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• State recycling bottom of bin, editorial, p. 2.• College for Kids offers summer fun, p. 7.• Intramural sports lined up for fall, p. 8.• Starting a college club 101, p. 10.

July 25, 2005This Week

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By Christiana KosturaEditor &

Mary Lynn FryerNews Writing Student

The college wouldn’tgive them away for

free, so 1,200 copies of the2004-2005 OKCCC CollegeCatalog, with a bookstorevalue of about $2,400, areresting below a stairwell,collecting dust.

They are now outdatedand will be sent out for re-cycling, said Gloria Barton,Admissions dean.

In the past, college cata-logs were given out for free,However, Barton said, somestudents were tossing themout without using them.

“We needed to cut backon the catalogs becausethey were just too acces-sible. The students werejust wasting them.”

Students who requestedadditional catalogs weretold they could buy them inthe bookstore at a cost of$2 each.

“It’s just to supplementthe printing cost,” Bartonsaid. “We certainly don’tmake any money off of it.”

The cost of printing thecatalogs came from thecollege’s Educational andGeneral budget which stu-dent fees flow into, saidVice President for Businessand Finance Art Bode.

Barton said, in an at-tempt to recover some ofthe costs of producing the

catalogs, the policy waschanged so now, only newstudents receive a freecatalog.

She said the 2004-2005academic year was the firstyear the college sold thecatalogs instead of makingthem openly available. Thecost to print the 2005-2006catalog was $9,921.

Bookstore Director Bren-da Reinke said 1,400 cata-logs were sold in 2004-2005 for a total of about$2,800.

Barton said college offi-cials predicted they couldreduce the number of cata-logs printed for the 2004-2005 year because it waslikely fewer students wouldpay for a catalog than pickup a free one.

So, the college reducedthe number printed from25,000 in the 2003-2004school year to 15,000 forthe 2004-2005 school year,Barton said.

However, she said, thatwas still too many.

“Obviously, the use wentdown which is what we sus-pected would happen,” shesaid. “We just printed a fewmore than we needed.”

Nevertheless, the college

also has printed the samenumber of catalogs —15,000 — for the upcoming2005-2006 school year.

Barton said the catalogswere ordered before theyknew there would be left-over catalogs this academicyear. “There was no way toknow before printing [the

OKCCC students Adebola Adeyemi, left, and Keegan Hudson conduct a chemicalanalysis using hydrochloric acid, silver nitrate, iodine and Benedict solution for their PhysicalScience laboratory work. The Biology and Science Center is located on the first floor ofthe main building in area 1D2. Summer hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday throughThursday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, and closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Photo by Holly Jones

Scientifically speaking... Arts festivalhelp sought

College stairwell home to large number of leftover catalogs

By Christiana KosturaEditor & Shawn Bryant

Staff Writer

Volunteers and dona-tions play major

roles in keeping the annualArts Festival Oklahoma go-ing said Tracy Williams,OKCCC Economic andCommunity Developmentcoordinator.

Arts Festival Oklahoma,held at OKCCC each yearand scheduled for Sept. 2through Sept. 5 this year,promises art and entertain-ment galore, Williams said.That success largely de-pends upon volunteers anddonations, she said.

“We have about 1,000volunteers every year tomake this event possible,”

Williams said.She said volunteers are

needed for this year’s 27thannual Arts Festival Okla-homa in nine areas: hospi-tality, information center/sales, Seemore Art mascot,the children’s creative cen-ter, festival greeters, volun-teer party, parking, artistambassadors and promo-tional items sales.

“We’ll take all the volun-teers we can get,” saidMargy Davis, Cultural Pro-grams and Community De-velopment secretary.

Davis said volunteers areespecially needed to wearthe costume of SeemoreArt, a large colorful birdmascot.

Volunteers, donations needed

See “AFO,” page 12

See “Catalog,” page 12

“What we did was, we cut down on thenumber we printed this year and changed our

policy, so apparently we needed even fewerthan we printed.”

—Gloria BartonAdmissions Dean

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Editorial and OpinionEditorial

PIONEERVol. 33 No. 40

Christiana Kostura.. ..........EditorMatthew Caban..........Staff WriterShawn Bryant.........Staff WriterJohn Savage...........Staff WriterRichard Hall.............Staff WriterHolly Jones...........PhotographerShanna Larson.......Ad ManagerMelissa Guice.....Online EditorDaniel Lapham....Lab AssistantRonna Austin.........Lab DirectorSue Hinton.......Faculty Adviser

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Gov. Henry’s tax rebate programreturns $94 million to OklahomansRecycle more for

Oklahoma’s sakeOklahomans need to recycle more. It’s not diffi-

cult. Current reports state the embarassing facts.Recently, Oklahoma ranked second to last in re-

cycling rates for the year 2004 in a report inBioCycle Magazine, an environmental journal. Theonly state to score worse was Mississippi.

Oklahoma recycles less than 1 percent of its re-cyclable trash, according to an article in the Okla-homan. Come on guys. We can do better than that.

In addition to the embarrassment Oklahoma’slack of recycling should cause citizens, the prob-lem is filling up landfills. According to the July 17article, if more Oklahomans don’t start recycling,within 20 years, the state’s dumps could be full.

Lack of recycling costs taxpayers money. Land-fill fees in 2004 cost Oklahoma City $3.5 million.

Recycling is simple. It’s especially easy in Okla-homa, where many cities have free recycling pro-grams. Oklahoma City and Edmond both have freeprograms. Recycling containers are offered to citi-zens in addition to the regular trash containers.

Curbside recycling is the only logical choice —as many people refuse to load up trash and haul itto a recycling center. If no effort is made to encour-age the separation of recyclables from the rest ofthe trash, even curbside recycling fails. In Canada,residents who throw recyclables into the trash arewarned, and then fined. Many Americans also needa little push in the right direction.

Beyond recycling containers at home, there arerecycling dumpsters throughout Oklahoma.

Looking for a place to toss newspapers? Try look-ing around newspaper producers. Looking for aplace to recycle regular paper? Schools are a greatplace to start. Cans and plastic bags can be putinto containers at many area grocery stores.

There are many things that can be done with “gar-bage” before it’s thrown away.

Newspapers make great liners for pet cages. Pa-pers also can be used for table covers before doingcrafts. Try calling day care centers to see if theyneed papers to use in art projects for the kids.

Children love to use junk mail in art projects. Letyour kids cut and paste letters and pictures frommail. This is a cute way for kids who don’t knowhow to write to make wish lists for holidays andbirthdays while teaching them fine motor skills.

Aluminum cans may be taken to can banks. Alittle pocket change can go a long way, especially ifthe project becomes a money-maker for the kids.

Plastic bags have many uses, other than carry-ing stuff from the store into the house. Use plasticbags to line small trashcans or carry lunches. An-other idea is to take an old tissue box, stuff it fullof bags and put it in the car. This provides an easyway to store trash bags in the car.

