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November 6, 2007
Pioneer FOOTBALL PROGRAM HIT WITH PENALTIES reporter speaks at UCO by No Lupov Staff Writer "I believed that women had to outwork the man," Pam Henry, the first female reporter and anchor in Oklahoma said during a speech Oct. 29 in UCO's Communications building. Dressed in a blue Hawaiian shirt sitting in a power wheelchair, Henry was illustrating her colorful biography as she was the producer of a famous late night talk show. The class, which was spread throughout the auditorium, had the chance to meet one of the broadcasting pioneers in Oklahoma. Henry worked as a producer, public affairs program host and capital reporter. She is best remembered as manager of news and public affairs at OETA where she worked for 16 years prior to her retirement. "I had to retire and it broke my heart," she said. Born in 1950 with polio syndrome, as a child she did not let the circumstances take control of her life. "I was a strong swimmer (as fast as the boys) due to the strength in my arms from the crutches," said Henry, adjusting her body in the wheelchair without an effort. Being a poster child for March of Dimes, in the late 50's and meeting famous
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UCO head football coach Chuck Langston tries to motivate the team during a time-out at the Homecoming game at Wantland Stadium Sept. 22. by Hannah Jackson Staff Writer UCO submitted a response to allegations of potential violations of NCAA regulations by the football program on Nov.2. The response included notification that the UCO program will adhere to selfimposed penalties, regardless of the outcome of a meeting with the Committee on
Infractions, which will occur in December. The response included acknowledgement that mistakes were made within the program, especially areas of oversight and program monitoring. The information included in the response was the result of an internal investigation led by university lawyer, J. Brad Morelli. UCO also hired two Oklahoma
City lawyers as outside counsel, Toby Baldwin, to aid the internal investigation and Charlie Babb, who held an advisory position. The information submitted will be used to assist the NCAA in determining the outcome of the allegations. "I am personally committed to the principle of institutional control and am disappointed with what
occurred in our football program two years ago," said UCO President W. Roger Webb. The self-imposed penalties include a 3-year probation of the football program, which will force certain restrictions on the team regarding NCAA play-offs, said Charles Johnson, UCO News Bureau Director. UCO will also voluntarily
forfeit two football scholarships. Johnson explained that UCO, as a Division II school, uses equivalency scholarships. Equivalency scholarships can be divided among players, each getting a certain percentage. For instance, the average UCO scholarship player receives 30 to 50 percent. Therefore, two scholar-
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Immigration law provokes protests Miss Asian UCO to be crowned Nov. 10
by AP Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Two Catholic priests are comparing illegal immigrants to Oklahoma's early settlers in a new twist to arguments against deporting the illegals to Mexico and other countries. After all, the priests say, the original "Sooners" broke the rules when they slipped into the state early to claim free land on April 22, 1889, ahead of the "Boomers," who stayed at the border until signaled across. The Rev. Michael Chapman and the Rev. Don Wolf evoked Oklahoma history as they spoke to hundreds ofmostly Hispanic legal and illegal immigrants who gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to protest the immigration law's implementation. "You are beginning a new page in the 100-year Boomer-Sooner legacy," said Chapman, pastor of the Holy Angels Catholic Church in Oklahoma City. "We are so proud of our legal-illegal heritage. We've got to find a way to incorporate that into our laws in Oklahoma." Oklahoma "defines itself by those who settled here illegally," said Wolf, pastor of mostly Spanish-speak-
by Lyndsay Gillum Copy Editor Twelve students are on board to compete for the title of The University of Central Oklahoma's annual Miss Asian UCO 2008 scholarship pageant, scheduled for Sat., Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in UCO's Constitution Hall. The university's Multicultural Student Services and the Asian American Student Association sponsor Miss Asian UCO. The number of contestants, which doubled since 2005, proves there is an increase in participants and shows the pageant's highest participation by Vista photographer Chris Albers rate in its seven-year history. Earlier in October, a fashThree protesters cheer on the capital steps Thursday while an anti-immigration ion show organized by Miss speaker publicly denounces the new immigration law passed by the Oklahoma Asian UCO 2007 Jennifer Congress. Meyers raised $350 to benefit the pageant's scholarship ing parishes in Duncan. form the 46th state in 1907. had in common a quest for fund. In the past, scholarYears before that 1889 The acts of Payne and the "economic freedom," Wolf ship awards for the Miss Land Run, Boomer leader Sooners were civil matters, said at the Capitol rally. Asian UCO pageant have David Payne was arrested just as illegal immigrants are "Obviously, it was the been smaller than those of several times in his bid to defying civil law by entering Sooner who came across Miss UCO, Miss Black UCO open the Unassigned Lands the country without papers. before the Land Run of 1889 and Miss Hispanic UCO. in Indian Territory for white The penalty is deportation. and staked out claims in the According to Meyers, it has settlers. Indian Territory Both the Oklahoma set- cover of night," Chapman been her vision to see the was later combined with tlers and the mostly Hispanic amount of scholarship money Oklahoma Territory to illegal immigrants of today see IMMIGRATION, page 5 increase.
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MeShawn Conley, director of UCO's Multicultural Student Services, believes that leadership initiatives such as Meyer's fashion show is a great example of how the students who have held the title have worked to serve as leaders both here at UCO and in surrounding communities, which helps contribute to the growing participation in the pageant. "The increase in interest in this pageant has so much to do with the wonderful young ladies who have served in the role of Miss Asian UCO," Conley said in a statement to University Relations. "They have actively shared their stories with other girls and have become the type of queens that people respect and admire." In a statement to University Relations, Myers, a senior psychology major, said that as Miss Asian UCO she has tried to attend as many multicultural activities on campus as possible so that she can open herself up to all of the different cultures at UCO. "It's so important to educate yourself about other
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