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• Bush harmful to environment, editorial, p. 2.• High school and college a nice mix, p. 6.• Swim, dive meet results, p. 8.• SPA to host one-act plays, p. 10.

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Artistic freedom: Jon Phillips, sophomore visual arts major, creates a colorful masterpieceduring Painting II class, taught by Carolyn Farris, visual art professor.

Photo by Ana Rodriguez

By Richard HallEditor

The college site that plays host to the an-nual Arts Festival Oklahoma each year is about

to see some improvements in the way of safer andbetter sidewalks, improved handicap access and morereliable storm drains.

The entire reconstruction project will cost $82,316and will be completed July 1, said Art Bode, vice presi-dent of Business and Finance.

The reconstruction will make the area safer, Bodesaid. “The sidewalks have deteriorated over time andnow they need to be replaced to improve safety andappearance.”

Bode said 11,000 square feet of sidewalk will beremoved and replaced with 13,000 square feet.

“We’re adding a couple thousand square feet to pro-vide additional access to the tent areas [of the ArtsFestival site].”

He said the area also needs better handicap ac-cess. Bode said the current ramps aren’t adequate,noting they are not at appropriate grades and slopesfor handicap access.

“Part of the project will be to cut into the sidewalks[for handicap access] the way it should be done ap-propriately,” Bode said.

Bode said the project also will involve the installa-tion of drainage boxes to help carry off water fromthe grassy areas around the site.

Chris Snow, Physical Plant assistant director, saidthe project will begin once the paperwork surround-ing it is done.

“The contract is in process,” Snow said. “Once it’sdone with, we’ll decide a timeline.”

OKCCC hired A-Tech Paving of Oklahoma City tomake the improvements.

Bode said the cost of the project will be covered bySection 13 Offset Funds — money used for capitalimprovements for the school — and the auxiliary bud-get. The auxiliary budget is part of the school’s regu-lar budget, Bode said, and a part of it specificallypertains to the Arts Festival.

According to the Feb. 21 Board of Regents meetingagenda, Section 13 Offset Funds will pay $36,316and the auxiliary budget will provide $46,000 for theproject.

Bode said the Arts Festival is an annual Labor Dayevent and normally generates $100,000 each year.

Editor Richard Hall can be reached at editor@okccc.edu.

College president doin’ fine

Arts festivalsite to undergoimprovements

By Richard HallEditor

President Dr. Bob Todd con-tinues to recover after hav-

ing heart surgery Jan. 10, saidPaul Sechrist, provost/vice presi-dent of Academic Affairs.

“As far as I know, he’s doinggreat,” Sechrist said. “I’m not adoctor but it looks like he’s mak-ing good progress.”

In an e-mail to the Pioneer, Toddsaid his doctors indicated he is re-covering well. He said he is grate-ful for all the well wishes he’s re-ceiving.

“I want to thank the students,faculty and staff for their thoughtsand prayers,” Todd said. “I lookforward to being back with themas soon as possible.”

Sechrist is assuming leadershipduties while Todd is out but saidTodd meets regularly with mem-bers of the President’s Cabinet athis home to discuss school busi-ness.

In an e-mail sent to collegeemployees Feb. 23, Sechristsaid he met with Todd as re-cently as Feb. 21. He said nospecific time frame for Todd’sreturn to work on campus hasyet been determined.

Janice Phillips, executive ad-ministrative assistant to Todd,said the office has been lonelywithout him.

“Dr. Todd has been... greatlymissed,” Phillips said.

“However, the work of the collegecontinues.”

Phillips said she visits with Toddat his home at least once a weekand talks with him daily.

She said she is looking forwardto his return to the college.

“I’m so thankful Dr. Todd is con-tinuing to improve,” she said.

Todd underwent a single arterialbypass surgery and had a mitralvalve in his heart replaced. Thesurgery allowed better blood flowand circulation to and from hisheart.

Editor Richard Hall can bereached at editor@okccc.edu.

“I want tothank thestudents,

faculty andstaff for theirthoughts and

prayers. Ilook forward

to being backwith them as

soon aspossible.”

—Bob ToddOKCCC

President

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PIONEERVol. 33 No. 24

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Bush mean toMother EarthGeorge W. Bush is contributing to the decline of

the environment — nationally and worldwide.First, Bush cut spending on environmental

projects by $1.9 billion in his FY2005 budget com-pared to the FY2004 budget.

Bush’s long-term budget plan drops another$700 million off environmental programs in 2006.The projected cuts continue to increase yearlythrough his prospective budgets.

Then, Bush straight up refused to sign the KyotoTreaty that would help reduce global warming. TheUnited States is one of only two nations (Australiabeing the other) that refused the treaty.

Bush said the Kyoto plans, which the UnitedStates helped form, are a bad idea and will harmthe economy. Bush administration officials alsosaid the treaty is ineffective and discriminatorybecause large, industrializing countries escape thelimits.

The Kyoto Treaty focuses on controlling and re-ducing carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases.

If this treaty will help even some countries con-trol their emission pollution, then the treaty isworth supporting.

Yet, Bush said, “And when America gives its word,America keeps its word.”

The United States promised its participation inthe Kyoto Treaty. Bush pulled the United Statesfrom the treaty as soon as he took office, accord-ing to an Associated Press article.

Bush’s new budget also cuts spending on landconservation efforts, environmental researchprojects and funds for making the nation’s watersupply safe.

The Environmental Protection Agency identified$450 billion in needs for water infrastructure in-vestments, according to their website.

So, what did Bush do?He cut funding by $822 million.Bush’s administration also has decided to allow

drilling in Alaska. This action will be detrimentalto the wildlife and environment there.