Do your part. Help our environment, for my sakeand for yours. If we all do our part, everyone wins,including Mother Earth. Plus, the next time Okla-homa shows up on a recycling report, it would befor a better reason.

—Christiana KosturaEditor

A tax rebate program pro-posed by Gov. Brad Henrywill send checks totalingsome $94 million to Okla-homa taxpayers, accordingto the latest estimates fromstate finance officials. Thenew program returns sur-plus revenue to Oklahomacitizens after the state’srainy day account reachescapacity.

“This will be a nice shot inthe arm for Oklahomans,”said Gov. Henry. “Each tax-payer will get a rebate checkto spend any way he or shechooses.

“Because this is a first-of-its-kind program, it’s diffi-cult to predict an exact date,but state finance officialsbelieve the checks will goout sometime this fall. Therebates will make a niceChristmas bonus for Okla-homa families.”

According to revenue sta-tistics released Tuesday, anestimated $188 million insurplus revenue will beavailable after the state’sconstitutional reserve fundis filled to its legal limit.Under the governor’s initia-tive, half of that revenue,$94 million, will go back tothe taxpayers in the form ofa rebate and the other half

will be deposited into a spe-cial research and economicdevelopment fund.

Each Oklahoma house-hold that files a tax returnwill receive a rebate. Forjoint filers, the check willtotal approximately $90.For single filers, the rebatewill be $45.

“When we conceived thisprogram back in January,we estimated that rebatechecks could be anywherefrom $50 to $100, depend-ing on the economy’s per-formance, and the finalnumber is very close to thatprojection,” said Gov.Henry.

Although the governorhad asked lawmakers tomake the rebate programpermanent, the final billapproved by the Legislatureauthorized just a one-timeeffort. Gov. Henry said hewould like the rebates tobecome a permanent fix-ture in good economictimes.

“I’d like to deliver morerebates to taxpayers in thefuture. It’s a responsibleway to reward Oklahomanswhen the economy is grow-ing and surplus funds aregenerated. Because it onlyinvolves excess revenue that

cannot legally be depositedinto the rainy day fund, theprogram will allow us tocontinue investing othergrowth funds in importantareas such as education,health care, roads, publicsafety and job creation.”

—Office of Gov.Brad Henry

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Comments and Reviews

“It is only possible to live happily ever afteron a day-to-day basis.”

—Margaret Bonnano

Quote of the Week

‘Half-Blood Prince’ spellbindingFor the few who live in

caves and don’t know, J.K.Rowling’s latest addition tothe Harry Potter seriesstarted disappearing fromshelves July 16.

“Harry Potter and TheHalf-Blood Prince” sold arecord-setting 6.9 millioncopies in the United Statesin the first 24 hours afterits release, according towww.cnn.com.

I was in line at midnightpondering the possibleidentities of the Half-BloodPrince, as well as wonder-ing which character fromthe series was going to snuffit this time around.

“Half-Blood Prince” picksup where “Order of thePhoenix” left off.

The wizarding world is atfull-scale war, now that theentire community knowsthe evil Lord Voldemort hasreturned from death tocause havoc.

As Harry returns for hissixth year of school, he isforced to adjust to freshstaff appointments as wellas his newfound interest in

a particular member of theopposite sex.

When new faces areadded to the old charac-ters, which return in mag-nificent form, all of the nec-essary ingredients to pro-vide an interesting year arepresent.

As Harry’s educationtakes an unexpected turn,the reader uncovers someof the events in LordVoldemort’s past while at-tempting to understand hisweaknesses.

“Half-Blood Prince” is

much darker than otherbooks in the series as Harrycontinues his path to ac-cept the burden of dispos-ing of Lord Voldemort.

Rowling manages tooutdo herself with each andevery book she writes.

Her writing is as flawlessas always, though I suspectshe may be tiring of writ-ing the same characters,which is why she continuesto kill off fan favorites.

Next time around she hassome serious work ahead ofher.

“Harry Potter and theHalf-Blood Prince” man-aged to replace “Prisoner ofAzkaban” as my favoritebook in the series.

The only problem is, itwill be another two yearsbefore the next book is re-leased to the public.

If you are a fan of thebooks, I recommend gettinga copy as soon as possiblebefore some hopped-upHarry fanatic ruins theending for you.

—Shawn BryantStaff Writer

Klipspringer CD worth your coinPop punk doesn’t have to

come from the coasts. TheOklahoma band Klipsprin-ger, whose musical self-di-agnosis is “hard core popand soft-core punk,” hasentertained Oklahomansfor more than 11 years.

The band’s 2004 release,“My Knee Hurts,” leaves onewondering, “Why aren’tthey bigger?” With a poppy,lighter-than-life, zanynessabout it, “Hurts” is a mustgrab for any pop punk fanwho is more about havingfun and enjoying musicthan worrying about how

punk rock it is.Blasting out tracks like

“Losing My Lighter,” “MyFace is Melting,” “SixteenAgain” and “She JustWants To,” I can’t think ofa CD more fun to listen to.

Klipspringer reflects the“do-it-yourself” punk ethicthat is represented by theband’s three full-length al-bums, “My Knee Hurts,”“Sleepwalking and theMarried Virgin” and “TheMind of Mandy Moon.”

A fourth recording is inproduction with no releasedate set.

Music videos, mp3s, mer-chandise and links toKlipspringer’s online musicstore can be found at www.klipspringer.net.

For the individual wholoves fun music, supportsgood local artists and istired of people talkingabout how much Okla-homa sucks, Klipspringeris a breath of fresh air andworthy of the surf time.

So check out the site andmake sure to grab the newalbum.

—Daniel LaphamContributing Writer

Q: When is book buy-back for the summer semes-ter?

A: The summer’s book buy-back is from 8:30 a.m.to 6 p.m. July 27 and 28, and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.on July 29.

—Brenda ReinkeBookstore Director

Q: Will the newly-constructed parking spacesaccomodate the incoming students for the fall?

A: The added 195 spaces, for a total of more than2,500 spots, should accommodate the incoming stu-dents.

—Chris SnowPhysical Plant

Assistant Director

Q: Will the test center have extended hours duringthe last week of the summer semester?

A: No, we will not. The test center will have normalhours that week. We will have extended hours inthe fall for mid-term week and finals week.

—Michelle ShultsTesting Assistant

Q: When does OKCCC plan to put a ceiling in themain building that covers all the wires and pipes?

A: As future college renovations occur, there areplans to put suspended ceilings in the main build-ing.

—Chris SnowPhysical Plant

Assistant Director

Q: Will any new fish tanks with new specimens beadded to the campus?

A: Likely not. One of the tanks was donated. If some-body donates one, we will consider it.

