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August 26, 2002

• Keep on keepin’ on, p. 2.• Students go on fun-filled retreat, p. 7.• Tuition lines weave through college, p. 9.• CAD club visits San Antonio, p. 10.

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By Mark StackEditor

Whether it’s dealing with the af-termath of Sept. 11, the death

of a loved one or ending a five-year re-lationship, everyone encounters men-tal health issues in their lives.

To help cope with such emotions,CONTACT Crisis Helpline will present“A Festival of Hope” wellness fair, freeto everyone, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Saturday, Sept. 14, on the OKCCCcampus.

CONTACT, a 24-hour mental healthhotline, created the fair with the pur-pose of providing people with a better

Eager to help: Beginning nursing student Ellen Smith checks Allison Richards’blood pressure as part of the vital signs unit her class is studying. Smith said she isalready enjoying the class. “I am excited to be learning how to help other people.”

Photo by Kat Mohr

understanding about the essentials towellness, the keys to stability and howto handle life’s uncertainties.

Chris Moler, director of recreationand community services, said it is no

See “Wellness,” page 12

Wellness Fair all about hope

By Gracelynn AllenStaff Writer

The implementation of anew computer system

has created several changes inthe financial aid department.

Financial Aid Dean HaroldCase said the system allowsthe school to be able to set upindividual student accountswhere financial aid monies aredeposited, disbursed, chargedand approved.

Datatel, the new computersystem, took a year to developand test. It was installed in thefinancial aid offices in June.

Case said the purpose of thesystem is to gradually imple-ment complete electronictransferring of funds fromlenders to student accounts,which will speed up the finan-cial aid process.

When a student enrolls inclasses and is approved for fi-nancial aid, all charges forclasses and fees are attachedto the student’s account, Casesaid. As soon as the first de-posit from a lender or institu-tion is made into the account,the charges are deducted, andthe remainder is sent to thestudent by mail in the form ofa check by the Bursar’s office.

The change affects Pell Grantand loan recipients by the re-versal of tuition charges.

In the past when studentloans were issued to the schoolfor disbursement, the Finan-cial Aid office would approvethe release and the studentwould pick up the loan checkin the bookstore or it would bemailed.

Then all charges for tuition,

fees and books would be ap-plied to the student’s PellGrant award, and any remain-ing amount released to the stu-dents at the bookstore.

Now, any money received bythe college, whether it is loanmoney or financial aid, goes di-rectly into the individual stu-dent accounts where chargesaccrued for tuition and fees arededucted.

In addition, all disburse-ments are now mailed insteadof picked up at the bookstore.

Case hopes this process willeliminate the need to wait inline at the bookstore orBursar’s office.

Students who receive onlyloans also will be affected.

In the past, loan recipientswould have to pay tuition andfees before picking up theirchecks, or would be requiredto go to the bookstore, sign theloan check, hand it back to theschool and wait for the remain-ing amount of the check to bemailed to them.

Now, the loan simply hitsthe student’s account and theover-amount check is mailedout by the Bursar’s office.

Mail-outs, sent with theaward letter, advised studentsof the changes to be imple-mented with the new system.

Case said his office is work-ing to improve overall effi-ciency and make the financialaid process smoother for stu-dents but said he also realizesthe impact of a new system.

“We are learning as we go...itwill take a little time.”

Disbursement dates forvarious funds are posted in theFinancial Aid office, located onthe first floor of the mainbuilding.

Financial aiddisbursementsundergo changeDatatel computer system meant to implement

complete electronic fund transfers

2 • PIONEER • August 26, 2002 Editor • Mark Stack • 682-1611, ext. 7675

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What is a student to do when they are burnt outalmost to the point of quitting school?

Do we do just that, and go back to doing nothing?Have no drive, aspirations? No…goals?

Or, do we stick it out? Muddle through anothersemester of classes that make no sense to us, duenot to a lack of intelligence but because of our amaz-ing ability to just not care anymore?

This was the dilemma I came to about a week be-fore this semester started.

The hassle of enrolling, the waiting for more thanan hour to speak to a counselor for all of five min-utes (just to have her disappoint me) and the col-lege website problems all took their toll on my nerves.

To top it off, I am now in debt to the boyfriend tothe tune of $400 because I was not awarded finan-cial aid quickly enough to avoid paying for my tu-ition and books.

So, I borrowed, I paid and I was awarded financialaid the day after I made my trip to the bookstore.What a deal, huh? All that stress about money andthe letter came in just under the wire. Figures.

Once everything was taken care of, I had to puteverything into perspective.

I am a single mom working frantically to set achild-friendly schedule so my daughter won’t forgetwho I am.

What’s the plus side to this? I have a daughter, awonderful little girl, without whom I guarantee Iwouldn’t have even gone to college.

I have a time-consuming job that doesn’t pay thebills. In fact, this job barely covers the day care costsit takes to be here.

What’s so great about that? I have a job. Somepeople don’t. Enough said.

