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• Sooner fans not number 1, editorial, p. 2.• Ability Awareness Week planned, p. 9.• Illest football team wins, sports, p. 12.• Trash cleared by students, p. 14.

Oct. 10, 2005This Week

Inside

Controversyarises in illegalstudent issue

Acting presidentfocuses on plans

A day in someone else’s life

Photo by Christiana Kostura

See “Students,” page 11

See “Sechrist,” page 16

“You get overlooked quite a bit,” said Jennifer Cochnaver, sophomore occupationaltherapy student (top left), referring to the way disabled students are sometimes treatedat OKCCC. Cochnaver is part of Professor Reeca Young’s Occupational TherapyAssistant class that took part in an exercise to help able-bodied students understandwhat it’s like to navigate the halls of OKCCC in a wheelchair. Classmates NyreeChandler, sophomore (bottom left); Niki Morgan, freshman (bottom right) and TiffanyBarnes, sophomore (top right) agreed with Cochnaver.

Test Center hours extendedThe Test Center will extend its hours from Oct. 10 through 14 for midterm

test-takers. Extended hours will be Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students must be in the Test Center

one hour prior to closing to receive an exam.

By Christiana KosturaEditor

Technology and community out-

reach are Dr. PaulSechrist’s maingoals while in theposition of actingpresident atOKCCC.

He said while hedoesn’t have anyplans to changethe direction of thecollege while in hiscurrent position,he would like to continuemoving forward with plansmade under OKCCC Presi-dent Bob Todd’s direction.

“I think we want to acceler-ate our plans to respond toour changing dynamic of ourinstitute,” Sechrist said.

This would include estab-lishing programs to helpOklahoma City’s growing His-panic population, Sechristsaid.

“I think we really have torecognize that, atour doorstep, wehave a growing ex-panding Hispanicpopulation that isgoing to be the nextgeneration of stu-dents at OklahomaCity CommunityCollege.”

Sechrist saidOKCCC also willhelp other areas of

the community in need.“We want to be responsive

to all our areas of communitythat are growing.”

Paul Sechrist

By Richard HallStaff Writer

Currently, more than 200 students enrolled at OKCCCaren’t legal American citizens, yet are paying in-state

tuition and are eligible to receive state financial aid.Oklahoma law states undocumented residents are allowed

to receive in-state tuition and financial aid as long as theyhave attended a state high school for three or more years,graduated from high school and have signed an affidavit prom-ising to legalize their status as soon as they’re eligible.

Since 2001, eight other states have voted to allow in-statetuition and financial aid for undocumented immigrants whomeet the criteria, including California, Texas, New Mexico

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Boom orSooners?

Offender editorial offensiveTo the editor:

When dealing with anunthinkable crime, it’s of-ten tempting to not think.A reactionary responsefeels good and, because ittends to be based in hyper-bole from the start, seemslike it only affects the badpeople.

The reality is we are com-plex creatures in a complexworld who require complexanswers.

If we want to pretend tobe rational creatures build-ing a permanent social sys-tem we need to examine ex-actly why we do things andwhat will come from thoseactions.

The best reasons I havefound for punishment areavoiding future offenses,gaining what was lost, anddeterring future offenders.

The opinion voiced by theeditor, whether her actionopinion or bait for readerresponses, seems to at-tempt to fit into the firstand last category.

Here is where the issuegets tricky.

We at the same time wishto extend the ethicalboundaries of rightful andjust punishment to accom-modate the derangement ofan individual while holding

to the logic imposed on ahealthy mind.

We want rapists to payand we want them to stopso we punish pragmaticallyand stigmatize and vilify of-fenders. We often wish toruin or end their lives in theprocess based on the lawsof conscious decisions. Butask yourself the followingquestion: “Could I rapesomeone if I so chose?”

To say a violent sex of-fender must pay for his orher actions is one thing,but to then shut down themind and introduce the hy-pocrisy that the rapist hasa sick and diseased mindunlike your own is a crime.

Only one reality can ex-ist, if one is to assume pun-ishment is based on willfuland sane disobedience.

What is a sex offender tolearn in so diseased anddisoriented a mind as torequire violations of privacyand human rights if theirthought processes are dis-eased and disoriented?

To sum up my argument,I offer the following: eitheryou are the rapist or therapist is deaf to the punish-ment and you are a tyrantdisposing of unworthy life.I’m not calling for amnesty.I’m only asking for careful

thought, thorough study,and better understandingbeyond mere reaction.

As an afterthought fooditem for thought, could it bethat our collective fear andshame regarding sex andour bodies is partially toblame for the extreme andenigmatic nature of sexcrime and victim hood?

—Albert John StichkaOKCCC Student

As if the University of Oklahoma football gameOct. 1 wasn’t enough excitement, a manic engi-neering student had to go out with a bang.

The event goes to show one thing: Sooner foot-ball is more important than personal safety. Afterthe explosion happened, stadium officials were vigi-lant in their efforts to keep game-goers safe — ex-actly what I would expect by some form of authori-tarian entity.

The day after the game, I talked to a consider-ably large group of people who were at the gamewhen Joel Hinrichs III’s bomb went off. The ma-jority of them sat apart from each other, in differ-ent sections of the stadium, yet all of them saidthey heard and felt the explosion.

They also all told me the same thing — officialsdidn’t announce the explosion to the fans, whichis less than estimable.

Telling 80,000-plus people a bomb went off lessthan a block from the stadium wouldn’t have madethem any safer. It simply would have given peoplean opportunity to make up their own minds if theywanted to stay at the game or not.

Of the same group of people I spoke to, severalsaid they didn’t know the cause of the boom theyheard and shake they felt until they arrived homelater that night.

Some even said, while listening to post-gamechatter on the radio, no one mentioned it.

And those who found out about the explosionwhile still at the game praised their cell phones forthe information, since friends and family called ortext messaged them with the news.

As far as television goes, only a couple times dur-ing the game did local NewsChannel 4 break intothe game to report on the incident, but only briefly.Fox Sports Network, which broadcasted the game,was generous enough to lend a scrolling line oftext at the bottom of the screen to let those sittingat home know what had transpired.

Considering the care the Oklahoma City bomb-ing still receives, it would have seemed the OUbombing would have had the media’s undividedattention. Maybe I’m naïve to think so, and maybeI shouldn’t hold my breath.

I just find it odd that the bombing was second-ary and only touched upon after the excitementfrom OU’s win subsided. At the time the bomb wentoff, officials weren’t sure if there were other explo-sives hidden on campus or at the stadium.

It wasn’t until Oct. 4 that the Federal Bureau ofInvestigations concluded there is no more threat.

Some of the people I talked to said they wouldhave left the stadium had they known what hap-pened; others said they would have stayed. Allthat’s certain is there are quite a few lucky Soon-ers who didn’t bleed crimson that day.

I understand OU football is Oklahoma’s personalMecca, but next time something like this happens,I only pray people are sensible about it.

—Richard HallStaff Writer

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Comments and Reviews

Student bickering tiresome

Quartet releases rockin’ album

To the editor:This is in response to the

letter in Oct. 3 issue of thePioneer, “Student revisitsracism issue.”

