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Saddam has missed 'final chance,' Bush tells Congress Dana Milbank & Mike Allen The Washington Post
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The numbers of students in some College of Liberal Arts classes next fall could fill seats in auditoriums.
Fall classes enlarge by Jim Epperson je@thevistaonline.com The current UCO budget cannot support the growing freshman class and the College of Liberal Arts must increase enrollment to 160 students in six sections, said Pamela Washington, assistant dean of College of Liberal Arts. In the fall 2003 semester four sections of history and two sections of political science will be open to 120 students. Enrollment will expand in increments of 10 until it reaches the limit of 160. Washington said there is not enough money to spend on additional students and a 5 percent increase in enrollment is projected. The College of Liberal Arts is drawing
resources to accommodate a 7 percent increase. Dr. T.H. Baughman, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said, "We're not eager to do this, but we have to survive. And we have to offer these classes." UCO is still small in relation to Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma (OU), Baughman said. It is not uncommon for OU and OSU classes to be four or five times bigger, he said. "Our average class size is going to be smaller than most universities in the country," Baughman said. David Koehn, assistant vice president for Administration of Financial Services, said tuition covers 36.9 percent of students' costs. The other 64 percent comes from state
appropriations and small gifts. The faculty who will teach the larger classes were picked based on lecturing skills and power point usage. They will go through faculty development to learn techniques to deal with large classes. Student mentors will aid professors by taking roll, passing and gathering papers and tutoring small groups, Washington said. General education sections will move into the larger classrooms, such as LA 225 and CB 120, Washington said. English composition classes will increase from 24-26 students. Washington said they will keep English and communication classes small because of writing and speech assign-
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WASHINGTON--President Bush took the nation to the edge of war with Iraq Tuesday night, declaring in his annual State of the Union message that Saddam Hussein had missed his "final chance" by showing contempt for U.N. weapons inspections. The president, addressing a joint session of Congress and a nationwide television audience of tens of millions, stopped short of committing to war. But he provided a long list of allegations of the Iraqi president's efforts to thwart the inspections and left no doubt that he was ready to part ways with allies who want to give inspectors more time. "The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others," the president said. "Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, I will defend the freedon, and security of the American people." Bush devoted nearly half of his hour-long address to other matters, proposing $400 billion for a Medicare prescription drug benefit, $10 billion in new funds to combat AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, and $6 billion for a "Project BioShield" to develop new vaccines and treatments for bioterror agents. But at a time when many senior White House officials consider war with Iraq all but inevitable, Bush's most anticipated remarks dealt with
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United Nations reports Iraq not fully cooperative by Mark Schlachtenhaufen ms@thevistaonline.corn Editor's note: Information was taken from the UN inspection report and website www. un.org. United Nations weapons inspectors told the Security Council Iraq is not fully cooperating and that serious questions about its alleged disposal of bioweapons remain unanswered. On Jan. 27, through the UN, the world heard for the first time an in-depth third party account of Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saddam Hussein must now fully cooperate. If his response is not soon and complete the United States
Jonathon Acosta makes his way up the stairs of the Education Building to the Speech and Hearing Clinic on Jan. 29.
