The Vista Oct. 5, 2006

University of Central Oklahoma

The Student Voice Since 1903 Thursday, October 5, 2006

"Enjoying the Autumn Sun"

Dancing with Mummies, examining Tut's death

by Abha Eli Phoboo Staff Writer It was time to revisit the ancient Egyptian mummies with “Passport to Egypt” Oct. 2 in Howell Hall.

David von Minden, Chemistry professor and head of UCO’s Forensic Science undergraduate program, spoke on “Dancing with Mummies: A Forensic Examination of King Tut.” “There is a lot of intrigue surrounding King Tutankhamun’s mummy,” said Minden. “The fact that his widow sent a letter saying she was afraid and later married his successor before disappearing without a historic trace has led some people to believe that he was murdered.”

Minden spoke in reference to an earlier Passport to Egypt program with Dr. Bob Brier who explained his reasons to believe that King Tut was murdered.

Minden built the background by taking the audience on a virtual tour of King Tut’s tomb

through National Geographic’s website (magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/tut/mysteries/journey.html). Then spoke on how cutting-edge CSI-style techniques have given people a better understanding about ancient Egyptian mummies.

“They did a CT (Computed Tomography) scan of King Tut’s mummy on Jan. 5, 2005 and found a bone inside his skull,” said Minden, “which is why some think he was assassinated, probably hit on the back of his head.”

According to Minden, the examination of King Tut’s teeth led researchers to believe he was only 19 years old when he died. “He also had a slight cleft palate (defect in the roof of the mouth),” added Minden.

He also illustrated what the forensic examination of the mummy revealed.

“One of King Tut’s thumbs was missing, and his knee cap

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by Teddy Burch

Andrew Crocker takes advantage of a beautiful October morning to sit in the shade and read a book in front of Murdaugh Hall.

Microsoft to release portable media player in November

by Andrew Knittle Staff Writer

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Microsoft's Zune, set to hit stores Nov. 14, could challenge Apple's iPod in the media market.

In the land of portable media players, Apple’s iPod lords over the terrain, gobbling up competitors and pretenders in Microsoft-esque fashion.

With its simple, hip packaging and design, the iPod currently has a stranglehold on the portable media player sector, holding steady with a more than 70 percent market share.

Since iPod burst onto the scene in 2001, all potential rivals have been thoroughly trounced

by Apple’s crown jewel.

But if Bill Gates has anything to say about it, all that is going to change.

Zune, Microsoft’s answer to the iPod, is set to hit stores Nov. 14, just in time for the holidays and corporate America’s annual feeding frenzy, affectionately called Black Friday (Nov. 24).

Selling for $249.99, the Zune and iPod will cost about the same and offer nearly identical features and services.

Both have 30 GB hard drives, online marketplaces to purchase music and the capacity to play videos, TV shows and movies.

The Zune Marketplace, Microsoft’s online music store, will sell songs for 99 cents – just like Apple’s iTunes.

Microsoft Points, used in the Xbox Live Marketplace, can also be used to purchase songs for 79 points, which equates to about 99 cents.

There are, of course, some differences between the two products.

The Zune’s three-inch screen, which is a half inch larger than the iPod’s, will give users the option of watching video in either portrait or landscape mode.

Zune will also offer two applications iPod currently does not. A subscription

music service, called a Zune Pass, will allow users access to about 2 million songs for $14.99 a month, Microsoft said in a Sept. 28 press release.

Along with the subscription music service, Microsoft says Zune users will be able to connect with other Zunes who are within Wi-Fi range, giving consumers the ability to share photos, videos and songs without having to report back to their PCs. Cashing in on the enormous popularity of MySpace. com, Zunes are customizable and social.

Users can choose a “ZuneTag” that other Zunes can use to identify individuals who are within Wi-Fi range.

But what does all this mean to the more than 30 million consumers who own iPods.

Meredith Cook, a nursing

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Live from Constitution Hall, its Friday night

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer “Friday Night Live,” a live sketch comedy show produced

by UCO students, will be 7 p.m., Oct. 6 in the Nigh University Center’s Constitution Hall.

The free show loosely follows the “Saturday Night Live” format and is produced entirely by UCO students.

“The cast is so funny and talented,” said Wakana Maruta, psychology senior from Japan and returning cast member. “I keep laughing just practicing with them. This is a challenging thing for me because of the language barrier. Moreover, we have a different manner to make people laugh in Japan,” Maruta said. “This is the funnest student activity ever. Just come and have fun.”

“This is also our third anniversary for the show…we are always trying to be bigger, better and funnier than the year before,”

said Logan Reynolds, broadcasting junior and cast member.

Reynolds attended all the UCO Friday Night Lives last year while he was a student at Rose State College. When he became a UCO student, he joined because “It seemed like a lot of fun.”

“So I auditioned, and ended up getting a spot on the cast,” he said.

He said they have new intro music mixed by co-director and veteran cast member Jed Williams, broadcasting junior.

Kristin Wilson, a cast member last year, will also co-direct.

