4-13-2012

For many, spring is a time of rejuvenation and animation. The air fills with warm scents as flowers bloom, and lawns are trimmed. It is also a time to get a check up and make sure the body stays healthy.

Midwest Regional Medical Center and RSC held their annual health fair April 11 to educate the public about health and wellness.

“We provide this service in conjunction with Rose State to give important health information to the community. We provide free blood work and cholesterol screening,” Marilyn Flinchum, marketing/special events coordinator of Midwest Regional Medical Center, said.

Rose State offered participants information on wellness courses aimed at keeping people fit and healthy as well as providing information for the summer Kids College program.

“The most popular courses seem to be the 50 Plus Program. The water aerobics class seems to be the favorite course, as well the trips the group takes throughout Oklahoma,” Tiffany

Farmer, work-study office aide, said.The group visits Enid, Tulsa, and

Stillwater. They get a chance to visit the local museums, gardens, and restaurants that help to make these areas popular.

Another health issue that affects the public is sleep disorders.

“There are nearly 100 different sleep disorders that affect people throughout the world,” Mark Doolen, manager of the Midwest Regional Medical Sleep Diagnostics Center, said “What we do when people come in with a complaint of being tired is hook them up to a polysomnography and have the patient sleep through the night.”

The polysomnography test monitors the patient’s brain waves, muscle tension, eye movement, respiration, oxygen level in the blood and audio monitoring.

The first test at the sleep lab was done in 1999 on Doolen, who ended up having 58 events per hour with each event lasting for 15 seconds. What this meant for Doolen was that for two hours during his eight-hour sleep cycle he was not breathing. Imagine not breathing for two hours each night

IN THIS ISSUE:

...Page 2• Challenges for Vets• News Briefs

...Page 3• Letters to the Editor• Campus Chat

...Page 4• Vietnam Vet Helps Allies

...Page 5• Pow Wow Prep• Severe Weather Warnings

...Page 6• Future Accountant Honored• Showers Soaks Spring Fest• Stolen Health Records

...Page 7• Game Review: Silent Hill• Trends: Legal Loop Holes

...Page 8• Weekly Event Calendar• Weekly Puzzles

NEWSYour Rose State College news-magazine, serving the campus since 1972

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Apr. 13, 2012

Health fair educates public

Health Fair attendees enjoy massages to relieve tense muscles. Photo by Dennis Gosnell

By: Dennis GosnellAssignment Editor

BREAKING NEWSThe faculty senate has developed a policy

satisfaction survey that has been given to all full time faculty members on campus.

Thus far the response to the survey has exceeded expectations. The survey is completely secure and confidential.

“This is why it’s credible, because no one is blowing sunshine up someone,” commented Craig Dawkins, professor of economics.

For complete and up to the minute information on this survey planned by the faculty senate, please access the 15th Street News website at 15thstreetnews.com.

while asleep.“A person who suffers from sleep

apnea (most common sleeping disorder) can sleep for 10 hours, however if they are having trouble breathing or having other issues during this time,” Doolen said “they will be more tired when they wake up in the morning because their body is working harder to regulate itself.”

For more information on sleeping disorders call the Midwest Regional Medical Center Sleep Diagnostics Center at 405-610-8039.

Other information provided to participants included how to quit smoking, rehabilitation, giving blood, community senior centers that help the elderly stay fit, and a variety of other health information. Central State Academy of Massage also provided free massages to participants.

Bureaucracy is often as annoying as finger nails scraping against a chalkboard.

Ideally the bureaucratic system is designed to prevent malicious laws from being created in a fastidious manner that would inhibit and limit an individual’s civil rights.

More often than not however, the bureaucratic system is used to prevent or circumvent a person’s interest in areas that are sensitive or to maintain a slow and fluid system of governing.

Veterans Affairs (VA) is one such bureaucratic system that works toward helping citizens, who were part of the Armed Forces of the United States, transition out of the military.

The VA offers many different programs to veterans, one is the GI Bill for veterans who wish to go to college or receive some form of technical training.

The most notorious of these bills, is the Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill. For most administrators this bill causes a miasma of grandiose headaches that leave them wondering at the reasoning behind such a complicated bill.