I actually am respondingto the individual who re-sponded to LawrenceWare’s letter.

[Editor’s note: Ware is anOKCCC student who haswritten two letters to thePioneer about racism affect-ing Hurricane Katrina relief

efforts. Russ Friday is anOKCCC student who re-sponded to Ware’s first let-ter, saying racism is not theproblem].

This way of thinking isexactly what enslaved Af-rican Americans for somany years and still holdspeople back to this day.

Until you walk a mile insomeone else’s shoes, thenwho are you to judge? Iguarantee if it were his

family being hung fromtrees, beaten to death, andburned to death, he wouldhave a totally different out-look.

My advice to this personis: go back into the class[where] you were learningabout Malcolm X and openyour ears and your heartand you might actuallylearn something.

—Name witheldby request

One of the great honors in my life recently oc-curred when the Oklahoma City Community Col-lege Board of Regents asked me to serve as actingpresident. I want to thank them for this opportu-nity.

As acting president, I follow a man who helpedcreate this institution. Dr. Bob Todd’s commitmentto this college is tremendous and is admired bymany, including myself. I have been privileged towork with him for 10 years and wish him all thebest as he continues to recover. I am humbled toserve this dynamic college during this period of tran-sition. I look forward to working with our outstand-ing faculty, staff, and our talented students.

I am always impressed at how much our studentsdo for the community, both individually and throughstudent organizations.

Recently, I was invited to welcome panelists andguests to HOPE’s Hispanic Community Forum. ThisHispanic Heritage Month event was well attended,and the panelists were particularly knowledgeableabout the issues facing this growing community.The discussion was presented and moderated byOKCCC students. It is quite remarkable how stu-dents have such an impact.

Also, did you know that OKCCC raised over$2,800 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts? Thiscould not have been accomplished without a stu-dent leader who said, “We need to do something tohelp, to make this situation better.” Fund-raisingevents were quickly established throughout cam-pus. The Pioneer created an interoffice challenge toraise money. Student Life organizations had buck-ets at the Arts Festival site collecting donations forthe American Red Cross.

These student accomplishments all started withone person’s idea. I believe these student initiativesare what make this institution a true communitycollege.

Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a smallgroup of thoughtful, committed citizens can changethe world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”I encourage you to become involved, knowing thatyou in a small way or big way can change the worldand make it a better place.

Students are the foundation on which this col-lege was built 33 years ago, and students remainour future.

—Paul SechristOKCCC Acting President

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Scotland has exportedanother treat in four ladsknown as Franz Ferdinand.

This alt rock quartet firstmade a major splash withtheir self-titled debut inFebruary of last year.

The album featured “TakeMe Out” and “This Fire.”

With the Oct. 4 release of“You Could Have It So MuchBetter…” Franz Ferdinandhas returned with anotherbatch of great songs.

Some say that the bestalbums start off strong, butnot over the top.

If that is the case, “YouCould Have It So Much Bet-ter…” is a textbook ex-ample.

The first track is a fun yetstrange song called “TheFallen.” It begins with afuzzy, almost punk sound.

A trait of Franz Ferdinandis changing guitar and vo-cal sounds during theirsongs.

“The Fallen” is one ofthese songs. It goes frompunk to alternative to indiein a short span.

Following “The Fallen” isthe album’s first single, “DoYou Want To.”

These days some casualmusic fans put more em-phasis on singles than al-bums themselves.

There is reason to like “DoYou Want To” both as asingle and another song onthe album.

It is a fun rock song in thevein of “Take Me Out,” butwith a better beat.

The band continues touse its formula of rock, popand alternative throughoutthe album.

Songs like “This Boy,”“What You Meant” and“You’re The Reason I’mLeaving” mix this formulawith the band’s version ofpunk rock.

One song that takes theband to another extremealtogether is “Evil and aHeathen.”

The song sounds like aweird mix of big band beat,twangy guitar and vocal ef-fects played through amegaphone.

Another song that is to-tally different is “Eleanor,Put Your Boots On.”

First, it is one of the few,if not only, times the band

uses acoustic guitars anda piano predominantly.

The departure from loudmusic is nice. It begins tofit when the song gets go-ing at a fast pace.

Also, it has a sort of ’60svibe to it, which can beheard on another track,“Walk Away.”

This semi-1960s sound isnot as clear as today’s av-erage recording.

Plus, “Walk Away” con-tains a good Doors impres-sion for a good part of itsduration.

Overall, there is notmuch to dislike with “YouCould Have It So Much Bet-ter.”

Rating: 5/5—Matthew Caban

Staff Writer

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Comments and Reviews

Classic reading with ‘The Lovely Bones’

Director David Cronen-berg cleaned house in the’80s and early ’90s with ahandful of movies like“Scanners,” “The DeadZone,” “The Fly” and thegreat adaptation “NakedLunch.”

After hitting a slump andtaking a few breathersfrom major films,Cronenberg has regainedhis bragging rights with hisnewest go-around, “A His-tory of Violence.”

Starring Viggo Mortensenfrom “Lord of the Rings” asTom Stall, the film orbitsStall’s life as an averagesmall-town guy who turnsinto a hero overnight aftertaking out a couple ofwould-be burglars at thelocal diner.

Performing the good deedcomes with a price — Stallgains the unwanted atten-tion from a group of Phillymobsters who creep intotown and begin harassingStall and his family.

Throughout the film,Stall experiences all theguilt a human heart canstock first-hand, as hispuzzling history is put to-gether piece by piece, cre-ating a horrific picture forhis family.

“The Lovely Bones” byAlice Sebold is an excellentfirst-person story of a teen-age girl who was raped,then murdered.

Susie Salmon, the victim,tells the story from herheaven. She takes thereader through every emo-tion she experiences — be-fore, during and after thetorture she endures.

Susie narrates the book,describing her feelingswhile watching her familyand friends grow andchange in a way she’ll neverbe able to.

The format of the book Ichose to read was the un-abridged version on audio

The film itself is pepperedwith memorable charac-ters.

For starters, you have EdHarris (“The Truman Show”and “Apollo 13”) playinghead mobster Carl Fogarty— the man with one goodeye, since his other was al-most taken out with barbedwire.

He’s quite the threat toStall since he seems toknow a lot about him andhas his entourage of goonsalways by his side.

Secondly, there’s Stall’swife, Edie, played by MariaBello (“Payback” and “Se-cret Window”).

As kinky as she is coura-geous, Edie becomes one ofher husband’s biggest crit-ics all the while remaininga good bedfellow.

And then you have thegreat supporting cast likeyoungling Ashton Holmes(“A Million Miles to Sun-shine”) who plays Stall’sson Jack, and William Hurt(“The Village” and “Lost inSpace”) as made mobsterRichie Cusack.

The two lend a consider-able amount of talent to thealready bulbous line ofworthy credentials “A His-tory of Violence” has.

The film is based looselyon a graphic novel of thesame name, but it’s notyour run-of-the-mill “comicbook” movie.

“A History of Violence” isanything but run-of-the-mill.

It doesn’t throw pebblesat anyone. With this film,we’re talking boulders.

