04082005

Friday, April 8, 2005

15TH STREET

NEWS

Rose State College

Vol. XXXIV Issue 22

6420 SE 15th Street, Midwest City, OK 73110

April 8, 2005

Oak Ridge Boys bring mixed genres Heath Sitton Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of RSC PR Department

The Oak Ridge Boys will be performing their country, gospel and pop hits such as “Elvira” and “Bobby Sue.” The concert will be held Wednesday, April 13 at 8 p.m. in the RSC Communications Center Performing Arts Theater.

Tickets will be available in the Communications Center Box Office for $20.

The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the most recognizable groups in popular music.

According to the Oak Ridge Boysʼ Web site, they began their career in 1945 as the gospel group “The Oak Ridge Quartet” and, by the 1950s, their popularity began to rise.

The band changed their name to “The Oak Ridge Boys in 1961.” They remained a gospel group until the late 1960s when they began to concentrate on country and pop music, according www.wikipedia.com.

By the 1970s, the bandʼs lineup had become set. The Oak Ridge Boys include lead singer Duane Allen, tenor Joe Bonsall, baritone William Lee Golden and bass vocalist Richard Sterban.

The Oak Ridge Boys have recorded 27 albums with over 10 million copies sold. Among their albums, one is certified Double Platinum, three are certified Platinum and 10 are certified Gold.

The group has won multiple awards including Grammys, Doves, Country Music Association Awards and Academy of

The Grammy Award-winning band, the Oak Ridge Boys, showcase their musical talents. The concert will be held on Wednesday, April 13 at 8 p.m. in the Communications Center Performing Arts Theater as a segment of the RSC Live! Series.

Country Music Awards. remained true to their fans and made them famous.

2000. The following year they about the concert, contact the The Oak Ridge Boys have themselves by continuing to write The group was inducted into were inducted into the Vocal Communications Center Box continued to perform shows and perform the upbeat songs the Gospel Music Associationʼs Group Hall of Fame.

Office at 733-7458. throughout the years. They have with the four-part harmonies that Gospel Music Hall of Fame in For tickets or more information jhsitton@cox.net

Donations requested for ‘Project Graduation’ Nazemi arranges exhibit

of last Persian dynasty

Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

Bryan Trude News Editor

Photo by KELLY ADAMO

Sherri Mussatto, Christina Shinaberry, and Phyllis King work together on decorating ‘Project Graduation’ boxes, so students, faculty and staff can make food and/or book donations. did it until it was a nationwide At RSC, approximately 15 fill and hopefully refill,” according thing,” said Mussatto. “The idea people are involved in PTKʼs to a leaflet by Mussatto. “You donʼt is that ... around Thanksgiving Project Graduation, but “PTK have to be graduating in May, and and Christmas, all these charitable has a WebCT page just like an you donʼt have to be a member of organizations have so many online class, and once the word PTK to participate.”

The boxes will remain in the donations and then when it gets gets out more on there, I think a to May and June, no one thinks lot more people will get involved,” buildings until the end of April.

At the graduation ceremony, there about donating food anymore. Mussatto said.

[Project Graduation] was a way to People who wish to donate to will be PTK members with boxes help those organizations at a time Project Graduation need only look willing to take any donations those when they might be down on their for the boxes scattered around attending graduation may want supplies.” campus in the various buildings. to give.

Everyone is encouraged to donate In 2004, Project Graduation The boxes have the words “Project boasted a total of 535 chapters Graduation” on the side and are food and childrenʼs books to benefit not only the local community, but enrolled in the efforts from fairly easy to locate.

48 states, Canada, Guam and Not only students graduating communities worldwide.

For more information about Germany. Over 107,000 food items from RSC this year can donate to Project Graduation, contact and 110,000 books were provided Project Graduation. to charities by Project Graduation, “The Project Graduation boxes, Mussatto by e-mailing her a a donation increase of more than which will be on campus during smussatto@rose.edu or calling 100 percent from the 2003 Project the month of April, are there for all 733-7503.

Graduation efforts. students and employees of RSC to ewaltman@rose.edu

Professor John Nazemi, RSC professor of political science, has a display up for viewing in the Social Sciences building about the last dynasty of Persia.

Persia, born in ancient times in what is now the Iranian province of Fars, has been a force in the arts, sciences and medicine for thousands of years.

At its peak, the Persian Empire extended from Greece and Egypt to India.

The first Persian state was established in 648 B.C., with the Achaemenid Dynasty.

The succession of dynasties, a period during which one royal family sat on the throne, continued uninterrupted for 2,500 years, including when Reza Shah changed the name of Persia to Iran in 1935.

The last dynasty, the Pahlavi Dynasty, was deposed with the last Persian king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in the 1979 revolution that installed the regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini.

For more information, contact Nazemi by e-mail at jnazemi@rose.edu btrude@rose.edu

Photo by JON ROLLMAN

Students, faculty and staff are asked to donate childrenʼs books and non-perishable food for the RSC Phi Theta Kappaʼs Project Graduation efforts.

PTK is the official honor society for two-year colleges.

Its purpose is “to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students,” according to the PTK Web site (www.ptk.org).

PTK was recognized as the official honor society for twoyear colleges in 1929. In its early years, PTK conferred membership to students when they graduated and very few programs and services were offered. However, with the sudden growth of community colleges in the 1960s, PTK decided to begin inducting students as freshmen and to begin offering study programs.

“Project Graduation is a national project of PTK that all the chapters nationwide do,” said Sherri Mussatto, PTK advisor at RSC. “The slogan for [Project Graduation] is ʻFeed a Body, Feed a Mind.ʼ Weʼre collecting non-perishable food items and childrenʼs books both throughout the month of April and at the actual graduation [ceremony].”