Bush seems to be fond of destroying what otherpresidents have accomplished.

Take a look at his administration’s proposedNational Forest Management Act. Under the newrules, the wildlife protections that were establishedyears ago under President Ronald Reagan wouldno longer exist.

Thank President Bush. With him leading thenation, the environment will continue to sufferneedlessly.

Without funding for important environmentalprograms, the nation and world will face devastat-ing consequences — a world without clean drink-ing water and wildlife, and a world of filth and pol-lution.

—Christiana KosturaStaff Writer

Red Bull Tunnel Vision islooking for 25 student pho-tographers to participate ina unique photography com-petition.

Students will meet at mid-night on April 8 at the MillerJackson Warehouse in theBricktown Art District tocompete for a chance tohave their work publishedin Rangefinder Magazine, anational photography pub-lication.

Each student will have12 hours, two rolls of filmand a list of categories whichwill encourage them to thinkoutside the lens of stan-dard photography using theunconventional Holga cam-era.

George Varanakis, photoeditor of Rangefinder Maga-zine; Shannon Cornman,chief photographer of TheOklahoma City Gazette;and Ron Jackson, a well-known photographer in theOklahoma City area, will bejudging.

The winners for each cat-egory and a special “Best inShow” selection will be an-nounced at The UntitledArtSpace on April 14. Allthe winning photos will berotated around the follow-ing locations:

- Galileo’s, a local art caféin Oklahoma City — monthof May

- Victoria’s, a local art caféin Norman — month of June

- Thyme Restaurant, anart bistro in Tulsa — monthof July

In addition, the winners’entries will be published inRangefinder Magazine thissummer.

For more details how toapply, visit www.redbullusa.com

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Quote of the Week:“A book should serve as the ax for the

frozen sea within us.” —Franz Kafka

A world of beauty can befound at the Dallas Mu-seum of Art. From Euro-pean paintings to Africantribal ceremonial goods, toAsian sculptures and more,your eyes will be treated toremarkable delights.

The delightful palace ofart is home to many per-manent collections includ-ing African Art, AmericanPainting and Sculpture,Ancient American Art, An-cient Mediterranean Art,Asian Art, ContemporaryArt, Decorative Arts, Euro-pean Painting and Sculp-ture and Pacific Islands Art.

Many temporary exhibitsare being housed in themuseum as well.

The most interesting tem-porary displays are RobertSmithson (being presentedthrough April 3) and Splen-dors of China’s ForbiddenCity: The Glorious Reign ofEmperor Qianlong (avail-

able through May 29).The Smithson display

shows artwork includingsketches, paintings andfloor structures. The floorstructures use mirrors andshells, sand or gravel to cre-ate an image.

Be sure to make time forthis stop on your way toDallas.

They even give studentdiscounts on tickets.

Being located in down-town Dallas makes themuseum easily accessiblefrom many highways.

Dallas Museum of Art isopen Tuesday and Wednes-day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,and Thursday from 11 a.m.to 9 p.m. On Friday, Sat-urday and Sunday themuseum’s hours are 11a.m. to 5 p.m. They areclosed on Mondays, NewYear’s Day, Thanksgivingand Christmas.

Admission is $10 foradults, $7 for seniors and$5 for students with schoolID. Children under 12 arefree. Thursday evenings arefree from 5 to 9 p.m. andthe first Tuesday of eachmonth is free.

Parking is available in themuseum’s garage for $5.

Some temporary exhibitssuch as the Splendors ofChina exhibit cost extra.

For more information,visit www.dallasmuseumofart.org.

—Christiana KosturaStaff Writer

Border-hop for good art

Less is more with Comeback Kid

Q: Can you take drinks into the library?

A: Yes, you can have food, like candy bars, chipsand drinks in the library anywhere on the first andsecond floors.

—Kyron SmootCirculation Assistant

Q: How often do the elevators in the main lobby getchecked?

A: It is an annual service and inspection viacontractor in conjunction with Oklahoma City.They are inspected at the beginning of the fiscalyear, just before classes start.

—Chris SnowPhysical Plant Assisant Director

Q: Why don’t I ever see security guards on campuson Saturdays?

A: The college schedules two guards for duty onSaturdays.

—Keith BourqueCampus Safety and Security Coordinator

Q: Who was J. Lee Keels Blvd. named after?

A: [J. Lee Keels] was a state senator for this part ofOklahoma City before OKCCC was built. He wasinstrumental in procuring the land for the college.

—Richard RouillardEnglish Professor

Q: Why is tipping the cashier in the union cafeteriaallowed but you can’t tip the cooks?

A: [People] are not supposed to be tipping our[Seller’s] cashiers, but there is no way to monitor it.Tipping the cooks is allowed but not encouraged.

—Nils EkstromCatering Coordinator

Comeback Kid’s “Wakethe Dead” does exactly that— it serves as the defibril-lator to the hardcore genre,something that has slowlybeen going the way of thebuffalo.

Gone are the predictablebreakdowns found in their2002 release “Turn ItAround” and found againare the band’s embeddedroots of New York hardcoreand punk.

While the technicality of“Turn It Around” will bemissed, the intensity andstraight-forwardness of“Wake the Dead” does morethan make up for the ab-sence.

As guitars crunch anddrums pummel, vocalistScott Wade reaches beyond

the speaker and grabs lis-teners, pulls them in andacquaints them with theworld known as ComebackKid.

The band lends a helpinghand with group shoutsthrown about, somethingthat shows the unity Come-back Kid embodies. Aggres-sion and sincerity makethis record, and every

single one of the album’s 11songs proves it.

Even the more modestand tranquil songs retainthe honesty Comeback Kidhas been conveying sincethey formed in 2002, origi-nally as a side project fromhardcore act Figure Four.