There is graphic violencelike I’ve rarely seen in wide-released films.

For a taste of how graphicit is, there’s a glimpse of aman’s face after he’s beenhit with a hot pot of coffee,and a short glance at whata face would look like afterits nose is removed by a fist.

There also are vivid sexscenes that leave little tothe imagination.

Let’s just say I alwaysthought kanoodling on aset of hardwood stairswould hurt.

And despite the film’sgutsy demeanor, it’s actu-ally quite funny, but not en-tirely in a cheesy mediocreway.

“A History of Violence” isa beautiful movie-going ex-perience. The film showsCronenberg isn’t pulling hisjabs one bit, and still has afew hard-hitting tricks up

‘History of Violence’ a gory good movie

his sleeve.While people will have

their gripes about the film,it’s still a gutsy move oneveryone’s part who was

involved with the film, andit sure pays off.

Rating: A—Richard Hall

Staff Writer

CDs.The woman

who voices thestory, AlyssaBreshnahan, hasan omniscientvoice that helpsbring the listenerinto the story.

Actively listen-ing to a story ismuch differentfrom reading abook.

There are prosand there arecons. While read-ing a book, a person is al-lowed to imagine voices andsounds in their mind. How-ever, with an audio book,

the voices of people are al-ready there for you.

“The Lovely Bones” is anexcellent introduction to

audio books because it is astory that grabs the listenerwithin the first five min-utes.

You will find yourself lin-gering in the car and look-ing forward to traffic jamsto be able to listen to justone more chapter of Susie’slife-after -death experi-ences.

The Lovely Bones is acan’t-hit-pause sort ofbook. I highly recommendthis story to any adult whohas loved and lost some-one.

“The Lovely Bones” wasreleased on CD in August2002. If you haven’t read ityet, there still is time. The

book is still on shelves inmost area book stores andalso is for sale at manywebsites.

OKCCC students cancheck the novel out for freefrom the college’s library.They have one copy of thebook available in largeprint.

Rating: A+—Christiana Kostura

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By John SavageStaff Writer

A little sweat, some elbow grease and personalsatisfaction will be the driving force Oct. 15 whenstudents and faculty join forces to help Central Okla-homa Habitat for Humanities build houses for localfamilies.

“There will be two groupsof 12 and 13 members,”said Community Engage-ment Coordinator JonHorinek. “One group willgo with Central OklahomaHabitat and stay here inOklahoma County.”

The other group willwork on a house in Moore,he said.

This year’s build day hasa full cast but Student Lifeis still taking names on awaiting list in case somemembers cancel.

“We have about 25people that will be going,”Horinek said.

“But we are still taking names so they can replacethe members that can’t be there.”

Helping with build day is a way that students canhelp out and realize how much they can make adifference, Horinek said. He said not only is it funbut also it is rewarding.

Groups could be working alone or with othergroups Habitat for Humanity has provided to help,he said.

This event starts at 8 a.m. and runs to 4 p.m.OKCCC provides transportation to and from the jobsites. Lunch will be provided for the students.

Students are asked to wear comfortable clothesththey don’t mind getting dirty and closed-toe shoes.

No prior experience is required to help.“There is something that everybody can do,”

Horinek said. “We will be working with the volun-teers from Habitat for Humanity and going oversafety issues as well.”

OKCCC was involved with the build day for Habi-tat for Humanity a couple years ago but plans fellthrough last year.

“We haven’t done one in two years,” Horinek said.“We tried to do it again last fall and we didn’t havethe support so we had to cancel that one, but we’reexcited about this one.”

In the past, students and faculty have helped withpainting, framing and some landscaping.

For more information, contact Horinek at (405)682-1611, ext. 7697.

Staff Writer John Savage can be reached [email protected].

By Patricia RobertsNews Writing Student

George Maxwell, StudentDevelopment counselor,said transferring coursesfrom OKCCC to other col-leges shouldn’t be difficultfor students – if they planahead.

“If you know your majorand transfer institution,”Maxwell said, “there willnever be a problem.

“You can work with acounselor, faculty adviseror do it yourself and visitthe transfer institution’swebsite.”

Academic Adviser RodgerRobinson said most newstudents are undecided asto what to major in.

Robinson said when stu-dents do finally decide,they’re surprised by theoutcome. “The outcome isusually credits lost.”

He said typically, all gen-eral education courses will

By Keri DeKinderNews Writing Student

Everyone who wanted tobe an astronaut when theygrew up may have thechance to travel into spacein the next few years, theEngineering Club learnedSept. 30.

The group toured Rocket-plane Limited Inc., thecompany working on mak-ing that dream a reality.

Club members drove toWill Rogers InternationalAirport, where they wereable to tour the offices ofRocketplane Limited, meet-ing the engineers who areworking on developing arocket that will eventuallyoffer commercial spaceflights.

Club members also at-tended a presentationabout the aircraft beforedriving to the airport inGuthrie to see a 78 percent-scale model.

Rocketplane Limited Inc.is building a rocket, theRocketplane XP, out of thebody of a Lear jet. Thelaunch site of the aircraftis the Oklahoma Spaceportat Burns Flat, in westernOklahoma.

Rocketplane XP will beable to take four people,including the pilot, intospace. The rocket will travelinto space and then imme-diately return to Earth.

Megan Kirby, Philip Sin-nett, and Mike Kirby wereall present on the field tripthat lasted most of Fridayafternoon.

They agreed that spacetravel being available to ev-eryone who can afford it isa positive step for the fieldof engineering.

The tickets for the ride inspace will cost around$200,000, but that in-cludes training similar toastronaut training, the ac-tual flight, and a reception,said Tad Theno, a spokes-man for Rocketplane Lim-

ited Inc.The trip to Rocketplane

was just one of many ac-tivities the EngineeringClub is planning for thissemester.

Other plans involve robotwars, more field trips, T-shirts, and a book sale.

The Engineering Club isopen to everyone and hasa one-time $5 membershipfee. Meetings are everyother Thursday at 12:30p.m. and include free pizza.

Megan Kirby, the club’ssecretary, urges anyonewho is interested to join.

“No one should be intimi-dated, because we’re learn-ing just like everyone else,”she said.

Kirby said anyone whohas T-shirt design ideas forthe Engineering Club cansubmit them to Engineer-ing Professor and ClubSponsor Greg Holland.

For more information, onthe Engineering Club, visitwww.okccc.edu/gholland/engineeringclub.

Students maketime to help

build houses

Engineering Club spaces out

transfer but it ultimatelydepends on if the transfercollege is public or private.

A lot of the coursesOKCCC offers are non-transferable because thecollege’s courses and ma-jors are designed for stu-dents to start their careerright out of college, Maxwellsaid.

“The biggest problemwith transferring to anotherinstitution is planning,”Maxwell said.

Every college has trans-

fer guides. OKCCC’s are lo-cated in the Student Devel-opment Office in the mainbuilding.

The Student Develop-ment office also of fersscheduled visits from ad-visers of the following col-leges: Southeastern Okla-homa State University,University of Oklahoma,University of Central Okla-homa, Langston University,University of Texas at Ar-lington and Hillsdale FreeWill Baptist College.