The eligibility criteria for the bill, what they get while using the bill, and figuring out what the veteran owes if they should fail a course or courses creates a great deal of paperwork for an understaffed and underequipped bureaucracy.

Whose fault then is it when these governmental

agencies are slow to respond to the people’s needs? The people would say it is the government’s fault, while others will blame their fellow citizens for being lazy and not wanting to work.

The fault lies in poor long-term planning.

Law Day11:30 A.M. April 30, Student Center, Main Dining Room. Former Governor George Nigh will be speaking at Law Day, where lunch will be provided Nigh was the longest-serving Oklahoma lieutenant governor in state history serving for 16 years. He also served two elected terms as governor from 1979-1987. The program is brought to you by RSC Foundation James F. Howell “Country Lawyer Lectureship.

Midwest City Rotary ScholarshipsTwo $2,500.00 scholarships will be awarded to one RSC student and to one eligible high school senior. Both scholarship applicants must be residents of Midwest City. For the Rose scholarship the applicant must have successfully completed 24 RSC credit hours and be enrolled full time for the 2012 fall semester. Go to www.mwcrotary.org for additional information. The Application deadline is May 4, 2012.

CinderellaApril 26-28 at 7:30 p.m., April 29 at 2:00 p.m., May 3-5 at 7:30 p.m., May 6 at 2:00 p.m. in the H.B. Atkinson Theatre, General Public is $5; Students/Faculty/Staff/Senior Citizens 50+- No charge. For ticket information call 736-0364. Cinderella, by Norman Robbins, combines humor and romance woven together with a generous touch of magic in this lively version of the timeless favorite tale.

Central Oklahoma Engineering Festival10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 25-27, Student Center. Each day of the event will be geared towards specific age groups. The festival, which is tied to the USA Science and Engineering Festival, will afford an opportunity for students of all ages from the Central Oklahoma area to appreciate STEM. For more information, please call 733-17450 or go to www.rose.edu/centralokscienceandengineeringfestival for additional information.

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OpiniOn2 April 13, 2012

EDITORIALPost 9/11 GI Bill poses challenges for vets

News Briefs

Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Hallberg’s military career ended when a roadside bomb exploded next to his Humvee in Iraq. Now he battles the bureaucracy of the Pentagon to get the benefits he deserves. Photo courtesy of mctcampus.com

Morris, a Russian man saves his rubles for twenty years to buy a new car. After choosing the model and options he wants, he’s not the least bit surprised or even concerned to learn that it will take two years for the new car to be delivered. He thanks the salesman and starts to leave, but as he reaches the door he pauses and turns back to the salesman “Do you know which week two years from now the new car will arrive?” he asks.

The salesman checks his notes and tells Morris that it will be two years to the exact week. The man thanks the salesman and starts out again, but upon reaching the door, he turns back again.

“Could you possibly tell me what day of the week two years from now the car will arrive?”

The salesman, mildly annoyed, checks his notes again and says that it will be exactly two years from this week, on Thursday.

Morris thanks the salesman and once again starts to leave. Halfway though the door, he hesitates, turns back, and walks up to the salesman.

“I’m sorry to be so much trouble, but do you know if that will be two years from now on Thursday in the morning, or in the afternoon?”

Visibly irritated, the salesman flips through his papers yet another time and says sharply that it will be in the afternoon, two years from now on Thursday.

“That’s a relief!” says Morris. “The plumber is coming that morning.”

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Once again the 15th Street News is showing its liberal leanings. The article “Fallin snubs presidential visit” in the [March 30] issue indicates that Governor Fallin intentionally snubbed the president on his visit. Only at the end of the article does the writer indicate that, in fact, Governor Fallin was not even in the state or country. I guess the taxpayers of Oklahoma would have been SO much better served if she had wasted our tax dollars to return to the state, from Puerto Rico, in order to meet the President when he landed. If the governor had other business, it is her responsibility to the STATE of Oklahoma to be conservative in how she spends our (the taxpayers’) money. Then quoting Mike Shelton, a liberal democrat and the comment that Oklahoma okked “poor on leadership” was unnecessary. Governor Fallin is accountable to the taxpayers of Oklahoma. There were plenty of other Oklahomans in attendance to greet the president during his visit. The last portion of the article was also unnecessary, since Governor Fallin was