I have nothing to complain about. Of course I’mnot going to drop out of school (you can breatheagain, Dad) and I know I am destined to do some-thing great. One day. Hopefully.

I will do my best to remember these things thenext time I am waiting in a line somewhere on thiscampus, trying to make sense of it all.

It can be done.—Ashley Martin

Staff Writer

Where does all the money go?To the editor:

Why do we apply for fi-nancial aid? The answer tothis should be obvious: be-cause we don’t have themoney. The money forwhat? Our enrollment fees,student activity fees, as-sessment fees, facility usefees and library fees. Oh,wait, I forgot one: the $25payment plan fee.

I don’t think I’m alonewhen I express the feelingof being ripped off. Ask anyof the hundreds of peoplewho stood in line on Aug.9. Many of us even got anearly start on applying andenrolling so this sort ofthing wouldn’t happen.

I submitted all my appli-cations for financial aid inMay before the spring se-mester was over. In mid-June, I provided all the nec-essary forms to process myfinancial aid. Mind you, Ionly applied for grants, notloans. As August drewnearer, I received a state-ment in the mail telling methat all my fees were dueon Aug. 9. As instructed bythe financial aid office, Ibegan calling to check onthe status of my award let-ter. The answer was always,“No, but they should be inany day now.”

By the time Aug. 7 rolledaround, I still hadn’t beenawarded. I was told that ifmy letter wasn’t in by Fri-day, I could go to thebursar’s office and pay a

non-refundable $25 fee inorder to set up a paymentplan until my award lettercame in.

Let me get this straight…Ipay the school money sothat I can pay the schoolmoney I don’t have? Why,yes, that would be correct.

The wait in line on Aug.9 was nearly three hours. Ispoke with several peoplethroughout the day whohad waited that same a-mount of time. There wasone lady who got in line,waited for an hour, and de-cided to drop all her classesand enroll at OSU-OKC.

The bursar’s office wasopen from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.or later, although theystopped letting people in lineafter 5 p.m. The line startedforming at 8 a.m. Soon, theline turned into an hour-long wait. By 10 a.m., it was2 to 3 hours. There were atleast four cashiers workingin the office.

By the time I got there, Ibelieve there were six. Ittook all of three minutes topay the money, get my re-ceipt, and walk out. That’sa lot of people, and a wholelot of money at $25 per per-son.

What exactly will they dowith all that money? I’mvery curious to know. “Pa-perwork” does not cost $25per student. Of course, wecould all go along with theit’s-the-new-computer-sys-tem excuse. Don’t you

think they should figureout the system well enoughto function properly whenthe semester is about to be-gin?

I desperately hope, formyself, other current stu-dents, prospective stu-dents, and the school itself,that next year they havetheir, uh, stuff together.Otherwise I (and many oth-ers) may not be back.

—Name Withheld byRequest

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Comments and Reviews‘Stolen Lives’ book getsyour attention, keeps it

The only time her father would touch her was whenhe did her monthly check up. He would apply thecold stethoscope to her chest and she would reactby her heart beating faster in a desperate hope for asign of affection. This made him think that she hada heart defect.

A strict schoolteacher mother and an emotionallydetached father raised Amelie.

She was kept away from school and the stressesof ordinary life in order for them to keep theirprecious little daughter and save her from hertroublesome heart defect.

They cared for her and she knew it, but they justdidn’t show her.

As a young woman, Amelie is a secretive, mes-merizing do-gooder.

She desires to do something useful for others andto inspire the eccentric people who surround her.In return, they help to inspire her.

This movie follows charming Amelie through heradventures of two days that change her life foreverand flashbacks of her life growing up.

It includes her mother’s sudden surprising demise,an adventurous yard ornament that inspires herfather and an unexpected matchmaking.

This is a subtitled French movie, directed by fameddirector Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This film broke box of-fice records in France and was nominated for fiveAcademy Awards in 2001. It is a charming, charac-ter-filled film that is available to rent in most videostores.

—Grace AllenStaff Writer

French flick worthyof accolades

At the age of 38, MalikaOufkir had gone from be-ing a princess to spending15 years of her life starvingfor sunlight.

The biography “StolenLives,” written by Malikaand Michele Fitoussi,chronicles the hardshipsMalika and her family en-dured while in prison andthe incredible journey sheweathered to discover free-dom for the first time.

Born in 1953 in Morocco,Malika was the eldestdaughter to General Oufkir,the king’s closest aide.

Malika led a typical child-hood for the first five yearsof her life.

Adored by her parents,she was lavishly showeredwith affection and gifts.

Malika’s life might havestarted out normal, but itchanged drastically due toan unexpected request.

Since Malika’s family wasclose to the royal family,they regularly visited thepalace; and it was upon oneof these visits that Malika’slife took a radical turn.

King Muhammad V tooka lively interest in Malikaand decided he wanted toadopt her so his daughter,Princess Lalla Mina, couldhave a sister.

Malika was devastated tobe separated from hermother but the king stroveto assure her that she be-longed in the palace.

From the beginning, shewas doted on by the kingand he raised her as if shewere his own.