Alongside hardcore veter-ans like Stretch Arm-strong, Comeback Kidlends a strong arm to hard-core revivalism, blending amelodic finish with theirsheen musicianship andbeefy attack.

Comeback Kid hit the nailon the head with “Wake theDead,” and wake the deadthey did.

Rating: 4.5/5—Richard Hall

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find the answer to?Let the Pioneer

do the dirty work for you!e-mail Richard with

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Take a little Third EyeBlind, The Strokes, Maroon5 and Red Hot Chili Pep-pers, all on their worst day,and you’ve got The Van-Osdols, the four-piece rockband from Edmond, whoserecent release “SomethingBetter” would be betternamed “Meh.”

Two years young andpaving their own road, TheVanOsdols seem to have agenuine affection for whatthey’re doing. But maybeit’s those two years thatplay against them.

“Something Better” is anicely engineered and pro-duced album, with mostthanks being given to KevinLively whose fame reachesfar back to his days work-ing with Rage Against theMachine.

Yet, audio quality is noth-ing if the music itself bellyflops into a pool of mo-notony.

Mediocrity is all the ragewith the repetitive bass

Baseball game worse than being beaned

Still waiting for something better

lines, so-so lyrics and avoice that’s lacking a seri-ous umph.

The first two tracks,“Good Enough” and “We’llAll Be Fine,” are practicallythe same song — the col-orless and droning walkingbass lines lurk in the back-ground as a likable vocalmelody rides its wave, onlyto be licked by predictablestructure, drum effects andsterile guitar solos.

The third song, “FashionShow,” sounds like a badrip off of a bad Red HotChili Peppers song.

It starts off fine but once

vocalist Warren Yates trieshis hand at emulating ChiliPepper vocalist AnthonyKiedis, it stops the songdead in its tracks.

Put a stunt like that inany song and it’s liable tostop even the strongest lis-tening locomotive.

“Once Again,” the fourthand final track of the al-bum, provides the most lis-tening pleasure.

The redundancy in struc-ture is still ever-present,but thanks to an accompa-nying organ, the songclimbs above the rest.

At the very least, ap-plause is due to The Van-Osdols for doing what theylike. I just wish the musicwere a better match for theproduction.

Pass on “Something Bet-ter” until something muchbetter makes an appear-ance.

Rating: 2/5—Richard Hall

Editor

Eastwood’s boxingmovie a knockout

Sometimes, even the bigboys drop the ball.

EA Sports has set highstandards for themselveswith classic series like“Madden Football.”

However, their new MajorLeague Baseball offering,“MVP Baseball 2005,” onPlaystation 2, does a dancecalled “the whiff.”

The game falls short ofwhat an EA Sports gameusually is, despite its tag-line, “see it all in the hitter’seye.”

The tagline and features

give it the feel of a slugfest.However, it is difficult toeven hit a home run dur-ing regular game play.

And, an in-game optioncalled “Swing-Pitch Analy-sis,” allows the player to seehow the swing relates toeven the location of thepitch falls short.

This feature is designedto level the playing field forhitters.The analysis showsdifferent types of pitchesand is designed to help bat-ters determine the trajec-tory of the pitch. Although this new addi-

tion is intriguing and evenhelpful, it did not affect howI played the game.

The good news is, thegame play was smooth andthe controls were logical.

“MVP Baseball 2005” wasone of the fastest loadinggames I have ever played.

Yet this even became aproblem in one aspect ofthe game, brawls.

Who doesn’t want to con-

tinue the time-honored tra-dition of bench-clearingbrawls?

I was delighted to findthat when a pitch hits abatter they have the optionof charging the mound.

When that happened, thegame then cut to an anima-tion of my second basemancharging forward.

In anticipation, I sawboth benches clear, a fightstart and end abruptly.

The excitement was lostwhen both the pitcher andbatter were ejected from thegame.

For some reason, I wasnot given the option to de-cide who would replace myejected player, but my op-ponent was able to do so.

Not being able to controlmy team was frustrating.

An integral part of sportsvideo games is controllingyour team and winning onyour own terms.

It is fun to start a brawlor argue with the umpire[which you can do in thegame], although it is not thereason I play sports games.

When you can’t pick yourplayers, change thingsaround or hit a homerun,some of the joy is lost.

The only joyful noise Iheard was the sound of thegame being taken out of thePlaystation 2.

—Matthew CabanStaff Writer

“Million Dollar Baby,” directed by and starring ClintEastwood, delivers a perfect one-two punch with its Os-car-worthy acting and directing.

This masterpiece was adapted for the screen by PaulHaggis and is based on stories from “Rope Burns,” writ-ten by F.X. Toole.

The story centers around a white-trash woman whowaits tables and dreams of becoming a boxer. She ispaired with a washed-upboxer turned trainer whodecides to take her underhis wing.

This film knocked out therest of the competition atthe Academy Awards, tak-ing home a total of four Os-cars.

Eastwood’s performanceonscreen is almost as note-worthy as his directing,which received an Oscar forBest Director.

Hillary Swank, from“Boys Don’t Cry,” is abso-lutely amazing in the leadrole and meshes well withthe other stars, especially Eastwood.

Swank received her second Oscar for Best Actress atthe Academy Awards.

Morgan Freeman, from “Seven” and “Driving MissDaisy,” is marvelous anytime he and Eastwood share thescreen together, as they did in “Unforgiven.” This filmisn’t any different.

This, no doubt, assisted Freeman in taking home anOscar for Best Supporting Actor.

The Academy also awarded the film an Oscar for BestPicture.

This film is a very deep and gripping drama that is asclose to perfect as Hollywood has come in a while.

