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Budget cuts from state lottery revenues affect UCO by Lyndsay Gillum Copy Editor
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State lottery revenues were cut from Oklahoma universities for June. UCO cut more than a quarter million dollars from its budget.
In April 2003, the Oklahoma legislature created the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act and the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund. Legislation creating the Lottery Commission was added by a vote of the people on Nov. 2, 2004. The mission of the commission is to "maximize revenues for public education through creation and marketing of fun and entertaining products consistent with the highest levels of service integrity and public accountability," according to the Oklahoma lottery website. However, because of a lottery shortfall, UCO must cut more than $261,000 from its budget this month due to a reduction of allocations to state universities by the State Regents. In the Regents meeting on May 25, an overall higher education budget reduction of more than $6 million was approved. The cut in allocations will affect all colleges and universities in the month of June to make up for the shortfall, according to an AP story on KOTV.com . This reduction was a result of a shortfall in state lottery revenue owed to pay for bond debt incurred by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority. UCO Executive Vice President Steve Kreidler said
it is a challenge when money, which has already been given to the university and has been put into the budget, is taken away. However, Kreidler said, UCO has dealt effectively with tight budgets before and the university will manage this shortfall by using reserve funds. State government's fiscal year ends June 30, leading to complications at the universities, which long ago had budgeted for the month at expected allocation levels. Ben Hardcastle, the state regents' spokesman, said in an AP story on KOTV. corn that the cuts were based on the regents' funding formula. Consequently, a larger college, such as Oklahoma State University, was cut $1.3 million, while a smaller one, like Northwestern Oklahoma State lost a little more than $87,000. "Each institution has a different situation and will find a different way to respond," Hardcastle said. On April 18, the annual Legislation Breakfast, organized by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce, education funding and the lottery shortfall was discussed. According to the Edmond Chamber of Commerce website, panel members were asked about per-student budgeting at UCO. Sen. Clark Jolley said that funding for UCO is under the control of the state board of
regents, not the Legislature, but that he, Rep. Marian Cooksey and Rep. Ken Miller are "trying to make adjustments in funding at UCO." Jolley also said that many lawmakers foresaw the problem with the lottery shortfall. "We highly suspected the promises made on the lottery were a pipe dream," he said. Jolley said some legislators are proposing a six-month halt on lotterybased funding and then making appropriations based on actual proceeds, not on predictions. County Commissioner Ray Vaughn offered a request to House members, asking them to pass Senate Bill 138, increasing the reimbursement rate for Department of Corrections prisoners in county jails. "We are not going to be making cuts in operating budgets or salaries, or anything like that. This will not impact our students, faculty or staff," Kreidler said. "Because UCO has become one of the nation's most efficient universities, we have learned how to do more with less. Still, this hurts and we will have to continue to do even more with even less."
Lyndsay Gillum can be reached at Igillum@thevistaonline.com.
Iran becomes senator's focus Internet scam empties "Iran's greatest problem is its leader, which makes criticism of Iran easy." -Dr. Husam A. Mohamad by Abha Eli Phoboo Staff Writer
While President George W. Bush returns from his whirlwind tour through Europe, there are issues at home waiting to be addressed. Possibilities of the United States bombing Iran have been speculated for years, but when Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, stated on the CBS News program, "Face the Nation," on June 10 that the U.S. should launch attacks on Iran, it stirred up fresh controversy. "Lieberman is someone who would say something like that," said Dr. Husam A. Mohamad, UCO assistant professor of Political Science. "Democrats and Republicans think that use of force against Iran is an option that should not be taken off the table, instead utilize diplomacies and rely on European allies." Lieberman went further that the government's position on the issue to criticize Iran for harboring destructive weapons and training Iraqis to use them against American soldiers. However, even officials admitted to lack of evidence to prove that such activities were indeed going on. "Lieberman's main point of view is to maintain balance of power in Israel's interest. Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons, but the U.S. vehemently support them, because it is considered to be in 'good' or 'right' hands. It is all part of a double standard against what they con-