Even though Malika wastreated like royalty, she wasnever really free.

She formed a strong bondwith the king but she wasshut out from the rest ofthe world, confined behindthe palace walls.

Malika lived in the palaceuntil she was 16 when theking finally succumbed toher wishes and let her re-turn home to her family.

For three years Malika

got to experience life as acarefree teenager, but herhappiness came to anabrupt halt when her fatherattempted to assassinatethe king.

The king robbed Malika ofher life before she even re-alized what hit her. Afterher father was executed,Malika, her five siblingsand her mother were im-prisoned in the desert for15 years.

While they were in prison,the Oufkirs were starvedand beaten. During the last10 years of their sentencethey were separated intogroups and permanentlylocked away from eachother in different cells.

They were so frantic to diethat they actually drewstraws to see who wouldcommit suicide first.

Her mother tried first anda few hours later Malikaslashed her sisterSoukaina’s wrists with apiece of metal from a sar-dine can.

They all survived and outof their desperation they

found strength to escape.They dug a tunnel by us-

ing a spoon, a knife handle,the lid of a sardine can andan iron bar from one oftheir beds. Within a monthMalika escaped throughthe tunnel with two of herbrothers and one sister.

I found this book to bevery inspiring because it isa story about a resilientfamily who managed tosurvive when faced withsuch dire conditions.

“Stolen Lives” is one ofthe best biographies I’veread in a long time becauseit gripped me from the be-ginning all the way to theend.

It will keep you on theedge of your seat the entiretime you’re reading it.

It’s one of those booksyou can’t bear to put downbecause you are so anxiousto find out what happens.

Even when you put thebook down you are stilltraipsing through the pagesreliving the story in yourmind.

—Kat MohrStaff Writer

‘Hard Knocks’ returns, Dallas styleIt’s a hard knock life

baby, but somebody’s gotta’live it.

HBO is presenting thesecond season of “HardKnocks: Training Campwith the Dallas Cowboys”at 10 p.m. every Wednes-day, with encore presenta-tions airing throughout theweek.

In the first season, HBOcollaborated with NFLFilms to follow the ill-fatedBaltimore Ravens in theirattempt to repeat as SuperBowl Champions.

NFL Films is involved inthe production once again,being granted an all-accesspass inside the lockerrooms, team meetings,coaches’ meetings, side-lines and hotel rooms. We

even witness Jerry Joneslay the ax to players like thehot-headed singing CowboyRichmond Flowers.

“Hard Knocks” details thelives of several rookies andveterans trying to make theDallas Cowboy roster, alongwith other veterans givingthose armchair quarter-backs a glimpse into thereal life as an NFL player.

While nothing in the NFLis guaranteed, neither ismaking the 53-man roster.The cameras follow threerookies trying desperatelyto make the squad, PeteHunter, DeVeren Johnsonand Richmond Flowers.Flowers has already beencut, while the other twoshow signs of promise byimproving week-to-week.

Celebrity guests alsomake surprise appearancesin hopes of motivatingAmerica’s team, such asGeorge Foreman and futurehall-of-famer Deion Sand-ers.

Sooner fans should beglad to know that Roy Will-iams’ life as a rookie is be-ing documented as well.From the draft day hyste-ria to attempting to takeveteran Joey Galloway’slimo, Williams is learninghow to have fun on the job.

While I have never beencomfortable with EmmittSmith breaking the rushingrecord, “Hard Knocks” hasshown a side of Smith wenever see. Whether it’splaying dominos with thefellas while everyone else is

out partying, or the tearsstreaming down his face ashe accepted the WalterPayton “Spirit of Sweet-ness” award, Smith hasshown himself to be a truegentlemen with exceptionalcharacter. As much as Ilove Payton, nobody is moredeserving to break Sweet-ness’ record than Smith.

This is the closest any ofus will ever get to the NFL.As long as the camerasdon’t prove to be a distrac-tion, more NFL teams willwant their lives in trainingcamp documented on tele-vision.

Several more shows re-main, so tune in.

—Mark StackEditor

4 • PIONEER • August 26, 2002 Staff Writer • Ashley Martin • 682-1611, ext. 7675

By Mindy StowersNews Writing I Student

Chris Freihofer, a profes-sional actor and director,will take the reins for theproduction of “MacBethReDux” this fall at OKCCC.

His credits include sup-porting roles in films suchas “O” with Josh Hartnett

and Julia Stiles, “Eye ofGod” with Hal Holbrookand Martha Plimpton, andthe upcoming “AmericanIndian Graffiti.”

His television appear-ances include Walker,Texas Ranger and count-less commercials.

Freihofer said he can’t re-call a time when he wasn’tinvolved in theater. Heplayed a part in his fifth

grade play and has beenacting since.

Freihofer has workedwith OKCCC theater stu-dents in a variety of pro-ductions and has heard ofmany good things going onin the department atOKCCC.

Freihofer said he choseOKCCC because he be-lieves there is amazing tal-ent and people are really

beginning to realize thequality.