—Donald BellBioinformatics/BiotechnologyDiscovery Project Coordinator

Q: Are there any plans to fix the leaks in the atrium?

A: A work order has been inputted for the work tobe completed. Work will be scheduled according toPhysical Plant work load.

—Chris SnowPhysical Plant

Assistant Director

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She said:Despite the hype, “Char-

lie and the Chocolate Fac-tory” proved sour in theend.

This film is closer to thebook than the movie, “WillyWonka & the ChocolateFactory.”

However, even with TimBurton directing the newfilm, the first adaptationwas still more entertaining.

Maybe it’s because no-body can live up to GeneWilder as Wonka. Although,Johnny Depp is definitelysweeter eye candy thanWilder, Wilder is justwackier and fits the kookyrole better.

The Oompa Loompas inthe new film are too high-tech. They wear flamboyantjump suits and don’t evensing the “Oompa Loompa”song. For each kid’s de-mise, the Loompas have adifferent song style set upto sing about it.

There is no “trippy” ridedown the tunnel in the newfilm. Worst of all, there isno Slugworth.

I guess this part of theplot was replaced withWonka’s father issues.

The titles of the two mov-

He said:“Charlie and the Choco-

late Factory” is this sum-mer’s golden ticket.

Highly different from the1970’s film version of RoaldDahl’s book “Charlie andthe Chocolate Factory,” thisfilm is it’s own adaptation.

Here’s the story: fivegolden tickets are dispersedaround the globe as Wonka,played by Johnny Depp,searches for an heir to hissuccessful chocolate fac-

tory.After Charlie Bucket,

played by Freddie High-more (“Finding Never -land”), is lucky enough toget his hands on a ticket,he learns there is more toWonka and the other chil-dren.

Depp gave a more theat-rical performance thanWilder, which better mir-rored the Wonka from thenovel.

Though staying faithful to

ies should be switched.“Charlie and the ChocolateFactory” focuses more onWonka. “Willy Wonka & theChocolate Factory” focusesmore on Charlie.

There are some reallyfunny parts and some partsthat just scream Tim Bur-ton, but overall, “Charlieand the Chocolate Factory”will leave you feeling like adeflated marshmallow.

—Christiana KosturaEditor

the novel, there are a fewchanges in the ingredientssuch as the difference inWonka’s background.

We learn about Willy’s fa-ther, Wilbur (ChristopherLee), and his role in Willy’schildhood.

The information addsdepth to Wonka’s characterand gives a simple explana-tion about who he is.

While not the pinnacle ofDepp’s acting career, hedoes shine as Wonka andcomes across as quirky,odd and somewhat eerie.

However, the best acting,came from Highmore, whodisplays a genuine kid whois down and out, althoughcheeky and lively.

The visuals in the filmare quite breathtaking —Wonka’s world is vibrantand rich in color.

Best of all, the chocolatewaterfall is a real waterfalland not digitally enhanced.

In the end, the tour wasgrandiose. “Charlie and theChocolate Factory” mayjust be the sugar rush sum-mer movie fans needed. Mysuggestion is to savor it.

I give this film an A.—Richard Hall

Staff Writer

Two sides to every golden ticket

EA Sports fumbles the ball in NCAA 2006Once again it’s time to fire

up the grill, ice down coldbeverages and destroy yourfriends at football. I amwriting, of course, about EASports NCAA Football ‘06.

The mission is the Heis-man Trophy. EA Sportsputs you on the field as afreshman. You start as ahopeful high school athletepracticing in front ofscouts.

When the scouts call yourname, you pick the Heis-man position to go for.

After a series of drillssimilar to the ones in EASports Madden 2005, play-ers try to score manytouchdowns within a setamount of repetitions. Af-

ter scores are tallied, theinterested schools will offerscholarships. Players get tochoose one of three schoolslisted or walk on at anyschool they want.

The new Heismanmode plays exactlylike last year’sNCAA Footballdynasty mode,except you arenot involved withany recruiting orcoaching decisions.

As a freshman, youbase your operations in asmall dorm to check for fanmail, schedule games andlook up personal stats.

The game play has beentweaked a lot. Game de-

signers have added new im-pact players that changethe game in seconds. Im-pact players are overpow-ering at times, and specialteams touchdowns come

easily.Another gameplay woe is theexcessive a-mount of turn-overs that hap-pen. Be pre-

pared to want tothrow the control-

ler on the carpet indisgust from randomfumbles in the game.

The game designers alsotweaked the running game.Players won’t run into theoffensive line members and

get stuck like glue to them.Impact players display

some nice effects when theyprovide a game-breakingmoment.

The game goes into slowmotion and zooms in on theplayer’s game-breakingmove then returns to fullaction.

Also new is the additionof ESPN’s in studio com-mentary. Brad Nessler, KirkHerbstreit and Lee Corsoare all featured in the stu-dio.

Each analyst adds com-ments, and Corso makes afinal pick.

The audio was executednicely, but the charactermodels of the analysts lookembarrassing.

Nessler looks like a badimpersonation of GeorgeBush, Sr.

Even with a couple ofmistakes this game is aclassic EA sports game withsmooth game play andcrisp graphics.

Run the fumbleruski playto the local store today andpick up EA Sports NCAAFootball 2006. I rate thisgame an 8.5 out of 10.

—John SavageStaff Writer

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Students sound off on Supreme Court“Bush seems to weigh all possible outcomes,

not just the popular ones.”—Mary ShipmanOKCCC student

By Sarah AtkinsonNews Writing Student

With President George W.Bush’s recent SupremeCourt nomination of JohnG. Roberts, students oncampus are concernedabout the legacy left behindby Sandra Day O’Connor,who resigned July 1.

O’Connor played an im-portant role in history whenshe became the first wo-man appointed to the Su-preme Court.

O’Connor also was theswing vote in many impor-tant cases, most notablythe 1992 decision to upholdRoe v. Wade, which gavewomen the right to have anabortion.

Her decision to retire hascaused some at OKCCC towonder if O’Connor’s suc-cessor will put Roe v. Wadein jeopardy.

“Given that this adminis-tration has a history ofwading into controversialwaters with little hesitation,we may be in for some tur-bulent, possibly severe,political weather,” saidChuck Carselowey, sociol-ogy professor.

History professor JeffreyCarlisle said the future de-pends on who the presidentappoints to take O’Connor’splace.

“I assume that, depend-ing on who gets appointed,that an extremely conser-vative person could, overtime, chip away at it but it’dbe a very gradual process,

not a sudden completeturn,” Carlisle said.

Education major DarcelSmall agreed that a changewould not be immediate.

“Maybe in the next five to10 years there might be ashift, but I don’t know,” shesaid.

O’Connor’s resignationcould reopen arguments ofRoe v. Wade which shehelped construct. Somequestions about the abor-tion issue come from deter-mining when a life begins.