sider wrong hands. India and Pakistan were rewarded for their nuclear weapons," added Mohamad. Lieberman's statements have triggered varied reactions. At UCO, it is mostly against any more attacks, as Dr. Louis S. Furmanski, professor of Political Science, said, "It would be completely irresponsible and an act of aggression. I doubt if it would happen. There are indications that high-ranking offices in the military are opposed to it. Our presence in Iran also would lead to gasoline prices skyrocketing to $5 to $6 a gallon. Is the government prepared to saddle the American public with such prices?" Iran has been receiving a lot of criticism and its diplomatic relations with the United States are indeed strained. However, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's blatant remarks at international conferences and comments, such as the one denying the Holocaust, have not helped. "Iran's greatest problem is its leader, which makes criticism of Iran easy," said Mohamad. "He's not serving Iran by making such outrageous statements. It is easy to call him crazy or demonized and justify attacking him. But the ones who will suffer are the Iranians." Liebarman implied that attacking Iran would be in the public interest of the United States. "I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military
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action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq," Lieberman said on CBS news. "And to me, that would include a strike into... over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers." "We can tell them we want them to stop that, but if there's any hope of the Iranians living according to the international rule of law and stopping, for instance, their nuclear weapons development, we can't just talk to them," Lieberman said. "If they don't play by the rules, we've got to use our force, and to me that would include taking military action to stop them from doing what they're doing." If the United States were to attack, it would serve against the national interest, said Dr. Furmanski. "It would jeopardize the safety of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and prompt Iran toward acquiring nuclear weapons expeditiously. It would be immoral and irrational, and enough reason to impeach the president. It would be a tragedy," he said.
Abha Eli Phoboo can be reached at aphoboo@thevistaonline.com.
student's bank account by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer
Aside from offering consumers a highly customizable homepage and access to millions of other users, MySpace. corn also serves as a haven for pedophiles and other hustlers who prey on unsuspecting and trusting individuals, often children or young people inexperienced in the ways of the world. UCO student Chris Otten, a senior photography major, found this out the hard way last month after he found himself the victim of an advanced fee scam involving a "woman" he met while trolling on MySpace.com . "I saw herpicture on MySpace and noticed she lived in the Oklahoma City area," Otten said. "I contacted her and we started talking on Yahoo Messenger." The "woman" Otten referred to is Mariah, a fictional single white female supposedly living in an apartment complex in Northwest Oklahoma City. The pair chatted regularly for the next couple of days, but after less than a week of correspondence, Otten said his new friend started in on him. "She told me she was on a trip to Nigeria and that she had been robbed of all her money and she needed help to get back to Oklahoma City," Otten said. Otten said he told Mariah he couldn't send her funds to pay for the hotel bill and return airfare from Nigeria. "I had my questions, of course," Otten said. "I asked her if she had anyone else she could get a hold of for help." Undaunted by his refusal to send money to cover her "travel expenses," Mariah moved on
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to Plan B, telling Otten she had $5,000 in traveler's checks — which, of course, she would need his help to secure as she couldn't cash them in Africa. Often agreed to help and sent $150 to Nigeria to pay for the shipping of the traveler's checks to his home in Edmond. Weeks later, a UPS letter showed up with 10 travel's checks inside — each one worth $500. With $5,000 in fraudulent documents in hand, Often made his way to the Citizens Bank of Edmond on the UCO campus. Once at the bank, Otten said Ray Ofosu, a senior teller at the branch, questioned the checks briefly before seeking the opinion of the bank's manager.