“I’m excited to be oncampus and in an aca-demic environmentrather than professionalfor a change,” he said.

“I think it will be a funopportunity to work withthe students.”

Freihofer was raised inOkmulgee and now livesin Oklahoma City.

He was selected to di-rect the play by RuthCharnay, OKCCC pro-fessor of theater.

Auditions will be held7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mon-day, Aug. 26. in the col-lege theater for “Mac-Beth ReDux” and “TheImmigrant” for the fallseason.

Seasoned actor to direct fall play

By Mark StackEditor

Two OKCCC studentshave been linked to the ab-duction of a 44-year-oldEdmond woman after po-lice traced the vehicle theyused from an automotivereceipt found in the frontyard of the woman’s home.

Current OKCCC studentJason Raju, 20, and formerstudent Stephen ThomasJoseph, 22, were both ar-rested Aug. 21 in Yukon oncomplaints of kidnapping,burglary, armed robbery,grand theft larceny of a ve-hicle, carrying a firearm incommission of a felony andassault with a deadlyweapon.

The third suspect,Marcus Holmes, was ar-rested Aug. 22 in Langston.

Glynda Chu, spokes-woman for the Edmondpolice department, said thethree men were dressed asUPS delivery men.

“The men attempted todeliver a package to thewoman [while] dressed inUPS clothing,” said Chu.

A representative fromUPS said that the threemen never worked for UPS,and were posing as deliv-ery men.

Once the woman openedthe door, the men forcedtheir way into the houseand ransacked the home.

The men then forced thewoman into her greenChevrolet Lumina mini-vanand took her to Grace Pen-tecostal Church in Yukon,where one of the men is amember.

When the woman’s hus-band arrived home severalhours later, he immediatelynoticed the house was indisarray and he could notfind his wife or her mini-van.

According to the Edmondpolice report, the husbandthen called the police.When Officer Todd Stradlerarrived moments later, thephone rang with the victimon the other end.

The report said thewoman called home to tellher husband not to call thepolice, because her abduc-tors would soon let her go.She then called again, mak-ing sure her husband hadnot called the police, say-ing they would kill her and

her husband too.Police then scoured the

house and yard looking forclues. They found a PepBoy’s receipt with a licensenumber they traced to awoman living in Bethany.

According to the report,the woman in Bethany saidthat several days before shehad let three men she

Students arrested in kidnapping, robbery“The men attempted to deliver a package to

the woman [while] dressed in UPS clothing.”—Glynda Chu

Spokeswoman for theEdmond Police Department

Stephen Thomas Joseph

knows borrow her car.Police said the brother of

the woman had the num-ber of a pager belonging toone of the kidnappers, andused it to contact them.

Once they did, policemade a trace on the callthat led back to theEconomy Hotel in Yukon.

Joseph was alone in thehotel around 3:30 a.m.when police arrived and ar-rested him.

The victim and the othertwo kidnappers were no-where to be found.

Police began searching

Jason Raju

the area around the hotelwhen they decided to checkthe Pentecostal church.Around 5 a.m. police foundRaju and the woman insidethe church.

“She seemed distressed,”said Chu.

“Police found her tied upand blindfolded with no se-rious injuries other thanthe injury she suffered tothe head,” said Chu.

Chu said the injury mighthave come from beingstruck by a gun.

Police immediately placedRaju under arrest.

By Mark StackEditor

A 1979 Chevrolet Sil-verado truck belonging toOKCCC student Cody Can-non was stolen from theOKCCC campus Aug. 22.

According to the OKCCCincident report, Cannonarrived on campus around9:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, andparked in parking lot E out-side of the aquatics center.

Cody said in the incidentreport that he locked his

truck before he entered thebuilding.

When he returned to thearea where he had parkedaround 12:30 p.m., he no-ticed shattered glass on theground where he hadparked earlier in the day.

The vehicle tag ofCannon’s truck is VIW586.

The Silverado’s value isestimated at $5,000.

If anyone has any infor-mation regarding the stolenvehicle, they are asked toplease call the OklahomaCity Police Department at297-1000.

Truck stolen on campus

August 26, 2002 • PIONEER • 5Staff Photographer • Kat Mohr • 682-1611, ext. 7676

Enrollment at OKCCC has increased this fall and so have thelines encompassing the college’s many hallways.

OKCCC enrollment is estimated to have risen 6 percent incredit hours and 4 percent in student head count this fall, saidCharlotte French, executive director of enrollment management.

“Many of the gateway classes that beginning students enrollin, such as English, history and American Federal Government,are full this semester,” French stated.

She also said there has been an increase in enrollment inonline courses but she doesn’t have any exact figures yet.

The increase in enrollment has added to the commotion thatusually erupts the first week of school.

OKCCC student Duy Nguyen was one of the many studentsfrustrated by the long line outside the bookstore.

“Besides standing in the bookstore line, I also had to wait twohours before I was able to speak to a counselor,” Nguyen said.

