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Vol. XXXIV Issue 25

Senate executive board plans new term

Operation: We Support You

The student senate began a project April 20 to send care packages to the men and women serving in Iraq. RSC faculty, staff and students may donate until May 4 to help fill these “care packages.” For a list of the items needed and where to donate, call or visit the Student Activities Office in the Student Center at 733-7376.

DREAM Scholarship

Project Graduation

Phi Theta Kappa is collecting canned food and books in support of “Project Graduation: Feed a Body, Feed a Mind.” PTK members will be taking donations May 6, graduation night. People may bring donations with them to graduation and PTK members will be in the Communications Center Lobby to accept them.

Asthma Walk

Open Fitness Times

The Weight Room will have open fitness hours from June 6-July 28, Monday-Thursday. The PACE RoomandAerobics classroom will be closed for the summer.

The ‘Magic Dad’ performed at Del City Library

‘Country Lawyer’ Lectureship

Mike Turpen, co-host of “Flashpoint,” will speak at the fourth annual James F. Howell “Country Lawyer” Lectureship presentation Monday, May 2 at 11 a.m. in the Tom Steed Center Auditorium. All students, faculty and staff may attend.

OK-Speed car show raises funds for troops Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

Student Senator Matthew Prieto, in conjunction with the OK-Speed Web site, held a car show April 23 to raise funds for U.S. troops care packages.

Prieto said he wanted to fill the care packages with “essential toiletries and essential items [to] send them a little piece of home and try to help their morale.”

The idea to put a car show on at RSC to raise the funds seemed an obvious choice to Prieto.

“The car show for OK-Speed usually happens in the spring anyway and itʼs pretty large,” Prieto said. “Itʼs a community event, and I thought it was a pretty good fit between community involvement and the goal of raising money for the troops.”

The event saw 73 vehicles registered. At a cost of $15 each to register a car, the show raised over $1,000 just from registrants. When the income from concessions and T-shirt sales were factored in, the car show raised approximately $2,000 total.

“OK-Speed is a Web site that brings together different automotive enthusiasts across the state,” Prieto said. “Itʼs not exactly a car ʻclub;ʼ itʼs basically a Web site and a forum where all

of the car clubs can get together and talk to each other.”

Prieto first became involved with OK-Speed when he was looking for a way to sell a motorcycle. He found a few posts on the OK-Speed forum that were interesting to him, and his involvement grew from there.

“I just kinda kept posting and responding and watching and made some friends on there.

That was three years ago,” Prieto said.

The event, in Prietoʼs mind, was a success.

“We had more cars than we actually thought were going to show. I believe we raised enough money to accomplish what we wanted to accomplish,” Prieto said. “We hoped to get a wider variety than we had.

Unfortunately, none of the motorcycles showed up and most of the cars were imports, sport

Writer picks top musical DVDs. See column, Page 3.

Student sentate hosts the OK-Speed car show April 23 to raise money for the troops in Iraq. compacts or domestic hotrods. broken and fixing it or taking There were a lot of trucks - some something that runs and making pick-up trucks, lowriders ... it run better.”

It is unknown if there will be there was a lot of variety.” another car show of this type at When asked what attracted RSC, but Prieto expressed an him to cars, Prieto joked, “Not interest in participating if there much anymore - Iʼve lost way ever was. too much money on them.”

To visit the OK-Speed Web Prieto then continued to say site, go to www.ok-speed.com. he liked the mechanics of cars ewaltman@rose.edu and “taking something thatʼs Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Children 5-12 years old may attend a performance of “Magic Dad” Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m.

“The Magic Dad” won the OKC Magic Club’s Close Up Magic Contest.

The library is located at 4509 SE 15th Street. For more information, call 672-1377.

From the left: Student Senators Tossha Davis, Ali Morris, Logan Reynolds and Matthew Prieto circle around one another discussing future goals for the fall semester and the election process. vice-president. Shockley will the excitement building around it, Ginnie Escobedo Wanting to improve the school be secretary and Irvine will be then they wanted to be a part of and bring some new order into the Assistant Photographer Student senate members, after treasurer. senate, the two candidates seem it,” Prieto said.

