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A glance backwards )URP ORQJ JRQH EXLOGLQJV WR WUDGLWLRQV WKDW DUH QRZ RQO\ PHPRULHV 78 V ULFK KLVWRU\ LV UHFRUGHG WKURXJK GHFDGHV RI DOXPQL CARA DUBLIN Student Writer Even as students are mired in midterms and devoted to extracurricular duties, once every fall the campus suddenly swarms with blue and gold and resounds with music and laughter as everyone JDWKHUV DURXQG WKH ERQĂ€UH RQ WKH U or rocks out at a concert in the Reynolds Center, preparing for the obvious highlight of the week: the homecoming football game. Here, current students and alumni meet to cheer on the ‘Cane. Every year, many elements remain the same, but over the decades, both the physical reality and the dynamics of campus have changed VLJQLĂ€FDQWO\ Six TU alumni from the 1950s to 2008 recount their experiences, the things that have changed, and the things that will always make them proud to be true blue. Tom Hudspeth, Class of 1952 As a student, Hudspeth lived on campus in Memorial Hall and played football for the Golden Hurricane. “When I was recruited I went to school in Oklahoma,â€? Hudspeth said. “One day I was called out of a class and when I walked out there was this big tall man. It was one of the coaches and he asked if I wanted to come down and visit TU.â€? For Hudspeth, this was “a dream come true. So I visited and I never wanted to go anywhere else.â€? “I have a lot of memories of homecoming and events because that was our life,â€? he said. Campus

was “a lot smaller back then, so we did everything together.â€? “I miss the togetherness that we had,â€? Hudspeth said. “All the athletes living together.â€? To him, this is the unique purpose and the value of homecoming. “It is something to be proud of,â€? Hudspeth said. “I know I am. I love the place every day, and I am still a part of it.â€? Chuck Scott, Class of 1952 For Scott, homecoming brings back a lot of memories. “My junior—maybe sophoPRUHÂł\HDU ZH ZRQ WKH Ă RDW FRQtest. And that was a big deal for

me,â€? he said. “Years ago we had a big parade downtown and these were big Ă RDWV Âľ 6FRWW VDLG ´7KDW ZDV EDFN when you worked night and day RQ WKH Ă RDWV Âľ The marching parade and the Ă RDWV DUH ´NLQG RI PLVVHG E\ WKH alumni,â€? Scott said, describing them as part of “the glory days.â€? “Homecoming was always a big event for the alumni and it still is,â€? Scott said, but he thinks “the student body reaction is quite differentâ€? now. “When I was there all students came out for the games. When you look out now from the west to the east you just don’t see as many

students coming out as we used to. And that is very perplexing to the alumni and the athletic department,� he said. “The spirit is still there� at the games, Scott said, “but the numbers aren’t as good as they used to be.� Nancy Paul, Class of 1960 Paul, who graduated with a communications degree, is part of a true TU family. Her husband and two sons also graduated from TU, and one son completed law school here. As a student, Paul was president of Tri-Delta sorority and “got to be

on the president’s council that met regularly to get student opinions.â€? She said that may have been “the Ă€UVW WLPH WKDW WKH\ KDG HYHU GRQH that.â€? Paul worked as a program director for KWGS radio station, which still operates out of Kendall Hall and employs TU students and alumni. It was “not the same kind of equipment that you have now,â€? Paul said. In fact, it was “kind of like working in a dungeon down there,â€? but she “really likedâ€? the job. Like many TU students, Paul

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Think you ’Cane? Rice vs Tulsa Fresh off a resounding win over the University of Texas-El Paso Miners on Thursday, the Golden Hurricane is now 6–1, making it eligible for bowl games. TU is also undefeated against its conference rivals. It will face another of these on homecoming weekend: namely, the Rice Owls. 78 KDV EHDWHQ 5LFH ÀYH \HDUV UXQQLQJ and is favored to do so once again. In 2010, TU overcame Rice with a crushing score of 64–27. Look for TU to continue its thus-far very successful formula of depending on rushing, which has used running backs Trey Watts, Ja’Terian Douglas and Alex Singleton to great effect. Singleton, who scored two touchdowns against UTEP, will stand a good chance of breaking TU’s all-time record for most rushing touchdowns, which he currently shares with Michael Gunter and Tarrion Adams. After Rice, TU’s schedule will toughen VLJQLÀFDQWO\ DV LW WDNHV RQ WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ of Arkansas and the University of Central Florida.