“It feels really good to direct, but sometimes there is a lot of pressure,” Williams said.

“It is a major step up from just acting in it. I feel honored to be given this opportunity.”

Greg Parker, president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, will guest host with guitarist John Cooper, a UCO student, as musical guest.

“I’m really excited about the opportunity,” Parker said,

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“because I’ve seen the fun these people have on stage and I’m very proud to be a part of it.

“The cast is awesome and from the moment I walked in the door I felt I’d been there for a year already. It’s been a blast and I cant wait for an amazing show,” he said.

Maruta said the cast and crew have had more time to practice than last semester, and they will be more prepared and are carefully selected their sketches.

Last year, the show drew controversy when a sketch coincidentally mirrored a death on campus.

“I wanted to make FNL more diverse,” she said.

“Laughter for all nationalities.”

“Friday Night Live” is hosted by the Student Programming Board. For more information, call 974-2363.

Nathan Winfrey can be reached at nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com.

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

Left to right, Greg Parker, Alli Ward and Jason "Gill" Mackey, rehearse a scene for "Friday Night Live" Oct. 3 in the basement of Murdaugh Hall.

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October 5, 2006

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DID YOU

KNOW T H AT. . .

“Almost” is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

“Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between.

A kangaroo can’t jump unless its tail is touching the ground.

A strand of spider web may be stronger than an equal diameter of steel.

A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.

According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week.

According to the United States Postal Service, each person sent on average 689 letters throughout the year of 1996.

mythology, except Popsicle in 1905 when the moons of Uranus, he was 11 years old. which are named after Shakespearean characters.

China has trained 700,000 ducks and chickAn Octopus has 3 hearts ens to attack at the sound of a whistle in order to fight a Apple pie was brought national plague of locusts. to England from France sometime around 1066 by Cutthroat Island is the William the Conqueror. biggest movie flop in hisIt made it to America tory, losing an estimated when the Pilgrims arrived. $81 million. It’s almost double the loss of the Approximately 850 second-biggest money peanuts make a 18 oz loser, The Adventures jar of peanut butter. of Baron Munchausen ($48.1 million).

Assuming that all the offspring survived, 190,000 Dolphins don’t auto,000,000,000,000,000 flies matically breathe; they could be produced in four have to tell themselves to. months by the offspring of a single pair of flies.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents At the age of 26, a great king from history.

Michelangelo began Spades - King David, Clubs sculpting his monumen- - Alexander the Great, tal statue of David. He Hearts - Charlemagne, and finished it 17 months Diamonds - Julius Caesar. later, in January, 1504.

Every year, $1.5 billion Blueberry Jelly Bellies is spent on pet food. This were created especial- is four times the amount ly for Ronald Reagan. spent on baby food.

Everyone knows that the U.S. gold depository is in Fort Knox, Kentucky. But nobody seems to know that the U.S. silver depository is at West Point, New York.

Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.

Food passes through the small intestine in just two hours, zipping along at 0.002 mph. Inside the large intestine, it takes about 14 hours, traveling at a more leisurely rate of 0.00007 mph

If you’re a member of a campus organization, if you’re a faculty member or if you simply have something to say to the UCO community, The Vista wants to hear from you. If you have an idea for the editorial page, e-mail it to editorial@thevistaonline.com with your e-mail address and telephone number.

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German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him - Baker's German Sweet Chocolate. In Tuesday’s October 3 article, “Former news anchor visits Webb’s

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class,” Renzi Stone commented about the New York Hamptons as

Greece and Australia real estate, not Hampton Hotels. are the only countries to participate in all of the modern Olympics.

All the moons of the Solar System are named California’s Frank Every year, Mexico Grasshoppers have white after Greek and Roman Epperson invented the City sinks about 10 inches. blood.

CAMPUS QUOTES: Compiled and photographed by Alex Gambill and Travis Marak

"In light of the Amish school shooting in Pennsylvania, do you feel UCO is a safe campus and do you think something like that could happen here?"

"I feel it's a safe campus but I believe that anything could happen if you drive someone to do it."

"I totally feel safe and I'm here until 10:00 at night. I don't think anything would happen here."

"I really don't think it could happen at UCO. I don't know what else we can do."

"I'd like to think that we're a pretty safe campus."

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Instability in North Korea having far-reaching effects “They are living in a very difficult situation, where the leader is wealthy and the rest of the people hardly eat to survive.”

by Ivo Lupov Staff Writer UCO international students do not agree with the continuing promotion of nuclear instability from North Korea.

Formed in 1948 after World War II, North Korea continues to be a strict example of an ancient communist dictatorship.

In 1989, most people thought that the Cold War and the isolation of ideologies were over.

Many post-communism countries followed a democratic path towards membership in the global political and economic community.

Some UCO international students from this part of Asia have opposite opinions on the importance and level of threat the North Korean government presents.

It seems after every political shift of international attention, North Korea finds a way back as a center of concern.

Oliana Chernyak, political science senior from Russia, does not believe in the right of such totalitarian regime to have control over nuclear technology.