“I guess if you believe thatlife isn’t viable until afterthe baby is born, then itwouldn’t be [abortion],”Small said.

Others said they are lessconcerned with O’Connor’sleaving and more focusedon the abortion issue.

“Abortion is wrong,” saidMike Griffey, computer sci-ence major. “There’s reallyno way to justify it.

“It’s wrong in pretty muchall cases. The only thing Ican kind of understand isin cases of rape. I can un-derstand not wanting tohave the baby,” he said.

Others did not agree withabortion, but could under-stand someone wanting itdone.

“I wouldn’t go for it,” saidMartha Rubio, diversifiedstudies and early childhoodmajor. “But if another does,

it’s their body. It’s theiropinion. It’s their choice.”

Others said abortion wasa touchy subject but saidBush would find a properreplacement for O’Connor.

“Bush seems to weigh allpossible outcomes, not justthe popular ones,” saidMary Shipman, biologymajor.

“I think it’s a touchy thingbecause it’s not a moralthing to have in our govern-ment, but without it youhave girls dead trying toabort the babies them-selves,” she said.

By Lee MarshallNews Writing Student

Military students atOKCCC may have differentopinions concerning theterrorism attacks that oc-curred in London July 7and July 21.

The bombers’ target weredouble-decker busses andthe subway system.

Terrorism causes mixed emotions for militaryAaron Overstake, senior

airman of the United StatesAir Force, said it broughtback bad memories forhim.

“It reminded me of 9/11a little bit, on a smallerscale,” he said. “Not really[the same emotions] I guessbecause it wasn’t at home.”

Corporal Shelby Thomassaid as sad as the incidentsare, he believes they will begood in the long run be-

cause it might bring aboutneeded changes.

“It will get them off theirass and help us out,” Tho-mas said.

“It will hopefully bring

more support from alliedcountries.”

Peter Clarke, head of theMetropolitan Police anti-terrorist branch in London,has identified four suicide

bombers they believe to beresponsible for the July 7attacks.

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Students write fairy taleBy Shawn Bryant

Staff Writer

Imagine living in a worldwhere creativity knows nolimits.

For the past two weeksthat is exactly where BillSmiley’s Upward BoundCreative Writing class hasbeen.

Seven students, rangingin grades from high schoolfreshmen to seniors, com-posed “Sojourning Love,” afairy tale.

Throughout the course,students also have com-pleted freelance writing as-signments and composedoriginal poetry, Smiley said.

The students were as-signed to write fantasy be-cause it allows the use ofimagery to express one’sself, Smiley said.

Jenny Alam, UpwardBound senior from Moore,said all of the students put

their desks in a circle andshared ideas. The studentsthen arranged the ideasinto a single story, Alamsaid.

Smiley said, using differ-ent viewpoints added some-thing special from each stu-dent to the overall project.

“Everyone is a uniqueuniverse with their own in-digenous sources for inspi-ration,” Smiley said.

For some, this was thefirst creative writing classthey had ever attended,while others had been in-volved with writing classesfor some time.

“Since this is the first[writing] class I’ve evertaken, at first I just satback, but then I [gradually]got involved,” said Shedar-rah Smith, Upward Boundsenior from Southeast HighSchool.

Students had differentreasons for why they joinedthe class.

“I was always interested

[in writing] and wanted tolearn more,” said DestineySmith, Upward Boundfreshman from PathwaysMiddle College.

Some joined for creativepurposes.

“[Creative writing] getsyou out of the real worldand lets you express your-self,” Alam said.

Others joined simply toenjoy themselves.

“I just like writing,” saidDawn Hoffman, PathwaysMiddle College Junior.

Staff Writer Shawn Bry-ant can be reached at StaffWriter3@okccc.edu.

Written by the OKCCC Upward Bound CreativeWriting Class, taught by Bill Smiley. Students are:Shedarrah Smith, Adriana Fonseca, Eric Fonseca,Destiney Smith, Sara Gnau, Dawn Hoffman andJenny Alam.

A crystal teardrop, like a faceted diamond, jour-neyed through time in suspended animation.

He tries to compromise the maze of emotional re-flections, but was trapped by reality within his ownprison of prisms. Pondering each chamber for thekey to his freedom, it eludes him through his per-petual nightmare. In futility he presses his handsagainst the labyrinth of mirrors desperately seek-ing a way of escape. As he confronts his fears andthe reality of his past, his accusers hail a silent ver-dict.

Perceiving from a distance, he senses a fierce pres-ence lurking in the hidden shadows. Suddenly, adragon emerges, raging against this commoner withits ferocious roars and jagged teeth. Absorbing lightfrom the surrounding flames, the dragon drawsbreath, igniting each chamber with a spectrum ofcolor.

The reflection of light from a nearby star revealsthe princess on her luminous balcony. Perceivingher from afar, he is captured by her radiant beauty.In anguish, this petrified mortal pleads for his sal-vation. Through such undying love she transcendsthe transparent barriers by stretching forth herhand. He reaches through the portals of time, andwith tear stained hope he accepts it.

Enveloped by the power of her iridescent light andenraptured by their magical love for one another,their spirits intertwine. Shimmering clouds beginto descend; drifting in silence they embrace the heav-enly castle. A parallel universe awaits their arrival;an eternity together in enchanted intimacy.

‘Sojourning Love’

Special edition to help studentsBy Sam Mowrey

News Writing Student

A special issue of the Pio-neer will hit the stands Aug.1. The purpose of the issueis to give new studentsvaluable information aboutcollege life.

“The Pioneer and StudentServices have been workingtogether to put out a papermade by the students tohelp new students get abetter understanding of thecampus and what it takesto succeed in college,” saidChristiana Kostura, Pio-neer editor.

The idea of a New StudentSpecial Edition paper camefrom Marion Paden, Stu-dent Services vice presi-dent.

This issue focuses on in-formation new students

might find helpful for get-ting around the campus,Paden said.

The issue will contain in-formation about differentdepartments and picturesof the staff members in-volved with each depart-ment, so students willknow who to talk with,Paden said.

She said there will be aprofessor’s advice section,where professors have writ-ten down their best advicefor incoming students.Also, OKCCC alumni willprovide information abouthow and what it takes tosucceed in college.

The hope is new studentswill use the issue as aguide when enrolling anddoing other things atOKCCC, Kostura said.

Paden agrees. “We wantstudents to use this as aBig Brother program style

of paper, with helpful infor-mation, insights and to an-swer any questions aboutthe college before studentsmay have them,” Padensaid.

The information is rel-evant to new students be-cause much of the paper iswritten by students for stu-dents, Paden said.

“OKCCC is committed tostudent success,” Padensaid.

“Student success startswith solid first steps.”

“OKCCC is committedto student success.