Reynoldsʼ keen fascination completing the filing process, Reynolds believed the most to be confident about taking office spent the last several weeks with government began in high difficult part of the campaign for the fall semester. campaigning for executive board school.

“One of my main goals is to was making students aware that positions for the fall semester.

“My senior year in high school there was a student government ensure that Student Activities Candidates spent the weeks is when I really started getting election taking place. funds will be used for its intended displaying posters, talking to interested in [student govern“It is just difficult getting people purposes, to make the campus students, and encouraging voter ment],” Reynolds said. “I was to know that things are actually more student oriented,” Reynolds turnout for the election. the student council treasurer that going on, which makes it kind of said.

Students were able to vote April year, so, I knew once I got into hard to get people to come out and “I want to bring an open forum 20 and 21 at the Student Activities college I definitely wanted to do vote,” Reynolds said. “The sen- where the students can come and window in the Student Center and something with school govern- ate wants to increase awareness actually tell us what they want the results are in. ment.” of clubs and organizations that and what they need, because that The winners are as follows: LoEven though RSC has a grow- students might want to become is where our legislation is supgan Reynolds, president; Shawn ing student population, many of involved in.” posed to come from the students,” Brown, vice president; Carol the candidates said it was difficult Brown also had some trouble Brown said. “Right now, we are Shockley, secretary and Dustin trying to get students to vote. talking to students during his just kind of flying blind of what Irvine, treasurer.

“At first, it was hard to get stu- campaign. we think they want. I know that Reynolds and Matthew Pri- dents to vote; we would mention “It was very hard to get students if we have that kind of informaeto were the two candidates for it, and they would kind of blow us to vote,” Brown said. “Most of tion students would be much president, while Brown, Johnny off. But after the signs had been the students up here donʼt really happier.”

Young and Yancy Scott ran for out for a few days and they saw seem to care at all.” gescobedo@rose.edu

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Respiratory Therapy students at RSC will be taking part in the “Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk” 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14 at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Students, faculty and staff may join the walk. For more information or to join, call Kathe Rowe at 7337571.

Courtesy of Logan Reynolds

The 2005 Higher Education Assistance Program Scholarship from the Disability, Resources Educational Advocacy, Motivation Institute is currently open for those with physical and/or learning disabilities who are pursuing a higher education degree. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2005. For more information, call Janet Griffith at 733-7407.

April 29, 2005

Retirees share farewells, pass on wisdom Bryan Trude News Editor As the 2004-2005 school year draws to its end, 14 members of the RSC family of staff and faculty were honored as they put a final cap on their careers and prepared for retirement.

The 2005 retirees were acknowledged for their years of service at a reception April 19 in the Main Dining Room of the Student Center. At the reception, which lasted from 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., retirees were recognized and applauded for their years of unwavering dedication to the mission, goals and the well-being of RSC. During the reception, each retiree left a quote to help guide the future members of the RSC family.

Kathryn W. Baumwart was hired in 1994. She served for 11 years as a professor with the Social Sciences division, teaching in the fields of family services and child development.

Her quote was: “The heart is the loom on which a good teacher weaves the fabric of her teaching,” from Parker J. Palmer.

Jean Dunlap, hired in 1976 as a first aid instructor, finished her distinguished 29-year career as RSCʼs Coordinator of ServiceLearning. The wife of Baillie Dunlap, the dean of Social Sciences, Jean Dunlap leaves behind a legacy of service and the words of William Longgood: “Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.”

Shirley Ferguson has been an accounting specialist with RSCʼs Business Affairs office for the past 27 years. Since 1978, Ferguson served RSC by processing budgets and purchase orders from the various departments and entities on campus.

Ferguson quoted Elvis Presley, when she said, “Ambition is a dream with a V-8 engine.”

Since 1973, Kathy Holland has served as the administrative assistant to the vice president for Academic Affairs. Having worked for four vice presidents over her 31-year career, she has handled budgets, purchase requests, regentsʼ reports and even the annual Scholastic Contest that is no longer held. Quoting the late President Ronald Reagan, she reminded everyone: “You can accomplish much if you donʼt care who gets the credit.”

In 1981, Barbara Housley was hired to be a Budget and Finance Assistant at RSC. Over the course of her 24-year career, Housley has done her part to make sure that RSCʼs income and expenditures were a stable, growing financial environment.

