer, Certified.”

All athletic trainers have a bachelorʼs degree from an accredited college or university.

Roughly 70 percent of all ATCs have a masterʼs or doctorate degree.

To remain an ATC, practitioners must obtain 80 hours of medically related continuing education credits every three years and must obey a code of ethics.

“Athletic trainers are regulated and licensed health care workers,” the NATA Web site reported. “While practice act oversight varies by state, the athletic trainer practices under state statute recognizing them as a health care professional ... Athletic training licensure/ regulation exists in 43 states, with aggressive efforts underway to pursue licensure in the remaining states. Athletic trainers practice under the direction of physicians.”

RSC offers a degree in Athletic Training for students interested in pursuing a job as an ATC. “The athletic training students at RSC are a group of students interested in a career in the field of sports medicine that is specific to sports injuries,” said Leland. “The athletic training program is designed to give our students a hands-on education in the areas of assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of any and all athletic injuries.”

Athletic training students at RSC get the training required for them to transfer to a four-year institutionʼs accredited Athletic Training program so they may obtain their bachelorʼs degree.

For more information about NationalAthletic Training Month, visit the NATA Web site or call (214) 637-6282, ext. 159. ewaltman@rose.edu

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continued from Page 1 If the bill is passed, however, it will also force other retailers such as 7-Eleven and locally owned stations to raise their prices five to seven cents a gallon.

Supporters of the bill claim they are only trying to protect Oklahoma retailers.

If proposition 768 is passed all retailers would have to sell gas at the current market price.

The way the system is set up now, gasoline is taxed and the money from the sales tax goes to benefit the public by paying for upkeep of state roads and highways.

If this new bill is voted into effect, the increase in price will not go to the public or the state of Oklahoma. The money will only benefit gasoline retailers who are members of the OPMA. The OPMA claims that gasoline prices will not rise drastically if the bill was to pass. Members of the OPMA only want every retailer to set prices by the current standard.

Senate Bill 768 does not have to go into effect. The only reason the bill has been proposed is to level the competition between gasoline retailers.

Oklahoma gasoline consumers are urged to contact state representatives and tell them to vote no on 768.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives can be contacted by calling 521-2711 and the Oklahoma State Senate can be contacted by calling 524-0126.

Any consumer in need of the name of their Representative can contact the Oklahoma County Election Board at 7131515. jhsitton@cox.net

March 25, 2005 15th Street News

Lady Raider Softball #14 Krystina Peck

consists of listening to music.

Peck was signed to the Lady Raiders during her senior year of high school. She is looking forward to getting her associates degree in May and going “somewhere.”

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