Project Graduation was initiated by the national PTK organization in 2002 and RSC has participated in every one. “[Project Graduation] was created by one chapter and then it caught on. More chapters

Jorge Torres “Unititled”

Youth art showcased.

See photos, Page 3.

Mock disaster held on campus.

See photo, Page 4.

Where is the ‘Fortunate Son?’ See review, Page 5.

News

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Briefly Speaking...

Respiratory Therapist Program Applications

“We Support Our Troops”

The student senate will be holding a car show along with a high school stomp contest and open swim on Saturday, April 23 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. in efforts to raise money for the “We Support Our Troops” Program.

All clubs are invited to attend. For more information, call 733-7376.

Senate to host blood drive with OBI Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

The student senate, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Blood Institute, will be holding a blood drive on Wednesday, April 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Tinker Terrace Room of the Student Center.

“The blood drive is a beneficial way for students to help the citizens of Oklahoma who are in need of blood due to illness or accident on an emergency basis,” said Logan Reynolds, student senate chair of the blood drive and journalism major.

OBI, the organization that will be running the blood drive, is a statewide not-for-profit blood center that provides blood to patients in over 90 hospitals in more than 50 counties.

The mission statement of OBI is “to provide the safest and highest-quality blood, services and health programs to the patients and communities we serve,” according to the OBI Web site (www.obi2.org).

The Oklahoma County Medical Society established OBI on Jan. 1, 1977. In that first year, OBI collected roughly 22,000 blood donations. Now, OBI receives approximately 90,000 blood donations each year.

The revenue for OBIʼs operations is derived from blood processing fees charged to the hospitals they serve.

“OBIʼs processing fees, similar to those charged by all blood centers, recover the cost of recruiting donors and collecting, testing, storing and delivering blood to hospital patients,” reported the OBI Web site. “Special projects are funded through the generous contributions of area businesses, schools, foundations and individuals.”

RSCʼs student senate likes to organize a blood drive each semester to encourage students, faculty and staff to donate.

“Most Oklahomans and RSC students are always more than happy to help by donating, so the main work that goes into these blood drives is getting [them] publicized,” said Reynolds. “We just try to get as many people aware of the blood drive as we can to help benefit OBIʼs charitable cause.”

Usually, somewhere between 50-100 people will donate blood at RSC during each blood drive.

Last semester, only 55 people donated, so there is a push this semester to get as many people as possible to donate blood.

Donors may wonder what happens when their blood is drawn. A small test tube sample of blood is drawn off of the bag of blood before the blood bag is transported to the OBI labs in OKC. In the labs, the blood is separated into component parts: red cells, plasma and platelets.

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Applications for those students planning to apply to the RSC Respiratory Therapist Program must be completed and turned in

by Friday, April 15. The applications should be turned in at the Health and Environmental Sciences building, at either of these three locations: program faculty offices, Room 305 A or B; program secretary’s office, Room 302; Health Sciences Division office, Room 208.

April 8, 2005 15th Street News

Students, faculty and staff are asked to participate in the RSC/OBI blood drive on April 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Student Center’s Tinker Terrace Room. By donating, one helps provide blood to patients in over 90 hospitals in more than 50 countries.

The small test tube sample an antibody to the hepatitis C stored for one year; platelets that was drawn from the bag is virus, ALT testing to identify must be rotated at room temalso sent to the labs where the undetectable forms of hepatitis, perature and have a shelf-life following 11 tests are routinely antibody to HIV-1 testing to of five days,” reported the performed: ABO typing to pro- check for the antibody to the OBI Web site. vide blood type verification, AIDS virus, antibody to HTLVDonors at RSC will also Rh factor test to indicate if the 1 testing to find if the person has receive free juice and cookblood is positive or negative, the virus that causes adult T-cell ies and a free T-shirt for their hepatitis B surface antigen test- leukemia, syphilis testing and donation. ing to test if a person is infected cholesterol testing.

“Remember, healthy inOnce testing is complete, if dividuals can donate whole with or carrying the hepatitis B virus, antibody to hepatitis B blood can be transfused, the blood every 56 days, plasma core testing to detect if there is components are stored. every 28 days and platelets “Red cells are refrigerated every 72 hours,” according a present or past infection with the hepatitis B virus, antibody and have a shelf-life of 42 days; to the OBI Web site. to hepatitis C testing to find plasma is frozen and can be ewaltman@rose.edu

Habitat for Humanity builds with student help

Scholarships

Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

PTK members who have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and have 36 credit hours or less can apply for the Leaders of Promise Scholarship. Members can be either full- or part-time students. The deadline to apply is April 29. For more information, call Sherri Mussatto at 7337503 or e-mail her at smussatto@rose.edu.

Appointments for Dental Hygiene Program

The RSC Dental Hygiene Clinic is now accepting appointments for children ages 3-12.

This appointment may include a teeth cleaning, examination and fluoride treatment. Additional services, X-rays and sealant placement may be scheduled at a later time. Appointments cost $5 and are limited. Anyone wanting to schedule an appointment is encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Call 733-7337 for dates and appointment scheduling.

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Two RSC students will be nominated by RSC for the Coca-Cola Scholarship. Nominees must have a minimum GPA of 2.5. To apply, submit a one-page summary of your community service to L. Dean Fisher in the Office of Enrollment Management on or before April 27.

Johnny Young, Shawn Brown, Carol Shockley, Matthew Prieto, Yancy Scott and Logan Reynolds are the candidates for the 2005-2006 student senate executive board.