She believes the current status of throwing diplomatic rocks at each other’s party could escalate to a major regional conflict.

“If you do not want somebody to do something, give them another instead,” said Chernyak, as a possible way of resolving the diplomatic crisis.

She refered to the diplomat-

ic talks of suspension nuclear programs in North Korea.

She said financial aid is not the right exchange.

Exchange of resources could help the negotiation process.

“I think if something happens, Russia will be against North Korea,” Chernyak said.

She believes that a regional “Cold War” is possible since there are other nuclear powers such as Russia and China, neighboring North Korea.

People from the South and the North desire unification process, “but no one wants to make the first step,” Chernyak said.

“If they decided to get united, they are going to have a real hard time choosing a political system,” she said.

So Yeon Mo, UCO premed sophomore from South Korea, believes that the conflict between North and South Korea is inevitable.

“I think one day it will happen,” she said. “The whole world is watching North Korea since it is still communist and in a way, terrorist. They are threatening with nuclear bombs,” Yeon Mo said.

She hopes that unification between North and South Korea can be achieved.

“We are the same people,” Yeon Mo said. “I do look forward to that day.”

According to her, many people in South Korea feel sorry for the people in the north.

“They are living in a very difficult situation, where

the leader is wealthy and the rest of the people hardly eat to survive,” she said.

In the mid 1990s North Korea experienced a catastrophic crash in its agriculture sector. This led to a massive loss of human life due to starvation. Estimation of 200,000 up to a possible 3.5 million people died. The country relied on constant aid from other countries, but the support was canceled after the obvious interest of the communist state towards nuclear weapon capabilities. Food shortage continues to be a problem in North Korea with an estimated 25 percent spending from the nation’s Gross Domestic Product for the military industry.

Overthrowing the leader is a possible solution followed by a reunification process, said So Yeon Mo. All countries in the region such as Russia, Japan, South Korea and China, are strongly concerned about the future of the one of the last strongholds of communist ideology, believes Dr. Louis Furmanski, UCO political science professor.

“It is a government that plays by a different set of rules and has fought from the very beginning not to become part of the wider global community,” Furmanski said.

He said the government controls every aspect of the citizens’ lives.

“They are trying to squeeze as much as they can. They are an economic basket case,” he said.

According to Furmanski, North Korea is not a threat to continental part of the United States. If a fight breaks out, the 25,000 American troops stationed in South Korea will be involved.

“Our problem is their export of ballistic missile technology,” Furmanski said.

Leftover from the Cold War, North Korea now uses its military technology for bargaining.

“They cause trouble in their neighborhood, but to a limited degree,” Furmanski said.

China does not want to see instability in the region when it is upscale in its economic development, he said.

“No one wants to see regional stability upset by North Korea,” Furmanski said.

He believes that Russia and China are putting enough pressure on the communist state not to take the diplomatic crisis to any hostilities.

“That is their only way they can get attention. They do not have anything the world wants other than their military hardware,” Furmanski said.

Reunification is logical in some point of time, he said.

South Korea is perusing possible relations with the North, he said.

“It is an artificial dividing. There are Koreans on both sides, ”Furmanski said.

Ivo Lupov can be reached at ilupov@thevistaonline.com.

AP Photo by Xinhua Yao Dawei

This is a Oct. 28, 2005, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. North Korea said Oct. 3, 2006, it will conduct a nuclear test to bolster its self-defense against increasing U.S. hostility toward the communist regime - the strongest blow toward efforts to convince the North to give up its drive for nuclear weapons.

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Iraqi Police unit linked to militias BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ Iraqi authorities have taken a brigade of up to 700 policemen out of service and put members under investigation for "possible complicity" with death squads following a mass kidnapping earlier this week, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Meanwhile,

a series of bombs went off in rapid succession in a shopping district in a mainly Christian neighborhood of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 87, police said. The dead were among 26 people killed in attacks across Iraq.

N. Korea warned against nuke test SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea's neighbors issued stern warnings Wednesday against Pyongyang's threat to carry out an unprecedented nuclear test, but the isolated communist country insisted that such a move wouldn't be

meant as a provocation. South Korean officials said there was no sign a test was imminent and warned that such a test could prompt Japan to developing atomic weapons and threaten a regional arms race.

Rice to meet with Palestinian leader JERUSALEM (AP) _ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Islamic militants to cooperate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, saying the Hamas government cannot govern in the region. Rice was

to meet Wednesday with Abbas as part of her visit to the Middle East. She is seeking to boost Abbas in his standoff with Hamas radicals who control part of the Palestinian government.

Rep. LaHood urges pause in page program WASHINGTON (AP) _ A close House ally of Speaker Dennis Hastert called Wednesday for temporary suspension of the congressional page program amid the uproar over former Rep. Mark Foley's Internet exchanges with former

teenage pages and Hastert's handling of the problem. "People are very, very concerned" about daily disclosures concerning Foley's salacious messages, said Rep. Ray LaHood, saying the program should be shut down at least for awhile.