Student successstarts with solid first

steps.”—Marion Paden

Student ServicesVice President

“Everyone is a uniqueuniverse with their

own indigenoussources for

inspiration.”—Bill Smiley

Upward Bound CreativeWriting Teacher

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Cameron Brown, 6, pulls Dezra Hamilton, 8, to safety with a floatation de-vice. The device allows the user to stay afloat, even if the rescuer loses his orher grip. Between 500 and 1,000 children participated in this year’s summerprograms. The programs began in June and will end in late July.

Nicole Lee, 7, Victoria Morrison, 4, Kari Ohsfeldt, 4, and Micah Despain, 7,catch a ride in the Aquatics Center.

Recreation and Community Ser-vices held College for Kids, week-long programs with diverse

subjects ranging from swimming lessons tosport activities.

The programs started in early June andwill end in late July.

“During the summer we are able to bringin more classes,” said Jack Perkins, Com-munity Education and Health coordinator.

“Overall, I am very pleased with theturnout we have had this summer. The vastmajority of classes had a lot of interest withthe youth.”

Perkins said 500 to 1,000 children enjoyedthe College for Kids summer programs.

He said it only takes about four kids tomake a class, although some classes didn’t work out.

“When [Recreation and Community Services] coordinates theseprograms, we try to implement what we think will generate interestamong the local youth.

“The classes that did not make this year will probably not be scheduledinto next year’s programs,” Perkins said.

Recreation and Community Services hosts the program year ’round,Perkins said. During the fall and spring semesters the program is heldon Saturdays.

“The group of kids this year are one of the best I’ve had,” he said.Fred Bost, who has taught OKCCC golf clinics for the past five years,

said the children were amazing and quick learners.

Katie Potts, 6, and Kaela White, 5, mimic the movements of their teacher Danell Becerra who instructs herclass to do the plié, which is French for “bend.”

Summerprogramsuccess

Tyler Souza, 11, gets direction from his coachFred Bost. Bost has taught golf clinics for the pastfive years. Golf was just one of the many sportsoffered during the College for Kids program heldby OKCCC’s Recreation and Community Services.

Text and photosby Holly Jones

8 • PIONEER • July 25, 2005

Sports

UPCOMING Intramural sports kicks off in fall OKCCC

INTRAMURALSSCHEDULE

Faculty and students gear up for the fall sports lineup at OKCCC

•August 22: OKCCC willstart flag football Intra-mural games regis-tration when school re-sumes in the fall. Stu-dents and faculty cansign up for flag footballAug. 22 to Sept. 9. Thecaptains’ meeting will beSept. 5. The official sea-son runs from Sept. 12to Oct. 13. For more in-formation, contact Com-munity Education andHealth Specialist EricWatson at 682-1611, ext.7786.

•August 22: OKCCC willstart volleyball Intra-mural games registra-tion when school re-sumes in the fall. Stu-dents and faculty cansign up for volleyballAug. 22 to Sept. 9. Thecaptains’ meeting will beSept. 8. The officialseason runs from Sept.13 to Oct. 11. For moreinformation, contact Co-mmunity Education andHealth Specialist EricWatson at 682-1611, ext.7786.

•August 22: OKCCC willstart football challengeIntramural games regis-tration when school re-sumes in the fall. Stu-dents and faculty cansign up for the footballchallenge, Aug. 22 toSept. 3. This will be aone-day event Oct. 10.For more information,contact Community Edu-cation and Health Spec-ialist Eric Watson at 682-1611, ext. 7786.

•October 10: OKCCCwill host a bench presscontest Nov. 3. The sign-up period for this eventis Oct. 10 to 31. For moreinformation, contact Co-mmunity Education andHealth Specialist EricWatson at 682-1611, ext.7786.

Diving into OKCCC

Allison Casareto, 12, of the Pacific Diving Academy inLos Angeles, Calif., readies herself on the spring board.OKCCC hosted the Summer West Junior ChampionshipsJuly 14 to 18 where more than 200 swimmers competedin high dive, spring board and platform competitions.

Photo by Holly Jones

By John SavageStaff Writer

Faculty and studentswho like to run deep outpatterns and showcaseankle-breaking moves willhave their chance when thefall Intramural schedulestarts at OKCCC.

“Students will be able tosign up for some of theevents Aug. 22, the daythat class resumes,” saidCommunity Education andHealth specialist EricWatson.

The intramural sportsprogram kicks off Sept. 12and will run for four weeks.

Once again, many of thepopular intramural sportswill be available for stu-dents and faculty to sign upon Aug 22.

Participants who want tosign up for team sportsmust go to the Rereationand Community Servicesoffice.

Sign-in forms for singleevents can be found at theWellness Center.

Along with flag football,basketball and the Fall IntoFitness program, OKCCCwill offer a football chal-lenge, punt pass and kickcontest and a women’s 3-on-3-basketball tourna-

ment.Watson said he wanted to

add some things to thelineup for women this year.

Other events held atOKCCC will be the benchpress challenge and ahotshot contest for girls.Hotshot is a game whereparticipants are tested ontheir shooting ability whileshooting from pre-markedspots on the court.

There are a few rules tofollow when signing up,Watson said.

“You have to be a student[to participate in games]. Irequire that they [students]go nine hours and have avalidated school ID,” Watson said.

Watson said he wants topromote unity among theparticipants.

That is why only faculty,students and staff can par-ticipate in the intramuralsports, he said.

He said at a few of theother universities somenon-students are allowedto play in the games de-signed for the students.

Many of the events heldin the fall are seasonal al-though Watson will addsome similar events in thespring. Spring Into Fitness,will be held instead of Fallinto Fitness.

Watson said the winning

team from flag footballwould have a chance toplay in a special winners’tournament of other col-leges in Stillwater at theend of the season.

There will be a spot on theentry forms for single par-ticipants who want to playin the team games. They

will be assigned a team,said Watson.For more in-formation on Intramuralgames contact Eric Watsonat 682-1611, ext. 7786 orvisit online at www.okccc.edu/rcs Staff Writer John Savagecan be reached at StaffWriter2@okccc.edu.

By Elaine ReneauNews Writing Student

Starting Aug. 3, Tai Chiwill continue another one-month session at OKCCC’sWellness Center.

Community Educationand Health CoordinatorJack Perkins encouragesstudents to try Tai Chi andother classes are availablefor $20 a month.

Interested students canenroll at the Recreation andCommunity Services office.As many as 40 people at a

Attain total enlightenment with Tai Chitime can take these classesin OKCCC’s 2,376 square-foot facility, Perkins said.

Tai Chi is a moving formof yoga and meditationcombined. “It’s a gentle low-impact martial art,” Perkinssaid.

According to the websiteat www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/, TaiChi began around 1391A.D. The website statesthere are five attitudes inTai Chi: advance, retreat,look left, gaze right andequilibrium.