Hopeful senators filing

Student senate prepares to accept new officers Bryan Trude News Editor

to attend a mandatory debate in Student Center, Room 123 on April 19 at 3 p.m. directly following the senate meeting. Elections will be held April 20 and 21, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

The victor in each race will be introduced at the inauguration in SC123 at 2 p.m. on April 26.

Even as the elections are being prepared, the rules for selecting new senators are changing as well. In the April 5 meeting, Senate Bill 007 was unanimously approved. The bill changes the process for selecting new senators to fill mid-year vacancies.

It requires that all applicants submit a criteria form to assist sitting senators in their decision, allowing them to score the candidates on areas such as appearance, skills, strengths and weaknesses.

For more information on the executive board elections, the nominees or Bill 007, contact the Student Activities office at 733-7379, or e-mail Student Activities Director Towry Barnard at tbarnard@rose.edu. btrude@rose.edu

Pedometer Power!

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

The RSC Wellness Office is offering pedometers for $10 each. If 10,000 steps are taken each day for three weeks $5 will be given back. To buy a pedometer visit the Health and Physical Education building, Room 103 or Room 104 or for more information, call 7337525.

The student senate members discuss Bill 007, which changes the current process for selecting new senators during the current semester, at their April 5 meeting.

Photo courtesy of www.habitat.org

The time for electing new members of the student senateʼs executive board is fast approaching.

Since Feb. 14, RSC students have been allowed to file for candidacy and campaign for the positions of senate president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.

The deadline for filing and campaigning for the executive board is April 15.

“I would like to lead the student senate in a year of greater involvement in state-level student government organizations, and in greater contribution to the surrounding community,” said Matthew Prieto, presidential candidate.

Logan Reynolds, the current student senate vice president, is also running for president.

“I believe I have the drive and determination to better represent the students at RSC and make their voices heard,” he said of his candidacy.

Carol Shockley, current senate secretary, is running for secre-

tary for a second year. She is running again “because I have the knowledge, experience and drive to continue as secretary,” said Shockley.

Dustin Irvine is running for treasurer. All those running are current senators.

As of April 5, the following people are running for vice president: Yancy Scott, Shawn Brown and Johnny Young.

Scott said, “I feel I have the skills needed to aid the president.”

Brown, who has represented the student body as a senator, wants to continue his representation. “[If elected, I will] continue to represent the views of our traditional and non-traditional students,” said Brown.

Young wants to make the voices of nontraditional students heard.

He said, “I believe I bring maturity and real-life experience to the position.”

The current president is Doug Richardson and the treasurer is Mike McStay.

All nominees will be required

Habitat for Humanity International will be building a house for a needy family on April 15 with the help of RSCʼs student senate and the Presidentʼs Leadership class.

“Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that provides affordable housing for hard-working, limited-income families,” said Jeremy Charlow, student senate Habitat chair and business major. “New homes are built by volunteers who donate their time, money and materials.

Each completed home is then sold to a qualifying family at no profit and with no interest.”

Established in 1976, Habitat has built over 175,000 houses to provide shelter to almost 900,000 people worldwide.

Habitat works in 100 countries and builds a house roughly every 26 minutes.

According to the Habitat Web site (www.habitat.org), “Habitat houses are purchased by the homeowner families.

Three factors make the houses affordable to low-income people worldwide: houses are sold at no profit, with no interest charged on the mortgage; homeowners and volunteers build the houses under trained supervision and individuals, corporations, faith groups and others provide financial support.”

Families who will own Habitat homes are chosen according to their need of a home, their ability to repay the mortgage and their willingness to work in partnership with Habitat.

“Part of what makes RSC so great is that its students, faculty and staff recognize the

need to improve not only life on campus, but life off campus as well. Habitat provides RSC with an opportunity to improve the lives of others whom otherwise would not be able to be helped,” Charlow said.

Committee Chair Charlow, along with Student Activities Director Towry Barnard and Habitat Volunteer Coordinator Anna Stephens, organized this yearʼs Habitat/RSC coordination.

“The event itself will be conducted by roughly 30 volunteers from the Student Senate and the Presidentʼs Leadership class,” said Charlow.

The volunteers work from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. In years past, RSC volunteers have assisted in constructing the frame and painting the exterior of the house. However, volunteers do not usually know what part of the house they will be working on until one week prior to the event.

“Anyone who has ever committed a selfless act in their lives knows there is a great feeling of pride in their actions. Habitat allows people to spread goodwill without requiring large quantities of a personʼs time. People can volunteer for a single afternoon, work with other caring volunteers and accomplish something great that wouldnʼt have been possible alone,” said Charlow.

Since each Habitat job site is limited on the number of volunteers to assure everyoneʼs safety, the RSC Habitat site can not accept any more volunteers. For those who would like to volunteer at a future Habitat building site, they can contact Habitat Volunteer Coordinator Anna Stephens at 232-4828. ewaltman@rose.edu

News

April 8, 2005 15th Street News

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SIFE seeks to improve community, education Student club collaborates with local organizations, businesses

Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

Logo courtesy of okdf.org

The RSC chapter of Students in Free Enterprises has been making efforts to contribute to the community through their work with the Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled, a not-for-profit organization.

SIFE is a group of students who seek to improve the community, education and business relations through an integration of projects that are supported by business leaders. The organization “offers students the opportunity to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise,” according to the SIFE Web site (www.sife.org). “[SIFE] is a continuous real world learning environment,” said Robert Bibles, E-commerce/webmaster major and SIFE member. “It has been one of the best ways I have been able to apply my skills learned in college. It has been a huge benefit to my education and I love the rewarding feeling of helping people.”

