Comp I assignment changes student s life

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A STUDENT PUBLICATION SERVING THE METRO, NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST AND WEST CAMPUSES OF TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
271st ISSUE VOLUME 35, NUMBER 1, May 29, 2002 COPYRIGHT 2002
Campus, Tulsa police foil
car burglary attempt at Me
Mary Weilage
West Associate Editor
Tina Dennison, Assistant Manager of the Metro Campus bookstore stands by
her car after it was broken into Wednesday, May 23.
Two men were taken into custody by Tulsa Police Wednesday,
May 23 after one of the men was
caught going through the car of a
TCC employee at Metro
Campus.
Don
Parish,
Assistant
Supervisor of the Campus Police,
said the Campus Police office
received a call around 3 p.m. that
two men were behaving suspiciously near the parked car.
Police immediately phoned the
Tulsa Police Department and
went to investigate.
“Probably from the time of
the call to catching the suspects
was only two minutes,” said
Parrish. When Campus Police
arrived they found one man sitting on the steps outside of the
Student Activities Building and
one man in the car. Parrish recognized the car as belonging to
Tina Dennison, Metro Campus
Bookstore Assistant Manager.
Tulsa Police arrived on the
scene at about the same time and
began to question the suspect as
he exited the car with a bag of
property in his possession. He
claimed, according to Parrish, to
know the owner and had gotten
permission to enter to get the
items from the car. The second
man, who had been sitting on the
steps, was also questioned after
the two men appeared to know
each other.
Dennison was contacted and
See “Break-in,” on p. 14
Comp I assignment
changes student s life
Amber Wilson
Metro Editor
Dale Williams never expected
to take a routine Comp I assignment to heart. Actually, he wasn’t overly sure he wanted to do
the assignment in the first place.
But then he was assigned a topic
that touched his soul.
The assignment was for a
research paper; but not just an
ordinary research paper. He had
to research a topic with social
significance. The topic: homelessness.
Williams decided to jump in
with both feet. He began visiting
the Salvation Army and sitting in
on a few counseling sessions.
With the permission of the
Salvation Army, he used a set list
of questions to interview some of
Tulsa’s homeless people that stay
at the shelter.
Williams said he learned quite
a bit from this experience. He
began volunteering several days
a week during his research. He
now volunteers every Monday.
One point that Williams said
he found interesting is how many
people the shelter serves.
“There is a bed for anyone
who needs a place to stay,” he
said.
There are only five counselors
for about 250 people, so volunteers are always needed.
He also mentioned that the
experience has erased many of
his misconceptions about homeless people.
“I thought they were a bunch
of drunks and addicts,” he said.
“I was wrong.”
The Salvation Army will not
let someone stay there if they are
drunk or high. When it is freezing
outside, everyone can stay,
Williams pointed out.
He also had his heart broken
by a few of the people he met.
He spent a lot of time talking
with a wide variety of people.
One case that touched him
was that of a mentally ill man
that frequents the shelter. The
staff recommended to Williams
that he speak with this man. He
said the man was so cheerful and
friendly. When he told Williams
his story, Williams said it was
terrible. The man had been
moved from institution to institution as funding ran out and now
he doesn’t have anywhere to go.
After talking to this man,
See “Williams,” on p. 14
Dale Williams, a student at Metro Campus, was led to a life of volunteerism
while conducting research for a Comp I assignment. Photo by Amber Wilson.
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Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education/Professional
Study Grant Program
Deadline
June 1, 2002
Award
Award is limited to the first 2
years of professional school
attendance. Award amount for a
full-time student includes $4,000
per year and a fee waiver scholarship.
Eligibility
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medicine, dentistry, law,
optometry, pharmacy and
veterinary medicine.
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August 15, 2002
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TCC to spon
sor canoe trip
down Illinois
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Justin Rice
Southeast Editor
Student Activities is sponsoring a summer float trip
down the Illinois River July
13, 2002. The trip is free and
open to all TCC students.
Students are allowed to bring
one guest. There are 160
spaces open and are divided
among the four campuses.
The trip will take place at
the Sparrow Hawk Camp. All
float trips go around Sparrow
Hawk Mountain Primitive
Area. By popular acclaim,
Sparrow Hawk is the most
scenic part of the river,
because of its high bluffs and
remoteness.
Sparrow Hawk Camps is
located just five miles north
east of Tahlequah on State
Highway 10. It is about a 10minute drive from Tahlequah.
Students will be provided a
lunch at the halfway point
courtesy of the Metro Student
Association.
For more information or to
reserve a spot call Student
Activities.You can reach
Metro
Campus
Student
Activities
at
595-7271,
Northeast
at
595-7571,
Southeast at 595-7771, or
West at 595-8222.
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Learn foreign
languages online
Valerie Johnston
Metro Associate Editor
This Summer and Fall, foreign language students will be
able to take classes online
through distance learning.
Distance learning allows students to take a course in their
spare time, however, most courses have deadlines for when
quizzes and exams are due.
Latin American Civilization
will be offered during the summer and will be taught by Dr.
Laura Walker, Dean of Global
Education and the International
Language Center and Aurora
Aston.
Latin III and IV,
Intermediate Spanish Grammar
& Composition and Translating
English to Spanish will be
offered during the fall semester.
Latin III and IV will be taught by
Robert Smith and Intermediate
Spanish
Grammar
&
Composition as well as
Translating English to Spanish
will be taught by Dr. Walker and
Aston. Each course is worth
three credit hours.
These classes will be taught
completely online. Students may
have to come to a campus for
examinations. All online course
textbooks can be bought at the
Northeast campus only. Internet
students are required to complete
an online orientation.
In addition, students may also
take foreign language classes as
telecourses. This summer, Dr.
Walker will be teaching Spanish I
and II as telecourses. This Fall,
French I and II will be taught by
Francoise Sullivan and Spanish I
will be taught by Tina Pena.
Spanish II will be taught by Pena
and Dr. Walker.
For more information on
Internet foreign language courses you can contact the
International Language Center
at 595-7851 or you can call 5957236 to register. For a list of
online courses available you can
contact Distance Learning at
595-7143 or visit their web site
at http://www.tulsa.cc.ok.us/dl.
TCC studies
abroad
Valerie Johnston
For several years TCC has
sent language students to study
abroad in TCC’s sister colleges.
These exchanges are coordinated
through the TCC Global
Education Office.
According to Dr. Laura
Walker, Dean of Global
Education and the International
Language Center, “Groups of
TCC language students have
gone to our Sister City in
Germany, and German students
have come here.”
TCC students have participated in homestays in both Germany
and the U.S. In Fall 2001, TCC
had an exchange professor from
Germany come to teach as well.
In addition to exchanges, TCC
students have participated in
International campus projects as
well.
TCC students have traveled to
Utsunomiya, Japan and participated in homestays. TCC has
had Russian students travel to
Zelenograd, Russia and Russian
professors have come to TCC to
teach. In addition to students
travelling to other countries, students from TCC’s sister college
in Regio Montana (Monterrey),
Mexico have studied at TCC and
participated in homestays.