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After three straight games decided by a touchdown or less, the Golden Hurricane (6-1, 4-0) made mincemeat out of the University of Texas-El Paso Miners (1-6, 0-3) 33-11 Thursday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium to increase its winning streak to six. “When you go through two weeks of close games, it makes you think about what’s wrong and what you need to change,â€? senior linebacker DeAundre said. “So we changed as a team, and decided we were tired of the close games because we are trying to win a conference championship, and if we want to do that we can’t keep having close games like we have been.â€? After D PHDJHU Ă€UVW KDOI Ă€OOHG ZLWK IDFH palm-inducing Cody Green passes, the Tulsa lead was 6-3. “After WKH Ă€UVW KDOI ZH ZHQW WR WKH locker room and said ‘this isn’t cutting it,’â€? Brown said. “So we came together and we talked about it and we corrected.â€? The TU offense erupted in the third quarter, catalyzed by a ground-and-pound 14-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to open the quarter, capped off with a one-yard plunge from “The Beastâ€? Alex Singleton. It was one of two touchdown runs for The Beast, who was bulldozing Miner $XVWLQ -RUVNL &ROOHJLDQ defenders like they stole his lunch money. 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 7XOVD UXQQLQJ EDFN $OH[ 6LQJOHWRQ RXWSDFHV D 0LQHU GHIHQGHU WR VFRUH DJDLQVW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 7H[DV (O 3DVR RQ 7KXUVGD\ 6LQJOHWRQ RSHQHG WKH WKLUG 6LQJOHWRQ Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK \DUGV IRU WKH TXDUWHU ZLWK WKLV H[SORVLYH \DUG UXQQLQJ SOD\ 2QH WRXFKGRZQ ODWHU KH WLHG WKH XQLYHUVLW\ UHFRUG IRU UXVKLQJ WRXFKGRZQV game and the two touchdowns gave him 32 he makes me smile because you watch him, total in his career, tying him for the Golden Head Coach Bill Blankenship. The Tulsa defense was impressive once and he doesn’t look like he should be able to Hurricane all-time record for rushing touchagain, making plays when it needed to. The do what he does, and yet he just has a way of downs with Michael Gunter and Tarrion only hiccup came in the fourth quarter, on a making plays,â€? said Blankenship. Adams. The Beast ate his Wheaties—and blown coverage which allowed the Miners Green Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK \DUGV WKURXJK your Wheaties. their only touchdown. the air, but most importantly did not have “Well, if they aren’t going to wrap me up, Cornerback Lowell Rose had an intercepa turnover. it’s an advantage for me. I just kept my legs Ja’Terian Douglas amassed 134 yards moving, and I kept going forward. I feed off tion in the endzone to seal a goal-line stand $POHSBUVMBUJPOT UP UIF when the game was still in the balance at rushing, which included a typical Ja’Terian the bounces, every time I get one I just think 13-3. It was the second straight week Rose 81-yard touchdown run in the third quarter OFXMZ FMFDUFE *'$ get the next one, get the next one,â€? said made a crucial fourth down play, having to break the game open at 19-3. Singleton. PĂłDFST Receiver Jordan Leslie had an impressive While UTEP’s overall record this year is batted down a pass on fourth down late in ̓ game for the Miners, with 10 catches for uninspiring, they challenged both Wiscon- the game last week against Marshall. $POHSBUVMBUJPOT UP Linebacker Shawn Jackson had a 17-yard 218 yards and the only UTEP touchdown, a sin and Oklahoma this year, so the way TU fumble return for a touchdown to increase 61-yard grab in the fourth quarter. -BNCEB $IJ "MQIB handled its business, after a slow start, was the Tulsa lead to 26-3. It was the third career TU will again be favored at home against encouraging. ,BQQB %FMUB PO ZFBST the Rice Owls next Saturday at 2:30 p.m. “I think we’ll get even better as we go. defensive touchdown for the junior. IFSF BU 56 “He is a playmaker. He has a nose. He TU has a long history of trading blows But I’m very encouraged with where we ̓ DUH :H¡UH Ă€QGLQJ WKDW LGHQWLW\ DQG LW¡V QRW almost picked an out cutoff and would have with UTEP. Since 2004, TU has alternated /FYU XFFL JT "MDPIPM always pretty, but it sure is effective,â€? said probably gone six on that one. Just, again, between winning and losing years against UTEP seven times. With Thursday’s win, "XBSFOFTT XFFL TU set itself on a three-season winning streak, the longest by either team since 2002-2004. TU’s sixth win makes it eligible to go to a bowl game this season. Blankenship said that he hadn’t even given a bowl game consideration yet. “We’re excited to have six wins, no doubt, but it’s early in the season,â€? he said.