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reserves the right to take action. UN Secretary General, Kofi A. Annan, and other leaders said the process should be given more time, up to several months. Chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix presented a 60-day report on the progress of the UNmandated inspections designed to disarm Iraq. Blix said Iraq must do more to prove it has no nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Iraq is cooperating by allowing UN inspections, but the Bush administration says Iraqi scientists with information about President Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction are refusing to be interviewed out of fear of retaliation. Portions of Iraq's 12,000-page
weapons declaration of Dec. 7, 2002 are inconsistent with its declaration of 1991 after the Gulf War, Blix said in his prepared statement. In 1991, Iraq claimed "with little evidence" that it destroyed its entire cache of bioweapons, Blix said. Iraq said it destroyed "a few tons" of the highly toxic nerve agent VX in the summer of 1991. Blix said the UN has information showing Iraq produced more VX than originally declared and an Iraqi document indicates the quality of the nerve agent was better than previously reported. Blix also said the UN believes some of the VX was weaponized. Iraq has not fully accounted for some VX precursor chemicals,
Blix said. In 1996, the UN destroyed large biological weapons facilities, he said. Blix said Iraq is also not cornplying with the UN's request for it to allow aerial surveillance flights to be conducted by American U2 spy planes. Baghdad has agreed only to conditional flights. UN inspectors recently discovered chemical rocket warheads southwest of Baghdad. Iraq claimed they were overlooked, part of 2,000 warheads stored there during the Gulf War, Blix said. "This could be the case. They could also be the tip of a submerged iceberg. The discovery of a few rockets does not resolve, but rather points, to the issue of
Boasting an 80.6 shot percentage in the second half, UCO men beat Drury 100-90. — Page 5
Viral infections are the common illness this winter. — Page 3
several thousands of chemical rockets that are unaccounted for," Blix said. At another site, inspectors have also found a small quantity of thiodiglycol, a mustard gas precursor, Blix said. Iraq declared it produced 8,500 liters of anthrax, a biological warfare agent, destroyed in the summer of 1991, Blix said. "Iraq has provided little evidence for this production and no convincing evidence for its destruction. There are strong indications that Iraq produced more anthrax than it declared and that at least some of this was retained after the declared destruction date," Blix said.
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UCO rallies to bring Major League Soccer to Edmond by Caroline Duke cd@thevistaonline.corn An exhibition game will be held March 29 to survey the community's interest in hosting a Major League Soccer (MLS) team. If attendance is high at the game, a season ticket campaign will begin, said Vice President of Express Sports Debray Ayala. He said he expects MLS will require an approximate base of 6,000 or more season ticket holders before they choose Edmond. If that base is reached, he said, the outcome looks good. UCO President Roger Webb said talks began last summer about the possibility of bringing an MLS team to Edmond. Several architects and engineering firms have already looked at campus and stadium facilities, President Webb said. Ayala said the university is working in a joint effort with
Express Sports Inc. "If it all works out, the team will play out of Edmond at Wantland Stadium," he said. Charlie Johnson, University News Bureau director, said Wantland Stadium would need to be expanded to accommodate 16,000 people. In addition to expansions, new seating, a new press box, new lighting, and a new surface would be installed. "All the improvements would be the kind of amenities that would be desirable there, like nice restrooms, spacious concession areas, a more attractive entry, and ticket boxes," he said. President Webb said, "Major League Soccer is interested in having a stadium that they would call 'soccer-specific.'" He said MLS does not want a huge multi-purpose stadium, although the stadium would still be used for UCO football.
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Dance students can now apply for a scholarship established by Design Chairman Dr. James Watson in honor of his mother. — Page 3
OPINION
JANUARY 30, 2003
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Today in History
Quote of the day
1948 "It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to besimple."
— Rabindranath Tagore
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.
Cartoon by Chris Maupin In order to offset the statewide budget cuts, at least one college at UCO has increased six classes to a maximum enrollment of 160 students. Two general education political science and four history classes will be moved into larger classrooms. The instructors will go through faculty development to learn how to deal with the large classes and student workers will be hired to take roll and pass out papers. Luckily, subjects that require more one-onone time between students and teachers will
only be increased by two seats. If this trend continues and moves to other departments across campus, UCO will lose its unique sales pitch of low class size and cheap tuition. But on the other hand, it has a multimillion dollar fitness facility and the possibility of a semiprofessional soccer team. Along with increased class size, tuition could be raised 15 percent to meet shortfalls in the state budget, and fees will double to meet the departments' needs.