“There issomething that

everybody can do.We will be working

with thevolunteers from

Habitat forHumanity and

going over safetyissues as well.”

—Jon HorinekCommunity

EngagementCoordinator

Transfer planning crucial

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John Ehrhardt

By Matthew CabanStaff Writer

Adopting stray animals isnormal in the life of oneprofessor on campus.

History Professor JohnEhrhardt and his familyhave a habit of taking inunwanted animals.

“We like to take in strayanimals,” Ehrhardt said.

“We have been takingthem in since we were mar-ried.

“Right now we have threecats and a three-legged Si-berian husky,” he said.

Ehrhardt came toOKCCC from Lambuth Uni-

versity in Jackson, Tenn.Ehrhardt joined the

full-time faculty in Au-gust. Ehrhardt is origi-nally from Alton, Ill.,which is near St. Louis,Miss..

He is married and hasa 6-year old son.

He teaches UnitedStates History to the CivilWar, Early Western Civi-lization and the Historyof the Middle East atOKCCC.

Prior to his time atLambuth, Ehrhardt wasa teaching assistant andlecturer at Southern Illi-nois University.

He studied at SIU and re-ceived a bachelor’s degree

likes to challenge studentsin different ways.

“I like to get students tochallenge their deep-rootedconvictions in order to seehow the present relates tothe past,” he said.

“Some students enjoythis and other studentsdon’t, but it can get inter-esting.”

He said he likes the cam-pus because of the positivework environment.

History prof has a heart for stray animals“We like to take in stray animals.

We have been taking them in sincewe were married.

Right now we have three cats and athree-legged Siberian husky.”

—John EhrhardtHistory Professor

in History in 1992 and amaster’s later in History in1995.

Ehrhardt is working onhis doctoral dissertationfrom SIU.

In class, Ehrhardt said he

However, Ehrhardt didadmit to one fear about lifein Oklahoma.

“I am terrified of torna-does, so I tell people howexcited I am to have a homewith a tornado shelter.”

Ehrhardt said some of hisfear comes from experienc-ing a tornado in Lambuthin 2003.

Staff Writer MatthewCaban can be reached [email protected].

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Reeca Young

By Holly JonesStaff Writer

Reeca Young has a longhistory with OKCCC eventhough this is her first yearas a full-time professor ofOccupational Therapy As-sistant.

Young has been with theschool for nearly 20 years.

Sixteen of those years shespent as an adjunct profes-sor in the same field.

She graduated from theOTA program from OKCCCin 1983. She received herbachelor’s in Gerontologyand Family Studies atSouthern Nazarene Univer-sity.

Young said she also hasworked in a variety ofplaces as an OTA: hospi-

Instructor believes in OKCCCtals, nursing homes, homehealth, school systems andmore.

“I picked up a brochureand had never heard of theOTA program. But I knew Iwanted to help people andthe OTA program encom-passed so much of that.”

Young entered the pro-gram while wor-king at alocal bank and raising afamily.

“Right now I have threecla-sses: Intro to OTA, Psy-chosocial Conditions andTreatments and ProgramSupport.

“I am also the fieldworkcoordinator.”

Young grew up in theOklahoma City school sys-tem and has enjoyed herstay at OKCCC.

“I have attended largeruniversities and feel that

connections can’t be madebetween students and theirprofessors.

“OKCCC has a whole dif-ferent atmosphere, whichenables students to be suc-cessful and reach theirgoals,” Young said.

Staff Writer Holly Jonescan be reached at [email protected].

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Experience is a valuedcommodity and one thatVice President for Businessand Finance Art Bode hasplenty of.

Bode will retire fromOKCCC Jan. 9, after serv-ing as vice president of theBusiness and Finance de-partment since 2000.

Bode is being remem-bered for his service on andoff the campus. He said hefeels he brought all hecould to the college.

“I brought experience pri-marily from my times in theAir Force, from my timewith Oklahoma City publicschools and Choctaw pub-


A two-car accident injured one person on J. LeeKeels Drive on campus about 9 a.m. Oct. 5.

Lindsey Stacy, nursing major, was turning left ontoKeels Drive from Faculty Circle, headed toward MayAvenue, when Sara Griffey hit the right side ofStacy’s car.

Griffey, wife of OKCCC Computer Lab AssistantMike Griffey, was headed east on Keels Drive to-ward May Avenue. She said she saw Stacy pause inthe middle of the two lanes of traffic, then pull outin front of her.

“I had just dropped my husband off at work andwas leaving,” Griffey said.

OKCCC Safety and Security Director Ike Sloas saidGriffey hit the car so hard it made it do a complete180-degree spin. He said the car was hit comingfrom the north side of Faculty Circle and ended upon the south side after the accident.

Griffey said she hit her head on the steering wheelwhen she made impact with the Honda Accord.

Griffey said she was going to the doctor later thatday to have her injury examined.

Stacy was uninjured in the accident yet said shewas left a little shaken.

“I didn’t see her. It scared the hell out of me,” shesaid.

Griffey’s Toyota Carolla was hauled off by awrecker service. Stacy’s vehicle only sustained somescrapes, a dent and a flat tire.

Griffey said seeing her car being towed away wasa little unnerving.

“It’s our only car,” she said.Staff Writer Richard Hall can be reached at

[email protected].

lic schools,” Bodesaid.

As the head ofthe Business andFinance depart-ment, Bode hasdealt with finan-cial matters on agrand scale. He’salso dealt withPhysical Plantand security is-sues at OKCCC.

Bode said he’s played bigroles in construction pro-jects and funding.

“I have served as an ad-viser on how much fundingwould be needed for vari-ous specific projects likethe Science Engineeringand Mathematics Center,”Bode said.

Other faculty and staffmembers around the col-

Familiar face to say goodbye to collegelege have no-ticed the jobBode has per-formed.

“I think dur-ing his fiveyears here wehave roofed al-most the entirecampus whichneeded to bedone,” said Act-

ing President Paul Sechrist.Some qualities Bode has,

but may not show, havebeen seen by people closeto him.

“Bode has a great senseof humor and a great loveof animals,” said Adminis-

Accident injures onein two-car collision

trative Assistant SusanMcCullers.

“I will miss the time wespend talking about sportsand politics in the morn-ings.”

Bode said his life won’tend with his retirement.

Bode said his wife will re-tire at the end of this monthfrom Integris SouthwestMedical Center.

He said his wife plans towork only part-time afterthat so he plans to keepbusy himself.

Bode said he wants tolend a helping hand in hiscommunity by raisingfunds for Harrah public

schools.“The Harrah public

school district does nothave an education founda-tion so I am helping them,”Bode said.

As for his spare time,Bode plans to hit the golfcourse and travel.

One thing Bode will missabout OKCCC is the chal-lenge. “I’ll miss knowingthat the work we’re doinghere is truly impacting asignificant number of livesin the Oklahoma City area,”he said.

Staff Writer John Savagecan be reached at [email protected].

Art Bode

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By Karissa NallNews Writing Student

From the great moun-tains of Wichita to Fort Sill,some international stu-dents from OKCCC saw anew world of running buf-falo and historic militarysettings Oklahoma style.