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15 OCTOBER 2012 From Retro on cover was a part of several honor societies, including the sophomore Lantern, the junior Scroll, and the senior Mortarboard society, of which she was president. “We certainly didn’t have the same facilities as far as living,â€? Paul said. “The sororities were just lodge houses. Most of the sorority sisters lived in Lottie Jane Mabee Hall.â€? “(Pi Kappa Alpha) house is actually the old athletic dorm,â€? she said. “When the university decided to build dorms for the athletes, they didn’t know what to do with the building. Before that the Pi Kappa Alpha house used to be where the Holmes Student Center isâ€? now. Paul also remembers the Student Union, “a huge hang out spotâ€? just north of McFarlin that preceded ACAC. “If you had some time between classes you would try to go over there and play bridge until you needed to go to class.â€? As far as the big game, “all the sororities decorated for homecoming and we would spend days working on it—not just put up the banner,â€? Paul said. There was no ERQĂ€UH WKHQ EXW WKHUH ZDV D VWXdent dance, a rare occurrence now. “We really dressed up for the homecoming game, like we were going to church. One of the big things were these big corsages with ‘TU’ on them. That was really a big deal—going to the game ZLWK WKLV ELJ Ă RZHU SODVWHUHG RQ your chest.â€? “I loved TU,â€? Paul said fondly. She remains involved on the alumni board, the Heritage Committee, and the Past Presidents’ Council. Dr. Jeffrey C. Francis, Class of 1978 Today, Dr. Francis is the chaplain at Sharp Chapel after graduating with a degree in Vocal Music Edu-

cation. “I’ve seen TU change unbelievably,â€? Francis said. He received not only his undergrad but also his masters and his PhD, both in industrial organizational psychology, from TU. When he was a student, “you could actually park on the U. It was all tree-lined with beautiful oaks.â€? McFarlin “had the reading rooms and all the library tower,â€? Francis said, but there were “no underground stacks. All of that, the plaza, just wasn’t there. All of the books were up in the tower ZKHUH WKH RIĂ€FHV DQG WKLQJV DUH now.â€? And of course, “it was all card catalogs.â€?

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Like Paul, Francis remembers the Westby Student Center, which had “a cafeteria, a great hall,� and

rent Kendall Hall building. “Twin Towers was here, the Baptist Student Union was still there, but everything south of that was homes, a residential area.� Francis was here “pre-Keplinger.� In an amusing similarity to to-

alumni of years past. “The Pikes URGH RQ DQ ROG Ă€UH WUXFN :H KDG WKH ERQĂ€UH RQ WKH 8 Âľ Still, Francis does remember the football, too. Bill Blankenship, now coach of the team, was quarterback then.

“TU has grown both academically and in terms of student population, especially in the Engineering and Natural Sciences and in the interaction with the surrounding communityâ€? day’s campus, “they were doing renovations on Tyrrell Hall.â€? Ideas for a performing arts center “were being bantered aboutâ€? then, but it took so long for them to come to fruition that current upperclassmen also remember the days before the Lorton PAC, when music students like Francis lived in the “moldyâ€? practice rooms at Tyrrell, ´ZKLFK ZRXOG Ă RRG Âľ KH VDLG “I was a typical TU student for WKH Ă€UVW WZR \HDUVÂł, FRPPXWed,â€? Francis said. “It was probably about 80 percent a commuter school. There was not a huge campus life.â€? When Francis joined Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and moved on

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“It seemed like we used to play the Memphis State Tigers a lot,â€? Francis said, “and the Homecoming theme was always ‘Tame the Tigers!’â€? “There is probably more school spirit overall now than then,â€? he said. “Much of it has to do with tailgating. We didn’t do that at all then, so that has dramatically changed the complexion of football here.â€? “Students today are rabid fans compared to when I was here,â€? he added. Overall, Francis said that “Homecoming today is really much better—more organized, enjoyable, exciting. Much of it has to GR ZLWK , WKLQN WKH Ă LS LQ FDPSXV residency to about 80 percent.â€? “Honestly,â€? Francis said, “I have gotten more of a sense of the collegiate experience on staff here than I had when I was a student.â€?