Borrowing the words of Pearl Buck, she said, “The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: ʻexcellence.ʼ To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

Since 1986, Michael H. Hurley has served RSC as a maintenance worker. For 19 years, Hurley has made sure all the lights came on, all the windows came down and all the air conditioners kept the summer students from baking in class.

He quoted Arthur Ashe when he said, “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.”

Nancy J. Lorance has served See RETIREES, Page 2

What movie is out-of-this- world?

See review, Page 3.

Springfest is a slam-dunk.

See story, Page 4.

Voices

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April 29, 2005 15th Street News

Day of Silence defended as newsworthy article Darcy Delaney Editor in Chief

Two weeks ago, in the April 15 issue, we ran an article by Erin Waltman about the National Day of Silence, which stirred up controversy on campus.

The Day of Silence, according to Waltmanʼs story, was created by college students and is “the largest student-led action that seeks to create safer schools for all, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”

Many people on campus were upset with the article appearing on the front page of a newspaper claiming it was not news, although even more people seemed to be upset with the photo that went along with it, two girls kissing.

Let me first address the issue of it not being newsworthy.

The annual event, which was April 13 this year, has appeared in “over 50 media sources, including USA Today, MSNBC and a live NPR broadcast”

since it began in 1996. It has also seen participation from “all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.” If a story published in USA Today is not newsworthy, I do not know what is. Granted, people could rebut with: but USA Today also prints features and those appear on preceding pages. I would answer: yes, they do.

However, due to the timeliness of the Day of Silence story, which is one of the six elements of news, it qualifies as a news story. The other two newsworthy events we ran stories about occurred at later dates, making that story the most newsworthy story we ran that week.

The story also, as stated above, is a student-led, student-founded event.

On to the photo we published with the story. Someone asked one of the staff members that if one of them had written a story about sex, would the newspaper run a photo of two people

having sex. The answer is ʻof course not.ʼ Local television programming (stations four, five and nine) has aired images of two people of the same sex being involved with one another.

And they are not just airing it on “Will&Grace.” It seems like every television show has a gay couple on it, even teen shows like “One Tree Hill.”

College students are not as impressionable as some people might think. We have brains.

We are not going to run out and find someone of the same gender and make out with him or her just because a television show or a newspaper is being unbiased and open-minded.

Yes, some people are uncomfortable with the images, and I apologize. However, our job is to find newsworthy events, write unbiased stories about them and publish them for our readers, even if some people do not appreciate what the article is about. ddelaney@rose.edu

Sidewalk Talk

by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Counseling Tip No. 14 The Office of Special Services and Student Outreach offers a helpful counseling tip each week for those in need of advice.

Be optimistic: create positive expectations for yourself and others.

Avoid negative self-fulfilling prophecies.

If you would like to learn more ways to avoid depression, call for free counseling assistance at 733-7373.

“Washington set the precedent for future presidents and laid down the foundations for our nation during tumultuous times…plus [he] had wooden teeth. So he has that going for him, which is nice.” Carol Shockley, social science major

“Itʼs a toss up between Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Reagan made the United States a global superpower but Roosevelt saved us from economic distortion by enacting laws that are still in effect today.”

Bo Renfrow, business major

“Who is the greatest president America

“John F. Kennedy, in my opinion, was the greatest president of all time. Because he fought for civil rights for African Americans.” Flora Charlemagne, dental hygiene

has ever had and

“Ike Eisenhower, for hooking us up with an interstate system. Eisenhower also warned the country to beware of the military-industry complex. If his message was taken to heart there would be no Vietnam and Gulf wars.” Matthew Lerma, theater major

why?”

“Bill Clinton. Just because heʼs President doesnʼt mean he canʼt make mistakes, he also helped a lot of African Americans during his term.” Quincy Metcif, business major

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Vote Leland 08.” Whitney Warrick, environmental science major

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RETIREES continued from Page 1 as a program director and as a professor of health sciences since 1976. In her 29-year career, she has worked to ensure a quality education for Health Sciences students going into fields such as nursing. Famed helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky lent Lorance her words: “The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.”