You don’t want to miss this one.—Shawn Bryant

Staff Writer

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Testing hours extended

Civil rights pioneer speaks to next generation

“Twenty-fourthousand students in

Oklahoma will beaffected by Bush’s

federal funding cuts.”—Carmela Pyle

Upward Bound Director

By Kari ManchevNews Writing Student

Clara Luper said she fol-lowed a dream of freedom,as she confidently ap-proached the podium. Thefamous Oklahoman spokeon campus Feb. 24.

Luper, born in OfuskeeCounty, Okla., in 1923, hasbeen an inspiration to allages for many years, ac-cording to www.kansasheritagecenter.com.

An audience of about100, witnessed just how in-spiring she is.

The civil rights pioneerled the first nationally-rec-ognized sit-in protest inOklahoma City at a locallunch counter in 1958.

As she began to describesome of her childhood sto-ries, the audience could seethe pride and joy in hereyes.

“These are happy mo-ments for me,” Luper said.

Luper graduated fromGrayson High School inOklahoma.

“Although there [were]

only five students in myclass, it still made my par-ents the proudest theycould be,” she said.

When Luper was growingup, her dad taught her oneof the greatest lessons everto be learned — to love.

Luper said her father wasvery strict and demandingwhen it came to her school-work.

She could remember allthroughout grade school,her father telling her shewas going to make some-thing of her life and thatshe would succeed in life.

“Black history is whitehistory and white history isblack history,” she said.

“You must understandone to understand an-other,” she said with a sternvoice, while twirling herhand in the air as if she hadjust thrown up a baton.

Luper was responsible forleading NAACP youth in thelunch counter sit-ins thattook place in DowntownOklahoma City between theyears of 1958 and 1964.Luper said that six-yearspan was a short time, inregards to freedom.

The National Associationfor Colored People was in-strumental in the desegre-gation of Oklahoma.

Luper said she can re-member a typical weekduring this time, as goingto bed late and getting upearly, because of the manyhours she spent marchingand protesting.

During this time she alsoreceived many threateningphone calls during whichpeople would harass her.Luper can remember beingspit on and kicked as sheprotested and marched;nevertheless, she still keptstrong.

Luper believed freedom isa reality.

“America is just a dreamand dreams can be under-stood by all,” she said.

According to www.kansasheritagecenter.com sheis most proud of the workshe has done with NAACPyouth.

By Liz SommervilleNews Writing Student

Test center hours will beextended March 7 through12 for students taking mid-term exams, said Jim Ellis,Career and AssessmentCenter director.

Ellis said the test centerhas had long lines and longwait times during past se-mesters.

He said he is hoping toavoid any problems by ex-tending the hours of opera-tion by one and a halfhours on Monday throughThursday. Friday hours willbe extended six hours.

The test center hoursduring this busy time willbe Monday through Fridayfrom 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., andSaturday from 8 a.m. to 5

p.m.Student Marvin Thara-

sina, premed major, appre-ciates the extra hours.

“That will definitely helpout,” Tharasina said. “Thelines get so long thatstudent’s can’t schedule[taking their test] with theirclasses.”

Students need to arrive atleast one hour before clos-ing in order to take anexam, Ellis said. Theyshould also remember tobring a photo ID.

Ellis said test centerhours also will be extendedfrom May 9 through 16 forstudents taking final ex-ams.

Clara Luper, civil rights pioneer and activist, gives amotivational speech Feb. 24 in the college union.

Students spend day at capitolBy Dylan Cox

News Writing Student

High school and collegestudents from the UpwardBound program spentValentine’s Day at the StateCapitol watching the Houseand Senate in action.

This program’s purposeis to help students acquirethe skills and motivationneeded to succeed in highschool and in higher edu-cation, an Upward Boundpamphlet stated. UpwardBound is part of the Fed-eral Trio Programs.

It is one of seven assis-tance programs funded bythe U.S. Department ofEducation.

During the House andSenate discussions, thestudents were able to ob-serve Tom Cole, U.S. Con-gressman from Oklahoma,and Dr. George Henderson,director of Human Rela-tions at the University ofOklahoma. Both spoke onthe floor of the House of

Representatives.“Cole is a huge supporter

of all the Trio programs andstated that he would do allhe could to save UpwardBound,” said Carmela Pyle,Upward Bound director.

This is a hot topic in theState Capitol becausePresident George W. Bushhas proposed putting anend to federal funding forthis program and programslike this one, said Pyle.

“Twenty-four thousandstudents in Oklahoma willbe affected by Bush’s fed-eral funding cuts,” Pylesaid.

Richard Silva, a senior atClassen School of Ad-vanced Studies, has beenin the Upward Bound pro-gram for four years. He saidhe is afraid federal fundingcuts will put an end to Up-ward Bound, a program hesees as important to hisfuture.

Silva is urging everyoneinvolved to write one para-graph to State Rep. MikeReynolds, District 91, ex-pressing their concerns on

keeping this program run-ning.

Reynolds is a representa-tive from the southwestOklahoma City area.

When the students wereat the State Capitol theyspoke to Reynolds, askinghim to send his support toWashington D.C., said Pyle.

“Any support you can getfrom the state, whether itbe a state representative orjust a community member,will be helpful.”

Pyle said Upward Boundgives underprivileged stu-dents the opportunity to getan education.

“Without this programthey may not get thechance to go to school.”

Photo by Ana Rodriguez

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Volunteers help hungry Oklahomans

By Laura PrinceNews Writing Student

College credit is the goalfor most students atOKCCC, but for some thegoal is college credit andhigh school credit — at thesame time.