According to Dr. Walker,
“TCC art students and professors
have gone to Israel for a cooperative project with Jordan Valley
College.” Students from TCC’s
new
sister
college,
The
University of Colima in Mexico
will come to TCC in the Fall.
Many TCC professors travel
abroad as well. “TCC business
professors have gone to St. Clair
College of Applied Arts &
Technology, Windsor, Ontario,
Canada and St. Clair professors
have come to TCC,” said Dr.
Walker. TCC business professors
have visited the Regio Montana
College in Monterrey, Mexico as
well.
Beginning in the spring of
2003, TCC students will study
and participate in homestays at
TCC sister colleges in Canada
and Mexico.
According to Dr. Walker,
“TCC has received grant funding
for the sister college exchanges
in Mexico and Canada so most of
the expenses for students selected
to participate in these exchanges
will be paid with grant monies.”
Each exchange is for one semester and funding is available for
six semesters. TCC will begin
distributing information to students interested in the exchange
program in Fall 2002.
For more information you can
contact
the
International
Language Center at 595-7851.
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us:
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Metro
Campus
Page by Amber Wilson
This patient is just faking it
Amber Wilson
Metro Editor
The Allied Health and
Nursing programs recently
received a new teaching aide like
they have never had before; a
simulated patient named Sim
Man.
Sim Man is a computer-based
patient simulator that can be programmed in almost any way
imaginable to give realistic experience to those training for the
medical profession.
According to Jim Tripplehorn,
Assistant
Professor
of
Respiratory Therapy, Sim Man is
pneumatically powered and can
simulate breathing, cardiac patterns, pulses, blood pressure and
more.
The student will be able to
inject medications, intubate, start
intravenous lines, and practice
inserting catheters. (Sim Man has
both male and female genitalia
for this purpose.)
The teacher will be able to set
up a scenario. Depending on
what the student does, Sim Man
will react accordingly. If the student administers the wrong
drugs, Sim Man can flat-line.
Even if the student does everything by the book, the teacher can
change the scenario to cause a
whole new set of problems.
Sim Man doesn’t just simulate
life and death situations. He also
can speak. He has the capability
of yelling at the nursesand telling
them when something hurts.
If that’s not
enough for the
instructor, a wireless microphone
can be connected
to the simulator
and another person can speak for
Sim Man. This Sim Man waits for his next checkup.
leaves the simu- Photo by Amber Wilson
lated situations
open for rapid change, just like know what is happening. The
monitor on the computer that
with real-life patients.
“You can mimic what can runs the simulations also shows
happen and go wrong,” Carole exactly what is happening to the
Thompson, Assistant Professor patient at all times, so the
teacher can see what the student
of Nursing, said.
One advantage to using this is doing from across the room.
This high-tech learning tool
teaching method is that the
has
a high price. The school paid
instructor does not have to be
$31,530
for Sim Man.
standing over the student to
Outstanding Physical Therapist
Assistant of the Year
Valerie Johnston
Carla Hinkle was named
Outstanding Physical Therapist
Assistant of the Year by the
Oklahoma Physical Therapy
Association in April 2002. The
Oklahoma Physical Therapy
Association is a professional
association representing the
interests of physical therapy.
Hinkle has been affiliated with
the association for 10 years and
Hinkle is also a member of the
American Physical Therapist
Assistant Association.
Hinkle attended New Mexico
State University where she
received a Bachelor of Science in
Education in 1983. Hinkle also
attended Tulsa Junior College
where she received an Associate
in Applied Science to be a physical therapist assistant in 1991.
“As assistants, we assist physical therapists, not the profession
of physical therapy,” said Hinkle.
METRO HAPPENINGS
June 3-4: Free refreshments, 8:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Commons Area.
June 4: Noon Tunes presents, Vanilla Gorilla, 11
a.m.-1 p.m., Commons
Area.
June 5: Free Games Day,
9 a.m.-7 p.m., Game
Room.
June 11: Free Popcorn, 10
Area.
Hinkle is currently pursuing a
master’s degree in occupational
education through Oklahoma
State University.
Hinkle is an Oklahoma registered physical therapist assistant.
Hinkle has served as a staff physical therapist assistant in acute
and wound care at Tulsa
Regional Medical Center, staff
physical therapist assistant in
inpatient
rehabilitation
at
Northeastern
Oklahoma
Rehabilitation Hospital, staff
physical therapist assistant in
home health at Specialty Therapy
Services, and staff physical therapist at Concentra Medical
Centers.
Hinkle has also
authored an anatomy textbook
titled Fundamentals of Anatomy
and Movement: A Workbook and
Guide, which was published
August 1997.
June 17: “Turnin’ up the
Heat Party,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
and 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m., free
refreshments and live DJ,
Commons Area.
June 22: Tulsa Speedway
Night, 5:30 p.m., tickets on
sale June 3, for students,
and June 10, for non-students.
June 19: Spades
Tournament, 1 p.m.,
Commons Area.
Hinkle has been a full time
instructor for TCC since August
1993.
June 26: Free Popcorn, 10
Area.
Spades
Tournamen
Meredith Schlemme
Contributing Reporter
TCC Metro Student Activities
has scheduled a Spades
Tournament for Wednesday, June
19, 2002.
The tournament will be held in
the Metro Commons Area of the
Student Center beginning at 1
p.m.
“Our tournaments allow students to compete in a friendly
level with individuals they might
not otherwise have the opportunity to get to know,” said Mike
Sullivan, director of Student
Activities at Metro Student
Activities.
Not only will students have
the opportunity to meet other students but they will also have the
opportunity to win Tulsa
Promenade Mall gift certificates.
The tournament will be single
elimination. Players will be
seeded by a blind draw before
the tournament. Participants will
compete as partners, at tables of
four players. The winners from
each group
will move on to the next round of
competition.
The object of spades is to be
the first player to score 300
points. Standard spade rules will
be used. Players will keep score
at each table. Prior to play, the
participants should select an official scorekeeper for each table.
Students, faculty and staff
interested in participating in the
Spades Tournament should stop
by the Metro Student Activities.
Sign up begins June 3.
For more information on tournaments, activities or events visit
the TCC Metro Student
Activities
Web
site
at
www.tulsa.cc.ok.us/metro/sao.
Students can also call the TCC
Metro Student Activities Hotline
at 595-7280.
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Northeast
Campus
Page by Matt Foster
Student Activities -- The home of good-time events
Matt Foster
Northeast Editor
Ephanie DeBey, NEC’s new Student Activities Specialist.
Photo by Matt Foster.
May 31 - Classes begin.
June 3 - Basketball tourney
signup in SAO.
June 3 - Signup for one-day
trip to Kansas City’s Atkinson
Museum. On display is the
traveling “British Museum
On May 8, Ephanie DeBey was
officially hired on by the TCC Board
of Regents as a full-time Student
Activities Specialist.
The job includes the responsibilities of programming all the special
events that occur at Northeast
Campus.
DeBey expressed her excitement
and enjoyment in working at such an
Egyptian
Collection.”
Signup in SAO.