Surrounded by Misguided Individuals by Danny Peters
The parking situation at this school is ridiculous. I parked next to a curb on a "No Parking" sign because there really were no other spaces, not even at the far corners. How am I supposed to get educated when I can't even find a place to park? Ask any student what UCO needs more: additional parking or a Wellness Center. Meanwhile, I'll probably be getting my college degree from this fine university in May. And guess what won't be on it? My major and minor. That's right. For all of you that don't know, this university does not put your major on your degree. You come here for five to ten years, spend all your parents' or the government's money, rack up $23,643 in student loans (so far) and they still won't put your major on your degree. Why not? Because the student body hasn't raised a big enough ruckus about it. I can't even find a real job. I applied for a copy
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editing position recently and got beat out by some guy with at least nine- years experience. I can't work at Da Bista forever. And I'm running out of Joe Jobs. I've already worked at McDonalds, Sonic, Sears, Crest, Mailboxes Etc., Blockbuster Video, Hastings, AMC Quail Springs Theatre and North Park Cinema. I've been a dishwasher at a semifancy restaurant, a dishwasher at a non-fancy restaurant, a busboy, a sacker and produce guy at a grocery store you haven't heard of, a cook at a nonfast food restaurant (twice), a telemarketer (twice, both times I lasted two days) and a door-to-door flyer-hander-outer. There's not much left in the minimum wage market for me to do. And besides, within a year I'm going to have to start paying off my student loans. Five bucks an hour isn't going to cut it. I came to college so that I wouldn't end up like my parents. They've worked their whole lives and have nothing to show for it except for dead-end jobs and debt. At this point in time, I'm not doing much better. But I will. Eventually. So a bunch of students are going to protest the war. What I want to know is, are they really against
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According to the Oklahoma Higher Education Reform Group, a moderate and measured increase of tuition should be considered rather than a drastic jump. They believe many college students, and their lower income and middle class families, would be negatively impacted by such enormous increases in tuition. UCO administration should strive to keep low classes and low tuition a priority, and focus on students rather than "the bottom line."
When asked to write this column, I was initially unsure about what I should cover. It was then that I recalled what one of my journalism professors had told me about the purpose of a free press. Quoting John Milton, he said that democracy was built upon "truth and falsehood grappling in an open marketplace of ideas." The idea behind Milton's thoughts was that if you lay out the facts before the people, they are intelligent enough to figure out what they think is right. With every column, my aim will be to present a view of current events that is perhaps less common in our community. In turn, all you have to do is weigh the various viewpoints you've been presented and form an educated opinion. Having said that, let's get started. A lot has been said recently about the plight of international students, given the stringent policies now being enforced by the Bush administration. While I was researching these new policies, I came across the following statements, "You cannot expect everyone everywhere to be a bad person," and "most foreign students that have problems with their paperwork probably don't know it and shouldn't be punished for it." Give me a break. Has our over-indulgent sense of tolerance actually led us to abandon all reason? Are we seriously so concerned with political correctness that we have totally given up on logical thought? Let us consider for a moment the venerated world of athletics. Suppose that in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Raiders' nose guard lined up just three inches too far forward of where he should have. He would clearly have been in violation of the neutral zone, and when the ball was snapped his team would have been penalized five yards. Imagine losing fifteen feet for a violation of only three inches. I just cannot imagine the referee being impressed when he claims he did not know he was over the line. Perhaps we should not lay this example at the feet of the defensive line. Suppose that on the next play, the Bucs' center leaned down, grasped the ball, and under the intense pressure of the moment, gave an involuntary shudder. He would have immediately been penalized for a false start, another five-yard penalty. What could be worse than losing five yards for three inches? Losing five just for twitching. Somehow, I don't think the referee is going to buy the "sudden onset of Tourette's" excuse. Maybe a better example comes from academics. Imagine the last day of finals week. You finished every exam except the one in front of you. You were impeccably prepared. You finished every question in record time, and of the 100 questions on the exam, you knew them all, except number 17. Try as you might,
the war, or are they protesting because that's just the college thing to do. If you really want to protest, send the IRS a letter telling them that due to your stance against the war, you are choosing not to pay taxes this year. Marching on campus with a few signs isn't going to change anything, and it doesn't impress anyone. It means jack s**t. I'm not for war. But I'm also not for lunatics having a bunch of nuclear weapons. And since I really don't know much about the whole thing (except for what our trusty government and media have told me), I'll just leave it at that. If you haven't seen it already, do a Google search for "Get Your War On." Read it. It's funny. Anyway, I won't be drafted. I'm 25, an only child and I have flat feet and asthma. I'd be the last guy they'd draft. And I wouldn't go shoot or blow up a bunch of people anyway. I'll let the macho men take care of that. I'd rather play in the Salvation Army band. In the immortal words of the great Mojo Nixon: "You can't make me kill another man. You can't make me drop bombs on Hussein. You can't make me part of all your killing. My free will just ain't willing."