"I had told them the traveler's checks came from Nigeria, but nothing past that," Otten said. Otten said the bank manager told Ofosu it was fine and even asked whether he would prefer a cashier's check to avoid carrying around so much cash. Moments later, Otten left the bank with a $5,000 cashier's check in his pocket and eventually sent the money via Western Union to Nigeria, he said. Within a matter of days, the checks were returned as fakes and Otten lost all of his money — around $2,300. "I was really worried about what would happen to my
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Paris Hilton, overrated or the new queen of media? Opinion 1 It seemed like Paris Hilton's status might have saved her from serving her 23-day jail stay. Three days into her stay, Hilton was fitted with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and was released to the consolation and safety of her Hollywood Hills home. Supposedly because she had a mysterious and unspecified illness. Did fame allow her to receive this special treatment? It sure seemed that way as she was released after the third day of her sentence. It seems that once again, fame conquers all, including the law. Hilton should be treated like any normal individual; she broke her probation violation and should face the consequences. But it seems one particular individual had no sympathy for Hilton. Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer was not interested in Hilton's pleas. He ordered her to return to a Los Angeles jail to serve the remainder of her 45-day sentence. Sony Paris, you are not above the law, regardless of your infamous last name. Honestly, if Hilton had been allowed to stay on house arrest, that's no form of punishment. She can have friends over; she can party all night long, just as long as she doesn't leave the confines of her home. That would've taught her a lesson; hey I broke probation and
still get to party like a rock star. How messed up is that? Another thing that seems a little fishy is Hilton's sudden mysterious medical condition: I believe there are clinics in the prison for inmates with health or psychological problems. If every inmate were released for psychological issues, half the population of the prisons would be roaming the streets. It seems to me she's just trying to find any excuse to get out of serving time in a cold and scary cell. Come on, she has a private cell, showers alone and is constantly in the shadows of a security officer. I say she has it pretty easy. Whether you believe Hilton was treated fairly or not, the entire outcome does not reflect well on the criminal justice system. This entire incident makes it look like Hilton, being a celebrity and a heiress, got a sweetheart deal. And the consequences of that; well, it will further give the perception that celebrities are above the law and treated differently, or should I say, pampered.
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The reverend has focused his attention on Paris Hilton, and so have I. Even O.J. Simpson is talking about her incarceration; it doesn't get any better than this. It's captivating, I'm a huge Paris fan, and I've enjoyed all her movies — some more than others. This story is not getting nearly enough attention; I want to know how this doesn't already have its own TV show by now. Fox will show junk like "When Good Pets Go Bad 4," but I can't get a live feed from the cell, absurd. The show would follow her throughout her day. You could see her wake up and stare at herself in the mirror for a couple of hours. Then the real action would take place as she tries to avoid being shanked in the lunchroom. Following that would be the psychological journey of her trying to conquer her fear of the toilet. Tune in next week to see if Paris becomes a Blood or a Crypt. If nothing else, this whole ordeal has shown us that no one receives special treatment. Be it famous or commoner, we all must adhere to the same laws. Sure she violated her probation multiple times before anything happened, but it all caught up to her in the end. Even though she was released early, it was soon realized a mistake was made. Her cries for mommy could not save her, as she was figuratively drug by her extensions back into her cell. Let this be a lesson to us all; don't break
the law, because one can only endure so many DUls before it's jail time. knd jail is no Hilton.
Opinion 3 There's a lot swirling around the Paris Hilton going to prison thing. It's on all of the cable news networks constantly, so it must be important. Sure, you've got people yelling and screaming about stuff like "the war" or "poverty" or "Iran saying something crazy again," but that stuff isn't important. Whether the hotel heiress should or should not go to prison is. The cable networks said so. What are the facts in this case? Seriously, does anyone know? There's been a bunch of speculation about the judge being some glory hound or Ms. Hilton deserving to spend some time in the clink for being a general nuisance anyway. All of this is bunk though, since no one seems to be talking about the actual case. If you'd ask me, I'd say we should just toss her off of one of her daddy's buildings since she's so annoying. But if we did that, we'd have to throw half ef Hollywood and all of Washington off the building too, and that would take time we don't have. Not to mention the burden cleaning up the mess would have on the taxpayer. Joking aside, the fact that Hilton is a person remains. She should be subjected to the law no differently than any other
person. She's really no more or less important than anyone else, no matter what the TV or glossies might say. Did she break the conditions of her probation? Does this warrant a 45-day stay in jail? If the answer is "yes," toss her in prison and treat her like everyone else. If this sentence is too harsh, than give her one that's more appropriate. Just make sure it's equitable. Unfortunately, this is probably hoping for more than what could work in real life. If the judge is going to force her to stay, she'll probably have to stay, and we'll all get to hear about it 24 hours a day, seven days a week for her entire stay. Then, we can all stay for the post-prison coverage, guaranteed to last a few more days after she gets out. Such a joyous occasion, indeed. You know what I really hope for out of all of this? Equitable justice and cable news not being made up of ravenous crazies are pretty much out of the realm of possibility and all. I really hope that Hilton learns a good lesson from this experience. I hope that everything turns out positively for her. Maybe it'll put her on the right track and the rest of the world won't see her as a spoiled partier. Yeah, right.