On Sept. 28, Abra Fig-ueroa, English as a SecondLanguage professor, andPatricia Brooks, ModernLanguages/ESL professor,took their internationalstudents on a field trip tosee some historic parts ofOklahoma.

Many of the students arefrom different areas of theworld such as Europe, thePhilippines and Iran.

Most of the students haveonly been in the UnitedStates for a couple yearsand haven’t seen differentparts of their new homestate.

The field trip started witha drive to the top of MountScott near Lawton. There,the students saw buffalo,longhorns and some prai-rie dogs.

OKCCC student MahlaMohsenzadeh is from Iran.She said she has lived inOklahoma for almost a yearand has attended OKCCCfor one semester.

“I really liked being at thetop of the Wichita Moun-tains we’re you could seeeverything around and feela nice cool breeze,” Mohsenzadeh said. “Seeing buffalofor the first time was prettycool too.”

After a stop for lunch, thestudents continued to Ft.Sill.

While at the U.S. Armybase in Lawton, studentssaw historic military estab-lishments.

Students learned the first

By Megan MyersNews Writing Student

During a Brown BagLunch Series lecture aboutChina Oct. 4, Marty Lud-lum, OKCCC business pro-fessor, discussed China’seconomy compared to theUnited States.

China’s exchange rate iscausing more U.S. compa-nies to relocate and pro-duce goods there, Ludlumsaid. Almost every Fortune500 Company can now befound operating in China.

Ludlum compared the re-cent commercialization ofChina to the 1849 GoldRush in California.

Cheaper wages are a fac-tor for relocating, Ludlumsaid.

A Motorola cellular phonefactory worker in China, forexample, makes the equivalent of $98 a month in

U.S. dollars.The prices in China are

lower than in America andmany tourists take advan-tage of the difference inprices.

For example, a DVDmovie can be purchased inChina for $1.25, while theaverage cost in the UnitedStates is $20, Ludlum said.

Popular products in theUnited States, such asCoke and Pepsi, are heavilymarketed in China, al-though they aren’t as popu-lar there, he said.

China also has its ownversion of Wal-Mart, knownas Home World, Ludlumsaid. The store sells every-thing, even automobiles.

Ludlum, who has visitedChina four times, said heis treated like PrinceCharles when he is there,as if he were royalty.

“As a tourist you aretreated very differently,” hesaid. “You are the first one

to be offered anything.”Ludlum showed students

souvenirs he had fromChina such as a box of ce-real, and cans of Pepsi andCoke. Ludlum also offeredsouvenirs such as Chinesecharms and candy to thecrowd of about 20.

OKCCC student Cath-erine Tran said she enjoyedthe lecture.

“The speaker was goodand entertaining,” she said.She also was happy to takehome a few souvenirs.

The Business Depart-ment will be hosting a stu-dent trip to China in 2006.The travel dates have notyet been determined, butthe trip will occur either inlate May or early August,Ludlum said. The trip willlast 10 to 14 days.

For more information,contact Ludlum at (405)682-1611, ext. 7412, orvisit his website at www.okccc.edu/mludlum.

OKCCC students explore native sites

telephone in Oklahoma wasestablished at Fort Sill.They also learned aboutComanche code talkersused in wars.

Code talkers used theirsecret language to defeatthe enemies during war.

Farah Maleki from Iranhas lived in Oklahoma fortwo and a half years. Thisis Maleki’s first semester atOKCCC.

“I really enjoyed seeingthe military post at FortSill,” she said. “I liked see-ing all the old military beds,Indian clothing, and hear-ing about the Comanchecode talkers.”

The 20 attendees allagreed that a day out of theclassroom was nice and thetrip was a great experiencefor everyone.

China trip discussed over lunch

Abra Figueroa, English as a Second Language professor, and Patricia Brooks, Modern Language/ESL professor, took agroup of about 20 international students on a tour of some of Oklahoma’s landmarks Sept. 28. The OKCCC students enjoyedvisiting the Wichita Mountains and Ft. Sill. “I really enjoyed seeing the military post at Ft. Sill,” said student Farah Maleki. TheOKCCC freshman is from Iran and has lived in Oklahoma for two and a half years. “I liked seeing all the old military beds, Indianclothing and hearing about the Comanche code talkers.”

Photo by Karissa Nall

Oct. 10, 2005 • PIONEER • 9

Life flightAwareness weekto showcase lifewith disabilities

Ability Awareness week EVENTS

Tami Griffin, nursing major, jumps in the seat of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center helicopteras her class peeks inside. The pharmacology class was able to coordinate with the OU MedicalCenter to provide a medical helicopter for a hands-on experience.

Photo by Holly Jones

By Krista BurrellNews Writing Student

Students can find out what it’s like to have adisability during Abilities Awareness Week Oct.17 to 21.

“It’s a week where we show students whatpeople with disabilities can do,” said Jon Hor-inek, Community Engagement coordinator.

He said able-bodiedstudents don’t alwaysconsider the dailychallenges studentswith disabilities face.

“It’s not that peopledon’t care,” saidJenna Howard, Stu-dents with Disabilitiesadviser. “It’s thatthey’re just not aware.

“Once you makesomeone aware,they’re usually genu-inely caring.”

The week starts with a sign language BrownBag lecture at 12:30 Tuesday, Oct. 18, in CU2.

Things swing into high gear on Wednesday,Oct. 19. That day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., stu-dents can experience how cumbersome gettingaround in a wheelchair can be during thewheelchair challenge course in the collegeunion. Able-bodied students will go through anobstacle course in a wheelchair, Horinek said.

During the Challenge Course, an adaptivetechnology display and a rolling Power Pointpresentation on all of the disabilities will be setup for students to look at.

In addition, OKCCC student James Arnoldwill present a Braille-writing demonstration aswell as a blindness exercise where students willbe required to find items in a book bag whileblindfolded.

The week winds up on Thursday, Oct. 20,with a wheelchair basketball team demonstra-tion at 12:30 p.m. in the college union.

An abilities awareness display also will be setup in the union all week, Horinek said.

And, he said, keep in mind the month of Oc-tober is “Take the Stairs” Month.

Tammy Griffin, Abilities Galore club presi-dent, believes able students should take thestairs and leave the elevators open for studentswith disabilities.

“It would just be courteous to those who can’ttake the stairs,” said Griffin, “and it’s good ex-ercise.”

Horinek said taking the stairs burns 10 timesmore calories than taking the elevator.

For more information about Abilities Aware-ness Week, contact Horinek at (405) 682-7523. October is “Take the Stairs” month!

Sign LanguageBrown Bag Lecture12:30 p.m., Oct. 18

College Union Room 2

“It’s a weekwhere we show

students whatpeople withdisabilities

can do.”—Jon Horinek

CommunityEngagementCoordinator

Wheelchair Challenge Course10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 19

College UnionDuring the challenge...

watch an adaptive technology displayand Power Point presentation about different types of disabilities...

ALSO... Braille writing demonstration and blindness activity byOKCCC student James Arnold...