“It is an ancient Chineseart that concentrates on

health, balance, focus, andbreathing.” said Joan Harper, OKCCC Tai Chi in-structor.

The style of Tai Chi Harper teaches at OKCCC iscalled Tai Chi Chih, “a se-ries of fluid movements thatare slow and rocking,” shesaid.

“Tai Chi classes started atOKCCC about a year ago,”Perkins said.The class isoffered Wednesday nightsfrom 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. andis offered year ’round.

Harper said, mainlyadults attend the OKCCCTai Chi class.

Ages range between 30and 70 with 60 percent be-ing female and 40 percentmale.

Tai Chi can be an aid tothose suffering from os-teoporosis and those recov-ering from strokes, shesaid.

“It is generally de-stress-ing,” Harper said.

Other classes offered atOKCCC are a couple of dif-ferent types of yoga, Pilates,body sculpt, interval stepand a combo class. for moreinformation contact JackPerkins at 682-1611, ext.7205.

July 25, 2005 • PIONEER • 9

By Linh NejtekNews Writing Student

Seven Upward Boundstudents have graduatedhigh school this spring.

Six of the graduates arenow enrolled in collegesincluding OKCCC, the Uni-versity of Oklahoma, Okla-homa City University and

Upward Bound helps students to collegethe University of CentralOklahoma, said CarmelaPyle, Upward Bound direc-tor.

The students said theywere able to benefit frommany things the programhad to offer such as tutor-ing sessions, personalcounseling and mentoringprograms.

OKCCC student RichardSilva said he was involved

with Upward Bound forfour years. Silva is a recentgraduate.

“My experience with theUpward Bound programwas one of a kind and Ilearned so much,” he said.

Silva said the programhelped with his goals ofgraduating and furtheringhis knowledge.

He said he enjoyed theprogram’s foreign languageclasses most, which in-cluded Russian, Vietnam-ese and Native Americanlanguages.

Silva had one piece ofadvice for everyone.

“Enjoy life and live it toits fullest.”

Liliana Herrera was in-volved with the program formore than two years.

“I was able to build manyfriendships and connec-

tions through UpwardBound,” she said.

Herrera said UpwardBound helped her andmany others make thetransition from high schoolto college more easily.

“College would have beenso much harder but [Up-ward Bound] gave me theconfidence and the motiva-tion to succeed,” she said.

Her one piece of advicewas to not procrastinatebecause your work alwayscomes around to get you.

Silva is taking basic

courses at OKCCC andthanked Upward Bound forbeing around to help him.

Herrera is seeking amedical field profession.She said the program hashelped her fulfill the goal ofmaking it to college.

Upward Bound is fundedthrough the U.S. Depart-ment of Education to pro-vide assistance to at-riskhigh school students, Pylesaid.

She said Upward Boundallows 60 students into theprogram per year.

By Erika BraverNews Writing Student

OKCCC’s youngest students are keeping busy andlearning plenty with their summer water project.

As a reward for studying water this summer, the Pre-school B class from the Child Development Center andLab School will have a swim party at 6 p.m. July 25 atEarlywine Pool in Oklahoma City.

Teacher Jessica Hesseltine said her class has beenstudying the wonders of water through books, cooking,art, math and other hands-on activities.

The class objective is for children to learn an apprecia-tion of water as a part of nature while working as a team,Hesseltine said.

One part of the water project is called water play.This play is on the playground every Friday. It involves

playing in the sprinklers or jumping in rain puddles.“My favorite thing about the water project is jumping

through the water and flipping over it,” said 4-year-oldCristian Linn.

Linn is one of 10 preschool students in the class.One of the class’ water projects involves getting a new

fish tank for the classroom.“I’ve been teaching the children step by step of how to

take care of fish and how to start a fish tank, so they willappreciate it more,” Hesseltine said.

The fish tank has been delivered to the classroom, andthe kids took a field trip to PetSmart where they learnedabout the care of fish. Then, they picked out and boughttwo fish.

Hesseltine said during their pond study, the childrenwent to the OKCCC campus pond to make observationsin their journals and do experiments.

For classroom work, Hesseltine said she emphasizedthe water cycle through the experiments and readingbooks all summer, so children will understand wherewater comes from.

By JaNiece CranmerNews Writing Student

Information and Instruc-tional Technology Servicesis the newest divisionadded to OKCCC.

Kathy Wullstein is lead-ing the way for the IITS di-vision after being namedDistributed Learning andInstructional Services di-rector July 1.

Wullstein has been withthe college for almost fiveyears.

She most recently servedas the Instructional Tech-nology and Online Learningcoordinator.

Wullstein’s daily respon-sibilities include conduct-ing workshops for the fac-ulty, conducting the IITSmeetings, and giving propertechnical support to all fac-ulty and students.

She said her departmenthelps students with onlinelearning and other areas ofdistance education everyday.

Preschool classrewarded for longstudy of water

Wullstein said her divi-sion encompasses areassuch as computer systemsdevelopment, microcom-puter support, telecommu-nications, online learning,telelearning, instructionalvideo services and instruc-tional technology.

The primary goal of thenew IITS division is to “con-tinue providing quality edu-cation for students,”Wullstein said.

“We have great facultymembers here,” she said.She said she loves dealingwith students and seeingtheir success.

Wullstein said she is ex-cited about a fairly new pro-gram offered to studentscalled Smarthinking.

Smarthinking is a 24-hour online tutoring pro-

gram that includes a largevariety of subjects.

It is available for all stu-dents to use free of charge,Wullstein said.

“We have a lot of non-tra-ditional students that gohere,” she said.

“It’s great for them to askquestions or get help out-side of the classroom or of-fice hours.”

One of Wullstein’s goalsis getting things in place forthe fall semester for theIITS division.

She said another one ofher goals is watching thecontinued growth of thecollege in both size andquality.

“With the huge growth inthe college, this is a greattime to be involved,” shesaid.

College announces new technologydivision to oversee multiple areas

“My experience with Upward Boundwas one of a kind and

I learned so much.”—Richard Silva

Former Upward Bound Student

“With the huge growth in the college, this is agreat time to be involved.”

—Kathty WullsteinDistributed Learning and

Instructional Services Director

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HighlightsNew bookstore procedure

Starting this fall, any students charging items in thebookstore to their financial aid must have a current stu-dent ID. The bookstore will be processing studentcharges using a new procedure which requires that cash-iers use the information located on the OKCCC ID card.For more information, call Brenda Reinke, bookstore di-rector, at 682-1611, ext. 7510.

Two scholarships offered The William P. Willis scholarship is up for grabs. Re-quirements include having income less than $32,000,being a state resident and being enrolled full-time for falland spring at OKCCC. A returning adult student scholar-ship also is offered by South Oklahoma City LawyersAssociation. To be eligible, applicants must have docu-mented financial needs and be currently enrolled atOKCCC. Both scholarship deadlines are Aug. 5. For moreinformation, call Prospective Student Services AssistantLinda Sapp at 682-1611, ext. 7580, or visit EnrollmentManagement, located near the main entrance of the mainbuilding.