C. Phillip Loveless came to RSC in 1983. In his 21 years of service, Loveless has managed the RSC mailroom, ensuring that letters arriving and leaving campus went where they needed to go quickly and efficiently. Citing the words of Henry David Thoreau, Loveless reminded everyone to “be true to your work, your word and your friend.”

Necia M. Miller, whose career began in 1970, has been at RSC since its inception, when the school was known as Oscar Rose Junior College. In her 35 years, Miller has served RSC as a professor of humanities. She put a cap on an extraordinary career with the words of Beverly Sills: “Art is the signature of civilization.”

Patsy A. Richardson has served RSC as a secretary in Business Affairs since 1988. For 17 years, Richardson has served the college by accepting and processing fee payments as well as loan checks to the students. Quoting Aristotle, Richardson said, “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

Stephen I. Smith, a professor with the Business and Information Technology division, leaves RSC after 33 years of distinguished service. Since 1972, Smith has prepared students for the business world. To mark the end of his career, Smith spoke the words of Joseph Joubert, “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”

Lois E. Stanley has served as a cook in RSCʼs Child Development Laboratory Center for the past 11 years. Since 2004, Stanley has added love to everything she cooked for the children cared for by the Centerʼs staff. Stanley left behind her quote from William James: “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

W. Sue Tiller has been a professor with the Social Sciences division since 1994. In 11 years of service, Tiller has prepared her students for careers in fields such as sociology, psychology and criminal justice. Echoing the words of Jacques Barzun, Tiller said, “The test and the use of a personʼs education is finding pleasure in the exercise of oneʼs mind.”

Carylon K. Turbyfill, a 14-year veteran of the Business and Information Technology division, has worked since 1991 as an RSC secretary. Turbyfill left behind these words, first spoken by George Eliot: “What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” btrude@rose.edu

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April 29, 2005 15th Street News

Opinion

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Concert to feature 15th Street Band

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Taurus April 20-May 20… After serving a platter of frightfully delicious hors dʼoeuvres at your last party, you were the talk of the town. Sadly, the “town” you live in consists mostly of macaroni and decapitated Barbies.

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Bryan Trude News Editor The 15th Street Band, a music ensemble that plays Top 40 hits, will take the stage May 4 at 7 p.m. for their annual Spring Concert at the RSC Communications Center Amphitheater, located on the south side of the building.

“It has been a really good year,” said Shelly Huelin, RSC adjunct professor and director of the band. “Most of the people in the band are new either to their instrument or the ensemble experience, and they have done very well.”

The band features Anthony Edwards and Joseph McGahee on drums, Benjamin Sandoval on saxophone, Laura Haynes plays trombone, while Terrance Finley plays trumpet as well as sings. The ensemble is rounded out with Debbie Rogers on guitar and Rachel Neasbitt and Jacque Smith with Finley on vocals. Dexter Murphy backs the band up as the sound engineer.

During the Oklahoma City Arts Festival April 19, the band performed at the infamous Water Stage.

“At the arts festival, considering the experience level, that was a really hard gig,” Huelin said. “The horn section (trumpet, saxophone, trombone,) could not hear what the rest of the band was doing, but they

Band member Scott Edwards receives some personal help on his drumming skills from Shelly Huelin, adjunct professor and director of the band. never fell behind and kept it up.

“It all depends on enrollment,” is given during points earned durOn the playback, I couldnʼt hear Huelin said. “If the band has ing rehearsals and performances. any significant problem from the enough people in the summer se- Despite the pressure to perform, horns. The survived a tumultuous mester, then we will perform.” the band is still all about having test and still had fun.”

Although the band is available fun.

The spring concert will be the to play parties and special events, “Having fun, thatʼs what itʼs all bandʼs third and final show of the band cannot be paid for their about, you know?” Huelin said. the year. Their selection of songs services. “We can always accept Admission to the concert is include Green Dayʼs “Boulevard donations though,” Huelin said. free. For more information about of Broken Dreams,” Alicia Keysʼ Despite a flexible schedule the concert, the band, or asking “If I Ainʼt Got You,” and Martina and a light atmosphere, every if the band could perform at an McBrideʼs “Independence Day.” student in the band is expected upcoming event, contact the RSC Whether the band will continue to perform. The band is a class, Music department by phone at during the summer semester or where a grade is assessed at the 733-7994. not is unknown. end of each semester. The grade btrude@rose.edu

Best films in music revealed by columnist

Heath Sitton Staff Writer

In the contents of this Music Stand, I would like to concentrate on movies and documentaries made on music groups.