you simply could not remember the answer. •Finally, after you had stared at the four multiple choice answers as long as you could, you smoothly stretched to your left to take a quick look at your neighbor's answer. When you slid back into your seat to mark your Scantron, all you saw was your professor towering over you as he ordered you to see him after class. When you arrived at his office, he calmly informed you that since you had violated university policy concerning academic dishonesty, you would not only fail the exam, but you would also fail the course. You, of course, began wailing about how unfair he was, and protested that your punishment was far too strict for the rather minor offense. You reasonably explained that you thought a more fair punishment would be to have the point for question 17 deducted from your score, and the rest of the exam graded. After all, you did everything else right, and just one little thing wrong. Surely, it would make more sense to reward the ones you knew, and just take off the one you didn't. Guess what? You still failed the course. It's a little bit like the man who sees that his boss has a stack of 100 dollar bills on his desk. Every day the man walks past the desk but doesn't take the money. Finally, after he'd walked past the desk maybe a hundred times, he grabs the money and shoves it in his pockets. The only problein is that when he wheels around, he runs straight into his boss, who just watched him steal his cash. The fact that he walked past the money a hundred times without stealing it doesn't seem like much of a defense anymore, does it? The point to all of these examples is that laws (or, in the cases above, rules) were established for a reason. That reason is to promote civility and ensure order. It doesn't matter if most of your visa is in order, or if you followed most of the rules when you entered the country. If you violated even one policy, you're guilty of breaking the law. It is not as though visa applicants don't know what is expected of them. They are fully aware of what they must to, and what they cannot do to remain in this country in good faith. Perhaps we don't see the connection between a student's grades and his visa status, but I do know that when those students came here, they are given a measure of responsibility along with their measure of freedom. A recent editorial in The Vista begged the question, "When an international student can be deported for having one "F" on their transcript, what does this policy say about our nation, one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all?" I believe that what it says about our nation is that we expect all men who seek liberty and justice to abide by its rules, and when they violate the "lesser" rules, they prove themselves unworthy of being entrusted with our highest ideals.
ampus Quotes How do you feel about UCO classes getting larger?
"That's not a good idea. When the class is small we can get closer to students and the professor."
"I think it's worth it if it means maintaining a good education." CELIA CHEATHAM
AYAMI YOSHIZAKI
freshman
senior
journalism/poli-sci
business
"That would be cool I think. You could get more class discussion."
"I don't think it matters too much." CHRIS FAULKENBER
CHELSEY WILSON
freshman
freshman
graphic design
special ed
"I don't like the idea "I think it's okay as long as because I like a more the professor has a way of personalized environ- dealing with the students ment." on a one on one basis." Jessica Hemphill
senior
vocal performance
hiistory
"That'd be cool. This "I really don't like classes university seems boring. that big. I like smaller We need more people, classes. That's why I came more noise." here." OUSMANE NIANG
TED WALLS
sophomore
freshman
accounting
biology
"It's fine because a lot of "If there are more stupeople have different dents, then more ideas and we can share." thoughts will be generated." YuI KOJIMA freshman undecldedr
Correction: The basketball stories in the Jan. 28 issue stated the teams played Southeastern State University (SOSU). They actually played Southwestern Oklahomaa State University (SWOSU).
JORGE ALARCON
sophomore
ZAURAB TIWARI freshman economics
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Scholarship established for dance students -Out & About by Summer Pratt
Special Events A peace rally for stopping the war in Iraq will be held at 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday at N.W. 23rd and Classen and at noon Saturdays at the northwest corner of Northwest Expressway and Pennsylvania Ave.