Calm Waters seeks volunteersCalm Waters Center for Children and Families is seek-

ing volunteers to help co-lead support groups that helpchildren deal with death or divorce. Upon completion ofa training program that teaches children’s responses togrief, the healing process, communication, healthy cop-ing skills and group leadership skills; volunteers will co-facilitate groups on Monday or Thursday evenings foreight-week sessions or lead groups in elementaryschools. The next volunteer training begins Aug. 5 andenrollment is under way. For more information or to be-come a volunteer, call 946-2264.

College Democrats seek membersThe College Democrats are looking for members to

revitalize the club. Anyone interested should contact clubsponsor David Charlson at djcharlson@okccc.edu or clubsponsor Rick Vollmer at 682-1611, ext. 7302, or e-mailrvollmer@okccc.edu.

Cultural Arts Series tickets on salePre-season tickets for the 2005-2006 school year Cul-

tural Arts Series are now on sale. Prices are $65 for stu-dents, seniors, alumni, faculty and staff, and $85 for gen-eral admission. Eight program concerts are currentlyscheduled. On Sept. 13, Flamenco dance troupeZumbamba; Sept. 29, guitarist Brad Richter; Oct. 25, four-man vocal band Fourth Avenue; Nov. 8, Korean bandAhn Trio; Jan. 31, Tom Tiratto and His Big Band; Feb.21, four-man percussion ensemble So Percussion;March 7, pianist and Van Clibum silver medalist winnerValery Kuleshov; and April 4, San Francisco’s SonosHand Bell Ensemble. For more information or to pur-chase tickets, call 682-7579 or visit www.okccc.edu/ca.

Highlights are due by 5 p.m. each Tuesday forpublication in the next issue of the Pioneer.

Highlights are printed free of charge. Forms areavailable in the Pioneer office, located in 2M6 of

the main building, or Highlights may be e-mailed toStaffWriter1@okccc.edu using the word

Highlights in the subject line.

The ABCs of starting a club

By Casey ElliotNews Writing Student

If you’ve ever thoughtabout starting a studentclub or organization, lookno further for advice thanStudent Life, located nearSafety and Security on thefirst floor of the main build-ing.

Karlen Grayson, StudentClubs and Organizationsassistant, said studentswho want to start a club ororganization must meet afew requirements beforethe organization can be rec-ognized.

For starters, Graysonsaid, at least 10 studentsinterested in the club mustsign a support petition.

Grayson said the petitionrequires the following:

• official club or organi-zation name

• purpose of the organi-zation

• a list of officer positionswith outlined duties

• election procedures• proposed meeting dates

and times.

Student Life tells how to build a club from scratchAccording to the 2005-

2006 Student Clubs andOrganization LeadershipManual, students who wishto hold an office in a clubor organization must main-tain a minimum gradepoint average of 2.0, be reg-istered in at least six credithours and must not be onany academic or disciplin-ary probation.

Grayson said she sug-gests a club or organizationto have dues, ranging from$5 to $15, but said it’s notrequired.

She said many nationalorganizations have dues.

She said sponsors alsoare an important part of aclub or organization.

“At least one of the club’sor organization’s sponsorshave to be a full-time fac-ulty or staff member,” shesaid.

It usually takes no morethan a week to get a clubor organization on its feet,she said, as long as a clubfalls inline with collegeguidelines and priorities.

“About three or four ap-plicants become a club ororganization every year,”

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Grayson said.She said last year was the

begining of the businessand paintball clubs.

Currently, there are morethan 35 clubs and organi-zations on campus, rangingfrom departmental clubs tospecial interest organiza-tions, according to theOKCCC Student Clubs andOrganizations manual,which can be picked up inStudent Life.

For more informationabout clubs and organiza-tions, call Student Life at682-1611, ext. 7523.

Photo by Holly Jones

Jessica Little of Farmers Insurance explains to Marta Gillin the process of job placementin the insurance business. OKCCC hosted the #1 Spanish Job Fair in Oklahoma in theCollege Union on July 20.

Job hunting at OKCCC

July 25, 2005 • PIONEER • 11

Class ifi eds

FOR SALE: This space! If youneed to sell a vehicle, The Pio-neer is the way to go. Studentsand employees of OKCCC canplace personal classified ads forfree. $8/week for others. For moreinfo., call 682-1611, ext. 7674.

FOR SALE: ’03 Toyota Rav4.51K miles, asking $14,500. Call808-1165.

FOR SALE: ’00 Jeep, straight6. P/W, P/L. 43,650 miles, $9,800.Call 228-2560.

FOR SALE: ’00 Dodge Neonautomatic, 4-door, runs great.$6,000. Call 819-6953.

FOR SALE: ’99 Chevy Astrovan. Works great, looks like new.Great for trips. $5,500. Call 635-9716.

FOR SALE: ’99 MitsubishiEclipse. 93K miles. Manual trans.Great cond. $7,000. 615-4792.

FOR SALE: ’95 Chevy Blazer.4WD, auto. A/C, P/W, P/L, abs,alarm, tint, good tires. 117K miles,good condition. $2,750 OBO, bluebook $5,900. Call Geri 229-1652or 682-1611, ext. 7535.

FOR SALE: ’94 Honda AccordEX. Runs good, clean. 190K miles.Blue book value $2,700. Asking$1,300. Call 579-4355, evenings.

FOR SALE: ’92 Lexus LS 400.Automatic, 187K miles, P/W, P/L,moonroof, leather seats. $3,500OBO. Call Vinh 816-7411.

FOR SALE: ’91 Camaro RS.New paint, new trans., cold A/C,CD. Runs great, $2,500 OBO. Call694-5612.

FOR SALE: ’88 FleetwoodCadillac. As is, $500. 605-7728.

FOR SALE: ’88 GMC 4 X 4.Runs great, $2,250. 922-1284.

FOR SALE: ’77 Chevy 3/4 tonpickup. Runs excellent. New paintjob, new valve covers and gas-kets, new carb. No dents, no leaks.$1,200 OBO. Call 949-1706.

Pioneer Classified Advertisingis free to all currently enrolledOKCCC students and employ-ees for any personal classifiedad. Ads must be submitted inwriting with IDs supplied orwork area and college exten-sion included. Deadline for ad-vertising is 5 p.m. Tuesdayprior to the publication date.Call 682-1611, ext. 7674, formore information.

FOR SALE: Business ads inthe Pioneer! Starting at just $8 perweek. OKCCC employees andstudents place personal classi-fied ads for free. Call 682-1611,ext. 7674, for more information.