For fans of music and bands that make music, information is key.

It seems to be human nature to want to know the humanity behind certain musicians we connect with. We all want to know the facts of how such acts were started, what inspired them and, in some cases, what makes them continue to create music. There are many videos available on bands and musicians that show the behind-thescenes aspects of the musicianʼs lives.

I would like to share my opinion of the best of these videos in this weekʼs column and to also

give a brief explanation of why This is not a documentary of I have chosen them.

The Doors, it is merely a film • “Fearless Freaks” made about them. I am not at all Last week, I had the pleasure sure if this film is an accurate of going to the premier of this portrayal of the band, especially film. This is a documentary about Jim Morrison, but it is a very relOklahomaʼs own musical group, evant film in music. Val Kilmer, The Flaming who does an inLips. The direccredibly believThe Music able job, plays the tor of this movie has been taking role of Jim MorStand footage of the rison. The movie band for over 15 shows how the years. The video captures the band met and how The Doors essence of The Flaming Lips came to be. and tells their story wonderfully. • “A Hard Dayʼs Night” Every fan must see this film and This movie stars The Beatles.

I would also recommend it to It follows John, Paul, George and those who are not yet fans. By Ringo through their lives on the seeing this film, the viewer will road. Roger Ebert once said that gain an appreciation for The this is one of the greatest musiFlaming Lipsʼ impact on the cals ever made. I would go bemusic scene. The DVD will be yond that statement and say that available May 17. this is one the greatest movies of • “The Doors” any genre ever made. The com-

edy in this movie is to die for.

The viewer will be entertained in every scene of this film.

• “Ray” This movie follows the life of musician Ray Charles, played

by Jamie Foxx. I must say, he did such a wonderful job acting that sometimes I forgot I was not watching the actual Ray Charles on the screen. The DVD is out now; go rent it.

• “Donʼt Look Back” This movie is a Bob Dylan documentary filmed during his three-week tour of England in the spring of 1965. The film captures both Dylanʼs public and private life as he travels throughout England performing shows and living his life. The concert moments captured in this documentary are among the last of Dylanʼs solo acoustic performances. jhsitton@cox.net

Hitchhiker’s hilarious jaunt through sci-fi comedy Erin Waltman Assistant Editor

“Space is big. You wonʼt believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think itʼs a long way down the road to the drug store, but thatʼs just peanuts to space.”

The above quote came from Douglas Adamsʼ well-known novel “The Hitchhikerʼs Guide to the Galaxy,” which just so happens to be the name of the movie I am reviewing this week.

I have been a fan of Adamsʼ “Hitchhikerʼs” series since I first read them when I was 10 years old. When I caught wind of the new film production, I was obviously excited and hopeful that the movie would capture the same irreverent insanity that Adamsʼ novels did.

Aries March 21-April 19… When you were caught digging in your left nostril with a pitching wedge and a salad spoon last week, you were the butt of many jokes.

This week, things do not look much better as you will be caught dislodging a piece of parsley from your teeth with a belt sander.

After seeing the movie, I can say they need to hitch a ride off the this: I was not disappointed. planet.

The story follows typical Once in space, Ford and Arthur Earthman Arthur Dent (Martin run into Zaphod Beeblebrox Freeman), a man who is about to (Sam Rockwell), the dynamic, have a very bad day. He wakens arrogant, dim-witted President of to find his house about to be bull- the galaxy and Trisha “Trillian” dozed to make way for a bypass. McMillan (Zooey Deschanel), That is, however, Zaphodʼs intelthe least of his ligent, beautiful Popcorn worries as his Earthling girlPerspective friend. On their friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) stolen spacepoints out. ship, the Heart of Gold, Arthur, Ford tells Arthur that he is an Ford, Zaphod, Trillian and the alien from a planet somewhere chronically depressed android in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Marvin (played by Warwick Ford - who named himself after Davies, voiced by Alan Ricka British car, after believing cars man), the group sets out to find to be the dominant species on the question that goes along with the planet Earth - informs Arthur the answer to life, the universe that the planet Earth is going to and everything (which is, by the be demolished to make way for way, “42”). a hyperspace freeway and that Fans of the books, radio play