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Dr. James Watson, chairman of the design department, recently established the Lorraine Remmel Watson Dance Scholarship to be awarded to "deserving dance majors at UCO," according to a letter from Watson. The scholarship is in honor of his mother, Lorraine Remmel Watson, love of dance. She died in December 2002. Dr. Roberta Sloan, chairperson of the Theater, Dance and Media Arts Department said Watson will pay $1,000 a year towards the education of one or two dance students. "A thousand dollars a year will enable a dance student to go to school who otherwise might not have been able co," she said. "We don'•know yet diet' be $500 to two students or $1,000 to one," she said. She said she is touched that Dr. Watson would choose to honor his mother in such a productive and meaningful way. "Tears come to my eyes every time I talk about it." Lorraine Watson taught and promoted ballet in the Dallas area. She was also a dancer and choreographer. In the early 1950s she taught ballet at several studios, schools and organizations. She was a supporter of the Dallas Civic Ballet and served as the company manager and administrator. In the 1960s, she founded the Pan American Folkloric Dance Group, which performed throughout Oklahoma and Texas.
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UCO dance students have a new scholarship opportunity. Here some of them practice for the American College Dance Festival. The last dance performance Lorraine saw before her death was the UCO Choreographer's Showcase. In an excerpt from Lorraine's writing, Celebrate Life!, which was read to her family at her memorial service, she wrote, "I had my first ballet lesson at the age of seven and have loved it and all that goes with it all my life a lot of hard work, physically and mentally,
the discipline, the dedication, and the beauty
Sloan said they will announce the first winner sometime during the Spring Dance Concert, March 27-29. For more information on the scholarship, contact Dr. Watson at 974-5212.
Viral infections pose winter health threat by Jim Epperson
testinal infection as one of the more prominent illnesses this semester. Although the flu is not prevaShe said the reason viruses are lent this year, the UCO Student common to university campuses Health Center warned that viral is because students have weak infections are abundant. immune systems. The Student Health Center is "Students have weak immune seeing an average of 10 to 15 difsystems because they don't eat ferent patients a day because of ,.right,, they,-don't sleep enough, , viral ipiections, said Student,' arid- they p'ality, " she said. Health aiiter Director Labetta "To have a healthy itrimtvie Wallenmeyer. system, wash your hands and The symptoms of viral infecavoid contact with people that tions include head and chest have viruses. Don't touch your cold, diarrhea, and vomiting. mouth with your hands without Wallenmeyer cited gastroin-
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washing them. Eat right, exer- general ways people get sick. cise, and get eight hours of Students get infected through inhaling or injecting virus partisleep." She also said students who cles in the air or on food. After a virus is inhaled or binge drink have weaker immune systems and often get injected, it goes into the student's cells and multiplies. Then the sick. UCO Biology Professor Riaz virus disrupts the structure of the Ahmad said students are getting cell and fluid is released. "All the excreting fluid, that sick because people are inside more during the winter-and can- - has got to go somewhere. This is Ahifittel% i T what makes you share 'fiqOte viruses. (11: "The stricter the space, the said. Antibiotics do not cure virusmore people will be exposed," he es. Wallenmeyer said the best said. Ahmad said there are two cure is sleep and time.
Theater Dinner and Murder Mystery Theater offers a "solve your own murder mystery" production and five-course meal at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. every day at 1841 NW 15th. Tickets are $39.95 per person for groups of eight or more. For tickets and more information call 524-7676 or e-mail dinnerandmystery@aol.com . The 2002-2003 Stage Center season features "Wintertales: Storytelling Festival" Feb. 59, and "Othello the Moor of Venice" Mar. 5-9. Performances are at Stage Center, 400 W. Sheridan. For more information call 2704801.