OKCCC currently has140 high school studentsenrolled in the dual con-current program, said LisaKobriger, admissions officerat OKCCC.

Charlie Southerland andMichael Beam are two highschool students who alsoattend college. Beam andSoutherland are both 17.

Both also are enrolled in

a math class and a physicsclass. Both students are intheir second semester oftheir junior year of highschool and have jumped atthe chance to start college.This is their first semesterto take a college class.

This pair of friends areattending Astec HighSchool, a six-year-old Okla-homa City charter school.Beam and Southerland willbe part of the first class tograduate from Astec HighSchool.

They are eligible to takecollege classes at OKCCCbecause of their ACT scoresand their high GPAs.

Southerland admits col-lege physics has its chal-lenges, but he desires the

challenge of the class.That’s why he is here — tolearn.

Beam said the chance toearn college credit whilestill in high school has beena plus for him.

“High school was not go-ing in the direction I was

bert Stichka, Ulises Marti-nez, Dixie Paredes andKevin Hall.

Clubs represented in-cluded BSA, PhotographyClub, Phi Theta Kappa,Computer-Aided DesignSociety and Chi AlphaChristian Fellowship.

Horinek said he was

High school-college enrollment receives an Ainterested in.” Beam said.“I thought if I came here(OKCCC), there would bemore opportunity for learn-ing and advancement.”

Professors see the ben-efits of the concurrent en-rollment program.

“I think it is a great op-portunity for both the stu-dents and faculty,” saidDebra Burris, OKCCC

“I thought if I camehere (OKCCC), there

would be moreopportunity for

learning andadvancement.”—Michael Beam

Astec High SchoolConcurrent Student

physics professor.Beam said there are ben-

efits — for some students.He said he believes some

high school students aren’tready for college.

Both Beam and South-erland said they believe animportant question a highschool student must ask is:Do I have the desire to behere and do I want to learn?

By Christiana KosturaStaff Writer

In less than four hours,16 OKCCC students, alongwith Jon Horinek, StudentLife Community Engage-ment coordinator, packed4,337 pounds of productsat the Regional Food Bankof Oklahoma.

The students gathered onFeb. 26 to volunteer for theOKCCC Cares event. SteveMusch, food bank volun-teer coordinator, said vol-unteers are necessary toaccomplish the food bank’smission.

“Our mission is to feedhungry Oklahomans,” hesaid. “We couldn’t do whatwe do without the volun-teers.”

Volunteers sort and packproducts to be sent out tomany agencies includingchurches and homelessshelters, Musch said.

OKCCC volunteers pack-ed snacks, packaged meals,baking goods, personal hy-giene products, diapers andpaper goods during theirtrip to the food bank.

“I just want to give backto my community,” saidTashalita Lewis of the

Black Student Association.The students said they

enjoyed their volunteer ex-periences.

“I had a good time,” saidTaNeshia Jones of the BSA.“I got to meet people I nevermet before.”

The food bank takes inand sends out about100,000 pounds of fooddaily, Musch said. He said94 percent of the items aredonations.

Donations come fromfood drives, individual do-nations, corporations anddamaged loads, he said.

Damaged loads resultwhen a truck loses its loaddue to a wreck or other un-foreseen circumstances.The company whose prod-uct it is usually writes theproducts off as damagedand donates them to thefood bank, Musch said. Hesaid volunteers then gothrough the product to de-termine which items aresalvageable.

Other students who par-ticipated in the event in-cluded Carlos Robinson,Alecia Taylor, SharondaShephard, Larita Blanbon,Honey Vidal, ChristianaKostura, Steven Birkes,Jessica Jones, Bashir Ab-dullah, Tiffani Dilworth, Al-

pleased with the turnoutfor the event and hopes toplan another food bankevent soon.

The next OKCCC Caresvolunteer opportunity isMarch 5. Student volun-teers will participate incampus clean up by pick-ing up trash on campus

and area roads.For more information

about volunteer opportuni-ties, contact Student Life at682-1611, ext. 7523 orvisit www.okccc.edu/studentlife.

Staff Writer ChristianaKostura can be reached atStaffWriter3@okccc.edu.

Photo courtesy of Jon Horinek

Students volunteered their time to help out hungry Oklahomans at the Regional Food Bank.The volunteers packed more than 4,000 pounds of products which will be sent to homelessshelters and food closets throughout the state.

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For those of you who would like to visit the Pioneer online, go to www.okccc.edu/pioneerBy John Harlas

News Writing Student

The March 11 deadlinefor nominating a professorfor the President’s Awardfor Excellence in Teachingis drawing near.

The award has beengiven out since 1991 andis awarded to a full-timefaculty member who exem-plifies teaching excellence.

“Oklahoma City Commu-nity College is a teaching

By Liz SommervilleNews Writing Student

The Test Center AdvisoryBoard made a recommen-dation to relocate the testcenter during the construc-tion of the Science, Engi-neering and Math Centerduring a meeting on Feb.10.

The SEM center construc-tion will consist of buildinga second story above thecurrent science center, saidJim Ellis, Career and As-sessment Center director.The construction is sched-uled to begin between nowand July. Constructioncould last 18 to 24 months.

Ellis said the cause of thepossible test center reloca-tion is the constructionnoise.

Ellis said some studentshave a difficult time con-centrating on a test whenthere is even a little noise.

The noise from the SEMcenter construction couldbe considerable although

By Madison ChadwickNews Writing Student

To celebrate Black His-tory Month, African-Ameri-can folklorist Al Bostickcame to OKCCC Feb. 23.

“There’s a story in every-thing,” Bostick said.

“My history is intertwinedwith everyone else’s his-tory.”

Bostick, a griot, or story-teller, told tales that hegathered from all over theworld, as well as from hisown family elders of wis-dom, superstition and fam-ily.