June 3-7 Welcome Back
Week: June 3rd Free Drillers
tickets for June 22nd game
available in SAO. It will be
free hot dog night at Drillers
entertaining position.
“Not only do I get to plan the social
activities, but I also get to attend them,”
DeBey said. “It’s a pretty cool job.”
DeBey regularly hires live bands, purchases the free tickets for TCC students,
and creates Northeast’s Student Activites
calendar.
Some of the upcoming events that
DeBey scheduled or helped to prepare
include the “Summer Kids Party” and
“Happy Hour and Alcohol Awareness
Day.”
The “Summer Kids Party” is for the
children of Northeast’s students and staff.
Peyton Place will bring items for the
kids to paint on June 29th in the Student
Commons Area of NEC.
The “Happy Hour” for Alcohol
Awareness Day will include mock cocktails and peanuts. Nurses will later illustrate how alcohol affects the body and
some of its effects after consumption.
For more information, contact the
Student Activities Office at Northeast
Campus at 595-7571.
Northeast Happenings
stadium.
June 4 - IMAX tickets and soft
pretzels will be given out in the
SAO
June 5 - From 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
there will be a meal and a band
in student center
June 6 - All campus arcade
games and pool tables will be
free. Celebration Station passes
will also be
given out.
June 10 - Candy Guess in
SAO. Win certificates to
Brahm’s, Bath & Body Works,
and Hollywood Video.
Page 6
Southeast
Campus
Page by Justin Rice
Unlock the mysteries of our past
TCC plans trip to Nelson-Atkins museum in Kan
Justin Rice
Southeast Editor
Along your journey,
view a diversity of unparalleled masterpieces, includTulsa Community
ing precious jewelry and
College
Southeast
cosmetic objects, elaborateCampus is sponsoring
ly decorated coffins, and
a day trip to the
the definitive Book of the
Nelson-Atkins
Dead, the Papyrus of Ani.
Museum of Arts in
Kansas City is one of
Kansas City on June
Papyrus with Satirical Vignettes. 'only eight cities nationwide
29, 2002. The trip is
selected for the national
Trustees of The British Museum,
being organized by
tour of Eternal Egypt:
Courtesy AFA.
both the Continuing
Masterworks of Ancient Art
Education
and
from The British Museum.
first pharaohs, dated circa 3000
Student Activities offices.
BC, to a funerary portrait of a This landmark exhibition is on
Explore 35 centuries of richly bejeweled woman of the view to the public through July 7,
ancient Egyptian culture, from a Roman Period, circa 160 to 170 2002.
rare ivory image of one of the AD
Lion of Amenhotep III Reinscribed for
Tutankhamun. ' Trustees of The British
Museum, Courtesy AFA
.
Tickets are available for TCC
students, faculty and staff for $25
per person. All other non-TCC
people are $60 per person.
purchase a spot on the bus, call
Southeast Student Activities at
595-7771.
Dave Brubeck to appear
at VanTrease PACE
Justin Rice
Southeast Editor
Quacking up at Southeast campus
some of Southeast s famous ducks.
Here are
Photo by
The legendary Dave Brubeck
and his Quartet will be performing in concert at the VanTrease
PACE on Thursday, June 20,
2002, at 8 p.m.
Brubeck will be presented the
Jay
McShann
Lifetime
Achievement Award at the
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
annual induction banquet and
EMTs called to Southeast-cam
Steven Hall
Southeast Associate Editor
On Feb. 19 an EMSA ambulance arrived at the parking lot of
Southeast campus in response to
a call from campus police.
A student who has a history of
various medical problems was
leaving campus via taxi when she
was unable to enter or exit the
vehicle. The EMTs provided
assistance to the student by helping her inside the taxi after
attempts to extract her onto a gurney were unsuccessful.
Jeff Lenlink, an EMSA EMT
for 11 years directed the taxi to
Southcrest medical center, where
further evaluation and help
removing the student from the
taxi could be achieved. “This
patient has multiple chronic
health problems, she’s having
trouble today and we’re here to
help” said Lenlink.
After being evaluated by the
medical staff of the hospital, the
student was discharged that day.
If you are experiencing heath
problems, or require medical
assistance, Student Health
Services has a registered nurse
available Monday through
Thursday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and
Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more
information call 595-7769.
gala on Wednesday, June 19,
2002.
Brubeck’s early career began
with bookings at college campuses. He later led a service band for
General Patton’s army during the
World War II and began recording during the late 1940s.
Brubeck is best known for his
signature jazz number “Take
Five” recorded in 1960.
Brubeck will also be hosting
an “Informance,” June 19 at 1:30
p.m. at the VanTrease PACE.
Admission is free for students
who present a valid ID or are
accompanied by a parent or
teacher.
Tickets for the June 20 performance range from $20 to $35.
Box seats are also available for
$50.
purchase tickets call the
VanTrease PACE at 595-7777.
Toxic spill in building se
Steven Hall
Southeast Associate Editor
The mercury in a single thermometer 0.6 to 2.25 grams is
unlikely to pose significant danger, but according to campus
police on April 15th approximately 56 grams, or about 2
ounces, of mercury were discovered in building seven.
When a mercury vapor ther-
mometer breaks, the mercury can
evaporate, creating a risk of dangerous exposures to mercury
vapor
in
indoor
air.
Overexposure to mercury can
cause learning disabilities, impair
kidney and immune function and,
in extreme cases, lead to loss of
sight and hearing.
Campus police say that they
have no idea where the substance
came from, but they are eager to
uncover any information leading
to an explanation of events. The
Tulsa
Fire
Department
Hazardous Material team was
called to campus to contain and
clean up the spill.
If you have any information
that can help Campus police in
solving this mystery they can be
reached at 595-7762
Page 7
West
Campus
Page by Chloee Blair
Multi-Million Dollar Veterans
Memorial to be located across from
West Campus
Mary Wielage
West will soon be neighbors to a major
tourist destination. Within the year the first
construction of the 3.5 acre Oklahoma
Vietnam Veterans Memorial will begin
within two blocks of the campus.
According to Gary Osburn, president of
Oklahoma Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
Inc. the multi-stage project will cost
between $8 to $10 million and take five to
six years to fully complete. It will include
eight bronze statues eight to 10 feet high,
two memorial walls, an amphitheater, a
4,000 square foot museum and office complex and large parking area. There will
also be room for others who want to raise
funds to erect approved memorials to veterans of other wars.
“The first stage was to find the site and
secure the land. We looked at several
towns in the state to find the best site with
the most support,” said Osburn.
Sand Springs became the chosen location because of the land donation on 41st
street at 78th W. Avenue and, according to
Osburn, “Sand Springs flew the first flag
to support the Vietnam soldiers and the
first MIA/KIA flags. They even went to
the school and asked the children to bring
soil from the yards and sent the soil to
Vietnam with a note that said, if you won’t
return our men, then put this American soil
on their graves. Sand Springs was showing
lots of patriotism back when it wasn’t a
popular thing to do.”