Negotiator says no progress with Iran BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ A European negotiator said Wednesday that "endlesshours" of talks with Iran about its nuclear program have failed to make any progress, and the Iranian president said sanctions would not stop Tehran from

enriching uranium. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana told the European Parliament that Iran must decide whether it wants to continue the negotiations about suspending enrichment.

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The Mars Volta rock with 'Amputechture'

by Nathan Winfrey Senior Staff Writer Innovative progressive rockers The Mars Volta are back with “Amputechture,” just a year and a half after the success of their second studio album, “Frances the Mute.”

Released Sept. 12, the album debuted at number nine on the Billboard Top 200 charts, and now sits at 64, between Jessica Simpson and Jeremy Camp.

The Mars Volta is where Rush meets the Allman Brothers, an acid rock jam band with meandering, Latin-infused melodies that evolve and progress, often for more than 10 minutes, threaded together with an otherworldly soundscape of ethereal ambiance.

After their tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers ends, The Mars Volta will headline their own international tour that will begin in Japan, then work its way back to the States.

“Amputechture” is the kind of album that changes the way you look at music—something that all of The Mars Volta’s work is capable of doing.

There’s an ugly, desperate beau-

ty to it that the music of competing bands will never possess.

They’re paired on tour with such odd matches, such as the Chili Peppers and System of a Down, because there’s no one out there that would be a logical fit. They have no stylistic equal.

The slim, poofy-haired frontmen, falsetto Cedric BixlerZavala and guitar maestro Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, purportedly gave up drugs following the overdose and death of their former sound manipulator Jeremy Ward in 2003. But “Amputechture” sounds like everything the band has ever produced— like someone ate shrooms in Puerto Rico, then sat down and wrote some songs about it.

The Mars Volta is a rare band that doesn’t need to keep reinventing itself. They are the endall-be-all of modern progressive rock, no matter what System of a Down fans say. They are on a plane shared by no one else; there is no envelope for them to push.

“Amputechture” has a very familiar feel, hearkening back to the more arid sound of first album “De-Loused in the Comatorium” (2003). Missing are the chirping birds and UFO noises of

“Frances.” “Amputechture” trippy tunes find a respectalso boasts a bigger role for able rotation on rock stations.

Chili Peppers’ guitarist John For all its technical experiFrusciante on all tracks except mentation and soundboard wiz“Asilos Magdalena,” a mourn- ardry, The Mars Volta is not one ful, melodic dirge en Espanol. of those effects-heavy bands that The album begins unas- only sound good after hours of sumingly with “Vicarious mixing and computer manipulaAtonement,” a somber requiem tion. The band proved with last with a winding melody and year’s live album “Scabdates” cryptic lyrics. It prepares the that the songs sound just as way for “Tetragrammaton,” a good raw as they do after a trip hooky, guitar-heavy track that is through the processing machines. more than 16 minutes long. Its More laid back than “At the title refers to the four-letter name Drive-In,” the motherband that of the Hebrew God “YHWH.” spawned The Mars Volta and “El Ciervo Vulnerado” sounds more aggressive Sparta, the like Muzak for a New Dehli music produced by The Mars opium den, and the 12-minute Volta demands repeated listens.

“Day of the Baphomets” begins This isn’t something you try with a blaze of brass and ends out on your iPod on a walk with the jungle throb of African between classes; it’s music for drums, sandwiching a spastic tale long drives and slow afternoons. of ritual, entrails and centipedes. Like the meaning behind the The humming energy and lyrics, it takes a while to sink mind-blowing guitar work of in, but after it does, it could stay bilingual “Viscera Eyes,” cou- in your CD changer for weeks. pled with its accessible sound, make this sixth track the first single of the album. Half of the nine-minute song is missing in the radio version. There’s nothing “radio-friendly” about Nathan Winfrey can be reached at The Mars Volta, though some- nwinfrey@thevistaonline.com. times their experimental,

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Three UCO broadcasting students are top-12 finalists for MTV2’s Oklahoma news correspondence contest. Online voting for Micah Manalo, junior, Destiny Harris, senior and (not pictured) Bobby Yannarell begins Friday and lasts for two weeks. To vote visit: www.cox.com/Oklahoma.

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

David von Minden, center, with forensic science undergraduates after "Dancing with Mummies" Oct. 2 in Howell Hall. and ankle were broken. If that did happen while he was alive, he could have had an infection and died,” said Minden.

“The damage also could have been done by the embalmers or

by Howard Carter, the person who found the tomb in 1922.”

Minden also furnished the listeners with interesting trivia such as King Tut’s left foot was 9.3 inches and right foot 9.4 inches, which means he wore 5-1/2 to 6 size men’s shoes.

King Tut’s skull was virtually facially reconstructed by some Egyptians to show what the young king looked like when he was alive. The pictures are available on The National Geographic website, which is the only one that provides a forensic examination of King Tut, Minden said.

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Abha Eli Phoboo can be reached at aphoboo@thevistaonline.com.

Campus Announcements Extension on last day to drop a class Students may now drop courses on the web until the last day to drop a class, so long as it does not involve a complete withdrawal (last enrolled class).