The topics ranged from agreedy spider trying to re-serve the world’s knowledgefor himself, to a story ofhow he was tricked by hisgrandfather into mowingthe lawn for an entire sum-mer.

People learn to think as

a result of the lessons theirelders teach them, Bosticksaid.

Extra seats were added asmore than 70 people crow-ded into the college union.

Bostick greeted guestsby playing a kalimba, whichhe described as a thumb pi-ano.

His other props includedthe African bongo and agourd that he played in ac-companiment to his storytelling.

Bostick opened by sing-ing the powerful poem “TheNegro Speaks of Rivers” byLangston Hughes, accom-panied by a religious Afri-can chant used by slaveswhen they bury their dead.

He followed his musicalperformance with severalhumorous stories.

“Common sense is not socommon anymore,” he saidin a story that contrastedtoday’s youth with previousgenerations.

The event was one of sev-eral hosted by Student Lifeand was cosponsored bythe Black Student Associa-tion, BSA member WhitneyWright said.

Bostick stressed the im-portance of knowing whereone comes from.

He believes story telling isa good means of sharing in-formation.

“Look to your past so youwill know your future,” hesaid.

“What you didn’t know isgoing to make history.”

Bostick gave other tips onhow to gather better infor-mation on family history.

His suggestions includedtalking to older family mem-bers, going to cemeteries,researching old newspapersand keeping a journal.

“You got to be able to sitand have some patience,”he said.

“Not to know is bad, notto wish to know is worse.”

Al Bostick tells the audience stories about his past throughmusic. Bostick performed in the college union on Feb. 23.

Photo by Ana Rodriguez

Storytelling performer drums rhythm of life

Advisory board says test center needs to be relocatedpart of the work is sched-uled to be done at night.

“It would be really costprohibitive to do all the[construction] work atnight,” Ellis said.

The advisory board,which is made up of staffand students, believe relo-cating the test center to thelibrary may be a good solu-tion.

The library already hasthe quiet environment andnecessary computer lines

needed for the 140 test sta-tions that would need to bemoved, Ellis said.

Ellis believes the movewould be temporary. “I an-ticipate coming back [tothis location] until some-body tells me different.”

Marvin Tharasina, a pre-med major, doesn’t wantthe center to move.

“I like it here in the mainbuilding because it’s cen-tralized. It’s good where itis,” Tharasina said.

He also said the locationof the test center is conve-nient for those takingplacement tests during en-rollment.

Nothing definite has beendetermined.

All decisions are really“suggestions” right now,Ellis said.

All suggestions made bythe TCAB must be ap-proved by Student Develop-ment Dean John Hockettand by the OKCCC Pres-

ident’s Cabinet.There is no word as to

when the final decisioncould be made.

Students interested inbecomming a member ofthe TCAB are asked tospeak with Ellis at 682-1611, ext. 7368.

All students also are en-couraged to attend the nextmeeting of the TCAB 12:30p.m., March 10 in the Stu-dent Services ConferenceRoom.

Nominate profs for excellence in teachingand learning college,” Pro-vost/Vice President for Aca-demic Affairs Paul Sechrist,said.

“This award seeks to pro-mote a high level of excel-lence in teaching and serveas incentive to all facultywho aspire to be exemplaryteachers.”

Faculty members may benominated by a current orformer student or by a staffmember.

Nomination criteria areas follows:

• a high degree of pro-

fessional competence ex-hibited by knowledge andexpertise that is extensiveand current

• effective teachingmethods that demonstratequality, creativity, and re-sourcefulness, as well asclear, accurate and effectivecommunication

• enthusiasm and astrong commitment toteaching in a general and agenuine concern, commit-ment, and fairness to stu-dents

• contribution to the

teaching profession at theinstitutional, state, or na-tional level.

The nomination form canbe turned into the office ofthe Provost/Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs. Theform can be found at www.okccc.edu/president.

Mass Media Communica-tions professor Gwin Faulc-oner -Lippert won theaward in 2003.

“Receiving the award isthe greatest compliment ina professor’s career,” shesaid.

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Sports

UPCOMING History is made as University ofNevada, Las Vegas, wins twin titlesCLUB SOCCER

•March 26: Club soccerstarts back up afterspring break. At 11 a.m.the University of CentralOklahoma faces RoseState College. Okla-homa State Universityplays OKCCC at 1 p.m.UCO hosts both gamesand the University ofOklahoma has a bye thisweek.

•April 2: In the earlygame at 11 a.m. the Uni-versity of Oklahomaplays the University ofCentral Oklahoma. At 1p.m. Oklahoma StateUniversity takes on RoseState College. Bothgames are hosted by theOU and OKCCC has abye. •April 9: In the 11 a.m.game OKCCC plays theUniversity of Oklahoma.The 1 p.m. game fea-tures Oklahoma StateUniversity and OU in anorthside dual. Bothgames are hosted byOKCCC and Rose StateCollege has a bye.

OTHER SPORTS

•April 30: The AmericanHeart Walk is April 30. Bywalking, you can helpsave lives, includingyour loved ones.

The OKCCC chairper-son is Becky Graves.She is looking for walk-ers and money to sup-port this worthy cause.Please contact her at682-1611, ext. 7734, ore-mail at bgraves@okccc.edu.

INTRAMURALS

Should OKCCC haveplayoffs for intramuralbasketball?

Contact Matthew atStaffWriter2@okccc.eduwith your thoughts.

By Justen Brown andHeather Caliendo

News Writing Students

Previous champions wereupset and records wereshattered at the MountainWest Swim and Diving Con-ference ChampionshipsFeb. 23 to 26 at the OKCCCAquatic Center.