Wheelchair Basketball teamdemonstration

12:30 p.m., Oct. 20College Union

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Professor likesOKCCC’s focuson students


Child Develop-ment Professor Ce-cilia Pittman taughtfor more than 20years in publicschools includingteaching first gradeat a Mustang PublicSchool. She bringsthat experience toOKCCC.

“I like workingwith children and I loved working withthe first graders, but this is really whatI wanted to do.”

Pittman said she likes the wayOKCCC operates. “The focus here is100 percent on the students.”

Pittman worked at OKCCC for fiveyears as an adjunct professor beforebeing hired full time.

She said teaching at different lev-els presents different options and re-wards. “At this level, I enjoy getting toknow the students because most ofthem have young kids,” Pittman said.“I want them to understand that learn-ing begins at birth.”

The staff is pleased to work withPittman.

“She is wonderful,” said Child De-velopment Professor Susan Tabor.“She is already very well liked by herstudents and her colleagues.”

Former student Phil Corbett said heenjoyed being taught by Pittman.

“She has the passion to teach chil-dren, and it really shows,” he said.

Pittman said some professors haveless traditional yet effective styles forteaching. “My teaching style is less lec-ture, less book knowledge, more stu-dent input, student involvement.”

When Pittman isn’t teaching, shespends time with loved ones. “I am asingle mom,” she said. “I have threedaughters; 21-year-old Lisa is a stu-dent here. I have a 17-year-old seniornamed Laura and 16-year-old Annais a junior in high school.”

Along with reading books, Pittmanand her daughters like typical femaleactivities. “We like to go shopping andget our nails done…” she said.

Pittman received her bachelor’s de-gree in elementary education fromEast Texas A&M University, and re-ceived her master’s degree in earlychildhood from the University of Cen-tral Oklahoma. Pittman is currentlyworking on her doctorate at the Uni-versity of Oklahoma.

Staff Writer John Savage can bereached at [email protected].

CeceliaPittman

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Some believe undocumented students getting too much help

By Jason T. KirbyNews Writing Student

An estimated 1,500people attended OKCCC’sjob fair Sept. 28, said Em-ployment Services Coordi-nator Linda Fay.

More than 40 employerswere on hand to give out

goodies, and talk withpeople about career oppor-tunities and part-timework, she said.

Fay and EmploymentServices Assistant PorshaWebb both put in manyhours preparing for the jobfair. “We sent out e-mailregistrations about threeweeks ahead of time,” Webbsaid. “We also posted an

Students land jobs and have fun doing itemployment listing on thejob board.”

Fay and Webb used newsadvertisements, the localChamber of Commerce andthe Pioneer newspaper topromote the event.

At the event companiessuch as Sprint Nextel, Fox25/WB 34, and RehabCarehad displays for potentialemployees.

“We are looking to hireabout 200 folks by the endof the year,” said SteveGavette of Sprint Nextel.

Stephanie Nelson of Sin-clair Broadcasting Groupsaid her company was at-tempting to hire camerapeople, on-air talent andinterns.

At least one company of-fered a lucrative package.

“We offer a tuition re-imbursement program forour employees who are stillin school,” said AngieTambi of RehabCare, a re-habilitation clinic withmore than 15 locationsstatewide.

“This is a big attractionfor prospective employees.”

The next job fair will takeplace March 8.

and Utah.Oklahoma Immigration

Attorney Douglas Stumpsaid, when it comes to un-documented students,most of them are broughthere as young children bytheir parents who don’thave legal visas to live inthe United States.

“Most of the time familiescome over here to seek abetter life,” Stump said.“Then you have these inno-cent children who becomestudents, excelling to get abetter opportunity.”

Stump said Oklahoma isjust looking for the bright-est of the bright when itcomes to students, andthat’s why the state allowsundocumented students toattend colleges for the samecost its residents are pay-ing.

“The idea of providing in-state tuition for undocu-mented students gives thestate potential access to abetter -educated work-force,” Stump said.

He said many people ar-gue that the federal govern-ment should stop the influxof illegal workers here inthe country. His argumentis to find a way to makethose already here legal.

Stump said the in-statetuition law fully complieswith federal law.

“Federal law can’t stopstates from providing in-state tuition for undocu-mented students,” he said.“Many in the federal gov-ernment have tried to dic-tate what a state can andcannot do but, in the end,it’s a state’s rights educa-tion issue.”

OKCCC Financial AidDean Harold Case said un-documented students areallowed to receive state fi-nancial aid such as theOklahoma Tuition AidGrant Program and Okla-homa Higher Learning Ac-cess Program.

“If undocumented stu-dents want financial aid,”Case said, “they must meetall the criteria set for legalstudents.”

Case said it’s up to un-documented students totake the initiative if theywant financial aid.

Prelaw major GuillermoGonzalez is an undocu-mented student fromMexico, yet doesn’t receivein-state tuition or financialaid because he moved to adifferent state a year beforegraduating high school.

Although he pays out-of-state costs, Gonzalez said,he’s grateful for the chanceto earn an education in theStates.

“I’ve been here since I was12,” Gonzalez said. “Imoved here with my momto better my education.”

Gonzalez said he feelsOklahoma is giving un-documented students thechance to prove them-selves.

“Contrary to belief, we’renot all thugs,” he said. “Wewant to be thought of assomeone who contributes.”

Gonzalez said his motherdecided relocating to theUnited States was a goodmove for her child.

“My mom couldn’t affordto pay for high school inMexico, so we moved here.”

Jessica Martinez-Brooks,Hispanic Organization toPromote Education spon-sor, agrees with Gonzalez.

“Most undocumentedstudents have been [in the

United States] almost alltheir lives,” she said. “It’dbe a shame to stop them intheir tracks for a bettereducation after highschool.”

She said Oklahoma’s de-cision to offer in-state tu-ition to undocumented stu-dents opens up doors ofopportunity.

“If someone is seeking tobetter their education,states shouldn’t punishthem for it,” Martinez-Brooks said. “It’s not theirfault they’re here.”

But what about life forthose students after col-lege? How are students likeGonzalez expecting to get ajob if they don’t have legalresidency?

Gonzalez said he’s cov-ered.

“My mom is a permanentresident, and she’s becom-ing a legal citizen in threeyears,” Gonzales said.“When she does, I’ll becomea citizen automatically.

“Until then, I’ll focus onschool, becoming an immi-gration attorney and help-ing out my community.”

To some students, theidea of giving illegal resi-dents in-state tuition andfinancial aid is a hard oneto swallow.

Sophomore Calvin Tippersaid he can’t believe it.

“I can’t even get financialaid because my parentsmake too much money,”Tipper said. “And I’m herelegally.”

Sophomore Lisa Colt feelsthe same way.

“That’s wrong,” Colt said.“If you’re here illegally, youshouldn’t get a single ben-efit.”

Colt said she didn’t knowundocumented residentswere allowed to go to col-lege.

Freshman Kevin Gillsdidn’t know either.

“I knew some in highschool,” Gills said, “but Ididn’t know they could goto college, let alone have thestate help them out.”

That’s where the federalgovernment comes in —many critics of the states’decision to help out illegalaliens are pushing forchange.