FOR SALE: Wedding dresssize 12/14. Lace and beads. Heart-shaped neckline. Train and slip.Asking $200. Call 632-6259.

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FOR SALE: GE profile gasdryer. Very nice, lg. capacity,works great, $75. 631-4193.

WANTED: Bassist, guitarist,and vocalist to start a punk-rockband in south OKC. Influencesfrom Blink-182 to My ChemicalRomance. Call David at 609-9444between 2 - 5 p.m. or 8 - 10 p.m.

FOR SALE: 8’ X 9’ black steelflatbed w/headache rack and drop-down hitch. Already removed,good cond. $500 OBO. 229-7943.

FEMALE ROOMMATE WANT-ED: 2 bed/1 bath/1 car, washer/dryer. Fully furnished, on Brittonand Penn., close to Lake Hefner.$200/mo. plus 1/2 utilities. Call808-1165.

ROOMMATE NEEDED: Maleor female to share $300/monthrent. Nice habits. 10 minutes fromOKCCC. Contact 408-2828 after9 p.m.

FEMALE ROOMMATE WANT-ED: Spacious 2 bed, 2 bath du-plex. Nice neighbors, lots of win-dows, big living room. Washer/dryer, dishwasher. NW 40th andWestern, near Will Rogers The-ater. 14 miles from OKCCC. Nopets. $270 plus 1/2 utilities. Mostlyfurnished. Call 201-7867.

ROOMMATE WANTED: 3 bed-room, 2-bath, 2-car house inEdmond. Large living room with abar. $334/mo., 1/3 bills. 216-9520.

FEMALE ROOMMATESNEEDED: To share large home.3 miles from OKCCC, 20 minutesfrom OU. Nice neighborhood, 3car garage, 2 1/2 bath. Fully fur-nished except bedrooms. $340/month plus 1/3 bills. Call 615-2396, leave message, or emailim_luv@yahoo.com. Picturesavailable.

RESPONSIBLE ROOMMATE

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at $361 per month.Now signing for Summer and

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FOR SALE: Used couch.Mauve/floral. Good condition, notears. $50 OBO. 631-4193.

FOR SALE: Pulaski glass/mir-ror hutch. Gorgeous, 46” X 79”.$700 OBO. Call 627-1435.

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BOOKS FOR SALE: ThePrentice Hall Guide for CollegeWriters, for Eng. Comp. I, $25.Microsoft Word 2002, for Beg.Word Processing, $25. Building aMedical Vocab., for Medical Ter-minology, $5. Call 306-9743.

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WANTED: Looking to join a newclub? I would like to start an envi-ronmental club. It doesn’t matterwhat your major is. You just needto care about our environment andbe willing to participate in events.Call Christiana at 682-1611, ext.7409, or 330-4227, for more infor-mation.

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The Child DevelopmentCenter & Lab School hasseveral openings for 4-year-old children beginningAugust 22, 2005. Pleasecontact the CDCLS Officeat 682-7561 for moreinformation. Collegestudents enrolling theirchildren may be eligible forgrant funding toward aportion of child care tuition.

12 • PIONEER • July 25, 2005

Volunteers, donors needed for upcoming arts festival

Mascot volunteers willwear a full-body costume,she said, and walk aroundthe festival grounds with aguide’s help, greeting festi-val attendees.

Volunteers giving fourhours or more of time willreceive a free art’s festivalT-shirt with the SeemoreArt mascot printed on thefront.

Williams said she hopes

more OKCCC students willvolunteer this year.

“We’re targeting the stu-dent organizations,” shesaid.

“This really is a great op-portunity for students tohelp their community.”

Williams said althoughorganizers are hoping formore college student in-volvement, volunteers maybe as young as high schoolage.

Those wanting to volun-teer can obtain an applica-tion at www.okccc.edu/afo.

Williams said, in addition

to volunteers, she is accept-ing any supplies andmoney donations. “We’re atthe point where we are pur-chasing stuff,” she said.

Any amount is accepted.An application for makinga donation can be found atwww.okccc.edu/afo.

Williams said any sup-plies donated are appreci-ated and will be used, evenif for next year’s festival.

Needed supplies includeanything arts and crafts re-lated, she said.

“Items like paper, cray-ons, markers, paint, paint

brushes and sand areneeded for the children’stent,” Williams said.

“We also need things likepaper towels and icechests,” she said.

“But [we] are hopingsome local stores will do-nate them.”

Donations should betaken to Williams on thefourth floor of the library.

Williams said the festivalalso gets help in the formof sponsors and grants.

Sponsor donations rangein amounts from $500 to$10,000, she said.

Copper Mark Bank,Bankfirst, Tinker Federal

Credit Union and OG&Ehave all contributed moneyfor this year’s festival, Wil-liams said.

In addition to donations,grants also help the festi-val meet costs, Williamssaid.

Grants from The Okla-homa Art Council, theKirkpatrick family fund andthe Ad Astra foundation aresignificant contributoions,Williams said.

Editor Christiana Kosturacan be reached at editor@okccc.edu. Staff WriterShawn Bryant can bereached at StaffWriter3@okccc.edu.

“Catalog,”Cont. from page 1

new catalogs] how manywould be left [of the oldones],” she said.

Barton admits therearen’t many reasons for astudent to buy a catalog.

She said unless courserequirements change or astudent changes majors, orquits school and comesback in a different aca-demic year, there would belittle reason to buy a cata-log. A student also maywant to buy a catalog toreplace a lost one, she said.

Barton said OKCCC con-tinues to offer catalogs inprint because administra-tors want to make the tran-sition smoother for incom-ing students.

“Many students aremuch more familiar withthe print format and aremore comfortable with it.”

Some students believethe old catalogs should beoffered free to students in-stead of being recycled.

“It’s ridiculous,” said LisaPatterson, OKCCC sopho-more. “They should justgive them away.”

Sophomore Tyler Batsonagreed with Patterson.“They could give them awaybut tell students what’sbeen updated,” he said.

Auni Patel, sophomore atthe University of Okla-homa, takes basic coursesat OKCCC.

“If you lose your [free]copy, you could get a copy

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of the old one for free,” Patelsaid. “I don’t think youshould have to pay for oneanyway.”

Barton said there are al-ternate ways to view thecatalog if students havecomputer or Internet ac-cess. They are available onCD as well as online.

Prospective Student Ser-vices use the CDs to pro-

mote the college at highschools, Barton said.

When the admissions de-partment runs low on cata-logs, CDs are given out. Thecollege catalog also may bedownloaded from the col-lege website www.okccc.edu, she said.

Editor Christiana Kos-tura can be reached ateditor@okccc.edu.

Thirty boxes of2004-2005 collegecatalogs, worthabout $2,400 retailvalue, gather dustunder a collegestairwell. Collegeofficials said theyoverestimated thenumber they neededto print.