Dance Belly dancing by the Jewels of the Nile will be presented at 7 p.m. Fridays at Gopuram Taste of India at 121 E. California and at 8:30 p.m. Fridays at Gopuram Taste of India, 4559 N.W. 23rd. For more information call 2301323 or 948-7373. Readings The "Poetry at Rose" reading is at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Rose State College H.B. Atkinson Theatre, 6420 S.E. 15th St. on the RSC campus, Midwest City. Admission is free. For more information call 733-7380. Julie's Juice-N-Java, 1121 Elm in Stubbeman Village, Norman, features poetry readings every Monday night and open mic every Wednesday night. For more information call 364-5282. Full Circle Bookstore featured poetry readings are at 2p.m. on the last Sunday of the month on the first floor of 50 Penn Place. For more information call 842-2900.
The 2002-2003 Celebrity Attractions season features "Cinderella," April 1-6, and "The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?" May 13-18. All shows are in the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker. For more information call 800-869-1451.
Art Museums International Photography Hall of Fame will be at the Omniplex, 2100 N.E. 52nd, 424-4055: "Retro Show: 2002/20 Years of Photographers," through Jan. 30; and Nicholas Orzio's "Flora" through. Jan. 30. Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tue. - Fri.; 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat.; 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday free with paid admission to the Omniplex.
The Stage Door Theatrical Company's "Shakespeare at Sunset" production of "Cyrano De Bergerac" is Feb. 7-23 at Stage Door on Broadway at the Old School Business Center, 201 N. Broadway, Moore. For more information call 701-0014. titej4
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Tulsa Philharmonic struggles to keep the tune going after 54 years TULSA, Okla. (AP) The Tulsa Philharmonic, Oklahoma's only full-time professional orchestra, may have sounded its last note. Philharmonic officials said Monday, just one week after they announced they were canceling the 2002-2003 season, that they are preparing to completely shut the orchestra down. "We are working to come up with something that will satisfy our creditors - which includes our ticket holders - and that will resolve the issues we have with our musicians," Robert Gardner, a member of the Philharmonic's board of managers, told a city arts panel.
Gardner said the Philharmonic will make a definitive announcement about its future in 30 to 60 days. The 54-year-old orchestra is $1 million in debt after years of slumping sales and donations. The Philharmonic reorganized through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1994, but there will be no such filing this time. Closing the Philharmonic's doors permanently is "a way to clean the slate so we would not be an impediment to progress," Gardner said. Tulsa Mayor Bill LaFortune made saving the Philharmonic a priority when he formed his Task Force on the Arts. But he said in November that a new organization is needed
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Iraq, from page 1 Either the anthrax in question should be found and destroyed under UN supervision or Iraq should produce documentation proving it no longer exists, Blix said. Iraq has been developing two types of long-range missiles, both with a range of 150 kilometers, or 93 miles, longer than the range permitted under UN rules. Iraq is also working on modifications that could significantly increase their range, Blix said. Questions remain about Iraq's supply of missiles, Blix said. Iraq reported that it used some SCUD missiles as targets while developing an anti-missile defense system in the 1980s. That claim remains undocumented, Blix said. On the issue of nuclear weapons, the UN is not in a position to reach a conclusion on the issue of Iraqi efforts to import uranium after 1991, Mohamed El Baradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the Security Council in a prepared statement. Inspectors are also investigating Iraq's attempt at importing high-strength aluminum tubes and whether they could be used to make nuclear weapons, El
Baradei said. Since November, the UN has conducted 139 related inspections at 106 sites, El Baradei said. Under UN resolution 687, Iraq was to declare its programs of weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles. The UN and the IAEA were to supervise the destruction or elimination of Iraq's bioweapons. A resolution adopted in 1999, attempting to restart inspections interrupted by Iraq in 1998, paved the way for the possible suspension of UN sanctions if Baghdad fully cooperated and completed the disarmament process. In November 2002, to avert a U.S.-Iraq war, UN resolution 1441 reaffirmed the international community's demand on Iraq to cooperate immediately and unconditionally with the disarmament process. Since November, the UN has conducted 300 inspections at more than 230 different sites, Blix said. More than 20 had not been previously inspected. The UN is using eight helicopters to aid the inspectors. Another briefing is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 14.