For the first time inMountain West Conferencehistory, the University ofNevada, Las Vegas, tookhome the men’s and wo-men’s championships, saidRoxanna Butler, coordina-tor of Aquatics and SafetyTraining.

“This is the first timeBrigham Young Universityhas not won,” Butler said.

UNLV men’s and wo-men’s coach, Jim Reitz,was happy about the wayhis teams performed.

“We have not just a greatgroup of swimmers, but agreat group of individualsthat supported each otherall weekend,” Reitz said.

UNLV set a team recordwith a men’s score of 839,edging out BYU, who camein second place with a scoreof 745.5.

Wyoming placed thirdwith 592.

The University of Utahand the Air Force Academyalso competed in the men’scompetition.

On the women’s side of

Photo by Ana RodriguezKelsey Patterson, sophomore at the University of Utah, per-

forms a dive at the Mountain West Diving competition at theaquatic center on Feb. 23 during the diving preliminaries.

the competition, UNLVscored 701.5.

They delivered a majorupset over defending cham-pion BYU who scored 670points.

The University of Utahfinished third by scoring607 points.

The other women’s teamswere Colorado State Uni-versity, University of Wyo-ming, the University of NewMexico, Air Force Academyand San Diego State Uni-versity.

“It’s been a while sincewe’ve won a conferencechampionship,” Reitz said.

“It was well worth thewait, and is a great rewardfor our seniors who reallyturned in outstanding per-formances this week.

“This should be a goodsign of things to come forUNLV swimmers.”

At the competition thisyear, nine Mountain WestConference records wereset by competing schools,Reitz said.

This marks the mostrecords ever broken at thecompetition, he said.

On Feb. 26, Air Forcesophomore Chris Knautebroke the conference re-cord in the Men’s 1650-yard Freestyle with a timeof 15:09.15.

“The goal since I camehere is to beat the schoolrecord,” Knaute said.

Knaute said he set theconference record in the

1,650-yard Freestyle as afreshman in 2004 with atime of 15:28.21.

This is the sixth year thecompetition has been heldat the OKCCC AquaticsCenter, said Mountain WestConference Assistant Di-rector of Marketing LorinMaurer.

Maurer said the people,pool and location are rea-

Divers jump into title race from 30 feet up

sons why the MountainWest Conference keepscoming back to OKCCC.

“Almost all the schoolsare located at a high alti-tude,” Maurer said.

“When you swim at sealevel hopefully it’s an ad-vantage.”

Maurer said the compe-tition runs well each year.

“We love coming here.”

By Jason C. LindbergNews Writing Student

A group of courageoussouls strode to the edge ofthe 10-meter diving plat-form at the Mountain WestConference Swimming andDiving Championship onFeb. 26.

“It is really high and re-ally terrifying, but it is allgood when the dive is over,”said University of Utahsophomore Andy Jones.

The platform competitionconsisted of dives from the5-, 8- and 10-meter plat-forms.

Ron Morris, BrighamYoung University fresh-man, won the men’s plat-

form diving crown.BYU sophomore Scott

Randall took second in theevent and Wyoming’s JohnLynch finished third.

The women’s championwas Becca Barras of NewMexico University.

Other women’s medalistswere Utah sophomoreKelsey Patterson and Wyo-ming freshman Ginn van

Katwijk.Jones summed up the

diving experience best.“It was cool,” he said.Other Mountain West

Conference members whoparticipated in the compe-tition were: Air Force Acad-emy, Colorado State Uni-versity, San Diego StateUniversity and University ofNevada, Las Vegas.

March 7, 2005 • PIONEER • 9

Collegefeaturedon OETA

By Christiana KosturaStaff Writer

OKCCC will be featuredtwice on two upcoming edi-tions of Candid Campus onOETA.

The weekly show, airingMondays at 10:30 p.m.,presents a different themeeach week showcasingOklahoma’s higher educa-tion institutions.

On March 28, the showwill feature health-relatedinstitutional programs.

Romeo Opichka, Emer-gency Medical Services pro-gram director, will be inter-viewed about OKCCC’sHuman Patient Simulator.

On April 4, Candid Cam-pus will focus on biotech-nology programs.

Biotechnology/Bioin-formatics project coordina-tor Don Bell will discussOKCCC’s growing program.

Gwin Faulconer-Lippert,mass media communica-tions professor and host ofthe show, said she traveledall last summer and falldoing interviews on 31campuses throughout thestate.

“When you watch CandidCampus you can see first-hand what an importantcatalyst higher ed is toOklahoma and its citizens,”Faulconer-Lippert said.

Staff Writer ChristianaKostura can be reached atStaffWriter3@okccc.edu.

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HighlightsKay Edwards Memorial Scholarship available

Applications are now being accepted for the KayEdwards Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship isawarded annually to a student taking one or more learn-ing skills courses and a student who is involved in the-ater. Students must be recommended by an instructor.Application forms are available in the Arts and Humani-ties Office and will be accepted until 5 p.m. on March 23.

Writing Club MeetingsWriting Club meetings will be Thursdays at 12:15 p.m.

and Fridays at 11:15 a.m. in the arts and humanities build-ing in the lounge beneath the staircase. Students maybring their writings to share with other student authors.

OU and OCU transfer daysEnrollment Management will sponsor two seminars

about transferring to a four-year college. The two eventsare free to OKCCC students. Sign up is required. Prefer-ence will be given to students with more than 30 credithours. The visit to University of Oklahoma will be from8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8. The trip to Oklahoma CityUniversity will be from 1:30 to 10 p.m. on March 10. Formore information or to sign up contact Enrollment Man-agement at 682-1611, ext. 7616.