- Fall Semester In person: Nov. 3 by 5 p.m.

Via the web: Nov 5 by midnight - Fall Block 2 In person: Nov. 27 by 6 p.m.

Via the web: Nov. 27 by midnight Red Bull Tunnel Vision Photo Contest Oct. 14 Will be held in Oklahoma City To apply, submit one example of your work as jpeg to Katherine.dale@ us.redbull.com Include your name, school, and phone number All applications are due by Oct. 6 Photographers invited to participate will be notified no later than Oct. 9 www.redbulltunnelvision.com Association For Women In Communication Second Meeting: Rachel

Klien from United Way Director of Events will be speaking.

Oct. 11 @ 6:30 p.m.

Mass Communication Building Rm. 105 Rashida Hobbs/ 405-863-0293 There will be food provided.

Public Relations Student Society of America PRSSA general meeting Oct. 10 @ 6 - 7 p.m.

Mass Communication Building Rm. 105 Voting for secretary position at third meeting.

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Native American Student Association NASA regular meeting Oct. 5 @ 1:15 p.m.

Human Environmental Science Building Rm. 201 Contact: Joseph Blanchard, 535-9422

“Kings and Commoners: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt” Art historian Dr. Sara E. Orel of Truman University Oct. 6 @ 11 a.m.

Pegasus Theater “Ancient Egypt on Film: An Evening with Clif Wiens” Oct. 12 @ 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City Museum of Art UCO students: Don’t forget to bring your passport!

Reader’s Theater “The Writer’s Honeymoon” by playwright Ali Salim One-act comedy play about a Cairo novelist’s life Oct. 12 @ 7 p.m.

Oct. 13 @ 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Pegasus Theater Running time: 50 minutes

Volunteer and Service Learning Center Hunger Banquet Oct. 11 @ 7 p.m.

Ballroom A Contact: Liz Kiser, 974-2621 Tickets = $2 and a can of food Volunteer and Service Learning Center Faces of Poverty Oct. 9 @ 12 - 1 p.m.

Nigh University Center, Cherokee Room Lunch provided

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"Fall Frolic"

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"Damned if you do, Damned if you don't" "In today’s society we’re brought up in sports, organizations, clubs and are thrown into the masses of conforming to how someone is leading, coaching, teaching and or telling those masses what to do and how to do it."

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Dr. Terry Clark cooks hot dogs for students as part of Fall Frolic Oct. 4 in front of the Liberal Arts Building. The college of Liberal Arts sponsored the event.

International Office planning ten percent enrollment increase from Indonesia “UCO gives quality education and is a lot cheaper than OU and OSU.”

by Ivo Lupov Staff Writer UCO International Office is planning to rise with 10 percent foreign enrollments from South and East Asia with a number of recruiting trips.

Aaron Weelbarger, UCO International Office adviser, spent three weeks in Indonesia this past September talking to high school students about degree opportunities at UCO. Weelbarger said, he went to three different high schools, trying to introduce UCO. He said the majority of students were interested in discussing studying abroad and the United States in particular.

Most students were not aware of the geographic location of Oklahoma. “They know where California and New York are,” he said.

He said the trip was a very good first step in a long time toward establishing firsttime relations with students from this part of the world.

The requirements for international student admissions are sufficient GPAs and high scores on Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), he said.

According to Weelbarger, UCO is more attractive than other colleges because our administration does not require SAT scores.

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Aaron Weelbarger, UCO International Office adviser, spent three weeks in Indonesia speaking to high school students about UCO. and proving their financial status, students from Indonesia and other foreign states need to be interviewed in the U.S. embassy in that particular country, he said.

Currently there are 28 Indonesian students enrolled in UCO undergraduate and graduate programs.

“UCO gives quality education and is a lot cheaper than

OU and OSU,” said Irvan Irawan Jie, UCO Masters of Business Administration student from Indonesia.

After the first recruiting trip, Weelbarger expects five to 10 percent increase in enrollments from Indonesia, he said.

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like Harvard, MIT, and Yale.

“They think that they can afford financially to go to these schools,” Weelbarger said.

He said students realized the differences of these high cost schools and UCO where the quality of education is the same.

More students became interested in pursuing a degree in Edmond after the educational discussions.

According to Weelbarger there was no language barrier. His wife Caroline Weelbarger is also Indonesian.

“I talked to the students and she talked to the parents. There were more questions answered,” he said.

“She connected very well,” Weelbarger said.

Kenesia, one of the schools Weelbarger recruited in, was an all boys’ Catholic high school in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, he said.

“Everybody was very polite and helpful,” Weelbarger said.

Dr. Dennis Dunham, director of the International Office, referred to the trip as a first contact since the economic crisis in the mid 1990s.

“They are out of the habit of pursuing education here,” Dunham said.

Dunham believes that UCO is ideal for Indonesian students because of the affordable education cost.

In October, Jay Shacklett, also a UCO international adviser, and Dunham are going to South Korea and Taiwan.