In July 2004, 24 out-of-state college students en-rolled at the University ofKansas knocked on thedoor of the U.S. DistrictCourt for the District ofKansas.

The students’ argumentwas, if illegal aliens can re-ceive in-state tuition, theyshould be able to as well,since they’re legal citizens.

The judge presiding overthe case declined it and thestudents have since filed anappeal.

Organizations like theFederation for AmericanImmigration Reform arebacking the students andhope to use the Equal Pro-tection Clause of the 14thamendment of the U.S.Constitution, which statesthe laws of a state musttreat people with equal ap-plication of the law.

If the ruling is in the fa-vor of the students, it willmost likely overturn statelaws since authority toregulate immigration be-longs exclusively to the fed-eral government, accordingto www.finaid.org.

Another major criticismstates face is from interna-tional students who can’treceive financial aid eventhough they’re attendingcollege legally under stu-dent visas issued by thefederal government.

Case said international

students don’t receive fi-nancial aid because of sev-eral reasons.

“Exchange students arehere to study, get their de-gree and go home,” Casesaid. “They’re supposed tobe able to support them-selves and shouldn’t haveto work.”

Case said many exchangestudents are supported byfamily members from theirhomeland and don’t requireextra income to survive inthe United States.

International studentKarim El Ouchami fromMorocco is studying engi-neering at OKCCC.

He isn’t happy that ille-gal residents are allowedaid and resdent tuitionwhile he isn’t, and he’s herelegally. “I feel bad that noone helps me with school,”Ouchami said.

He said any other inter-national student likelywould feel the same waysince they all face the samestruggles.

Ouchami said he feelseven worse knowing hecan’t do anything to fix theproblem.

“No one will listen to mebecause I’m not fromAmerica. I’m not a citizen,”he said.

No matter the criticismsand arguments against thestate’s decision to offer ben-efits to illegal residents,Stump said, he has an ar-gument of his own.

“Many undocumentedstudents are paying intothe state and federal gov-ernment systems,” Stumpsaid.

“Why not allow them thechance to better their edu-cation?”

Staff Writer Richard Hallcan be reached at [email protected].

“Students,”Cont. from page 1

12 • PIONEER • Oct. 10, 2005

Sports

•Oct. 10: OKCCC gets its ownversion of Monday Night Footballwhen the Raiders play the WarEagles at 6 p.m. The game willbe played on the athletic fieldnorth of parking lot C. For moreinformation, contact CommunityEducation and Health SpecialistEric Watson at (405) 682-1611,ext. 7786.

•Oct. 15: The OKCCC soccerteam will face Rose StateCollege at 4:30 p.m. The gameis hosted by East CentralUniversity in Ada. For moreinformation, contact LeagueCoordinator Jalal Daneshfar at(405) 974-2377.

•Oct. 16: A schedule change hasmoved two intramural flagfootball games. The first gamewill pit the Raiders against theBulldogs at 3 p.m. A matchbetween the Chiefs and the IllestCrew will follow at 4 p.m. Bothgames will be played on theathletic field near parking lot C.

Illest Crew gets healthy win over the Raiders

After receiving a handoff, Raiders player Matt Mead tries to escape from adefensive player of the Illest Crew. Mead also played quarterback for the Raidersduring the game. The Illest Crew defeated the Raiders by a score of 28-8. Itwas the meeting between the two teams this year.

Photo by Lee Boyd

By Matthew CabanStaff Writer

There was nothing sick about theIllest Crew’s 28-8 defeat of theRaiders in flag football on Oct. 3.

The team lived up to their nameby stopping the Raiders’ offense formost of the game and showcasingtheir fireworks instead.

Illest Crew player Brian Jonessaid the team focused on the gameand played to win.

“That’s what happens when ev-eryone on the team shows up,” hesaid.

The Illest Crew focused their at-tention on a strong passing gameearly on.

Early in the game Larry Thomp-son threw a 45-yard touchdown toJones. The ball was thrown to themiddle of the field where Jonescaught it.

“I jumped over three people andthen I was off to the races,” Jones

said.Later in the first half, Winfred

Dupree quarterbacked the team totwo more scores. He also playedquarterback for the team in thesecond half. He threw three touch-downs and three interceptions inthe game.

Dupree threw one touchdowneach to Jones, Anthony Easterlingand Tyrone Jones.

Dupree’s interceptions did allowthe Raiders a few late scoring op-portunities.

However, they could not capital-ize on the Raiders’ errors and wereonly able to score once in the sec-ond half.

Art Chansombat threw a highpass to the right corner of the endzone, which Matt Sedghi bobbledbefore he held onto the ball for thescore. Chansombat then threw ashort pass to Matt Mead for a two-point conversion.

However, this was too little, toolate, as the Illest Crew held itsground on defense.

“Our defense just stepped up inthe second half,” Brian Jones said.

The Raiders did move the ball tothe Illest Crew’s five-yard line latein the game, but was stifled onceagain.

“They got close and ran fourplays, but we held them on de-fense,” Brian Jones said.

Raiders player Carl Jeffersonsaid his team hurt themselves bydropping two passes in the endzone.

“They played rougher than otherteams, but regardless, we couldn’tget it done,” Jefferson said.

Brian Jones said his teamworked together for the win.

Oklahoma Club Soccer League Standings

WIN TIE LOSS GA GF POINTSOklahoma State 5 0 0 4 25 47Oklahoma 4 0 1 6 32 38OU-COLSA 3 1 0 2 21 32OSU-Japan 2 0 2 8 11 22Central Oklahoma 2 0 2 9 12 20OKCCC 0 1 2 12 4 7Rose State 0 0 4 23 2 2East Central 0 0 3 19 1 1Redlands 0 0 2 25 0 0

GF= Goals For Win= 6 points Tie= 3 points One point per goalGA= Goals Against Shut Out= 1 point Loss= 0 points Up to three points for goals per game

Sedghi said his team, the Raid-ers, were disappointed to lose, butwill be back in their next game.

The Raiders will face the WarEagles at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10,on the field near parking lot C.

The Illest Crew will play theChiefs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16,on the field near parking lot C.

Staff Writer Matthew Caban canbe reached at [email protected].

UPCOMING OKCCC

INTRAMURALSSCHEDULE

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HighlightsFall Concert for OKCCC choirs

OKCCC Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Sym-phonic Choir will perform a fall concert at 7 p.m. Tues-day, Oct. 11, at Graceway Baptist Church located at 1100S.W. 104th Street. For more information, contact MusicProfessor Ron Staton at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7249.

Health Professions Club to host speakersThe Health Professions Club will host two guest

speakers from the University of Oklahoma HealthSciences Center. Heath Burgess will speak to pre-pharmacy students from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. Oct. 11. JimAlbertson will speak to premed students from 12:30 to1:20 p.m. Oct. 13. Both speakers will be in room 1C4across from the science lab. All interested parties areinvited. For more information, contact Physics ProfessorSteve Kamm at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7268.