not in the state (or country) so was not available to greet the president. Secondly, the Camput Chat questions regarding if Governor (please use her title not just her last name as the position of Governor deserves respect) Fallin should have been here to greet President Obama? Did the person performing the survey advise the people being asked that she was out of the country. As usual, liberals ALWAYS find a way to get the answers they want, even if it is by telling half truths. I am insulted and ashamed that the 15th Street News is nothing but a liberal rag. I will be forwarding my complaints through higher ups in the college. [sic]

Tamora Morris Accounting Major

In reading this editorial, in the April 6th edition of the 15th Street News, I cannot quite figure out what ideas the writer is attempting to communicate to the readership. Perhaps this is just an all out attack against Christianity. However, I am going to respond to several

comments included in “Religion without representation demeans democracy”. The mention regarding contraception and the current election is presented in a skewed, liberal, manner. The argument is not whether or not to allow use of contraception; rather, it is whether or not a religious organization should be forced to provide contraception to their employees when it goes against the tenets of their beliefs. Catholicism (though I am not Catholic) does not believe in contraception. How is it that the government decrees that they MUST provide contraception to their employees? Once again, the government dictating what private and/or religious organizations must do. Each individual can decide for themselves whether or not they will use contraception, but a religious organization should never, ever, be forced to go against their core beliefs. Secondly, John Locke is identified as one of our founding fathers! NOT. He was a British philosopher who did not believe in the Divine Right of Kings. The quote provided was not in regards to religion, but rather in reference to the monarchy. Locke was in fact a man of religion. Perhaps the editorial staff should begin

fact-checking the writings of the staff. This is erroneous information and an uneducated readership should be made aware of this fact. We the People are to have a separation of church and state, the meaning of which has been adulterated by the left. The founding fathers did not believe in a church established by the government. Rather, that everyone could freely practice their beliefs and not pay taxes in support of a specific religion. However, too many have presented it as freedom from religion. To quote our true founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson said “God who gave us life gave us liberty.” and Benjamin Franklin said “The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: ‘that God governs in the affairs of men.’ And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?” Articles written with incorrect information that is presented as fact is unacceptable. I wonder whether the author intentionally misrepresented the information, or if it was intentional in order to support the personal beliefs.

Tamora Morris Accounting Major

April 13, 2012 3news

In Focus

Campus Chat: Should a parent sue when their child dies while committing a crime?

“To me, that’s basically condoning criminal acts. I’d

rather not encourage such behavior.”

Taylor Breeden,Health and Sports Major

“No, why should they sue? That is just sending a wrong message. That’s like saying

it’s ok to steal and get rewarded for it. If they want money, they should get a job.

That is just wrong.”

Virgina Chase,Liberal Studies Major

Patriece Rideau,Family Service/Child Development Major

“Yes, because in committing wrongful acts that person doesn’t know any better or they could have been

influenced.”

Shawn Ogle,Pre-Phyiscal Therapy Major

“No, because if they are committing a crime, it should not be counted as a ‘wrongful’

death.”

regarding April 6, page 2, “Religion without representation demeans

democracy”

By: Michelle Correa

regarding March 30, page 1, “Fallin snubs presidential visit”

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d i t o r :

For many, Vietnam represents a feeling of loss; loss of a loved one, a planned future, even a sense of innocence.

For Arnold Waggoner of Yukon, co-founder and former president of Friends of the Central Highlands nonprofit charity, the Montagnards he met in Vietnam now gives him a path to lose something else he carries from that war -- his guilt.

Waggoner and co-founder Dr. Charles Burt started the organization in 1994, a year after visiting Vietnam for the first time since the war. Today, it averages $40,000 in annual donations, which is used to fund scholarships and microloan lending, as well as fund the construction of 15 schoolhouses along with an orphanage in the village of Kontum.

“It was culture shock the first time I saw them,” Waggoner said. “I had grown up in a small southwestern Oklahoma town, hadn’t been pretty much anywhere. All of a sudden, here I am, thrown into a completely different culture.”