The idea to build a veteran’s memorial
came about six years ago when a wooden
statue of a Vietnam Veteran located at the
Outpatient Veterans Center in Tulsa began
to deteriorate. Several veterans decided a
bronze copy should be made and they
wanted a suitable place to put it. The
group decided to form a non-profit organization and the idea for the memorial began
June 6
Free HIV Screenings in Rm. I174, from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. No appointment necessary.
June 10
Free yo-yos provided by the SAO in celebration of
National Yo-Yo day.
Architectural drawings of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
to grow. The group has nine board members and 10 on the advisory board, all volunteers.
“There where 11,000 KIAs (killed in
action), who entered the war from
Oklahoma,” said Osburn. On one of the
memorial walls will be the names of all of
these soldiers and a facing wall will contain the names of Oklahoma’s missing in
action and prisoners of war. The Museum
West Happenings
June 10-14
Vision Screening in Rm. I174. Call 595-8232 for an
appointment.
June 12
Free ‘Bucket of Balls’ coupons in the SAO for the Page
Belcher Golf Course.
June 20
The Hotdog Man will be giving out free hotdogs on
campus to celebrate the Fall 2002 Registration Drive.
Free Root Beer Floats served in SAO at 10:45 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. to beat the heat on National Ice Cream Soda
Welcome wagon offers free food and prizes
Chloee Blair
West Campus
West Campus is celebrating
the beginning of the Summer
semester with Welcome Week on
June 3 – 6.
Students may stop by the
Student Activities Office during
the four-day celebration and take
advantage of the many prizes,
discounts and services provided
will house mementos from all of these
men.
The statues, which will be created by
Oklahoma sculptress Sandra VanZant, will
include five that will represent each branch
of the service, two for the MIA and KIAs
and one female statue that will represent
all of the women in the service during the
war. VanZant has designed several statues
See “Memorial,” on p. 14
by SAO.
On Monday, June 3, students
may purchase general admission
IMAX tickets for $2. Students
are limited to two tickets per
Student ID. Free popcorn will
also be provided.
Free games will be made
available to all students on
Tuesday, June 4. All games within the SAO will be free to all who
stop by.
Anne’s Bakery is also providing doughnuts on Tuesday in celebration of National Donut Day.
The Welcome Wagon is in full
effect on Wednesday, June 5.
Free snacks will be provided,
along with a fun mini pinwheel.
On Thursday, June 6, students
have the opportunity to beat the
heat with a free snowcone.
Day. Served in a keepsake cup.
June 24-28
Hearing Screening in Rm. I174. Call 595-8232 for an
appointment.
June 25
Ping-Pong Tournament at 12:15 p.m. in the Student
Center.
Summer Celebration
Students are invited to a summer celebration on the
West Campus on Wednesday, June 26th. Free Mexican food
will be provided by Sidewalk Café at 11 a.m. in the Student
Center. Students may register for many cool prizes throughout the day. Winners will be notified on June 27th.
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Editorials
Spam that notin
s
a
Valerie Johnston
Every day I get my daily dose
of links to nude Britney Spears
pictures and free vacations.
I get at least ten e-mails a day
telling me that, in addition to
nude Britney Spears pictures, I
can even get Viagra for free
online and a high school diploma! Obviously, whoever is sending me these e-mails have never
looked to see that they are sending them to a female high school
graduate and one who can’t even
afford a free vacation.
Spam, I have decided, is a
waste of my precious Hotmail
account space. MSN has even
created a special folder for your
junk mail to get sent to. The
problem with the special folder is
that MSN doesn’t always know
what is really junk and what you
really might need. Another problem is that the folder with all the
spam still uses up your space;
they are just storing it in a different place for you. Of course, to
manage your junk mail you can
always pay MSN another twenty
bucks a year and get more space
to store your spam!
I get more junk mail in my email than I get in the regular
postal mail. At least in my snail
mail I don’t get nude pictures of
Britney Spears. It doesn’t matter
how many times you request that
they no longer send you the mail
because they are going to do it
anyway and you’ll probably get
twice as much. There needs to be
some kind of rule that keeps the
people who have this job of sending spam in line.
I feel sorry for the people who
have the job of sending these emails to people. You would have
to really be bored and need the
job really bad if you have to
resort to sending out links of
nude pictures of assorted celebrities on a daily basis. I wouldn’t
want a job where I was paid to
constantly annoy people. Getting
a million spam e-mails a day is as
annoying as getting telemarketing calls during dinner or your
favorite episode of “The
Simpson’s.”
Unfortunately, there is no way
to set rules for these people
online because there is not an
Greatest disappointments of
by Dustin Hughes
the computer age
5. Dearth of websites devoted to that guy who
played Screech on Saved by the Bell.
4. Unix / Linux users just getting too smug
their own good.
3. Spam.
(Both the real and virtual kinds)
2. It s always just Anna Kournikova s head pa
on someone else s body.
1. Every time I try to shut down my PC, it lu
me outside by telling me the AE-35 -unit is m
functioning. Then it tries to kill me by ra
me with a spacepod.
Internet police that you can turn
these annoying people in to and
all these supposed junk mail filters seem to be working. I guess
until there is some way to make
people stop sending you spam, I
will just have to go through my
daily ritual of deleting the links
to nude pictures and free vacations.
One last time: Smoking weed is not
- harm
T.J. Haverkamp
Northeast Associate Editor
Despite what many stoners
across the world may believe,
smoking marijuana is not a harmless endeavor. It is argued that
people can function normally on
a day-to-day level while high on
marijuana. It is also argued that
marijuana is a non-habit forming,
non-addictive drug. However,
this is not the case. Anything can
become addictive.
Oddly enough smoking marijuana has become a prevailing
social activity. But the funny
thing is that after the marijuana
has been passed around everyone
just sits there and looks dumb
and stares silently off into space.
Some people cannot start their
day without first “talking to the
captain.” Many people I’ve
known since high school constantly confess to me that they
wish they could go just four or
five days without smoking. They
tell me how wonderful it would
be to live without a cloud over
their heads. I’ve seen so many
bright people go dim from not
knowing how to say no to the
cannabis.
Marijuana also saps motivation. Many people tell me how
they can barely get out of bed in
the morning from being so
stoned. Allegedly marijuana is
medicinal. But marijuana actually hinders the immune system
from functioning properly, placing the immune system under a
state of paralysis.
Smoking marijuana also caus-
es the memory to deteriorate.
Hand-eye coordination also suffers from smoking marijuana.
General alertness is greatly
impaired. People basically turn
into absent-minded comatose
zombies.
Remember, marijuana is still
illegal. If you are caught with it
you will go to jail and will have
to appear before a judge. If you
are caught with it in your car,
your car will be impounded.
Upon sentencing you could face
years in the penitentiary system,
thousands of dollars in fines &
legal fees and community service.
We have all of these so-called
“left-wingers” running around
promoting the decriminalization
of marijuana. Do we really want
our children getting high from
early on in their youth? Do we
really want our teachers and professors to be stoned while teaching class? Do we really want our
surgeons operating on us while
stoned? I know we don’t want
bus and train operators to be
stoned. We definitely don’t want
airline pilots to be stoned while
navigating the airways with our
precious loved ones.