Get a job, win a Wal-Mart gift certificateThrough the end of October, OKCCC students have a

chance to win a $50 Wal-Mart gift certificate. To be eli-gible for the contest, students need to upload theirrésumés to the Student Life Employment Services jobboard at www.collegecentral.com/okccc. For more infor-mation, contact Employment Services Coordinator LindaFay at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7683.

Psychology/Sociology Club meetingThe Psychology/Sociology Club will be having a meet-

ing about upcoming fund-raisers from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.Oct. 13, in the Student Life conference room. Psi Betamembers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Formore information, contact Club Sponsor Kayce Ratliff at(405) 514-5142.

Absolute publication accepting submissionsAbsolute literary and art journal is accepting fiction, non-

fiction, poetry, artwork and photography. The deadlinefor submissions is Dec. 1. Submission forms are avail-able in the Arts and Humanities office. For more informa-tion, contact English Professor Clay Randolph at (405)682-1611, ext. 7238, or Student Editor Anna Rodriguezat (405) 640-5152.

Poetry and Open Mic ContestThe Writing Club will host a Poetry and Open Mic Con-

test. Submissions may be turned in to the Arts and Hu-manities office beginning Oct. 11. Submissions must in-clude contact information. Dates for the contest will beannounced. Cash prizes will be awarded for both con-tests. The Writing Club meets at 10 a.m. every Wednes-day near the stairwell in the Arts and Humanities build-ing. For more information about the contest or club, con-tact Club Sponsor Andre Love at (405) 863-5951.

HOPE meetingThe Hispanic Organization to Promote Education will

have a meeting at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in 2N7.All members are required to attend. For more informa-tion, contact officer Rocky Chavez at (405) 923-1082.

PASS with CLASS needs sponsorsParenting as Single Students with Critical Learning

Activities for Student Success is in need of one part-timeand one full-time faculty or staff sponsor. For more infor-mation, contact Student Clubs and Organizations Assis-tant Karlen Grayson at (405) 682-7523.

Don’t trash Oklahoma; adopt it

OKCCC students Megan Wright and Miranda Noakes pick up litter along OKCCC’sadopted street, South May Avenue. The event was held Oct. 1 as part of Student Life’sService Saturday program. For more information, contact Community EngagementCoordinator Jon Horinek at (405) 682-7523.

Photo by Jon Horinek

Go to the Centerfor Student

Development Oct.3 to 21 to confirmyour degree plan,request or confirm

your facultyadvisor, request adegree check andenter a drawing to

win a $50 Wal-Mart gift

By Rocky ChavezNews Writing Student

The cleaner roadsidesalong May Avenue betweenInterstate 240 and South-west 92nd Street can becredited to a group ofOKCCC students.

No more view-obstructingsigns that say, “Work @Home for $2,000/month,”or “Repair Computers 4$99/hr.” Eighteen partici-pants did their part to re-pel street spam on Oct. 1.

As part of Student Life’sService Saturdays, volun-teers met at 12:30 p.m. towalk over to May Avenue.

The group split up. Partof the volunteers headednorth to I-240, gatheringlitter from streets, gutters,sidewalks and the retentionpond along the way. Oth-ers cleaned their way southto 92nd Street before head-ing west to Interstate 44.The crew collected every-thing from litter to illegalsigns.

Miranda Noakes, sopho-

more member of Chi Alpha,said upon arrival the volun-teers broke into fourgroups. The groups weretested on about how muchthey knew on biodegrad-able, decomposable andother trash.

Noakes said she learnedevery piece of trash is litterfrom cigarette butts to or-ange peels.

When asked if she wouldvolunteer again, Noakessaid, “I would definitely doit again. I was not awarehow much people are in-sensitive to the land.”

This is the first time thecollege has done the Adopt-A-Street event.

“Last Saturday went ex-tremely well,” said JonHorinek, Community En-gagement coordinator. “Theweather was great, just alittle windy.”

Oct. 1 was one of the fourtimes this year the collegehas committed to cleaningthat stretch of road, Hor-inek said.

The next opportunity forstudents to participate inAdopt-A-Street is on Nov.

4, he said.Volunteers should re-

member to wear clothesthey do not mind gettingdirty, Horinek said.

Those who are interestedin signing up for the nextevent or any of StudentLife’s activities should go bythe Student Life office byentry 11 and ask for Hor-inek. He can be reached at(405) 682-1611, ext. 7697,or e-mail [email protected].

Hey, you!What’s your

plan?

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Child care teachersees own car stolen

He said one area the col-lege plans to improve istechnology.

“We are going to continueto push technology,”Sechrist said. “We have anobligation to prepare thiscommunity to live, to workand to thrive in this tech-nological society.”

When not planning forthe future of OKCCC,Sechrist said, he does havesome hobbies outside thecollege.

“I would consider myselfan avid recreational bicy-clist,” he said. “I ride maybe10 to 15 miles every Satur-day.

“I also am sort of an ama-teur pianist. I spend a littlebit of every day at the pi-ano.”

Sechrist said in additionto his hobbies, he enjoysspending time with his fam-ily.

“Family is important tome,” he said.

He often has dinners andpicnics with his parents,sister and brother. Sechristsaid he also has two moresiblings, a sister and abrother, who live out ofstate.

Oklahoma was not Se-christ’s first home, he said.

“I grew up in upstate NewYork on a dairy farm,” hesaid.

Sechrist moved to Okla-homa to attend SouthernNazarene University.

There, he earned hisbachelor’s degree in speechcommunication with mi-nors in education and psy-chology.

He also earned a master’sfrom SNU in speech com-munication with a minor inpsychology.

Sechrist said he laterearned a doctorate in com-munication from the Uni-versity of Oklahoma.

He focused on interper-

sonal communication andminored once again in psy-chology.

Sechrist said he looksforward to leading the col-


Lisa Young, Child Development Center and Lab Schoolteacher, watched her 1993 Oldsmobile drive out of park-ing lot H Sept. 22.

Only problem was, she didn’t know the driver behindthe wheel. “I felt totally violated,” Young said. “I thought,‘Holy cow, that’s my car!’”

Young said she rushed inside the lab school buildingto call campus security.

“It was traumatic to see my car drive away,” she said.Young said security officers arrived quickly. “They were

very helpful,” she said. “They did all they could do.”After an Oklahoma City Police officer arrived at the

scene, Young said, she found out some interesting news.“The police officer told me Oldsmobiles are easy to

steal,” she said. “He said the oldest ones are easiest be-cause they don’t have a computer or alarm system.”

Young said her door lock was broken, which was whythe car was a prime opportunity for a thief. She also didn’tknow her tag numbers, Young said.

“If I could have known my tag number, the police de-partment could have found my car much quicker thanthey did.”

Young said her car was found Sept. 28, abandonedand with damage to the steering column and dashboard.

Young said she isn’t planning to fork over the dough toget her car fixed. “It’s not even worth it,” she said. “It’swhat I call the ‘Big, Blue Box’.”

Young said, next time, she’ll do things differently.“I’ll know my next car’s tag number by heart,” she said.

“And I won’t leave all my paperwork in my car.”Staff Writer Richard Hall can be reached at

[email protected].

lege while serving OKCCCas acting president.

Editor Christiana Kosturacan be reached at [email protected].

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