But once Nguyen was done taking care of everything, he saidhe was anxious to get involved in school.

“I am nervous since it is my first year but I am looking for-ward to finishing my two years and going to the University ofOklahoma,” Nguyen said.

Business major Ryan White was another face among the con-gested lines that enveloped the various enrollment offices.

White tried not to focus on the crowds and instead turned hisattention onto his main concern this year, his grade point aver-age.

“I’m hoping to make good grades this year.”Some students seemed impervious to the throng of students

that swarmed the campus in the past week.Carl Wilkerson is beginning his first year at OKCCC without a

hitch.“I am looking forward to this school year and especially to

getting involved with the Computer-Aided Design Society of Okla-homa club.

Above: International Student Admissions Officer Sunny Garner admits OKCCCstudent Carl Wilkerson, architecture design major, into the college while alsosupplying him with all the information he needed to enroll in his classes.

Right:Students line

up at theadmissionsoffice to get

their picturestaken for

their IDcards.

Above:Duy Nguyen, electronics major, flips througha Microsoft Windows book in the bookstore.

Above: In the registration office students wait patiently toenroll.

Above: Mary Turner,coordinator of studentsupport services, helpsreturning OKCCC studentRyan White enroll. Whitesaid his goal for thisschool year is to makegood grades.

Students remain optimistic amid chaos

Text and Photosby Kat Mohr

6 • PIONEER • August 26, 2002 Online Editor • Melissa Guice • 682-1611, ext. 7676

Art, food await patrons atArts Festival Oklahoma

The official poster for Arts Festival Oklahoma depicts aNative American dreaming of the future painted by DwaneTaylor of Weatherford, Okla.

By Ashley MartinStaff Writer

More than 160 artisans,a variety of foodsand...horses?

That’s what will be instore for visitors to thisyear’s Arts Festival Okla-homa.

“Horsin’ Around Okla-homa” consists of 100 life-size painted horses that willgraze OKCCC’s campus aspart of a traveling art showbenefitting the AmericanDiabetes Association.

Two bare horses will bemade available to thechildren’s activity tent foryoungsters to paint.

Pastels, sculptures, oilpaintings, watercolors, jew-elry, pottery, stained glassand dream catchers are

just some of the othertypes of art that will be ondisplay at Arts FestivalOklahoma.

In addition to viewingbeautiful artwork, festivalpatrons can also samplecuisine from around theglobe, thanks to Bill Coffey,coordinator of service con-tracts.

Coffey is responsible forbringing the food vendorsto OKCCC’s campus eachyear during Arts FestivalOklahoma.

“Some of these vendorshave been coming backyear after year and haveproven to be successfulwith the crowds,” Coffeysaid.

The longest running ven-dor at 16 years is Sweis’sRestaurant. Sweis’s spe-cializes in Greek fare, serv-ing up traditional gyros,

western gyros and baklava.Brown’s Indian Tacos,

taking part in its 15thshow, provides Indian tacosand frybread.

For those wanting Ameri-can food, Circle J Conces-sions is joining the festivalfor its 10th year in a row.Hand-dipped corn dogsand funnel cakes are on themenu.

Coffey said there will alsobe some new additions.

Roger WestmorelandConcessions will servenachos with cheese, curlyfries and chicken on a stick.

Choo Choo Charlie’sChocolate Company spe-cializes in fudge, and lotsof it.

They will have 10 differ-ent flavors of fudge, whichcan be bought by thepound, half pound or quar-ter pound.

By Ashley MartinStaff Writer

The story of how theposter for Arts FestivalOklahoma came to be isvery interesting, saidManuel Prestamo, dean ofcultural programs andcommunity development.

When he heard that a Na-tive American man fromWetumka, Okla. was goinginto space, Prestamo de-cided he wanted his storyto be a part of the festival.

John Herrington, an as-tronaut with NASA, will bethe first Native American totravel to space, Prestamosaid.

“Since he’s from Okla-homa, that makes it evenmore exciting,” he said.

Oklahoma astronaut to takepart in opening celebrations

Herrington was born inWetumka and grew up inColorado Springs. He willhelp kick off Arts FestivalOklahoma on Friday, Aug.30 in the college theater.

Herrington will greet fes-tival patrons through a livefeed via satellite.

“It was decided that thisyear’s poster should relateto this wonderful thing,”Prestamo said.

Prestamo enlisted thehelp of Weatherford artistDwane Taylor.

Taylor painted a water-color depicting a NativeAmerican looking towardthe sky at a bird and aspace ship.

“It’s like a painting of adream,” Prestamo said.

Arranging the festivalopener with Herringtontook about nine months,

Prestamo said.I called, e-mailed, every-

thing until we were able tomake this happen,” he said.

“At first, we weren’t sureif [the feed] was going towork out, because[Herrington’s shuttle]launch date kept gettingswitched.”

Before an astronaut goesinto space, they first mustgo into quarantine.

Prestamo saidHerrington’s time in quar-antine could have con-flicted with the opening ofthe festival, and he wouldnot have been able to par-ticipate in the opening.