Opinion 4 As Paris Hilton rots in some medical unit of California's prison system, the non-stop media
coverage continues, no doubt sickening those out there with an IQ over 80 — okay maybe 90. But that's not the most troubling aspect of this "pans goes to Prison" rigmarole. In fact, what should bother those concerned citizens around the country is the cost of the heiress's confinement. While it costs the state of California around $100 a day to keep the average criminal locked up for a day, it is costing the state 10 times that to keep Paris imprisoned. Because of her "claustrophobia" and other various other "medical" conditions, the state is paying more than $1000 per day to have Paris as its guest. Will Paris have to pay anything for this special treatment? The answer is no, but she is definitely showing her true colors during this whole prison ordeal. Does anyone out there think some poor black guy would get the same treatment? If you said yes, then you're full of the same stuff Paris is overflowing with. If you said no, then congrats on answering an extremely easy question. The bottom line is this: Paris, while certainly cute and nice and wild, is proving to be quite pathetic in her time of personal crisis, which, as they say, is a true indicator of who a person really is. The Vista editorial staff can be reached at editorial@thevistaonIine.com.
Correction: The June 7 issue included a story about new classes being offered by OTI and UCO. One of the lines implied that the online courses also include the national certification exams. Neither UCO nor OTI offer the national certification exam. The courses simply prepare the students to take the exams on their own.
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"Do you believe Paris Hilton's punishment is too harsh for her crime? Why or why not?" "I think it's a huge doublestandard for A celebrities."
"I don't because she has violated her probation on many occasions. She s used up her last chance.
"She deserves life with no parole."
"No, I don't think it's harsh. You do the crime, you do the time. She's a citizen like everyone else."
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Art event helps student fund ovarian cancer treatment by Aaron Wright Managing EditorFor five dollars, students can spend their Saturday evening sipping complimentary wine and nibbling on food, listening to music, perusing art of local artists and helping to save a UCO student's life. This ovarian cancer benefit will be held at 7 p.m. on June 16 at the IA0 Gallery at 811 N. Broadway in Oklahoma City. Entertainment for the evening will be provided by the Sherree Chamberlain Band and a local jazz ensemble. "Funds raised will go to promoting ovarian cancer awareness and helping one UCO student with medical expenses," said Jerrod Smith, two-dimensional studio art senior and organizer of the event. To raise additional funds, donated artwork from local artists will also be auctioned. The host asked that details about the student remain private, although Smith did say her cancer was at stage four level, which is the highest risk stage. He said she was diagnosed almost two years ago. According to ovariancancer.org, ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of death in American women. Approximately 15,000 women in the United States die every year from the disease while approximately 20,000 women are diagnosed. Early detection is crucial for treatment of this cancer. When the cancer is caught before it spreads to the ovaries, more than 93 percent of the women survive longer than five years.
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from page 1 finances," Otten said. "I immediately contacted the bank because I didn't want them to think I was the one scamming them." Essentially, the bank told him he was responsible for the entire $5,000 and also let him know that not paying the balance due would stay on his credit for the foreseeable future. When Contacted June 11, the bank's manager had no cornment because of the ongoing investigation of the case. Ofosu, who questioned the checks initially before deferring to his boss, said the bank would have reacted differently if all the facts were known at the time (Otten hadn't mentioned the checks belonged to someone else, just that they had originated in Nigeria). "Traveler's checks are accepted everywhere," Ofosu said. "There is really no reason for someone to ask another person to cash traveler's checks for them." For his part, Otten believes the blame shouldn't be laid just on his feet. "I think we're both at fault," Otten said. "From what I've been told by other bank officials, the Secret Service, the FBI and UCO police, they should have been looking out for my interests." Otten, who still uses MySpace.com, said he has learned a valuable lesson from his role as victim, and hopes others can avoid the same fate. "I learned not to be so trusting," Otten said. "I need to worry about myself before worrying about someone I don't know."