Career Fair
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Sophomore Biology major Rebecca Deeds speaks with Heath Burge, OU's College of Pharmacy representative, during the Health Career Opportunity Fair in Howell Hall Jan. 29.
deceiving," the president said. Speaking to Iraqis, Bush made clear his intentions: "Your enemy is not surrounding your country--your enemy is ruling your country. And the day he and his regime are the looming conflict. Bush's words, building on increasingly bellicose remarks he and his removed from power will be the day of your liberation." Addressing aides have made in recent weeks, amounted to a broad articulation of American troops in the Middle East, Bush said, ominously: "Some crucial hours may lie ahead. In those hours, the success of our cause the case for war against Iraq. Though he did not say so explicitly, Bush made clear that was his direction. North Korea and Iran, members of will depend on you." The "only possible explanation" for Saddam's efforts to build biothe "axis of evil" unveiled in last year's address, were afterthoughts logical, chemical and nuclear weapons, Bush said, was "to dominate, Tuesday night. Instead, Bush spoke passionately about Iraq. "Almost three intimidate, or attack," adding that Iraq might provide weapons.to termonths ago, the United Nations Security Council gave Saddam rorist groups that would use them to attack this country. Democrats and leaders of several traditional allies of the United Hussein his final chance to disarm," the president said. "He has States have demanded more compelling evidence that Iraq is the shown instead his utter contempt for the United Nations, and for the greatest threat facing the world. Administration officials said Bush opinion of the world." intends to supply it, perhaps beginning next week. The new material Bush offered a variety of examples of Saddam's deceit as the Iraqi will include documentation that Iraq has moved weapons and equippresident conceals germ, chemical and nuclear programs. The presiechoing information divulged by his lieutenants in recent , ment hours and days before inspections, officials said. After the speech, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said he intendviee4;cliCi-not present much new evidence but was more specific in ed to introduce a resolution to "require the president to come back his allegations. For example, he said the United States now has inforto Congress and present convincing evidence of an imminent threat mation about Iraq's mobile bio-weapons labs ' from three Iraqi defecbefore we send troops to war in Iraq." Kennedy said conditions have tors." changed since Congress authorized use of force against Iraq in The president also stated that "evidence from intelligence sources, October and argued that Bush "did not make a persuasive case that secret communications, and statements by people now in custody, the threat is imminent and war is the only alternative." reveal that Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including Bush spoke in strongly moral terms that indicated his mind was members of al-Qaida." set. "This threat is new; America's duty is familiar," Bush said, comBush asserted new depths of Iraqi obstruction of the two-month paring terrorism to "Hitlerism, militarism, and communism." old U.N. inspection program. "From intelligence sources we know ... Bush aides said earlier Tuesday that he would speak to the nation that thousands of Iraqi security personnel are at work hiding docuagain when he sets a final deadline for Hussein, and again if he decides ments and materials from the U.N. inspectors--sanitizing inspection to launch an attack. sites and monitoring the inspectors themselves," he said. Bush added The president delivered the address at a time when his leadership, that Iraqi scientists have been threatened with death if they cooperate both domestic and foreign, is less popular than at any point since the with inspectors. Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Facing growing opposition to his Iraq "The dictator of Iraq is not disarming; to the contrary, he is policy, doubts about his economic stewardship and lukewarm support for his domestic policies, Bush used Tuesday night's speech--as he has other high-visibility addresses in his presidency--to refocus the nation's attention and priorities. "This country has many challenges," Bush said Tuesday night, vowing: 'We will not deny, we will not ignore, we will not pass along OISDO•11•OO011OSSORIOW our problems to other Congresses, other presidents, and other generations. We will confront them with focus, and clarity, and courage." Bush dedicated only glancing reference to some of his biggest proposals. His Medicare proposal got just 130 of the speech's 5,400 words, and his dividend tax cut, the centerpiece of his economic proI OOOOOOOOOOO GOO OOOOO SOWS posal, was dealt with in a couple of sentences. 