Natural Sciences and in the interaction with the surrounding community.â€? Keller sees much more “student involvement in charitable and service activitiesâ€? now. Keller sees an increased breadth in TU’s perspective outside of the local community, too. “The dedication to individual student interaction and teaching is still here,â€? Keller said, “but it feels like the university has widened its perspective to a more national level.â€? Physically, the campus has become “more residential, which has strengthened the sense of community. There were a lot more commuter students, including me, when I attended TU,â€? Keller said. His favorite TU memory is the Ă€QDO GHVLJQ SUHVHQWDWLRQ KH FRPpleted for the ME senior design

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Michaels-Johnson, who graduated with a degree in English and Dr. Michael W. Keller, PhD PE, German, is a portfolio manager for Class of 2001 a local investment management Dr. Keller is an Assistant Professor campus his junior year, he got in the Department of Mechanical company. Michaels-Johnson and her husmuch more involved in homecom- Engineering at his alma mater, TU, band Timothy “advise the Beta ing, and even became “a co-ed where he earned his mechanical Pi chapter of the Alpha Phi Omecheerleaderâ€? for the team. engineering degree. ga fraternity, which,â€? she says, “Really the biggest thing was Since KH Ă€UVW DUULYHG RQ FDPSXV “mostly means that we host a HalZH XVHG WR KDYH D SDUDGH RI Ă RDWV “TU has grown both academically along sorority row and down 5th and in terms of student population, loween party at our house every Place,â€? Francis said, echoing especially in the Engineering and See History on page 5

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Engineers Without Borders will be completing a solar-heated shower and sinks at a local Girl Scout camp in the next few weeks. The project manager, junior Weston Kightlinger, has been working on this project for many years, and works across national borders. “I knew that I wanted to join something of that nature, a service organization, and Engineers Without Borders really gives me the opportunity to take the gifts and talents that I have� and put them to good use, Kightlinger said. EWB has been working in Bolivia on an almost identical project. The project at the Girl Scout camp actually began in Bolivia. The engineers needed a place to practice building the showers before the large-scale implementation that they had planned for May. The Girl Scouts mentioned

that solar-heated showers would be helpful at their troop house, a place where they host camp-outs and other activities. The Girl Scout shower is nearly completed at this time and there is only one sink left to be installed. ,Q 0D\ WKH Ă€UVW VKRZHU was built in Cotani, Bolivia, a JURXS RI Ă€YH VPDOO YLOODJHV LQ WKH Andes home to 100 families. On D UHWXUQ WULS WR FKHFN RQ WKH Ă€UVW shower, Kightliner and Tim Brown journeyed to Bolivia in October. 7KH Ă€UVW VKRZHU ZDV VWLOO ZRUNLQJ well. “I took a shower in October; it was awesome,â€? said Kightlinger. “It was warm, which was the cool part.â€? Before the engineers arrived in Bolivia, the people of Cotani decided who would receive one of the test showers. With materials for only 15 showers in tow, three families from each Cotani were selected by the community to work with the engineers from TU. In May, the project was implemented a and 15 solar-heated showers and sinks were installed in Cotani. The showers and sinks are installed in individual homes. Communal showers might seem like an

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HDVLHU À[ WKH\ FRXOG DOO EH EXLOW LQ one trip and would use fewer supplies; however, communal showers are also more likely to break down from constant use and are more susceptible to vandalism. A common misconception is that solar heated showers are showers with solar panels that are heated by the sun and then heat the water. These solar showers use the sun to heat the water in the pipes directly, warming the water for use in the showers and in sinks. Looking at costs, the people in Cotani pay 100 Bolivianos for each shower, about $13 in U.S. currency. The entire cost of a shower is around $230, but the cost is heavily subsidized. An important part of the project is also teaching others how to build the showers. By working with the community, EWB continues to experience great success in many of its global projects. The showers have been a big success and more will be installed as time passes. The members of EWB are looking forward to another trip to Bolivia to install ecotoilets.

president Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Otherwise, Homecoming is here! This is always a special time of the year for me since my parents are TU grads, and with record numbers of alumni coming back in town and our football team sitting atop the conference at 6–1, this should be a week to remember. Don’t forget about street painting in front of Chapman Stadium on Tuesday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 p.m. SA will be providing food and music (and ice cream). Wednesday is the Color Run (meet in the ACAC parking lot at 5:00 p.m.), Thursday is the Ben Rector concert (doors at seven, remember to bring your student ID!), and Friday, of course, is 7DVWH RI 78 DQG WKH ERQÀUH RQ 'Letler Commons at 8:00 p.m. If you’re curious about the

results of the survey that was attached to the Homecoming Court voting, I believe the Collegian will be publishing the numbers in this week’s issue. We’ll be discussing the possibility of pursuing these ideas in Senate the next few weeks. If you’d like to join the discussion, you’re welcome to come to our Senate meetings at 9:00 p.m. (9:30 this week only) in John Rogers Hall 202 or to the Student Investigative Committee (SIC) meeting on Wednesdays at noon in the SA conference room in ACAC. We’d love to hear your input! Or feel free to contact your senator to express ideas or concerns. You can ÀQG DQ XSGDWHG OLVW RI VHQDWRUV RQ www.utulsa.edu/sa. Best, John Lepine SA President