Bibles became involved

for the SIFE effort involving the OKFD. “The OKFD offers a place for the handicapped to gather for recreation and support,” said Bibles.

SIFE and OKFD became involved over a year ago when SIFE developed a Web site for the OKFD, which can be visited at www.okfd.org.

The SIFE involvement with OKFD has grown to a project that involves the donation of equipment and time to build a computer lab for the members and the employees of OKFD

with SIFE a year or so ago.

He learned about the organization when he overheard fellow students talking about projects they were working on and contests they were entering.

“They were so pumped up,” Bibles recalled. “As I was listening, I overheard them talking about recruiting members.

I checked out the organization on the Web and realized that this organization had more clout in the business world than any fraternity you could ever be involved with.”

Bibles is the project manager

to connect them to the digital world.

The RSC chapter of SIFE will be competing in a regional SIFE competition in St. Louis, Mo. “[Our projects] are based on several things. First, the global organization of SIFE has rules and regulations that influence the types of projects we can do,” said Bibles. “There are strict criteria to follow and the competition is judged based [on them].”

There are certain standards each project must meet including “how free markets

New job listing site offered to students Bryan Trude News Editor

the resume and either add it to the listing, or contact the student to set up a time to come in so the student can be helped on making the resume better. All resumes that are approved are verified by e-mail.

Employers who post jobs over the Internet also have their postings go through a 24-hour waiting period, but for different reasons.

During this time, the employerʼs posting will be checked and screened for scams and ill-reputed companies. These include companies who market shady goods or services, or even people who try to sell something to the applicant.

“An employer will send us a job posting,” said Kinzer. “What we will do is review the posting, and the company making it.”

Resumes stored on the system, which can be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet, are protected by security measures built directly into the software by Simpedia.

“E-Campus Recruiter is simply a program for students who are looking for full- and part-time employment off-campus,” said King.

For more information about E-Campus Recruiter or other job placement programs, log on to E-Campus Recruiter at www. ecampusrecruiter.com/rose or contact the Student Life office at 733-7377. btrude@rose.edu

Students in desperate need of a job have a new ally in the fight for employment in a rapidly changing and competitive job market.

E-Campus Recruiter, developed by Simpedia Networks, is the latest addition to the tools of the RSC Student Life Office, headed by Dean of Students Dr. Jay Kinzer. The Internet-based software is a job listing and resume-submission service offered to RSC students and the community. The software allows students to upload resumes for jobs listed on the program, which are themselves uploaded by prospective employers from reputable companies.

“We used to have similar software called First Place. This is like an upgrade,” said Kinzer. “Itʼs mainly a job listing service.”

The program, which is free to use for students and employers, has been in use at the Student Life office since February.

“We do not place students,” said Sherri King, who works in job placement. “We provide a listing for students to review jobs and apply to them … The main job in Job Placement is to help a student find a job so they can pay for school.”

Resumes submitted through E-Campus Recruiter take 24 hours to process, during which Job Placement staff will review

Leslie Vystosky “Untilted”

Series displays youth art, talents

Tre Wilkens “Untitled”

Alena McCracken “Cat’s Eyes”

Photos by KENNETH BEACHLER

Visual Arts Series

Dallas Damond “Untitled”

work in the global economies; how entrepreneurs succeed by identifying a market need and then profitably producing and marketing a product or service to fill that need; the personal entrepreneurial, communications, technological and financial management skills needed to successfully compete; practicing business in an ethical and socially responsible manner that supports the principles of a market economy,” said Bibles.

There are eight guidelines total, but only the first four must be met. However, each criterion met after the first four will strengthen the project.

Anyone can join SIFE and SIFE is always open to new members.

“There are no fees and the benefits are tremendous. There

are many Fortune 500 companies that actively participate and hire from the members,” Bibles reported.

Students interested in joining SIFE can register for the class worth three credit hours.

“The class meets online and on campus. If you donʼt have time for a class, SIFE also has a group that meets as volunteers,” said Bibles.

For more information on the RSC chapter of SIFE, contact Dara Hays, one of the SIFE advisors, at dhays@rose.edu, e-mail the RSC chapter of SIFE at sife_rsc@hotmail. com, or visit the RSC SIFE student Web site at www-stu. rose.edu/sifersc. For more information on SIFE in general, visit the SIFE Web site. ewaltman@rose.edu

ʻMan-to-Manʼ sexual assault prevention workshop advocates respect, taught attendees

Bryan Trude News Editor

The “Man-to-Man” sexual assault prevention workshop was held on March 31 in Student Center, Room 123.

The workshop, which began at 2 p.m. was aimed at teaching men what it means to commit rape, knowingly or otherwise, and what men can do about it. The workshop was open to male students only.

There were five in attendance.

The attendees were allowed to leave at any time, and were required to take a pretest as well as a posttest, which asked questions including personal information of the studentʼs past.

“Men and women tick differently, as in their emotions … their ideas about sex,” said Rick Woodard, director of enrollment management and the workshop instructor. “If [men] put [themselves] into that situation, to be tagged as a rapist, [they] open up a big bucket.”

The session defined the three recognized kinds of rapists. Power rapists do it as a source of power and control, and are most often acquaintances. They make up 95 percent of men who admitted to committing acts that meet the legal definition of rape. The other two are the anger rapist, who does it to release anger or for vengeance, and the sadist rapist, who does it out of the pure desire to do harm to the victim.

The students learned a short list of what men should and should not do when a friend confides to them of having committed a rape.

“80 percent of women who were raped told a friend about it,” said Woodard.