“Luckily, his launch dateis set for November, so hewill be able to join us,” hesaid.

Prestamo said everyone iswelcome at the festival.

Music, musiceverywhere

The schedule of headlining bands atArts Festival Oklahoma is as follows:

7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 The Lettermen, a classic vocal group

singing tunes from the sixties, seventiesand eighties.

8:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 31The Oklahoma City Philharmonic

7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 1The Ballet Folklorico Mexico, an authentic

dance troupe that will perform regional folkdances of Mexico.

There will be musical entertainment onstage all day during each day of the festival.

Parking areas to be closed for Arts Festival Oklahoma♦ VIP section of parking lot D will be closed from now until 7 a.m., Thursday,

Sept. 5♦ Most of parking lot D will be closed from midnight, Tuesday, Aug. 27th until 7

a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3♦ The first three rows of parking lot C will be closed from midnight, Thursday,

Aug. 29 until 7 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 3 www.okccc.edu/afo

August 26, 2002 • PIONEER • 7Staff Writer • Kate Brennan • 682-1611, ext. 7676

By Kate Brennan Staff Writer

OKCCC student leaders gained a positive spinon their views of life while attending theannual Student Life retreat at Lake Murray.

The nearly 50 students and faculty sponsors en-joyed such activities as swimming and karaoke, andplayed lots of games before beginning the hectic paceof a new semester.

“The future is yours to create a look at life and lead-ership,” said speaker Nancy Hunter Denney of Poten-tial Leadership Training.

LaWanda LaVarnway, photography lab assistant andone of the sponsors of the photography club, said thespeaker had great advice.

She said Denney spoke about finding the potentialin every person to be a leader as well as looking forthe positives in life.

“We had a great time and I can’t wait to do it againnext year,” LaVarnway said.

Students relax, have fun at retreat

Above: Derick Asmus,president of theScholar’s League, andmember Heath Worktake time out to cool offin Lake Murray.

Above: Misty Chance, co-sponsorfor the Child Development club,

signs a “positive statement” sheet.

Above: Mike Jones, coordinator of Student Life,catches some Zs after a day of fun.

Right: About 50student club members

and club sponsorsattended the Student

Life Retreat held atLake Murray in south-

ern Oklahoma.

Above: Marissa Shirley entertains the crowdwith a song during karaoke night.

Photos byLaWanda LaVarnway

8 • PIONEER • August 26, 2002 Staff Photographer • Kat Mohr • 682-1611, ext. 7676

“This isdisorganized andridiculous.They need to staffmore people.”

—Aryn Noble(pictured with 5-year-

old daughterMadeline)

Astronomy major

Students wait in long lines to pay fees

Hurry up and wait: Hundreds of students waited until deadline day to pay a tuitionextension fee, lining the college’s corridors the week before classes. College officials tried tomake the wait somewhat easier by bringing additional personnel, setting out chairs and a largeindustrial fan, and providing lemonade. Vice President for Special Projects Gary Lombard wasamong those who helped out. “Eight or more people have been brought in to help,” he said.“They are dividing the lines and have [OKCCC security] officers helping people with questions.”

“My wait was niceand long. Don’t ever

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By Maria RealNews Writing I student

ACT test scores fromOKCCC Gear Up studentsare above state average.

OKCCC Gear Up stu-dents out performed thestate average when theytook the ACT test lastschool year, said Gear UpCoordinator DeAnnCampbell.

Gaining Early CollegeAwareness and Readinessfor Undergraduate Pro-grams, is a national grant

Gear Up, OKC-GO prove to be successACT scores up, college credit earned by high school students

program.Campbell said Gear Up

aims to prepare low incomestudents for post-second-ary education throughmentors, scholarships, col-lege tours and awarenessprograms.

“It focuses on keepingthem in school and lettingthem know college is pos-sible,” Campbell said.

OKCCC is one of sevenhigher education partnersthat participate in this pro-gram.

OKCCC Gear Up serveslocal Oklahoma City Pub-lic high schools and alter-

native schools, includingPathways Middle College,located on campus.

Gear Up started atOKCCC in the fall of 1999.Oklahoma City PublicSchools were given a fiveyear federal grant to startthis program.

The program started withsixth and seventh graders.The grant will follow thesestudents through their highschool graduation.

Campbell said that one ofthe areas to be focused onis fine arts. Some of thesehigh schools do not havefine art programs available

to their students.Last year Pathways

Middle College throughGear Up attended a pro-duction of “Romeo andJuliet” at OCU.

“The kids enjoyed thatproduction very much,”said Pathways Principal,Carol Brogan.

OKCCC has served over2,000 students through theGear Up program. Gear Upopens the door for otheropportunities, because ofthe motivation it provides.

Students can also partici-pate in the OKC-GO pro-gram, which allows Okla-

homa City Public Schoolgraduates to receive thefirst 24 credits of their col-lege tuition free. This doesnot include fees or books.

If students maintain a 1.7GPA, they are eligible toreceive the next year’s tu-ition free.