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girls, one of whom, along with Yousufzai, remains in critical condition. Asia Yousufzai has been an outspoken activist against the Taliban PAKISTAN ever since they shut down the local girl’s school in 2009. A spokesman Malala Yousufzai, 14, who was of the Taliban stated that the girl shot in the head on Tuesday in was attacked “for trying to spread Pakistan for publicly promoting Western cultureâ€? and would again girls’ education, has become the be targeted if she survived. IDFH RI WKH Ă€UVW ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 'D\ Pakistani leaders joined the UN of the Girl, celebrated on Oct. 11. in publicly condemning the asThe Taliban was behind the sault, and the local authorities have shooting that involved two other Student Writer

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15 OCTOBER 2012 ‘Ndrangheta, whose members deal PDLQO\ ZLWK GUXJ WUDIĂ€FNLQJ KDV topped Italy’s most feared organized crime group lists, overtaking Sicily’s Cosa Nostra. Though precedent exists for dissolving smaller city administrations for similar reasons, Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri VDLG WKDW WKLV ZDV WKH Ă€UVW WLPH WKH whole provincial capital’s administration had been dismissed. Three government-appointed administrators will run the city’s government for the 18 months until the next elections.

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Phillips Hall welcomes new director :LWK D QHZ GLUHFWRU DQG D JUDQG YLVLRQ 78 V 6FKRRO RI $UW FDQ H[SHFW VRPH G\QDPLF OHDGHUVKLS DQG UHYLWDOL]LQJ DWWHQWLRQ ANDRES GOMEZ Student Writer W. Lowell Baker, new director of the University of Tulsa School of Art, has come to the university eager to make the School of Art a better place for students and bring more recognition to the univerVLW\¡V Ă€QH DUWV SURJUDP Baker is a native Oklahoman who spent many years out of state directing arts programs at universities scattered throughout the Midwest. He has taught at both small and large schools, but says he feels a kinship with private liberal arts schools because he was a student of one himself. Now that he has taken up his position here at the university, he is eager to make some minor changes that he hopes will help the School of Art tremendously. Firstly, Baker is seeking accred-

itation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). This association is a nationally recognized group of schools that have set a standard and guidelines for teaching the arts in universities. Director Baker has worked with NASAD for ten years and is very FRQĂ€GHQW WKDW WKH XQLYHUVLW\ ZLOO become accredited. “The accreditation means that this school will be recognized by its peer group as a school that is doing a good job teaching the students, has the correct curriculum, has well trained staff and has adequate resources and facilities,â€? he said. In addition to NASAD accreditation, Baker is also revamping the sculpture and 3-D arts programs. In the past few years, some have felt that the Phillips building and the school of arts have been somewhat neglected, and as an artist specializing in sculpture and ceramics, Director Baker has taken it upon himself to revitalize the program. He teaches some sculpture classes and has plans to improve the facilities that have to do with ceramics and sculpture, which in-

clude multiple kilns, a bronze casting oven and a woodshop. Finally, Baker is trying to make D Ă€QH DUWV GHJUHH DV UHZDUGLQJ DV possible for the students. He said that he loves the students and their quality of work. Baker is also impressed with the faculty. “I work with the best faculty I have ever worked with, and I’ve been doing this for a long time,â€? he said. The scope of his improvements is not limited to TU’s campus alone. The School of Arts has a building downtown in the Brady district, the Henry Zarrow Center for Arts and Education, which has a gallery, classrooms and studios for graduate students. The Brady district itself is undergoing a massive transformation from an old warehouse district to an arts district, with multiple galleries and studios being built into the old warehouses. Baker said he is very eager to get the students involved in this movement because it is such a rare and wonderful opportunity. With so many ambitious goals, -LOO *UDYHV &ROOHJLDQ Baker has made a strong opening : /RZHOO %DNHU QHZ GLUHFWRU RI WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 7XOVD 6FKRRO RI $UW KDV FRPH ZLWK DQ statement in his short time here on HDJHU GHVLUH WR PRWLYDWH WKH VWXGHQW ERG\ DQG WUDQVIRUP WKH VFKRRO campus.

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2IĂ€FHUV were called to Mayo Village for an ill student. The student was intoxicated and did not remember how he received a laceration to his head. The student refused to go to the hospital. He was treated by EMSA and informed how to care for the cut.