However, early detection is are fotu- classes ofovarian cancer. difficult because the symptoms The first class contains epiare hard to diagnose. They are thelial tumors. Approximately easily confused for other ail- 70 to 80 percent of women with ments. Most common symp- ovarian cancer have this form. It toms include pelvic and abdom- is more common in women who inal pain, urinary frequency and have been through menopause. urgency, increased abdominal Stromal tumors, which are size, bloating, difficulty eat- found in the connective-tissue ing and feeling full quickly. that provides structure for the Additional symptoms may ovary, constitute another class. include This type only accounts for five to 10 percent of ovarian cancers. Germ cell tumors are the cells responsible for creating the eggs. These tumors develop most often in young women, even teenagers. Ninety percent of women with this class of cancer are successfully treated; although they may become infertile. Metastic tumors are tumors that go through metastasis and spread to other organs. This type of tumor is the most aggressive. In 2005, President Bush declared September of that year National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. "There is more we need to learn about how best to prevent, detect and treat ovarian cancer," he wrote in an August 2005 press release. The teal ribbon is the symbol for the ongoing ovarian cancer research. For more information, c o n - stipa- please visit www.ovariancancer. tion, abnor- org; www.cancer.gov; and www. m al vaginal webmd.com/ovarian-cancer . bleeding, unusual fatigue, unexplained weight loss or gain and low back pain. It is recommended that a person experiencing any of the previous symptoms for more Andrew Knittle can be reached at than three weeks see a doctor. Aaron Wright can be reached at aknittle@thevistaonline.com . . awright@thevistaonline.com According to Web MD, there
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CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS ■ "Oklahoma!," Field trip to Discoveryland, Sand Springs, Sponsored by International Student Council, 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., on June 16. International students must register at the International Office. Contact Jalal Daneshfar at 974-2377. ■ International Student Council will hold a Fourth of July parade from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on July 4 at UCO. International students will each get a 'Citizen of the World' T-shirt and will carry flags of the different countries to march in the parade. Interested students must register at the International Office.
School of Music teaches guitar Somerset West redefities indie rock by Lyndsay Gillum Copy EditorUCO School of Music will hold a summer workshop, "Guitar Concepts," with UCO guitar instructor Danny Vaughn. The workshop starts June 20 and lasts through June 22, 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the UCO Jazz Lab. Vaughn has been the jazz guitar instructor since 1993. He holds a bachelor's degree in guitar performance and a masters of Music Education degree. In addition to teaching applied guitar, he has taught music theory and has served as musical director and arranger for various UCO productions. The workshop will introduce moderately experienced guitarists of all ages to basic chord and scale construction. It will also show students how they fit together to produce various musical styles including country, rock, jazz, blues and classical. "The material we cover in this workshop is what separates the guitarists who play well from the ones who wished they played well," Vaughn said in a UCO press release. As a teaching approach, Vaughn uses a theory-based curriculum emphasizing the
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understanding of chord and scale progressions along with the practical skills necessary to be a professional musician in the job market today. Vaughn's goal is "that the UCO Jazz Lab will be known for producing professional guitarists who are thoroughly equipped for the modern music workplace," according to his faculty bio. Vaughn brings to his teaching a wide array of musical genres and he stresses stylistic versatility. He has performed with the Oklahoma
City Symphonic Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet Oklahoma and Lyric Theatre. Along with his participation with all these, Vaughn is equally interested with New Orleans jazz, bluegrass and fusion. The contemporary church music field is one other area in which he possesses experience and expertise. He has previously conducted a seminar entitled, "Music in the Contemporary Worship Service," at Southern Nazarene University. Vaughn has also published a book titled, "Patterns for 21st Century Guitar," a hypermodern system for improvisation and composition, according to his faculty bio. Tuition for "Guitar Concepts" is $75 per person, if they are registered before June 13. All checks should be made out to UCO. For more information or to register, contact Danny Vaughn at (405) 359-7989 or at dannyvaughn@ucojazzlab . c om .
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Staff Writer Lyndsay Gillum can be reached at Igillum@thevistaonline.com.