For Waggoner, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967 to avoid the draft, it was a world far removed from Watonga’s windswept Oklahoma prairie that he called home.

He met the Montagnards as a combat engineer to assist in army “pacification” projects targeting them

and other indigenous people of the central highlands of Vietnam. These projects worked to build support with locals by building schools and providing medical care, as well as other initiatives.

“The women wore no tops, their children smoked cigars, they drank rice wine. They were animists,” Waggoner said. “I found them to be barbaric, but yet very intriguing. They had a sense of responsibility and loyalty, and whenever I started to work with them, I started to learn their language and found them to be a very humble, protective people.”

After leaving Vietnam in 1970, Waggoner admitted his heart remained with the Montagnards, even after 23 years of building a life. His office at Rose State College, where he works as a professor of criminal justice, is lined wall-to-wall with artifacts and memorabilia of Vietnam.

Any visitor to his office would immediately notice two picture frames. One is of a sketch of Waggoner, 30 years younger, drinking rice wine produced in the central highlands through a tube. Hanging next to that is a blurry photograph of Waggoner and buddies from his Army unit, including Burt and the unit’s interpreter, Ngle.

Ngle’s fate was what drew Waggoner back to Vietnam in 1993, after the government lifted restrictions on American travel in the central

highlands. There, he met Ngle’s parents, wife and three children.

“It was probably the most powerful family reunion I had ever experienced,” Waggoner said. “They told us that they knew we would come back, they knew that they were always in our hearts. It was just a very humbling experience, I think I cried for three days.”

Waggoner discovered that while he and the rest of America moved forward with their lives, the Montagnards he had left behind stood still. From farming to their standard of living, returning to the central highlands for Waggoner was like returning to 1970.

Waggoner discovered how the Montagnards suffered for their loyalty to the American forces.

“They became very loyal to the Americans because they felt like we were going to win the war,” Waggoner said. “They put their eggs in our basket, and when that didn’t happen, they were punished by the North Vietnamese government.”

Waggoner described the horrors visited upon the Montagnards, including torture, slaughter and the denial of basic services such as an education. He equated the Montagnards’ treatment to the treatment of Native Americans a century ago.

After returning to the U.S., Waggoner was forced to confront scars from his experience in Vietnam that had festered quietly since the 70s.

“When I came home from my first return visit, I had a whole lot of guilt I was not dealing with,” Waggoner said. “I wanted to leave my job, leave my marriage, move to Vietnam and go live with the Montagnards because of my sense of loyalty to them … I was told that I had never come home. I was still in Vietnam.”

Although Waggoner drew no pay or compensation for his work – no members of the organization are financially compensated – Waggoner’s payment for his efforts were much more beneficial to him.

“Through founding the organization, I’ve been able to accept some of the things we did in Vietnam and to help those people,” Waggoner said. “Helping them has helped my survival guilt, giving them the opportunity I had.”

Waggoner retired from active participation in the organization in 2007. The last time he had visited Vietnam was 1997.

“I think that my wife and I have other priorities in our lives,” Waggoner said.

Although the charity continues under new leadership, Waggoner is content that what he started will continue to benefit the people he always carries in his thoughts.

“I think I’ve done what I was supposed to do,” Waggoner said. “In my heart of hearts, yeah, I would like to go back.”

Feature4 April 13, 2012

Waggoner in his army uniform during the Vietnam era. Photo courtesy of Arnold Waggoner

Vietnam Vet heals by helping former Allies

Professor of Criminal Justice Arnold Waggoner pictured with a photograph from his Army days. Photo by Bryan Trude

By: Bryan TrudeVolunteer Writer

Preparations for the first Spring Contest Powwow, put on by a coordination of the American Indian Association and the United Nation Indian Tribal Youth, Inc., are now under way. The event will take place Saturday, April 21 from 2-11 p.m. in the Professional Training and Education Center, and is free and open to the public.

Highlights of the event will be the traditional powwow dinner at 5 p.m., hosted by the Mary Lee Clark United Methodist Indian Church. Following the dinner will be the Grand Entry at 7 p.m., led by the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Color Guard. The crowning of the first American Indian Association princess will take place immediately after the Grand Entry.