and original BBC production will notice large changes between this incarnation of “Hitchhikerʼs” and the other productions. However, Adamsʼ himself admitted that every incarnation of “Hitchhikerʼs” has been different from the others, and since he was actively involved in the production until his untimely death, we must assume that he approved of the changes. After all, he even wrote a new character for the movie Humma Kavula, an intergalactic missionary who also happens to be certifiably bonkers.

The performances by every character were spot on. I immensely enjoyed every minute of this movie and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys Adamsʼ work, wants to laugh, likes science fiction or has a brain. ewaltman@rose.edu

Gemini May 21-June 21… This summer, you will land a great job as a short order cook at Dennyʼs. This will end in disaster unfortunately, when you mistakenly slap a slice of honey-cured ham across a womanʼs face when she orders her eggs “sunny side up.” What a knuckle-head-McSpazatron.

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Cancer June 22-July 22… After discovering a dead bug in your cubicle at work last week, you went into a psychotic frenzy and destroyed over $20,000 in equipment.

To remedy the situation that ended in your immediate and violent removal from the premises you should show up with a cartload of “bison biscuits” and heave them, sidearmed, at everyone in sight while shouting “Hiiiii-yahh!”

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Leo July 23-August 22… After a brief, but terrifying bout with an eye infection, you will come to realize there are far greater things in life than sight. First and foremost is the outrageous comedy of Roseanne Barr. In a close second is the secret knowledge you have that the Quaker Oats guy really is not a Quaker at all but instead practices Buddhism regularly.

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Virgo August 23-September 22… Shortly after being ejected from the mechanical bull at your grandparentʼs 90th anniversary party, you dared to hop back on. Good news is in store for you this week, however, as not only will the surgeons finally be able to remove your grandmaʼs dentures from your scalp but also your parents will reveal that their divorce was only 97 percent your fault.

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Libra September 23-October 23… This week will be an earmark of success for you. Not because you will have successfully jammed a hamburger (with condiments) up your nose, but rather because it will have been your 50th trip to the hospital this month. Hot dog!

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Scorpio October 24-November 21… This week you should reveal a secret that you have hidden for many years - your real name: Mike. This stunning and somewhat horrifying revelation will likely send all of your closest family members and friends into spastic electroshock convulsion-seizures and will render them completely incapacitated.

Good news is in store, however: Your family members will spend the week in a psych ward and will have a raucous hootenanny while wearing bedpans on their heads and jamming tongue depressors up their noses.

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Sagittarius November 22-December 21… After ingesting 45 pounds of raw lard through your nostrils, you were so intoxicated that you accidentally called your significant other a “grade-A pork chop.” Also, you accidentally set your fake toupee on fire.

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Capricorn December 22-January 19… Life will take a dramatic turn for the worst this week when you discover that not only does the biggest love of your life, Bobo the clown, wear a toupee, but he also enjoys listening to Cher albums on occasion.

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Aquarius January 20-February 18… While you have been desperately seeking happiness, you really are not all that close and probably will never discover what it is that you are truly in search of: a love affair with Nipsey Russell.

Also, you are currently battling a hideous case of gout.

Pisces February 19-March 20… In a desperate attempt to improve your image last week, you “pumped iron” for 73 straight hours. Unfortunately, this led to a brief hospital stay followed by a trip to the slammer when police discovered that the weight club somehow “misplaced” the Coke button from the vending machine into your pocket.

Rose Colored-Glasses

Comic Corner

By Erin Waltman

News/Sports

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April 29, 2005 15th Street News

Student performs alongside Toby Keith, Vince Gill

Springfest celebration wraps up school year Bryan Trude News Editor

Photo by GINNIE ESCOBEDO

Tosha Davis, Logan Reynolds, and Towry Bernard volunteer at the UPS and Pepsi stand to hand out popcorn, hotdogs, pizza and drinks to students.