“OKC-GO is like a bless-ing from heaven,” saidShandaylyn Brothers,former Northeast Academystudent.

“Because of all the oppor-tunities available, it elimi-nates a lot of the excusesnot to go to school,”Campbell said.

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Keeping score...

Jack Nichols tries to block Rod Derrer from launchingthe volley ball over the net while Pam Matthews getsin position to defend her team against Nichols.

Funds hanging in the balancefor Summer Science Academy

By Scott WatkinsNews Writing I Student

The OKCCC Summer Sci-ence Academy may lose itsfunding due to the stateeducation budget short-falls.

The Academy, open tohigh school studentsthrough an application pro-cess, is funded by a grantfrom the Oklahoma Re-gents for Higher Education.

OKCCC has been the re-cipient of this grant for thelast 11 years.

The current grant will

fund the Academy throughnext summer. After that,the future of the Academy“is uncertain” said DeanAnderson, director of theAcademy and professor atOKCCC.

“We apply in the fall forthe grant. The Academy iscompletely subject to fund-ing,” Anderson said.

“The Academy gives highschool students the abilityto work with equipmentthat may not be availableat their respective schools,”Anderson said.

Some students that havecompleted the Academybecome science students at

OKCCC.The students also go on

field trips according toHeather Bailey, biology labassistant at the OKCCCScience Center.

“They learn skills that areused in the industry onthese field trips,” Andersonsaid.

The Summer ScienceAcademy is held in June.

Interested persons mayreceive an applicationthrough their counselor orscience teacher.

Applications may also beobtained by calling 682-7508 or visiting the OKCCCwebsite at www.okccc.edu.

Glass fish prove inspirationalBy Mindy Stowers

News Writing I Student

Glass mosaic fish havebeen the center of attentionin the arts and humanitiesbuilding for the past fewmonths.

OKCCC Professor of Vi-sual Arts Mary Ann Mooreis the creator of the glasscreatures.

“I created the fish to in-spire my students to trynew things with mosaic,”Moore said.

Moore believes they havebeen a huge success notonly to her students but toother observers as well.

The fish were on displayin Dallas from Januarythrough May and receivedlots of attention.

The small catfish in thecase took well over 100hours to complete.

The clay base must bemolded and fired before shecan begin to arrange theglass pieces.

In addition to creating thefish, Moore has been busywith the final wall of the

mosaic mural in OKCCCcourtyard.

Moore and her studentshave been working on theproject for 20 years.

Each of her studentshave spent hours carefullyplacing cement and glass tocreate the masterpiece.

Moore is in the process ofwriting a book to recreatethe making of the mural. Itis expected to be availableat the completion of the fi-nal wall.

“You’re working on hu-manity, not a grade.” Mooretells her students.

10 • PIONEER • August 26, 2002 Staff Writer • Kate Brennan • 682-1611, ext. 7676

HighlightsSoccer coach needed A coach is needed for a club soccer team that will beforming soon. It is a paid part-time position. Try-outs willbe from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 27 at the soccerfield by the SW 74th St. entrance. Students must beenrolled in six hours at OKCCC to be eligible, must bring avalidated student ID and a soccer ball to try-outs. Gameswill start Saturday, Sept. 7.

Student volunteers needed to be Seemore Art Student volunteers are needed Labor Day weekend,Friday, Aug. 30 through Monday, Sept. 2. Volunteers willserve in teams of two to dress up as Seemore Art, themascot of the Arts Festival Oklahoma. One person will beSeemore Art and the other person will be the guide.Volunteer teams will receive a free T-shirt, free drinks, aninvitation to the volunteer party and a parking pass for theday. For more information or to sign up please call ScottTigert at 682-7579.

Writers and artists needed for the Absolute Submissions for Absolute, OKCCC’s literary, art andphotography journal, are being accepted this semester.Students and staff are encouraged to submit nonfiction,fiction, poetry, black-and-white photography and drawings.The next edition of the Absolute will be published in April2003. The deadline for all submissions is Dec. 1. For furtherinformation, contact the Arts and Humanities office or ClayRandolph at 682-1611 ext. 7238 or [email protected].

Workforce Oklahoma now at OKCCCA representative of Workforce Oklahoma Career

Connection Center will be available every Thursday from8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at OKCCC on the second floor of the mainbuilding between 2P8 and 2R8 to hand out information.The center will offer a wide variety of services such as jobtips and referrals, high demand occupation information,welfare work eligibility and community resource information.For more information call the Career Transitions office at682-7844.

Join a club or organization The student organizations fair will be held 8 a.m. to 8p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 28 and 29 in thecollege union. All students are welcome to attend and getinformation about the active clubs at OKCCC. Memberswill be present to answer questions and sign up newstudents.

Join the campus activities board All students are invited to join the Campus ActivitesBoard. CAB will have its first meeting at noon on Sept. 3with the place to be announced. CAB plans numerousactivities throughout the year and is looking for peoplewilling to participate and help to make OKCCC a fun andenjoyable place for everyone.