In March and April of 2007, Weelbarger and Dunham are planning a second trip to Indonesia but will head to Thailand and Malaysia first, Weelbarger said.

Ivo Lupov can be reached at ilupov@thevistaonline.com.

College is a time that young adults start learning they can make decisions for themselves. At some point in life, we learn we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

We cannot please everyone.

In today’s society we’re brought up in sports, organizations, clubs and are thrown into the masses of conforming to how someone is leading, coaching, teaching and or telling those masses what to do and how to do it.

We learned to listen to others for what decisions to make.

Yes, we are in control of ourselves and we have the choice each and every day to be who we want to be, but one cannot tell me that our peers don’t influence us or teach us to rely on others for our decisions.

Why do we do what we do? How do we decide to do what we do? In my classes every year, I hear a few students who start having their “aha moments,” when they begin realizing that living their lives how they want is up to them.

When making decisions, there is always going to be someone who disagrees and someone who agrees. Look at President Bush.

The Democrats are constantly criticizing him, saying he’s doing too much or too little. Some say he needs to pull out of the war on terrorism. Others say he’s doing exactly what he should be.

After his Sept. 11 memorial visits to the three devastation sites, the Democrats said he did too much and that it was for media attention. But if he didn’t visit there, of course they would have said he didn’t do enough. My opinion: that’s what he chose to do for what his administration thought was right.

This is the same for UCO. The

administration is implementing a new pay system and we have those who hate it, those who just don’t know what to think and those who are in complete favor.

In all aspects of life people always want to have their say; they always want to give their input. Because of this feeling people get from helping others with their decisions, we create a constant cycle of having others help or make our decisions.

Parents, mine anyway, are often the ones who struggle with watching their “baby” grow up and get a mind of her/my own. They often tell me what they think I should be doing.

While driving to school Monday I remembered that I’m 22 years old, a self-sufficient individual and I can make sound decisions for myself.

I’m a big girl. I’ll always be the “baby” in the family, but I am my own person. Either way they may not like it, but they have to accept it, because I’m an adult.

“What if I never had my first “a-ha moment”? Would I just be living accordingly to everyone else - living in a vicious circle of listening to others? My opinions and decisions started becoming individualized at early stages of my life. Example: Starting in preschool I never let my mother pick out my clothes.

What would my life be like if I did what everyone else said?

You can’t please everybody. It starts within yourself.

If you’re okay with your decisions, then you’ll always be okay knowing you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t because you look to yourself for the decision that’s right for you.

ZUNE from page 1 student and rabid Apple fan, said she will remain loyal to the iPod, despite Zune’s myriad of new features and services.

“I don’t care what they [Microsoft] come up with, because Apple makes better products,” Cook said.

Cook added she is pleased Microsoft has upped the ante in the portable media player market.

“I’m glad to hear about Zune,” Cook said.

“The next iPod will be amazing; at least it better be.”

But things may not be that simple for Apple fans.

In a Sept. 28 online article

for ComputerWorld magazine, Mike Elgan, technology writer and former editor of Windows Magazine, said Microsoft should be taken more seriously than they currently are.

“Microsoft has the money, the clout, the partnerships, the mind share and market share to drive…Zune into the lives of hundreds of millions of consumers,” Elgan said. “The iPod rules – for now. But Microsoft can’t be dismissed as just another wannabe. And nobody knows that better than Apple.”

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It's fourth for UCO women at Star Classic

East Central game

by Tiffany Batdorf Sports Writer

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UCO junior defensive back Quanton Ware chases Texas A&M Commerce quarterback Daniel Coleman in a game Sept. 30. The Bronchos beat the visiting Lions 10-3 in the game at Wantland Stadium. UCO will play East Central State University at 6 p.m. Oct. 5 inside Wantland. The game was moved up after UCO's season opener against Missouri Western University.

Despite Shaq's complaints NBA says new ball better

by Brian Mahoney AP Writer Some of the NBA’s biggest stars say the new game ball is too sticky when dry, too slippery when wet, and well, not the old one.

The league is convinced it’s better, no matter what the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade or Steve Nash have to say about it.

“Sure, you hear some comments that aren’t as positive as the overwhelming majority of people that we tested the ball with,” Stu Jackson, executive vice president of basketball operations, said Tuesday. “That’s going to happen. Everyone that handles the ball loves the grip and the feel of the ball.”

Not Shaq, who said the ball “feels like one of those cheap balls that you buy at the toy store, indoor-outdoor balls.”

The NBA’s old leather balls are being replaced this season by a microfiber composite model, the league’s first change in 35 years. O’Neal blasted the ball Monday, criticizing not

only the product, but whoever was involved in the decision to use it.

Both O’Neal and Wade griped about the ball’s slick grip when wet, and two-time reigning MVP Steve Nash said the ball has a tacky feel that makes shooting and certain types of passes tricky.

“I certainly won’t have to lick my fingers. The ball sticks to your hand. It’s a big transition. It’s extremely sticky,” Nash said Tuesday in a conference call from the Phoenix Suns’ training camp in Italy.