Meet the Players

By Heath Sitton

Photo by DEVIN HORST

Josh Herren is a 20-yearold sophomore in the spring 2005 season with the Raiders’ baseball team. He was raised

Raiders’ Baseball #16 David Martin everyone to “start at the knees and work down, that’s three diamonds, and quit gawking around.” in Midwest City, Okla. He began playing when he was 5 years old. His favorite food is beans and cornbread. Herren’s pregame routine consists of praying with the team. His grandfather played baseball for the New York Yankees.

Herren was signed to the Raiders in the spring of 2003.

After completing his education at RSC, he plans to attend the University of Central Oklahoma.

He is looking forward to starting a career and a family. He reminds everyone that any job worth doing is a job worth doing right the first time.

Local cover band, Time Machine, kicks off Springfest with a variety of musical genres from oldies classics, like “I Will Survive” by Diana Ross to new wave music.

Throughout the event, the Senkind of music to play,” said sponsored by Pepsi. ate sold rubber bracelets and TThe second day of Springfest, Bryan Montgomery, RSC health, shirts promoting the theme of this April 27, saw the band Hosty physical education and recreation yearʼs Springfest, “Operation: Duo take the stage.

Free Pizza major.

Support Our Troops.” sponsored by United Parcel SerEvents included a horseshoe “I appreciate people who supvice and free drinks sponsored throw, a football toss, Frisbee, port our troops,” said Private by Pepsi were provided to the a volleyball court, as well as a Mike Harriman, a visitor from students.

The Aquatics club, the dating game. All in attendance Capitol Hill High School and a TEACH club, the PARENTS enjoyed themselves. member of the U.S. Armyʼs 45th club, the Black Student Associa“Iʼm having a great time! The band [Time Machine] is really tion, and HIV Peer Educators ran Infantry Division. “I know not everybody believes what we are good!” said Dan Points, RSC booths. doing in Iraq is right, but we do The student senate Springfest dean of health sciences. need to keep morale up so the committee was chaired by SenaApril 26 had free popcorn and soldiers over there can do the job tor Carol Shockley.

Senators Matt hot dogs available to attendees they were trained to do.”

Prieto and Sonja Pound served as courtesy of the RSC student btrude@rose.edu co-chairs. senate, as well as free drinks

Summer music festivals to entertain Heath Sitton Staff Writer The state of Oklahoma has deep roots in the history of music. From artists such as jazz great Charlie Christian to modern rockers The Flaming Lips, Oklahoma has made its mark on the world of music.

The diversity of Oklahomaʼs music ranges as far as the imagination can fathom. This summer, there are many music festivals in the state of Oklahoma for fans of any genre.

To start off the summer, Tulsa will host the Oklahoma Blues Festival May 6-7. Some of this yearʼs highlight performers include Kenny Wayne Shepard, Bugs Henderson, Norton Buffalo and the Arc Angels. The Skyline Bluegrass Festival will be held the same weekend in Muldrow.

For the gospel crowd, the Cherokee Heritage Gospel Sing and Hog Fry will take place May 21 at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah.

The town of Guthrie will be hosting the Guthrie Jazz Banjo Festival May 27-29, which features the sweet twang of banjo jazz.

However, there are some music festivals taking place closer to the area like the one Edmond will be hosting, The Edmond Jazz and Blues Festival May 28-29.

Other festivals will take place in June like the fiddling and clogging contests June 9-12 at the American Heritage Music Festival in Grove.

Also taking place June 9-12 is the Country Fever festival in Pryor.

The Charlie Christian International Jazz Festival

will come to OKC June 10-11, featuring an assortment of todayʼs jazz musicians. During the same weekend, Edmond will host Acousticadia at Lake Arcadia. Acousticadia will feature such artists as Edgar Cruz, Steve Spurgin and Ricky Skaggs.

Bartlesville will be hosting the Oklahoma Mozart International Festival June 10-18. The event will include acclaimed classical musicians performing with the Solisti New York Orchestra, conducted by Ransom Wilson. The Amadeus Piano Festival, another celebration of classical music will be held in Tulsa June 20-July 1. The event will feature two weeks of “the ultimate piano experience,” according to the advertisement. The featured artist of this yearʼs event is The Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble.