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Somerset West, a local indie/ rock band, is all set to take on the Oklahoma music scene with their debut album "The New Ocean Sound", released on May 15. The band members Kyle Lynch and David Duke are UCO students, bassist Paul Willis is a UCO graduate and drummer Kris Lynch is completing high school in Ardmore. Self-produced under KRL Records, the album is a laid back version of alternative independent music that the band defines as "indie/rock that's delicate but driving." The CD has five songs, three of which ("There's Still Time to Settle," "A Year Before," and "Recovery") which can be heard on myspace. com/somersetwest and purevolume.co m/ some rs etwest. Somerset West has a unique sound: their tracks often take on multiple variations that still lend fluidity to their music. The vocals
have a lot of emotion and the lyrics compliment . their music. Kyle and Kevin Lynch started the band as a hobby with some friends in 2003 in a small garage in northern California. Somerset West is actually the name of .a small town in South Africa. Since the Lynch brothers had friends here in Oklahoma, the band moved to Oklahoma
Music Review City, playing in the local music circuit around town. But things weren't going to be any easier. In the summer of2005, on the way to Wyoming, they were in a fatal car accident, which took the life of drummer Kevin Lynch. The band members stood at crossroads, contemplating even giving up music. However, in Kevin's memory, they decided
to go ahead. Kris Lynch, Kevin and Kyle's youngest brother, stepped up, taking drum lessons and filling in his brother's shoes. The band has since grown with a newfound vision and passioa. The songs in their album seem to hauntingly echo what losing a member meant and their road to recovery from the shock. Their music is similar to the styles of bands such as Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Denison Marrs and Further Seems Forever. Fot those who like alternative rock with a mellow side, add Somerset West to your list of bands to listen to. On June 16 Somerset West will be playing at the Racket Room at 14701 N. Lincoln Blvd. in Edmond.
Abha Eli Phoboo can be reached at aphoboo@thevistaonline.com .
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'The King and 1' launches Summerstock's '07 theatre season Oklahoma City University and Edmond North High School students and graduates. Several children captured the roles of the king's offspring, many from Edmond public schools, and proving the incredible potential in the artistic youth of today. Currently an OCU grad student, Kris Todd portrayed Anna. She did an adequate performance as the aristocratic Englishwoman, but it's her singing ability that exceeds her acting. Hassan NazariRobati, a future OCU student,
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With the UCO Theatre Department on break this summer, the city of Edmond fulfills the public's yearning for theatrical amusement with its annual event, "Summerstock." Rodgers' and Hammerstein's popular musical, "The King and I," commenced the 2007 season at Mitch Park Amphitheatre from May 31 through June 2 and June 7 through June 9. Based on Margaret Landon's 1944 novel, "Anna and the King of Siam," Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted the book into a Broadway production, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1951. An Academy Award-winning film came out in 1956 with Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. The story follows Anna Leonowens, an English governess who comes to Siam (now Thailand) during the 1860s by request of the king to educate his children. Cultural differences clash, causing tension between Anna, the king and his family. The narrative is a moral lesson in loyalty and integrity, even if most of the original novel was derived from the memoirs of Leonowens. The large cast of "The King and I" is a collaboration ofUCO,
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played the king and truly stole the show with his onstage reincarnation of Yul Brynner. The two shared a particular chemistry about them, one that brings an authentic familiarity that most people expect from a theatrical experience. A vocal performance major at UCO, Narisa Suzuki displayed the extraordinary range of her operatic voice as Tuptim, one of the king's concubines with a secret lover named Lun Tha, played by Edmond North
student Joshua McGowen. Sadly, on the June 7 show, there was interference with the sound quality during the scene where Tuptim and Lun Tha sung their second piece, "I Have Dreamed." Other than this unfortunate fluke, the sound production was top-notch. Speaking of top-notch, Chris Domanski, the one responsible for many of UCO's major theatre productions, lent a hand in the set design. The unpretentious backdrop of the king's palace along with small sets of the garden and outside the palace on both sides of the stage, create a masterful atmosphere that brings the audience into the world of Siam. One of the more charming scenes was during Tuptim's and the wives' presentation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," appropriately titled, "The Small House of Uncle Thomas." This short, but sweet play within a play demonstrates the elaborate costume design by Sheila Stinnett and dance choreography arranged by Hui Cha Poos. "Summerstock" creates an exceptional theatrical experience for the whole family to indulge in. With many prominent musicals as part of the lineup, the annual event is a wel-
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What Nathan Thinks by Nathan Winfrey trying prescription acne medication are experiencing their important, single-digit years much differently than we did. Think for a second about what made being a kid great for us: recess, good cartooni, Christmas, fireworks, Bob Saget, cooler older brothers and the ability to purchase realistic-looking toy guns from a wide selection. Now, they're taking it all away. Recess is now a structured exercise in the same tedium of math or penmanship homework (by the way, remember cursive writing, and how most of us haven't used it since they shoved it down our throats in fourth grade? Thanks Ms. Crabtree). Recess today is more like a class than an opportunity for kids to use their imaginations and make their own fun. Kids' cartoons today are a bunch of lazily-animated, monster-battle crap piped in from Japan that serve only as daily, 20-minute commercials for card games. It's beer a while since I've seen a kids' cartoon with more than two frames of animation per second. Remember "Darkwing Duck" or the old "Batman" cartoon? That stuff wasn't high art by any stretch of the imagination, but those shows could run laps around "DigiYu-Mon-Agachi" any day.