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Men hoopsters light up Drury 100-90 by Ryan Jameson rj@thevistaonline.com The UCO men's basketball team racked up its ninth straight win 100-90 at Drury lighting up the net with an awesome shot percentage from the field offsetting poor performance at the line Monday. UCO shot a season-best 60.6 percent from the field in the win over the Panthers, including an unbelievable 80.8 percent (21of-26) in the second half. That helped overcome another very poor free throw performance as the Bronchos hit just 19-of-35 from the foul line. "I'm just glad to get out of here with a win," UCO coach Terry Evans said. "We struggled for quite a while and had some guys get in foul trouble but we did what we needed to do." Demario Jones was 10-of-16 from the floor in a 28-point outing adding eight rebounds and three assists. Jonathan Nubine was 10-of-13 on field goals with 22 total points in his season's best
performance. B.J. Raney added 12 points and Kentrell Gaddis had a season-high 10. The Bronchos played most of the game without second-leading scorer and top rebounder Jason Pritchett, who had seven points and four rebounds in 12 minutes before fouling out early in the second half. UCO took control early, bolting to a 101 lead three minutes into the game. Drury responded with a 13-4 run to tie it 14-all as the game see-sawed back and forth the rest of the first half. UCO threatened to pull away again but Drury used its outside shooting to stay in the game, with the Panthers making it 8581 on Chris Ealim's 3-pointer with 4:24 remaining in the second half. But the Bronchos finally pulled away, getting six points from Jones and four from Nubine in a 10-2 spurt that made it 95-83 with 1:35 left and UCO's win streak continued. The Bronchos improved to 13-4 on the year with their sixth straight road victory.
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Evans talks about basketball's success by Ryan Jameson rj@thevistaonline.com UCO men's basketball coach Terry Evans is in the process of rescuing a program that fell to the depths of the Lone Star Conference in 2001-02, 10-16 overall. The 2002-03 season has been a whirlwind, seeing the Bronchos lose two of their first three games, but have recently won nine straight and improved to 12-4. Q- When you took the job here at UCO, did you expect to reach success this early after last year's team going 10-16? A- "Actually, I did. I thought that we had enough talent and if the players bought into our system, could play harder and
smarter than last year, we could compete." Q- What have the key ingredients been to the success so far? A- ''Improved point guard play. Our defensive rebounding has really improved. The key has been playing with more confidence. When we play with confidence, shots are gonna go in and you're gonna make plays you usually don't make." Q-Which philosophies from other programs do you credit in yours?
A- "I brought a lot from the University of Oklahoma from being there last year as far as defense, rebounding, and overall toughness. We kind of have our own identity. We just try and go out there and win one game at a time. Q- How would you characterize your own coaching philosophy? A- "I believe in up tempo basketball. It all comes down to your defense and
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rebounding. If you can defend and rebound, you can pretty much win every game. We've done a good job of protecting the basketball. Our opponents have been turning over the ball twice as many times as we do, giving us more shot attempts." Q- What are some of your goals for the rest of the season? A- "Our goal all year has been to win the Lone Star Conference. We figure if we can do that, we can be one of the best teams in Division II. Tarleton (State) is 16-1 now and ranked number one in the nation. Northeastern is 16-1 and will be ranked in the top 10. Those two are in our conference. We win that and the sky is the limit."
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Jason Pritchett, a 6-7 senior forward from Dayton, Ohio, has been an integral part of the recent UCO men's basketball team's 9-game winning streak. Pritchett was 'recently named Lone Star Conference North Division Player of the Week after averaging 22 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals in wins over Texas A&MKingsville and Texas A&MCommerce, shooting 54 percent from the field. Then he had a career-high 27 points with 12 boards and four blocked shots in a 93-82 victory over TAMUC. Pritchett is a JUCO transfer from Kettering College of Medical Arts in Ohio and has maintained a 3.8 GPA while earning Academic All-LSC and Verizon Academic All-District VI recognition last season. Pritchett's success on the court is unique considering the fact that he never played organized basketball in high school or junior college, opting to only play AAU competition. "He's meant the world to our
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