Among the entertainment at the event will be Native American arts and crafts and native dancers who are competing for prizes. Refreshments will be available through vendors at the event.

For more information, contact Mechelle Aitson-Roessler at 736-0203 or Alan Neitzel at 736-0347.

[MIDWEST CITY, OK] Living in Oklahoma can provide for quick, unexpected turns in weather, especially as we enter into spring. According to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM), it is important to know how to be prepared before an emergency occurs. Here are some steps to ensure you and your family’s safety:

Create an Emergency. Plan. Schedule family meetings to discuss what constitutes a possible emergency, how you will respond to it and what to do in case of power outages and personal injury. Create home escape routes and make sure younger children know how to contact 9-1-1 emergency. Turn on a radio for emergency information and pick two meeting places, one near your home and one outside of your neighborhood in case you cannot return home after an emergency.

Prepare a Disaster Supply Kit. Electricity, water, heat, air conditioning or telephone service may not work in an emergency. Preparing

disaster supply kits in advance can save precious time in the event you must evacuate or go without utilities for an extended period. Designate an easy-to-carry bag such as a backpack or duffle bag to store with necessary items such as: water, non-perishable food items, flashlight, batteries, any needed medications, first aid kit, change of clothing, blankets, and any family or family physician information that may be beneficial.

Be Storm Savvy. When a severe weather warning has been issued for your county, listen to the local media and take proper precautions. Stay informed with weather updates and keep your weather radios ready in the event of a power outage. Have your emergency plan and disaster supply kit ready if you have to evacuate your home at a moment’s notice. Identify the safest place in your home or workplace if you need to seek immediate shelter.

For more information on emergency preparedness contact the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management at 405-521-2481 or online at, www.oem.ok.gov.

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Po w Wo w p l a n n e r s p r e p a r e p r o g r a m

Pictured left to right: 1st row: Mechelle Aitson-Roessler, sponsor AIA; Alan Neitzel, sponsor AIA; Shawn Ogle, president AIA and Jean-Nicole Black.2nd Row: Bill Foote, Mary Lee Clark United Methodist Indian Church; Genevia Foote, Mary Lee Clark United Methodist Indian Church; Jessica Lookout, Princess and Robin Goodiron, Secretary AIA. Photo by Tracie Bullen

Oklahoman John Seay lost his mother, Gladys Seay shown in photograph he holds to a tornado on May 22, 2011. Severe weather preparedness is essential to preventing loss of life. Photo courtesy of mctcampus.com

By: Chelsea RattermanAssistant Editor

MWC encourages family preparedness during severe weather By: Mike Bower

MWC Emergency Manager

raider LiFe6 April 13, 2012

The rainy weather that fell April 11 forced Spring Fest activities into the Student Center. As a result, several events were canceled, including live performances and booths representing the diverse organizations and clubs on campus.

The damp weather failed to dampen spirits as organizers made the best of the situation. Due to the Community Health Fair taking place at the same time, Spring Fest was localized in the Student Activities offices. From there, food and drinks were handed out, with food being provided by Jersey Mike’s and Chick-fil-a on Thursday.

Spring Fest also helped raise awareness for Student Senate

Executive elections. Tables and computers were set up where students could vote for their respective candidates.

Students were also encouraged to sign up for summer and fall classes. For more coverage and photos of the event, visit 15thstreetnews.com.

Showers soak Spring Fest

Jersey Mike’s provided turkey, ham and veggie subs, plus chips and a cookie on Wednesday. Photo by Chelsea Ratterman

In the latest installment of the Great Issues Lecture Series, Linda Whaley, director, Health Information Technology Program, addressed students, faculty and staff regarding personal health information.

One thing Whaley considers both good and bad is the constant policy revisions that take place within the health care industry. “The changes sometimes make my job difficult,” Whaley said, “I’m constantly revising my slides. What I tell you today may be different next week.”

Whaley listed several things which are a part of personal health information, including hospital registration and admittance, doctor’s office visits, accessing urgent care clinics, and ambulance rides.

Medical history goes beyond where you are treated. Physical exams, lab tests, medical imaging and other tests are also recorded.