It is suggested that men be encouraging to victims, assist victims as requested but not make decisions for them. Woodard said, “It is important that the victim have the opportunity to reestablish her feelings of control and her ability to make decisions.” It is also suggested that men express anger about the incident and the attacker, but not anger toward the victim.

The last topic the workshop covered was “What Could Men Do to Prevent Rape?”

“Accept the womanʼs decision, do not assume you can coerce the woman,” said Woodard. “being turned down is not a personal rejection, and you must stop when she says ʻno.ʼ No does not mean ʻmaybe, ask me in a few minutes.ʼ No means no.”

It is estimated that one out of every four college age women have been the victims of a sexual assault, where only five percent of those women report the assaults. To get help in the event of a rape, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-333-SAFE (7233) at any time, day or night. On campus, Dr. Joanne McMillen of the RSC Special Services and Student Outreach Program at 733-7373 or Woodard at 733-7379 are available for counseling.

btrude@rose.edu

The Junior Young Talent in Oklahoma Middle School/Junior High Art Show displays their works in the Communications Center Lobby. The display was held Feb. 24 - March 31. The next exhibit in the Visual Arts Series is the RSC Faculty Show to be held April 5 - April 21.

Helpful tips to follow in the event of rape

There are several things someone should or should not do in the event of a rape.

A PERSON SHOULD:

• Encourage the victim to seek treatment, and report the incident to the police.

• Give the victim an opportunity to reestablish her feelings of control, and her confidence to make decisions.

• Assist the victim as she requests.

• Be sensitive to the victimʼs privacy.

• Express anger about the attack towards the attacker, not the victim.

• Encourage the victim to resume her regular lifestyle.

• Be patient, understanding and

approachable to the victim.

• Create a safe atmosphere where the victim can express painful feelings.

• Be alert to changes in the victimʼs appetite, sleep patterns, social interactions and emotional stability. Be mindful of threats or thoughts of suicide.

A PERSON SHOULD NOT:

• Allow the victim to change her clothing or appearance immediately following the incident.

• Allow the victim to eat, drink, bathe or remove bodily wastes immediately following the incident.

Allow the setting where the attack took place to be cleaned, touched or otherwise tampered with until the police have made their investigation.

Voices

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April 8, 2005 15th Street News

Friendships proven to not be perennial Darcy Delaney Editor in Chief

As children, we define friendship as one who is willing to share their Chee-tos or one who is willing to ride their bike all the way through the dark woods with us.

We cherish those times and the ones who experienced them with us, but as we get older, friendship becomes a less definable term. It seems abstract and the word means something different for everyone.

Someone may believe a true friend would call at least once a week, while another person may feel that once a year would suffice.

I am somewhat of the latter.

While some people choose to categorize their friends as acquaintances, former buddies or current best pals, I choose to group them all together and simply call them “friends.”

Maybe I am just a sentimentalist and find it difficult

to leave the past in the past, but I even consider people who I havenʼt talked to since junior high or high school to be friends.

It makes me sad when people do not feel the same way.

When I was in high school, there was a group of five girls – including myself - who always hung out together. We would sit and daydream about our weddings (well, not me; I hated boys and my friends said I would be the last to marry – it looks as if they were right).

They would talk about who their bridesmaids would be. Even I had said, “If I do get married, you will be in my wedding.” We all remained close throughout our high school years, until one by one we started to graduate.

After graduation we seldom spoke. Occasionally, one of us would call and see how the others were doing.

Now, after attending almost three of the four weddings (I was not invited to the third wedding) it upsets me that each one of

the girls (besides me) has been in at least one of the wedding parties.

I cannot help feeling alienated, especially since I had still imagined them being a part of my special day (now that I do like boys – well, one in particular).

I now realize maybe I am not what they define as a friend.

Maybe they are not like me. So, as I was beating myself up over the thought that the demise of our friendship was my fault, I suddenly understood a friendship takes two people and it was not just my fault.

We grew up and grew apart.

We are not the little girls laying around daydreaming about our weddings. The weddings are happening and I am not a part of them.

So, I ask each of you: How could someone think of you as a close enough friend to invite you to their wedding, but not close enough to put you in their wedding party? ddelaney@rose.edu

Counseling Tip No. 11

Sidewalk Talk

The Office of Special Services and Student Outreach offers a helpful counseling tip each week for those in need of advice.

Feeling like you are always on the go?

Take a look at your daily routines to see if there are changes you can make to save time. For example, instead of running errands several times a week, make a to-do list and then run all your errands at once.

If you are feeling overwhelmed, not sure where to turn, call for free counseling assistance at 733-7373.

“My children are a big distraction, because I constantly have to be doing something for them or they are doing something that calls for full attention.” Anjanelle Timberlake, business administration major

“The one thing that distracts me from my studies is the long homework nights and my job. I am tired.” Joe Bufford, criminal justice major

“What is the

Photo by DEVIN HORST

by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

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one thing that distracts you from your studies and

“The thing that distracts me the most from my studies is probably hanging out with friends. Because itʼs more fun to go out than to sit at home and read, like I should.” Jamie Blasingame, journalism major

why?”

“My TV shows distract me from my time of studies. I never miss a CSI or Law and Order show.” Sarah SayreOʼDell, criminal justice major

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Mock disaster relief

Hazmat teams pull a rescue dummy from the Aquatic Center during the mock disaster held on campus April 1.

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“Pool, because it is so addictive.

Every time I start to play I just canʼt pull myself away from the table.”

Tan Tran, pre-med major

Crystal Bridge The OKC Myriad Botanical Gardens celebrated the 17th Anniversary of the Crystal Bridge on Friday, March 25 by inviting the public to visit the Bridge free of charge and with free parking.