Hospice volunteers needed Preferred Hospice is looking for special occasionvolunteers to deliver birthday presents and some holidaycheer. For more information call Patricia Kriegel, volunteercoordinator at 602-6473.

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

Students shine at conference

Photo by Kat Mohr

Grab a sundae: OKCCC librarian Linda Boatright pours caramel topping on an icecream sundae for OKCCC student Vera Hill. Welcome Back Sundaes is a promotional activitythat the Campus Activities Board puts together to welcome students back to school each year.

By Kate Brennan Staff Writer

Ten Computer-Aided De-sign students attended thefour -day San AntonioSIGGRAPH conference inJuly.

SIGGRAPH is a confer-ence for the creation ofcomputer animation andgraphics.

“It is the largest computergraphics conference in theworld,” said Doug Gregory,professor of Computer-Aided Design.

Movie giant George Lucasand Dreamworks (Spiel-berg’s production com-pany) were in attendancealongside the OKCCC stu-

dents.“They really got a view of

their industry and the fu-ture,” Gregory said.

Most people recognizewhat it is that CAD does bythe special effects in mov-ies, Gregory said.

Students were able to seea new side of how comput-ers are used in their cho-sen profession.

“[I learned that] comput-ers aren’t as bad as Ithought they were,” saidFatemeh Taghavi, graphiccommunications major.

“They showed us all newprograms.”

Students went frombooth to booth learningabout the new technologyavailable to professionals inthe field.

“It was very inspiring,”said Adam Benson, studentactivities assistant.

CAD raised half of themoney for this event, butmore than $2,000 was do-nated in grants from stu-dent life, faculty develop-ment and the developmentfoundation.

“I just wanted to saythanks [to all who made]our trip possible,” Gregorysaid.

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coincidence that the festi-val is being held around theanniversary of the Sept. 11attacks.

“I believe this is realtimely because they arecommemorating 9/11 byhaving this on Sept. 14,”said Moler.

“There are a lot of mentalhealth issues that are al-ways raised on the anniver-sary of any major catastro-phe, just like the mentalhealth issues that arisewhen there’s an anniver-sary of the death of a fam-ily member,” he said.

College campuses are al-ways a hotbed of emotionsand mental health issues,said Moler, which is whythe campus of OKCCC isperfect to host the mentalhealth festival.

“Today’s society tends toput a lot of pressure on stu-dents, and sometimes theytry and reach out, butpeople don’t recognize thewarning signals.”

Moler said the fair willinclude lots of interactivebooths, exhibits, giveawaysand seminars.

Some seminar topics willinclude depression, sleepdisorders, parenting skills,suicide and pet therapy.

Unlike the scene in themovie “Best in Show,” pettherapy doesn’t involvesending your pet to the psy-chiatrist.

It is a way for adults whohave lost a spouse or areliving alone to overcome be-ing depressed or livingalone by partnering themwith a warm, loving pet.

“Pet therapy is one ofthose things where if yougive them a pet, somethingthey can take care of, ittends to give them a sparkand something enjoyable todo because there’s not al-ways someone to talk to orbe around,” said Moler.

“Often times it increasestheir quality of life, and theydon’t spiral downward in astate of depression.”

Positive mental healthactivities will also be pre-sented during the fair, in-cluding sessions on medi-tation, relaxation therapyand back therapy.

Moler said three honor-ary co-chairpersons havebeen named to the eventand will be present duringthe wellness fair.

Lt. Governor Mary Fallin,Mayor of Oklahoma City

Kirk Humphreys and Heis-man Memorial Trophy win-ner Steve Owens are theco-chairs that will be on-hand for the wellness fair.

Moler said he is seekingseveral student volunteersfor the day before and theday the fair to help out.Anyone wishing to sign upmay do so in the Recreationand Community Servicesoffice.

Moler is also looking to-wards student organiza-tions and clubs to help outand assist as well.

“We are approaching eachof the student clubsthrough Student Life to givethem the opportunity toperform some communityservice,” said Moler.

Moler said the first twodays of the festival will takeplace off campus. A recog-nition dinner dance will beheld Sept. 12, and a con-tinuing education seminarwill be help Sept. 13. Bothwill be held at the Okla-homa City Marriott on NWExpressway.

Before the wellness fairbegins, a one-mile walk toraise funds will take placeon Sept. 14. The walk will

“Wellness,”Cont. from page 1

Sept. 14 Festival of Hope wellness fair open to general public“I believe this is real timely because they

are commemorating 9/11 by having this onSept. 14. There are a lot of mental health

issues that are always raised on theanniversary of any major catastrophe, just

like the mental health issues that arise whenthere’s an anniversary of the death

of a family member.”—Chris Moler

Recreation and CommunityServices Director

be held in the loop ofOKCCC. Registration be-gins at 8 a.m., with thewalk beginning at 8:45 a.m.

For more information on

how to get involved in thefair or the walk, contact theOffice of Recreation andCommunity Services at682-7560.

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