3:25 a.m. 2IĂ€FHUV conducted a pedestrian check on a male on campus. The male was a non-student and was banned from campus when he said he was just walking around and had no business on campus. Oct. 8

year.� Campus looks “completely different� to Michaels-Johnson, who “started at TU in 2004, before any of the new apartments were built.� “They were still constructing the new front entrance and had just begun work on the performance building and the new engineering building when I graduated,� she said. Like many alumni, MichalsJohnson said that “TU was—and still is—a very welcoming community.� She remembers the small campus and small classes, which made it “easy to get to know new people and make new friends.� “Most of the professors were eager to help and to talk with the students,� she said. “You know that they’re here because they enjoy teaching and care about the students and not just their research

Steven Buchele and Beate Hall contributed to this report.

the vehicle parked on the other side of the complex. They made contact with the owner and driver of the suspect veKLFOH 2IĂ€FHUV FRQWDFWHG WKH RZQers of the other vehicles. Insurance information was exchanged with all parties.

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2IĂ€FHUV were called to 3211 E. 7th St. for an unknown disturbance. Witnesses stated that a female ran from the house yelling something. 2IĂ€FHUV investigated the call and determined that the male was upset with the price of services with a local prostate (sic).

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She appreciates that TU has “also added and expanded a number of their academic programs, such as the women and gender VWXGLHV DQG WKH Ă€OP GHSDUWPHQWV and made a big push to encourage students to get involved in the community.â€? Some of Michaels-Johnson’s best memories come from the three years she lived in what was then the Honors House. “I have a lot of great memories from this tightlyknit community, like marathon Tetris tournaments. I have a lot of good memories of projects we did with Alpha Phi Omega, too. During my sophomore year we hosted a Community Fun Fair for the kids in the Kendall Whittier neighborhood, complete with bouncy gyms and games and prizes.â€?

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The Collegian does not produce or edit the Campus Crime Watch, except for clarity and brevity.

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BY HELEN PATTERSON

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TU students concerned with gain, not pride 7KH ODFN RI 78 SULGH LQ WKH XQLYHUVLW\ V FXUUHQW VWXGHQWV LV GLVFRQFHUWLQJ EHFDXVH LW VHHPV WR VXJJHVW WKDW VWXGHQWV DUH PRUH FRQFHUQHG DERXW WKHPVHOYHV WKDQ WKH SODFH WKH\ FXUUHQWO\ FDOO KRPH BEATE HALL Student Writer

The overwhelming apathy on this campus toward all things “TU� is a bit appalling. Many high school students care more about their school itself than what they can get out of it, but as TU students, their motives seem to be very different. It is interesting that people who go to public school “for free� care more about their institution than the students here at TU, many of whom spend oodles of money on an education. Some students speak of their previous schools with a good deal more passion than when they about TU. Admittedly, some people talk about high school with a bitterness

they do not feel toward TU—but at least they do talk about it at all. It is true that some students care a great deal about TU. Some cheer at every game, speak with pride about TU, and love every single thing about TU, with the possible exception of its parking policy. These people come to events because they are genuinely interested in cheering for a sports team, volunteering or doing something good for the world. Far too many, however, will show up to events only if they know there is something in it for them, to collect whatever free item is offered this time. Whether it is a shirt, a water bottle, a picnic blanket or a cooler/ IROGDEOH VHDW VWXGHQWV ZLOO Ă RFN IURP DOO over campus for free gear. A chance to rub elbows with wealthy alumni and donors also seems to appeal to many students. Some students will tell you that they go to special functions for the chance to hobnob with the “who’s whoâ€? of TU alumni. There is an awful lot of free food on this campus. In all likelihood, people would probably show up for just about anything if you offered them the right food. People who have no interest in what is going on at an event will show up, take food and leave. There is no responsibility to the hosts of an event; students expect a handout from organizations.

Some might sum up school spirit as cheering at sporting events, but there is something more to it. There is a pride in what a school accomplishes: doing “good� in the name of the school and expanding beyond campus to further the good name of the institution. There is not a clear dichotomy between

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This week, SA sent out an email entitled: “Homecoming Voting and Interest Survey! Win a Gift Card!â€? Like many other students, I only clicked on the link because I had a few minutes and I was interested in potentially winning a gift card. However, once I accessed the survey, I was startled to discover that alongside the PRUH VXSHUĂ€FLDO LVVXHV GLVFXVVHG WKH VXUYH\ FDOOHG IRU RSLQLRQV RQ FRQFHDOHG Ă€UH-

arms and parking. Nowhere in the heading or body of this email were these potentially explosive issues mentioned. While this was probably not done with the intent of misleading students, it is concerning that a topics that so many people have such strong opinions about was listed as an “Interest Survey.�

LQ WKH ZURQJ ORW DQG WUDIĂ€F FDXVHG E\ JDPH days, parking has become a stressful issue. “Sometimes I have to drive around camSXV IRU WZHQW\ PLQXWHV LQ RUGHU WR Ă€QG D parking place,â€? said junior Kaedi Love. Clearly, this is an important issue for many students. As the university continues to expand, it will only become more topical.