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Opinion

April 8, 2005 15th Street News

‘Crossroads’ myth revealed Heath Sitton Staff Writer

Last week, I did an article on 50 women who rock. This week I am completely out of my mind and out of ideas, so it only seemed fair that I write something that can be easily accomplished. It also seemed fair that if I have 50 women who rock, I should have at least one male who completely changed music.

The following is a man who made guitarists who they are today. To me he means something; to Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, he means everything; to you, he may mean nothing.

This is my column, so I will write whatever I want and if you want to read it, go for it.

guitar to a fork in the road (The Crossroads) and you sit down on the ground with your bottle of dirt beside you.

Once you have sat down and relaxed, you take your guitar and begin to play.

If you have done your task properly and you are in the right spirit, a man will come along and walk up to you. He will then take your guitar from you and he will tune it. After he has tuned your guitar, he will hand it back to you and you will then be able to play anything you want.

Your mission is accomplished and you have sold your soul to the devil. Congratulations, you will now be a virtuoso and a badass, dying at the age of 27, if you are lucky. jhsitton@cox.net

If you do not want to read it, why are you still reading?

not truly a badass unless you follow him and die at the same age.

If you wish to gain great guitar Robert Johnson skills by selling your soul to the Robert Johnson is one of the devil, read on. greatest musicians to ever live.

An old southern blues legend Contemporary guitarists owe is that of The Crossroads. When their lives to this man. Legend one goes to The Crossroads, he or has it that he sold his soul to the she can open the door to knowldevil to gain his edge beyond this skills as a guitarThe Music world. ist. Whatever he Legend has it that Stand did, it worked. He you should go to a is the greatest guicemetery at dawn tarist of all time, no matter what for nine Sundays in a row. Each anyone says.

Sunday, you take the dirt from the If it were not for Robert Johnson, cemetery and place it in a bottle the guitar would not be played the (preferably an empty whisky way it is today. He completely bottle). After you have completed changed music and - through his this task and your bottle is full, blues songs - he invented rock ʻnʼ you are ready to begin your jourroll guitar as we know it. He also ney to The Crossroads. died at the age of 27, and you are At dusk, you journey with your

‘Sahara’ an action/adventure romp Erin Waltman Assistant Editor This week, I had a chance to see Matthew McConaugheyʼs newest film, “Sahara.” In true Hollywood style, it follows the action/ adventure stereotyping to a T, but still manages to be a fun romp.

Ex-Navy SEALs Dirk Pitt (McConaughey) and Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) have known each other since they were children.

Dirk has always had dreams of discovering a lost ironclad Civil War battleship, and when an unignorable clue falls into his lap, Dirk cannot resist the chance to hunt down this piece of history (luckily enough, Dirk and Al are treasure hunters, giv-

ing them a chance to effectively Kazim (Lennie James), does not hunt down this lost battleship). want WHO in Mali, so he beDirk and Al team up with gins chasing Eva, Dirk and Al World Health Organization offi- with tanks, automatic weapons cial Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz) and big powerboats. who is investigating an outbreak Somehow, Dirk and Al manage of some strange “disease” in to dodge bullets, outrun evil solMali, Africa. Unfortunately for diers, leap onto speeding trains the three he(from galloproes, Mali is ing camels – it undergoing a just would not Popcorn civil war.

Perspective be crazy desert A warlord action/advenhas taken posture without session of half the land and the galloping camels) all while stayother half is living in a kind of ing on the track of this Civil War anarchy as they seek to remove ship (how the heck did it get in the warlord from power.

Africa?) and hunting down the So the three adventureres are strange “disease” (which, inciheading into a wartorn country, dentally, is not a disease but a ready to find lost battleships and toxic waste spill; strike one for fight and outbreak. From there, the movie-version of WHO). the plot just gets whacky.

Do not get me wrong – I liked The warlord of Mali, General this movie. For a typical Hol-

lywood action/adventure flick, it did its job well. It was a lot like “National Treasure” meets “Mission Impossible 2.” Action/ adventure, a disease outbreak, complete with the dashing male lead, wise-cracking sidekick and beautiful leading lady.

I feel I need to mention Lambert Wilson (perhaps best known for his role as The Merovingian in two of the “Matrix” movies).

He made an adorably befuddled villain. I think he was meant to seem evil and conniving, but to me, he really just seemed quietly bewildered. Cutest villain ever.

Nothing in this movie really stands out as being great, but it is still enjoyable. Overall, I would recommend this movie to people who want an easy action/ adventure movie. ewaltman@rose.edu

Revisted wrecks Creedence Clearwater Photo by JON ROLLMAN

Creedence Clearwater revisited attempt to continue on the legacy without John Fogerty at their RSC concert in the Communications Center Performing Arts Theater on March 30.

Heath Sitton Staff Writer

Creedence Clearwater Revisited performed in the RSC Performing Arts Theater on Wednesday, March 30 at 8 p.m. I had the pleasure of being assigned to cover the show.

I was somewhat leery of seeing the band perform. I love Creedence Clearwater Revival. I have the highest

amount of respect for John Fogerty and, in my opinion, he is one of rock ʻnʼ rollʼs greatest people. So, to me, it seemed unfair that Revisited was including Creedence Clearwater in their name.

Revisited is not Creedence Clearwater at all and to me they are nothing more than a cover band. I do love the music they played, but I hated them.

John Fogerty was Creedence

and without him, it all seemed pointless.

Revisited includes two of the original members of the real band: bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. Tal Morris, played lead guitar and John Tristao from the band People sang.