I guess one of the first signs of old age is when you let yourself start complaining about "these kids today" and comparing their lives to your own childhood. I may only be 22, but if my annoyance with they way Generation Dumb is being raised qualifies me as old and out-of-touch, so be it. Of course, a lot of things were different when our moms were still packing string cheese and Lunchables into our Ace of Base lunchboxes: the Sooners were in a slump, Kurt Cobain was teaching the world how to not bathe and wear plaid and gas prices weren't a topic of everyday conversation. But then again, what did we care about gas prices? We were years from driving. Some things are the same as they were then: a Bush is in the White House, our soldiers are dying in Iraq, a high-profile celebrity's legal problems grip our evening news (remember 0.1?) and "What you talkin' `bout, Willis?" is a common catch phrase. At least I still say it. The truth is, childhood was much cooler forus, and the everyday lives of those who clog the elementary school hallways of 2007 are terribly, terribly lame. A simple stroll through a Wal-Mart toy aisle or a casual flip through mid-afternoon programming is proof enough that kids born when most of us were
I'm not gonna lie, I miss making Christmas decorations in class, and I miss the freedom to call them that. Today, unless your "insert politically-correct hol-
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and grade and nothing academic from that year whatsoever. It seems like it was easier when we were kids to set off your own fireworks on the 4th of July than it is now, or maybe we just did it illegally. Forcing kids to huddle in dark alleys to set off a little private Independence Day celebration only leads to dumpsters exploding. This might only apply to us boys, but assembling a respectable ,plastic arsenal was, key to a fulfilling childhc*, ,in 1992. Without that realistic-looking toy assault rifle with rattling trigger action, you pretty much couldn't show
nine-year-olds in a firefight, but those could be painted over or smashed off between two bricks. These days, about the sweetest-looking phallic compensation available at your local Toys "R" Us is a clear yellow squirt gun with a cheap trigger that breaks after five minutes. Big brothers were cooler for us than for kids now. Of course they beat us up every chance they got, but they had mullets and wore headbands, and they listened to KISS, benchpressed their own weight, worked on cars and had posters of Pamela Anderson on their walls. Big brothers today weigh 98 pounds, have dyed hair that covers one eye, think they're "straight edge," listen to weepy, cookie-cutter emo trash and try their best to emulate Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz in any possible way. We were allowed to experience awe over new technology. We witnessed the birth of home computers, the Internet, Blockbuster Video, DVDs, CDs, illegal file sharing, computer-generated special effects and the assembly of Oprah Winfrey from a pile of elephant bones and pinball machine parts. Kids these days came into the game with these modern marvels already in place, and thus cannot have the same appreciation for them that we do, much like how we weren't impressed by cars, air planes, the space program, air conditioning or Dick Clark's longevity. I'm sure there'll be plenty of new things in the years to come that will amaze and confuse us old folks, but it will be hard to beat the technolo-
your face on the block. iday here" craft has some educational value, you can forget wasting valuable, sentence-diagramming time to make it. I guess packing-peanut snowflakes won't make the cut, though I remember making those in sec-
Sure, t o y g uns back then had those stupid orange caps on the ends of the barrels so cops could tell they were fake from a mile away and not engage
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Steve Reckinger can be reached at sreckinger@thevistaonline.com.