The stoner mind is the pariah
of this country. It represents the
apathy and indifference of
today’s generation. It signifies
this generation’s inability to cope
with the demands of living in
today’s society.
It is pure
escapism. Pundits argue that
ignorance is bliss. But even the
“darkly resourceful” Odysseus
departed from the Isle of the
Lotus Eaters in order to continue
his journey back to Ithaca. He
chose a dangerous path, but it
was one in which he had the
power of choice.
That is precisely what I am
advocating. Choose an active
life. Refuse becoming a non-acting dullard.
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expressed on this page are
those of the authors alone, and
are not necessarily those of
The TCC Connection or Tulsa
Community College.
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Photographs by Harold
Grant
Question of the week
Page by Matt Foster
Do you feel that teacher evaluations are taken se
“I think that the teachers up here
pretty much show a lot of concern
and respect for as I have seen and
in the classroom helping you as
much as you can and get by with
what you have to do.” --Ryan
Korner
“I think that the evaluation
sheet is good because every
student can be honest for
the paper and they can say
their opinions.”
--Yoko Hiroyama
“I think that if you’re in a class
and you don’t like the teacher
and if the majority of the class
likes the teacher, you voice isn’t
going to be heard. They only
take the majority’s view point.
Its not the individual view
point. If one person doesn’t like
someone it doesn’t matter. If
you fail a class and everyone
else does okay its not going to
be heard because its only one
person. It has to be the majority
of someone. It could just be
because of your race, ethics,
religion, or anything. Its just
not going to work.” --Chelsea
Swaffar
“I can’t really say whether
teachers take it seriously or
not, because not every
teacher is the same. One
teacher might care what his
students think and another
might say the hell with it. I
would like to think they do
but I’m not sure.”
--Kenneth Gott
“I think they take them seriously
but I’m not sure whether the
students take them seriously. I
take them seriously, but I know
some people who don’t so, who
knows.” --Shawn Frescott
“It depends on what teacher you
have. If you don’t like them then of
course, you’re going to take it serious and write some bad things about
them. If you’re like me, then it doesn’t really matter. And if you like
them a lot maybe you’ll do good for
them.” --Julia Depew
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Off the Beaten Path
By Justin Rice
Visit historic Eureka Springs
Justin Rice
Southeast Editor
Are you wanting to get away
from Tulsa but don’t know where
to go? Would you like to go
somewhere relatively inexpensive and close? How about visiting historic Eureka Springs?
Named one of 12 distinctive
destinations by the National Trust
for Historic Preservation, Eureka
Springs, located in neighboring
Arkansas, is the place for fun,
excitement and history.
The first white settler to “discover” the healing springs is
reputed to be Dr. Alvah Jackson,
who used the healing waters to
cure his son of an eye ailment in
1856. The waters were used at
“Dr. Jackson’s Cave Hospital” to
care for combatants during the
Civil War and following the war,
Dr. Jackson set up a brisk business selling “Dr. Jackson’s Eye
Water.”
Eureka’s miraculous cures
remained a local marvel until
1879 when the doctor’s friend
and hunting companion, Judge
J.B. Saunders, was cured of a
crippling disease by a visit to
Basin Spring, and subsequently
put his considerable influence
behind promoting the Springs to
friends and family throughout the
state.
The City of Eureka Springs
was founded and named on July
4, 1879. Word of Eureka’s
miraculous healing waters began
to spread, bringing crowds to the
city. By late 1879, the estimated
population of Eureka Springs
reached 10,000 people and in
1881, the town was declared a
“City of the First Class,” the
fourth largest in Arkansas.
Visitors still flock to the city
of Eureka Springs, but not
because of the “healing waters.”
Tourists are drawn by the peaceful and quaint surroundings of
the Ozarks.
The area in and around Eureka
Springs also provides outstanding outdoor recreation for the
whole family. There are new
wonders to discover in the natural beauty of the Ozark Mountain
region. Eureka Springs is surrounded by miles of wood, lakes
and rivers where you may hike,
mountain bike, fish, boat or tour
the many caves, waterfalls and
streams.
Eureka Springs offers a variety of activities for the entire
family. From the Eureka Springs
Historical Museum, which offers
a fascinating collection of
mementos, official documents,
home furnishings and other artifacts to the War Eagle Mill, a
working water powered grist mill
dating back to 1832, you will
never find yourself without
something to do.
There are many museums to
tour as well as historic mansions
and homes. Or you may choose
to take a city tour with Eureka
Tours. No matter how many
times you may have been to
Eureka Springs, they will show
you things you’ve never seen
before. They will pick you up at
your hotel and embark on a journey through history.
Eureka Springs is a city filled
with wonder and boasts many
major attractions including the
Great Passion Play. The Great
Passion Play combines a cast of
hundreds, exotic animals and
state-of-the-art sound for an aweinspiring experience you will
never forget.
Those who like a little mystery and excitement should consider visiting the historic
Crescent Hotel. The hotel, built
in 1886, is believed to be haunted.
Getting around once you are
in Eureka Springs is as easy as
hopping on a trolley. Trolley
passes are available for only
$3.50 per day.
Many other modes of transportation are also available,
including authentic horse drawn
carriages, Harley Davidson
rentals, and moped rentals.
The Taste Bud
Eating with the
Justin Rice
Southeast Editor
Usually I review a restaurant
or recipe for “The Taste Bud,”
but a colleague recently suggested I review something a little
more in the price range of conventional students: TV Dinners.
So I embarked on a unique journey and tried five microwavable
dinners.
I tried dinners from Marie
Callendars, Uncle Ben, El
Charito, Banquet and Totinos. I
found out very quickly that price
is usually a sign of quality and
taste.
Marie Callendars Country
Fried Chicken with Gravy would
be my number one pick, but it
also had the highest price, costing $2.97. This dinner included
a fried chicken breast with gravy,
mashed potatoes and corn. It
was easy to heat up, taking only
4-6 ½ minutes in the microwave.
Not only did it taste delicious,
but it seemed to be the freshest of
the dinners.
Uncle Ben’s Pasta & Rice
Bowls came in second. With a
price of $2.17, these meals are
easy to heat up because they are
already in a microwavable bowl
that you just stick in the
microwave. They are good for
people on the go who would normally not want to take the time to
prepare pasta or rice.
In Third place was El
Charito’s Charillo Dinner. It is
the dinner you would want when
you are in a Mexican mood. It
was a hard pick between Uncle
Ben and El Charito. I guess it
just depends what mood you are
See “Taste Bud,” on p. 15
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By Matthew Foster
Book Review
The tedious chore of
Matt Foster
Northeast Editor
With a setting that brings in
the era of somewhat “simpler”
times, John Grisham introduces a
book unlike any of the others he
has written.
Grisham has
shucked the lawyer genre, at least
temporarily, and has brought in
the way of the lives of realistic
characters in “A Painted House.”
Published in 2001, Grisham
tries his hand at drama without
the FBI, without law “firms,” and
without jurors.
Unfortunately, the first 50 or
so pages do not effectively draw
the reader into the lives of the
characters. It seems to work in
the opposite way, in fact.