Between guitarist Morris basically humping his guitar and trying to go into orgasm and the overweight lead singer

Tristao trying to pull off a John Fogerty voice, I became upset.

The two seemed to be making an attempt at having some sort of sex appeal, which did not work. In my opinion, the only male musicians who could pull off trying to be sexy were Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix.

The entire concept of Creedence Clearwater was ruined by Revisited. I kept asking myself, “Where is the rebellion?” Thatʼs what Creedence Clearwater was originally about and the spectacle I was watching was nothing more than a sham.

I suppose a great deal of the crowd enjoyed themselves, although most people remained in their seats. I only saw four people in the crowd who appeared to be enjoying the show and they were in the balcony dancing.

One thing that bothered me even more than the concert itself was the price of the tickets.

While students had the chance to receive free tickets, the rest of the tickets ranged from $25-$30.

Had tickets been around $10, I might have not been so hard on them.

I am glad I was able to attend the show for free or I would have made the members of Revisited pay me back for what I had to sit through. Long live John Fogerty and down with Creedence Clearwater Revisited. jhsitton@cox.net

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Aries March 21-April 19… This week, you will form a nasty addiction to Oreo cookies. Unfortunately this addiction will be perpetuated by the fact that you are not only eating the cookies, but you are using them as soap, toothpaste, shampoo, contact lenses and currency.

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Taurus April 20-May 20… Your life will take a quick turn for the worse this week when not only does your Food Hydration-Remover fail miserably on QVC, but you are also slapped with a multi-billion dollar lawsuit from Ron Popeil for selling his product as your own. Good golly, you are lame.

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Gemini May 21-June 21… For a good gag this week, sneak over to a friendʼs house and break one of the windows.

Then, to make sure everyone gets a good laugh, “borrow” some of the more valuable items and quickly pawn them off. If you really want to make sure this is the most hilarious event of your life, replace his real wig with a loaf of broccoli.

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Cancer June 22-July 22… This week, while exercising your huge philanthropic spirit in some form of community service, you will suddenly realize that, “Hey, helping people stinks, man!” Then you will return to your parentʼs basement where you have lived for the past twenty years and listen to “Oobu Joobu” by Paul McCartney for nine straight hours.

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Leo July 23-August 22… “To err is human, but to…”

Aw, who the heck really cares anyway?

Virgo August 23-September 22… After watching Return of the Jedi 50 times last Friday, you decided in an attempt to make yourself more Yoda-esque that you would inject green food coloring intramuscularly, shave your head, and begin to wear robes incessantly. Unfortunately, these actions brought about a nasty side effect that has been lingering ever since.

Who would have thought Girl Scouts could be so viscous?

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Libra September 23-October 23… Do not be afraid to exorcise the demons of your past this week. Also, do not be afraid to paste googly eyes to your forehead and run around the supermarket with raw cabbage protruding from your nose screaming, “My brain is being invaded by aliens!”

Scorpio October 24-November 21… This weekʼs fortune looks very bleak. Even though your life will be filled with misery, woe, and the occasional ritualized drubbing, rest easy knowing that somewhere out there a Pisces is having the time of their life. Then prepare for several more weeks of agony.

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Sagittarius November 22-December 21… For a reallife good time thus week, be sure to opt for the “free shipping” when ordering from TerrysRecycledChickenPartsMadeIntoEdibleToupeesAndSlam-DunkWristwatches.com.

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Capricorn December 22-January 19… This week, while watching Casablanca with your significant other, you will begin to crave some ice cream. This weird “coincidence” only proves your theory further: Ted Koppel is an alien.

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Aquarius January 20-February 18… Last week, when a grubby little kid at the grocery store told you that you had body odor, you put him in a headlock and jammed six cobs of corn and a turnip up his nose. Then, you celebrated with ice cream. Who knows what will happen this week. What do I look like, after all; a horoscope writer?

Pisces February 19-March 20… This week will most likely be the best week of your life. After hog-tying a horse, rope-hogging a live steer and cow-wrangling a hog, you will be deemed champion of the South-Midwestern Rodeoesque Cowboy Live Animal Roping and Wrangling Competition Event. Shortly thereafter you will be disqualified when it is learned that you may or may not be of French descent.

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Rose Colored-Glasses

Comic Corner

By Erin Waltman

Health/Wellness

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By Heath Sitton

RSC HIV Peer Educators for Spring 2005 run a program to educate students about sexually transmitted diseases. Each year, 12 million cases of STDs are reported. risk. They will be providing free of STDs reported annually to medical attention.

RSC has become involved with testing on a weekly basis until the the Center for Disease Control.

Among the most common diseases education and awareness of STDs. end of the semester.

Free HIV testing will be held in are chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis There is an HIV Peer Education B, herpes, HIV/AIDS, human pa- Project in which 16 students are Room 119 in the Social Sciences palloma virus and syphilis. trained and certified as HIV Peer Building. Testing will take place on There are, however, ways to Educators through Service-Learn- Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:45 prevent and protect oneself from ing. This project is made possible p.m.-2:45 p.m. and Wednesdays contracting an STD. The only way through the American Association from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. until the end to completely avoid these diseases of Community Collegesʼ Bridges of the spring semester. All testing is by abstaining from sexual activ- to Healthy Communities, Regional is confidential. An oral swab test ity. If one is sexually active, they AIDS Intercommunity Network- is free and the fee for a 20-minute are encouraged to have relations OK and the American Red Cross. test is $20. RAIN-OKʼs Shanna with only one partner and undergo The spring 2005 RSC Peer Educa- Parker, on-call tester/counselor regular medical check-ups. If a tors are empowered to share their and RSC HIV Peer Educator will person is suspected of having an knowledge of prevention of risky be providing the testing.