The ball looks noticeably different, too: Manufactured by Spalding, it features only two interlocking panels —sort of like a pair of hands with the fingers laced together _ rather than the eight panels found on traditional basketballs.

Nash said it will be a difficult transition, but sounded as though he expected players to figure out how to use it.

“We do have a month to get it going,” he said. “Right now I would say that the basketball sticks to the floor, it sticks to the

backboard. It is different.”

Jackson said no matter what the players say, the new ball’s grip is an improvement, even when wet.

“If you moisturize a leather ball, it also feels very slick,” he said. “But this new ball has a better grip when it’s wet than a leather ball.”

Players have already had plenty of exposure to the new ball, which was sent to all teams after the All-Star break and to players during the summer.

Most players were probably exposed to it even before that.

The ball was used in events

THOUGHTS from page 8 A great example is the atmosphere inside Wantland Stadium on game night. As a member of the press I usually sit high above the field in an air conditioned box with all the nice modern amenities. However, the second half of UCO’s recent triumph over Texas A&M Commerce was different.

I sat with the fans and saw how they reacted to each play.

Of course there were the average, every day plays, but there were a number of important and tense moments. In these

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UCO women’s golf finished fourth place at a windy two day tournament in 25 miles per hour windsTuesday, at the Star Classic.

Monday the Bronchos finished with a score of 321 on the par-72 Lincoln Park course. After the first day of play, host OCU shot 300 earning 14-shot lead overall.

“We could have played a little better the first day,” Coach Patty Coatney said.

Freshman Darcey McRay and Mari Suusalu both shot 78 Monday, to tie for seventh place individually concluding the first round of play.

Senior Ashley Miller finished the round with 82 and close behind with 83 was freshman Kylie West. Freshman Chelsey Moffatt ended play with 89.

“We played pretty well considering how tough it was out there with the wind, but we continued to be hurt by big scores on a few holes,” Coatney said. “We’ve got four young ones [players] and they’re learning as we go.”

McRay’s round of 78 was filled with one birdie on the front nine and one on the back nine. She had to overcome two double bogeys by playing the final five holes even-par.

After bogeying on her last three holes, Suursalu finished the front nine one-over for a score of 41, but rebounded with a 37 on the back nine.

Tuesday, UCO finished the course with three players in the top-20.

With five shots, the Bronchos shaved off of their first round play, 316 with a team score of 637. Host OCU shot a two day total of 599 to win the 13 team tournament, with a 19 stroke lead over the second place finisher McLennan Community College with a score of 618 and 23 strokes ahead of Redlands Community College with a score of 622.

“We did a lot better on Tuesday than we did on Monday,” Coatney said. “I

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UCO senior Ashley Miller follows through her shot at the Star Classic Oct. 3. just have to tell myself that they are a young team, they are just getting use to the workouts and to school. I am really excited about the spring.”

Suursalu finished the tournament with a three-over-par 75 for a fifth place finish. Miller’s final round ended with a 76 to tie for 14th place. McRay shot an 82 to finish 19th for

at the last two All-Star games, son who decided to change the which O’Neal played in, and ball “needs his college degree was tested in summer league revoked.” But he did say that and D-League play. It is also the change would not have been used at the amateur levels, so made if there were many simimost players grow up using it. lar complaints when the ball “It’s a better ball,” Jackson was tested. said. “But as a product mat“We would have pulled the ter, composite balls are used ball,” Jackson said. in every league throughout the Of seven Heat players interworld. And they’ve been used viewed about the new ball at the in every level of play over the team’s media day Monday and last 10 years domestically in after practice Tuesday, not one the NCAA and also in high preferred it to the old leather school.” model. Certainly not Shaq, who Jackson said O’Neal would took a spinning jump hook in not be fined for his outburst, the lane during practice, about in which he said that the per- six feet from the basket. But you could see, hear and feel They can tell us more than the crowd move as one. who won and lost. Sports There aren’t words to describe are about more than the box the feeling or atmosphere when score. Oftentimes, there is a a group of hundreds or thou- great “story behind the story.” sands of people come togeth- It is nice to inform the public er for a common cause. How of game scores and championcan there be no depth in that? ships, but sometimes it’s better Sport is one of those things to just tell a story about people. that comes with a bag of emoIt seems that sports is just tions and reactions, but not entertainment for most people. a box of tissues. It’s some- They want the score and who thing that requires skill and scored the winning touchunexplainable good fortune. down and all that jazz. Just Maybe it isn’t something sticking to the score makes that is always deep and artistic, life predictable and boring. but it certainly isn’t the least Sometimes we should intelligent thing in the room. look for art in the things They may be called games, but we think are entertaining. really they are a great expres- Matt Caban can be reached at sion of our culture and our lives. mcaban@thevistaonline.com.

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the tournament. West shot an 83 on Tuesday and Moffatt rounded out for the Bronchos with an 84 on Tuesday.

The Bronchos finish their fall season Monday and Tuesday at the Western Washington Golf Invitational in Bellingham, Wash.