Presented with the constant repetition of farm life, the main character, 7 year-old Luke Chandler,
describes his existence in all of
its uninteresting detail.
Luke must pick cotton on his
action scene of the book, there is
A Painted
Die-hard Grisham fans
may want to pick up
the author’s attempt to
break away from the
lawyers-in-peril genre.
Others can check out
“The Summons.”
The main charac
- still not enough suspense mainter, 7 year-old tained to warrant any further
reading.
Luke Chandler,
For the die-hard Grisham fan,
the
strength of the realistic chardescribes his
acters alone may be the only reaexistence in all of
soning behind finishing the novel
its uninteresting to its entirety.
The plot, regrettably, becomes
detail.
family’s farm, and the need for
more hired hands to help with the
picking takes over any moral
convictions that Luke or his family once had. The hired help is
given the upper hand from the
start when they rudely set up
camp on the Chandler’s front
lawn.
Although the main character
is lively, and his situation is
shown in a sympathetic manner
for the reader, the story itself is
dreary and lackluster.
Even with the first pivotal
as tedious as the overly described
and illustrated art of cotton picking.
The September sun is hot and
harsh throughout the book, the
harvest season of cotton is in full
bloom, and the painful pulling off
of the cotton and tossing it into a
sack is no less than felt.
However, so can the sound of
the millions of closing books be
heard as many Grisham fans give
up his simple drama to return to
the world of lawyers and courtroom suspense.
Reclining Figure, bronze
statue by Henri Moore.
One of the works on
display for La Vista
Modernista at the
Philbrook Museum of
Art.
La Vista
The Ski Lesson, oil on
canvas by Joan Miro.
Also on display at the
Philbrook Museum of
Art.
Mary Wielage
A partnership between the
Philbrook Museum of Art and
Citgo Petroleum brings Tulsa
contemporary art lovers a rare
treat. “La Vista Modernista,” a
collection of contemporary
paintings and sculpture opened at
the Philbrook Museum of Art for
its first and only showing in
North America and explores a
variety of different mediums and
stages of the contemporary
movement.
“This is history in the making.
Some of these artists have never
been seen in Tulsa,” said Jim
McCarthy, Vice President for
Government and Public affairs
for
CITGO
Petroleum
Corporation, at ceremonies for
the show’s opening. The show is
underwritten
by
CITGO
Petroleum Corporation and its
parent company, Petroleos de
Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).
The entire show is only 31
pieces, however the vastness of
styles and materials is intriguing.
Each piece is unique and stands
alone. From a massive wood
sculpture by Henri Moore, life
size, headless burlap figures by
Magdaleona Abakanowicz, to the
whimsy of Botero, naïveté of
Jean Dubuffet, the freedom of
Alexander Calder and Joan Miro
and the disfigurement of Pablo
Picasso and Francis Bacon, it is a
collection of fascinating views.
Most of the pieces are impressive
in size, too. The Moore sculpture
weighs over a ton and nearly all
of the paintings are done on huge
See “Philbrook,” on p. 15
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Reviews: Movies, Music and Mor
In a scene from “Star Wars:
Episode II - Attack of the
Clones,” Anakin Skywalker
(Hayden Christensen, right), and
Padme Amidala (Natalie
Portman, left), face off against
the droid army during the battle
of Geonosis. Photo copyright
20th Century Fox.
Star Wars:
Episode II
Written and directed
by: George Lucas
Starring: Ewan
McGregor, Hayden
Christensen, Natalie
Portman, Samuel
L.Jackson and Yoda
Lucasfilm / 20th
Century Fox
Rated: PG
George Lucas strikes
Dustin Hughes
Managing Editor
Reports of “Star Wars’” demise have been
greatly exaggerated. After waiting 20 years
since “Return of the Jedi,” some fans were
less-than-pleased by George Lucas’s 1999
prequel “The Phantom Menace.”
Some of the more vocal fans called it too
talky and slow-paced. People also found
child actor Jake Lloyd distracting as Anakin
Skywalker, and a dedicated group immediately went online to discuss the best ways to
kill off Jar Jar Binks in Episode II.
Episode II is here in the form of “Attack
of the Clones,” and provides some welcome
relief for those who felt that the whole Star
Wars franchise was getting bogged down
quicker than a Bantha in a Tattooine sandstorm. Though Jar Jar Binks does not die,
his presence is reduced to three or four lines,
all of which are important to the plot.
“Clones” begins with the attempted assassination of Padme Amidala (Natalie
Portman), Queen of the Naboo in Episode I,
now a senator. Padme survives the attack,
and the Jedi council dispatches Obi-Wan
Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin
Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) to protect
her.
The setup is rather weak, and mostly
serves to get Padme and Anakin off by themselves, so they can start cranking out baby
Jedi. Indeed, the first 45 minutes or so of
“Clones” may not help allay the fears of
those disappointed by Episode I. There are
more byzantine discussions of intergalactic
politics, and, while you may not exactly feel
the urge to check your watch, there are
points where you become distinctly aware
that one or the other of your buttocks has
fallen asleep.
And then, about halfway through, things
really get rolling.
We get to witness the creation of the
Stormtrooper army, and the beginning of
Anakin’s path down the dark side.
More time is given to the action
sequences. The Jedi Knights establish themselves nicely as a formidable fighting force.
In the ranks of Jedi swordsmanship, one
rises taller than all others; Yoda. In one of
the audience’s favorite scenes, the diminutive Jedi gets his moment in the sun as he
battles evil Count Dooku (Christopher Lee,
from “Lord of the Rings,” providing a more
dapper Sith presence than Ray Park’s feral
Darth Maul). Yoda fights like a cross
between a ferocious green pinball and an
escaped acrobat from Cirque de Soleil, all
kinetic energy and blurred flashes of
lightsaber.
Episode II, while not as effective as any
of the original “Star Wars”
movies, is a marked improvement over Episode I. Lucas
deftly balances the burden of
presenting an exciting
movie and laying
down the elaborate
back story to the
original trilogy.
Although too
much time is
given to the complexities of the
Galactic Senate,
the action quickly
builds to a satisfactory crescendo.
Like any good
movie, “Attack of
the Clones” leaves
viewers wanting Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi Master
Mace Windu. Photo copyright
more.
20th Century Fox.
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Reviews: Movies, Music and Mor
Spirit: Stallion of the
Karen Shipe
Contributing Editor
Are you ready for the kids to be
home this summer? How do you
keep the kids busy? Consider “Spirit:
Stallion of the Cimarron” as a good
diversion.
A young mustang stallion named
Spirit is the leader of his herd in the
Old West. He and his herd roam the
West free and wild. When he
encounters man for the first time, he
is captured. The men bring Spirit to
the fort to tame him so he can be ridden. During his captivity, Spirit
meets a young Indian brave named
Little Creek. Together, they escape
and develop an unusual relationship.
The relationship between Spirit
Spirit: Stallion
of the
Cimarron
and Little Creek blends humor with
tears. The story handles some difficult subjects about the unfair treatment of the Native Americans and
the exploitation of the land in the
West. For this reason, I would not
recommend this movie for children
six and under.