STD, they are advised to seek behaviors that put individuals at jhsitton@cox.net

March Wellness Employee of the Month Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER

Heath Sitton Staff Writer

Q: What do you do at RSC? A: I am a cashier in Business Affairs.

Q: How long have you been an employee at RSC? A: Four years.

Q: Are you married and/or do you have children?

A: No.

Chanika Colbert Date

April 11 April 13 April 15 April 18 April 19 April 19 and 20 April 20 and 21 April 21 April 22

Q: When did you start working out?

A: February 2002.

Q: How often do you work out?

A: I work out four days a week because I am a full-time student at UCO. Q: What is your normal workout routine?

A: I do Denise Austin and The Firm workout at least four times a week.

Q: What is your motivation for working out?

A: Staying healthy.

Event

Time

Intramural Basketball Games OBI and Student Senate Blood Drive Student Senate Executive Officer Filling Deadline Habitat for Humanity Intramural Basketball Games Student Senate Executive Officer Candidate Debate Living Learning & Laboring After 50 Student Senate Executive Officer Elections Living Learning & Laboring After 50 Student Senate Executive Board luncheon Intramural Basketball Games “We Support You” Project Car Show Intramural Basketball Games Spring Raider Rally SPRINGFEST Intramural Basketball Games Club of the Year Banquet Distribution of Caps and Gowns GRADUATION Student Senate Banquet Miss Oklahoma Pageant – Kara Sampley, Miss RSC/MWC Miss Black Oklahoma Pageant – Uduak Williams, Miss Black RSC

Q: Do you eat any particular foods to stay healthy?

A: Fruits, vegetables and yogurt.

Q: Do you listen to any particular type of music when you workout?

A: No. Q: What is your favorite type of music?

A: R&B. Q: Do you like The Beatles?

A: No.

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TBA 1-3 p.m.

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TBA 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Student Activities Calendar

April 23 April 25 April 26 April 26 and 27 April 29 May 2 May 2-6 May 6 May 13 June 4-11 June 18-25

19-year-old Whitney Reye Warrick was raised in Wellston, Okla.

Warrick is a sophomore in the spring 2005 season for the Lady Raiders’ softball team. She began playing when Whitney Warrick #16 Lady Raiders’ she was 5 years old.

Softball Her favorite food is peanut butter & jelly sandwiches during the games. Warrick’s pre-game routine consists of pitching and eating.

After she has completed her education at RSC, she plans to attend either the University of Central Oklahoma or Oklahoma State University. She is looking forward to getting her master’s degree in marketing with a minor in archaeology.

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

April is National Sexually Transmitted Diseases Education & Awareness Month. According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 75 percent of college students report to having engaged in unprotected sexual activities.

As more people begin having multiple sexual partners, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases is accelerated. A main cause in the spread of STDs is that 80 percent of people infected have no noticeable symptoms and do not know they are infected and do not know that they are contagious, according to the Pharmacists Planning Services.

Adolescents are more susceptible to STDs than others, due to the organic make-up of the cervix of a female teenager. STDs are easily spread from person to person through the transfer of bodily fluids. By having sex with multiple sexual partners, one is at a higher risk of becoming infected by an STD. There are 12 million cases

Meet the Players

Place

RSC Gym SC-RR (tentative) SC TBA RSC Gym SC123 TBA *SC Aquatics Center TTR RSC Gym RSC Parking Lot RSC Gym **Breezeway Campus Mall RSC Gym SC-MDR SC-FL Varies TBA Tulsa, Okla.

Oklahoma City

Abbreviation Guide:

SC: Student Center RR: Raider Room TTR: Tinker Terrace Room MDR: Main Dining Room FL: Faculty Lounge CC: Communications Center * Information Desk **Between Gym and Fine Arts •Calendar revised March 31, 2005 by and courtesy of Student Activities.

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Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Heath Sitton Staff Writer

Photo by DEVIN HORST

Peer Educators take disease to task

April 8, 2005 15th Street News

20-year-old Melissa Kear was raised in Norman, Okla.

Kear is a sophomore in the spring 2005 season for the Lady Raiders’ softball team. She first started playing when Melissa Kear she was 5 years old. #6 Lady Raiders’ Her favorite food is Softball ice cream. Kear’s pre-game routine consists of stretching and throwing.

She was signed in January 2003. After completing her education at RSC, she is looking forward to getting her Registered Nursing License and practicing nursing.

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62 Tongue-clicking sounds 63 Remove stitches 64 Burn slightly DOWN 1 Uses a laser weapon 2 Tennessee flower 3 Diplomacy 4 Sort or kind 5 Declare 6 Body art 7 Tennis great Arthur 8 Numbered hwy.

9 Small pc. of land 10 Grotesque genre of fiction 11 Choir member 12 Property claim 13 Handed-down history 18 Vast expanse 19 Galled 23 Geese formations 24 Fr. rel. figures 25 Attention getter 26 Red pepper pod 27 Mark new prices 28 Pat down 29 Toy-cube inventor 30 Bradley and Epps 31 Golf standards

32 Persian ruler 36 Also 37 Oriental staple 38 Tex-Mex snack 40 Violin maker of note 41 Carthaginian 43 Lifts 44 “__ Lupin” 45 Pasture 48 Quarrel 49 Circle parts 50 Actor Bogarde 51 Scrambled order 52 Mall event 53 Pelionʼs partner 54 Manipulator 56 Fighting Tigers of the NCAA 57 Poetic contraction 58 Bandleader Brown

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