Which begs the question, who has access to such personal information? A surprisingly large number of people, the most obvious being public, state and federal health agencies and health care providers.

Third party payers, i.e. insurance companies, can access a client’s medical records to ensure that the paid procedures have been performed.

Law enforcement has a limited access to medical records. Other entities, such as lawyers, need the

medical records of their clients if they’re suing as the result of an injury, or when filling out an application for life insurance.

And, of course, individuals have the right to access their medical records. Care should be exercised when attempting to retrieve a hard copy. Depending on the amount of pages, printing fees could cost hundreds of dollars. To save money, individuals should select only those records relevant to their needs.

Another option is to request electronic copies of records. While not all facilities keep electronic medical records, government incentives are being pushed to increase these numbers. “Most physicians are migrating to electronic health records,” Whaley said, “$3.1 billion has gone to hospitals who adopt electronic health records.”

The benefits of digitally retrieving medical information include reduced paperwork, the rapid sharing of information, and the reduction of unnecessary tests.

“Security is the downside to electronic health records,” Whaley said, “There’s lots of breaches.”

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) website has a page detailing large breaches of information; breaches which affect 500 or more individuals. Whaley referred to this as the “wall of shame.”

“You can always get a wealth of information from government

websites,” Whaley said, “Oklahoma has only four entries on the wall of shame.”

One of the most extreme breaches came from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. They received a fine of $1.5 million from HHS after 57 unencrypted computer hard drives were stolen from a leased facility. The hard drives contained the names, social security numbers, dates of birth, diagnosis codes and health plan identification numbers of more than 1 million individuals.

The Secure Medical Records Transfer Network (SMRTNET) and their website, smrtnet.net, work

to protect Oklahomans from medical identity theft, which is the fastest growing type of identity theft. Their network encompasses 25 hospitals and 60 clinics in Oklahoma, with more than 2,500 users.

“New [government] guidelines are being enacted,” Whaley said, “Encryption is not a requirement, but it is highly encouraged.”

Organizations like SMRTNET are making strides to prevent identity theft, while striving to follow the Health Information Management (HIM) goal “to optimally achieve the accuracy, availability and protection of health information for all.”

Identity thieves target personal health information

“Know your privacy rights,” Linda Whaley, director health Information Technology Program, said at the most recent installment of the Great Issues Lecture Series. Participants learned how to protect their personal health information from identity theft. Photo by Logan Pierce

By: Logan PierceEditor-in-Chief

Accounting

Student of

the Year

Shannon Deguira was awarded the “Outstanding Accounting Student” award for the 2011-2012 school year. She is a sophomore who graduated from Del City High School and will graduate this spring with a degree in accounting. She has served as the accounting lab assistant for the past year, and plans to go to UCO

and become a CPA. “ It’s a great program. I learned a lot,” Deguira said. The award has been presented

for over 10 years now, with many great success stories from its recipients. The plaque is provided by the Oklahoma CPA Society

By: Logan PierceEditor-in-Chief

The “Silent Hill” video game series, for the most part, has stayed vastly different from its survival horror peers. While most games like “Resident Evil” have left their survival horror roots and leaned more toward action games with horror aspects, “Silent Hill” has tried to remain true to what made it great. However, recent titles such as “Silent Hill: Homecoming” and “Silent Hill Downpour” prove not even this series is exempt from “Hack-and-Slash” survival clichés. True survival horror gameplay seems all but forgotten.

That is until Konami released the “Silent Hill HD Collection.”

The “Silent Hill HD Collection” (SHHDC) revisits the second and third installments in the “Silent Hill” series, taking the player back to the roots of psychological horror video games with a High Definition finish.

James Sunderland is the protagonist of “Silent Hill 2.” James heads to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his late wife Mary, who says she is waiting for him there.

Players control Heather Mason in

“Silent Hill 3,” which is a direct sequel to the first “Silent Hill” game, where her father, Harry Mason, was the protagonist. Heather returns to Silent Hill to discover why weird things keep happening and to learn more about her past.