Written by: John Fusco
Directed by: Kelly Asbury
and Lorna Cook
Academy Award winner Matt
Damon is the first-person narrator for
the title character. James Cromwell,
from “Babe,” plays the Cavalry
Colonel. During the movie, you will
recognize the talented voice of Bryan
Adams as the singer.
If you love horses and like a story
that touches your heart, this movie is
for you.
Starring: Matt Damon
and James Cromwell
(Voice)
Matt Damon provides the voice of Spirit in DreamWorks’ “Spirit:
Stallion of the Cimarron.”
Photo copyright DreamWorks
ESPN s Ultimate XHow to become
The Movie
Justin Rice
Southeast Editor
Touchstone Pictures’ motion
picture, ESPN’s “Ultimate X,”
takes audiences inside the excitement and explosive drama of
ESPN’s popular Summer X
Games.
This film includes X Games
stars such as skateboarders Tony
Hawk, Bob Burnquist and Bucky
Lasek, BMX stunt riders T.J.
Lavin, Dave Mirra, Cory “Nasty”
Nastazio, Ryan Nyquist, and Mat
Hoffman, and Moto X riders
Travis Pastrana, Brian Deegan,
and Carey Hart.
The pure exhilaration and
excitement will make your heart
beat harder and harder as they
make daredevil jumps, leaps and
dives. This movie is not for the
weak at heart.
With the intense viewing
experience of the IMAX screen,
you actually have to be careful
that you don’t get sick or dizzy.
The film really draws you into
the stunts that are performed.
The screen makes you feel larger
than life as you sit and become a
part of the show.
“Ultimate X” is a show that
will pump up your adrenaline and
push you to the edge of your seat
as you watch stunt after stunt.
Getting to know the stars of the
show is part of the fun. By the
end of the program you feel like
you are have known them for
longer than the mere 42 minutes
it lasts.
Ultimate X
Written and Directed
by: Bruce Hendricks
Large Format (IMAX)
Buena Vista Pictures
Rated: PG
DreamWorks
Matt Foster
Northeast Editor
Blame it on the movie “In the
Bedroom,” but it seems that the
reality of human characters and
their humanity is drawing a tide
from Hollywood. It is this “slice
of life” film that has been capturing hearts from moviegoers
everywhere, but it more than just
captures, it holds and forces the
viewer to pay attention, even
during the most excruciating
conflicts and issues.
“Unfaithful” has effectively
achieved all of this and more.
The story of the movie is presented as if its audience had
somehow opened the wrong
door, and stumbled into the lives
of very human characters without
their ever knowing it.
The sense of voyeurism soon
comes into play as the movie
unfolds, and as the intensity of
emotions and moral conflicts
heightens, the viewers cannot
help but watch with great detail
as the encounters that we all
either run to or hide from develop.
In the movie, the audience is
Rated: G
Unfaithful
dropped into the seemingly
“happy” marriage of Connie
(Diane Lane) and Edward
Sumner
(Richard
Gere).
However, Connie, while away
from home buying birthday presents for her young son, literally
stumbles into a whole new character and alternate life.
Paul, played by Oliver
Martinez, helps Connie with a
scraped knee during their innocent but nonetheless sensual first
encounter. Soon, the film takes
on a romance to rival the feelings
of forbidden love and awaiting
violence that can be seen in a
similar movie like “The Talented
Mr. Ripley.”
As the title of the film indicates, a torrid and fulfilling love
affair ensues. On a train ride
home, Connie recalls in beautiful
detail all of the feelings and
memories of her first sexual connection with Paul.
However, for all of the physical sensations and romantic
essentials that the audience experiences along with her, she is
reminded of the messiness of sex
and human nature, which greatly
foreshadows the messiness in the
character’s life to come.
Lies soon come as ready
answers for Connie’s questioning
husband, and right away, he senses that something is more than
just “wrong.” When she is
caught in her first lie, dramatic
irony leads the viewer to dread
the confrontation that never
occurs between Connie and her
husband.
It is a love affair of simple circumstance, and had Connie simply chosen to leave instead of
stay in the city at the beginning,
or taken a path with a thousand
different avenues of choice, she
would have never brought the all
trouble upon not only herself, but
also her husband and son.
But such is the way of human
life. Decisions are based made
on expectation of beauty and
temporary physical bliss. A paradise of sensuality occurs and
fades quickly, and we feel something was achieved personally, if
momentarily, with consequences
not yet imagined.
Sometimes in life we have to
See “Unfaithful,” on p. 15
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Semi-Professional Horoscopes*
Aries
(March 20-April 19)
For those of you who are not as
lucky as I am to have graduated,
let me just say this. HA HA HA HA HA
HA! – Amber Wilson
Taurus
(April 20 – May 21)
It’s not just you. We’re all
developing a little crush on
Condoleeza Rice. But you really should
quit calling. She’s a busy woman. –
Dustin Hughes
Gemini
(May 21 – June 21)
This month you will get your
heart’s desire…all the Ho Ho’s
you want. – Valerie Johnston
Cancer
(June 23 – July 22)
No one cares about you or your
problems. It is people like you
who keep our psychiatrists in business.
Even they don’t care about you. All they
see is your money. Your problems will
mount as you feel the world caving in on
you. Just forget about life and go have a
sundae. —Justin Rice
Leo
(Jul. 23 – Aug. 22)
Thank the Lord, Hallelujah,
Praise Allah, Rejoice in the Savior, and
everything else… The Spring Semester is
finally over. May the grades you received
and the papers you wrote that you really
didn’t want to write in the first place finally rest in peace. Amen.
–Matt Foster.
Virgo
(Aug. 22 – Sept. 22)
I sense changes above, amok,
asunder, alleviating those illwilled wishes of old. Although my magical sphere has grown worn due to my necessary use and abuse throughout this past
semester, the powers that be still issue a
faint glow. Followers of its slim shine,
stay true as summer beckons. Be safe, be
sane, and, above all, be happy. – Chloee
Blair
Libra
(Sept. 23-Oct.22)
Secrets are circulating about
you. Rumors are running rampant. The people you surround yourself
with are plotting against you. Keep this in
mind when your stuff starts coming up
missing and your lover begins to stay
away. It may be time to spend some time
alone and find out what you need to do.
Remember they’re all jealous and incapable of seeing that your success is based
on a truly dogged determinism. – T.J.
Haverkamp
Scorpio
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
I’m outta here. Someone else
will be telling you your future
from now on. Better yet, figure out your
own future. – Amber Wilson
Sagittarius
(Nov. 22 – Dec. 21)
The key to immortality and eternal life is right around the corner.
Of course, so are depression, heartbreak,
mood-swings, and multiple personality
syndrome. I say just stay off the corners
and streets for awhile. –Matt Foster.
Capricorn
(Dec. 22 – Jan 19)
Goat! Stubborn…
Man ties me up and makes me eat
grass. I wonder what that tastes like? Dirt
makes hooves dirty, rinse in muddy water.
It tastes worse than all others. He always
wears plaid. That same plaid and overalls.