gies we were introduced to. Let's face it: the R-rated movies we snuck into were scarier, athletes were cooler, child stars were less annoying, preteen heartthrobs' names didn't end in "Carter," businesses and churches didn't have "dot com" or "dot tv" after their names, there were only two main video game consoles and neither cost $500, we still believed in Santa (or wanted to believe), we could board a plane with bottles of water in our suitcases, our peanut butter was E. coli-free, Howie Mandel was on "Bobby's World" instead of "Deal or No Deal" and we spent our summer breaks outside instead of hunched into the warm glow of a computer screen. What's crazy is our parents had it even better than we did: legalized pop bottle rockets, neighborhood streets virtually free of molesters and killer robots, The Beatles, nuclear bomb drills, Saturday doublefeatures and Gomer Pyle. It looks like it's all downhill from here. I know that's a pessimistic view, but I'm still upset about the packing-peanut snowflakes.
Nathan Winfrey can be reached at nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com.
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by Jeff Massie Sports Editor All the handicap parking spots filled quickly as the UCO Endeavor Games got underway June 7 through June 10. Lack of parking was just one more obstacle that the inspiring physically disabled athletes had to overcome, and it wouldn't stop the hundreds of men and women that traveled to Edmond to compete in the weekend's games. "Those of you that this is your first experience, you are going to be catapulted into a world that you cannot even believe," keynote speaker Karin Korb said about the games at the opening ceremony. "We are in a time of branding. You guys [competitors] are so valuable. Injured military are driving the movement." The Endeavor Games have been a UCO tradition for the past eight years and it includes a gambit of activities. Ranging from shooting to softball, the four days of events gave physically disabled people an avenue
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The loudest acclamations were saved for the end of the announcements when disabled war veterans Were welcomed into the arena. After introductions, two-time Paralympian Karin Korb took the stage to deliver her presentation. She spoke on the importance by Vista photographer Chris Albers of remembering where Miss Indian OKC, Bronwyn Gordon, performs a prayer dance at the Endeavor Games' you come opening ceremony June 7, 2007. from and triumphing through adversity. a privilege it is to be exact- in tournaments and spreading "Regrets are for people ly who you are," Korb said. the gospel of disabled athletics. Two more days of activithat don't really know what "We raise the bar for people, and we show them sometimes ties followed on June 9 and where they fall a little bit short." June 10. Track and field activiSince breaking multiple ver- ties as well as tennis, archery, tebrae in a gymnastics accident swimming, shooting and a barat age 17, Korb has become becue took place on June 9. The final day of the games the top-ranked wheelchair tennis player in the nation. She held events such as track and is ranked ninth in the world. field, swimming, tennis, table The backbreaking incident took tennis, boccia and indoor archery. The Endeavor Games are place during a vault accident important to UCO. After eight when she landed right years of hosting the games, in front of the university hopes to her mother. maintain the tradition in the Korb claimed future and become a bigshe knew ger player in handiimmediately capped sports. that she would "It [the be a paraplegic. games] Four years breaks down later, Korb the barriers," was working said Kevin in a nightclub Stone, a coach in Miami when from Tennessee. "We a bouncer reportedly can broaden the concepchanged her life. He invited her to play tennis and showed tion of limitations to the genher an article about wheelchair eral population, the voluntennis. After enrolling in a camp teers, the parents and family and moving to California, Korb members of the athletes. The played in her first tournament. only limitations they [comShe competed in the lowest petitors] have are those that men's division in which she they impose on themselves." won her "most coveted prize." In her first year of competition she was chosen to play on the U.S. national team. She Jeff Massie can be reached at now travels the globe playing jmassie2@ucok.edu by Vista photographer Chris Albers
Jimmy Squire of McCloud, OK pitches to Larry Salyer at the 8th Annual Endeavor Games' wheelchair softball competition June 7, 2007.
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