Fans of the Silent Hill series will notice that dialogue for both games has been rerecorded. In Silent Hill 2, players have the option to listen to the original audio recordings from the Playstation 2 version, while the only

option available for Silent Hill 3 is the new recorded lines.

While the original lines in both games are “B-Movie” quality at best, the sense of nostalgia is lost with Silent Hill 3 because of these changes.

The graphics, however, have been enhanced without losing the trademark creepy atmosphere. While most modern games nowadays deliver beautiful HD graphics that allow the player to see everything clearly, such would not work in Silent Hill’s favor.

While prior games used fog effects to hide graphic limitations, the original Silent Hill used fog to create an ominous atmosphere.

The controls for both games haven’t really changed since their release, which can be either a good thing or a bad thing. The movements of James in Silent Hill 2 feel more like trying to maneuver a tank around the almost empty streets. Heather’s movements in Silent Hill 3 are a slight improvement from the last game, but not much. However, the controls are nothing to get too worked up over.

The most compelling aspect of both games is the atmosphere. A combination of excellent music composition and disturbing visuals gives the player a feeling of apprehension. Be forewarned, SHHDC deals with darker themes and is rated “M” for mature audiences.

Nevertheless, SHHDC can appeal to a whole new group of players and allow them to experience the rich history locked within the town that takes all.

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“Silent Hill Downpour’s” inclusion of breakable weapons, coupled with the ability to beat monsters with your bare hands, makes Downpour feel like a generic action/horror game, rather than part of the Silent Hill series. Graphic courtesy of mctcampus.com

Silent Hill re-release revives survival horror

In the 1997 movie “Liar Liar” Jim Carrey stars as Fletcher Reede a fast track lawyer who cannot lie for 24 hours. In one scene Fletcher’s secretary asks if he thought it was right that her neighbor was sued because a robber had fallen through her skylight and onto a knife. Fletcher’s answer was “No, I could have gotten him more.”

In August 2010, a teen, Justine Winter, was arrested and charged with two counts of deliberate homicide after a car crash that killed Erin Thompson and her son Caden Odell. After the crash Winter was in critical condition and had to have multiple surgeries and procedures to save her life.

One side effect of her injuries was that she could not remember what happened clearly that night. Winter did not believe the accident was her fault and even went so far as to sue the Thompson family and three other companies for negligence. After a nine day trial a jury found Winter responsible for causing the crash and

the judge dismissed the civil suit.Cletta A. Jennings filed and won a

civil suit after her son, Antwun Parker, was shot and killed in a pharmacy in Oklahoma City. Parker and a friend, Jevontai Ingram, had been asked by two men to go into the pharmacy and ask for OxyContin. Ingram was given a gun but Parker was not. Ingram managed to get away, however, Parker was shot at least six times.

The first shot Parker received was to the head, then five more later on through out his body.

Jennings received a settlement from the pharmacies insurance company, and told interviewers she’s glad it’s over.

Crimes are committed everyday, people are hurt or die everyday. Does money equate the loss of life that occurs from these tragic occurrences or what if the victim of an attempted theft becomes a murderer, does the family of the deceased deserve restitution? Something to think about is how will money ease the grief a person endures when they lose a family member?

Loop holes create profits for unlawful individuals

Although lawsuits may sometimes prove profitable for criminals relatives it may not balance out the loss of a family’s loved one. Each case should be won or lost on its own merit. Photo courtesy of mctcampus.com

By: Dennis GosnellAssignment Editor

By: Luke PierceVolunteer Writer

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Crossword PuzzleCalendar of Events for weeks

of April 6 – April 13

April 18Free CNA Training Orientation Session

8 a.m. & 12 p.m., RSC Training Center Rm 215

April 19Rex Linn Class

3:30 p.m.H.B. Atkinson Theatre, Tuition Hearing

9:00 a.m.655 Research Pkwy; State Regents Conference Room

April 21Spring Contest PowWow

2-11 p.m., PTEC bldg.

April 23Student Life Banquet

5:30 p.m., Main Dining RoomFree CNA Training Orientation Session

8 a.m. & 12 p.m., RSC Training Center Rm 215

April 26- May 6Cinderella, Contact Theatre for showtimes

H.B. Atkinson Theatre

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