He smells like cabbage. It’s bad. – Steven
Hall
Aquarius
(Jan. 20 – Feb. 18)
Do yourself a favor. Keep a list.
Down one column, have “Things
that are flammable.” Down the other
coumn, have “Things that are not.” That
“Break-in,” from p. 1
found the CD player had been left at her home the
night before.
Both men were taken into custody by the Tulsa
Police. When asked why she thinks the suspects
might have targeted her car, Dennison replied, “ I
never wash my car, as soon as I washed it this
happened.” She said she was going to drive
through a mud puddle on her way home.
“It was a good thing someone saw the suspects
and made the call to the right people as soon as
they saw something suspicious,” said Parrish.
“Williams,” from p. 1
Williams left the shelter for the evening. He said
his pride wouldn’t allow him to cry in front of all
those people.
“I got halfway home and it hammered me,” he
said.
There are more than just single people living in
the shelter. William said the number of whole
families that stay there every night surprised him.
“The children was the saddest part,” Williams
said.
denied knowing the suspect. After searching her
car, Dennison reported a checkbook, day planner,
tape recorder, a visor, folding chairs, a portable
CD player and $5 in change missing. She identified items on the suspect as her property.
“They must have used the pliers they had on
them, but I don’t know how they got in, ” said
Dennison. She said the car was locked with the
windows cracked only about three inches. The car
did not appear to have any damage.
All items where found at the scene except the
CD player and the $5 in change. Dennison later
His devotion to his topic and his determination
to help where he could motivated two of the girls
in his class. They now volunteer at the shelter
also.
90 percent of the day to day work at the shelter is performed by volunteers.
“Memorial,” from p. 7
way, every time you encounter a new
object, you don’t have to get out your book
of matches to see what happens. Just consult your little list. – Dustin Hughes
Pisces
(Feb. 19 – March 20)
Bedtime rituals are important.
I remember as a kid, whenever I
was lying in bed, my Dad would come in
and bring me a glass of water. Then he
would say “Did you know our house is
built on an old Indian burial ground?
Listen.” Then he got down on the floor
and said “What are you guys doing down
there?” He’d wait for a bit, then turn to me
and say “See, they said ‘nothing.’” Then
he would laugh, tell me good night and
leave.
I never got much sleep as a kid. – Dustin
Hughes
* Disclaimer: Nobody really knows what
a goat thinks. If they did, why would they
be working here? There’s a fortune to be
made on the goat-show circuit by somebody who could accurately predict, with a
minimum of error, just what a goat is
thinking, and when the goat is thinking it.
The fact that no one has amassed just such
a fortune should be evidence enough that
no one can know what a goat is thinking.
Except for another goat.
of Will Rogers, Pistol Pete and
Naval aviators located in museums across the country.
The architects, J.Collins and
Associates, are donating all architectural services and the fundraising includes finding other contractors and suppliers who are willing
to donate their services. Osburn
says other than the black granite
used in the memorial walls and a
hexagon for the center of the statuary, the plans are for everything
to be from and built by
Oklahomans.
Osburn, who
served in Vietnam from September
1968 to February 1970 and was
wounded in battle, says the
Memorial is now his full time
unpaid occupation.
“These men and women are our
real heroes,” said Osburn, “Not the
football players or some of the
other people we treat as important
today. Someone who signs on the
dotted line, picks up a gun and
goes to fight in a war, risking their
lives, these folks are the real
heroes.” For more information on
the plans for the memorial, visit
www.firebasehope.org. On the site
you can see the plans for the
grounds and buildings, replicas of
the statues and follow the progress
of the site. You can also purchase
memorial bricks, apparel with the
Firebasehope logo and make a
donation.
Connect with us:
E-mail: [email protected]
“Philbrook,” from p. 11
canvases.
All pieces were chosen by the
directors of the Philbrook on a
trip to the Contemporary Art
Museum
of
Caracas
in
Venezuela, a museum of over
3,000 pieces from important
European and Latin American
modern artists. This is the first
time the prestigious MACC has
extended any of their collections
to another museum.
The exhibit was designed to
offer an overview of the development of contemporary art over
the past century and will include
three pieces by Picasso. There
are a total of 25 artists represented in the exhibit.
The MACC and the Philbrook
did accomplish their other goals
of showing the diversity of their
permanent collections and to
reflect the similarities of some of
the greatest European avantgarde artists and their Latin
American peers. Approximately
half of the works are from
Venezuelan artists.
“We here in the U.S. share so
much of the same culture as
Venezuela,” said Christine
Kallenberger,
Director
of
Exhibitions
&
Education,
Exhibition
Curator.
The
Philbrook is planning special
events, including Spanish speaking tours, Latin dance group per“Taste Bud,” from p. 10
in. The dinner had one beef
enchilada, one cheese enchilada,
rice and beans. It microwaved in
under 3 minutes and only cost
$1.16.
Totinos came in fourth. Pizza
is pizza and that’s about all I
have to say about Totinos. One
good thing about it is you get
four pizzas for $5. They come
with many toppings including:
sausage, pepperoni, Canadian
bacon, supreme and combination.
Last place was given to
“Unfaithful,” from p. 13
pay for the choices we make, and
sometimes, we make others pay
for those choices, instead.
“Unfaithful” beautifully and
successfully demonstrates this
and the ways of the human mind
formances for Family Days on
June 1 and June 15 and Latin
Jazz Nights on four Thursday
evenings in hopes of stimulating
exhibit interest in groups that
may not normally frequent the
museum.
“The
Philbrook
belongs to everyone,” said
Kallenberger. The show will
remain at the Philbrook until
July 28.
According to a statement by
Oswaldo Conteras of CITGO
Petroleum, “The collaboration
between the Philbrook Museum
of Art and the Contemporary Art
Museum of Caracas goes far
beyond an exhibition of outstanding art. It literally throws
open the doors of cultural understanding and in so doing, brings
the people of Tulsa and
Venezuela closer together.”
The Philbrook Museum of
Art is located at 2727 S.
Rockford Road in Tulsa.
Museum hours are Tuesdays
through Saturdays from 10 a.m.5 p.m. and Sundays from 11
a.m.-5 p.m. The museum is
closed on Mondays and all major
holidays. The cost of admission
is $5.40 for adults and $3.25 for
students with ID, Senior citizens
and groups of 10 or more.
Members and children 12 and
younger are admitted free.
For further information,contact Philbrook museum of art at
(918) 748-5375.
Banquet for their Fried Chicken
Meal with mashed potatoes and
corn. It microwaved in just three
minutes and was the cheapest
dinner at only $.98. But I wasn’t
impressed. The name says it all.
The food tastes like what I usually expect at a banquet. Dry, stale
and old.
When you are trying to watch
your money, TV dinners are a
good choice.
But beware,
because if you buy the cheapest
ones trying to save a buck you
may not like them and end up
spending more anyway.
and the power of emotions to rule
the physical. It shows magnificently, horribly, what it is to be
human, what a mistake is when it
is made, and how, in the end,
there are never really any “right”
answers to anything.
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