Volunteers needed for theater eventSociety of Performing Artists will perform a play about

fairy tale characters at 7 p.m. on March 11 at the Okla-homa Baptist Homes for Children Recreation Center. Vol-unteers needed for tech crew, clean up, catering andmore. Contact Gil Lopez at gillopezone@yahoo.com toparticipate.

Photography Club Print SaleThe Photography Club will host a print sale March 22

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the main building atrium. Themoney raised will help pay for the club’s San Antonio pho-tography trip.

Jane Cox to perform the life of Barbara McClintockOKCCC is hosting the performer Jane Cox March 9 at

2 p.m. in CU1, CU2 and CU3. She will be performing aone-woman play called “A Celebration of Women” aboutthe life of 1983 Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock.

Psychology/Sociology Club meetingA general meeting will be from noon to 1 p.m. on March

9 in room 2P7 of the main building. The Psychology/So-ciology Club needs active members, so students inter-ested in either psychology or sociology should attend.

Volunteers needed for Literacy ClassesFree training for individuals wishing to help fellow stu-

dents. The Oklahoma City Literacy Council is providingthe training at 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on March 5 and 12in room 3K2 of the main building. For more informationcall 232-3780 or e-mail literacycouncil@metrolibrary.org.

Indian Health Careers now accepting applicationsThe University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is

now accepting applications for its 2005 Headlands In-dian Health Careers Program. Native American Indianhigh school seniors and first-year college students haveuntil March 15 to apply. For more info contact OklahomaNative Export Center 721-3090 or www.headlands.ouhsc.edu.

Have Hope: Motivational speaker Dr. Richard Mansfield lectures on the importance ofhigher education to OKCCC’s Hispanic club HOPE on Feb. 21.

Photo by Ana Rodriguez

Performers seek writing talent

By John SavageStaff Writer

The Society of PerformingArtists will host a One-ActFestival from 7 to 9 p.m.April 28 and 29.

The group is asking thatstudents submit scripts tobe performed.

After the scripts are cho-sen, students will be pickedto act out these plays.

This event allows stu-dents to showcase their tal-ents in writing, directingand acting.

The festival will be in theOKCCC courtyard, weatherpermitting.

The courtyard is locatedbetween the main buildingand the arts and humani-ties building.

If the weather is bad, thefestival will be held in thelobby of the library.

SPA will perform fourscripts.

Ace Burke, SPA presi-dent, will write one of thescripts to be submitted.

Burke is looking for stu-dents interested in writingscripts.

“We will select four one-

Students are welcome to submit scripts for the festival

acts to perform,” Burkesaid. “There will be two co-medic and two dramaticworks.”

Students wanting to sub-mit a script may drop offsubmissions in the artsand humanities building. Alabeled drop box is avail-able in the office.

Students must includetheir names and contactinformation, such as e-mailand telephone numbers,with their scripts.

“We ask that the scriptsare done tastefully,” Burkesaid.

The deadline for submis-sions is March 24.

“For someone that likes towrite, this is your chanceto turn in a script to see ifit gets performed,” Burkesaid.

All scripts should bearound 20 to 30 minutes inlength, he said.

“We’re trying to get stu-

dents to write, direct andact.”

All students are encour-aged to participate, Burkesaid.

After all submissionshave been reviewed, SPAwill pick cast members.

Students interested inperforming will go througha series of interviews andauditions.

“You don’t have to be inthe club or any club to par-ticipate,” Burke said, “butyou must be a student.”

The sets for all four one-acts will be universal andwill be kept very basic.

“We are on a limited bud-get,” Burke said. “This isput on by us.”

For more information,contact Burke at 826-0512or by e-mail at iaiciei@aol.com.

Staff Writer John Savagecan be reached at StaffWriter1@okccc.edu.

“For someone that likes to write this is yourchance to turn in a script to see if it gets

performed.”—Ace Burke

SPA President

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Truvy, played by Anne-Marie Cusson, and Shelby, played by Kendra Mylnechuk, gossip justbefore Shelby’s wedding in “Steel Magnolias,” performed in the OKCCC theater March 1. OKCCCwas the group’s latest stop on a five-month national tour.

‘Steel Magnolias’ comesalive in college theater

By Jocinda BuettnerNews Writing Student

An audience of 250 ap-plauded six women of theUniversity of Montana’sRepertory Theatre with astanding ovation during anall-female cast presentationof “Steel Magnolias” March1 in the college theater.

“‘Steel Magnolias’ cel-ebrates the healing powerof laughter, and thestrength and grace of wo-men,” said Greg Johnson,theater company artisticdirector.

The play uses humor andraw emotion to follow thejourney of six Southernwomen, bound together byfriendship, circumstanceand hope through the un-anticipated turns in life.

Unlike the popular 1989Hollywood movie, this per-formance took place en-tirely on one set — thebeauty shop owned byTruvy, played by Anne-Marie Cusson.

Student Jose Cervantessaw the movie before at-

tending the play.He said he found it curi-

ous that many sceneswhich take place outdoorsin the movie were portrayedin the beauty shop onstage.

“They did a really goodjob filling in the extras,” hesaid. Cervantes said hecame to the play in an ef-fort to get more involved incampus activities.

The performance wastaken from the originalscript written by RobertHarling that debuted in

1987. It’s based on the truestory of Harling’s sister andher early death from diabe-tes.

Kendra Mylnechuk playsthe role of Harling’s sisterShelby in the play.

The theater company willbe on tour with the produc-tion until May 15, perform-ing a total of 78 shows, saidRebecca Koon, who playsthe character Clairee.

The group is a profes-sional company, and four ofthe six actors belong to theActors’ Equity Association.