Why, then, are there questions about stuGHQW IHHOLQJV DERXW FRQFHDOHG Ă€UHDUPV" 7KH policy is very unbending. Students are not even supposed to have large knives. These questions seem to imply the possibility of lifting the no weapons policy for people with concealed weapons permits. There are students who feel that this is a good idea and desire to change university policy. However, many other students, myself included, feel that this is a terrible idea that would generate a lot of complicated legal issues. Surely, if SA wants to get a true grasp of VWXGHQW IHHOLQJV DERXW FRQFHDOHG Ă€UHDUPV for students, they should make it clear that this is what they are surveying. Several people that I spoke to did not If the school is as serious about addressing The TU student body may be apathetic even bother to open up the attachment. One it, as the survey suggests, then SA should at times, but many students are concerned student said that she closed out of the win- have make its intent clear in the email. about these issues. It was irresponsible for dow after voting for homecoming king and 7KH TXHVWLRQV DERXW FRQFHDOHG Ă€UHDUPV SA to lump them under the category of queen because she thought that was the ex- were even more perplexing. According to “interestâ€? when these surveys could have tent of the survey. the university’s weapons policy: “Firearms a large potential impact on future school The university has admitted more stu- and dangerous weapons of any kind are not policy. dents and built more buildings than ever be- permitted on campus or in residence halls. Hopefully, the next time SA decides to ask fore without addressing the parking issue. It ,QWHQWLRQDO XVH RU SRVVHVVLRQ RI Ă€UHDUPV for student opinion on topics such as these, is fair to say that every student with a car has or other dangerous weapons by students in it will make the subject heading clearer. D VWRU\ RI WKH KDVVOH RI Ă€QGLQJ D VSDFH LQ WKH strictly forbidden, and violation can result in appropriate lot. Between students parking disciplinary action.â€?

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from the Office of Public Affairs and Ecenomic Development

It’s a beautiful day in the

True Blue Neighborhood! Feeding Oklahoma Food Drive Please join True Blue Neighbors as we Feed Oklahoma as part of the Community Food Banks annual food drive. Items needed include: canned tuna, salmon, chicken; beans, soups, sauces; brown rice, pasta; canned fruits and vegetables; peanut butter. Please no home-made or glass items. You can make cash donations, $1 = 5 meals. Kendall-Whittier Elementary School Kendall-Whittier is in tremendous need of mentors/tutors in the school. This only two blocks west of campus. Be a Zooper Trooper If you love animals and enjoy walking on the wide side, you can be a Tulsa Zoo volunteer. This is a low-commitment opportunity, you choose the event and times that work best with your schedule. Special upcoming events to volunteer at: HallowZOOeen, Sat. Oct. 27th – Wed. Oct. 31st. Marcy Lawless Service Awards Marcy Lawless Service Award applications/donations are now being accepted. Application/nomination forms may be picked up in the Registrar’s Office, Office of Student Affairs, the Housing Office, and the True Blue Neighbor Volunteer Center. The deadline for registration is Friday, October 26th. A BIG THANK YOU to the students of APO for placing the Blue Tubs out for TU Rallies Against Hunger. This is a tremendous help to the True Blue Neighbor Volunteer Center.

For more information about these or other volunteer opportunities, contact Kathy Shelton in the True Blue Neighbor Volunteer Center in Holmes Student Center, room 25.

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Weighted Categories—has been gracious to us, but—lo!—we were ungrateful,� he said. “This year, we shall pour threefold more tuition dollars into his honored maw!� While some have called the annual tradition extreme, Upham cited TU’s growing enrollment numbers as evidence that the offerings to Ran-Kingus are a necessary evil. “Students understand the risks when they enroll at TU,� he said. “If they weren’t willing to run the slight chance of being eviscerated

and burned to char, they wouldn’t have come here.â€? Upham promised that the rewards TU reaps will be worth the high cost. “Transforming the University of Tulsa into a world-class place of higher education is no easy road,â€? he said. “It takes hard ZRUN GHGLFDWLRQ DQG VDFULĂ€FH Âľ Editor’s note: as of press time, XQFRQĂ€UPHG UXPRUV VXJJHVW WKDW in addition to one freshman, the board of trustees has decided to throw the staff of The Collegian LQWR )ULGD\¡V ERQĂ€UH