Tiffany Batdorf can be reached at tbatdorf@thevistaonline.com. the ball slipped in his hand and went straight up in the air _ without moving toward the hoop at all.

It was one of three times Shaq lost the handle in a span of about 15 minutes.

“I’m right with him,” Heat coach Pat Riley said. “I think it’s horrible. ... It really does feel like an indoor-outdoor ball.

We’ll see how it works. Maybe they’ll learn to love it, I don’t know.”

VOLLEYBALL from page 8

The Bronchos return to play 7:00 p.m. Oct. 5 at home against Oklahoma Panhandle State, for their second of four non-conference matches.

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GOLF from page 8 (who shot a 148 in two rounds) and junior Ryan Sutton (who shot a 157 in two rounds.)

Johnston said he is still looking for the right combination.

“We went with two veterans and three rookies this time,” he said. “The rookies had only two [collegiate] tournaments between them.

“The young guys stepped up and exceeded all expectations.”

UCO continues its fall season early next week with a trip to Durant for the Southeastern Oklahoma Invitational.

Matt Caban can be reached at mcaban@thevistaonline.com.

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by Matt Caban Sports Editor

Every so often a class lecture turns into something useful outside the classroom. This specific lecture, or at least part of it, fits on the field as well.

The lecture was over some observations from the film version of George Orwell’s “1984.”

It was for Dr. James Mock’s Literature and Culture class.

Dr. Mock said each time he watches the film, as our class had recently done, he makes a list of notes and observations.

The final observation of

the day was the difference between art and entertainment. The professor said art inspires thought, while being deep, difficult and not soothing.

Meanwhile, entertainment is easy and not difficult to follow.

What would we define sports as: art or entertainment?

Sure, after a long and hard work week, it is nice to sit back and watch a game on the old tube. But what about the times when game’s drama is real and hard to watch?

These may sound like the musings of a fan who has gone to too many games, but the proof lies right under our noses. There is evidence of sport’s deeper side right here on campus.

Look at the home field of our Broncho sports teams.

They are right with history and stories of games past. All of those fields have seen the joy of victory and the agony of defeat.

Further proof can be seen when this year’s teams pull out a close win or lose thanks to a bad play or call.

It’s easy to call them entertaining, but in the tense moments, both players and fans alike hold their breath.

They think about what will happen and think deeper and harder when the final score goes the other team’s way.

Men's golf ties for tops

see THOUGHTS, page 7

Dallas Baptist shocks UCO

by Tiffany Batdorf Sports Writer

by Vista photographer Alex Gambill

UCO freshman outside hitter Kelsey Reynolds hits the ball during the Oct. 3 match with Dallas Baptist University. UCO lost the match in five games after having an early lead.

Bronchos volleyball suffered a hard loss Tuesday against Dallas Baptist University at Hamilton Field House bringing their season to 13-7.

The Bronchos started the match with a win in the first game 30-10.

DBU came back to win the second and third games.

UCO won the fourth game.

The beginning of the fifth game, the Bronchos took an early 10-2 lead, only to have DBU come from behind and win the game and the match.

“This was a very emotional loss,” Boyland said.

“It is just something that we have to bounce back from," he said.

"We beat them statically, we just did not play well.

"When you are a young team you just have to expect that.”

Boyland said the game was a tale of two haves.

“We were rolling well [in the first half] and I told the girls they would come back, and they did," he said.

Freshman Kelsey Reynolds led the Bronchos with 18 kills, with sophomore Kim Iten adding 13 and senior Penny Wascovich with 10 kills.

Freshman Meaghan Wedberg had nine kills and 46 assists and junior Lacie Allen finished the match with 35 digs, with junior Allison Harvey added 15 and freshman Kristen Wilson had 13 digs.

“This loss didn’t hurt us conference wise, but it does hurt us regionally,” he said.

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UCO junior golfer Mitch Boles puts a ball in a spring 2006 tournament. Boles led the Bronchos to a first place tie in the Drury Inviational Oct. 3 in Springfield, Mo.

by Matt Caban Sports Editor The UCO men’s golf team started the week by winning its second straight Drury Invitational title Oct. 3. The Bronchos tied Washburn University for the title in 2005 and 2006.

This time it took a comeback led by junior Mitch Boles to get the job done.

Monday, Boles shot a 75, which was three over par and uncharacteristic for the All

American. UCO head golf coach Dax Johnston said this left Boles in 24 th place going into the second round.

However, he was back on Tuesday shooting a 67 to bring his two-day total to 142. It was good enough to earn Boles a fourth place finish in the individual standings.

Johnston said Boles had birdies on five of the last six holes to finish the day.

“He is one of the top golfers in Division II,” he said.

“His worst finish for us was

eighth place once so I knew he would do something.

“That’s what Mitch does.”

Johnston said Boles was not alone in solid performances for the Bronchos.

Sophomore Cooper Barrick (eighth place with a 145 over two rounds) and junior Chance Tatum (12th place with a 146 over two rounds) joined Boles in the individual top 15.

The other UCO competitors were freshman Colby Shrum

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