Norman will be hosting its traditional Jazz in June Festival June 23-25. On the same weekend, the town of Wewoka will hold the Cedar Street Blues and Jazz Festival.

The largest event in folk music is the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, which will be held in Woody Guthrieʼs hometown of Okemah July 1317. The festival will bring folk musicians from all over the world to honor the life and music of Woody Guthrie.

Oklahomaʼs music scene is running rampant this summer and will continue into the fall season. For more information about events, contact the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Web site, TravelOK.com, or call 1-800-652-6552. jhsitton@cox.net Photo by DEVIN HORST

Raiders’ Baseball #18 Josh Herren

Photo by DEVIN HORST

David Martin is a 20-year-old sophomore in the spring 2005 season with the Raiders’ baseball team. He was raised in Tulsa, Okla. He began playing when he was 4 years old. His favorite food is soy burgers. Martin’s pre-game routine consists of watering the field and dragging the dirt.

Martin was signed to the Raiders in the spring of 2003. After completing his education at RSC, he plans on continuing towards his degree at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is looking forward to sitting and chilaxing over the summer. He reminds

Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER

Springfest 2005 opened to a rocking start April 26. The event is RSCʼs annual festival of food, fun and music that marks the end of the spring semester and the calendar school year.

Approximately 75 students, faculty and guests helped kick things off with the first Spring Raider Rally. Rowdy the Raider was in attendance as the student body showed its support for the RSC Raidersʼ baseball team and Lady Raidersʼ softball team as their coaches introduced them.

After the rally, the band Time Machine took to the stage to mixed reviews. Playing a selection of hits from the 70s onward, Time Machine performed such songs as Donna Summersʼ “Hot Stuff” and Nellyʼs “Hot in Herre.” “[The band] is pretty good.

They play a lot of good music,” said Kenneth Shelton, RSC computer science major.

The band accepted requests from the crowd of 20 people who had gathered around the stage to listen to their familiar yet unique sound.

“Time Machine is pretty good, but they need to pick the right

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Bryan Trude News Editor RSC student Lara Singletary took to the stage of the Ford Center April 22 in downtown OKC to help celebrate the Week of Hope in dedication to the memorial of the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing.

Singletary, who often sings with the Oklahoma Opry, performed the Credence Clearwater Revival smash hit “Proud Mary” to a thundering 20,000-strong crowd alongside industry giants such as Toby Keith and Vince Gill.

Carole Johnson, RSC professor of music, is Singletaryʼs voice, aural theory and harmony teacher.

“She is a high caliber student,” Johnson said. “She is a very bright young lady.”

Each performer at the concert performed only one song, with headliners Keith and Gill performing two songs each.

Singletary herself was not nervous. “I was more anxious than nervous,” Singletary said. “Thatʼs a part of being a performer. You over-prepare and practice so much, there is no margin of error.

You go out there ready because you know you have the song ready, that you will not screw up because you worked so hard to get ready.”

“She was very good,” said Johnson. “She looked beautiful, and we had a nice little group from her theory class attend the concert.”

After her performance, Singletary was thanked with a roaring applause. “It was a real honor. I got to meet Toby Keith and Vince Gill, and I got to sing in front of 20,000 people,” Singletary said.

Singletary will be among the other choral and opera students to perform in the opera scenes performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartʼs “The Magic Flute,” Thursday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the H.B. Atkinson Theater.

The concert was hosted in conjunction with the memorial of the OKC Bombing. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols exploded a truck bomb outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown OKC. The bomb detonated April 19, 1995 at 9:02 a.m. killing 168 people and damaging three buildings beyond repair in what is regarded as the single bloodiest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

McVeigh received the death sentence for his role in the bombing, and was executed in June 11, 2001 at the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Terra Haute, Ind. becoming the first federal prisoner executed in over 30 years. Nichols received a life sentence, in both a federal and state trial, and is serving the rest of his life behind bars at the ADX Florence super-maximum prison facility in Florence, Colo.

For more information on Singletary or “The Magic Flute,” contact the RSC music department at 733-7994, or stop in the music department office at the RSC Communications Center. btrude@rose.edu

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