Presidential scholars loved only for their Dining Dollars, apparently ously I was only dating him for free food, but a girl can only take so much.â€? As news of their tragically Chick-Fil-A-based love broke across campus, other presidential VICTORIA MCGOURAN scholars have begun to question Staff Writer their own relationships. “I never gave it much thought before,â€? said Ainsley Owen, a presidential Emily Pierce, another presidential scholar at the University of Tulsa scholar, “But since the story broke discovered on that his girlfriend of I realized that my boyfriend only three weeks, sophomore Jennifer likes to hang out when I am buying Howard, was only dating him the food or we have close access because of the constant access to to the Caf. I just don’t know where dining dollars that it afforded her. we stand anymore.â€? “I was shocked,â€? he said. “I “I’ve been with my girlfriend knew things weren’t perfect befor about eight months now,â€? said WZHHQ XV EXW WR Ă€QG RXW WKDW RXU Jeb Moore, another presidential entire relationship was a lie based scholar, “I thought we were rock RQ IUHH FRIIHH DQG 6XEZD\" ,W ZDV solid, but she basically lives off almost too much to take.â€? of my dining dollars and I can’t When asked if she only started shake the feeling that something is dating Owen for access to his dinnot right.â€? ing dollars, Jennifer Howard said, Lindsey Sloan, the girlfriend ´+DYH \RX VHHQ KLV IDFH" ,W ORRNV of a presidential scholar, said that like God spilled a person. Obvi-

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cializing, have you considered the possibility that we—those of us I read with interest the article who make our collective home in “Tulsa Seeks Top-50 Statusâ€? on Kep—might want access to Kep the front page of the Oct. 1, 2012 by non-scientists/engineers to be issue of the Collegian. The article restricted, that we may have enrevealed that “work may begin JLQHHUHG LW WKDW ZD\" $QG DV IRU WR PRUH HIĂ€FLHQWO\ OLQN IDU Ă XQJ your hope that “the areaâ€? might be parts of campus, such as Keplinger made to feel more a “part of the Hall.â€? campus,â€? it may come as a surYou were quoted to say, “Ac- prise to you that we believe we are cess to the northeast area of cam- the campus, and that it is not at all pus is just not as easy as we would clear we wish to satisfy the desire like it to be.â€? The article went on of the rest of TU to feel more a part to say that you “would like to see of us. the area become more accessible so that it feels more like ‘part of Happily aloof in the northeast, the campus.’â€? Given scientists’ and engineers’ Jerry McCoy well-known lack of interest in soPhysics

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Correction: Last week’s issue of The Collegian featured a Dymaxion projection map of the world (see below) on the front cover. We later learned that the earth is not actually composed of a bunch of little triangles. We apologize.

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The Epsilon-­Mu Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Congratulates: OUR ALUMNI Four of the Six Alumni being recognized as Distinguished Alumni during homecoming are Kappa Sigma. Congratulations to each for their accom-­ plishments professionally and academically, and for their contributions back to our chapter. Chet Cadieux III (BSBA ’89), Distinguished Alumnus Roger Jarvis (BS ’76), Distinguished Alumnus Bill Hinkle (BS ’69), J. Paschal Twyman Award Winner Tommy Hudspeth, (BS ’53), Mr. Homecoming 2012

OUR CHAPTER The Epsilon Mu chapter was recognized as one of the top five chapters internationally. The Epsilon Mu chapter won the following awards: Founder's Circle of Chapter Excellence Founder's Award of Chapter Excellence (FACE) Elected KC Meyercord (Current GM) as third Epsilon Mu Undergraduate Advisory Committee Member 6 new Masters of the Ritual Multiple Officers of the Year District of the Year for all of North America Alumni Advisor of the Year-­ Jarrod Gregory Outsanding District Grand Master Corey Hill

OUR NEW PLEDGE CLASS The Epsilon Mu Chapter again took the largest pledge class during formal recruitment signing 38 new men. Included in this 38 men are 5 legacies. Kappa Sigma held its position by remaining the largest fraternity on campus. The Epsilon Mu Chapter has continued to see success with recruiting good quality men and offering them the gift of fellowship, schol-­ arship, leadership, and service.

OUR HOUSING CORPORATION Our Housing Corporation completed its second major renovation and capital campaign. Please stop by the house to see the amazing work that has been completed. Both projects have been completed without any additional debt and in fact, the note on the house has been completely paid off. This has been made possible through the hard work of our past housing corporation. A big thanks goes out to Ted Sherwood, Rob Suozzi, Jeremy Price, Walt Pettit, Jim Saviers, Mark Mercer.

The Epsilon Mu Chapter is proud of the successes of this past year locally and very proud that Kappa Sigma remains The Most Preferred Fraternity in the World!

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